The Sun. — London, England, 1862-03-22 00:00:00

).N.El' MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocu. Tkire is no alteration to report in the discount market to day, the transactions as usual on Satur day bein g extreme l y mo d era t e. T ra d e con ti n ues dull, and the requirements of the mercantile com munity are consequently much below the average; nor is there any immediate prospect of improve ment, as a settlement of the civil war in America Must be effected before a full return of prosperity Can be expected in the commercial world. The current minimum in the general market for first class bills is 29 per cent., and it is almost unne cessary to remark that the applications at the Bank of England, where 2 per cent. is charged, notwith standing an important reduction in other securities, and an extensive increase in the reserves of notes and gold, are very much curtailed. Unless some decided change should occur in the position of the market, it is not improbable that the directors at their meeting, on Thursday next, may find it necessary in the interests of their proprietary and of the pub lic at large to modify their quotation to 2 per cent. It is expected that the New Turkish Loan will be introduced to the market on Monday or Tuesday next. In the Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, business was quiet, but prices were tolerably well supported. The sales were 5,000 balcs. About £48,000 in gold was sent into the Bank of England yesterday. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to about £422,000, and the exports to .£430,000. The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon ex- Libited a slight advance in the rate on Paris. The interest on Brazilian 5 per Cent. Bonds will 13 e paid on the Ist proximo. A call of £3 per share, amounting together to 120,000, becomes duo on the 31st inst. on the North British B order Counties Union Railway guaranteed £lO shares. T b market for Public Securities continues tran sacted and a small amount of business ha s been : rt naacted i n Consols at 9414 for transfer, and at 1 1 t for the account. The New Threes and the ,'educed have advanced to 92a ; Exchequer Bills are fiat, at 18s. to 21s. prem. ; India Stock is firm : I , t 226 ; ditto 5 per Cent. has advan ced to 108 k 109 ; the 6 per Cent. Enfaced Paper to 1031; and the 51 Per Cent. to 1081 The dealings in the Foreign Market have been r ather inactive, and prices have shown more firm liess• Turkish 6 per Cents. are 86 1 1; ditt o, 1858, 724 I; ditto £lOO Bonds have improved to 73 74 ; Italia / 3 5 per Cents. to 671 ; Spanish Certificates are firm at 7 ; Mexican, 344 35; New Grenada 2 .111. Cents, have risen to 27i 4; Sardinian are 81 a nd Equador, 181. In the Railway Share Market a more buoyant t one has prevailed, and most of the principalßritish u ndertakings show an improvement of 4to per tent, Eastern Counties and North Eastern (Ber !jek) have advanced 55.; Bristol and Exeter, C aledonian, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Midland, 1 d South Eastern, 10s. ; Great Westerns an d , 1 1 1 orfolks, however, have receded 55.; and Great Northerns, lOs. , Th e Foreign and Colonial undertakings have been in fair request, and at slightly enhanced rates. gre a t Luxembourg, Lombardo-Venetian, and Bahia atld San Francisco have improved 55., and Scindes declined ss. J , Ant-Stock Bank and Misce llaneous Shares 14, "w little change of importance. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. I zalk st ock 8 e '' C ent. Reduced Annuities 92k w dew Cent. C onso l s Annuities Isl w 3 per Cent. Annuities 92a i e , i Per Cent. Annuities 7 7 41 India z .t, , ck Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — r ,' per Cent itto 5 Ditto 5i pet Cent lo 3k k 3 108 i .i. bonds £l,OOO ,--7 ___ Ditto under .!-!1,000 p!ank Stock for Account 234 i ,•-oL:sols for Account, April 10.. Nlin, Stock for Account, 5 per Cent Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent - — Ditto £500 Litto Small ....... FOREIGN F UNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bra'<•,ilinn 5 per Cent , Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860 - "-quador New Consolidated Greek...... Grenada Active Do. Ex over-due Coups.&llectares loi t TP:xican, 3 per Cent Ditto Account 11" Grenada, 2 per Cent lii i , s i bm 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. ' '''to 41 per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 62i Sardinian 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded `Turkish 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account _Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto XlOO 80nd5..~ Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto April Account COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY. Amsterdam - 11 16 4 1 11 161 Ditto Rotterdam — 11 18; 11 181 25 50 25 55 Antwerp.......... 13russel s namburoth Pari s b Short. 25 271 25 32 ± 25 55 Ditt o M arseilles 1 181 119 Frankfort on Maine — Vienn a 'Trieste 321 321 rg Petersbu h "Berlin l 'ladrid Cadiz Leghorn. — 25 55 25 571 ,Mila n — 25 50 25 55 Genoa — 25 521 25 57/ INTaPles Palermo l2O 120± Messina Li s b on — 52* 52i Oporto — 521 63 RlO Janeiro Now York — '.. °reign Gold in Bars (Standard) , p er os £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American I oubloons TURKISH FINANCES. —The report on Turkish frnance of the Grand V'zier, Fuad Pasha, to the Sultan, and which has been approved and ordered to be carried out by his Majesty has been transmitted to this country. It coincides with the recent statements of Mr. Layard in the House of Commons, and shows that by a reduction of ex penditure on the one hand, and the imposition of new taxes on the other, an excess of revenue may be antici pated of £398,483 for the current year. The new taxes are chiefly on tobacco and salt, but a modification of the Customs duties, in order that they may be levied on the actual value of the merchandise imported, will also Yield a large sum. The total increase of receipts relied o.pon from all sources is £3,268,408, and there seems no reason to apprehend that their collection under the reformed system now promised to be inaugurated will press with any severity on the population. From the sum provided in the estimate for the interest on the proposed new loan, it would 4 PPear that the nominal amount is to be £lO,OOO. Should that loan be satisfactorily raised and administered so as to Place the Government in a position of entire independence, Turkey for the future, with her natural re sources, her limited debt, and her liberal tariff, might present annually ' a budget to be envied by most other nations. The Mayor of Southampton, Mr. F. Perkins, has Invited Garibaldi to visit the town over which he presides as chief magistrate when the International Exhibition is °Pen, and has promised the illustrious Italian an English private and public welcome in Southampton which should te stify the estimation in which his great talents and ser vices in the cause of human freedom are held in this country. LIVERPOOL, March 20.—The Johanna Ward, frt. m Matanzas for Charleston, has been captured by the blockading squadron. The British Queen (British schooner) has as,o been captured in attempting to break the blockade. The schooner Virginia Adams has also been taken as a off Matanzas, by the Harriet Lane, arrived at - Ravannah. GREAT YARMOUTH, Friday.—lt has been blow iL'g hard last night and to-day, with much damage to ship- * Ping. The brig Sarah Bell, of Arundel, was lost, with all hand s , on the North Sand. To-night the wind has some what moderated, but the weather is still coarse and wild. AN UNFORTUNATE JOURNAL.—The printer of th e c • ourrter du Dimanche of Paris has just commenced a term of impri s on me nt. It is questioned whethe r th in jour nal can b e f ur th er c‘matinued, seeing that its edit or in chief, 1 2 manag er its printer, and one of its principal con tributors 1 Eugene Pelletan) are all within the four walls of a Prisnn. VISITORS TO THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY• — TA. parliamentary return issued yesterday shows that the -visitors to the National Portrait Gallery were 5,305 in 1859 6 ,392 in 1860, and 10,907 last year. SHARE MARKET-( THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing) Business l'a"L l Price. done. Share Railways. -_____,_ _ , Bir., \V and Sty% X al.. Myth and Tyne ..... jßoct ,Sleaf.,andnid.L .o , 'Caledonian ( B ~ Cornwallr, s k t . o a l n and l. I.t a.. } .n. 7 .1. e ... ; . e .. r .. ... ... 