The Sun. — London, England, 1862-03-31 00:00:00

2410 A 1Y MARK ET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocR. The accounts from the manufacturing districts Curin g the past week are, in some instances, of a more satisfactory character. Business, however, at Manchester has been dull both in yards and cloths, ° wing to the falling-off in the demand for the Eastern markets. The woollen trade at Leeds has Continued mcdcrately active. At Bradford, Hud dersfield, nod Halifax there is little change to re- Port, although in the latter place the carpet trade has slightly unproved. In hosiery and lace at Leicester and Nottingham, an average amount of business has been reported, and symptoms of increased animation have been exhibited in the lar i° ll s hardware departments in the neighbourhood (If Birmingham , Sheffield, Walsall, and Wolver 4411aPton. Increased activity is reported in the general dis e°4llt market, and there is more inquiry for loans ,7 1 h° the Stock E xc hange than for a long time past. Provision made for the subscription of the whole the Turkish loan at once, the impending intro duction of other financial projects, and the ap- Pe4. ance of sa many new joint-stock companies, all ten d to s ti mu l a i o th e d eman d, an d to render capi taliBtB less disposed to employ their resources on the present l o w range of quotations, when they m ay be enabled a short time hence to obtain much vetter terms. 12 1 the Liverpool Cotton Market on Sat urda y The sales was extremely dull, but prices were firm. sales were only 2,500 bales. T he amount of gold taken into the Bank of Eng hllcl On Saturday was £58,000. T he West India steamer La Plata has brought " 39 ,640 in specie. ....I 0 -day th e f o ll ow i ng ra il w ay calls became due : ti 112 ., £1 13s. 4d. per share on the Eastern Conn -41 per cent. £6 13s. 4d. shares of 1862 ; £1 I ' on the Leeds and Halifax ; and £ 3 on th e ' ot th British Border Counties Union guaranteed Idlares. °II the Great Western Railway of Canada the t qao receipts for the week ending the 14 th inst. "Nunted to £11,193 against £10,363 last year. Increased indications of weakness became per ted)tible in the English Stock Market soon after 6 commencement of business this morning, Con -4°lB receding to 931 -a, but purchases have since ePonderated, and the latest prices are 931 for mo ney and the account. The New Threes have t keded to 921; th e R e d u ced, to 921; Exchequer Bill are steady at 17s. to 20s. prem. ; India Stock tint at 224 ; and the 5 per Cent. at 108 f. I. ll° important variation has taken place in the ~t l; r ' ign Market, and business has been rather MTurkish 6 per Cents. are 83f 84,1 ; ditto, 4 , 68 . 711 ; Mexican, however, have improved to ; the Moorish Scrip is steady at 64 ; Italian 5 r Cents. are 651- 661 ; Spanish are flat at 53 ; v: t( linian are firmer at 821 ; and Brazilian 5 per n t 6 • hav e b een dealt in at 1021. Th eli Ottoman (Mires's) Loan is 65 1 66, and t he ' I NT "' Loan Scrip 21 1 prem. been the Railway Share Market the dealings have of a rather limited description, and prices Caleln most instances shown increased depression. Gr eat and Eastern Counties have receded 5 5.; eat - Western, Brighton, North Eastern Berwick , w Th e Eastern, 10s.; and North British £ l . ° 6 Foreign and Colonial lines, however, have °w n increased firmness. Great Luxembourg l iia 6 ,,, ' improved to 131 ; Sambre and Meuse, to o 14; Gre a t Western of Canada, to 131 ; East aa hi 'an, to 104 and 1041 ; and Great Indian Penin u'a, to 1021* • 4 U nited Mexican Mining Snares, owing to favour ° advises just received from the mines, have ""Rhtly improved, being dealt in at '7l. t f°int St oc k B an k a nd :".liscellaneous Shares gene -I'l'3' are in good de'uand, at enhanced rates. dank gYpt have improved to 27 and 271, and Otto ):11 Bank to 26 1 , 261 ex div. London and West- Vil.ster realise 77 to 771 ; Oriental Bank, 53k; '4 'l , l° n. of London, 32; Anglo-Mexican Mint 18 to kV Nation a l Di scoun t Company, 5-Z ; and Royal r l l Steam, 54. The shares of the Alliance Bank london. and Liverpool are 51 prem., and of the ~s-t-i 'Perial Bank 11 1 prem. „,, BRITISH FUNDS--ONE O'CLOCK. h ytt Cent. Reduced Annuities 92 f 2 k ve t Cont. Consols Annuities l'w 3 per Cent. Annuities 92k 2 4 dia Stock uitto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditt o 5 per Cent. Ditto II per Cent ........... Dot, Bonds £l,OOO ............. , - to under 11.000 ..... .. , ,lrisols for Account„ April 10 A 8 pm l ehequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent l7 20 Ditto £SOO bat° Small t FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. t azilian 5 per Cent t tl b itto 41 per Cent, 1860 10 108 Ayres 6 per Cent 1 -;,an, 5 per Cent. (Maremmana R. Scrip) ‘,..Jitto Scrip ''''i e 3 i ) . an, per Cent 35f 5 1, 4 At() Account k t Derial Moorish Scrip ii ! i ßian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. i i i:tto 4i per Cent , Ntr,,i9:o 4 per Cent., 1860.. _ 92 8p 4 ',, 1 1 , 1 a 5 per Cent WL 6 a 3 per Cent 141tto Account b k i ,i,_sh 6 per Cent. B3l ),.' ,O Account Ditto New Loan Itto Account t tit t Dividends on the above payable in London. , ) -Q i,' 2 1 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil. 41. 4 1L'” , Certifi ca te s , 4 per Cent. M ) 6 per Cent., 1861 TWO O'CLOCK. 11111 Ob. ney 'lto Account THIS DA I'S SHIPPING. j l-110 1sr, March 31.—Wind this da y at noon—South ; light breeze and fine weather. 4tijqll:3°XnAvEN M a rch 28.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Rad t:, from Callao. ' 4 tett l '° ll FoTLE March 29. Arrived Norwe g ian, ii)lller, from Portland, U.S. p i rsuou'rn March 30.—Wind S.W., foggy..—Arrived b ar e r Ma je sty 's ship Diadem. Sailed — Her M a j est y 's ship for the Coast of Africa. beer, March 30.—Wind S.W. — S ailed—A g nes, for r a. 14'iii ; March 29 ,— Wind E.—Sailed—America, for (ttreal. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) n A • SOI ' ITTIAMPTON, Monday Morning. 4r4Ved—Argyll, steamer, from Carentan ; Juno, from ( 13 Y SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. kt Tivecl, March 30—Elise and Swift, from St. Michaels. DEAL, Monday Morning. l'4s ßed —Oregon. of Sunderland, from west , for no rth ; Yt 44 l ion, fur Sydney ; City of Quebec , for Quebec ; Gib -401.1. (=crew steamer), for Gibraltar; Christiania, for New -all from London. HENDON TRAGEDY. — At three o'clock this 4 t6 111% n Lawrence was still improving under the careful t ic% of the medical gentlemen of Mid dlesex Hos pital. ll A the sale of the effects of Madlle. Anna Des -1,:, at Paris, the famous necklace of 600 pearls was lip; eit ed down for 79,500 f. The jewellery alone brought th a . , at ds of 309 000 f., and is estimated to hav e cost more xr - ' doable that sum. ~ il , l tr iaerous losses have lately taken place of v.es -4'4lA,44cleta with grain from New York, Montreal, and hila teelt;ia. It appears from a return made up at Lloyd's that lg q ,; e erl the Ist of September, IS6I, and the Ist of February, to o " , 29 vessels from these ports, with cargoes of about at i( i °oo bushels, have been lost, chiefly abandoned at sea, 1 114 1 , 1 , t iS supposed that this total does not represent more C,: - Lalf of the actual number. The cause of the disasters . of elle v _, sued to be defective stowage and consequent choking he pinups. 