The Sun. — London, England, 1860-04-26 00:00:00

, 1,.. ~ . , •' - . , . • TITE SUN, tONDOI . , ....._ .............,..1, , .. 4 ..... 1101 . ,,, • .. - • ••. . . • . .... MONEY MARKET AND CITY NETT'S. AVIARY , AIARKE7.-( TILTS DAY.) BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 1 _ •- • Closing - Railways. Patd.l Badness done CITY, Two o'CLocK. , ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. I I Price. - There is rather more inquiry for money for corn- Share - Paid Closing i Badness Share 100 (Atlantic &St Lawrence all 84 86 '' I Railways. • Price. I Done. L. mercial purposes, but the market is still very quiet ' 12.10Stk I IBox.,Baroda&Cent.lnd 1 100 97 974 975 . 5 percent [Aalborg., Notting. Boat. .„ „, „ s a 18 bo. Do. B 131 1 d 4 d the mercantile public being enabled to obtain all and Eastern Junction '' ' 4 " e 0 Belfa ,4 , nd Baliymena . all - 8 4 201 Buffalo and L ake Huron all 44 aid i they require on lower terms than those charged at 13.14 ' ''' '•01 1 Do. New all - - by Bir. Wol., and Str. Voll. all o the Bank of England. The discount operations of ff ' t°2k i; B ir....., L a., and Cb. Jane. 10 ' Do. Preference 2Y Blackburn an 111 124 1 ,0 Bun to,Brant&Godrich 1100 78 82 that establishment have diminished in consequence, 2g Blyth and Tyne all - - (;6 p. ct. Ms. 1 Aug., 1372 1 M [ i 10 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 70 75 co and if the downward movement in the rates should Stuck BOSt.Sield.crt Mid. Coun all f 4 1 --- Bristol and Exeter 103 106 !Do, do. 1 June, 1874 100 68 73 5 ;Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 30. par i p be continue the directors may at an early date be induced S ' 100 101 103 Stook Caledonian s 10 20 ,Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. 1 - - . Carmarthen & Cardio•an 9 -ur 20 ,Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s. 14 11 d 1 to modify their regulations in order to obtain a 50 ~ Cork and Bandon h all ---- - 20 Ceylon[ Guaranteed 6p.e. 71 11/ 1 d to s fair share of the general business of the market. c,„' Cork, Bllrock,&Paostige all - an ' - - Cornwall all 61 7 171 Demerara t It remains to be seen, however, what effect will be ie A raves. no div. ( a ll - - 20 ( Eastern Bcngal.gu.sp.c sld Od da Do. A , Stook 'East Indian, gm. ap. c lOO 1015 1011 , 1 0 14 1 - produced by the payments due at the end of the 10 intiltlp c per an• j Do. B 1 • • • all - 20 Do. F Shares Ext. 10 par 1p 18 1 hasbeen pd.toil. 20 Do. Jubbulpore lO par ip Dublin andßelfast,Tune, all - - an month, as it is just probable that a temporary 5° 25 all 8 81 lOO , Do. 41 p. c. Debentrs. all 99 100 a Dun.,Perth,& Abr.June.Stockl Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1864 all 1001 1011 in d stimulus will be given to the demand, which will Stock East Anglian Stock.,, E t C t i.,l as ern oun les too 18 19 18 100 541 351 55 1 41 20 Geelong,& Melbourne .. all 201 214 of 1. impart greater firmness to the quotations. ;EasternStockUnion A Stock 100 36 38 Sto. I Geelong Corporation 6 , 1 100 - - Jr Stock . 100 26 28 , per cent. Bonds a The steamer Delta, which leaves to-morrow, the. I Do. do. B Stock 25 1 Stock Grand Trunk of Canada, 100 34 35 34 4 i 18 , Do.NAV.A.(Ite.E.U3ds) 8 4 - 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref 1 all 90 92 if 27th, for Bombay, will take out £129,465, viz., 2 " (East Suffolk all - -11, I 10 I - - 100 Do. 6 percent. Debentr.l all 69 71 691 9 , [ Do 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .... i all 82 85 mi a £8,845 in gold and £120,620 in silver. Stock Edinburg , and Glasgow 100 77 79 Lr The dividends on the Louisiana State Sterling Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 10 I 100 311 32 100 Do. do. 1867 .... ! all 68 72 70 M 100 Do. do. 1872 .... all 63 72 all - - I, iroqh & Clyde Junction Stock l Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e., 100 991 994 99 1 4 Five per Cent. Bonds, and Quebec City Sterling Stock F „,..„„, - - A `'took 100 98 100 20 Do. New. gua.s per cent. , 6 id 4d 5/ I ~,Glasgow & South Westn. 1, Six per Cent. Bonds, have been advertised for pay- ~" ,IGreat North of Scotland all - 20 Gt.South. of Incl.Lim.- ; 1 10 15 15 al ment. Stock 'Great Northern lOO 114 115 114 131 14 1; guaranteed 5 per cent ) 201 guaranteed of Canada Shares! all 131 131 131 I Stock Do. do. A Stock , 100 116 118 L- A dividend of 2s. 6d, per share has been declared Stock Do. do. B Stock 1 100 130 133 132 201 IDo. New ilB 7i 7 d le by the directors of the Tamar Silver Lead Mining Stock Stock Gt. South &Wstn (Irela 100 113 114 Great Western . '' 100 88/ 691 00 4 i 9 100 flDo. Bonds pay. 1 opt . till '6O ' 76 •withl 1 all 97 99 . , 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O 0, Company. ' ,130,, Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk. 100 60 65 100 'Do. do. '73 without opt all 97 99 1- 12 Irish South Eastern... all - -Si: To a call of £5 per share, amounting to s tock, Lancashire & Yorkshire ' , 100 1041 105 105 100 Do.; 51 p. c. do. '77 do Ha Stockßlackwell. ' 100 65 70 69 Stock .Madras, guar., 41 p. c lOO 88 90 the London and Stock 'Do. do. 5 per eent lOO 91 99 £250,000, is due on the East Indian (F) Extension, ' Stock sta si. Lon., 100 113 115 StocklDo. 44 p. c. Extension lOO 91 93 e- and of £5, or £500,000, on the Jubbulpore Railway 25 Land. Chat. and Dover) all 12 13 0.1 100 Stock London & North Westn , l 1 00 99 004 "g 2O I Do. Fourth do, 20 Do. 10 1 4 d do. - - the )t- shares. A call of £3 per share has also been made 125 D o. Eighths IIOI * d ju( its by the directors of the Great Southern of India ' Stock London& South-Westn.l 100 911 921 921 Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 - . Newßrunswick&Canda. - 26 . L'derry & Coleraine all - - 20 i' Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.flpe tin .v. Railway, payable on or before the Ist of June 2 . L'derry & Enniskillen all -, - a . , all Class ACapitl.Share.. - 5 7 ,_aoc.,, Tan., shpt. &, Lincoln 100 411 42 sue /1- ~, Do. do. Land do. . next. 5 ° Maryport and Carlisle . all - - 20 Do. do. B. Capital do. cal ag 121 .2 Do. do. }Shares all - - all 5 7 A large amount of business was transacted in the.. Do. do. Land d 0... a 10 Metropolitan Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and American tock Midland lOO 116/ 1165 L o 4 20 Oude (Limited) - - ed Stock Do. ■ Birming & Derby% 100 93 95 93 5 Stock Scinde ed descriptions were about -1,-d. per lb. dearer. The 50 IT'd. Gt. • I - • 11 1 . west( relandy a - - 20 Do. New r, g all id 1 d rig Kl, sales amounted to 15,000 bales. In the Railway 2,5 Do. A Shares all - - 20 Do. Punjaub .. ..1 0 , 51 1 d Stock 'Do. Indus. St. Flo. bt:.; 100 94 95 an 25 Mid Kent all - - he Share Market the transactions were moderate, but 10 Do. (Cray Line) all - - 20 I St. Andrews & Quebec AlB - - 10 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 1 14 t in ho 1.00 Newcastle and Carlisle. all - - _ bpi quotations were rather firmer. 25 New., Aber., & Herefd; all 104 Ili Lp- 10 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. be, There has been very little fluctuation in the Newry & Armagh (at f.) 9 7 6 d he 20 Newry, warpt, & ttos alt - English Stock Market to-day, the funds being Stock Norfolk lOO 54 573 54 4 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 41 ny 50 North. Counties Union 3l 81 1d 20 Ardennes all - - p reE ald firmly maintained at an advance of i. per cent., Stock (North British lOO 61 611 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c. 71 Id 5 ,Belgian East. Junction all I 1 ma the ' which took place yesterday afternoon: The deal- stocklSTor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk. 100 - - 20 ,Beziers to Graissessac.. all - - /ICI Stoek Da.A Stk.-Arec.no div. the • pigs, however, have been very limited. Consols are i until 6p.c.hasbeenpdll 100 - - 10 IBuen.Ayres& S. Ferndo 21 :134 t tee 'Old 94i i for money, and 94-1- 95 for account. Stock Do. . 1 1 Stock - - .. . Stock North- Eastn.-Berwick 100 956 96 93 4 1 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 24 21 100 'Copiabo - - fps ten 25 d 10 Ditto Extension The New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced are steady Do. do. G.N.E.Pureltase 16134 11 11 d 20 Dutch' Rhenish Stock Fr an. Do. Leads lOO 481 191 2O ,Eastern of France ...... all 25 26 at 931 1 ; India New Loan remains at 106 - ; ditto Stcalk [Do. York lOO 791 80 79 4 the 20 Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c. 6 - - ph 100 106 108 20 i Do. do. .... all - - wi f a 5 1 per Cent. Enfaced Paper is firm at 103 Z 104, 20 1 St oCk I North London [North Staffordshire... 17 1 5 3 4 3 1 (it . 20 Greatl Central of Franc( all - - t a but the Bonds have receded to 10s. to Bs. dis. ;and 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction al 9 9} Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 42 44 424 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. ohs., all 6/ 74 die rior Exchequer Bills to 6s. prem. 10 Peebles all - - 20 Italian Junction . all - - -* ,-!•" he - 20 Lake Constance & ualc all - - 20 Portsmouth In the Foreign Stock Market this morning burl- 20 Lierre and Turnhout_ all - 10 Ithymney all - - et ness has been rather quiet, and prices show a fur- . stock l Scottish Central lOO 115 117 . 