The Sun. — London, England, 1860-04-12 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEW& CITY, Two o'CLocK. ADVANCE IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT. The Directors of the Bank of England have raised the minimum rate of discount to 5 per cent. It was generally expected that some measure of the kind Would be adopted, and the announcement has con sequently produced very little effect at the Stock Exchange, Considerable activity was experienced in the money market yesterday, owing to the Consol settlement, the preparations for the Victoria . - Debentures, and the impression that the Bank of ri ,gland minimum will attain a higher figure. li mited joint-stock banks and discount houses have nMited their transactions for some days past, and t he available supply of money appears to be very limited. The negotiation of the proposed issue of .£2,650,000 .., letoria Railway debentures has only met with Partial success ; the amount tendered for was £ 1 ,680,000, and offers accepted at and about 105-- t ile minimum fixed by the Colonial Government— °Cy represented £1,570,000, showing a deficiency Of £1,080,000. It must be admitted, however, that the stringent condition of the money mar ot was adverse to the operation, the previous 'Missions of these securities having taken place when, the rate of discount was 23 per cent., whereas it now stands at 43 per eent., with the prospect of an immediate ad /epee to 5 or 53 per cent. The lowest bid Iris 95, and the highest 108, the average being 105 1 I. The result of this transaction will no doubt act as a warning to the authorities in Victoria, who, elated at the prices previously ob tained, were no doubt encouraged to bring for 'Ward a much larger quantity than they had offered on former occasions. Similar mistakes have been frequently made ; the depression of Canadian, Indian, and Brazilian Securities is solely attri butable to the excessive supplies which have been forc e d upon the market. Dealings were recorded yesterday morning in the Victoria Debentures, pre liously negotiated, at 1073, but the New closed last evening at only 105 to 1051. To-day the quo tations has been 1044 to 1051. The Mexican dollars by the last West India Packet have been sold at 621 d per ounce, showing a decline of -id. compared with the price realised for the previous supply, but the bar silver has not yet been disposed of. Notice has been given by the Spanish Financial Commission that the auction of the Foreign Re deemable Debt will take place at Madrid on the 28th instant, for which purpose 748,960 reels have been 'igned by the Government. The directors of the Scinde Railway Company "re prepared to receive tenders for the unappro priated portion of the £250,000 debentures, of 4 ums of not less than £lOO, about to be issued under the guarantee of the Secretary of State for India, bearing 5 per cent. interest, and payable in fl Ye years, with the option of converting them into stock at par. A second call of L 5 per share has been made °Y the Eastern Bengal Railway Company, pay able on July 20 next. The Tasmanian bas been announced this morning ftin the West Indies, with £65,458 in specie. The Australian Banks will receive tenders for the bilance of the Victoria Debentures at the price of 10 5 until Tuesday next. _ The Funds to-day `continue rather heavy, tlthough the transactions, both real and specula !lre, have been limited. Consols for money have been 94 to 941, and for account 941 ; the present Prices, however, are 941 and 94,1 1 respectively. , 4 , 413 New Threes and the Reduced have receded to : 2 1 ; the New 21 per Cents. are 781; India New 1 -03 an is steady at 104 i 1051; ditto 5 per Cent. 4faced Paper, 981 ; ditto 54 per Cents. are flat at 10 31; the Debentures at 96,1 97 ; Exchequer Bills are Bs. to 12s. prem. ; Bank Stock is firm at 226. Business in the Foreign Stock Market continues moderately active, but prices generally show a decline. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 751 to 76 ; ditto New, 61 to 611; Russian 5 per Cents. have receded to 1071 ; Mexican, to 211 d ; Sardinian to 83.1 Brazilian 41 per Cents. to 901; Chilian remains at 102 ; but Dutch 4 per Cents. have im proved to 1041 ; Spanish are 461. The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 2 Z Prem. ; the Universal ditto, Za prem. The New Vietoria Debentures are 1041 to 1051. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are, in round figures, as under : 1860. 1859. reat Western ...£32,619 £28,890 p N orth-Western e.th-Western t r ighton 17,965 12,424 Midland 7 1 ith• Eastern `/reat Northern Br istol and Yorkshire .. 36,970 30, 950 t r istol and Exeter C.° l lh-Eastern 17, 1 4 chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln il rth Stafford 't', l ford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 5,046 4,346 t eblin and Wicklow " 1,949 1,594 adinburgh and Glasgow 5,859 5,691 l iegow and South-Western %rend Trunk of Canada Ntt Western of Canada The intervention of the Easter Holidays has fused a most decided increase in the traffic returns 1 f Most of the principal lines of railway in the U nited Kingdom, compared with those of the cor responding week of last year. On the Great Western it amounts to £3,729, the North-Western £9,115, the South-Western to £3,885, the B righton to £5,541, the Midland to £ 6 , 145, the ° nuth•Eastern to £4,480, the Great Northern to P,079, the Lancashire and Yorkshire to £6,020, t he North-Eastern to £5,199, the Edinburgh and G lasgow to £l6B, the Grand Trunk of Canada to t 1,058, and the Great Western of Canada to 44 ,146. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have ;eon on a moderate scale, and, with one or two ex ,6Ptions,prices have further declined, notwithstand -1 the favourable character of the traffic returns. Eastern Counties, and Lancashire and Yorkshire r lu tye receded ss. Caledonian, Great Northern, g reat Western, Brighton, South Western, North ~( t s tern (Berwick), and South Eastern, lOs , and ' ll 4land, 15s. Bristol and Exeter advanced 10s. *I .In the Foreign and Colonial Markets transac tlll4/18 have not been important, prices however are t. Lombardo-Venetian realise 111 11i ; Great , I t "nzembourg, 61 7 ; East Indian have declined t o 1 014102,' ; Grand Trunk of Canada, to 33! 34; G reat Western of Canada, to 14 121. , 4.o int-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re main inactive, at about previous rates. IBRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PR 22 ICES 6 . tilk Stock atr Cont. Reduced Annuities 925 1 ; 3 per Cent . Consols Annuities 144, 4 ' 3 per Cent. Annuities A th ,.. -14. 25 per Cent. Annuities 785 lh - ",, • 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 175 --I A% Stock D itto vs 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaeed Paper, 4 per cent . D . 981 8 h t ,tto 5 per Cent. ... D, - ,2tto 55 per Cent 1035 . 1\i ...4 Debentures, 1858 Ditto, 1859 Ili h _ lt ° Bonds, £l,OOO par ( . 1 " ,, under £l,000 14 4 b. 41 t for Account (May 9) Stock for Account E tt itto Account, 5 per cent. 11. -4 equ r Bills, £ l,OOO, 15d l2 8 e t t4 £6OO l2 8 I t) small, 15d. ItraOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. IN - luan 5 ner Cent. bi, l l o Account b." O 45 per Cent. 1852 905 itto 45 905 bi t per cent., 1858 Chi li to Scrip 18601 1 d k . 84 6 per Cent bi". ll 3 er Cent. k tt ° Account .1 1 „,,,.211115/ 0 .4.4 1 :1 1 , 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent .. 1075 2 , p bi tit ttl, 5 per Cent ..,-kilia ~8 35 Account 11 . ' 3 per Cent tt, bittoAccount ,itt, New Deferred, 3 per Cent. — ~,I)it t- 0 teeaunt 4 .41, i0 ,, assive Dit to '. 6 Per Cent — bi t A c count Di tto New L A Loan ... ccount /1,4 Dividends on the above payable in Lonaok batch4i 21 , A Per Cent., Ex. 25f ... 55 uitt o ze hailge 12 Guil. Cent.r Cent... Cer tificat ' es, 4 per Money THREE O'CLOCK. Consels Mon Ditt gt ° °Villa F ,teurittritt 94 1 i Paid. Cloning Business hart Bailway s .Price. Done. 12.10 Auaberg., Nutting. Bost. and Eastern Junction 10 ft 61 6} 80 ;:ielia ct and Ballymena all 13.14 [Cr., Wol., and 6'tr. Val all 8 84 8} Stool Birk.,La.,andCh. June 100 70 72 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth atid Tv lie all 10 Bost. Sleid.