The Sun. — London, England, 1862-04-17 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is very little inquiry for money, and busi ness in most departments is exceedingly dull, as usuAl just More the Easter holidays. The supply of floatin g capit l continues superabundant, and the rates range as low as 2 per cent. The Committee of the Stock Exchange have an nounced that the house will be closed on Easter Monday ; and although business will be resumed on Saturday, it is believed that the transactions in the respective departments will be of an exceedingly limited character, so many persons having arranged to remain away from town till Tuesday morning. About £40,000 in gold was sent into the Bank of England yesterday, making a total of £331,000 since the last weekly return. _ The steamer, which left to-day with the West Indian mails, took £9,670 in specie. The final return of capital, viz, 16s. 6d. per share, of the General Screw Steam Shipping Company will be payable on and after the 21st inst. The directors of the St. John del Rey Mining Company (limited) have received, by telegram from Lisbon, the following report, dated Morro Velho, March, 1862 :—Produce for February, 41,622 oitavas ; cost for do., £8,667 ; profit for do., £7,029. Produce, 10 days of March, 12,642 oitavas. Continued activity prevailed in the Liverpool cotton market yesterday, and prices of nearly all descriptions were about 7 1 ,-,d. per lb. dearer. The sales amounted to 12,000 bales. The following remarks with regard to the pro gress of business in American securities during the past week are from the circular of Mr. E. F. Sat terthw,:ite :—" We have had a drooping market in London for American Securities since our last, Illinois shares being particularly affected; they close heavy at a decline on the week of 2 per cent. Erie shares have declined 1 per cent. Railroad Bonds remain without change of quotations, except Atlantic and Great Western, New York Section, in which a large business has been done at fully improving prices ; they close firm at 69 buyers, showing an advance of 4 per cent." The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under:--- 1862. Great Western .. X 52,115 North-Western South-Western Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter North Eastern Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln Eastern Counties Brighton l 5,500 South-Eastern Edinburgh and Glasgow Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada 11,602 These returns are again of a very unsatisfactory character. On the Great Western there is a de crease of £3,442; on the North-Western of £3,068; on the South-Western of £9OO ; on the Great Northern of £2,079; on the Lancashire and York. shire cf £5,289 ; on the North-Eastern of £2,809 ; the Eastern Counties of £1,856 ; the Brighton of £2,077 ; and the South Eastern of £2,759. The Grand Trunk of Canada show an increase of £759, and the Great Western of Canada of £1,152. CITY NEWS---THIS DAY. Two O'CLOCK. At the half-yearly meeting of the Oriental Bank, held to-day, it was resolved to pay a dividend of 5 per cent. for the half-year ending December, 1861, and a bonus of 3 per cent., which is equal to 8 per cent., or £2 per share. It was stated that the past year's business had been less satisfactory than the preceding one, which was attributed to the general bad condition of foreign banking, the harvest, and the civil war in America. The English Stock Market to-day has remained in a quiet state, and very little variation has taken place. Consols are 931 for money, and 93-,1 94 for the Bth proximo. The New Threes and the Re duced remain at 928 H ; Bank Stock has advanced to 238 and 240; India ditto is firm at 229 ; and the 5 per Cents. at 1081 i 2. _ _ . A fair amount of business has been recorded in the Foreign Market, and prices generally exhibit firm- Fess. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 801 8l1; ditto, 1858, 701 711 ; Mexican remain at 32 , 1 y ; Moorish Loan, at 911 ; ; Russian 5 per Cents. are flat at 98/ 991 ; but Sardinian have improved to 821 a ; and Venezuelan, to 24-1 t; Spanish Certificates, after ad vancing to Eq,- t„ have receded to Bfr ; the Turkish Scrip is 21 prem.; and the Egyptian, 11 prem. In the Railway Share Market the dealings were again of a very limited character, and a slight downward movement was produced in prices by the unfavourable character of the traffic returns, Caledonian, Great Northerns, Great Westerns, and North Westerns have receded ss. ; South Westerns, North British, and North Eastern (Berwick), have improved ss. The Foreign lines were at firm rates. Great Luxemburg ;improved to 14 ; Sambre and Meuse brought 101 I; and South Austrian and .Lombardo-Venetian 202. I. The Colonial lines were without alteration. Grand Trunk of Canada realise 241 ; Great Western of Canada 121 ; East Indian 1034 ; and Eastern Ben gals 101-, 7 -, 1021. . . . Joint Stock Bank Shares showed no change of importance as regards prices. The Alliance Bank shares are 4Z- 51 prem.; Im perial, 111 prem.; Northern Counties, 31 prem.; and British Columbian, 2-1, prem. In the Miscellaneous Market Electric Telegraph Shares realised 99:-4 ; and Rio di Janeiro Improve ment, paid up, 26 ; Berlin Water Works, 41, 5, and Nerbudda Coal and Iron, 5 to si. BRITISH FUNDS--ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92k i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire iith Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.. 151 6-16 India Stuck Litt° 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 51 pet Cent ' Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent. , Oct. , 1863 100/ f Ditto Bonds :E1.0(30 — itto under f.I. 00') 30 pm 'Consols for Account, May 8.... FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 4f per Cent., 1860.. , 92i 3 Italian, 5 p er C ent (Maremmana Railway) Ditto Scrip ' 2i 141 , xican. 3 per Cent Ditto Account .. 32i I Imperial Moorish Scrip 9ll Russian 5 per Cent 1 82 2, £ St 9Bt 91 Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860 'ardinian 5 per Cent Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent — Ditto New Loan Ditto Account . 7lf Ditto, £lOO Bonds Venezuela, 3 per Cent . , .... 241 1 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch VI per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil... Ditto Account Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 TWO O'CLOCK Consols, Money .. Ditto Account The sentence of a court martial held upon Gun ner John Sullivar, depot brigade. Royal Artillery, has just been made public at Warley Barracks. Sullivan was convicted on three charges of threat ening the life of Battery Sergeant Major L avery , and striking Min repeatedly with his clenched fist. Taking into consideration the prisoner's general bad character, and the fact that he had been previ ously convicted, the court sentenced hied to ten Tears' penal servitude. Advices from Berlin state that several elec toral meetings have been held within the last few days in that city, and that, from what took place, it is certain that, with the excep tion of M. Kulme, of the Constitutional party, whose re •eleetion is doubtful, all the other members for Berlin to the Second Chamber will be again chosen by a large mjority: Letters from Berlin mention a combina tion, by which Count Schwerin and M. d'A uers wald would return to office ; it is expected in that way to rally the greater part of the moderate Liberals. It seems to be ad mitted that the Queen of Prussia has written to the Countess Schwerin, inviting her to request her husband, who is now travelling in Italy, to shorten his absence as much as possible. aitted [ently eat as guilty avour ;ase to tional ins to Liave 0. which DD. the operty ,duals, of the from )eople. ies, in by the effica- ) mini rho are , under ise the 11C(3 of ned by ription• doubt, 'only to It if; ; which r natu duties• is in a. conse- The able to Iditions is to itS kept in )vincial a 'erg by yes- Inman Led yes- United amount [NTEII,- he Mid nipanieo s for the iibitioo, 1 exeuv Exhibi. deserve, for itO 'ION ^"''' rested. is Le above :43 put 0 [r. J. Gr , her 14 8 ' it a eta of the oppo .n - e m o f the 7 ers, 8134 ieir O' erect, and ►ppointed ising the the Tioat tee to act offend' 7ould be returi l orking , 1859, to s forme d and, an d turn th e aad been a °peri l. Englis h )nuraber .TORS mut one" of the se the as If lirO v om 2,099, ceased to estert l residia j line, rol ,ton ceni° The e' but pro' i n tenti oo e tune °l ; tar, or° SHARE MARKET---THIS DAY. all 100 all all all Closing Price. 