111 The Contemporaneo of Madrid of the 24th states b o at orders will to sent out by the next mail to San f ro , rnil 'go, authorising more than 700 persons, who Political or personal causes had emigrated .. General Santana, to return to their country. (sturitz, the Spanish Ambassador at London, k a ° has bee n , named President of the Council of Thy e , was expected in Madrid in a day or two. roonercial and fianancial crisis which has long of j el sed an unfavourable influence in the Island b ee : l °Eti and also at Havana and Mautanzas, has ttlrie le ss severe, and in some d i str i cts h as a l mos t e r ne disappeared. [lies. nita, a the r aea the The or ykes's Ncliffe 'see, if [Ting- ver or ip has likely 3e ; in trnish tpton ), and Meet- and much :, who ey to )ption orted. small almost it Old !121 to 1 would Mos- elves CS are angers Lord )r fel - ption, l wen• in the Lord cow' SITABE * MA.RKE7'-(TILLS DAY.) ORDINARY SHA ES AND STOCKS. . i Closing raid. Price. .1 7i 8 91 93 111 i 11: Business done. Share 13.14 25 10 st st 50 20 Railways. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blyth and Tyne 'Bost.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter ..... jCaledonian 1 'Cork and BatiCou Cornwall.... f A acts no div Do A tilic , p ,,, an. h a ., Do. B been paid to B. Dublin ,t Belfast June. I Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June East Anrrlian 6 7 41 43 10 11 22 23 56i 574 59 61 30 41 Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do Edo do DoNw A. late It U Ids East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow. Edin., Perth, & Dundee Was.... and S. Western. GreatNrthn.of Scotland Great Northern... Do A stock 91 93 32} 322 103 105 116 117 114 115 132 134 104 106 73/ 74i 58 60 I Do El do Gt. S. an ' W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Irish South Eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man_ Shef., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do # shares Metropoli an Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Nrid, Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry, Warnpt, & Ros Norfolk 'North British N or. Dev. Bail&Dk. stock Do A stk ; A recs no d 1071 108 57 59* 122 123 454 46; 931 941 100 101 8 11 4i/ 13i 1111 6.4.0 _Bl 9 28i 128! np 99 101 19.16.4 66 68 67i 67,1 till 6 pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds 97} On 1 }d 551 551 861 861 102 103 P Om 54 4/ d lot 114 Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire N. ann 3. sr. Juuction Not. Gran. Rl. & Canal Portsmouth Rh) mney Scottish Central ..cot. N. E., Aber. stock, Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon S. Durham & Lane. Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington 57i 7 all 100 100 100 all all 128 130 48 50 100 108 12.10 Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. Do Pref. No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail ,Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London Do Ist class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har.c46R West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 46 48 37 38 83i 84 67 69 1001022 37 38 4 Pqr 94 P 5 6 1 P 145 150 55i 564 24 3i * d l i p 90 93 29 132 61 6i 47 48i 44 46 88 80 73} 21 3 2/ 1071 4 121 46 93 3 8; 128 i 66i 66 51 861 8 102 1 84 f 3 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid. Leasing Closing Business Railways. ''' Co. a Price. Done. . Bedford and Bletchley all Ln. &N.W Birkenhead.; Buckingh , lig:tire. Chester& Holyneed.. 100 Do 54 56 Do. 5 3 / 4 .per cent 100 Do. 126 128 Do. 5 „ 100 Do. lll2 114 Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 102 104 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.U.&E.O E. Lincolnsh. ,g apr c. 100 Gt. North. 138 140 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 0 Do. Woodbrido•e.... 100 .. • • • • Gls. Barr.&Neils.Drc t. 100 Caledon .. .. Do. new 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 199 203 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 6 per c all Do. . .... .. • • London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen ', llOO Do. Lon.,Tilb.& s.. - chend 100 Peto &Co B6 89 Lowestoft g,ua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk Do fi per cent lOO Do. Mnc.,Bxtn.„l- M. flock all LNW &31 31 4 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock , 100 Midland 95 97 Newmarkt. x BuryL gua. 5 per cent.'.. 5 ' 5 ' 6 ' 'E Counts. p 3/4 p Northn.&Ea stn. sp. c. all 'Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... ' all 'Do. . Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool ICO N. E. Ber. .. .• North Western L &N.W Preston and Wyre. f 1 all 5 , ,, , i L. yk. 43 45 Do. A shares A all IDo. ••• • .. „ „ Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 tiat.North. 135 137 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 121 123 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 93 95 Wirnbledn t Croydon all L.&Brgtra 8 3 / 4 911 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share/ Railways. Paid. Closing Business Prices. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 .. , all • st Brie. & Exet. 4 P. C. st: • [ 100 93 95 20 Do. shai es ; 14 st Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 100 - 64 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all 20 Cornwall 5 per cc nt all 20 21 111 61 Dun. Perth, &Abei - ,Jun all 6 61 10 Do. Ist Class P at E. Angn. Class Asn. c, 100 100 105 st E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 100 109 111 at Do No. 2 100 108 110 109 st Do. new 6p.c. st lOO 126 128 at Eastern Union, 4p. c— 100 84 86 st Do. sp. c. guar lOO at Edin.&Glas.s p.c. sham 100 110 112 st Do. 4p. c. guar. S. &1) lOO 90 92 at Furness. 5 per cent.— st Glos.& S.West. gu. 5 1a.c,1 100 et Great Northern. sp. c , 100 116 118 116 at D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm 1 100 112 114 at Do. 41 p. C. do lOO 104 106 at Do.sp.c.Ttedrc.anp.c.pm 100 107 109 10 Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. I all - at Gf. Sn. &W. (Ireland) 100 4 per cent 97 99 1 50 Great West. (Berks and Rants Ext) 5 per cent 6 at Do. redeem. 41 p. Ct. at Do. redeem. 4p. ct lOO 91 03 at Do. irredeem. 4p. ct lOO 92 94 93 2/ st Do. sp. c. redeem. pref. 100 103 105 Do. Chester ti p.c. pt. shs all Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs all st Do. Birm. guar. stock all 76 78 st Do. Birm. pref. stce.k at Do. Chest er. guar. shares all 76 78 at Do. do all 170 180 at Do. do all 103 105 100 Lan. & Carl. 41 p.c. pref 80 at Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stool - , 100 137 139 at Do.Barnsl.stSs 2s 10dne 100 st Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.) lOO at Do. 41 p. c. (Blom)). nur. 100 101 103 at L0n.&131 ig,.sr.c.gu. No.l 100 116 118 at Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 100 116 118 at Do. 6 per cent - d 0... at Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 100 116 118 st Do. 7 per cent pref. stk 100 152 156 st Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) 100 138 142 at Do. 4p c.st.(div.def.lil'6s 100 76 78 st Lon.Chat.&Dov. sp.c.pf. 100 96 97 at Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. 100 st Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. at., late 3d shares .... 100 st Do. It per cent , 100 2s 60 Do. (Peen). perpl. anns 1 of 2s old 1 all 121 , Londondy. & Cole. 1 shs all -- 1 . 21 , Londony. & Ennis. 1 shq all 14 141 I , t !Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct. 100 124 126 6 Do. £6 at I Do. 31 per cent lOO 0 70 10 I Do. redeem. 6 percent 5 4 ipm 12i i 111 a ryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. all .. .. 125 Do. 41 per cent all .. .. at Midland Con. 6p. c. stk. 100 .. .. at Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 n.c 100 138 140 138 st Do. 41 p.c. pref. st. rdem 100 102 104 st Do. 4i p.c. irredeemable 100 6 Do. 41 per cent .... . . all .. .. at Do.Leic. andilit4per ct 100 92 94 at Norfik. sp. c. Ex. 5t.184) , 100 .. .. at Do. 54 D. c. Pref. at. 1841 100 _ _ st Do.sWay.ValEx.st.lB47 100 .. .. st Nort British, 5 per cent. 100 111 113 st Do. New atm. 5 per c ent 100 10 94 f 10 Do. Bor. lJn. g. prf. shs. 7 14 14pm 10 Do. do. do. all .. .. at N th.Dvn.lt ail.