& Mid. Coun all 63 75 Stock Bristol and Exeter Stock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all 50 Cork and Bandon 9 - 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Pacsage all 20 Cornwall all 6} 61 10 Do. A A roves. no until6p.c.per an an all 10 Do. B 1 hasbeen pd.toß. 50 Dublin andßelf ast June. all 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc all 74 8 Stock East Anglian lOO 174 181 174 4 Stook Eastern Counties lOO 54 ¢ 554 55 4 Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 36 38 Stook I Do. do. 'l3 Stocki 100 26 28 25 I Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 84 20 East Suffolk all 10 Do Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 78 80 Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 30 304 30} 39 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all StocklPurness Stock : Glasgow& South Westn lOO 98 100 10 Great North of Scotland all Stock Great Northern lOO 1134 1141 113} 14 134 Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 117 119 1184 18 Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 128 132 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 113 115 Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 60 65 60 12 Irish South Eastern all Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 104} 1041 1044 1 Stook London and Blackwall. 100 67 69 68} Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 112 113 112 1 ¢ 25 Lond. Chat. and Dover all 12 13 Stock London & North Westn s 100 994 100 994 4i 4 1 124 Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn lOO 914 924 92} 11 ' 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 IL'derry & Enniskillen all Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln lOO 414 VI 424 42} 2 50 'Maryport and Carlisle - 124 Do. do. 5 Shares all 10 Metropolitan Stock Midland lOO 117 1174 117 4 S lock Do. Birming. & Derby lOO 95 97 96 50 Mid. Gt. West.(lrcland) all 25 Do. 4 Shares all 25 Mid Kent all 10 Do. (Cray Line) all 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all . 25 New., Aber., & Ilerefd; all 104 114 10 Newry & Armagh (aef.) 9 14 21 20 Newry, Warpt., & Ros all Stock Norfolk lOO 55 57 50 North. Counties Union 34 31 1 d Stock North British lOO 604 61} 81 4el Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO Stock Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 Stock Do. B Stock Stock'North-Eastn.—Berwick 100 95 951 95 41 51 5 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 11 14 d 11 d Stock Do. Leeds lOO 48 481 48} 1 Stook Do. York lOO 79 794 79 1 Stock North London lOO 105 107 20 North Staffordshire 174 31 31 4 13/ 14 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver lOO 42 44 10 Peebles all 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney lO 6 7 Stock Scottish Central Stock Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock 100 341 354 344 Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 85 87 Stock Shropshire Union lOO 47 49 47 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 31 21 d Stock South Devon lOO 43 15 Stock South-Eastern lOO 873 88} 874 81 } 4 Stock South Wales Stock SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun lOO 75 80 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 6 8 25 Stockton & Darlington all 391 404 40 39} 25 Do. do. Stockton & llartlepool 164 Stock Taff Vale lOO Stock IDo. Preference, No. 1 25 IThamesHarenDk&Rail 22 50 Ulster 25 Do. 2O 24 34 p 12 10 Do. l} 4d 4p Stock Vale of Neath lOO 59 61 10 Victoria Station & Pim 9} 10 11 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West Cornwall 20 West London 10 Do. let Class all 20 Do. 2d Class Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stonk Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 12 10 Stock 10 Stock PREFERENCE SHARES. Paid. / Closing Engines' Share Railways. Pries. Done. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 45 45 45 20 Ardennes all p 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 7 5d par 5 Belgian East. Junction all 5 1 20 Beziers to Graissessac all 10 IBuen.Ayres& S. Ferndo 25 25 3 b 6 ,Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 15 25 100 Copiabo 10 Ditto Extension all 11 15d 20 Dutch Rhenish 20 Eastern of France 20 Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c 6 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. ohs all 65 7 64 7 20 Italian Junction all 20 Lake Constance & Bale all 20 Lierre and Turnhout all 20 Lombardo Venetian lO 15 15p 111 1 20 Lyons and Geneva 335 Maria Antonia all 10 Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege all 8 85 85 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. all 19 195 16 Northern of France 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 85 95 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit all 365 37 20 Paris and Orleans all 53 65 20 ( Recife& S. Fran. (fern.) 13 If lid gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) 20 Riga and Dunaburg lO 10 Rome and Frascati all 20 Royal Danish all 13 15 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse all 54 6 10 Da. 55 per cent. Pref. 20 San Paulo (lim.) g. 7;p. c 2 4 Id, 15 20 Southern of France all 20 21 85 West Flanders all 55 5f 10 Do. 55 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 22 23 20 Western of Austria 6 20 Western of Switzerlan all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can.Gov.6p.e.J a. & J ulyi 100 1114 116 Do. 6 p.c.leb.&Aug. 100 1109 111 Do. 6p.e.Mr. & Sep. 100 110 112 Do. 6 per cent. 1878 109 - - Do. 6 per cent. 1879 100 1115 N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 10C 107 109 Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 106 995 100 D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1876 100 995 1005 995 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up 100 995 100 994 NovaScoirlaGov.6 p.c. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 109 109 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 110 112 Vict.Gov.6p.c.Jan&July, 100 Do. do. April & Oct. I 100 1045 1055 105 45 65 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 1000 A.tlantio Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 32 23 10 Australian Royal Mail . all 19 Berlin Water Works 50 British American Land' 40 50 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A.l all 37 39 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862 all 20 22 20 Do. C . 100 Canada Land 325 122 125 10 Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim )I all 6 8 Stock Cop.Min.olEng.SiSmltc all 25 30 25 Do. Preff-rence 75 per ci I all 246 255 Stock Crystal Palace. 5 Do. Preference al 99 101 100 904 Stock Do. 6p. c. Perpet. Deb lOO 103 106 Stook Electric Telegraph lOO 106 108 107 65 25 Do. New 5 English Sc Aust. Copper all 25 2 5 25 15 ,Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 265 i 1 ;Great Ship (Limited) all 5 5 20 !Indian & Aust. Telegr 2s. 5 ILondon District Telegr 2 1 id 20 London Discount 5 11 1 d 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co all 11 15 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 2 25 35 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all 10 Med. Exton. Tel. (Lim.) all 3 4 25 'National Discount Co 5 1 5 di 10 Netherlands Land all I 5 ID° 8 p.c.Pref. ,iss. at 1 dis all 100 11`7.13r.&NovaScotiaLand 80 10 15 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim ) all 1 Oriental Gas 1 Do. New Shares lss. 5 par 10 Orientl. In. Steam, A i 6 I 10 Ditto B 6 10 Ditto C 2s. - Stock Peel River Land & Min. 100 49 51 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam. all 78 80 50 Do. New l5 13 15 ift 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr. 15 par 5 p 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 5i 65 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 54 Stock Scot.Austrln.lnv.(Lim ) 100 120 130 25 South Australian Land., all 345 34 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip all I 1 I Do. do Registered. all 20 . T r.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can. 5 I - 1010 'Van Diemen's Land .. 1 285 10 11 SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. NEWMARKET RACES-(THIS DAY). (BY ELECTRIC TELEGAPH.) £5O HANDICAP PLATE. Tyrant Blue Jacket Bevis 3 Nine ran. - CLARET STAKES. The Promised Land Walked over, HURSTBOURNE STAKES. Richmond Loiterer ASKE PRODUCE STAKES. Sparrow Hawk t 1 Sabreur ... SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SOVS. Vicar of Bray 1 Drum Major SIIAUB Jid A RKET.—( THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Blythe and Tyne 1C per, c. pref. (Issued at My Brie. & Exet.4p.et.Stock; Do, do. do. Shares !Caledon £lO, 41 per cent! Quar. Shares, No. 2. (Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent. .. 