The Sun. — London, England, 1860-04-18 00:00:00

Gold is now rather dearer in this country than In Paris and Hamburg, and it is expected that as the exportation will diminish the receipts from Australia, &c., or a portion of them, will be taken into the Bank of England. The remittance by the Suffolk, it is thought, will be appropriated in that Way, and the movement, should it be maintained, may exercise an important influence upon the Money Market. In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon a slight advance was apparent on Paris and Ham burg. The transactions in the Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, were of a rather limited character, and prices were steady. The sales were only 5,000 bales. In the Railway Share Market a fair amount of business was recorded, and quotations tended upwards. Rather more activity prevails in the Foreign Stock Market, but prices in some instances are flatter; Turkish 6 per Cents. are 761 to 764 ; ditto New, 611 to 62; Spanish have receded to 47 ; ditto Passive have advanced to 164, and Dutch 4 per Cents. to 100 i ; Russian 4i per Cents. are de pressed at 961 97 ; ditto 3 per Cents. at 64,1, and Danish 5 per Cents. remain at 101. The Oeean Marine Insurance Shares are 22 pre.. ; the Universal ditto, g prem. ; the Vic taria Loan, 1054 Only a moderate business has been transacted in the Railway Share Market, and in some instances less firmness has been apparent. Caledonian, Great Northern A stock, North-Western, Midland, and North-Eastern (York) have declined 5s , and Lancashire and Yorkshire 10s. Eastern Counties have improved about 10s., and Great Westerns, South-Westerns, London and Blackwall, and South- Easterns have realized former prices. The Foreign and Colonial lines show little animation. Dutch Rhenish are at 97, ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 332 1; Great Western of Canada, 13k ; East Indian remain steady at 1021 Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are in fair demand, and rather higher prices. London Chartered of Australia have improved ss. ; London and County, ss. ; Crystal Palace (Preference Stock), 1, and Electric Telegraph, 10s. Increased firmness has been experienced in the English Stock Market to-day, owing to a few speculative purchases. Consols were 941 Z, for money, and 94/ I for the account. There is nothing in the political advices to create much variation, and the operators still abstain from extensive transactions. The New Three per Cents, and the Reduced remain at 93k. India Stock is firm at 2 20; ditto New Loan has improved to 105;1 ; ditto 6 per Cent. Enfaced Paper is steady at 97'i 981 ; ditto 51 per cent. ditto at 1031 ; and Exchequer Bills are 78. to lls. prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. sank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93k 3 1 3 ... Per Cent. Consols Annuities Aiw 3 per Cent. Annuities an. 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885... 17j 1 1 olio Stock - - • 220 19 Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per cent. — Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto 51 per Cent lO3l I / Ditto Debentures, 1858 961 Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Ditto under £l,OOO Consol s for Account (May 9 ) - 94/ /. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lla ' 711 p Ditto R,500 7 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian IS per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent., 1858 — Ditto Scrip, 1860 Chili= 6 per Cent Ditto 41 per cent. Danish 3 per Cent — _Ditto 5 per Cent. stexisan 3 per Cent. . 211 _ Ditto , Account rortuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. , Ditto Account 'lonian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent Ditto 4 .1 per Cent. ~, Ditto, 3 per Cent., 1859 'Panish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. — Ditto Account Ditto Passive Spanish Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded 4l A 1 wish 6 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Aacount _ 431 I 97 6} 61 Dividends on the above payable in London. patch E:ichange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. THREE O'CLOCK. , Cons6ls, Mcney Ditto Account 10MBARDO-VENETIAN RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,- —lt is well known that the Lombardo-Venetian Railway pays a dividend of 14 per cent. and carries over a l'elserve of £250,000, but when will the directors vouchsafe allYexpl anation of our prospects, said to be so flourishing P QUERIST. 2.11.1 S DAYS MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. A very limited supply of home-grown wheat was on offer to-cliay's market. Although the demand was by no xaeans active, Monday's improvement in the quotations was Well st tpported, Although over 10,000 quarters of wheat have acme in from abroad, importers generally were very ftlta. In prices, however, no change took place. Float ing cargoes of grain ruled steady. Ilarle3r, the supply of which was moderate, commanded extreme rates, with a steady inquiry. There was very little doing in malt. Prices, however, Were sui )ported. The c; al trade was in a healthy state, but no advance took pla( a in the quotations. Both 1 weans and peas commanded full prices, and there Wawa farr business doing in flour, at the advance previ•. oUsly no ticed. NONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The demand for accommodation having abated, the discount houses now seem disposed to negotiate first-class bills on easier terms, business being re ported in the several markets at 41 and 51 per Cent, whereas a few days ago the quotations ranged or tiper cent, higher. 0 wing to the Victoria Loan, railway calls, and other engagements, it is imagined that any decided improvement cannot take place at present, although the tendency may be in that direction. It appears that the tenders for the £1,078,000 Vic toria Railway Debentures represented £1,451,900, and the result is that parties who have offered less than £lO5 Os. 61. will not obtain an allotment. The biddings ranged from 105 to 106, and some large sums were applied for by parties who obtained a share of the previous issue. ARRIVALS THIS WEER Wheat. Barley Malt. tri lish ia 790 ( 380 j 1,980 i Pereign : 10,660 I 6,300 Oats. Flour. 470 16,190 i f 160 sks bk. WHITECHAPEL. The supplies of meat are moderate, and the trade rules Itteady, as follows : Peel, from 2s 41:1 to 4s Od ; mutton, 2 s 10d t o 4 s 2d ; l amb, 5s Od to 6s Od ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d ; and pork, 3s 4 tl to 4s Sd per Sib., by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. There is a fair demand for most kinds of hops, at lasi W eek'ici currency. REPRESENTATION OF HARWICH.—The Liberals 13 f Harwich, convinced that with divided action on their Dart the success of the Conservative candidate was assured, at last determined to select by ballot one candidate from a mong the three gentlemen who offered themselyes for theif e,,,hoic e — v i z ., M r . M on t agu Ch am b ers , Q.C . ,- M r . James t he Thomson, and Mr. Alfred Brett: The result of Lae ballot was that 40 votes were recorded for Mr. Thom -1,,_11, 36 for Mr. Brett, and ll for Mr. Chambers. Mr. Laarason is accordingly nowthe selected candidate of the r 4 rt Y. Mr. Brett has come down to Harwich,:and has given Zais assent to the decision of the electors, and Mr.Cham , t 8 will in all probability also acquiesce in the resolution arrived at. The ballot was shared in, however, by only half the number of registered Liberal electors, so that the ,tsult is after all scarcely conclusive. Mr. Thomson is a V l ative of the Bagshaw family, long connected with liar 0a and Harwich politics. GARDENING IN SFRII:G.—The girls have done 9 ,h eir b est w i th t h e i r b rot h ers ' gar d ens : an d th e di sp l ay i s cl esd rather surprising, so early in the season. The rock mcnlad which separates the two plots was expected to be bilgrant with wall-flowers, and shining with periwinkle, Et ,': and white, and tufted with daffodils : but the borders •p a gay t ulips a There are half-a-dozen a ti l c ies of tulips pots, and hyaoinths on the point of blowing; ti• vv .:,uriculas in carefully covered every night ; and and " doulle primroses ; and the crown imperial is superb; cliff the Persian iris most elegant ; and the frittillaries of an c i er ri e nj kinds and kingwort; and jonquils, in their pride t, re y There may be plenty to do, which the sis but tttve left to their brothers for the pleasure of doing it • in% 31 : 3 grand essential—abundance of flowering plants— splendidly managed,—Oncc a Week. SHARE MA RKE T.-( THIS DAY.) OLZDINARY MARES AND STOCKS. -- Sharel _ m I Railways. P a id . Closing Business Pri Done. 12.10 lA.mberg.,Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction 10 el 81 50 th•lfalt and Ballymena . all 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 8 85 Stock Birk.,La., and Ch. June lOO 70 72 25 Blackburn all 115 125 26 B yth and Tyne all 10 Bost.Slefd.