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

---. AL . answer nu clash iitatingly from the Ll not in- The re neless, or der their ill rather )y givin g schools, ontinued, ial train scheme is !w so far leen, Bir een tried if canal , and that business in to your Fow - Endustrial ught that led those )cks and T SCl 3 °° l ; :CCSS wsa al discus ;Ben, Mr. and Mr. :tor of St. ?rayer. IRNING. Comman on Satur ;scote and Lary. The the Lord oon. The ant month 'ESEY. Fitzgerald )th ult. at deceased ry of Kil- y of Sligo, rmote, on udecentli shwomeof es under e to deli' verdict of senteneet lobinson) s upon ma.; unlit, and consider it invent that ad' show Ite of a part/ must take erations we ith's 1r with Xl O , osecutril? is seat to ) obserVis with the sh count,' the put' urt, of the gv ' since ud. The aterest ill ?LAND , 1 of 183 8 / i order to f keeping in, in the Ln named )revent 0 eountrf. Govern' ving Per 'ul to re' ionth, visions of !I-to bee?, g reat& n. rights' indepe; Line, Low be Pe r i ; Fren e o f the Tonal for „ n ot u e y ) leave i/ such ' l°- onie the ;insthig itry . o tecticl i f e ared t ° ; to th e e i navi ev ha ie ve n°b le there; ur ; an",: e cant o eplY for ev er ' be ably; natiO fr • tb e ro,lll ;ars soa itry. yin co% ils, ano üble tj ,OUTS. MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The M oney Market remains in a very animated state, through the liquidation of the commercial engagements due to-day, the 4th of the month ; and although a temporary return of quietude may take place when the April dividends are paid, the negotiation of the Victoria railway debentures, I ?en inst a l ments, and ra i lway calls, i n addi tion to the requirements of trade, are ex pected to prolong the prevailing activity. Although opinions seem divided with regard to th e probable course the Bank directors will take at their meeting to-morrow, most persons 41.6 agreed th a t th ere i s ver y littl e p ros p ec t of a u° woward movement for some time to come, and the bankers and bill brokers are consequently very c autious in their transactions. As they have re cently declined to negotiate bills, except at an advance on the minimum of 41 per cent., the chief Pressure has been at the Bank of England, where an extensive business is still recorded. The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon ex hibited a slight advance in the rates on Paris and Amsterdam ; Hamburg, however, was rather lower. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday the t ransactions continued on a very limited scale, and rices were heavy. The sales were 5,000 bales. T he Railway Share Market closed steady, but quo tati°nB were firmer. A moderate amount of business has been tran sacted to-day in the market for Public Securities, but the quotations have remained rather buoyant -- Consols having risen to 941 t for money and the , 4t h inst., and 94 , 1 4 for the May settlement. A better feeling seems to prevail, and although specula is dull purchases slightly preponderate, and P r ices therefore tend upwards. India Stock has 441 Pro v ed to 220; ditto New is firm at 1041 y, and ditto 5 per cent., Enfaced Paper, remains at 971 98; 'Zehequer Bills are 10s. to 14s. prem. • The transactions in the Foreign Stock Markets aaVe been rather active, and prices in most in ,ltanees have improved. Turkish 6 per Cents. are iq to 791-- ; ditto New, 61S, to 62k; Brazilian 4 per Cents. have advanced to 901- ; ditto New Scrip to Par; Mexican to 22 y ; Russian 41 per Cents, to 96; uitto 3 per Cents. to 64. Spanish 3 per Cents, have declined to 451 /, in consequence of a revolution 111 that country. The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 3 tol ; the Universal ditto, a to 4 prem. A rather active business has been transacted in L il le Railway Share Market, and prices have shown l ereased firmness. Caledonian, Eastern Counties, a nd North-Eastern (Berwick), have improved s s. ; G reat Northern, Great Western, Lancashire and 'orkshire, and North British, 10s. ; Midland, 15s. ; 4111 d Great Northern A Stock, L 1 10s. The Foreign lines are inactive. Lombardo v , enetian realise 111 115; Buenos Ayres and San F ernando, 51 54; and. Great Luxemburg, Ga. In the Colonial Market prices have not shown mach variation, with the exception of Great western of Canada, which have declined to 12} 4 , 21 owing to the non-declaration of a dividend at ; meeting of shareholders held to-day. Grand t ' l l 4 t 11 4k of Canada are 34 35 ; East Indian, 102. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are "'shade firmer. Bank of Australasia have improved I, i o 71, Union of Australia have declined to 44 1, and 4 oyal Mail Steam are at 534. B RITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 4 Per Cent. Consols Annuities ' ( tia Stock .uitt e 6 per Cent. Ditto Knfaced Paper, 4 per cent. — eitto 5 per Cent. 4 t ,to Bonds, £l,OOO — ' . under £l,OOO "k Stock D• itto Account ji °ll liohi for Account (April) .... ▪ :chequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid l4 10 K itto £SOO 'tto Small, ltd. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 1,, "-z, ilian 5 per Cent. Ditto 4} per Cent. 1858 D• itto Scrip, 1860 'xioan 3 per Cent. I,Ditt o Account b i l‘vian 41 per Cent — ditto("Uribarren), 41 p..... Co n t. Aiitto 3 per Cent.' 7U Portuguese. 1853, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account tussian. 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent Cent Ditto 5/ per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 Sardinian, 5 per Cent S Ditto cc oun t I 'loanish 3 per Cent Inrkish 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London.. D uch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent — Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 941 / Ditto Account Ditto May THIS DAYS SHIPPING. Lorrnorr, April 4.—Wind this day at noon, E.N.E ; "Olt breeze and fine. onTstrounr, April 3. —Wind, W,—Arrived—Tocopa, 0 1 1 Havre for Martinique ; Lorenzo, from Leith for Mel- Oarne. The Bato, from Dordt to dartliff, lying at Spit d, was struck by lightning this morning, which shivered foretopmast and foretopgallantmast, and tore up three "auks of the deck. Gualtsinr, April 3.—Sailed—James Caskie, for Quebec. )_ 1 ' ) I-vmouTir, April 3.—Wind, W.—Arrived—H.M.S. .°Yal Albert, from Lisbon ; H.M.S. Donegal, front ditto. ail 1 A for Melbourne. Cotirms, April 3.—Wind, W.—Arrived--The Vesta, ' 0 ta Rio Janei. 11.11, il DIFF, April 3.—Wind, W.N.W.—Sailed — Pacific, for Bboa. r , eLTDE, April 3.—Wind, W.—Sailed—Lord Byron, for 4ttebec. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) FALMOUTH, Wednesday Morning. ...The Neapolitan, brig, W. E. Routh, arrived at Falmouth A. 7 Tuesday; when off Scilly she saw a full-rigged ship on T oll e) r a in burning from four in the afternoon of the 2d to the morning of the 3d inst. She saw her three fasts go over the side, and a schooner near her. She looked an American cotton ship, being light. SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind, E. Q Arrived—Borussia, steamer, from Hamburg; Duke of qnwall, steamer, from Dublin. Sailed—Wonder and Atalanta, steamer, for Jersey ; Duk e of Cornwall, steamer, for London. DaAL, Wednesday Morning. „„Wind S.S.E., light. Passed, April 3—Bothnia, from London, for Honduras. Passed, April 4.