'Dun. Perth,& Aber Jun. E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc.. • • I Do. do. Class C 7 pc E. Coun. Ex. 5 pet. No.l Do. do N 0.2 Do. New 6 per ct. Stock, Eastern Union, 4 per ct. ' Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares' Do. 4 p c gua S. & D. • • • Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas. &S West. a. spc. 'Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 41 p. ct. pref. Stock —I Great West. (Berke and, Uants) Ext. 5 p.ct. Do. Redeemable, 4} p et I Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Do. Irredeemable, do 1 Do. 5 p. ct. Redeem.Pref' Do. Birm. Prof. Shares, Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c.pf.sh. Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do. firming. guar. stock , I Do. Chester guar. shares, ;Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York fi p.c. stock' Barnsl.StXs 3slodpc I • Do. 6 per C. (E. Lan) 1 L on. & Brig.spc. gu. No.l' Do. , 5 p. o No. 2 no. gua., 6 p. et. Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Do. Do. 41 per cent Do. do. 41 per c. shares, Do. 7 per cent. Pref. St., ,D 0.6 p.c. do.(W.E.&C.P.)' ,D 0.4 p.c S.(div.def.tir 65), Lond. Chat. and Dover Lon. & N. W. Cov. &Nun- I eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon. &S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, Londondy & Cole, 1 shs. Londondy. & Ennis 1 eh., Nlan.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. et., Do. £6 Do. 3} per cent. Do. redeem. 6 per cent. Niaryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4i per cent .. I Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. o. Stock 'lDo.Con.Bris.&l3lr.fip.Ct Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock... Do. with option till 18601 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st.' Newport,A ber,&c. pret.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. n in Do. Perpet, 6 p. o. with , option till 1866 Do., till 1869 Norfik sp. o. Ex.Stk,lB4P Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWavVal.Ex.SklB47 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gua. 5 per cent, Nth.Dev.Rail.& c o . N-East.Cons. Pref.4p.c.l Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. , Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 o . York, H.& S. Purch. North Staffordshire Ox. Wr. & Wol.6po.leti Do. 'Redeem., 2d gua Do. Irredeem., 21 gua. Rhymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pt Scottish North-Eastern, 34 per o. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. a. pret. stock. Routh Devon, Ann. 10s., Do. Fixed 41 per cent.l South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6 ) Do .41 per cent Do. Fixed 41 p.e. let is South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 41 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 re. gua Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent Watrfd dL Kilkny, 6p o. 96 98 lioo 102 54 8 99 101 110 113 103 103 110 112 109 111 124 128 81 83 110 112 90 92 75 77 118 120 117 119 110 112 103 105 85 87 96 98 98 100 88 90 90 92 100 102 91 1.01 17 18 161 101 74 76 191 201 91 10 141 15 138 140 115 117 115 117 140 145 115 117 '54 158 [32 136 66 68 21i 22i 115 117 15!i 157 k 12 124 125 127 I 1 , f 8 70 [3B 140 102 103 p 94 95 ioi !If 121 i 1P [O9 111 [OB 110 90 92 , 95 97 1 d id p 23 24 124 126 117 119 75 77 121 123 132 138 loi ioi 23 23J 10, 102 100 102 89 91 99 101 84 88 28 29 32i 33, 32 33 51 53 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. p. m Leasng Closing Business i Co. s. , Price. Bone. Bedford and Bletchley, Buckinghamshire 1 Chester & Holyhead Do. do. 5i p. et Do. do. 5 p. et. Clydesdale Junction Colchester, Stour Val E. Lincoln sh ire, g. 6p.c E Union,HarwichShs all Ln & N.W 100 Ln& N.W, 100 Do. 100 Do. 100 Do. 100 ICaledonin all , E.U.SLE C 100 t Gt.North. all E.Counts. 100 100 ICaledonin 100 ,Do. all , Gt. West all iYk.N.&llit all ,Yk.N.Md. all Do. Do. Woodbridge ... Gli.Barn&Neils,Drct. Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest fl artlpool.Dek.&Rail Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. i• Shares Lanc.&Carl.gua.s p.c London&Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Lowestoft, gua. 4 p. ct Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn.& Matk Mld.Bradford Frei , 75. 6. ; 3131.1cdoiaunndts ence Stock Newmarkt.,Burybx 5 guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c ; all Do. Do. do. 6 per cent. all Do. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. North Western all Midland . Preston and Wyro. all Do. Shares A all Do. K Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep 100 Gt.North. l Shrewabry& Hereford, 100 T Brassey Do. Do. 1 South Staffordshire .. 1 all M'Clean . Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West Wimbledon& Croydn. , all L.&Brizin all , Do. 100 Ln&N I W 100 S. East 100 iDo. 100 ,Peto &Co 100 INorfolk 100 'Do all LN W&M DOCKS. 66 100 I 511 31f 1 . .1' 2 124 112 114 103 105 16 17 140 142 41 41 110 111 207 210 83 65 115 120 96 98 21 41 95 97 iP 56 58 14} 15 135 137 .104 106 I 10i 11 91 93 I 7i Si Dooka. 100 100 100 100 ICO Stock Cornmereial Stock' Do 4 per Cent. Pref . Min Stock East and West India Stock, London Stock St. Katharine Stock,Southampton 1100 — Stock Victoria . lOO 100 103 110 ID() NOW Is 11/11111.112 rvf , 2 Paid Closing Business Price. Done. Sh,trt SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING APRIL 12, 1860. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. I Share, l Railways. 100 I Stk { Atlantic & St Lawrence) Leased at 6 per cent.. BODl.,BarodaßtCent.lnd gu. 5 percent Do. Addit. Capital A 204 204 10 100 I 100 10G Do. Do. . ;Buffalo and Lake Huron 1 , Do. New Do. Preference IBuffaio,Brant. & Godrich 6 p. ct. Ms. 1 AuL., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1813' Do. do. 1 June, 1874' Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim., Cape,Eastn.Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip' (Central Oude (Limited) ;Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c !Demerara 17} 20 stook lEastern Bengal.gu.sp.c. East Indian, qu. 5 p. c.. Do. F Shares Ext. 100 Stock 20 Sto. Stook 300 100 100 100 100 Stook Do. Jubbulpore Do. 44 p. c. Debentrs Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1861 G eelong& Melbourne IGeelong Corporation 43 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada] Do. 8 per cent. Pref Do. 6 percent. Debentr 1 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867 • I Do. do. 1872 • Gt.lndiarenin.gua.sp.e. Do. New, gua.s per cent. Gt. South. of Ind.Lim.— guaranteed 5 per cent Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New IDo. Bonds pay. '76,witli ept. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. 'Y3 without opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 4i p. c 'Do. do. 5 per bent 'Do. 4, p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c 'Do. Fourth do. Do. do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. New tg , Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo. 61," St. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip all 100 all 1 100 100 all all all all 100 6 10. all all 100 all 1 all I . 58. / all 15 5 all Fad ' , Price. ! ' Closing lisnainess done 1 all 1100 86 88 97 98 id licdl all all all 100 100 100 1.3 0. 7 71 78 82 70 75 68 73 par }p 1i 1 d 3s. Od lf li d fd fd 101} 102 par ip pttr ip 9i 4 1004 101 i 1024 204 214 33 35 921 934 70 72 84 86 72 74j 71 73 I 99d I d 4 991 11 Id 12; 12; 8 71d 97 99 97 99 97 99 90 93 88 90 974 984 91 93 1021 11 1011 34 n 41 5 7 71 72 99i f 121 1 5 7 99 d df 101 d i 94 96 1 I d 100 41 95 i THIII I) EDITION. Throe ran. MATCH-Plum walked over. SWEEPSTAKES OF 20 SOVS. Man Friday Walked over. SWEEPSTAKES OF 25 SOVS. Little Lady Sparkle Lady Macdonald Three ran. SUBSCRIPTION PLATE. Philomela..... 1 Athos Six ran. Claret Stakes—North Lincoln paid forfeit. Aske Produce Stakes—Polianthus paid forfeit. £5O Handicap Plate—Mazzini, Ticket of Leave, and Merry May paid forfeit. Sweepstakes of 100 Sovs.—Sampson, Tisiphone filly, and the Benecia Boy paid forfeit. LATEST BETTING. TWO THOUSAND. 3to 1 agst The Wizard (taken) 11 to 2 agst Lupulus (taken) 9to 1 agst Brother to Rainbow (taken) 11 to 1 agst Traducer (taken) 100 to 6 agst Umpire (taken) 12 to 1 agst Richmond (taken) 20 to 1 agst King of Diamonds (taken) 50 to 1 agst Buccaneer (offered) DERBY. 6to 1 agst Umpire 12 to 1 agst Thormanby 100 to 6 agst Buccaneer 25 to 1 agst 13lue Ruin (taken) 100 to 3 agst Confectioner CITY AND SUBURBAN. 