20 Lombardo Venetian.... 10 11 lip 111 col 20 ,Lyons and Geneva .... all - - Stock iScoth.N.E., Aber. Stock 100 361 371 364 2to ther advance. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 761 to 77 ; Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 88 90 331 Maria Antonia all - - lie- ditto New, 611 to 611 ; and the 4 per Cents. have stnalShropshire Union lOO 48 50 10 ISittingbourne & Sheer all 4 3el 10 Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege all - - all 8 81 reE ins improved to 1011; Dutch 4 per Cents to 1011 Stocklsouth Devon lOO 42 14 16 , Northern of France.... all 38 39 ; *1 - Stock ISouth-Eastern 100 87 871 87 4 4 20 IDo. do. 6p. c. Pref.._ all 19 19 1 Fr Sardinian, to 85; and Venezuelan 3 per Cents., to Stock [ South wales - p wa Will 261, ; Brazilian Scrip is steady, at 7 1 ,- -1 1 - dis. StocklSouthYorks.&Riv.Dun. 100 77 SO 20 IStaines, Wok., & Wok.. all 6 8 10 ;Norwegian Trunk Pref all 8 9 20 'Paris,Lyons, and Medit all 37 871 toy 20 ;Paris and Orleans The Oaean Marine Insurance Shares are 24 -1- 25 (Stockton & Darlington. all 394 401 'Recife& S. Fran. (Fern ' 1 25 IDo. do. lave pm. ; the Universal ditto,' 1 pm. ; and the Victoria - Stockton & llartlepool 161 - - i '2O 1111,7,a and Dunaburg....: 10 - - the Loan, 1051 1061. Stock Taff Vale lOO - - 10 'Rome and Frascati .... all - - I pa' Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 . 100 - - 20 [Royal Danish all 13 15 tat A continued and steady improvement is shown 25 ThamesHarenDk&Rall 22 - - a Royal Swedish - - col l at • an the traffic returns of most of the principal lines 25 50 Ulster Do. 20 11 31 p 4 :Do. 7 per cent. Pref. .. all - - 20 ,Sambre and Disuse..... all 6 61 6 ste and of railway in the United Kin g dom. The augmen- 12 10 Do. ll 1d * p 10 11)4. 51 per cent. Pref. ... all 81 8 1 he, Stock Vale of Neat!' lOO 58 60 20 San Paulo (lim.) g. 7p. c. 2 1 4 d ;vas, tation compared with the same p eriod of last y ear 10 Victoria Station & Pim all 10 11 20 'Southern of France .... all 20 21 not is £1,352 on the Great Western ; £8,288 on the Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 50 Wate .rford & Limerick all - - 84 West Flanders all 51 54 • ins, 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference North Western ; 1146 on the South Western ; 20 West Cornwall was 20 West London - - ;ted, £2,815 on the Midland ; £437 on the South to Do. Ist Class - - 20 Western of Austria .... 6- - 20 Western of Switzerland all - - tei 20 Do. 2d Class - - mid Eastern ; £l,BBB on the Great Northern ; £ 9 020 6 Wiesbaden ' all - - th, "'' 121 , Worcester & Hereford 111 3 2 d 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all - - it 18 on the Lancashire and Yorkshire ; £1,565 on the 20 Zealand all - - sh PREFERENCE SHARES. up North Eastern ; £642 on the Bristol and Exeter; Fend i £333 on the Edinburgh and Glasgow ; £4,334 on sl) are! Railways. Paid Closing Business COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ad nod, i •I Price. Done. tai , the Grand Trunk of Canada, and £2,357 on the 1 - Can.Gov.6 p.c.J a. & July 100 113 115 ings i - Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&AUg. 100 109 111 th, 25 Blythe and Tyne lc per - Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 110 112 the I Great Western of Canada. On the Brighton there c. pref. (Issued at 250 - all - - - Do. 6 per cent. 1575 100 - - su set is a decrease of £598, and on the Manchester, stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Sto 100 96 98 - Do. 6 per cent. 1879 100 - - 1114 4 to 20 I Do. do. do. Shares l4 - - Do. 6 per cent. 1882 10C - - )t of Sheffield, and Lincoln, £330. ;Stock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 100 100 102 - Do. do. Scrip.... 26 - - 10.1 d'ac - The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up • Do. • 12 10 Quar. Shares, N 2 all - - No. ~ - N.8.G0v.6p.c. Ja. &July 100 107 109 CI 7rec - 81 ,Cork & Bandon, 55 p. c. all - - - Do. 6p.c.Ap. &Oct. 100 - - th to this day, are, in round figures, as under :- 20 (Cornwall, 5 per cent. - - - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 99 100 • hops 65 Dun. Perth ,& Aber..Tun 1 all 51 6 - D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1876 100 994 100 th it tO 1860. 1859. Stock lE. Anzn. Class A 7 & spc 100 99 101 Do.sp.cen. 1888 and up 100 995 100 194 sit Great Western ... £32,386 £31,034 Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc.... 100 110 113 - NovaScotriaGov.6 p.c. Sl. North-Western South-Western • 17,171 17,025 Stock; E. Coun. Ex. 5 p ct. No.l 100 110 112 - S.Aus.Gt6pc.Jan&July 100 110 112 trt r. Brighton Midland 38,226 35,411 ~,,, Stock Do. do Stock Do. New 8 per ct. Stock N 0.2 100 109 111 100 124 126 Stock'Ea stern Union, 100 80 82 VI 4 per ct. - Vict'Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 - - - Do. do. April & Oct. ! 100 105 106 1065 II WI lel South. Eastern - - MISCELLAAEOUS. -The Great Northern - - long Lancashire and Yorkshire 10 Anglo-3 ex can int all 15 16 &D, 100 90 02 • .. we L has North-Eastern - Stock lild n 1 erth,& Don. 4 pc.. 100 714 76 36,743 35,1'8 - , • Bieck r urness, 5 per cent 100 , - - 1000 i Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all - - 25 [Australian Agricultural 19 ,32 83 th &twig Bristol and Exeter 6,760 6,018 itockG las. &S West. , "••• 100 1118 120 a. 5 pc.. 10 !Berlin Water Works ... all 1 4/ 5 co tters Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 100 1117 119 50 [British American Land 40 1 - - no Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 5,031 4,421 rock Do. 5 pc-Redm.,lop.e.pm 100 1110 no 1101 50 'Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A., all ,37 39 con- Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,145 5,812 ' ,-, ck Do. 4A p. c. do. do. id no Scottish North Eastern nt i 5 Grand Trunk of Canada - - 100 'Canada Land 1 321 120 125 m IS to Great Western of Canada 10,734 8,397 'itcy 1 - lOO 96 98 p. ct. pref. Stock ...I 10 Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim.); all 6 8 Stock 'Cop.Min.of F.n - ,••.1k Smltgl all 25 30 PI ented The dealings in the Railway Share Market have 50 ;Great West. (Serbs and 25 IDo. Preference 71 per ct all 241 251 1 Hants) Ext 5 ct ' 6 - Stock ,Crystal Palace. they been limited, and chiefly confined to operations in Stuck Do. I Redeemable,' .P. .• • ' 45 p et. 100 08 100 5 IDo. Preference al 99 101 th ,cians stook Do. connection with the settlement. Prices have been ~ , Redeemable, 4p. et. 100 84 90 Stock Do. 6p. C. Perpet. Deb. 100 1103 106 1 ,1 t- , oc, - , Do. Irredeemable, do 100 90 92 StocklElectrie Telegraph lOO 105 107 lg, a s steady. Eastern Counties declined ss. ; and Great ... 'Mock Do. sp. et. Redeem. Pref. ! 100 102 103 25 I Do. New e' -- 4 8 Inn. P,h•rn. Prof. Shares all 91 104 5 English & Aust. Copper all 21 21 m Northern and Great Western, 10s. South-Wes - 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c.pf.sh. all 17 18 15 (Gan. Steam Navigation. 14 - - )ns; a pr ef I all 18 1 10 Do do. sp. ct. , . 104 1 [lndian Ship (Limited).. all li 4 ti ;;sing tern, Midland, North-Eastern (Berwick), and South- Stock [Do. Birming. guar. stock , 100 74 78 20 llndian & Aust. Telegr. 2s. - - hi aught Eastern, have advanced ss. ; and North-Western, 20 2 , ;Do. Chester guar.shares, all 191 20 5 ,London District Telegr. 21 d m 131 IDo. do. do I all 94 101 20 ;London Discount 5 11 d 1 w s, the 10s. 20 I Do. do. do. Saito The Foreign and Colonial markets have been very - sf ack l T an & York 6 ~ , P.C.c stock 100 128 140 20 ,Madras Irr. and Canal 1 1 21, 3 PI thiSStock 1 Do.Barnsl.St.Es 3slodpc 100 - - 10 llediter. Electric Tcleg.' all - - inactive. Lombardo-Venetian, however, improved Stock'Do. 0 per C. (E. Lan) .; 100 - - 10 Died. Exton. Tel. (Lim.) all 3 4 w great to 114; East Indian have declined to 101- 5 - ' 1014-.• Stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l, 1 00 115 117 4 , Stock', Do. ,sp. c Stock IDo. gm., 6p. ct . No. 21 100 115 117 1 100 184 142 25 National Discount C 0... 5 1 1 d 10 Netherlands Land all - - 5 Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at ldis all 5 1 F sl celled ' Grand Trunk of Canada are 341 34:', 1 - ; and Great Stock Do. do. sp. c. No. 4; 100 115 117 100 N.Tlr.&NovaScotiaLand 80 10 15 a ey do Western of Canada, 131. Stock , Do. Do. 45 per cent. I 100 - - 1 ,N.B.Australasian(Lim.)l all 4 5 IDo do. 41 per c. shares' 21 - - 1 Oriental Gas ' all 1 P were Joint Stock Bank Shares are flat. Union of Stock D . I 0. 7 percent. Pref. St.' 100 154 157 1 , Do. New Shares I 15s. i par S 0 her , London have further declined to 23! 241 ; and Stock D 0.6 p.c.do.(W.E.&C.P.)' 100 132 136 10 Orient). In. Steam, A 1 6 - - fi at the Stock D 0.4 p.c S.(div.dettil'6s), 100 68 70 10 Ditto B 1 6 - - City Bank to 71Z 72. 25 ,T.ond. Chat. and Dover 1 all 21 22 10 Ditto C I 2s. - - fi etter o Stock I I Stock Peel River Land & Min 100 49 51 r In the Miscellaneous Share Market no business 'on.&N.W.Cov.