The Sun. — London, England, 1860-04-18 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocic. The demand for accommodation having abated, the discount houses now seem disposed to negotiate first-class bills on easier terms, business being re ported in the several markets at 41 and 5,1 per Cent., whereas a few days ago the quotations ranged or per cent. higher. Owing to the Victoria Loan, railway calls, and other engagements, it is imagined that any decided improvement cannot take place at present, although the tendency may be in that direction. It appears that the tenders for the £1,078,000 Vic toria Railway Debentures represented £1,451,900, and the result is that parties who have offered less than £lO5 Os. 6d. will not obtain an allotment: The biddings ranged from 105 to 106, and some large sums were applied for by parties who obtained a share of the previous issue. Gold is now rather dearer in this country than In Paris and Hamburg, and it is expected that as th e exportation will diminish the receipts from Australia, &c., or a portion of them, will be taken into the Bank of England. The remittance by the Suffolk, it is thought, will be appropriated in that Way, and the movement, should it be maintained, May exercise an important influence upon the Money Market. In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon a slight advance was apparent on Paris and Ham burg. The transactions in the Liverpool Cotton Market, Yesterday, were of a rather limited character, and prices were steady. The sales were only 5,000 bales. In the Railway Share Market a fair amount of business was recorded, and quotations tended upwards. Rather more activity prevails in the Foreign Stock Market, but prices in some instances are flatter. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 761 to 761 ; ditto New, 611- to 62; Spanish have receded to 47 ; ditto Passive have advanced to 16, and Dutch 4 Per Cents. to 1001 ; Russian 4i per Cents. are de pressed at 96-1- 97 ; ditto 3 per Cents, at 64/, and Danish S per Cents. remain at 101. The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 2,1 ; prom. ; the Universal ditto, 1 t prom. ; the Vic toria Loan, 105 k t. _ _ Only a moderate business has been transacted in the Railway Share Market, and in some instances less firmness has been apparent. Caledonian, Great Northern A stock, North-Western, Midland, and North-Eastern (York) have declined 55., and Lancashire and Yorkshire 10s. Eastern Counties have improved about 10s., and Great Westerns, South-Westerns, London and Blackwall, and South ftsterns have realized former prices, The Foreign and Colonial lines shown little animation. Dutch Rhenish are at 9i l ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 331 d ; Great Western of Canada, 13 1 ; East Indian remain steady at 1021 1. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are in fair demand, and rather higher prices. London Chartered of Australia have improved ss. ; London and County, ss. ; Crystal Palace (Preference Stock), £l, and Electric Telegraph, 10s. Increased firmness has been experienced in the English Stock Market to-day, owing to a few 'Peculative purchases. Consols were 94 / for money, and 941 for the account. There is nothing in the political advices to create much variation, and the operators still abstain from extensive transaction:. The New Three per Cents. and the Reduced remain at 93k. India Stock is firm at : 0 ; ditto New Loan has improved to 105 / ; ditto Per Cent. Enfaced Paper is steady at 97 1 98 1 ; ditto 51 per cent. ditto at 1034 ; and Exchequer Bills are 7s. to 1 ls. prem. B RITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, Bank Stock a Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 34 8 NPer Cent. Consols Annuities ww 3 per Cent. Annuities •,74115. 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7 220 1 tdia Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per cent. — Ditto 6 per Cent. 974 8/ , Ditto 5i per Cent lO3l "Itt o Debentures, 1858 Ditt o Bonds, £l,OOO bitto under £l,OOO ... 8 d C onsols for Account (May 9) 941 a chNuer Bills, 11,000, 11d 7 11 Ditto Small 146 " ION FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Danish 3 per Cent e — Ditto 5 per Cent. P ortuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account l iusian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — Ditto 4± per Cent. . Ditto, 3 per Cent., 1859 641 ' 3 Panish 3 per Cent. — Ditto Account °PDttish Com. ▪ itto Passive a Cert. of Coup. not funded 4l i 4 ur ditto New Loan Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. 134 teh Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent — Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. Cons de, Money 9M a Ditto Account _LOMAARDO-VENETIAN RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF TILE SUN. SIR,—It is well known that the Lombardo-Venetian It • %away pays a dividend of 14 per cent. and carries over a re serve of £250,000, but when will the directors vouchsafe 1111 Y explanation of our prospects, said to be so flourishing ? QUERIST. `‘ WALK YOUR CHALKS."