The Sun. — London, England, 1862-04-23 00:00:00

.~"°~ MON CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Owing to the plentiful supply of money and the reduced terms upon which accommodation can be obtained in the open market, the directors of the Bank of England, it is thought, may deem it expe dient to modify their discount regulations, and although the subject attracts but little attention, it - would not create the slightest surprise if, at their meeting to-morrow afternoon, they should adjust the minimum quotation at 2, instead of 22 per cent. as at present. Even this concession, however, would probably fail to bring them any great acces sion of business, because it would merely stimulate competition "out of doors" owing to the excessive nupplies of unemployed money, and the moderate demand for commercial and other purposes. There is a steady influx of gold at the Bank of England, an additional supply of £66,000 having been sent there yesterday. About £260,000 is known to be coming forward from Australia, which, together with remittances from the West Indies, America, &c., will ensure a large importation of specie during the next few weeks, but it is not improbable that the reports will shortly exhibit at least a temporary augmentation, through the trans mission of the proceeds of the Turkish and Egyptian loans. Share; I Later advices from New York, viz., to the 9th inst., report no change of importance in the money Market there, the rates for " call loans," as they are termed, being 6 to 7 per cent., and for first class bills also 6 to 7, with occasional transactions in bankers' short acceptances at 5 per cent. The bar silver by the Arato, from the West Indies, has been disposed of at ss. lid. per ounce. The foreign exchanges, yesterday afternoon, in most instances exhibited a slight advance. Gold. is now about 4-loths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris, and 2-10ths percent. higher here than in Hamburg. It has been notified that tenders for bills of exchange on India will be received at the Bank of England on the first Wednesday in each month. Notice has been given that 900 bonds of the second Russian 41 per Cent. Loan, amounting to £90,000, have been drawn for redemption. Only a small amount of business was transacted i❑ the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and Prices were firmly supported. The sales were about .5,000 bales. ,KET. SHARE MARKET-THIS DAY. --~- - ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. p aid. l Closing 1 Business Price. I done. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val Flost.,Sleaf.,andMid.k:o Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no div Do. B ti 11 6p c.p an.has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab, jinx East Anglian 'Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do Bdo do East Suffolk . Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin., Perth, & Dundee Glasg. and S. Western. GreatNrthn.of Scotland Great Northern Do A stock .-. Do B do Gt. S. an W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stool) Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast L i Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western! Lon. & South Western' L'derry & Enniskillen. Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 3faryport and Carlisle. Do * shares Metropoli f an Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid Gt. W. of Ireland Do. d shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Norfolk North British Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock Do A. stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York (North London Do new North Stafrordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock . Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union ' South Devon S. Durham & Lanc.Un 1 South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do Pref. No. 1 meter Do Do !Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim, Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall West London Do Ist class Do 2d class 'W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland Oxford Do Newporr Do Hereford 74 8 el 71 91 93 109 110 6 6i 10 £4 CITY NEWS-THIS DAY. Two O'CLOCK. The English Stock Market to.day has exhibited rather more firmness, a rise of k per cent, having taken place. Consols are 931 94 for money, and 94 T for the Bth prox. A few purchases on speculative account have created a buoyant tone. The New Threes and the Reduced are 928 8; Ex che quer Bills (June), 17s. to 21s. premium. Bank Stock is flat at 238, and India 5 per Cents. remain at lOtn e. Foreign Securities have been dealt in to a moderate extent, arid prices are rather firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 801 81 ; ditto 1858, 701 711 ; ditto £lOO Bonds have Improved to 721 ; Mexican to 318, 2 ; Russian to 991 ; ditto 3 per Cents, are flat at 611 ; Spanish Deferred are firm at 431 ; ditto Passive, 19k k ; ditto Certificates at 84 ; and Italian are steady at 68k The New Turkish Scrip is 28 k prem., and the gyptitp3, 1-3.1, prem. 1143 operations in the Railway Share Market hav e been on the most limited scale, and in several instrAnces prices have shown a downward move- Its'at. Eastern Counties and Lancashire and York shire have receded Ss., Caledonians 165., and North British £l. North Eastern (Berwick), however, i mproved 55., and North Eastern (York) 10s. South Westerns and South Easterns remained at previous rates. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings con tinued in fair demand. Sambre and Meuse im proved to 11 and 111 ; Great Luxembourg, to 151 I; Coliurgs and Rotterdam, to 78 e ; Bahia and San 'rancisco, to 171 4; and South Austrian and Lom lardo-Venetian, to 211. Grand Trunk of Canada tealised 241; Great 'Western of Canada, 128 2 1,-; alst Indian, 104 to 1048; Great Indian Peninsula, 102;1014 and Madras 5 per Cents., 1011. The Imperial Bonk shares are 14 prem. ; Nor thern, Counties, 31 4 prem.; and. British Colum- I lan prem. In the Miscellaneous Market Peninsular and Cliental Steam improved to 091; Peel River Land 6;to and Crystal Palace Stock remains steady at Joint-Stock Bank Shares continued dull, with out change to record in values. London and West -011 ester realise 801; Ottoman Bank, 254 26; tondon and South African, 107, ; and Chartered of 'Lilian, Australia, and China, 204 206. minim. FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. l'ank Stock a per Cent. Reduced Annuities a zi Per Cent. C onso l s A nnu i t i es 931 4 * 31 A 6 W 3 per C en t. A nnu i t i es 921 I 1 1 ilr:itie.,s, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — I,ittto. for 30 yrs, expire .sth April, 1885 l5l stuck Ditto 6 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 pgr Cent 9l 901 'Oitto 5 per Cent l' 3 f I 4 1itto 51 per Cent lOB/ Ditto Debentures , 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 1001 I :Ditto ditto April, 1864 100/ I :Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 100/ Ditto Bonds £l,OOO ~tonso l s f or Account, May 8 94 - achequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent 2l 17 Ditto .ESOO Ditto Small ~., FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ' o •%!.liart 5 per Cent ~. Ditto 4+ per Cent, 1860 .. -4 '11e.,._ nos Ayres 6 p er C en t ~,, 'Ditto A ccount " It alian, 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) , Ditto Scrip 'lexicon 3 per Cent b itt o Acco nt P ortuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 451 6/ t 6 ~, bitty Account Russian e 5 per Cent, 1822, £ St — Ditto Account 094 G Ditt o 41 per C ent . , Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 .. 61f * ardin 5 per Cent. B Pauts . h:3 Cent Ditto. New er Deferrer'43f Ditto. _Amount 4Ditto Passive anitib ert. of Coup. not funded Turki, th 6 per Cent. BOl 1 Ditt , o Ne w L oan 71 701 Ditt o Account . 