&rock.Co. 100 .. .. et N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. 100 .. • • st Do. 41pr. et' redeemable 100 .. • • st Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. pref 100 100 102 17 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. 1 . 13.4 96 98 20 Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 13 5 4 d d 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 9 .. .. 25 Do. York, IL &S. Purch. 10 . .. 20 North Staffordshire.... all 4 dis par 1 0 Rhymney Guaranteed.. all at Scottish North-Eastern 3 : 1 p. c. pref. stock.... 100 .. .. st Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c 100 .. .. at Do. 7p. c. pret. stock 100 • • • • 1 0 a. South Devon, Ann, 10s. all 138 142 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent all 10 11 st ' S. Yorriksoh.ire, 4 PC .6guel.:.ag.el. 1 0. 6 South Eastern (Reading Ann., 10 6) all 24 241 at Do. 4:i per cent at Do, Fixed 44 per cent 100 101 103 1021 st South Wales, g,ua. 4p. c. 100 st Do. 41 per cent D. .. 1;010001 • • . • 100 .. .. at Do. do. 1859 lOO .. .. at Do . 5 per cent lOOOO 85 87. 20 Do • -1 3 . c.gua. 17 1 14 p ' :?5 Stock. & Dar. Asp . , P• c . t dk 1 11 32 34 33 all 271 281 25 Do. B 6 126 32 1 3 28 4 . o ,..t .o i x (i t . 1 21 k ds n t y d , .6 . 1 1 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 12 0 5 5 3 431 P f 11856 2s a s st t t VC ' W . a Il r f i ( 1 1 ) d 100 123 125 at Do. 100 119 123 at a Dl3T)•.:CP7r.iP,eqr.6t 5 p • P Z t P . i d 1869 DOCKS. stock , Commercial ............ 100 stock Do. 4 per Cenl.Pret.Min. 100 stock ;Fast and Wrest India .• 100 126 128 stock li,ondo.- lOO 57 59 stock IS t. .......... 100 60 62 stock !Southampton 100 I L Stick j vict0ria ..,......,,.... 100 / 20 'Doi New THE MIN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1862. 13 ItITISFI POSSSSISONS. TRIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. There was only a limited quantity of wheat on sale in the country markets held on Saturday ; all kinds, however, met a dull inquiry, and in some instances prices had a drooping tendency. Fine barley and oats commanded pre vious rates, but other kinds of produce were very dull. The French markets still come lower for wheat. Advices from New York state that the export demand for bread ' stuffs had become extremely heavy. The arrivals of English produce up to our market last week were much restricted. From abroad we received 4,198 quarters of wheat ; 1,570 barley, 10,962 oats, 1,900 beans, 8,388 linseed, 4,739 rapeseed, 2,640 maize, 60 sundry seeds, 495 sacks and 9,543 barrels of flour. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to this morning's market were much restricted, and the total supply on offer was very small. The 'condition of the samples exhibited no improvement from previous market days, and the trade consequently was in a sluggish state both for red and white qualities; yet, compared with this day se'nnight, the cur rencies were without quotable change. The few dry parcels on sale were disposed of without difficulty, at full prices ; but several damp samples were left unsold at the close of business. In the foreign wheat trade there was a decided improve_ ment, and an increased amount of business was transacted in all descriptions, at prices fully equal to those realised on Monday last ; indeed, in some instances, the quotations ruled the turn in favour of sellers. The supply on offer was seasonably extensive. For floating cargoes of grain there was a fair demand, and the currencies were steadily suppo r t e d. aMalting barley was in steady request, and late rates were fully maintained. In the value of grinding and distilling sorts no change took place; but the inquiry for them was far from active. In malt, a fair averago business was transacted, and prices ruled firm. Good and fine oats moved off steadily, at full currencies, but inferior parcels were a slow sale, on former terms. The supply on offer was moderately good. Beans were in fair supply, and slow request, yet prices were supported. and the trade for the W m e Barrel flour changed hands more freely, at the late r u eerda firm, a scantily t fsuppliedqu i e t n e h . p eas, de cline in prices ; but other description's sold slowly at pre vious rates. CUCURRENCYPER IMPERIAL MEAsu RE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new 54s to 828 Ditto, 01d.......... Ditto, white, new Ditto, old Norfolk and Lincoln, red , old Ditto, new Talavera, Rye— Barley—Grinding Malting Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingstown and Ware Chevalier Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 2l, 25s Potato 24s 2's Youghal and Cork, black ......... l9B 23s Cork, white l9s 24s Scotch, Feeding 23s 26s Beans—Tick 338 36s Pigeons, .............. 4os 43s Peas—Grey • .......... 358 368 Maple ...................... 38 s 4013 White ----37 s 40s Boilers ................. •-•. 37s 40s Flour—Town-made .... .................. ' 468 65s Suffolk 39s 430 Stockton and Norfolk. --- c g o n ndition. Sale AltsKtoEcl On offer as from Scotland, METROPOLITAN CATTLE M h e T r e h t e o r - e d w a y a i a n a f i o r r a t v h e e r a m g e o s s t u p p p a l r t y o good r e i progressed slowly at drooping currenc i es. the P a ro rri m v o a u ls r oofwbnegrasatszinfrgesdhisutpricthtsi,sams owmeliln g were large for the time of year, and their general quality was very prime, especially the Scots, short-horns, and crosses. Although the attendance of buyers was tolerably numerous, the beef trade was in a depressed state, at a decline in the quotations compared with Monday last of from 2d to 4d per 81b. The very best Scots and crosses sold at 4s 4d, but many really prime beasts changed hands at 4s 2d and even 4s per 81b. The receipts from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire, comprised 2,700 Scots, short horns, and crosses ; from other parts of England, 950 various breeds; from Scotland, 400 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland, 150 oxen and heifers. The show of sheep was good, bot h as to number and quality. Downs and half-breds, in the wool, were in steady request at prices nearly equal to tho se realised on this se'nnight—the u d t a h y erwise,the ulu tteoxutrtermadeeqwuoutsavtieorny being 5a 8d per 81bs; dull, and the cur rencies gave way 2d per Blbs. Prime Downs, out of the wool, sold at 4s 10d per Blbs. We were well supplied with lambs, and the demand for them was very inactive at 4d per 81bs less money. The quotations ranged from 6s 4d to 7s per 81bs. About 250 came to hand from the Isle of Wight. Calves—though in very moderate supply —were a dull inquiry at Thursdays' decline in value. The top price was 5s 2d per 81bs. . . _ The pork trade was in a most inactive state, and prices were 2d per 81bs lower than on Monday last. Per 81b. to sink the offal. a. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 2 10 3 0 Primecrs-wool d 0.4 6 6 2 Second quality do. 3 2 3 6 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 4 5 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 0 Largo use. calves 4 2 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4 24. 4 Prime small do 4 10 5 2 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 3 10 Large hogs 3 8 4 0 Second quality do. 40 4 4 Small porkers 4 2 4 8 Lambs,.6B 4d to 7s Od. Suckling calves, 12s to 268; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs.... 19,060 Sheep Calves Pigs 360 Pigs The total imports of foreign stoca into London, last week, amounted to 2,054 head. In the corresponding week in 1861, we received 2,035—in 1860, 2,602 —in 1859, 2,801 —in 1858, 1,601 —in 1857, 1,194—in 1856, 722 head. compared with our last report; but long descriptiqns with difficulty maintain previous currencies. The next series of public sales will commence at an early period, when more than an average quantity of colonial wool will be offered. Uallways. Attamic & St Lawrence Bom.,Barodalc.