The Sun. — London, England, 1859-04-08 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. There has been less activity in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days. Tea has been steady, at former rates; and for Bri tish plantation sugars there is a fair inquiry, at full prices. For coffee the demand has been active, and, owing to the shortness of the supplies on offer, late rates have been fully maintained. Rice has been in better demand, and superior qualities of cocoa have realised extreme rates. The demand for fruit, has been rather more active, currants having sold at fully late quotations; in Valencia raisins only a few sales have been reported at former rates. Saltpetre has been exceedingly quiet, and tallow has exhibited a slight depression; P.Y.C. on th e s p o t i s quoted 535., an d l ast three months 535. 9d. per cwt. Letters from Liverpool report that the Cotton Market yeaterday closed very quietly and 7,000 bales were sold at previous rates. In Railway Shares only a small amount of business was trans acted, and prices were depressed. A further withdrawal of £lO,OOO took place from the Bank of England yesterday. It is expected that the official announcement of the Russian loan in St. Petersburg will be speedily followed by an invitation to English capitalists to subscribe to that portion of the contract which it is proposed shall be completed in this country. About three or -four millions is the proportion re served for England, and it is expected that the amount will be readily obtained. The India loan, it is rumoured, will be brought out at a very early period, Monday being specified in some quarters as the day when it will probably be introduced. These two operations will absorb a considerable amount of capital, and must assist in creating greater firmness in the money market. The rate of 2 per cent. is still maintained, but the wants of the commercial community are readily supplied. Both in Lombard -street, and at the Bank of England, the demand is steadily main tained, but there is rather less activity than during the early part of the week. The half-yearly meeting of the . Recife and San Francisco Pernambuco Railway Company took place to-day. The report stated that the works were proceeding satisfactorily. On the part already • opened the traffic of the last half-year had increased £l,OOO was ado over the precedi ng h alf-year. The report pted. At the half-yearly meeting of the Commercial Gas Company, held to•day, a dividd at the rate of six p er cent. per annum was decl en ared. The White Star has arrived from Port Philip with 32,304 ounces of gold, valued at £130,016. A very limited business has been transacted in the market for Public Securities ; but, although occasional symptoms of heaviness are apparent, the value of the Funds is fairly maintained. Some fluctuation has been caused this morning by the political advices from the Continent, and the report that the East Indian Loan will be introduced next week. Consols have been 951 a for money and account, and the present quotations are 95 ; 1 and 95 1 respectively. The New Threes and the Reduced Annuities are flat at 941 -a ; and India Loan Debentures at 971 1. Exchequer Bills are firm at 335. to 365. prem. In the Foreign Stock Market business is mode rately active, and prices in most instances are rather firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 921 to 93 ; ditto New Loan, 782 to 79; and the 4 Cents, are 103. Brazilian 41 C per perents. ha ve im proved 941 1; Peruvi an 41 per Cents, to 94 ; Spanish 3 per Cents, to 45 ; and Dutch 22 per Cents. to 65k. Venezuelan 5 per Cents. are steady at 421, and Sardinian ar e fl a t a t 811. T he New Austrian Loan is 1 dis. to par. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., give the following as the prices of the American Securities : United States 6 per Cents Redeemable. Pri ces 1867-1868 Do. 6 p er Cent Bonds lB6B Alabama 5 p er C ent. Bonds Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868-72 Maryland 5 per Ct. Str. Bonds Massachusetts 5 per Cent. Str. Bonds . ....... . Ohio 6 per Cent. Stock Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Stock Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds. *Virginia 6 per C en t . B onds Virginia 5 p er C ent. St. Bonds 5 Bosto n 5 per Cent. St. Bonds Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Illinois Central 6 per Cent. . 8 Illinois Central 7 per Cent (Freelands) Do. shares, 60 dols. paid 9 Michigan Central 8 per Cent ;4 Do. do. shares . .. New York Central 6 per Ct., not convertible .. New York Central 7 per Ct , convertible, from June 16, 1857-59 )3 Do. do. shares New York and Erie, 7 per Ct , 3 d mortgage 65 New York and Erie 7 per Ct., convertible 30 Ne w York and Erie, 7 per Ct., Dsinking fund. 30 3.5 o. do. shares St The dealings • in the Railway Share Market have been rath er li m i ted, and prices generally ap- St pear flat, a further decline of about to 1 per cent. being apparent in most of the principal lines. st North Western, Midland, awl. South Eastern de- s t dined ss. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, North 1 British and Oxford, Worcester and IVolver hampton, 10s.; Caledonian, 155.; South Western IZt St improved ss. In the Foreign Market Lombardo -Venetian were St at about f ormer rates, viz., 9 to 9k for the Old Shares, and 82 8-1, for the New. The Colonial lines are steady, Grand Trunk of Canada brought 351 351, Great Western of Canada gt 15 4, and East Indian 103. The New Shares are gt quoted par toy prem., and the,Debenture Bonds 4 t st 11, rem. st, st Joint Stoc k Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are gt, nactiv e at • former quotations. Chartered of India and Australia have declined 53., and Red Sea Tele graph 58. 98 100 78 80 92 94 95 97 1886 103 104 96 98 82 83 85 87 83 85 84 86 85 87 90 92 80 82 78 80 1877 Divers 1886 1888 1860 , 85 87 39 38 die 1869 84 86 45 48 1883 85 87 1861 93 95 73 75 1883 65 67 1875 __.. BRITISH PIJNDS—CLOSII!ZG PRICES. Bank .Stock__ ......... ......... .... 225 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ... . 941 a a 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .... - - ••• . 951 .I- a Now 3 pqr Cent. Annuities ............. - . • 941 i I 5 India Stock ..................... :::. -- ' Ditto Debentures: ................ ~,,..... 9 - 71 1 1 I Consols for Account (May ,5) ..... -.. March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & lid.. 33 6 1 .._, Ditto £5OO . ........ 32 6 Ditto Small, 111 CLOSING PRICES. .._ ' Brazilian 5 p er C en t. 94/ Ditto 1868, 41 per Cent. Buenos Apes, 6 per Cent... I . Ditto Deferred Chilian, 6 per C en t • Ditto Mexican 3 per Cent. 21 Ditto Account .... Peruvi an 41 per Cent Ditto Account. ..... 91/... - Portuguese, 1853 , 3 per Cent. Russian. 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent Ditto 41 p er C ent. .. • • 100 .. . Sardinian, 5 per Cent. ... Ditto Account . ... ....... - , Spanish 3 p er C ent ....... - ...... 811 45 TurlciA. 6,per Vent. ...... .. Ditto Account . 921 Ditto New L0an....... ... ...... . .... Ditto Account .......... 8! 79 D itto Guarante e d, 4 p ent lO3 Ditto Account r C Venezuela n 5 per Cent..... ..... . Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 651 Consols Mone THREE O'CLOCK. Consols , y ................ 95a• 1 for Ac count (May 5) .... 95a xyEATRicAL-TiThs-T-P-Ai-tis.—Sine. istori havin g obtained authorisation from the Minister of State to give g a obtained Performances of Italian tragedies and comedies at the Italian Thrcoatt,re, tive of the per s app led to M. Saint Salvi, representa the house for ien-mnP"b7nom the theatre belongs, to let her be the Bth, 1 5th, aulgd; for 5,000 fr., three of the nights to rn.ltsli of this month. M. Saint Salvi, approving of the te to M. Calzado, the le s , coommunicated the application co;u,;eentof the theatre, but that gentleman refused to it, on the ground that having a new opera in rehearsalo'it would be inconvenient company in tho theatre in the to him to have Mme. Ristori's 'yesterd4,3, brought an present month. month. M. Saint Salvi tion before the Civil Tribunal against aFialzado to have it decided that he should be obliged to the suit, NI. pv Mme. Ris tori the use of the theatre. In supportzo Saint Salvi produced the lease, and that it sh ould ac stipulated that the lessors and the less ee ' 4 , 7 , ed h cord the use of the theatre to other partie s on not required for the Italian opera, subject to theirecnio nights to an understanding on the price to be charged, and i ir :. 