—Clarissa, barque, from Bombay, for ' i ° l ldon ; Alabama, from Moulmien, for London ; Prince Albert, screw steamer, from London, for Mogadore. Anchored—Premier, from London, for St. John's. Sailed—Commodore Perry, in tow of Resolute, tug, for L iverpool;j, Bong, Seaton, Firefly, Scotia, Warrior, and 'icholas Wood, steamer, for the westward; and the 'oathem Cross, for Madras. T• h e accounts from New York yesterday describe continuance of an abundant supply of money, the rate aging • ,_ging between 5 and 6 per cent. The . stock-market con- Ziltently remained firm, and the prices of the shares of t - i s _ke of - the Western railways had reached a higher point `' 47l for six months past. The imports of goods from repo were large, but the heavy draughts against cotton 5 4 'Pta t were sufficient to meet all the requirements for llati en rem s ces It was, therefore, not expected that considerable ian transmission' of specie will take place in I ,"icountry before May. In June and July the totals will 7,-ably throw no large.. The general advices on this occa • VII throw no further light on the critical proceedings at 14,,5• Cruz. It seemed to be taken for granted that Mira lki"4 Would be defeated, especially after the interruption to k ti 4 combinations by the seizure of his two steamers, but it „Ile ; tbe borne in mind that all the accounts thus far re d"e corn, from the friends of the Juarez Government. Mr •Wilson's minute on Indian currency, of w hic h the full particulars were given in the Times five th - ` ,41 back, h a s at length been published, together with ,-, 4l ' t zlewer of Sir Chas. Wood, the President of the India With regard to Mr. Wilson's proposal for the tent i _of notes on Government securities "to whatever e.- C1 L ;,, 1 , 40 1i1d from time to time be deemed advisable," Sir /1.1 1 . - 'Aee assumes that the impression it may convey is not W ilson's meaning. He, therefore, insists that the tieler , c l principle of the Ban . k Charter Act of 1811 shall be *h a il f ) . view, and that all issues beyond . a certain amount Th e e represented by a corresponding amount of . bullion. eon;Ttal note circulation of the Bank of Bengal might, he I . au;"„ e r B , in the first instance be taken as the limit of the that u p on securities. Sir Charles is likewise of . opinion al io L( 0 notes instead of being manufactured in India, the llid b e manufactured here, an r 'd sent out in quantities as 3 ' ze al be repuired.— Times' City Article. , o y • is n AT HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Yester authority of the Court of Chancery, in the cause l e fe 3r a at , to, Raslewood " Messrs. Chinnock and Galsworthy 124 lo public competition, at the Auction Mart, the box 74 aj sty's Theatre Haymarket, facing the a nd measu M rin e e• 7 feet 6 inches by 9 feet deep, with Llglit of ad m i ttin ; thereto six persons nightly, held for k k k e an 'r :) ired term o f a b out 31 years. A gent l eman presen t Th e duct lt persons using the box could proceed to the pit. th rtt 4.l:letioneer and the attorney for the vendors maintained ge titi L e ue7 could do so, and could not be prevented. Several et,di.smen asserted that they had been prevented from pro litttinut from these boxes to the pit, and that a man was • s ' ne d there to present them. The box was sold for £446. 11l SUN,. '• tONDOiI, WEDNESDAY EVENING APRIL 4, 1860. 14 15 32 83 4 4i 37 39 20 22 144 lei 123 196 7 4 84 25 30 244 254 25 30 100 1021 102 105 105 107 2 2t 1 id 1 1 d 11 11 1/ 2i 3 4 i I d 10 15 k a par ' 49 51 78 80 14 15 par p 21i 24 5t r 54 I 120 130 34i 35k ... ._ 11 12 MINES. Paid. I Closing Price. 2.7.0 7.4.0 54! Busin sag Done. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Williams.) THE CASE OF THE REV. MR. HATCH. The grand jury having yesterday found a true bill against Eugenia Plummer, who was the principal witness against the Rev. Mr. Hatch, who was convicted of an indecent as sault upon her, the particulars of which have so repeatedly been before the Mr. Cooper this morning applied to the Court to fix the amount of bail, as he was desirous, on the part of the child and her parents, who were most anxious to meet the charge, that instead of a summary or a bench warrant issuing, her father, who was in attendance, and now prepared to put in any amount which the Court should think fit, might be allowed to do so immediately. Mr. Justice Williams said the application was no doubt a reasonable one, but it was premature, and he could make no order until some gentleman appeared on the part of the prosecution. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER —TUESDAY. The business at the Rooms to-day was exceedingly dull, and the attendance of subscribers was far below the ave rage of whet are usually present on Tuesdays, and beyond giving the following quotations, which are in a great mea • sure made up from offers, nothing transpired requiring our notice. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst Remunerator (offered) 10 to 1 agst Athos (take 100 to 9) 100 to 8 agst Wallace (taken) 100 to 8 agst Confectioner (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Jason (taken) 100 to 6 agst Man-at- Arms (taken) TWO THOUSAND. sto 2 agst Buccaneer (take 3to 1) 3to 1 agst The Wizard (take 7to 2) Bto 1 agst Lupulus (offered) 100 to 8 agst Brother to Rainbow (take 100 to 7) 30 to 1 agst King of Diamonds (taken) DERBY. Sto 1 agst Buccaneer (offered) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 6on the Field (offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN. Bto 1 agst Yoicks (take 100 to 12) 100 to S agst Chere Arnie (offered) 100 to 7 agst Homeward Bound (offered) 100 to 6 agst Odo (take 20 to 1) 40 to 1 agst Topsail (taken) RACING FIXT AP Newmarket C 9 Catterick Bridge 11 Abergavenny l2 M, Chester Doncaster Spring 8 York Spring lO Salisbury lO Bath Ju. Ascot 5 Hampton l3 Newton 13 Odiham 19 Beverley 2O 'RES FOR 1860. tIL. Thirsk l3 Epsom Spring 19 Newmarket F S ....... Harpenden lB Epsom 22 Manchester 3O Hungerford 3l Bibury Club 20 Stockbridge 2l Winchester 22 Chelmsford 26 Newcastle .. CHURCH RATES ABOLITION BILL. THE PETITION MOVEMENT. Yesterday, we were placed in possession of the Report of the House of Commons' Petition Committee to the 28th of March inclusive. It appears by this report, that, up to that date, there had been presented to the house— Petitions. Signatures. 4,972 .... 546,579 5,203 .... 181,856 petitions has been made. The es from which those in favour For abolition Against abolition A careful analysis of these ] following will show the source of abolition have conic : From ratepayers and inhabitants "Protestant Dissent ing" congregations 814 Independent ditto 668 Baptist ditto 766 Wesleyans as follows : Wesleyan Conference Methodists, 130 ; Methodist Now Connexion, 91; Me thodist Free, 159 ; Primitive Metho dists, 235; Indepen dent Methodists, 1; Calvanistic Metho dists, 80 ; United Methodists, 2; Wes- These figures show that sc. ment has taken a wider rani character than has that for rates. leyan Reformers, 33; Wesleyan Associa tion, 2 : Total Wesleyan bodies Society of Friends . . United and other Pres byterians ... Unitarians .. Countess of Hunting don Roman Catholic Bible Christians Various denomina tions, including Jews, New Jerusa lem Church, &c. Total . arcely any petitioning move ;e or been less sectional in its :he total abolition of church- Of the petitions presented the following appear from public bodies : Town Council of Sheffield. 1) Leicester. 