701 Ditto, £lOO Bonds nitt ,o Certificates, 4 per Cent kistr ian 5 per Cent. Ex. 10 Florins 521 s • Dlvidends on the above Payable in L on d on. ` 4 • l ian 5 per Cent., 1861 THREE O'CLOCK. C onsolß, Money 94 Din Account Ta n MURDERER CLARK.—It will be remem bered that George Clark, a joiner, was convicted at the ';_ewee Etle-on-I.yse Spring A ss i zes o f t h e mur d er of Mr. lark Fra - ter, a tax collector, in the street of that town, and that he was sentenced to death by Mr. J i usticeWilles ; but, 1 11 cam sequence cf the eccentric conduct of the prisoner 01 1 his trial, and subsequent examinations made by medi cal gel ttlemen, it will also be recollected the sentence of death was subsequently respited by the Home -office. T here I has since been considerable difficulty with regard to t he dial oos ,al of the convict, through the Newcastle borough Justices refusing to sign a certificate that Clark W as tl rough the two medical men appointed by them to e loraine, the convict made a report to them to that e ffect. ..The difficulty has been got over, however, by a I) .,,,.tivate rt;mation which h as b een sen t t o the governor of " l ewcal tele Gaol, to the effect that the Queen has com kilted the sentence on Clark to that of penal servitude f or lif e , ILL. •TIMED HOLIDAYS.—The `holiday on Good liday at th e E x hibi t i on building was practically extended to Satin ?day, and there is little prospect of more work being done to -day than was, done yesterday. Easter is always a Period r )f enjoyment with the British artisan, and this year SDe wer.ther comes to justify his idleness. The clatter of )0::1013 hucamers in and a bout the building w ill probably not e heard. again in full vigour until Thursday, and the Ex hibition - managers are getting nervous about their propara ti The hundreds of half-built cases which choke up ?et!, ga.:dery and passa ge , the piles of shavi ngs, the un finished ,trophies, th e quarre l s a b ou t s p a c e b e t ween exhibi tors and superintendents, and the disputes about free tickets be tween. the exhibitors and the commissioners; the im tsetse mass of divided labour which no central authority ca n control or measure, with a hundred other disturbing qtfluences, make Mr. Sandford's managership anything but a bed of roses. Not, mbre than seven clear working days 1 11.0 Nv remain before the curtain will be drawn up upon the Industrial drama; and upon the character of the show, and t he thenthusiasm excited by the opening, will largely depend e financial success of the undertaking. 41 43 10 11 22 23 58 59 57 0 0 37 40 91 93 30} 31f 102 101 140 145 115 f 1161 114 115 132 134 104 106 73i 74 65 58 106} 107 k 57 58 121 123 45 46 94 641 99f 1001 8 11 4:#43 I 9 Of 1284 129 1 I ) IP 98 100 66 68 63i 644 97 97} / }d 55 Of 84f 85 101 104 P fpm 5k 4f e 10} 111 124 126 453 494 106 108 46 47 36 38 84 84i 87 68 100 102 8: t/ 37} 386 8 9 4 I) 6 61 p [45 150 55i 6(3i 24 36 93 96 29 132 6d 6 1 47 48 43 45 88 90 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. p aid. Leasing Closing Business Co. s Price. I Done. Bedford and Bletehley all Ln.&N.W Birkenhead Buckingh ragalre. Chester & o 'plead lOO Do. 54 56 Do. 5i per cent 100 Do. 126 128 Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Cledon lO2 104 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E. 17.&E.0 E. Lincolnsh. gFpr c. 100 Gr.Nerth. 136 138 E.Union,HarwichShs all E.Counts. 4 41 Do. Woodbridge.... 100 •• •• •• Gls.Bart&Neils.Drct. 100 Cledon Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. Weal Hull and Selby all Ylc.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N. W 200 203 201 2001 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley. 6 per c. all Do • •••••• •• •• Do. New Sh 1861, 4 p.c. all D 0........ 20 22 Do.W Ext. A, 4i pc. all D 0........ 8 9 London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 64 62 Do. Preferen Lon.,Tilb.& b, oiend 100 Peto &Co B6 89 Lowestoft gua. s p c.. 100 Norfolk Do si per cent lOO Do. •• • • IVlnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& • 31. 41 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx 5. 5. 6. E Counts. p p ua. 5 per cent. .. Northm&Eastn. sp. c. all D o . Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. . N. Eastn—ETartlepool 1( 0 N. B. . North Western all Midland 151 1( Not. Gran. Rl. & Cl. 100 Gt North. 924 94 Preston and Wyre. { all L&N.W &L. Yk. 3 44 46 Do. y shares A. all Do. ••• • .. Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 Gt• North. 135 137 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 125 130 Do. Do. South Staffordshire, lOO Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 93 95 04 Wimbledn k' Croydon, all L.&Brgtn di 94 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share! Railways. Paid.( Closing Business Prices. Done. 26 Blythe and Tyne .0 p.c pref. issued at £5 at Bris. & Exet. 4p.c. st 20 Do. shales et Caledon. qr. ahrs, No. 2 64 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. 20 Cornwall. 5 per coat. 6} Dun. Perth, & Abel .Jun 10 Do. Ist Class Pref., at E. Angn. Class Asp. c. at if. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 at Do No. 2 at Do. new 6p.c. at at Eastern Union, 4p. e— st Do. sp. c. guar at Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares at Do. 4p. c. guar. S.& P at Glas.& S. West. gu. 5 p.c at Great Northern, sp, c st D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c. pm at Do. 44 p. c. do at Do.sp.c.Redrc.atsp.c.pm 10 Gt. Nh. of scot. Ist pref. at Gt. Sn. &W. (Ireland) 4 per cent 50 Great West. (Berke and Hants Fxt) 5 per cent at Do. redeem. 44 p. et at Do. redeem. 4 p. ct st Do. irredeem. 4p. et st Do. sp. C. redeem. pref st Do. Birm. guar. stock at Do. Birm. pref. stook at Do. Chester guar. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. she Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. ahs 100 Lan. & Carl. 45 p.c. pre st Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock at Do.Barnstst£s 2s 10d. e at Do. 6 P. c. (East Lan) at Do. 44 p. c. (Blaekb. pur ' at Lon.&Brig.sp.e.gu. NO.I st Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 at Do. 6 per cent. d 0...:,. at Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 at Do. 7 per cent pref. atk at Do, 6 p.c. do( W. E.&C. P.) st Do. 4p e st. (div.def. 111'65 at Lon. Cha t. &D.y. sp.c.pf. st Lon. &N. W., Coy. Nuneaton, 5 per cent. at Lon. & &West. 7p. cent. at., late 3d shares .... 124 r.ondony. & Ennis. 4 shs Et Man. Sh. & Lin. fi per ct. 6 Do. £6 st Do. 34 per cent. ........ 10 Do. redeem. 6 percent... 12} Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. 124 Do. 4 per cent. . at Mid land Con. 6p. c. stk. st Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c. at Do. 44 p.c. pref. at. rdem at Do. 44 p.c. irredeemable 6 Do. 41 per cent .... . • at Do.Leic. and Hit.4per ct at Ni , rflk. p. c. Ex. at. 18+11 at Do. 54 p. c. Pref. at. 1847 at D 0.5 Way.ValEx.st.lBl7 at Nort British, 5 per cent. at Do. New gua. 5 per cent 10 Do. Bor. Un, g. prf, aha. at N th.Dvn.Bail.&Dck.Co. st N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. at Do. 44 pr. ct' redeemable st Do. G. N. E. 4p. et. pref 17 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. 20 Do. Leeds 6p. o. No. 1 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1848. 25 Do. York, H. &S. Furth.. 20 North Staffordshire.... at Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock.... at Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c at Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock 1 0 s. South Devon, Ann, 10s. 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent 10. 6 South Eastern(Reading Ann., 1.0.6) at Do. 44 per cent at Do, Fixed 44 per cent at South Wales, gua. 4p. c. at Do. 44 per cent at Do. a do. 1859 at Do. 5 per cent st S. Yorkshire, 4p. gua 20 Do. sp. c. gua 2 5 Stock. & D ar . Asp. c 25 Do. B 6 p. c Do. C 6 p. at ,Viratrid & Killmy. 6p. c. o o :s e e w ry p e o t r .6 t p s . p c. .e. p p i f f Le 66 d. at W. DI id.- Oxf Ist gua stk ] at Do. 2d do B a t t D D at .1 )0. 