The Sun. — London, England, 1860-05-31 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY _NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocii. There is rather more inquiry for discount accom modation in the general market, and the rates ap pear a shade firmer ; but a plentiful supply of money is on offer, and the mercantile classes find no difficulty in obtaining all the assistance they re quire at the current quotations. When the bills due on the 4th are provided for it is probable that the market will exhibit symptoms of increased ease, especially if the accumulation of gold should con tinue. The sum of £5,800 has been applied to the redemption of 37 Special Danish 5 per Cents., and 44, of the value of £6,500, have been drawn for payment on the Ist September next. Rather more animation was exhibited in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were without alteration. The sales amounted to 8,000 bales. In the Railway Share Market a mode rate amount of business was recorded, but quota tions were rather less firm. At the meeting of the Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada, the report, which has already been published, was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 81 per cent. per annum was declared. Some sales of money stock, and the circulation of unfavourable rumours with regard to foreign po litics, have imparted a heavy tone to the English market. Consols have declined to 943 95 for money, and 95 to 95/for account. The speculative operations have been limited. The New Three per Cents. are steady at 931 d ; the Reduced at 931 g ; Bank Stock has declined to 2271 and 228; India ditto is firmer at 221/ to 224 ; ditto New Loan re mains at 1061 3 ; and Exchequer Bills are 7s. to 10s. prem. In the Foreign Stock Market business has been inactive, but prices have tended upwards ; at the present moment, however, less firmness is apparent. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 74 to 741- ; ditto New, 57 to 571 ; and the 4 per Cents. remain at 1011 ; Dutch 21 per Cents. have improved to 661, ; ditto 4 per Cents. to 1011; Mexican to 211 4 ; but Peruvian have declined to 82i. The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 2.1, prem.; the Thames and Mersey ditto, 1: I prem. ; and the Universal ditto, I prem. Messrs. Bell report the following as the prices of American Securities : Redeemable United States 6 per Cents 1867-1868 Do. 6 per Cent Bonds Maryland 5 per Ct. Str. Bonds Massachusetts 5 per Cent. Str Bonds Pennsylvania I per Ct. Stock — Alabama 5 per Cent. Bonds — Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds . 1868-72 Ohio 6 per Cent. Stock lBB6 Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds. Divers Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds Virginia 5 per Cent. St. Bonds 1888 Boston 6 per Cent. St. Bonds Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Illinois Central 6 per Cent. Illinois Central 7 per Cent (Freelands) Do. shares, 60 dole. paid Michigan Central 8 per Cent Do. do. shares Prices 91/ 92/ • - 95/ 96/ 101} 102 3 / 4 82 84 75 77 90 92 97 98 86 87 79 81 84 85 82 84 1875 79 80 1875 75 77 1860 1869 89 43 82 38 90 41 die 83 40 The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1860. 1859. Great Western £39,198 £31,940 South-Western Brighton 22,598 13,852 Midland South. Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire North-Eastern Bristol and Exeter 6,917 6,520 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 5,413 4,603 West Hartlepool Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,520 6,206 Glasgow and South-Western Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada It will be seen, therefore, that a decided improve ment has taken place in the traffic of most of the principal railways during the past week, compared with those of the same period of last year. The intervention of the Whitsun holidays, together with the attractions of the Derby-day at Epsom, have largely added to the receipts of the pleasure lines to the south of the metropolis. The increase on the Great Western has been £7,458 ; on the South-Western, £7,184 ; on the Brighton, £8,746; on the Midland, £5,676; on the South-Eastern, £2,177 ; on the Great Northern, £340; on the Lan cashire and Yorkshire, £5,606 ; on the North- Eastern, £5,675 ; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, £1,515 ; on the Edinburgh and Glas gow, £314 ; on the Grand Trunk of Canada, £2,696; and on the Great Western of Canada, £462. A In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been rather limited, and little variation of import ance has taken place in prices. Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-Western, and South-Eastern have declined about ss. Midland, North-Eastern (Berwick), and North Eastern (York), improved 55., and North-Eastern (Leeds), 10s. Great Northern Shares have been a shade flatter, but the decline has not exceeded I to i per cent. _ The Foreign and Colonial markets have shown ♦ery little animation. Great Luxembourg are steady at 61, and Lombardo-Venetian are quoted prem. to 1 dis. Grand Trunk of Canada realise 321.; Great Western of Canada 121 ; East Indian, 1013, 1021 ; and Great Indian Peninsula, 100. Joint Stock Bank and 'Miscellaneous Shares are a shade firmer. - Bank of Australasia have advanced 10s. ; London and County, 10s. Crystal Palace have declined to 31, 32. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK, Bank Stock . 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93a a 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 5 New 3 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 l3a Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l7 5-16 India Stock .. Ditto 6 per Cent. . Ditt., Bonds £l,OOO - Ditto under £l,OOO Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, Ifd D t, £5OO lO 7 Ditto Small Ditto Advertised FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican 3 per Cent 2la I )itto Account Peruvian 4t per Cent Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. Turkish 6 per Cent Ditto New Loan Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. patch Exchange, 12 Guil. 2f per Cent 66a 6 Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto June Account THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, May 31.—Wind this day at noon—South- East; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with rain. FALMOUTH, May 30.—Wind variable and light.— Arrived—March, from St. Kitt's; Sisters, from Newfound land. CowEs, May 30.—Wind W.—Arrived—John Denham ; from Antwerp for Rio Janeiro. PLYMOUTH, May 30.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed—Suf folk, for Melbourne. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Wind W.S.W. ; rain. Arrived, May 30—Isabella, from Ibrail ; Arannah, from Rotterdam ; Despatch and Atalanta, s t e amer, from Jersey ; Argyll, steamer, from Carentan ; Georges, from Cherbourg; Ross D. Mangles, steamer, from Sunderland. Arrived, May 31—Alliance, steamer, from Havre. Sailed, May 30—Whim, for Jersey ; Georges, for Cher bourg ; Havre steamer, for Havre ; Arago, steamer, for New York ; Diana, for Potchard • Marquis of Bute, for Y. Sunderland ; Ali ce , f or Llanell (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Wind S.W., tide last hour's flood, weather cloudy, with rain. Arrived, May 3 0—Garland, from Nevis ; Anna, from Griefswald ; Helena, from Danzig; Oberon, from Wystab ; Blenheim, ,from Calcutta ; George, from Danzig ; Stork, from Lisbon; Oresund, from G ergen ti ; T re bi s l ow , from m ar i an ople ; Mary Scott, from Adelaide. A r rived, May 31—Norma, from Porto Rico. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Wind S.W., moderate. Anchored—Constantin, of Southampt on , f or wes t, from north ; City of Tanj ore, ship, for Clyde ; Gipsy Queen, for Cherbourg; Harbinger, for Montreal—all from London. Passed —Warrior, screw steamer, in tow of Friends of AU Nations, tug, for Loudon, from west. FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT AT DYSART.—On Mon day forenoon, as the pilot here was proc eeding to a schoon er which was making f or the harbour, his boat came in con tact with the steam tug which had the vessel in tow, and was eapsized, when the crew, consisting of the pilot, tw o men, and a boy, were thrown into the water. The three men were rescued—one of tkom very much eximusttd—but he boy was drown, SHARE _MARKET- (THIS DAY.) Share! Railways 13.14 stock Belfast and Ballymena Bir., `Vol , and Str. Val. Birk., La., and Ch junc Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bost. Shef. and Mid. Co ißristol and Exeter ;Caledonian ICarmarthen & Cardiganl Cork and Bandon ork, itlrock., &Passage Cornwall Do A ( A gets no div. Do B : until 6pc peran. hasbeen pd. toB Dublin & Belfast Juno. Dun., Perth, &Ab. Juno East AnLrlian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do Do NW A. late EU3ds. East Suffolk 8 Si 70 72 111 121 61 7i 102 104 90i 901 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12A stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock <tock stock stock stoc%. stock Do Edinburgh Glasgow •Edin. Perth, t Dundee Forth ct Clyde Junction Furness Glasc,r. and S. Western (Great Nthn. of Scotland Great Northern Do do A stock Po do B do Gt. S. & W. of Ireland ,Great Western Do Str Val gum. stock Sonth-eastern Laneashire t Yorkshir London and Blackwall Lon., Brio - ht.. & S Coast Loud., Chat., and Dover Loud. & Nth. Western Do eighths Lond. & 'th. Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & EIMISZ Man. Shef. & Lin 'On Maryport and Carlisle Do do # shares Metropolitan Midland Do ~i rrnin,e,•. & Derby Gf. W. of Ireland Do shares Kent Do, Cray Line . . veweaqle and C New., Aber. Herefd.. Newry & Armagh, def.. Newry. Warnpt. 4f: Roe. Norfolk... N , hn. Counties Union .. 1 North British.. vor.Drv.RaibtDk.stoe 1 D A stk ; A rees no d I until Ipehas beenpd.B all 100 3 100 100 Ci 7 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock 100 100 100 la 13 4 100 100 100 174 all stock 8 9 16 17 531 544 36 38 25 27 77 79 3O 101 103 115, 1161 116 117 131 133 112 114 69 691 60 65 1011 105} 70 71 114 115 Do 11 stock - • Nth. Eastern—Berwick. Do do . G.N.E. purchase no Leeds Do Yort , North London .. North Staffordshire— . N. and S. W. Junction.. Not. & Grantham Rail.. Oxf. Wor. & Wolverptn Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scot. N. E.. Aber. stock' Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union . • Sittingbourne & Sheer. South Devon ..... • • • • • South Eastern ..... South Wales . . . S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do do - Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale ...........• •• Do Pref. No 1 ThaniesHavenl.k&Rail Ulster . •• . . 11 12 101 . 1(15 ' 9d 94p 10 11 414 42 2i 2 d 1161 117 94 96 61i 62 D 0.................. Do • Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West C , rnwall West London., Do let clasi 951 051 1 #d 51 52 801 80 105 107 1U 131 9 9, 61 61 41 46 14 16 114 116 34# 35i 87 89 48 50 4 3d 41 43 85f 851 67 68 78 80 6 8 38i 39. 8 9p Do 2nd class ........ Worcester &Hereford.. 55 2 1 NI . 31p 6i 6 2 1 d PREFERENCE SHARES. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 111 116/ 964} 52 1 804 84 i Closing I Business Paid. Price. Done. 104 t 70k 111 1011 I 11 10 11 7 6d 54 56 3i 3 d 55' 60' 10 11 Share' Railways. 'Paid' Closing Busin Done.ess Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O Brie. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. (Cornwall, & Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun. lE.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c 'Do. do. Class B 8 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Coon. Ex. 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 per ct. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per et. Do. 5 per cent. guar... Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares Do. 4p. c. gua. S. & D. Fdin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent .... s. w,t.g.a. 5 p.c. ;Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pt. Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 p. et. pref. stock Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p. et Do. Redeemable, 44 Rd. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et. Do. Irredeemsble, Do. 5 n.ct. Redeem. Pref. I Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. (it. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf sh. Do dos p. ct. pref .. Do Illrinz.gmar. stork.. Do. Cheater gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock Do.Barnsl.stXs 33 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon.& Brig. 5 pawl. No.l Do. 5 p. c No. 2 Do. gua. 6 p. C. Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 Do. do. 44 per cen ,- . Do. do. 44 p. c. shares Do. 7 p. et. Pref. stock Do. 6p.0. do. (W.E.&C.P ) Do.4p.c.S.(div.dettil '65) Lon. Chat. and Dover Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. ct Lon. & S. W, 7 n. et. stock Londondy. & Cole. sh. Londony. & Ennis. 4 sh. man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 34 per cent Do. redeem. 6 percent Mary. ort & Car., 4 p. c Do. 44 per cent. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st. Newport, Aber.&e.pref. 5 p.c.redeem. at 5 p.c.pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p. C. with option till 1866 Do. till 1869, Ist is. Do. do. 2d is. Norflk 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 5.4 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB 4 7 North British, 5 p. c. Do. New, gua. 5 p. c Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. she Do. do. do. Ntli.Dev.R ail. & Dck.Co. N-East.Pons.Pret. 4 p. c. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. do. do Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. I Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire Ox.Wr.Wol. 6 p. c. Ist g. Do. Redeem. 2d gua Do. Irredeem. 2d g - un Rhymney Guaranteed• Scottish Central, new pi Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.e. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent. ,South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent. Do. Fixed .4 p.c. let is. outh Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent. S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. II 6 per cent Do. C 6 percent Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. poid. Leasing \Closing Business j " Co. s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire .... Chester (Az Holyhead.. Do. do. 5i per cent.' Do. do. 5 per cent. Clydesdale junction.. Colchester, Stour Val. E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c. E.Union,Harwich Shs Ln &NAV LniN.W 96 98 Do. Do. 125 127 Do. 113 115 Caledonin C I 16 17 Gt.'North.l3B 140 E.Counts.' 4T 4,1 Do. Woodbridde — •• Gls. Barr. & Neil s,Drct. Do. New ..... Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dck.& Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares Lanc.& Cart gua.s p.c. London & Greenwich Do. Preference ...... Lon.,Tilhy.& Soutend. Lowestoft, f.r,ua. 4 p.cf. Do. 6 per cent ..... • • • Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock ... • • .• . • Newmarkt.,BuryEx guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent. North Western ...... Preston and Wyre. I Do. Stares A Roystn.Hitch., & Shepl Shrewsbry& Hereford Do. Do. Caledonin! ,Do. Gt. West.l Yk.N. &Br! Yk.N. Md. Do. 'Ln N S. East. . IDo. Peto & Co.' N , rfolk i Do. L NW&M [ Midland E.Counts Do. Do. Do. Midland LkINIVI L.Yk. Do .. Gt. North. T.Brassey South Staffordshire .. Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon d: Croydn. - - all 31`Clean.. 100 Gt. West. all L.& Brgtn Docks. Paid. 98 98 101 103 5f 61 ,101 103 112 115 109 112 110 112 109 111 124 126 81 83 110 112 90 92 75 76 118 120 118 118 ill 112 103 105 85 87 97 99 99 101 89 91 91 93 103 105 91 lot 17 18 101 101 74 76 191 20 91. 10 14 15 139 141 16 118 16 118 138 143 116 118 102 104 154 157 132 136 68 70 21 22 [l5 117 [s2i 1571 - - 12 124 126 128 $1) 68 70 it I 1) 140 142 102 103 I 1 p 94 96 , 9/ 101 1 i 1/ 121 I li i) 110 112 4 tpl 91 93 96 97 1 t *d IPI 23 24 1 123 125 119 121 73 75 10 10i 231 231 101 103 101 103 89 91 99 101 86 88 28 29 32i 33i 32 33 44 48 stock stock 50 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 124 stock 6 stoe- 124 124 stock stock stock 6 stock 12 10 1 121 stock stock stock stock stock 10 1 10 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock los. 1.0.6 stock stock stock stock stock stock ,110 112 'Do... 205 208 6-3 65 1115 120 i 94 97 2i 31 96 98 P 55 57 141 141 Share 135 138 101 103 I I 14 11 P 9! 94 .1 closing stock Commercial 1 100 stock Do. 4 per Cent.Prel.Min ' 100 stock East and West Indies 1C stock London 1 100 stock , St. Katharine lOO stock Southampton 1 100 stock Victoria . 1 100 100 102 30 Do New .. vl 2 ___ ;, • all 1 100 all 100 100 100 all all 100 100 100 an all 100 100 100 100 100 Business Done. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 31, 1860. BRITISHPOSSESSIONS. Share Railways. Paid. Closinm Frice. Business done 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 84 86 Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind stkloo 96 97 Gu. 5 psr cent.. 18 Do, Do. B 131 1 d d 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all pi 5 d 205 Do. New 10 Do. Preference .... all 61 65 100 Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 100 75 80 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 70 75 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 68 73 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) 1. 3 0.1 d 1 p 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 2s. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s. 2 15 dll 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c 75 11 4 d 175 Demerara all 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 5 1 5 d stock East Indian, gll. sp. c. 100 1015 1021 1021 11 21 20 Do. F Shares Ext lO par 1p 15 20 Do. Jubbulpore lO par 1 1 100 Do. 41 pc. Debentrs all 981 09 4 stock Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 1001 1015 20 Geelong & Melbourne all 21 22 sto. Geelong Corporaton 6 100 per cent. Bonds stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 32 33 32 5 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 91 93 921 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 62 61 63 1 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 all 65 70 100 Do. do. 1872 stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c lOO 991 100 100 20 Do. New gua. sp. c 6 # d 1 d 20 Gt. South.of India (Lim) 10 lid guaranteed 5 per cent. 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 121 121 121 201 Do. New 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with all 98 ' lOO opt, till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 98 100 100 Do. do. '73 without opt. all 98 100 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do. .. all 92 91 stock Madras, guar., 44 p. c... 100 88 90 stock Do. do. 5 per cent..... 100 98 99 stock Do. 45 p. c. Extension 100 91 93 20 Do. Fourth d 0........ 10 1 5 d 20 Do. do all stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. 'finds. 100 Newßrunswick & Canda 20 Ry.&Laud(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7 Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0... 20 Do. do. B Capital do. .. an 5 7 Do. do. Land do. ...... 20 Oude (Limited) ........ ss. stock Scinde 20 Do. Pnnjaub e all 11 d 1 d 20 Do. Do. .... Q. 5 —d stork Do. Indus. St. Flo. 4 0 . , 100 945 951 95 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 !Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 1 1 d FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 19 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 45 41 20 Ardennes ..... ......... all —p 20 Bah.&S.Fra.n..Lim.7 p.c. 7 fd 5 Belgian East. Junction all s 1 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all 10 Buen.Ayres &S. Ferndo 21 4 45 p 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 2: 28 100 Copiabo ......&...... all 10 L)itto Extension .... all 15 11d 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 15 55 151 d 20 Eastern of France .... all 234 245 20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c. 6 20 Do. do. all 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 65 65 61 20 Italian Junction 20 Lake Constance & Bale all 20 Lierre & Turnhout 20 Lyons & Geneva 331 Maria Antonia .... all 10 Do. New 20 Namur & Liege 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref all 191 195 16 Northern of France all 38 39 20 Do. New Shares 12 p 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 8 9 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 311 345 20 Recife & s Paris &Or. Fran. j) . all 52 54 20 gua. 7p. ct. lim l3 2 15d 20 Riga & Dunaburg lO 10 Rome & Frascati 20 Royal Dani5h.......... all 13 15 5 Royal Swedish all 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all 20 Sambre & Meuse all 51 55 10 Do. 55 per cent. Pref..... all 84 85 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 2 #d 20 S. Aust. &Lomb Venetin 12 id 5p 20 Southern of France.... all 20 21 85 West Flanders 10 Do. 61 p. c. Preference.. all 91 9 20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 22 23 20 Western of Austria.... 