The Sun. — London, England, 1860-04-26 00:00:00

_.. - It. _ - _ _ _ ..........---......._ _ lespatch, 210NEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. I SHARE MARKET.-( THIS DAY.) been. de- • , * the pri- CITY, Two O'CLOCK. 111 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. )en corn- There is rather more inquiry for money for corn- iliere Paid. prim Closing Business courage, Railways. Done. raercial purposes, but the market is still very quiet, 12 - 10 :Arnhem-, ,Not Bost. 10 ee ee fig 9th Gen. the mercantile public being enabled to obtain all and Eastern Junction '4 " -. ama,tion. 50 Belfast and Ball,ymena.. all 8 - 84 -- all good they require on lower terms than those charged at 13.14 Bin Wol., andlymena. Str. Val. all ;urn into the Bank of England. The discount operations of Stook Biri,La., and Ch. June lOO 70 72 25 Blac'burn Ibe gua.- that establishment have diminished in consequence, 25 B , _ t j, and Tyne stock flo 3 st.Sl all - - ~, ell 64 74 , and a and if the downward movement in the rates should Mid ' Co- fOO 102 103 103 24 , fristol and Exeter wn were continue the directors may at an early date be induced Stock Caledonian artillery. 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan 9 - - cork and Bandon to modify their regulations in order to obtain a so all - red from fair share of the general business of the market. E Cork, 131krocle&Paosage all - - „ 1 .by cries Cornwall all 64 7 v 1 com Fort It remains to be seen, however, what effect will be to A A A roves. no div. i all - - u nti 16p.c.per an. a n - - iis unac- produced by the payments duo at the end of the lu Do: II hi abeen pd.toß. E 1 Dublin andßelfast June. all - they had. month, as it is just probable that a temporary Dun ,Perth,&Abr.Jurie all 8 Ss , e , i fired on Stimulus will be given to the demand, which will stook East Anglian lOO 18 19 Ist Stock F.testernCounties Stock 100 54 65 56 4$ 1 e proved impart greater firmness to the quotations. s. Gen. Eastern Union A Stock 100 36 38 26 28 The steamer Delta, which leaves to-morrow, the Stocke Do. do. B Stock 1 00 ing that ." Do.NW. A.(lte.E.ll3de) 84 d that if 27th, for Bombay, will take out £129,465, viz., 1 town £8,845 in gold and £120,620 in silver. l 2 o o East S u ff o lk - - Stock Do - - ,heStock Edinboro' and Glasgow 100 ;.2, 79 , e Consular The dividends on the Louisiana State Sterling Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 " I I 311 10 had fled, Five per Cent. Bonds, and Quebec City Sterling Stock! r Fo , _ i _ r rt n h es & , Clyde Junction all - - too - - ssemblcd Siz per Cent. Bonds, have been advertised for pay- Stock 98 100 10 Glvegow & South Westn. 100 Stock - - Consul,loo 113 114 114 131 14 went. Great Northern General Stock D D o o . . d d o o . . BA Stock loo 100 115 117 1154 A dividend of 2s. 6d, per share bas been declared Stock s.lOO 131 133 132 14 of yen ned, the by the directors of the Tamar Silver Lead Mining 'G reat uth.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 Stock G Western 113 114 60 . i 9 it Russo, Company. 1 Stock l2 Do.Str.Vl.llail Gua.Stk, 100 60 65 I lrish South Eastern all - 105 ,e eibly em- To•morrow a call of £5 per share, amounting to Stock Lancashire' & Yorkshire 100 1041 1051 =s 'ormation £250,000, is due on the East Indian (F) Extension 63 70 69 Stock London and Blackwell .1 100 1134 , ) Stock Len,,Brighton &S.Coast, 100 113 115 e troos. and of £5, or £500,000, on the Jubbulpore Railway .25 Lend. Chat. and Doverl all 111 121 904 100 904 eat here- Stock London &North Westnv 100 991 100 shares. A call of £3 per share has also been made ' 121 Eighths re forgot- Do. 911 921 92 4 habitants by the directors of the Great Southern of India Stock London& South-Westn. 100 25 L'derry & Coleraine violence. Railway, payable on or before the Ist of June 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all .1 14 Stock man., Shef., & Lincoln lOO 411 12 i the sen- next. 50 , Maryport and Carlisle - - walking A large amount of business was transacted in the 12 4 Do. do. 1 Shares al l 2 -- 1 2 dlO Metropolitan l6l 1 eluding a Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and American Stock midland lOO 116 1161 if signed Stock Do. firming. & Derby.; 100 93 95 931 descriptions were about id. per lb. dearer. The se Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all - - released,wounded sales amounted to 15,000 bales. In the Railway 2 5 Do. i' Shares all - - 2 5 Mid Kent all - - dby the Share Market the transactions were moderate, but 10 Do. (Cray Line) all - - 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all - - eath, the quotations were rather firmer. 25 New., Aher., & Herefdt all 101 114 e the cap- There has been very little fluctuation in the 10 Newry & Armagh (act) 9 7 6 6 or in the English Stock Market to-day, the funds being S 2O Nr Warpt., & Res all - - .... Stock Norfolk lOO 54 56 on at if any Stoc cent., Counties Union. 31 31 3 d North. _. firmly maintained at an advance of k per 50 he wouldk North British too 001 611 614 6 0 1 'which took place yesterday afternoon. The deal- Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO - - 'stand the Stock I so. A Stk.- Areo.no div lined, the ings, however, have been very limited. Consols are until 6p.c.liasbeenpdß 100 - - Stock D o Ts Sims , - - he would 941 i for money, and 941 95 for account. St oc k Nor't -h Stack Ir,o 954 96 95 4 14 6 ace, even The New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced are steady 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Pwrchase 1613 4 14 FAQ d üblish an at 931 1, ;India New Loan remains at 1061 ;ditto Stock D o . L e ed s Stuck D o . Y or k lOO 481 4Bl 100 791 80 791 ooled the St uck Tv 6 1 per Cent. Enfaced Paper is firm at 1031 104, , orth London lOO 106 108 ad half a 20 North Straordshire. expect a but the Bonds have receded to 10s. to Bs. dis. ; and 10 No. & S ou . W. Junction all 92 94 Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolper. 100 42 44 421 rie interior Exchequer Bills to 6 s. prem. 10 Peeblesall - - In the Foreign Stock Market this morning busi- 20 Portenaouth inney - - ness has been rather quiet, and prices show a fur_ . stock Scottish 10 Illi v tish C en t ra l lOO all 4 1 115 117 Stock Sooth. N F Aber. Stock 100 36 37 36 1 I ther advance. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 76 1 to 77 ; Stock D o. Scottish Mid.' R -heck 100 88 90 e Monte- ditto New, 611 to 61i ; and the 4 per Cents. have Stock Shropshire Union lOO 48 50 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 4 3 d trial. improved to 1011; Dutch 4 per Cents., to 101 t ; Stock South Devon lOO 42 14 Stock South-Eastern lOO 87 871 874 i4' Sardinian, to 85 ; and Venezuelan 3 per Cents., to Stock, South Wales , 100 65 67 nces will I 261 ; Brazilian Scrip is steady, at 1 i dis. Stock ' South Yorkseirlliv.Dim , 100 77 80 20 (Staines, Wok., & Wek 1 all 8 8 The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 22- / 25 'Stockton & Darlington ' all 391 401 25 IDo do , ace have pm.. ; the Universal ditto, i 1 pm. ; and the Victoria -• [ St ockton & Hartlepool 161 - - Loan, 1051 1061. Stock, Tail Vale lOO - - Stock' Do. Preference, No. 1 100 - - ate that A continued and steady improvement is shown 25 IThamesHavenDk&R;ii 22 - - inso Ulster ,artial at the traffic returns of most of the principal lines 25 D o . 2O 21 31 p rin and of railway in the United Kingdom. The augmen- 12 10 Do. ll i d 1 p Stock Vale of Neath g , .t he was, tati on compared with the same period of last year to ;Victoria Station & Pim all 10 11 tried not is 21,352 on the Great Western ; £8,288 on the Stock,Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 50 !Waterford & Limerick! all - - captains, North Western ; £146 on the South Western ; 20 ' West Cornwall , all 51 6 51 He was 20 'West London 1 all - - £2,'815 on the Midland; £437 on the South to !Do. Ist admitted,Class all -7 :: 20 'Do. 2d Class Jan Le should Easztern; £l,BBB on the Great Northern ; £2,020 121 'Worcester & Hereford 111 3 2 d ;hat, it is on t..ie Lancashire and Yorkshire; £1,565 on the PREFERENCE SHARES. ,ching up North Eastern ; £642 on the Bristol and. Exeter; it defend 1:33;3 on the Edinburgh and Glasgow ; £4,334 on Share Railways. Paid.' Closing Business detained, the Grand Trunk of Canada, and £2,357 on the Price. Done. lecedings Greet Western of Canada. On the Brighton there 25 ilythe and T yne 1C per iral of the c. pref. (issued at e 4 been set is ,i, decrease of £598, and on the Manchester, cStk Brig.& Exet.4p.ct.Stoc 100 96 98 - receipt of Shelffield, and Lincoln, £330. i2O I Do. do. do. Shares l4 - Stock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 100 100 102 ' satisfac- The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up 12.10 Do. Quer. Shares, N o , 2. all - - 61 ' ',co . & Bandon, 51 p . e , all - - insurrec- t o thi s day, are, in round figures, as under :- 20 !Cornwall, 5 per cent. ~ all - - m bishopslB6o.6l I all 51 6 onneil to , ' 1859. Stock E.Aneen. Class A 7 & spc . 100 99 101 Orerst Western ... £32,386 £31,034 Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc..,. 100 110 113 sth. N or th-W es t e rn Sou th-Western llrii ;Elton Stock Eo n : ( .I' l '.7e 6 p N 0.2 100 !09 p . l TENT. Mid land Sou th. Eastern ___ _ ys :-The Gre at Northern hap Leashire and Yorkshire you long Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun . Not th-Eastern fenna has Erik col and Exeter 6,760 6,018 Stock F urness 5 per Stock Glas. &S , Wes cent .... 1 100 118 - 1; 'r Francis Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln , 5 p. ct. le Letters O x f. xr d, W orces t er , an d W o l ver h am pt on 5,031 4,424 St oc k Do . spc Red m .,to p . e . pm 100 110 112 11 0 4 lh as con- Edi) tburgh and Glasgow 6,145 5,812 Stock Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 1 100 103 105 l ; and no Scottish North Eastern . 