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent... Buffalo and Luxe Huron Do. New . Do. Preference Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lin.) ICape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Seri/ Demerara.. Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East. Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. 41 p C. Debentrs. Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1861 Do. 1865-1870 Do. 1866-1871. Do. do. G Ext Grand trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 d 0... Madras guar., 5 p. Do. 4t p. c. Extension D 0.4 d0........ 1 Melb•Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßrunswick Canda Ity.&Land(Lim.)g.6pe Class A Capital Share ... 'Do. do. Land d 0...... • • , 20 Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... 1 stock Scinde .......... ,i.. , -; 20 Do. Punjaub .... 2,T 20 Do. Do. ~ —•• • • ..,c 3 ": stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. Re, 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. FOREIGN Algerian Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes.... ... • • •• I Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c.l Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & Rail all all 161 alt all 67, - P 1$ 1 1* Copiapo Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Grand Rus Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Junction .. •• • • Lierre ez Turnhout Lyons ,k Geneva Namur Liege •• • • Do. 6 p. o. Pref. Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. Ot'mn (Smyrna to Aidn) Paris,Lyons, & Mediter Paris & Orleans Recife & S. Fran. (fern ) gua. 7 p. et. lint .Riga & Dunaburg Royal Danish. Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c S.Aust, &Lomb Venetin Southern of France S. East Portugal 7 p ct West Flanders .....• • • Do. 54 p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden . • Do. 8 per cent Pref Zealand 11 12 44 4 i 1 p 23i 244 121 20 21 40i 41! 8 10 7i ei 431 44t 53 55 3i 3 d 14 16 8; 9/ t 9 1 Ipm q lgp 30i 31i 74 72 loi Ail 22 24 131 1 10 01 10! BRITISH MINES. fret' Consols (Philack) 3.9.3 20 British Iron Clifford nil 30 32 Devon G. Cone. (Taoist ; 1 405 415 402 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 43 45 East Caradon '.14.6 325 334 East Carn Brea... 3.0.0 125 13 E. WlRussel (Tavistk 7.7.0 24 34 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 501 14 16 Great South Tolgus l7s 3 35 G.Wheal Alfa. (Philack - - G. Wheal Vor (1Ielston) 40 7 74 Grenville 0.15.61 21 2; Herod's-Foot 8.12 I 36 38 Hingston Downs 4.14 2 25 Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant` 9/ 45 47 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 2) id par North Downs 2.5 45 5 North Frances (Moga 12.3 N.Wh'l Basset (Illo4an) 2.0.0 3 35 North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St. Blazey) 1 4 5 6 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 41 43 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 1 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 14 320 1 30 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) 5.11.6 25 3 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim all SWheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.1' 4 .9 1024 1675 Stray Park 27 19. 29 31 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 45 15 11 10 Tin Croit 9 94 105 Vale of Towey (Carm ) 13s 6d, West Basset (Illogan) l5 14 15 W Caradon (Liskeard) 5 39 41 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 55 976 1025 Whcal Buller(Redruth) 5 6 0 65 Whc...l Edward (Cals.) 71 14 14 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 13 14 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 144 154 Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) 7 17 18 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccordCopper,Lim all 5 4 5 Brazil Land & Min.Co all 15 14 1 Clarendon Cons.MitiCo ; 40 Cobra Copper all 32 34 Copiapo . 1 DunMoun.Cop.Minct Co all 4 7.11 p 3 East Del Ray (Limited)l 1 4 1 2 'Fortuna... all 21 35 20 'General all 22 24 2 ;Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr l5 id 5p 14 ,Kapunda (Limited) 1 4 15 p I Linares all 7 5 Lusitanian 2 5 d spm 1 Mariquita all ; I 1 ,N.RhineCopcdS.Aus.L 5 4 sds 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... all 2 5 Port Philip 1 4 1 1 Scottish Austria. (L.) I 10s. 15 l4pm 25 20 St. John del Rey (14 l5 58 60 28.2.81 United Mexican . all 7 74 :74 1 Worthing (Limited) ' all • COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-32 Do 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 - - Do. 6p. cent. -- 1 100 - - Do. 6p. c. & Autt. 100 107 109 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 107 109 Do. 5 per cent lOO 99 101 100 5 Do. Inscribed stock , 100 98 101 ICape G.Hope, 6p 0,1880 100 111 113 I Do. 1890 j 100 ,112 114 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 1 100 lii 113 ,Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p 0; 100 - - B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July , 100 4065 1075 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct.; 100 N. S. W. G ov. sp. 0.,1866' 100 110 101 Do. Sp. c.,1871 to 18761 100 98 99 Do. d0..1888 &upwds 100 97 98 975 New Zealand 6p. cent! 100 108 110 109 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 1 1085 1091 S. Au5,G0p.c.1873.& up lOO 108 110 Vic. Gov. 6 pm. Ja. &July 100 1 106 108 1081 9 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&oot, lOO 1075 1074 107 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. - 100 Agra&UnitedService B, 60 40 Australasia ail 70 72 25 Bank of Egypt all 235 244 , 275 100 Ba - ak of London 50 British North American all 54 56 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 215 22 215 25 Ch. Mer. of 1n.140n.44t Ch. all 33 S 5 100 City 100 Colonial . 25 59 41 201] Corn. Bank of Canada.. all 20 Eng., Scot., dr Aus. Ch.. all 181 194 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 25 254 20 Do. new all 241 255 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.African lO id gpr 100 London & Westminstek 20 76 78 77 it 100 Nat. Prov. of England 42 -. 20 Do. new ..... ....... , l2 -- 50 National Bank 20 New South Wales.— all 40 42 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 52 54 535 20 1 Ottoman Bank... 100 1 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. new all -- 25 I South Australia ..,.... all 36 37 25 Union of Australia .... all 468 478 461 50 Url ).. of London 100 Unity Mutual 1 60 , ,ANE , OUS. 41 51 29 32 18 20 9 11 114 117 12 16 85 87 104 ICB 104 107 1i Oi *fpm 98 101 2# 2} 25 1 i 26i i 6 t 31 31 21 3 4 6 A P d b 1 13 16 1 1 4 ,„ 6 7 55 57 67 69 10 12 18/ 19 17 18 lb 5k 54 56 135 140 33 35 4 - 6 par ip pr 11 If p oi gi Of Business don, 102 f a .104 a 4 Paid. all 100 all all all all I CI osing Price. 72 74 101 i 1022 6} eld 8i 9 5 ai 1 lip 101,1 101 1034 104 l 100 102 101} 1024 102 103 1031 104 a 1 26 27 76 78 65 67 45 47 46 50 41 43 40 43 101 102 a BP 101 102 134 43i 74 7 102 104 90 98 101 102 94 96 92 94 5 7 4 6 103 104 pr p 20i 20Z 101 IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam 43 .. 158 .. 253 .. 6 Harlingen 43 .. 4 .. 4 Hamburgh 24 .. 1,211 , Ostend. • • •• • • • . • • • • 10 • • Corunna - • • - • • • • Dordt - • • Amsterdam• •• • • • • • -- • • • • -- Vigo BO .. 11.• Boulogne• • •• • • 6 . • • • . • -- • • Onorto .. • • --- • • • • • • 11fedemblik • • -- • • • . --- • • Antwerp — • • • . Nieu Diep — • • --- • • --- • • • • --- Total .... 196 .. 1,681 .. 267 .. 10 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1861 386 .. 1,223 .. 426 1800 7O .. 2,385 .. 147 1859 42 2,709 .. 50 1858 4OO .. 1,064 .. 152 .. 1857 .. 300 .. 707 .. 2 .. 176 .. 8 1856 276 .. 283 .. 