4 , l a - s g e of their not being able to agree on that point arbitratora should be nominated ;" and b.e contended that those terms did not justify M. Calzado in refusing the use of the theatre to Mme. Ristori. The tribunal, after heariug counsel for M. Calzado, ordered him to place the theatre at the disposal 1 of Mme. Ristori, and directed that arbitrators should be named to fix the aura to be paid by her. 1875 1875 1862 30 35 SHARE MARKET, -(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share) Railways. 12.10 , AmberZ., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Jupotion Thelfast and Ballymena., Bir., Wol., and Str. Val, Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne Stock Bristol and Exeter Stock Caledonian Stock Chester and Holyhead 50 Cork and Bandon 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage 20 Cornwall 10 Do. A (A roves * no div •10 Do. B until6p.c.per an hasbeen pd.toß 50 Dublin andßelfast June 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc Stock East Anglian Stock Eastern Counties Stock Eastern Union A Stock Stock Do. do. B Stock 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 25 East Kent Stock East Lancashire 20 East Suffolk 10 Do Stock Edinburg, and Glasgow Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee 10 Forth & Clyde Junction) Stock Furness Stock Glasgow & South Westn 10 Great North of Scotland Stock Great Northern Stock Do. do. A Stock Stock Do. do. B Stock Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk 12 Irish South Eastern 50 Lancaster and Carlisle 16/ Do. Thirds 1613 4 Do. New Thirds Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 16 Do. do. F £l6 9 Do. do. £9 shares 3 Do. West Riding Übion 20 Do. Southport Stock London and Blackwall Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh Stock Lon.,Bri,ghton &S.Coast Stock London & North Westn 124 Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn , 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln 10 Metropolitan% Stock Midland Stock Do. Birming. & Derby. so 3fid. Gt. West. (Ireland) 25 Do. Shares 100 Ne..astle and Carlisle 25 New., Aber., & Herefd 10 Newry & Armagh (def.) 20 Newry, Warpt., & Ros Stock Norfolk 50 North. Counties Union Stock North British Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Stock Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Stock Do. B Stock Stock North-Eastn.--Berwick 2.5 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Stock Do. Leeds Stock Do. York Stock North London 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction 20 North Staffordshire 20 North-Western 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolper 10 Peebles 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney Stock Scottish Central Stock Scoth. N. E.. Aber. Stock Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Stock Shropshire Union 4 10 Sittingbounie & Sheer. Stock South Devon Stock South-Eastern Stock South Wales 20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun 20 Do. do 20 Staines, Wok., & Wek 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do. do. 1855 25 Do. do. 1858 Stockton & Hartlepool Stock Taff Vale Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Stock Vale of Neath Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 50 Waterford & Limerick 20 ,West Cornwall 10 IW-end Lon. & Cry. Pal 5 Do.A.—Aremnodiy.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to it 5 Do. B 20 West London 10 Do. let Class. 20 Do. 2d Class . 13.14 , Stock' PRRFEREN Share' Railways. all 100 100 100 100 100 .100 '1613 4 £3 la. 174 all all 100 all 161 100 100 100 100 all all all all all all all all Blythe and Tyne 1( per, c. pref. (issued at P. , 50), 1 Stk & Exet.4p.ct. Stock' 20 !Do. do. do. Shares Stock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Stock,Chester & Holyhd, 51 pc StocklDo. do. 5 p. c t, C 4 ,Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun StocktE.Angn. Class A 7 & spc StockiDo. do. Class B 6 pc StocklDo. do. Class C 7 pc . Stock; E. Coun. E x . 5 p et. N. 0.1 Stock Do. do. N 0.2 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per et. Stock East Lanc. 6 per et 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths z tock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares tock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. tock Fumes., 5 per cent tock Glas. &S West. r a. spc took Great Northern, 5.p. ct tock Do. 5 Redm.,lop.c.pm Lock Do. 44 pc p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm 10 Gt. 'Nh. of Sootld, lat pt ;toe] , Gt. Sn. W (Ireland) 4 p. Weste 50 Great (Berke and Hants)Ext. 5 p.ct t ock Do. Redeemable, 4i pet lOO took Do. Redeemable, 4p. et lOO tock Do. Irredeemable, do lOO tock Do. sp. ot. Redeem. Pref lOO 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 10 Gt West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares all 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all tock Do Rirming. guar. stock 100 264 Do. Chesterguar.shares all 131 IDo. do. do 20 Do. do. do. took Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock. 100 bock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l 100 bock Do. pref., sp. c. ...No. 2 100 took Do. New gna., 6p. ct lOO ;oek Do. do. sp. e. No. 4 100 ock L on. & N. W. Coy. &Nun eaton, 5 p. et. took Lon. &S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares lOO 124 Londondy & Cole, 4 slim all 1 24 Londeudy.& Ennis Ish all Lock & Lin., 6p. ct lOO 6 Do. C 6 4 i took Do. 31 per c en t . 1 24 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c all 2/ Do. 4 per cent... t Do. 107 ;ock Mid. Con. 6p. e. Stock 10( ;ock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ci. 100 ock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock lOO 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 Lock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. 100 10 Newport,Aber,&e. pret .5 1 all p. c. rede em, at 5 p. c. n m 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with option till 1866 all 10 ' Norfolk Deb. 4 p.e.shares all Lock Do. sp. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 lOa Lock Do. 54p. c. rref. do. 1847 100 Lock Do. WavAral.Ex.Sk 1847 100 Lock North British, 5 per cent 100 Lock Do. New, ems. 5 per cent 100 bock Dok.Co. 100 toe.; N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 `tick Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 100 17 Do. do. do. 813., 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. 13 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 9 25 Po. York, H. &S. Purch lO 20 North Staffordshire all bock Ox.Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g - 100 Lock Do. do. do., 2d elm. lOO took Do. 41 p.c. Db. stk.in perp 100 84 Scottish Central, new pa all bock Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 took Do. 31 per c. pref. stock 100 bock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. 100 Lock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 10 Do. Fixed 41 percent. all .0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6.) ,ock Do .44 per cent lOO ,ock Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is lOO ,ock Do. New do., 2d issue lOO :ock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c lOO ,ock Do. 41 per cent lOO .0 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua all ) Stockton and Dar. 5 p. c a ll i 5 Do. 6 per cent lock Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. au ] 100 Closing Business Paid. Price. 6 61 71 8 62 64 11 11 32 35 924 93) so s(q 5 51 Si 9 15 1( 59 60 45 47 29 31 61 80} 1051 58111 93/ f 4 3i 65 6 241 1121 i 4 921 1 2 63 66 101 1001 57} i gli d 44 31 31 3f 6 1 71 4 4 7i6i !E SHARES. Paid. f Closing Business Price. Done. MI 7 123& 5i G 9/ 13 15 92 93 2t/ 72f 7:1 93 94 10 101 1011 101 - 85 87 132 133 1041 1051 68 581 56 58 83 87 11 124 p 11 124 p 93 91 14 65 67 112 113 91 94i 1 I 91t 92i 38 39 100+ 1+ 101 .1 di 00 62 34 3 d 574 58 91 1 ri l d 46 161 754 16 102 101 4k 3k d 14 14} 7 6 33 344 7 45 cll 107 109 264 27 82 83 45 47 3} 2}d 43 46 69& SO e 4 66 64 68 49 81 95 97 1100 102 5 1 1 98 10 1 112 110 108 112 114 116 112 114 130 132 82 84 70 72 110 112 117 119 110 112 103 105 6.3 65 11 114 98 98 7 ts 88 90 100 102 10 Di 16 17 91 101 72 74 14 194 91 9f 14 144 140 142 1118 120 1160 165 123 125 ~,,i 4111 70 . 72 190 142 101 103 94 96 P 91 10 ll 9 f lli 9f 109 110 07 OS Id 4d par 231 23i 123 125 118 120 99 101 loi 10,1 124 244 102 104 102 104 28 29 32i 33 52 55 14(4 1 ____LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Bedfoirldaanwad:et hl -----__ ClydesdaleJt --re ** * * Co.'s. Price. Done. I r Paid.! Leasing Closingl Engines ------ _________ . _ .L. _' Colchester, 81netion , 100 Caledonin 102 104 Flueki nnam,hi c ey, I ft oo ll I L L n n tr NN:wW 07 99- E.Lincoinshlrc'eugaL! all E.1.1.&E C 17 18 E Union,llarNrichAc'' ood &R b e r n id s,3; ; , : a nro i Cal ''''''''''' -- -- Gl D s. o nar W r. Gt. — Do. New, .. ... :1 1 Gloster& Dean Forest' * ,17 Do' West — Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail. a ll 1 1 is,,,, E G oi t .. Counts . .T.... 1:42.114_444 Hull and Selby a i l I, L 'ILIC.