The Sun. — London, England, 1860-02-27 00:00:00

ie Day igustus Dulston nine lan . Michel- London : of only a Lions, but the links tablishing aght to be Placing . with joy mmuni ca as ; and, in al as that' rade, who Manual," e Foreign ains in a ctionaries, !xclusively classes in to every ppellation. The first les of cora ex (also in for each the number each index T of itself ; Ise in trade th separate If judicious patronage. encou reign-office D be distri tionaries to We need L book : we ace to our the plan on ulfilled our :o await its belli !" A. Second rs than the n of details glimpse of lefield ever the contem ? But the Reation. It lent by the rised to find of Aberdeen iges, ant. is is attentioq , its old tra- abound on act us, while doubled the most charm- Iptain Glas n. ese pages to sort comings fish nary at my, with a tains to sea ter we hare b home when ,ea when he would seem to the dogs suffer it to Glascock in ispate into a up for a ver roine makes conclusion ; Lder is led to 'horn a coro reappears on to unplea ,er seeing his arried again. lty, conrem ne before the )espite these sdation that, and writ de having no the novel at .way. Smith and la turns upon arriage with ,ely engaged ture and the 'your of the aw, and the light. The iously raised ted, but the )roughly en :ed, the doe itian Church are occupied vill be much vents. The em, pleasing of the work access. ion accident omnibus to ty is experi giving the to advance on account :ollar to the A be backed [con ven ienc? aical contri he necessity propose any more than this simple ild only look convenienc e to their cat- K. AV. It AND Lpss itch, received as follows :--- , roaster, frog' red on Thurs 'he passengers 14 in number, ions day. The tons burthen, )f Mark-lane , ich vessel was Channel, and loss of the upwards of MONEY MARKET AND CITY NE WS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The accounts received from the manufacturing districts mention that, during the past week, there has been very little activity in most departments of business. At Leeds, no change of importance took place in the woollen trade, but the manufac turers generally were fairly employed upon orders previously given out. At Bradford, Rochdale, and Huddersfield business has been extremely quiet, the progress of the debate on the Budget and the French Treaty having occupied the chief attention of both dealers and manufacturers. Wools were in steady request, but operations were suspended until the opening of the public sales in London, viz., on the Ist proximo. _ _ In the Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday business was very quiet, and prices remained with out the least variation. The sales were about 6,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed with rather less animation, and quotations were steady. There is no change of importance to comment upon in reference to monetary affairs, which, how ever, still indicate increased easiness. This favour able tendency, however, as explained on previous occasions, has arisen from the partial suspen sion of business consequent upon the Budget, and when operations are' actively resumed, re newed animation in discount channels may be experienced. At the same time it is noticed that the specie movement, although less extensive than of late, is still causing withdrawals from the Bank, about £40,000 having been sent away on Saturday. Under these circumstances, very little is thought of a speedy reduction in the terms of discount at the national establishment, although the rates charged in the general market have within the last few days ranged as low as per cent. With the view of making another attempt to re store the Atlantic cable to working order, or in case of failure, to recover as much of the wire as possible, the directors of the company will submit a pros pectus at the forthcoming meeting for the purpose of raising £20,000. The market for Public Securities has been dis turbed by the political news from the Continent, and the unauthenticated statement in reference to a treaty between Russia and Austria has been chiefly instrumental in causing depression. Consols have receded to 941 ! for money as well as the Bth prox. ; at the present moment, however, more firmness is exhibited, the quotations being 941 4 and 94i respectively. The New Threes are 94/ 95k ; the Reduced 951; the New 21 per Cents., 781 ; Long Annuities, 171; India Loan, 103! 1041; ditto 5 per Cent. enfaced paper, 981 ; and ditto 51 per Cent. ditto, 104 ; India Stock is 219 2211, The Foreign Market is quiet, and rather de pressed. Turkish 6 per Cents. have declined to 781 to 791 ; ditto New Loan, to 651 to 66. This depression is owing to the rumour of a new loan being raised by the Ottoman Government. Spanish 3 per Cents. are 441 ; Venezuelan, 271 ; Brazilian 41 per Cents., 94 ; Mexican, 211 ; and Portu guese, 431 1. The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 21 prem. ; the Universal, I 1 prem.; the London and Provincial, prem.; the Buenos Ayres Railway, prem. ; and the Canadian Loan, 21 prem. In the Railway Share Market the transactions have been rather active, but a downward movement has been apparent in values. Caledonian, Lanca shire aid Yorkshire, North Western, and Midland, declined ss. ; Eastern Counties, Brighton, South Western, North British, North Eastern (Berwick), and South Eastern, 10s. ; and Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, 15s. ; Great Western have improved 10s. The Foreign and Colonial Markets are also at lower quotations. Lombardo-Venetians have re ceded to 111 111; Pernambuco to 111; and Bahia and San Francisco to 6f 6ir-, East Indian declined to 1011 1011; Great India Peninsula to 984 to 991. Grand Trunk of Canada to 341 35; and Great Western of Canada ars steady at 121 2. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are quiet. Bank of Australasia have un proved to 781, London and County to 331 ; London and Westminster have declined to 551, and Ottoman Bank to 19 and 191; Crystal Palace have improved to 30, Van Diemen's Land to 111, and Peel River Land to 49 and 50. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock . 231 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 95/ 5 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities Now 2 per Cent. Annuities New 2 1 per Cent. Annuities Anns. 30 Tears, expire sth April, 1885 l7l India Stock Ditto 6 per Cent. Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per cent — Ditto 6 per Cent. Ditto 5} per Cent lO4 Ditto Debentures, 1858 971 Ditto, 1859 Ditto Bonds, £I,OOO Ditto under £l,000 Consols for Account (March) India Stook fir Acounut — Ditto 6 per Cent. lO3l A Vichequer Falls. £l,OOO, 11d 27 4 Ditto Advertised FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent. 1858 Equador New Coisolidated : l3/ Mexiean 3 per Cent. Portuguese. 1853, 3 per Cent. Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent Ditto Lit per Cent. Ditto, 3 per Cent., 1859 64f Spanish 3 per Cent 44/ 1 5 79 81 91 Turkish 6 per Cent 66f 5 Ditto New Loanf 6 51 Venezuelan 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money ................ 941 Ditto Account (March 8) .... 94! ELECTION COMMITTEES.—(This Day.) The Carlisle committee re-assembled this morning, when both the sitting members were examined. Mr. Lawson stated he never paid a shilling over his part of the legal expenses of the election, which amount to about; £243. Sir J. Graham said his expenses at the election amounted to about £260 or £260. The contest, although a fierce one, was conducted fairly by his agent. There was no truth in the assertion that there had been either bribery or intimidation. The Roscommon, Yarmouth, and Woymouth committees resumed their sittings, but the proceedings were of the most ordinary description. No final decisions had been announced when we went to press. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Feb. 27.—Wind this day at noon, West; a fresh gals, and squally. Hum,. Feb. 25.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—The Alice, for Monte Video. CLTDB, Feb. 25.—Wind S.W. Arrived The Ann Augusta, from St. John's, N.B.—Russia, from Quebec — Mail, from Huelva. FLEETWOOD, Feb. 26.