The Sun. — London, England, 1859-05-17 00:00:00

MON E Y mil YITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. During the last few days there has been little change of importance in the markets for Foreign and Colonial Produce. Prices in most instances have exhibited rather a downward tendency. The public sales oftea,however, have been fairly attended, and previous rates were well maintained. Sugars have been depressed ; and in the Refined Market the dealings have been on a very limited scale, at a slight reduction on former quotations. For coffee the demand has been very inactive, lower rates in most instances being current. Rice, fruit, and spices have been dealt in to a moderate extent, at about previous rates. Saltpetre continues at steady rates. Tallow has been in moderate demand for home consumption, and prices have remained firm. P.Y.C., on the spot, is quoted 555. 3d. ; June delivery, 555. 3d. ; and last three months, 565. per cwt. Letters from Liverpool report that in the Cotton Market yesterday a very moderate amount of business was transacted, and 5,000 bales were sold at barely previous rates. The Railway Share Mar ket closed with rather more animation, and prices Were firmer. No gold was withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday. Silver continue 3 in fair demand on Con tin(ntal account, but the supplies are limited ; bars are quoted 624 d. per oz., being firm. The Jura, from the United States, has arrived this morning with £172,590. A moderate demand is reported in the discount market on commercial account, and the rates paid • for accommodation exhibit very little movement. As the supplies are abundant, however, the upward tendency has received a check, and the bankers and brokers contrive to secure the bulk of the paper brought forward by charging a trifle less than the Bank of England minimum. The large arivals of specie, by arresting the efflux from that establishment, are exercising a favourable influence upon the market, which, it is thought, Will now remain in a steady position for some time. Very little alteration has taken place in the Market for Public Securities to-day, but the quota tions are rather heavy. Consols have been 94L - but they have since receded to 91 for money and account. Speculation continues inactive, but pur- Chases are still effected in behalf of the public. The Government broker has bought £5,000 New Threes for the savings banks. The New Threes and the Reduced Annuities are steady, at 901 Bank Stock at 220, Exchequer Bills at 255. to 30s. premium, India Stock at 217, ditto Loan Debentures at 931, and the Bonds at 10s. discount. The New India Loan Scrip is marked 921 to 93, being a discount of 2i to 2 per Cent. The following relates to Mexico : "The Committee of Mexican Bondholders have received advices from Mr. Whitehead, dated Mexico, 18th ult. General Marquez, on the 11th ult., had defeated the Con stitutionalists before Mexico, and the President had on the sine day returned to the capital, the attempt on Vera C ruz having failed. The American Minister, Mr. faclane, had recognised the Government of Juarez, against which the Government in the capital had protested, and withdrawn the exequatur of Mr. Black, the Arne titan. consul there. Mr. Otway had received orders to ascertain the amount of British claims on Mexico, and demand their payment from Vera Cruz. The Caisar and Diadem, under the command of Captain Frederick, Wore expected at Vera Cruz to carry out this determina tion. Mr. Whitehead had received from the agents in Vera Cruz 27,789 dols. 55c. in bills on Mexico, and there "was a farther amount of 8,801 dots. 90c. collected since. In Tampico also 7,217 dols. 85c. had been collected in January and February, which was in the hands of her Majesty's Consul there." Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock Share Stock Stock US DAY.) PREFERENCE SHARES. Railways. The transactions in the Foreign Stock market 25 Blythe and Tyne if per are rather restricted, but prices in most instances rStk R refs pref.. e a g p e d . crS t 2 0 5 c 0 1? 20A a R a o ie d d o oo do. l. pares have slightly receded. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 60 to 62 ; ditto New, 50 to 52. Venezuelan 5 per 12.10 Do. Quar. 2 Bl;a 4 terN ue o. u 2 t . Stock oo ?;I ( r . slg . r: p H . gyhd, 51 pc Cents. have declined to 341- ; ditto Deferred, to 15 ; Mexican, to 161 ‘-a; and Portuguese, to 39. Bra- gt Cork Pe Bandon, el ...V zilian 5 pe r C en t s . a r e fi r m at 991. ; and Spanish Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & op u e $ per C en t s . at 39 1 . Stock Do. do. Class B 6 p c Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc stock t )o . C o un. Ex. 5 pct. is % ,' To o.. z A very li m it e d amoun t o f b us i ness h as b een _ ecorded in th e Railway Share Market, prices, Stock Do. New 6 per c t. St oc k however, show rather more firmness. Great stock le a s s te rTan U o n . Union, per et. Westerns and Midlands have improved 10s., North S to s ck Win V . v al o a r s k York. fifths o esterns 55., and Brightons, South Westerns, and Stock Edin. Perth,& tun. 4 pc. north Eastern (Berwick) £l. Caledonians and stock Gras &s 4 1e -i s e l : . c o on t spc. ... Stock c Great Northern, s a p. Eastern Counties have declined about ss. Stock Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm The Foreign lines have been very inactive, Stock p0._44 p. c. do. do. ree B l however, show an improved tendency. TO ( t ) ..ti..o l l' e s a eo m iia, P i4s'l: bardo-Venetian Old Shares are 5k to 51, and Stock ct. & pref. 1 G t p . Sn . w (Ig o l c a l, l )4 the New Shares 41 to sk, and Southern of France 50 Great West. (Berks and realise 161. Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct. Stock Do. Redeemable, 41 pet.. In the Colonial Market East Indian have im- Stock too ILo . . llrredzememabatel,e4 d0...1. et. p r oved to 95 1 96, Great Indian Peninsula to 941, Stock Do. sp. ot. Redeeni.Pref. II 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares and Grand Trunk of Canada to 30 and 30 1 . . 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show shares little a 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref variation from previous quotations. London Stock Do Birming. guar. stock A n d Westminster have receded ss. Union of gl Do. loh.eCi oterguar.shares 4 t . us . tralia advanced 10s., and Provincial of Ireland Stock2o Do. Lan. 26 d . I t r do. 6 p stock Ma d Madras Irrigation are dealt in at 1, and Royal Stock Lon.&Brig.spi. gu.c..No.i 'IQ Steam at 56. Stock Do. pref., 5 p. e. ...No. 2 Stock Do. New gua., 6 p. ct In the genera l Mi n i ng M ar k et to -d ay E as t Stock D o . d o . sp. c. N o . 4, I Stock Lon.& N.W.Cov. &Nun- 8 - ` l l ssells have b een 8i 91; Stray Park, 9 to 10; eaton, sp. ct. cl uth Caradon, 240 to 245 ; and Lady Bertha, Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 .et. stock, 26 8. to 26s, late 3d shares 125 Londondy & Cole, 1 shs 121 Londondy.& Ennis Ish Stock Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct 6 Do. £6 Stock Do. 31 per cent. 121 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c 124 Do Do.. 4 per cent .. Stock Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Stock Do.Con.Bris.&l3lr.6p.ct Stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock 6 Do. with option till 1860 Stock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. ro INewport,Aber,&c.pret.s _p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. n m 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. a with option till 1866 10 Norfolk Deb. 4p c. shares Stock Do. sp. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 Stock Do. 5/p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Stock Do. way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 Stock North British, 5 percent Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.& Mk-Co. Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Stock Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 17 Do. do. do 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 25 Po. York, H. &S. Punch 20 North Staffordshire .. Stock Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. 184 Stock Do. do. do., 2d gua Stock Do. 4/ p.c. Db. stk.in perp 85 - Scottish Central, new pi Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb Stock Do. 3) per c. pref. stock Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6Pc. Stock Do. 7p. a pref. stock. 