The Sun. — London, England, 1860-04-12 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NE W WS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. ADVANCE IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT. _ The Di rec t ors of the Bank of Englaud have raised the minimum rate of discount to 5 per cent. It was generally expected that some measure of the kind Would be adopted, anti. the announcement has con sequently produced very little effect at the Stock Exchange. Considerable activity was experienced in the money market yesterday, owing to the Consol settlement, th e prepara ti ons f or t h e Vi ctor i a Debentures, and the impression that the Bank of England minimum will attain a higher figure. The joint- s t oc k b an k s an d di scount h ouses h ave li mited their transactions for some days past, and the available supply of money appears to be very limited. The negotiation of the proposed issue of X 2,650,000 Victoria Railway debentures has only met with , Partial success ; the amount tendered for was 1 41 , 6 80,000, and offers accepted at and about 105- t he minimum fixed by the Colonial Government oaly represented £1,570,000, showing a deficiency °F £1,080,000. It must be admitted, however, that the stringent condition of the money mar ket Was adverse to the operation, the previous emissions of these securities having taken place When the rate of discount was 21 per ce nt., whereas it now stands at 41 per ce nt., with the prospect of an immediate ad lance to 5 or 51 per cent. The lowest bid •941 8 95, and the highest 108, the average being !CS I. The result of this transaction will no doubt act as a warning to the authorities in V ictoria, who, elated at the prices previously ob tained, were no doubt encouraged to bring for- Ward a much larger quantity than they had offered on former occasions. Similar mistakes have been frequently made; the depression of Canadian, Indian, and Brazilian Securities is solely attri butable to the excessive supplies which have been forced upon the market. Dealings were recorded Yesterday morning in the Victoria Debentures, pre viously negotiated, at 1071, but the New closed last evening at only 105 to 1051. To-day the quo tations has been 1041 to 1051. The Mexican dollars by the last West India Packet have been sold at 621 d per ounce, showing a decline of Id. compared with the price realised for t he previous supply, but the bar silver has not yet b een disposed of. Notice has been given by the Spanish Financial , e etnmission that the auction of the Foreign Re deemable Debt will take place at Madrid on the 28th 'ostant, for which purpose 748,960 reals have been a ssigned by the Government. The directors of the Scinde Railway Company t ve prepared to receive tenders for the unappro priated portion of the £250,000 debentures, of s ums of not less than £lOO, about to be issued aOder the guarantee of the Secretary of State for India, bearing 5 per cent. interest, and payable in Q l'e years, with the option of converting them into li t°ek at par. , A second call of £5 per share has bee n ma d e 1 the Eastern Bengal Railway Company, pay able on July 20 next. Tile Tasmania n h as b een announce d thi s morn i ng tom the West Indies, with £65,458 in specie. The A u st ra li an B an k s w ill rece i ve tenders for the bal ance of the Victoria Deb en t ures a t th e pr i ce o f 105 until Tuesday next. %t The Funds to-day "continue rather heavy, 25 Blythe e ;tl s T u y e r a l( pert all though the transactions, both real and specula- i Stk Br o fs P .k . I , ;3 ( cet.4p ct Stock' 100 ti le, have / 20 Do. do. do.' Shares •• l4 L. ) been limited. Consols for money have itod'i;aledon 210, 44 per cent 100 12.10 I c ) o o r .t k itiariaSnlwtornes,sisio.2c 1 all 1 7 11 94 to 941, and for account 941 1 ; the present I, t , l ees, however, are 944- 1 and 944 I respectively. 20 Cornwall, 5 per cont P 1 all " 4 : New Threes and the Reduced have receded to ste e jk i 2.1 1 e. Per . L A 's st l i e 7 r L i e n e j l'og _ki 1; the New 21 per Cents. are 781; India New ro c C i ; t it . . do. o. 2a u s s s ; pe e- Ng ;," 1 11 is steady at 1041 1051; ditto 5 per Cent. Stock E. Conn. Ex. 5 pct. N . 0 . .i 100 'llf,a.ced Paper, 9811; ditto 51 per Cents. are flat at Stockoc Do.lo do 0 per et. Stock) 100 4. 4; the Debentures at 961 97 ; Exchequer Bills stock tacteztiraestol. 5 i,0 4 per shares; 12 6 8 8. to 12s. prem.; Bank Stock is firm at 226. Stock , Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. &D. 100 g t to o c ct : u d r in n . e r s e s, t s h4 r D c u en n i 4 pc. 100 tusiness in th e F ore i gn Stock Market continues 1 , Oderately active, but prices generally show a s Sl o o o cb l 43 i r ia e s a • tViltr . .., s a p . SP. I ° o3 %line. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 751 to 76 ; Stock' Do. 5 pcßedm er . n ,iop.c. • p e m . 100 Stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. ditto New, 61 to 611; Russian 5 per Cents. have 100 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm., 8 , 0 , s eceded to 1071 ; Mexican, to 211 , Z- ; Sardinian 10 jr3t. NIL of Scotld, Ist pf.' al , i G t p ..S . ..& r : f. (lf s r i e o l c a l n , (Ireland )4 4 I 83 1 ; Brazilian 41 per Cents. to 901 ; Chilian stool 100 remains at 102 ; but Dutch 4 per Cents. have im- 50 great West. (Berks - a . n . l proved to 1041 ; Spanish are 461. Dents) Ext. 5 p.ct.. .1 2 1 , Stock Do. Redeemable, 44 p c . t. l l uu ‘l.The Oeean Marine Insurance Shares are 2., 5 -,- 1 1 Stock g o o . . 11 r e r d e c ( ie e m em ah a l b e l , e 4 No .. o t. 12 1 1 1 ,. e m. ; the Universal ditto, 1 -,?.- prem. The New Stock B i r ? , o o. .s T p r ot in .. It i s r d e e t eiV i r r e e f ,; ' , 1 a (?? 10 Gt. W. C s h p e . s c . t B . p p . r e e .p c f.sh.l al l " toria Debentures are 1041 to 1051 The last week's railway receipts, as . certained up st i :o o cl Ir3o. gr. to this day, in 264 Do.o ch m es i t n4g u u ar ar .s . i s l t aTe k s i l a ° , are, round figures, as under :- 134 Do. do. do I a G reat 1860. 1859. 20 Do. do. do. I 2 , itock T.:tn. & York 6 p c. stock I lf 4,,_ Western .. £32,619 £28,890 Stork Do.Barnsl.St.£s • 3slodp 1 1' C:th-lirester n 11 - A - Western ti rl i pto n 17,96.5 12,424 Stock I Do. ,sp. c. No. ?I I „ s to lln a ll ki r .‘, • .nastem LetrE Northern 24,327 21,348 Stock 1 5 1 : 1 ) o. Do. 44 pe r cen t. Do. o. do. , 4 , 4d , ) n e t r c i,ref shares st bri ii e Ltsiiirst and Yorkshire 4 0 ' 1 and E xe t er Stock { .. 6,516 6,136 Stock,Do.6 p.c.d0.(1Y.E.&C.P.) 4 tt il"R , t ,. _astern . 4 0 „Ilester, Sheffield, and Lincoln Stock 1 Lon .& N. W Cov &Nun - , s O i' o I. 4 ci Stafford 1 • et • ,0 4 b,. , Worcester, and Wolverhampton 5,046 4,346 , t ( t i til and Wicklow 1,949 1,594 Stock I,on.&S'. W P , • 7p . .et stoc k l26- t,ondoncly & Cole,. 4 ells. , 41 % 1 , 1 ° 4 1'0k and Glasgow 5,859 5,691 124 Londondy. & Enns 4 sh. r .j . ., 4 vi' and South-Western tit e ,7 l .,__Trunk of Canada Th" Western of Canada e • 6 cent. cent. 124 I;ll' g a .. ry , i por p t er & ce ( n 3a t r . ..,.4 . p . ..c : k ill Intervention of the Easter Holidays has of e d a most decided increase in the traffic returns 124 iI D 1; 4 111 , os t of the principal lines of railway in the Stock r ;0 1(l eo c n o .7ir?s p icii'r ' Tp ck ot N'ted Kingdom, compared with those of the cor- Stock I Do. 44 p. C. pref. stock *PoOding week of last year. On the Great Sto 6 ek Do. 7, e i t i h c. & t l i g. t p i r l e l 1 8 s 6 t ( to extern it amounts to £3,729, the North-Western 10 i Nely . po e r d t,Aber i tc.pret.s 1i t i 49,115 , the South-Western to £3,885, the to ti ) o. Perpe l t7 , 6 p. P o. •c wigi op T o n . , tal l s( B lg 9 k)tiauton to £5,541, the Midland to £6,145, the 12 /o £2 Stock to £4,480, the Great Northern to Stockoc 7leorli4cps.Pc:cPrEe'T'Sdtok..qa: 7 tii 79, the Lancashire and Yorkshire to £6,020, stock ‘T D o o r . s t. h w az . ? t r i n s l i . , E s x. S percenticlB4 7 i 4141‘iorth-Eastern to £5,199, the Edinburgh and Stock Do. New, (rua. 5 , e . ONV to £l6B, the Grand Trunk of Canada to Stock Zlia D sreon a s " •lr D ei.ipl ° e: I .. °B , and the Great Western of Canada to stock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. )446.17 Do. do. do. 1 2G Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. })* e dealings in the Railway Share Market have 122 r f ? l o o .. l d r o o . r u i lrtzr3 . ,l , B l, 4 r e ci„ 0 , 4 , on. a moderate scale, and, with one or two ex- 20 North StalTordshire .. . rh o ,. . Stock Ox.wr. & wol. 6pc.lst . g, Ip fr us,prices have further declined, notwithstand- Stock , Do. Redeem., 2d gua thee kit favourable character of the traffic returns. stock , Do. nri T r n r e e v d er u a . r , a 2 n d t. :,• e ui 4, 1 ,,.. e rn Counties, and Lancashire and Yorkshire 84 Scottish 'Central, new pi %. e ' s. receded ss. Caledonian, Great Northean, Stock c sc,;D:t p l e s r h e N . ' p o r r e t t h s ta c7c t . e . r . n . 