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—The Sheridan, from New Orleans. FALMOUTH, Feb. 26.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—The Elise, from Rio Janeiro—San Spiridione, from Marianople —Luoa, from Odessa. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Wind N.W. Arrived, Feb. 2.s—Brilliant, from Jersey; Elizabeth, front Llanelly ; Havre, steamer, from Havre;Lady Eglin ton, steamer ' from Dublin ; Courier, ste amer, from Jersey; Providence, from Shoreham. Sailed, F e b. 25—Bucephalus, for Calcutta ; Lady Eg-lin• ton, steamer, for London; Bideford, for Newport; Wi l l i am and a John, Rainbow, Sarah, Calumet, Ford, and Za telle— Jolfor Sunde r l an d ; Wellington, for Table Bay , with 225 Government emigrants. Arrived, Feb. 26—Lovant, from Montevideo; Anacreon, from 'Nantes • Georges, from Cherbourg ; Woodside, from Guernsey ; ul,afrom Lucon ; Maria, from Guerns e y Limerick Lass, and Sailed, Feb. 26.- - uilifrom Newport. n, James, and Test, for Sunder land. G (BY BUBILARINB AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESMND, Monday Morning. Wind W.S.W., tide three-quarter s ebb, weather fine. Arrived, Feb. 26.—Beagle, from Oporto ; Robt. Henry, from Havre ; Nnllaant, and Wave, from Guernsey ; Francis Binield, from Mauritius; Solid, from Rangoon ; Quickstep, from Trinidad; Anna, from Rio Grande; Estapharuee, from St. Michael's ; Sibyl, from Sierra Leone. Thornborow, B er th a d e Lane, Ar rived,and Feb. Alliance, 27 from Guernsey. DEAL, Monday Morning. Wind W. by N., with rain. Passed.—Josephine, brig, from west London. Passed in tow.—Genova, from Cape of Good Hope; Gazelle, from Trieste ; Lady Shelburne, from Colombo ; Isabella Blyth, from Madras; Asia, schooner, from Azores —all for London • SHARE MARKET.-( THIS DAY.) ORDIN &HY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid. cprroe.ing 1101 103 1091 110} 99 101 133 135 111 112 69i 70} 60 65 1001 1001 68 69 110 112 12 13i 991 991 911 02 1101 10 1 991 1 69 I 70 1004 Of 9f 1114 11 9 4 I i i 92 II 8 10 40 41 Stock 124 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stock 2; d 109} lot 87 89 Stock 9i 10i 58 60 3 Td 61k 611 921 82f if d 46i .7 761 76f 108 110 31 3} d 9 9i 3$ 40 7f 81 14 16 114 116 27i 284 85 87 48 49 3d4 42 14 88 sti €8 :0 76 72 6 8 39 4 0 81 551 54 2-1 p id 34 ip 59 61 10 le/ 52 61 4O I 1091 it 1 921 d 47 64 764 4 144 58/ 7/ 8/ 68 171 sing Busins Share Railways. paid. / pr ice . Done.es Blythe and Tyne It per t C. pref. (issued at t. 50) Brie. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 45 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 55 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent. Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc IDo. do. Class B 6 pc Do. do. Class C 7 po E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l Do. do N 0.2 I Do. New 6 per ct. Stock, lEastern Union, 4 per et.; Edin.&Glas. spc shares, Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. & 1.1.1 Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. I Furness, 5 per cent ....I (Great &..S West.- R. 51)C.. I Great Northern, 5 p. ct.l Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm Do. 45 p c. do. Do.sp.c. R ed m. ,5 pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf ' Gt. Sn.& VI (Ireland) 4I 1 p. ct. pref. Stock Great West. (Berks and I I Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct. B 8: liagatre,A 2 i: Do. Irredeemable, do I Do. 5 p. et. Redeem. Pref. Do. Ilirm. Prof. Shares Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. sh.l Do. do. 5 p. at. pref Do. Birmin,g. guar. stock Do. Chester g - uar. shares l IDo. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Do. Tlarnsl.St.Cs 3slodpc' Do. 6 per a. (E. Lan) Con. &13rig.5pc. gu. No 1 D0.,5p.c N 0.2 Do. gua., 6 p. at. Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Do. Do. 45 per cent Do. do. 45 per a. shares Do. 7 per cent. I'ref. St. D 0.6 p.c.do.(W.E.&C.P.) D 0.4 p.c S.(div.def.til'6s) Lond. Chat. and Dover Lon. & N.W.Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. ct Lon.&S. W, 7p. ct. stock, Londondy & Cole, 5 she. Londoody.& Ennis 5 sh. Nian.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. et. Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent. Do. redeem. 6 per cent Nlaryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 45 per cent .. Do. - Nfld. Con. 6 p. c. Stock . Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ot. Do. 4.1 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 186 f Do. lei°. & Hit.pref. st. Newport,Aber,&c. pret.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. n DI Do. Perpet, 6 p. o. with option till 1566 Do., till 1869 Nerflk 5 p. c. Ex. stk,lB4e Do. 51p. c. Pref. do. 1847 D 0.5 WavVal.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, o•u a. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail.&D)k.Co. N-East.Cons. Pref.4p.c. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1. Do. do. Quarters, 1846 .. 1 .0. York, H. Si S. Purch North Staffordshire.... 10x.Wr. & Wol. 6pc. Ist g Do. Redeem., 2d gua Do. Irredeem., gua Rhymney Guaranteed Scottish Central, new pi I , 3cottish North-Eastern 3i per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.icua. 6 p c I Do. 7p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann. 108 Do. Fixed 4} percent South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6.) Do .4 per cent Do. Fixed 4. p.c. Ist is South Wales, g - ua. 4 p.c Do. 4i per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e. Do. B 6 per cent .••• Do. C 6 per cent . Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p.c. 1 all .1 100 Stk 20 Stock 12.10 f 6 97 102 104 54 6 99 101 112 118 105 107 114 116 113 115 128 130 82 84 111 113 90 92 77 78 121 123 120 122 112 114 100 108 87 89 c 6 98 w 7 ft. SO 88 81 91 [OO 102 10 I.oi 17 18 lei 101 78 77 20 21 10 IGi 15 1511 139 141 116 118 116 118 140 145 116 118 [54 168 132 138 66 68 21i 22i 117 119 La 128 I I' 66 68 I IP 39 141 [O2 103 I 1 , 93 95 10 101 !2 121 par i p 111 113 110 112 90 92 95 96 1 1 d 23 i 24 L2l 123 115 117 76 78 123 125 125 130 111 11i 24 24i 101 103 101 103 01) 92 WO 102 85 88 28 29 33 34 32 33 50 55 100 Stock: LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing' Railways. Paid. Co. ' s. Price. Bedford and Bletchley all Buckinghamshire , 100 Chester & Holyhead 100 Do. do. 54 p. et lOO Do. do. 5 p. ct. Clydesdale Junction lOO Colchester, Stour Val ' all • E.Lincolnsliire,g.6p.o ' 100 E Union, ,trwich Sits ; all Do. Woodbride • 100 Gls. l3 art&Nells,Drct , 100 Do. New 1100 Gloster& Dean Forest; all Hartlpool.Dek.&ltalt; all Hull and Selby a D n o c .. & Do. 4 Shares g es ua.s P.C all all 100 London&Greenwich . 100 Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. 100 Lowestoft, p. , ,ua. 4p. et. Too Do. 6per cent 1100 Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk.i all Nlid.llrfulford Prefer ence Stock Newmarkt.,BuryEx j 5 5. R. guaranteed 5 p. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.e all Do, do. 6 per cent. all Do. Fired 5 per cent.l all North Western ...... all Preston and Wye.. all Do. 4 Shari a ...... A.' all She!' 100 AhrtoNshrysz ihn.eford, 100 Do. Do. South Staffordshire all Wilts and Somerset.. , 100 Wimbledon& Croydn.l all Lnec N.W. N.W 99 101 Do 51 515 Do. 'l24 126 Do. ll3 115 Calcdonin 103 105 C 155 165 Gt.North.;l4o 142 E.Counts. 45 45 Caledonia Do. Gt. West. IYk.N.Md.IIII 113 I Do. -- Do. &N1W.210 214 IS. East , 61 66 I Do. Veto &Co 93 95 Norfolk,.) Do. ,LN W..4M! 21 2i Ii ticlland I 96 98 'l,:.Counts I 1 F Do. ...... 57 59 Do. ...... Do. .. . ! 15 Do. Gt. North. 135 137 T Wm:4oy 104 106 •• • • M'Clcan lo i t ip Gt. Wegt i 90 in I.&llrgin 74 84 DOCKS. Business Doze. raid ' 1 ClOBl4 Business Share Dooks. Price. . Dome. Stock Commercial i 100 -- Stock 'Do 4 per Cent .Pref 100 SlocklEast and West India 100 Stock'London lOO 70 Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock Southampton BtocktViotorta _ iDO NOW otnenerupeao: 2 —.. 21 1144 154 Business Railways. /I.aluerg., Bjat. and Eastern Junction Belfast and Ballymena Bir., Wol., and Gtr. Val Birk., L. a., aud Ch. June Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bost.Slefd.