&Nun-, he re' eaten, sp. ct. , 100 115 117 50 en. & Oriental Steam. all 79 81 itats ; of importance has been transacted. Stock ' Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock,' 100 1511 1571 50 o. New l5 13 14 124 'Londondy & Cole, 4 shs: , all - - 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr l7l 1 d 4 p .il e rett - ---- 121 11.ondondy.& Ennis 1 sh.l all 12 121 50 Rhymney Iron never. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK • Stock ,ITan.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. ct.l 100 125 127 15 Do. New all 51 64 ;shed , 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities (134 i 6 Do. £6 Stock Do. 35 per cent. ; 4 4 4 11 , 100 68 70 100 oyal Mail Steam ,60 52 54 Stock cotAustrln.lnv.(Lim )1 100 ,1.20 130 t atrial). 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities - - 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip. all 1 I 1 o deIICO Anna. 30 Years, expire sth Jan., 1880 - 121 Do. 41 per cent... . all - - 1 Do. do Registered all 1 1 !I*, ail Ditto for 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 171 5.16 Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock 100 - - 20 Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr.Can SI - - R all be India Stock - Stock Do.Con.l3ris.&Bir.flp.et".l 100 138 140 100 Van Diemen's Land . 281 'lO 11 • ~. t ;Of CI , Ditto 5 per Cent. 6 I Do. with option tllllB6O 3 4 1 p tctiCa l Ditto Enfaced Paper,l4 per cent - Stock 1)0. Lela. & Ilitpref. st.l 100 94 96 BRITISH MINES. Ditto 54 per Cent. none. 1 , c ,NewportAber,&c.pret.s 1 aii 9 x . 101 - - Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO lO 8 d Ip. a. redeem, at 5 p.c. a in' 1 - •- • Closing f Bnsiness d Share, Mines. Paid. me" Consols for Account Play 9).... ho call India Stock for Account - option till 1866 last ? Ditto Account, 5 per cent. - Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.101 24 31 121 Do. do., 2d is. 21 4 1 p 20 Britisfi Iron acted Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 1}d............ 6 Stock Norrik 6 p.c. Ex.Stk,lB46 101/ - - .... Clifford - 150 290 eside o FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Stock Do. 55 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 - - -'' Devon G. Cons. (Taoist ) 1 1440 450 as tl2 Brazilian 6 per Cent. - Stock D 0.5 wavVal.Ex.Sk 1847 100 - - Stock North British, 5 percent 100 110 111 - Nast Bassett (Illogan). 10 85 90 - East Caradon 108 09 Ditto Scrip, 1860 - E. W'l Basal (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 12 121 Sardinian, 6 per Cent. - 101 Do, Bor. Un. g. pf. she. 1 14p 11 - Gam.&StAub n Gwen y ( .) 544 35 38 9 I . , Ditto Account - - - Great South lolems ~ .... 17s 141 144 ] ?atel lY Spanish 3 per Cent - Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.&Thk.Co.l 100 - - Stock N-East.Cons. Pref.4p.c.' 100 90 G 2 - G.WhealAlfd.(Phillack) 12.8.9 i i ) e the Ditto Passive - G. Wheal Vor (Helston - Grenville ) 9 4 ..! 5.4.6 24 3 I - 17 Do do. do. - Herod's - Foot 8 .1 2 .0 30 3 2 i ,Stri all Turkish 6 p er Cent pacifY Ditto Account Ditto New Loan _ 26 Do. Leeds, 6p. C. No. 1. 13 - - 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1848' 9 - - Hineston Downs - Lady Bertha I such 1.8.6. 11 14 Ditto Account - Margaret ( tiny Lelant). 91 42 45 1 t 0 11C ' Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. - North Downs w k to Venezuelan 3 per Cent - StocklOx.Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. ls • t • g, 100 124 126 124 S 1 ocklDo. Redeem., 2d gua.... 100 - - - North Frances (Mogan) 11 31 41 lest Ditto Account - N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) 5 41 51 1 ig , StocklDo. Trredeem., 25 gua. 100 117 119 - North Wheal Crotty._ 7.9.4 8 9 110 Dividends on the above payable in London. 10 Ilthymney Guaranteed. all - ..._ le Par Consols (St. Blazy). 15 121 131 will Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent - 85 'Scottish Central, new pr all - _ - Providence (Uny Lelat) 10.6.7 44 45 1 Y 4 Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 128 1 4 en l9 •`", 31 per c. pref. stock.... 100 73 75 - SouthCaradon (StCleer) 11 301 310 P Wh ic TWO O'CLOCK. Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. 100 - - - South C. Breat Illogan). 3 21 2f 1 Consols, Money 944 95 Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 - - 1 S.Dev. Iran & Gen. Min. all 1/ 11 r tll 6 l i Ditto Account 10 Do. Fixed 41 percent.j all - - - S.'Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9145 155 - Stray Park 20.18.0 31 33 or - 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading l 5 Tamar Silver and Lead hro 9 __-____ - O f the Ann., 10 6) all 231 231 234 3 Mining Co 4l 24 3 4 0 THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. Stock Do .41 per cent lOO 100 102 10 Tin Croft 9 45 4 4 al vi a Stock Do. Fixed 41 p.a. Ist is. 100 100 102 - Vale of Towey (Carm ), 13s 6d 1 1 a. io. 9 ________,_ Stock South Wales, mta. 4 p.c. 100 89 91 - West Basset (Illog,an) I 24 20 21 t LoNDON, April 26.-Wind this day at noon, N. ; mode- Stock Do. 44 per cent lOO 99 101 -W. Caradon (Liskeard). 589 91 COO f Stock S.-Yorkshire, 4 re. gua lOO 84 88 - West Scion rate breeze and cloudy. - Wheal 2 3 Stock. and Dar. A 5 p e all 28 29 _ Basset (Illog,an) 6l 145 155 n•LIS ° PORTSMOUTH, April 26.-The Necker, Sunderland to 25 til e Do. B • • all 3 1 331 o. 6 per cent .... • 2 • ..... Wheal Buller (Itedruth)l 5 871 926 by t Hong Kong, has put in here leaky, having struck heavily 25 Do. C 6 per cent all 32 33 Wheal Edward (Cal 5.)..1 64 ~ 11 11 lOW ° on Sunderland Bar in coming out. Stock Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p.c lOO 50 53 - 'Wheal Kitty(U. Lelant 1.7.2 'l6 17 tprell l9 OF? DOVER, April 25.-Arrived-David, from Shields, - Wit'l Mary Ann (Meahe ' 8 201 211 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. - Wh'l Trelawney (Liak. 51 30 31 t Vi eir. for Havannah. r goo - TEIGNMOUTII, April 24.-The Wonder, smack, of this port, sunk this morning •; crew saved by the lifeboat of the --------- - - - - - - ---- Railways. I ! Leasing' Closing Business , Paid. FOREIGN MINES , sfil° National Lifeboat Institution. -- Co.'s. Price. Done. 20 &ustralian - 1 Boa AccordCopper,Lim. 15s i d par • ter Bediorct anti li / 119 PENZANCE April 26.-The Russian ship Hedroig, from _. . . tetehtey all Ln& N.W .. - 1 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p. l 271 - - it W llOl Newport to St. ' Thomas's, foundered on the 11th of April; istickinghanishire 100 Ln& N.W f 6 98 1 Cheste & H I h •• .• 20 Do.St.Johndelltey,Lim. nl 23 24 t r o y ead.. 100 Do. 5l 511 1 5 Do. Land and Mining - Co. all - - C 0 9. 411 crew landed here by the Jonder Van Stogteien. 1)0 . do. 5 51). ct..... 100 Do. l''4 1i.76 1 Clarendon Cons. Min. Co. j- - e DUNDEE, April 24.-The Camperdown, steamer, arrived 1)o. do. sp. ct...... 100 Do. ll2 114 " 40 Cobra Copper all 43 45 Uill 9j A here from Greenland, reports the following as spoken with, Clyde sdaleJuncton. 100 Caledonin 'lO3 105 - Copiapo l6 11 13 eVe re. all clean:-Lady Franklin, of Aberdeen; Active, Helena, Colchester, Stour Val' all E.U.&E Cl 6 17 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 1 A iS i E Lincolnshire ,-,• an - t and North of Scotland, of Peterhead ; Vulcan, Melinka, ~ . -.6 p.c 100 Gt. North. '139 142 2 Fortuna Or, 9. Union,HarwicliShs , all E.Counts.' 41 41 20 General all 23 25 011i e and Enterprise, of Fraserborough ; and Chase, of Hull. 1)o. Woodbridge . I 100 I ha ll •pg ___ GI s.llarr.&Neils,DrCt . .' 100 Caled ' - ; onin, - - 15 Kapunda (Limited)..... 1 1 11 ter , (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Do. New lOO Do. xac - I 3 Linares all 101 111 tie‘ SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Gloster& Dean Forest, all Gt. West. I- - 5 Lusitanian to a Tiartlpool-Dck.&llail. all Yk.N.&Br - 1 Mariquita all 1 1 ,1.- , Wind E. 111111 and Selby - , all 'Yk.N.Md. 110 112 1 N RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 108. id p des ' Arrived, April 25.-Avon, from Waterford ; Courier, Do. i Shares all 'Do. I la t e steamer, from Jersey; Enterprise, from Youghal ; Cicely, Do. 4 Shares...._-. ! all Do. I 1 - 20 Pentgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt.... all 5 6 he .- from Sunderland. Lanc.&Carl.gua.s p.c., 100 ILn & NIW 207 210 " ohe ' 5 Port Philip 1 1 1 )11 11 -€1 Sailed, April 26-Teutonia, steamer, for New York ; Lontion&Greenwiell . 1 100 IS. East...! 63 65 1 Scottish Australn. (L.)... 10s 1 d par 1 • , s W I ' Alliance, steamer, for Havre; Atalanta, steamer, for . Do. Preference I 100 , Do. , Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend.' 100 P t &" 1 115 120 28.2.81, United Mexican ...... all 11 21 e o ,0., 96 98 1 ,IWerthing•(Limited).... all ' OW Jersey. Lowestof t, gua. 4p. ct. 100 ,Norfolk ' nt be - Do. 6 per cent lOO !Do. •- - 1 I Do. [ 10 (EY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) Manc.,lluxtn.&Matk. l all ,LN W&11.1 24 3 3 I' ll ' JOINT-STOCK BANKS. irO'V e GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Mtd.llrad ford Prefer-; I estig., Wind N.E. ;tide five hours' ebb; weather dull. once Stock I 100 [Midland 95 97 96 100 A gra&UnitedServiceßk, 50 ,75 77 Ce' Newmarkt.,BuryEx 1 1 ;tile a Arrived-Columbus, from Krageroe. guaranteed 5p.c.5. 