7 A A gets no div 'Do ti,il op e.p an.lias' Do. lit been paid to BF 'Dublin & Belfast June. 1 Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June. 'East A nv.lian E.stern Counties ... _ ' Eastern Union. A stock; Do , Bdo do DoNw A. late E U :his ,East Suffolk 1 F; dinburzh & Glasgow ' i Edin., Perth, & Dundee,' Glasg. and S. Western.' GreatNrtlin.ot Scotland' Great Northern.. I Do A stock 7 4 8 11- 921- 91 1121 112:1 6i 6i Do do Gt. S. an W. of Ireland Great Western ...... Do Str Val gua. stock !Trish South Eastern .. Lancashire & Yorkshire 11.ondon and Blackwall, Lon., Brig ht.,& S. Coast Lon., Ciiat., and Dover , Lon. & North Western l Lon. & South Westernl L'derry & Coleraine .. L'derry & Enniskillen. & Lincoln.\ Marypott and Carlisle.l Do shares.. Nietropolit an Midland Do New Do Birminz. & Derby gid Gt. W. of Ireland) ' Do. 1 shares lfid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry, Warnpt, & ltos Norfolk North British Nor.Dev.nail&Dk.stock Do A stk ; A recs no d till A pc. has been pdß Do B stock INth. Eastern—Berwick Do,_G.N.E. purchase, Do Leeds DO York North London I Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. Gran. El. & Canal Portsmouth mney scottish Central Scot. N. E.. Aber. stock) Do Scit. Mid. stock ) !Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer , !S ou th Devon S. Durham & Lane. Un !South Eastrn South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do Pref. No. 1 TharnesHavenDk&Raill Ulster 1)0 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.&R West Midland Oxford Do Newport ) Do ' Hereford 41 43 10 11 221 21 1. 57 !81 50 61 30 41 91 93 32 32i 103 105 93E3 113 12 117 118 1151 , 116 k 122 131 104 106 74} 75 58 60 751011 1081 109 58 60 123 125 45i 465 94} Olt 101 102 lost 9 1244 i 44 102 11 365 37i 81 844 68 69 100 102 5f 61 37 38 8 9 p 5 i h P 145 150 551 561 21 31 dip 48 49 44 46 89 91 91 1291 9 1 P 98i d 841 1 1 1 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. !raid. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Co. s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N . .W Birkenhead.. Buckingh :^,salre.. Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do it 56 Do. siper cent 100 Do • 126 128 Do. 5 „ 100 Do. ll l9 114 Clydesdale Junction 100 ICaledon. 102 104 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 1E.U.&E.0 E. Lincolnsh. Er, "pr c. 100 IG( - .North. 138 140 E.iinion,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 4} Do. Woodbridge.— 100 • • • • Gls. Barr.&Neils.Drct. 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 197 202 Lon. and Chet. Ext. B 6 per cert Do. Promle7. 6 per c all D 0... • . • • London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen , Lon.,Tilb.& S, -"lend 100 Peto &Co ES 87 Lowestoft gua. 4 pc.. 100 Norfolk Do 6 per cent lOO Do. Mnc.,Extn.,,e , Matlock all LNW& M 31 E. Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock NeWlllarkt, BuryEx i 5. 5.6. E Counts. p i p gua. 5 per cent... Nortlin.&Eastn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent..... all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... 1 all Do. N. Easin—Hartlepool' 1( 0 N. E. Ber .. North Western L &N. W Preston and Wyre. 1 all ,t ',sk i 43 45 Do. 4 shares A. all Do. ••- - .. .. .. Roys t n. Hit c h.&Shep. 100 IGt.North.ll36 137 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 121 123 Do. . Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West: 93 95 Wimbledn t Croydon all ,L..Srßrr„tn 8} 9 _____ PREFERENCE SHARES. Share Railways. Paid.( Closing Business 1 I Prices. Done. Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c pref. issued at £5 Bris. & Exet. 4 p. c. at Do. shares ICaledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 5i p. c. Cornwall, 5 per ant.— Dun. Perth, & Abu ,Jun. Do. Ist Class Pref.. 1 E. Angn. Class A 5 p. C ' E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 Do No. 2 Do. new 6 p. c. at Eastern Union, 4 p. c-- Do. 5 p. a. guar Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. & v Furness, 5 per cent Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c Great Northern, 5 p. c D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c. pm Do. 44 p. c. do Do.sp.c.ftedrc.atsp.c.pm Gt. Nh. of Scot. fst pref. Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent Great West. (Perks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 14 p. et Do. redeem. 4 p. ct. Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref. ')o. Birm. prof, shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. shs I Do. Chester 5 p.c. pi'. shs Do. firm. guar. stock.. Do. Chester guar. shares Do. do Do. do Lap. & Carl. 4i- p.c. prel Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnyl.st£s 2s 10d, c Do. 6 p. e. (Fast Lan.) Do. 41 p. c. (fhickb. pur Lon.&Brig.sp.c.gu. No.l Do. 5 per cent.. 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, 4 p c.st.(div.detlir 65 Lon.Chat.&Dov. sp.c.pf. Lon. & N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 4 per cent. Lon. & S. West. 7p. cent. Ft_ late 3d shares .... Do. , , per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl. aline ; of 2s 6d Londondy. & Cole. ,shs imndony. & Ennis. shs Man. sh. & Lin. 6 per et. t Do. £6 1 Do Do.. Ip re e e r m eT p t . 0 ... ce . . n „ t ,... : NI aryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. Do. 41 per cent. ... . Midland Con. 6 p. 0, stk Do.Con.frls.& fir. 6 n.e Do. 4i p.c. pref. et. rdem Do. 4} p.c. irredeemable Do. 4i per cent..... . • Do.Leic. and Hit.4per ct Norllk. 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. at. 1847 Do.sWay.ValEx.st.lB47 Nort British. 5 per cent. 'Do. New Erna. 5 per cent i Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. I Do. do. do. Ntb.Dvn. R a il.&Dck.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do.o. G 4i. N. E. 4 p ct].red.ccetm pref.ablD Do. Berwick 4 p. C. pref., Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 i Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York, R. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire.... tthymnev Guaranteed.. Sco t tish North-Eastern 3# p. c. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c, pref. stock, South Devon, Ann, 10 s.' Do. Fixed 4i per cent ,South Eastern(l3.cading Ann., 1.0.6) Do, 4} per cent Do, Fixed 4i per cent South svtill:ootk ..r.sf4DWds:po per Wales, er cent. ea e , n g si: u p.t a . . c 4. g u p . c a .. Do. do. 18.59 S. Yorks & h D i K r a e ri , ,i 4 knA p ys . c .p . 6i g i: u a e .. Do. j 3 6p. o‘ , . Do. C 6 p c W. Slid.-Oxf Ist gua stk I Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c. nf r Do. Perpet.6 '•" -- 1 D o. 13 ' C. Pf• 1.566 till 186% 93 95 20 21 6 6i .00 105 109 111 103 110 126 12R 84 86 100 100 100 100 100 100 110 112 90 92 97 99 100 100 100 100 all all 100 all all all [OO 102 91 93 91 93 [O3 105 76 78 77 79 75 185 2s .3.71 12i 12i 100 100 too 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 - - 1 37 139 101 103 115 117 1115 117 135 140 115 117 152 156 138 142 76 78 96 97 100 100 100 100 13.4 14 14} 125 127 1 Opm 39 71 i ipm 10. 6. 138 140 LO2 101 •P •• 92 94 108} 11 113 [O9 111 11, lipm [OO 162 97 99 dis part 128 142 10 11 24 244 101 103 101 103 85 87 * 1 P 27i 284 32 31 32 34 42 4 5 :126 128 1120 125 1101 103 1122 125 ing 123 DOCKS. ___________ stock 'Commercial 1 100 I i stock 'Do. 4 per CentXretiyin ; 100 stock East and West Indy, i too stock 11.,pndo- . 