163. .. A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, April 1, 1861, and, this day, Monday, March 31, 1862. Per Sib. to sink the offal. April 1, 1861. Coarse and inferior beasts.... 3 4 to 3 8 Second quality do. 3lO 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 410 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 6 310 Second quality do. .. 4 0 4 4 Prime coarse-woolled do 4 8 6 6 Prime Southdown do. .. 5 8 510 Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small do. ... Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 8 410 Beasts Sheep and lambs 15,710 Calves Pigs 320 SUPPLIES ON SALE, APRIL 2, 1860.-7 sheep and lambs, 22,070 ; calves, 130; pigs, APRIL 4, 1859.—Beasts, 2,806; sheep and 1 calves, 51; pigs, 350. March 31, 1862. 2 10 to 3 0 32 3 6 38 4 0 42 4 4 3 6 310 40 4 4 46 5 2 64 6 8 64 7 0 42 4 8 4 10 5 2 38 4 0 42 4 8 4,610 19,060 142 360 feasts, 3,810 ; 330. Lambs, 20,200 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Somewhat increased supplies of meat have been on sale here, and the trade for all descriptions has ruled heavy, at reduced currencies. Per Slb. by the carcase. tided sdsd Inferior beef .. 2 6 3 2 Middlingmutton 3 8 4 0 Middling do. .. 3 4 3 6 Prime do ....... 4 2 4 4 Prime large do. 3 6 3 8 Veal .......... 3 10 4 8 Do. small d 0... 3 10 4 0 Small pork ~ .. 4 4 4 8 Large pork .. 3 8 4 2 Lamb ........ 0 0 0 0 Inferior mutton. 3 4 3 6 BOROUGH HOP. For new hops there has been an improovnedfdoremmearnd, terms.and T prices have had an upward ten denc y . Yearling and old qualities, her e is very taedoing f lhowever,little ha ve sold or heav y export, and no imports took place into London last week. Mid and East Rents 120 s to 168 s per cwt. Weald of Dents 1128 130 a ~ Sussex lOOB 1308 ~ BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Fair average supplies of potatoes have been on sale at these markets since our last report. Generally speaking. the trade is in a sluggish state, yet, compared with last week, no change of importance has taken place in the quotations. Good and Rim parcels, we may observe, are by no means difficult of sale. . Scotch Regents --. . - -- loos. to 130 s. per ton. Ditto Rocks ....... 90s. to 100 s. , York Regents 140 8 . to 150 s. Ditto Flukes lsos. to 160 s. „ Ditto Rocks 11 0x... to 120 s. „ Kent and Essex Regents to „ Lincolnshire ditto 100 s, to 120 s. Foreign WOOL. The English wool trade is still far from :active. As re gards, prices, however, very little change has t a k e n place, LA ili INTELLIGENCE,—(This Day.) SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Joyce.) THE MORALITY OF PUBLIC SALES.-CRAWLEY V. TAYLOR. This was an action to recover £l6 for rent, and defendant pleaded a set-off for purchasing wines at public sales. Mr. Pook, for the plaintiff, said that both the parties are wine merchants. Mr. Buchanan, for the defendant, said he would admit plaintiff's case, and proceed at once to prove his set-off. Defendant said he had purchased various lots at public sales for plaintiff, and in fact that person had once actually consented to arbitrate the case. Mr. Pook (in reference to one item)—Now, sir, was not that a " Knock-out." Defendant—l bought a large quantity. Mr. Pook—You know what I mean. Did not you and three or four other wine merchants combine together? Defendant—No. I bought for one house. Mr. Pook—Did you not agree that they should not bid against you, and was there not a " knock out ?" Defendant—The goods were put up a second time. We do not call it a " knock out," but a second sale. It was then discovered that the item in question had been omitted from one account, which defendant explained, and his Honour recommended Mr. Buchanan to withdraw his plea of set-off, and bring an action for the amount. Mr. Buchanan adapted this course upon his Honour's suggestion, and the vordict passed for plaintiff, with coats. POLICE INTELLIf:rgENCE.—(This Day.) BOW STREET. WATCH ROBBERY.—A middle-aged woman, named Elizabeth Buckland, was brought up on remand, charged with stealing a gold watch, valued at £3O, from the person of Mr. Williamson. From the evidence it appeared that on Friday last a crowd was attracted in St. Andrew street by one of the horses attached to an omnibus getting its leg entangled in the harness. The prosecutor and a tradesman named Hughes, of Great White Lion-street, were amongst the crowd, when the prisoner deliberately put her hand up to Hughes's waistcoat pocket to ascertain whether he had a watch. Ho was perfectly surprised at the coolness of the act, when the prisoner told him to get out of the way in order to allow her to pass. She then proceeded towards Mr. Williamson, who wore a very massive Albert chain, and taking her position at his back passed her hand round to his pocket and suc ceeded in getting away his watch. He then made his loss known, when Hughes observed that it must have been the woman who " sounded" him, and she was then taken into custody by police-constable 175 F. The watch of course was not recovered. The prisoner said she hoped his worship would deal with the case as leniently as he could, although she was perfectly innocent of stealing the watch. Police-sergeant, 4 G, informed the magistrate that the prisoner was a very old and practised offender. He was present at the Central Court in March, 1857, when she was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment for maliciously cutting and wounding; and another constable knew her to have been sentenced to ten years' transportation for watch stealing. Mr. Henry asked if that constable was in attendance ? The sergeant said he had since that time quitted the force, but he could have him in attendance on another occasion. Prisoner—lt's very hard my bad character should be brought up against me. If I did wrong some time ago I have paid the penalty and undergone the sentence I was awarded. You might as well deal summarily with this case, your worship. I don't want to go to trial. I assure you I never took the watch. Mr. Henry—That is a question for the jury to decide. The prosecutor says you did, and the constable knows you to be a very bad character. Prisoner--I am perfectly innocent of the charge. The witnesses were then bound over, and the prisoner was fully committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. JEWELLERY ROBBERY BY A FENCING MASTER.— Auguste Robert, of 5, Nassau-street, Middlesex Hospital, a fencing master, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing at 31, Percy-street, Tottenham court-road, a nar row case, containing 14 ladies' gold chains, 9 Albert chains some diamonds and rubies, &c.. of the value of £B2, the property of Mr. Eugenie Thewrier. It appears that the prisoner was in the habit of going to the house of the prosecutor, who is a jeweller, to give les sons in fencing; and on Friday last he called for that pur pose and gave a lesson, there being in an adjoining room at the time the morocco case containing 23 chains, &c., and while the prosecutor's back was turned, the prisoner left the room, and then, after making some frivolous excuse, left the house. As soon as he was gone the property was missed, and the case was put into the bands of Lambert, 68 E, who went to Southampton on Saturday afternoon, and at half-past ten, the same night, succeeded in appre hending the prisoner while making some purchases at the shop of Mr. Miller, outfitter, Canute-road, Southampton. Lambert, on taking the prisoner into custody, searched him, and found a portion of the property of the prosecutors on him, but the other portion Lambert found to have been sold by the prisoner to Mr. Emmanuel, jeweller, High street, Southampton, who at once geve up the property. The prisoner was then brought to London. Mr. Thewrier having identified the articles produced as his property, The