7to 1 agst Confectioner (taken) 9to 1 agst Yoicks (taken) 12 to 1 agst Homeward Bound (taken) 14 to 1 agst Chere Arnie (taken) 40 to 1 agst Man-at-Arms CHESTER Cr?. 14 to 1 agst Tame Deer 14 to 1 agst Gaspard 20 to 1 agst Longrange i 0 to 1 agst The Promised Land (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Satellite (taken) 25 to 1 agst Man-at-Arms • 26 to 1 agst Viatka 30 to 1 agst Mouravieff 50 to 1 agst Flitch 50 to 1 agst Blue Ruin CATTERICK BRIDGE RACES (This Day). (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) lIORNBY HANDICAP. Syringe .. 1 Lady Mary colt Red Eagle Ten ran. STAMPED PAPERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE FUN. Sia,—l observe it is reported that the privilege of re. transmission of papers by post for fourteen days is about to be withdrawn from the public. If there is any one thing which has tended to improve and educate the public mind more than this, I have it to learn. I hope the press will do their endeavour to awaken Ministers to their duty, for they do incalculable mischief. Your notice relating to the Post-office is too true, and I hope will be remedied. There is scarcely a week but papers are detained, or exchanged, or lost. Formerly we had a post communication east, west, north, and south, now we have one only to the south, so that letters to the next post town have to go at least 100 miles instead of 14. I think this a disgrace to a publio department. remain, yours truly, WILLIAM DAVIES. Aahfield, Rhayader, April 10. 71118 DA Y'S IitARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. !Mt ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 47s 9d ; barley, 36s 4d; oats, 23s 7d; rye, 31s 8d; beans, 408 2d ; and peas, 388 3d. Tim Six WEEKS' AVERAGES. -- Wheat, 49s 5d ; barley, 36s 7d ; oats, 23s 4d ; rye, 32s lld ; beans, 395 7d; peas, 37s 10d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 102,135, barley, 28,100 ; oats, 9,942 ; rye, 102 ; beans, 4,641; peas, 793 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Our market to. day was scantily supplied with beasts. Prime Scots and crosses sold steadily at full quotations ; otherwise, the beef trade was in a sluggish state on former terms. We were fairly supplied with sheep, and all kinds were in request, at very full prices —the best Downs having sold at 5s 10d per 81b. Lambs, the show of which was moderate, changed hands freely, at from 6s to 7s Ed per 81b. There was a steady inquiry for calves, at prices quite equal to Monday. Pigs were tolerably firm in price, but milch cows were a dull sale. Per 81ba to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 Prime Soots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 S 4 0 Second quality do. _4 2 4 8 s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool do. 4 10 5 4 Pme. S'thdowndo. 5 6 5 10 Large crse. calves 6 0 5 6 Prime small d 0... 5 8 6 0 Large hogs 3 6 3 10 Small porkers .... 4 2 4 10 )d to 7s Bd. and quarter •old store pigs Lambs, Gs Suckling calves, 18s to 22s 22s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Bl2 Sheep and lambs 7,000 Calves Pigs 3OO FOREIGN SIMPLY. Beasts BO Sheep Calves Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat are moderate, and a fair average business is doing, as fol lows :—Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; iamb, bs Od to 6s Od ; veal, 4s 6d to 5s 2d ; pork, 3s 6d to 5s Od per Blbs. by the carcase. SOUTHALL, April 11. The supplies of each kind of fat stock in to-day's market were only moderate, and the trade ruled steady, at full prices, viz. : Beef, from 3a 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3a 6d to 5s 8d ; lamb, 6s 4d to 78 4 c l ; veal, 4s 8d to 53 8d ; pork, 4s Od to 4s 10d per 81bs to sink the offal. ROMFORD, April 11.—Prime beasts, sheep, lambs, and calves sold readily, at very full prices. Otherwise the demand ruled inactive : Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 8d to Ss 10d ; lamb, 6s 6d to 7e 8d ; veal, 4s 6d to 5s 8d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per 81bs ; suckling salves, 15s to 19s ; quarter old store pigs, 21s to 29s each; milch cows, £l4 Os to £lB 5s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--Meadow hay, £3 Oa to £4 15s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 108 ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load, A. fair demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 103 ; and straw, £1 102 to £1 16s per lead. Trade steady. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s; clever £4 Os to £5 12s ; and straw, £1 N to £1 16s per-load. Supply good, and trade firm. . Viscount Dowag©r Ashbrook has left town for Tunbridge Wells. THE CALAMITOUS FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE IN WELLINGTON-STREET, STRAND.—Last evening, Mr. Bed ford, the coroner for Westminster, held a lengthened in quiry, in the board-room of the Strand Union, Bow-street, respecting the death of James Evans, aged 29, which was caused by the fire at the premises No. 9, UpperWellington street, Strand, on Good Friday morning, asreported in The Sun. A number of witnesses having been examined, the jury, after a consultation, returned the following verdict : " That ho died from suffocation and burning, but how the the fire was caused there was no evidence to rbow." The jury expressed their extreme satisfaction at the conduct of the fire-escape conductor, the fire brigade m. m, the police, and all other persons who gave their assietan ce. The in quiry lasted several hours. THE CHAMFIONSHIP.-01 1 Monday, Captain Willoughby Carter, chief constable of the Buckingham shire police force, made application to the justices assem bled in petty sessions at Linslade—the Rev. P. T. Ouvry, and Mr. A. P. Cust—for, and obtained, warrants to appre hend Thomas Sayers, the "Champion of Eflgland,' and John Heenan, the American prizefighter. Captain Carter based his application upon the fact that it had come to his knowledge that Heenan had been traced to a certain "spot" bordering on the counties of Bucks and Beds, and, by ap plying for warrants he adopted the only meansin his power of preserving the peace of the county, and preventing the fight taking place in Buckinghamshire, where, if either of the combatants attempt to " show," they will be certainly arrested, as the force of the county is on the amt. Heenan, we understand, is now training at Bedford. THE FIGHT AND THE DERBY MAGI STRATES.— The Derby Mercury states that a rumour wa s current on Saturday that Sayers was in this county. A warrant was immediately issued for his apprehension, and 'placed in the hands of a county police officer. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET RACES.—(WEDNESDAY.) Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for three. yr-olds and upwards. D.M. 7 furlongs 210 yards. 3 subs. Sir J. Hawley's Gallus, by Chanticleer, 4 yrs, Bst 71b _(o:Veils) 1 Mr. S. 'Williams's Mavoureen, 4 yrs, est 71b (G. Fordham) 2 Mr. H. Savile's b. c. by Tadmor, out of Mainstay, 3 yrs, sst 121 b.... Betting-6 to 4 agst Gallus, 2to 1 agst the Mainstay colt, Won by a length and a half ; a bad third. Plate of 50 sous, for two-yr•olds; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, 8s 31b. Extra weight for winners. The first half of Ab M. 3 furlongs 215 yards. Lord Stamford's Lava by Orlando, Bst 31b.. (A. French) 1 Sir J. Hawley's Caliban, Bst 71b (Wells) 2 Baron Rothschild's b. f. by King Tom, out of Molly, Bst 31b (J. Osborne) 3 The following also ran :—Colt by Alarm, out of Ninette, colt by Tadmor, out of Scandal, colt by Cotherstone, out of Claude du Val's dam, and Foxhead. Betting-5 to 2 each agst Caliban and the Ninette colt, 4 to 1 agst Lava. Won easily by a length ; half a length between the second and third ; bad fourth. A. Day weighed for Lord Clifden's Slander colt. On taking the preliminary canter the colt broke his pastern joint, was immediately dismounted, and did not go to the post. Subscription Plate of 50 sous ; for three-yr-olds, ist 21b ; four, Bst 71b; five and upwards, Bst 121 b. T.Y.C. 5 furlongs 140 yards: Sir J. Hawley's Gallus, by Chanticleer, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Wells) 1 Mr. H. Savile's Cynricus, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Ashman) 2 Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Starke, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b (G. Fordham) 3 The fallowing also ran :—Man Friday (late Olympus), Sneerplly, Conjuror, and Mousey. Betting-5 to 4 agst Cynricus, 100 to 80 agst Gallus. Won by two lengths ; bad third. Sweepstakes of 25 sous each, 10 ft, for three and four-yr olds ; three-yr-olds, 7st 121 b ; four, Bst 121 b ; fillies al lowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for £200; if for £lOO, allowed 71b. Last half of Ab. M., 3 furlongs 217 yards. 