126 - 128 100 58 60 1 mtzek St. Katharine lOO 60 62 I stock Southampton , 100 -L- 1 s t,eglVietoria . i 100 0 0 1011 20 ID"' New ........e0.40 0 2 _ p 1 9 11 43 44 9 91 1251 1291 11 lb: 99 101 68 70 67 Of 98} 981 1 } d 551 30i 87 87i 102 103 P Om 41- la d 101 lli 128 130 48 50 106 108 46 48 90 93 129 132 33 35 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1862. LA TV I2V J'ELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) THE KEAN TEoTIMOMAL, COURT OF DIVORCE; (Before the Judge Ordinary and a C o mmon Jury.) I{L'DGECOCK V. HEDGECOCE. AND ASHDOWN• This WPS a suit by the husband, a butcher residing Gravesend, for divorce on the ground of adultery with the co-respondent, a bricklayer's labourer residing at Pluto stead. The respondent pleaded denial and cruelty, and the co-respondent pleaded denial, but did not appear by counsel. Dr. Wouriebey and Mr. Baker Green were counsel for tho petitioner, and Dr. Swabey for the respondent. From the statement of counsel it appeared that the parties were married in 1850, and cohabited until the early part of 1860, when the respondent's habits became so intempe rate that her husband separated from her, and placed her with a respectable female at St. Albans. The husband made her a weekly allowance, which was regularly paid until the discovery of her misconduct, and it appeared further that the parties had a family, issue of the marriage. The other facia are developed in the following evidence : Mr. David Green, a grocer, residing at Gravesend, said— I was acquainted with the petitioner and his wife. I knew them before marriage. I was present at the ceremony ;it took place at St. George's Church. The lady's maiden name was Watson. I was at Gravesend in November last. I saw the respondent there. I pointed her out to Mr. Outred, Mr. Eyre, and three other persons, whose names I have forgot. Mrs. Mary Cox—l reside at St. Albans. g know Mr. and Mrs. Hedgecock. I have known Mrs. Hedgecock from her childhood. I brought her up until she was nine years old. Her mother then fetched her and put her to a board ing school. She returned to me when she was about 13, and stayed with me about six. months. I recollect her marriage. I frequently visited her after. I had opportu nities of seeing how her husband treated her. I saw nothing but kindness. She occasionally visited me at St. Albans after her marriage, and stayed with me for about a week. In the early part of 1856 Mr. Hedgecock came to see me. Ho came alone, but soon after his wife came, and stayed six or s6ven. weeks. During that time she conducted herself very properly. In 1858 she came again—Mr. Hedgecock was with her—and on that occasion I procured a cottage for Mrs. Hedgecock. By the Judge—Mr. Hedgecock said he was determined to live separate for a time through her drink. Examination continued—Mr. Hedgecock and his wife returned the same day that they arrived, but in about a week after she came to live in the place which I bad taken for her. It was not ready, and she stopped a week in my house, and then removed into the cottage. She had two children with her. Mr. Hedgecock used to visit her frequently at St. Albans. Mrs. Hedgecock conducted herself very indifferently, I am sorry to say. I have seen her under the influence of drink. 1 knew her to go to the house of a Mr. West, which was about half a mile from Mrs. Hedgecock's cottage. She left the cottage, on the ground that it was not respectable enough for her. I was fetched to Mr. West's house after Mrs. Hedgecock had been there about three months. I saw her on the bed very drunk. Mr. Hedgecock allowed her £1 a week. Mrs. Hedgecock left St. Alban's early in August, 1858. Her husband fetched her home. While she was at Mr. West's Mrs. Hedgecock told me she had signed the pledge. I saw her at Plumstead Common in 1859. Cross-examined—Mrs. Hedgecock is about 35 years of age. In September, 1856, she had a child born. She made no mwhen Mr. Hedgecock plai visited n slept at his wife's cottage. He did not te ll me that he had done so, complaints about o St. ut Albans, her husband. he, an supposed, I a lB5B, and I never asked him where he had passed the night. She never complained in the presence of her husband of his conduct towards her. Mr. Hedgecock never spoke to me about his wife. I saw enough of her conduct in the news papers. She has spoken to me about giving evidence here. Mr. Foley, a very aged man, said—ln 1859 I resided on Plumstead-common, at No. 1, Walworth-road. Mrs. Hedgecock was my landlady. She let the house afterwards to a Mrs. White, and then she occupied the parlours. I know a man named Ashdown. Ho used to come to the house while Mrs. Hedgecock was there. She then move up stairs to the front room, and then Ashdown used to visit her in that room. I lived in the back room on the same floor. They used to send me out for a good deal of beer. Ashdown, when he visited Mrs. Iledgecock, used to stop an hour or two. Cross-examined—Ashdown used to work at the brick laying. Hedgecock has come to the house, but he never went in. He used to come to see the two children that were there. Mr. Hedgecock said he wanted me to speak the truth about Mrs. Hedgecock. Margaret Foley said—ln the summer of 1859 I was living in the house of Mrs. Hedgecock, on Plumstead- Common. I lived in the house till 1860, when we removed to the next house. While I was living there Mrs. Hedge cock used to take some beer, and I have seen three men visit her when she occupied the front parlour, in which there was a sofa. She kept good hours in the house, and was not up late at night. Her visitors used to arrive generally about seven, and leave at ten. Mrs. Hedgecock told me she had a ganthmu....,...ilLig, I, out, n. who was an editor of the Time. -(laughter)—and that he gave her 10s. a week. (Laughter.) I asked her what she meant about his being an editor, and she said he was taking down news. ( Laughter.) The Judge Ordinary—And then he was to report it? (Laughter.) " ' PARLIAMENTARY DI VISION. ,• • Witness—Oh, no; she was to report it to him, and then he'd take it down. Judge Ordinary—Then she was to take down the news for him ? Witness—Yes. He was to write it down, and she was to get it put in the newspaper. (Laughter.) The Judge Ordinary—Well, did the editor come to see her. Witness—Yes, he used to come of an evening—(laughter: —and atop some time with her to get the news. (Laugh. ter.) Ashdown used to visit her sometimes in the day sometimes in the night. The Judge Ordinary—You're not a native of Woolwich ? Witness—Oh no, sir. I come from Ireland, sir. The Judge Ordinary—l thought so. Mr. Joseph Jacobs said—l am a publican, residing at Plumstead Common. I let the house No. 3, W arwick place, I let it in May, '59. I afterwards let it to Mr. Ash down, who took it for his mother-in-law, Mrs. White. Mrs. Hedgecock remained in the house after I had let it to Ashdown, Ashdown used to go there of course, as his mother-in• law lived there. I don't know that he visited her before Mrs. White came there to live. I have told Mrs. Hedgecock that the lodgers bad made complaints about her, and that they were afraid to sleep in their beds for fear of the house being burned down. I gave her notice to quit at that time. She made no reply. I was in Graves end last November. Mrs. Hedgecock was pointed out to me. She was the same person as I had known at Plum stead. The old man Foley used to live in the house I let to Mrs. Hedgecock. Mrs. Sarah Hunter said—l used to send my children to Mrs. Hedgecock's school, but was compelled to take them away in consequence of her tipsy habits. I shortly after left Plumstead and went to live at Sydenham. About Christmas, 1860, Mrs. Hedgecock came to me at that place, and I then saw she was pregnant. I told her so, and she denied it. When Mr. Hedgecock left she said referring to a loose dress that she wore, " I've deceived him by wearing that dress." I was compelled to get her some drink. She left my house about a fortnight before she was 'confined. She told me she was pregnant one after noon when she was tipsy. That was before her husband came. She told me Mr. Hedgcock was not the father of the child. She was confined two doors from my place. I went shortly after, as she had written for me, and brought the child away to nurse. I know that she used to receive money from her husband. Cross-examined—l have seen Mr. Hedgecock at the door of the house on Plumstead-common, but I never saw him go in. Mr. George Sharland, solicitor, residing at Gravesend, said-1 was instructed by Mr. Hedgecock in January, 1861, to attend at Greenwich police-court. Mrs. Hedgecock was charged with deserting her infant child. I made a state ment to the magistrate in her presence. I said that she was living apart from her husband, and that he denied any knowledge of the child until he heard of the charge against 1 I her. The magistrate told her he understood she was separated from her husband, and asked her, "Whose child is this ?" to which she made no reply ; he then asked, "Where is he ?" and she said, " Gone to Barbadoes, and that he was a teacher of languages." The case was not concluded when we went to press. A in t the t e r t silk from m Ly 9 n hs 1 ‘, of the 19th, says :—" Busi ness slackened a littl e d ur i ng t h e l ast ' fe position is still good. The entry from larch was 2,726 b ales, weighing 2O Among the articles in request, that f 0 English market still holds the first place. days, t l h e e 7 h t o although the trade the l has Lyons, P E TROLEUM.