68 70 101 i 102 5! eld 81 9} 83 86 82 85 81 84 5 1 P 100 100 100 all 1011 102; 1016 104! 24} 25 72 74 61 63 40 45 45 48 40 13 38 42 1011 102 i 101 102 121 13 n 102 104 93 95 93 95 101 k 1021 94 96 91 93 5 7 all {lOO 15 all 100 4 6 103 104 1) 20t 204 V 8 100 a 4, 7 7i 18 -P k 11 12 44 4 lip 2 7 3 24. 134 14 St Li 20 21 41 42 8 10 7f 6i 44 15 49 61 Business done 101 i 21 103/ / 24,1 22 10?, 121 1 Hi i i 4i 3il 101 1 20j i 'OCKS. parate Year. CHANCERY. THE SUN, LONDON, TFIORSDAY EVUNING, APRIL 17, 1862, LAW-THIS DAY. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before the Lord Chief Justice, and Justices Blackburn, Crompton, and Mellor.) GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY V TOOMER. This was an action brought by the Great Western Rail way Company against the defendant for the balance of an account for carrying goods, amounting to £8 15s. Od. The Ca use was heard originally at the sittings at Guildhall, w hen a verdict was returned for the plaintiff, with leave to fendant to move to enter the verdict for the other side. Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., this morning moved the court ac cordingly. He said tho balance of the account in question was for the carriage of some hay and straw, in which the Messrs. Toomer were dealers ; and, although the amount sought to be recovered was small, the principle involved was considerable. Mr. Justice Blackburn said he recollected the case, and it was one which created a great a great deal of interest. . . . Mr. Hawkins said that was so. V The Messrs. Toomer resided at Twyford, in Berkshire, and the goods were sent on the 14th May, 1861, and amounted to four tons; but as the straw was a very bulky material two trucks were em ployed in its conveyance, and the railway claimed to charge according to the number )t trucks occupied, which were constructed to carry three . ,ons each, and not for the actual weight of the material sent. Therefore, although the weight amounted to only four tons, six were charged foi by the Company when the account was sent in. _ _ Mr. Justice Crompton asked whether the goods did not occupy two trucks in its transmission ? Mr. Hawkins said it did, but then his clients contended that they ought nct to be called upon to pay for more than the actual weight of th,, straw. Mr. Justice Blackb e n said if he recollected rightly the defendants had been informed that if they sent straw after a certain date the amount would be charged according to the number of trucks employed. Mr. Hawkins thought that the company were not em powered to send such a special notice to the Messrs. Toomer. His clients never for a moment objected to pay for the actual weight of the straw, but they did object to pay for six tons when only four were sent. The Court granted a rule to show cause. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) THE QUEEN'S HALF-CROWN AGAIN. -MARKS V. HOWES. This was an action to recover one quarter's rent, Mr. Sorrell of Mark-lane, appearing for the defendant. The plaintiff having been sworn, Mr..Sorrell as a preli minary step asked if there was not an igreement. Plaintiff—There is not. Mr. Sorrell— I am instructed that there is, and my client will state so. Defendant—Yes ;an agreement was drawn up on a piece of note paper, and signed in the presence of a third party. Plaintiff was quite certain there was no agreement, but his honour said he thought there was one, He supposed t was the old story. He would find for the defendant giving the plaintiff until the 21st April to produce the agreement, if he thought proper to do so. Verdict for defendant. AN ATTORNEY REFUSING TO BRAVE THE COURT OP Mr. Whitehurst applied to his honour to postpone some cases for a week, as the defendant had obtained an injunc tion from the Court of Chancery. His Honour was not aware of the extent of the Court of Chancery over this court, but, perhaps, Mr. Whitehurst might not like to brave that august tribunal. Mr. Whitehurst—l am an officer of that court and must abide by its decrees, so I think the cases had better stand over for a week. MARKETS -THIS DAY. His Honour—ls it - possible that anything can be settled in the Court of Chancery in a week. (Great laughter.) Mr. Whitehurst thought he might settle matters in that time, and The cases were adjourned. CORN EXCHANGE. IMrERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 57s 6d ; barley, 36s 4d ; oats, 21s 5d ; rye, 38s 5d ; beans, 38s lld ; and peas, 41s Id. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 683 9d ; barley, 36s Od ; oats,f2ls 10d ; rye, 360 6d ; beans, 39s Ocl ; peas, 39s 9d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST W EEK.--Wheat, 5.1,054 ; barley, 30,146 ; oats, 14,033 ; rye, 28 ; beans, 3,332 ; peas, 495 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Our market to-day was moderately supplied with beasts, an d all heeds met a slow inquiry, at Monday's currency. We have to report an inactive demand for sheep—the show of which was rather limited—at, in some instances, a de cline in the quotations of 2d per 81bs. The best Downs, in the wool, realised 5a Bd, out of wool, 4s 10d per 81b. The supply of lambs was good. Down breeds commanded pre vious rates, but inferior qualities were a slow inquiry. Prices ranged from 6s 4d to 8s per 81b. About 500 lambs came to hand from the Isle of Wight. Prime calves were 2d per 81b dearer; otherwise, the veal trade was in a slug gish state. Pigs and mulch cows ruled about stationary. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share' Paid. Closing 1 Business Railways. Price; done. A -13.14 i Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 74 8 1 10 IBost,Sleat,andltlid.Co. all 6 4 7 4 st 'Bristol and Exeter .... 100 91 9'4 92 st Caledonian lOO 111 1114 1091 50 Cork and Bandon 20 Cornwall 10 Do A A gets no div ) all ___ 10 Do. B been all .. i till b au. has pad to B. 50 Dublin & Belfast Junc. all 41 43 25 Dun.,Perth,&;Ab. Junc all 10 11 st East Anglian lOO 22 23 221 4 st Eastern Counties lOO i 58 59 584 4 st Eastern Union, A stock 100 57 60 st Do Bdo do 100 37 40 st East Suffolk et Edinburgh & Glasgow lOO 92 93 st Edin., Perth. & Dundee 100 314 32 st Glasg. and S. Western. 100 103 105 10 Great Nrthn.of Scotland all 140 145 st Great Northern lOO 1154 1164 1154 st Do A stock st Do Bdo st Gt. S. an 'W. of Ireland 100 104 106 at Great Western .. . , . 100 734 74 73 4 I st Do Str Val gua. stock 100 55 58 st Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1074 108 1074 4 st London and Blackwal' 100 57 58 St Lon., Bright 4S. Coast 100 121 123 at ton., Chat., and Dover, 100 45 46 46 st Lon. '& North Western' 1,00 94 644 914 4 at Lon. & South Western 100 994 1004 100 4 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all 8 11 st Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 421 434 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 124 Do 4 shares all 10 Metropolitan all 9 94 94 st Midland 6.4.0 Do New at Do Birming. & Derby 100 98 100 50 Mid Gt. W. of Ireland all 2 5 Do. 1 shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all st Norfolk lOO 66 63 st North British st Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 100 at Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß 100 st Do B stock lOO st Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 964 071 974 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 4 I d d at Do Leeds lOO 55 :551 at Do York at North London 10 Do new 5 p 4pm ).16.