'till 1869 1 94 96 20 21 6 6i 100 105 109 111 108 110 126 128 84 86 110 112 90 92 116 118 112 114 104 106 107 109 97 99 100 102 91 93 92 94 102 104 76 98 76 78 170 180 103 105 37 139 101 103 116 118 116 118 135 140 [l6 ir 152 156 129 133 76 78 931 94i 14 1411 [25 127 68 70 138 140 ,102 104 94 96 110 112 108 110 1 ltproi 100 102 96 98 f id idis parj 22 23 I:as 140 10 11 233 244 101 103 101 103 85 87 I 1 1 P 28 29 33 34 33 34 42 45 125 127 120 125 102 10! 123 125 119 123 127 122 i i COLONIAL GO VERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c..la, &j ut '-: 1877-S2 ...... ... Y' ~,„ - Do Bp. oent.lB . B3:g t n 9. -, 110 111 1111 12 11, - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Au°. in o ' o o - - - I DO. 6 p.c.2.lar. & Sept. boo' ICB 110 - I Do. 5 per cent...... 1 00 108 1 9 0 - I Do. Inscribed stock 100 100 1 1011 1001 1 -- ICapeG.lioue. 6 p c0 ,,,, 3 too Iso no - Do..ip &Oct. 1880 100 169 111 - Do. I>o>o ton 1 , 1 ,," 111 .u 9 ii - Do. Jan. Sr July, 1891.. 100 112 1 - Ceylon, N0v. 1861, 6 p c 100 ...... 114 1131 - N.B.Gpv.op.c,l a.tir,July 100 10 - 7 - 1 - i.o. 6p. u.Ap. it Oct. 100 -._ PEI 1071 - N. S.W. 6 01'. sp. u., 1868 100 100 171 - T)o • r, r, c.. 1871 1131 876 100 98 99t - Do. d0.,1959 a upwds 1 00 97 98 - New Zeal an d 6p. cent. 100 109 111 98 1 1 . Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p• c• - sterling, 1875 .. . ..... 100 109 lio lio - S. Au 5,G 6 p.c.1873.3z up.. , 100 108 110 - Vio.Gov. 6 p.o. Ja.&,,july 100 106 108 ._-1. D0.,d0. 6p.0. Apda)ct.... 100 106* 1061 1061 I H 1061 11 st st 25 st st st 10 ;9.15.4 13.14 10 at et 60 20 100 100 100 ,16.13.4 1 100 1 1 100 100 100 100 100 all all 94k 31 1001 100 100 100 1 all all {lOO 15 all 100 FOREIGN RAILWAYS Algerian , kntwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes.... Bah.&S. Fran.. Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiapo ......... ..... Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish . Eastern of France .... Grand Rus Guar. 6 p. c. Gt. Luzern., Con. she... Italian Junction Lyons & Geneva .... Namur & Liege ....... Do. 6 p. 0. Pref. Northern of France..., Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Prof. Ot'mn (Smyrna to Aidn: Par! s,Lyons, & Medi ter. Paris & 0r1ean5........ Recife & S. Fran. (fern.) xua. 7 p. ct. Riga & Dunaburg...... Royal Danish Royal Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre Jr Meuse ...... Do. 54 per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, Um, g. 7 p. c. S.Aust, &Lomb Venetin S. East Portugal 7 p ct. Southern of France.... West Flandern ..,..... Do. 54 p c. Preference.. W. & N. W. of France .. PREFERENCE SHARES Dividends contingent on the Profits *Caledon. £lO Gua. Stk 160 Cornwall4i p.c. ga.perp all *E. Anglian, Cisß, 6 p.c. 100 * Do. ClsC, 7 p.c. 100 Edin,Prth,&D'dee,4p.e. 100 Lond'n, Brig'tn, &c., 44 per cent. 1818 100 Do. do. 4 per ct. 1860 100 Do. do. 4; per et. 1861 100 Do. do. 4 , per ct. 1861 31 Lon. & Chat'in, Metrop. Ext. B, 6 p.c 74 Lon. &S.Wcstern 4i p.c. 100 North British £ lO Gua ail Shares, 1861 * ScottishCentral44 p.c lOO irred. 10 S.-Eastern 44 p.c. 1859..1 all 10 Do. 5 p.c. June iFfil (rd.) 5 10 Do. 5 p.c. Aug. 1861 (rd.) 3i * Failure of full dividends in any made good out of the profits of any f/ 7i - -- P 1 11 & lit 11 12 44 4 I leP 28 24 141. 15k El 12 20 21 41 12 8 10 74 65 44i 45 50 r 2 4/ 3i ' 13 15 10 101 9i 91 m 3 3tPp 31i 321 71 71- 10t 10i 21 22 AN D 81 of each a 102 Ib4 80 82 103 105 92 95 103 105 I d par 102 103 9f 10 4 4pm' Pm' given half-' subsequent 97J d 103 21 •year not to b e t half year. BRITISH. MINES. AltredConsols(Phihick) 8.9.3 ~ .. .. 20 British Iron Clifford' nil 29 11 Devon G. Cons. (Taoist ) 1 415 425 East Bassett (IIlogan) 3O 13 45 43 1 East Caradon ..... East earn Brea. E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) 7.10.0 24 34 Ga m.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 56i 13 15 Great South Tolgus l7s 3 34 3 G.Wheal Ada. (Philack) G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 40 84 74 Grenville 6.15.0 24 3 Elerod's-Foot 8.12 26 38 flingston Downs 4.14 14 24 Lady Bertha Margaret (Cny Lelant) N 44 46 Mark e Valley. 4 Slyndy Iron Ore (Lim.) 2i id par North Downs 2l 4 41 North Frances (Illoga,.) 12.3 -- - - V. Wh '1 Basset (1110 _fan) 2.3 0 24 34 Forth Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) 14 5 6 20 Providence(UnyLelnt.) 10.0.; 40 42 ~o rtridze Cons. Min. Co. 1 4 t South Caradon(St.Cleer) 14 325 •35 S. Cam Brea (Moulin) 4 5.11.6 24 34 ~ .Wheal Fran. (1110g,an8.1 , .1 100 105 Stray Park 28.9. 32 33 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Alin 44 14 it 10 Tin Croft 9 11 12 West Basset (Illnan). • 1 4 11 12 W Caradon (Liskeard) . 5 20 12 West Seton ~, . ~., 474 270 280- Wheal ItasFc . l (Illog - fai 5/ 5 100 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 65 73 Whcai Edward (Cals.) 74 14 1a f . Wheal Kitty ( EJ.Lclant) 1.7.2 12 14 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 12 13 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.), 7 17 17 • FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAzoord Copper,Lfm all 4 4 4 5 Brazil Land & Min.Co all 1 16 1 Clarendon Cons. Mine° 3 dii. '0 Care Copper all 31 13 20 Copiapo 2 Capula Silver Vs. 3 d jpm 1 OunMoun.Cep.httnfr.oo ail 1 lip 14 3 East Del Rey (Limited) 1 i i 2 Fortuna. 20 General all 22 24 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr l4 4 4 d ij Kapunda (Limited) 1 4 1 i 3 Linares all 7 8 5 Lusitanian 2 I d ipm 1 Ilariquica all 1 ` l •RhineCopofS.Aus.L 4 1i cb 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Leafi Mining and Smelt... all 2 4 5 Port Philip 1 1 1 t Santaßarbara Grid Mine 4 44 p m 4 t Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. 14 ltpm 2} 20 St. John del Rey (L.) l5 53 55 55 28.2.84 United Mexican . 4 71 1 Worthing ( Limited )..., all DOCKS. stock Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.Prei.llin lOO —: 1 stock East and West hulls llOO 126 128 stock London. .... I 100 54 58 stock St. Katharine ! 100 58 60 stock 'Southampton lOO 1531 stick i Vietari a .... 100 99 101 126728 i 54 58 1 58 60 i 1531 99 101 1 id par stook ( Southampton stack Victoria. ,, 20 Do New . JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 190 i Agra&UnitedServioe B 6O 86 88 ;[BB 40 Australasia all 66 48 25 Bank of Egypt all 22 23 100 Flaak of London 5O 50 British North American all 54 56 20 Chtd.Bank of India, ,itc. all 20 21 zoi t 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 33 g 5 100 City • . 50 92 94 100 Colonial . 2.0•11 Com. Bank of Canada all 20 Eng.. Scot., Ac Aus. Ch all 181 191 18; 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austrai all 241 MI 20 Do. new all 244 is 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.Airican lO pr fpm 10 100 London & Westminster 20 79 81 ' 801 79/ 100 Metrop. & Provinl. Bnk. 10 4 d *p 10 100 Nat. Prov. 01 England 42 -. 20 Do. new . ... —. l2 --. 50 National Bank 20 Ne‘, South Wales...—. all 39 10 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 534 511 20 Ottoman Bank ... .. all 'l5l 204 26 51 6i 100 • Provincial of Ireland .. 25 87 19 10 Do. new . ... all -- 25 South Australia ~ ... all 36 37 25 Union of Australia .... all 45 46 50 Uni., ,of London . l2 31 32 311 I 106 Unity Mutual.. 6O MISCELLANEOUS. 1 0 Anglo- M exican Mint„ all 9 20 1194 10 Atlantic 11. Ml. Stta (1d) all 2 3 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 27 28 10 Bahia Steam (Limited). 1 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 41 51 50 British American Land 40 50 R&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 29 32 20 Do. 8.7n.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited).,.,.,., all 9 11 324 Canada Land all 114 117 10 China & Japan Coast & River Steam Naviga. 24 at. Cop.Min.olEng.&Smltg all 25 • Do. Pref. 74 per cent. all 12 16 st. Crystal Palace at. Do. Preference st Do. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb lOO 104 107 10 E.lndia & Lon. Ship A 74 •-- 1G Do. B 74 14 04 20 E.lndia Irrign. & C anal 1 par } pm 1 at. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 5 English & Aus. Copper, all 2f 24 i2l 15 Gen. Steam Navigat i ni 14 254 26i 261 1 Great Ship Limited),., all 1 Do 174 pct Preference all 5 t 2 Indian Carrying (Lim.) 1 ..._ 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 44 31 3} d 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all II 15 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 2; 34 3a 44 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all at 44 10 Do. 8 per cent. pref all 25 National Dia. CO. (Lim.) 5 4 4 p 5 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim.) 5 id fp 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.c.Pret..iss.atl dis all f 1 100 N. BL&NovaScotiaLand 81 13 t 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 1 14 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all li 14 10 Orintl. In, stea m (Limj all 6 7 at. Peel ß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 55 67 66 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 68 70 694 50 Do. New . 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.:4lp.c all 19 194 19 1 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New .. 25 Rio Janeiro CitY 1./1.1p.. ts all 251 2 64 100 Royal Mail Steam. . 60 53 55 f it. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim) 100 135 1 4 0 25 South Australian L and all 32 84 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip., al' A 1 Do. do. Registered a.l 10 Do. do ... . all 4 1 6 i 2 10 Trust an Telegraph d to Ain I ency ord a (1:.) 1 »;d P Austrlasia(lim)lst is. 1 par ip 20 Tr.& Ln.Co.ot Upr.Can. 5 14 lf 5 U. li'dom Tel. Co. (lim.) 1 ui • 100 Van Diemen's 1.-nd 284 ' 9 gi 921 1 23 i LAW---THIS DAY. Share Railways. Closing Price. Business dont' 100 Atlantic & SCLawrenee ~,. j Bom.,Baroda&Cent Ind " A ' j Gu. 5 per cent. 203 Buffalo and LaKe Huron 200 Do. New 10 Do. Preference .... • • 100 1 B ullalo,Brant,&Godrich 6 p. et. bds. July 1,. 1 1872 100 Do. do. 1873 100 Do. do. J une 1, 18:4 5 Clcut ta. ec,S. Ea stn. (Li , ; 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 173 Demerara, stock Eastn. Bengal gu. 6 p 0 stock East Indian, Rm. 5 P. C. 20 Do. do. G- Ext.. • - stock Grand T run k o f Canada 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et 100 Do. 6 per et. Debentr 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 . 100 Do. dr 1867 THE CASE OF MR, F. W. WINDHAM. Loßns JUSTICES' COURT (THIS DAY). Their lordships this morning delivered judgment in the petition presented by Mr. F. W. Windham, praying that the promoters of the suit of the late legal proceedings against him might be called upon to pay the costs incurred. Lord Justice Knight Bruce said the petition they now had to dispose of was one presented by Mr. William Fre derickiWindham, who had been alleged to be a person of un-' ,sound mindi but by a verdict of a jury he had been found not so. Mr. Windham was the only child of a deceased gentleman formerly resident in Norfolk, and the mother of the petitioner it appeared had contracted a second marriage during Mr. Wm. Fredk. Windham's minority. The young gentleman appears to have uncles and aunts maternally and paternally, and he appears to have been a personof eccentric habits. With respect to the early training of Mr. Windham the Court considered that he had not been judiciously brought up. In the latter part of the August of last year he went through the ceremony of marriage under circum stances which it was not necessary to describe. Imprudent would be too weak an expression; for a marriage so start ling appeared to be impossible or incredible. In the fol lowing November 15 persons, all connected with Mr. W. F. Windham, including three gentlemen who were the guardians of the young man, applied for a commission to inquire into the state of mind of Mr. Windham. That application was opposed on his part, but at the same time it was prayed that if the commission was granted it might be tried before a jury. After considering the affidavit that had been placed before them, the Court thought it right to grant the prayer of the petition, and accordingly the in quiry was ordered. Previous to that step the Court had directed that a medical gentleman should see Mr. Wind ham on its behalf, one of whom the Court was in the habit of consulting and referring to in cases of such a character, and the report of the gentlemen was such as to render an interview between Mr. Windham and their lordships wholly superfluous. It would have been inconsistent to their lordship., and to society, if the inquiry had been refused. Inquiry having been decided, a long trial took place before a jury, during which 48 witnesses were ex amined on the part of the original petitioners, and 91 on the part of Mr. Windham. That number appeared to be ex cessive, but' the Court could not say it was too small, and after Mr. Windham had appeared in person before the Master in Lunacy and the jury for examination, the result arrived at was a verdict that he was not a person of un sound mind. The verdict was signed by 15 of the jury men, more than a sufficient number to make it a legal verdict, but in accordance with a communication addressed to the Master by the Court, a statement was received by which it was found that seven of the jury dissented from the finding. The main object of the present pnceeding was to charge the original petitioners, or some of them, with the costs of that inquiry. The application was based, not only on the verdict, but on the ground that at that inquiry the peti tioners had brought forward evidence documentary and oral, exaggerated and inaccurate, which they either knew or might have asserted to be so. The petitioner did not pet i t a i l o l e n d e g r s e , m a n a d l i e it a o p r p b e a a d r e f d a i t t o h t o h n e t c h o e n p r t a rtthoaft not h e s n o r original feel ing had been made out, neither did the Court see any reason to censure the original petitioners for that which took place during the long and painful inquiry, nor did the Court see any ground for blaming the original petitioners, that they did not bring forward more evidence. The facts then and now undis. puted, in the opinion of the Court, were more than suffi• cient to render it their plain and inevitable duty to direct the inquiry; and if they had hesitated to do so, the Court would, in his opinion, 'have greatly erred. With regard to the verdict he would say nothing, but he was satisfied that if, upon the day of making the application for the commis sion, there bad been before the Court the whole of the evi • dence adduced at the trial, he would not have been less strongly convinced than he was that it was the duty of the Court to make the order. Assuming, however, that the verdict of the jury was right, he was of opinion that in all the facts now before them, the presentation of the ori ginal petition and its prosecution hero and before a jury were -acts pet fectly consistent with the petitioner's duty, legal and moral, towards Mr. W. F. Windham and also to society. As to General Windham not being called, he considered that circumstance quite immaterial, considering what the other evidence was before the Court. His lord ship considered the present demand for costs without foun dation ; but it must be remembered that if Mr. Windham had incurred a heavy expanse in resisting the pro ceedings, although the jury had found him to be a person of, sound mind, it must be considered that his own acts and conduct were the cause of those proceedings which were painful to himself and also to others. He was convinced that every one of the 22 gentlemen that composed the jury were only animated with the desire to do their duty. He would conclude his remarks by saying that the whole conduct of the Master during the progression of the trial, cruelly painful and wearisome, was characterised by judgment and sound dis- 68 70 - 101 i 104 6 6d 8 ! 