—The first hundred barrels of petro leum were sold three years ago, to a manufacturer of illu minating oil, at 35 cente. per gallon,delivered at New York. It is now offered in the same market at from 14 to 17 cents., and dull at that. At the Pennsylvanian works it is down to from 30 to 40 cents. a barrel, reputed 40 gallons. Thera is some expectation that a Naar tax of 10 or 20 cents. per gallon on the refined oil will be imposed by the Ameri can Government. The Canadian well owners hope it may prove well founde d. There was an ex plosion at an oil re finery at Detroit a fortnight ago, whe n the extensive works T FILEY. — From th e l a tt er p ar t of March e to t theo fish e ry for halibut, cod, ling, skate, an d turbot continues at the Dogger Ban k, w hi c h is about eight hours' sail from F lamboroug h H ea d, an d consists of an enor mous sand-bank reaching from the latitude of the Coast off Newcastle were dearlyA an d four persons were kill e d . FISHING destroyed, part o f June the to the Humber, with water from 35 to 40 fathoms deep follow ing their m o. jgration southward between round it, From July 15 to November 20 the yawls fish for ol and Flamboroubh, until late in September, reseed to Dogger Bank , which lies east by north, and while remaining at that point the herrings are salted, as the boats remain there for weeks at a time. Be hwHeharrernitnietgphsoe,y r Be tween NovembPr and March the fishermen catch cod, skate, and turbot off the coast, using their cobles or smaller boats, and lay up the yawls in Sca r borough harbour during seine 10 or 12 week o . — Otife 0 ei . The testimonial subscribed for by a number bf noblemen and gentlemen, who were Etonians with this eminent tragedian, was presented this afternoon in the St. James's Hall by the Duke of Newcastle, It consisted of nine pikes, viz.:—one vase, two candelabra, four dessert stands, and two groups. The groups illustrate the two fairy plays of Shakspeare—the "Tempest," and "Midsummer Night's Dream," one is composed of Prospero (a portrait of Mr. Kean), Miranda (a portrait of Mrs. Kean), and Ariel—the other of Oberon (a portrait of Miss Chapman), Titania and Puck, 2he candelabras are for five lights, and have upon their bases portraits of Shakspeare " O'er canopied with lush, wood bine, with sweet musk roses, and with eglantine." The tragic and comic masks rest upon their plynths. The des sert stands are richly decorated, and have upon their stems, in separate shields, the initials of Mr. and Mrs. Kean ; in panels upon their bases are subjects from " Twelfth Night," "As You Like It," "Merry Wives of Windsor," and " Henry the Fourth" (Ist Part). The vase and its pedes tal are devoted to the representation of the localities dear to Mr. Kean and his fellow-Etonians (the original promoterF of the testimonial), and to Mr. Kean's great revivals of Shakspeare's plays—the relievo encircling the body of the vase, contains portrait groups of Mr. and Mrs. Kean in the characters from " Lear," " Macbeth," " Richard the Second," " Hamlet," " Henry the Fifth," " Winter's Tale," "King John," "Richard the Third," "Much Ado About Nothing," " Henry the Eighth," " Merchant of Venice," and figures of Shaksperian tragedy and comedy. Upon the neck of the vase, are medallion portraits of Queen Elizabeth and her Most Gracious Majesty Victoria, with their respective arms, terminating the body beneath the relievo on ornamental divisions, showing some of the wild flowers, mentioned by Shakspeare. The foot is ornamented by English figures of .Peaa blossom, Cobweb, Moth, and Mustard Seed; supporting medallions contain the portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Kean, and shields with their initials, the whole interlaced by sprays of laurel. _ The pedestal contains views of Eton College, seen from the river, the Eton fete on the 4th of June, the school• yard, and a shield with the inscription : "Presented to Charles John Kean, F.S.A., by many of his fellow-Etonians, together with numerous friends and admirers among the public, as a tribute to the genius of a great actor, and in recognition of his unremitting efforts to improve the tone and elevate the character of the British Stage, March 2d, 1862." Mr. KEAN returned thanks in appropriate terms. A vote of thanks to the Duke of Newcastle terminated he proceedings. HOUSE OF COMMONS—MARCH 21. RESERVED CAPTAINS IN THE NAVY. Supply,—Order for Committee read : Motion made, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the chair :"—Amendment proposed to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the question, in order to add the words " a humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying her to take into her most gracious con sideration the case of the Reserved Captains of her Ma jesty's Navy."—(Sir John Hay)—instead thereof: — Question put, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the question :"—The house divided : Ayes, 72 ; Noes, 66. BRITISH POSSESSIONS, tare' Railways. Paid, [OO i A tlaude &St Lawrence Gk Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent. 20i Buffalo and Laxe Huron 20t Do. New 10 Do. Prefer:ince 5 Clcutt ,ts.Eas,n.r 1,0 ) 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim ) 20 Cape Town ct Dock Scrip 174 Demerara Lock l Eastn Bengal on. 5 p. bock East ' Indian, gu. 5 P. e. 100 I Do. 44 p c. Debentre. 100 Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1861 100 Do. 1865-1870 100 Do. 1866-1871 20 Do. do. G Ext Lock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 1)0. 6 per cent. Pref NO Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 100 Do. do. 1872 took Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c 20 Do. New gua. 5 p. c Lock IGt. South. of In dia (Li in) I guaranteed 5 per cent. 20i :G t. W. of Canada Shares 204 Do. New 100 'Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 d 0... Lock Madras guar., 5 p. bock Do. 4/ p. c. Extension oz.•lc Do. 14 do .. • • took Melb•Corp. 6 p. e. Bnds. 20 NewßrunswicktCandap Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Sharc Do. do. Land do • • • • 20 Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land d 0....... 'twit Scinde 20 Do. Punjaub g :.0 Do. Do. .. •• •• I ,c.e. v took Do. Indus. St. Flo. Eig . 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. FOREIGN all flOO 15 all 100 1 Closing 70 72 1011 102 6 60 8i f 5 tBi 1 Itp 1001 1011 104 103 100 102 1011 1021 102 103 103}10411 251 261 75 77 65 68 44 46 45 48 40 43 40 43 1001 1011 OP • 1001 1011 131 14 a 7 101 103 96 93 1004 1011 94 96 91 93 20 Algerian 10 , Antwerp & Rotterdam. 20 I Ardennes .... ••• • • • • 20 BahAS.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 5 Belgian East. Junction 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & Rail [OO Copiapo ...• ••••••• • • • • • 10 Ditto Extension .... 20 Du t cli Rhenish ....... 20 (Eastern of France .... 20 !Grand Rue Guar. 6p. 20 De. do. 20 Great Central of France 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. 51i5... 1 20 Italian Junction ... ..• 20 Lierre & Turnhout .... 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... 20 Namur & Liege • • 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref. ...... • • 16 Northern of France.... 16 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. 20 Ot'mn (Smyrna to Aidn) 20 Paris, Lyon s, & Medi ter. 20 Paris 20 Recife &S. Fr.(Pern.) zua. 7 p. et. Rm.- 20 Riga & Dunaburg 20 Royal Dani5h.......... 5 Royal Swedish ..... 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... 10 Do. 5i per cent. Pref..... 20 San Paulo, Um, g. 7p. c. 20 S.Aust. ALomb Venetin 26 Southern of France.... 20 S. East Portugal 7 p ct. 81 West Fiandeni 10 Do. 5/ p. c. Preference.. 20 W. & N.W. of France .. 20 Western of Austria.... 