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 101 114 at Scottish Centra.l at Scot. N. E., Aber. stock 100 49 50 494 at Do Scat. Mid. stock ; 100 106 108 10 Shrews. and Welchpoor all at Shropshire Union st South Devon lOO 35 37 37 25 S. Durham & Lane. Un all - at South Eastern st South Wales st S. York. and River Dun 100 100 102 20 staines,Wok.,andWok all 6 54 64 25 Stockton & Darlington all 374 384 38 25 Do l3 f 4 94 p 25 Do New, 1860 6 6 64 p at Taff Vale. at Do Pref. No. 1 50 Ulster 25 Do 2O 24 34 2.10 Do at Vale of Neath at Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 129 132 at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 20 West Cornwall all 64 61 20 West London 10 Do Ist class 20 Do 2d class all at W. Hartlepool Har.&ll lOO at West Midland Oxford 100 47 48 at Do Newport 100 43 45 at Do Hereford 100 88 00 19.15.4' 12.10 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Paid. Co. a Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W - Birkenhead Bucking - h - ms.mre.. Chester & Iloly.tead.. 100 Do ... 54 56 Do. 5i per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 lOO Do 112 114 114 Clydesdale Junction 100 ,'Cledon lO2 104 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.U.&E.O E. Lincolnsh. ~,, Aprc. j 100 Gr.Nerth. 136 138 E.Union,HarwichShs all E.Counts. 4 4} Do. Woodbridg.e.. .. Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct. 100 .. .. 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.WI99 203 201 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley. 6 per c.l all D 0...... 1.. .. Do. New Sh 1861, 4 p.c.l all Do ..... ...i 20 22 Do.Wri. Ext. A, 44 pc. all Do ..... ... I S I/ London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 54 Do. Preferen , Lon.,Tilb.& S,. - 4- ' - fend 100 Peto &Co 86 89 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk I.. Do 6 per cent lOO Do. Mnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M 3k 4i Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx 1 5. 5.6. E Counts. p i p ua. 5 per No g rthn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 0 per cent. .... all Do . Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn--Hartlepool 110 N. E. Ber .. . North Western Not. Gran. Rl. & Cl.. 100 Gt. North. 93 94 Preston and Wyre. i A all kriT c r . ) 43 45 Do. 4 shares A. all Do. ••• • • . .. .. Roystn.Hitch.&Shep. 100 Gt. North. 135 231 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 125 130 Do. Do. Smith Staffordshire lOO ILn.&N.W . • .. Wilts and Somerst.t lOO ;Gt. West. 93 95 93i Wimbledn t Croydon, all L.,SLBrgtn, Si 9i PREFERENCE SHARES. Share/ Railways. Paid.( Closing Business Prices. Done. 'Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c pref. issued at £5 Bris. & Exet. 4 p. c. st Do. shares 94 96 Caledon. qr. shrs, \'o. 2 Cork tt Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per ant... . Dun. Perth, & Aber Jun. Do. Ist Class Preff. . 20 21 6 64 E. Angn. Class A 5 p. c. E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. i Do No. 2 Do. new 6 p. c.. st Eastern Union, 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. I p. c. truar. S. & Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c. Great Northern, 5 p. e D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c. pm Do. 4i p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redrc.atsp.e.pm Gt. Nh. of :!cot. Ist pref. G. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent Great West. (Berks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 16 p. Do. redeem. 4 p. et Do. irredeem. 4 p. et Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Birm. pref. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. she Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. she Lan. & Carl. 44 p.c. pro Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock Do. Barnstst£s 2s 10dpe Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 4i p. c. (Blade). 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, p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) Do. 4p c.st.(dfv.def.lll'6s Lon.Chat.&Dny. sp.c.pf. Lon. & N. W., Coy. 1100 105 'lO9 111 1108 110 126 128 184 86 1110 112 90 92 116 118 112 114 1 103 106 107 109 97 99 100 102 91 93 92 M 102 104 76 78 78 78 170 180 103 105 137 139 101 103 116 118 116 118 135 140 116 11C 152 156 129 133 76 N 93 94 Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. at., late 3d shares .... Londony. & Ennis. 4 shs Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent......... Do. redeem. 6 per cent... Marort & Carl. 4 pr. c. yp Do. 44 per cent Midland Con. 6p. c. stk. Do.Con.Bris.& Bin 6 p.c. Do. 44 p.c. pref. st. rdem Do. 4e p.c. irredeemable Do. 44 per cent..... . . Do.Leic. andffit.4per ct N,rflk. 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1845 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 D 0.5 Way.ValEx.st.lBl7 Nort British. 5 per cent. Do. New c.rua. 5 per cent Do. Bor. Un. a". prf. shs. N Dck.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 4ipr ct redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. et. pref Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire.... Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock_ ~ Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p. c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent South Eastern(Reading 14 14} 124 126 ' h }pm 68 70 imp' 140 . 102 104 94 96 'llO 112 408 110 1 I,pm 100 102 96 98 t id i dis part 22 23 135 140 10 11 — Jinn., 1.0.6) . Do. 41 per cent Do, Fixed 4i per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 4i per cent Do. 1859 Do. 5 per cent S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Do. 5 p. c. gua. Stock. Si Dar. A 5 p. c I,i, Do. B 6 p. c , Do. C 6 p. c 1 r atrfd Si Kilkny, 6p. c. W. Mid.-Oxf Ist gua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. Do. Perpet.6 p. c pf. 1866 Do. till 18691 23i 24i 101 103 101 103 85 87 f lip 28 29 32 3/ 32 34 42 45 125 127 120 125 102 104 123 125 119 123 1211 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. can.O on. 6 p.c.Ja. &J uly D 0.187 p 59 . 6 C p . 14. Feb. 1.1 A 65 u 3 ; 4 . s Do. dp. 0. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 per cent Do. Inscribed stock ; ;Cape G.ll ope, Rp 0,1873 , Do.Ap & Oct 1880 Do. 1890; DO. Jan. & July, 1 891. Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p N. Ov. e pm. J a..tJul v tiO. 6 P. e• & N. W. ov. SP. c., 186 , 3 • Do. 5 • p c.,1871 to 1876 Do. d0.,1888 & upvirds iNew Zealand 6 p. cent. 'Nova Scotia GoV. 6 p. e. V S . 1 84 c t . e G urs o l'i v Gn . g6 6 P1 P le : B6 - 1 : 8 : 18. 1., uu t 3; Do. do. 0 p.e. AP,"'""'" 110 111 1107 109 1107 109 11001 100} OS 101 , 104 1091 109 111 109 111 1 112 114 1001. I 109 i 107 108 100 101 9Ri 994 974 984 105 110 (109 110 408 110 1105 107 105 1051 104 1 10. 6 all 100 100 100 100 all all 101; 1001 11; 92; 97i loli ktailways, LAt:entic Zic St Lawrence Botn.,lNrodaez.ecnt Ind' Gu. 5 per cent.. Thsiflulo and Laze Hurou Do. New Do. ]'reference Buff alo,lirant,ista odrici 16 p. Ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872, 'Do. do. July 1, 1873 , Do. do. June 1, 1874 1 CLutta.N.S. East (I, i• ) Cape Town t Dock Scril , Demerara... ...... Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian, au. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per et. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. Do. 'New g - ua. 5 p. c Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt Do. 5. p. c. do. '77 do Do. 1878 • Madras guar., 5 p. c. Do. 4 p. c. Extension Do. 4t do. llelb.Corp. 6 p. o. Buds. Newßrunswmk Candal Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share' Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land - do. .. .. .. Scinde ..........1 r i i Do. Punjaub .... Etd i Do. Do. .- .. •• • • 41` Do. Indus. St. Flo. ?,',g' Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. FOREIGN Algerian , kntwerp clt Rotterdam. Vrclennes.... ....... llah.&S.Fran..Lint.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Carmeaux Mine ,t Rail Cupiap0................ Ditto Extension .... L)utch Rhenish ....... Eastern of France .... Grand Rue Guar. 6 p. c. Gt. Luxem., Con. she... Italian Junction ...... Lyons A; Geneva ...... Namur Liege ........ Do. 6 p. c. Pref......... Northern of France.... Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. Ot'mn ( Smyrna to Aidn) Parra,Lyons, dr Mcditer. 'Paris & 0r1ean5........ Recife do S. Fran. (Fern.) ua 7_p. et. 1im...... Riga rtz Dunaburg...... Royal Dani5h.......... Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre ,t Meuse ...... !Do. 55 per cent. !San Paulo, litn, g. 7 p. c. S. Aust. t Lomb Venetin IS. East Portugal 7 p ct. 'Southern of France IWest Flanders Do. 55 p c. Preference.. & N.W. of France .. FREFERENCE SI-12 lends contingent on the *Caledon. £lO Gua. Stk ICornwall4ip.c. ga.perp Anglian, Clsß, 6 p.c. * Do. ClsC,7 p.c. Edin,Prth,&D'dee,4p.c. Lore (.'d, Brig'tn, 41 per cent..... 1858 100 Do. do. 4 per ct 1860 100 Do. do. 4i per ct 1861 100 Do. do. 4. per et 1861 31 Lon. & Chat'in, Metrop. Est. B, 6 p.c : . 7i Lon. &S. Western tp.c. 100 vl•-• North British £lO alta ail Shares, 1861 *S:ottisheentral44 p.c lOO irred. pret 'S.-Eastern 41 p.c. 1859.. all 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd.) 5 Do. 5 p.c. Aug. 1861 (rd.) 31 * Failure of full dividends in any made good out of the profits of any BETTIS I:rcci Consols (Phitack) i ;ritisll Iron Clifford Devon Conn. (Taoist ); Mast _Bassett Mast Caradon ...... • • Carn Brea... I Russel (Tavistkol 0 am.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.), Great South Tolgus G.W heal Add. (Phil ack)' Wheal Vor (Helston) Grenville llingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant)l Marke Valley.. Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) North Downs North Frances ( 111 0f-Tan MI 'I Base e t(I1lo an) j North Wheal Crotty I'ar Consols (St. Blazey)! Providence (Uny Lelnt.), Surtridge Cons. Min.Co.l ( South Caradon(St.Cleer)l S. Cam Brea (Illogan) .'. Wheal loran. (Illogan)I Stray Park _ Taniar Silv.& Lead Min jin Croft West Basset (Mogan)..! W Caradon (Liskeard)! West Seton • • . 1 Wheal Basset (Mogan)! Wheal Bullertftedruth)l Whcal Edwad (Cals.)j Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) lieal Mar yAnn (Men.)l Wheal Treiawney WAYS 14 18 9/ 10} 94 9/ pm, 2i 2 p 31i 321 71 it 10i ioi 21 22 1 AND S 1 of each a 102 104 81 83 103 105 92 95 103 105 id par 102 103 9} 10 IPral R Ii n given half-: subsequent :NEB. i 1 4 1 14 dis. 32 34 6 8 d I I pm 1 I 3 34 22 24 d 7 8 p I de, 2 4 1 ; Prn lt 2pm - - 56 58 64 7i POLICE-THIS DAY. R w e h g appealed tBP iace' to be in a Crown street,bad state of health. MARLBOROUGH-STREET, THIS DA Y. A DESPERATE RUFFIAN.—A young m an , named Mac donald, was charged with assaulting a young woman, named jane Macdonald, alrseosihdeinr th residing The mother said that the prisoner had cohabited with her daughter, and came into her room last night, after 12 o'clock, and asked her daughter for some money, and be sceared then out, dragged her (th e mother) "Don't kill my poor be cause she refused to give him any he seized h er b y the hair of the head.mother," and Shethe prisoner then ri called out of bed on to the floor and beat her. She screamed out of the window " Police" and " Murder," and three con stables came in. The prisoner also dragged her daughter down the stairs and beat her. On a former occasion, the prisoner had thrown a weight at her (witness's) head, and fractured her rib, and she had charged him at Bow-street ; but fearing that he would murder her if she appeared against him, she did not appear against him, although he was be fore the magistrate two or three times. Jane Macdonald, the daughter, said the prisoner, who was the father of the child she had in her arms, kicked and struck her. The mother said her girl had had to go on the streets to keep the prisoner. The constables engaged in the case said the prisoner be haved in a twit violent manner, striking and kicking them on the way to the station. He was remanded. A GENTLEMAN CHARGED WITH A VIOLENT ASSAULT. —Mr. Robert Smith, at present staying at the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, but residing at Great Yarmouth, was charged with violently assaulting Francis Wm. Davis, a waiter, and also with being drunk. On the prisoner being placed at the bar, the charge being that of violently assaulting the waiter by striking him on the head with a stick, so violently indeed that he was com pelled to go to Charing-cross Hospital to have his head dressed, a constable got into the witness-box with a thick walking-stick in his hand, ana said the complainant was not present. Mr. Knox asked whether it was simply because he was a little late, or had the parties settled it ? Barnes, the jaoler, said he believed that the affair had been settled. Upon this the prisoner was discharged. THAMES. A HYDROPATHIC THlEF.—Thomas Smith, aged 21, a well-known thief, who has been twice convicted of larceny, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with stealing two shirts and two flannel petticoats, value 18s., the pro perty of Mr. John Gilbert, of No. 7, Cottage-terrace, Stepney-green. Last night the prisoner was met on Stepney-green by a police sergeant, named James Briden, No. 4 K, who knew him to be a thief, and, observing him to look :very bulky, asked him what he had conceded about him, to which he replied "Nothing," and attempted to run away. The ser geant collared the prisoner and conveyed him to the station house, where he was searched, and two wet linen shirts and two wet flannel petticoats were found closely twisted round his body. There was a wet chemise in his pocket. The prisoner would give no account as to how he became possessed of the property. The sergeant soon discovered that the sheets and petticoats belonged to Mr. Gilbert. It was " washing day " in his establishment yesterday, and Mrs. Eliza Gilbert and her laundress hung out the linen to dry in the garden behind the house, and at night missed the articles found on the prisoner. No owner was found for the chemise, which was probably stolen from another garden. 'the prisoner, in his defence, said he picked up the wet linen on Stepney-green, and fastened the whole round his body, with the intention of conveying the same to the station-house. Mr. Woolrych asked the prisoner if he was under the hydropathic treatment—the cold water cure? No ; growled the prisoner, I picked up them ere things. Mr. Woolrych—To dry them round your body. The Prisoner—No to take 'em to the station-house. Mr. Woolrych—You have adopted the cold water cure, the hydropathic treatment, and placed wet sheets round your body. You were regularly " packed" like a patient of an hydrepathic establishment. I convict you of the un lawful possession of the wet linen, and sentence you to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six weeks. A STRANGE CHARACTER.—WiIIiam Hislop, aged 40, who yesterday described himself as an occasional writer for the press, and living on a small income, was brought up on remand, charged with assaulting Mr. Wilks, a gunsmith in New-street, Stepney, at half-past one o'clock yesterday morning. The prisoner, a somewhat strange-looking man, who said he was the worse for liquor when he committed the assault, seized Mr. Wilks by the throat while he was counting his money, and it was some time before the prisoner would release him. pit al had l d s Klicher, a police constable, said he had m ad e i nqu i r i es , adnredssa:c3erlt,aFinaesdhitohn-atsttrheeet, prisoner S fi e given his right ad ) and was a respect able man. Mr. Woolrych—Not a highway robber ? Klicher—No, sir; he was the worse for the liquor. on Tuesday night, and is generally a well-conducted, peace able man. Mr. Woolrych—You do not believe he intended to com mit a highway robbery F K licher—No, sir; he is an honest man. Mr. Woolrych said the prisoner's conduct was quite enough to alarm any man. To seize a man who was count ing his money by the throat in the middle of the night was very bad. As he had heard a good account of the prisoner from Klicher, he would now liberate him. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE. — The Cork Examiner says :—" We regret to state that a telegram Las been re ceived here announcing the circumstance of Miss Ratcliff, daughter of Sir John Ratcliff, having been burned to death at her father's seat in England. The catastrophe was occasioned by her reading in bed, and the candle setting fire to the bed - curtains. The deceased Young lady, who is said to have been endowed with great beauty and remarkable accomplishments, was sister of Mrs. David Leahy Arthur, of this city." __ __......... --., Per Slb, to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 2 10 3 0 Second quality do. 3 2 3 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. 4 2 4 4 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 3 10 Second quality do. 4 0 4 4 Lambs, 6s 5 Suckling calves, lOs to 25s 20s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs 7,880 Calves Pigs. 3201 s. d. s. d. Primecrs..wool d 0.4 4 5 2 Prue. S' thdown d 0.5 4 5 8 Large crse. calves 4 4 4 10 Prime small do 5 2 5 6 Large hogs 3 8 4 0 Small porkers ... , 4 2 4 8 Ed to 8s Od. and quarter-old store pigs, FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .............. 110 Sheep ...... 620 Calves .......... 270 Pigs ••• ......... NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat are seasonably extensive, and the trade generally is in a sluggish state. Beef and mutton are rather cheaper, but other meat supports late rates. Per 81b. by the carcase. s tl s d Inferior beef .. 2 8 3 0 ' Middlingmutton 4 Middling do. .. 3 2 3 4 Prime do .. 4 Prime large do. 3 6 3 8 Veal .. 4 Do. small do. .. 3 10 4 0 Small pork . .. 4 Large pork .... 4 0 4 6 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 10 d s d O 4 2 4 4 6 O 4 10 8 6 0 4 7 0 BOROUGH HOP. We continue to have a steady consumptive demand for hops of last year's growth, and prices are well supported. Good and fine old, as well as useful foreign, hops command a fair sale at full currencies, but other kinds are neglected. Mid and East Keats 126 s to 168 s per cwt. Weald of Keats l2os 135 s „ Sussex loss 130 s „ MEAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, April 16.—Prime stock was in fair request at full prices, otherwise the trade was in a sluggish state. —Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d; mutton, 38 6 I to bs 6d ; lamb, 7s Od to 7s 8d; veal, 4s Od to bs Od; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s Sd per 81bs. to sink the offal. Rom Foam, April 16.—Our market was fairly supplied with fat stock; on the whole, the trade ruled steady, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 6d ; lambs, Os 6d to 7s 6d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s Od ; pork, 4s Od to 4s 8d per 81b ; suckling calves, lOs to 18s ; quarter old store pigs, 20s to 28s each; and milch cows, 414 Os to £lB Os each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 15s ; clover, £3 10s to £5 15s ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 2s Od per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND..—Meagow hay, £2 Cs to f 4 15s; cloves do., £3 lOs to £5 15a; and straw, £1 18s to £2 2s per load. A fair demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 0.4 to f 4 15s; clove' 13 10s to £5 17s ; and straw, to £1 18s £2 2s per load. Trade tolerably firm. COAL 11 (Prlees of Coal per Ton a s. d. ARK ET. t the close of the market wane:End. Byass's Bebside West Hartley ...16 3 Easington ......12 6 Hastings Hartley .16 3 l'anfield Moor Butes..l3 0 Walker Primrose 12 6 Wylam 16 0 Bell's Primrose l2 6 Bate's West Hartley 15 0 Carway and Duffryn Malting Do. Anthracite 21 6 Craighead Steam 14 6 s. d. Cassop l6 6 Hartlepool.. l7 0 Caradoc South Hart1ep001......16 3 Trimdon Hartlepool ..17 0 Kel loe Tunstall Sheriff Hill 14 6 Thorpe .. ..16 0 Braddyll's Hetton 17 0 Haswell l7 6 Harton South Hetton 17 6 Trimdon Thornley 14 9 Stewart' s . .1 17 0 South Kelloe l6 6 )t, 43 ; s Id, 31. Walls End. Hetton Haugh Hall 16 0 Ships at mark, THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, April 17.—Wind this day at noon--Westerly; moderate breeze and fine. QUEENSTOWN, April 17.—Wind tana, from Paraiba; Stelter, from Pernambuco. Sailed— Samuel, from London for Matanzas. PLYMOUTH, April 16. Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Emerald, from Queenstown. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Havre, steamer, from Havre; Express, from Alexandria; Georges, from Cherbourg. Sailed—lsabella, from Sunderland. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAr H.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, April 16—Earl of Auckland, steamer, from Rotterdam. Arrived, April 17—Lord J. Russell, steamer, from Dun kirk; City of Norwich, steamer, from Hamburg. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Lady Hilda, from Barbadoes, for London ; Vivid, from London, for Porto Rico. Anchored—Golden Fleece, from London, for Algoa Bay. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton, April 18 via Marseilles . .3razil and Cape Verds, by British packet. May 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and Sr. Helena May China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton April 18 via Marseilles April 12 May 4. April 18, April 18. April .April 25. .April,2o. .April 21. .April 18. .April .April 16. .April 21. April IG. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton, via Marseilles... [ndia (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles Lisbon _ _ Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via 'Southampton via Marseilles Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet... by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. April W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneritfe May 10. Bahamas, via New York May 8. Mexico.. All parts of 'West Indies, including Chili, Peru, April 28, California, and British Columbia. THE WEATTIER, PROBABLE TO-MORROW. North Britain.. S.W. to N.Y., strong to moderate; soma rain Ireland As next above Central .. W.S.W. to N,N,W,, fresh East Coast ~, S.W. to N.W., fresh; fine South England. S.W. to N.N.W., strong to moderate; some showers METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. This Day, oetween 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. iS. 9 a.m. -- - - Nairn2 2 9 9 4 4 2 3 4 4 4 1 4 3 1 , W.N.W.WsT g 7 . 4 2 4 T r .. 3 1 Aberdeen Leith 129'54 45 42 W. 2 2r.,' 2 lierwick 29 56 47 43 W.S . W. 5 6 c. 1 1 Portruish..... 29'64 41 42 W.S.W. 6 2 b. Galway 129'53 50 47 W. 4 4 b. 3 Shields I 29'65 45 41 W. 5 2 c. 4 , :' , ,earborough - 1 29/0 46 42 W.N. W. 2 1 b. 3 Heligoland Liverpool 1 29'81 47 43 W. 5 2 c. 3 Queenstown , 29'92 48 47 S.W. 4 i b. 3 , I armouth 29/9 47 44 N.W. 4 4 r. 2 London 29 86 47 43 N.W. 4 4 r. 1 Dover 29'87 52 51 W.S. iv. 3 9 o. 4 l'ortsmouth l'ortland Plymouth . I 'enzance Jersey 30%4 49 47 S.W. 4 9 r ' i i 0 - Ex PLANATION.-B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (t rue -- not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12 —estimated). C. Cloud (1 to 9). I. Initials :—b., blue sky ; c., clouds (detached); c., fog; h., hail; 1., lightning; ra., misty (hazy) ; 0., over cast (dull) ; r., rain; s., snow; t., thunder. S. Sea dis. tarbance (1 to 9). THE STATE OF NANKIN.—News from Nankin is up to the 17th February, at which date her Majesty's ship Renard came down to Shanghai with a European prisoner on board, captured among the insurrectionists. The im perialists made an attack on the suburbs with their war junks, when they seized some booty, but had to retire be fore the rebels, who went out against them in great force. A famine exists amongst the wretched inhabitants, which has spread amongst the rebels themselves, so that they are actually slaying people and devouring their flesh. A cor respondent states—" Such is the destitution. that human flesh is readily devoured, and there is no compunction what ever upon capturing a wayfarer in tying him up to a tree, and slice by slice devouring him." 