& Mid. Coun Bristol and Exeter ,Caledonian Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork and Bandon !Cork, Blkrock,&Passage Cornwall Do. A f A roves. no div.l untilflp.e.per an., Do. B hasbeen pd.toß. l Dublin andßelf ast June. Dun.,Perth,& Abr.June ' East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.NNV.A.(Ite.E.U3ds) I East Suffolk Do 'Edinburg and Glasgow, Edin.,Perth, & Dundee ! Forth & Clyde Junction; Furness illasgow & South Westa l Great North of Scotland' Gnat Northern Do. do. A. Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire ! London and Blackwall. Lon.,Brighton kS.Coast , Loud. Chat. and Dover; London & North Westn , Do. Eighths London& Sou th- Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Shef., N liraryport and Carlisle . Do. do. # Shares Metropolitan Midland Do. Binning. & Derby ; [Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. Shares Mid Kent Do. (Cray Line) Newcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & If erefdi Newry & Armagh (aet.) Newry, Warpt., & Ros Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.—Aree.no div until Bp. c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn.---Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purohase Do. Leeds Do. York North London North Staffordshire No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhyinney Scottish Central South. N.E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock !Shropshire Union ittingbourne & Sheer South Devon 'South-Eastern South Wales South Yorks. & Riv. Dun !Stockton Wok., & Wok 'Stockton & Darlington do. Stockton & Ilartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Ulster Do. Do. Vale of Neath Victoria Station & Pim Waterford Jr Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London Do. let Class Do. 2d Class all all all all all all 100 34 100 100 ti 64 F Sk 73 74 11k 12k 6 7 1041 losi 924 DS 6 64 74 8 14 15 57 58 3) 41 27 21 81i Sti 281 191 PREFERENCE SHARES. 12 10 Stock Stook' Stock Stock Stock 26? Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock 12i 124 Stock Stock 12} 12/0 Stock Stock Stock Stock 101 12 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 8k Stock Stock Stock Stock 10s. 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock all }lOO inn 100 100 100 all THE SUN, LONDOI4, MOAIiAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1.:60. BRITISH POSSESSIONS Railways. Paid. \ C P r s i i :! Tininess done (Atlantic & i tLawreno Leased at 6 per cent. IPlom.,Baroda&Cent.ln( 1 all }lOO 88 90 aci 9611 96 1 I I rO. slt. percent pital A Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron 20 20 10 100 I 100 ;d 1 1 6 si. Do. New . Do. Preference B uffalo, Brant. & Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 18;2 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta. &S. E astrn. Lim. ,Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara all all all 1100 si 7 83 83 "go 100 1.30. 78 82 75 80 par i p 11 1 cll S took , Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c. East Indian, gu. 5 p. o I Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 44 p. c. Debentrs Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1864- 1 G eelong& Melbourne Geelong Corporation 61 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref 1 Do. 6 per cent. Debentr iDo. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867... Do. do. 1872. Gt.lndiaPenln.g.cua.sp.c. Do. New, gua.s per cent. Gt. South. of Ind.Liirt.— guaranteed 5 per cent Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New 1 3s. Od. 74 all id I d 101 1014 par ip par 4p NO 1004 1014 102 20 21 100 Stock 20 Sto. Stock all 100 all }lOO 341 351 94 95 73 74 85 87 75 77 74 76 981 tivi id d 11 id 12 12} 8 d 95 40 95 ICO 95 ICO 90 -93 87 90 971 98 91 93 Stock 20 1 201 204 100 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76,with opt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Stock Stock Stock Stock Stook IDo. do. "/3 without opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 44 p. c iDo. do. 5 per oent Do. 4f p. c. Extension ,Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.o Do. Fourth do. Do. do. ,Melb. Corp. 6 p.o. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitlAhare Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land. do Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. New Do. Punjaub ' Do. Indus. St. Flo. bc,'S St. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip is f d 5 7 74 5 1011 I I 10 i 10 102 341 5 94 73 B'4 751 1 6 75 Si 81 91 121 $ et & 111 1 gilS DAYS MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. There wag% steady demand for wheat in most of the country matets held on Saturday, and prices were well supported. Carley was likewise in request, at full quota tions. Othe kinds of spring corn moved off freely, at ex treme rates. . . Througho.t the Continent wheat has continued firm as to price, blithe business done for spring sliksment has not increased. )they produce has sold readily, at fully late currencies. In the United tates the value of wheat and flour has ho an upward tendency. Only morate supplies of home-grown produce were re ceived up o our market last week. The imports from abroad wet very limited—viz., 2,100 quarters of barley, 148 tares, 1,135 linseed, 2,006 rapeseed. 850 maize, 297 sundry sews, 350 sacks and 1,354 barrels of flour. The arrkals of wheat fresh up to day from Essex were limited ; 14 from Kent the supply was rather on the in crease. Alhough the general quality of the samples was tolerably god, there was no activity in the demand. How ever, the tade may be considered steady, at prices about equal to Maiday last, and at which about an average busi ness was trnsacted. We were moderately well supplied with foreign wheat. The demon. was chiefly confined to retail parcels ; never • theless, prios were well supplied. Floating argoes of grain, off Falmouth, were in some what impro•ed request. We werescantily supplied with barley, especially with fine samples The trade ruled firm, at very full prices. For malt the demand was restricted. In quotations, however, nochango took place. The supply of oats en the stands was very moderate, and the demand-uled steady, on former terms. Beans wce in short supply, and good request, at very full prices. t Their wasa good demand for peas, at extreme rates. The flour trade ruled steady at last Monday's currency. OtIMENCY PER IMPS) AL MEASEIM. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new 43s to 405 Ditto, old Ditto, white, new 475 63s Ditto, old 485 435 Norfolk and Linooln, red, old 4os 45s Ditto, new 4os 46s Rye-011 —8 —s New Barley—Grinding...., Malting l3B 405 Chevalier Malt -Suffolk and Norfolk Drown 6OB 525 Kingston and Ware s2s 645 Chevalier Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 225 265 Potato 215 au ......... - .. 4. Cork, white Scotch, Feeding 235 32s Beans—Tick Pigeons 415 485 Peso—Grey Maple White 4OB 495 Boilers Flour—Town-made Suffolk 325 345 Stockton and Norfolk. C'ENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) The March sessions of the Central Criminal Court com menced this morning before the Lord Mayor, Aldermen Sir R. Carden and Hale, and the Sheriffs. The grand jury having been sworn, The Recorder said ho was happy to inform them that the number of prisoners for trial this session was smaller than it had been for many previous sessions. The calendar con tained the names of 48 persons, and the crimes charged against them were of the ordinary description. There was but one charge of murder, and the person charged was a female named Smith. The deceased was her illegiti mate child, and if they should be of opinion that the child had been born alive and death had been occasioned by vio lence, the question for them to decide would be was the death occasioned by the prisoner. The evidence to prove the case would all be laid before there, and upon that evidence they would have to decide whether or not a true bill could be returned against her. There were two cases of manslaughter, the first of which was that of Thos. Barnard. The unfortunate deceased was engaged looking at an omnibus on the near side of the road when the pri soner's horse and cart came furiously up and passing be tween the curbstone and the omnibus, the man was knocked do-vn and killed. The prisoner was on the wrong aide of the