5. 6. E.Counte /1 p 40 Australasia ' all 71 74 Sailed-Ateraan Theodore, for Adelaide •, Joseph Hale, .': 25 Bank of Egypt all 211 221 010 5 Northn.& Eastn. 5 ' 11 n p.c R.. -O. 156 68 50 51 53 oil for Port Phillip; British Merchant, for Sydney. Do. do. 6 per cent.... , all Do. 13er a 3 - - 23 Bank of Turkey „ioe DEAL, Thursday Morning. Do. Fixed 5 per cent.' all Do. ; g" 13 North Western I all Midland .1 141 15 59 British North American! all - _ ba r's Wind, N.E. by N. ; strong. I L&N W 1 20 Chtd. Bank of India, Sid all 191 201 'Y s It 1 Passed-Gipsy, barque, from Shields for Genoa ; Colum Preston and Wyto. il all & _ I , 1....Yk. ) - - 25 Ch.Mer.of In. Lon.&Ch. l all 31 33 8 bine, from London for Swansea; Mary B. Rich, from Do. 1 Shares A all Do. ' 100 City !5O -- - 72 14 ,a at Shields for New York. Roystn Ilitch.,& Shep 100 Gt. North. 135 137 10 0 ,Colonial . 25 37 38 ' a re , 1131. 20.11 ICom. Bank of Canada ' all - - as .................... • Shrowabry& Hereford 100 T Brassoy 103 105 100 'Commercial of London l2O 19 21 . Do. Do. 1 1 1 •• • . 1 * 1p 11 Illra 3 I South Staffordshire .. all M'Clcan .1 104 II 20 lEng ,Soot., & Aus. Ch.l all 17 171 30 1 ' e Tom Sayers and the Benicia Boy are said to have Wilts and Somerset-1 100 Gt. West 191 93 20 !Gen Bk. of Switzerland), all - - 0 i 20 ILon.C'har.Bk.ofAustral.' all 221 235 221 3/ do 11 met upon the Newmarket racecourse on Monday, and shook Wimbledon& Croydn. l all L.stßrztn 71 8/ • 11 6 hands at the betting ring, where they were loudly cheered. _-_-__ - - it 15 •t DOCKS. ' 50 'London Joint Stock ... 10 - - 314 1 THE COLLECTION FOR S.AYERS IN LIVERPOOL.- _ _ ___ leS O9 , ~,1 00 ILondon& Westminster. 20 - - IP' S a yers communication to the up to yesterday had sent no - - ustr Sha re Docks. Paid atO gentlemen who in Liverpool have been instrumental in P r ice. I Done. 20 Do. new lO - - ige be t raising a testimonial subscription to the champion. He has Stock 6O National! Bank 20 !New South Wales - - all - - a ll ' t been frequently informed of the course pursued by the gon- itoc! C0mmercia1............ 100 ..- 25 ,Orient .13k. Corporation all - -- of i ll tlemen at Liverpool, but has never answered any of their ;tool; 004 perCent.Pref . Min. 100 - 20 ;Ottoman Bank all 17 18 irid ee • • communications, and it is now proposed to return the money hock East and West India... 100 - 100 Provincial of Ireland - - Orit ocl, r.on•lon lOO 10 ;Do. New to C - already collected to those who subscribed it. Under the - all - - ii oci. St. Katharine ICO - I present circumstances, it is the only course left open to 25 South Australia - - 1 • St ock Southampton lOO 25 Union of Australia all --46 • those who were desirous of marking the courage of Sayers ' tO ,Victorla . lOO 100 103 50 ;Union of London l2 " 1 " "" 2 4 4534 44 • in a substantial manner. ID? New uteaperasomil 2 -'• lop Toruity Mutual _ _ •, Go - _ -7 niE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 160. 1 LA W INT. .(This Day.) LONDON - AND SOUTH WESTERN RAIL WAY. NEWMA.RK VICE-CHANCELLLOR'S COURT. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir R. T. Kindersley.) WASON V. WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENT COMMIS- SIONERS. His Honour the Vice-Chancellor said this bill was filed by Mr. Wason, against the Westminster Improvement Commissioners, and three other gentlemen, Messrs. Bridges, Meesen, and Bridges, solicitors, for specific performance of a contract, dated sth July, 1847, by which the Commissioners becaiw, bound to purchase the fee simple of certain lands upon which Victoria-street was formed, and convey them to the plaintiff by way of mortgage security for £30,000. And the decree which was asked against the other defer• dants was to set aside certain mortgages held by them %ince 1854, to enable the Commissioners to execute a free convey ance in favour of the plaintiff. His Honour, after deliver ing a very searching judgment on the arguments and facts of the case, came to the conclusion that the agreement of July, 1847, was superseded by the agreement in Juno, 1856, and therefore could not be specifically enforced. His Honour dismissed the bill without costs against the Com missioners, and with costs against Messrs. Bridges and Meesons. COURT FOR DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL SUITS. (Before Sir C. Cresswell, Mr. Baron Channel', and Mr. Justice Keating). SIMONIN (FALSELY CALLED) V. AIALAC. This was a suit instituted by Mdlle. Valerie Josephine Simonin for a decree of nullity of marriage contracted with the respondent under somewhat rather singular circum stances. The case, which was not defended, commenced on the 18th ult., and ba-ring occupied two days, stood over for judgment. The parties are natives of France, and in the year 1854 the petitioner was living with her mother at Paris, and supported herself by her exertions as an actress. She be came acquainted with the respondent, M. L. Malac, and on Jan. 20 of the year in question he induced her to accompany him under a promise, that if she consented to a mar riage in England, he would afterwards marry her in France according to the laws of that country. They were married in London on the day after their arrival, a license having been obtained by a fraudulent representation that they had been 15 days residing in the metropolis. However, the petitioner refused to discharge her marital duties until the respondent fulfilled his promise in reference to the French marriage, and ho having exhibited some reluctance to accede to her wishes, she left him and returned to the pro tection of her mother, and the practice of her pro fession. The reason assigned by the respondent for refusing to have the marriage ceremony celebrated in France was, that he was afraid of incurring the dis pleasure of his father by contracting a matrimonial alliance with the petitioner. Subsequent to the separation he ad • dressed a letter, couched in very affectionate terms, in which he stated that ho felt himself unable to surmount moral ob stacles that existed to their marriage in France ; and in consequence of that communication the lady had recourse to a legal tribunal to ascertain her actual social status. The result was that she obtained a divorce, the Court consider ing that the marriage was invalid according to the laws of France, and the respondent was condemned in costs. After wards the conduct of the respondent became very violent towards the petitioner, for he was in the habit of frequent ing the theatre in Paris where she was engaged, and throw ing iminortels and other missiles at her while she was on the stage. She determined to leave France, and, accom panied by her mother and sister, came to reside in this country in 1858, and established herself in business as re storer and recoverer of ancient documents, a trade which her father had followed up to the period of his death. The following evidence was adduced at the trial : Madame Simonin, the mother of the petitioner, said that Mdlle. Simonin is now 28 years of age, and that at the time of the marriage M. Malec told her he was 29. Her daugh ter and Malao asked her consent to the marriage before they came to England, and she gave it. They asked it, and she gave it verbally. Mr. Noel, who formerly practised as a notary public, and advising counsel at Paris, explained the French law, as con tained in the 170th, 63d, 151st, 152 d, and 154th articles of the Code Napoleon, on the subject of the marriage of French subjects in foreign countries. If two French subjects went to a foreign country for the purpose of evading the French law, and there contracted a marriage without due publi cation in France and without consent of parents, and then returned to France, the French courts would annul the marriage. But if the consent of the parents was signified after the marriage it would be held good. When the parents of parties under a certain age who wished to con tract a marriage withheld their consent, the proper course was to draw up an acte respectueux et formel before a notary, requesting their consent. The parents might then give or withhold their consent, and a minute of their decision would be drawn up by a notary. If the parents consented, they must either go before the Maire when the marriage was contracted, or their consent in writing, drawn up by a notary, must be produced to the Maire. When certain pre • scribed forms had been observed, and a certain time had elapsed after the acte respectueux had been presented, the marriage might take place even without the consent of parents. Dr. Phillimore submitted that he had now established that the parties had a French domicile at the time of the pretended marriage, and that the marriage was in fraud of the French law. The want of carcity to contract the marriage by the law of domicile was, he contended, fatal to the validity of the contract. lie admitted that Storey, in his " Conflict of Laws," laid down that contracts of marriage were governed by the lex loci contractus, whatever might be the capacity or incapacity of the parties by the law of domicile ; but that proposition was not borne out by Pothier, Huber, Savigny, Felix, and the other jurists whom he cited. If their lord ships should be of opinion that there was no precedent for a case like the present, he hoped they would not lay down a principle different from that Which guided all other civilised States, but would give effect to the prohibitory laws of a foreign country when they found that two subjects of the foreign country had come to England to enter into a mar riage contract for tho mere purpose of evading those laws. Dr. Swabey followed, and contended that, according to jurisprudence and national policy, the Court was bound to declare the marriage null. There was no defence, arld the learned judges postponed their decision in consequence of the novelty and importance of the question sub judice. Sir C. Cresswell delivered judgment this morning, and having gone through the authorities cited, decided that according to international law this country was not bound to surrender its own peculiar law to that of any other State, in accordance with which dictum the Court consi dered the marriage was a valid contract. The petition was accordingly dismissed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —.(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A CLERGYMAN CHARGED WITH ROBBERY.—Mr. Chas. Nisbett, of 66, Belsover-street, described as a clergyman, was charged before Mr. Bingham with stealing, at 60, Hay. market, a bottle of eau de cologne, under the following cir. cumstances : SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING THIS DAY. A special general meeting of the shareholders in this company was held this day at the Waterloo station, for the purpose of approving and consenting to the several bills at present before Parliament in which the company was inte rested—C. Castlemain, Esq., in the chair. The Secretary having read the list of bills, The CHAIRMAN said he regretted the absence of Cap tain Mangles ; but he did not anticipate that their proceedings that day would be of long duration, as the consideration of a number of bills comprised in the advertised list would have to be postponed, in consequence of their not being sufficiently advanced to be submitted to the meeting that day. The bills that would be submitted to the proprietors would be the exten sion to Yeovil Station, the Salisbury Yeovil Junction, the Chard Branch, and the Tele of Wight Railway. Mr. BIRCHAM, the solicitor of the company, then read the title of the first bill to be approved of as follows : " A. bill for authorising the London and South •Western Railway Company to make and maintain a railway in extension of their Exeter Extension Railway, and to connect that railway with the Bristol and Exeter Rail way, and for authorising alterations of the St. David's Station on the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and the laying down of rails on the narrow gauge on divers railways, and the working by the London and South Western Railway Company over those narrow gauge lines of railway from their Exeter Extension Railway to Bide ford, and for other purposes." Mr. HEIEPATH complained of the length of the bill, and of the expense that the extension would entail upon the company, yet he should not oppose it, as he considered it would be highly advantageous to tho company. Several proprietiors objected to any further outlay of money in extension. A PROPRIETOR said he thought the shareholders ought to have confidence in the directors. He thought these gentlemen would not recklessly expend any considerable sum of money without they felt certain it would be for the benefit of the company. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN then put the approval of the bill to the meeting, when it was assented to unanimously. Mr. BIRCHAM read the head of the next bill for approval as follows : " A bill for the alteration at Yeovil of the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway, leased to the London and South Western Railway Company; and of the Yeovil and Durston Branch of the. Bristol and Exeter Railway, and for the making at Yeovil ora Joint station for the London and South Western and Bristol and Exeter Railway Companies." Mr. HEREPATH asked how much money was to be raised under the act ? Mr. BIRCHAM said the whole of the authorised sum to be raised under the act would be £20,000. The bill was approved of unanimously. Capt. GIPPARD—AS N0..3 bill, the Kingston-bridge line, was to be postponed, he should like to know what the di rectors proposed to do. The CHAIRMAN said the whole subject was fully consi dered at the last meeting. It was then determined to carry the bridge over the river to Kingston, and that would be the object of the bill to be submitted to Parliament. Capt. GIFFARD—Then it is the intention of the directors to adhere to that plan ? The CHAIRMAN—Yes, certainly. Mr. BIRCHAM read the title of the next bill as follows : " A bill to enable the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Com pany to make a deviation from their authorised main line near Yeovil, and a branch or junction railway in the parish of YeoTil." The bill was assented to unanimously. The following was the head of the next bill submitted for approval : - - " A bill to authorise the construction of a railway from the authorised line of the London and South Western Exeter Extension Railway to Chard." Mr. HERAPATH asked whether there was any capital to be subscribed. Mr. BIRCHAM—No capital was to be raised under the act. Mr. HERA.PA.TH considered such a matter perfectly satis factory. The last bill to be submitted to the meeting was as follows : " A bill for making railways for the purpose of connect ing Ryde with Ventnor and the East Coast of the Isle of Wight." Mr. HEREPATH asked whether this line was to be worked by the South Western Company. The CHAIRMAN said the South Western and the Brighton would in conjunction work the line, which was calculated to be much more convenient than if it was worked by an independent company, because if such was done it would cause great inconvenience. All the directors of the South Western Company recommended was to work the Isle of Wight Railway in conjunction with the Brighton Company. If any further arrangements were contem plated the shareholders would be consulted before any fina arrangements were concluded. _ Alexander Sevin, waiter, at 60, Haymarket, an hotel; said at half-past eight the previous night the prisoner came to the hotel and partook of tea, Scc., at the time he sat down there being three bottles of eau de cologne on a shelf near where he sat. Shortly after he (witness) observed that one of the bottles was gone, and having informed his employer, Mr. John W. Pacey, he asked the prisoner for payment of the refreshment he had had. He said he had no money, and shortly after pulled a bottle of eau de cologne from his pocket—the one missed. He did not wish to press the charge, the principal reason for giving him into custody being to see whether he had any other property on him, as there were silver spoons about the table where he had been sitting. A PROPRIETOR said the bill contained a clause authoris ing the company to contribute on guarantee £20,000 toward the construction of the railway, the Brighton Company doing the same. He thought it was a very bad arrange ment, and he trusted the meeting would refuse to give their sanction to the bill. A lady here stepped forward and said the prisoner had lately been destroying all his religious books, and she thought he was not quite right in his mind. He lodged with her, and she was fearful he would set the house on fire. The CHAIRMAN said he hoped the meeting would pause before they adopted the view.: of the hon. proprietor who had just spoken. The result of the rejection of this bill would be that the line would then virtually pass into the hands of the Brighton Railway Company, and the whole traffic of the Isle of Wight would pass on to that line. He thought the arrangements made were advantageous to the South-Western as well as to the Brighton, and he hoped the meeting would approve of the bill. The approval of the bill was then put to the meeting, and carried. The consideration of several other bills was postponed until the 31st of May. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro ceedings. Mr. Bingham said he would remand him for a few days that proper inquiries might be made, and in the meantime he would be taken care of. In the prisoner's possession was found a communion ser• vice when taken into custody. 