3,815 3,655 100 Do.sp.c. If edm.,s pc. pm ;80 85 87 rnment is Gra-ad Trunk of Canada - Gre-et Western of Canada ipe as to , Wile dealings in the Railway Share Market have ?p. et. pref. Stock .' 50 Great West. (Berks and s presented Hants) Ext. 5 p.et. ..1 6 - - farbee a limited, and chiefly confined to operations in Stock they Do. Redeemable, 41 p Ct.' 100 98 100 )oliticians Con section with the settlement. Prices have been Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. et.' Stock Do. Irredeemable, do. 100 88 90 1 100 00 92 ,ulting, as steuly. Eastern Counties declined Ss. ; and Great Stock Do. sp. et. Redeem.PreY. 100 102 103 1021 8 Do. Birm Prof. i all 91 PM Shares -. snare"-a ' Nopthern and Great Western, 10s. South-Wes- to c ' • ' irt. W. Ches. 8 p.c.pf.sh. all 17 18 sessions; a ter, a, Midland, North-Eastern (Berwick), and South- 10 Do. do. sp. et. pref all 10 101 f exciting - Stock Do. firming. guar. stock 100 74 76 Ea stern, have advanced ss. ; and North-Western, 264 Do. Chesterg uar . s h ares all 191 20 is thought 10s r , 131 Do. do. do apers, the 20 Do. do. do. /Jeer Sajto rhe Foreign and Colonial markets have been very Stock Ton. & Ycrk 6 pee stock' 100 138 140 • Do.Tiarrisl.St£s 3810dpe 100 - - .hem this lea etive. Lombardo-Venetian, however, improved Stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan) - - at. 3 Stock Holt, &Prig 5 to lit ; East Indian have declined. to 104 101 z ; ,-. t . it ' , • po. gre No.l 100 115 117 eoe sp. o No. 2- 100 115 117 five great Grroad Trunk of Canada are 341 341 ; and Great Stock D o , gua., 6p. et. I 100 134 142 parcelled Stock D o . do . sp , e. No. 4 100 115 117 We stern of Canada, 131. Stock Do. Do. 41 per cent lOO - - 1021 t they do Joint Stock Bank Shares are flat. Union of 5 no. Inc 41 per c. shares 21 - - year were Stock Do. I',,ent. Pref. St. 100 154 157 'ed to her, London have further declined to 231 241 ; and Stock D 0.6 p.c.do.(W.E.&C.P.) 100 132 136 ' what the City Bank to 711 ; 72. Stock Dot p.e S.(div.def.til'6s), 100 68 70 25 Loud. Chat. and Dover all 21 22 he letters In the Miscellaneous Share Market no business Stock E.on.& N.W.Cov. &Nun 2d, the re- of importance has been transacted. eaton, sp. et. Stook Lon.&S. W, 7 tect. stock,) 100 1521 1571 Comitats ; 121 Londondy & Cole, 1 shs.l all - _ 121 - ill be rea- Londotely.& Ennis 1 sh.l all 12 121 BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. gtock Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. ct. 100 125 127 ce, never. 6 D o , e 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 931 I 1 44 4 1 E itablished, 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities ' 941 4.541 i Stock Do. 3 per cent. 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent. 5 4 4 P Austrian li ~,, 3 p e r Cent. Annuities - - .ve offence Anna. 30 Years, expire sth Jan., 1880 - 121 Do. 44 per ce n t .. .. . all - - eover, say bitto. for 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 174 5 -16 1 Stock I Mid. Con. 6p. c. Store; . 100 - - - 4 shall be I Id; a Stoek Stock I Do. 41 p. C. pref. stock.. 100 101 103 Ditto 5 per Cent. Aing of a Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per cent - 6 !Do. with option till 1860 3 4 1p 34 •Stock'', Do. Leic. & Ilitpref. st. 100 94 96 Practical, Ditto 5 per Cent. ntly none. Ditto 51 per Cent. t p• o. redeem, at 5 p.c. eno i - 101 pare mea- bit's,. Debentures, 1858 961 1 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with Who can hitto. Bonds, £l,OOO lO 8 d option till 1866 ; all 111 121 Till last ? Cous , 4s for Account (May 9). ... il be acted Indic. Stock for Account - 121 Do. do., 2d is. 21 1 1 p 1061 Stock Nerflk 5 p.c. Ex.Stk,lB4e 101., - - Di tto Account, 5 per cent. - - Besides Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 6 9 Stock D 0.5 ifiavVal.Ex.Sk 1847 100 - - le last 12 Rock North British, spercent 100 110 111 FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING Stock Do. New, e ni a . 5 percent 100 108 110 Lde dotens 101 Do, Bor. Un. g. pf. sh s. 1 i 4p, 14 13 •azilian 5 per Cent. - 1.) Do. do. do. all - - one ? Ditto Scrip, 1860 - - rs Patent Stock N-East.Cons. Pref.4p.c.l 100 90 32 Baenos Ayres, 6 per Cent _ - ill be the Ditto Account 17 Do. do. do. •Isl 3 4 11 ld Austrian . Rexiaan 3 per Cent. - 26 Do. Leeds, Bp. e. No. 1. 13 - - to pacify Ditto Aecount lilts siest, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent .. -- lake such2s "Aa. York, H. S. Purch: 10 Id i p D;:tto 41 per Cent. ;t at once Sarrldnian, 5 per Cent - Stock ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. 1 st . e. 100 123 125 124 3 back to D itto Account ... - thing less Fpaltis h 3 per Cent - Stock 'Do. Irredeem., 2d gua. 100 117 119 the Hun- Ditto Passive - - 81 Scottish Central, new in all - - they W ill Tined s h 6 per Cent. - Scottish North-Eastern Ditto Account I demand D;.c o New Loan - Stock Do•Aberdeen.gua.6pc. 100 - - ties which Ditto Account - - s , Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. 10 D o , Fi xe d 41 percent. all - - ntly made V allortielan 3 per Cent - 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading Dittto Account Id abroad , Ann., 1.0 6) all 23 231 231 3 Dividends on thi above payable in London. St oc k D o .41 per cen t lOO 100 102 es of the French Rentes, 3 per Cent. Ex. 25f. .... 69f. 75c. Stock Do• Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is . 100 100 102 lenial was Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent... - Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 89 91 official ad- Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. Stock S.-Yorkshire, 4 re. gua lOO 84 88 ired. Count Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s 814 25 Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e all 28 29 hands the, THREE O'CLOCK. 25 Do. B 6 per cent am by the, 25 Do. C 6 per cent all 32 33 Consols, Money , s mome nt Ditto Account D Suprem e LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. - - the Vie" - Railways. Paid. Leasing ! Closing! Business , s of Mon- Sa il waye. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. , Co.'s. ; Price. I Done. mad, who -s- Bedford and ft hl etc ey all Ln & N.l4', - • - S 'Minister Lox-DON, April 26.-Wind this day at noon, N. , • mode- Buckinghamshire ' 100 L&NW f 6 98 Chester &Hll** • • ' ' n • I Holyhead.. y lead., 100 D o 51 511, ~ but Wl l °' rate breeze and cloudy. Do. do. 51 p. et. .. ' 100 ,Do. , I tC4 le6 I Count PORTSMOUTH, April 26.-The Necker, Sunderland to Do. do. S P. e t •' I rue, 100 ,Do. lll3 115 1131 in guiDOXY I Bong Kong, has put in here leaky, having struck heavily Clydesdale.Junction..' 100 ,Caledonn 1103 105 on. Sunderlarid Bar in coming out. Colchester, Stour Val' all ;E.U.&E'C' 16 17 nd reverec E.Lincolnshire 6 Ore DOTER, April 25.-Arrived-David, from Shields, ge p.e , 100 ;Gt.North. l l39 142 Is, and iir E Uni .' on,llarevieliShs all E.Counts 141 41 for Havanni sit. Do. Woodbridge ... 1 00 i vernment, TEIGNMO UTH, April 21.-The Wonder, smack, of this Gle.Barr.&Neils;Dret. 100 'Caledonin --- _ er having Oft, sunk this morning; crew saved by the liteboat of the Do. New 1100 ,Do. character , National Li_feboat Institution. Gloster& Dean Forest; all IGt. West - - up,_ P.ENzAerien, April 26.-The Russian ship Hedroig, from Hartlpool•Dek.&Raile a ll 11(k.N.&Br, - - to enc . 'ull and Selby Newport to St. Thomas's. foundered on the 11th of April; li ; all !Yk.N.llld. 110 112 ) indeed--Do. 4 Shares all !Do. crew landed here by the Jonder Van Stogteien.. . _ Do. i Shares ..... .., all 'Do. DUNDEE, April 24.-The Camperdown, steamer, arrived Lanc.&Carl.gua.s p.c. 100 Ln& N , W ; 207 210 ✓ the late here from Greenland, reports th e f o ll ow i n g as s p o k en with, Lon don&G reenwien ' 100 IS. East ;63 65 63 e Dan 11 13 ° all clean :--:Lady Franklin, of Aberdeen • Active, Helena, Do. Preference •1 100 iDo. 'lls 120 flags half ; and North of Scotland, of Peterhead; 'Vulcan, Melinka, I _ , Tl N‘ .,Tilby.&Soutend. 100 Petcs &Co 04 97 acent sus - Find Enter rise ise, of Fraserborough ; end Chase, of Hull. L Tstoft, gua. 4p. et. 100 Norfolk„ - - Do. 6 per cent 1 100 'Do.- ise d to be -- Manc.,Buxtn.SrMatk ' all LN W&MI 24 31 3 (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Mid.hradford Prefer le G o vern' ence Stock SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. 100 Midland 95 .97 96 investiga - Newmarkt,BuryEx ) , guaranteed sp. o, S 5• 5. 6.E.Counts I 1 4 P u Mstarle eB Wind E. Arrived, April 25.-Avon, from Waterford • Courier, N , ortlm.& Ea stn. 5 p. c . a ll ID 0...-., 0.......; se 68 'ry closely steamer, from Jersey ; Enterprise, from Y o u g hai ; Cicely, Do. do. 6 per cent all ;Do. its Bar° trona Sunderland. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all , Do . ! A s Pin e ' Sail e d, April 26-Teutonia, steamer, for New York; North Western all Midland . 141 15 Have they Alliance, steamer, for Havre ; Atalanta, steamer, for a Preston and Wyre. I all 1 -'& N Nl' 1 &L.Yk. 1 - It 1 s ersey. Do. 1 ;glares A all 'Da. I ICC. ---- Roystn Ilitch.,& Shep, 100 ,Gt. North 135 137 oned 2 . ' 1 (BY SUBMARINE AND BRIT ISH TELEGRAPH. ) Slorewebry& Hereford 100 T BrassnYlo3 105 ,'most , • 111 " GRAVESEND Thursday Morning. D o . Do. 1 1 .... 1 fpll 1 - .• - • - 111 Closing Business iimre Railway& Paid. Price. Done. [ _ _ 12 . 10 :Amberg., Notting. Bost ,i 64 m .„ and Eastern Junction 10 '4 -4 " Belfast and Ballymena all Bin, Wol , and Str. Val all 8 8 i 13 ‘,.. .14 ,. Stock Birk.,La * and Ch. June l°° 70 72 • 9 n ‘' Blackburn ~, B'yth and Tyne all „", Bost. Slefcl.