4.% l t 't Western, Brighton, South Western, North Stock toc Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. , ki d , e rn (Berwick), and South Eastern, lOs , and les. South D() 7 D P eV c on P , r ln f • ,:. t 'l • Cis k I ,' th od, 15 s . B r i s t o l an d E xeter a d vanced 10s. 7.1 11 .6. s o D u .i)i.i Fa etxs d e r 4 n 4 ( w e r a c d e i n n t g . Foreign and Colonial Markets transac- Ann. 1.0 6 ) Stock oc 1 13 0 0 . i, tp e e d r i ce p ut e. Or ia 11 4 t. have not been important, prices however are .'i i Ist's. lit ite Lombardo-Venetian realise 111 111 ; Great Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Stock Do. 44 per shire cen4 p 'c. , gua. ll i blbourg, 61 7 ; East I n di an h ave d ec li ne d Stock S.-York G1;11021 ; Grand T run k o f C ana d a, to 331 34; N stf;cok. perD r c . e i t 5 p. e. 1 0 . t ,* Western of Can a d a , t o 121 121 . 25 Do. C 6 v . cent k,. let-Stock Bank and Mi sce ll aneous Sh ares re - Stock Watrfd & Kilk ny , 6p . c • Inactive,l4 at about previous rates. ORDINARY SHA ibarc Railways. itA 13.14 itO(4 itock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stool: 12 Stock Stock 121 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock stock Stock Stock Stock 12 10 Stock Stock] 104; 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 41 1 II Ills okk a FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK . S tocktiel, 2 26 kh ~, ;elit. R e d uce d A nnu i t i es 9 91 i 1(:0, a'ezlt. Co nso l s A nnu iti es - 4 A nt 2i Per C ent. A nnuities IN ; Per Cont. Annuitie s 7Bl Ni g ' uo Years , expire sth April, 1885 l 7l Lit too, • DO O s itto , Per Cent. ,i!tt.,, f‘Tlfaced Paper, 4 per cent — 4 1 1i,it to ' 6 , per Cent. .981 8 Otto b ../ per Cent lO3/ „,` 1 ..0 eeen.tures 1858 .. ICI I '4I u4 ds Xll3OO par I . ; t l.ol ' AccOunt (May 9) .... t ".. l tt,, ° A ck for Account — Ili t 'il , l l €. 4l :lecount, 5 per cent. FOf:::r miii„ £l,OOO, lid l2 8 0 ,, ru0 l2 8 tOhb ttl all, lid 4 ,, lav il -', FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 'Fil l A t i , i IN - per Cent. li all 41 Per cent.; 18 58 ii„ 6 _ er. L ijilar k 3 1 3 Cent N . Et o 4 ,yer Cent. Viat i, i 'ppint h CiNk,'l 4 2, £ St., 5 per Cent lO7l ",li, i `.to A ',. '-' Per Cent — b h i,',ll a e collut ‘t1 1 1;1% 4 Per Cent - bi, 15 4 6 e " c ° l lnt b.` t o 4 e Per Cent... — L! t ta /‘ T count it to 'lv Lo 6ll 1 t 'keen an q t „, b iv „llta bi'll 'uends on the above payable in London. tlo 10 ian e er ,. ge, 12 Gail. 21 per Cent — Llficates, 4 per Cent. e oi , TWO O'CLOCK. I`,l t A. c mit Isl t , o m once(y) 94 I 941 / ......._ Docks 4 e , IG/irr 1 ,0/I„e'oy AND THE DERBY M AGISTRATES. — GA;, 4 e4lth at e ' s eury st a t es th at a rumour was current on 4 44 o ttely i ss. ,Yers was in this county. A warrant was eo„„?ed for ‘Y Police his apprehension, and placed i n th e officer, SHARE a.! A RKRT.—( THIS DAY.) ES A. tfrerg'. , ot dug. Bost. and Eastern Junction 10 Belfa.--t and Ballymena . all Wol., and S tr. Val. all ilirk.,La.,and Ch. June lOO Blackburn Blyth and T:, n e Bost.Slefd.& Mid. Colin all Bristol and Exeter 100 i 11 Carmarthen & Cardigan a Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&.Paosage al Cornwall a] D°' " A rcves. no div. until6p.c.per an: Do. B hasbeen pd.toß. " Dublin andßelf ast June. al Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc al East Anglian Eastern Counties ll Eastern Union A Stock 1( Do. do. B Stock 1( Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Suffolk a Do Edinburg and Glasgow 10 i Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 10 Forth & Clyde Junction a. Furness ,Glasgow& South Westn lO Great North of Scotland a: Great Northern l, Do. do. A Stock ll Do. do. B Stock ll Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 1( Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk 1( Irish South Eastern a Lancashire & Yorkshire 1C London and Blackwall. 10 Lon.,Bric,rhton &S. Coast 10 Lond. Chat. and Dover a London & North West& 10 Do. Eighths London& South-Westn lO L'derry & Coleraine a] L'derry & Enniskillen a] Man., Shef., & Lincoln IC Maryport and Carlisle Do. do. Shares al lfetropolitan Midland lO Do. Birming. & Derby lO Nfld. Gt. West.(lreland' a' Do. Shares a Mid Kent a Do. (Cray Line) a Newcastle and Carlisle a New., Aber., & rierefd, a: Newry & Armagh (lief.' Newry, Warpt., & hoe al Norfolk to I North. Counties Union North British ll Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk 1( Do.A Stk.—Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 1( Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick 1C Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 161 Do. Leeds lO Do. York IC North London lO North Staffordshire 1 No. & Sou. W. Junction a Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver 1( Peebles a Portsmouth Rhymney 1 Scottish Central IC Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock 10 !Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 10 Shropshire Union lO Sitting bourne & Sheer tll South Devon lO South-Eastern lO, South Wales South Yorks.&Riv.Dun lO Staines, Wok., & Wek al (Stockton & Darlington al Do. do. ;Stockton & ilartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Ulster Do. Do. 'Vale of Neath )Victoria Station & Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London . Do. Ist Class. Do. 2d Class . ill 11 el 6 ill 111 i - 7/ 8 17/ 1.8 55 56 36 38 26- 28 781 79, 30 30i 98 100 113 114 117 119 128 132 113 115 fBi 69 60 65 104 f 105 67 69 112 113 12 13 991 1001 d 02 92} 3 41i 12! 3 2,} d, I]7} lib 94 96 104 It 14 2! 55 57 31 Xcl 05 951 11 46 d 48 486 Do 79 79 . 1 DO 105 107 1.71 31 31 (1 al 9 oi )0 42 14 11 9 91 tll 14 16 0 6 7 10 114 116 10 341 351 10 85 87 0 47 49 2 4 d 1 - 16 )0 68 885 )0 65 67 )0 75 80 11 6 8 11 394 404 9 . 8/ 9i pi 55i 56} 24 34p id 61 ip 59 10 11 i -it PREFERENCE SHARES. Closing 1 Buenas/ Share hallways. Paid./ Price, I Done. E 6 98 100 102 54 6 99 101 110 113 103 108 110 112 109 111 124 126 81 83 110 112 90 92 75 77 ;118 120 1117 119 110 112 1103 105 iB5 87 96 98 98 100 88 90 90 92 100 102 91 1.01 17 18 lei 101 74 76 191 201 91 10 141 151 138 140 115 117 115 117 140 145 115 117 154 158 132 136 66 68 214 224 115 117 15!} 1574 12 121 125 127 • 88 7u 138 140 102 103 1113. in 95 si 10/ 111 121 i 4p 109 111 108 110 90 £2 95 97 Id p 23 24 124 126 17 119 75 77 121 123 [32 136 10i 10/ 23 23i 101 103 101 103 89 91 99 101 84 88 28 29 32i 33i 32 33 51 53 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. R4ilways. Bedrord and Bletehley , all Ln & N.W Buckinghamshire 100 Ln & N.W Chester & Holyhead.; 100 ;Do. Do. do. 54 p. ct... • 100 Do. Do. do. sp. ct. Cl vdesd ale Junction .. 100 Caledonin Colchester, Stour Val . all ,E.U.&E C; E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c 100 iGt.North.; E Union,HarwlehShs , ' ; E.Counts. Do. Woodbridge ...; 100 Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct., 100 ICaledonin Do. New , 100 Do. Gloster& Dean Forest' all 1G t. West. Elartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all iYk.N.ArBr, fiull and Selby Do. 4 Shares all ' Do. Do. Shares all I Do. Lanc.&Carl.gua.s p.c. 100 ;Ln & 2f 4 W London&Greenwi,,h .I 100 IS. East Do. Preference Lon.,Tilhy.&Soutend. 100 Peto &Co , Lowestoft, g.na. 4p. ct. 1 100 Norfolk 1 Do. 6 per cent lOO !Do. llanc.,Buxtn. & Matk. all LN W&111' Mid. Bradford Prefer-: once Stock Newmarkt.,BnryEx 5. a.' ' ,E.Counts guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c I all , Do. Do. do. 6 per cent. ...1 all, 'Do. Do. Fixed 5 per cent.' all Do. North Western all Mbilwad L & Preston and Wyro. i all & N L.Yk. Do. 4 Shares A.: all Do. — Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep; 100 'Gt.North. 