1 , Haverford west. Newcastle-on-Tyne. Congregational Union of England and Wales. Baptist Union. General Baptist Committee. Wesleyan Reform Union. Protestant Dissenting Deputies. Religious Liberation Society. Ministers of the Three Denominations in London. Ministers and Delegates of the Independent Churches of Carmarthen. Western Association of Baptist Churches. South Hampshire Baptist Association. Denbighshire, &c., Baptist Association. Cardigan, &c., Baptist Association. Carlisle meeting of the Society of Friends. Allendale meeting of the Society of Friends. New College, London. Cheshunt College. Hackney Theological Seminary. Rotherham College. Spring-hill College. Homerton College. Rawdon College. Regent's-park College. Bristol Collogo. Airedale College. Taunton College. Western College. Brecknock College. Lancashire College. Bala College. Pontypool College. We are also able to give a list of the petitions from the large towns—a list which shows how thoroughly the friends of religious liberty have been aroused to action by the challenge of the archdeacons. Amongst the petitions from inhabitants are : City of London 2,845 Marylebone Lambeth .. . Finsbury .. Kingsland, Totten ham, &c 1,104 Signatures. Signatures. Manchester . 17,790 Durham 867 Salford York Coventry Birkenhead ... 2,388 Liverpool Henley Rochester . 784 Bradford 11,132 Yeadon ..... . 1,027 Bristol Sunderland Sheffield 4,580 Leeds 2,308 Carlisle Colchester 1,580 St. Helen's ......... 3,003 Oxford Nottingham Since the last re p or t o f t h e P e titi on C om mittee, - there have been presented 313 petitions for, and 140 against abolition. These have to be added to the above, when the figures will be as follows : Petitions. Signatures. For abolition 5,274 with say 580,140 Against abolition 5,317 „ 186,085 Total Metropolis ....14,289 Thus in little more than five weeks, the opponents of church rates have obtained nearly an equal number of petitions, with more than three times the number of signa tures, than all the archdeacons and rural deans have been able to secure, with all the advantages of their eccle siastical prestige and organisation, in more than as many months. RITISH POSSESSIONS. Shared Railways. I Closing !b al dness done Paid. price. , 00 ) Atlantic &St Lawrence; all 86 88 ( ' Leased at 6 per cent 1) Stk , f 1 1 , oni.,Lak*oda&Cent.Ind lOO 964 974 9 7 4 (1 u. 5 per ccnt - - Do. Addit. Capital A I— 18 Do. Do. B 11 id d 204 ;Buff Sod and Lakelluron , all 5 Sid 204 Do. New all 10 Do. Preftrenee all 7 74 100 c Buillilo,Prant.&God i ich )6 p: et. bds. 1 Aug., 18;2 100 82 87 100 Do. do. 1 July, /873 100 73 78 16G i Do. do. 1 June, 1874 ! 100 70 75 5 ICleutta.&S.Eastrn.Lini.'l. 30. par 4 p 20 'Car , e,Eastn.Prov.(Limo' 28. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip! 3s. 14 1 d 20 ; Central Oude (Limited) 38.0 d. 20 !Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c.1 7f j ; - .1.4 1 d fa 174 Demerara 1 all 1 20 jEastern Bengal.gii.sp.c 1 5 I 4d 4d S took lEast Indian, gu. sp.r, I 100 1 lulf 102 102 20 ; Do. F Shares Eit ' 10 par iP 20 I Do. Jubbulpore 1 10 par 1p 100 i Do. 44 p. c. Debentrs I all i C 94 1004 Stock' Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1861 1 100 1 131 102 20 !Geelong& Melbourne I all 204 214 S,to. I Geelong Corporation 6 ) ._ 100 I _ 1 per cent. Bonds ) ; Stock !Grand Trunk of Canada. 100 '34 36 35 5 4 4 5 100 !Do. 6 per cent. Fret I all 93 94 100 Do. 6 per cent. Debentr I all 71 73 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 ; all 85 87 854 100 ,Do. do. 1867 ! all 73 75 73 100 IDo. do. 1872 all 72 74 724 Stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e lOO 984 994 20 !Do. New, gna.s per cent 6 4d 4 d w c IGt.South. of Ind.Lim.— )10 11 Id ( I guaranteed 5 per cent ; i 204 Gt.W. of Canada Shares; all 13 . 134 124 4 204 Do. New IIB 74 7 d im Do. Bonds pay. '76,with ! i I 97 99 '— ( opt. till '6O I) all 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O 100 Do. do. '?3 without opt ' all 97 99 100 i Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Stock ;Madras, guar., 44 p. c ICO 8$ 90 Stock jDo. do. 5 per cent lOO 974 984 Stock Do. 4 1 p. c. Extension lOO 90 92 Stock ! Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c lOO 20 !Do. Fourth do. 20 j Do. do. Stock !Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 -,- Newßrunswick&Canda. 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc i Class ACapitl.Share all 5 7 Do. do. Land do 20 Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land d 0.., all 5 7 20 Oude (Limited) 20 Scinde n • 4 i all 9) 101 a 20 Do. New ; : -.ii 15 4d 4d! i.• C. , . 20 Do. Punjaub 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo EI all 91 96 20 St. Andrews& Quebec A 18 10 Trinidad(Limited)Scrip 1 4d paw FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 44 44 20 Ardennes all p 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 7 4d par 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 1 20 IBeziers to Graissessac. all 6 ICarmeaux Mine & Rail all 24 24 100 ,Copiabo 10 I Ditto Extension 20 Dutch Rhenish 20 ;Eastern of France 20 Euphrates Valley 2e. p 20 ,Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c 6 20 'Great Central of France all 20 jGt. Luxem. Con. shs all 6: 64 64 20 !Italian Junction . • 20 Lake Constance & Bale all 20 ILierre and Turnhout all 20 Lombardo Venetian lO 14 14p 114 4 20 Lyons and Geneva 334 !Maria Antonia all 10 jDo. do. New 20 Namur and Liege 20 :Do. do. 6p. c. Pref all 19 194 16 Northern of France all 37 38 20 jDo. New Shares 10 ; Norwegian Trunk Pref all 84 94 20 IParis,Lyons, and Medit j all 36 36 4 ..., 20 ;Paris and Orleans i./ lid 20 { 'Recife& S. Fran. (Porn.)') gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) 20 Ititra and Dunabur,,,• , lO 10 Rome and Frascati 20 Royal Danish all 13 15 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse all 54 59 10 Dc. 54 per cent. Pref. 20 Southern of France I all 194 284 20 84 West Flanders 10 Do. 54 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France ! all 23 24 20 Western of Austria .. ; 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand all COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can.Gov.6 p.c. Jx. & July 100 Do. 6 p.c. Fb. &Aug. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Mr. & Sep. 100 Do. 6 per cent. 1878 109 Do. 6 percent. 1879 100 N.B. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July 10C Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 106 D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1876 100 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up 100 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. S Deb. redeemable, 18751 100 S.Aus.Gt.6 pc.Jan&July' 100 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 Do. do. April & Oct. 100 ,114 116 109 111 110 112 1114 k 1091. MISCELLAIS EO 'Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited). Australian Agricultural, Australian Roy - al Mail .1 Berlin Water Works British American Land Brit. & Irish Mat,r.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 ,Do. C canad9.l sam - 1 --- !Chan.lslands Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smlig! Do. Preference 74 per ct :Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Do. 6 p. c. Perpet. Deb ::Electric Telegraph Do. New English & Augt. Copper Gen. Steam Navigation. Great Ship (Limited) Indian & Aust. Tele7.7 London District Telegr 'London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co. Madras Irr. and Canal iMediter. Electric Teleg. Med. Exton. Tel. (Lim.) National Discount Co 'Netherlands Land Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at ldis N. Br. &NovaScoti aL an d , N. B.Australasi an (Lim )1 Oriental Gas IDo. New Shares jOrientl. In. Steam, A Ditto B Ditto C Peel River Land & Min Pen. & Oriental Steam ! Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr i Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Seot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) South Australian Land ' 'Submarine Teleg. Scrip Do. do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.of Up r. Ca n (Van Diemen's Land BI ITIS: Mines. (Alfred Consols (Philack) British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon E. WI Buss! (Tavistk.) Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgtta.... G.Wheal Alfd,(Phillack G. Wheal Vor(Helston, Grenville Herod's-Foot Hingston Downs Lady Bertha. Margaret ( tiny Lelant) North Downs North Frances illlogan) N;Wlt'l Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St. Blazy). Providence (Uny Leila) Sortridge Cons. Alin. Co. SouthCaradon (St. Cleer) South C, Brea( Illogan). S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Stray Park Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co ;Tin Croft Vale of Towe3 (farm ) West Basset allogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cal s.) IWheal Kitty (U. Lelant) Wh'l Mary Ann (Menhe) Trelawney (Lick.) FOREIG: Bedford and Bletchley all Ln & N.W .. Backingharnshire.... 100 Ln & N.W 95 100 Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. 5l 51; Do. do. 5; p. ct..... 100' 1)o. Do. do. sp. ct. Clydesdale Junction— 100 CaledOnin 103 Ifs Colchester, Stour Val ' all E.U.&E C, 16 17 111..Lincolnshire„g.6p.c 100 Gt.North.'l4o 142 E Union,llarwiellShs i all E.Counts.l 41 44 Do. Woodbridge ... 100 ' Gls.Barr.&Neils,Dret. 100 Caledonin Do. New lOO ,Do. ! Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West. I Flartlpool.Dck.&Rail.; all Yk.N.R.tßr' Hull and Selby , , all Yk.N.Md.IIIO 112 Do. 4 Shares all 1)0. Do. } Shares all Do. _ Lanc.&Carl.gua.s p.c lOO .Ln&NIW , 2O6 209 London&Greenwich ' 100 IS. East...l 63 65 Do. Preference ' 100 :Do. Lon.,Tilby.&Sontend.' 100 'Peto &Co I 93 as Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct. ' , 100 , Norfolk Do. 6 per cent ; 100 .Do. , Manc.,Baxtn.&Matk. all . L.lg W&M 21 2; ilfid.Bradford Prefer-I I ence Stock Newmarkt.,BuryEx i rI- 5 1 ,, p .Counts f [guaranteed sp. C. I' • I. Nortlin.& Eastn. 5 p.c I all ' Do. I 57 58 . 1 Do. do. 6 per cent.... , all Do. I Do. Fixed 5 per cent.: all 'Do. North Western all. Midland .. 141141, . N W I Preston and Wyre. I I all T &,,• 1 . • `'" Do. 4 Shares A.I all Do. , Roystn,Hitch.A Sint 100 Gt. North '135 137 SlirQwahry& Hereford 100 ;T Brassey'lo4 106 Do. Do. I 1 i .... p South Staffordshire ..' all .111'Clean .! 10; 11 p Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West.j 91 93 Wimbledon; Croydn. all L.&Brpin 174 84 DOCKS. - --- 2O ;Australian i& N.W 95 100 f 1 IBouAccordCopper,Lim. 15s * d par i 35 IBrazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) 274 ) 20 Do.St.Johndel/iey,Lim. 15 23 24 234 . ). 103105 5 Do.L and and Mining Co. all ledOnin 1 ;Clarendon Cons. Min. Co. i —— d U.&E 0 16 17 40 !Colin , Copper all 43 15 Copiapo • l6 North. 140 142 1 Dun3loun.Cop.Ming.Co all I a Counts., 44 4} 2 Fortuna ledonin all 3 Ai 20 General all 2,8 25 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 par 4 p ). I — 3 Linares all 101 ill West '— 5 Lusitanian, 2 par i p • N.r 1 ;Mariquita all i I r.N.Md.rllO 112 IIN RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10s, i d I p ' r & N‘W Mining and Smelt.... all 5 7 , 206 209 Nast.., 5 Port Philip 1 •. to &Co 93 95 2.8.2.81 , United Mexican I Irfolk.. ) — - JOINT-STOCK BANKS. __-- q W&M I Share Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Business Closing dland 1 95 97 954 Price. Done. Counts 1 1 p 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 74 77 ). w. ,__ 25 Bank of Egypt all • 211 224 ). dland 144 141 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo } all NW ) , 90 British No r th A mer i can] all - L.Yk. 5 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &ol all 20 204 ). , _ 25 Ch.Mer.of In. Lon.&Ch.l all 32 31 . North. 135 137 100 City I 50 09 71 Brasseyllo4 106 100 Colonial „!.. I i 4 P 20.11 ,Com. Bank of C ana d a all IJlean .! 104 11 100 Commercial of Landon 2O 19 21 20 West. 91 93 20 lEng Scot., & Aus. Ch all 164 161 104 &Brrtnl 74 84 2O 'Gen ' Bk. of Switzerland all 20 ILon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 22 224 KS. 50 ]London and County 50 'London Joint Stock Closing 'initial 100 ILondon &Westminster. 20 Paid Price. Done. 100 Nat. Prov. of Engl an d. 35 1 20 Do. new lO 24 - -----' 50 National Bank 25 100 20 New South Wales 100 25 'Orient .Bk. Corporation all 100 119 20 ',Ottoman Bank all 17 171 174 100 100 Provincial of Ireland 100 - :all 100 —all 100 100 103 251° ! Do, New Australia 25 Union of Australi a c a ll 441 2 50 ;Union of London 100 JUllitY MUttlBl l 2lll 29 3S :29* i • ag = .T.-: 1109 110 99i 100 ii 99i 1001' 99i 100 109 110 110 112 110 - 6 i 1071 I I 2.11.10 16 17s 12.4.2 7.9.4 li 10.6.7 18.18.9 18.18.0 128 6d 474 5} 5 6 1.7.2 47 5 5* 5 81 91 12 13 49 51 280 290 2} 2f 140 150 27i 28i MINES k 31 4i 511 4 20 21 88 90 ,:350 370 135 195 S7i 92i 1 2 21 14 15 19 21 30 32 21 2 ,290 3044 ~'440 450 1135 110 7/ 8/ 10 11/ 39 41 114 15 1 11 •• • 21 •31 30 34 4 44 11 2 39 41 5~ ts}~ THE CASE OE THE JOHN SUGARS. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said he was instructed to make application to the Court to postpone the trial of a man named Cox, who was, with four other seamen, charged with conspiracy and perjury, till next session. The charge arose out of the loss of a vessel called the John Sugars. The preliminary investigation took place before Mr. Train. at Greenwich, and the rosult was the suspension of the cap tain's certificate by the Board of Trade for a year, and the chief mate's for a month. The parties charged were the sailors who gave evidence at the investigation, and as the true bill on the seventh indictment had only been found last night, he hoped the Court would postpone the trial until next session, in order that he might have an opportunity of ascertaining the precise nature of the charges preferred against the defendants, The application was granted. THE CASE OF GUTYIND. Tn the case of Gutkind, who was charged with felony in not having surrendered to his bankruptcy, was called upon to surrender and take his trial. The defendant did not appear, and it was stated that he had absconded and left his bail in the lurch. Mr. Sleigh made application that the rocognisances of the bail be not entertained until next sessions. The Court granted an order accordingly, and directed a warrant to issue again,t the defendant in the meantime. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Channell.) UNWHOLESOME FOOD. William Staplee and George Chesterfield, the former a farmer, and the latter a butcher, residing at Nottingham, swr•endered to an indictment, charging them with having sent a carcass to Newgate-market in a state unfit for hu man food, well knowing it to be so. Mr. Sleigh appeared on the part of the Commissioners of Sewers to prosecute; and Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. F. Atkinson defended. Mr. Sleigh said the present prosecution was instituted by the Commissioners of Sewers against the defendants, Staplee and Chesterfield. The former was a farmer, resid ing at Nottingham ; and the latter was a butcher, carrying on business at the same place. He should be able, he thought, to show in evidence that a short time before Christmas last the defendant (Staples) had a cow in a very bad state of health, and he sent for Chester field for the purpose of having the animal killed and dressed as human food for the London market. The animal, on being killed, was found to be so very much diseased that it ought to have been destroyed ; but, instead of which, it was packed and sent, by order of Staplee, to London, directed to a tradesman carrying on business in Newgate-market. The London tradesman, on unpacking the carcass, found the meat in a dreadfully putrid state, and quite unfit for human food. He should be able to prove by the evidence of two persons that the stench was overpowering, and quite unfit for human food. Ho should also prove that the