The Sun. — London, England, 1862-05-06 00:00:00

FEET. SHARE MOT CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets the operations during the last few days have been rather inactive, and prices have remained without any material variation for tea, sugar, cocoa, and rice. Coffee, however, has been in good demand; and in some instances a slight advance has been obtained. Saltpetre has been in active request, at enhanced rates, while tallow has been dull for both present and forward delivery. Continued quietude prevailed in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were un changed. The sales were 5,000 bales. A call of 255. per share has been made by the directors of the Great Northern Railway Company, payable on the 10th prox. Notice has been given that the dividend, at the rate of 78. per share, on the Antwerp and Rotter dam Railway Company for the past year is now in course of payment. The bullion operations at the Bank of England yesterday were of an unimportant character. The Mexican dollars, by the Atrato, have been sold at 58. Zd. per oz. The half year's interest on Ceylon 6 per cent. Debentures will be paid on and after the 15th inst. A moderate amount of business is reported in the Money Market to-day, and the rates continue firm with rather an upward tendency. It is thought that the remittances of specie which will shortly have to be made in connection with the Turkish, Egyptian, and Russian Loans, must ultimately exercise an adverse influence upon the market. The London and Brazilian Bank is the title of a new undertaking, which has been very cordially received. The capital required is £1,000,000, in 10,000 shares of £lOO each. The directors are highly influential, and the shares are already at about 3 premium. The applications are very nu• rnerous, and the list will probably close in a few days. CITY NEWS---THIS DAY. Business in the Railway Share Market has con titived moderately active, and, in some instances, prices have exhibited a slight advance. Caledonians have improved ss. ; London and Blackwall, ss. ; Great Northern, Brighton, and South Western, 10s. North Eastern (Berwick), however, have receded 55.; Great Western, Midland, and South Eastern, 10s.; an .d Lancashire and Yorkshire, 15s. The Foreign lines have remained inactive. Sambre and Meuse receded to 111 ; Great Luxemburg are steady at 16 to 151 ; Antwerp and Rotterdam at 172 . ; and Recife and San Francisco 15,1. The Colonial undertakings are flat. Grand Trunk of Canada have declined to 25 25§; Great Western sof Canada rejklise 1211 -Z-; East Indian, 104 to 104*; and Great Indian Peninsula, 1020 Joint Stock Bank Shares remain inactive,with out material change in values. London and West• minster realise sot ; Oriental Bank, 514 52 ; and Ottoman Bank, 274. The Alliance Bank Shares are 51 61 prem. ; Im perial, a 1 prem. ; Northern Counties 2 3 prem. ; and British Colombian, I 1 prem. In the Miscellaneous Market Peninsular and Oriental Steam improved to 701; Electric Tele- graph to 1001; and Crystal Palace Stock declined to 36-1. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 93/ 4 New 3 per Cent. Annuities 92 New 24 per Cent. Annuities 77k Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 3-16 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 5} per Cent .. _Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100 k Consols for Account, May 8 931 Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent l9 22 pm Ditto £SOO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS--.ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Ditto Account Chilian 6 per Cent Rquador New Consolidated Egptian, 7 per Cent 2 / Italian, 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Ditto Scrip Mexican, 3 per Cent ,Ditto Account Imperial Moorish Scrip 9 lg Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 . .Ditto Account 46 Rrosian 5 per Cent 1822 £ St 96 Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. — Ditto 6 per Cent, 1858 Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 1862 (Scrip) ...... Ditto, Pain u p S cr ip Dlvidends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent. 1861 , . 71 701 Consols? Money, TWO O'CLOCK Ditto Ace,,m);„ ..... ............... 934 4 Ditto June, ditto .. • .............. 934 4 ............ 94 k MARKETS -THIS DAY. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os ; clover £3 , 10s to £6 Os ; and straw, £ 1 18 s to £ 2 5s per load. Hay trade slow—straw firm. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os; c l over do., £3 lOs to £6 Os; and s t r aw , £1 18s to £2 5 s per load. A slow demand. _ _ . WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Oa to £5 Oa; clover £3 10s to £6 Os ; and straw, to £1 18s £2 a per load. Trade inactive. COLONIAL. TEA.—There has been a very limited business transacted, and prices have remained without any material alteration. S UGAR.—The market has been dull, but good grocery descriptions have maintained previous quotations. In the refined market the operations have been to an average ex tent without any change of importance to notice in values. COFFEE.—OnIy limited dealings have been recorded in colcsaial descriptions, but full rates are current for good and fine qualities. R fcE.—There has been a moderate demand, and late quotations are generally fairly m a i n t a i ne d. S ALTPETRE.—Business has been active and quotations gen(frally show an upward tendency, particularly for Bri tish - cefined. TA id.ow.—The market has continued dull, without, how ever, any material change to record in values. P.Y.C. on spot is - quoted 46s to 46s 3d, _and last three months 48s 9d• per cwt. COAL MARKET. (frfoes of Coal per Ton at the close of the market s. d. Walls; End. BudAle's - West Hartley 15 0 s. d. Tan, qeld Moor Butes..l2 6 Cassop l6 0 Wyly an ..15 6 Heugh Hall 15 0 CaIIVNT and Duffryn ' South Kelloe.. 16 0 Maliting .. 24 0 Framwellgate l5 0 Do. Anthracite.. 21 6 Hedley l4 9 BelPs Primrose .....12 6 Hartlepool.. l6 6 Bate 's West Hartley— 14 3 BrrAdyll's Hetton 15 9 Lam oert's West Hart- Iletton .. l7 0 ley _ 14 91 aswell l7 0 South Hartlepool 15 6 Caradoc e cuth:Hetton ...17 0 Acorn Close ..15 0 Russel's Iletton . l5 6 Relloe .......... 16 0 Ships at market, 106; oat 63. 14 9 Wall':er Primrose 12 6 West Hartley 15 0 Craig 7head Steam 14 0 Easi ogton .... l2 6 Hast ings Hartley l5 0 Two O'CLOCK. A meeting of the proprietors of the Ottoman Bank has been held to-day, when the directors were authorised to apply to the Treasury for the power to increase the capital to £1,000,000. Speculation in the market for Public Securities continues very dull, and the operationd for transfer are too restricted to create animation. Consols have been dealt in to a small extent at 931 94 for money and the Bth instant, and at 94 948 for the June settlement, showing firmness. The New Threes and the Reduced Annuities are steady, at 92k; Exchequer Bills, 19s. to 225. prem. ; Bank Stock is 236 and 238; India ditto, 226; and ditto 5 per Cent. has risen to 108/ 109. Continued activity prevails in the : Foreign Market, and prices generally are well supported. Spanish 3 per Cents. are firmer, at 54* ; ditto Deferred, at 441; ditto Passive, have improved to 20k ; but the Certificates, after advancing to 114, declined to 10, and are now 10k 9. Italian 5 per Cents. remain at 701 71 ; Moorish 5 per Cents. have improved to 919 ; Egyptian Scrip is steady, at 2/ prem. ; and Mexican at 31-1- 32, Turkish 6 per Cents. are 811; ditto, 1858, 71/ ; and the New Scrip is 29 38 prem., being rather flatter. The Russian Loan is / 1 prem. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. t easing Closing Bilsiness Railways. pid. L Co. s Price. Done. —____. _.—..... ' Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W Y— — Birkenhead., Buckingh maaire. Chester & Holyhead lOO Do 54 56 Do. 58 per cent 100 Do 126 'l2B Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 . Cled on Colchester, Stour Val. 100 EX.&EC E. Lincolnsh. gapr c. 100 Gr.Nerth. 136 138 E.Union,liarwichShs all E.Counts. 4 41 Do. Woodbridge.. 100 Gls•Barr.&Neils.Drci. 100 Cledon Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. West ... .. • •• ••• Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.& N. W 199 202 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley. 6 per c all D 0....... .. .. Do• New Sh 1861, 4 p.c all Do. .... ... 20 22 Do. W , '. Ext. A, 48p c all D 0........ 8 0 Loudon & Greenwich 100 S.Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen 5 Lon.,Tilb.& S.. -thend 100 Peto &Co B6 89 Lowestoft gua 4 p c.. 100• Norfolk Do 6 per cent lOO Do. Mnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M • 3,', 4 1 , Mid. Bradford Prefer ence 81 stock Nwmarkt, BuryEx 1 5. 5. 6. E Counts. P i P gua. 5 per cent... Northm&Eastn. sp. c. all Do.. 66 58 pm Do. 6 per cent. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn=Hartlepool 1( 0 N. E. Ber. .. .. North Western Not. Gran. RI. & Cl. ' 100 Gt. North. 92 93 924 L &N. W Preston and `Eyre. , all & L y k. I 44 40 . Do. 4 shares A. all Do. •• • •.. .. . Roystn.Hitch.&Shep. 100 Gt. North. 135 137 ch....,...u r 4t. 11 usodi .Id. mu T Brassey 125 130 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 92 94 Wimbledn t Croydon, all L.&Brgtn 88 98 I 92 94 9i Share! 13.1 , 10 st st 50 20 50 Dublin & Belfast June. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val Bost.,Sleat,and Mid. Co. (Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bando n Cornwall Do A I A gets no div Do. B ti ll 6p c.p an. has been paid to B. 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno st East Anglian at Eastern Counties at Eastern Union, A stock at Do Bdo do at East Suffolk at Edinburgh & Glasgow at Edin., Perth, & Dundee st Glasg. and S. lO GtNrthn.of Scotland) at /Great rea Northern at Do A stock st 'Do Bdo at a t, S. and W. of Ireland at Great Western . .... st Do Str Val gua. stock at Lancashire & Yorkshire at London and Blackwall at Lon.,Bright.,& S. Coast at Lon., Chat., and Dover at Lou. & North Western at Lon. & South Western 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 12 Do i shares . 10 Metropolitan at Midland 6.4.0 Do New at Do Binning. & Derby 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do. 4 shares 25 Mid Kent 10- Do Cray Lire 100 Newcastle and Carlisle at Norfolk at North British at. Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock at Do A stk ; A revs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern —Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York North London Do new ('.north Staffordshire ~. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Solt. Mid. stock Shrews, and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon S. Durham & Lane. Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington ] Do Do New, 1860 ]Taff Vale.. Do Pref. No. 1 Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny I West Cornwall West * London Do Ist class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Ilar.&R ] West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 1918.41 12.10 100 100 100 16.13.4 100 100 100 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share/ Railways. Paid. 25 Blythe and Tyne to p.c. pref. issued at £5 at Brie. & Exet 4p.c. at 20 Do. shares at Caledon. qr. shra, No. 2 64 Cork & ndon, 54 . 20 Cornwall ß . a 5 per ant.p. c. 64 Dnn.Perth, 10 Do. Ist Class Frei at E. Angn. Class A. sp. c. st Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 at Do No. 2 st , Do. new 6p. c. st st Eastern Union, 4p. c— at Do. sp. c. guar t Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares st Do. Ip. o,mar. S. & at Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c. st Great Northern, sp. c at D 0.5 p.c.ltedm.lop.c.pm at Do. 44 p. c. do at Do.sp.c.Redir.atsp.c.prn 10 Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. at Gt. Sn. &W. (Ireland) 4 per cent 50 Great West. (Perks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent at Do. redeem. 44 p. ct.. • at Do. redeem. 4 p. ct at Do. irredeem. 4p. ct st Do. sp. c. redeem. pref st Do. Birm. guar. stock st Do. Birm. pref. stock st Do. Chefs ter guar. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. shs Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs )0 Lan. Sr Carl. 44 p.c. prel at Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock at Do.Barnsl.st£s 2s 10d pe at Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.).. st Do. 44 p. c. (Blackb. pur. at Lon.&Brig.spAgu. No.l at Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 st Do. 6 per cent. do.— st Do. 5 per cent, do. No. 4 st Do. 7 per cent pref. stk at. Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C. P.) at Do.4p ast(div.detliP6s at Lon.Chat&DnY. sp.c.pf. at Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. at Lon. & S.West. 7p. Cent. at., late 3d shares .... 124 4 .ondony. & Ennis. 4 shs st Man. Sh. & Lin. S per ct. 6 Do. £6 at Do. 34 per cent. 10 Do. redeem. 6percent 124 Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c 124 Do. 44 per cent at Midland Con. 6p. c. atk at Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c at Do. 44 p.c. pref. at, rdem ;t Do. 44 p.c. irredeemable 8 Do. 44 per cent. . • it 14, , rfik. sp. a Ex. at. 1846 it Do. 54 p. c. Pref. at. 1847 It Do.sWay.ValEx.st 1847 at Nort British. 5 per cent. at Do. New gua. 5 per cent 10 Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs: at Nth.Dirn.Rail.&Dck.Co. at N-East. Cons. pref. 4p.c. at Do. 4,4 pr. et' redeemable at Do. G. N. E. 4p. et. pre( 17 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. 10 Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 at tst Do. . York,td hb. : od a re r . te t e ,t.hn uE s , pa l asu B . t 4 .6rep B .cr.h. . .0 North Staffordshire.... n 3- 4 c. pref stock stock took c l a O t s. SoDuth. 7DevonP, A e 10 Do. Fixed 44 n 10s . 10.6 South Eastern (fE ea gnt Ann., ... ng st Do. 44 per t Do, Fixed 44 per cent at South Wales, gua. 4p, c. cent st Do. 4i Pe d r o• 1859.. gua. a Do. 5 1 1 c•g u at S. DD;o:rskspheirrec,e4npt c. 2 2 5 5 Stock. D Bz o D , ar. A B 6 5 p P: c e: : : 25 Do. C 6 p. o.• • at fWated & p. C. et W. Mid.-Oxf lst gua stk st Do. 2d do. st Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. at Do. Perpet.6p. a pf. 1866 at Do. till 1869 1 all 100 94 96 20 21 (3 01 100 105 109 111 108 110 127 129 84 88 110 112 90 92 116 118 112 114 JOI 106 107 109 97 99 100 102 91 93 92 04 102 104 76 78 76 78 170 180 103 105 137 139 1102 101 116 118 116 118 136 142 116 11C 152 156 129 133 77 79 94 95 100 all 100 100 14 14a 124 126 I frail, 68 70 brril 138 140 ,102 101 96 110 112 108 110 1 ltpm, 100 102 96 98 11 #d 100 100 100 all all - - par 22i 23i 135 140 'lO 11 231 241 101 103 101 103 1271 85 gi 28 29 P 33 4 33 3 3 4 42. 43 126 128 'l2O 125 103 105 123 125 119 122 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 'Can.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-S 2 Do 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug.( 100 Do. dp. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 Do. 5 per cent • , 100 Do. Inscribed stock I 100 Cape G.ll ope, 8p 0.1873' 100 Do.Ap & Oct. 18801 100 Do. 1890 100 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c 100 N..8.G0v. p.c. J a.&.July 100 Lo. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. G ov. sp. c.,1866 100 Do. Sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c . sterling, 1875 ........ 100 8. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up.. 100 Vic. (3ov. 6 p.c. . 14 -&July 100 Do. do. 6p.c. Ap.400t.... 100 pm i 081 i 106 63 Closing I Business Price. Done. 'HIS DAY, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. 1 I ~,,,,,---° Closing i Business ' [ Price. done. 76 ; 6 91 03 92 lost 110} 109; 6 41 43 22 23 513 59 58 62 33 40 90 92 30} 31f 102 101 140 145 115 116 1113 f 1141 132 134 JO5 106 I 74& 741 55 57 1074 108 60 61 122 123 45 46 95 654 994 1004 9 12 4/ 43 9 9i. 128. 128 1 1. 1 ip 99 101 67 69 62 631 97 97f , }(t 55/ 151 .841 851 100 102 P bra 4/ 4f cl 10f llf 124 126 47} 484 106 107 46 98 36 38 8 7 68 4/ 851 6 99 101 6 7 37i 384 84 94P 6 6 p 145 150 554 56 24 34 }dip 93 95 130 135 1 el ei 46 48 43 45 87 89 THE SUN', LONDON, TUEsDAy EVENING MAY 6, 1862. I;RITTRTI PnCQUOQT/Wc• Share, Railways. I'aid. Closingl Price. I Busine Atlantic St Lawrence Born..,Baroci,lit Cent hid Gti. 5 per cent - Buffalo and Lake Huron jDo. New ...... •• • • I Do. Preference . , B uflalo,Brant,&Godrich 16 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1372 1 !Do. do. July 1, 1873! Do. do. Juni., 1, 1 , , - .41 ICapeTown & Dock Serif)! Demerara.. ....... • • Mastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. }East Indian, um. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... /Grand Trunk of Canada, Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct..l Do. 6 per ct. Debentr./ Do. 7 per cent. 1862 ..! Do. do. 1867.. j Do. do. 1872 1 G't.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of guaranteed 5 per cent:l Gt. W. of Canada Shares! Do. New ....... Do. 6 p.c. '73 witlet opt. / Do. 5} p. c. do. '77 a 0... Do. 1878. Madras. guar., sp. c. , 1 p. c. Extension/ 1 100 stk 22+ 67 72 102 iOti 6i 61 d 100 i 100 100 8} Pi I 9 83 86 8 1 84 80 83 ri p 174 stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 stock stock stock stock stock stock P 9. 44 d 0.... Melb.COrp. 6g. o. Buds. Newßrunswick& Canda Ry.drLand(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share ~ Do. do. Land d 0.... ... 20 Do. do. B Capital dc . .. Do. r e . Land - do. ...... 20 Do. Punjaub . :: YO Do. Do. d 4 stock Do. Indus.St:Flo. d. 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip:. {lOO 15 all 100 • 1 FOREIGN RAIL 'Algerian Antwerp t Rotterdam. Ardennes.... Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiapo ................ Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ....... Eastern of France .. Grand Rus Guar. p. c. Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction ...... Lyons & Geneva ...... Namur & Liege ........ Do. 6 p. a Pref. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. Ot'mn (Smyrna to Aidn) Paris,Lyons, & Medi ter. Paris & Orleans ... ... 1 Recife & S. Fran. (Fern ) gua. 7 p. et. lira Riga & Royal Danish. - Royal Swedish ....... Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambte & Meuse Do. 5} per cent. Pref San Paulo, lira, g. 7 c S.Aust &Lomb Vene p. tin S. East Portugal 7 p et. Southern of France West Fiandern ...... Do. 5 p c. Preference W. & N.W. of France _ FREFERENCE SHA: lends contingent on the P .RES ?rofits st *Caledon. £lO Gua. Stk 20 Cornwall 4i p.c. ga.perp st *E. Anglian, Clsß, 6 p.c. st * Do. ClsC, 7 p.c. st Edin,Prth,&D'dee,4p.c. st Lond'n, Brig'tn, &c.,44 per cent..•... ... . 1858 100 st Do. do. 4 per ct. 1860 100 st Do. do. 4} per ct. 1861 100 5 Do. do. 44 per ct. 1861 32 10 Lon. & Chat'm, Metrop. Ext. B, 6 p.c... ••• .. ' 7i st Lon. &S.Wcst ern 44 p.c.' 100 10 North British £lO Gus. ail Shares, 1861 st *Seottisheentral4j p.c. 100 irred. pref 1 10 S.-Eastern 4. p.c. 1859 ' all 10 Do. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd.) 5 10 Do. 5 p.c. Aug. 1861 (rd.)' 3) * Failure of full dividends in any made good out of the profits of any 1021 1.020 1031 1011 1041 25 2 6 25:1 71 74 6) 63 .40 43 45 44 38 10 38 40 1021 102 1020 a p 100 all 100 100 100 15{ 151- 15} 8} 9 I 8 20 21 41} 12i 13 15 111 12 1111 94 10 Ica* 3 1 311)1 33 34 7 Si 8 i‘a 21i 2 22 1 j AND STOCKS of each separate Year. 102 104 80 62 1011 1021 12t 12k 12 7i 71 102 101 93 I's 93 95 1011 102 i 94 26 - 1 92 94 5 7 4 6 1031 1041 P 20k 20; V 9 100 $ $ 71 7 71 -P 1 17f 11 1: 11 12 4i 4 2 2ip '2l 1.31 103 105 92 95 103 10 i d pr 102 103 8 10 8 7 454 464 51 53 4 3 d I 151 01 10 pm I. pin given half subsequent BRITISH MINES. - AltredConsols(Phi/aek) 3.9.3 20 British Iron - Clifford nil - Devon G. Cone. (Tavist) 1 - East Bassett (Illogan) 3O - East Caradon ...... 2.14.6 - East Cam Brea... 3.0.0 - F. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) 7.10.( - GanidtStAubyn(Gwen.) 56.1 Great South Tolgus l7s - G.Wheal Alf& (Philaek - G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 40 - Grenville 6.15. - Herod's-Foot 8.12 - Hingston Downs 4.? 4 - Lady Bertha - Margaret Wily Lelant) 0; - Mark e Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim.) 2 L l t North Downs 2i - North Prances (Mogan) 12.3 N.WIOI 13aeeet(Illo.fan) 2.8 0 - Forth Wheal Crotty 2.2 - Par Consols(St. Blazey) 1 10 Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 1 - South Caradon(StCleer) 11 - S. Cam Brea (Mogan). • 3.11.6 - Wheal Fran. (Illocran).-,18.1.14 - Stray Park 28.9. 5 Tamar Silv..t Lead Min 4} ,0 Tin Crott 9 - West Basset (Illozan). - W Carado n (Liskeard) 5 - West Seton - Wheal Basset (Illogan) 51 - Wheal Buller(Rediuth) 5 - Whc-41 Edward (Cals.) 71 - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)i 1.7.2 - Wheal ItaryAnn (Men.) 8 _Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) 7 FOREIGN MI 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim. 5 Brazil Land dc 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo 40 Care Copper 20 Cop i apo .. 2 Capula Silver 1 DunMoun.Cop.M the.. Co 3 East Del Ray (Limited) 2 Fortuna. 20 General 2 Gt N. Cop. or S. Austr 11 Kapunda (Limited).., 3 Linares 5 Lusitanian . 1 52ariqui ca 1 N. R h ineCopof S. Aus. L 20 Vontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... 5 Port Philip 1 Sant aßarbara c,ldM4ne 1 si co ttish Austrin. (L.) 20 St. John del Rey (L.) 1.2.81 United Mexican 1 Worthing (Limited) 7 ,7 ,1 all all all DOCKS. stock Commercial stock Do. 4 per Cent.Prefillin stock East and West India stock London stock St Katharine. stock Southampton stack Vistoria ........ 20 Do New .... .year not to be t half year. 20 R 1 425 435 434 45i 40 414 121 135 21 35 13 15 : 4 1 41- 41i 2 6 7 3 34 37 39 2 24 44 46 10 104 id par n 2t 31 2,1 5 6 40 42 p. 335 :45 21 4 974 102} 32 S 3 1 i 14 104 11 124 134 33 ,25 260 2;0 921 974 574 624 11 1 12 13 11 13 16 17 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 2 RA 1 Pi 29 91 6 8 ; app d jpm p 3 3i 22 24 ; d w.) dm ds 2 4 1 * Rpm I,lpm 53 54 6 74 126 128 5i 58 57 59 P 8 100 id par !ss done LAW---THIS DAY. The question of discharge when disputed is directed by the new Act to be heard before a Commissioner, but as Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque, to whom the case was allotted, was unal le, through illness, to attend, Mr. Lawrance pro posed that the case should be referred to Mr. Commissioner Pane. Mr. Sargood—l object. Mr. Commissioner Fane has no jurisdiction. Mr. Lawrance—Then, there it ends. Mr. Hazlitt decided that it was within his jurisdiction to hear the application for passing the last examination, and a long discussion arose, :resulting in no beneficial effect, for the question appeared to arise on the amount of two debts, but even after the fullest inquiry, it would only lead to the expunging 01 reducing the proof, as the estate will not yield a dividend to the creditors. Mr. Lawrance submitted that it would be a most unfair thing to prevent the bankrupt passing, merely because a creditor refused to submit to the infliction of an investiga tion of his books for 13 years, and especially when the accounts were closed in 1869 the bankrupt and the creditor having gone through the accounts, and the bankrupt had certified them on oath, it would be monstrous t , b ask a man to submit to such a requisitiqn. Mr. Bayley for the assignee, considered the opposition most vexatious,there not being the slightest pretence for it, and an adjournment for the purpose would entail enormous trouble and expense, and the costs to hA horns by tho per son applying. The learned Registrar said that he saw no reason for refusing to pass the examination, but he would adjourn:the the case for a week to see whether any addition could be made to the statement. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before IMr. Registrar Hazlitt.) IN RE HUDSON. This bankrupt was a surveyor, &c., and this was an ad journed meeting for last examination and discharge. Mr. Bagley appeared for the assignees (Mr. Batterbur3), Mr. Sargood fur an opposing creditor (Mr. Rothwell), and Mr. Lawrance for the bankrupt. The accounts were prepared by Mr. Boyd, of Alderman bury Postern, and Mr. Saffery, of Basinghall-street, was appointed to examine them on the part of the assignee The bankrupt had rendered answers to requisitions, but Mr. Sargood insisted on an account from the assignee, who claimed to be the largest creditor, extending over a period of 13 years. 1024 I Id 41 95 I 101 90• WAYS SPORTING -THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SWEEPSTAKES OF 300 SO-VS. Six ran. £5O lIANDICAP PLATE. LATEST BETTING, TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4to 1 agst Alvediston (offered) sto 1 agst Marquis ( , ffered) 6to 1 agst Stockwell colt (offered) 6to 1 agst Nottingham (offered) Bto 1 agst Caterer (offered) 10 to 1 agst Wingrave RACING FIXTURES FOR 1862 MAY. Newmarket F S 5 Chester Spring York Spring i Salisbiry Bath 1 Harpenden UNE. Beverley Newcastle Hampton Carlisle MY., Abingdon Pontefract Hungerford Nottingham Southampton , Stamford Marlborough Goodwood ... LUST. York Stockton Egham Lichfield Bridgwater Ludlow _ . Epsom Summer 3 Chelmsford . 11 Manchester ll Ascot .. 17 Odiham 1 Bibury Club Newton Stockbridge 3 Winchester Newmarket Worcester . 10 Liverpool .. 15 Radcliffe 4 Brighton 5 Brighton Club Lewes .. 8 Wolverhampton Reading .... . l4 Wenlock l5 SEPTEMBER. Devon and Exeter 2 Doncaster Derby .... Great Yarmouth Plymouth Oxford 4 Manchester Warwick 9 Newmarket F 0 .. Leicester OCTOBER. Bedford Newmarket S 0 .. 13 Newmlrket H NOVEMBER. Worcester Hereford 4 Liverpool ... 10 Shrewsbury .. IRISH RACING FI .TURES FOR 1862 MAY. Cork .l I Galway Hunt Nenagh Howth and Baldoyle.... . Westmeath JusE.j Curragh June SEPTEMBER. Curragh Carlow Londonderry . . OCTOBER. Limerick... Ourragh NOVYMBER. Armagh WAYS AND .SANS. Ah 1 how wonderful ways and means are I When I think how this very line, this very word, which I am writ ing represents money, I am lost in a respectful astonishment. A man takes his own case, as he says his own prayers, on behalf of himself and his family. lam paid, ho will say, for the sake of illustration, at the rate of sixpence per line. With the words "Ah, how wonderful," to the words "per line," I can buy a loaf, a piece of Cutter, a jug of milk, a modicum of tea—actually enough to make breakfast for the family; and the servants of the house ; and the charwoman, their servant, can shake up the tea leaves with a fresh sup. ply of water, sop the crusts, and get a meal, taut bier que mai. Wife, children, guests, servants, charwomen, we are all actually making a meal off Philip Firmin's bores as it were. And my next•door n( ighbour, whom I see spinning away to chambers umbrella in hand ? And next door but one the city man ? And next door but two the doctor know the baker has left loaves at every one of their doors this morning, that all theirchimneys are smoking, and they will all have breakfast, Ah, thank God for it 1 I hope, friend, ;you and I are not too proud to ask for our daily bread, and to bo grateful for getting it? Mr. Philip had had to work for his, in care and trouble, like other children of men—to work for it, and I hope to pray for it, too. It a thought to me awful and beautiful, that of the daily prayer, and of the myriads of fellowmen uttering it, in care and in sickness, in doubt and in poverty, in health and in wealth. Patton nostrum da nobis hodte. Phil.p whispers it by the bedside where wife and child lie sleeping, and goes to his early labour with a stouter heart : as he creeps to his rest when the day's labour is over, and the quotidian bread is earned, and breathes his hushed thanks to the bountiful Giver of the meal. All over this world what an endless chorus is singing of love, and thanks, and prayer. Day tells to day the won drous story, and nigh recounts it into night.— How do I come to think of a sunrise which I saw 20 years ago on the Nile, when the river and sky flushed and glowed with the dawning light, and as the luminary appeared, the boatmen knelt on the rosy deck, and adored Allah ? So, as thy sun rises, friend, over the humble housetops round about your home, shall you wake many and many a day to duty and labour. May the task have been honestly done when the night comes; and the steward deal kindly with the labourer.—Cornhill Illagaztne for May, Lord Ashburton, as President of the Geographi cal Society, has issued cards for an assembly on the 14th inst., at Bath House, The committee of the Dieppe Regatta Society, at a recent sitting, decided that the races of the present year shall take place on Sunday, the 3d of August. The _ltalie of Turin states that a Major Cozenza, an active agent of Francis IL has been arrested at Naples with important documents in his posseacion. Great alarm was caused in the Church of St. Francois, at Havre, the other evening, by the artificial flowers decorating an altar to the Virgin suddenly catching fire from a wax taper burning near them. Fortunately, there were not many people in the church at the time, or the rush caused by the panic might have proved fatal. All present escaped unhurt, and the fire was quickly ex tinguished, the damage being limited to the ornaments of the altar. THE WESLEYAN MISSIONARY SOClETY.—Yes terday at Exeter Hall the annual May meeting of this society was held for the purpose of receiving the report of the proceedings of the society for the past year. Dr. Hoole read the financial statement and general summary, from whir,}' ;t np r —nr,sa that th, , out,riouttons to the society for the year ending 31st Dec., 1861, amounted to £137,280 Os, 7d. 'Stew donations or annuities, amounting to £3,125 have also been received, but not reported as income until they become available. The payments and general expen diture, including the cost of the China mission for the year, £136,067 16s. 4d.; special contributions for the extension of the mission in China, £2,500; the balance of 1860, £242 7s,—made together £138,811 4s. id., leaving a balance of £1,531 3s. 6d. due to the general treasurer. LAVE OF ABSENCE TO SEE THE EXHIBITION.— An order has been issued by the General commanding the Forces in Ireland to the different general officers command ing divisions, to allow one• third of the officers of the several regiments under their command leave of absence, for the purpose of visiting the International Exhibition — the leave not to exceed one month.