71115 DAYS MARKETS. PICKING POCKETS AT THE /TOME MISSIONS' MEETING. —Ellen Taylor, a young woman with a child in her arms, was charged before Mr. Bingham with attempting to pick pockets at the Home Missions' meeting at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's, on the previous afternoon. Sergeant Cole, 23 C, said that about half-past five the previous afternoon he was on duty at Willis's Rooms, there being a meeting of the Home Missions, the Archbishop of Canterbury in the chair, and several bishops present, and just as they were leaving the rooms he saw prisoner and an other woman, and knowing them a s the companions of thieves, he kept his eye on them. Shortly after the Bishop of Oxford and a gentleman left the rooms, followed by three ladies dressed in black, and he then observed the prisoner go alongside of the youngest of the three and put her left hand in her pocket and withdraw it again. She then left the lady, turned back to the rooms, and then got in the door way, just inside, and saw her feel the outsides of the pockets of every lady's dross on leaving the rooms. Sho then put her hand into the pocket of another lady, and ho then took her into custody, she begging to be let go. Prisoner said she only made one attempt, and admitted she had been before convicted. Cole said he saw her at the same rooms on Saturday last, when six purses were missed, which Mr. Rayne was there to prove. Committed for two months with hard laboar. It is related by Stowe that during the 38 years of Henry the Eighth's reign no less than 72,000 criminals were executed ; and we gather from Parliamentary returns that in the ten years between 1820 and 1830 there were executed in England alone 797 criminals ; but as our laws became less bloody, the number of executions proportion ately decreased. In the three years ending 1820 the exe cutions in England and Wales amounted to 312 ; in the three years ending 1830 they were reduced to 179 ; and in the three years ending 180 they had decreased to 62. PETITIONS. 7118 Dilr). (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS Pomona 41 Busy Bee Car'otta Seven ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES OF 15 SOVS. Neophyte Error . 2 Nine-ran. MATCH. North Lincoln beat Actveon ONE THOUSAND GLINEAs.—The following have paid forfeit :—Water Sprite, Urania, Hecate, Her Highness, Dulcibella, Arethusa, Rope Dancer, Retreat, Amethyst, Shoulder Knot, Floretta, Rosary filly, Beeswax filly, Grand Mistress, Mousey, Catawaba, Miss Erskine, Wild Deer, Carolina, Highden, Lady Falconer, Danae, Polyanthus, Brown Bess filly, Clarissa filly, Makeless filly, Miss Sarah filly, Fear filly, and Jessie. , £5O HANDICAP PLATE. A.F.—Queen Bee paid forfeit. TWO-YEAR-OLD PLATE.—Folkestone, Caliban, Vags, Prince Plausible, Little Nell, Archercss,, and Vinca paid forfeit. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter past twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSI HESS, The following bills were read a second time :—Belfast and County Down Railway ; Belfast, Holywood, and 13an gor Railway; London Hydraulic Power Company; Moray shire Railway. _ _ _ , The report on the Sovereign Life Assurance Company was brought up and agreed to. Petitions were presented against the Medical Relief Bill, against the Wine Licenses Bill, against the Jews Amend ment Act, in favour of the Coal Mines Regulation Inspec tion, from members of aWesleyan Congregation at Norwich against the Church Rates Bill, &c. CORN EXCHANGE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 49s Gd ; barley, 37s 6d ; oats, 24s 2d; rye, 32s lid ; beans, 42s Od ; and peas, 39s 2d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 47s 3d ; barley, 36s lld ; oats, 23s 9d ; rye, 31s 2d ; beans, 40s ld ; peas, 38s 3d. ENGLISH GR.UN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 96,041; barley, 17,351; oats, 9,463; rye, 150; beans, 3,620; peas, 664 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Only a moderate supply of beasts was on offer in our mar ket to-day. Prime Scots and crosses were in steady request, at fully Monday's currency ; but other breeds moved off slowly, on former terms. The show of sheep was by no means extensive. There was a free sale for Downs and half-breds, at extreme rates. Otherwise. the mutton trade was in a sluggish state. Lambs—which came slowly to hand—were inactive, except as regards the best breeds, at Monday's quotations. There was a moderate inquiry for calves, at previous rates. Pigs and mulch cows were steady in price. Per Sibs to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 Primecrs-wool do. 4 10 5 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Pme. S'thdown do. 5 8 6 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 Large erse. calves 4 a 5 2 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Prime small do 5 4 5 6 Crse. &inf. sheep 3 8 4 0 Large hogs 3 6 3 10 Second quality do. 42 4 8 Small porkers Lambs, 5s 6d to 7s Od. Suckling calves, 19s to 22s ; and quarter .old store pigs, 23s to 30$. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts BOO Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs 340 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 7O Sheep Calves Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEIVOATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate. On the whole, the trade is steady, as follows : Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 4s Od to 5s Od ; lamb, bs Od to Gs 4d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81bs. by the carcase. SOUTHALL, April 25.—Fair average supplies of stock were on offer here to-day. On the whole, a full amount of business was transacted, as follows : Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 10d ; lamb, 5s Gd to Gs 10d ; veal, 4s 8d to 5s 6d ; pork, 3s 10d to 4s 10d per 81bs to sink the offal. Romronn, April 25.—Prime beasts and sheep moved off steadily, at full prices. Otherwise the trade ruled heavy : Beef, from 3s 4d to 5s Od ; mutton, 4s Od to Gs Od ; lamb, 5s Gd to 7s Od ; veal, 4s 8d to 5s 4d ; and pork, 4s Od to 55 Od per Sibs ; suckling calves, 15s to lEs ; quarter old store pigs, 22s to 29s each; and milch cows, £l4 Os to £lB 108 each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Maadow hay, £3 Oa to £5 O Od ; clover, £4 Os to £.5 17s Od ; and straw, £1 7s to £1 14s per load. A firm trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 5s to £5 Os; clover, £4 Os to £5 17s Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. Trade steady. WIIITECHAPEL.—AIeadow hay, £3 Oa to £5 Os Od ; clove, £4 Os to £6 Os ; and straw, £1 Gs to £1 12s per load. Snpply moderate. VENERABLE EGGS.—" I stick to eggs,'' said Bob ; "what can you make of them, old fellow P" "Why, in all probability, th e one y ou are ea ting ought to have been by this time a grandfather. Laid in some remote village of France this time last year, it has lain ever since pickled in lime water. They come over here by the million at a time, and you don't suppose the Continental hens hold monster meetings to suit the time of the exporter ?"—Once a Week. " I cannot get on without the woman's hand," says John Bennett, in a letter to the Times, and he very justly points to the Swiss watch, which i s now rapidly tak ing the place of the English secoid-class watch. He cal culates that no less than 200,000 of these watches are im ported or smuggled annually into England, whilst 187,000 is the whole produce of English watchmakers. In order to discover the reason of their very cheap and beautiful production of watches, he determined to go to Switzerland himself, and the reason was soon apparent. He found that no less than 20,000 women were employed in Neufchatel alone in making the more delicate parts of the watch move ment,—not cooped up in squalid courts as the men are in Clerkenwell, but in their own cottage homes on the slopes of the Jura, overlooking the beautiful Lake Leman. —Once a Week. REFORM BILL. Mr. E. JAMES gave notice that on going into commit tee on the Representation of the People Bill, he would move that all persons of full age occupying lodging or por tions of a house in boroughs for which they paid £l2 a year, and those holding tenements for which they paid £2O a year, should be entitled to be placed on the register of voters, provided they occupied the same for twelve calendar months. LAW OF PROPERTY BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, which came from the Lords ' Mr. HADFIELD complained that by the existing statutes law courts imposed restrictions upon the invest ments of trustees, by which they were required to invest the trust funds in such annuities as Consols, while there were other investments equally safe, and which would yield large annuities. That was a state of things which necessarily operated most unjustly in regard to those possessed of pro perty, and he referred to certain cases to show the extent of that injurious operation. He thought therefore that a clause extending the power of trustees with respect to in vestments should be introduced into the bill. The house then went into committee. On clause 1, Mr. HODGKINSON considered that in the case of maltsters injustice was inflicted. If a person became se curity for a person engaged in that business, his security was immediately registered and made a mortgage on his property, which was a great hardship. He had personal experience of this matter, and he suggested ceztain altera tions in the clause that would remedy the evil of which he complained. The present state of the law between a bonds man and the Crown was most unsatisfactory. Mr. WALPOLE objected to the amendment, on the ground that Crown debtors stood in an exceptional position. Sir G. C. LEWIS said