road, and the evidence showed that previously to his coming xp he flogged the horse most violently. Bar nard however said the horse had ran away, and at the time the unfortunate accident occurred he had no con trol over the animal. They would have to decide whether or not there was sufficient to justify the finding of a true bill against the prisoner. The next charge of a similar nature was that against John Fox, and death in this case occurred during the attempt of the unfortu nate man to stop a fight in a public house. The case did not present any difficulty, and the question for them to decide was whether, in their opinion, the evidence sustained the charge against the prisoner. There was a serious charge against a prisoner named Wil liam Downes, of febniously assaulting Clara Mary Ann Langlois and carnally knowing and abusing her, and also for unlawfully taking the said Clara Langlois out of the possession of her parents, she being under the age of 16. The evidence, as was usually the case in charges of this de scription, rested entirely upon that of the girl herself and the medical man, and it would be for them to say whether a prima feels case had been made out arainst the prisoner. I gul alleged that the prisoner effected his purpose whilst she was in a state of insensibility, produced by some narcotic introduced into some drink the prisoner had given her. With respect to the latter part of the charge, it was not necessary, in order to enable them to return a true bill against the prisoner, that the girl should be in the actual possession of the parents ; because in this case the prisoner met the girl in the street, while she was engaged on the business of her parents, and persuaded her to accompany him to the theatre, and after that induced her to go to a place with him, where he falsely represented she would meet her uncle and aunt. If from the evidence they should be satis • fled that the girl was under the age of 16, and was induced by the prisoner to leave her home, it would be their duty to return a true bill against him. There was nothing that he thought called for any remark, but in the event of any assistance being required that aid would be most readily granted by the court. The grand jury then retired, and in a short time returned into court with several true bills, and the trials proceeded. FOREIGN Antwerp Jr Rotterdam Ardr.mnes Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7l3..c Belgian East. Junction Bcziers to Graissessac Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiabo Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley - - Grand Ras. Guar .5 p.c. Great Central of France ;Gt. Luxem. Con. Italian Junetion Lake Constance & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liege IDo. do. 6 p. c.. Pref !Northern of France !Do. New Shares ,Norwegian 'Trunk Pref IParis,l,yons, and Medit I Paris and Orleans I Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.), Rua. 7p. et. (Lim.) I Riga and Dunabutw Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse D e. 54 per cent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 54 p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref COLONIAL GOVER: Can.Gov.6p.e.J a. & July Do. 6 p.o.Fb.&Aug. Do. 6p c.lllr. & Sep. Do. 6 per cent. 1879 Do. 6 per cent. 1880 N. 8.G0v.9 p.c. Ja. &July Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. sp. C. Deb. D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1976 D0.5p.0en.1888 and up NovaScoMaGov.6 pp.°. 5... Deb. redeemable. 1875 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jandatily Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July Do. do. April & Oct. MISCELL. Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantis Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail. Berlin Water Works 'British American Land Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 I Do. C (Canada Land Chan. Islands Tel.(Lim ) Cup.nTli,., , tl , llllr,StStriltv Do. Preference per ct Crystal Palace. IDo. Preference iDo. 6 p. c. Perpet. Deb Electric Telegraph Do. New English & Aust. Copper Gan. Steam Navigation. Great Ship (Limited) Indian & Aust. Telegr. London District Telegr. London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co. Madras Irr. and Canal Mediter. Electric Teleg. [Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) National Discount C 0..: Netherlands Land Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at N.tr. &NovaSeotiaL and N.B.Australasian (Lim ) Oriental Gas Do. New Shares Orientl. In. Steam, A Ditto B Ditto C Peel River Land & Min Pen. At Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea St Ind. Telegr Rhyrrtney Iron rD o: Nevi Royal Mail Steam Seot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Scrip Do. do Registered ITr.& T.n.Co.ot Upr. Can i Van Diemen'p Land 5 7 191 20 ; id par ! Ed 101 191 Id id AILWAYS. 4i t 4! 4d par 1 2} 2} 11 5k 4 1 di 241 61- 7} li 10p 8 8i 19 194 36 36i 9 10 33 35} 53 /3 if 11d 13 15 3 3 19 20 5h g 9 V 23} SECUR: Ills 115 109 111 113 115 1109 110 991 190 99 100 99 100 108 100 109 111 1111 112 14 15 120 16) 32 33 41 5 38 40 20 22 15 17 122 127 8 9 24 15 11 5 27.4 32 4 100 1004 102 105 102 104 par 1 p 2} 24 4 1 1 id 1 d' 14 It 1} 2 3 4 lf i d i I ' a par 49 51 78 80 13 16 1 I 1 2 21 8i 2 P 6 7 51 53 120 130 35 87 1 11 12 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total importations of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 1,921 head. In the corresponding week in 1859 we received 1,829 ; in 1853, 617 ; in 1857, 834 ; in 1856, 429 ; in 1855, 353 ; and in 1854, 2,331 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAtT 'WEEK. From. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam liamburgh 8 951 Harlingen Antworp • • Total ... 323 1,308 __ .. -- .. 166 .. -- .. 3.. -- 16 .. -- .. 28 .. -- _ 166 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 859 542 .. 1,111 .. 176 858 123 .. 132 362 857 154 .. 637 .. 93 ""' • • SSG 229 855 240 .. 854 775 .. 1,333 .. - .. 130 .. - - .. 118 .. -- -- • . 223 .. - There were on offer 200 oxen from Spain, in fair condi tion ; but the show of Dutch and German stock was limited, yet sales progressed sl Jwly at barely stationary prices. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts were limited, and, for the most part, in very mid dling condition. For most breeds the demand ruled steady, though not to say brisk, at prices equal to Monday last. The beat Scots and crosses realised 4s 8d to 4■ 10d per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received 1,500 Scots, short horns, and crosses ; from other ports of England 500 of various breeds; from Scotland 222 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland 100 oxen and heifers. The supply of sheep was somewhat on the increase. Ths mutton trade was inactive ; nevertheless, no change took place in prices. Prime Downs sold at quite 5s 8d per 81bs. About 400 lambs were on offer, 90 being from the Isle of Wight, and the trade was heavy at from 5s 6d to 6s 8d per Bibs. Calves sold steadily, and prices varied from 5s to 5s 8d per 81bs, being a slight advance on Thursday's currency. The pork trade was heavy at last week's prices. In order to protect the shorn sheep from the inclemency of the weather, we may observe that about 400 of them came to hand dressed in flannel jackets. Per Sibs to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 Primeers-wool is. 5 0 5 4 St.c on d Q A 0 8 i 8 Prints largo oxen 4 4 4 3 Large crse. calves 5 o Prime Scots, &e. 4 8 4 10 r Prime small do 5 6 5 8 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 4 2(" Large hops 3 6 3 10 Second quality do. 444 10 Small porkers Suckling calves, 19s to 22s ; and quarter .old store pigs, 24s to 80s. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts " 3 530 Sheop Calves FOREIGN lilUn'LY. Beasts 397 Sheep Calves ,, 72 Pigs A statemont and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, Feb. 28, 1859, and this day, Monday, Feb. 27, 13E0:— Per 81bs, sinking the offal. Feb. 28, 1859. Feb. 27, 1860. d. i. d. 3 4to 3 6 38 4 2 ;4 4 4 8 . 4 8 4DO 8 410 4 4'3 8 4 2 1 ( 1 4 4 410 50 5 4 5,',5 6 5 8 • • .06 600 oo • •. 4 0 4 10 [ 5 0 6 4 • • . .6 0 5 815 6 5 • . . .3 0 3 6;3 6 310 . . . . 