'We have this from re liable information, and are certain of its truth, as those who have witnessed the enaction of these scenes detail them to 113 .—honaon and China Telegraph. Divi A us tralian BonAccord Copper,Lim. Brazil Land & Min. Co... Clarendon Cons.MiuCo Cobre Copper :opiapo **** • Capula Silver OunNloun.Cep.l4lintr.Cg East Del Ray (Limited) ti'ortuna. '3 eneral I,t N. Cop. of S. Austr apund a (Limited) Linares Lusitanian Slariqui to V. RhineCopofS.Aus.L oontgiband Silver,Lead Mining• and Smelt... Port Philip Santaßarbara (.4 ld Mine Austrin. (L.) St. John del Rey (L.) United Mexican Worthing (Limited) FOREIGN MI Commercial. stock stock stock stock stock stock st,ck 20 ; Do. 4 per Cent.Prefilin. East and West India ! ILondor ~ , .St. Katharine. 'Southarapten 'lTie 4 . - ,ori a . int. Nem KS. 126 128 54 58 58 60 99 101 id par JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 I Agra&UnitedServiceßk 60 85 87 40 I Australasia, 25 Bank of Egypt all 22 23 100 Balk of London 50 British North American all 54 56 20 IChtd.Bank of India, &c. all 201 211 21 25 !Ch.sler. of 1n..L0n.36 Ch. all 33 g 5 134 100 'City 100 'Colonial.. 25 391 401 20'11 ICorn. Bank of Canada.. all 20 I Eng., Sect., ~ t Aus. Ch.. all 181 19 20 'Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 24 25 241 5 20 Do. new all 231 Z4l 50 !London and County 50 ' London Joint Stock 20 London and S.African lO pr ipm 100 London & Westminster 20 79 81 100 Metrop. & Provinl. Enk. 10 1 d 1 p 100 Nat Prov. of England f 2 -,- 20 Do. new l2 50 National Think 2C New South Wa1e5...... all 41 42 25 ' Orient. B. Corporation .1 all 531 541 20 Otto•nita Bank ... .. ... I all 15 26 251 100 Provincial of Ireland . ..I 25 86 t 8 10 Do. new 25 South Australia ..,,.. all 36 37 361 6 25 Union of Australia .... all 151 161 50 Um , of London . , 12 31 32 100 Unity Mutua1.......... I 60 MISCELLANEOUS. - --- 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint ail 184 .9 10 \ t lan tic R. 211. Stm (1d), all 2 3 1000 Ntlantic Tel. (Limited) I all 25 A Pstralian Agricultural 19 17 28 10 Bahia Steam (Limited). 1 10 Rerun Water (Limited) all 41 54 5.4 50 I British American Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 29 22 20 ' Do. 13,7n.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. all 9 11 324 ;Canada Land all 112 115 10 China & Japan Coast & st. frßiver Steam Naviga. 24 iop.Min.ofEng.&Striltg. all 25 Do. Pref. 7i per cent all 12 15 st. Crystal Palace at. Do. Preference st. Do. 0 n ct. Perpet. Deb lOO 104 107 10 I E.lndia & Lon. Ship A 74 -- 10 Do. B 74 14 04 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 par bin st. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 5 English & Ans. Copper all 24 24 15 Gen. Steam Navigate m 14 25 4 26i 1 Great Ship Li m it e d) a ll 1 Do 174 pct Preference all 6 4 2 Indian Carrying (Lim.) 1 5 Lon. District TeL (Lim.) 4 4 31 34 d 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 1 4 1 4 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 21 34 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 31 44 10 Do. 8 per cent. pref all _. 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.) 5 *. P* 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim.) 5 d 54 5 10 Netherlands Land p.c.Pret..iss.atl chs all 1 L i l t % ) allBl 13 16 1 1 ,Oriental Gas (Limited). all 11 1 ;Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 1 , 100 5 1 NN D . o ßn . S . 10 Orintl. in. Steam(Lim.) all 6 r fU N s t ° r V aCi ° a t n i st. Peellt.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 55 57 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 67 6 9 50 Do. New 3O 10 12 20 Red SeaSzln.Tel.p,..44p.c , all 19 194 50 Rhymney Iron all 17 19 15 Do. New 5* 25 Rio Janeiro City Impts. all 26 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 5 3 55 st. ..Cot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ), 100 135 140 25 (South Australian Landl all 32 34 1 'Submarine T e l. S cr i p all 1 1 1 ~,o. do. Registered a,l 1 0 Do. do all 4 6 2 Telegraph to India (L.)I 1 id I p 10 Trust and Agency or Austrlasia (lira)let is. 1 par IP 20 Tr. 4 1.n.C0.0t Upr.Can. 5 14 1 1 5 U. li'clom Tel. Co. (Um.) 1 14 Li 100 Van Dit,nzten's Lad 284 94 91 ,AIL .RE S Profits IGO all 100 100 100 rear not to be half year. 39/ , 9 23 12.3 2.3 0 2.2.0 10.(1.7 5.11.8' 18.1.5 28.9. 30 32 410 420 13 45 361 37}, 13 134 n 13 15 3 3i 61- 71 21 3 26 38 11 2i 44 46 9f 10 d par 4141 2/ 3} 2t 5 6 40 42 325 1 35 21 31 100 105 29 31 1} 11 91 10i 12 13 32 34 270 280 974 102 i 80 65 It It 14 15 13 14 17 18 THE BALLOT SOCIETY. The weekly meeting of the executive committee was held oa Tae -day, at the offices, 5 Guildhall Chambers, Mr. M. E. Marsden in the chair. Mr. Whitehurst, Mr. Elt, Mr, Sydenham Nodes, Mr. Le Maitre, and Mr. Man were present. The Go vernment measure to renew the Corrupt Practices Prevention Bill engaged the attention of the com mittee. With regard to this measure a corre spondent from Preston wrote :—" The Corrupt Practices Act here is a dead letter. It is openly set at defiance. I believe the ballot would have prevented mush of the corruption, and I believe the Liberals would have succeeded. lam bound to say that with a very curious experience as a sort of pupil in electioneering matters under the late Mr. Coppock I never witnessed anything so open, flagrant, impudent, avaricious, and abominable as the corruption of all sides here." A correspondent from Lincoln wrote :—" This constituency has sunk into a fearful state, and the evil is spreading ; p u b. lishing the election expenses is a complete farce, for nothing is published but the usual legal ex penses, whilst all the heavy payments are not pub lished." After examining the provisions of the bill, the committee determined that measures should be taken to call the attention of the House of Commons to the futility of the proposed legislation. The committee also agreed to the following resolution in reference to the proposed bill :—That this commit tee desires to record its conviction of the utter futility of the measure introduced by the Govern ment renewing the Corrupt Practices at Elections Prevention Bill, the experience of recent prosecu tions having demonstrated the complete failure of direct legislation or penal laws to prevent bribery, and with regard to intimidation, that no attempt even has been made to put in force the designedly delusive protection afforded by the Act. The pre valence of bribery and intimidation at the last general and other subsequent elections being patent to all the world, the committee feels constrained to state its belief that the Government are not sincere in their professed desire to remove from our elective system the evils by which it is disgraced RE 'SULTS OF A D 4 I'S DREDGIVO. First in numbers, activity, and certainly in self assertion, are the crabs ; not the familiar crustacean of Hungerford market, but relatives of all sizes and every conceivable form. Here are flat, fat, com fortable crabs, well fed, contented with things as they are, manifest marine tories, differing utterly in appearance and habits from other truculent revolutionary fellows with ungainly limbs, mali cious eyes, and absolutely blood-thirsty aspect. Then there are spiny crabs, the porcupines of the sea, squinting with horrible persistence; tiny deli cate crabs, smaller than a silver threepence; and, strangest of all, the slender Arachnidw, ocean spiders, with legs of threadlike thinness and astound ing length, and eyes set curiously on long foot stalks, pointing, fingerlike, in all directions. Next come fierce Paguri, or soldier-crabs, snugly housed as to their hinder parts in the shells: of defunct whelks and trochi, their ruling passion for warfare strong even in the dredge, fighting here beneath our very eyes each for the possession of a neighbour's more desirable habitation. Then there are the star fishes, with long rosy arms twining ovet every thing, alarmed brittle stars strewing the heap with suicidal fragments, neat Cribellas, charmingly marked Ophiocomas, and here and there the beautiful Palmipes. Less conspicuous ; but more lovely than either of these two families, come the mollusca and their brilliant representatives, Eolis and Doris of the waving plumes, majestic Aplysia, and the emerald Acteon, accompanied by their testaceous relatives spiry Turritellas, ribbed cowries, murderous whelks, the gem eyed Pecten, " butterfly of the sea," and the pearly earshell. As for zoophytes, their name is legion. All the finer species of Actinia are represented. and Sertularia, Laomedea, and Campanularia crowd the stones, weeds, and pebbles, till every portion of their several surfaces is alive with the beautiful atomies. Dwarf corals and Lepralia, meet us at every turn, and now then we may detect, half hidden in the mud, the tube of an Edwardsia, or perhaps even the brilliantly spotted covering of the rare cloak anemone. Then there are the worms, not only Serpula and Sabelle, the pride of all aquariaa naturalists, but Phyllodoce, Nais, and the strange rainbow-hued sea-mouse (Aphrodite). Nereides of all forms and dimensions, some bril liantly phosphorescent, others of a comeliness need ing no such enhancement, and last, not least, the rarer Auricomada.