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. 10 Do. Fixed 41 percent. 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1 0 6 ) Stock Do .41 per cent Stock Do. Fixed 11 p.c. Ist is Stock Do. New do., 2d issue Stock South Wales, gm. 4 p.c Stock Do. 41 per cent 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua 25 1 , Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e 25 Do. 6 per cent Stoe - Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. A BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. .41ink 8 Sto ck 3 Per Cent, Reduced Annuities qiiiii N Per Ce n t . C onsols Annuities " 7 ' 3 per C en t. A nnu iti es g Arinuities • e sth Jan., 1860.... 11-16 .Ludia Stock ' expire 217 41tto Debentures Da+ T 931 93 21 I 1 Ditto _.O L oan s crip Bonds £lO P.-itto under £l,OOO l5 d vonsols for Account (June 7) 9ll i i i March. June. I.ch e quer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & 11d.. 25 30 I .."." R E IGN ..Iq, __ F FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. per Cent. I,l7;zili '''''"icall 3 per Cent. r & 1 a ..seDitto Account rtyvian 41, per Cent — , Ditto (liribarren), 4f pe r C en t. f -°l ty,ruese, 1853, per Cent. 3 o panish 3 per Cent T urkish 6 p er C ent l Ditto Acc oun t Ditto New L oan 62 1 D itto Account Ditt Venezuel an 5 per Cent. . . o Deferred 2 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 41 per Cent. Ex. 25f — Ditto 3 per Cent. Ex. 25f. Consols, Money ................. O 'CLOCK. 'Consols for Account, June 7 .. • . 911 all 1100 6 100 100 100 100 all all all 10t, 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 8.13.4. Paid. I C p l r o i s c i e. ng Business Done. 221 3 AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY MORNING. The Canard screw steamer Jura has arrived with Iltivices from New York to the sth inst., and 862,949 dollars in specie. bi g txchan e on London, 109 a to 1 10 for commercial stock followi n g were the latest quotations at the Central, Board : —Missouri Sixes, 871- ; New York 73Z-1 New York and Erie, 8 ; Reading r.ilroad, 501 ; Michigan Central, 49-a ; Michigan 2 althern Preference 401 ; Cleveland and Toledo, 11,4 , Panama Railroad, 1221 ; Illinois Central 11 41ds 88; Chicago and Rock Island, 611 ; Galena e u. Chicago Railroad, 65; Delaware and Hudson /c t il f ll , 961 ; Pennsylvania Coal Company, 81+ ; fiddling Mail Steamship Company, 781. kt 'ldling uplands cotton, 12c. Common State $ dull ; extra and good Western higher. Wheat held. Pork lower. Spirits of turpentine Th SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. v e v e Jura spoke the following vessels :—May 6, the He1)341. )3 41 . ; May 11, the George Washington and the Kammer 10:lector Von Flotow, all e 'bound west ; May 15, the Forest %,?, bound east A. and the Emma Mary. `- , le Thoma s A. Perkins and the Juranta, from Liver "ui, have arrived at Philadelphia. T he Indian Council have intimated to the Eastern ri gal Railway C ompany that in the event of a line being t ot acted from Calcutta to Darjeeling it will be intrusted is assumed that the 5 per cent. loan of e'6 40 0,000 to be supplied at the price of 70 to the Vienna rerntrkent by the Lombardo-Veneti)tn provinces will be fo rd, The dividends are to be guaranteed in specie. It is stated that a contract for one of the great V I ram steamvessels to be built for the Government has W 11 ts.e obtained b y the Thames Ironworks Company, She of 6,000 t ons b urden, with an expected speed of 14 ta to Man -of-w and Will cost nearly four times as much as a fi rst - ar. tr„ I3 ,..? R ' N P- LABUAN. Advices by the Bla c k e n i rwid, arri ve d at Si ngapore, report that the neglected polo an was all on fire, and the few unfortunate inhabitants n asinin g on that spot were dying from thirst, having had 42 lain for v hlna Teleg three months, and - the grass had all dri e d u p.— raph, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share ' Railways. /Paid. Closin g 1 liusinesP Price. 12.10 Amberg., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Jurt.fion 10 54 51 50 nelfalt and Ballymena_ all - - 13.14 Bir., W 01.,. and Str. Val. all 7 8 Stock Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction lOO 58 60 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne all 32 85 Rock Bristol and Exeter ;took Caledonian ;took Chester and Holyhead , 100 - - 50 Cork and Bandon all - • - 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all - - 20 Cornwall all 4 5 41 10 Do. A f A roves. no div. i all - - 10 Do. B until6p.c.per an. all - - hasbeen pd.toß. 50 Dublin andßellast Juno. all - - 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ahr.Junc all 8 9 took' East Anglian lOO 13 14 took Eastern Counties lOO 514 524 511 24 took Eastern Union A Stock 100 35 40 took Do. do. B Stock 100 25 27 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 81 - - 25 East Kent all 12 14 took East Lancashire lOO 84 85 20 East Suffolk all - - 10 Do - - :ock Edinburg* and Glasgow 100 68 70 Ock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 23 25 241 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - took Furness - - took Glasgow & South Westn l6O M 9 0 , 10 Great North of Scotland all 1 0 109 :ock Great Northern lOO 03 95 tick Do. do. A Stock lOO 75 80 ,ock Do. do. B Stock lOO 124 128 ock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 100 10 2 1 / 1 ock Great Western ock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gna.Stk 100 50 55 12 Irish South Eastern all - - i 0 Lancaster and Carlisle all 77 82 [64 Do. Thirds 13 4 Do. New Thirds l6 8 10 p ock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 84 1 85/ 6 Do. do. F 216 6 2 1 d 9 Do. do. 29 shares 7 14 1/d 3 Do. West Riding Union 4 - - , 0 Do. Southport - - )ok London and Blackwall all 59 61 591 60 - Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh - - - .k Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 107 109 10 8, )ck i•ondon & North Westn 100 854 86 1 86 2 ii Do. Eighths ck London& South-Westn lOO 85 1 864 86 1 5 L'derry & Coleraine all - - I L'derry & Enniskillen all 5 7 Lek Man., Shef., & Lincoln lOO 33 84 33 1 ) Metropolitan 3 - - d , ck Midland lOO 93 94 934 ck Do. Binning. & Derby. 100 69 71 1 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all - - Do. 4 Shares all - - 1 Neifcastle and Carlisle all - - New., Aber., & Herefd all 9 11 Newry & Armagh (def.; 9 - - - Newry ' Warpt., & Ros all ck Norfolk lOO 52 65 North. Counties Union 34 31 3 d k North British lOO 51 62 511 • k Nor.Dev.RaiL&Dk. Stk lOO - - k Do.A Stk.- Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 - - )k Do. B Stock lOO - - k North-Eastn.-Berwick 100 84 85 85 4 1 1 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 3 21 d d ;k Do. Leeds lOO 42 43 :k Do. York lOO 68 4 69 1 69 k North London lOO 1 0 0 104 102 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction £3 Is. - - North Staffordshire 174 51 51 d 124 12 North-Western No. & Sou. W. Junction all 6 6 k Oxford, Wor.,& Wolrer lOO 27 28 Peebles all - - Portsmouth Rhymney lO -- k Scottish Central lOO 104 106 c Sooth. N. E., Aber. Stock 100 23 2 5 1 c Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 78 80 2 c Shropshire Union lOO 41 43 I Sittingbourne & Sheer, all 5 4 d 2 c South Devon lOO 39 41 401 40 2 c South-Eastern lOO 611 624 62f 2 t South Wales SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun all 63 67 Do. do lB - - 2 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 8 11 1 Stockton & Darlington all 34 36 2 Do. do. 1855 7 - - Do. do. 1858 7 - - Stockton & llartlepool 164 - - 2 Taff Vale lOO - - 1 Do. Preference, No. 1 - -2 , ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 - - 1 Vale of Neath lOO 58 62 11 Waterford Sr Kilkenny 100 - - 21 Waterford & Limerick all - - 21 West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal all - - 1 Do.A.-Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 31- n 2( Do. B all 74 71 West London - - Do. let Class all - - Do. 2d Class - - ____ Share; 13.14 Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 16f 1613 4 Stock, Stock Stoz , k Stock 12 Stock Stock 1 49 51 93 155 99 101 5f • C 98 101 108 112 104 110 108 111 107 110 122 127 78 80 68 70 107 109 115 117 108 112 102 104 61 , 63 11 11i 92 94 83 E 5 84 86 99 101 9 i 16 17 91 10 70 72 18 19 9 91 131 14i 135 137 155 165 7 9 118 120 65 67 7' i [35 138 99 101 P P 91 93 9i 10 104 114 81 9 1104 106 94 98 11)1 " 234 115 120 115 118 98 100 10 1O 22 23 100 102 100 102 27 28 30 32 45 55 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Bedford and Blotchley B uckingham shire .. Cl ydesdale Junction: : Colchester, Stour Val. E.Lineolnshire,RA D . E Union,Harwicligh:: Do. Woodbridge Gl9. Barr. &Neils,Drct. Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dck&Ball. Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. i Shares London &Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4p. et Do. 6 per cent Manc.,l3uxtn. & Matk Midsb.& Reder, g. 6p. c Mid. BradfordPrf. Stk Newmarkt.,BuryEx guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent Preston and WM. I Ln & N.W Ln & N.W Caledonin E.U.&E C Gt. North. E.Counts. Caledonia Do. ...... Gt. West. Yk.N.&Br Yk.N.llld • D 0...., Do. ..... : S. East... Do. ..... Peto &Co• Do. ..... Norfolk Do. ..... LW Ursa' Stk.& Dar Midland . E.Counts. L&N W & L.Yk. Do. G t.Nort h. Lan.& Yk T Brassy 31‘Clean Stk.& Dar Do. Gt. West L.&Brgtn Do. 4 Shares Roystn,fliteh.,& Shep ShP.Roth.&Gol.E,r.sp.c. Shrowsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire .. Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. Do. do. Wilts and Somerset Wimbledon& Croydn DOCKS. Docks. Stock Commercial Stock Do 4 per Cent .Prei Stock Fast and West India Stock London Stock St. Katharine Stock Southampton Stock Victoria 20 Do New P a id . Leasing Closing Busing. Co.'s. Price. Done. 95 98 99 101 16 17 133 138 4i 41 107 110 64 oo 115 120 88 go 2 1 li 94 96 P i}) 5 4 56 1 132 137 81 3i 10 1N 87 89 8 9 losing Fad CPrice. 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 96 99 18 Jiusiness Done. Sh are SHARE 15 10 5 10 ,AILWAYS. 34 4, 2 is t i lf 21 8 7 d 221 23& 4.1 5 2vi r 8 18 20 344 351 7 8 30 31 45 47 4 3 d 41 61 7 ;4 16 17 6 6 .)4 18 20 BRITISH MINES. Share' Mines. 'Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 65 75 20 British Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 2O 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 450 460 East Bassett (Illogan). 30 200 210 2075 Great South Tolgus l7s 135 141 G. Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) 11.18 . 8 15 2 G. Wheal Vor (11elston) 9i 1 1 Lady Bertha l Bs 6d 15 1 / North Frances (Illogan) 85 7 8 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 6 7 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 75 85 Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 15 12 14 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s 4 1 SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) 25 235 245 South C. Brea( Illog an). 2 25 24 S Wheal Fran. (lan) 18.18.9 185 195 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 45 1, 25 10 Tin Croft 9 41 If 41 1 UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - Vale of Towey (Carm ) 12s 6d West Basset (tllogan) ll 215 224 —, W. Caradon (Liskenrd) 2O 92 95 Wheal Basset (Illo t ,o-an) 1 55 190 200 Wheal Buller (Redruth), 5 115 125 Wheal Edward (Cals.) 1 51 14 25 Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant)' 1.7.2 10 11 - Wh i lMaryAnn (Menhe) 8 45 47 45 Trelawney (Lisle.) 45 29 31 295 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 7l 1 Bon Accord Copper, Lim. 10s la par 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £sp.)' 27 . 15 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 .11 91 10 5 Do. Land and AliningCo. all 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica ... g d 40 Cobre Copper all 37 39 Copiapo l6 9 11 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 2 Fortuna 20 General all 22 24 3 Linares all 85 95 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 1 New Granada all 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 5 Sp t # / 20 Poutg,lbaudSilver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 31 41 5 Port Philip 1 30 Santiago de Cuba 164 L 2.81 United Mexican Paid. Closing Easiness Price. Done. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Joint-Stock Banks. Shared ! pap. Closing I Business I 1 Price. Done. 100 AgTa&UnitedServiceßk 50 6l 70 40 Australasia all 81 83 25 Bank of Egypt - all 20 22 100 Pank of London 5O - - 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all - - 510 British North American all 55 57 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 12 21 11 d 100 City 5O 60 62 100 Colonial - -- 301 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada all - - 100 Commercial of London 2O - 17 18 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 141 151 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all - - 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 21 22 211 50 London and County - - 29 50 London Joint Stock - - 100 • London & Westminster 2O - - 481 8 100 Nat. Prov. of England 35 - - 20 Do. new lO - - 50 National Bank 25 - - 20 New South Wales 25 Orient .Bk. Corporation all -- - 20 Ottoman Bank all 14 16 16 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New all - 25 South Australia - - 25 Do. New - - 25 Union of Australia ' - - 48 171 81 25 Do. New 2O - - be Union of London lO - - 241 100 Unity Mutual .. . .. . 100 Western Bk of Lon don 50 - - d COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. Paid, Closing Business Prices. Done. Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. &July 100 112 113 1121 13 - Do. 6 p.c.Pb.&Aucr. 100 109 111 - Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep . 100 109 111 - N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &J u y 100 108 110 - Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - - - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 106 98 100 - NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. S. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 107 109 - S.Aus.Gt6pc.Jan&July 100 107 109 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 - MISCELLANEOUS. Larel Miscellaneous. p aid. l Closing Price. 'Engines' done 10 An,glo-Mexican Mint 00 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) 25 Australian Agricultural 10 Australian Royal Mail . 10 Berlin Water Works 10 Do New, issued at 25 die 50 British American Land 50 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1802 20 Do. C 00 Canada Land 10 Chandslands Tel.(Lim ) Lock Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg 25 Do. Preference 7i per ct 5 Crystal Palace. 5 Do. Preference 20 Eastern Steam took Electric Telegraph 5 Eng. & Auvt. t- Cop.St.Co 10 Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel 9 Enrop. &Am. Stm.(Lira ) 20 Gl. Iron Screw Col. (Lim 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. [l. 0 15:: NND3DL L I. 00a0 o entn n 8ddi. d d Aipootn. o . ? n ear. Discountep.lnEDr cElectric .ncibta Teleg ut Cis od C. :os Nll.eßdr. NetherlandsszE x x o t e v n a sLTe Land tn l da ( d .) LO LO : 13 0 North uoaftGEruaulsra'ospiaeuSateimam.) 1 O pe r n ie . n 4 tal o 1 Do. New:natrae: 5 Peel River Land & io Do. New . ;0 Red Sea & ...... . .e fea . r Rhymney Iron • 5 Do. New . * Royal Mail Stearn" • 1 Scot.Austrin. Inv.(a r ; . ; ;5 South Australian Land. 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip. 1 Do. do Registered . . * Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr. ca n * Van Land 13 14 150 200 26 29 1 I 25 28 36 38 19 21 13 15 105 115 81 91 23 24k 1 1; 4 5 93 102 i I 1 1 d' 4 5 d I li all all all 15s. all all I i I l i d 2} 2/ 78 82 9 11 2 lid 22 24 , 5i 61 54 56 100 1121 34 36 I 1 56 .1109 8 10 ,37 51:61 11 90 I 1; P 1 81 TAB 1 s[rN, LospoT, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1859, Share Railways. IPaid.l Ci rr o i s ce in . g 1 Bpouginnece. Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent.. Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd all 131 all 77 80 16 17 E . ; 5 percent. Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich 6 p. et. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limit ed ) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengatga.sp.c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c Do. C Shares Do. E Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore D 0.44 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 Geelong& Mel.gua.sp. c. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,psiy.'7B Do. 6 per cent. Pref GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New, gua.s per cent Do. do Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with ept. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. 