& Mid. Coun all 6 1 7 1 . Stock Caledonian Bristol and Exeter 100 102 103 103 2 2 Caledonian •• • • 100 904 81 90 1 I 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan 9 50 Cork and Bandon all 20n Cork, Blkroek,&Pao,•sae all " Cornwall '''' all 64 7 utt 9 10 Do A A roves. no div i a ll . 10 Do. B until6p.c.per an. a ll hambeen pd.toß. „ 5 2 Dublin andßelfa,st June. all Dun•, Perth ,& Abr. June. all 8 Si . la, Stock East Anzlian 100 18 19 Stock EaaternCounties lOO 54 65 09 91 1 Stock Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 36 38 , Do. do. B Stock 1 00 26 28 25 Do.NW. A.(1te.14.113d5) 8 4 20 .„ East Suffolk L'' Do Stock,_ Edinbilm and Glasgow 100 7 .;?, 7 .,?. Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 "iz "LI " !Forth & Clyde Junction all Stoc,kFurn - eas St .,°„"Glasgow & South Westn lOO 98 100 tu Greatll Great North of Scotland all Stock Gat Northern lOO 113 4 Stock 114 13/ 14 Do. do. A Stock lOO 115 117 115 4 Stock D m d o . B Stock lOO 1 31 1.33 132 14 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 113 114 Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 60 63 12 Irish South Eastern all 105 44 Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 10 41 105 1 113 Stock London and Blackwall 1 100 63 70 89 Stock Loo,,Brighton &S.Coast l 100 • ! 113 115 1 .25 Lond. Chat. and Dover! all 114 124 Stock London & North Westns 100 99 4 100 991 100 984 121 Do. Eighths 25 Stock London& South-Westn. 100 91 4 92 4 v 2 l L'derry & Coleraine all 7 — ; -- I 12 11 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all 1 Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln,. 100 414 12 ,P Afaryport and Carlisle . all -- 12 4 Do. do. i Shares all 10 Metropolitan Stock midland lOO 116 1164 tl6l 4 Stock Do. Birming. & Derby.; 100 9 3 95 934 50 Mid. Gt. Wes t. (Ireland) all 25 Do. 4 Shares all 25 Mid Kent all 10 Do. (Cray Line) all 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 25 New., Aber., & Herefclt all 104 114 10 Newry & Armagh (act) 9 7 6 6 20 Newry, Warpt., & Res all ..,. Stock Norfolk lOO 54 56 on 50 North. Counties Union 34 31 3 d Stock North British lOO 601 611 61 4 60 1 Stock Nor.Dev.RaildirDk. Stk lOO Stock Do..A Stk.—Areo.nodiv until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 Stock Do. B Stock . I Stock North-Fastn.—Berwick 100 95 4 96 ' °9 d 6 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Pwrch a se 1613 4 14 14 d Stock ri o . Leeds lOO 484 491 484 Stork Do. York lOO 794 80 791 Stuck North London lOO 106 108 20 North Straordshire. 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all Pt 94 Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolper lOO 42 44 421 10 Peebles all 20 Portsmouth 10 lihyrnney all Si Stock Scottish Central lOO 115 117 Stock South. N. E., Aber. Stock 100 36 37 361 I Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 88 90 Stock Shropshire Union lOO 48 50 10 Sittin2bourne & Sheer all 4 3 d Stock South Devon lOO 42 14 Stock South-Eastern lOO 87 874 87 4 i li • Stock South Wales , 100 65 67 Stock, South ' South Yorks.&Riv.Dim. i 100 77 80 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok ! all 8 8 25 'Stockton & Darlington ' all 39 4 40 4 25 I Do. do. [Stockton & ilartlepool 161 Stock Tali Vale lOO Stoek 'Do. Preference, No. 1 25 IThamesTfavenDk&Rail 22 50 Ulster 25 Do. 2O 24 31 p 12 10 Do. ll 4d 1p Stock. Vale of Neath lOO 58 60 10 !Victoria Station & Pim all 10 11 Stock.Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 iWaterford & Limerick! all 20 iWest Cornwall , all 54 6 54 20 West London I i all 10 Do. Ist Class , all 20 'Do. 2d Class I 1 all 124 'Worcester & Hereford 111 3 2 d PREFERENCE SHARES. paid. i Closing Business Share Railways. Price. Done. ✓ the late e Danub e flags half ficent Os' ise d to be le Govern investiga- es a mstanc , ry closßaell r re° S ga l"' they hay.o It Is ice. o ned at 0, j m ost laving re: D make it I do n ot, a ; it is 1 ! 11 thelesst it Austrian obliged t ° rgn. th! a tttha t ' no ow indeed has to c on_ lion (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Wind ; tide five hours' ebb; weather dull. Arrived—Columbus, from K rageroe. Sailed—Ateman Theodore, for Adelaide ; Joseph Hale for Port Philip ; British Merchant, for Sydney. DEAL, Thursday Morning. '135 137 103 105 101 11 p 1 91 93 . 71_ 81 South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset.. Winiblednuk Croydn. 1 all M'Clean 100 Gt. Weft . 1 all L.&Brgtnl 'Wind, N.E. by N. ; strong. 13 .Passed—Gipsy, barque, from Shields for Genoa ; Colum - l ae, from London for Swansea ; Mary B. Rich, from Shields- for New York. Tom Sayers and the Benicia Boy are said to have I l e tt t upon the Newmarket racecourse on Monday, and shook I lde at the betting ring, where they were loudly cheered, Share DOCKS. Docks. Stool Stoe'r ICommeTcial lOO —. •Stoel , IDo 4 pprCent.Pref . Min lOO itoci I East and West India..•_ 100 ":tcci London lOO itocl tSt. Katharine lOO s'iocic ISouthampton ... lOO 10 \ Victoria . lOO ICO 108 1: 0 0 NOW uuu•versal I Paid Closing Nusiness Price. Done. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, MO. BItITISII POSSESSIONS. Share Railways. I Paid. Closing business done Pice.. 100 Stk I 18 Atlantic & St ',amen all f ßom.,Baroda& Cent.lnd 1100 gu. 6 permit Do. Do. B 13i Buffalo and Lake Huron all Do. New all Do. Preference Bifalo,Brant.&Godrich 100 6 p. et. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 ) Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 Clcutta.ScS.Eastrn.Lirn, 1. 3 0. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. 'Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s. Ceylon Guaranteed °p.c. 74 !Demerara _ _ all 204 204 10 100 1 100 106 Eastern Belagal.gu.sp.c. East Indian, gu. 5 p. 0 Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 44 p. c. Debentrs Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1861 Gee long& Melbourne . Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada! !Do. 6 per cent. Fret Do. 6 per cent. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .... Do. do. 1867.... 1872 . t.lnd i arenin. Do. New, gua.s per cent. Gt.Soutli. of Ind.Lim.— guaranteed 5 per cent ,Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with ept. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O IDo. do. '/3 without opt Do. 5. p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 4i p. c Do. do. 5 per Do. 41 p. o. Extension Do. Fourth do. Do. do. Stock Corp. CPA Winds Newßrunswiek&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.tipe Class ACapitl.Share ' Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Oude (Limited) Scinde q 4 1 , Do. New Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo EL," St. Andrews & QuebeoAl 84 86 97 974 Id 4 d 42 61- 7} 78 82 70 75 68 73 par p If 11 11 Idl id Od 1 101} 101 i par ip pnr ip AC 100 100} 101 24 21i 31 35" PO 92 69 71 82 85 63 72 68 72 99} 91 d 11- 14 131 13} 7 7 d 97 99 97 99 97 99 90 93 88 90 P 8 99 91 93 1 d 5 7 5 7 Stook 99 100 1 d d' 1 I d 91 95 I/7j 7 1011 1 a 34i i 69i 9 99 1111 9 5 41 81 14} 100 9Pli LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) VICE-CHANCELLLOR'S COURT. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir R. T. Kindersley.) WASON V. WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENT COMMIS- SIONERS. His Honour the Vice-Chancellor said this bill was filed by Mr. Wason, against the Westminster Improvement Commissioners, and three other gentlemen, Messrs. Bridges, Meesen, and Bridges, solicitors, for specific performance of a contract, dated sth July, 1847, by which the Commissioners became bound to purchase the fee simple of certain lands upon which Victoria-street was formed, and convey them to the plaintiff by way of mortgage security for £30,000. And the decree which was asked against the other defen dants was to set aside certain mortgages held by them since 1854, to enable the Commissioners to execute a free convey ance in favour of the plaintiff. His Honour, after deliver ing a very searching judgment on the arguments and facts of the case, came to the conclusion that the agreement of July, 1847, was superseded by tho agreement in June, 1856, and therefore could not be specifically enforced. His Honour dismissed the bill without costs against the Com missioners, and with costs against Messrs. Bridges and Meesons. COURT FOR DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL SUITS. (Before Sir C. Cresswell, Mr. Baron Channel], and Mr. Justice Keating). SIMONIN (FALSELY CALLED) V. MALAC. This was a suit instituted by Mdlle. Valerie Josephine Simonin for a decree of nullity of marriage contracted with the respondent under somewhat rather singular circum stances. The case, which was not defended, commenced on the 18th ult., and having occupied two days, stood over for judgment. The parties are natives of France, and in the year 1854 the petitioner was living with her mother at Paris, and supported herself by her exertions as an actress. She be came acquainted with the respondent, M. L. Malac, and on Jan. 20 of the year in question he induced her to accompany him under a promise, that if she consented to a mar riage in England, he would afterwards marry her in France according to the laws of that country. They were married in London on the day after their arrival, a license having been obtained by a fraudulent representation that they had been 15 days residing in the metropolis. However, the petitioner refused to discharge her marital duties until the respondent fulfilled his promise in reference to the French marriage, and he having exhibited some reluctance to accede to her wishes, she left him and returned to the pro tection of her mother, and the practice of her pro fession. The