—Once a it eek. A CONFEDERATE PRIVATEER IN THE CHINA SEAS.—A rather star; ling announcement (says a Hong Kong letter of the Ist March) was made a few days ago of the presence of a Confederate privateer in the China seas. She is reported to have been fallen in with by her Majesty's ship Pioneer, on the coast of Borneo, and, if there at all, must evidently have been on the look out for American ships outward bound, being just in their track by the Palawan passage against the north-western mon soon. This rumour, so alarming to American vessels, will, however be speedily put to rest one way or other; but it is particularly unfortunate for them that the Federal Go vernment has not a single aar vessel of any description in these waters, except the Saginaw, and she is rotten and useless. THE DEEPEST " DUG" WELL IN THE WORLD.— A clever lecture by Mr. Henry Catt tells us that tho War ren farm well is not an Artesian, having been du g, not bored. The!scientific facts, he says, learned from this great work are :—That the upper green sand has no existence in this locality ; that the gault is double its usual thick ness; that Mr. Martin, of Pulborough, is right in saying that gault should be classed with chalk; and, lastly, that digging is better than boring a w ell. The upper chalk extends 418 feet; the lower, 214; :the gray marl, 155; blue marl, 173; firestone, 8; gault, 282 ; ditto with green sand, 25 ; clay, 5; green sand, 6; ferruginous beneath; from which we may deduct 10 per cent. for the dip. In the strata pierced fossil oysters and ordinary gault fossils wero found ; also fossil wood, perforated by the teredo, in some cases having the cavities filled with bisul phate of iron, He believed the water came from Ditchling Common. Mr. Hollis said that the Artesian well at the County Lunatic Asylum at Hayward's Heath was nearly 900 ft deep, and its supply derived from the ferruginous strata. The water was very wholesome, and the supply so abundant that, after they had pumped out 40,000 gallons, it hardly lowered the level one inch. —Sussex Express, POPERY IN EDINEURGH.—The Cowgate of Edin burgh was the scene of an unwonted spectacle on Sabbath morning, the 6th inst. The large church acquired by the Roman Catholics some time ago at the corner of St. Mary's Wind was visited by Bishop Gillis, who was met at the entrance to the court of the chapel by a pro cession of "wee brokers" and others, bearing painted wands, crosses, flags, and banners, and other insignia of the "Holy Guilds" of St. Vincent de Paul and St. Joseph. " His lordship," on alighting from his carriage, was greeted with the blare of a brass band, the bells of the church were rung, and the flags which adorned the ex terior of the church flaunted a welcome. The bishop— with some reason—congratulated the crowded congregation on the progress of the Romish system in Edinburgh, when such a public demonstration was possible. The proces sionists have, perhaps, kept within the letter of the law by confining their movement for the most part within their own grounds; but it, is time that Protestant worshipperS were inquiring whether they can legally be disturbed by the ringing of bells and the noise of brass bands during the hours of Divine service on Sabbath.—Edinburgh Week. OUR. LOST ONES.—There is another stage for the overtempted and fallen workwoman to go through. If only , by a glance we must recognise that there is a great multi tude of the lost,—some few revelling, but many hungering; some hardened, but many humbled; some worldly wise, planning for personal or family advancement; but many more the victims of rash affections, as well as passion and sheer weakness. Some are every moment disappearing, drowned in river or canal, carried out dead from hospitals, or crawling into cellars, or workhouse infirmaries, to die : but more and more appear to take their places. Even the well -meant endeavours to reclaim some infinitesimal pro portion of them act as an opening of the way for others to enter the same path. Is there no hope, then ? Is there nothing to be done to amend such a state of things as our survey thus has far shown us ?—Once a Week. LIFEBOATS FOR SPAIN. --Yesterday three large powerful self-righting lifeboats, on the plan of the National Lifeboat Institution, intended for the Spanish coast, e: under went their harbour trial i n th e R egen t' s - can al Dock, 3s i, f. Lime house. house. Two of the boats a re 32 f ee t long, an The proc ee di ngs were con d uc t e d un d er the superintendence onerintel‘ni Messrs, of the in s p ec t or o f lif e b oats t o th e i n stitution, e Forrestt, lifeboat build ers , an d other gentlemen, eing also present. The t r i a l s were , as us ual, of a veryof seven eharacter. These lifeboats will complete a boats which have during the l ast twelve months b een siessatisfactory aeries They are to be placed respec tively and sent to Spain. Huelva,Malaga, Valencia, tively at Corunna, deserves much credit for Tarragona, and Barcelona. Spain those messengers thus providing its coast ' with neighbour, has Portugal, emulating its Gigon, also five lifeboats on the plan of the society now . building by Messrs. Forrestt. The National Lifeboat Institution has also eight lifeboats building for different stations on th e coasts of the United Ki n gdom. Many of these boats a re the special gifts of b enev olent persons to the institution, As an illustration of the value of such benefactions it may be stated that several such boats have, during the last 12 months, been the means of saving the lives of 188 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. Altogether, nearly 700 lives have been saved by the lifeboats of the institution during the past two years. • GREAT EXPLOSION OF gAS IN BOL BORN. Yesterday afternoon a fearful explosion of gtis took place in Holborn, opposite Great Turnstile, the result of which has been to seriously injure se veral workmen employed on the works at the time. For some time past the roadway from Gray's-inn lane towards Oxford-street has been under repair, and the London Gas Company have availed them selves of the opportunity of relaying their pipes. This has been carried on successfully up to the pre sent time without any accident ; but it appears that yesterday, from some cruse or other, there was an extraordinary escape of gas, and about half-past four an explosion took place, which caused the greatest consternation, not only to the inhabitants and passers by, but to the men employed upon the works. The explosion was terrific. Part of the main was burst, and the fragments of iron pipe went in every direction, and the most extraordinary part of the affair is that, considering the violence of the shock, it did so little damage. One piece of pipe, about 7th. in weight, was cast up into the air and fell in Great Turnstile, breaking the pavement by the force of the fall, but fortunately not injuring any