9} 83 86 82 85 81 81 5 r 1. p 104 102 10 g 4 109, 1 24 25 70 74 61 63 90 45 45 IS 37 10 37 40 1014 1021 pr p 101 102 14 14 4 102 101 93 95 03 95 1014 102 i 94 96 91 93 . AO Do. do. 1872 . .. 'Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. IGt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 8 p.c. '73 wlth't opt. .. Lop, Jo. 5i p. c. do. '77 do. . Do. • 1878 Hadras guar., 5 p. c. Do. 4 p. c. Extension Do.4h do Melb.Corp. 8 p. o. Bnds ?iewßrunswick ac Canda Ry.d:Land(Lim.)g.t3pc Class A. Capital Share Do. do. Land do 5 7 Do. do. B Capital - do. .. Do. do. Land do. ...... 1 Scande .....• .• • • zi.' Do. Punjaub • e, g 5 Do. Do. -•.• • - , Do. Indus. St. Flo. 5,21 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 4 6 103 _lO4 20i if 1 3 20i 69 100 0 Prisoner—l was tipsy, and am very sorry. The constable—He was not drunk. _ . Theprisoner was then committed for trial. THAMES, THIS DAY. cretion. The petition of Mr. IVindham was therefore dismissed, each party having to pay their own casts. Lord Justice Turner also gave his judgment which was the same in effect. Mr. Bacon said great expense had been incurred by:the notice that the evidence before the jury would be used be fore their lordships, and counter affidavits were therefore necessary. He asked for costs on their part of the • petition. Lord Justice Turner thought the learned gentleman ought not to press the point. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. FORD V. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Mr. Bovill said this was an action tried at Guildhall. It arose out of the accident on the South-Western Railway, near Merton, when, on account of the injuries sustained by the plaintiff, the jury gave him £1,500 damages. He had now, on the part of the railway company, to move for a new trail. The Court refused to disturb the verdict. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. LINDSAY V. LEATHLEY.I Mr. Bovill said he had to move in a case which was tried before the Lord Chief Justice, at Guildhall. The learned gentleman was informed that as his lordship had been called away to Italy by the illness of his sister, the application must stand over, with others, which had been tried before his lordship until next week. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) PARRY V. BLAND. This was an action to recover commission under the fol- lowing curious circumstances :—Plaintiff is an attorney, and in the course of his professional career had a client who had availed himself of the benefits to be derived from the jurisdiction of the Court of Bankruptcy. The plaintiff and defendant, who is an accountant, then agreed together that if he (the plaintiff) obtained defendant the "job," to make out the bankrupt's accounts, he (the defendant) would allow the plaintiff ene-lourth of the amount. Accordingly the plaintiff did get defendant the job, and the bill, amount ing to £22 10s., plaintiff sought to recover £5 12s, 6d. His Honour expressed considerable surprise at an attorney making such a bargain with an accountant, and Mr. Parry said it was a matter of every day occurrence. In fact, as countants and auctioneers were now sending oiroulars to attorneys upon this very subject Mr. Abrahams (for defendant) protested against such a statement. The profession generally, and the great body of accountants of standing set their faces against such bargains. Hia Honour (to the plaintiff)—The bankrupt was your client. Plaintiff—He was. His Honour—And, of course, you would recommend that the bill should be paid. Plaintiff—lt could be taxed. His Honour—lt will be a very nice thing for clients to know of such bargains. StlN,' LONDON, WEDNESDAI EVENING, APRIL 23, 1862 POLICE---THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH-STREET, THIS DAY. In answer to a question by Mr. Woolrych, the witness said that her sister had been convicted of some offence, and Mrs. Finn "chucked her sister in her face." . Police-sergeant Cox, No. 45 K, and other witnesses said they saw the prisoner rush out of his house, seize the woman Cummings by the hair of the head, kick her and jump upon her. Mr. Woorych sentenced him to six months' imprisonmen and hard labour. GAROTTING A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER.—Wm. Lee, a tailor, of 6, Hanover-place, Hanover-square, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting, by garotting, Mr. George Heywood (commercial traveller to a City house), of 34, Upper Barnsbury-street, Islington, Mr. George Heywood said yesterday evening, about nine o'clock, I was passing along Argyll-place, intending to make a call in Oxford•street and then take an omnibus home, when the prisoner, who had a companion with him, suddely put his arm round my neck and gripped me with a similar pressure to that used by horsedealers when trying the wind of a horse. The prisoner held me very tightly, causing me a deal of suffering. I got the prisoner's hand from my throat, and then the prisoner's companion pulled the prisoner away from me, and they walked off till they got to Oxford -street. I felt quite unnerved, and did not call for assistance till they got to Oxford-street, when, as they commenced running, I called "Police" and gave an alarm, and the prisoner was secured by two gentlemen. The Chief Clerk—Was any attempt made on your pockets ? Mr. Heywood—l cannot say. I was nearly suffocated, and cannot say whether the prisoner did anything with his other hand while he had his arm round my throat. The grip the pr soner gave me was in the centre of my throat, The Chief Clerk—Did you miss anything ? Mr. Heywood—l did not. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Was it done suddenly? Mr. Heywood-ii-Yes, momentarily. The prisoner came up to me unawares. Frederick Buckingham, 328 A, said about a quarter.. past nine last night I was in Oxford-street when the pro se,mtor came up to me out of breath, and said the prisoner, who was being held by two gentlemen, had attempted to garotte him in Argyll-place_ I asked the prisoner why he had done it, and he said he knew nothing of the affair, and then abused the prosecutor, and said he only wanted to get up a charge. Barns, the gaoler—The prisoner is a drunken, idle tailor, and has been charged with assaults here. Mr. Tyrwhitt— It is a most dangerous thing, and I shall send the case to the sessions. I shall mark these assaults with all the severity I can. Mr. Heywood—l feel it my duty to press the case, as ',here have been so many of these cases lately. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l quite agree with you, sir, AC GRAVATED ASSAULT.—John Finn, a very big man, about 40 years of age, who is better known by the soubri quet of Paddy Finn, was brought before Mr, Woolrych, charged with assaulting a young woman named Mary Ann Cunmings, the wife of Joseph Cummings, of Queen-street, Rotherhithe. It appears d from the evidence of the complainant, who carried a fine child in her arms, that it was christened yes terday, and in the evening she was passing down Old Gravel-lane, Ratcliff-highway, on her way to the Thames Tunnel, and saw the prisoner, his wife, and others having a row there. Mrs. Finn " chucked her sister in her face," and said there goes one of your -, and the prisoner immediately seized her by the hair of her hea3, dragged her some distance, and then struck her a violent blow on her head with his fist and knocked her down, and, when she was down, kicked her and jumped upon her, and she was rendered insensible by this treat ment. Plaintiff—l can only say they are of daily occurrence. Mr. Abrahams then urzed that even if the defendant had agreed to such a bargain, plaintiff was not in a position to recover as it was against public policy. His Honour considered that in justice to the interests of clients he did not think any Court of law would give a ver dict, but in order that plaintiff might produce authorities his Honour would enter a verdict. Plaintiff nonsuited, and defendant allowed costa. MARKETS-- - THIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE, The supply of English wheat on sale here to-day was very small. For both red and white qualities the demand ruled steady, and Monday's quotations were well maintained. We were fairly supplied with foreign wheat, in which a steady business was transacted, at full currencies. Floating cargoes of grain were in steady request, at quite previous rates. Malting barley moved off freely, at extreme prices ; otherwise the barley trade ruled inactive, On f ormer t erms. Fine malt was firm in value, but inferi or parce l s were neglected. Oats, the show of which was very moderate, ruled firm, at Mondays currency. . Both beans and peas were in steady request, and prices we re well supported. - - Most kinds of flour were in steady request, at full prices. ARRIVALS THIS WltEx.. , Wheat. Barley. Ualt- Oata. Flour. Eng,1i5h........ 520 ( 280 ) 1,410 t 1,430 , 150 sack,. Irish • • 50 F0reign........ 