&IIr _ Do. i Shares all ,k_.N.Md. 109 110 veto :ie .. 115 120 Do. 1 Shares London &G reenwich Do. Preference ....... 94 6 1 : 0 11 Do. .... 9 an a t r t e e n s . d o. 3 04 Q., I D L O n . .B T a r i I k b i Y n . : 100 N • _ Lowestoft, gna. 4p. ct. o o rtoik .. _ _ Do. 6 per cent l O O. P s:. „ D o.. 5.... Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk all L A W 47.11 21. 31 Midsb.&Redcr,g.6p.c all Stk.& Dar • Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk lOO Midland . 97 9 8 971 Newmarkt.,BuryEx 1 5 . 5. 6. E.Counts. I i p pm guaranteed 5 p. C. ) Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. Do. do. 6 per cent. ... all Do. — Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. L& N Vi i Preston and Wyre. f all & L.Yk. ) Do. 4 Shares A. all Do. — Rovstn,Hitch.,& Shep 100 GLNorth. 137 140 Shf.Roth.&Gol o• 5p c 1811 6 Lan.& Yk Shrowsbry& Hereford all T Brassay 91 ai Of 4 South Stallbrdshire .. all M`Clean . 101 11 101 Woar Valley, g. 6p. c. all Stk.& Dar Do. do. Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 91 93 Wimbledon& Croydn all L.&Brgtn 8 9 100 Gt. West. all L.&Brgtn DOCKS Share Docks. I p a i d I Closing Business Price. Done. Stock Commercial I 100 Stock I ) o4perCent.Pref .Min. 100 Stock East and West India lOO Stock London lOO 801 Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock S outhampton s 100 2 Stock Ftri ctoria - 102 104 ,) b ••• New •• 1 1.11.04.0.4e•••!. 18 17 LA w INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY) HOUSE OF LORDS. Peers present—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Cranworth. Lord Wensleydale, Lord Kingsdown, and other Peers. APPEAL-SMITH V. KEAY. The further hearing of this part-heard appeal was re sumed this morning. Mr. It. Palmer, Q.C., resumed his argument for the re spondent. The learned counsel referred to the statements contained in the answer to the evidence produced, as show ing the position in which he stood at the time the bond was granted to the appellant by the respondent. It is probable the arguments will continue all this day. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary and a Special Jury.) INGRAM V. FULLER AND ANOTHER. This was a suit instituted by the plaintiff to prove the will of a gentleman named Fuller, deceased, which was dis puted by Francis Fuller, one of the defendants and heir at law, on the ground that the will was not duly executed, that the testator was not of sound testamentary capacity at the time of executing, and that he was under undue influence and control. Dr. Addams, Q.C., was counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr, Hawkins, Q.C., for tho defendant. From the opening statement of counsel, it appeared that the plaintiff took out a probate of the will on the 6th of December, 18.58; but it was disputed on the ground already specified, and the plaintiff was compelled to adopt the pre sent proceedings to establish his claim. The plaintiff had taken out a decree against the defendants, to which an ap pearance had been entered, and after considerable delay a day was fixed for the trial. It further appeared that prior to the disputed instruments, several other wills had been made by the deceased, in all of which the plaintiff was ap pointed sole executor and devisee, with the exception of a few bequests. The legal adviser and medical attendant of the deceased gave evidence as to the due execution of the will, and to his full testamentary capacity. • Mr. Hawkins, on the part of the defendants, did not offer any opposition, and, under direction of the Court, a verdict was found for the plaintiff. The probate was accordingly decreed, but the question of costs was reserved. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH. STREET. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OP PLATE AND JEWELLERY.— Emily Ellen Clifford, - a - charwoman, Ellen Willis, a ser vant, William Willis, house decorator, and George Fre derick Garcker, a porter, were charged with stealing plate and jewellery of the value of £lBO, the property of Mr. Edward White Fox, dealer in water-colour drawings, of 60, Brook-street. From the evidence of the prosecutor it appeared that on the evening of the 23d of March he went to spend an even ing with his wife at a friend's at Notting-hill, leaving his house in the care of Ellen Willis and Garcker, and in the course of the evening was fetched away, being informed that during his absence his house had been extensively robbed. He immediately returned in a cab, and on searching the place found that a cupboard in which the plate was deposited had been unnecessarily forced, the door at the time not being locked, and a large quantity of plate of every description stolen. A cap, " jemmy," and pair of housebreaker's noiseless shoes were picked up and given to him by a constable. He (prose cutor) then went to the bed-room, and on opening a ward robe found that a box, which had been concealed behind some dresses, had been removed and placed on the table, and a quantity of jewellery, consisting of diamond and other rings, brooches, &c., were stolen. From the appearance of the place, and from the fact that all the plated articles were left behind and only the valuable ones taken, and from other circumstances, he was led to suspect that the thieves must have been aware of the places where the articles were kept, and for that reason he had given the prisoners into custody. After a little further evidence was given the prisoners were remanded, Mr. Bingham stating that ho would take good bail for their appearance. THAMES. SAVAGE ASSAULT UPON A TOLL COLLECTOR IN THE TUNNEL.—William Charles Parsons, a brick-layer's la bourer, was brought before Mr. Yardley charged with com mitting violent assault upon Charles Fluck, collector of tolls in the Wapping shaft of the Thunes Tunnel. The complainant had a surgical plaister on his forehead, and his coat and waistcoat were stiffened with gore. He stated that last night at 11 o'clock the prisoner and two others came to the toll-box where he was stationed to collect tolls of paSsengers, and one of them offered to leave a trowel for the toll for the three, and said - he would redeem it next day. Ho refused to accept of the trowel, and told the party they must • pay threepence in money before they passed through, and that his duty would not allow him to accept of anything except money. The prisoner immediately commenced in sulting him and abusing him, and struck him a violent blow on the nose with his clenched fist, and pro duced a wound which bled profusely. He then called the police and gave the prisoner into custody. Police-constable, No. 111 K, said he found the old man bleeding profusely, and that the prisoner was running away when he took him into custody. James Parsons, the brother of the prisoner, said that he offered the trowel to the collector, who refused it, and handled his brother, and while doing so fell upon the tell tale axd hurt himself. Mr. Yardley said the last witness rather confirmed the complainant than otherwise, and he had no doubt the pri soner struck the old man ; it was a most violent and out rageous proceeding. He fined the prisoner 405., and in default of payment twenty-ono days' imprisonment. THIS "Mrs MARK.ELS. CORN EXCHANGE. During the week the arrivals of English wheat coast wise have been only 2,010 quarters, and fresh up to-day the receipts by land carriage were limited. Although the show of samples was small, the demand for all kinds ruled very inactive, at about Monday's currency. There was a full average supply of foreign wheat on offer, and sales progressed heavily at barely late rates. In floating cargoes very little was doing. _ _ Barley was very dull, and prices had a drooping ten dency. There was very little inquiry for malt, and inferior kinds were a shade lower. Good sound oats were tolerably firm, but inferior foreign parcels ruled heavy, at barely late atos Beans, peas, and our moved oil slowly, at bout sta denary prices. ARRIVALS THIS WMEI: Whoat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour. English 2,010 I 670 ; 1,010 ! 110 2,770 Irish Foreign 3,530 10,590 I ---10,060 600 sks I blc NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets continue to be well supplied with meat. The trade to-day is heavy, as follows : Per Blbs. by the Carcass. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beef 3 2to 3 6 Mid. do 3 Bto 3 10 Pm. largo do 4 oto 4 2 Do. small do 4 2to 4 4 Large pork 3 4to 3 8 Lamb, 4s 81 s. d. s. d. Infr. Mutton. 3 4to 3 10 Mid, do .... 4 0 M 4 2 Prime do. ~ 4 4to 4 6 VW 3 10 to 4 8 Small pork .. 3 10 to 4 2 to 5s 10d. BOROUGH HOP. We have no further advance to notice in thevalue of new hops, but the demand for all kinds continues steady. Yearlings are firm ; but old hops rule heavy. Mid and East Kent pockets B4s to 147 s per cwt. Weald of Kent do 64s to 80s „ Sussex do 6os to 72s „ COLONIAL. TEA.