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do. 8 per cent. Pref all I 20 Zealand BRITISH MINES. Sharei Mines. Paid.l Closing 1 Business Price. Done. Alire i Consols (Philack)l N 4i ,British Iron Clifford _ 1 2 270 2SO 445 455 120 130 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) Great South Tolgus G.Wheal AIM. (Philack) I G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 'Grenville ....... Herod's-Foot Hingston Downs !Lady Bertha 11Drgaret (Uny Lelant) North Downs INorth Frances (Illogan) IN.Wh'l Basset (1110 an) 'North Wheal Crofty ,Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) Surtridre Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) ,S. Cant Brea (Illogan) 'S. Dev. Iron &G en., Lim. S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. Tin Croft Vale of Towey (Carm ) West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) West Seaton 71 B 11 11i 39 41 124 13 1i 1i 1 3 3i 29 31 17s 12.13.9 94 5.14.6 8.12 4.7.0 1.8.6 4 44 21 2k 44 45 54 0 4 5 g 9.18.9 11. 10.6.7 8 - 9 - 12i 13i 43 45 li 300 i 310 all 126.18.01 3/ 3/ 1 1 52 54 7 52 54 24 21 41 5 19 4 20 76 78 330 340 150 160 90 100 2/ 34 141 15 22 24 26 28 Wheal Basset (I Hogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) ,Wheal Edward (Cals.) Wheal Kitt y (U.Lelant) Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) 5 1 28'214 1 1 1.7 - .2 i i P iP 29 30 die. 43 45 11 13 I 1 21 3} 23 25 I d par 1k lk p 10i Ilk k d d p 5 6 f 1 i d p 16 2 I I ANKS. 21. 22i 51 53 191 20} 30 32 100 100 20'11 100 19 21 161 16a 23 231 ".~ - 17 18 T ZECU: 1114 116 410 112 410 112 4011 1011 1107} 108} 94 100 99} 100 991 100 15 15i 1000 30i 31 4 5 291 1 1 37 39 19 21 13 15 113 123 6 8 22 27 24-i 25i 30 32 98 100 103 106 105 187 p 1 p 2 } 21 321 10 stock 25 stock stock stock stock 77 661 7 51 RITIE S. lt 11 Odd li n 2 1 p 3 4 I 0141 10 151 1 i d p 10 stock 45 48 77 79 14 16 p $ Id 20 22 5 6 481 491 120 130 34 35 100 stock 8 19 101 i i 107! 99/ 1001 106 i f 25& 32 1/ lONIAN BANK. At the annual meeting of the lonian Bank, held this day, the report of which the following are extracts was unanimously adopted :—" The Direc tors have pleasure in reporting that the negocia tions for a renewal of the Charter from the lonian Government, to which reference was made in their last annual statement, have been brought to a satisfactory conclusion, and that the Bank has been reconstituted for a further term of 20 years. The only material alteration introduced, is the non renewal of the privilege of exclusive issue. The Court, however, had no hesitation in consenting to this surrender, seeing that by the provisions of the Bank Law, no rival establishment having the power of issue could be set on foot without affording such guarantees, and being subject to such conditions as would render competition improbable, and at all events harmless. The operations of the year 1859 were necessarily much restricted by reason of the long protracted suspense and uncertainty as to the renewal of the Charter. They are, however, under these circumstances highly satisfactory, as appears from the following financial statement : The balance to the credit of profit and loss on the Ist January, 1859, was £13,181 4 5 The net profits of the year, after charges and allowance for contingencies, as in the pre- ceding year, were - 11,406 2 2 Making together £24,537 6 7 From which is to be deducted the amount of two half-yearly dividends at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum Leaving to the credit of profit and loss, on the Ist January, 1860 £17,087 6 7 THE ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. The.enquiries that have been made this morning have added nothing very material to that already known with respect to the alarming accident. It appears it is entirely to be attributed to the drunken ness •f one of the guards, named James Warrener, who was given into custody when the train arrived, and was this afternoon examined at the Clerkenwell Police-court. Mr. Leech. from the firm of Johnson and Leech, con ducted the prosecution. The first witness was Mathew Skinner, a servant in the employment of the company—He said he was at the station when the train came in last night. It was coming much faster than he thought safe, and he called to the guards carriage that the breaks might be put on. He could not see the guard; as the train passed he saw Warrener in his carriage lying on his back drunk. The break was off. The prisoner, in reply to the magistrate, said he did not wish to ask any questions. Mr. Leith, superintendent of the Great Northern Rail way, said the prisoner was in the serviceof the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lancashire railway. For the convenience of both the two companies work together. It was his duty to look for signals from the engine-driver and exercise his own judgment whether he should apply the break or not. Prisoner did mot put any questions. The Magistrate—Where, approaching the station, ought the break to have been put on ? Mr. Leith—That is a matter which it left to the discre tion of the guard. The engine rushed through the barriers, and finally landed in the street. Sevenl persons were in jured, but none seriously. The front break had been ap plied, but the prisoner's break had not been put on. Thomas Church, a fireman in the service of the Great Northern Railway, acted as the fireman to the excur sion train last night—The driver shut off his steam be tween the Seven Sister's-road and Holloway. He sounded the whistle three times in order that the breaks might be put on. By the Magistrate—That was the usual way in giving signals, and that was the usual place for them to be given. William Stebbing said he was one of the guards of the excursion train from Manchester yesterday, and rode in the front break-van. He put the break on at about 200 yards from the Holloway platform. He always exercised his dis cretion as to the place at which the break should be applied. It depended altogether on the speed at which the train was going. Warrener was in the break-van behind. By the Magistrate—There was nothing unusual in the speed at which the train was going. Warrener could not tell whether he had the break on or not Peter Sheldrake, a signal-man at the King's-cross sta tion, said he was on duty when the train arrived. He saw the train was coming too fast, and callad fir the breaks to be put on. He told the passengers to keep their heads in side the carriages. Immediately after the accident he went to Warrener's break and found him sitting in:the box. He was quite drunk. The prisoner, on being asked what he had to say in an swor to the charge, said I did put on the break before we came to King's-cross. I did so at the second tunnel from he Cross. The Magistrate—But the witnesses say that it was not on at all. Sheldrake was recalled, and positively asserted the break was not on. Prisoner—l saw the train was going too fast and I put the break on, and then sat down in the van to save myself in case of accident, as I had been injured before. Magistrate—But they say you were drunk. Prisoner—l had had a glass of ale, and a gentleman at Peterborough said, " Guard, I've got some gin here ; will you have a drop ?" I took about half a tea cupful. lam certain I put the break on, and it must have worked off again. The Magistrate—This is a case which I think is easily to be understood from the evidence. The first witness says he saw the