5,230 . 4,720 i 1,830 sacks. 8,550 brie. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat is somewhat extensive, and the trade rules heavy, at the annexed rates : Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 2d ; lamb 5s 8d to 7s Od; veal, 3s 8d to 46 8d; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6,1 per Blbs. BOROUGH HOP. A fair business is passing in hope, for the time of year, d prices are well supported. ARSENICAL PAPER.IIANGINGS. Mr. John Humphreys, the coroner for the county of Middlesex, received information yesterday from Mr. Coningham, summoning officer of the parish of St. Ann's, Limehouse, of the deaths of four children, from the effects of arsenic, under the most extraor dinary circumstances. It appears that the four children resided with their parents at Tomlin's terrace, Salmon's-lane, Commercial-road,Limehou se , and the father (Richard Turner), who is a journey man bricklayer, occupied a sma:l tenement. with his wife and four children, at the place above-named. The house was well drained, and the family were in perfect health un!il about six weeks since, when one of the younger children was found to be unwell. A surgeon of the district (Mr- Horton) was called in, and the child was placed under his care. He at first could not account for the prostration of the little sufferer, and he pronounced the child to be suffering from diphtheria, from which it, died, and death was registered accordingly. A few days afterwards another child was seized with similar symptoms, and the same gentleman prescribed for it. This child also died, and death was registered in the same manner. A third child also fell a victim to the same complaint with a few weeks; and on Saturday last, Ann Amelia Turner, aged three years, also died. The features of the four cases were all of one character, and. some alarm sprung up in the neighbourhood at the fearful mortality in the family, and on Saturday morning last the attention of Dr. Orton, the medical officer of health, White Horse-lane, was called to the serious character of the case, and he was directed by the Board of Works for Limehouse to make an inspection of the house where the four children died. Dr. Orton, who is one of the most experienced officers in the east end of London, repaired to the place, and found the house in capital condition, well drained, and venti lated. He could not find any local cause for the deaths of the four children in a sanitary view, but he subsequently went to the room where they had slept, and there he found that the walls of the apartment had been papered with a green-coloured paper. He examined the walls and found that large pieces of the paper had been torn off by the children while in bed. They had played with por tions and licked the green colour off the surface. He had tested the substance, which was easily re moved by the slightest moisture, and discovered by experiments that the paper contained immense qualtities of arsenic, which, he believed, had been the cause of the four children's deaths. A reverend sportsman was once boalting of his infallible skill in finding a hare. " If," said a Quaker, who was present, " 1 were a hare, I would take my seat in a place where I should be sure of not being disturbed by thee from the first of January to the last of December." "Why, were would y,,u go ?" " Into thy study." EXPERIMENTAL PAVEMENT IN THE POULTRY.— Operations were commenced on Monday by a numerous party of workmen for the re-paving of this principal tho roughfare in the City. The work commences at the corner of Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, and extends about 100 yards westward from that point. As an experiment the roadway is being laid with Knapp's patent pa , ement, which consists of hollow iron block, divided into small com partments, the latter being filled up with concrete level with the surface. Four of these blocks will make a square yard. On each side of the road, close to the edge of the fivtway, are being laid hollow cast-iron tram-plates, six feet in length and 18 inches broad, which are first filled with concrete, and then turned over, leaving the indented iron face upwards, thus forming solid tramways. To keep the paving level at each end iron girders 18 feet 9 inches in length will cross the roadway. As each of the blocks are cast in the same mould the whole of them will lock into each other, and form a solid mass of iron and concrete of great strength and durability, which will have a fair oppor tunity of being well tested by the extra traffic caused by the Exhibition. COMPENSATIONS AND SUPERANNUATIONS.—In the public offices in the year 1861 compensation annuities to the amount of £11,596 ceased, but new annuities were gran ted, amounting to £25,000; in the Inland Revenue depart ment alone to the amount of £10,528. OR the other hand, Ihe superannuation allowances which fell in amounted to £49,371, and the new grants were only £36,076. So that upon the whole the annual amount of compensations and superannuation allowances at the end of the year—a74,6B4 —was almost exactly the same as at the beginning. A SCENE AT A VESTRY MEETlNG.—Yesterday, at noon, the select vestry of the parish of Plumstead as sembled at the central school-room, Plumstead-common, for the purpose of appointing churchwardens for the ensu ing year. At the commencement of the proceedings the Rev. W. Ackworth, vicar, who occupied the chair, observed that he saw present four ratepayers who were not members of the vestry, and therefore he must request them to leave, The gentlemen referred to, Messrs. Mason, Arnold, White, and Price, positively refused to leave the room, and main tained that they had a perfect right as ratepayers to attend and vote. This view of the matter was also supported by Mr. Large, a vestryman, who contented that the election of churchwardens by a select vestry was illegal. The chair man then suggested that he should send for the assistance of the police to eject the parties from the room, but the matter was ultimately settled by an adjournment of the meeting to a private residence near, to which vestrymen only were admitted, and the churchwardens were then ap pointed. 100 stock 20 stock 204 204 100 100 100 stock stock stock stook 20 stoos stook 100 all all, all 100 100 100 all 104} 4 40 1 1021 11 2 12 ; 101 151 2 99i 9 I i 171 Iliiii 151 I 15 El5l 11 101 9 1 ft 8; 21 'OCKS. !parate Year. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. SPORTING-THIS DAY. NEWMARKET RACES, THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. :PLATE OF 50 SOVS. Livingstone .... I Battery.. C by King Toni Eight ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Vol tella Sage 2 Five ran. DERBY TRIAL STAKES. Asteroid ..... Roe 2 Ensign - 3 __ _ Royalieu .... seven ran. Won by a length. The same between second and third. FREE HANDICAP. _ Sagittarius Barbatus colt 2 SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS. Queen Elizabeth Coalition filly 2 SWEEPSPAKES OF 50 SOVS. - Bandage SUBSCRIPTION PLATE. King of Diamonds Blackeock COLUMN STAKES. Buckenham 'Welcome TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 6to 1 agst Marquis (taken) THE DERBY. 