—The market continues rather inactive, but prices are well maintained, common congou being quoted 134 d per lb. _ SUGAR—A steady business has been done in British West India, and late rates have in all instances been well maintained. Foreign qualities were in fair request, and sold readily at former rates. In the Refined Market the busi ness transacted has been of a rather moderate character, at about previous values. _ COFFEE.—The supplies of plantation Ceylon are still very limited, and prices are high. Native Ceylon met a good demand, and sold for full rates, and some superior qualities of Jamaica brought extreme rates. RICE.—The market has been.rather more active, and fine . white Bengal sold for full rates. Rum.—The demand for fine qualities of Jamaica has been active, and previous rates aro fully maintained. SALTPETRE.—The market continues very quiet, and prices are unaltered. TALLOW.—Them . arket during the last ;few days has exhibited symptoms of heaviness, and prices have a down ward tendency. P.Y.C. on the spot is titioted 535, and last three months 53s 9d per cwt. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, THIRSK RACES—THURSDAY. The Mowbray Stakes. Buttercup Recluse 2 Nine ran, Tre The Borough H an di cap , 1 Bourge o i s , .. pan ................... .. •• • • . • 2 Lady Mary colt .... . ...... - Ten ran. . 3 The Hunt Cup. Egg Sauce,, Odd Leg. ....... 1 Nine ran. The H ur dl e R ace. fused. Only th ese Blueskin came in alone. B reeze and Pantomime re ran. CIVIL SERVICES. —The amount off the, vote: on account of civil services, to be taken in.consequenee olthe pending dissolution of ratliernew- ,eqt. i&L1.854_ Ann THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE', &Ten o'clock. LUDLOW RACES. (THIS DAY) WESTON STAKES. Misty Morn Nosegay Apollo Four ran. STEWARDS' CUP. Misty Morn . Artist Grillade Five ran. Misty Morn objected to in both races for carrying over weight. TILE RUMOURED DEATH OF SIR C. MONCK. Last evening much excitement was caused at Tattersalls' by the rumoured demise of Sir C. Monck, a popular patron of the Turf, and owner of several celebraced race horses. Had this report been correct, Gamester, Barefoot, and several other animals would have been disqualified for their respective engagements. In The Sun of last evening we mentioned our disbelief in the rumour, and are now happy to state that a letter was received in London, this evening, from Sir Charles, dated Belsay Castle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Thursday, April 7, in which the hon. baronet makes not the slightest mention of having even been unwell. The report, therefore, is en tirely without foundation. EMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS EVENING). Their lordships assembled at half-past 4. ROYAL ASSENT. _ . The royal assent was given by commission to the follow. ing bills :—The East India Company Loan; the Oaths Ael Amendment ; the Patent of Inventions (Munitions of War); Common Rights (War Department) ; the Shepton-Mallet Water ; the Wimbledon and Dorking Railway, and several other private bills. The Lords Commissioners were the Earl of Hardwicke, the Marquis of Salisbury, and the Lord Chancellor. Their lordships adjourned during pleasure. The LOUD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. TICKETS OF LEAVE. Viscount DUNGANNON gave notice that on Monday next he should move for retarns of the number of convicts who had been discharged with tickets of leave during the years 1857 and 1858, and also the number of those who who had been recommitted for subsequent offences. PRIVATE _BILLS._ The following bill was read a second time :—The Red Sea and Indian Telegraph Company (No. 2). The following bills were read a third time and passed :—Bagnelstown. and Wexford Railway, Glou cester and Cheltenham Tramway Abandonment, Great Northern and Western of Ireland Railway, Greenwich and South-Eastern Docks, Bray Com mon, Londonderry Bridge, Sunderland and South Shields Water, and Weymouth and Melcombe Regis ➢larkets and Pier. VOTE OF THANKS TO THE INDIAN ARMY. The Earl of Derby said he should should postpone the moving of a vote of thanks to the army in Indian from Monday next till Thursday. STATE OF EUROPE. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said he thought be fore Parliament was prorogued her Majesty' Government 'should communicate some information to their lordships as to what steps they had taken to procure the peace of Europe. The Earl of MALMESBURY said, before the Parlia ment closed, he should make a statment to the house showing that the Government had done all they could to preserve the peace of Europe. INDICTABLE OFFENCES (METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS) Lord CLARENDON, moved the third reading of this bill. _ _ Ix Lord LYNDHURST said he had great objections to the bill. He thought at the present moment it was utterly unnecessary to introdnce enactments in defence of the people against arbitrary government. Political prosecutions for political offences were now nearly unknown, so the complaints upon which the present bill was grounded were almost groundless. He had, however, lived in a time when Government was carried on not only in an arbitrary but a tyrannical system, and when political prosecutions were matters of daily occurrence, so he was fully able to appreciate the advantages which prevailed at the present day, compared with the time of which he had spoken. To bear out his views, the noble and learned lord quoted some passages from " Blackstone's Com mentaries," and he proceeded to remark that it was laid down as a maxizn of the English law, that no man could be put upon his trial unless a bill had been found against him by• a grand jury, and -then he could not be punished unle.s he was found guilty, by twelve of his count r y men . S u e.: a provision he con tended afforded support and protectio..: , to all persons. (Hear, hear.) He was exceedingly sorry to find that the first innovation on the great principle of trial t o ; Jury was ventured upon by her Majesty's present Governme:,',, and although he entertained the highest respect for the n 6 .4 10 lord who now sat on the woolsack, he thought the pro visions of this bill would more then likely be strained to arbitrary and tyrannical purposes. Now, then, their lordships knew that no peer could be tried at their lordships bar until it bill had been found against him by a grand jury, butsippose the bill was an- b reed to and went to the House st'Oommons, what would they say to the mea sure ? Why, that this house agreed to a measure to abolish the necessity of a grand jury, so far as the Commons was concerned, but which had taken care to exempt ourselves from its provisions. (Hear, hear.) The noble and learned lord then referred to the inconvenience, as it had been called by the supporters of the measure, of the great num ber of persons compelled to be in attendance during the sitting of the grand jury, but he contended all that was occasioned by non-consideration, and he for one could not say that was sufficient to cause such an important alteration in the laws of Eng • land. Then again, expense had been referred to, but he thought this circumstance was inefficient as the former for the changes that would take place if this bill became law. Ho cautioned his noble friend that if this bill passed, the change would not remain where it was present pro posed, but the counties would endeavour to get rid of their grand juries. [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—(Tins EVENING). The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. RIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Atlantic Telegraph Company (No. 2) ; Brecon' and Mer thyr Tydfil Junction Railway; Castle Douglas and Dum fries Railway ; Charleston Railway and Harbour ; Forth and Clyde Navigation ; Gateshead Quay ; Great North of Scotland Itailway ; Merthyr, Tralegar, and Abergavenny Railway ; Travellers and Marine Insurance and Accidental Death Insurance Companies Amalgamation (No. 2). The Lordi' amendments to the Findhorn Railway Bill were agreed to, and the bill was ordered for a third reading. The London and South Western Railway and the Lym ington Railway Bills were considered and ordered for third reading. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Usher of the Black Rod summoned the members to the House of Lords to hear the Royal assent given by commission to a number of bills [for which see Lords' re• port]. WESTMINSTER NEW BRIDGE BILL. Lord J. MANNERS moved that in the case of this bill the examiners have leave to sit and proceed forthwith. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said he understood that £138,000 had already been spent on Vfx • works and that £178,000 more would be required. He wished to know how the deficiency would be supplied, and whether a report as to the engineer, contractor, and surveyor being the same person was true F Lord J. MANNERS said that as no notice was given of the motion, he was not prepared with the figures neces sary to give a full answer to the questions of the hon. baronet. He believed that there was appended to the report of the commissioners of last year an account of the expenditure incurred, and that a further vote would be required. The contractor, engineer, and surveyor, were three different persons. MR. CHISHOLM ANSTRY, Mr. E. JAMES - gavenetice that on Thursday noxt ha would move for the correspondence and other documents relating to the dismissal of Mr. Chisholm Anstey from his official position in Hong-Kong. THE STATE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER mild he trusted the noble lord the member for Tiverton would not bring forward this evening the motion of which he had given notice with reference to the state of foreign affairs, or make theme ebmetYetießm 911 tiw oubjeet whielt lie stated it was his intefttion to do last evening. Ifd editla tiMite the noble lord that it would be most inconvenient to the public interest to .bring forward this evening the question of the relation of this colititty with foreign Powers. It was his intention, on Monday or Tuesday avening tint, to make a complete statement of the position in which this country was placed with regard to any negotiations that were pending. That course would enable the noble lord to make those observations on the question, to which the house no doubt would listen with great pleasure, Lorn PALMERSTON said it was impossible for him not to comply with the request of the right hon. gentleman, and his (Lord Palmerston's) object was merely that the public might be put in possession of the position in which this country at present stood with regard to foreign powers. (Hear, hear,) At all events the course pursued by the right hon. gentleman would giPe him and other hon. mem bers an opportunity of making some observations (Laughter.) Lord J. RUSSELL hoped that the right hon. gentleman (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) would bring the subject forward th the form of a motion, so that hen, members would have an opportunity of making some remarks. he T v h •o e u?d il p A ut N t of which, CHANCELLOR In th tl o ts ol E ar 7 p C g i v iT i r ti E t: : , said that perhaps, he would give netts° ell g m * next, MAIL CONTRACTS. Mr. DAVISON asked the Secretary to the whether any renewal of the subsisting mail contiadts to the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company for the West Indian and Brazilian Mail S erv i ce had been ; r a nted or pro mised to that company without a d vertising foi • competitive tenders; whether her Majesty's Governmi iit had had under their consideration any compl a i x i s of colonists passengers on other persons , respe a ctin g the er_vices, irregula rities, inconvenienc e , , or mismanage imeut of the maid 8 . ~..- - and whether any i nvestirreo;- he inbouvem: ..-- 4ratic .r t asto t. APRIL hB, 1859, preciously to the renewal of such contracts ; and whether itjwas intended that such renewals shall be opened to com petition? Sir S. NORTHCOTE said that there had been no altera • Lion in the contracts, and he had heard of no complaints on the subject. EXCLUSION OF ROMAN CATHOLICS FROM JURIES IN IRELAND. Viscount CASTLEROSSE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, whether his attention had been called to the fact that at the late trial at Tralee of Daniel O'Sullivan, con victed of being a member of the Phoenix Society, the eleven Roman Catholic jurors (including a gentle man lately appointed a magistrate of the county) who were called and answered to their names, were directed to " stand by" by the Crown ; and, if so, whether such a Course had been adopted with the approval of the Govern ment ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Government had given no instructions for the exclusion of Roman Catholics from juries in Ireland. After some discussion the subject dropped. COMMISSIONS IN THE ARMY. Captain VIVIAN asked the Secretary of State for War, a luestion relating to the appointment of Mr. Cunningham to an Ensigncy in the 13th Regiment of Light In fantry, and drew attention to the advertisements put forward by certain parties, stating that they possessed peculiar facilities in procuring commissions for persons who were desirous of entering the army. Commissions should be given without purchase only to relatives of those persons who had rendered emi nent services to the country, for such gifts were the same as giving so much money; and ho wished to know what Mr. Cunningham's claims were to a commis sion without purchase. General PEEL said with regard to the general question of commissions in certain cases having been obtained without purchase, he thought it would be most in convenient to enter *nto any statements on a question on which an inquiry was being instituted. With reference to Mr. Cunningham, he was the son of a distinguished officer in the Bengal army, and his grandfather had been a general in the British service. That gentleman had received testi monials from Sir S. Steele and Sir Robert Vivian. (Hear.) MR. BARON BRAMWELL ON THE NORTH WALES CIRCUIT. Mr. SALISBURY called the attention of the house to remarks said to have been made by Mr. Baron Bramwell, at Bala and other assize towns in the North Wales circuit, and asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he had any explanation to offer to the house on the con duct of the learned judge. The hon. member denounced the observations made by the learned judge in question as most uncalled for and injudicious. DISMISSAL OF MR. SANFORD FROM THE EMIGRATION OFFICE. Mr. HOPWOOD asked the Secretary to the Treasury for an explanation of the recent dismissal of a gentleman who had been employed for two years and a half in the Emigration Office, and had subsequently passed a satis • factory examination before the Civil Service Commis sioners ? THE INDIAN OFFICE. Sir E. PERRY asked the Secretary of State for India what steps had been taken for removing the political establishment of the Indian Office to the neighbourhood of the other public offices of Government ? CARRIAGE ROAD BY THE SIDE OF BERKELEY HOUSE. Mr. KINNAIRD asked the Chief Commissioner whether the Government would make up their minds by the meet ing of the new Parliament (seeing that Berkeley-house is now pulled down) as to making a carriage road by the side of Berkeley-house, from Cockspur-street and Charing cross, into St. James's Park ? Lord J. MANNERS said he could not answer the first part of the question, but he certainly would take no steps to prevent the new Parliament from expressing an opinion on the subject. THE CONSULAR COMMITTEE. Mr M. MILNE asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in what mode, and to what extent, the Government intended to act upon the recommendations of the Consular Committee of last session ? Mr. S. FITZGERALD said that some of the recom mendationsof the Consular Committee had been carried out, but they could not consent to carry out with reference to an increase in the remuneration of some of the officials as the expense would be enormous. (LEFT SITTING.) CONVENTION WITH BRAZIL. (From the Gazette of this Evening.) NOTIFICATION. With reference to the notification which appeared in the Gazette of the 10th of September last, that a Convention had been concluded between her Majesty and the Emperor of Brazil, for the settlement of all outstanding claims of subjects of either party upon the Government of the other, by means of a Mixed Commission, and that Commissioners were about to meet at Rio do Janeiro for the purpose of carrying out the stipulations of such Convention : Notice is hereby given, that the Commisioners held their first meeting on the 10th ultimo ; and that all persons, subjects of her Majesty, who may have claims to prefer upon the Government of Brazil, arising out of transactions prior to the 9th of September, 1358 (the date of the ex change of the ratifications of the Convention), should forthwith transmit the particulars of the same to her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, or to her Majesty's Minister at the Court of Brazil, toge ther with the requisite evidence in support thereof, for the purpose of being submitted to the Commissioners. Notice is also hereby given, that, in conformity with the following stipulation of the third Article of the Conven tion " Every claim shall be presented to the Commission within twelve months from the day of its first meeting, un less in any case where reasons for delay shall be established to the satisfaction of the Commission, or of the Arbitrator or Umpire in the event of the Commissioners differing in opinion thereupon ; and then, and in any such case, the period for presenting the claim may be extended to any one time not exceeding s:x months longer ;" Every clai m w hi c h .may no t b e p resen t e d t o t h e Com mission before the 10th of ,March, 1860, will be inadmissible, unless reason s f or d e l ay h o es t a bli s h e d to the sat i sfactio n of the Commissioners, or of the Arbitrator or Umpire ; and that every claim which shall not ba presented to the Com mjs,,!oners before the 10th of September, 1860, will, in conformity with the fifth article of the Convention, be con sidered an treated as filially settled, barred, and thence forth inadmih,lible• Foreign-office, April 8, 1859. LONDON GAZfTTE-( THIS EVENING) FOREIGN-OryicE, APRIL 6. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Horace Young, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul for the provinces of Biscay and Guipuscon And of Old Castile, to reside at Bilboa. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Arm?. 8. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Emil Oesterley, as Consul at Calcutta ; of Mr. Carl Schultze, as Consul at Singapore ; and of Mr. John Anderson, as Con sul at Peterhead, for his Majesty the King of Hanover. WHITEHALL, APRIL 7. The Queen has been pleased to present the Revereud John Watt to the church and parish of Strathdon, in the presbytery of Alford, and county of Aberdeen, vacant by the death of the Reverend Robert Meiklejohn. REDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT. The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual expenditure thereof, for the year ended the 31st day of December, 1858, amounted to the sum of one million one hundred and twenty-seven thousand six hundred and fifty-seven pounds nine shillitgs and one penny. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of two hundred and eighty-one thousand nine hundred and fourteen pounds seven shillings and threepence, being one-fourth part of the said surplus of one million one hundred and twenty-seven thousand six hundred and fifty-seven pounds, nine shillings and one penny, will be applted, under the provisions of the said Act, between the 6th day of April, 1859, and the 30th day of June, 1859, to the following purposes, viz.:— To be applied to the purchase of stock £1,914 7 3 To be applied to the purchase of Exchequer Bills, made out in pursuance of the Act 67, Geo. 3, cap. 48 280,000 0 0 £281,914 7 3 Add interest receivable on account of dona tions and bequests, to be applied to the purchase of stock ~ , 3,820 5 5 £285,734 12 8 National Debt Office, April 12, 1859. A. Y. SPEARMAN, Comptroller-General. WAIL-OFFICE, Amur, 8. Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant the Honourable Robert W. Grosvenor to be Captain, by purchase, vice de Winton, who retires; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant the Honourable William Henry J. North to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Grosvenor. Ist Dragoon Guards—Riding-Master George Rayment, from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be:Riding-Master, vice Noake, who exchanges. 7th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant John Richards Wel t stead to be Captain, by purchase, vice Costello, who retires; Cornet Robert Stewart Cleland to be Lieuten iiiii- by purchase, vice Welstead. 15th Liiitta r agoon s—Ridin g • Master Maillard Noake, from the Ist Dragoo2 Guards, to be Riding-Master, vice Ray ment, who exchanges' nur ve Fi g l ry Ar r till notn ery—o b hil T A;; 'Thornton thur Seeond Captains—Lieutenalits Gratwicke Pearse, rancis Walker, Geof- Henry Jame,: Alderson, Alex ander g ac id e 2 Hutchinson, Frederick cleorge Raven- IA Th omas ifory Pitt, on the Secoljed List, ftetieMi Lee Hopkinson Lyon. Lieut. Algernon curling Joy htutests allowed to resign his commlisis2 ll . The undermentiotiedOclntlemen Cadetsto be Lieutenantg, viz. :—Joseph Sladert, Somnel Pasfield Oliver, Charles smith Harvey, Robt. Henderson Robertson, Arthur John Cullen, Jos. Thos. Maher Loughman, ()debar Frederic Layton, Charles Frederick Dixon, Robert Berkeley Butt, William ltdaertulay Glasgow. To be Riding Master— Sergeant-Major William Donald. Royal Engineers—The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets to be Lieutenants, with temporary rank, • viz. :—John Charles Ardagh, James Jameson Robertson, William Emmerson Peck, Edmund Stephens, Christopher Josiah Russell ,and John Mabbott Morgan. 10th Regiment of Foot Quartermaster James Darker, from the 23d Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice O'Donnell, who exchanges. 12th Foot—Licut. Gilbert de Lacy Lacy to be Instructor of Musketry; Assistant-Surgeon Joseph William Carter Ne;rnoe Murphy, from the Staff, to be AssistantiSurgeon. 13th Foo:—Ensign Wm. Moffett to be Lieutanant, with out purchit2e. vice Turville, deceased ; the appointment of Cornet Join; Landrey from half-pay of the late Land Transport Corps to be Quartermaster, as stated in the "Gazette" of bth Feliruary, 1858, has been cancelled; Lieut. John Landrey, hem half-pay Unattached, to be quartermaster. rotit--- - lhe appointment of 'Cornet :limes Spry, from half-pay of Ma leo Land Transport Corps to be Quarter master, as stated in the " Gazette" of 31st December, 1857, has been cancelled . ; Lieutenant James Spry, from half-pay unattached, to be Quartermaster. 17th Foot —The appointment of Cornet James Fall ner, from half-pay of the late Land Transport Corps, to be Quartermaster as stated in the " Gazette' of 26th Maech, 1858, has been cancelled ; Lieutenant James Falkner, from half-pay unattached, to be Quartermaster. 18th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon HURtOr Alex. Cogbh in, from the Staff, to be Assistant -Surgeon . 20th Foot--Assistant--Surgeorr H n mmerton Crump, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant -Surgeon. 21st Foot—Assistant-S urg eon, Ed win Granville Ley, S.D. , _ • __,•..,+_siivn•Aon. 22d Foot—Captain William Theodore Hickman from the .50th Foot, to L e Captain' vice Ellis, who exchanges. 23d Foot—Quartermaster Michael O'Donnell, from the 10th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Darker, who ex . changes. , 29th Foot—Captain Somerset M. Clarke, from the 93d Foot, to be Captain, vice Levinge, who exchanges. 38th Foot—Brevet-Major Bendyshe Walton, from tie 53d Foot, to be Captain, vice Quicke, who exchanges. 50th Foot—Captain Robert Richardson Ellis, from the 22d Foot, to be Captain, vice Hickman, who exchang es . 53d Foot—Captain Sidney Godolphin Quicke, from the 38th Foot, to be Captain, vice Walton, who exchanges. 55th Foot—Ensign and Adjutant Thomas Dunn to have the rank of Lieutenant; Ensign William Martin Fro bisher to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Heber den, deceased. 56th Foot—Ensign Reginald Bythell to be Lieut., by pur chase, vice Harford, promoted; George Dixwell Grimes, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bythell. 60th Foot—Courtenay Forbes Terry, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice C oxen, superseded for being absent without leave. 70th Foot—Brevet-Major Thomas Edmund Mulock to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Timins, deceased; Lieutenant Arthur Saltmarshe to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Mulock ; Ensign Arthur William Crozier to he Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Mathew Bell, deceased ; Ensign Alexander Boydell Wriht to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice ' Saltmarshe• Ensign Rodney Stuart Riddell, from the 10th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Crozier. 76th Foot—Lieutenant Wm. Monro, from the Ist West York Militia, to be Ensign. without purchase, vice Beachy, promoted to the 18th Foot. 82d Foot—Lieutenant Charles Spencer to be Adjutant, vice Brown, who resigns the Adjutancy only. 90th Foot—Paymaster Thomas Cassidy, from a Depot Bat talion, to bo Paymaster, vice Williams, who exchanges. 93d Foot—Captain Charles H ug h Levinge, from the 29th Foot, to be Captain, vice Clarke, who exchanges. 99th Foot—Captain Nugent Chichester, late Paymaster 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Johnston, seconded, having been appointed Permanent Instructor at the School of Musketry; Lieutenant Hollingsworth Clarkson, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Chichester, who retires. 2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant James Lambert Byrne to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet- Major Anderson, deceased; Ensign Edward McMahon Forbes to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Byrne. 