prisoner drunk and lying on his back. It is clear the break was never applied at all. Prisoner-4 did put on the break. Magistrate—Where is the evidence that you did so ? find nothing of the kind. Prisoner—l laid down to prevent myself from being hurt. I knew the train was going too fast. Magistrate—That would have been all very well if you had had the break on. Andrew Williamson, a signalman, said he noticed the train as it passed him before the accident, and he saw the second break was not on, but was hanging down. The Magistrate—lt is quite clear the break was never applied, and that the prisoner was drunk, If the guard was attending to his duty he would know whether the break was acting or not. This closed the case. The magistrate said it was of the highest importance to the public, especially as railway travelling was increasing every day, that the greatest caution should be observed by those entrusted with any duty on the lines ; more especially should caution be used in regard to excursion trains, and the greatest possible care should be taken to protect them. Large masses of people aro tempted by the lowness of the fares to take trips into the eountry,and if the greatest attention is not paid to these large trains the most dreadful accidents would most likely arise. It is clear that in the present case there was a great neglect of duty, and was occasioned through your drunken ness: I shall, therefore, commit you to prison for two months, with hard labour. The prisoner, who throughout the examination appeared at times quite vacant, was then locked up. AMUSEMENT FOR THE YOUNG.—A kitten should always be kept where there are children; when their it int* their f a th er ' s y are source of great amusement, i sc t o y a: of daubing their f aces an d bonull themnogf an ntosl opportunity p i r l so t ri h tsu e a y nl boots. affording tired o f A p of appearing in illuminated pinafores. It is well to let them know where the preserves and pickles are kept, so that, going after the jam, they may get a bite of the capsicum. On wet days they should be allowed to put pears into the piano, and thump the keys with their drumstick. Train them to pull gentlemen's whiskers, and wipe their candy hands on ladies dresses.—Picayune. CORSICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.—When some years ago the island of Corsica was f ree d f rom th e b an dit s who had long infested it, the Co ur t s of Justice caused to be i ns tituted prosecutions for sundry serious crimes previously co mmitted, the perpetrators of which h a d not b een arrested. Among these cases was one of two men, named S us i n i, and two named Marchese, for having, so far back as the 22d of July, 1848, murdered one Maisetti, and on the 12th of February following murdered the latter's son, a lad of 16. Of the four men only . three could b e captured, and they were condemned to diff . eyen t peri o d s of hard labour. The fourth, one of the Sus ini, secreted himself in the mountains until a few weeks back, when he fell into the hands of the gendarmerie. Last week he was brought to trial before the Court of Assizes of Bastia for the crimes. The murder of Maisetti and his son were proved, and it was stated that what caused the crimes was that the former had seduced a girl who was sister of the Susini, and a near relative of the Mercilese ; and that for other reasons bitter animosity existed between him and . them. It w as a l so prove d th a t, both at the time of the c rimes and at the trial of the three men, several persons had given evidence which tended to show that the prisoner was one of the assassins. But before the court those persons re tracted what they had said, and persisted in their retractatipi in spite of an intimation that they rendered themselves liable to prosecution for perjury. In consequence, the jury Was Waged to acquit the prisoner. MANCHESTER RACES.—(This Day.) [Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] LATEST BETTING. 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I Curragh 26 Wicklow LAW INTELLIGENOE.--(THIS DAY.) DIVORCE COURT. Before Sir C. Cresswell, Mr. Justice Willes, and Mr. Jus• tice Hill.) KITCHEN V. KITCHEN AND HALL. This was a suit instituted by George Bradford Kitchen for a dissolution of marriage on the ground of his wife's adultery with the co-respondent. The hearing of the case, which commenced at the last sitting of the full court, was resumed this morning. _ _ _ It appeared that the parties, who are in humble life, re sided at Boston, Lincolnshire, and were married in 1850. They continued to cohabit until 1853, when the adultery pleaded was discovered by the husband. The case, which was undefended, stood over for the pro duction of ad•litional witnesses. Emma Kitchen was examined, and stated that she was the sister of the petitioner, and visited him and his wife at Boston, in 1850. She remained about a week, and during that time Mrs. Kitchen took her with her to the Railway Tavern in the town, which was frequented by men em ployed on the railway, and women of bad character. Mrs. Kitchen's conduct while at this place was most unbecom ing, and she was in the habit of using very bad language to the persons in the house. She desired her not to tell the petitioner of her visiting the house, as it would make him angry. She called on them again in 1852 and 1853, and found her sister-in-law with a pair of blank eyes, and her dress very disordered. She was frequently drunk, and the petitioner knew nothing of her conduct. He was in the habit of going out to work, and remaining away for some days; and though he occasionally scolded his wife, his general treatment of her was very kind. From a letter which she received in 1863 she afterwards went to Peter borough, where her brother and his wife were then living. She saw the latter, who was drunk and dirty, aad who said that she acted in such a manner that her husband would never forgive her. They then separated, and had not since cohabited. The Court considered this evidence sufficient, and de creed the dissolution of the marriage. POLICE INTELLIGENCE--(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. , AN INCORRIGIBLE YOUNG THIEF.--Thomas Smith, a boy who has been in custody about 50 times, the last for stealing a jacket in Regent-street, when he was committed for three months, was brought before Mr. Beadon, charged with stealing some silver from the till of Mr. Portsmouth, eating-house keeper, of 15, Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital. It appeared that Mrs. Portsmouth heard a noise in the shop, and on going behind the counter found the prisoner there kneeling down with the till open and his hand in it, and on a customer being called by her to assist the money was taken from the prisoner's hand, and a constable being called he was given into custody. Sergeant Cole, 23 C, having proved a conviction against the prisoner, who made no defence, he was committed for trial. ATTEMPTING TO PICK POCKETS AT THE ALHAMBRA PALACE.—Three young men, named Bunington, Hamilton, and Middleton, were charged by Gordon, 336 A, and Ser geant Joy, 9 C, with attempting to pick pockets at the entrance of the Alhambra Palace the previous evening, there being a large crowd assembled in consequence of Sayers and Heenan being present. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap peared for the prisoners. Mr. Beadon said the officers had acted very properly in taking the prisoners into custody, as they had thereby pre vented a felony, but the evidence not being sufficiently strong he should discharge the prisoners. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. !Mt tRIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 52s Gd ; barley, 36s 2d ; oats, 26s 6d ; rye, 37s 3d ; beaus, 44$ 8d ; and peas, 40s 9d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, bls 8d ; barley, 37s 2d ; oats, 25s 3d ; rye, 34s 4d ; beans, 43s id ; peas, 39s 7d, ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 116,798, barley, 3,513 ; oats, 5,961; rye, 57 ; beans, 3,124 ; peas, 315 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Our market to-day was very moderately supplied with beasts, an all breeds changed hands steadily, at fully Mon day's currency. Sheep, the show of which was by no means extensive, moved off freely at extreme rates ; in some in stances prices were 2d per 81bs. higher. The lamb trade was firm, but no change took place in the quotations. We have to report a firm sale for calves, at full currencies. Pigs commanded quite last week's prices, and mulch cows were steady. During the late gales about 2,000 sheep, on pas sage from Hambro', were thrown overboard from the various steamers. _ _____ Per 81bs to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 10 4 2 Primecrs-wool do. 5 6 5 10 Second quality do. 4 4 4 8 Pme. S' thdowndo. 5 10 6 2 Prime large oxen 4 10 5 0 Largo orse. calves 4 6 5 0 Prime Scots, &c. 5 2 5 4 Prime small do 5 2 5 6 Crse. & inf. sheep 4 4 4 8 Large hogs 4 0 4 6 Second quality do. 410 5 4 Small porkers 48 5 0 Lambs, 6s Od to 7s 65. Suckling calves, 218 to 248 ; and quarter .old store pigs, 23s to 30s. TOTAL SUPPLY. POREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 856 Beast. 230 Sheep and lambs 7,500 Sheep Calves Pigs MEAT MARKETS. - - NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate, and the trade generally is steady, as fol lows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4,6 d ; mutton, 4s 2d to 55 4d ; lamb, 6s Od to 6s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; pork, 48 Od to 5s Od per Blbs. by the carcase. SouTHALL, May 30.—About average supplies of stock were on offer here to-day. On the whole, the trade ruled steady, at our quotations : Beef, from 3s 10d to 58 4d; mutton, 4s 44 to 6s Od ; lamb , 6s Od to 7s 4d ; veal, 45 4d to 5s 2d ; pork, 48 4-ol to 5s Od per 81bs to sink the offal. ROMFORD, May 30.—Our market continues firm, as fol lows :—Beef, from 4s Od to 58 4d ; mutton, 4s 4d to 6s Od ; lamb, 68 8d to 7s 6d ; veal, 4s 4d to 55 4d ; and pork, 48 Od to 4s 10d per sibs ; suckling calves, lOs to 18s ; quarter old store pigs, 23s to 29s each; and milch cows, £l5 Os to £l9 Os each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Moadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 Gs to £1 14s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Mesdow hay, £3 3s to £4 16s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 Gs to £1 14s per load. A heavy demand. WHITECHAPEL.— Illeadow hay, £3 Osto £4 14s Od ; clover £4 Os to £5 15s Od ; ;al straw, £1 Gs to £1 14s per load. Trado heavy. METROPOLIS GAS. A meeting of the delegates was held yesterday, at St. James's Vestry Hall, Mr. Darden in the chair ; and delegates from St. George's, Hanover square, St. James's, Westminster, St. Pancras, the Westminster District Board, Lambeth, Wands worth, &c., were present on the occasion. • The Hon, SECRETARY reported, that the Parlia- entary committee on the bill assemEed on the Bth instant, when the following companies ap- peared as petitioners, namely :—The Victoria Gas Company, the Wandsworth and Putney, the Crystal Palace District Gas Company, the Commercial Gas Company, the Brentford Gas Company, the Gas Light and Coke Company, the City of London Gas Light and Coke Company, the Independent Gas Light and Coke Company, the Phcenix Gas Light and Coke Company, the Ratcliff Gas Light and Coke Company, the South Metropolitan Gas Light and Coke Company, the Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company, the Woolwich Equitable Company, the Mitcham, Merton, and Tooting Company, the Equitable Gas Light Company, the London Gas Light Company, the Western Gas Light Company, the Great Central Gas Consumers' Company, the Surrey Consumers' Gas Company, the Woolwich, Plumstead, and Charlton Gas Company. Mr. Denison, C.C., and Mr. Web s t er appeare d as counsel for the parishes. That difficulties had arisen from the peculiar opposition of the Crystal Palace, Victoria, Brentford, the two Woolwich Companies, the Wandsworth and Putney, Mitcham, and Eltham Companies, which had been met by special exemption from the bill. That thefollowing witnesses have been examined before the Com mittee :—On the second day, Dr. Challice, from Bermondsey, on the part of the Southwark con sumers. On the third day, Mr. Slee, Vestry Clerk of St. Olave's, Southwark; and Mr. Warren, from Lambeth. On the fourth and fifth days, Mr. Hughes was examined. On the sixth day, Mr. Hughes and Mr. Arutz. On the seventh day, namely, the 21st May, Mr. Arutz, from Westminster ; and Dr. Letheby and Mr. Crossley. On the eighth day, Mr. Crossley continued, and Mr. Livsay and Mr. Robert Bell, of Rochdale, were examined ; Mr. D. Chadwick, town clerk of Salford ; and Mr. T. A. Hadley, C.E., of Banbury. On the ninth day, Mr. Cleft, of Birmingham, was examined ; Dr. Dundas Thomson, Mr. Dangerfield, vestry clerk of St. Martin's ; and Mr. Lahee, vestry clerk of Chelsea. On the tenth and last day, Mr. W. Wilde and Mr. Watson, representing theatres, were examined ; also the Chief Librarian of the British Museum, together with Mr. Kintrea, from Camberwell ; Mr. Greenwell, vestry clerk of Marylebone ' • and Mr. Wilkinson, the town clerk of Walsall. With this witness the case of the promoters was concluded. So far as the proceedings have already gone, I think that the committee have most attentively consi dered every point, and that if a satisfactory result be not arrived at, it will be more due to the limited means at our command, restricting the number of essential witnesses as to price, and necessitating reliance on local and somewhat conflicting expres sions of opinion, than to any inattention on the part of the committee. The important point is yet to come, namely, the answer of the companies to the allegations made. I anticipate their case will pro , bably last some five or six days, and then the im portant question of clauses will have to be gone into. This will probably bring us to about the middle of June, and the bill, as it may then stand, will be read a third time ; and from this point com mences its progress through the House of Lords. It is impossible to say what may be the duration of that ordaal, or whether the opposition will he renewed there. It is not likely, but it must not be altogether left out of your