& Mid. Coun all 65 75 Stock Bristol and Exoter ..., 100 101 103 Stock cr/ 'Mon ian 1 0 Carmarthen & Cardigan 9 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Paosage all 20 Cornwall all 81 65 65 10 D o . A El' A roves. no div. all un til6p. c. per an. ~,, 10 D o . B hasbeen pd.toß. "'" 50 Dublin an dßelf ast June. all 25 Dan.,Perth,& Abr.June all 75 8 Stock East Anglian lOO 18 19 1 85 5 f Stock Eastern Counties lOO 545 551 555 5 Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 36 38 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 28 28 25 Do.Nw. A.(lte. E. U3ds) 85 20 East Suffolk 10 I Do Stock ,Edinburg and Glasgow 100 78 80 Stock iEdin.,Perth, & Dundee , 100 30 305 10 ;Forth & Clyde Junction , all Stock Furness 1 100 Stock Glasgow & South Westn lOO 98 100 10 !Great North of Scotland all Stock Great Northern lOO 1145 1155 Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 118 119 1185 19 185 Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 128 132 130 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 113 115 Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 60 65 12 Irish South Eastern all Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1051 106 1055 ; 5 Stock London and Blackwall. 100 67 69 685 Stock Lon.,Brighton&S.Coast 100 112 113 112 5 12 25 Lond. Chat. and Dover) all 12 13 Stock London & North Westig 100 995 100 99 ; i 100 99 5 125 Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn lOO 91 5 1 925 921 2 5 25 L'derry & Coleraine all 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 11 5 5 Stock Man., Shot., & Lincoln lOO 42 425 50 Maryport and Carlisle 125 Do. do. 5 Shares all 10 Metropolitan Stock Midland lOO 1161 117 117 5 161 Stock Do. Birming. & Derby ; 100 94 96 50 Mid. Gt. West.(lreland) all 25 Do. 4 Shares all 25 Mid Kent all 10 Do. (Cray Line) all 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 25 New., Aber., & Tiered? all 101 111 10 Newry & Armagh (def.) 9 75 61 20 Newry, Warpt., & Roe all Stook Norfolk lOO 55 57 50 North. Counties Union 35 31 9 d Stock North British lOO 61 615 615 5 Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO Stock Do.A Stk.—Arec.nodiv until6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 Stock Do. B Stock Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick 100 95 981 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 1 1 4 d 15 4 Stock Do. Leeds lOO 48 491 491 9 Stalk Do. York lOO 80 805 891 80 5 Stuck North London lOO 105 107 107 20 North Staffordshire 175 35 85 d 14 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 9 94 Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver lOO 42 44 43 10 recbles all 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney all 6 7 Stock Scottish Central Stock Scoth. "N. E., Aber. Stock 100 361 StocklDo. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 86 88 Stock l Shropshire Union lOO 47 49 10 !Sittingbourne & Sheer all 4 3 d Stock 'South Devon lOO 42 14 Stock South-Eastern lOO 88 881 5 8 5 5 Stock South Wales Stock ,SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun lOO 75 80 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 6 8 2.5 ,Stockton & Darlington all 394 404 4 0 5 25 Do. do. !Stockton & Hartlepool lei Stock ,Taff Vale lOO Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 25 ,ThamesilavenDk&Rail 22 50 Ulster 25 Do. 2O 25 31 p 12 10 , Do. Stock Vale of Neath lOO 1 - 11 S 60 10 iVictorla Station & Pim all 10 11 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 !Waterford & Limerick all 20 I West Cornwall . 20 West London 10 Do. Ist Class all 20 Do. 2d Class 125 Worcester & 'Hereford 115 3 2 d PREFERENCE SHARES. Share Railways. Paid.l Closing Business I Prim. Done. Blythe and Tyne 1C per o. pref. (issued at £504 Brie. & Exet.4p.et.Stod4 I Do. do. do. Shares Caledon .210, 4} per cent] Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. ,Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent Dun.Perth,&Aber.Jun 1 E.Angn. Class A 7 & spcl Do. do. Class B 6 po ; :Do. do. Class C 7 pc ! E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l, Do. do . N 0.2, I Do. New 6 per ot. Stock ;Eastern Union. 4 per et. Do. 5 per cent, guar Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares. Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. & D.' Edin.Perthair Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas. &S West. a. 5 pc., Great Northern, 5 p. ct. I Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm ' Do. 44 P.C. do. do. Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm ! Gt. . Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4, 1 p. et. pref. Stock jGreat West. (Berke and Rants) Ext. 5 p.ct ' Do. Redeemable, 44 p et., Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct, Do. Irredeemable, do Do. S p. et. Redeem. Pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares' Gt. W. Ches. S p.o.pf.sh., Do. do. 5 p. et. pref I Do. Birrning. guar. stock; I Do. Chester guar.sharesi Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & 'York 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl.St.£s 3010dpc, Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan) Lon.&Brig.spo. gu. No.l, I Do. , 5 p. o No. 2' Do. gun., 6 p. et. Do. do. 5 p. c No. 4 ,Do. Do. 44 per cent Do, do. 44 per c. shares :I Do. 7 per neut. Pref. St. p.c.do.(W.E.&C.P.), Do.4p.c S.(div.def.tlP6s), ',Loud., Chat. and Dover I Lon. & N.W.Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. et. Lon. &S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, Londondy & Cole, she. Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh. Nlan.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct. Do. £6 Do. 34 per cent. 96 98 100 102 1001 1 54 6 99 101 110 113 103 103 110 112 109 111 124 120 £0 82 110 112 90 92 75 77 1118 120 117 119 110 112 103 105 185 87 96 98 99 100 88 90 90 92 102 103 91 /01 17 18 101 101 74 76 191 204 91 101 141 15 138 140 15 117 [l5 117 83 142 .15 117 154 157 132 136 68 , 70 21 22 115 117 154 1574 12 121 125 127 1 R' 68 70 1 RP Do. redeem. 6 per cent. llaryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 41 per .. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stook : 1 Do.Con.Bris.&l3lr.6p.Ot. , Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860; Do. Leic. & Ilit.pref. st.l Newport, Aber,&c.pret.s' p. c. redem, at 5 p.o.n Do. Perpet, 6 p. o. with option till 1866 Do., till 1861, Ist is Do. do., 24 is. Nerflk 5 p.c. Ex.Stk,lB4ti Do. 51 p. e. Pref. do. 1847 Do. 5 WavVal. Ex. Sk 1847 North British, 5 percent Do. New, gna. 5 per cent Do, for. Un. g. pf. she. Do. do. do. Nth. Dev. Rail.& Dsk.Co. N-East.Cons. Prel.4p.c. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do, Do. Leeds, 6 p. o. No. 1 'Do. do. Quarters,lBlB' !.M. York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire i qx. r. & Wol. 6 po. Ist g 'Dn. Redeem., 2d gua Do. Irredeem., 2d gun I Ithyrnney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pi 'Scottish North-Eastern 31 pero. pref. stock.... Do. A berdeen.gua.6 po. Do. 7 p. o. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 108. Do. Fixed 11 per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6 ) Do .4-1 per cent Do. Fixed 41p.e.1st is ' South Wales, gua. 4 p.c 1 Do. 41 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 pt. gua Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.o Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p.c 111 i 109 [3,4 140 101 103 1p 94 95 ni 121 1p 1p 109 111 108 110 P 90 92 95 97 ld Id i p 23 24 t 24 126 7 119 73 75 ,0 10 231 231 WO 102 LOO 102 89 91 99 101 84 88 .2,8 29 1324 33i 32 33 51 53 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. 1 Leasing II Closing Business ,• Co. s. , Price. Done. Bedford and Blfstehley Buckinghamshire Chester & Holyhead ) Do. do. 54 p. ct Do. do. 5 p. et. Clydesdale Junction • Colchester, Stour Val E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.o E Union,llarwichShs Ln& N.W Ln& N.W Do. Do. Do. Caledonia E.U.&E C IGt.North.l E.Counts.l 95 100 511 M I`. - 4 1' 6 ,112 114 103 105 10 17 '137 140 41 41 Do. Woodbridge ... GI a.Barr.&Neils,Dret. , Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Rartlpool.Dck.&Rail , Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares Lanc.&Carl.gua.s p.c ' London&Greenwich Do. Preference fCaledonin' Do. !Gt. West ' !Yk.N.VF.W IYk.N. Aid !Do. Do. ILn dr NRW ! S. East ! Do. Peto diCo ! Norfolk ; Do. ;LN WduMj 110 112 1207 210 63 65 115 120 96 98 Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. Lowestoft, gua. 4 p. ct. Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Bux tn. & Matk Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock Newmarkt.,BuryEx I guaranteed 5 p. c. 5 Northn. & Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent North Western Preston and Wpm. Do. I .111 Ares A. Roystn Shep 5111Twabry& Hereford Do. Do. 2f 2k IMidland E. Counts Do. Do. Do. Midland all i i' l N . y W k. l all Do. 100 Gt. North 100 T Brassey 1 all -1111i1ean 100 Gt. West I all I...