3 9 14 2 4 10 3,530 19,200 103 390 SUPPLIES ON SALE, March 1, 1858.---Beasts, 3,032 sheep and lambs, 15,930 ; calves, 60 ; pigs, 145. March 2, 1857.—Beasts, 2,942; sheep and lambs, 15,020; calves, 87 ; pigs, 260. Coarse and inferior beasts . • I d. s. d• 3 4to 3 61 Second quality ditto 3 8 4 2 i Prime large oxen 4 4 4 Prime Scots, sc.. . . . Coarse and inferior sheop . . 4 0 4 4 Second quality ditto 4 6 410 Prime coarse-woolled ditto 5 0 5 4 1 PrimelSouthdown ditt o 5 2 5 8 Lambs Large coarse calves • . 4 0 4 101 Prime small ditto Large hogs . . . . 3 0 3 6 1 Neat small porkers 3 8 4 2 Beasts Sheep ansl lambs 16,450 Calves Pigs NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Our markets Continue to be fairly supplied with each kind of weat. The trade, however, is tolerably active, as follows : Per Sibs. by the caroase. s. d. s. d, s. d, a. d Inferior Bcef '2 6to 2 10 Infr. Mutton. 3 2to 3 6 Mid. dn..... 3 oto 3 4 Mid. do 3 Bto 4 2 Pm.largedo. 3 6to 4 0 Primo do. 4 4to 4 6 Do. small do. 4 2to 4 4 ; Veal 4 4to 5 0 Large pork.. 6to 4 2 Small pork BOROUGH HOP. Our market is somewhat heavy, and late quotations are barely supported. The show of samples is good, and the annexed prices are almost nominal : Mid and East Kent pockets.. s2s to 149 s per cwt. Weald of Kent do 6ss to SSs „ Sussex do. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Coastwise and by railway the arrivals of potatoes sines Monday last havo been on a very moderate scale. The trade generally is firm as follows : York Regents. .. 140 s to 150 s per ton. Do Flukes.. Lineolns lOOB to 120 e ~ Kent and Essex Scotch .. 90s to 140 s ~ Do Cups WOOL MARKET. As the public sales of colonial wool will commence on Thursday next, scarcely any basiness is doing in our mar ket, and prices rule almost nominal. Last week's imports were 297 bales from the Cape, 956 from Algoa Bay, and 1,131 from Sydney, SEEDS. Linseed contiaueslin fair demand at full prices. Rapeseed has realised further enhanced rates. Fine cloverseed is in moderate request, at full quotations ; but in other seeds very little is doing. Cakes are again dearer. furnip,White,p.but.l2s to 14s I Carraway 16s to 39s Swede Mustard, 8r0wn.... 95 145' ITempseed, per qr 34s 36s White, n0w.... 12s 16s Linseed,Eng.sowing 66s 70s Tares,Winter, new., Fs 6d Os Crushing Old --s —s Baltic —a —8 Canary, per quarter 508 54s Odessa Rye grass, new 22s 268 Linseed Cake, p. ton Clover, Red Eng., et, 48s 0 0 5 English £9 5s 00 158 White Foreign Red 4ls 528 ( Rapo Cakes,p. ton 4 15s 5 5s White 808 91s i Rapeseed, p. qr..... 548 558 Trefoil, new lBB 24s 1 TALLOW Since our last report only a moderate business has beer transacted in our mulcot, nevertehess prices are well sup. ported. P.Y.C. on tho spot is selling at 60s. to 60s. 3d. and for delivery during the last three months, 53s per cwt. rough fat, 3s. 3d. pet Sib. 1850. Stock this day.... Price of Y.C. Delivery last week Ditto from June 1 Arrivals last week Ditto from June 1 Price of Town .... 1860, 20,720 32.940 52stidto 603 Od to ---4 Od 603 3d 1.432 1,201 82,036 65,922 1,110 694 01.10 86,781 540 f 4 61. 9d EMBEZZLEMENT. John Saunders, traveller, was indicted with embezaling various sums of money, the property of his employers the Messrs. Pritchards, tobacconists. The duty of the pri soner was to obtain orders for the firm from licensed victuallers, and when his accounts were made up he was nearly £25 deficient. The prisoner pleaded guilty. Mr. Sleigh, in behalf of the employers, strongly recom mended the prisoner to mercy. The Recorder sentenced him to 12 months' imprison ment, with hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENVE-( THIS DAY.) THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, &yen o' Clock. TATTERALL'S-(THIS EVENING). y. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 9to 1 agst Anatis (offered) 11 to 1 agst Xanthus (offered) 10 to 1 agst Jealousy (taken) 100 to 6 agat Huntsman (taken) 100 to 7 agst Maria Agnes (offered) 20 to 1 agst Goldsmith (taken) 25 to 1 agst Bridegroom (taken) 30 to 1 agst Venison (taken) 40 to 1 agat Macbonnie (offered) 50 to 1 agst Emigrant (offered) 12 to 1 agst Sir Robert and Huntsman coupled (taken) uvruPooL SPRING CUP. 10 to 1 agst Uncle Ned (taken) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Rattlebone (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 9to 1 agst Chere Arnie (offered) 20 to 1 apt Nucleus (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 6 agst Satellite (taken) 20 to 1 agst Tame Deer (taken) 20 to 1 agst Viatka (offered) 20 to 1 agst Longrange (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Gaspard (taken) 60 to 1 agst Herne (taken) TWO T}IOUSkND GUINEAS. 9to 2 agst The Wizard (taken and offered) sto 1 agst Lupulus (taken) 6to 1 agst Buccaneer (offered) 12 to 1 agst King of Diamonds (taken and offered) DERBY. 9to 1 agst Mainstone (offered) 9to 1 agst Umpire (offered) 10 to 1 agst Buccaneer (taken) 20 to .1 agst Lupulus (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Upperhand (offered) 35 to 1 agst Cramond (taken) 40 to 1 agst Lanchester (taken) 40 to 1 agst Sir William (wanted) 50 to 1 agst Itestes (taken) J. GRINISHAW.—We are gratified to learn that this clever light weight, who was thrown and injured while riding Warrior Queenatthe recent Nottingham meeting, is rapidly improving, and will leave the Infirmary in a day or two. CITY BETTING—(Tuns DAY). LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 10 to 1 agst Jealousy 10 to 1 agst Xanthus 10 to 1 agst Anatis 15 to 1 agst Huntsman (taken freely) 15 to 1 agst Maria Agnes 15 to 1 agst Brunette 20 to 1 agst Sir Robert 20 to 1 agst Westminster 25 to 1 agst Telegram (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4to 1 agst The Wizard (offered) 9to 2 agst Buccaneer sto 1 agst.Lupulus Bto 1 agst Umpire CHESTER CUP. 100 to 6 agst Tame Deer (taken) 100 to 6 agst Satellite (offered) 20 to 1 agst Viatka 25 to 1 agst Longrange 33 to 1 agst Petra 33 to 1 agst Brewer 50 t 9 1 agst First Lord DERBY. 9to 1 agst Umpire (offered) 10 to 1 agst Mainstone (taken) 11 to 1 agst Buccaneer (taken) 12 to 1 agst Wizard (offered) 12 to 1 aget Thormanly 16 to 1 agst Nutbourne 33 to 1 aget Cramond 50 to 1 agst Richmond 60 to 1 aget Paleface IPEST INDIA .MAIL SBRVIOE. Commencing on the 2d March next, a new table of routes for the West India mail service will be brought into operation, with the object of securing the arrival at South ampton of the packet bringing the homeward mails three days before the departure of the packet conveying the out ward mails, and thus accelerating the course of post between the United Kingdom and the several places served by those packets. The packets for the West. Indies will continue to sail from Southampton on the RAMA days as at present, viz., the 2d and 17th of each month ; and the packets from the yr.., 'autos will be due at Southampton on the 14th and 29th of each month. Mails fur Carthagena, Santa Martha, Grey town, and Blewfields, will in future be despatched once a month only instead of twice a month as heretofore. The mails fur Carthagena and Santa Martha will be for warded by the packet of the 2d of the month, and the re - turn mails will be done on the 29th of the month. The mails for Greytown and Blewfields will be de spatched by the packet of the 17th, and the return mails will be due on the 14th of the month. In all other respects the mails to be conveyed from this country by the West India mail packets will be despatched under the existing regulations. MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(Tins EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack et five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the following_ bills were read a second time :—Waterford and Limerick, and Great Southern and Western Railway ; Holyhead Water, and Isle of Wight (Eastern Section). THE BALLOT. Lord TEYNHAM gave notice that he would en the 16th of March move a resolution, to the effect that it was expe dient that the votes at elections for members of Parliament should be taken by secret ballot. BLEACHING WORKS. Lord BROUGHAM called the attention of the house to the suffering endured by children of tender age and women in the process of bleaching. It had been