135 137 Shmwsbry& Hereford 100 T Brassoy 104 106 Do. Do. 1 •• • • P South Staffordshire .., 111‘Clean .; 104 11 Wilts and Somerset.; 100 Gt. West 91 93 Wimbledon& Croydn. l all L.Ariblitn l 74 Si 95 100 511 31t 1:2 124 112 114 ;103 105 10 17 140 1 , 12 4* 4i 14i 15 DOCKS. Paid. Leasing Closing' Business Co.'s. Price. I Done. 954 6 i Paid I Closing I itueinese Price. Done. Sh sze StockjCommcrcial lOO Stock; ho 4 perCeot.Pret .31in lOO Stock I.:at and West India lOO Stock London;100 Stock St. Katharine ICO Stock Southampton l OO Stook;Victorla ................ 100 ICO 103 tc IDo NM teitiableour4,•.9l 2 r ND STOCKS. 1 ,. Closing - Price. Sliminess Done. 102 90 1 4 110 111 207 210 63 §5 115 120 98 t' 21 4. 95 97 I I P 56 58 IRE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENINGI. APRIL 12, 1860. rDITT.Tv 7711elcvm-.1 nrvv..-s.wve. i I Closing i , .11 Railways. Paid.l Price. liminess done Share 100 i A 11 , an e a s t i e c d & a t S 6 t p L , a r w e r e e n n t o e . i / Stk I all 1 86 88 Bom.,Baroda.iCent.lnal 1 100 97 98 ryi - - Do. Addit. Capital AI gu. 5 percent 18 , Do. Do. B 11 id f d 204 Buffalo l and Lake Huron all 5 5 4 d 20 Do. New all -- 10 Do. Preference /00 I I Buffalo,Brant&G odrich 1 100 78 82 (15 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 100 I Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 70 75 106 'Do. do. 1 June, 1874, 100 68 73 5 ,Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim.,l. 30. par 4 p 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov.(Lim.) 2s. -- 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip t 3s. I lf 1 d 20 Central Oude (Limited) 38. Od.' 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 17} 11 14 d 17f Demerara 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c , 5 id id Stock East Indian, fr,U. sp. c I 100 11011 1921 1021 14 20 Do. F Shares Ext lO par il) 20 Do. Jubbulpore lO pnr 1p 100 i Do. 44 p. c. D e b en t rs all 9 £ 4 100 f Stock Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1861 lOO 104 1024 101 f 20 Geelong&Melbourne Sto. f ,Geelong Corporation 6 I 100 _ per cent. Bonds Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 34 35 31 3 4 100 'Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 92f 93f 100 Do. 6 percent. Debentr all 70 72 72 100 Do. 7 per cent. 18 62 .... all 84 86 100 Do. do. 1867.... all 72 74. 100 , Do. do. 1872.... all 71 73 72 Rook 'Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 991 991 9 91 i 20 IDo. New, gua.s per cent. 6 id 4d 51 20 f Gt. South. of Ind.Lim.— 10 11 1.1 guaranteed 5 per cent 20f Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 12} 12i 12f 20} Do. New 100 I Do. Bonds pay. '76,with / a ll 97 99 ( opt. till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 97 99 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do I all 90 93 took Madras, guar., 44 p. c lOO 88 90 lock Do. do. 5 per cent lOO 974 981 lock Do. 41 p. c. Extension lOO 91 93 lock Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c lOO 20 Do. Fourth do. 20 Do. do. lock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 —...- 20 1 Newßrunswick&Canda. R_y.&Land(l.im.)g.6pc all 5 7 Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do 10 Do. do. B. Capital do 1 all 5 7 .. Do. do. Land d o 10 Oude (Limited) .... 10 Scinde 6 4.: 1 all 99 101 100 10 Do. New g i 4 g 15 d d 0 Do. Punjaub 0 Do. Indus. St. Flo .G0,',.; all 94 96 0 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 0 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 Id par f 4 Stock 20 Sto. Stock 100 100 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. _ 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 44 41 20 Ardonnes all p 20 IBah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 7 4d par 5 IBelgian East. Junction all i 1 20 Beziers to Graissessac all —.- 10 ;Buen.Ayres& S. Ferndo 24 24 21 p 6 r Carmeaux Mine & Rail i all :41 44 100 ,Copiabo 10 1 Ditto Extension 20 ,Dutch Rhenish 20 Eastern of France ....., all 244 254 20 Grand Rue. Guar .5 p.c. 6 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. sits all 61 7 6; 7 20 Italian Junction .....„ all 20 Lake Constance & Bale all 20 Lierre and Turnhout all 20 Lombardo Venetian.... 10 14 lfp 111 1 20 Ly - ons and Geneva .... all 331 Maria Antonia all 10 Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege all 04 81 84 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. all 19 194 16 (Northern of France..., all 3%4 384 20 , Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk F ra il; a ll 81 94 20 Paris,Lyons, and M e dit . a ll 361 87 20 Paris and Orleans w 1 Recife& S. Fran. (Pern.) 113 1 1 lid gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) 20 Riga and D unaburg.. :: I 10 10 Rome and Frascati 20 Royal Danish all 13 15 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse.-- all 54 6 10 Do. 54 per cent. Prof. 20 San Paulo (lim.)g. 7m. c 2 4 1 d 20 Southern of France 84 West Flanders all 51 b; 10 Do. 54 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 22 23 20 Western of Austria 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 10 Zea1and........ all —.— 14 15 32 13 4i 5 37 39 20 22 144 164 122 125 74 25 30 254 '274 30 99 101 103 106 106 108 24 2lip - - I 1 id 1 d 11 1 1 1 i 2 21 3 4 1 I d 10 1 5 I 1 A par 1 49 51 78 80 13 15 par 11 k 2 .4 5f 61 52 51 120 130 341 35f 10 11 MINES. Paid. Closing Price. 2i 3 300 31024 440 450 0 74 102 i I;7* 71 10f 35 :4 14 15 1 14 2.7.0 7.4.0 5,11 17a 12.4.2 6 9 1 8 4.n.6 1.6.6. 21 - 3 30 a 39 41 54 54 8 9 12 13 45 48 4 I 290 300 7.9.4 11 10.6.7 140 2 1 5 0 1 / 24 28 3 31 4} 5 19 21 58 90 350 360 140 150 87; 92i I; 151 161 19 21 31 33 171 51 5 6 1.7.2 I I d par 24 23i 42 14 I 1 3 si 26 25 i d l ip 10 1 11} i d p Id p 5 6 i 1 it d par 11 24 ----- Blanes. 11 Done. - , 25 NEWMARKET RACES-(THIS DAY). (BY ELECTRIC TELEGAPH.) £5O HANDICAP PLATE. Tyrant Blue Jacket Bevis Nine ran. CLARET STAKES. The Promised Land Walked over, Claret Stakes—North Lincoln paid forfeit. Aske Produce Stakes--Polianthus paid forfeit. £5O Handicap Plate—Mazzini, Ticket of Leave, and Merry May paid forfeit. Sweepstakes of 100 Sovs.—Sampson, Tisiphone filly, and the Benecia Boy paid forfeit. LATEST BETTING. TWO THOUSAND. 7 to 2 agst The Wizard (taken freely) 9 to 2 agst Lupulus (taken) 9to 1 agst Brother to Rainbow (taken) 11 to 1 agst Traducer (taken) 100 to 6 agst 'Umpire (taken) 20 to 1 agst King of Diamonds (taken) 50 to 1 agst Buccaneer (offered) DERBY. 6to 1 agst Umpire - 12 to 1 agst Thormanby 100 to 6 agst Buccaneer 25 to 1 agst Blue Ruin (taken) 100 to 3 agst Confectioner CITY AND SUBURBAN. 7to 1 agat Confectioner (taken) 9to 1 agst Yoicks (taken) 12 to 1 agst Homeward Bound (taken) 14 to 1 agat Chere Arnie (taken) 40 to 1 agat Man-at -Arms CHESTER CUP. 14 to 1 agst Tame Deer 14 to 1 agst Gaspard 20 to 1 agst Longrange 20 to 1 agst The Promised Land (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Satellite (taken) 25 to 1 agst Man-at-Arms 25 to 1 agst Viatka 30 to 1 agst Mouravieff 50 to 1 agst Flitch 50 to 1 agst Blue Ruin THE CASE OF ELIZABETH HODDER. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. SIR,—As one of the guardians of Sherborne I cannot allow your remarks, on the case of Elizabeth Hodder, to pass without assuring you that they are wrong, both in fact and in law. What becomes of your censure on the guar dians and the sneer at their " wise and humane decision," when you find that they had no more to do with the removal of Elizabeth Hodder than you yourself had ? How can you justify the term " inhuman treatment," when you learn that this girl—a domestic servant —not living in a "crowded place of business," but in a gentleman's household, and in one of the most capacious houses in the town, was received, although not a pauper—without hesitation into the union house, and was ordered every attention that her case re quired by this same " inhuman " board; accompanied by the injunction that she was not to be moved until able ? What further can you say when you learn that her fitness to be removed was certified by the medical officer in charge of the house, and that she was taken away only at the express wish and anxious desire of her two sisters ? I do not blame you, Mr. Editor. You have been imposed on by some one who, having an imperfect knowledge of the facts, has seized on this case in aid of the old and vulgar system of abuse of the poor law. But it is much to be re • gretted that so distorted and unjust a r epresentation of this case as that in your Monday's impression should have gone forth to the public. I need not tell you that what is said in your paper about "the plan of refusing to admit any one not born in the parish," and "forcing persons in utter destitution to make a journey of 200 or 300 miles before they can receive relief," proceeds upon an entire misconcep tion of the poor laws. Every destitute person may require immediate relief, and may also exercise the liberty of walk ing out of the house in which that relief has been adminis tered at three hours' notice. Parodying the language used in your article, I would say, I "do not envy the feelings" of the writer, whoever he may be, who discovers how wrong in this matter he has been both in his statement of facts and his ideas of the poor law. Neither the law nor its administrators have been in the slightest degree to blame in this matter. If blame there be it rests with either those who removed the girl into or from the house—with those who took her from a very small family into a building where infection might have been communi cated to 70 or 80 persons ; or with those who, from feelings of sisterly affection which revolted from the notion of a workhouse, carried their young relative to the dismal swamp in which their home was. Who is to blame is a question which, with better opportunities of knowing the facts than you have had, I would not venture to decide so hastily as you have done. lam only anxious /or the character of this union, and the cause of Truth, to throw back as utterly undeserved the imputation which you have, I be lieve unintentionally, cast upon the guardians. Yours faithfully, L. H. RUEGG. SP O.RT, Subscription Plate of 50 SOTS ; for three-yr-olds, 7st 21b ; four, Bst 71b; five and upwards, Bst 121 b. T.Y.C. 5 furlongs 140 yards. Sir J. Hawley's Gallus, by Chanticleer, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Wells) 1 Mr. Ir. Savile's Cynricus, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Ashman) 2 Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Starke, 5 yrs, Bst 121b_ (G. Fordham) 3 The following also ran : —Man Friday (late Olympus), Sneer filly, Conjuror, and Mousey. Betting-5 to 4 agst Cynricus, 100 to 30 agst Gallus. Won isy two lengths ; bad third. Sweepstakes of 25 sous each, 10 ft, for three and four-yr olds ; three-yr-olds, 7st 121 b ; four, Bst 121 b ; fillies al lowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for £2OO ; if for £lOO, allowed 71b. Last half of Ab. M., 3 furlongs 217 yards. subs. Mr. Barrett's Lady Kingston, by Kingston, 4 yrs, Bst 91b (Snowden) 1 Duke of Bedford's Orlanda, 4 yrs (£100), Bst 21b (J. Mann) 2 Mr. T. Stavens's Ardour, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Wells) 3 Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Dove, 4 yrs (£100), Bst 21b (Fordhara) 4 Betting-6 to 4on Ardour, 3to 1 agst Orlanda, and 10 to 1 agst Lady Kingston offered. Won by a neck ; ;. head between second and third ; good fourth. The Duke of Bedford claimed Lady Kingston ; Mr. Bar• rett claimed Orlanda for Count Batthyany, and Mr. R Ten Broeck claimed Ardour. The Column Stakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; 31b and 51b allowed. R.M. 1 mile 17 yards. 14 subs. Lord Derby's Sagitta, by Longbow, ist 131 b (G. Fordham) 1 Lord Ailesbury's Bribery colt, Bst 21b.... (L. Snowden) 2 Lord Strathmore's Leprechaun, Bst 21b (J. Covey) 3 Rope Dancer and Vicar of Bray also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst Sagitta, 2to 1 agst Vicar of Bray, 5 to 1 agst any other offered. Won by a length and a half; bad third. BETTING AFTER THE RACES. CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. 100 to 8 agst Homeward Bound (taken) 100 to 7 agst Comforter (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 3to 1 agst The Wizard (taken) 4to 1 agst Lupulus (offered) CHESTER CUP. 14 to 1 agst Tame Deer (taken) LATEST BETTING. TWO THOUSAND. 3t• 1 agst Wizard (taken) 50 to 1 agst Buccaneer (offered) THE DERBY. 6to 1 agst Umpire (taken) 100 to 6 agst Buccaneer (offered) CATTERICK BRIDGE RACES.-YESTERDAY. CRAVEN HANDICAP. Mary Stuart Annan Job Six ran. BROUGH HANDICAP. Springwell Miss Stewart • Red Eagle THREE-YEAR-OLD TRIENNIAL STAKES. Homeward Bound Bivouac Birdcage Three ran. FOUR-YEAR-OLD TRIENNIAL STAKES. Red Eagle Sunnnerside . 2 Maggie Three ran. TWO-TEAR-OLD TRIENNIAL. Royal Princess Sambo Camphor Four ran. CITY AND SUBURBAN AND METROPOLITAN HANnicAr.—Youatt Wm. Gray issued his advice on these events on Thursday last, and is convinced, from the infor mation received. that nothing but accident can prevent suc cess. A horse named at 30 to 1 to win, and 10 to 1 for a place at the present time, will see 8 to 1 to win, on the day of the race, and is certain to be first, second, or third for both events. Terms--Advice, for one week, 2s. 6d. ; to the Chester Cup, 7s. 6d. ; to the Derby, 15s. ; to the end of the season, 23., and per centage. Address, 15, Charing cross, London. N.B.—Y. W. Gray stood Simple Simon and Springwell for the Northampton Stakes. AQUATICS. LONDON ROWING CLUB. The first race of the season of this club, in eight-oared boats, came off yesterday evening, and was a most spirited affair. The Venus accompanied the race, and the follow ing were the results : Mr. Casamajor's crew Mr. Ireland's crew 0 Mr. Potter's crew Mr. Herbert Playford'B crew Mr. Casamajor's Crew. Messrs. Maltby Messrs. Sherman Lister Balfour Holman G. Finlaison A. Schlotel Foster, stroke. Mr. Casamajor coxswain. Mr. I d's crew. Messrs. Owen Messrs. llenty Mortimer Custance Owen Head Massend en Coventry, stroke. Mr. Ireland coxswain. Mr. Potter's crew. Messrs. A. Finlaison Messrs. Freeman Casser G. Shirreff Holt Burgess Wright C. Schlotel, stroke. Mr. Potter coxswain. Mr. Herbert Playford's crew. Messrs. Jeffries Messrs. Robins Harding Noble Chapman Morley Catty Woodbridge, stroke Mr. Herbert H. Playford coxswain. The captain, as usual, officiated as umpire. Mr. Play ford's crew took the lead, but were immediately caught by Mr. Casamajor's; Mr. Ireland's crew being on the other side, close up ; Mr. Potter's considerably astern. Mr. Casamajor's crew took the lead in 50 yards, and gradually drew away till they were clear at the London Rowing Club boat-house, and, increasing their advantage as they went, won by four or five lengths. AL Searle's a very spirited race began with Mr. Playford and Mr. Ireland's crows, till Mr. Potter steered right on to the former and put them out of their course. Mr. Ireland's crew then began to take the second place, and led by half their own length at Craven ; but it was a desperate race between this party and Mr. Playford's to near the Crab-tree, where Mr. Ireland was just clear. Mr. Potter then came level with Mr. Playford, and, while a fine race was going on, the bow in Mr. Playford's boat br(7ke his oar, and the crew were soon left astern, although they struggled hard to keep their place. Mr. Ireland was ultimately second by four lengths. The distance was Put Rey to Chiswick ; the prizes silver cups. Viscount Dowager Ashbrook has left town for Tunbridge Wells. THE CALAMITOUS FIRE FEND Loss OF LIFE IN WELLINGTON-STREET, STRAND. —Last evening, Mr. Bed ford, the coroner for Westminster', held a lengthened in quiry, in the board-room of the Strand Union, Bow-street, respecting the death of James Evans, Aged 29, which was caused by the fire at the premises No. 9, Upper Wellington street, Strand, on Good Friday morning, aAreported in The Sun. A nu m b er o f w i tnesses having been examined, the jury, after a consultation, returned the folio\ ' , lug verdict : " That he died from suffocation and burning, bit how the the fire was caused there was no evidence to show," The jury expressed their extreme satisfaction at the conduct of the fire-escape conductor, the lire brigade men, the police, and all other persons who gave their assistance. Ti() in quiry lasted several hours. THE CHAMPIONSHIP.—On Monday, Captain Willoughby Carter, chief constable of the Buckingham shire police force, made application to the justices assem bled in petty sessions at Linslade—t.he Rev. P. T. Ouvry, and Mr. A. P. Cust—for, and obtain( id, warrants to appre hend Thomas S a y ers , the " Champion of England; and John Heenan, the American prizefighter. Captain Carter based his application upon the fact that it had come to his knowledge that Heenan had been traced to a certai'D. "spot" bordering on the counties of Bucks and Beds, and, by ap plying for warrants he adopted the only means in his; power of preserving the peace of the county, and preventi lag the fight taking place in Buckinghamshire, where, if oil ter of the combatants attempt to "show," they will be cer.tafnly arrested, as the force of the county is on the alert. Het van, we waderstand, is now training at Bedford. NEWMARKET RA CES. — (WEDNEsDAT.) 