&Brgin' 71 8 DOCKS. 95 97 1 1P 66 58 144 15 135 137 10 , 1 105 10 i 4 11P 91 93 South Staffordshire ..' Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon& Croydn. Share Dooks. ( Paid I Closing Business I Price. Done. Stock !Commercial _ _ Stook IDo 4 pereent. Pret . Min. 100 Stock East and West India 100 Stock i London • lOO StocklSt. Katharine lOO Stock' Southampton lOO Stook Vietorta . lOO e 0 ID° New ....valui:26,`, 2 I l ico DO3 1 100 Stock Sto , )k Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock; Stock; Stock Stock Stcck Stock Stock Stock 12 10 Stock Stock Stkl 20 tuck 12.10 Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock) 26i 13i 20 Stuck Stock i Stock S lock i Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stook! 12 14 Stock 6 Stock 12i Stock Stock Stock 6 Stock 10 10 12 10 12i Stook, Stock Stock Stock Stock 101 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 10s. 10 1.0.6. stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stook all I 1 oo all 100 100 100 all all 100 100 100 all all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 5. 5.6. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1860. BMTISH POSSESSIONS. Share) Railways. Closing Paid. l , price. bu alum done 100 Stock 20 Sto. Stock 100 100 100 100 100 Stock Atlantic & St Lawrence Born., Baroda& Cent. Indl gu. 5 per cent Do. Do. Buffalo and LakcHuron Do. New Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. 1 A fig., 18;2 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c Do. F Shares -Ext , Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p. c. Debentrs Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1861 eelong& Melbourne Geelong Corporation 6 Per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 6 percent. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 ,Do. do. 1872 ,G t. indiaPenin.gua.sp.e Do. Now, gua.s per cent Gt. South. of Ind. Lina.—l guaranteed 5 per cent Gt.W. of Canada Shares. Do. New 33 31 90 92 69 71 80 84 70 72 70 72 991 991 id R d 11 14 12; 13} 7i 7i al 97 99 97 99 97 99 PO 93 88 90 Ps 99 91 93 1 Id Do. Bonds pay. '76,with ept. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. "a without opt Do. 54 p. o. do. '77 do . Madras, guar., 4i p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. o. Extension Do. Fourth do. Do. do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds !Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.Spc Class ACapitl.Sham Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Oude (Limited) Scinde d Do. New g IDo. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo. ISt. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip I 5 7 6 7 99 101 d od d 94 96 I j d FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 19 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 44 20 Ardennes all 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 7 Id par 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 3 20 Beziers to Graissessac all -- 10 'Buen.Ayres& S. Ferndo 23 '1 21 t 5 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 21 21 100 Copiabo 10 Ditto Extension 20 !Dutch Rhenish 20 lEastern of France all 25 26 20 Grand Rue. Guar .5 p.c. n 20 ! Do. do. all 20 jGreat Central of Franc( all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she.. all 6/ 71 7 20 Italian Junction all 20 I Lake Constance & Bab all 20 Lierre and Turnhout.. all 20 !Lombardo Venetian..... 10 11 11p 20 I Lyons and Geneva .... all 831 ,51aria Antonia all 10 J Do. do. New - 20 Namur and Liege all 8 81 20 I Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. 16 Northern of France all 38 39 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 8 9 20 Paris,Lyonm, and Medit all 37 374 20 ,Paris and Orleans 20 I Recife& S. Fran. (Peru ll3 11 11d " t gua. 7p. ct. (Lim.) 20 !Riga and Dunaburg lO 10 I Rome and Frascati - 20 ;Royal Danish all 13 15 5 !Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 'Sambre and Meuse all 5/ 61 6 10 !Dv. 51 per cent. Pref. 20 ;San Paulo (lim.) g. 7p. c 2 3 1 d 20 !Southern of France 81 West Flanders 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 22 23 20 Western of Austria 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 jWicbbaden 6 jDo 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand....... all COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. p.c.J a. & July j 100 114 116 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug.' 100 109 111 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 110 112 Do. 6 per cent. 1879 109 - - Do. 6 per cent. 1880 100 - - Do. 6 per cent. 1882 100 - - Do. do. Scrip.. N.8.G0v.6p.c. Ja. &July 100 107 109 Do. 6 p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 105 99 100 D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1876 100 90 100 901 D0.5p.cen.1898 and up 100 99 100 991 1 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. Deb. redeemable,lB7s 100 107 109 1073 S.Aus.Gt6pc.Jan&July 100 110 112 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&Julyi 100 - Do. do. April & Oct. 100 105 106 1051 1 111 MISCELLAZIEOUS. 10 'Anglo-Mexican Mint all 14 15 1000 , Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all 25 !Australian Agricultural 19 32 83 19 Berlin Water Works 50 IBritish American Land 40 50 I Brit. & Irish Ma7.Tel.A . all 37 39 20 j Do. 13, 7p. c. till 1862 all 20 22 20 Do. C . 100 Canada Land 321 120 125 10 Chan.lslands Tel.(Li m 1 all 6 8 Stock ,Cop.Min.otEng.&Smllg all 25 30 25 I Do. Preference 71 per et all 244 251 Stock , Crystal Palace . 100 274 30 28 5 ;Do. Preference 99 101 100 Stock 'Do. 6p. c. Perpet. Deb lOO 1 103 106 105 StocklEleetne Telegraph lOO 106 108 1073 6 7 25 , Do. New 5 ,English & Aust. Copper! all 21 21 15 Gen. Steam Navig,stion., 14 26 j 1 Great Ship (Limited) ' all i 4 , 20 Indian & Aust. Teleg r 2s. I 5 London District Telogr 2 1 3d 20 London Discount ! 5 13 1 d 4 Lon.d.Gen. Omnibus Co all 11 13 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 21 21 31 10 'lllediter. Electric Teleg.l all , 10 Med. Exton. Tel. (Lim.)! all 3 4 , 25 National Discount Co , 5 1 3 dj 41 10 Netherlands Land all 5 'Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.atldls I all 1 I 100 ,I'LlMr.&NovaScotiaLand; 80 10 15 1 IN.B.Australasian(Lim 1, all" Oriental Gas h l s 1 15s. I 1 par 10 Orientl. In. Steam, A : 6 ! 10 Ditto B 6 10 Ditto C 2e. I Stock Peel River Land & Min., 100 49 51 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam., all 79 61 , 793 50 Do. New l5 13 15 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr. 171 id 3 p 50 Rh ymney Iron 15 Do. New 100 Royal Mall Steam 6O 52 51 Stock 'lscotAttstrin.luv.(Lim ), 100 120 130 J 1261 25 South Australian Land.; all 343 353' 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip.' all ; 1 , Do. do Registered all ; 20 !Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr.Can , 5 100 , ' Van Diemen's Land BRITISH MINES. Paid. 1 Closing Business Share Mines. Price. Done. I --- Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 2% 3 ' 20 British Iron - Clifford - ,300 310 304 5 Devon G. Cone. (Tavist ) 1 ,440 450 - East Bassett (Mogan) BO 1 874 9th 911 - East Caradon - E. WI Russ) (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 ,11 Ili - Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 541 '3i 38 - Great South T . olgus l7s 141 141 - G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) 12.8.9 , 1 4 - G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 91 .. .. - Grenville - llerod's-Foot 8.12.0 30 32 - Ilingaton Downs 4.7.0 4 11 - Lady Bertha - Margaret (tiny Lelant) 9; 40 45 - North Downs - North France sII Hogan) 11 31 4% - N.WIOI Basset (Illogan)l 5 5 51 - North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 8 9 10 Par Consols (St. Blazy). 1% 121 131 121 - Providence (Uny Lelat) 10.6.7 45 48 -l - rtridge Cons. 51in.Co. 12s 1 4 ibo - SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 1% 295 305 - Smyth C. Brea( Mogan). 3 21 2f 1 B.Dev. Iron & Gen. Min. all 1% n 11 - S •Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 140 150 145 - Stray Park 20.18.0 21 26 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 4l 3 3% 10 Tin Croft 9 4} 41 - Vale of Towey (Carm ) 13s 6d 4 1 - West Basset ( llogan) 24 19% 281 - W. Caradon (Liskeard). 5 88 90 - West Seton - Wheal Basset (Mogan). 5% 1 115 155 - Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 875 924 - Wheal Edward (Cals.). 51 1% 1; - Wheal Kitty(U. Lelan t 1.7.2 16 17 - Wh'lMaryAnn(Menhe 8 20 21 201 -. loirh'l Trelawney ( Lick . 54 30 31 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 74 i 1 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim 15s d par 85 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.' 271 - - 20 Do. St. Johnd el Rey, Li m. a'l 23 24 23% 5 Po. Land and Miningeo. all - - 1 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. 