'V3 without opt Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 44 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Melb. Corp. 6p.c. Bondtl Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Northof India Tramroad Limited, Scrip Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. Do. New Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo. bk,7; St. Andrews & QuebecA Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 2 lid 2 li d 4 6 5 7d id par 1} Id 100 t 201 20i 100 100 190 161 } 100 100 100 1. 3.0. 6d. FOREIGN Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux Mine & Rail Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valle Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Junction Lake Constance & sale Lierre and Turnhout... Lombardo Venetian.... Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf. Lyons and Geneva .... Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Ottoman, qua. 6 per cent Paris,Lyons, and Medit. Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Pern.) gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse Do. si per cent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 51 p. e. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand 2 11 95 00 97 99 18 20 291 301 70 74 80 91 91 95 1I lffd 21 1f 14 131 7 1 7 41 l 100 103 [OO 103 100 103 95 98 16 17 17i 181 16 17 21 2 d 2 d -d -d 18 19 q I li a d 2 1d id par LAW INTEL. (THIS DAY.) •, I COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Before Justices Williams, Erle, Crompton, Crowder, Hill, and Willes.) WILLIAMS V. SMITH. This was a writ of error from the Court of Exchequer. It arose under the Interpleader Act, and the question raised was, whether Irish cattle and pears, to the value of £309 19s. 6d., bona fide purchased by the plaintiff in June, 1856, is to be prejudiced by an unexecuted writ of fi. fa. in the hands of the Sheriff of Gloucestershire. Their Lordships were unanimously of opinion that the decision of the Court of Exchequer finding that the Act had no retrospective operation, and that the fi. fa. in the hands of the Sheriff before the passing of the Act was preferable to the purchaser's claim. The decision of the Court of Exchequer was affirmed with costs. Their lordships re lied chiefly on the decision in the case of Woolley v. Jack son (Queen's Bench), and held that the rule of construction, that the general words in an act were not to be construed retrospectively was right. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) His Honour sat to-day for the first time since his long and severe illness, and was congratulated by Mr. Lawrence on behalf of himself and the practitioners of the court. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. To-day was appointed for an audit meeting under the estate of the Royal British Bank, but the proceedings passed off without discussion or remark, and no accounts were exhibited ; nothing, therefore, will transpire in court until a dividend meeting is held. IN RE T. S. FRYER. This bankrupt was described as of Chatteris, in the Isle of Ely, brickmaker, and to-day was appointed for his last examination. The accounts by Mr. March show : Debtor to creditors, £1,364 10s. ; to ditto, holding security, £6,200 ; surplus, October, 1857, £857 ; profits, £871; rents received, £304. Creditors' general debts, £162; doubtful, £B3 ; property, £3,115 ; ditto, in hands of creditors, £6,990 ; trade expenses, £773; house and personal, £749. Messrs. Abbott, New-Inn, were the solicitors to the assignees, and Mr. Law, of Gray's Inn, for the bankrupt. The examination was adjourned for two months by consent. IN ICE SIMS AND SIMS. These bankrupts were described as Of Fish-street-hill, merchants, and now came up to pass their last examination on accounts by Mr. S. T. Cooper, showing—Debtor to creditors unsecured, £4,021 Bs.; to ditto holding security, £1,608; capital, August, 1855, £207. The assets are set down 'as—good debts, £176 ; property, £406 ; ditto in the hands of creditors, £2,000; ditto in the hands of liability creditors, £201; the trade expenses are set down at £5OO ; and partners' drawings, W. R. Sims, £Bl7, and A. R. Sims, £222 ; the liabilities, which are on bills receivable, amount to £3,535. The bankrupts passed. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) THE METROPOLITAN SALOON OMNIBUS COMPANY.-PETI• TION UNDER THE WINDING-UP ACT. -EN PARTE THOS, HAWKINS. To-day was appointed for hearing a petition filed by a Mr. Thomas Hawkins, a shareholder of 150 shares, for the winding up of the affairs of this company, on the ground that three-fourths of the capital had been absorbed, and no dividend had been paid. Mr. Roxburgh appeared as counsel, and Mr. Clarke, Bed ford -row, as solicitor for the petitioner; and Mr. Sargood as counsel, and Mr. Pope, the secretary to the company. Witnesses were ordered out of court, and the learned counsel (Mr. Roxburgh) addressed the Court on the figures of the case, saying that if he convinced the Court on that point, that the capital, or three-fourths of it, had been ab sorbed, it would not be necessary to go further. The case was proceeding when we went to press. SHERIFFS' COURT. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY V. HOLMES, Mr. Ashley appeared for the company, and Mr. Pearce, of Giltspur-street, for the defendant, who is a salesman, of Newgate-market. The amount sought to be recovered was £1 14s. 5d carriage of certain meat to defendant. Mr. Minnot, collector to the Railway Company for 15 years, said that defendant's clerk hid paid him an amount (16s. 9d.), being the balance of a former charge for car riage, on the day of the contracting of the present debt, but he had not paid the amount now sought to be reco vered. Cross-examined by Mr. Pearce—Witness had applied to several other persons in the market for the amount, £1 14s. sd. He was £1 15s. short in his accounts, which sum defendant never paid him. Mr. Pearce then ,called George Mortlock, clerk to de fendant, who positively swore that he paid defendant 1 14s. sd. on the Ist of April, and that amount was the sum now sought to be recovered. He paid it in the follow ing coins :—One sovereign, ene half-sovereign, and 4s. 6d. in silver, and Mr. Minnot returned him id. His Honour said the onus of proving that the amount was due was upon plaintiff, and the agent of the company had admitted that he applied to several other persons for this amount. Defendant's clerk swore he had paid the amount, and plaintiff's agent not having clearly proved his case, and there being only one witness against the defen dant, he (his Honour) considered that defendant was en .... _ _ _ tied to a judgment. Plaintiff nonsuited. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY. MANSION-HOUSE. CABBY AND THE LAWYER.—James Lambert, driver of a " Shoful," appeared in support of a summons issued against Mr. Hubbard, a solicitor of Bucklersbury, for the recovery of his (complainant's) fare. The complainant said that he was hired by defendant, who was driven to his own house in Bucklerebury. Upon arriving at this place defendant got out and told plaintiff to wait. After waiting two hours, plaintiff went into the office occu pied by defendant and was then told that he had been paid, and that he had not been directed to wait by defendant. Defendant said that when he wished to alight from plaintiff's cab he pushed up the small trap in the roof of the vehicle, and put the fare, 6d., through the hole. He was told to wait, and was induced to offer a small sum as com pensation to the cabman, to remunerate him for waiting so long, perhaps under a wrong impression. Upon plaintiff being insolent, defendant refused to give him anything. In answer to his lordship, plaintiff said that he gave Mr. Hubbard no ticket. His Lordship said that plaintiff had, through such neglect, laid himself open to the infliction of a penalty. The summons must be dismissed. Mr. Hubbard—l will now say that is the second attempi upon me within the last few d a y s. _ _ _ . . ..... His Lordship—You are entitled to the thanks of the pub. is for resisting all attempts at extortion. The parties then left the court. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY OF A GOLD WATCH, RINGS, &C., AT A FENCING .ROOM. - Augustus Sterring, a earpenter, of 3, St. Martin's-street, was charged before Mr. Bingham with stealing, at the fencing-rooms of Mr. Arnold, 118, New Bond-street, a gold watch and gold Albert ehain, two gold rings, the latter the property of the Rev. Robert Stafford, and also with having in his possession some brass fittings, the property of Mr. Arnold. Joy, 338 A, a detective, said that on the previous after noon he received information that several robberies had been committed at 118, New Bond-street, and at six in the evening he watched the prisoner leave the premises, and followed him to 67, Princes-street, a jeweller's, where he saw him offer a gold ring for sale, and on going in and asking where he got it from he made no reply. He then told him he was a constable, and asked if he had not got another ring in his pocket. He then took a ring from his pocket, and also a card-case containing three duplicates, one relating to a gold watch, one to a gold Albert chain, and the other to a bed. On searching , him at the station he found on him some brass fittings. At his lodgings he found also another ring, which he said he found in the dirt from the shop. The Rev. Robert Stafford, of 10, Portland-road, Regent's • park, said the two gold rings produced he left on the man telpiece at Mr. Arnold's, on Saturday last, while he was taking his exercise, and on sending for them on Monday morning they were not forthcoming. Mr. James Arnold, fencing-master, of 118, New Bond street, said the prisoner had been employed by him for about two months ; the brass fittings were his property, but he did not miss them till that morning. Joy having asked for a remand, that the property at the pawnbrokers' might be produced, the prisoner was re manded. COAST DEFENCES.—On Saturday orders were received at Chatham for the 18th Company of Royal Engi neers to proceed to Weymouth, for the purpose of being employed in putting the line of coast in the neighbourhood in a thorough state of defence, and erecting batteries and earthworks for the mounting heavy guns in those parts which are now unprotected. The defence of the arsenal at Pembroke and the protection of Milford Haven appear to have engaged the attention of the authorities for new works for the better fortification of these important posts are to be immediately commenced. Solid works are to be erected upon Popton Point, and upon ground contiguous to Conjuick. Tho Great Head, commanding the entrance to the Haven, is also to be fon tified. BONNY, WEST COAST OF AFRICA —The King of the territory of Bonny, Western Africa, accompanied by Mr. Richard Thwaites, has lately had an interview with the Bishop of London, with a view of providing for the introduction of Christianity into that country, which, with its dependencies, forms a very extensive area, and contains a large population, and which, since the aboli tion of the slave trade in 1841, must have in_Tcased to an enormous extent, as previously to that year 20,000 slaves were annually exported f rom thence, about a proportion of one-sixth of the whole exportation from the Western Coast of Africa. Upon the abolition of slavery, which was entirely suppressed, and has never since been revived, the popula tion oil. The king has been b ap t ise d i n t o th e Chiistian f t t i l o it n h, hs b and a s ee i n in e e e mcopnfiloyie.med, ac cor di ng to t h e r it es o f the d princip a ll y i n th e pro d uc tion of Established Church, and he is a regu l ar a tt en d an t, on Sun day morning, at St. Paul's Cathedral.—Record. GENERAL PEEL AND SIR J. 6744HA111. We are requested to publish the following corre• spondence : " War-oe, May 14. "Dear Sir J ames Graham,—l have waited in hope that you would have contradicted a statement reported to have been made by you in your speech at Carlisle, on Monday last, to the effect, That in order to influence the elections the War Depart ment, by an act of prerogative, Parliament not sit ting, had increased the allowance to publicans for soldiers billeted on them from 1 . 3 d. to 4d.' " Now, this is not only untrue, but if you stated it, I must leave you to explain how it was possible for you not to have known that it was mot true. In addition to your long Parliamentary experience and knowledge of everything connected with the army, you, when First Lord of the Admiralty, must have brought in the Marine Mutiny Bill, and must have known that the allowance to publicans for soldiers and marines billeted on them is fixed by the Mutiny Bill. You must also have known that last session a Parliamentary committee inquired into the billeting system, and recommended in their report that the allowance should be raised from 13d. to from 4d. to 6d. ; that I was asked publicly in the house on the 7th of February, this year, whether it was the intention of the Government to carry , this recommendation into effect, and that I answered that it was their intention to raise it to 4d., but that it could not be done until the Mutiny Bill was brought in ; that again on the 7th of March, on the Army Estimates, I made the same statement, and that Parliament voted the extra sum required for the payment of it, and that on bringing in the Mutiny Bill I pointed out that the only material alteration in it was the increased allowance to the publicans. The Mutiny Bill passed before there was any idea of a dissolution, and the War-office Circular, directing the payment of the additional allowance, was issued previous to the dissolution. " Your statement about the castle or barracks at Berwick is equally incorrect; but, although you made it, I think you admitted that you could not say that it could be proved. " I am not inclined to criticise too narrowly elec tion speeches, but when charges of this nature are made against a public department it is necessary , that they should be publicly contradicted, and I shall be glad to accompany the publication of this letter with any explanation you may have to offer on the contents of it. "Believe me, yours very truly, "J. PEEL." "Netherby, May 15. " Dear General Peel,—Until I received your letter this morning I was not aware that the in crease of billet money had been specified and sanc tioned by the Mutiny Act; or that provision had been made for this increase in the vote on account in the Army Estimates. The statement, therefore, in the speech to which you refer, respecting an act of prerogative, Parliament not sitting,' is an inaccuraw. You blame my ignorance. I acknow ledge it. A misstatement made by me has been the consequence. I am sorry for it, and you can give to this acknowledgment the publicity which you desire. The fact remains that a large increase of billet money has been made at the instance of the Government, and was announced on the eve of a general election, " With respect to an allegedpromise of an outlay of public money at Berwick I said that I could not speak with any certainty, and that I did not know whether the allegation could be proved. I have been since informed that it was not the restoration of the old castle which was contemplated, but the repara tion and the reoccupation of the old barracks at that place.—l am yours very faithfully, " J. R. G. GRAHAM. " Major-General the Right Hon. J. Peel." THE BARTIIQUAKE' AT QUITO. The Seis de Marzo, of Guayaquil, gives the fol lowing details of the recent earthquake at Quito : From the different accounts which tha Government has received, it learns that the dreadf u l earthqz.ake which was felt in this city on the 22d of the present month has caused terrible disaster and very lamentable losses in the capital of the republic, in all the neighbouring towns, in the capitals of the province of Leon, and amongst the towns of the cantonment of Latacunga. Equal or greater have been the injuries caused by the earth quake in all cities and settlements of the beautiful province of Imbaboure, the details of which have not been as yet re ceived ; but we shall hasten to make them public as soon as possible. In the meanwhile we have given place in the present number to the following article from El Artesano which gives an account, in the manner of the official com munications and various private letters, of the lamentable state to which that city is now reduced, and tre mournful condition of its unhappy inhabitants : "THE 22n or MARCH, 1859, IN QUITO. _ _ " The sweat and labour of man mingled together during many centuries, and transformed into sumptuous temples, have just been demolished by one of those terrible convul sions of the earth which from time to time strike the virgin of the new world with consternation. "A few seconds have been sufficient tu„,past to the earth the magnificent works of architecture which were the glory and pride of the opulent Quito. " Yesterday, the 22d of March, at half-past eight in the morning, after a slight atmospheric detonation, the most violent movements of the earth were felt, in which