prisoner was committed for trial. Mr. Albert interpreted the evidence. THAMES. EXTRAORDINARY AND ROMANTIO AFFAIR. - Ann Fraser, a very prepossessing young lady,who appeared much affected and labouring under great agitation, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with attempting to commit self-destruction. It appeared from the evidence of Police-sergeant Thomas Arnold, No. 32 K, that last night about 9 o'clock the pri soner was in conversation with her lover, Mr. Fearnley, jun., the son of Mr. Fearnley, solicitor, of Broad-street, Ratcliff, and some words took place. The young lady accused her inamorata with being the worse for liquor, and said that he ought to be ashamed of himself. Mr. Fearnley denied the soft impeachment, on which the young lady said she would drown herself. Her lover said " Do, if you are foolish enough," Unfortunately at that moment they were on the bridge over the Regent's-canal in the Mile-end-road, and she jumped upon the parapet and plunged into the water. Her lever immediately plunged into the water after her, and after she had once gone down he dived after her, brought her up and gallantly sup ported her in his arms and swam towards the bank. He was soon assisted, and both were saved and taken to the Gunmakers' Arms. Mr. Joseph Smith, solicitor, said he appeared on behalf of Mr. Fearnley, the son of a very old and respectable soli citor, and the young lady. They had formed an attach ment to each other. The act of the young lady was com mitted in a moment of bxoitement, and she was very sorry for what she had done. Mr. Woolrych remanded the prisoner until Wednesday. SEEDS. The business doing in seeds is very moderate, yet, com pared with last week no material change has taken place in the currencies. Cakes have changed hands to a limited extent, at late rates. Turnip,'White,p.bus.lls to 14s Swede —s —s mustard, Brown l2s 14s White, 7sod 0800. Tares, Winter 7s 6d 8s Old per quarter 3QB 42s Csmary, per quarter 418 62s Rye grass, new —B —8 Clover, lied Eng., et 448 72s White Foreign Red 448 60s White Ns Ss Trefoil, new. 2lB 26s Carraway 228 to 25s Coriander l4s 18s Hempseed, per qr sos 528 Liuseed,Eng,.sowing 728 74s Crushing 6os 68s Baltic .. Odessa Lineeed Cake, p ton —s —s English £lo OsZlO 108 Foreign lOs 11 lOs Rape Cakes,p ton £6 Os 6 158 Rapeseed, per qr.... 63s 66s TALLOW. Very little change has taken place in the value of tallow since our last report, but the market is still far from active. P.Y.C. is to-day quoted at 468 per cwt. on the spot. Rough fat 2s sid per 81bs. 1858.1 1859. 1860. 1861. 1862. Stock this day.... 13,763 i 15,156" 33.582 72 . 214 41.118 51s 6d. t0.53s 38 to 57s0d tosBs 6d to 46s Od to Price of Y.C. —s Od —s Oct —s Od —s Od Os ed Delivery last week E 44 1,157 753 673 1,869 Ditto from June 1 93,595 88,351 70,750 68,622 105,171 Arrivals last week 216 127 3 , 50 828 843 Ditto from Jime 1 95.595 91,240 92.251 113,77! 89,595 Price of Town .... 55s 9d: 55s Od 56s 6d 56s 68 48s 61 FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LAST. MAILS DUE. Aurzalia and Mauritius, via Southampton ..April 18, via Marseilles April 12, .drazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. April 6. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena April 4. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton April 4. via Marseilles M ar. 28. Falkland Islands April 6. Gibraltar, via Southampton .... India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton April 4. -- via Marseilles Mar. 29. India (Bombay), via Southampton Mar. 28, via Marseilles April 4. Lisbon April 1. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Mar. 28, via Marseilles Mar. 29 Newfoundland .. April 2. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet April 2. by U.S. packet by Canadian packet. April 2. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe April 10, Bahamas, via New York April 10, Mexico.. Mar. 31. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Mar. 31. California, and British Columbia.. The prize meeting of the National Rifle Associa tion will be held at Wimbledon, beginning on Tuesday, July 1, Shore 100 stk 20 204 174 stock stock 100 100 100 100 all /100 15 all 100 AILWAYS IqISCEL: Anglo-Ale xican Mint .. Atlantic K. MI. Stm (1d), I Atlantic Tel. (Limited) 1 Australian Agricultural ,Bahia Steam (Limited). Berlin Water (Limited) British American Land B.nMag. Tel. A. (Lim.), Do. 8,7p.c.ti113852 (Lim.)) I Do. C. (Limited) Canada Land Chandslands Tel. (Lim ) China & Japan Coast & River Steam IsTa v Cop.Min.ofEng.&Sraltg Do. Pref. 7A, per cent Crystal _Palace Do. Preference D 5. 6 pct. Perpet, Deb. E.lndia & Lon. Ship A. Do. B. Irrign. & Canal Electric Telegraph Do. New English & Aus. Copper Gen. Steam Navigate Great Ship Limited) Do'• 17i 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 p :r cent. pref National Dis. Co. (Lim ) Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) Netherlands Land Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl die. N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim.) Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Shares (Lim.). Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New II Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.44p.c. Illymney Iron lIDo. New.... Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lirn ) South Australian Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. do. Registered Do. do ... . Telegraph to Ind a (L.) Trust and Agency of Austrlasia (11m) Ist is. Tr.& Ln. Co. of Upr.Can. K'dom Tel. Co. (11m.) loan Div,920:13 102} 1011 131 1014 1 i THE INSURRECTION IN GREECE. A letter from Athens, written evidently by a friend of the insurrection gives the following de tails respecting the events in Greece:-- " ATHENS, MARCH 20. "All the ladies of Syra have gone into mourning for the brave men who were slain in the recent fight ; and some or the leading men, such as the barristers Galati and Ralli, and the chief chants of Syra, have declared that the authorities may imprison them if they like; but that they will never give their adhesion to the Royal Government. ' It is these manifestations which made the Governor (monarque) state in hisrlast despatch that the revo lutionary spirit had not yet subsided. I ask you, then, if the people of Syra have not given a denial to the Government which has endeavoured to persuade Europe that the insurrection of Nauplia is not shared by all Greeks. Only yesterday, a Conservative, a man of great expe rience, said to me, The excitement is so great throughout every part of the country, that if wt. only had some man capable of leading us, we should rise like one man.' This person told me that he had said this to the King ; but he added—' There is a fate hanging over kings and peoples into which they are inevitably drawn. The voice of the warner is never listened to until it is too late.' To my question, as to whether he thought it would soon be over, he replied, The most difficult thing will be to restore confidence between the King and the people, and I fear we are on the verge of an abyss. Every arbitrary act widens the breach. It requires great strength of character to change a system, and you know, as well as I do, that natures seldom change.' "At Chalcis the prisoners have overpowered their guard and got out of the prisons, to the number of 197. The despatch of the Governor is curious. He says he is glad of it, as those prisoners were a source of anxiety to him, and he hopes the island will now be tranquil. "It is true that the outworks of Nauplia have fallen into the hands of the Royalists. Coroneos, who was wounded and taken prisoner, has arrived at the Pintails, where he is closely guarded. As regards Nauplia, the fortress holds out, and the town will not surrender unless the