— United Service Gazette. LONDON RIFLE BRlGADE.—Lieutenant - C olonel Wardo, the newly-appointed commander, has issued a brigade order, with reference to the field -day at Brighton, stating that the g enera l o f di v i s i on h a d expressed his warm approval of the manner in which' the brigade executed all the rnanceuvres on that occasion. The colonel also records his extreme satisfaction with the conduct of all r an k s throughout the day, an d concludes by declaring that ho is proud to command the regiment. THE CORNISH FISHERIES. —The boats employ e d , in the mackerel fi s hery at St. Ives h av e been very success sq day 80 75,000 were 000 were ful, particul ar ly those from the eastward, and th e p r i ce has been high. One daylast Week upwards of 100 ,000 fish were caught,landed, andprice sold 21s at per22s perl .00 1 ; 00 o n anothersubeuently caught, and three boats took 5,000 eac h , price 20s per 100. So many mackerel landed in one week h ave scarcely ever in habitant. CAPTURE recollected by the o ld est CAPTURE OF A STURGEON IN THE MEDWAY.-- On Saturday last a fisherman, named Jenkins, while fishing in the river Medway, a short distance above Rochester bridge, succeeded in capturing a remarkably fine sturgeon, which on being brought to l an d was f ound to measure six length, hhs of the city, a ll s t urgeons an d certain 29 inches ;n girth, and to wei g h 721bs. B y t f b ee e t a i n n ng c l i e ent carter other fish caught in the Medway are the property of the mayor and corporation of Rochester. The fish was accord ingly presented to the mayor, who immediately forwarded it by the principal water-bailiff as a present to her Majesty, the sturgeon being, what is termed, a royal fish. NEWMARKET RACES, THIS DAY. Matadore Nautilus 2 FREE HANDICAP. Shillelagh • SJuthport Shillelagh 1 Blacklock 2 Eleven ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Tadmore colt Abbess' 2 Four ran. Jury. Bellewstown AUGUST. Heath Wicklow .. POLICE-THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH •STREET, THIS DAY. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN A. POLICE CELL.—Daniol Seach, of 9, Reeve's-mews, G rosvenor-square, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting his wife, Eliza Seach, and threatening to murder her. Inspector George Draper, C division, said the prisoner was brought to the station yesterday afternoon. He was very drunk and violent, and twice attempted to commit suicide in the pclice cells, first by tying his belt tightly round his neck, and the second time with his handkerchief. The doctor was sent for, and said there was something the matter with the prisoner's head. The prisoner was remanded. ESCAPE FROM NETVGATE. LONDON, May 6 . —Wind this day at noon--Westerly; light breeze, and very fine weather. QUEENSTOWN, Hay 5.--Arrived—Crown, from Liver. pool, tor Montreal, leaky. WEYMOUTH, May s. —Wind S.E.—Arrived—Phsonix, from Teignmeuth, for Hull, leaky. CLYDE, May 4 . — Arrived —St. Georg 3, screw steamer, from New York. SCILLY, May s, — Arrived—Leone, from Ca; diff, for DR boa, very leaky. from J LEITH, May 4.—Wi n d S . W .—Arrived—James Duncan, amaica, • for Quebec. POOLE, May s. —Wi n d S . E .—Sailed—Henry Duncan, --- (HY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAnPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Britannia, from Montrose; Borussia, steamer, from Hamburg. Sailed—Sakalin, Russian war steamer, for China. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning, Arrived, May s —Dashing Wave, from Minititlan ; Mathilde from Hamburg ; Daniel Ranken, from Trinidad ; Margareita Louisa, from S tettin; Emma, from Havannah ; Olga, from TJddewalla. Arrived, May 6—Alma , from Christiana ; Willi am and Susannah, from Dunkirk; Grace Darling, and William and Mary, from Guernsey; Henrietta, from Volo ; Victoria, from Villa Nova; Chamois, from Trieste; Familien, from Frederick stadt, DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed-11;11,o., ISCI, Sir ?nit:W.)lP from/. 13 , JrCTOU T don ; Ringhorn, from London fo'r Rangoon; Jane Smith, from London, for Swansea. FOREIGN HAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Aunralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. May 19. via Marseilles May 13. draail and Cape Verds, by British packet. June 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena June 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton May 19. via Marseilles May 1:3. Falkland Islands .................... June 4. Gibraltar, via Southampton ...... May 11. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton May 19. -- via Marseilles May 13. ' India (Bombay), v i a Southampton May 11. via Marseilles May 20. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton May 11. via Marseilles May 14. Newfoundland Ma 11. Oporto and Vigo .... • y U. S. and British N. Am May 11. America Ey Brit. • packet by U.S. packet _ b Cana W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Ty eneriffed ian packet. May 14. May 10. including Chili, Peru, t Bahamas, via New York May 8. Mexico .................................... May 29. All parts of West Indies, 14, California, and British Columbia.. .......... I May The Court of Assizes of the Seine, the day before yesterday, tried a woman named Laureau, aged 38, and totally blind, on several charges of robbery. The table of the Court was covered with an immense variety of stolen articles found in her lodgings. How a person deprived of sight commit so many thefts appeared inconceivable to the audience, but the mystery was soon explained • for it was stated during the trial that her blindness arose from a sud den determination of blood to the head produced by the shock she received when caught in the act of plunder ng apartment in the Rue Rossini, occupied by a married couple named Frette. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty, without extenuating circumstances, and the Court sen tenced the prisoner to 20 years' hard labour. The Madras Atheneum of the 18th of March con tains an interesting account of the opening of the line of the Great Southern of India Railway Company by Sir William Denison, the governor. The event seems to have gone off with great eclat, THIS DAY, An escape of a prisoner from Newgate now-a days is a circumstance of such rare occurrence that when an event of that kind occurs it is now looked upon as something extraordinary. All the prisoners, last night, at six o'clock, were, according to -the regulations of the gaol, locked up securely. Amongst them Philip Craw, a German sailor, who was committed for trial from the Thames Police Court on the 10th of April, for stealing a quantity of tea from the East and West India Docks. On the arrival of Craw at Newgate he was placed in No. 2 ward, which is situate in the west front of the gaol. On either side of the debtors' door, the one before which the scaffold is placed on the occasions of public executions, a small portion of the immense walls of Newgate outwardly appears very low, not more than 20 or 23 feet in height, but at the back of that wall, out of sight, on the right hand side runs the exterior wall of No. 2 ward, in which Craw was confined. His cell was, according to the usages of the prison, visited at different hours of night, but this morning, shortly after daylight, it was discovered that he was not in his cell, and further that the panel of the door had been by some means cut out. The blankets of his bed were also missing, and from that circumstance it was at once surmised that he had used them