3 Handicap Swe e p s t a k es o f 10 sous each, for three. yr-olds 2 1 and upwards. D.M. 7 f urlongs 210 yards. 3 subs. Sir J. Hawley's Gallus, by Chanticleer, 4 yrs, Sst 71b Mr. S. Williams's Mavoure en ..(Wells) 1 , 4 yrs, Ist 71b G. Foram) Mr. H. Savil e ' s b. c . b y T a d mor, out of Ma ( instay, d3h yrs, 2 sst 1 21b.... (W. Bottom) 3 Betting -6 to 4 agst Gallus, 2to 1 agst the Mainstay colt Won by a length and a half; a bal third. Plate of 50 sous, for two-yr olds; colts, Sat 71b; fillies, Bst 31b. Extra weight for winners. The first half of Ab. M. 3 furlongs 215 yards. Lord Stanford's Lava by Orlando, Sst 31b (A. French) 1 Sir J. Hawley's Caliban, Bst 71b (Wells) 2 Baron Rothschild's b. f. by King Tom, out of Molly, Bst 31b (J. Osborne) 3 The following also ran :—Colt by Alarm, out of Ninette, colt by Tadmor, out of Scandal, colt by Cotherstone, out of Claude du Val's dam, and Foxhead. Betting -5 to 2 each agst Caliban and the Ninette colt, 4 to 1 agst Lava. Won easily by a length ; half a length between the second and third ; bad fourth. A. Day weighed for Lord Clifden's Slander colt. On taking the preliminary canter the colt broke his pastern joint, was immediately dismounted, and did not go to the post. American Photographs. By J. W. C. Turnbull and M. Turnbull. 2 vols. Second Eflition. Newby. It is with much pleasure that we see our an ticipations of the favourable reception of these agreeable volumes so quickly realised, and a second edition now before the public. There is much in them to attract and amuse a large circle of readers. Leaving the vexed questions of Ameri can politics, and disclaiming any pretensions of giving any solid and serious information, the authors fully and fairly carry out their title, and show us a series of vivid and life-like "Ame rican Photographs." They give in a pleasant and unaffected manner the impressions of two ladies during five years' travels on the Great Western Continent, interspersing plenty of amusing de tails and interesting anecdotes. The scenery is spoken of with the enthusiasm of those well able to appreciate the Wonders of nature in those richly gifted localities, and the people are spoken of throughout in so kindly a tone that even Ame rican susceptibility can hardly take offence at the humorous incidents which the quick observation of the fair travellers enabled them to chronicle. We subjoin a few extracts as fair specimens of the pleasant style and graphic power of the authors:— NEW YORK FIRE ENGINES. A few moments brought us into Broadway, and we at once realised the fact that we were on foreign soil, or rather snow, which was in s ome pl aces several feet deep. The lar ge bell from the City Hall was booming out the number of some district in the city, and all the church belle were following the example by pealing out 1,2, 3, —l, 2, 3,--1, 2, 3. As we continued our progress along Broadway, several of the celebrated American fire com panies passed us, preceded by two men, one yelling "fire ! fire ! fire !" through a trumpet, and the other carrying a pole, from the end of which swung a red glass lantern with the number of the company on it. The engines were very beautiful, most of them being covered with paintings and gilding, and some o f th em were decorated with large gilt eagles ; every engine had a large bell at tached, which emitted a discordant noise every time the ma chine moved. The engines had long ropes attached to them, and men and boys in long lines were dragging them along at a gallop, and shouting with all their might. Most of the teen wore red flannel Jerseys, and leather belts round their waists, into which were stuck cutlasses ; they had also fire • mens' helmets with the number of the company painted on them. Then followed men with the hose, which is wound round a machine with a large bell in front, and lastly the hook and ladder company with their hooks and ladders and bell. Both these apparatus were dragged along in a simi lar manner to the engines. We had often heard accounts of the fires and fire bells of New York, but our imagination fell far short of the extra ordinarily wild scene of confusion that greeted our eyes ; such a clanging of bells, and yelling and shouting of men and boys, as they rushed through the snow, dragging their machines after them. THE GREAT HORSE SHOE FALL. We passed the greater part of the evening in watching the ever-varying appearance of the waters. About nine o'clock the hitherto cloudless sky became overcast, and it was our good fortune to witness one of the heaviest thun der-storms we had ever seen. The light of the moon and stars became dimmed, as cloud after cloud collected in heavy masses, and hung threateningly over the cataract. In a short time everything was wrapped in the deepest gloom. We could hear the mighty rushing of the waters, and their roar seemed deeper and more sonorous than during the earlier part of the evening. A heavy rain commenced falling, which appeared as if responding to the whistling and mournful wind which at intervals we heard in the distance, when all at once appeared hurrying through the heavens, as if intent on some work of death, long lines of blue forked lightning. These fiery messengers in their zig-zag course lighted up the awful scene with a momentary, but almost continuous light; and flash after flash continued to illumi nate the cataracts and the surrounding scenery. Sometimes the lightning poured a purple flood of light over the dash ing waters ; at other times it assumed a cold steel-like colour, which played and glittered upoh the waters in a most extraordinary manner; sometimes the whole heavens and water appeared as if on fire, pouring down floods of liquid flame; and the deep thunder rolled in almost con tinuous peals above this war of elements, sometimes rum bling in the distance, then crashing and breaking over, and around us, making everything tremble at the voice of God, speaking from the heavens and from the depths of the earth. It was an awfully sublime spectacle, never to Le forgotten. There is an amusing. account of a visit to the Shaker Village ) and of their method of public wor ship : After looking at each other for sonic time, they all got .p, and placed the benches one on the other at either end of ,he room. They then formed themselves into lines across :he room—the men facing the women, and leaving a space between them at the wall side, of about five feet, gradually extending in width to about twenty. The women then took their towels and hung them over their left arms ; next the "spirit moved" a man (when they were all ready), and he came out from amongst them, and standing in the nar rowest part, addressed them ; then they all sang, then another addressed them, then singing at the end of each address, they all made a bow, lowering their hands like Chinese. After that they put their towels down, awl one row of men and w omen stoo d w i t h the i r backs against the wall, all the others facing them, they then all com menced a quick step forwards, and then back, except the row against the wall, who sang something that sounded like " Fi, yi, yi 1" When we saw them dancing backwards and forwards, we could not keep our gravity, and oae of them came up to us and threatened to turn us out. After ad vancing and retiring for about five minutes, they turned round, clapping their hands; this they continued for some time. Then 12 men and 12 women took their stations in a circle in the centre of the room, and commenced singing— " Fi, y i, yi;" all the others, with the exception of six, who r kept time at the end of the room, forming two circles, the youngest near the singers, and commenced dancing round with a sort of see-saw motion. At a signal all yi, yi-ed ;" then all clapped their hands, then sang, and then off they went again, this time pressing their elbows into their waists keeping the arm stiff with the exception of the hand, and allowing the wrist joint to remain loose; and every time they hopped, the hands flapped up and down in front of them like flippers ; we could compare them to no• thing but a flock of Penguins ; and in this style they danced round and halted—the men at one end, and the women