Government grants a general amnesty. Well, this general amnesty, which the King and the Government were to proclaim with great joy, after a Cabinet Council held yesterday is, I hear, not to be granted. Matters are also made worse by the imprisonment of any one who dares publicly to express liberal opinions. Thus the deputy of Hydra, Boudonris, ex-deputy of Syra, Platis, and four barris ters have been thrown into prison. All the journals, even the Esperance, a Conservative journal, have been forbidden to write any comments on the acts of the Government. The Senate and the Chamber have also been re quested to make no allusions to the subject, and their dissolution is imminent. What a life for the Queen, to see the streets she drives through full of gendarmes and troops, and to see her subjects pass -by in silence without saluting her ! The King only shows himself once a week, with an escort of 30 gendarmes. This cannot last. A petition from the body of lawyers of Calamata has been presented to the King by their Deputy, Diomedes, which, in respectful terms, says that the insurrection at Nauplia is simply a manifestation which proves that the Greek people wish to be governed con stitutionally." The Paris papers of to-day doubt the authenticity of the telegraphic announcement of the surrender of Nauplia. The Journal des Debats of Sunday says:-- "A despatch from Constantinople, which reached Paris yesterday, announces that Nauplia has sur rendered, and that those leaders who have not been amnestied have taken to flight. We have not, as yet, received any confirmation of that despatch. The town of Nauplia is dominated by Fort Pala mides, where Lieut. Grivas is strongly entrenched with 200 determined insurgents. A correspondent of the Semaphore asserts that the fort could hold out for a long time against 10,000 men. Grivas is reported to be a man of determined character, who would not flinch from any extremity. It is much doubted that he will accept a conditional or partial amnesty." A telegram from Constantinople (vide another column) announces, however, that the news of the surrender of Nauplia has been confirmed. It does not, however, allude to the citadel. THE MERRIMAC AND MONITOR. At a special meeting of the New York Chamber of Com merce, held on the 12th of March, Captain Ericsson, inven tor of the iron-clad steam battery Monitor, was present,and was asked to give his opinion of the danger to the shipping of the port to be apprehended from the Merrimac. Capt. Ericsson, upon rising, was received with a flatter ing welcome. He said he had received a letter from Chief- Engineer Stimers, containing the first reliable information they had got of the engagement between the Monitor and the Merrimac, from any one on board the Monitor. The letter was written two hours after the battle of last Sun day. lie then proceeded to read the letter as follows : Iron-clad Monitor, Hampton Roads, March 9, 1862. My dear Sir,—After a stormy passage, which proved this to be the finest sea boat I was ever in, we fought the Merrimac for more than three hours this forenoon, and sent her back to Norfolk in a sinking condition. Iron clad against iron clad. We manoeuvred about the bay here, and went at each other with mutual fierceness. I consider that both ships were well-fought ; we were struck twenty-two times, pilot-house twice, turret nine times, side armour eight times, deck three times. The only vulnerable point was the pilot-house. One of your great logs (9 by 12 inches thick is broken in two. The shot struck just outside of where the captain had his eye, and it has disabled him, by destroying his left eye and temporarily blinding the other. The log is not quire in two, but is broken and pressed inwards 1i inch. She tried to run us down and sink us as she did the Cumber land yesterday, but she got the worst of it. Her bow passed over our deck, and our sharp upper-edged side cut through the light iron shoe upon her stern, and well into her oak. She will not try that again. She gave us a tre mendous thump, but did not injure us in the least. We are just able to find the point of contact. The turret is a splendid structure. I don't think much of the shield, but the pendulums are fine things, though I cannot tell you how they would stand the shot, as they were not hit. You were very correct in your estimate of the effect of shot upon the man on the inside of the turret, when it was struck near him. Three men were knocked down, of whom I was one, the other two had to be carried below, but I was not disabled at all, and the others recovered before the battle was over. Captain Worden stationed himself at the pilot-house, Greene fired the guns, and I turned the turret until the captain was disabled, and was relieved by Greene, when I managed the turret myself, Master Stodden having been one of the two stunned men. Captain Ericsson, I congratulate you upon your great success. Thousands have this day blessed you. I have heard whole crews cheer you. Every man feels that you have saved this place to the nation by furnishing us with the means to whip an iron-clad frigate that was, until our arrival, having it all her own way with our most powerful vessels.—l am, with much esteem, very truly yours, ALLAN C. STIMERS. Captain J. Ericsson, No. 95, Franklin-street, N. Y. Note.—The " log" alluded to is made of wrought iron of the best material. THE ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—At the meeting of this society on Tuesday next the following paper will be read :—" On the Antiquity of Man from the Evidence of Language," by Mr. John Crawfurd, president. A lady who recently died in this town (says the Wilts Standard) has left to her spiritual adv iser and her physician legacies of from £4,000 to £ 5 , 000 each. The Rev. Dr. Brown and Dr. Abercrombie ar e the fortunate legatees. PRESENT TO HER MAJESTY.--Eleven head of cattle arrived last week from India as a present to her Ma jesty from the Maharajah of Myso re. They comprise a buffalo bull and bullock, two buffalo cows, and two calves ; an on r f Friday the sev era l ports in in Australia during the y ears two Brahmin cows, a bull and calf, and a cross-bred cow. These animals are now at the Shaw Farm. . e first half ay shows Air thsTeßciALlnAtNityGOLD.d.---exAporre_tetud n 9, issuedlBD 1860, ath of 1861. The total q uantity exported from New South Wales during the year 1859, was 21,178 ounces, worth £81,504. Next year the quantity had risen. to 31,830 ounces, wor th £115,2 90 ; and in the first half o f 1861 the quantity exported was no less than 35,441 ounces. The returns re lating to Victoria show that the total quantity exported in 1859 was 2,280,525 ounces ; in 1860, 2,128,466 ; and in tho first half of 1861, 981,396. The estimated net quantity of gold ex ported from both colonies in the period between May , 1801, and June, 1861, is 25,081,468 ounces, and its value 696,399)814. MELANCHOLY DEATH OF A NE ws. PAPER EDITOR. A fortnight ago a man was found in a strawstack, near Stobhill Brick-works, Morpeth, where, accord ing to his statement—and which was corroborated by a diary he had kept for a few weeks previous, in which entries appear to have been regularly made up to the time of his entering the stack—he had been concealed without food or drink for a fort night. He was then removed by the police to the workhouse hospital, where, in consequence of the swollen condition of his feet, his Wellington boots had to be cut off. Owing to privation and the long-continued pressure of his boots acting on a system debilitated previously by habitual intemperance, and notwithstanding the cautious administration of food and warmth, mortification of both feet set in, to which he succumbed on Tuesday night, at eleven o'clock, at the age of 36 years. The last