in making his escape. In a few minutes after, the blankets were discovered torn outside the walls, near to the Debtors' dcor, and from the marks made on the outer wall, there could be no doubt but that the prisoner had succeeded in effecting his escape at that portion of the building. The Governor was at once apprised of the cir cumstance, and information was instantly dispatched to the visiting mag!strates, who were very early in their attendance at the prison. A very minute examination and a strict inquiry i s now being made into this circumstance which has created the greatest surprise amongst all parties, as the gaol of Newgate, which but a few months ago was to a great extent remodelled, was looked upon as a place from which escape was impossible. Up to a late hour this afternoon nothing had been heard of the man. --------------- SHIPPING---THIS DAY. 1151 16 111 11 128 j n 96 d 85 4a f 111 112 ICB 110 108 110 1014 102 294 100; 109 111' 110 112 111 113 1112 114 108 109 100 101 984 994 974 986 109 111 [llosl°S¢ 106 tordot JOINT-STOCK BANKS 10 Agr a ,,-- - 7tu nitec Ti e r---Tioe Bs i 0 Australasia.... :5 Bank of Egypt . ... .... . ..... 10. Beak of London;. i 0 British North America', !O Chtd.Bank of India, &c. :5 Ch. Mer. of In. L on.& Ch. 10 City .. 10 Colonial ... ~... ... .11 Com. Bank of Canada.. 10 Eng., Scot., A Aus. Ch.. 10 Gem Bk .of Switzerland 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral 20 Do. new 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stook 20 Lon don and S. African 00 Londen & Westminster 00 Metrop. & Provinl. Bnk. 100 Nat. I'rov. of Englana 20 Do. new •••• .••• 50 National Bank 20 Neu South Wales .. .... 25 Orient. B. Corporation . 20 Ottoman Bank ... ...... 100 Provincial of Ireland .. 16 Dn_ ne w 25 South Australia .., ... 25 Union of Australia I 50 Unto ,of London . I 100 Unity Mutual.. all all all all all 88 90 fis c 7 24 23i 54 so 201 201 34 s 5 93 go 39 90 181 199 251 251 25 391 4ri 361 471 bill 791 801 d pr 39 11 51 52 `?6i 27& 87 E 9 3e 37 43 45 32 33 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 10 Atlantic It. MI. Stm (1 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited)) 25 Australian Agricultural 10 Bahia Steam (Limited). 10 Berlin Water (Limited) 50 British American Land 50 BAI.Mag. TeL A. (Lim.) 20 Do. 8,7e.c.ti111852 (Lim-) 20 Do. C. (Limited) 324 Canada Land 10 China & Japan Coast & River Steam Naviga. st. Cop.Min.ofling.&S t ultg. 25 ' Do. Pref. 7 per cent. at. Crystal Palace at. Do. Preference at Do. 8 p et. Perpet. Deb 10 E.lndia & Lon. Ship A 1G B 20 E. India Irrign. & Canal tt. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New 5 English &Aus. Copper 15 Gen. Steam Navigati )11 1 Great Ship Limited) 1 Do 174 Cart Preference 2 Indian rying (Lim.) 5 Lou. District TeL (Lim.) 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) tO Madras Irr. and Canal.. 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (lAm.) 10 Do. 8 per cent. pref.. ro National Dis. Co. (Lim.) !I) Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) ,0 Netherlands Land IO 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis N.Br .&NovaSeotiaLand 1 N.R .Australasian (Lim.) 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). 1 Do New Shares (Lim.). 0 Orintl In. Steam (Lim.) v ye reelit.L ud.&Min.(Lim) 0 Do & Oriental St earn N ew 0 Red S e an "" "" 44 . c. *** 0 Rhyrn ney iron p. c. Do. 11 * : * : *** 5 Rio JaneiroCit'y ImPt **** co Royal Mail Steam * ; Scot. Austin. Inv.(r.h.r;:) 5 South Australi an Land 1 Submarine Tel. Scr I Do. do. Registered ip.. .Do. d 0... ) 2 Aph to Ind a Austrlasia (lira)lst is. ) Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr.Can„ S li'dom Tel. Co. (11m41 Trust and Agency et 00 Van Diemen'a L nd all all all all all all all 100 100 all all ILI all 18& '9} 2 3 28 - - 41 51 29 32 18 20 9 11 113 116 12 16 85 87 105 KO 105 109 i!; par ipra if 9 10 2k 27 25i 2 6j . 4 It 31 d If it 2 3* 3* 7, Vi p Id lip 13 16 1 1,1 11 6 7 55 57 69 71 10 12 19 19} 17 19 44 54 251 26i 49 51 135 140 32_ 34 41 61 pr i 1 i d p 14 vi 9 NES. 100} 100 PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. Adderley, C. B. Gregson, S. Palmerston, Vlsct. Bagwell, J. Gray, William Peel, Sir R. Baines, E. Grey, Rt. Iln. Sir G. Peel, F. 5 Ball, E. Gurney, John H. Pennant Col. 3 Baring, Thos. Geo. Gurney, Samuel Pigott, Francis a Bass, M. T. Hadfield, G eo. P inney, Wm. i Bazley, Thomas Handley, John Pollard Urquhart W ) Beamish, F. B. llankey, Thomson Ponsonby, A. i Beaumont,Somerset Hanmer, Sir J. Potter, E. ) Beecroft, G. S. Hardy, Gathorne Powell, J. Berkeley, Col. Hartopp, E. B. Proby, Lord. G. L. Berkeley, C. Hay, Sir J. Pryse, Capt. E. L. Bouverie, E. P. Hayter, Sir Wm. Puller, C. W. Bouverie, P. I'. Headlam, Thus. E Ramsden, Sir J. IT • Briscoe, J. I. Henley, Lord Ricardo, O. 13rocklehurst, John Herbert, 11. A. Robertson, D. Brown, J. Holland, E. Rolt, J. Browne, Lord J. T. Ilornby, W. 11. Scholefi6d, W. Bruce, H. A. llothain, Gen. Lord Seely, C. Buchanan, W. Howes, Edward Selwyn, C. J. Burke, Sir T. J., Bt. Butt, W. Seymour, Sir M. Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Ingham, R. Seymour, Digby Carnegie,Hn. C. Kershaw, J. Smith, J. B. Castlerosse, fist. Kinglake, A. W. Smollett, P. Caveni - ish, Lord G. Kinglake, Serj. J. Somes, Joseph Cecil, Lord R. Kinnaird, Hon. A. Steel, John Churchill, Lord A. Lawson, W. Stracey, Sir H. Clay, James Layard, A. H. Sykes, Col. W. H. Clifford, C. C. Leatham, E. Taylor, P. A. Clifton, Sir R. Legh, G. C. Tempest, Lord A.V Cowper, Hon. W.F. Lennox, Lord G. G. Thornhill, W. P. Cox, W. Levinge, Sir R.G.A. 'Tito, Wm. Crawford, R. W. Lewis, Sir G.C., lit. Tollemache, Hon. F. Crossley, Frank Lewis. Harvey Tollemache, J. H. Denman, G. Liddell, Hon. H. G. Torrens, R. Dodson, John G. Lindsay, W. S. Tottenham, C. Douglas, Sir C. Locke, John Turner, J. A. Dunbar, Sir Wm. Lowe, Rt. Hon.R. Vernon, 11. Duncombe, W. E. Mackie, J. Villiers, lit lion. C. .Dundas, Sir David Marjoribanks, D. C. Tyner, Reginald Egerton, Sir P. Martin, I'. W. Walpole, S. 11. Enfield, Viscount Martin, J. Warner, Edward Evans, T. W. Mills, A. 11'eguelin, T. Ewart, William Mitchell, T. A. Westhead, J. Ewart, J. C. Moffatt, George Whalley, G. H. Ewing, 11. E. C. Mo n creiff, J. Whitbread, S. Foley, 11. W. Monson, W. J. Whi te, Jas. Forster, Charles D. Morrison, W. Wood, W. Foster, W. 0. Mowbray, lit. lin. J. Woods, Henry Fortescue, C. S. Nicol, William Wrightson, W. Gard, It. S. North, F. Wyvill, M. Gibson, T. M. Ogilvy, Sir J. Gilpin, C. Padmore, R. Glyn, G. C. Paget, C. Goldsmid, Sir F. Paget, Lord C. E. Brand, H. B. Greenwood, J. Palmer, Sir R. Knatclibull-Hugess ____ TELLERS. GALASHIELS.- LARGE STOCK SALE, On Friday last, one of the largest and most im portant Border stock sales of the season came off at Galashiels, at the auction ring of Mr. Henderson. The stock belonging to Mr. James Leithead, farmer, Langhaugh, consisted of both tat and extra grazing sheep and cattle, and the sale drew together a great attendance of farmers, dealers, and butchers, from Fife, Edinburgh, Kelso, Hawick, 111usselburgh, and the neighbourhood, all of whom were bent on doing business. After lunch at twelve, served in a large marquee on the ground, where the chair was taken by Mr. Peak of Craigend, judge of the sale, and " Success to the Sale" having been pledged, the company adjourned to the pens, and the half and three-part fat hoggs were first brought into the ring, numbering 350. These were in prime condition, and were quickly sold in fives and tens at an average of 445, 6d. per head, the top price being 478. The competition far these lots was very close, and a good number was knocked down to Mr. Boosie, Fife. The half and three-parts bred grazing hoggs, in number 600, were next put up, and excited even a keener competition than the forager. These were sold in scores, and re alised prices ranging per head from 325. to Us., the average being 345. 