person, the place being clear at the time. Another piece was cast into one of the stories of a house on the south side of the road, but without doing any material damage. The explosion, however, being close to the north side of the road, took effect there with all its violence. The shop of Messrs. Warr, stationers, at the corner of Featherstone-buildings, had the front completely smashed in, while the win dows of the upper stories were broken from the top to the bottom of the house —we do not mean every individual pane, but panes in every window-frame. The house that suffered next was that of Mr. Mul ler, an artist's colourman, residing next door to Messrs. Warr. Many of the panes in his windows glass gate eve w w i e n re do b w ro s ke f n ro ; nt a i n n d g a th lt e ho s u t g re h et th t e ha l t ar zeusill re ceived the shock obliquely withstood it effectually, those placed obliquely from the street to the s h op door,which must have met the concussion full up on their surface, though smaller, were broken. So much for the damage done to property, but the injury to individuals is much more serious. One poor fellow, named John Morrissy, residing at 17, Charles-street, Oakley-street, who was at work near the mouth of the pipe which burst, bad both of his legs literally shattered below the knees, and escaped from his perilous position by dragging his legs along the ground after him. Another poor fellow, named Edward Rawley, of 28, Francis street, Westminster-road, had part of his jaw blown away, and a compound fracture of the right arm. A third, John Morgan, of 19, Walnut-tree-plac e , Kennington-road, had a compound fracture of the ankle.; and John Dooley, of 40 Gloucester-street, Oakley-street, received a severe shock, but did not complain of any very serious injury. As soon as the explosion took place, police con stable Smart, 148 E, promptly procured assistance, and had the sufferers conveyed to King's College Hospital, where they met with prompt attention. On examining the men it was found that Morrissy's wounds were of so serious a nature that amputation was indispensable, and the operation was ably per formed by Mr. Francis Mason, a surgeon belonging to the hospital. It may be stated that the operation was performed while the patient was under the in- fluence of chloroform. The wounds of Hawley were dressed and his fracture set ; and the fracture of Morgan's ankle was also set by Mr. Henry Smith, surgeon to the hospital, and his opinion. was, that as the patient was a young man. and apparently of a vigorous constitution, he might be able to avoid amputation," notwithstand ing that it was a very serious compound fracture. As regards Dooley, Mr. Smith considered his inju, ries very slight, and we should not be surprised to find that he would leave the hospital this day. The exact cause of the accident is at present not decided, but it is believed that in the laying of the pipes the gas escaped in great quantities, and reach ing at last the fire which was used for melting the lead for making the joints, it became ignited, and the explosion took place. No doubt an inquiry into the circumstances will be instituted by the authori- ties, particularly if death should occur in any of the cases. At present they are all going on favourably, LATEST PARTICULARS. Upon inquiry at the King's College Hspital this afternoon, we were informed that thFi unfor tunate men who bad sustained such serious injuries by the explosion were still alive. LIABILIT OF A HUSBA t D FOR DETTS OF BIS WIFE'S PREVIOUS HUSBAND, A case of some importance was heard on Friday last in the Wolverhampton County Court, before A. NI. Skinner, Esq., Q.C. The plaintiffs in the, case, were Messrs. Parkes, wiredrawers, Willenlyall, and the defendant was a lockmaker, named. Atkin, re iding the same place. Mr. Stirk appeared on behalf of the plaintiffs, and Mr. J. Walker for the defendant. The proceedings were under a scire facias summon s to revive a judgment. An original summons was taken out and judgment given upon it in 1858, the defendant's wife being then sued for £l2, as the exe cutrix and de eon tort of her late husband, a curry comb maker, named Kershaw. On the hearing of that case both parties wererepresented by their attor— neys, and judgment for the plaintiffs was signed the court books in the ordinary manner. The object of the present proceedings was to make Atkin liable on this judgment —recovered against the wife in 1858, Mr. Walker contended that the judgment being signed generally in the books of the court must be taken as a judgment against Mrs. Kershaw in her representative character as executrix, and conse quently could only be a judgment de bonis testatoris and not de bonis propriis. Mr. Walker said he could also prove that Mrs. Kershaw was in a destitute condition when she married Atkin, that Atkin, never received a farthing benefit from Kershaw's estate, and that shortly after the judgment had leen ob tained in 1858, the landlord entered Kershaw's premises and swept everything away, Mr. Stirk contended that the judgment entered on the books was a judgment against Mrs. Kershaw as an individual ; it was final and conclusive be tween the parties, and could not be questioned except in the ordinary way—by an application for a new trial, which it was now too late to make. In giving judgment his Honour said that it was a well-known law—when a man married a woman became liable for her debts, and he could make no distinction in the case now before him. He could not deny that it was a hardship, and considering this he should make an order for payment of ss, for the first three months, and 10s. a month afterwards. In addition to the debts of Mrs. Kershaw, Atkin also had the courage to take her family of seven children. DEATH OF MR. BRANDT, COUNTY C OURT JUDGE. —We announce the death o f Mr. Robert Brandt, t and highly respect e d Judge of the Man chester Court, which to o k p l ace on Tuesday evening at q r ter to eight o'clo c k, at his residence in Pendleton. Mr. Brandt , who was in his 66th year, has been suffering a well-knowarCounty ge t tl good deal during the last few years from gout, and latterly from water on the chest, Which last disease proved fatal. fie was the son of a Manchester merchant carrying on business in Morley-street, Manchester, and was called to the bar in 1821. THE STIEFFIP.ID MURDER.-EXPULSION OF THOMPSON FROM THE TRADES UNION.—It will be remem bered that at the last assizes at York a man, named Thompson, was charged with throwing a can filled with explosive substances into a:dwelling-house at Sheffield, in consequence of which a woman was killed. He was acquitted, but before the trial he had made a most extra ordinary statement to the chief constable of Sheffield, in which he confess e d th at h e h a d b een aware o f cer t ain violent outrages which have been committed, and that he had conversed with other members of his (tbe fender grinders) un i o n w ith reference to the manner i n w hi c h such " jobs" could be done, and the price to be paid for them, Since the trial there have been public discussions on tho subject of trades unions, at which the working men have assembled in large num b ers. A f ew days ago, a general meeting of the m em b ers of Th om p so n's trade Nva , held, and his conduct w as b roug h t un d e r discussion. He m a d e a lengthy explanatio n o f hi s confession, several point s i n which tend e d t o fi x the gu ilt u pon some of his fellowwork men ; but, a ft er h ear i ng all he had . to say, the Uni on formally resolved to exclude him from i ts rains, 131- ; of be po- we ike ex the cry city isa the ;ep an- f,na- 3rve anal Ltly, the ce of the [tent Inci- Tee- mert end, r the 'hich erty ( re- 3rfere to be roper 11 the o re place h it is ternal )f the stock 5 1 20 28.2. Share stk i 20i 20t 10 100 { 100 100 lib stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stock 20i 100 100 100 stock stock stock stock s toes MI: 3.9.3 2.14.6 3.0.0 7.10.0 501 17s 6.15.6 8.12 4.14 1.141 4.3.0 1.7.2 52 4 7 1 I