reason assigned by the respondent for refusing to have the marriage ceremony celebrated in France was, that he was afraid of incurring the dis pleasure of his father by contracting a matrimonial alliance with the petitioner. Subsequent to the separation he ad - dressed a letter, couched in very affectionate terms, in which he stated that he felt himself unable to surmount moral ob stacles that exited to their marriage in France; and in consequence of that communication the lady had recourse to a legal tribunal to ascertain her actual social status. The result was that she obtained a divorce, the Court consider ing that the marriage was invalid according to the laws of France, and the respondent was condemned in costs. After wards the conduct of the respondent became very violent towards the petitioner, for he was in the habit of frequent ing the theatre in Paris where she was engaged, and throw ing immortels and other missiles at her while she was on the stage. She determined to leave France, and, accom panied by her mother and sister, came to reside in this country in 1858, and established herself in business as re storer and recoverer of ancient documents, a trade which her father had followed up to the period of his death. The following evidence was adduced at the trial : Madame Simonin, the mother of the petitioner, said that Mdllo. Simonin is now 28 years of age, and that at the time of the marriage M. Malac told her ke was 29. Her daugh ter and Mahe asked her consent to the marriage before they came to England, and she gave it. They asked it, and she gave it verbally. Mr. Noel, who formerly practised as a notary public, and advising counsel at Paris, explained the French law, as con tained in the 170th, 63d, 151st, 152 d, and 154th articles of the Codo Napoleon, on the subject of the marriage of French subjects in foreign countries. If two French subjects wont to a foreign country for the purpose of evading the French law, and there contracted a marriage without due pabli cltion in France and without consent of parents, and then returned to France, the French courts would annul the marriage. But if the consent of the parents was signified after the marriage it would be held good. When the parents of parties under a certain age who wished to con tract a marriage withheld their consent, the proper course was to draw up an acte respectueux et formel before a notary, requesting their consent. The parents might then give or withhold their consent, and a minute of their decision would be drawn up by a notary. If the parents consented, they must either go before the Maire when the marriago was contracted, or their consent in writing, drawn up by a notary, must be produced to the Maire. When certain pee scribed forms had been observed, and a certain time had elapsed after the acte respectueux had been presented, the marriage might take place even without the consent of parents. _ _ Dr. Phillimore submitted that he had now established that the parties had a French domicile at the time of the pretended marriage, and that the marriage was in fraud of the French law. The want of capacity to contract the marriage by the law of domicile was, he contended, fatal to the validity of the contract. He admitted that Storey, in his " Conflict of Laws," laid down that contracts of marriage were governed by the lex loci contractus, whatever might be the capacity or incapacity of the parties by the law of domicile ; but that proposition was not borne out by Fothier, Huber, Savigny, Felix, and the other jurists whom he cited. If their lord ships should be of opinion that there was no precedent for a case like the present, he hoped they would not lay down a principle different from that which guided all other civilised States, but would give effect to the prohibitory laws of a foreign country when they found that two subjects of the foreign country had come to England to enter into a mar riage contract for the mere purpose of evading those laws. Dr. Swabey followed, and contended that, according to jurisprudence and national policy, the Court was bound to declare the marriage null. ' There was no defence, and the learned judges postponed their decision in consequence of the novelty and importance of the question Rub judice. Sir C. Cresswell delivered judgment this morning, and having gone through the authorities cited, decided that according to international law this country was not bound to surrender its own peculiar law to that of any other State, in accordance with which dictum the Court consi dered the marriage was a valid contract. The petition was accordingly dismissed. POLICE INTELLIG ENUE.—( This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A CLERGYMAN CHARGED IYITTI RORBERY.—Mr. Chas. Nisbett, of 66, Bolsover-street, described as a clergyman, was charged before Mr. Bingham with stealing, at 60, Hay market, a bottle of eau do cologne, under the following cir cumstances : Alexander Sevin, waiter, at 60, Haymarket, an hotel; said at half-past eight the previous night the prisoner calm to the hotel and partook of tea, &c., at the time ho sat down there being three bottles of eau de cologne on a shelf near where he sat. Shortly after he (witness) observed that one of the bottles was gone, and having informed his employer, Mr. John W. Pacey, he asked the prisoner far payment of the refreshment he had had. He said he had no money, and shortly after pulled a bottle of eau de cologne from his pocket—the ono missed. He did not wish to press the charge, the principal reason for giving him into custody being to see whether he had any other property on him, as there were silver spoons about the table whore he had been sitting. A lady hero stepped forward and said the prisoner had lately been destroying all his religious books, and she thought he was not quite right in his mind. He lodged with her, and she was fearful he would set the house on fire. Mr. Bingham said he would remand him for a few days that proper inquiries might be made, and in the meantime he would be taken care of. In the prisoner's possession was found a communion ser vice when taken into custody. PICKING POCKETS AT THE HOME MISSIONS' MEETING. —Ellen Taylor, a young woman with a child in her arms, was charged before Mr. Bingham with attempting to pick pockets at the Home ➢Missions' meeting at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's, on the previous afternoon. Sergeant Cole, 23 C, said that about half-past five the previous afternoon he was on duty at Willis's Rooms, there being a meeting of the Home Missions, the Archbishop of Canterbury in the chair, and several bishops pr4sent, and just as they were leaving the rooms he saw prisoner and an other woman,and knowing them as the companions of thieves, he kept his eye on them. Shortly after the Bishop of Oxford and a gentleman left the rooms, followed by three ladies dressed in black, and he then observed the prisoner go alongside of the youngest of the three and put her left hand in her pocket and withdraw it again. She then left the lady, turned back to the rooms, and then got in the door way, just inside, and saw her feel the outsides of the pockets of every lady's dress on leaving the rooms. She then put her hand into the pocket of another lady, and he then took her into custody, she begging to be let go. Prisoner said she only made one attempt, and admitted she had been before convicted. Cole said ho saw her at the same rooms on Saturday last, when six purses were missed, which Mr. Rayne was there to prove. Committed for two months with hard labour. It is related by Stowe that during the 38 years of Henry the Eighth's reign no less than 72,000 criminals were executed ; and we gather from Parliamentary returns that in the ten years between 1820 and 1830 there were executed in England alone 797 criminals; but as our laws became less bloody, the number of executions proportion ately decreased. In the three years ending 1820 the exe cutions in England and Wales amounted to 312 ; in the three years ending 1830 they were reduced to 179 ; and in the three years ending 1840 they had decreased to 62, LONDON AND SOUTII-WESTER.Y RAILWAY. SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING THIS DAY. A special general meeting of the shareholders in this company was held this day at the Waterloo station, for the purpose of approving and consenting to the several bills at present before Parliament in which the company was inte rested—C. Castlemain, Esq., in the chair. The Secretary having read the list of bills, _ _ The CHAIRMAN said he regretted the absence of Cap tain Mangles ; but he did not anticipate that their proceedings that day would be of long duration, as the consideration of a number of bills comprised in the advertised list would hive to be postponed, in consequence of their not being sufficiently advanced to be submitted to the meeting that day. The bills that would be submitted to the proprietors would be the exten sion to Yeovil Station, the Salisbury Yeovil Junction, the Chard Branch, and the Isle of Wight Railway. Mr. Muctitim, the solicitor of the company, then read the title of the first bill to be approved of as follows : " A. bill for authorising the London and South .Western Railway Company to make and maintain a railway in extension of their Exeter Extension Railway, and to connect that railway with the Bristol and Exeter Rail way, and for authorising alterations of the St. David's Station on the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and the laying down of rails on the narrow gauge on divers railways, and the working by the London and Fouth Western Railway Company over those n arrow gauge lines of railway from their Exeter Extension Railway to Bide ford, and for other purposes." Mr. HEREPATH complained of the length of the bill, and of the expense that the extension would entail upon the company, yet he should not oppose it, as he considered it would be highly advantageous to the company. Several proprietiors objected to any further outlay o money in extension. A PROPRIETOR said ho thought the shareholders ought to have confidence in the directors. He thought these gentlemen would not recklessly expend any considerable sum of money without they felt certain it would be for the benefit of the company. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN then put the approval of the bill to the meeting, when it was assented to unanimously. Mr. BIRCHAM read the head of the next bill for approval as follows : " A bill for the alteration at Yeovil of the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway, leased to the London and South Western Railway Company; and of the Yeovil and Durston Branch of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and for the making at Yeovil of a joint station for the London and South Western and Bristol and Exeter Railway Companies." Mr. ILEREPATH asked how much Money was to be raised under the act ? Mr. BIRCIIAM said the whole of the authorised sum to be raised under the act would be £20,000. The bill was approved of unanimously. Capt. GIFFARD—As No. 3 bill, the Kingston-bridge line, was to be postponed, he should like to know what the di rectors proposed to do. The CHAIRMAN said the whole subject was fully consi dered at the last meeting. It was then determined to Barry the bridge over the river to Kingston, and that would be the object of the bill to bo submitted to Parliament. Capt. GIFFARD—Then it is the intention of the directors to adhere to that plan ? The CHAIRMAN—Yes, certainly. Mr. BIRCIIAM read the title of the next bill as follows : " A bill to enable the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Com pany to make a deviation from their authorised main line near Yeovil, and a branch or junction railway in the parish of Yeovil." The bill was assented to unanimously. The following was the head of the next bill submitted for approval:— - " A bill to authorise the construction of a railway from the authorised line of the London and South Western Exeter Extension Railway to Chard." Mr. HERAPATII asked whether there was any capital to be subscribed. Mr. BIRCILAM—No capital was to be raised under the act. _ Mr. HERAPATH considered such a matter perfectly satis factory. The last bill to be submitted to the meeting was as follows : " A bill for making railways for the purpose of connect ing Ryde with Ventnor and the East Coast of the Isle of Wight." Mr. HEREPATII asked whether this line was to be worked by the South Western Company. The CHAIRMAN said the South Western and the Brighton would in conjunction work the line, which was calculated to be much more convenient than if it was worked by an independent company, because if such was done it would cause great inconvenience. All the directors of the South Western Company recommended was to work the Isle of Wight Railway in conjunction with the Brighton Company. If any further arrangements were contem plated the shareholders would be consulted before any flna arrangements were concluded. A PROPRIETOR said the bill contained a clause authoris ing the company to contribute on guarantee £20,000 toward the construction of the railway, the Brighton Company doing the same. He thought it was a very bad arrange ment, and he trusted the meeting would refuse to give their sanction to the bill. The CHAIRMAN said ho hoped the meeting would pause before they adopted the views of the hon. proprietor who had just spoken. The result of the rejection of this bill would be that the line would then virtually pass into the hands of the Brighton Railway Company, and the whole traffic of the Isle of Wight would pass on to that lino. Ile thought the arrangements made were advantageous to the South-Western as well as to the Brighton, and he hoped the meeting would approve of the bill. The approval of the bill was then put to the meeting, and carried. The consideration of several other bills was postponed until the 31st of May. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro ceedings. THIS DA Y'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. lAit ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. - Wheat, 49s 6d ; barley, 37s 6d ; oats, 24s 2d ; rye, 32s Ild ; beans, 42s Od ; and peas, 39s 2d. TILE Six WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 47s 3d ; barley, 36s Ild ; oats, 23s 9d ; rye, 34s 2d ; beans, 40s ld ; peas, 38s 3d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 96,011, barley, 17,851; oats, 9,463 ; rye, 150; beans, 3,620; peas, 664 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Only a moderate supply of beasts was on offer in our mar ket to-day. Prime Scots and crosses were in steady request, at fully Monday's currency; but other breeds moved . off slowly, on former terms. The show of sheep was by no means extensive. There was a free sale for Downs and half- breds, at extreme rates. Otherwise, the mutton trade was in a sluggish state. Lambs—which came slowly to hand—were inactive, except as regards the best breeds, at Monday's quotations. There was a moderate inquiry for calves, at previous rates. Pigs and mulch cows were steady in price. Por Blbs 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 Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 0 Second quality do. 4 2 4 8 s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool do. 4 10 5 6 P me. S' thdown do . 5 8 6 0 Large crse. calves 4 S 5 2 Prime small d 0... 5 4 5 6 Large hogs 3 6 3 10 Small porkers .... 4 2 4 10 id to 7s Od. Lambs, 5s Suckling calves, 19s to 22s 23s to 30s. and quarter .old store pigs, TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts BOO Sheep and lambs 6,525 Calves Pigs FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 7O Sheep ' Calves Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate. On the whole, the trade is steady, as follows : Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 4s Od to 5s Od ; lamb, bs Od to 6s 4d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81bs. by the carcase. SouTHALL, April 25.—Fair average supplies of stock were en offer here to-day. On the whole, a full amount of business was transacted, as follows : Beef, from 38 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 10d ; lamb, 5s Gd to 6s 10d ; veal, 4s 8d to 53 6d ; pork, 3s 10d to 4s 10d per Sibs to sink the offal. ROMFORD, April 25.—Prime beasts and sheep moved off steadily, at full prices. Otherwise the trade ruled heavy : Beef, from 3s 4d to 5s Od ; mutton, 4s Od to Gs Od ; lamb, 5s Gd to 75 Od ; veal, 4s 8d to 5s 4d ; and pork, 48 Od to 5s Od per 81bs; suckling calves, 15s to lEs ; quarter old store pigs, 22s to 29s each; and mulch cows, £l4 Os to £lB lOs each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Oa to S 5 03 Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 17s Od ; and straw, 7s to £1 14s per load. A firm trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow 'hay, £3 5s to £5 Os ; clover, £4 Os to £5 17s Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. Trade steady. IVITITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £5 Os Od ; clove] £4 Os to £6 Os ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 12s per load. Supply moderate. VENERABLE EGGS.—" I stick to eggs,'' said Bob ; " what can you make of them, old fellow r' " Why, in all probability, the one you are eating ought to have been by this time a grandfather. Laid in some remote village of France this time last year, it has lain ever since pickled in lime water. They come over here by the million at a time, and you don't suppose the Continental bens hold monster meetings to suit the time of the exporter ?"—Once a IVeek. " I cannot get on without the woman's hand," says John Bennett, in a letter to the Times, and he very justly points to the Swiss watch, which is now rapidly tak ing the place of the English second-class watch. He cal culates that no lees than 200,000 of these watches are im ported or smuggled annually into England, whilst 187,000 is the whole produce of English watchmakers. In order to discover the reason of their very cheap and beautiful production of watches, he determined to go to Switzerland himself, and the reason was soon apparent. He found that no less than 20,000 women were employed in Neufchatel alone in making the more delicate parts of the watch move ment,—not cooped up in squalid courts as the men are in Clerkenwell, but in their own cotta"e homes on the slopes of the Jura, overlooking the beautiful Lake Leman. —Once a Feek Stock rrin idad(Limited) Scrip Jii FOREIGN RAILWAYS. - li3 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 41 20 Ardennes all - - t 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 7 1 id 5 Belgian East. Junction all I 1 20 illeziers to Graissessa.c all - - 10 1 - luen.Ayres& S. Ferndo 74 4 3 4 r 6 ICarmeaux Mine & Rail all xi 21 100 'Copiabo - - 10 Ditto Extension 20 Dutch Rhenish 20 Eastern of France ...... all 25 26 20 Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c. 6 - - 20 Do. do. .... all - - 20 Great Central of Franc, all - - 20 Gt. Luxern. Con. she.. all 6% 71 61 20 Italian Junction .. .... all - - 20 Lake Constance & ilab all - - 20 Lierre and Turnhout... all - - 28 ,Lombardo Venetian lO 11 111 l'ft 20 ILyons and Geneva .... all - -t,. 