6d. Next came the short horned and polled fat cattle, twenty of which were knocked down at an average of £l5 10s. The demand for the grazing cattle was very brisk, and these ranged from to £ll 15s. But the greatest attention was directed to the young or one-year-old shorthorned bulls, of which kind Mr. Leithead is a well-known successful breeder. Nine beautiful animals, both as regards symmetry and colours, were turned out, which were quickly disposed of at prices from £ll to £l6—the average £l2 15s. The whole of these large lots were passed under the hammer in little more than two hours.—Scotsman ABOUT' BUTTERCUPS. The gaudy buttercup, though a sad plague to the farmer, for the cattle cannot feed upon it, is yet extremely useful in medicine. Most of the butter cup plants have a poisonous watery juice, which possesses emetic properties. The root of Ranun culus bulbosa, the bulbous crowfoot, was formerly called St. Anthony's turnip, but it is quite u seless for the purpose of n u t r iment, even when cooked. A beautiful plant of this tribe is the lesser celandine, R. ficaria, abundant in quiet hedgerows and moist meadows during March and April. Its heart-shaped leaves are marked 'with whitish-green spots. I t is an excellent prognosticator of the weather ; its blossoms shut up just before rain. It is a .tu ss a, in Its minus, seiaom lifting up it s head t o look upon the sun before nine in the morning, Bald always retiring before five in the evening. The root of this plant is much used in Cochin China as a medicine, where it is held in gr eat esteem, and be lieved to possess innumerable virtues. In many parts of Norway and Sweden it is us e d as a ta bl e vegetable,its leaves being boiled an d eaten as greens. It is also used in some English counties to prepare a wash for removing specks from the eyes. All the species of crowfoot are useful in medicine ; their chief ch aracteristic is that of raising a blister on the skin ; and they are frequently used in cases of acute inflammation in the place of cantharides, and the effect is attended with a less amount of suffering. One very beautiful and interesting species of ranunculus may be found in abundance during May and June, in most lakes and clean ponds, and sometimes in rivers. It is called Ranunculus aquatilis, and produces a beautiful white blossom on the surface of the water. The most beautiful:we have evefseen were growing luxuriantly in the little stream that falls into the Ravensbourne, at Rushy Green. This is the only one of the family which is destitute of poisonous properties, and this peculiarity is the less to be expected in an aquatic plant; It is largely used as fodder in various parts of Gloucester and Somerset. The borders of the lovely Avon—a stream dear to all who have I seen its peaceful waters and fertile banks, and dearer still for its poetic memories—are covered with it in profusion, and it gives an aspect of great love liness to the calm and quiet river. It is largely used by the cottagers as fodder ; cows, sheep, and horses are fed upon it to a great extent. The cows are so partial to it, that they are very reluctantly dis suaded from taking more than they require. Mr. Loudon states that one farmer who had severe' cows and horse, required only one ton of hay in the course of a year, feeding his cattle almost entirely upon the ranunculus.— Gardener's Weekly ilaga. zinc and Horticultural Cabinet. HOUSE OF COMMONS,. —MAY 5. EDUCATION—THE REVISED CODE. In the Committee —Motion made, and question put, "That to i equire the employment of certified masters by managers -of schools, as an indispensable condition of their participation in the Parliamentary grant, is inexpe dient, and i nconsistent with the principle of payment for results which forms the basis of the Revised Code," The Committee divided —Ayes, 156; noes, 163. .A.Tt9-156 . , Colo nel Morris, D. Adeane, H. J. Gilpin Ayrton, A. S. Gore, J. It 0. Bailey, U. Gor e , W . R. 0, Morritt, W. Mund William Baring, Sir F. Greaves. Ed ward Murray, y, William Barrow, W. H. Greenall, G. Naas, lit. Hn. Lord Barttelot, Col. Greene, Capt. j. N„ . 1 .1 1, C a Bentinck, G. W. P. Grey deWilton,Lord Northcote Sir S. 11. O_,onoi Don, The Bentinck, G.C. Griffith, C. D. Grogan, Sir Edward 001;Psieorwra, 1161111-ildford Benyon, R. Blackburn, P. Gurdon, B. Blake, J. A. Ilaliburton, Justice O'Reilly, 3. Bonham-Carter, J. Banbury, H., jun. Pakim.rton, Sir Wm.,J. Bovill, Hardcastle, Jos. A. Papill on , P. p.S Bowyer, Sir G. Hardy, J. Parker, Major iv. Bramley - -Moore, J. Heathcote, Sir W. Peacocke, G. M. Bridges, Sir 8., Bt. Henley, J. Peto, Sir M. Brooks, R. Hennessy, J. P. Pevenset, Viscount Bruce, Sir H. Hesketh, Sir T. Powys, L. P. Caird, James Heygate, Sir F. Pritchard, John Calthorpe, F. 11. tlodgkinson, G. Redmond, J. E. Cartwright,; Col. Holford, R. S. Ridley, Sir M. W. Cave, S. HolsolL T. B. Roebuck, J. A. Chipman, J. Howard, Hon. C. Rogers, John J. Cobbold, John C. Humberstone, P. S. St. Aubyn, J. , Cochrane, A. D. I nges t re, Viscount Salomons,Alderman ' Cogan. W. 11. Jervis, Captain sclater-Booth, G, Coke, W. C. Jervoise, Sir J. Scully, V. Cole, Hon. 11. A. Johnstone, Si r J . Seymer, 11. K Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Kekewich, S. Sheridan, R. B. Colli ns , T., jun. Kendall, N. Smith, M. Cubitt, George Kennard,R. Smith, Abel Dalglish, Robert King, J. K. Smith, S. G. Da vey, R. Knatelibull, W Smyth, Col. Deedes, Wm Langton, H. G. Stanhope, J. B. Dent, John Dent Laird, J. Stanley, Lord Disraeli, Benjamin Lindsay, General Stuart, Col. Doulton, F. Longfield, Robert Sullivan, M. Duke, Sir James Lopes, Sir Bt. Taylor . , Colonel Duncombe, A. Lovable, Lord Trefusis, Hon. C. 11. Edwards, Major 11. Lyall, G. Trollope, Sir John 1 Egerton, W. M'Cann, J. Turner, C. Elphinstone, Sir J. Maguire, J. F. Upton, General Fane, Col. Malcolm, J. W. 1V aker, Admiral Farrer, J. Malins, H., Walker, J. R. B. Fellowes, Edward Manners, Lord J. Williams, W. Fenwick, Henry Miles, Sir W. Winnington, Sir T. Finlay, A. S. Miller, T. Wyld, James Foljambe, F. J. S. Mills, T. Wyndham, Hon. H Forde, Lt.-Col. W. Mills, J. R. Wyndham, Hon. P, Fortescue, llon. F. Mitford, W. T. Yorke, lIon.E. Freeland, H. W. Monsell, lit. Hil. W. TELLERS. Garnett, W. J. Montagu, Lord R. Walter, John George, John 3lordaunt, Sir C. Thompson, H. S. NOES-163. A correspondent of the Opinion Nationale remarks on the too pronounced desire of the Exhibition commission to make money out of an undertaking which ought to have been conducted in a more popular and generous spirit. Tne writer concludes h:s letter by saying, " the English can study with profit the finest contributions sent to the exhibition Palace, wt ich, built of brick, surmounted by two glass bells, is in most horrible taste. Perhaps there never existed anything more ugly. This is n o t an individu a l an d F rench opinion —it is unanimous. The English themselves go so far as to say it is Et stable.'" 