it was seen that the city had reached its last end. " The voice of man was hushed in his ordinary affairs, and bitter lamentations and prayers to Heaven ascended in the midst of the quivering of the earth, the sundering of mountains, the terrifying reports of the towers and cupolas of the temples and of the tiles and walls as they fell to the earth. Seventy-four seconds were sufficient to reduce to ruins the proud edifices which the perseverance of man..had raised up in the course of many long years. "This eminently catholic city, although hardly Chris tianised, prostrated to the earth, perhaps for its offences, loudly implored the clemency of offended Heaven in such awful moments. "As soon as the convulsions of the earth had ceased a new, horrifying, and tender scene to.k place on the scene of terror. The parents sought their scattered children ; these, in their turn, th e i r p aren t s; mem b ers o f f amilies implored one another with vehememt breath, in the midst of the weeping and confusion, as if hoping that they might unite together so that one spot might serve them for a common sepulture ; or, in consolation, shedding tears one over the other. "Here some sustained in their arms dismayed and aged people; there tender virgins whose strength had deserted them; further on were to be s een grou p s o f parents and friends whose intertwined arms express3d the pleasure which they felt at meeting. "As soon as there was a little calm of the feelings we went out to examine the ruins, and we have passed by the feeling of breathing the dust of the ruins of the temples. Here the Eternal seems to have said, will root out my house and my habitation from among an ungrateful "- There is not an edifice which has not suffered, and many do not admit of repairs unless they are demolished. The cathedral is mutilated, and one part of its balustrades fell to the ground, and the place which was used as an ecclesiastical court also lost its roof. The portico of the chapel of El Sagrario lost its best half, and the middle aisle is greatly injured. The temple of the Augustines lost its principal cupola and the tower and angle of its cloister: The temple of the Catalines came to the ground in its main part, which formed the front and the cupola, leaving several persons in its ruins, who, in consequence of its immensity, it is impossible to discover until after some days of labour. Of the temple of the Dominicans there fell the balustrades, two angles of the principal court, and one of the second. The tower of the hospital demands imme diate demolition, inconsequence of the ruinous stateii which it has been left.' The church of our Lady del Carmen is greatly injured, the great bars of iron which supported its angles having fallen. The magnificent temple of Santa Clara has been completely damaged, in consequence of the loss of her collateral arches and the destruction of her little cupola. From the temple of La Merced there fell the high cupola, some convent cells, and the little cupola o f th e tower, while the clock was riking the fatal hour for the last time. Both towers of the temple of San Francisco were found to be greatly damaged; but this one has suffered the least, although the interior of the convent is greatly damaged. The temple of St. Roque lost its tower, and one of the two temples of St. John the Evangelist lost one of the two which it had. The church of Recoleta de Dominicos is completely ruined. " Of the public edifices, the walls of the company at the corner of the San Francisco place are ruined, and the tiles of the building which was used for the transaction of the business of the supreme and superior courts have fallen. The government palace is completely injured in its two Ca binets, as well as the archiepiscopal palace. The colleges and chapels are all left in greater or less ruin. We conclude this faithful account by stating that, although there are a few houses not completely destroyed, there is not a single one which does not demand immediate repair. " The number of victims ascertained up to this moment is very small, and does not exceed ten persons who have perished under the ruins. " From some accounts which we have received from adjacent places we learn that the city of Machachi is de stroyed, as also the towns of the north—Perucho, Pornas qui, and Cotocollao, including the habitations of the fields. We are even ignorant of the number of persons who might have been in the towns, and even of the motive cause of so lamentable a catastrophe. "We will hereafter,. as we have promised, give more de tailed accounts of the Injuries which have resulted from the earthquake in the towns of the north." FAILURE IN BIRMINGHAM.—Yesterday a circular was issued announcing that the firm of Charles Villatti and Co. was unable to provide funds to meet the current en gagements, and a meeting of the creditors is convened. The house did business with South America, and the stoppage is attributed to the suspension of payment by the house cf Alfred Willers and Co., of Hamburg. A HOPEFUL SCHOLAR. —An engineer of world wide celebrity, on visiting a parallel which was in course of completion by a party of the corps, went up to the nearest sapper to interrogate him with reference to the work he was executing. The workman was private Solomon Whelan, who was not remarkable for wit or good sense. Colonel— What is your name, sir ? Sapper—Solomon Whelan, sir. Colonel—Well, Sol omon W helan, what slope is that ? Sapper—a very good slope, sir. Colonel—But what is its name? Sapper —A slope, sir. Colonel—You are a very stupid fellow. Sapper—Yes, sir. The colonel paused to scrutinise the genius ; and having surveyed him from head to heel, resumed the examination. Colonel—Supposing the first sapper were killed, what would you do with hire Sapper—Stuff him in the gabion I Colonel—And what would you do with the second, if he were killed ? Sapper —Make a fasciae of him I Colonel—Well, Solomon Whe lan, you certainly are a curious fellow. Sapper —yes, sir. Here the dialogue ended, and the colonel grade away twisting his whisker, evidently amfgeci at the species of information the interview had elicited.— -Romance of the Rank, tockj Sto. 1 Stock 100 100 stock 20 20 20 20 20 20 ] 20 10 I! 951 6 5 all }lOO 100 all 100 all }2. lall all all all all all ASECOND EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of the ENGLISH and IRISH CHURCH and UNIVERSITY ASSURANCE SOCIETY will be held at the Office, No. 345, Strand, on MONDAY, the 30th inst., at 12 o'clock precisely, to confirm such alterations in the Deed of Settlement as may be agreed upon at the extraordinary general meeting of the 28th inst. ANTHONY PECK, Secy. THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETLNG of the ENGLISH and IRISH CH ',RCEI and UNIVERSITY ASSURANCE SOCIETY will be held at the Office, No. 345, Strand, on MONDAY, the 30th inst., at One o'clock precisely, To receive the Reports of the Directors and Auditors, re spectively ; To elect four Directors in the place of Frederick fleath, Esq., Richard Hodson, Esq., Rev. Augustus George How, . John W Wason, M.A., who retire by ßev lot, and, being illiam eligible, t offer themselves for re election ; l'o elect Auditors ; To fill the vacancies in the office of Trustee ; And on general business. By order of the Directors. ANTHONY PECK, Secy. THIRD EDITION: SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS. The following appointments were made this afternoon al he Admiralty : - Captain—Oliver J. Jones to the Furious, vice Osborne, superseded at his own request. Master—James S. Wells (additional), to Fisgard, for the Bann. Paymaster—Thomas Pidcock, to the London. Clerk--.F. A. Pountney to the Hannibal. Assistant-Paymaster—Edward S. M Power to the Agamemnon. Assistant-Surgeon—John. W. Belcher (acting) to the Agamemnon. Assistant-Clerk—W. H. L. W. Roberts, to the Fire brand. "EMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE NEW PARLIAMENT. (From the London Gazette) CROWN-OFFICE, MAY 13. County of Westmeath—Richard George Augustus Levinge, of Knocdrin. Castle, Westmeath, Esq. ; William Pollard Urquhart, of Kanturck, Westmeath, Esq. Borough of Athlone—John Ennis, of Ballinahown, West meath, Esq. County of Fermanagh—The Hon. Henry Arthur Cole, of Florence Court, Fermanagh; Mervyn Archdall, of Castle Archdall, Fermanagh, Esq. Borough of Enniskillen—The Hon. John Lowry Cole, County of Down—The Hon. Arthur Edwin Hill, commonly called Lord Arthur Edwin Hill, of Norwood Park, Not tinghamshire; William Brownlow Forde, of Seaforde, county of Down, Esq. Borough of Downpatrick—David Stewart Ker, of Montalto, Downshire, Esq. Borough of Newry—Peter Quinn, of the Agency, Points pass, county of Armagh, Esq. County of Cork—Rickard Deasy, of Dublin, her Majesty's • Third Sergeant-at-law; Vincent Scully, of Merrion square, Dublin, Esq. Borough of Bandon Bridge—Lieut.