4 - - d 40 Cobra Copper all 43 15 - ICopiappo l6 11 13 12 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 4 4 2 Fortuna 20 General all 20 25 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 1 d 4 p 1 11 Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 1% 25 3 Linares all 101 111 5 Lusitanian 1 slariquita all 1 4 1N RhineCop.of S. Aus.L 10s. 1d p 120 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 5 6 54 6 Port Phi1ip....... 1 4 1 1 Scottish Australn. (L.) lOB 4 d par 28.2.81 United Mexican I 1 Worthing (Limited) all 4 1 Do. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 l Agra&UnitedServiceßki 50 75 77 40 , Australasia ' all 71 74 721 25 ( Bank of Egypt all 211 225 100 'Bank of London 5O Si 53 24 Bank of Turkey 3 - - 80 British North American all - - 20 I Chtd. Bank of India, IlLe all 191 201 20% 20 25 Chiger.of In. Lon.&Ch. all 31 23 100 City 5O 70 72 100 Colonial 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all - - 100 Commercial of Llndon. 20 19 21 20 ,Eng , Scot., & Aus. Ch. all 161 17 20 ;Gen Bk. of Switzerland all - - 20 Lon,Char.llk.ofAustral. all 221 23 21 3 _ 50 'London and County - - 35 2 50 London Joint Stock - - 31 . 100 London & Westminster. 20 - - 57 2 5 100 INat. Prov. of England. 35 - - 20 Do. new lO - - 50 National Bank 25 --- - 20 New South Wales - - 25 ,Orient .Bk. Corporat,ion all - - 44 3 4 20 Ottoman Bank all 17 18 1 7 1 100 Provincial of Ireland I 25 - - 825 3 10 , Do. New 1 all - - 25 South Australia - - 25 Union of Australia all - 165 50 Union of London l2 294 304 30 100 Unity Mutual • ( nt 00 184 86 97 £8 Id 4d 41 !Sid 61 71 78 82 70 75 68 73 par i p If 'i t g 10d d 11 1 02 par ip par it) 100 100' 101} 20& 214 THE FIGHT FOl4 THE CHAMPIONSHIP. This morning, in compliance with the direction of the referee, Tom Sayers attended at the office of Bell's Life in London, Strand, sccompanied by his principal sup • porters and friends. On the arrival of the cab containing the illustrious Tom, very few persons happened to be pre sent, so those that were had an excellent opportunity of judging of his personal appearance after such an encounter. Sayers's countenance this morning certainly bore nothing of the appearance that most parties anticipated. The most prominent mark was a dark line down the lower part of the nose towards the mouth, and some small scratches about the cheeks. There was no bruises observable either above or beneath the eyes, and, with the exception of appear ing a trifle paler than usual, Tom looked, as the knowing one's call it, " capital." The injury his right irm sustained, in the sixth round of the fight, compelled him to carry it in a sling. Of course, as soon as Sayers's arrival became known, a vast crowd immediately assembled, in the hope of wit. nessing the arrival of Heenan ; but in this the public were disappointed, as intelligence arrived that Iloenan was too much injured about the eyes to attend at the time ap. pointed. Sayers shortly after this intimation left, and on his reaching the street he was received with loud cheering, but the crowd, which by this time had largely increased, compelled him to enter a cab, and he drove to a friend's nearly opposite; but it was with the greatest difficulty that he succeeded in making the call, in consequence of the eagerness of every person in the crowd to catch a glimpse of him. With respect to the steps that are to be taken to settle the doubtful issue, nothing of course is yet positively known ; but it is expected by most of the parties interested in the contest that another battle will have to be fought. SP ORTIN G NOTES. THE CITY AND SUBURBAN AND THE METROPOLITAN. - People were so engrossed by the fight that they had neither time nor inclination yesterday to bestow a thought on racing affairs. To-day, however, the interest in the Turf has revived, and every one is speculating on coming events. The Two Thousand betting has within the last two days undergone no material change. Despite the largo sum of money which has been invested on The Wizard an opinion, whether well founded or not, exists that by some rapid slight-of-haid, his disappearance from the list of quota tions will be effected. Certain it is that the horse is not firm in the market. The indignation which was excited by the scratching of Buccaneer is, however, calculated to induce the managers of The Wizard to pause b)fore they follow so pernicious a precedent. That the field for the different races at Epsom will be numerically strong admits of no doubt, for I am informed that race-horse duty for the year has been paid for upwards of fifty horses that have engagements at the Epsom Spring Meeting alone. Mr. Dorling, too, appears to be making the most energetic efforts to prove that he is not indifferent to the prosperity of the meeting, and to show that he is willing to make any sacrifice which may conduce to the racing interest of the town. Thanks to the liberality of Mr. M'Cowen, who by relinquishing a sum of money which was annually paid to him for the use of a portion of his ground, Mr. Dorling has been enabled to carry out the wishes of the inhabitants of the town by extending his meeting to two days, and to issue a programme which will bear comparison with that for any meeting in the kingdom. By appointing the City and Suburban to be decided on the first day, and the Metropolitan on the second, the attrac tions of the meeting will be very evenly balanced. For the first-mentioned event Godding has furnished, as he has done for every great handicap contested this year, a most formidable favourite. Chere Arnie is at present his repre sentative, and is likely to continue the most trusted animal in the stable up to the hour of starting, This assertion, however, may seem somewhat precipitate, considering the changes which were rung with his horses at Northampton and at Newmarket. Chere Arnie was, it is said, tried with Man-at-Arms on Friday last, and so satisfactorily that, if no mistake were made, her success merely resolves itself into a question of health. Still I have a notion that the trial was too good to be true, but on that ground alone I do not record my want of faith in Chere Arnie. She may be a good-'un to go, but she is unquestionably a rum-'un to look at. She is a small weedy animal, and even her light weight and her recently attained reputation will not induce me to put faith in her. Yoicks is another animal whose trial makes him, as his friends aver, good enough to walk in. He is reported to be equal to Meg Merrilies at even weights, and this state ment is supported by the spirit with which he has been backed. Still the ardour of his partizans has cooled since Confectioner and others have IRen brought so prominently forward. The readers do not require to be reminded of the great things which Confectioner accomplished with Miss Julia prior to the Northampton Meeting to induce them to entertain a most favourable consideration of his chance. The horse's great racing ability was fully proved at New market, where he won the race with at least 141bs to spare. He possesses not only great speed, but he is also a stayer— two most essential qualities for the City and Suburban course. He will run for his owner's £3,000 book, and he will be trusted by the entire Epsom division. I once en tertained a great partiality for Paleface, but the betting would indicate that Bentinck would do battle for Lord Stamford. His lordship's stable is in " form," and which ever animal may carry his colours will doubtless run well. Ariadne is very quiet in the market, and with Odo it has become a case of "0 don't," since the running of North Lin coln and Athos at Newmarket. Remunerator has been an unfortunate horse, and I do not think he will compensate his owner to-morrow for the disappointment which he has occasioned him. The horse was heavily backed for a place for the Newmarket Handicap, for which event he merely obtained a " situation" by being completely ridden out. Still he may come off with the barren honours of a position. . . • Little or nothing is now heard of Heiman, and his suc cess is not likely to gladden the hearts of the rural recluses of Smitham Bottom. Fitzroland is reported sound and well again, and should this be the fact, his weight, 7st 71b, must render him very dangerous. Without referring fur ther to the chances, I shall select CONFECTIONER to win, and recommend an investment on REMUNERATOR and FITZROLAND for a place. For the Two-yrs-old Stakes there is likely to be a good field, the best of which may be Lupus and Little Lady. For the Inkerman Plate I shall stand the best of Mr. Hughes's lot, and for the lleathcote Plate I shall select Arsenal and Lady Peel. The betting on the Metropolitan Stakes has been very limited, and the number of starters somewhat small. Mouravieff won so cleverly at Newmarket, and has always shown so much gameness, that he is quite entitled to the position which he holds in the list of quotations, and if I couple him with Professor Dick to do battle for me, I do not think I shall have cause to regret my hasty jump at a conclusion. The result of the New Two-yrs-old Stakes will depend in a great measure upon the issue of the race to-morrow. My present fancy points to licdora. who was much fancied at Northampton, where she made signs of ability. Despite his 91bs extra, Promised Land ought to wilt the Walton Stakes, and Mazzini may carry off the Welter Handicap. A FRESH MAN. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—YESTERDAY. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 4to 1 agst Confectioner (taken) 6to 1 agst Chere Amie (taken) 11 to 1 agst Yoicks (offered) 14 to 1 agst Danae (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Homeward Bound (offered) 25 to 1 agst Gridiron (taken) 33 to 1 agst Comforter (offered) METROPOLITAN. 7to 1 agst Danae (taken) 9to 1 agst Mouravieff (taken) 10 to 1 agst Simple Simon (taken) 11 to 1 agst Special Licence (taken) 11 to 1 agst Professor Dick (taken) 12 to 1 agst Chance Shot (taken) 14 to 1 egst Gridiron (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 3to 1 agst The Wizard (offered) 6to 1 agst Lupulus (taken) 13 to 2 agst Traducer (taken) 12 to 1 agst Richmond (taken) 16 to 1 agst Tom Bowline (taken) ARRIVALS AT EPSOM. Chore Arnie, Wallace, Pitman, Danae, Bribery colt, Narcissus, Mdlle. Chantilly, Simple Simon, Lava, Little Lady, Hawk's Eye, Regius Professor, Nucleus, Manini, Don Cossack, Red Eagle, Andover colt, Barraton, Maid of Mist, Flimsy, Ariadne, Romsey, Ringbono, Archeress, Neighbour, and Avalanche. RATING A PHOTOGRAPHER'S VAN. William Martin, owner of a caravan fitted up for the purpose of photography, which has stood for some months past on part of the ground formerly occupied by the Old Black 1 1 3 3 y oy t h , e C o h v e e l ai r s s e f e o r r s d 0 , f wa c s h s e u li m ns m fo o r n d e f d or at 6 t s h . e Bd la . s p t o p o e r t r ty ate sein . ss T o he s defendant said he had never been called on to pay rates for the carriage at any place he had previously been at. The carriage occupied only about fifteen feet of ground. The chairman—What rent do you pay? The defendant —The fact is I have not paid any since I have been here, for trade has been so bad. The chairman—What were you to pay ? The defendant said 10s. a week. He did not sleep in the carriage, and paid for his lodgings else where. The overseer said this was valuable ground, the defendant himself stating that he paid 10s. as the tenant and occupier of it, and the parish had rated it at only £lO. The bench decided he must pay the 6s. Bd. The defendant asked for time ; he could assure them he had not cleared his expenses since he had been in the town. The overseer ob served that defendant had only to put a horse to his cart and he was gone. Defendant—l am obliged to you for your opinion of me. The magistrate ordered the 6s. Bd. to be paid forthwith, but as Major Skinner observed that it was a proper case for appeal, and he thought the parish ought to pay the costs, no order was made respecting them. They amounted to 6s. 6d., so that the parish takes only 2d, by the proceeding. Several petitions were presented against the Highways Bill ; in favour of and against the Wine Licencing Bill ; against the Savings' Bank Bill, and Legalising Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister ; hi favour of the Attorney and Solicitors Bill ; ?rom the National Schoolmasters of Antrim, complaining of the inadequacy of their remunera tion ; for the omission of the 4th clause in the Attorneys and Solicitors Bill ; against the abolition of Church-rates ; praying for the consideration of the situation of the medi cal officers of the Poor-law unions ; for the abolition of Church-rates, &c. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF 'COMMONS—(Tiris DAY. ) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Liverpool Corporation Water Bill were considered and agreed to. The following bills were read a third time :—Chard Rail way, Llangollen and - Corwen Railway, and Wellington (Salop) Water. The following bills were considered and ordered for third reading :—Central Wales Railway, Great Southern of India Railway Company, and Horsham and Steyning and Beetling Roads, PETITIONS. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. On the motion of Mr. ROEBUCK leave of absence was granted to Sir F. Smith, on the ground of domestic afflic tion. ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. Mr. BLACK moved an address for copy of the terms of the arrangement under which the Queen's printer now prints acts of Parliament for the public; specifying the size of the different editions supplied to Government, the number of copies of each edition supplied, and the price per copy per sheet ; also the price per sheet at which each such edition is now sold to the public, and amount of re duction, if any, as compared with the prices charged pre vious to the expiration of the patent of the Queen's printer. —Ordered. CONVEYANCE OF VOTERS, &c., BILL. Mr. COLLIER, in moving the. second reading of this bill, said that the principle of the measure had been affirmed last session. For some time the question - of the payment of the election expenses of voters had been a vexed ques tion. An Act of Parliament had been passed by which an agent was entitled to pay for the conveyance of voters, provided the money for that purpose was not given to ,the voters. For instance, the money for a rail way ticket could not be forwarded to the Voter hithielf, but might be sent to a friend. That state of things was a gross absurdity, and should not be permitted to exist any longer, and it was disgraceful to think that a misdemeanour on the part of an agent should rest upon so nice a distinction as the difference between paying a voter for the expense he might incur in travelling, and paying for that ex pense to another party. Reverting to first prin ciples, he considered the practice that prevailed in regard to the payment of voters' expenses was unjustifi able, and he contended that such payments should be done away with altogether. The best teat of the fitness of a party for the electoral privilege was his desire to use it, and if he did not take seine trouble he was not qualified for the trust reposed in him. The fact was, that the member should be the representative of the earnestness and in telligence, and not the apathy of a constituency. (Hear, hear. He contended that if a voter was to be paid for his expenses in exercising a public right, that pay ment should be made by the nation and not by an individual. He believed the effect of the present system would be to throw the representation of many counties into the hands of manufacturing millionnaires, and he referred to the "Wakefield commission to show that the system of paying expenses was a cloak to all sorts of bribery. He proposed by his bill to multiply the number of polling places, and he concluded by stating that the exercise of the fran chise should be the priVilege of the voter and not the busi ness of the candidate. Mr. NEWDEGATE considered that the effect of the bill would be to disfranchise a number of non-resident voters, and moved that it be read a second time this day six months. Sir G. C. LEWIS deprecated any further discussion on this bill as a waste of time until aftrr the report of the committee on the corrupt practices at elections, which had taken evidence on the subject of this measure. Mr. HENLEY approved the suggestion of the right hon. baronet. Mr. NEWDEGATE—On the condition that that sug gestion would be acted on he would withdraw his amend ment. After some further discussion, in which Messrs. Mellor, Lewis, riffith, Sir E. Colebroke, Mr. Smith, Lord H. Vane, Mr. arrow, Sir C. Douglas, and Sir G. B. Pechell took part, Mr. COLLIER reminded the house that this bill was read a second time last session, but he was quite ready to accede to a suggestion that had been thrown out, and to consent that the bill should be read a second time, and then referred to a select committee. He had no objection to the other suggestion, namely, that the debate be adjourned. (Cries of " No," " Divide.") The house then divided on the question that the debate be adjourned. The numbers were— For the adjournment. 