7118 I)IB.IRESS .I.4IVCASIII_RE. • Robert Townley Parker, Esq., Mayor of Preston, convened by private circular a meeting of the clergy, manufacturers, gentry, and leading inhabitants of that borough, for yesterday afternoon,'at the Theatre of the Literary and Philosophical Institution, " to consider what further measures should be adopted to relieve the wide-spread and unparalleled dis tress in the town," the funds at the disposal of the relief committee having already become nearly exhausted. There was a very influential attendance, and the proceedings were com menced by his worship reading the letter from the relief committee stating the failure of the fund, and requesting him to convene a Meeting to consider what should be done. He also read letters from. Sir T. G. Hesketh, M.P., and other gentlemen ; and an offer from General Tom Thumb to give an exhibition in aid of the funds for the relief of the poor. Mr. William Livesey read a report, from which it appeared that the receipts of the commit tee, from the establishment of the fund to the pre sent week, amounted to £3,234 16s. id. with 200 tons of coals. 120 visitors were employed. The smallest amount of destitution was in Christ Church Ward; the greatest in St. Peter's Ward, where the greater part of the population were unemployed. The number of factory operatives in Preston was 25,000, of whom 7,600 worked full time, and 7,700 short time, while 9,700 were entirely out of work. If those directly affected by the stoppage of mill work were taken into the accuut,t, .the total number would be not less than 10,000; and if these had each one dependent upon him, then the ordinary means of livelihood had been withdrawn from 20,000 persons. The amount of wages withdrawn from circulation was £B,OOO per week. Since the commencement of the fund, 102,600 3-31 b loaves had been distributed, at a cost of £2,065, and 14,000 quarts of soup weekly; the total expenditure being £3,018 19s. 7d. It had been estimated by the Overseers that the amount of the poor rate to be laid for the present kalf year would not be less than 3s. in the pound. There were in the workhouses of the Preston Union 914 persons ; and last week there were relieved in Preston alone 2,668 cases (in cluding 7,882 individuals), at a cost of £475, or more than three times the average of the past six years. The committee regretted that the sum left in the hands of the Treasurer was only £2 15 16s 9d bei ng l ess t h an the cost of one wee k' s distribution. Mr. Alderman Goodair moved the adoption of the report, and showed that tbe cora bins(' relief given by the Board of Guardians ,.. and ond ap ed pl t i h ed e the Relief Committee amounted to only e ld per head, besides which there was a large number of Andrew wnot Reed carried. The Rev. Thomas necessitous person who C rfoe l sr n o r l k rue , tlii: C nf h ., r w is Th t hice e h h ilwueravc . s. h , . moved the next resolu the Continued dis tressed state of the. operative classes, owing to tion :---e That, consldering the working short time and the closing of the 1 m ills, this me e ti ng I considers it o f urgen t ( necessity to continue the Relief Fund, and forth with to re-open the fund which has been in exist ence for the alleviation of the distress." The resolution was seconded by Mr. Alderman Walms icy, who referred to the absence of a number of names of influential gentlemen from the relief sub scription list. He urged that the time had now fully arrived when they should contribute to the tukd so nearly exhaused.—Other gentlemen fol lowed, and the subscription fund was re-opened, as propos e d ; an d steps were arranged to obtain addi tional funds. Mr. Alderman Miller has promised an additional £200; Messrs.. Birley Brothers gave #100; Messrs. T. and B. Meek, £5O; and their example will no doubt be followed by the other wealthy owners of property and employers of la bour. FATAL EXPLOSION OF AN ENGINE ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Yesterday morning, shortly after two o'clock, a very sad occurrence took place on the London and North-Western Railway, at Harrow. A goods train bad just arrived at Harrow station, drawn by one of Fairbairn's most powerful gooda-train en gines, and was just pulling up, when the boiler ex ploded with a fearful noise, blowing t h e unfortu nate fireman, Henry C ow d r y, togeth er with the massive ironwo r k o f t h e eng i ne , to atoms. James Beckwith, th e d r i ver o f th e engine, was also blo wn high into the air, and had one of h i s arms br o k en and received o th er i n j u ries, so as to render him in capable of giving any accoun t as to the ac c id ent or Henders on , l ocomotive its probable cause. Mr• foreman at Camden Town, soon after the news of the occurrence reached London. proceeded to the spot, circumstances with a view of ascertaining the which had led to the catastrophe, and in the mean time the driver (Beckwith) was brought to London, and conveyed to University College Hospital,wherel he li es under medi ca l treatment, Up to last night g definit e h ad occurred to show the causes to so lamentable a catastrophe. Twahohteihcrihn could have led emains of the unfortunate fireman were col lected, as far as possible, to await an inquest. fir _ A riY - sheet in the last number of The Cornhill Alagazine co n t a i ns th e " unqua lifi ed assurance " of M essrs . Smith, Elder, and Co , that the average sale of each num ber of the magazine was 84,427 at the time of making 'W the accounts at the end of last year ; and that the smallest number of copies sold, up t o th a t period, of any single number of The Cornhill Magerzine, was 67,019 , while of some of the numbers more ths-u 100,000 copies Ni ere sold, 71IE ROYAL EXHIBITION COMMIS SIONERS AND THE REPRESENTA !LIVES OF 7HE _FOREIGN PRESS. The Nord of yesterday has the following :—" We are informed that the Royal Commissioners of the London Exhibition have refused to grant tickets of admission to the representatives of foreign journals. We must be permitted to remark on this singular proceeding. We are aware that, notwithstanding the act of nnion,British hospitality is quite distinct from the disinterestedness proverbially attributed to Scotch hospitality. In London, if you wish to see the monuments, museums, churches, &c., you must pay for passing from one room to another, from one story to another. The trafficking genius of the mo dern Carthage is to be discovered in this extremely inconvenient union of fiscal formalities and national memories. But if there was an occasion in which these utilitarian habits should be departed from, it was this of the Universal Exhibition—this con vocation of the civilised world, who were asked to brin g to the capital of Great Britain the tribute of their sympathy If, and th e t reasures o f their labour. enY Privilege was allowable it should be in fa vour of those, without whose publicity the grandest and most eneyelopmdie exhibitions would be re stricted and confined. Surely the Universal Exhi bition has not been designed for some hundred thousand visitors. All Europe ought to participate in the information to be derived from this ecumeni cll council of contemporary art and industry. And who but the pr ess w ill set l oose and give wings to this information P In denying to the representa tives of the press of Europe facilities to which they are fairly entitled,ther e would be at oncea shocking want of logic and a pitiful shabbiness. If the London. Exhibition be only a speculation, if it be not a monument raised to intelligent and liberal Eng land, as well as to laborious Europe, we no longer recognise in this congress of manufacturers, merchants, and artists, assembled from all parts of the globe, guests invited to a pa c ifi c tournament—to an interational fete—but merely supernumeraries, who have come unwittingly to give a varied representation for the benefit of England. 18 24 25 26 ~~ 1071 61 95} ICOj 511 2 271 19 14 ~`` 'i