calculations. Mr. Beal then referred to the state of the finances, to the heavy expenditure going on, and to the necessity for a fresh fund being raised to support the bill in the House of Lords. He also stated that certain returns as to capital and dividends, ordered by the committee, had been furnished by the gas com panies, tha,t the case of the parishes was now closed, and that of the companies would be opened on Monday, the 4th of June. The committee had or dered the evidence to be printed, and this had en tailed an unexpected expense of £l5 a day. The honorary secretary reported a large mass of corre spondence. He also reported further contributions of £5O from Lambeth, £5O from Chelsea, £2O from the Holborn Board of Works, £4O from St. Mar tin's, and £25 from Camberwell. He was also au thorised to say that further contributions would be made by St. James's Vestry, that a vote of £lOO would be moved for in St. George's, Hanover square, and also a further vote in St. Martin's Vestry. Resolutions were passed relative to obtaining the necessary funds for prosecuting the bill in Parlia ment, and the delegates then adjourned for a week. CAPTURE OF AN AMERICAN SLAVER. The Key West correspondent of the _Yew Yorl, Herald writes :—" The great event of the last fortnight in this section of the Union has been the capture by .the United States steamer Mohawk, Lieutenant T. A. M. Craven, of the slave bark Wildfire and her cargo of 520 negroes, and the ar rival and disembarcation of the latter upon White head Point, near Fort Taylor. News arrived in the city on Sunday, the 29th, that the Mohawk was at anchor off Indian Key, 50 :miles east of Key Wrest, with a slaver in tow. The next morning the Mohawk made her appearance off Booca Chica, and at noon rounded Fort Taylor, proceeded up oppo site the naval depot, and came to an anchor with her prize. The Mohawk sailed from Key West on the 9th of April on a cruise off the eastern end of the Island of Cuba. She steamed and sailed about the barren keys of the Bahamas, occasionally land ing and procuring supplies of fish and turtle. She also visited the Lobos Keys, and had two or three exciting chases after suspicious craft. On the 23d she put into the harbour of Neuvitas, and remained there until the 25th, when she took the American brig Pedro Sanchez Dolz in tow, the weather being calm, and carried her outside of the reefs. She remained in company with the brig until the next morning, when discovering a sail in the offing heading for the land, she cast off the brig and made chase. There being no wind, the sail, which proved to be a barque, was speedily ap proached. She was evidently an American-built vessel, but having no name upon her stern she was requested to show her colours, in response to which the American flag was hoisted. As the Mohawk ranged alongside men were observed at work in the rigging, others about the decks—a few in num ber—while the captain and his officers coolly leaned upon the rail observing the steamer's movements. She did not look the slaver, but from force of habit, with a spice of curiosity, Capt. Craven ordered Lieut. Carpenter to board her. As the boat ap proached the vessel it was observed that no rope was thrown out, and it was evident the visit was not agreeable. The lieutenant, unassisted, boarded the vessel, and was no sooner on her bulwarks than he waved his sword, and the men in the boat raised a shout—a signal that she was a slaver and a prize. The moment that the slaves, who had been driven below, caught sight of the officer's uniform (the hatches were covered with gratings only), they sang and clapped their hands with joy. They instinc tively knew that their deliverers were at hand. The vessel was at once taken possession of by Capt. Craven, a prize crew put on board, the officers and crew transferred to the Mohawk, and the barque taken in tow. The Mohawk then headed for the Florida Keys. The barque proved to be the Wild fire, a handsome clipper of 337 tons, built in Phila delphia in 1855. She sailed from New York on the 16th of December, 1859, with an American crew, for the West Indies. She made a good run to St. Thomas's, where she remained eight days, and then sailed for the Congo river. She took on board 603 slaves the night of March 21. She got safely of the coast, and had not seen a sail up to the day ch her capture. When they left the coast the Ameri can captain and crew were superseded by a Spanish captain and crew, the former then acting as pas sengers. This cargo consists of children and young men and women, the majority being from twelve to sixteen years of age. They are in a remarkably sound and healthy condition ; few cargoes come over in better order than this. The negroes, since their transfer to the shore, seem happy and con tented. The sick in hospital are getting well under the kind treatment they are receiving. The United States Marshal, who has charge of the negroes, has placed them in hastily constructed but comfortable sheds, built expressly for them upon Whitehead Point, a portion of the land purchased for Fort Taylor, but hada mile distant from t he r e thefortifiuc fortification. The crew of the s laver have been b efo States' commissioner and committed to gaol." THE LONDON "ENTERTAINMENTS." —That parti cular class of public amusement that goes by the distinctive name of "entertainment" is becoming much loss extensive than it was a few years ago. The lamented death of Mr. Albert Smith extinguishes the most celebrated of the spe cies, nor is it easy to foresee what will take the place of Mont Blanc and the expedition to Canton. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Paul, who have exhibited th e i r versatile talents in song and mimic representati on nearly 1,000 times, and se emed to have g rown into a per • mane nt institution, have now reached their last we ek at St James's-hall. On the other hand, Mr. John P arry, w h o has not been heard o f for something like nine years, and may almost be regarded as the patriarch of " entertainers" in general, is announced to appear on Monday week, as a co - opera tive with Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Re e d ; an d on the same evening, but not at the same place, Mr. W as hi ng t on Friend will unf old an American panorama, which he will ill us t ra te with song and characteristic anecdote. The Christy's Minstrels are settled at Polygraphic-hall till the beg,inning of August, when their enterprising manager, Mr, 103110 r) will retire frQui Once, MR. BRIGHT AT BIRMINGHAM. BIRMINGHAM, MAY 30. A town meeting on the subject of the Govern ment Reform Bill was held in the Town-hall here to-night. It was convened by the Mayor, upon a requisition signed by about 1,500 persons. The - Mayor presided. At the time his worship took the chair (20 minutes before eight) the hall was about two-thirds full. A letter from Mr. Scholefield was read, apologis ing for his absence. Letters of a similar character were read from Mr. P. H. Muntz and others of the ' Reform party. Mr. Alderman BALDWIN (papermaker) moved the following resolution : " That, inasmuch as the Government Reform Bill will considerably