proved that child ren between seven and eight years of age had been kept for 18 and 20 hours, and in some instance two and three days, continuous work in bleaching wor ks, during wh i ch time they endured the most excruciating hard c.elritien The was system pursued towards the se poor nu heartrending, many of them only being, kept awake ed only by use of violent means. What he wish for was that some means might be adopt too t past an end to such ask the noble earl dreadful practices, and he begg whether it was the intention of the Government to extend the operation of the facto r y act to bleaching works. Earl GRANVILLE said he would make inquiry into the subject, and give the noble and learned lord an answer on another evening. THE MARRIAGE LAWS. Viscount DUNGANNON presented a petition, signed by 3011 women of Aylesbury and its inundate neighbour hood, against any measure for legalising marriage with a deceased wife's sister. Lord WODEHOUSE said the noble lord seemed to be of opinion that the majority of the female population was a gainst the marriage with a deceased wife's sister, but he thought ho would have some difficulty in proving his case. (Hear. hear.) The noble viscount had presented a peti tion signed by three hundred of the women of Aylesbury, and urged the importance of such a petition. Now, he happened to have another petition, not signed by 300 women, but signed by 428 ladies residing in the neighbour hood of Aylesbury—(" hear, hear," and laughter)—quite of an opposite prayer. (" Hear, hear." and laughter.) He did not think that any such :rot evils as the noble Viscount anticipated would arise if in alterations required in the marriage laws were made. For himself he should be perfectly willing to let the question be decided by the ladies of Aylesbury. (Hear, he t ), ' and laughter.) The LORD CHANJE LLOR said he hoped the ladies of England, both for and against the alteration, would come forweid and give expression to their opinions on the subject by petition. It was, however, his opinion that the npjority of the female population was against the measure. Viecount DUNGANNON confessed the noble lord (Wothrhouse) had the advantage of him on that occasion— (laughter)—but he was firmly convinced the female popu lation generally agreed with those whose petition he had just presented. The subject then dropped. NAVAL RESERVES. The Earl of lIARDWICKE rose to call the attention of the house to the state of the naval reserves, and wes (L➢FT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—(TIII9 EVENING.) Tho SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBRIt. Captain STACKPOLE took the oaths and his seat as mem ber for the borough of Ennis. PRIVATE BE/SINES& The following bills were considered and ordered for third reading : — Blackburn Gas, Silverdale and Newcastle Railway, and West Middlesex Water. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the =condi tional abolition o f church rates ; in favour of the reduction of the malt duties; against tho proposed system of licensing eating-house. and coffee -shops for the r sale for the of wine red ; in favour of 'lie repeal of the du t y on pap that the income e ; uc tion of the duty on tea and sugar ; praying tax m ight not be imposed on incomes under £2OO a-year ; agsaist the highways bill, &C. yR. GLAD STONE'S MISSION TO THE lONIAN ISLANDS. Mr. MAGUIER gave notice that, on an early day after the Easter holidays, he would move for the production of any papers in the possession of Government in reference to One matter. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. FORGING A POST-OFFICE ORDER—OBTAINING MONEY ET FRAUD.—Charles Fox, of 4, Kemp's-row, Pimlico, zinc worker, was charged before Mr. Beadon with obtaining money, &c., by means of fraudulent pretences as follows : Mr. John Mitchell, of the Duke's Head, Reeves' Mews, Near Grosvenor-square, said that about three months ago the prisoner came to lodge with him, and paid for every thing he had in his house till about a fortnight back, when he told him that he was engaged by a zinc company in the city to go to Spain, showing him at the time several letters and the following document : " THE SPANISIL ENIBISSY.—This is to certify that Charles Fox, of 4, Kemp's-row, Pimlico, is duly appointed zinc worker to the Spanish Government for the time speci fied in agreement, under the seal of the Valle Alontegre Company, at £IG9 per annum (English money).—Given at our Embassy under hand and seal, Dos CARLo RESSEAU, Secretary." The document is certainty ..a nap at: whoa to it a small Catholic token. Prosecutor, in continuation, said that on the faith of these he let him have credit. The prisoner said he expected a letter from the company, enclosing him a post-office order for £l3, and that when he received it he would pay him (prosecutor) his money. On Friday last prisoner wont out, and during his absence a letter came, and on his (prose eutor) handing it to him on his return, he opened it and said, " Oh here's a post-office order fur £l3 Is. 6d.," at the same time remarking that ho had only to receive £l3, and that he:did not know what the ls. 6d. was for. (The Post-office order was produced, and the figures 13 had evidently been added). Mr. Beadon—This will amount to a forgery—the figures 13 have evidently been put in. Prosecutor in continuation said the prisoner then handed him the Post-office order and said—" Mind it, and I'll get change in the morning." The prisoner did not go out till Thursday evening, and on his coming in he (prosecutor) said he should like his money, and afterwards lent the prisoner one shilling, on the faith of the Post office order, for a cab. On the following (Friday):morning the prisoner said, " Give me the order, and when I come back I'll pay you." He then left and returned some time after and said ho had not got the money, as he had asked for the money in the name of Mr. Gant, the secretary of the company, and as he could not tell:that person's Christian name, they refused to cash it. On Saturday morning he again said he had not got the money, and he (prosecutor) took it out of his hand, saying that he would try and get it; and on going to the post-office in Park-street, Grosvenor-square, found that the order was only for one shilling and sixpence, and was told that it was a " forgery," and when he got back the prisoner was gone. He then gave information at King-street, and on hi■ (prosecutor's) brother fetching the prisoner from a place he frequently called at, he gave him into custody, the prisoner at the time asking to be forgiven. Mr. Beadon said it was a forgery, and that the ser geant who kad charge of the case, Appleton, 26 C, had better communicate with the Pest-office authorities on the subject. The prisoner was then remanded for a week. THAMES. SCANDALOUS CONDUCT IN THE CIIITILCII OF ST. GEOROE'S-IN-TICK-EAST.—Eliza Fenwick, a dirty and dissipated-looking woman, about 35 years of age, and stated to be the wife of a mechanic, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with being drunk and disorderly In St. George's Church, and disturbing the congregation assem bled for divine worship. ➢lr. Thnmae ii.rbert, a vestryman of the parish of St. George's, stated that in the course of the afternoon service, and while the Rev. Mr. Richardson, the newly-elected afternoon lecturer, was officiating, the prisoner was in the middle aisle making a disturbance and interrupting the service in a very unseemly manner. He found she was intoxicated, and requested her to withdraw. She re fused to do so, and made use of bad language. He said to her, "I must remove you; you are not in a fit state to be here." She said, " D—n your eyes ; take me to my husband," and threw herself back to resist her removal. He said "That won't do," and, after some struggling on her part, he lifted her up and carried her out of the church. In answer to Mr. Yardley, the witness said that the pri soner interrupted the service and disquieted the congrega- tion: Police-constable Botto, of the K division, said the pri soner made al great, disturbance in the church•yed when she was brought out of the sacred edifice. Shia screamed, halloed, and kicked, and said she wantel to go into the church again to give her husband a key. Her conduct, on the way to the station-house, was of the most outrageous description. The prisoner, in her defence, said she was the worse for liquor, and that she went to the church to give her hus band the street door key, and then she intended to go else where. Mr. Yardley—This is very improper conduct indeed. You are not to go into St. George's church or any other church to make a disturbance. It is an aggravation of your bad conduct that you were intoxicated when you went into the church. I believe you did not go with the express inten tion of interrupting the service and disturbing the con groation. If you had done so I would certainly have sent you to prison for a very long time. I sentence you to pay a fine of 10s. for being drunk and disorderly. THE CASE OF THE REV. MR. }LATCH.