100 to 8 agst Ensign 100 to 7 agst Sir J. Hawley's lot 30 to 1 agst Duke Rollo 40 to 1 agst St. Alexis DERBY TRIAL STAKES.--Wild Duck, Prince Plausible, Tuscarora, Clockmaker, Aurelian, Telegraph, Express, Struggler, Juno, Robin Hood, Zodiac, Star of the Wes, Rouge Dragon, Marignan, and Knight of the Thistle have paid forfeit. COLLMN STAKES.—Anxiety filly paid forfeit. TEE INTEBNATIONAL Only six working days and a-half now intervene before the date fixed on which the building will most positively be opened to the public. Comparing date with date, the articles of this great worlds fair are further advanced towards final arrangement even now than they were in 1851, but still an enormous amount of work remains to be done to make the great contents of the building even roughly present- We by the Ist of May. Some English classes,:it is now evident, must be behindhand, though, as a general rule, our countrymen will be very far in advance of r their foreign competitors. The Zollverein hers lately made great progress, as have also Belgium, Sweden and Norway, and Russia. But Austri a is in arrear, and France almost as much so. There is aio pos sible excuse for the backwardness of the, latter country, as every effort was made by Alessi.: i. Rena. and Lucas to get space ready for France by the 12th of February, the date on which the - French Commissioners said they would be ready to .send in their goods. From that period to the present time their Court has been ready, but not half the goods are yet in it, much less unpacked or arranged. It is a pity that, as this Court is to be one of tie, , gems of the building, it is not likely to be able to, add its attractions to those so liberally put forward by the Commissioners for the opening day. The Russian Court will be an exceedingly fine one, though, as less varied, a n d crowded into a smaller space, it will, of course, be inferior t o that of France, yet, on the whole, it will be most', com plete and interesting of its kind. The fronts pie in with some noble the nave is already decorat e d works in green, jasper, and violet porphyry. One is a cantdela r of these is a magnificent vase five f eet in dies oeter, with the handles richly ornamented wi th the most b delicately es feet u t l h p i t g u h r . e d T f h a e c e materials s ; ano t h fo they ee r fine trophies, which bring to mind t r l e a s b , o a ri r o e us f ly tt ti nute ouild in carvings of the Mediaevalg Siberia, where they are wrought to perfection en tirely by hand labour; the toil of years. The por phyry vase, for instance, has a Russian inscription upon it, stating that it was commenced in 1850, and only finished at the close of last year, though this, in comparison with other works of the same kind, was speedily accomplished; for in the Hermitage, at St. Petersburg, is one magnificent vese . of jasper which it took no less than 25 years of uninterrupted hand labour to carve and polish. Near these trophies in the nave is a vacant space which is soon to be occupied by another trophy candela brum, carved out of blocks of that handsomest of all minerals, lapis lazuli, which has lately been found in comparatively large quantities in • Eastern Siberia. There will also be a Siberian trophy consisting of large blocks of black lead and other mineral products of that little known region. This time Russia will not show any of those grand ornaments in malachite which formed so great an attraction in 1851. There will only be a few large lumps of it in its natural state, but polished on the surface and sides. The exhibitors, most probably, dislike repeating themselves on this occasion, and they certainly make up in the richness and variety of their collection for the costly palace doors and malachite vases which they showed in '5l. There will be a very fine collection of works in silver in cups and statuetts representing episodes in Russian life, bronzes, including a colossal statue of Catha rine 11., ornamental china and glass work from the Imperial factory, Florentine and Roman mosaics, including one of large size representingSt.Nicholas , and nearly 20 feet in height. Altogether Russia will be represented by nearly 700 exhibitors from all parts of hergreat empire,and including branches of industry peculiar to her varied peoples. The show of raw materials will be very valuable and exten sive, and include some new staples of trade. The manufactured portions will not, of course, be so strong, though the articles de luxe will be equal, in costliness at least, to any in the Exhibition. In a word, Russia seems to have tried hard and most successfully to make her exhibition a fair represen tation of her various thriving industries and im mense natural resources. Sweden and Norway have also their Courts well filled with interesting and most characteristic collections. In the latter Court is a series of figures showing the pictureE - que arid rather gaudy costume of the Norwegians for different occasions and different ranks of life. Den mark has also a most complete display, which in cludes some highly ornamental art manufactures and some statues and terra-cotta works, which are equal to anything of their kind s %own on the foreign side. The Hanse Towns and Mechlenburg also show largely and well, one of the most conspicuous objects in their Courts being a very fine statue of Arminius ; which has been moulded in india rubber and tinted afterwards so as to resemble bronze. Belgium also will have a most complete collection. Her exhibition of machinery in motion will be one of the best in the foreign class, while her show of laces and carpets will be almost un rivalled. The long-pending question of the right to photo graph the Exhibition was settled yesterday evening, • when the secretary announced that the tender of the London Stereoscopic Company had been ac cepted. Several of the most eminent photographic firms were eagerly competing for this privilege,. and the keenness of the contest was enhanced by its being rumoured that Messrs. Day and. Sons were also striving for it, as the most valuable auxiliary they could obtain for the production of an illus trated work on the chief contents of the Exhibi tion. It is much better, however, that the choice has fallen on professional photographers, and from the high character of the London Stereoscopic Com pany they are likely to do the work admirably well. A very high price was paid to the Commissioners for the privilege, and a still higher sum must be expended by the firm to perform the contract well. No photographs are to be sold in the building ; no views to be taken after 10 a.m., and none at all without the consent of the exhibitors themselves. The latter, however, is a merely formal clause, as, of course, the main source of profit will arise from the desire of the exhibitors to have their stalls and ' l sLk iihinelosi hgrifearr nto the nave cases represented in stereoscopic views. Several important additions have been made, since our last notice, to Class 26, which includes leather and lea ther manufactures ; Mr. Hepburn is sending in skin ofCape sheel*baeneodni gigantic butt hides of tanned leather, some of which are actually 10 feet. square. Roberts and - Co. will exhibit a fine collection of enamelled leathers. Swaine and Adeney send a case of whips which are valued at more than a thousand pounds; and Mr. Merry exhibits a suite of eerheas har nesslNralews.hichThh d dogskin gloves being willjust alsocompleted b o a Falkland fo l r a rtghee Princeohoswllslands, od o fs f , Cape leathers (the so - called all made from the additions arebei n g, fromwillgreatest s the t send exertions have one of the to procure which t all am o k n i g nd t s h o e f fu se rs a made. Still further in made to the already crowded of Lady God' a statue . IT U) Which appa last being claim to such rently has very little a conspicuous - - The toy trophy