20 Western of Switzerland 6 Wiesbaden • • 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref 20 Zealand BRTTIS fred Consols (Philack) to British Iron 'Clifford Devon G. Cone. (Tavist ; East Bassett (Illogan)• • east Caradon East Cara Brea.... E. W'l Russel (Tavistk , Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) Great South Tolg - us G.Wheal Alfa. (Phil:telt G. Wheal \Tor (Helston` Grenville Herod's-Foot Kingston Downs Lady Bertha Nlargaret (Jny Lelant Mark e Valley. 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ) North Downs North Frances (Mogan N.Wh'l Basset (1110 zan; North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St. Blazey) tO Providence (Uny Lelnt.) Sortridg - e Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 1 S. Dev. Iron (ILO en., Lim Fran. (Mogan) Stray Park 5 Tamar SilvAt Lead Min. 10 Tin Crott Vale of Towey (Corm ) West Basset (Illogan) W Caradon (Liskcard) l West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal 13uller(Iledrut,h) Wheal Edward (Cals.) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant), Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Trolawney 3.9.3 1.14.6 3.0.0 7.7.0 561 17s 4.15.6 8.12 4.14 1.12. SIB 4.3.0 12.3 40.0 2.2.9 11 10.6.7 5.11.6 all 2719.1 113 s Gd 1.7.2 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccordCopper,Lim all 5 Brazil Land & 141 in.Co all 14 14 1 Clarendon Cons.MitiCo ; 40 Cobre Copper all 32 34 Copiapo . 1 DunMoun.Cep.Minz Co all * d ip 3 I East Del Ray (Limited) 1 1 11 2 Fortuna. all 3 34 20 'General all 22 24 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr l4 4d p 1 1 4 I Kapunda (Limited) 4 11 p Linares all 8 9 6 , Lusitanian 2 d 4pm 2 all 1 Mariquita * 1 N. IthineCopot S.Aus.L * ds 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... all 2 4 5 Port Philip 1 1 1 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. 1 1m 24 20 St. John del Rey (L.) l5 58 4 60 58* 74 28.2.84 United Mexican' all 74 8 1 Worthim„r (Limited) I all COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. iCan.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July - I Do 6p. cent.lBB3-4 1 100 - I Do. 6p. cent. 100 - Do. 6 /3. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 107 109 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 1107 109 I Do. 5 per cent lOO 904 1004 99/ 1004 Do. Inscribed stock 100 9 8 1 00 Cape G.lilope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 111 113 Do. 1890 100 1112 114 - iDo. Jan. & July, 189 1 lOO !ill 113 Ceylon, N0v.1831, 6p c 100 I N. B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&J uly 100 1064 10?4 107 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. G ov. sp. c.,1866 100 99 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 98 99 984 Do. do., 1888 & upwde 100 97 98 974 New Zealand 6p. cent 100 108 110 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 108 109 ,S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 108 110 Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. JaArJuly 100 105 107 Do. do. 6 p.a. Ap.,tOct lOO 1074 1071 1074 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 A gra&lJnitedS ervice 13 , 50 0 88 0 170 40 Australasia all 70 72 70 25 Bank of Egypt .. all 21 22 100 Ba - Ak of London ....... 50 82 84 50 British North American all 54 56 20 Chtd.Bank of India, S:c. all 214 22 1211 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 33 15 100 City 100 Colonial . 25 39 41 2011 Com. Rank of Canada.. all 20 Eng.. Scot., .15 Aus. Ch.. all 18i 19 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Charilkof Austral all 244 254 20 Do. new all 24 ?5 25 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.Atrican lO 4d 4pr 9; 10; 100 London & Westminster 20 76 78 761 7 100 Nat. Prov. of England 42 20 Do. new ..... 50 National Bank 20 Nev, South Wales...— all 38 40 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 54 55 534 3 20 ' Ottoman Bank.... all 244 254 241 /5 41 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. new - 25 South Australia ..,- all 35 38 25 Union of Australia 50 15,11,,.. of London l2 32 33 324 100 Unity 60 MISCELLANEOUS. kn,glo-Meican Mint .. Atlantic R. MI. Stm (1d) Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural 'Bahia Steam (Limited). \Berlin Water (Limited) B r itish American Land I B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim,) Do. B, 7c.ti111852 (Lim.) \ Do. C. (Limited) :Canada Land 'Chan. Islands Tel. (Lim ) China SL Japan Coaet & I River Steam Naviga. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Swiltg. Do. Pref. 7/ per cent Crystal Palace Do. Preference p et. Perpet. Deb. lE.lndia & Lon. Ship A. Do. B. E.lndia Irrign. & Canal Electric Telegraph 5 5i 29 SZ 18 20 9 11 115 118 12 16 86 88 104 ICB 104 107 li O pr bra 98 10 1 English ißs, D eeohe). .. N AnD e iu & w :onsy. A t_di Copper. Gen. Steam Navigate Great Slip Limited)... Do. 174. p of Preference Indian Carr:yn&ri.onllin_ignidvn(o.L.::Li.mii.mm..)..).) Lou. District TeL (Lim.) L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) Madras Irr. and Canal.. ed. - Exton. Tel. (Lim.) Do. 8 per cent. pref.. National Dis. Co. (Lim.) Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim.) Netherlands Land ... . Do.S die. N.Br.&NovaScotiaLan d N.B.Australasian (Lim.) Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Shares (Lim.). Orintl. In. Steam(Lim•) Pen. & Oriental Steam I R D t ' c l ; o d y . oo a S d . INAa. Registered T s Steam t el g 4 " South Australian Land' !Submarine Tel. Scrip.. ered 21 3 i I i I . - 2 ITelegrnph to Ind 'a (L.) l ID Trust and Agency or Austrlasia (lim)lst ie. 20 Tr. 4 Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 6 U. IC doraTel. Co. (litn,) 1 . 06 Vail Pitmen' o L, id -.1 4 34 i I 26 2#t 4 5 27i I 100 all all 2.1 all 1 5 1 VA — I 4 i 6 1 par iP pr 11 if if o 4 94 10 5 7 4 1034 1044 P 204 1 201 99 101 d Business done RAILWAYS all all ici al I all 6; 6 -- -P li 1* 1; 11 12 46 4 3 IP t4i lli 12} 8# $a 20 21 391 401 - - 8 10 7i N 43 44 53 65 3: 21d 14 16 8i St 1 ei 1 lip 30 31 71 7f 10 30f 23 24 30 22 405 415 14 46 33 84 121 13! 2i 3 14 16 3 3a 7 7i 2i 3 35 37 2 24 46 17 £ll 104 i i 5 d par 4 3% 32 It 2t 5 6 41 43 320 30 2% 3 105 110 30 32 It 11 10% 102 13 14 40 t 2 270 280 9711 102% 60 65 11 la 13 14 14% 15% 17 18 1011 i 1041 i 1021 i i 1011 12 i 16 i 8 gi I 67, 7 191 i 17 18 2 3 27 28 AYER-72. Adam,W. P. Forster, W. E. Paget, Lord C. E. Agar-Ellis, Hon. L Fortescue, C. S. Palmer, Sir R. Agnew, Sir A. Gibson, T. M. Peel, Sir R. Atherton, Sir W. Gilpin, C. Peel, F. Ayrton, A. S. Gladstone, W. E. Pinney, Wm. Baines, E. Glyn, G. G. Potter, E. Baring, Sir F. Goldsmid, Sir F. Robartes, T. J. A. Baring, Thos. Geo. Greene, Capt. J. Russell, Sir Wm. Barnes, Thomas Gregory, W. H. Smith, J. B. Baxter, W. E. Grey, Rt. lin. Sir G. Smith, M. Bazley, Thomas Herbert, 11. A. Smith, Augustus Beaumont,Somerset Hutt, W. Smollett, P. Black, Adam Ingham, R. Stansfeld, J. Botfield, Beriah King - lake, A. W. Turner, J. A. Bramston, T. W. Kinnaird, Hon. A. Verney, Sir Harry Briscoe, J. I. Lawson, W. Villiers, Rt. Hon. C. Bruce, H. A. Layard, A. H. Weguelin, T. Buchanan, W. Lever, John 0. Westhead, J. Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Lewis, Sir G.C., Bt. Whalley, G. H. Clifford, C. C. Lindsay, W. S. Whitbread, S. Davey, R. Lowe, Rt. Hon.R. White, Jas. Douglas, Sir C. Mainwaring, T. Williams, W. Evans, T. W. Martin, J. TELLERS. Ewart, J. C. Moffatt, George Brand, H. B. Finlay, A. S. Padmore, R. Dunbar, Sir Wm. NOES, 66. Ball, E. Gallwey, Sir W. P Palk, L. Beamish, F. B. Gard, R. S. Papillon, P. 0. Beecroft, G. S. Gore, J. R. 0. Powys, L. P. Bentinck, G. W. P. Gray, William Rowley, Hon. R. T. Bowyer, Sir G. Hamilton, Major Seymour, Sir M. Burrell, Sir P., Bt. Hennessy, J. P. Sidney, Thomas Cartwright, Col. Holmesdale, Lord Smith, Sir F. Cave, S. Jervis, Captain Smyth, Col. Chapman, J. Jolliffe, Sir W. Spooner, R. Cobbold, John C. Kekewich, S. Strawy, Sir H. Cochrane, A. D. Kelly, Sir F. Taylor, Colonel Collins, T., jun. Laird, J. Tempest, Lord A.F. Conolly, Thomas Leeke, Sir H. Torrens, R. Cubitt, George Lennox, Lord H. G. Turner, C. Dunne, Col. Long, R. P. Upton, General Edwards, Major H. Lyall G. Vansittart, Wm. Elphinstone, Sir J. Mackie, J. Whiteside,Rt HnJ. Egerton, A. F. Malins, R., Wyndham, Hon. H. Estcourt, S. .41fife\YAl " WiTine, c 6. l G. f;;-"ci'uliti;, Sir M. Mills, A. TELLERS. Forde, Lt.