—Mr. Hatch still remains in Newgato pending the decision of the Government as to which prison should be his place of con finement, pursuant to the sentence of the court. He would have been removed in the ordinary course to the house of Correction at 'Wandsworth, immediately after his celiac tion, but, as he had been so long in the position of chaplain in that gaol, it was felt that there were good grounds for refraining from sendhio• him there as a criminal, and hence his long detention in Newgate. The public are aware that strong representations have been made to the Home Secre tary in reference to the case, and it is rumoured that bills of indictment for perjury will be preferred at the ensuing ses sion of the court against the principal witnesses for the pro secution. 924 4 3 24 14 571 39i 90 611 i BRITISH MINES. Closing Basica,. Share Mines. Paid. Price. l Done. ---- Alfrea Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 31 41 2 0 British Iron Clifford — 335 345 316 Devon G. Cons. i ravist ) 1 455 465 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 110 160 ' East Caradon E. W'l Russl (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 111 ill 111 i Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 541 50 53 Great South Tolgus.. . 17s 14 14/ 141 G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillaci) 12.4.2 / 11 G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 9i . . Grenville 5l 3 31 Herod's-Foot Bl 25 2 7 Hingston Downs 4.3.6 41 5 Lady Bertha Margaret ( uny Lelant) 9/ 44 46 North Downs North Frances 'Mogan) 10 5 6 N.Wli'l Basset (Illogan) 5 5 6 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 81 91 10 Par Consols (St. Blazy). 11 13 14 ;-..., Providence (Uny Lelia) 10.6.7 47 49 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 10s i / Southearadon (St.Cleer) 11 255 265 South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 21 3 S -Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 170 180 Stray Park 18.18.0 31 33 3* 6 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 4/ 3 31 10 Tin Croft 9 5 ni Vale of Tower (Carm ), 12s 6d i 1 West Basset (Illogan) ll 20 21 W. Caradon (Liskeard). 10 80 83 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan). 51 160 170 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 85 95 Wheal Edward (Cale.)., 6 11 2 Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 14 15 Wit'l Mary Ann (Menhe) 8\ 27 29 , ifirli'l Trelawney (Lick. ; 144 29 31 FOREIGN MINER v. Australian 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim. 155 6 1 d p ar I I 35 Brazil. Imp. (iv. at £5 p.) 2 7 1 20 Do.St.Jolindel Itey,Lim. 15 21 22 21} i 5 Do.LandandMtning,Co. all 1 Clarendon Cons. slin . Co. 40 ,Cobra Copper all 1 44 48 d ICoplapo l6 71 1 IDunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 2 Fortuna 20 ,General all 24 251 2 'Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 1 d p 3 Linares all 104 1 i ll 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all i 1 N.RhineCo d p.of S.Aus.L 10s. 1 d p i 20 Pontg,ibau Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 4 6 5 Port Philip 1 1 t 1 Scottish Australn. 2 (L.)... 1 10s d lip all 2l 21 18.2.81 United Mexican JOINT-STOCK BANKS. ----- -- - - ..i Closing 1 ,-- Business Share Joint-Stock Banks. Paid Price. Done. ------------ 100 1 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 I 40 ' ,Au5tra1a5ia............ all 77 79 734 25 Bank of Egypt......... a ll 2 5 4 1 5 2 3 41 52 i 100 Pank of London ....... bU 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & Loan Co. all 00 'British North America • n all 20 Chtd. Bank of India. &o all 2_ol 3 2 3 1 25 I Ch.Mer.ot In. Lon.&Ch ( all 31 100 City 5O 100 'Colonial 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada al= , 100 Commercial of London 2O 20 21 __ ll 20 Eng , Scot., & Aus. Ch all 16 1 17 10 20 Gen Bk. of Switzerland all _ 20 :Lon. Cliar.lik.otAustral. all 221 23 334 50 London and County - 50 London Joint Stock 100 !London & Westminster 2O Do t 10 0 'Nat. Prov. of England 36 20 ,DO, new lO 50 National Bank 25 .„ 20 New South Wales 25 Orient .73k. Corporation all 40 41 20 Ottoman Bank all 19 191 1 0 1 19 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New - 25 South Australia 25 Union of Australia all 46} 50 Union of London , , 12 28 29 2 8 5 V 0 Unity Mutual . 0 1 60 5 12 all all all all all all all all }l3 ,ITIES. 991 I 100 81 111; I 1857. 1856. 1858. 23,726 12,891 19,277 59a Od to G6s Od to 52a 9d tc —8 Od Od -8 Od 1,353 397 1,933 86,495 89,601 87,987 763 1,938 390 63,679 85,512 93,252 33s 6d 611 Od 553 Od ITHE SERPENTINE. Mr. COWPER gave notice that to-morrow he would move for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the best means to be adopted f or c l eans i ng the Serpen tine. (Hear, hear.) ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION (IRELAND). Mr. YANCE moved for a return of all annual Want paid under the Irish Ecclesiastical Commission, with the names of the recipients and the situations they hold, and the number of years' service in every instance ; and, de tailed account of the income and expenditure of the Com mission for I.BsS.—Ordered. THE STATUE OF RICHARD CUR DE LION. In reply to Mr. HANKEY, Mr. COWPER said that some unavoidable delay had arisen in reference to the erection of this statue. WINE LICENSES, Lord E. THY NNE asked the Chancellor of the Exche quer whether magistrates would have any control over licenses to sell wine granted to confectioners, eating-house keepers, and others in towns, boroughs, or rural districts, and, if not, what remedy was proposed against those per sona if they kept disorderly houses or harboured persons of bad character• ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said tho most satisfactory answer he could give to the question would be a general one. Before he would ask the house to come to any vote in regard to this matter, he would la,• ou the table of the house the whole of the regulations which the Government proposed to introduce in respect to liceus:ng eating-houses. It was certainly most desirable that magistrates should have a power, not only with reference to granting licenses, but that facilities should be afforded them of enforcing - the law against persons who conducted their business in a disorderly manner, CHINA. In reply to Sir J. PAKINGTox, Lord J. RUSSELL said that he hoped in a few days to be able to lay on the table of the house the papers in refe rence to China, to which he had alluded on a former occa sion. THE CEMETERY AT CLAPTON. . Sir DE L. EVANS asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he had given or intended to give his sanction to the establishment of a cemetery at Clb.p ton, which was not only within the prohibited distance, as defined by the Burial Act 15 and 16 Victoria, but adjoined a populous district ; and if so, what had caused the viola tion of the spirit and intention of the statute to be ad vi F able. Sir C. LEWIS said that the Government had not given their sanction to the establishment of the cemetery in question. LICENSING PUBLIC-HOUSES. Lord FERMOY asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he had any intenttou of altering the existing sys tem of licensing public-houses, any further than what he proposes to do by his budget. The CHANCELLOR, of the EN.CHEQUER said that several years ago there had been a committee of the house on this subject, but