at the other. Off they went again, but this time there was a great improvement, for every now and then they stopped and danced a kind of shuffle, " Fi, yi, y-ing," more than ever. The performance lasted above an hour ; the poor creatures then mopped their faces with their towels, drew out their forms and sat down. Then the spirit moved one of the Shakers to address the sinners present (the visitors), and he came and stood before our party, and ap peared to address us in particular, in consequence, we sup posed, of seeing one of the party noting down various parts of these Sunday performances. The following is a portion of his address : " There is but one Israel, as the Bible says—a peculiar people, who have come out from among the rest, and who are pure and holy as Christ. You," looking at us, " call yourselves Christians ? By your works,' saith the Bible, you shall them.' What are your works but sin ? Priest and people all alike, whether you are Episcopalians, Infi dels, Presbyterians, Methodists, Baptists, Universalists, &c., all one—marrying, and giving in marriage, and every kind of wickedness. In these last days,' saith Christ, (and these are the last days) many false prophets shall arise,' and you are they. Did Christ marry, or his disciples ? No There is no licence given to it. We lead a pure and holy life, you do not, &c., &c." After this another gave a short address, making mention of " Mother Ann." Some of them say that her spirit makes itself known to some that are very holy. Some are called perfect Shakers, and these are so perfect, that it is not even necessary for them to go to meeting. Mother Ann Lee, who was, I understand, the founder of this strange sect, was a native of Manchester, Lancashire, England. Whether they are the descendants of the Lan cashire Witches or Macbeth's, we will leave our readers to judge. The following anecdotes are told in illustration of the general love of tobacco: — "The tobacco chewing that goes on is very extensive, and we have often seen them chewing such huge pieces, that their cheek on one side would look as if it were swollen. While we are on this subject, the following anecdotes, one on Scotch economy, and the other relating to two bishops in Virginia, may not lee out of place : "'A gentleman, in conversation, said he was much astonished that the Scotch nation, a people so very famed for political economy, should indulge in tie habit of taking so much snuff, which, in his opinion, was an abominable practice, independently of its being so much money wasted in vain. The Scotchman replied that he would prove to him satisfactorily that snuffing was clearly an ev id ence of Scotch economy. q'he gentleman smil e d, an d said, ' I should lik e to hear that. The Scotchman replied, take one penny, and buy a penny's worth of Sc o t c h rappee, and divide that into twenty portions, and each portion is a separate taste of delight ; now can you tell me anything else by which you will receive twenty tastes of delight for one penny ?' " ' One of the Episcopal bishops of 'Virginia, who is very fond of smoking, was one day visited by another bishop, who, on entering his room, found his brother bishop en joying his pipe. The room was filled with smoke, and the visitor was exceedingly enraged, and spoke against the habit in very strong terms. The bishop who was smoking with great .calmness, asked his broth er bishop if the evil in smoking did not arise from its abuse ? He replied, ' Cer tainly, it was the abuse of the weed, and net its proper use.' The smoking bishop immediately replied, 'then, my brother, you are a b us i ng i t, and I am properly using it.' This statement produced great laughter among those present." A visit to the Great Dismal Swamp is one of the prominent features in the second volume, few ladies having ventured into that singular locality. Many of the party did not feel in clined to trust themselves among snakes, alliga tors, and runaway slaves, and accordingly our adventurous authoresses set out with but a slen der escort. Th e y accomplished their expedition in perfect safety, however, and have given an ani mated account of the curious scene. The mode of progression is singular. They went down the canal in a skiff, so called, but which was " a flat bottomed boat, 62 feet in length and about 3 feet wide, perfectly flat at each end, and without a single seat or awning —not even an oar." Two chairs were placed in this " skiff," when the follow ing means of progress were adopted :—" In a few minutes we were all seated in our chairs. The bargemen then each took hold of a long pole, and by the help of a strong peg and a withe, rigged them horizontally, one to the bow and the other to the stern of the skiff, so that the ends projected over the tow path. They then grasped the pole with both hands, and leaning their chests upon them, and with one foot advanced, remained mo tionless, waiting for the signal to start." After proceeding for some time in this fashion, they fairly entered the Great Swamp itself: — "We have now fairly entered the Great Dismal Swamp, The borders were profusely fr in g ed with ferns, reeds, and various beautiful aquatic plan ts, of e ve r y size and variety. yeellowwerjeestshamickines of juniper, e t , and myrtle, Hydrangeas,perfumed tlae air t ; he b f e r h a n an there es laurel, bay, and briars ; towering above these were w hi te pine, gum, and an d c ypress trees, whos e b ranc h es on either side ller ex t en d e d over the sma shrubs and trees, These branches The Spaniard, Serafin Manzano, who was con victed at the recent Wilts assizes for the murder of Anastatia Trowbridge, at Ashcombe, was executed yesterday (Wednesday) in front of the new prison of Devizes. The demeanour of the prisoner after his convic tion was mild and gentle, and every facility was afforded by the authorities of the prison for supply ing him with the means of religious consolation. An Italian convert from Romanism, named Ferraro, who is staying in Devizes, was admitted to the prisoner's cell, and at first it was stated that the unhappy man preferred him as his spiritual adviser to any other person. Mr. Burt, the Mayor of De vizes, who understands Spanish, was subse quently requested to have an interview with the prisoner, and on his complying with that request the wretched man expressed a desire to see a Roman Catholic priest. Catholicism was, he said, the religion in which he had been brought up, and im mediately the question was put to him he drew a crucifix from his breast and kissed it devoutly. The Rev. Mr. Clarke was accordingly - requested to attend the prisoner to the time of his executicx. An image of the Virgin and Child was placed in his cell, and the prisoner continued thrJugh out most attentive to his religious duties. On Sunday the prisoner wrote letters to Mr. Alexander, the governor of the prison, and his wife, thanking them for their kindness during his confinement ,and assuring them that he was about to suffer martyrdom unjustly. He likewise addressed a communication to the governor's children, charging them never to be disobedient to their parents. llis own father, he stated, was a millionaire, possessing two silver mines, but that through disobeying him God had chastised him. He added that he had two sisters (nuns) i❑ a convent, called the convent of San Francisco. The prisoner slept but little during Tuesday night, and appeared to feel his position most acutely. He drank a little tea, but ate nothing for breakfast. The priest was in attendance upon him between 8 and 9, and remained with him up to the hour of execution-12 o'clock. Calcraft, the executioner, arrived on Tuesday afternoon, and slept at the pri son. The High Sheriff (H. N. Goddard,•Esq.) and the tinder Sheriff (West Awdry, Esq.) arrived shortly before 10 yesterday morning. About half-past 11 the ma happy man was asked if he had any request to make. He replied that he desired nothing but the prayers of those around him, and still continued to protest his innocence. The prison bell commenced tolling at a quarter before 12, and the high sheriff then proceeded to the condemned cell, and demanded the body of th• pi i soner, and the usual process of pinioning having beea gone through, he was handed over to the execu tioner. The mournful procession, headed by the priest bearing a lighted taper, and reading the recom mendation for a departing soul, wended its way to wards the drop, arrived at which the wretched cul prit mounted the steps without assistance, and hav ing placed himself beneath the fatal beam, appealed to the multitude to pardon him. He remained on the drop nearly ten minutes when, the sacrament having been administered, the signal was given, the bolt was drawn, and he passed into eternity without a struggle. The culprit was 29 years of age. - Three or four thousand persons had assembled in the vicinity of the prison, and all appeared to conf'.uct themselves remalkably well. After hang ing the usual time the body was taken down, and interred within the precincts of the prison. This is the first execution that has taken place at Devises for eleven years. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. G 0v.6 p.c. J a. & July Do. 6p. c. Irb. &Aug. Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. Do. 6 per cent. 1878 Do. 6 per cent. 1879 N. B. Gov. 6 p. c. Ja. &July Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1876 1 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up NovaScoSaGov.6 p.c. S. Deb. redeemable, 1875, S.Aus.Gt.6 pc. Jan &July' Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jandaulyi Do. do. April & Oct. I MISCEI.L. 10 'Anglo-Mexican Mint X) Atlantic Tel. (Limited) i 5 Australian Agricultural 10 Australian Royal Mail. 10 Berlin Water Worki 10 British American Land 10 ;Brit. & Irish Mag. Tel.A. 10 IDo. B, 7p. c. till 1862 10 'Do. C : - 100 ,Canada Land 10 IChan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) StoCkjCop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg 25 Do. Preference 7i per ct Stock Crystal Palace . 5 Do. Preference Stock Do. 6 p. c. Perpet. Deb Stock Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New 5 English & Aust. Copper 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 1 Great Ship (Limited) 20 Indian & Aust. Telegr 5 London District Telegr 20 'London Discount 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co 20 IMadras Irr. and Canal 10 IMediter. Electric Teleg. 10 'Med. Exton. Tel. (Lim.) 25 National Discount Co 10 Netherlands Land 6 ID° 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at ldis 100 r.r.r.&NovaScotiaLand 1 'N.B.Australasian (Lim.) 1 Oriental Gas 1 Do. New Shares 10 Orientl. In. Steam, A 10 Ditto B 10 Ditto C stock Peel River Land & Min 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam 50 Do. New 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 100 Royal Mail Steam Rock Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim.) 25 South Australian Land. 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip. 1 Do. do Registered 20 Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can 100 Van Dlemen's Land I 1114 116 1109 111 1 110 112 1084 1014 llli 994 10041 995 looli 995 100 all f 3,05 i 41 100 9ai BRITIS Mines. Alfred Consols (Philack) British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon E. WI Russl (Tavistk ) Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus.... G. Wheal Alfd. (Phil; ack) G. Wheal Vor (Helston) Grenville Herod's-Foot Hingeton Downs' Lady Bertha Margaret ( u ny L el ant) North Downs North Frances ( Illogan) N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par Console (St. Blazy) Providence (Uny Lelat) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) South C. Brea( Illogan). S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Stray Park Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co Tin Croft Vale of Towey (Caren ) West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth), Wheal Edward (Cale.) Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) Wh'l Mary Ann (Men he) Wh'l Trelawney ( Lick.; FOItEIG: zu Australian 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim. 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) 20 Do.St.Johndelltey,Lim. 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. 1 Clarendon Cons. Min. Co 40 Cohn Copper Copiapo 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co 2 Fortuna 20 General 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 3 Linares 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita 1 N IthmeCop.of S.Aus.L 23 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining' and Smelt 5 Port Philip 1 Scottish Australn. (L.)... .2.81 United Mexican ........' AfINEU 231 at JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Share( Joint-Stook Banks. !Paid.l C i t ° ,4 06 , 1n 5 Budnee." 100 lAgra&DnitedServiceßki 40 'Australasia 25 Bank of Egypt 100 Pank of London 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo 00 British North America u 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 25 Chiller.of In. Lon.&Ch 100 City 100 'Colonial 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada 100 Commercial of London 20 'Eng Scot., & Aus. Ch 20 Gen Bk. of Switzerland 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 100 London & Westminster 100 ,Nat. Prov. of E ng l an d 20 Do. new 50 National Bank 20 New South Wales .... 25 Orient .Bk. Corporation 20 Ottoman 8ank......... 100 Provincial of Ireland .. 10 Do. New 75 77 7: 74 211 22i 51 53 19 1 201 32 34 70 72 37 38 19 21 10 17 25'South Australia ........... 2 5 'Union of Australia..... 50 lUnion of London ...... 10 0 iUnity Mutual 22 221 58 71 17 18 441 171 I 29 30 -, - 1108 ICO 110 112 1 106 107 TILE PAPER TRADE. The paper makers of Dublin have had a meeting and passed the following resolutions : Resolved, " That we not only entirely approve, but shall hail with the greatest satisfaction, the repeal of the excise duty on paper as an undeniable boon to the paper trade, as well as to the public." Resolved, " That the removal of the Id. per lb. import duty, as proposed by the Government, on paper manufactured in foreign countries, which countries do not allow the free export of the raw material, would prove a disaster to our trade, with out conferring any permanent advantage to the public, and will perpetuate protection in those countries, by giving them free trade in the manu factured article in our markets, while they exclude us from buying the rag from which it is made, un less at duties varying from 50 to 100 per cent., thereby securing to the rural inhabitants of those countries that extended employment of which our own would be totally deprived. Resolved, " That we ask for complete, not partial, free trade ; we do not even ask for reciprocity, nor for tha free admission of our paper into foreign countries—we merely ask that, if rags are taxed, whether on leaving the Continent or on their arri val here, the paper which comes from those ind seeou e n e - e tries e m so y ed b7 , t , a i x h e a d t i s n ho tl n ie ld li w k e e manner." Resolved, able' the Government to adopt our views in this matter, effect f t h oaf Course gu e s legi e i s u a s tainodn twhiaiitchthweyillstiillalvpee th ere h s g as a trade, we trust our representatives will attend in Parliament, immediately after the recess, to show, both by their presence and vote, that they at least of nohand in d tradethat we will lhave e h st a r N o ,e yi i n n g lr o e n la e n o d t: „ the few branches THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, April 12.—Wind this day at noon, South- West ; light breeze, and cold weather. FALMOUTH, April 11.—Arrived—Daniel Dyer, from Lagos; Catharina, from Maroun, with damage, and two men was Led overboard by a heavy sea, 21st March ; Percy, from Odessa. SOUTHAMPTON, April 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Tas mania, screw steamer, from the West Indies, with 327,191 dols. in specie. _ _ PLYMOUTH, April 11.—Wind S.—Arrived—Antonio, from Havana. Sailed—Eliza, for Quebec, IaidFOWEY, Apbecil 11.—Wind S.W .— S ailed—Royal- r Ade- e, for Que. NE wr °DT, April 11.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Wanderer, for St. Thomas. FLEETWOOD, April 11.--Wind W.—Sailed—Globe, for Savannah; Robert, for Quebec. CARDIFF, April 11 —Wind S.W.—Sailed.—Stebo neatb, for Bahia ; C. Harrison, for Quebec. SCILLY, April 1 1.—The Jessie Banfield, from Liverpool to Palmero, put in here on the 7th inst., leaky, and roust discharge. (I3Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Wind, S. by E., rain. Arrived—C our i er , steamer, from Jersey; Medina and Fulton steamer from New York ; Fox, from Newport ; Charles Napie r and Wear, from Sunderland ; Lively, from Seaham ; Tasmanian, steamer, from West Indies. Sailed—Progress, for Newport; Stephen and Elizabeth, for Sunderland; Wonder, steamer, for Havre; Elizabeth and Mary, for Portland. The Teutonia steamer, with New York advices of the same date as the Fulton, has arrived at Cowes. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) v ery light; tide 4th h our ' s ebb; weather GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, April 12.—Esperanza, from G enoa ; Hindoo, from Parabia ; Orducia, from D i t zun ; Sarah Ann, from St. Übe's; fine. ind S.W., Concordia, from Ditzun ; HygQria, from Cal cutta; Chanticleer, from Stettin. Sailed, April 12.—Morning Star, for Antigua; Ocean Eagle, for Port Philip ; Ludwig Heyne, for Sydney ; Albion, steamer, for Boulogne; City of Hamburg, steamer, for Havre. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Wind S.W., moderate. Passed, in tow.—Sir John Rea, from St. Kitt's ; Em press Eugenie, screw stsamer, from the •e.t—both for London. THE EMBLETON MURDER.—The inquest upon the body of Ann Sewell, servant of Mr. Fearon, of Embleton, was resumed on Tuesday at the Blue Bell Inn, Embleton, before Dr. Bell, coroner. The confession of the prisoner, the substance of which has appeared in our columns, was then read. After hearing the statement read over, the pri soner said, "That is all, I think. It would be as near half past three as I can tell when this happened. There was no one with me. I have done it all myself, and I was very , sorry, too, after 1 had done it. :' The jury returned a ver dict of "Wilful Murder" against Cass, 174 i 55 1 301 30 113 i 14 68 1 I 00 99 1 i i 921 11 414 i 95 41 51 9. 4 371 8I 40 39; [24 i .•~.St_. ~ R. _. - GENCE. LITERATURE. -______— in many parts were f estooned over the canal with masses of tangled vines, and various parasites, giving a sombre and darkened appearance to the canal. Sanietime3 the mass of tangled vegetation was so thick that our skiff could scarcely find a passage between. Now arid then a branch would be broken off and tumble on our awning. At first we took them f r snakes, and the cry was raised, ' a snake ! a snake I' At last re saw a real, genuine snake drop from the branch of a tree, and dive alongside of our boat—this caused us to retreat under ewer. " The reflection from the trees and shrubs on the glassy surface of the canal, which was as smooth as a mirror, was exquisite ; and the perspective lines ran almost to a point both before and behind. A death-like stillness pervaded the whole atmosphere; not a sound was heard except the solemn tramp, tramp, tramp, of the bargemen, who kept rapidly propelling us on our onward course towards Lake Drummond." The American ladies' proverbial love of dress is of course alluded to. While Dor travellers were stay ing at Saratoga, the fashionable watering-plac e of New York, they had good opportuoir7es of obser vation. "We knew one lady who arrived with 50 trunks. She had 100 dresses, and when each dress had been worn once, she left to go to some other watering place; and so well was this known to be the habit of some ladies, that we have often heard speculations as to the length of time such-and•such a lady would remain ; these speculations being based upon th e number of dres-es she Lad appeired in. We often h ear d i t said—' Such a on e w ill b e going soon, for I noticed she had a dress on to-dav that she has already wo n'" We lay down these pleasant and entertaining volumes, with the assur ance that those readers who wish for vivid and various " Photographs" of American life, cannot do better than secure them. EXECUTION OF SERAFIN IEfANZ,i2VO. 2.11.10 16 18.18.9 18.18.0 12s 6d, STAMPED PAPERS. TO THE EDIrOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I observe it is reported that the privilege of rc. transmission of papers by post for fourteen days is about to be withdrawn from the public. If there is any one thing which has tended to improve and educate the public mind more than this, I have it to learn. I hope the press will do their endeavour to awaken Ministers to their duty, for they do incalculable mischief. Your notice relating to the Post -office is too true, and I hope will be remedied. There is scarcely a week but papers are detained, or exchanged, or lost. Formerly we had a post communication east, west, north, and south, now we have one only to the south, so that letters to the next post town have to go at least 100 miles instead of 14. I think this a disgrace to a public department.—l remain, yours truly, Ashfield, Rkayader, April 10. WILLIAM DAVIES, .31ARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. IMI ERIAL :WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 47s 9d ; Jarley, 36s 4d ; oats, 23s 7d ; rye, 31s 8d ; beans, 405 2d ; and peas, 38s 3d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. -- Wheat, 495 5d ; barley, 36s 7d ; oats, 23s 4d ; rye, 32s Ild ; beans, 39s 7d ; peas, 375 10d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 102,135; barley, 28,100 ; oats, 9,942 ; rye, 102 ; beans, 4,641; peas, 193 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Our market to• day was scantily supplied with beasts. Prime Scots and crosses sold steadily at full quotations ; otherwise, the beef trade was.in a sluggish state on former terms. We were fairly supplied with sheep, and all kinds were in request, at very full prices_the best Downs having sold at 5s 10d per 81b. Lambs, the show of which was moderate, changed hands freely, at from 6s to 7s 8d per 81b . There was a steady inquiry for calves, at prices quite equal to Monday. Pigs were tolerably firm in price, but mulch cows were a dull sale. Per Blbs to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 4 3 Second qualitydo. 3 8 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 0 Second quality do. 4 2 4 8 Lambs, 6s Suckling calves, 18s to 22s 22s to 295. Primecrs-wool do. 4 10 6 4 Pme. S' thdown do. 5 6 5 10 Large crse. calves 6 0 5 6 Prune small d 0... 5 8 6 0 Large h0g5...... 3 6 3 10 Small porkers .... 4 2 4 10 )d to 7s Bd. and quarter .old store pigs FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .............. 80 Sheep .............. 450 Calves .............. 100 Pigs .............. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts - - ---- --- 812 Sheep and lambs 7,900 Calves 180 Pigs 3OO MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The Supplies of meat are moderate, and a fair average business is doing, as fol lows :—Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; lamb, 58 Od to 6s Od ; veal, 48 6d to 5s 2d ; pork, 3s 6d to 5s Od per 81bs. by the carcase. SOUTHALL, April 11. The supplies of each kind of fat stock in to-day's market were only moderate, and the trade ruled steady, at full prices, viz.: Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 8d ' • lamb, 6s 4d to 7s 4d ; veal, 4s 8d to 5s 8d; pork, 4 s Od t o 4s 10d per 81138 to sink the offal. ROMFORD, April 11.—Prime beasts, sheep, lambs, and calves sold readily, at very full prices. Otherwise the demand ruled inactive : Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 10d ; lamb, 6s 6d to• 7s 8d ; veal, 4s 6d to 5s 8d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per 81bs; suckling calves, 15s to 19s ; quarter old store pigs, 21s to 29s each; milch cows, £l4 Os to £lB 5s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Moadow hay, £3 Os to $4 15s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs ; and straw, L 1 8s to 41 IGe per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs ; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 16s per lead. Trade steady. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s ; clover £4 Os to £5 12s ; and straw, £1 98 to £1 16s per load. Supply good, and trade firm. THE ESTATES OF THE DUKE OF BUCCLEUCIL— Scarcely hive the inhabitants of the Border country reco vered from the surprise caused by the Countess Home die entailing her estates, when the announcement is made that the Lord of Buccleuch has commenced a similar process, extending over ten counties, all south of th e Forth. A.; far as can be judged from the intimations, the Queensberry estates, situate chiefly in Dumfriesshire, are not included. Within the last two or three years some others of his ba ronies were similarly disposed of. One effect of a disen tailment will be that the duke can grant feus and the like to all the other towns over the estates, which he has hitherto refrained from doing,--North British _..,~