-Col. W. Mitiord, W. T. Walcott, Adm. J. E. Freeland, H. W. Naas, Rt. lin. Lord Dalrymple, Sir J. THIS DAY'S MAI?.KETS. COVENT Full average supplies of here to -day, but the show of trade generally is slow, at ab GARDEN. vegetables have been on sale fruit is very moderate. The bout last week's quotations. FR e. d. s. d. Pine apples, perlb 8 0 to 14 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 12 0 to 24 0 Foreign do 0 0 to 0 0 nelons, each Peaches, perdoz 0 0 to 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per 4 sieveo 0 to 0 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 3 6 to 8 Oj Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 7 01 Apricots, per doz 0 0 to 0 0 1 VEGES , Greens, dz bunch S 6 to 4 01 Cabbages, pr doz. 2 0 to 4 0; Savoy do., pr dz. 0 9 to 1 3 Cauliflowers, p dz 1 0 to 3 0, Brocoli, per bun. 1 0 to 1 3 Potatoes, per ton 80 to 160 0 New ditto, pr ewt. 1 0 to 0 0 Peas, per 4 sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 0 to 3 6 Carrots, pr d 0.... 4 6 to 5 6 Cucumbers 2 6 to 5 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Green peas, h. -sv.l2 0 to 0 0 Brus. sprouts,h.s. 2 0 to 2 3 Onions, hf. sv 1 9 to 2 0 New Do., dz bun 0 6 to 1 0 French beans, h.s. 1 0 to 3 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 0 to 0 0 s. d. sd. Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb 4 oto 4 6 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 Figs, per doz 0 oto 0 0 Damson .. 0 0 to 0 0 Strawberries pr oz 2 6to 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries,pr pt 0 oto 0 o ARLES. Shallots, per lb oloto 1 0 Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 2 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4 1 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 6 Beet, per doz. 1 6to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 2 oto 3 0 Mushrooms,P ptl. 2 oto 2 6 ! Artichokes, pr dz 0 6to 8 0 Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 6to 1 0 Tomatoes, doz 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 2to 0 8 Asparagus, pr do. 6 oto 7 0 Seakale, per bun. 1 0 to 2 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. _ _ _ -. Turkeys, 4s Od to 10a Od ; poults, Os Od to Os Od each ; geese, 4s Od to 7s Od ; goslings, Os Od to 7s Od ; duckings, 4s Od to 5s Od; rabbits, is 3d to 2s Od each; wild do., 8d to is 2d ; pigeons, 7d to Os 10d each ; large Surrey fowls, Os Od to 12s Od ; chickens, Os Od to 9s Od ; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 6s Od; capons, Os Od; hares, Os Od to Os Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od each; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od ; partridges, Os Od to Os Od ; woodcocks, 9s to Os Od; snipes, Is Od to Os; teal, is Od to is Od ; wild ducks, 2s Od to Os Od ; widgeons, is Od to Os Od ; plovers, is Od to Os Od each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to 7s Od ; roasting pigs, 5s Od to 7s Od each; Ostend fresh butter, is to is 2d ; English, is ld to is 6d per lb ; English eggs, 7s Od to 9s ; French do., 6s Od to 8s Od per 120 ; leverets, Os 011 to Os Od each. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; trout, Os Od to Os ; eels, 6d to Is ; prawns, Os to Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d pel lb. ; turbots, 2s 6d to lOs ; cod, 2s Od to 7s Od ; brills, is Od to"ss Od ; doreys, is Od to 7s Od ; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d ; lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and garnets, 4d to Is Od each ; *soles, Gd to 2s 6d per pair ; common oysters, 12s to 20s ; natives, 42s to 44s per bushel ; whitings. 3s Od to 10a ; haddocks, 4s to 15s ; smelts, is Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od to Os d per dozen; mackerel, 40s; fresh herrings, 58 to Os ; bloaters, Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. - NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 48 Od ; mutton, 3s Od to 4e 4d ; veal, 40 Od to 58 Od ; and pork, 38 8d to 4a 8d per Sibs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 28 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; yea' 4s Od to 5s Od; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per Blbs. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from Btd to 9d, of household do., 614 to 8d per 41b loaf, HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d to 31d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3 1 d ; 721 b to 801 b, 31d to 3,1 d ; 801 b to 881 b, 3jd to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to , 41d ; 9611; to 1041 b, 41d to 41(f. Horse hides, 9s to lOs Od ; calf skins, light 2s Od to 3s 6d ; do. full, 6s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 9s 6d to lls Od ; half. breds, Os Od to Os Od; ' Downs, 6s Od to 7s 6d; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, is 2d to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 15s , clover, £3 lOs to £4 15s ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s Od per load. A slow trade for both hay and straw, at our quotations. CUMBERLANDo—Meaftow hay, £2 Os to £4 15s, clover do., £3 108 to £4 15s; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. Trade dull. HITECHAFEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 15s; clover, £3 lOs to £6 15s ; and straw, £1 7s to £1 15s per load. A slow demand. COAL M (rem of Coal per Ton at a. d. ARKET. the close of the market Walls; End. Byass's Bebside West Hartley l5 3 Wylam ..14 6 Holywell 14 6 l'anfield Moor 12 0 Tanfield Moor Butes 12 0 North Pelton 12 0 West Riding Hartley 14 0 Lambert's West Hart- a. d. Eden 14 9 Acorn Close ..14 9 Byron l5 0 K elloe South Kelloe. 15 6 Framwellgate 14 9 Cassop l5 9 Brsddyll's Hetton 16 0 Whitworth l4 0 Hetton .. l6 6 Caradoc Peases West .1$ 6 South Hetton 16 6 Heugh Hall 14 9 Hartlepool.. l6 0 South Hartlepool 15 3 South 'Whitworth 14 0 , 118 ; sold, 67. ley l5 0 West Hartley 15 3 Walker Primrose 11 0 Walls End. Trimdon Hartlepool l6 0 Stewart's. .. l6 0 Thorpe l4 6 Riddell Ships at market SHIPWRECK, AND Loss OF EIGHT LIVES.—A great gale prevailed along the eastern coast yesterday. Tbs brig Sarah Bell. of Arundel, was lost, with all hands (eigh t in number), off Yarmouth. SPORTING- INTELLIGENC E. WARWICK GRAND MILITARY STEEPLE • C II ASES—FRIDAY. The Grand Mircry Gold Cup, v a l ue 100 sous, a dd e d t o a sweepstakes of 10 cove each, with 50 added from the town of L.,„miagton, for horses the property of officers, &c. . 12st each, winners extra, certain allowances, the second to save his stake and receive £2O. Over three miles of a mt 1 t , fair hunting country. 22 subs. Captain Fletcher (12th Lancers) na(cFaapntralyin, lavg•ed , b l e n 51b (in. 51b ex) Lieut.-Colonel Burnaby 's (Grenadier Guard s ) Th e Martyr, 12st 51b (in. 51b cx) (Mr. Coventry) 2 Capt. Cunningham's (11th Hussars) Kyatky Baschick, 12st (Captain Barckley) 3 Captain Halton's (16th Lancers) Smoke, aged. 13st (in. 141 b ex) The following also ran :—Jack Hinton, Cockatoo, Have lock, Capsicum, Heidelberg, Miss Maude, Redwing, Mar mion, and The Pony. Betting-9 to 4 agst Redwing, 7to 2 agst Smoke, 6to 1 each agst Jack Hinson, Kyatky Basehick, and Cockatoo, 8 to 1 agst The Martyr, 10 to 1 agst Fanny. As soon es the lot were in sight Fanny went to the front, with Heidelberg, The Martyr, and Kyatky Baschick next to her ; Capsicum and Havelock in the rear. On coming to the fence rounding the turn for the straight, both Captain Cooper's two refused (Jack Hinton and Cockatoo) and may from this point be said to be out of the race. All got safely over the water jump, and proceeded up the hill, where the following five only ap peared to be in the race, viz., Fanny, with a lead of half dozen lengths, The Martyr, Kyatky Baschick, Miss Maude, and Heidelberg ; Redwing heading the next lot, which were whipped in by Cockatoo. On again coming in sight, Fanny, with The Martyr and Kyatky Baschick, were lead ing twenty lengths, and as the trio came to the turn for home, where the grey was beaten, the other two came over the last flight of hurdles side by side; Fanny run ning the strongest won easy by six lengths. Kyatky Bas• chick was a bad third, Smoke fourth, Heidelberg and Miss Maude fifth and sixth ; Capsicum wa'ked in next, Havelock coming in riderless, having disposed of his rider at the last fence but two. The Veteran Stakes, a sweepstakes of 10 sous each, with 50 added, from the town of Leamington, for horses the pro perty of gentlemen who have retired from the service ; 12st 71b each; winners extra. Over the Military Steeple chase Course. 