3d West India Regiment—Assistant-Surgeon William Declan Carbery, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Moore, appointed to the Staff. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Ensign Edward Whyte to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Onion, who retires. DEPOT BATTALION Paymaster Samuel Williams, from the 00th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Cassidy, who exchanges. The appointment of Cornet R. P. Brooks, from half-pay of the late Land Transport Corps, to be Quartermaster, as stated in the " Gazette' of 30th July, 1858, has been can celled. Lieutenant R. P. Brooks, from half-pay Unattached, to be Quartermaster. UNATTACHED. Brevet- Colonel James Kennard Pipon, from half-pay, as Captain, 63th Foot (Assistant-Adjutant-General at Head- Quarters), to be Major, without purchase. TO BE MAJORS, WITHOUT PURCHASE. Brevet-Major Charles Robert Shervington, from the Military Train• Captain Peter John Macdonald, from the Military Train. Captain Robert Daunt, from 9th Foot. Captain John Simeon Francis Dick, from the Military Train. Captain Henry James Buchanan, from Adjutant of a Depot Battalion. TO BE CAPTAIN, WITHOUT PURCHASE. Lieutenant Thomas Grace, from 57th Foot. TO BE LIEUTENANTS , WITHOUT PURCHASE. Cornet Robert Crowe, from half-pay of the late Land Transport Corps. Cornet Brabazon Miller HaHowes, from half-pay of the late Land Transport Corps. Cornet James Walley, from half-pay of the late Land Transport Corps. Cornet James Spry, from half-pay of the late Land Transport Corps. Cornet James Falkner, from half-pay of the late Land Transport Corps. Cornet John Landrey, from half-pay of the late Land Transport Corps. Cornet W. M'lntosh, from half-pay of the late Land Transport Corps. Cornet William Talbot, from half-pay of the late Land Transport Corps. Cornet R. P. Brooks, from half-pay of the late Land Transport Corps. Cornet John H. Kean, from half- pay of the late Land Transport Corps. Cornet H. Clarke, from half-pay of the late Land Trans port Corps. _ _ HOSPITAL STAFF. Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals Thomas Gal braith Logan, M.D., to be Inspector-General of Hospitals, Assistant-Surgeon Thomas George Fitzgerald to be Sur geon. Assistant-Surgeon Frederick William Moore, from the 3d 'West India Regiment, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Murphy, appointed to the 12th Foot. BREVET. Major-General Robert IL Wynyard to have the local rank of Lieutenant-General at the Cape of Good !lope. Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Aiskew Larcom, of the Royal Engineers. having completed three years' service in that rank previous to the date of the Royal Warrant of 14th October, 1858, to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of 3d November, 1854. Brevet-Colonel Thomas Aiskew Lareom, retired full-pay Royal Engineers, to be Major-General, the rank being honorary only. Captiin liobert Barlow M'Crea to be Major in the Army. Tlie following promotions to take place consequent on the death of Major-General J.hn Reed, on 21th Mach, 18.59, and of General Frederick Charles White, on Ist April, 1859 . Lieut.-General Henry Charles Edward Vernon, C. 8., to be General. Major-General Sir John Rowland Eustace to be Lieut. General. Brevet-Colonel Duncan A. Cameron, C. 8., half-pay as Lieut.-Colonel 42d Foot, Vice-President of the Council of Education, to be Major General. Brevet-Colonel Thomas Matheson, upon half-pay as Lieut.-Colonel Unattached, to be Major-General. Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel John Iznpett, 74th Foot, to be Colonel. Brew fLieut.-Colonel George Wynell Mayow, upon half pay as Major Unattached, Assistant Adjutant-General in the South-Eastern District of Ireland, to be Colonel. Brevet-Major T. B. Mortimer, 76th Foot, to be Lieut.- Colonel. Major Robert Macleod Sutherland, 92d Foot, to be Lieut. Colonel. Captain Charles Pattison, half-pay 56th Foot, Staff Offi cer of Pensioners, to be Major. Captain John Edward Sharp, half-pay Ist Foot, Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Major. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT, North Riding of Yorkshire.—Edmund Henry Turton, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant. 2d Regiment of Royal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry— Cornet Leicester Hibbert to be Lieutenant, vice Parker, resigned. South Salopian Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieu tenant St. John William C. Charlton to be Captain, vice Lord Forb.-ter, resigned ; Cornet William Curtis to be Lieutenant, vice Charlton, promoted. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Fielder, grocer, Warminster, Wilts, to surrender April 21, at two, and May 19, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. William Spawton, John Hill, Stephen Richard Owen, and Julien Roelens, curriers, Northampton, April 29, at. half-past twelve, and May 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Smith and Samuel Clay Oscrc,ft, lace manufac turers, Nottingham, May 3 and 21, at eleven, at the Shire hall, Nottingham. Robert Collishaw, grocer, Hickling, Nottinghamshire, April 19 and May 10, at eleven, at the Shirehall, Notting ham. George Little, millers, Lolham, Northamptonshire, April 18, and May 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Shakespeare, coack furniture manufacturer, Bir mingham, May 6 and 27, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Syndey Dan Jenkins, ship broker, Cardiff, April 19 and May 9, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Robert Cowan, ship owner, Newcastle-upori-Tyne, April 19, at twelve, and May 17, at eleven, at the Royal-arcade, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Charles Company Cooper, carrier, Little Tower-street, April 20, at two, and May 20, at one, at the C our t o f Bank ruptcy. James John Wade, grocer, Braintree, Essex, April 20, at one, and May 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Potter, lime merchant, Purfleet-wharf, Earl street, Blackfriars, April 18, at half-past eleven, and May 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Wise and George Edward Webster, coopers, New Weston-street, Southwark, April 18 and May 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Skeels Fryer, brickmaker, Chatteris, Cambridge shire, April 18, at two, and May 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Joseph John Wright, solicitor, Edinburgh. WVilham Ikl'Adam, farmer, Irongray, Kirkcudbright. BANK OF ENGLAND An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, rap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 6th day of ,April, 1859 : DISIIE DEPARTMENT, Notes issued Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Seeuritiest .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 18,271,230 Silver Bullion .... - £32,716,230; £32,746,230 JIANICING 13: Proprietors' Cl:pi ta' .214,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding .Exclic quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 9,999,661 Other Deposits 12,920,732 Seven Day and other Bills TPARTMENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £11,708,305 Other Securities 17,717,713 Notes Gold and Silver Coin 679,218 781,561 £11,359,336 M. 3 £41,34336 ARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated April 7,1859. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, coi n puted from Returns made in the week ending the sth day of April, 1859, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereen, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : Per cwt. From the British p ossessions in America 2Bs 81d Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 3ls 10d Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 29s 9gd Average price of the foregoing 29s 71d S I NGULAR CAUSE OF DEATIL—About a fortnight ago Mrs. Watson, wifo of Mr. Watson, dyer, Rounday road, Leeds, while asleep, swallowed a set of four false teeth, which stuck fast in her throat. Medical aid was called iii, and two eminent surgeons performed an operation and succeeded in partially dislodging the teeth, but not sufficiently so, and Mrs. Watson expired on Saturday last. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. Yesterday afternoon a special general meeting of the proprietors of. the London and South-Westcril Railway Company was held at the Waterloo Sta tidn, Rosi Mangles, Esq., M.P., in the chair. The SECRETARY having read the advertisement convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN said that circumstances had arisen since the issuing of the circulars which woad materially shorten the business of the meeting. The second bill upon the list, viz., that for authorising the amalgamation of the Portsmouth line with the company, had not advanced sal ci4ntly in the committee of the House or Commons to be submitted to the consideration of the share holders. The same remark applied to 'all the re maining bills which it was the intention of the directors to bring before the meeting. He should therefore move that the consideration of them be adjourned till the 18th inst. The first bill on the list, namely, that authorising the company to raise £lOO,OOO capital for the construction of new works and branches in connexion with the main under taking, was the only one which it would be neces sary for the shareholders to give an opinion upon. he SOLICITOR having explained the various clauses of the bill, A SHAREHOLDER asked when it was likely that the ruinous competition which had sprung up between the South-Western and South-Eastern Companies would be discontinued. The CHAIAMAN said he was about to anticipate the question of the hon. proprietor. The subject alluded to had occupied the most serious attention of, the directors. The contest which had been entered into had neither been begun nor provoked by the South Western Company. They had not only made every reasonable concession to :the South Eastern, but a g*od many which were more than reasonable, for the purpose of preserving peace, but without effect. The South Western had not taken the initiative in lowering the fares ; it was the act of the Brighton Company; and, as a measure of self•defencc, had only been followed by the. South Western board days after. The board, notwithstanding the many concessions they had made, were still ready to crime to an amicable understanding. A SHAREHOLDER asked, was there not an agree ment between the two companies that neither should take up an independent, line running through the districts; and had not that agreement' been broken by the South Western :taking up the: . direct Portsmouth line ? The CHAIRMAN said there certainly was such an understanding, but the South Western did not encourage the formation of the Portsmouth direct line. It was made in spite of them, and the board were obliged to take it up in self-defenee ; but in doing so they had offered the South Eastern the most liberal traffic arrangement. The South Eastern had, however, in the opinion of the board, broken other parts of the same agreement. The board had done all they could to forward a settle ment of the differences, and were ready to do more if the South Eastern would 'met them half-way. Air. PUNCHER said that the whole complication was due to the board taking up the direct Ports mouth line ; that line was a bad undertaking, and the directors had no right to purchase it With the proprietors' money. He should move that the meeting be adjourned, with the view of taking . into consideration the bill brought forward, till the 18th inst. HERAPATTI said the bill which it was pro posed to sanction had nothing whatever to do with the competition in question ; and, though -they all . felt very strongly on that subject, they ought not to postpone the legitimate business of the company on that account. Mr. Puncher's motion for the adjournment having been put was negatived. The CITAIRMAN then put the resolution that the bill be approved and sanctioned by the proprietors, which was carried. The meeting was then adjourned till the 18th inst. at one o'clock. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LoNnow, April B.—Wind this day at noon, S.ll . light, with dull weather, and slight rain. SCILLY, April 6.—Wind lcol m Brown, from Cardiff for Smyrna; cargo shifted and leaky. GLOUCESTER, April 7.—Sailed—Alice, for Quebec. CAltntyr, April 7.—Wind IV.N.W.—Sailed—Lenton, for Quebec. SWANSEA, April 7.—Wind W. — Sailed—Hercules, for Coquimbo ; Staines Castle, for Cuba. Muronn, April 7.—Wind W.—Arrived—Altna, from Demerara for London ; short of provisions; master landed very ill. LIMERICK, April 6.—Wind S.—Sailed—William and Joseph, for Quebec. SUNDERLAND, April 7.—Wind S.W.—Blessing . , for New York. HuLr., April 7.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed—Pioneer, for Quebec. FALMOUTH, April 7. — Arnived—Anna, from Sierra Leone. SHIELDS, April 7.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—British Merchant, for Ceylon; Ellen Oliver, for Quebec. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGBATII.) LITERPOOL, Friday Morning Wind, S.W. ; Arrived, April 7—White Star, from Melbourne ; Men Monarch, from Bombay; Zouave, from Calcutta. Arrived, April B—N. St. Pierre, from St. Malo; Eugenic, from Havre. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Wind, W., very light; tide, six hours' ebb, fine. Arrived—Rebecca Atrahams, from Randers ; Elise Mark, from Wrila; Friends, from Dunkirk. DEAL, Friday Morning. Wind, W.N.W. ; fresh. Passed—European, screw steamer, from London, for Limerick. Most of the outward bound that sailed yesterday have put back. COURSE OF EXCIIANGE.—Tuts DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 164. 11 17 Antwerp Brussels — 2.5 12f 2.5 20 la mburgh 'aris ..__ . __- 25 10 Ditto . 3 Months. 25 25 - 2.5 30 Marseilles — 25 271 25 321 Frankfort on Maine — 1171 - ll7/ Vienna Trieste Petersburgh _ 3.51 Madrid 491 ..: 491 Cadiz — Leghorn — Genoa — Naples Palermo — Messina — Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York — .7 . 491 49 29 80 29 1 2.5 321 245 31 1 4 21 01 1 4° 21 1 121! 121 1 52 62; 62 63i • • E.I. Co's bis. House Lis. 601 Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 26 24 Bombay ditto Madras ditto 26 24 East India Company s Bills drawn, from the 18th ult to the 25th ult. Ben•;a1 Madras Bombay /313 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 £313 19 0 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard). per oz. S 3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) „ 0 0 0 ROYAL MEDICAL BENEVOLENT COLLEGE.—The friends of this excellent institution, founded by that chari table member of the medical profession, Mr. John Propert , Deputy-Lieutenant of Cardic•anshire, celebrated the seventh annual festival at the Lotidon. Tavern on the 6th inst., under the able presidency of Lord Stanley, M.P.. whose eloquent appeal to the assembled guests (about 200) was nobly responded to, as it was announced towards the close of the banquet that £3,900 had been subscribed, and pro mised in addition to about £3OO per annum from new sub scribers. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—ner Majesty's Emigration Commissioners chartered two ships yesterday afternoon, the 7th inst.—viz., the Burlington, 676 tons, to sail from Southampton for Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, at £l2 14s. 6d. per statute adult; and the . Parsee, 1,060 tons, to sail from the same port for Sydney, New South Wales, at £ l5 2 s. Id. per statute adult. B o th vesse l s passengers on such day a s th e betweenion the 25th of M a y an d . the ie o bme l n s r t l o sa sd f i3° J .if u oe n r sr e t Ine appointay e e y ij t oe of given notice of their in tention to receive tenders next Thursday, the 14th inst., for a ship to proceed to Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, to be ready for the reception of passengers any day the Com missioners may fix upon between th 30th of May and the 6th of June. THEATRICAL THUNDER.—The following anecdote is current in musical circles :—lt is known with what itn- patience the public awaited the first representation of the " Pardon de Ploermel," but the first performance was de layed by a singular caprice of the composer. At ono of the most dramatic periods of the work a violent storm bursts forth, and is, of course, accompanied by thunder. The manner in which the Opera-Comique represented the stoma did not satisfy Meyerbeer, and he wandered about listening to every noise that was made in the hope of hearing some thing that came up more closely to his idea of a thunder peal. At last one morning, in passing before a house in course of demolition, the falling of the stones and mortar to the ground, through a long :wooden trough, gave pre cisely the sound which he wanted. He hastened to the theatre, and ordered a long square funnel to be made of boards, and sent down through it a quantity of stonce. " The sound is too hard," said the composer, "we must have smooth lead or iron. Grape shot would do admira ably." " But it is impossible to obtain them," said the manager, "without permission from the Government." Meyerbeer replied that he would undertake to procure them, and he wrote the same day to Marshal Valliant, Minister of War, on the subject. The M arshal is said to have been much ' amused at the letter, and to have replied that all the stores of 'Vincennes were placed at the coin poser's disposal. - The shot thus obtained produces, when rolled down the wooden trough, the thunder which is now heard each night the piece is performed, he ag as an