94 Against Majority l3 The debate was then. adjourned until . this day month. ATTORNEYS, SOLICITORS, PROCTORS, AND CERTIFICATED CONVEYANCERS' BILL Mr. MURRAY moved the second reading of this bill, which came from the Lords, and explained the objects of the measure. It was proposed by the bill to increase the respectability and education of the members of the legal profession by admitting to it gentlemen who were members of the universities of England and Ireland, after serving for three instead of four years, as was the present practice. It was also proposed to enable barristers to become solicitors after a service of two years, if they desired to enter on that branch of the profession ; and that managing clerks who had served for ten years, honestly and faithfully, should be admitted on serving three years under articles. Mr. KNIGHT strongly objected to different parts of the bill, amongst others to the clause proposint , to repeal the act disqualifying attorneys and solicitors from a acting as justices of peace. He thought that when the members of the profcssim practised they ought not to occupy a magis terial position. He also opposed the obtuse which proposed to take money . out of the public purse to be placed at the disposal of an incorporated law society in Chancery. He concluded by moving that the bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. J. LOCKE complained that the bill which he intro duced had been mutilated in the Upper House of Lords, and that Lord Chelmsford arrested the progress of that bill, and then brought forward the present one containing many of the same provisions. Ho had great respect for attorneys and solicitors, having been acquainted with them for several years, but he objected to their being made magi strates. .Ne sutor ultra crepidaat was the principle which he considered that body should adopt, and he thought that the provision proposed in the clause, by which attorneys or solicitors were not to practise in the county of which they wore justices of the peace, would be evaded. For instance, they might get legal friends to act for them in such counties, and throw, as in the case of licensing, all the weight of their magisterial influence into the scale on behalf of their clients. I approved of the educational clauses in the bill, but these clauses had already passed the house, and was waitint , for a second reading in the House of Lords. He also objected to the term " manag ing clerk," which he proposed should be struck out of the bill if it went to a second reading. Mr. E. JAMES said that the bill proposed to tax the attorneys and solicitors to the extent of £5,000 a year, which money was to be placed at the disposal of the society in Chancery-lane, sitting as an irresponsible Parliament. lie did not censure that society. It had been the means to some extent of expurgating the profession, but they had done nothing in reference to the recent defalcations in the profession, and they were not called on to pro secute great delinquents. There were other very ob jectionable clauses, and one of these, conferring on solicitors certain powers over their clients, was objected to even by solicitors themselves. On these grounds he was opposed to the bill in its present form. - Mr. M. SMITH defended the Incorporated Law Society, who, he stated, had prosecuted some of the members of their own profession much to their credit. Through their exertions several dishonest solicitors had been struck off the rolls, and but for that society such would not have been the case, as no ono seemed to take any interest in such matters. The bill was prepared by that society, which he thought, from their exertions, were entitled to confidence and respect. He maintained that the bill, with the excep tion of those clauses relating to the power of lien conferred on solicitors, which was a matter of detail, and repealing the disqualifications of solicitors for the office of justice, which ought to be struck out, was a good measure. It would have the effect of improving the respectability and status of the profession, in which the public were deeply concerned. Mr. B. OSBORNE, from his own experience, considered that the charges of solicitors were already high enough without the Legislature being called on to .pass a measure extending protection to that body, which was totally un necessary. Mr. A. MILLS considered that all the objections raised to the bill related to matters which could be discussed in committee. He admitted that some of the clauses were open to just opposition, but these might be struck out or modified, and the bill, if only for the educational clause it contained, ought to be read a second time. After some remarks by Mr. LOWE, who stated that he would vote against tho second reading of the bill. Mr. BOVILL contended that the bill was entitled to the support of the house, as its object was to elevate the cha• rector of those who wore engaged in the legal profession. Some of the clauses were not suggested by the Incorporated Law Society, and he assured the house that the bill should be modified in committee, and he trusted on its general principles it would now be read a second time. He be lieved that it would be conferring a great boon on the pub lie if the society in question were provided with adequate funds to enable them to have a register, and to adept other naeans to protect the public against fraudulent or unquali fied legal practitioners. With regard to the provision re lative to attorneys and solicitors being appointed justices of peace, he knew many places in which such appointments would be most desirable. The fact was that it was a mere question with regard to the power they would confer on the Lord Chancellor, who certainly ought t o b e suppose d t o have discrimination enough to make a selection in cases where the appointment of a solicitor to the magistracy would be beneficial. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL considered that there was a good deal of what was excellent in the bill, but there were provisions to which he was not reconciled, but he would vote for the second reading. Mr. HADFIELD opposed the bill, chiefly on the ground that it proposed to place £5,000 a year in the hands of an irresponsible body. Mr. SOTHERON ESTCOURT considered that, as a matter of constitutional proceeding, they ought to reject the present bill, and adhere to that which they had previ ously sent to the Upper House. Mr. DENMAN supported the second reading, and thought, in dealing with the bill, they should not stand on any punctilio. Mr. HENLEY supported the second reading of the bill, but considered that it should be modified in committee. This was a matter that did not affect' the legal classes only, for the public were generally interested in the character and qualifications of attorneys and solicitors, who were mixed up so intimately in their transactions. The house then divided, and the numbers were— For the second reading .... 191 Against it 29 .1 Majority —162 'A The T I was accordingly read a second time. J EWS' ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. T. 131liCOMBE moved the second reading of this hill. Mr, NEWDEGATA strongly opposed the Ja i awl he considered it would be extremely impolitic to press forward a measure that was calculated to bring the house into con filet with the Upper House. By a resolution of this house, members of the Jewish persuasion could be admitted to the house, and he did not see what more was required. He considered that the bill was a most arbitrary measure, and sought to restrict the freedom which the house at present 'posseised of rescinding one of its own resolutions. The only object which the hon. member could effect by- this bill was merely to remove an act from the statute book, which involved what he considered the principle of religious liberty, and such an object would be the means of bringing them into a collision that could not fail to be most injurious. He concluded by moving that the !bill be lead a second time this day cix months. Mr. CONINGHAM supported the bill. Mr. DUNCOMBE denied that he was 13.ropos ing this bill in violation of any agreement between the two houses, for it was absurd and unconstitu tional to assert that an act passed two years ago in another Parliament was binding on the house, or that it could not be repealed in any succeeding Parliament. They ought to get rid of the roundabout mode they now adopted with reference to the admission of Jews into the house, for, although it had not yet produced inconvenience it. Might do so, and the house was placing itself in an undignified posi tion. The constituencies who had been appealed to by Jewish candidates had expressed their opinion by return ing them. By the present system, his hon. ftiond the mein - ber for Reading, through the regulations of the house, would not have been able to vote on the question of the address to her Majesty in reply to the Royal Speech. He called on them to remove the last blot on their Christian, character, and to "do unto others as they would be done by." (Hear; hear.) Mr. KNIGHTLY was strongly opposed to the state of the law in regard to the admission of Jews into that house, but at the same time he thought it would not - be advisable to re open the question, as _they had no security that there was any. alteration in the feelings of the Upper House in reference to tlie subject. Mr. HENLEY also opposed the bill on the same ground. The house divided, and the numbers were— For the second reading - Against Majority --12 The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at 