defendant Staples paid for the carriage of the animal to London, and also that the ticket was in his handwriting. William Hands said he resided about a mile and a quarter from the defendant Staplee. He became aware that he had a cow in a very diseased state which he was about to have killed and dressed for London market as human food. After the cow was killed he saw it. It was in a dreadful state of disease. The stench was awful. It was quite unfit for human food. He sent information to the authorities which led to the present prosecution. Sergeant Parry—Was the cow milked the day before she died ? Witness—Yes. Mr. Sleigh—ls the milkman here ? (Laughter.) Sergeant Parry—Oh yes; I shall be happy to introduce my learned friend to her. (Laughter.) He will find her a very nice sort of person. She will prove that the last time she was milked—(roars of laughter)—of course I mean the cow—(laughter)—she was in a very healthy condition, (Laughter.) A farm servant, named Johnson, 'was hero called, and on examination by Mr. Sergeant Parry, said the cow ap peared to him to be healthy eight or ten days befor3 she died. He did not see anything wrong about her. Another witness, a slaughterman, said he told the de fendant Staplee that the cow was unfit for human food, and that he also warned the defendant that if ho sent the car cass to London ho would hear further about it. Staplee, however, after the caution, said it would go. The witnesses were cross-examined by Sergeant Parry to show that when the animal left Northampton it was quite fit for human food. The trial was proceeding when we went to press. THIRD COURT. The common Sergeant was occupied the whole of the morning disposing of the Mint prosecutions, of which there are in the calendar no less than 40—viz., 3 in the City, 26 in Middlesex, 1 in Essex, and 10 in Surrey. The proceedings were entirely devoid of interest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) PICKPOCKETS IN COVENT RY - STREET.—IIenTY MARLBORO - UGH-STREET. Thomp son, address refused, and J o h n Hunter, living in Golden lane, St. Luke's, were char ge d b efore Mr. Bea d on , by Ser jeant Jay, 9 C, with attempti ng t o pickpockets i n Coventry street. The sergeant said that about half-past 10 the previous night he saw the two prisoners and another man following a lady and gentleman in Coventry -street, at the time all walking abreast. He then noticed the prisoner Hunter leave the others and go behind the lady and gentleman, the others acting as a cover to him. H e th en sa w Hunter lift the gentleman's coat tail, and then leave the gentleman, but the prisoners afterwards followed the gentleman to the corner of Princes-street, where li mi t er again tried his pockets, and the gentleman spoke to them, when they all made off into Leicester-square, where they joined one an other again and walked on to Ben Caunt's, where there was a large crowd assembled, when he succeeded in taking the two prisoners into custody, but the third escaped. He hai seen Hunter frequently with thieves. Thompson re fused his address. Mr. Beadon (to Thompson)-IVhere do you live ? Thompson (fumbling in hi s poc k et as if for his card) said, "he forgot where it were. It was a wilier near the Elephant and Castle." (Laughter.) Hunter said ho lived in the City (Golden lane)• Mr. Beadon said he should remand them for a week to see what was known of them. THAMES. ROBBBRY AT A LINENDRAPER'S Suor.—Two young women, named Ellen Markham and Mary Briant, were brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing 44 yards of cotton print, the property of Messrs. Haddock and Til by, linendrapers of Grosvenor House, Grosvenor -place, Commercial-road East, where several robberies have been committed owing to the mischievous practice so often con demned by the magistrates of this court of exposing goods for sale on chairs upon the pavement outside the shop. It appeared that a boy named Linford was watching the goods exposed for sale yesterday evening, and saw the woman Markham looking at some cotton print, and ex amining it. About an hour afterwards he saw the prisoners running past the shop and down Grosvenor-street, and at the same time missed two pieces of cotton print from a chair. He followed the prisoners, and saw them enter the Green Dragon tavern, near Stepney Church. He waited some time, and when they came out they proceeded towards Mile •end-road, and entered a beer shop. The boy waited until he saw a police-constable and gave them into custody. The property was not found upon them. On returning to the Green Dragon the five pieces of cotton print belonging to the pro secutors were found under a form in the tap-room, where the prisoners had been. Miss Ellen Moore, the barmaid at the Green Dragon, said the two prisoners entered the house and called for a half quartern of rum. One had something concealed under her apron, and the other something secreted under her shawl. They went into the tap-room, and after they had quitted the plaoo two pieces of cotton print were discovered under one of the seats. The property was produced and identified by the boy Linford. Inspector Grifltu said the woman Briant had been in cus tody for shoplifting and also for uttering base coin. Roche, the gaoler of the court, said that Markham had been summarily convicted before, and he believed more than once. The prisoners pleaded guilty. Mr. Yardley said Markham appeared to be the leader in this affair, and was an old offender, and ha should make a difference in the punishment of the prisoners. He sen tenced Markham to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six calendar months, and Briant„,vho was not known before, to four menths' imprisonrue,nt and hard labour. He was glad to hear that no expenses were allowed at the Sessions where shopkeepers exposed goods for sale outside their shops, and he would allow none in this case. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred will be con firmed on Thursday next in the private chapel of 'Windsor Castle. 21118 DAY'S MARA:BM. CORN EXCHANGE. To-day's market was very scantily supplied with home grown wheat, in, for the most part, middling condition. For most kinds we had a fair demand at Monday's currency, and at which a good clearance of the stands was effected. "Very little foreign wheat has come fresh to hand. Im porters generally were very firm in their demands ; but the transactions were wholly confined to small parcels OR former terms. For floating cargoes, off Falmouth, the demand was some what restricted. Prices, however, were very firm. Tho barley trade was somewhat active, at prices fully equal to last week. The show of samples was small. There was very little business doing in malt; neverthe less, prices were supported. The oat trade was firm at fully last week's currency. Beans sold slowly, peas steadily, at full quotations. There was a moderate business doing in flour, on former terms. • No market will be held here on Friday next. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour. English • 1,460 i 810 i 1,580 ' 1,030 i :1,040 Irish Foreign 3OO ! I — 000 I r 30 skE. I 100 ble. BOROUGH HOP. There is a moderate business doing in good and useful hops, at full prices ; but all other kinds are very dull. WHITECHAPEL. The supplies of meat are good, and the trade generally rules inactive, ac follows : Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s 2d ; mutton,' 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; lamb, 6s 4d to Gs 4d ; veal, 4s 2d to 5s Od ; and pork, 3s 6d to os Od per 81b., by the carcase. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 16% 11 16a Antwerp Brussels — 25 30 25 35 Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 35 25 40 Frankfort on Maine, — 117% 117% Vienna Trieste Petersburgh —34 k Madrid Cadiz —49 a Leghorn — 30 37/ 30 42% Milan — 25 40 25 45 Genoa — 25 40 25 45 Naples Palermo — 122 122 Messina — 122 1 63i 22% Lisbon .. 521 521 Oporto Rio Janeiro New York • Foreign Gold in Burs (Standard) , ...per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars If 0 0 0 ' Silver in Bars (Standard) ,, 0 6 11 South American IJ oublona SHARE N ARKET.-( THIS ORDINARY ;SHAY lIES A .ND 6TO Price. nailwaye. 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Min Stock !East and Wost Stock I London Stock St. Katharine Stock Southampton Stook, Victor ta . YO iDo New ....tam..i.!' DAY.) BnoinPas Done. THE LATE COLONEL IIIUBB. In Colonel . William Mure, of Caldwell, the ac complished historian of the " Literature of Ancient Greece," the nation _ha.slost 'one of its deepest and ablest scholars. He was the head of an old and respectable landed family, who have been settled for some ages in Ayrshire and Renfrewshire, of *hid' latter county the gentleman now deceased held the honorary office or vice -lieutenant, as hi s father had done before, him. The son of ,the late Colonel Wna. Mure, of Caldwell, by Anne, eldest daughter of the late Sir James Hunter Blair, Bart., of Dunskey, and grandson of another Wm. Mure, who represented Renfrewshire in Parliament from 1742 to 1761, was born at Caldwell in 1799 or early in 1800, and having received his early education at Westminster School, he passed thence to the Uni versity of Edinburgh, and finished the curriculum of his studies in Germany, where he imbibed that taste for criticism for which he eventually became so famous. About. 20 years ago he first carne before the public as an author, having published " A Journal of a 'Tour made in Greece, &c., in 1838," which was followed, after an interval, br a more strictly learned and very elaborate disquisition " On the Calendar of Ancient Egypt." In 1841 he was an unsuccessful candidate for Renfrewshire against the late Mr. Patrick Maxwell Stewart, but ob tained the seat on the death of that gentleman shortly before the close of that Parliament. Ha was again returned in 1847 and in 1852, on both oc casions without opposition, but retired from public life in 1855, w h en h e accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. He was a moderate Conservative in politics, sup ported the free trade measures of the late Sir It. Peel. He held the office of Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow during the year 1847-8, an honour which could not have been more worthily land more appropriately bestowed. Colonel Mure took the greatest interest in Scottish agriculture, and, indeed, joined heartily in promoting every movement which had for its object the improvement of the condition of his fellow-countrymen. Among other matters we may mention that he took great pride in the efficiency of the Renfrewshire of which he was for many years colonel-comman dant, thus proving, like Xenophon, that the charac ter of a scholar is not incompatible with that of a soldier. It is, however, as the author of the " Critical History of the Language and Literature of Ancient Greece" that Colonel Mure's name will be longest remembered, if not by the public at large, still by scholars of every rank and of all shades of opinion. The first instalment of that admirable work, as grand and comprehensive in its outline as it is elaborate in its details, was given to the public just ten years ago, and only five volumes of the entire work have as yet appeared. The name, there fore, of Colonel Mure must, unhappily, be added to those of Niebuhr, Arnold, and Macaulay, as one who has not been permitted to see the fruit of his labours, and to add " Finis" to his last proof sheet, " Atque opere in medio defixa reliquit aratra." Some idea of the depth and learning which characterise the work may be formed when we add that the three first volumes are exclusively devoted to the mythical period of ancient Greece, including sketches of the epic, cyclic, and lyric poets. The fourth volume (of which a reprint is now at press) treats of the early Greek historians, ending with Herodotus. The fifth and last volume comprises the remaining historical writers of the Attic period, including not only Thucydides and Xenophon, but about twenty other authors of whose works fragments only, more or less extensive, have come down to us. In what state of forwardness the remainder of Colonel Mure's treatise may be we are not aware ; but we fear that the " History of the Literature of Ancient Greece" must and will long stand, like Arnold's " Rome," as a mutilated me morial of its amiable and accomplished author. Colonel Mure, as we learn from the " County Families," married, in 1825, Laura, second daughter of William Markham, Esq., of Becca-hall, York shire, and grand-daughter of the late Dr. Markham, Archbishop of York, by whom he leaves issue. His eldest son and heir, who is a lieutenant -colonel in the Scots Fusilier Guards, was recently married to the Hon. Constance Elizabeth Wyndham, third daughter of Lord. Leconfield. MANCIIESTER, April 3.—Messrs. R. Irving and Co., in their circular, state that the advance in the rate of discount on Thursday naturally contributed to increase the inactive tone which was noticeable in Manchester on this day week. To-day tho market was very dull and inani mate, and although prices of either goods or yarns were nut quotably lower generally, owing to the heavy contracts in the hands of producers, and the consequent scarcity of im mediately available supplies, the prevailing feeling was in favour of the buyer. THE VOLUNTEERS.—Yesterday, at 8 a.m., nearly 100 members of the 26th Middlesex (her Majesty's Cus toms) Rifle Volunteers, formed a guard of honour, under the command of Capt. Ogilvie, the senior officer present, near the Spur Gate of the Tower, on the departure of the Coldstream Guards for Windsor. This compliment was paid by her Majesty's Customs corps as a grateful recomai ma of the assistance and encourag emen t received from the adjutant and other officers of the Coldstream Guards. THE AFRICAN EXPEDITION.—Mrs. Livingstone, the wife of Dr. Livingstone, our celebrated traveller, has just arrived from the Cape, per Mr. D. Dunbar's ship Vit toria. At the railway station the name of Dr. Livingstone on the luggage having caught the eye of the bystanders, she and her sable attendant were soon surrounded by a crowd eager again to see the great geographer. Upon being informed, however, that he was still in the centre of Africa, they warm-heartedly inquired respecting his health, and shook hands with her. Mrs. Livingstone having pro ceeded from the Cape on a visit about 800 miles into the interior to her father, the renowned missionary Moffat, re turned to the Cape, upon his journeying again north to see Moselekatse, where he hoped to hear of his son •in-law. The missionaries from the London society had already proceeded onwards to Sekeleta and the Makololo. Mrs. Livingstone has brought with her an interesting addition to her family in the person of another little daughter, born in Africa ; and has come with the hope of proceeding with the steamer about to be sent by Government to the Zambesi, and of at length rejoining her heroic husband. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25.121 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standar. , gold, it appears that gold is nearly 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 422} per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.31 per V. sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is therefore at about the same price in Hamburg as in. London. The course of ex change at New York on London for bills at 60 days sight is about 1084 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint proportions between the two countries, shows that the ex change is slightly against England ; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of inte rest, the present rate leaves no profit on the transmission of gold between the two countries. THE SOCIAL EVIL-STARVATION AND DEATH. —On Saturday Mr. Wakley held an inquest at the Elephant and Castle, Camden-town, on Frances Bennet, aged 36. The evidenee in this case was a painful exhibition of the career of an unfortunate. The deceased, who was a native of Derby, of respectable parents, was found in a dying state in an un furnished room in Wilstead-streot, Somers-town, where she had managed to crawl for shelter; and the police being in formed of it she was conveyed to St. Pancras workhouse in a cab, but died whilst being lifted out to be taken to the infir mary. Evidence was given by the police, showing that in her earlier years she was a very handsome woman, kept by a baronet, and had a splendidly furnished house of her own in the vicinity of Euston-square. She had, however, been discarded, and became gradually reduced to the most abject state. Mr. Carter, surgeon, gave evidence that he had made sport ntortent examination, and that the cause of death was disease, coupled with starvation and destitution. Deceased, before she died, stated that no food had passed her lips for three days previously. The jury returned a verdict of death from exhaustion, produced by disease and destitution.-- Observer. PARTIAL DESTRUCTION OF A RAILWAY STATION. —A little before 10 o'clock yesterday morning a portion of the iron roofing over the Victoria Station of the London and North-Western Railway, at Manchester, fell in, through a train coming in contact with and breaking one of the cast iron pillars supporting the north-west corner of the roof. This pillar was exceedingly near to the line of rails, and, in shunting a train, one of the carriages got off the rails, and came in contact with it. About 16 or 17 yards of, the roof, by about 30, fell in upon the railway, and a carriage cleaner was severely cut across the forehead by a bar of iron, but though the unfortunate man was sent to the in firmary, it was believed his life was not in danger. The other railway servants escaped uninjured. Fortunately there was no train taking up or discharging passengers under this part of the roof at the time, or the consequences would probably have been more serious. The loss to the company, it is believed, will not exceed £l,OOO. Until the fallen materials had been removed—a work of some hours, no trains could enter the station, and departing trains had to be despatched from outside the station, so that passen gers were necessarily put to some inconvenience. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 3.—During the past week the Channel has been swept by a succession of fierce gales from S.W. to W.N.W., and, in the heavier squalls, from N.W., accompanied by hail, rain, and snow. A large num ber of vessels had anchored inside the Isle of Wight for shelter, and among many others off this port are the Guid ing Star, for Calcutta; the Damascus, for Sydney, N. S.W.; the Antonio, for Iquique; the Bordeaux, for Bordeaux; the Beta, for Cardiff; the Sultan, for Bombay; the Ulidia, for Singapore ; the Ein Dracht, for Bilboa ; the James Montgomery, for Alexandria, Alany persons were startled from their sleep this morning about half-past 3 by a tremendous clap of thunder, or rather a rapid succession of reports like a simultaneous discharge of a battery of the heaviest ordnance. One vivid blue lightning flash accom panied it, and was instantly succeeded by a h e avy fall of hail and sleet, which, however, was not of very long dura tion. The day previous, up to sunset, had been excessively wild, and blowing so furiously at times on the water that no communication could be held between the Lloyd's cutter afloat and the various merchant craft as they ran in for shelter. After sunset the weather had cleared up, and the night gave promisd of finer weather. Since the thunder. storm this morning the weather here has been much finer, with a fresh breeze westerly. The Dutch ship Beta, lying at anchor at Spithead, was struck by the electric fluid at the commencement of the storm this morning, and carried away her fore-topgallantmast, in j ured fore -topmast and yard, and passing downward, tore up three planks in the vessel's deck, in which were driven three iron. bolts, and appeared to have afterwards passed alang the chain cables and out through the hawse-pipes. The crew were all below in their hammocks, an d luckily no one was injured. Two BOATS LOST.—On the 17th ult. two boats. with fourteen men on board, were blown from the coast of Lewis during a vary severe gale, and no hope is entertair et of the safety of their crews. This great calamity has com pletely paralysed the fishing in the neighbourhood, as ti • men are exceedingly superstitious, and weeks may elapse ere they again proceed to sea.—Greenock Advertiser. ME FRAUDS IN THE AUSTRIAN COM MISSARIAT. A latter from Trieste,.aated March 29, says : The engrossing topic of the day is the gigantic frauds discovered in the Commissariat Department, Which, no doubt, were in no small degree influen tial in, bringing to so sudden a termination the recent hostilities between the Austrian and Franco- Italian armies, and which drag to light, despite most powerful influence, a series of disgraceful facts, involving . a multitude of names, some or them hold ing positions so high as to render even allusions hazardous, in charges of the most flagrant political and moral turpitude. The accounts in the _Vienna and other Austrian newspapers are meagre in the extreme; and, but for the suicide of General Eynatten on the 7th-Sth inst., which admitted of no concealment, these frauds would probably never have been alluded to. The deficit amounts to the astounding sum of no less than 17,000,000 florins, or £1,700,000 sterling, of which 3,000,000 florins, or £300,000, is laid to the charge of sonic of the :st leading capitalists of this city. One 'WC 8 impri-, Boned, two have fled, and others are undergoing . 1 forced exami na ti ons o f b oo k s, papers, documents, 2 , &e. The strangest part of the tale is, however,,,a that which is certainly the least known. It is said,,a and from the sources from whence I hear it ra believe it is true, that at the celebrated meeting of the rival E m p erors which led to the armistice, and 'lr subsequently to the preliminaries of the treaty of peace at Villafranea, when Napoleon and Francis Joseph were left quasi alone for nearly three quarters of an hour, the former, addressing the latter, said, " Your Majesty would do well to listen to friendly and well-meant counsels. You are sur rounded by traitors. Your Majesty believes that your fortress of Mantua is provisioned for six months ; I tell you," emphatically raising his finger, "it has not food for as many days. Test my infor mation, and act accordingly" And so it proved, and afforded another lesson also of the infinite supe riority of the French over the Austrian system of espionnage. To give some idea of the bare-faced effrontery of the 'fraud, and the number of accomplices necessary, one instance will suffice, though, if ne e df u l, I cou ld adduce m an y others. Mantua is a walled city, and the bullocks which were driven in at one gate passed through the town out at the opposite, and then, making the half circuit of the walls, re-entered at the first