331 :Maria Antonia all - - 10 'Do. do. New - - 20 :Namur and Liege all S 61 20 !Do. do. 6p. c. Pref...., all 19 19 14 Northern of France 20 !Do. New Shares - -1 , 10 (Norwegian Trunk Pref all 5 0 9 20 ,Paris,Lyons, and 3ledit all 37 874 20 Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Fern 20 g u a. 7p. ct. (Lim.) 20 Riga and Dunaburg lO - - 10 Rome and Frascati - - 20 i Royal Danish all 13 15 5 'Royal Swedish - - 4 , Do. 7 per cent. Pref. - - 20 Sambre and Meuse all 51 6 6 10 I Dc. 61 per cent. Pref. 20 ;San Paulo (lim.) g. 7:p. c 2 4 i d 20 Southern of France 81 I West Flanders 5 10 , Do. 51 p. c. Preference . all 91 9 ,20 W. & N.W. of France all 22 23 20 :Western of Austria 6 - - 20 tWestern of Switzerland all - - 6 !Wiesbaden - - 6 IDo 8 per cent. Pref all - - 20 Zealand..__.,. all - - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ----;-• - Can.Gov.6p.c Ja.& my 113 115 - Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 109 111 - Do. 6 p.1.31r. & Sep. 100 110 112 - Do. 6 per cent. IS7ei 109 - -- - Do. 6 per cent. 1879 100 - - 1111 1 - Do. 6 per cent. 1882 llt - - - Do. do. Scrip 26 - - - N.8.G0v.6p.c. Ja. &July 100 107 109 -- Do. 6p.e.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - - N. S.W. Gov. sp. C. Deb. 106 99 100 - D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1876 100 991 100 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up [ 100 991 100 fin - NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. ... Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 107 108 107 4 - S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 110 112 - Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 - - - Do. do. April & Oct. 100 105 106 1061 /48 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all - - 25 Australian Agricultural 19 '32 33 10 Berlin Water Works 50 British American Land 40 - - 50 Brit. & Irish Mag. Tel. A all 37 39 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1802 1 all 20 22 20 ,Do. C 100 Canada Land 1 321 120 125 10 Chan.lslancls Tel.(Lim y all 6 8 Stock! Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltgl all 25 30 25 Do. Preference 71 per ct ' all 241 251 Stock iCrystal Palace. lOO 274 30 5 Do. Preference al 99 101 Stock Do. 6p. e. Perpet. Deb lOO 103 106 Stock Electric Telegraph lOO 105 107 105% 25 Do. New 5 English & AtiA. Copper all 2} 21 21 1 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 - - 1 Great Ship (Limited) all 1 1 '2O Indian & Aust. Telegr 2s. - - 5 London District Telegr 2 1 d 20 London Discount 5ll d 4 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co all I 1 14 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 2 31 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all - - 10 I‘ , led. Exton. Tel. (Lim.) all 3 4 25 National Discount Co 5 1 i d 10 , Netherlands Land all - - 6 IDo 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at 1 dis all 1 1 100 l l`T.llr.&NovaScotiaLand 80 110 15 1 'N.B.Attetralasian (Lim ) all 1 1 I lOrlental Gas 1 !Do. New Shares I 15s. 4 I par 10 Orient]. In. Steam, A 6 - - 10 Ditto B 6 - - 10 Ditto C 2s. - - Stock Peel River Land & 3lin. 100 49 51 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam. all 79 81 50 0. New l5 13 14 34 81 20 Red Sea & Ind. Tclegr. 174 4 d 4 p 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 100 Royal Mall Steam I 60 52 51 Stock cot..eiustrln.lnv.(Lim ) 100 120 130 125 25 South Australian Land. all 35 36 35% 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip.' all 1 4 1 ' Do. do Registered I, all 1 4 20 Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr.Can.: 5 - - 100 ' Van Diemen's Land 28 1 BRITISH MINES. Share, l Mines. Paid. Closing Business Price. bone. Alfred Consols (Philacki 2.11.10' 1 21 31 20 British Iron I 15 14 24 Clifford . 80 290 Devon G. Cons. (Taoist ) ' 1 440 150 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 85 90 East Caradon E. WI Russl (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 114 12 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 541 35 38 Great South Tolgus.... 17s 141 141 G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillark) 12.8.9 1 ; G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 94 .. .. Grenville Herod's-Foot 8.12.0 A 30 Hingsten Downs 4.7.0 3; 4: Lady Bertha Margaret ( tiny Lelant) 9l 42 45 North Downs. I 24 4 51 North Frane,e s fIllogan) 11 3 44 N.Wh'l Basset (I1logan)I 5 4 51 North Wheal Crofty.. 7.9.4 8 9 10 Par Consols (St. Blazy) ll 124 13i 121 -•• Providence (Uny Lelut) 10.6.7 44 45 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 12a I 1 SouthCaradon ( St.Clcer ) 14 34 310 South C. Brea( Illogan). 3 21 21 1 ,S.Dev. Iron & Gen. Min. all nll is-Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 145 155 IStray Park 20.18.0 32 34 311 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 4/ 24 34 1 0 Tin Croft 9 4 4 41 Vale of Tower ( Corm ) 13s 6d 1 West Basset (Illogan) 24 20 11 W. Caradon (Liskeard). 5 871 90 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan). 51 145 155 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 874 924 Wheal Edw ar d (Cals.). 2/ 11 1 1 --IWheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 16 17 !WWI Mary Ann (Mewhe 8 204 214 I WWI Trelawney (Lisk. 51 29 31 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian par 85 Bon AccordCopper,Lim. 15s i d par 85 Brazil. Imp. (is. at .25 p.' 271 - 20 ' Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. a'l 23 24 281 5 Do. L and and Mining Co. all 1 Clarendon Cons. Min. Co. 1 d 40 Cohn Copper . all 44 II Copiapo l6 11 13 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 4 2 Fortuna 20 General all 24 25 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 i d 1 p 11 Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 11 8 Linares all 104 llf 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 1 1 1 N RiuneCop.of S.Ausa 10s. i d p 23 PentgibaudSilver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 5 6 5 Port Philip 1 4 1 1 Scottish Australn. (L.)... 108 1 d par 28.2.4 United Mexican ...... all 1 2 1 Worthing (Limited).... all 1 Do. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 ,Agra&UnitedServiceßki 50 75 77 40 Australasia l I all 72 74 721 25 Bank of Egypt all 214 224 100 Rank of London 5O 61 53 52 20 Bank of Turkey 3 S 4 British North American all 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &a all 191 204 25 Ch.Mer.of In. Lon.&Ch all 31 33 73 1; 100 ,Colonial 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all 10 0 'Commercial of London. 20 19 21 191 20 'Eng , Scot., & Aus. Ch. all 17 174 20 Gen Bk. of Switzerland all 20 !Lon.Cliar.Bk.otAustral. all 221 231 22; 3/ 50 London and County • 2 0 50 !London Joint Stock 100 London & Westminster. 20 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 20 Do. new lO 50 'National Bank 25 20 New South Wales 25 Orient .Bk. Corporation all 15 1 20 Ottoman Bank all' 17 18 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 , Do. New all -- 25 South Australia 25 Union of Australia all 46 50 Union of London 112 —• ..- 1241 4531 4 8 100 'Vnlty Mutual • 60 ~ THIII U EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LDEDS—Crins EVENING.) The LORD CHiNCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack A five o'clock. _ PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Land Loan and Improvement CoMpany's Bill, the Lincoln Heath and Market Beeping Roads Bill, North Staffordshire Railway Bill, and the Midland Railway (use of railways in or near London) Bill, were read a second time. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES BILL. Lord TEYNHAM introduced a bill for the extension of the weights and measures bill, which was read a first time. The noble lord also presented several petitions from Wool wich and other places in favour of the bill. CHURCH RATES. Earl DE GREY and RIPON presented a petition from a place in Yorkshire in favour of -the abolition of church rates. _ _ _ _ - The Earl of DERBY presented petitions from places in Lancashire against the abolition of church rates. MARRIAGE LAW.' The Bishop of CHICHESTER presented a petition against any alteration in the law of marriage. UNION OF BENEFICES BILL. The Bishop of LONDON moved the second reading of this bill. Its object was to remedy one of the principal evils pointed cut by a committee which considered the sub ject. There were a large number of parishes which Lad once been very populous, but had ceased to be so, though they still possessed very large endowments, the object for which they had been made having ceased to exist. The bill proposed that these funds might be made available for the spiritual improvement of the poor of an adjoining or poorer parish. In the City of London there were many such pa rishes. with populations varying from between 800 or 900 persons, and it would be a source of benefit if these large and wealthy parishes were made to contribute for the spiritual relief of the larger but slen derly-endowed districts. Another of the benefits the bill would bring about was an amalgama tion of various parishes, and ensure the existence of a parsonage house, and the residence in it of a clergy man, whereas under the existing system the clergy man was compelled to reside at a distance of some miles from his parish, and in many cases the poverty of the district was so great that it was impossible for the bishop to insist upon the erection of a parsonage house. There were at present acts of Parliament in existence by which it was possible to tax a rich parish for the benefit of a poorer one •when the patronage of both was vested.in the same hands, but the state of things in the City of London was so complicated that the appli cation of those acts was rendered impossible. It was not generally known that in the City, in spaces no larger than Grosvenor-square, there was, in one instance, four, and in another five churches. By one of the provisions of the bill enabled the taking down certain churches. He was aware that in this he was trenching on dangerous ground, especially as there were such strenuous exertions being made te erect them. He was alid aware of the out cry that would bo made by persons who would look upon the bill as one to destroy the splendid specimens of the genius of Wren and other great and eminent Lien, but such would not be the case, for all those churches which had any historical interest would still remain intact ; and in any case where one church was taken down he had no doubt another would be erected in a more populous parish. Another objection to the bill might be the removal of the remains of the dead, which would produce infection, as it was calculated that at least 48,000 tons of human re mains were under the city churches. He assured their lord ships the bill provided for the removal of the dead in a proper reverential manner after an order in council had been issued ; and as to the fear of infection, he thought the fears on that head were somewhat exaggerated. It had been mg - posed that the City benefices were of a very wealthy nature ; some, no doubt, were, but the majority of them were, on the contrary, very small. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(Tgis EVENING.) The SPEA.KER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Colonel ROWLEY took the oaths and his seat for Har wich, and was received with loud cheers from the Conser vative benches. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The London and South-Western Railway (New Line t 4 Bristol and Exeter Railway at Exeter, &c.) Bill was read a third time and passed. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented in favour of and against the Church Rates Abolition Bill, in favour of the Medical Relief Bill, against the Wine Licences Bill, from South ampton; in favour of the Bankruptcy Bill, for additional remuneration to medical officers employed in Poor-law Unions, against the Highways Bill, in favour of the Win• Licences Bill, in favour of legalising marriage with a de ceased wife's sister, in favour of the Reform Bill, &c. PARLIAMENTARY BOROUGHS. Mr. BOVILL moved an address for return of the num ber of registered electors (and showing the number of free men) in 1859-60 in parliamentary cities and boroughs hav ing a population under 10,000, and of the areas of such cities and boroughs, to be added in separate columns to the return showing the relative importance of boroughs according to houses and taxation for which au ad dress was agreed to by this house on the 3d day of April ;nstant ; and that there be also added, in a separate column, the estimated increase of electors in such boroughs by a £6 franchise, according to returns already laid before the house.—Ordered. REFORM BILL, Mr. E. JAMES gave notice that to-morrow, on the motion for the adjournment of the house, he would ask the Secretary for Foreign Affairs if it was intended to introduce any measure to provide for the registration of persons who may become entitled to vote in the event of the Reform Bill being passed during the present session of Parliament. (Hear, hear.) STATEMENT OF POOR LAW AUDITORS. Mr. WATLINGTON asked the President of the Poor Law Board whether the correspondent of the Times-news paper of the 23d instant was correct in stating that the au ditors of the Poor Law Board had defined " gross estimated rental" to be " the landlord's rent, the landlord and tenant respectively paying their own charges ;" and, if so, to in quire what, if any, is the difference between " gross esti mated rental" and " net annual value." Mr. VILLIERS said that in consequence of the hon. gentleman's notice he had referred to a file if the Times, and had seen the letter alluded to, and the statement was what the hon. member described. He applied to those auditors, who stated that the contents of the letter in ques tion were quite correct ; and they also said that the auditors throughout the country agreed with them, which upon in quiry he found to be the case. PROTECTION TO BRITISH SUBJECTS Mr. H. B. SHERIDAN asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether he had hear , lthat complaints had been made of the insufficient protection afforded to British subjects in the kingdom of Naples, and in the immediate neighbourhood of the disturbances in Sicily, by the English representative and British men-of-war on that station; and whether there was any truth in these complaints; and if he would state which of her Majesty's vessels are on that station, and whether the instructions had been to give assistance to all persons rightly claiming the protection of the English flag; and, whether, to his knowledge, it was true that Austrian troops had been em ployed to aid in the suppression of the efforts of the Sicilian population to obtain a better form of Government ? Lord J. RUSSELL said_ that the Government had re ceived no official complaint on the question of the protection of British subjects in Naples, but three vessels of war were stationed at different ports in the kingdom of Naples fur the purpose of affording such protection. One vessel was to be permanently stationed at Palermo, and another in another place, which would afford the necessary protection. He was in possession of no official information relative to the interference of the Austrian troops in the way re ferred to by the hon. member in his motion. ASSISTANT CAVALRY SURGEONS. Mr. BEEDES asked the Secretary of State for War upon what principle a deduction of 8-d. per diem was made from the surgeon and assistant-surgeon of a cavalry regi ment for each horse kept by them for the public service, when the rate of pay of those officers is precisely the same as that of the medical officers of infantry regiments ? Mr. S. HERBERT said that infantry medical officers were exempted from the deductions in question by a special warrant the cavalry officers did not possess. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE BILL.-- ADJOURNED DEBATE. Mr. BLACK resumed the adjourned debate. The hon. member said that all systems of government should be re garded with reference to the amount of benefit they were calculated to confer on the greatest num ber, and applying that test to the present bill, he denied that the measure was entitled to the ap proval of the house. He approved of the reduction in the amount of rental as a qualification for the franchise in counties, and contended that persons qualified to vote in counties were quite as intelligent as those who wore to have the same privilege in boroughs. He objected to the distinction that had been made in regard to the amount qualifying for the franchise between England and Scot land. Ho made that objection •n principle, and if the alteration proposed were likely to work in juriously in England, as he believed it would, he wouldnot wish it to be extended to Scotland. He strongly objected to the £6 franchise, as calculated to throw into the hands of a class political power that they would most probably abuse, in support of which he referred to the recent conduct of the working classes, who, in violati( n of the principles of . political economy, got up an agitation to obtain ten hours' pay for nine hours' work. He thought there had been too much praise lavished upon the working class, as it could not be denied that, in point of intelligence and information, they must neces sarily be inferior to those who possessed greater advan tages and occupied a higher position in society. He believed that the infusion of this greater element of working classes would have the effect of placing the machinery for election in the hands of a class who must necessarily be more or less likely to be under the influence of demagogues. The hon. member quoted from a work of Lord Macaulay's to show that that distinguished writer was in favour of such extension in the franchise as was now proposed. The result of introducing this sliding sys tem in the franchise would be that they would eventually come to the adoption of the principle of manhood suffrage, for they must proceed in their downward course. He con cluded by other arguments against the bill. Sir E. B. LYTTON strongly denounced the proposed extension of the suffrage as calculated to throw an amount of political power into the hands of a class that would over whelm the intelligence and property of the country in re • gard to the exercise of the electoral franchise. He did not recant the praise he had bestowed on the working classes on a former occasion, but ho [contended that that class were, however, far from being liable to poverty, more likely to be under the influence of temptation. The calculation as to the amount of the addition to the democratic element that would result from this bill, according to its supporters, were not founded on fact, and would would considerably exceed their esti mate. He contended that the proposed extension of the franchise was based on a false principle, for that extension should have been based on a somewhat higher test than the payment of a small rental. He contrasted the present bill with that introduced by the late Government, and defended the latter on the growl that it ratendod the franchise to those who by their frugality had exhibited their foresight, and therefore prove' themselves more qualified to use it advantageously than those who had given no such indi •ations of prudence in what related to their interests. He contended that the arguments of the hon. member for Birmingham were fallacious, and, looking to America in connection with the question of the franchise, he asked the house whether the representatives selected were of a de scription that would meet the approbation of a country like England. The honourable member quote I fri m the work of an intelligent American writer, who stated that the respectable classes abstained from the exercise of the franchise, from a conviction that their efforts would be unavailing in opposition to the mass. The consequence was that according to that routine the subject of Parlia mentary elections was left entirely in the hands of men who made piffles a trade. Yet that was the moeel which the honourable member for Birmingham proposed to introduce into this house, and the effect of which would be to convert the house into a synagogue of Fergus O'Conners. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He asked hon. members whether the effect of this Reform Bill would increase the information or intelligence of the house. (LEFT SPEAKING.) NE IVIVA /WET RACES (THIS D. 117). (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Pomona Busy Bee Carlotta .... J Seven ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES OF 1. SOVS. Neophyte Error Nine ran. MATCH. North Lincoln beat Act eon. SWEEPSTAKES OF TEN SOVEREIGNS. Dead heat between Rattlesnake and Confusion. Four ran. ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS. • Sagitta 1 Aurora 2 Bowbelle (late Venus filly) Thirteen ran. LOO HANDICAP PLATE. Precursor Starke Tucher 3 Twelve ran. TWO-YEAR-OLD PLATE. Big Ben Walloon Polyolbion Twenty-three ran. CHALLENGE WHIP. Special Licence Prioress Two ran, CHESTER CUF. 20 to 1 agst Weatherbound (taken in force) ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS.—The following have paid forfeit :—Water Sprite, 'Urania, Hecate, Her Highness, Dulcibella, Arethusa, Rope Dancer, Retreat, Amethyst, Shoulder Knot, Floretta, Rosary filly, Beeswax filly, Grand Mistress, Mousey, Catawaba, Miss Erskine, Wild Deer, Carolina, Highden, Lady Falconer, Danae, 'Polyanthus, Brown Bess filly, Clarissa filly, Makeless filly, Miss Sarah filly, Fear filly, and Jessie. £5O HANDICAP PLATE. A.F.—Queen Bee paid forfeit. Two-YEAR-OLD PLATE.—Folkestone, Caliban, Vega, Prince Plausible, Little Nell, Archeress, and Vinca paid forfeit. BRITISH COLUMBIA. Our dates from Victoria, Vancouver's Island (states the New York, Herald), are to the 14th March. From our files we learn that the Legisla tive Assembly commenced its second session on the Ist. The leading men in that colony are strongly in favour of the introduction into British Columbia of a large Chinese population, for the purpose of deve loping its mineral resources. • They argue that, as at present there is no likelihood of a large im migration of Europeans or Americans to their shores, out of two evils, it is the best to choose the least, and rather than that the interests of the colony should suffer from the absence of the whites, the Asiatics and those of a darker hue should by all means be invited to our shores. Acting on these propositions, the " Johns" are com ing up from California in hatches of forties and fifties, by almost every arrival. As for the coloured folks, there are enough of them at present in Victoria to do John Bull for a century. These latter sub jects of the Queen stick close to town, and show no disposition to try their luck at the diggings. Many thousand Chinamen are expected at Victoria during the spring, and it was reported that a vessel from Hong Kong direct is overdue, having on board a squad of five hundred of the mooneyed fraternity. Tha British still keep up a powerful fleet in their waters. There is an 80-gun ship of the line, carry ing an Admiral's flag, and several others were daily expected from England—amongst them the Topaz, one of the finest 50 gun scrow frigates in the British navy. CANTERBURY HALL. ' The lovers of classical music enjoyed a rich treat last evening at this highly popular place of entertainment, in listening to delightful selections from Gounod's charming opera of " Faust," which was produced, for the first time in this country, on the occasion; and we may, in passing, observe that, whether wo regard the pleasing solos with which the opera is interspersed, or the effective choral com binations which it contains, it fully justifies the encomiums which have been bestowed upon the composition by the highest Continental musical critics. The interpretations of the solos were assigned to Miss Russell, who sustained tie interesting character of Marguerite, to Mrs. Anderson, who appeared as Siobel, to Mr. H. Herbert, who represented Faust, and to Mr. C. Bernard, as Mephistopheles. The first piece selected to illustrate the opera was the grand chorus, "Wine or beer," which was given with such stirring effect by the whole of the artists as at once to establish the high character of M. Gounod's composi tion. This was followed by the delightful cavatina, " Oh, sacred home," which Mr. Herbert sang with great taste and feeling, and was rewarded for his highly effective vocali sation by the A - :.rm approval of the audience. The beautiful recitative and air, " In solitude I'm lonely," and " I laugh as I pass," was rendered in a charming manner by Miss Russell, whose rich, full, and (lowing soprano voice was admirably suited to the recitative and air in question. She was equally effective in the duets, Yes, oh yes, I love thee," and " Holy Angels in Heaven blest," which she sang with Mr. Herbert, who sustained throughout in these duets his well-earned reputation as a first-class tenor singer. The fine charac teristic chorus of soldiers, " Ah 'tis a pleasure of such scenes to tell," was given with great power and finish, and the opera, as a whole, went off with the greatest éclat. The band was full and complete, and under the able di rection of Monsieur Jonghmans, the conductor, did good service in ensuring for the opera the great success which it achieved. The hall was crowded in every part, and the audience were evidently highly gratified with this new effort on the part of Mr. Morton, the proprietor of Canterbury Hall, to afford to the frequenters of his establishment a fresh oppor tunity of listening to another of the chef d'ceuvres of our modern musical masters. The other entertainments of the evening consisted of se lections from " Dinorah," " Tiovatore," " Macbeth," and some admirable comic singing, which brought forth fully the musical resources of the company. In the course of the evening the Fine Arts Gallery of the establishment, which contains a large assortment of admi rable specimens of pictorial art, was visited by the com pany, who were thus afforded an additional source of en joyment, and the general arrangements reflected the highest credit on the proprietor in catering for the enjoyment of the public. THE FRAUDS ON THE UNION BANK.—APPRE TIENSION OF A CLERK.—Edward John -Lyttleton, aged thirty-three, clerk in the Union Bank, was brought this day before the Lord Mayor, charged with stealing the sum of £1,240, the property of his employers. John Arthur Barton, deputy-nranager, said on Saturday last he examined the prisoner's balance, and found a deficiency of £1,240 4s. 6d., and from information he re ceived he believed he had appropriated that sum to his own use. The prisoner was remanded for a week. THE SWISS RIFLEMAN.—With the exception of America there is no nation which owes more to the indi vidual skill of its citizens in the use of the rifle than Swit • zerlaid. The respect which a true Swiss has for that wea pon dates from his youth. He puts aside his holidays to public exhibition of his skill in its use, and devotes many a leisure hour to private practice with it. By the borders of his lakes—behind the wooden village-houses—in the thick soft pasturage at the foot of the hills in which the dun cows browse, fetlock deep, you catch sight of his rifle-tar get ; indeed, his chief social fault is, that he is a little too prone to the use of his favourite weapon in his Cantona disputes, and that he is not always content to wait for the blue or white coat, against which he may sooner or later legitimately level it.—Once a Week. A WORD TO THE SCHOOLMASTER.--Brighton would, no doubt, look aghast at Dr. Swych, if that worthy pedagogue should propose to lead out for a few summer days' martial training upon the downs those young gentle men whose exercise in dreary file has so often excited our s ympathy, and it is to be feared, contempt. B u t we f ee l sur e that Dr. Swyeh's young gentlemen would gain im mensely, if only by becoming English boys for one week in the year, aid they would return to their Plutarch and Euripides with a zest and freshness which would sur prise Dr. S. beyond measure. Conceive, too, with what novel and unbounded delight a week under canvas in the Windsor Home Park would be received by Eton. Why, it would more than compensate it for the loss of its Montem. And we believe it would not be long before such an example would spread, and our English greens and commons would witness a wholesome revival of that manly pastime of peace which has fitted Englishmen so well for the stern exercise of war. —Once a Week. THE COLLECTION FOR SAYERS IN LIVERPOOL.— Sayers up to yesterday had sent no communication to the gentlemen who in Liverpool have been instrumental in raising a testimonial subscription to the champion. He has been frequently informed of the course pursued by the gen tlemen at Liverpool, but has never 'answered any of their communications, and it is now proposed to return the.money already collected to those who subscribed it. Under the present circumstances, it is the only course left open to those who were desirous of marking the courage of Sayers in a substantial manner. - t x