5 subs. Mr. A. Robertson's Jack Barber, 13st 71b (in. 71b extra) n Boce 1 Mr. J. A. P er k s ' s S pr i ng b ox, 12at 71b .. (Captai (Owner) 2 Sir I - 1. De Trafford's Ben Lomond, 12st 71b (Capt. Peel) 3 Mr. M. S. Formby's Lightning, 13st 71b (in. 71b ext•.-a) (Captain Ellis) 4 Betting-5 to 4 agst Jack Barber, and 9to 4 agst Ben Lomond. Jack Barber laid off until turning for home, where he took the command and won easy by a length, Ben Lomond was a bad third ; Lightning was last, beaten off. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 75 sovs added from the fund, and 50 sovs by the town of Leamington, for horses the property of officers, &c., list each. Winners extra. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs. Over the same course as in the Grand Military. 22 subs. Capt. Cooper's (Carbineers) Cockatoo, list (Mr. Smith) 1 Lieut. Pott's (11th Hussars) Lincoln , 71b (in. 71b ex) Captain Tempest) 2 Captain Lindsay's (4th Hussars) Waverley, list (Mr. Holyoak) 3 Captain Riddle (16th Hussars) ns Sledgehammer, list (Captain Barckley) 4 Lieut. VG . Chain's (7th Dragoon Guards) Elvira, list (Captain Riddell) 5 Lieut.-Col Burnaby's (Grenadier Guards) First r light, list The following also ran :—Jack Hinton, The Squire, Full Cry, No Mistake, and Charles the Twelfth g. Betting-2 to 1 agst Lincoln, 4to 1 agst The Squire, 6to 1 agst Sledgehammer, 10 to 1 each agst Waverley and First Flight, 100 to 8 agst Cockatoo (off). On coming into view First Flight was leading a couple of lengths, having Sledgehammer, Cockatoo, Waverley, and Charles the Twelfth gelding next, all in a ruck, Jack Hinton and No Mistake heading the next lot, the rear being brought up by Full Cry and The Squire. In this order they came on for the water jump, which Sledge hammer was the first to charge, followed by First Flight, Cockatoo, Waverley, Charles the Twelfth, Lincoln, Jack Hinton, Elvira, Full Cry, No Mistake, and The Squire a long way in the rear. No change occurred until charging the fence on the top of the hill, where Jack Hinton, No Mistake, and the Charles the Twelfth gelding fell and re turned by a short cut home. After this the lot disappeared from view behind the hill, and, on coming in sight, Sledge hammer was leading several lengths, First Flight and Cockatoo side by side second and third, Waverley, Elvira, and Lincoln in Indian file, fourth, fifth, and sixth, Full Cry and the Squire many lengths behind„ On rounding the turn opposite the two-year-old post, Lincoln got on better terms with the leaders, having passed Elvira and taken fourth place. Soon after this Sledgehammer and First Flight held out Fignals of distress and at once re- Lirea into me rear. The race was then confined to the leading trio, viz., Cockatoo, Waverley, and Lincoln. At the last fight of hurdles the favourite got up to the side of Waverley, and raced in after Cockatoo, but was never able to reach Captain Cooper's horse, who won easy by three lengths, Lincoln beating Waverley by the same ; Sledge hammer was fourth, Elvira fifth, First Flight a dozen lengths behind next, the Squire walked in oovoalla ; Cry fell at the last fence but one from home, and, like Jack Hinton, No Mistake, and the grey gelding, did not pass the post. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY. For the Northamptonshire Stakes Prince Plausible retains his place. Some money was invested on Rapparee without altering his position, as 100 to 8, although taken, was after wards offered. Finlande and Dusk had friends, but a slight advance was not wanted. Agag appears rather shaky for this event, and he was not very firm for the Chester Cup, but towards the finish 200 to 10 was booked about him. The highest offer on the field for the City and Suburban was 10 to 1, and the highest offer against Camarino was 100 to 6. There was no change on the Derby or Two Thousand Guineas. Closing prices NORTHAMPTON STARES. . Bto 1 agst Prince Plausible (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Rapparee (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Dusk (offered) 100 to 6 agst Finlande (offered) 20 to 1 agst Paul Clifford (offered) 20 to 1 agst Agag (offered) _ _ TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 100 to 30 on the field (offered) 6to 1 bar one (offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 10 to 1 agst Suburban (offered) 100 to 6 agst Camerino (offered) CHESTER CUP. 16 to 1 agst Hadji Stavros (taken) 20 to 1 agst Vest colt (offered) 20 to 1 agst Zodiac (taken) 20 to 1 agst Agag (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Black Prince (offered) 30 to 1 agst Caller Ou (taken) 200 to 7 agst Weasel (offered) DERBY. Bto lon the field (offered) 11 to 1 agst Oli Calabar (offered) 16 to 1 agst Ensign (taken) 40 to 1 agst Nottingham (taken) AQUATICS. S ever al changes OXFORD & CA 111 h n l g D t G a L k E e nEpIlGa Tce in h-OAREDecrewsRA duringC Ei th e past week, as t t r h o e d y u a c e t d pr t e w se o n e t n s t t i a r n e I d ; It will be seen thweatagCaaimnbgivde them as in fresh hands, in the hopes of obtaining additional strength, a want of which has been complained of. In the Oxford boat the bow man has been placed to row the after oar, and with that change a race was rowed last week against the following scratch lot, among which will be found the names of some excellent oarsmen Garnett (8.N.C.) 2. Halton (Trinity). 3. E. Lane (All Soul's, formerly Bal liol). 4. Champneys (8.N.C.) 5. G. Morrison (Balliol). 6. Couchman (Trinity). 7. Hopkins (Corpus). 8. W. M. Hoare (Exon). Ridsdale (Wadham) (cox.) The Univer sity crew started, as usual, from Sandford, and at Nune ham the hostile eight were in waiting, and rowed with them to Abingdon Lasher, the University coming in well ahead. OXFORD. at lb _ _ 1. C. R. Carr, Wadham 2. O. S. Wynne, Christ Church ll 7 3. W. B. R. Jacobson Christ Church 4. R. E. L. Burton, Christ Church 5. R. Morrison, Balliol.. 6. A, R. Poole, Trinity 7. C. A. Garnett, Trinity lO 10 8. W. B. Woodgate, 8.N.0 ll 7 F. E. Hopwood, Christ Church (cox ) 7 6 CAMBRIDGE. 1. W. Gorst, St. John's 2. H. H. Collings, Trinity 3. E. Sanderson, Corpus **** 4. J. Campion, Caius 5. B. P. Gregson, Trinity Hall * . 11! 2 13 6. R. P. Fitz Gerald, Trinity Had 7. J. C. Buchanan, T r inity Hall 8. G. H. Richards, Trinity Hall ..... H. Archer, Corpus (oox.) . . WELLINGTON, NEW ZE a — tor 7 r i a s es s n e s tt t l o em lif e t n u t p , Is A I N: c ; the collection it as we learn from the Welling tAmL its head in Captain Fowke' s Palace, a nd had prepared was exhib ited previous to shipment early in r ares e men_s hel l . January. Twenty - one k i n ds of ornamental woo Honed. No attempt has been made to exhibit their effect when manufactured . A piece of a wood called Hinau i s extolled as having the mottle and lustre of to ds to The Ake-rautangi also having a peculiar • crims on in wood, i s mentioned. One hue, quite unusual or two others of a yellow presented the [app ear golden - [appearance of satinwood, perhaps st ill more of the poonah o f the East or Indies. Some specimens of wool, combining great fineness stap le, a little flax very easily el with length of b e e qual to Taranaki, tallow, cleaned, iron sand declared to , tanning bark, and gold, are amon g the specimens. Wellington, unfortunately, is not o ne of the most forw ar d but it seems inclined of the New Zealand settlements, to do its best. f • A TIMELY RETREAT. The first thing that a soldier or Volunteer shou!:1 learn is how to take up ground. and hold it reso utely ; V'e next, how and when to give it up. We ;re not sure that the latter acquirement is not by f. - a . the most difficult for Englishmen and Scotch tiaa. At any rate, the quality which enables men to see that they have taken up a false position — or, at least, one that is liable to be misunderstood —and to confess that they have done so, is rare, and one of which the value cannot easily be over estimated. It was our duty last week—and a most distasteful ene it was—to criticise the method which a very influential committee of Volunteer