has, we position. are glad to say, been m i tigated in its offensi veness, though no im provement will be satisfact ory Which stops short of removing it to some less prominent position. The Comm issioners when they gave permission for the erection of these trophies, of course, could not tell what they would be. Had they seen drawings; of them beforehand, there are many which are now stopping the way in the nave which most probably would never have been admitted into the building at all. As it is, however, the general man ager ought to have a veto upon anything specially - ugly and disagreeable, such, among others, as the light blue curtains with w hich some of the colonies are draping themselves, as if in defiance of the neutral green tints of t he columns by whi c h t h ey are sur rounded. it gill require a great d eal of care to di sar m the criticisms sure to b e p asse d u p on the effect of the interior, but attempts at decorations like these, and like the flags which it is proposed to put in the nave, will not only invite criticism, but provoke it in its most actimonious form. The rush for season tickets is beginning, but it is hoped the public will not do on this occasion a s they did. in 'sl—put off their purchase till a day or two before the opening, when there was such rt crowd of claimants that not half who came could be served, and infinite confusion and annoyance - ,were occasioned to every one. YORK RACES, THIS DAY. Catspaw Helwith Glautius Seven ran. THE GAS EXPLOSION IN HOLBORN. The investigation, by the coroner, Mr. St. Clair Bedford, into the circumstances attending the deaths of Edward Rowley and John Morrissey commenced this afternoon at Kinz's College Hospital. Michael Neal, labourer, who said-1 was working with deceased when the accident occurred. I met a plumber, who appeared very much confused. I said to him, " You've done this," and he said "Yes, I know I've done rt." I don't know the man's name. I went up to the spot when the ganger (Bashford) asked if any one could give him an ac count of hcw it was done, and I told him the plumber had done it. The plumber was at work at the water pipes. We had broken the water pipes in opening the ground, arid he was making them good. There was one broken near the spot when the gas main burst. The plumber had a red hot iron in his hand when I saw him. He was about 40 or 50 yards from where the explosion occurred. I have known plumbers' work done while gas repairs have been going on. I don't think there's danger in it, but in this instance I suppose the bladder that was in the main got tapped. Edward Lee—l am a plumber, and was engaged by Mr. Smith, who had a contract with the London Gas Company. I was engaged to repair the broken water pipes. I did not notice any escape of gas prior to the accident. I was working directly behind where the first explosion took place. I was using a hot irsn soldering a joint. I might have caused the explosion. There was first a flash as if from a gun, and the next instant there was a report. I smelt nothing before the explosion. I looked up at my end of the pipe to see what damage was done, when I heard the report at the other end of the pipe. If the hot iron would cause the explosion then I might have occasioned the acci dent, but I can't say decidedly that I did. I know Neal. I met him after the accident. He said, pcinting to the hot iron I had in toy hand, "That's done it. Down on your knees and thank God you're safe." After the examination of the house surgeon of the hos pital and the consulting engineer of the Commercial Gas Company, The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of accidental death. 711 E I? AIN B 0 Tir OF THE COVEN iNT. I begin to wonder who was the first man to ana yse the rainbow and arrive at a clear idea of the causes which combine in its production. The falling shower and the direct light of the sun or moon must, from the first unfolding of this wondrous revelation, have been seen to be its primary ele ments. The allegory of the winds, in the twenty third book of the Iliad, indicates more than a super ficial knowledge of this grand phenomenon, and Virgil, in the 2Eneid, almost antedates the philoso phy of Descartes and Newton, and Martial was not far from a scientific definition. Aristotle believed himself to be the first who had seen a lunar rain bow, the loveliest of all aerial spectacles, except on those rare occasions, when the aurora borealis dis plays its darting flashes, ruby and emerald, and amethyst, in this climate. But Pliny knew almost as much as we do about it—certainly as to its primal causes—as he expresses it " Quod ergo iris sit refractio aspectus eat ad solem manifestum est," and Plutarch cites it as an index of the knowledge •of his time. Whatever may have been the thoughts of Adam, when the sunshine first resolved into prismatic colours, in an arch expanding over the region of the happy garden, those of Noah might well be more profound, for the rainbow became a part of his life, and through him a pledge of divine mercy to the end of the world. "I do set my bow in the clouds"—marvellous utterance of a Father considerate of His children's feathers. Those words possess me, as I look out over the grey sky where the rainbow glowed a few minutes since, and they seem to me to have all the force of an authority for research into the mind of God, the mind of man, and the ways of nature. The cause of the awful devastation of the globe is for ever rendered beau tiful ; the descending shower, which for forty days continued to submerge the offenders against divine justice, seems to be woven into a robe of divers colours, and made pre-eminently beautiful, that they may henceforth cease to inspire dread. The fleecy clouds that held me in listless reverie half-an-hour since, and that are now dimming into ashy hues, seem to be impressed with similar evanescence and unsubstantiality, that man may look upon them henceforth as his friends, that once were the de.. stroyers of his race. And how deep a hold has that post-diluvian rainbow taken of the mind of man. It must be records of that fact we find cropping out in the old mythologies, as in the carrying of the rain bow-coloured fans in the procession of Alpis ; and the combination of the rainbow and the dove in hieroglyphics and mythological rites. Briant cites the names of the two attendants on Cleopatra, Eiras, and Charmion, as the Rainbow and the Dove, as indicating the priestly office, and bring ing down to a later epoch in Egyptian his tory a remembrance of the circumstances under which the earth was again peopled. The rainbow was certainly the most renowned of Arkite emblems, and. I know not why Hesiod should designate it " The Great Oath," except through the prevailing power of a tradition, divine in its origin. As such, Homer knows it well, and, in acc ordance l with establi s h e d usage in the ancient world, he ca ll s it, in a hymn t o Sel e ne, the sign and intimation a t t a m i n t b (o f divine promise) to mortals. The appeal the deity as something superior to th con gods is characteristic of Hesiod , who describes Iris sedarT y as the servant Jove, who fetche s na frome makingafar, in her a golden cup, the waters of many n a mes, the representative of covenant purification.andofthe Osiris entering the ark , Deucalion reproving surrounded,lawlessness ofNcu then a men s s f c violenceibn t h e temple, are ywhom he was but versions of a hi stor y , of which the heavens bear the best secular memorial, after the special and ano a divine record given for "our edification." But did Noah understand the purport of the rainbow, as a key to the m ysteries of man' s re l at i ons to t h e di v ine essence P We know not, but it is a key for all that : and herein we see how the discoveries of science lend a help to theology, and indicate truths that lie at the foundation of ail h armo nies, both of matter and spirit.—Ribberd's "Brambles and BayLeares: ny of )ut d al Ps op,