gate, and every bullock made this parade five times ! The richest part of the tale in connection with Mantua is 'yet to come. A firm in Trieste made a contract with the Austrian Go vernment for the hides of the bullocks supplied for the use of the troops. Now, although each bullock did duty living for five, still he could only be killed once, and supply one hide. The contractors, there fore, called upon and actually received from the Government the forfeit, as stipulated by contract, of one florin upon every hide short delivered ; thus profitting to the extent of 30,000 florins for the non delivery of the skins of animals which had never been killed ! Solferino and Magenta might each have told another tale had not the hunger caused by Austrian fraud weakened, if not paralysed, Aus trian valour. Enough of this fur the present. A good on dit is getting an extensive under-cur rency, and is believed by some ; I do not aver that I am of the number, nevertheless thotale tells well, and it may, therefore, be prudent not too closely to' test its accuracy. It is said that the Emperor Francis Joseph, being disquieted by the triple re currence of a dream, had recourse to the counsels of his mother, the Archduchess Sofia, who at once summoned to her aid a " weird sister" in whose mystic talent she had herself confidence. Intro duced to the august presence, the crone demanded what visions of the night had startled the Imperial slumbers. The Emperor informed her he had dreamed of three mice ; the first perfectly blind, the second so immensely bloated and fat it could scarcely walk, and the third weak, poor, and almost dying' from starvation. The beldame appeared alarmed, and at first professed her inability to afford any solution • but, on being reassured and informed that under any circumstances she might rely not only on protection but reward, she took heart, and,. much to the astonishment of her Imperial interro gators, replied," The blind mouse is your Majesty; the fat mouse, your Ministers ; and the worn-out, starving, and exhausted mouse, your people." Bo the tale well or ill-founded, it is sufficiently analogous to the present state of the empire; but the worst part of it is that the blind mouse does not at present appear to have opened his eyes, and, if he continues to persevere in his present course, bids fair to realize the warning prophecy of the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, when nine months ago he gave d ee p um b rage to his Im perial brother by saying, " If your Majesty goes oa thus, you will not stop till you have lost your self and your empire." Apropos of the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian—a young man of education, genius, and talent far beyond the common order, and universally esteemed and beloved, except by one or two exalted personages —there is no doubt that his voyage to Madeira and the Brazils, from whence he is no w on hi s return , was in reality an honorary exile. The advice which was once re jected is now sought, and his return is anxiously expected, as he possesses more brain than all the rest of the Haesburgs concentrated. He is gene rally expected here about the middle of April, but I believe the commencement of the month is more probable. His steam yacht, the Fantasia, left at midnight very recently to meet him, on the ex pected arrival of the EEsabetta.frigate at an island which he bought a few months ago on the Dalma tion coast for the purpose of erecting another marine residence; and I know positively that on the same day a telegram arrived from Vienna for the purpose of hastening his departure for the capital to attend a Council. TILE NEW BANKRUPTCY BILL. At the meeting of the Society for Promoting the Amendment of the Law, on Monday, Mr. Edgar read the first instalment of the report of the com mittee appointed to consider the provisions of the new Bankruptcy Bill. The following are the re commendations of the committee : " That the Court of Bankruptcy in London should consist of a chief judge and three assistant judges, one of whom should sit in Portugal-street, and that the assistant judges should determine all questions, administrative and judicial, and that the chief judge, with one or more of the assistant judges, should form a court of appeal on all questions both from the London and district courts. That it is in expedient to entrust the administrative business of the Court of Bankruptcy to the registrars. That the registrars in London should be reduced to two, at the present salary of £l,OOO per annum each, and that the other three should be released from their duties, or one or more of them be transferred to the London district court, or to the provincial or county courts. That it is expedient that the Court of Bankruptcy in London should continue to be held in the City. That two messengers should be retained, but that the scale, as well as the amount of remuneration, should b. lessened. That all estates in which the liabilities exceed £5OO should be ad ministered in the chief court in London and in the district courts ; and that the transfer to the county court of estates not likely to exceed £lOOO is ob jectionable. That it is not expedient that the offi cial assignee should be divested of the estate on the election of the creditors' assignee. That solicitors should not appear and plead in the Court of Ap peal, hut should be allowed to appear and plead, as at pre§ent, before any judge or commissioner exercising original jurisdiction." On the motion of Mr. E. LAWRANCE, the report, after a brief discussion was agreed to. (From the Times' City Article.) Certain points on which it was thought the new Bankruptcy Bill would require alteration were mentioned in the Times of Monday last. The Mercantile Law Amendment Society have since been in communication with the Attorney-General, and it appears that the modifications in question will be effected. The provisions making the seizure and sale of a debtor's goods under an execution an act of bankruptcy from the date of seizure are t o proviso that a p e ti t i on for adjudi cationpresented withi n a month of the befollo e w b e e d ll by be a sale. The clauses making the non-payment of a bill of exchange by the acceptor after a 12 days' notice an act of bankruptcy are to be struck out, as both useless and inconvenient. Power is to be given to the judge and commissioners to issue a summons calling upon a debtor to show cause why he should not be adjudged bankrupt in cases where the creditor makes an affidavit that a debt suffi cient to sustain an adjudication is due, and that he verily believes that his debtor is in insolvent cir cumstances, and disclosing his reasons for that belief. After the summons has issued, however, the creditor is not to receive payment of his debt until the debtor has been examined and has satis fied the Court of his ability to meet his engage ments with his creditors. The majority competent to bind a minority in cases of trust deeds or private arrangements is to be a simple majority in number, representing three-fourths in value, instead of three-fourths both in number and value. The debtor in cases of trust deeds is to have 14 days instead of seven to get the required majority of his creditors to assent. Provision is also to be made for the punishment of debtors vexatiously defending actions brought against them. A pheasant, pursued by a hawk, dashed latet at a plate-glass window in Edinburgh, and such was the . velocity the bird had then attained—probably fifty miles an.„ hour—that it passed clean through the glass ; falling dead.' instantly. "ST \ • 1000 Stook Stook' Stock Stock, stock Stock;' Share 8 4.3.6 1.6.6. if be