the question had been left open under the supposition that it would be dealt with by the Legisla ture. However her Majesty's Government had no in tention to introduce a bill to deal with the sub ject at large. The changes that would be effected by the introduction of wine into this country as an article of po pular consumption would be very important as regarded the habits and morality of the community. However, some time must necessarily elapse before the alteration took place. THE TREATY WITH FRANCE. In reply to Mr. HORSMAN, Lord J. RUSSELL said, with respect to the 11th article of the treaty with France, which had reference to coal, that the French Governm , nt would modify it if the GovernMent of this country had any desire for it, which, however, was not the case. FOREIGN WINES. Mr. BENTINCK asked the Secretary of State for Fo reign Affairs, as her Majesty's Government, in considera tion of their undertaking to obtain the reduction of the duty on French wines, had soicited from France the promise of prospective concessions in favour of this country, whether the contemplated reduction of duties would not confer similar advantages upon Spanish wines; and if so, whether Mr. Bu chanan had received instructions to urge on the Government of Spain the propriety of making a corresponding conces sion in favour of the trade and commerce of England. Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to say that Mr. Buchanan had not received any such instructions as those alluded to by the hon. . member _ _ CUSTOMS ACT. The house then went into committee on this Act. [LEFT SITTING.] TILE STATE OF THE SERPENTINE. A deputation, consisting of the following gentle men, viz., Sir John Shelley, Bart., M.P., Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart., 111. P., Dr. Laniester, Dr. Woolley, Mr. A. Hayman (firm of Hayman and Burnett, Sloane-street), Mr. J. Rennie, and Mr. John Lilwall, had an interview on Saturcay with the Right Hon. W. F. Cowper, M.P., Chid' Com missioner of her Majesty's Woods and Forests, at the office, Whitehall-place, in reference to the con tinued bad state of the Serpentine. Sir J. SHELLEY briefly introduced the deluta tion, and called upon Mr. Lilwall (who had tcted since 1848 in the capacity of hon. secretary to the Serpentine improvement committee) to explainthe objects of the deputation. Mr. LiLwALL then entered at some length into the various steps which have been taken during the last ten or twelve years on the subject of the state of the Serpentine. The object of the present depu tation was twofold; Ist, respectfully to protest against the expenditure of £17,000 of pnblic money upon the formation of a filtering bed and other works in Kensignton gardens, which were useless as respected the purpose in view, and would be found an intolerable nuisance for all time, and one of the greatest eyesores in a park renowned for its beauty. The second object was to draw the Chief Commissioner's attention to the urgent necessity there was to fill up the deep holes in the Ser pentine —now so dangerous—and to reduce the bed of the river to a graduated depth of from three feet at the edge to about five or six feet in ltie etitre. At present the bed of the lake was so irregular that persons often got precipitated into holes over their heads by a single step forwards, when their other leg was standing in water little more. than knee-deep. The Chief Commissioner said he was very glad to have seen the deputation. The question had been under discussion for upwards of ten years, and it was quite true nothing had yet been done. No doubt the plan now being carried out in Kensington-gardens had many disadvantages, and would at the best but partially remedy the evil. The Metropolitan Board of Works had, however, undertaken to commence the sewer, which would carry off much of the impurity which now found its way into the Serpentine ; but until that was completedthere was no means of diverging the sewage matter. There were undoubtedly many evils to be remedied. His predecessor had called in the highest authority—(murmurs of dissent) — at least he was one of the highest authorities, and backed by the opinion of the late Mr. R. Stephen- son ; therefore the Government did not act preci pitately. Mr. Hawksley's plan did but meet one of the difficulty. At best it was but an in sufficient scheme. It was quite the duty of the House of Commons to see into the matter, espeoi. ally when dealing with a park which is ore of the greatest ornaments of the metropolis. As to himself, he had no responsibility for that which had been done; yet still he did not think it a good plan, nor should he ever have thought of adopting such plan. His hands, however, were tied. MESSRS. WOOD AND ROGERS' BOAT LOWERING APPARATUS. Messrs. Wood and Rogers—the latter gentleman being connected with the extensive ship-building establishment of Messrs. Green at Blackwall— have recently registered a simple and apparently ♦ery efficient apparatus for the instantaneous lower ing of ships' boats in case of sudden emergency at sea. The invention consists of a series of four iron rods or bolts running along the inside of the boat on both sides under the "thwarts," and communi cating with a central shaft and lever, by means of which they can be shot backwards and forwards at pleasure. The extreme ends of these bolts run through " slot" holes at stem and stern, each catch ing an end ring of the double sling by which the boat is suspended from the davits. Supposing an occasion, such as a man overboard, or any sudden marine casualty, to arise, the men would jump in, and the boat would be lowered in the ordinary man ner to within nine inches or a foot. of the water, when one of the men acting on the central lever would suddenly withdraw the bolts, fore and aft, and the boat would drop full keel into the Name.. A collateral advant a g e of this arrangement is that the slings being double, and catching the boat at both sides, there would be no danger of its in, ac ing tu ove r through the men jumping hurriedly is too often the me with boats slung in the ordinary manner. Experiments were and made un on der Sat th urday la s t by order of the A dmiralty, e in spection of Admiral Bullock and Commander Polley of the Black Eagle, and there were also pre sent Captains Guthrie and Stead of the P. and 0 . St e am Packet Company, and Mr. Marshall of the R. M. Steam Packet Company, with about half a board, other ge ntlemen who take an interest in ma rine inventions. Th e p art y proceeded down u Messrs. Wood a a down stream these l. boats eg the river in a st eam tu g , to both q uarters of which boats v f r t a were eerteh oc h da had dobiitterng sev eral slungetrhael times r b y n with men on il 'bmah' m s remarkable facility and expeditio n. nau tical authorities present were All the t he simplicity and utility of quite satisfied with Ad miral Bullock especially the invention, strong terms of commen dation. expressing, himself in For ourselves it seemed to answer the purpose intended perfectly i we would merelyl,e suggest that as the invention, to be useful, must, available et a moment's notice , and as iron rod s wi l l rust from exposure to the wea ther, the bolts sh ou ld run in a sheath, so as to be and always clean to run freely backward and for ward when required. We mentioned this • tto the inventor, who replied that the iro wou ld po b l e galvanised, and consequently not liable to rust. Still it is better to make sure ; and when we re collect that the late Captain Harrison lost; his lifts through the " broils" of his boat's sail not working freely, it cannot be deemed superfluous to, provide against the slightest possibility of a hitch in, opera tions where the saving of a man's life might de pend on the instantaneous lowering of a bo at into the water. With this little addition we are of opi nion that Messrs. Wood and Rogers' ink ntltion would completely answer its purpose, Shan , 12.10 13.14 Sto2k Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 124 Stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 14.13.4, 100 100 100 100 100 1171 95 1 1021 1 1000 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stook ./cEO' 111 f 1121 125 4 31t 50 49 V