weeks of his existence are full of painful interest. He was living at F a lki r k, i n w hi c h place he w as at once e di tor an d propr i etor of a penny weekly newspaper, the Falkirk Liberal, in the colum ns o f which he wrote a " leader " of passing events weekly, under the somewhat singular cog nomen of "The Cock of the Steeple," some of them bearing evidence of considerable talent. He was also a poet of no mean order. Finding the speculation of his newspaper not turning out a profitable one he relinquished it, and wended his way to Edinburgh, in the hope of find ing employment ; here he had indulged in potations long and deep, and in his cups had stumbled into one of the numerous dens of infamy which abound in the High-street, where he was not long in find inghis whole seized toc stock of m him, and he pounds—almosts m el o f n m ey in . us it th e r m e o e rsenow resolved on the terrible alternative of committing suicide. At a druggist's shop in George-street he purc'iased a large quantity of laudanum, which he shortly afterwards swallowed, committing a not uncommon mistake by self-murderers who wish to make assurance doubly sure, namely swallowing too large a dose, which caused him to vomit the whole of it. His life was consequently spared for a brief period longer, and he started on foot south ward, Newcastle being his intended destination. He had made daily entries in his journal, which was composed of scraps of newspaper productions from his own pen, and in which was the entry re lating to his taking laudanum. On reaching Mor peth it was late in the evening, when he spent his last penny on a roll, and mistaking the road leading past the railway station for the Newcastle-road, fatigue overpowered him, and he crept into the stack and covered himself over with straw, with the intention of sleeping or starving to death, as is evinced by the last entry in his diary. His name was Alexander Birnie, a Scotchman, of middle height, apparently 36 years of age, his face adorned with a flowing beard and moustache. His religious persuasion was of the Baptist denomina tion, and he was visited daily by the Rev. Dr. An derson, and was attended by the surgeon to the hospital, Dr. loblin ; and Messrs. Gibson and Creighton, surgeons. The following are the entries in the diary already alluded to . " Feb. B.—Whoever finds me send word to Falkirk, to James Wyse, ironmonger. I was robbed last night of about £3, all I had, and a suit of clothes.—The Cock of the Steeple. " Feb. 10.—The third day, and have not had a morsel of food. Tuesday, Feb. 11.—I have had but a piece of coarse bread since Monday last. Surely the bitter ness of death is past. Since then I have travelled from Edinburgh. My existence has been a curse to myself and to everybody connected with me, through my own folly. Send word to James Wyse, iron monger, Falkirk, that the Cock of the Steeple was found dead, and where. Send word to James Graham, Chester-le-street, Durham, my wife's brother. God help her and my poor children. I drank laudanum on Saturday in Edinburgh, but vomited it. " Wednesday, Feb. 12.—Another day and not a bit of food ; five days—only a bit of coarse bread. Nothing stronger than water has entered my lips, my clothes have never been off, nor have I been in a bed. The side of a hayrick or a plantaticn has been my bed. But I am justly punished. Don't bury Me like a dog ; my articles and epeeches in this book will show that I deserved better. I had no idea that the body, especially one so feeble as mine apparently, was capable of so much endurance. Since Saturday morning last I have lived on about twopenny worth of bread, with no other drink than water. I have never been in bed, seldom under a covering, and then only some straw, save one night I lay in a pit hut. " Thursday, 13th.—I have now lain under some straw by a haystack, near Morpeth, last night and all day. God knows if ever I will be able to proceed any further. I would like to have got to Chester le-street, to be buried there, that my poor wife, when she looked on my grave, might forgive and weep. " Friday, 14th—Still lying here, but very weak. Just a week since I left Falkirk Manse. I could only raise £3 10s. to pay my printer's account. What a .... of suffering it has been, but I trust it has been for my good. Speak kindly of me to my children. I am not able to walk, but I have strength in the ordinary sense. Ido not feel, but a painful drawing of breath every time I breathe. Friday afternoon, Feb. 14—Life is a torment. I have mis spent it. No man bad ever better opportunities, or made worse of them. Send word to Falkirk; say the Cock of the Steeple' is dead.' I forsook God, and he has forsaken me. Let my wretched fate be a warning to all, especially that they never drink strong drink; it and unlawful lust have been my ruin. 0 God, have mercy upon me for the sake of Jesus. Five or six days and nights alone, with con science on the past life, and God, have a merciful effect upon my mind. If I die now, I die not without hope, I believe, but with trembling. " Saturday, 15th—One week my punishment has 'lasted. I still lie here, bat very weak and much pained in the bowels. " Sabbath, 16th—Another day without food or drink ; cold. When will the trial be over ? " Monday, 17th--0 God, grant me patience ! " Tuesday, 18th—Alone, without a soul to see or speak to, a bit of bread or a drop of drink for six days and nights. How long can it be P " Wednesday, 19th—This cannot hold out long. Help, 0 Lord. a Friday, 21st—The ninth day without fo od. Got drink of water last night. " Sabbath, 23d—Eleven days. My legs are use less. 0 God, when will it end " Monday, 24th—Oh, l a m weary. One part of my body appears to be de a d. I cannot go for a drink now. Feb. 24—Sevent een days suffering ; during that time had tw ice a p iece of bread,l2 days without a morsel. "Tuesday, 26th—Death comes on wait. I meet Oh He has saved me, yet so as by fire , these 13 days. 0 bl ess e hi m t h o ut fear. Jesus is all. Him for them ; to him I commit my soul, my memory, my family, my all. Amen, ALEXANDER BIRNIE. if Some kind hand may make a selection of my articles and speeches, in this and in another at Chester-le-street, in the Chester-le-Street Liberal and Falkirk. Advertiser and Liberal, and publish them on behalf of my widow and family." The deceased was well-known in this neighbour hood during his connection with the Chester Libe ral. AUGURIES OF THE FUTURE.—By far the most Popular systems of prognostication are those founded on dreams and cards. No book of fate is complete without a catalogue of the meanings attached to every card in the pack, and there are dream dictionaries in profusion. In the case of dreams the approved method of interpretation ap pears to be to attribute to the object dreamed of a signifi cance either natural or appropriate, or diametrically con trary to the obvious idea which it suggests. For instance, crutches denote sickness and misery, ange l s g ood fortune, and bagpipes vexation of spirit; while, on the other hand, death is held to indicate happiness and long life ; drown ing, good fortune,. and marriage, death. Sometimes . !he inte r p r et a tion is whimsical, so that " t o dream you are going to be hanged is a sign you will rise above your present con of a sweetheart to the single, dition by marriage ;" 4 ' to dream of geese is good—expect to see soon a long absent friend." Others are simply absurd. or carrots of profit in lawsuits Why should dreaming you wear a tail be a token of profit, a long nose of richekboots friends to the married, OWN INek. \~ lye Lnd. th ave ro ght 315- the kes, and five ired (yet e no pre y bo ong, tinst rmer con bess. ping ons- - e and all 'all all all 100 all 100 all all ad all 1 5 1 25e 18 '9 2 3 27 28 18f f