20 minutes past 5 o'clock. Stock Stock 20 'Stock 911 90,E 9 10 1241 1 1 all all all ' all 100 100 100 102 i If 1011 3.3 I 691 71 egi 71 71i 70 70 1 AMERICAN BARB A RITIES. The Rio Grande city correspondent of the Texas Ranchero gives the following little history, which sounds as if it related to the days of Salem witch craft and Puritan superstition. The letter, how ever, is dated February, 23, 1860 : " There is a man living in. Camargo (Villa Nueva) named Ambrosio Ramierez, who had been for some time suffering from a loathsome disease. As he had been unable to recover by the medical treatment he had received, both himself and wife concluded that he had been bewitched by an inoffen sive woman, named Antonia Alanis. An American citizen and resident of Roma, or a few miles from Roma, Marias Ramierez, the father of this Am brosio Ramierez, who is one of the most wealthy Mexicans on the river, owning a large tract of land and much stock on this side, sent a party of men t' the house of the poor Antonia Alanis to kidnap and take her to Camargo. This they did in the most brutal manner. They lassoed her and dragged her on the ground until they feared she would die, and they not be able to gut• her to Ca margo. " They beat one of her daughters badly for inter fering to protect her poor mother ; shot at another for the same reason, but finally succeeded in taking the old woman across at Roma. She was taken to Camargo, severely beaten, and her body stuck full of thorns of prickly pear, and this beat ing, &e., repeated as soon as she recovered suffi ciently to be able to endure it, for the space of two weeks. This treatment of the witch did not, however, improve the health of the Galileo, and the witch-doctor then told them that they must burn her ; that the sick man had pigeon bones in his head, and that as soon as the witch commenced burning the bones would protrude, and he (the witch-doctor) would then pull them out, and this was actually done. The poor woman was tied up and corn shuks lighted under her feet, and she was kept in this horrid torture until she was so badly burnt that there remained no possible chance .f her recovery, and I understand she soon afterwards died." A somewhat similar instance of barbarous in- humanity in Arkansas is related in the New _Fork Tribune:— " In the township of Extra, in Ashley county, Arkansas, the discovery was made that a widow, named Hill, and a slave woman belonging to Mr. J. L. M-, who lived with her, has been murdered, and the house burnt to conceal the deed. The alarm soon spread, and an investigation was insti tuted by Mr. M---, in connection with many of the leading citizens. Suspicion fell upon a slave Ike, belonging to a man named Perdue. Ike was whipped nearly to death, in order to extort from him a confession, but lie persisted in denying any knowledge of the affair. Mr. M- then poured upon his bleeding back spirits of turpentine, and set it on fire ! Ike then confessed that he and a negro, namcdlack, belonging to I. F. Norrell, were hired by one Mille to assist in performing the deed. Ono fact, however, greatly invalidated this testi mony, and that was that Mr. M- - = and Mr. Nor rell were deadly enemies, and Ike must have known that nothing could have pleased Mr. M-- more than to convict lack, thus subjecting his most bitter enemy to the loss of a favourite slave, worth from 1,200 dols. to 1,500 dols. Jack was, however, im mediately arrested and brought before the regula tors, and certain circumstances seeming in some degree to corroborate Ike's statement stakes were driven into the ground, and the two slaves chained to them. A large quantity of fat pine was piled around them, and J. L. M- set it on fire. In a few minutes nothing but charred and blackened corpses remained. A subscription was circulated to indemnify the owners for their losses. At the time this occurred I was in the adjoining county of Drew, but during the fall my business called me into the vicinity of the tragedy. I was at the plan tation of Mr. Norrell the 14th of November, and there heard their version of the affair. Mr. Norrell told me that when the flames were rising 10 feet above Jack's head he said to the dying slave, ' I have raised you, Jack, and I never caught you in a lie. You are going to die ; nothing can save you ; and now tell me truly, as you hope for Heaven, are you guilty ?' Jack answered from the fiamcs-, 'Mas ter, I don't know any more about it than you do,' Mr. Norrell and all his family believed Jack to have been innocent, and shed tears as they spoke of him." --- MIS7'ERIOUS DEATI). On Saturday a most important investigation was concluded before Mr. Walley, and a jury of in habitants of Camden Town, at the Victoria Tavern, Mornin gton-road, as to the death of Mr. John Lewis, aged 34, which took place some weeks back, under circumstances of a most mysterious and sus picious character. The investigation had been several times pre viously adjourned, and in consequence of the very mysterious and truly suspicious nature of the cir cumstances connected with the deceased's death, not only had the coroner found it necessary to order a post-mortem examination, but the contents of the deceased's stomach to be analysed, and also to place the matter in the hands of the detective police. The evidence taken at the several sittings of the jury was exceedingly voluminous, but the following will be found to be a correct summary : It appeared that the deceased, Mr. John Lewis, had held a good position in the establishment of a highly repectable tailor's firm at the West-end, and that he occupied apartments at the house of a friend also in the same line of business, Mr. James Keane, of 68, Arlington-street, Camden Town. In January last the deceased was about to commence business in partnership with Mr. Warren, in Tichborne-street, ll a ymarket. In fact, the establishment was opened, and the partnership commenced, although the capi tal which the deceased was to throw into the concern was not paid. The mcmey, about £lOO, all in notes, had, however, been seen by Mr. Warren in the deceased's possession, and on the evening before his death Mr. Warren, Mr. Carter, and some other friends, had been in company together in Tichborne-street, and Mr. 'Carter deposed to having accompanied deceased on his way home, and to having parted with him at All Souli' Church, Langham-place, a bout a quarter-past eleven o'cl oc k. He was:then perfectly sober and in his usual health and spirits. It would take about a quarter of an hour, or 20 minutes at the outside, to walk from All Souls' Church to reach his residence in Arling ton-street, but nothing more was heard of him or could be traced until be reached home at 20 , minutes to one o'clock, when he was able himself to open the street door with a latch key, whichhaving done, he is represented as having fallen prostrate in the passage, in a state of insensibility, in which state he was found by Mr. Keane, the land lord, who, with his wife, Mrs. Keane, had been sitting up for deceased. Finding him in this insen sible state, it appears that, instead of taking him up to his own bedroom, they took him down stairs into the kitchen, and a mattress was brought down, on which deceased was laid. He took nothing, and uttered nothing except faintly in answer to ques tions," It's all right, Jim," meaning, it is supposed, Mr. Keane, whose name is James, and exclaiming " Oh, my head." In this state he was permitted to lie until he died, about six o'clock the same evening—a period of nearly 18 hours—without any medical assistance, when, after the repeated requests of the deceased's son, a boy of about 11 years of age, who lived with him, a surgeon was sent for, and Mr. M‘Donagh, of 29, Albert -street, Itegent'syark, attended and pronounced him dead. Oa the jury assembling, and these facts being elicited, a post-mortem examination was made, and the cote* of the stomach tested by Mr. DlTenagh and Mr. Rodgers, another medical gentleman. There was a clot of blood found on the brain, and a suffi cient quantity of morphia found in the contents of the stomach to kill the strongest man. This, coupled - - with the circumstance that the lower part of the abdomen, the thighs, and other parts of deceased's person were lacerated and excoriated, and bleeding, evidently the result of being torn by the nails of - human hands, showed that between the period which elapsed between deceased parting with his - friend (Mr. Carter), at All Souls' Church, and his *aching Arlington-street, the deceased had been subjected to the most foul and diabolical violence. The motes had been seen in his possession, and it was his practice.to carry a quantity of money about with him. A. great deal of the money he is known to have_ possessed could not be accounted for ; but, strange to state, when he arrived home, he Ind still got his watch and two or three pounds in his pocket. Mr, James Keane, the landlord, excused