8 subs. Mr. Barrott's Lady Kingston, by Kingston, 4 yrs, Bst 91b (Snowden) 1 Duke of Bedford's Orlanda, 4 yrs (MOO), Bst 21b (J. Mann) 2 Mr. T. Stevens's Ardour, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Wells) 3 Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Dove, 4 yrs (8100), Bst 21b (Fordhant) 4 Betting-6 to 4on Ardour, 3to 1 agst Orlanda, and 10 to 1 agst Lady Kingston offered. Won by a neck ; a head between second and third ; good fourth. The Duke of Bedford claimed Lady Kingston; Mr. Bar rett claimed Orlanda for Count Batthyany, and Mr. R. Ten Broeck claimed Ardour. The Column Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; 31b and 51b allowed. R.M. 1 mile 17 yards. 14 subs. Lord Derby's Sagitta, by Longbow, 7st 131 b (G. Fordham) 1 Lord Ailesbury's Bribery colt, Bst 21b.... (L Snowden) 2 Lord Strathmore's Leprochaun, Bst 21b (J. Covey) 3 Rope Dancer and Vicar of Bray also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst Sagitta, 2to 1 agst Vicar of Bray, 5 to 1 agst any other offered. Won by a length and a half; bad third. BETTING AFTER THE RACES. CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. 100 to 8 agst Homeward Bound (taken) 100 to 7 agst Comforter (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 3to 1 agst The Wizard (taken) 4to 1 agst Lupulus (offered) CHESTER CUP. 14 to 1 agst Tame Deer (taken) LATEST BETTING. TWO THOUSAND, 3to 1 agst Wizard (taken) - 50 to 1 agst Buccaneer (offered) THE DERBY. 6to 1 agst Umpire (taken) 100 to 6 agst Buccaneer (offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN AND METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.—Youatt Wm. Gray issued his advice on these events on Thursday last, and is convinced, from the infor mation received, that nothing but accident can prevent suc cess. A horse named at 30 to 1 to win, and 10 to 1 for a place at the present time, will see 8 to 1 to win, on the day of the race, and is certain to be first, second, or third for both events. Terms--Advice, for one week, 2s. 6d. ; to the Chester Cup, 7s. 6d. ; to the Derby, 15s. ; to the end of the season, £2 25., and per centage. Address, 15, Charing cross, London. N.B.—Y. W. Gray stood Simple Simon and Springwell for the Northampton Stakes. A QUATICe. LONDON ROWING CLUB. The first race of the season of this club, in eight-oared boats, came off yesterday evening, and was a most spirited affair. The Venus accompanied the race, and the follow ing were the results : Mr. Casaraajor's crew.... Mr. Ireland's crew Mr. Potter's crew Mr. Herbert Playford's crew Mr. Casamajor's Crew. Messrs. Maltby Messrs. Sherman Lister Balfour Holman G. Finlaison A. Schlotel Foster, stroke. Mr. Casamajor coxswain, Mr. Ireland's crew. Messrs. Owen Messrs. llenty Mortimer Custance Owen Ilead Massenden Coventry, stroke. Mr. Ireland coxswain. Mr. Potter's crew. Messrs. A. Finlaison Messrs. Freeman - Casser G. Shirreff Holt Burgess -- Wright C. Schlotel, stroke. Mr. Potter coxswain. Mr. Herbert Playford's crew. Messrs. Jeffries Messrs. Robins Harding Noble Chapman Morley Catty Woodbridge, stroke Mr. Herbert H. Playford coxswain. _ _ The captain, as usual, officiated as umpire. Mr. Play ford's crew took the lead, but were immediately caught by Mr. Casamajor's ; Mr. Ireland's crew being on the other side, close up ; Mr. Potter's considerably astern. Mr. Casamajor's crew took the lead in 50 yards, and gradually drew away till they were clear at the London Rowing Club boat-house, and, increasing their advantage as they went, won by four or five lengths. Ai; Searle's a very spirited race began with Mr. Playford and Mr. Ireland's crews, till Mr. Potter steered rigkt on to the former and put them out of their course. Mr. Ireland's crew then began to take the second place, and led by half their own length at Craven; but it was a desperate race between this party and Mr. Playford's to near the Crab-tree, where Mr. Ireland was just clear. Mr. Potter then same level with Mr. Playford, and, while a fine race was going on, the bow in Mr. Playford's boat broke his oar, and the crew were soon left astern, although they struggled hard to keep their place. Mr. Ireland was ultimately second by four lengths. The distance was Putney to Chiswick ; the prizes silver cups. TILE CASE OF ELIZABETH HODDER. TO TILE EDITOR OF THE BUN. Sin,—As one of the guardians of Sherborne I cannot allow your remarks, on the case of Elisabeth Hodder, to pass without assuring you that they are wrong, both in fact and in law. What becomes of your censure on the guar dians and the sneer at their " wise and humane decision," when you find that they had no more to do with the removal of Elizabeth Hodder than you ysurself had ? How can you justify the term "inhuman treatment," when you learn that this girl—a domestic servant—not living in a "crowded place of business," but in a gentleman's household, and in one of the most capacious houses in the town, WaS received, although not a pauper—without hesitation into the union house, and was ordered every attention that her case re quired by this same " inhuman " board ; accompanied by the injunction that she was not to be moved until able What further can you say when you learn that her fitness ' to be removed was certified by the medical officer in charge of the house, and that she was taken away only at the express wish and anxious desire of her two sisters ? I do not blame you, Mr. Editor. You have been imposed on by some one who, having an imperfect knowledge of the facts, has seized on this case in aid of the old and vulgar system of abuse of the poor law. But it is much to be re • gretted that so distorted and unjust a representation of this case as that in your Monday's impression should have gone forth to the public. I need not tell you that what is said in your paper about " the plan of refusing to admit any one not born in the parish," and " forcing persons in utter destitution to make a journey of 200 or 300 miles before they can receive relief," proceeds upon an entire misconcep tion of the poor laws. Every destitute person may require immediate relief, and may also exercise the liberty of walk ing out of the house in which that relief has been adminis tered at three hours' notice. Parodying the language used in your article, I would say, I "do not envy the feelings" of the writer, whoever he may be, who discovers how wrong in this matter he has been both in his statement of facts and his ideas of the poor law. Neither the law nor its administrators have been in the slightest degree to blame in this matter. If blame there be it rests with either those who removed the girl into or from the house—with those who took her from a very small family into a building where infection might have been communi cated to 70 or 80 persons ; or with those who, from feelings of sisterly affection which revolted from the notion of a w4srkhouse, carried their young relative to the dismal swamp in which their home was. Who is to blame is a question wAich, with better opportunities of knowing the facts than you have had, I would not venture to decide so hastily as you have done. lam only anxious for the character of th is union, and the cause of Truth, to throw back as utterly undeserved the imputation which you hare, I ba th ive unintentionally, cast upon the guardians. Yours faithfully, ' L, 1 - 1, Avgeu, BRITISH MINES. Share Mines. Paid. Closing linsiness Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 121 3 20 British Iron Clifford — '3OO 310 Devon G. Cons. (Tavlet ) 1 440 450 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 975 1621 East Caradon E. W'l Russ' (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 125 11} Gam.& St.Aubyn(G wen.) 545 35 38 Great South Tolgus l7s 14 15 G. Wheal Alfd.(Phillaci) 12.4.2 1 15 —G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 91 . Grenville 5 Herod's-Foot 8 31 33 321 Hingston Downs 4.3.6 4 41 Lady Bertha Margaret ( uny Lelant) 9l 40 42 North Downs North France a(1 Rogan) 10 31 4 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) 5 5 51 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 8 9 10 Par Consols (St. Blazy). 