this matter concerned the depart ment of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and he was not competent to give an opinion on it. He considered the best course to adopt would be to postpone the consideration of the clause. — After some remarks from Sir F. KELLY and Sir F. GOLDSMID, Mr. ROLT strongly objected to the clause as going to the extent of sweeping away all registered judgment secu rities on laud, and debtors, to prevent an immediate execu tion, must effect a mortgage deed. The fact was that a registered judgment was now an equitable mortgage upon land, obtainable by a cheap and simple process, which, he contended, was valuable alike to debtor and creditor. Mr. WHITESIDE said th it there was no principle of law which made a registered judgment a lien on property. He alluded to cases in Ireland, in which the adoption of this practice proved ruinous to creditors. Under the circum stances, he would cordially support the clause. Mr. LONGFIELD considered that the clause should be postponed, as the subject to which it referred was too large and important to be dealt with in the summary manner proposed. After some further discussion, the amendment was with drawn. Mr. lIADFIELD moved as an amendment. to insert in page 1, clause 1, line 12, after " recognisance," " to be en tered up after the passing of the present act," the object of which was to prevent the bill having a retrospective operation. Mr: HENLEY opposed the amendment. . • Mr. WALPOLE followed on the same side, and con- tended that the effect,of the amendment would be that search should be made for judgments for twenty years before there could be a sale of landed property. He thought there might be exceptions to the amendment, but not of the character already urged, and he considered the bill, pro Canto as a step in the right direction. Mr. BARROW said that the expense of making searches for these judgments was so great, and he spoke from per sonal experience, that the effect was that they were not made in the case of small freeholders. This clause, to a certain extent, afforded security with reference to the pur chaser of freehold property, and, therefore, he would give it his support. Mr. BOLT considered that the amendment of the hon. member for Sheffield should pass with the clause. Mr. DEASEY opposed the clause, as not affording the necessary facilities for effecting the sale and transfer of land it promised, and being calculated to cause great inconvenience to landed owners against whom judgments were obtained. Mr. MURRAY thought the clause should be postponed, until the hon. member who had care of the bill had a con ference with the hon. members who had taken a part in the debate. After a few words from Mr. Al‘blAno's and Mr. HAD FIELD, the amendment was negatived. Sir G. C. LEWIS considered, in order to give effect to what was the real citject of the bill, namely, facilitating the sale of land, that the proviso for making searches within three calendar months should be omitted. Mr. E. JAMES supported the bill, as its object was to place personal and freehold property in the same position as related to sale of land. The house divided on the question that the clause stand part of the bill, and the numbers were— For the motion Against it Majority —7o The clause was then agreed to. The clauses to No. 6 were agreed to, with a proviso that the same were4lot to extend to Ireland. Some discussion in reference to the latter clause took place, but ultimately it was agreed to. On clause 7, Mr. M'MAHON objected that its operation would be to introduce a new law into Ireland in regard to wavers and covenants in the transfer of land. - Mr. WALPOLE and Mr. LANGFIELD supported the clause, and some discussion ensued of a technical and un interesting character, and the clause was agreed to. Clauses 8 and 9 were agreed to. Mr. HADFIELD moved the omission of clause 10. Mr. WALPOLE said that the clause provided against the commission of great frauds that might be committed by solicitors, which would deprive a purchaser f his rights. Cases had occurred in which solicitors had charged pur chasers with most unnecessary expenses for obtaining ab stract of deeds of title. Under this clause the solicitor had every safeguard against prosecution and for the reco very of his costs, and the only object was to protect the pur chaser. Mr. HADFIELD felt bound to press the amendment, as 'he considered the clause placed the legal profession in a most unfavourable position. ,• The clause was agreed to, as well as clause 11. On clause 12, Mr. ROLT moved the addition of the following proviso : —" That in every case in which trust funds shall, while the 32d section has been in operation, have been invested or have remained invested on real securities in an y part of the United Kingdom, or in the Stock of the Bank of England or Ireland, or in East India stock, the rights and duties of the trustees of such trust funds, and of the persons beneficially interested in such trust funds, shall be construed and take effect as if the said sec tion had not been repealed." Mr. WALPOLE defended the clause. After some observalions by Mr. Reit, Mr. Matins, Mr. Henley, Mr. B. Osborne, Mr. Deasey, Sir F. Kelly, and other hon. members, the clause was negatived. The remaining clauses, with some additions, were agreed to, and the house resumed. MASTER AND OPERATIVES BILL. The bill was read a second time and referred to a select committee. JEWS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This bill passed through committee. THE PAWNBROKERS ACT AMENDMENT BILL, This bill was read a third time and passed. The Police and Towns Improvement (Scotland) Act Amendment Bill was read a second time. The house then adjourned at 20 minutes past 5 o'clock. THE SWISS RIFLEMAN.—With the exception of America there is no nation which owes more to th e indi vidual skill of its citizens in the use of the rifle than Swit - zerlaird. The respect which a true Swiss has for that wea pon dates from his youth. He puts aside his_holidays to public exhibition of his skill in its use, and devotes many a leisure hour to private practice with it. By the borders of his lakes—behind the wooden village-houses—in the thick soft pasturage at th4t foot of the hills in which the dun cows browse, fetlock deep, you catch sight of his rifle-tar get ; indeed, his chief social fault is, that he is a little too prone to the use of his favourite weapon in his Cantonal disputes, and that he is not always content to wait for the blue or white coat, against which he may sooner or lattr legitimately level it.—Once a Week. A WORD TO THE SCHOOLMASTER. — Bright on would, no doubt, look aghast at Dr. Swych, if that worthy pedagogue should propose to lead out for a few summer days' martial training upon the downs those young gentle men whose exercise in dreary file has so often excited our sympathy, and it is to be feared, contempt. But we feel sure that Dr. Swych's young gentlemen would gain im mensely, if only by becoming English boys for one week in the year, and they would return to their Plutarch and Euripides with a zest and fres hness which would sur prise Dr. S. beyond measure. Conceive, too, with what, novel and unbounded delight a week under canvas in the Windsor Home Park would be received by Eton. Why, it would more than compensate it for the loss of its Montem. Andweb spread, believe it would not be long b e fore such an example would and our English greens and commons would witness a wholesome revival of that manly pastime of peace which has fitted Englishmen so well for the stern exercise of war. —Once a Week. BRITISH COL UMBLI. ---10---- Our dates from Victoria, Vaucouver's Island (states the New York _Herald), W are to the 14th March. From our files we learn that the Legisla tive Assembly commeneed its second session on the Ist. The leading men in that colony are strongly in . favour of the introduction into British Columbia'di a large Chinese population, for the purpose of deve loping its mineral resources. They argue that, as at present there is no likelihood of a large im migration of Europeans or Americans to their shores, out of two evils, it is the best to choose the least, and rather than that the interests of the colony should suffer from the absence of the whites, the Asiatics and those of a darker hue should by all means be invited to our shores. Acting on these propositions, the " Johns" are com ing up from California in batches of forties and fifties, by almost every arrival. As for the coloured folks, there arc enough of them at present in *Victoria to do John Bull' for a century. These latter sub jects of the Queen stick close to town, and show no disposition to try their luck at the diggings. Many thousand Chinamen are ex peett d at . Victoria during the spring, and it was reported that a 'essel from Hong Kong direct is overdue,-having on board a squad of five hundred of the mooneved fraternity. Th• British still keep up a powerful fleet in the . ir waters. There is an 80-gun ship of the line, carry ing an Admiral's Hari., and several others ware daily expected from England —amongst them