-Colonel the lion. Wm. Smyth Bernard, of the Farm, Bandon. Borough of Kinsale—John. Arnott, of Firhill, Monkstown, county of Cork, merchant. Borough of Youghal—lsaac Butt, of Lower Leeson-street, Dublin, Esq., one of her Maje s ty' s C ounse l. Borough of Mallow—Raert Longfield, Esq., of Merrion square, Dublin, one of her Majesty's Counsel. MAY 14. County of Orkney and Shetland—Frederick Dundas, Esq., of Hanover-square, London. Borough of Dartmouth —Edward Wyndham Harrington Schenley, of Princes-gate, London, Esq. County of Merioneth—William Watkin Edward Wynne, Esq. Borough of Flint—Sir John Hamner, of Bettisfield Park, • Flintshiro, Bart. County of Antrim—Lieutenant-Colodel Thomas Henry Pakenham, of Longford Lodge, Antrim; Major-General the Honourable George Frederick Upton, of Castle Upton, Antrim. Borough of Belfast- 2 -Sir Hugh M'Calmont Cairns, Knight, her Majesty's Solicitor-General; Richard Davidson, Esq., of the Abbey, Antrim. Borough of Lisburn—Jonathan Richardson, of Lambeg, Antrim, Esq. County of Leitrim —John Brady, Esq. ; William Richard Ormsby Gore, Esq. Queen's County—Michael Dunne, of Ballymanus; Lieut.- Colonel Francis Plunket Dunne of Brittas both in Queen's County. , , Borough of Portarlington—Lionel Seyinour William Daw son Darner, of Iron Mills, Queen's County, Esq. County of Monaghan—Colonel Charles Powell Leslie, of Castle Leslie, Monaghan; Sir George Forster, of Cool deny, Monaghan, Bart. MAY 16. County of Mayo—John Thomas Browne, commonly called Lord John Brown, of Westport House, Mayo ; Captain Roger William Henry Palmer, of Kenmuro Park, county of Dublin. County of Clare—Crofton Moore Vandeleur, Esq., of Kil rush House, Clare ; Luke White, Esq., of the Grange, county of Dublin. Borough of Ennis—The Right lion. John David Fitz- Gerald, of Merrion-square, Dublin, one of her Majesty's Counsel. Borough of Harwich—Captain Henry Jervis White Jervis, of Charlwood-street, Middlesex; the Hon. William Frederick Campbell, of Stratheden House, Middlesex. Borough of Lewes—The Right Honourable Henry Fitzroy, of Upper Grosvenor-street, Middlesex ; the Honourable Henry Bouverie William Brand, of Glyndo, Sussex. MAY 17. County of York.—East Riding—The Right Honourable Beaumont, Lord Hotham ; the Honourable Arthur Duncombe. North Riding—Edward Stilling•fieet Cayley, Esq. ; the Honourable Willi am E rnest D uncombe. West Riding—Sir John William Ramsden Bart. ; Frank Crossley, Esq. LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EVENIN( ) ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 14, The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Lady Sarah Elizabeth Lindsay to be one of the Women of the Bed - chamber in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room of Lady Gardiner, resigned. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 13. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Thomas Ussher Esq., now her M a j es t y ' s C onsul-General to the Republic of Hayti, to be her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General to that Republic. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 17 The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Duncan Macauley as Consul at Manchester for the United States of America. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 16 The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Venerable Charles Caulfield, Archdeacon of Bahamas, to be a Member of the Legislative Council of that Colony; and Henry Hamilton Cooke, Esq., to be Postmaster of the Mauritius. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 16, The Queen has been graciously pleased to make and ordain a Special Statute of the Mo s t H onoura bl e Order of the Bath, authorising the following appointments tothe said Order : yiz D . i : vision of the e Colonel George Robert Barker, C. 8., Royal A r till ery. Secon d C T o o l Colonel "RE Extra r e oa r r t Members Knights Walpole, m B n. the , an Rifledrl tMilita ry Brigade. Colonel John Douglas, C. 8., 79th Regim en t. Major-General Henry Gee Roberts, Bombay Army. Major-General George Cornish Whitlock, Madras Army. To be Extra Members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions ; viz. : Colonel Maurice Griffin Dennis, 60th Regiment. Colonel Samuel Tolfrey Christie, 80th Regiment. Lieut.-Colonel John Simpson, 34th Regiment. Lient.-Colonel Robert Pratt, 23d Regiment. Lieut.-Colonel James Dodington Carmichael, 32d Regi ment. Lieut.-Colonel Julius Richard Glyn, Rifle Brigade. Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Smith, 90th Regiment, Lieut.-Colonel John McNeill Walter, 35th. Regiment. Lieut.- Colonel Wm. Payne, 53d Regiment. Lieut.-Colonel Wm. Henry Seymour, 2d Dragoon Guards, Lieut.-Colonel Wm. Campbell Mollan, 75th Regiment. Lieut.-Colonel John Wm. Cox, 13th Regiment. Lieut.-Colonel Lothian Nicholson, Royal Engineers. Lieut.-Colonel Sir Wm. Russell, Baronet, 7th H ussars . Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Lightfoot, 84th Regiment. Lieut.-Colonel Edward Ga scoigne Bulwer, 23d R eg t. Major John Bulkeley Thelwall, 24th Re g i men t. Bengal Artillery, H Li - Colonel T o y James Wm. ungerford, John Charles Graham Tice, Esq M.D , Deputy Inspec tor-General of Ho s pit a l s. • • Francis William Ines, Esq., M.D., Deputy Inspector- General of Hospitals. John Fraser, Esq., • M.D . ) Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals. Charles Alexander Gordon, Esq., M.D., Surgeon, 10th Regiment, James Gordon Inglis, Esq., M.D., Surgeon, 64th Regi l i - ment. Joseph Jee, Esq., Surgeon, 78th Regiment. M EMORANDUM. —Lieutenant-Colonel Charles F. Sey mour, 84th Regiment, would have been recommended to her Majesty for the dignity of Companion of the Order of the Bath, had he survived. ADMIRALTY, MAY 16. Vice-Admiral of the White William James Mingaye. has been appointed to receive a pension of £l5O a-year, as pro vided by her Majesty's Order in Council of 25th June, 1851, vacant by the death of Vice-Admiral Peter John Douglas, and the name of Vice-Admiral Mingaye has been removed to the Reserved Half -Pay Lift accordingly; and, in conse quence of this removal, the following promotions, to date from the 18th December, 1858, have this day taken place • Vice-Admiral of the Blue Si r Th omas Herbert, R.C.D./ to be Vice -Admiral of the White. Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir George Robert K.C.8., to be Vice-Ad m i ra l o f t h e Blue. • Retired Rear-Admi ra l J o h n G ore to b e Vice- Admiral on the Retired List. Lambert, Rear-Admiral of the White Charles Ramsay Drinkwater Bethune, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue George Rodney Mundy to be Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain Thomas Henderson to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. The undermentioned officers on the Retired List have also been promoted to be Retired Rear-Admirals, on the terms proposed in the "London Gazette" of the ist S e pt ember 1846, but without increase of pay : Captains William Shepheard and William Lackraft. ADMIRALTY, MAY 7. Royal Marines —First Lieutenants to be Captains— les Blake, Osbor ne F rederick Charles Archibald Alexander Douglas, Charles Loftus Tottenham Worthy Bennett, G eorge Leslie, ‘Villiam Penn Burton, Nicholas Benn e tt D alby, Enbule Fraser, Usher, G yv e?" l f a e m La Henry icel Daysh Thelwall, and Richard P en tl and Henry. Second eutenants o be First Lieutenants—H enry Sturt Lewis, William Henryn Smith, John Straghan, William Henry Poyntz, Thomas Linley Grant, Augustine Evans, Robert • Reginald Augustus Woodforde, James Alfred 'Godfrey, [ Longhorn Rokeby, William Armstrong, Charles William Fothergill, Robert James Pascoe, Henry Cowley Bowker Henry Ives De Kantzow, Syd ne y Thomas Bridgford, John. William Walter O'Grady, Graham Hewett Henry Monck ton Kay, Nowell Fitz Upton Way, Ernest Augusttu3 Macy, George Majendie Vivian, Charles Edward Bervante, Edward O'Donovan Powell, James Anderson Morice, Daniel Thomas Woodruff, and William Younghusband. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS LIEUTENANTS. Denbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry—James Richardson Barnes, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Norman James Biggs Uniacke, promoted. 2d Regiment of Royal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry—Hems Walter Kiallmark, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon. Queen's Own Regiment of Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Edmund Ruck-Keene, Esq., to be Captain, vice Wykeham, resigned. Light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia— Henry Fuller, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Pargiter M. Dickenson, promoted. Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—David James Sutherland Morrison Colquhoun Kemp, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Simms, promoted. East Suffolk Regiment of Militia Artillery Corps— Arthur Henry Brittain, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. 2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaseer's Own Militia— Robert Highat, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Henry Har rington Molyneux Seel, resigned. BANKRUPTS. James Holmes, licensed victualler Elgin-creseent, Ken sington, to surrender May 27, at half-past eleven, and July ri rc c han t Cotlm needs, June .2 and 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. 30, J a a t m e e l s ev T e e n s , se a ym t th an e , Lee tim a b s e D r m ist e Frederick Davis, hair dresser, Melcombe Regis, Dorset shire, June 1 and 22, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court. William Faiers, grocer, Hoxton, Middlesex, May 28 an d June 28, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Turner, brewer, Chester, May 30 and June 21, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Gemder Anthon Martin Aas, ship broker, Colchester street, City, May 31, a t h a lf- pas t one , and June 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Charles Prowse, chemist, Bristol, May 30, and June 27, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. William Charles Reynolds, licensed victualler, Alders gate-street, May 26, at one, and July 1, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. _ _ SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Davie Morrie Stirling, Esq., of Blackgrange, deceased. Peter M'Onie, merchant, Gartmore. Miss Marion M'Neight, of Bellvue, Ayrshire. William Fraser, tailor and clothier, Aberdeen. ' John Moncur, grocer and spirit dealer, Dundee. Robert Anderson, bri c k ma k er , Hillheaa, near Particle. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tars DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 15 11 15 Antwerp Brussels — 24 971 25 21 Hamburgh Paris Short. 25 2f 2.5 71 Ditto Marseilles — 25 35 25 42} Frankfort on Maine — 115/ 115$ Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 31/ 32 Madrid Cadiz — 49 49 Leghorn — 30 31 20 Genoa — 25 90 26 0 Naples Palermo — 117 117 Messina —117 f Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro 6O days at. .. New York — • •.. E.I. Co's Ns. House bld. 60d. • • 23f Calcutta, Co.'s rupee Bombay ditto Madras dial') • • • - East India Company s Bills drawn, from the 2d to the 10th May. £0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Benpl.. Madras Bombay £0 0 0 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)....per oz. 17 9} Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) ~ 0 5 21 DONCASTER RACES.—(TiIIs DA.Y.) Or ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL STAKES. Clara Webster Weasel Layton 0 1 0 2 3 Won in a canter. - STAND STAKES. Turret Caliph Meanee colt 1 9 3 Ten ran. HOPEFUL STAKES. Lupellus Butterfly. Tom .... 3 Twelve ran. CHESTERFIELD PLATE. Griffin .. . Paul Jones Gibsido Fairy 3 Ten ran. STEEPLECHASE. Jealousy Omer Pacha The Curate 3 Eight ran. LATEST BETTING. DONCASTER, HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Far West (taken) 4to 1 agst Clara Webster (taken) ENFIELD.—Mr. Joseph Bond has sold Enfield for 4.1,600, with a contingency of an additional £3,000 should the horse win the Derby. He will remain in Armstrong's stables at Epsom until after the race. Mr. A. Gray, who bred him, has also received a very liberal offer for the brother and dam. AQUATICS. FOUR-OARED RACE.—A four-oared race took place yes terday between the members of the Prince Albert Aquatic Club and the Temple Unity Rowing Club, for £2O. The following were the crews : Prince Albert Aquatic Club ... 1 Mr. Nelms. Mr. Wooley. I Mr. DismOre. Mr. Fenton (stroke). Mr. Burton (cox.) Temple Unity Rowing Club Mr. Sheridan. Mr. Bowles. Mr. Cotter. Mr. Hughes (stroke). Mr. John Ilyer (cox.) The distance was from Putney to Barnes, and despite the unfavourable state of the weather, the race was accompa nied by several friends. The Temple Unity had the best station, and they started and rowed well together for nearly half a mile, when the Prince Albert gradually drew away, and ultimately achieved an easy conquest. Mr. Going, of Wandsworth, was referee. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. SKITHFIELD..—MeadOW hay, £2 15s to £4l2s ; clover, do., £4 5s to £5 10s; and straw, £1 4s to £1 8s per load. Trade rather dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 12s; clover do., £4 5s to £5 lOs ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 9s per lead. Supplies moderate. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 10s to £4los ; Clover do., £4 5s to L 5 10s ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 78 per lead. A heavy demand. COLONIAL. TEA.—The public sales of this article were brought to a termination yesterday, and full prices were obtained for most descriptions. SUGAR.—The market continues dull, and for some qua lities prices have further receded. Stocks on hand, how ever, have slightly increased. In the Refined Market the transactions have been very limited, and prices have exhi bited a downward tendency. COFFEE.—The deliveries in this article have been nninz portant, and confined to immediate requirements for home consumption, and notwithstanding 'the deficiency of about 3,400 tons in the stock compared with those of the sumo period of last year, prices show little signs of im provement. RlCE.—There has b een a mo d erate d eman d, and a few parcels have chang e d h an d s a t a b out prev i o us rates. SALTPETRE.—The market i s dull, and the few dealings recorded show little variation in values. Beng al 6 p er cent. refraction sold at 45s 6d per cwt. _eep up value s . demand for ini- TALLow.—The market continues firm , have been on a v er y mo derate scale. The but the dealings mediate consumtion, h owev er, assists to k June, P.Y.C., on th e sEot, last three months 6 5 per cwt. i s quoted 5 5 s 3 d ; as 3d, and THIS SHIPPING. 17.--Esperanza, from Sagaa LONDON, nay 17.—Wind thie day at nocri—N.W • y ; Julia, from Ha vannall• lfreeFoshAra,Ln:dioetuli;rdia,Tuaaeyil:ifro,77_meaAthcrne:;.e (nT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTRAIOTO; Tuesday Morning. Wind, N.N.E. ; rain. Arrived—Hamtnonia, steamer, from Hamburg ; Havre, steamer, from Havre Courier, steamer., from Jersey. Sailed—Margaret Lloyds, for Newport; Dispatch and Atalanta, steamers, for Jersey; Alliance, steamer, for Havre; William Andrews, for Stockton. _ LivEßzooL, Tuesday Morning. Wind N.N.W. Arrived, May 16.—Jura, screw steamship, from New York, has 862,949 doll, specie ; Middleton, from New Orleans. Arrived, May 17.—Sophia and Arrow, from Nantes. Off the Port.—Bosphorus, from Calcutta, and Queen, 'ora Nantes. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Wind, N.W. ; tide, two hours' flood ; raining. Arrived, May 16.—Irene, from Adelaide ; Damascus, from Sydney; Disraeli, from Bombay; Glenalmond, from Bahia ; Hotspur, from Calcutta; Indemnity, from Geelong; Leguan, from Grenada ; Zone, from Demerara ; Pandora, from Gijon; Bee, from St. Übe's. Sailed, 17—Seine, for Boulogne. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Wind N., moderate. Passed—Gustav from London, for Quebec. Passed in tow—Winifred, from London, for Liverpool. Sailed—Coringa, for London. AN EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEET ING of the PROPRIETORS of the ENGLISH and IRISH CHURCH and UNIVERSITY LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY will be held at the Office, No. 345 Strand, on SATURDAY, the 28th i ns t ., at 12 o'clock precisely, to con sider and determine upon various alterations in the Deed of Settlement, reiummended by the Directors. ANTHONY PECK, Secy. 2 ]j