extend the privileges of voting among the working classes, this meeting, while asserting the right to a more comprehensive mea sure, and especially regretting that it does not pro vide a lodger franchise, is of opinion that the bill is entitled to the candid support of all friends of Par liamentary reform." Mr. I. LORD, Dissenting minister, seconded the resolution, which was carried isnanimously. Mr. Alderman HAWKES moved the second reso lution : " That this meeting, having observed with ap prehension and disappointment the various obstacles raised by some nominal supporters as well as by avowed opponents to hinder the progress of the Reform Bill in order to insure its defeat, earnestly urges upon Parliament to proceed with the same with all possible despatch." Mr. H. W. TYNDALL, solicitor, seconded the re solution. As to the interference with the House of Commons on the Paper Duty Bill, he thought that Mr. Gladstone had got himself into the difficulty by not adhering to precedent, simply moving a resolu tion remitting the paper duties. The Reform Bill he found fault with, because it did not contain a clause for the ballot. The resolution was carried. Mr. C. SMITH, who avowed himself a working man, moved the next resolution : " That this meeting records its emphatic protest against the disparaging terms employed with refer ence to the industrious population by members of both Houses of Parliament in the course of the re cent debates on the Reform Bill, and this meeting declares that such aspersions are in the higheit 'de gree unjust and undeserved, and demandthe severest condemnation." The resolution and anothor of a kindred character having been carri e d, _ _ Mr. LAWDEN moved, and Mr. MIDDLEMORE, a borough magistrate, seconded, a resolution expres sive of confidence in Messrs. Scholefield and Bright, and of condemnation of the unjust imputations and cowarnly attacks which had been from time to time made upon Mr. Bright, in consequence of his fear less advocacy of the cause of the people. Mr. BRIGHT said, that he felt sure there was not a man in the confines of the kingdom who would express a doubt as to the earnestness in which the people of Birmingham had at all times exhibitedin the cause of Parliamentary reform, and never was that more required than at this moment. He had witnessed the meeting of to-night with more plea sure than ou any former occasion since he had been politically connected with the borough, because on no occasion had there been so much earnestness in the speeches delivered, or more interest manifested in the subject than on that occasion, and this was most necessary, for the battle in which they were en gaged was not over, neither was it likely to be over. They knew in what manner the question of reform had been treated by both parties in the House of Commons. Those who sat on the Ministerial benches, and those who hoped to get there—all who were supposed by the press to be alone fit to govern the country, had admitted that an extension of the suffrage was necessary; and yet, after all the pro mises made, there was still the disposition to deprive the people of their political rights. He remarked on some admissions which had been made respect ing the Reform Bill of 1832, and went on to re mark that those who had opposed the £lO franchise then were for its perpetuity now, but expressed it as his opinion that that which was wise in 1832 would be wise now, adding to those votes a still larger number, thereby giving stability to the Government and spreading content among all classes of the people. With reference to the borough franchise, as proposed under the Govern ment bill, he said that to substitute a higher:one would be to cheat the people, and to destroy what faith remained in those who were thought to be the leading men in the government of the country. His highest estimate in the increase of the consti tuency under the new measure was 350,000. This small number out of 7,000,000 some of Lord Derby's friends regarded as " dangerous and revolutionary." He alluded to speeches of Mr. Disraeli and Sir Bul wer Lytton on this question. With reference to that of the last, he designated it as a speech of elaborate eloquence, but wanting in the kernel and soul of true eloquence—it wanted one particle of truth. It contained everything about the fancy democrats of two thousand years ago, but nothing with regard to the character and rights of the population of this country of the present day. He spoke of an expression used by one whom he desig nated as " one of the titled feeble of the House of Commons," who had expressed an opinion that if the Reform Bill passed the working classes might meddle with the " incidence of taxation." He re ferred to the circumstances abundant upon the re jection of the Reform Bill of the Derby Govern ment last year, and said that that party appeared disposed to behave as honourably now as they did thirty years ago. In reference to this question elaborate and unfortunate slanders were circulated against the people, of which some day they might take advantage. He paid a tribute to the spirit of endurance and other high qualities displayed by the industrial population of this country. He remarked on their obedience to the laws, and expressed an opinion that nothing could equal the blindness of those who charged such a class with meditating the overthrow of the constitution under which their forefathers had lived ; but the vast industry of the people the go verning class valued only because it afforded the means by which a vast amount of taxes might be raised. The hon. gentleman next alluded to the recent conduct of the House of Lords on the Paper Duty Bill. There, he said, was an irresponsible hereditary body, famed l for no deeds or services to the State, who neither attended on platforms nor issued addresses, nor received votes, seeking to be their masters, and exercising a power in 1860 un known and unrecognised by their forefathers for centuries. It was in 1860 that this new monster made its appearance, and it was for the people to extirpate it at once, to put such a ban upon it at once that it might never be heard of again. No duty could be worse than the paper duty which it was sought to retain ; it was a tax on their books, on their amusements, on their hours of leisure and intellectual culture. The treaty with France would. be productive of the greatest advantage to both countries. A Government which could inaugurate such a policy and a Chancellor of the Exchequer who would make it the pivot of his Budget, were entitled to the moral support of the whole of the industrial population. Mr. Bright resumed his seat amid immense cheering. At the time he concluded there were about 5,000 people in the hall. ffl THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (vi a South •ampton) .. .. .. (via Marseilles) .) June june 1 2 0 . . Do. (via Marseilles) Juno 4. Bahamas and Havana (via New York) .. .. J uno 7. Canada, &c. (via Cork) .. • • • • • . Ma y 30 . Cape of Good Hope, &c. . • • • • • • • June 1. China, Penang, , and Singapore (via (vi garseill a es) June 12. 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