14 12 13 Providence (Uny Lelat) 10.6.7 45 48 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 10s 1 1 SouthCaradon (St.Cleer). 15 290 300 South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 25 25 S -Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 140 150 Stray Park 18.18.0 23 25 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 4} 3 35 10 Tin Croft 9 41 5 Vale of Towey (Carm ) 12s 6d 1 West Basset (Mogan). 11 19 23 W. Caradon (Liskeard ). 10 18 90 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 5l 110 150 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 871 921 Wheal Edward (Cals.) 6 1 1 Wheal Kitty (U. Lelan t 1.7.2 15 10 Wh'lMaryAnn (Menhe 8 19 21 XI Trelawney (Lisk. 41 31 33 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 7 I 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lfm. 15s d par 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £sp.) 274 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 221 231 235 St 5 Do.L and and Mining Co. all 1 Clarendon Cons. Min. Co. d 40 Cobra Copper al l 43 15 Copiapo l6 9 4 1 1 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 2 Fortuna 20 General all 28 25 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 1 d 3 Linares all 105 11 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 1 N RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 108. 5 d p 23 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 5 6 5 Port Philip 1 5 1 Scottish Australn. (L.)... 1041 5 d par 18.2.81 United Mexican all if 25 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Share Joint-Stock B 1 Closing Business Banks. Paid., p rioe. Done. 100 l Agra&UnitedServiceßk 40 (Australasia 25 Bank of Egypt 100 Sank of London 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo 00 ;British North American, 20 'Chtd. Bank of I n di a , &c , 25 Ch.liter.ot In. Lon.&Ch ' 100 City 100 Colonial 20.11 ,Com. Bank of Canada I 100 Commercial of London 20 iEng , Scot., & Aus. Ch• 20 •Gen. Bk. of Switzerland' 20 ,Lon.Char.Bk.otAustral.' 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 100 'London & Westminster 100 , Nat. Prov. of England ' 20 ,Do. new 50 'National Bank 20 'New South Wales 25 'Orient .Bk. Corporation 20 ,Ottoman Bank 100 ,Provincial of Ireland 10 Too. New 25 South Australia 25 !Union of Australia 50 Union of London 100 Unity Alutaal 75 77 71 74 21h 22i 51 53 19} 201 32 31 70 72 37 38 19 21 10 17 22 221 10 171 291 301 = T. 311 58 a 444 171 1 30 i 14 LII'BRATURE. American Photographs. By J. W. C. Turnbu, and M. Turnbull. 2 vols. Second Edition Newby. It is with much pleasure that we see our an ticipations of the favourable reception of these agreeable volumes so quickly .realised, and a second edition now before the public. There is much in them to attract and amuse a large circle of readers. Leaving the vexed questions of Ameri can politics, and disclaiming any pretensions of giving any solid and serious information, the authors fully and fairly carry out their title, and show us a series of vivid and life-like "Ame rican Photographs." They give in a pleasant and unaffected manner the impressions of two ladies during fire years' travels on the Great Western Continent, interspersing plenty of amusing de tails and interesting anecdotes. The scenery is spoken of with the enthusiasm of those well able to appreciate the wonders of nature in those richly gifted localities, and the people are spoken of throughout in so kindly a tone that even Ame rican susceptibility can hardly take offence at the humorous incidents which ttie quick observation of the fair travellers enabled them to chronicle. We subjoin a few extracts as fair specimens of the pleasant style and graphic power of the authors : NEW YORK FIRE ENGINES. A few moments brought us into Broadway, and we at once realised the fact that we were on foreign soil, or rather snow, which was in some places several feet deep. The large bell from the City Hall was booming out the number of some district in the city, and all the church bells were following the example by pealing out 1,2, 3, —l, 2, 3,-1, 2, 3. As we continued our progress along Broadway, several of the celebrated American fire com panies passed us, preceded by two men, one yelling " fire ! fire I fire 1" through a trumpet, and the other carrying a pole, from the end of which swung a red glass lantern with the number of the company on it. The engines were very beautiful, most of them being covered with paintings and gilding, and some of them were decorated with large gilt eagles ; every engine had a large bell at tached, which emitted a discordant noise every time the ma chine moved. The engines had long ropes attached to them, and men and bays in long lines were dragging them along at a gallop, and shouting with all their might. Most of the men wore red flannel Jerseys, and leather belts round their waists, into which were stuck cutlasses ; they had also fire • mens' helmets with the number of the company painted on them. Then followed men with the hose, which is wound round a machine with a large bell in front, and lastly the hook and ladder company with their hooks and ladders and bell. Both these apparatus were dragged along in a simi lar manner to the engines. We had often heard accounts of the fires and fire bells of New York, but our imagination fell far short of the extra ordinarily wild scene of confusion that greeted our eyes ; such a clanging of bells, and yelling and shouting of m en and boys, as they rushed through the snow, dragging their machines after them. THE GREAT HORSE SHOE FALL. We passed the greater part of the evening in watching the ever-varying appearance of the waters. About nine o'clock the hitherto cloudless sky became overcast, and it was our good fortune to witness one of the heaviest thun der-storms we had ever seen. The light of the moon and stars became dimmed, as cloud after cloud collected in heavy masses, and hung threateningly over the cataract. In a short time everything was wrapped in the deepest gloom. We could hear the mighty rushing of the waters, and their roar seemed deeper and more sonorous than during the earlier part of the evening. A heavy rain commenced falling, which appeared as if responding to the whistliog and mournful wind which at intervals we heard in the distance, when all at once appeared hurrying through the heavens, as if intent on some work of death, long lines of blue forked lightning. These fiery messengers in their zig-zag course lighted up the awful scene with a momentary, but almost continuous light; and flash after flash continued to illumi nate the cataracts and the surrounding scenery. Sometimes the lightning poured a purple flood of light over the dash ing waters ; at other times it assumed a cold steel-like colour, which played and glittered upon the waters in a most extraordinary manner; sometimes the whole heavens and water appeared as if on fire, pouring down floods of liquid flame ; and the deep thunder rolled in almost con tinuous peals above this war of elements, sometimes rum bling in the distance, then crashing and breaking over, and around us, making everything tremble at the voice of God, speaking from the heavens and from the depths of the earth. It was an awfully sublime spectacle, never to be forgotten. There is an amusing account of a visit to the Shaker Village, and of their method of public wor ship : After looking at each other for some time, they all got up, and placed the benches one on the other at either end of the room. They then formed themselves into lines across the room—the men facing the women, and leaving a space between them at the wall side, of about five feet, gradually extending in width to about twenty. The women then took their towels and hung them over their left arms ; next the "spirit moved" a man (when they were all ready), and he came out from amongst them, and standing in the nar rowest part, addressed them ; then they all sang, then another addressed them, then singing at the end of each address, they all made a bow, lowering their hands like Chinese. After that they put their towels down, and one row of men and women stood with their backs against the wall, all the others facing them, they then all com menced a quick step forwards, and then hack, except the row against the wall, who sang something that sounded like " Fi, yi, yi I" When we saw them dancing backwards and forwards, we could not keep our