the Topaz, one of the finest 50-gun screw frigates in the British navy. INDIAN CURRENCY. (From the Times' City Article.) The following letter on Mr. Wilson's Indian cur rency proposals corrects an impression that these proposals are in harmony with the principles of the Bank Charter Act. Not only dces Mr. Wilson, in his recent Minute, unequivocally dispute the lead ing feature of that Act by asserting that a paper currency based on Government securities, with a reserve of one-third specie, must, to "whatever ex tent it may be carried," be identical with a currency entirely metallic, but he is known to have been a consistent opponent of the Act from the date of its introduction by Sir Robert Peel down to the period of his departure for India. Mr. Wilson must, there fore, have abandoned his former convictions, sup posing he had now put forth a scheme on a founda tion analogous with it. But this has not been the case, his plan being perfectly consistent with the views for which he has always contended. Sir Charles Wood, the President of the Indian Council, has, on the other hand, been uniformly a supporter of Sir Robert Peel's system, and a majority of the members of the present Government likewise pro fess a similar faith, 'although occasionally some pla titudes are heard which would seem to warrant a different conclusion. The immediate result, how ever, has been that the Government, through Sir Charles Wood, have intimated to Mr. Wilson that the " sound principle" of the Bank Charter Act of 1844 must be held in view, and that all issues be yond a certain amount are to be represented by a corresponding amount of bullion. There will, con sequently, be no danger either of inflation, or of the anomaly of two conflicting principles of currency being recognized respectively in London and Cal cutta : " Sir,—ln some recent articles on Mr. Wilson's scheme for a Government bank of issue it has been remarked ' that the proportion of coin_ and seen- cities to be held is talieti from our own Bank Char ter Act, and that the principle is identical with the Act of 1844.' "The principle of the Bank Charter Act is that a fixed amount of securities shall be held by the issue department, and that coin or bullion shall be held against the remainder of the notes in circulation. Mr. Wilson's proposal is, on the contrary, stated to be that a portion never to be less than one-third of the issue of notes is to be retained in coin, and against the remainder of the issue Government se curities are to be purchased and held,' a proposal which would seem to be based on a very different principle from that of the Bank of England. " If the circulation of the issue department of tho Bank of England were reduced from 30 millions to 21 millions, the gold and silver in her vaults would be reduced from £15,525.000 t• £6,525,000, and the securities would remain at their fixed amount, L 14,475,000. "Mr. Wilson proposes that if the circulation of the Bank of India should reach 300 millions of rupees, there shall be held against this amount 200 millions of securities and 100 millions of silver. If the circulation afterwards fell to 210 millions, the drain of 90 millions would be met to the extent of 30 millions from the silver in the vaults of the bank, and the remaining 60 millions by sales of Govern ment securities. The consequent pressure in the money-market and the fluctuation in the value of Government stock would forcibly illustrate the sci entific truth and practical wisdom of the principles embodied in the Bank Charter Act. ' " Mr. Wilson has for many years been the perti nacious assailant of that act, on the ground that the issuer of a convertible currency should be allowed to judge for himself what amount of securities ho might safely hold against his circulation. The falla cies or paralogisms into which he fell were gene rally attributed, by those who defended the Bank Charter Act, to his confounding the functions of a bank of issue and a bank of deposit. Few would have believed that, if he were called upon to found a bank of issue pur et simple, he.would not have re cognised that the true principle for its management is to hold a fixed amount of securities, and allow the issues in excess of that amount to expand and. contract with the amount of coin and bullion, so that the fluctuations of the currency might be the same as if it were purely metallic. " Mr. Wilson seems, however, to labour under some strange misconception, not only of the prin ciples, but of the plain provisions of the act of 1844, for he says that in the Issue Department a certain proportion of bullion .is always held regulated by law, and the balance of the issues over that amount is represented by Government securities !' "A run for gold is so much more likely to occur in India than in this country, - where all classes have implicit confidence in the solvency of the Bank and. the stability of the Government, that it is still more necessary that the proposed Bank should hold such large reserves of silver as to be able to meet any drain without having recourse to forced sales of securities.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, 6l J. C:6 CANTERBURY HALL. The lovers of classical music enjoyed a rich treat last evening at this highly popular place of entertainment, in listening to delightful selections from Gounod's charming opera of "Faust," which was produced, for the first time in this country, on the occasion; and we may, in passing, observe that, whether we regard the pleasing solos with which the opera is interspersed, or the effective choral com binations which it contains, it fully justifies the encomiums which have been bestowed upon the composition by the highest Continental musical critics. The interpretations of the solos were assigned to Miss Russell, who sustained the interesting character of Marguerite, to Mrs. Anderson, who appeared as Siobel, to Mr. H. Herbert, who represented Faust, and to Mr. C. Bernard, as Mephistopheles. The first piece selected to illustrate the opera was the grand chorus, " Wine or beer," which was given with such stirring effect by the whole of the artists as at once to establish the high character of M. Gounod'a compOsi tion. This was followed by the delightful cavatina, " Oh, sacred home," which Mr. Herbert sang with great taste and feeling, and was rewarded for his highly effective vocali sation by the warm approval of the audience. The beautiful recitative and air, " In solitude I'm lonely," and " I laugh as I pass," was rendered in a charming manner by Miss Russell, whose rich, full, and flowing soprano voice was admirably suited to the recitative and air in question. She was equally effective in the duets, " Yes, oh yes, I love thee," and " Holy Angels in Heaven blest," which she sang with Mr. Herbert, who sustained throughout in these duets his well-earned reputation as a first-class tenor singer. The fine charac teristic chorus of soldiers, " Ah 'tis a pleasure of such scenes to tell," was given with great power and finish, and the opera, as a whole, went off with the greatest eclat. The band was full and complete, and under tke able di rection of Monsieur Jonghmans, the conductor, did good service in ensuring for the opera the great success which it achieved. The hall was crowded in every part,. and the audience were evidently highly gratified with this new effort on the part of Mr. Morton, the p ro p rietor of Canterbury Hall, t o afford to the frequenters of his establishment a fresh oppor tunity of listening to another of the chef d'ceuvres of our modern musical masters. The other entertainments of the evening consisted of se lections from " Dinorah," " Trovatore," " Macbeth," and some admirable comic singing, which brought forth fully the musical resources of the company, In the course of the evening the Fine Arts Gallery of the establishment, which contains a large assortment of admi rable specimens of pictorial art, was visited by the com pany, who were thus afforded an additional source of en joyment, and the general arrangements reflected the highest credit on the proprietor in catering for the enjoyment of the public. IMPORTANT TO RAILWAY COMPANIES. —A case of some interest to manufacturers was tried in the Oldham County Court last week. It was an action against the Lan cashire and Yorkshire Railway Company for an alleged detention of some bales of cotton. The plaintiffs, Messrs. Gee and Co., of Bottom of M oor, had, it a pp ears, 10 bales of cotton left for them at the railway station, Liverpool, on the 26th of January. The cotton should have been delivered to them on the 27th, according to usual practice, but in this instance it did not reach them till the 30th, and by the non-delivery the plaintiffs stated they had lost upwards of £2O. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiffs far £l5, to which the judge added the costs, his honour laying it down as " clear law and clear reason" that the railway company were not at liberty to detain goods, because when they re ceived them they took them on the assumed contract that they were to forward them by the first conveyance. ~