hjjnsclf for not having sent for a medical man by stating that he was under a belief that his friend the de ceased was intoxicated, and that after a fey; hours sleep he thought he Would be all right, and lie left - home expecting to see him down at business dur ing the day. The detective police expreseed their inability to throw any light upon the, deceased's whereabouts between leaving Mr. Carter at All Souls' Church and his arrival home. The Coroner said there was a great deal of my stery hanging over that lapse of time, and no one could hear the evidence without coming to the con clusion that the deceased had met his death by foul play ; and in that case the jury, if they considered so, could do no other than return a veraiet of" Wil ful rmiraer." _ . Mr. H. 0. Nodes, the foreman, and the jury, said they fully concurred with the coroner, and they unhesitatingly returned a verdict of " Wilful mur der against some person or persons unknown." The jury also begged to add the following remarks to the verdict :—" The jury feel that they cannot se parate without expressing a strong opinion upon the folly of persons arriving at a conclusion that a man is drunk because insensible, thereby practically preventing the access of any medical attendant." Mr. Keane was called before the coroner and jury, and the addenda to the verdict read over to him. The coroner having complimented the two me dical gentlemen for the clear way in which they had given their evidence, and the pains they had taken in elucidating the case, the proceedings of this truly mysterious affair, so far as the inquest is concerned, terminated. ME NAVY. ._-_----..-..-- The Forte; 51, screw, Capt. E. Turnout., flag of Rear-Admiral Hon. Sir H. Keppell, K.C. 8., steamed into Portsmouth harbour from Spithead yesterday morning. She moves into the steam basin on the 19th inst., and the following day will be placed in No. 7 dock to repair the leak in her stern. Orders have been received by the authorities in Portsmouth dockyard for the commission of the Bacchante, 51, screw, as flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Maitland, C.B. - She is expected to hoist the pendant this morning. The Osborne, paddle yacht, Master Commandant G. K. Bowers, will move out of the basin prior to her trial of the superheating steam apparatus; and the Elfin, Royal paddle yacht, Master Commander Balliston, will be undocked from No. 8 deck. The Victoria, 121, screw, and the Nelson, 91, screw, will both get up &team in the steam basin for the purpose of testing their machinery in the course of a few days. The Hornet, 17, screw, is complete in repairs to her hull, and coppered in No. 1 dock at Portsmouth, but is in the hands of the steam factory staff. The Vigilant, 6, screw, in No. 5 dock, is nearly completed in repairs to her hull and ready for cop perin g. The Alban, padde, in No. 4 dock, has no hands employed upon her at present, and from the state of her hull it is expected she will be broken up. This vessel was built as a 10-gun brig at Deptford ; was afterwards lengthened and altered to a paddle steamer. She is of 405 tons burden, and 100-horse nominal power. The crew of the sailing sloop Atalanta, 16, Com mander T. M. Pasley, were mustered and inspected on Monday by Sir Barrington Reynolds, K.C.B. Yards were manned when the Admiral boarded. The Atalanta discharged her powder the same day, and was towed by the tug Zephyr from PlytiOuth Sound into Hamoaze, and placed alongside Devon port Dockyard to be dismantled. Her Majesty's steam storeship Rhadamanthus, Master Commander Sturdee, having been detained beyond the time appointed for sailing in shipping stores and gear for the voyage, sailed yesterday from Woolwich for Portsmouth, on an experi mental trial of speed and consumption of fuel, under ordinary steam, in preparation for being fitted with Mr. WTethercd's superheating apparatus. Mr. John Dinnen, Admiralty inspector of steam machinery afloat, took passage in the ship from Greenhithe for the purpose of carrying out obser vations and rendering a circumstantial report for their lordships' information. 100 smart lads, re cently entered on board the Fisgard and fully equipped for sea, haying been inspected on the dockyard-parade by , the Commodore Superinten dent, sailed in the Rhadamanthus, as well as 40 supernumerary seamen, for -the fleet. Mr. Richard Parkins, gunner ' of her Majesty's ship Nile, tried by court-martial at Plymouth on Monday on a charge of drunkenness, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to be dismissed from the Nile, and to be reduced to the rank of gunner of the third class. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Alfred 'l'. Dale, to the Ranger ; Lieut. Francis Ilem son, to the Wasp ; Lieut. Philip J. Patriekson, to the Asia; Lieut. Francis M. Prattent, Lieut. the lion. Maurice IL Wingfield, and Lieut. Arthur M. Byani, to the l3acehante ; Lieut. Richard 11. Napier, to the Re cruit ; Charles Bowden, master, to the Bacchante; J. F. L. St. Aubyn and J. A. U. Buckner, masters' assistants, to the Bacchante ; F. Whalley, master's assistant, to the Firebrand; William Anderson (b) assist.-surg., confirmed in the Mersey ' • John K. Stuallhorn, assist.-surd., confirmed in the Supply ; Richard Biddle, confirmed in the rank of first-class assist-engineer in the Gannet ; James Ireland, pro moted to the rank of second class assist.-engineer in the Himalaya ; Frederick Pugh, promoted to the rank of acting second class assist-engineer in the classScyllaTse icoo im ; daascs assist.-engineer W. C. Crook,. . a C. esns eeeoenamrtgleoitiiyl promoted r tt promoted ihonett ihlAec l cal). Alacrity the rank abrnei iityono; r; ssSamuel mc of George second Windley, promoted to the rank of second class assist-engineer in the Fisgard, for service in gun boats coming forward ; Thomas Brindlcy, promoted to the rank of second class assist.-engineer to the Bastard; and Herb er t Bi rc h, promoted to the rank of second class assist.-engineer to the Porcupine. TILE' ARillY. The officers of the Royal Artillery, assisted by some professional ladies of the metropolitan theatres and the Canterbury " old stagers," last night per formed at the Theatre Royal, Woolwich, under the patronage of Major-General Sir It. Dacres, K.C.8., Commandant of the garrison, in aid of the funds of the Royal Artillery Regimental Charitable Committee. The house was decorated specially for the occasion, and was crowded to excess. The various characters represented were exceedingly well sustained. The regimental band, conducted by Mr. Smythe, the Royal Artillery bandmaster, played during the acts, and the performance was eminently successful. The office of principle medical officer at Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham, rendered vacant by the appoint ment of Inspector-General J. R. Tayloz : , C. 8., to the head of the invalid establishment and sani tarium formed at the Cape of Good Hope for the troops from China, has been conferred by the Di rector-General of the Medical D e p artment upon Dtheephuetyadl o n f si t ) h ec e t o m r e - dGeneralical staff at T. p Although the bounty to recruits has recentl y been reduced by the aut horities to the sum of £2 and a free kit, recruit in g is still p roceedin g ver y boir Hume, M.D., late . satisfactorily, numbers of fine young men continu ing to arrive at Chatham from the recruiting dis tricts of York, Bristol, Liverpool, and London to join the East India dep o t s at that g ar rison. Several of of whose regi ments upwards of 500 i t n e e ii depots, ofaar hel irn t a h nl e i sd s , ieaar and e os Ow e s o t m i a e r s e the three bat r o p n a g n talions of infantry now at Chatham that it is cal culated each will be able to furnish 1,000 bayonets to reinforce the various regiments in India, should that number be required during the approaching summer. DEATH OF MR. FULWAR CRAVEN. —We have to record the death of this gen tl eman , long known in the .porting world, and more especially popular in Gloucester shire, Wiltshire, and Bucks at the ripe age of 78. He was the elder of the two sons of at late Rev. John Craven, of Chilton House, Wilts, and represented a y oun g er branch of the family of the Earl of Craven. The deceased gentleman, who was a magistrate and deputy lieutenant for Berks and Wilts, and a magistrate for Gloucestershire, married in 1810 Laura, daughter of the late Mr. George Vansittart, of Bisham Abbey, Berke, by whom he has left issue. His eldest son, Mr. George Fulwar Craven, inherits the estates. Mr. H. O'Neil's two celebrated pictures, " East ward Ho 1" and " Home Again," having been exhibited with great success. -l in the larger provincial towns, will shortly be on view at the west end of the metropolis, where a "gallery" is to be appropriated especially to their re ception. I 103 4 6 ' 9 i WO Stk 18 20i 20i 10 100 1 100 106 17i 20 took 1 ' 1 100 all all 100 100 100 1.8 0. 971 1 121 61 7