gravity, and one of them came up to us and threatened to turn us out. After ad vancing and retiring for about five minutes, they turned round, clapping their hands; this they continued for some time. Then 12 men and 12 women took their stations in a circle in the centre of the room, and commenced singing— " Fi, yi, yi ;" all the others, with the exception of six, who kept time at the end of the room, forming two circles, the youngest near the singers, and commenced dancing round with a sort of see-saw motion. At a signal all yi, yi-ed ;" then all clapped their hands, then sang, and then off they went again, this time pressing their elbows into their waists keeping the arm stiff with the exception of the hand, and allowing the wrist joint to remain loose; and every time they hopped, the hands flapped up and down in front of them like flippers ; we could compare them to no-. thing but a flock of Penguins ; and in this style they danced round and halted—the men at one end, and the women at the other. Off they went again, but this time there was a great improvement, for every now and then they stopped and danced a kind of shuffle, " Fi, yi, y-ing," more than ever. The performance lasted above an hour ; the poor creatures then mopped their faces with their towels, drew out their forms and sat down. Then the spirit moved one of the Shakers to address the sinners present (the visitors), and he came and stood before our party, and ap peared to address us in particular, in consequence, we sup posed, of seeing one of the party noting down various parts of these Sunday performances, The following is a portion of his address : "There is but one Israel, as the Bible says—a peculiar people, who have come out from among the rest, and who are pure and holy as Christ. You," looking at us, " call yourselves Christians ? By your works,' saith the Bible, you shall know them:* What are your works but sin ? Priest and people all alike, whether you are Episcopalians, Infi dels, Presbyterians, Methodists, Baptists, Universalists, &c., all one—marrying, and giving in marriage, and every kind of wickedness. ' In these last days,' saith Christ, (and these are the last days) many false prophets shall arise,' and you are they. Did Christ marry, or his disciples ? No ! There is no licence given to it. We lead a pure and holy life, you do not, &c., &c." After this another gave a short address, making mention of " Mother Ann." Soma of them say that her spirit makes itself known to some that are very holy. Some are called perfect Shakers, and these are so perfect, that it is not oven necessary for them to fro to meeting. o Mother Ann Leo, who was, I understand, Ar de a r n s e ta h n es d ie t r h , efounderof this strange sect, was a nat ive Lancashire, England. Whether they are the cas hi re Witches or Macbeth's , we willdesce l n ea d v an e tLrofrtehadeeLrsanto judge. anecdotesfthbaenanr:e_told in illustration of g ove n t T h h e e g f e o n ll e o r w al in l "The tobacco chewing that goes on is very extensive, and w e have often seen them c hewin g such hu g e p ieces, that their c heek on one side would look as if it were swollen. While we are on this subject, the following anecdotes, one o n Scotch economy, and the other re l a t ing to two bishops in Virginia, may not lee out of place : " ' A gentleman, in conversation, said he was much astonished that the Scotch nation, a people's° very famed for political economy, should indulge in tie habit of taking so much snuff, which, in his opinion, was an abominable practice, independently of its being so much money wasted in vain. The Scotchman replied that he would prove to him satisfactorily that snuffing was clearly an evidence of Scotch economy. The gentleman smiled, and said, I should like to hear that.' The Scotchman replied, take one penny, and buy a penny's worth of Scotch rappee, and divide that into twenty portions, and each portion is a separate taste of delight ; now can you tell me anything else by which you will receive twenty tastes of delight for one penny? " One of the Episcopal bishops of Virginia, who is very fond of smoking, was one day visited by another bishop, who, on entering his room, found his brother bishop en joying his pipe. The room was filled with smoke, and the visitor was exceedingly enraged, and spoke against the habit in very st rong t erms . Th e bi s hop, who was smoking. with great calmness, asked his brother bishop if the evil in smoking did not arise from its abuse ? He replied, iCer tainly, it was the abuse of the weed, and not its proper use.' The smoking bishopimmediatelyreplied, thet, my brother, those resent." statement produced great laughter among present. A are abusing it, and I am properly using it.' This A visit to the Great Dismal Swamp is one of the prominent feature s in the second volume, few ladies having ve ntured into that singula r locality. Many of the party did not feel in. dined to trust themselves among snakes, alliga tors, and runaway slaves, and accordingly our adventurous authoresses set out with but a slen der escort. They accomplished their expedition in perfect safety, however, and have given an ani , mated account of the curious scene. The mode of progression is singular. They went down the canal in a skiff, so called, but which was " a flat bottomed boat, 62 feet in length and about 3 feet wide, perfectly flat at each end, and without a single seat or awning—not even an oar." Two chairs were placed in this " skiff," when the follow ing means of progress were adopted In a few minutes we were all seated in our chairs. The bargemen then each took hold of a l on g pole, and , by the help of a strong peg and a withe, rigged them horizontally one to the bow and the other to d the ole over the tow path. They then gras . pe p the stern of the skiff, so that the ends projected with both hands, foot advanced, remained them, and with on© and leaning their chestsupon fashion, they fairly time in this ey proceeding for some itself mo tionless, waiting for the signal . to start." After "We have now fairly entered the Great Dismal Swamp. profusely fringed with ferns, reeds, and entered the Great Swamp itse : The borders were. various beautiful aquatic plants, of every size and variety. vdra , geas , and the fragrant yellow jessamine, and myrtle, perfumed' the air ' • behind these were thick e t s o f j un ip er , laurel, bay, and briars ; towering above these were white p i ne , f uro, and cypress trees, whose branches on either side van ed crier the smaller shrubs a&. trees, These branches in many parts were festooned over the canal with masses of tangled vines, and various parasites, giving a sombre and darkened appearance to the canal. Sometimes the mass of tangled vegetation was so thick that our skiff could scarcely find a passage between. Now and then a branch would be broken off and tumble on our awning. At first we took them for snakes, and the cry was raised, a snake ! a snake At last we saw a real, genuine snake drop from the branch of a tree, and dive alongside of our boat—this caused us to retreat under c )ver. " The reflection from the trees and shrubs on the glassy surface of the canal, which was as smooth as a mirror, was exquisite ; and the perspective lines ran almost to a point both before and behind. A death-like stillness pervaded the whole atmosphere; not a sound was heard except the solemn tramp, tramp, tramp, of the bargemen, who kept rapidly propelling us on our onward course towards Lake Drummond." TL. American ladies' proverbial love of dress is of ecurse alluded to. While our travellers were stay ing at Saratoga, the fashionable watering-place of New York, they had good opportunities of obser vation. "We knew one lady who arrived with 50 trunks. She had 100 dresses, and when each dress had been worn once, she left to go to some other watering place ; and so well was this known to be the habit of some ladies, that we have often heard speculations as to the length of time such-and such a lady would remain ; these speculations Leing based upon the number of dresses she bad appeared in. We ofte n h ear d i t said— Such a one will be going soon, for I noticed she had a dress on to-day that she has alrtady wo:n.'" We lay down these pleasant and entertaining volumes, with the assur ance that those readers who wish for vivid and various " Photographs" of American life, cannot do better than secure them. EXECUTION OF SERAFIN MAIVZ4NO. The Spaniard, Serafin