officers in Glasgow had adopted for bringing the wants of the Volunteer force generally under the attention of Parliament and Government. With their general object we were, and are, entirely in agreement. It is most desirable that the question of what help the nation should give to the Volunteers should be can vassed and looked at from all possible sides, and that prompt action should be taken upon it, that we may know exactly where we stand, and what we may reckon upon in the future. This was the ob ject. of the committee in question, and they were, to some extent, justified by precedent in the method they proposed to adopt for the furtherance of their object. Th ere was, as they very fairly say, a meet ing in London last year of a similar character, and to that meeting at that time no objections were taken. This year they intended to hold another meeting, to which they desire that corps from all parts of the country should send representatives. They sent out circulars to sound the commanding officers, and received upwards of 200 replies,almost all of which were favourable to the proposed plan. Then, and not till then, they summoned the meet ing. The meeting of last year did no harm, though we do not think it was even then a wise measure, or that it did anythin g towards furthering the end we all have in view. 13nt in a movement like ours, vast in proportions, and still in its infancy, things which may be harmless or even beneficial in one year are by no means sure not to be dangerous in the next. And the more we weigh the matter the more sure we are that these meetings would have become so. The Glasgow Committee themselves acknowledge that in their own body the idea of a " league agitation" was pro pounded by an officer. It was at once and de cidedly put down ; bat the simple fact of its enun ciation in such a place is enough to startle all well wishers to the Volunteers. And though put down in the Glasgow Committee, who had definite ideas of what they wanted and how they were going i,bcut it, we have reason to know that it was mooted in many other quarters with considerable applause, where no such definite ideas existed, and there was only some purblind notion that it was high time to put the screw on Government. Therefore, we must heartily congratulate the force that the Glasgow Committee have withdrawn their proposal for this meeting, and at the same time must thank the com mittee for the gentlemanly and sensible manner in which they have retired from a false petition. We believe that by this conduct they have done far more towards gaining their point than could have been done by any number of meetings such as they had called. They have strengthened the hands of the Volunteer officers in both the Houses of Parlia ment, who are already consulting as to what they can reasonably ask, and who are not at all likely to ask for anything less than they think there is a. chance of getting. They have t aken fr om the Go vernmentmfeonrte, e v: a h n i which, anxious, ho w o v t e o r more than a friendly G overnment u prosupport t t it,ha tvvhe emight would o b n e g vernm ent if they had neglected to use ; a n d th ey havet ° o r th e g u been have shown those military men who are still not reconciled to the Volunteers—and who would have pointed to such a meeting as the proposed one at Willis's-rooms as an absolute confirmation of all the worst things they have ever predicted about us—that we are not going to institute any crusade against the constituted authorities. With respect to the question of aid, we are not sanguine that we shall get much more this year than adju tants and drill-instructors, ammunition, and good cloth at cost price. Sooner or later we believe that the principle will be recognised that all Wtiich can be fairly asked of Volunteers by the cour.try is that they should find their uniforms, give their time, and "hid their own bands and prizes_ If the great body of young Euglishmen are to be brought into the Volunteer ranks, it must come to this ; I and nothing short of bringing them all in will satisfy any friend to the movement. But we must arrive at this much to be desired goal by slow steps ; and many things will have to be altered and, re-cast before we shall get there. Meantime, let us go over the ground steadily and carefully, and keep every part of the nation in as good humour with us as is happily the case at present.— Volun teer Service Gazette. ACCLIMATISATION OF ANIMALS IN AUS2'RALIA. _ Several of the camels introduced into Australia, and employed in Burke's recent expedition, are breeding. The acclimatisation of the alpaca has also been a great success. Its wool is fine and. valuable, its carcase is good for food, and the con stitution of the animal seems to be improved by the Australian climate. The Victorian Society have sent from the Botanical Gardens to Tasmania, under the care of the distinguished botanist, Dr. Mueller, several native bears, improperly so called, being a perfectly innocent and harm less creature living upon nothing but gum leaves. It is an animal very amusing in its habits, and although its flesh is not very valuable, yet for a man on an exploring expedition, or lost in the bush, it is sufficiently good to eat, and may fre -1 quently afford a meal to some unfortunate wretch who might otherwise perish amongst the ranges. The Victorian Society are already possessed of a sufficiency of young bucks of the Angora goat, and these, by crossing with the common white goat, produce a very fine animal. The pure ram bears about 71b. of fine wool, worth about 2s. 6d. per la., and in the opinion of Australian naturalists there will soon be nothing to prevent every Australian. cottager having, instead of the common goat, a beautiful, graceful, and valuable animal at his door. The English thrush is now permanently esta blished in Victoria, where they breed prolifically, end it would seem frequently, during the long sum mer season. Mr. Wilson, of Melbourne, who has done so much to enrich the colony by importations of animals not indigenous, is introducing the glow worm and fire-fly. The experiment of stocking the Yarra with Murray cod has been perfectly success ful, and these fish are now caught in the Yarra of eboengginrat to ul=toaninthdios eatable size. B u t w h et h er t h e colonists are to b© fish, and th e y h ave b een hoping to stock their rivers with more valuable kinds, and are expecting the arrival of salmon. u f b ac ts t , i a s s a tphoeinctod on is which a .they MIS DAY'S SHIPPING. March 22.--Wind this day at noon—North; LONDON, d cloudy weather. 22.—Arrived—Iier Majesty's a d Lisette, for 4A.ntwerp ; Samuel, for ship Emerald. London. March 21.—Wind N.E.—Sa iled—Dolphin, for mociduerEaEteNsbTroeezvnve and Trtoolv, Deme rara ' Trf March 21.—Wind E.— PLYm°v ' Trinidad. Johanna , from Arrived—Martha f o r New York, March 21.—Wind E.—Sailed—Investigator, Arrived—Bryce, from Calla • Felicitous, " 0 , from Pernam- FALYmotrn, March 19.--wi nd " fresh buco. breeze.— HOLYHEAD, March 21.—Wind N.E., blowing hardo— Arrived—Pelazo, steamer, from Bilboa; Isabella, from Demerara for Liverpool. (BY SLIIIMARINE .AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, March 21—Gorda, from Helsingborg ; Isabella Maud, from Antwerp ; Rhine, from Antwerp. S ailed—Panther, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed, March 21—Ocean Mail, for Shanghai ; Juno fo r Cardiff; Europa, for Cherbourg—all from London; Rhadamanthus, from the westward, for Woolwich. The Pope has contributed £lOO to the fund for the relief of the people suffering from distress in Ireland. It is not a little singular that at the moment his Holiness is relieving the distressed Irish, the faithful in Ireland are being called upon to relieve the distressed Pope. LadySERI Marshall,oll S AI of r D E e N n T . y . - g s A r d se:, ne ar Ruabon, a ccident happened to Denbigh shire, on Thursday. Her ladyship was out driving near Llangollen, when the horse took fright, and, in spite o f th e efforts of the coachman, Plung ed violently. He r l a d y s hi p was thrown with great force to the ground, and is no w 'tying I n a precarious state. e• 9+ Li f . a• It, ilt e i 3 0 a te Oc' 11i5 iotlf 3 el Pt j e er 3 01 tD e )I' 3 ' rt,, a p 0 T a t' ale Lor Ilc' IV the •iOr nUr the 1111 1