Manzano, who was con victed at the recent Wilts assizes for the murder of Anastatia Trowbridge, at Ashcombe, was executed yesterday (Wednesday) in front of the new prison of Devizes. The demeanour of the prisoner after his convic tion was mild and gentle, and every facility was afforded by the authwities of the prison for supply ing him with the means of religious consolation. An Italian convert from Romanism, named Ferraro, who is staying in Devizes, was admitted to the prisoner's cell, and at first it was stated, that the unhappy man preferred him as his spiritual advircr to any other person. Mr. Burt, the Mayor of De vizes, who understands Spanish, was subse quently requested to have an interview with the prisoner, and on his complying with that request the wretched man expressed a desire to see a Roman Catholic priest. Catholicism was, he said, the religion in which he had been brought up, and im mediately the question was put to him he drew a crucifix from his breast and kissed it devoutly. The Rev. Mr. Clarke was accordingly requested to attend tie prisoner to the time of his execution. An image of the Virgin and Child was placed in his cell, and the prisoner continued through out most attentive to his religious duties. On Sunday the prisoner wrote letters to Mr. Alexander, the governor of the prison, and his wife, thanking them for their kindness during his confinement, and assuring them that he was about to suffer martyrdom unjustly. He likewise addressed a communication to the governor's children, charging them never to be disobedient to their parents. His own father, he stated, was a millionaire, possessing two silver mines, but that through disobeying him God had chastised him. He added that he had two sisters (nuns) in a convent, called the convent of San Francisco. The prisoner slept but little during Tuesday night, and appeared to feel his position most acutely. He drank a little tea, but ate nothing for breakfast. The priest was in attendance upon him between 8 and 9, and remained with him up to the hour of execution-12 o'clock. Calcraft, the executioner, arrived on Tuesday afternoon, and slept at the pri son. The High Sheriff (li. N. Goddard, Esq.) and the Under Sheriff (West Awdry, Esq.) arrived shortly before 10 yesterday morning. About hall-past 11 the unhappy man was asked if he had any request to make. He replied that he desired nothing but the prayers of those around him, and still continued to protest his innocence. The prison bell commenced tolling at a quarter before 12, and the high sheriff then proceeded to the condemned cell, and demanded the body of the pri soner, and the usual process of pinioning having been gone through, he was handed over to the execu tioner. The mournful procession, headed by the priest bearing a lighted taper, and reading the recom mendation for a departing soul, wended its way to wards the drop, arrived at which the wretched cul prit mounted the steps without assistance, and hav ing placed himself beneath the fatal beam, appealed to the multitude to pardon him. He remained on the drop nearly ten minutes when, the sacrament having been administered, the signal was given, the bolt was drawn, and he passed into eternity without a struggle. The culprit was 29 years of age. - Three or four thousand persons had assembled in the vicinity of the prison, and all appeared to conf"uct themselves remarkably well. After hang ing the usual time the body was taken down, and interred within the precincts of the prison. This is the first execution that has taken place at Devizes for alewen years. THE PAPER TRADE. The paper makers of Dublin have had a meetin g and passed the following resolutions : Resolved, " That we not only entirely approve, but shall hail with the greatest satisfaction, the repeal of the excise duty on paper as an undeniable boon to the paper trade, as well as to the public." Resolved, " That the removal of the ld. per lb. import duty, as proposed by the Government, on paper manufactured in foreign countries, which countries do not allow the free export of the raw material, would prove a disaster to our trade, with out conferring any permaxent advantage to the public, and will perpetuate protection in those countries, by giving them five trade in the manu factured article in our markets, while they exclude us from buying the rag from which it is made, un less at duties varying from 50 to 100 per cent., thereby securing to the rural inhabitants of those countries that extended employment of which our own would be totally deprived." Resolved, -" That we ask for complete, not partial, free trade ; we do not even ask for reciprocity, nor for the free admission of our paper into foreign countries—we merely ask that, if rags are taxed, whether on leaving the Continnenoattnobnrero2nb, able i eir arri val here, the paper which comes from those beo taxed rrha t w i should n the like man ner." Resolved, the Government to adopt ou r views e in a th e i ns matter, uce tainodn which thatth w ey ill stillha have ethe persevere effect i of n a co urse extngiulshleigngisluas as a trade, we tru s t o u r representatives will attend in Parliament, immediately after the recess, to show, both by their presence and vote, that they at least will have no hand in destroying one of the few branches of trade that we have in Ireland." THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, April 12.—Wind this day at noon, South " West ; light breeze, and cold weather. FALMOUTH, April 11.—Arrived—Daniel Dyer, from Lagos; Catharina, from Maroun, with damage, and two men washed overboard by a heavy sea, 21st March ; Percy, from Odessa. Sou THAMPT4N, April 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Tas mania, screw steamer, from the West Indies, with 327,191 d o p l s specie.n .mouTEr , April 11.—Wind S.—Ar r i ve d—A n t on i o, from Havana. Sailed—Eliza, for Quebec, . - FowiY, April 11.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Royal Ade laide, for Quebec. NEWPORT, April 11.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Wanderer, for St. Thomas. FLEETWOOD, April 11.—Wind W.—Sailed—Globe, for Savannah ; Robert, for Quebec. --- CARDIFF, April 11.—Wind S.W.—Sailed.—Stebo neath, for Bahia; C. Harrison, for Quebec. SCILLY, April 11.—The Jessie Banfield, from Liverpool to Palmer°, put in here on the 7th inst., leaky, and must discharge. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Wind, S. by E., rain. Arrived—Courier, steamer, from Jersey; Medina and of the Fulton, steamer, from New York; Fox, from Newport ; Charles Napier and Wear, from Sunderland ; Lively, from Seaham , Tasmanian, steamer, from West Indies. Sailed—Progress, for Newport ; Stephen and Elizabeth, for Sunderland ; Wonder, steamer, for Havre ; Elizabeth and Mary, for_Portland. The Teutonia steamer, with New York advices same date as the Fulton:has arrived at Cowes. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Wind S.W., very light ; tide 4th hour's ebb; weather fi n e. Arrived, April 12 .—Esperanza, from Genoa ; Hindoo, from Parabia ; Orducia, from Ditztua ; Sarah Anu, from. St. Übe's ; Concordia, from Ditzun ; Hygeria, from Cal cutta ; Chanticleer, from Stettin. Sailed, April 12 .--Morning Star, for Antigua; Ocean Eagle, for Port Philip ; Ludwig Heyne, for Sydney ; Albion, steamer, f or B ou l ogne; C i ty o f Hamburg, steamer, for Havre. DEAL, Tuesday Moping. Wind S.W., moderato. Passed, in t ow .—Si r J o h n R ea , f r om St. Kitt's ; Em press Eugenie, screw steamer, 'from the weet—both for London. T THE EMBLETON MURDER. -1 Re inquest upon the body of Ann Sewell, servant of Mr. Fearon, of Embleton, was resumed on Tuesday, at the Blue Bell Inn, Embleton, before Dr. Bell, coroner. The confession of the prisoner, the substance of which has appeared in our columns, was then read. After hearing the statement read over, the pri soner said, " That is all, I think. It would be as near half past three as I can tell when this happened. There was no one with me. I have done it all myself, and I was very, sorry, too, after 1 had done it." The jury returned a ver: dict of " Wilful Murder" against Case. ;~, of Stock 12.10 Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 261 Stock 124 121 1 Stock 6 Stock 12i 12i I Stock Stock Stock 6 Stock 10{ 12 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock' 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock 71.0.6. 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