—A very simple expla „ t tion of this expression may be given. I believe that tain ale-house frequenters, when they have been drink long enough tb make a boast of being sober, and to die. L i lt° a point with each other, will chalk a long straight line `t,lle ground, and then endeavour , one after the other, to uAon it without swerving to right or left. Those who e ed are aeljuged to be sober, i.e., to have " walked their ~galke . , ' A witness on a trial in Buckinghamshire, about rf e Year 1841, made use of this expression, and a barrister youediately explained it in the above manner to the puzzled ' Ot. This " walking the chalks" is, however, not peon t-,7 to Bucks, and may be witnessed in London. Addressed Person whose compan J is no longer desire d, as cited by ;Tlir correspondent "C. ~" the expression " walk your ( elks" would thus mean, " walk straight off."—Noffs aid REPRESENTATION OF HARWICH.—The Liberals , s 1 Rar w i c h, c o nvinced that with divided action on their Part the success of the Conservative candidate was assured, hat determined to select by ballot one candidate from e j l l °. ll g the three gentlemen who offered themselves for their eeo—viz., Mr. Montagu Chambers, Q.C. Mr. James D uncan Thomson, and Mr. Alfred Brett. ' The result of 4oe ballot was that 40 votes were recorded for Mr. Thom -36 for Mr. Brett, and only 11 for Mr. Chambers. Mr. T homson is accordingly now the selected candidate of the rlty. Mr. Brett has come down to Harwieh,:and has given ohl assent to the decision of the electors, and Mr.Cham -1,....'11 will in all probability also acquiesce in the resolution ai,.ved at. The ballot was shared in, however, by only t -- . 1 the number of registered Liberal electors, so that the t e° , lll t is after all scarcely conclusive. Mr. Thomson is a ‘ ,!litiv e of the Bagshaw family, long connected with Har wich and Harwich politics. 0 , GARDENING IN SPRING.—The girls have done Zir best with their brothers' gardens : and the display is bl 'oed rather surprising, so early in the seascn. The rock- Ond which separates the two plots was expected to be ameant with wall-flowers, and shining with periwinkle, t 43 and white, and tufted with daffodils : but the borders p e ay beyond expectation. There are half-a-dozen !rioties of tulips ; and hyaeinths on the point of blowing; auriculas p rimroses; ots carefully covered every night ; and „net double p and the crown imperial is superb; e 2 th e Persian iris most elegant:; and the frittillaries of di fferent kinds and kingwort ; and jonquils, in their pride t7 t uo• delicacy. There may be plenty to do, which the sis -14:1 have left to their brothers for the pleasure of doing it : t,he grand essential—abundance of flowering plants -13 Gen splendidly managed.—Onee a Week. 1 1 ,, °CAL TAXATION.—The amount annually collected 4 4 rates, tolls, and dues in the United Kingdom is thf; 90 2,096, as far as the same has been ascertained. To ° !Mtn England and Wales contribute £11,613,363 ; „:etland, Ll,2Bs,4Bolreland, £1;729,683, to which 144tribution the light dues of the United Kingdom, amount iiLto the sum of £273,570, must be added. The principal in the account is poor-rates, which in England and id alone figure for £8,188,880. The average of the i t Ih-rate in England and Wales for the last seven years 2e e 26 , 3,710, with additional voluntary contributions of n " , 40. The total sum given above must by no means I ,'"lleidered as the whole amount collected, as the return IV a l t Y imperfect, for, out of 14 items for England and bee!, it only affords information on five, the remaining d,°eing entered as " not aseertainetll." •••••& 4 RRISON THEATRICALS.—WooLWICH, April 17. \V W and and military amateur performance took place at the —twieh Th eatre this evening in aid of the Royal Artil hrY Ite • fra Regimental Charitable Fund. The theatre had been *steBontely decorated for the occasion, and its approaches tit crowded with carriages containing officers of various 14 „41 4 „ , many of whom arrived from London. Amongst the ";oe i 4 to were Major-General Sir Richard J. Dacres, Bap K.C.B . '".andant of Woolwich Garrison ; Brigade-Major Shaw, t a t :l Freeth, Assistant- Quartermaster-General ; Colonel y tt itao2, Commandant of the Woolwich Division of t . 1 4 ,,ty T'.arines, and numerous o ffi cers of the Hussars, Mili -144 p i ` e it ill Corps, City of Dublin Artillery Militia, &c., &c. Ole ee selected were "Little Toddlekins," "Prison and Vl°4;lerand "White-bait at Greenwich." Amongst the e a were Captain Phillips, R.A., Captain Ready, 0;14 4 'Vain Williamson, D..V.A , Lieutenant Lacy. 12th b e Mi nt, Lieut enan t s L ac y, Bond, and Burman, R.A. ; 41 41 ' 4B os Bul N and Willard &c &c The .e f t , flier, "son, •, .• 4 „Rik e . he Royal Artillery was in attendance during the oct, ' and the entertainment was in every respect hiKhly HARI? NA RKE7I--( THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SRA Bharel 12.10 13.14 Stwk Stock Stock Railways. Ain berg. , Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction' BelfaA and Baliymena ilir., Wol., and Str.Val ]iirk..Ls.,andCh. June Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bost.Slefd.& Mid. Coon Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen & Cardigan' Cork and Bandon. Cork, Blicrock,&Paosage Cornwall Do. A A raves. no div. Do. B until6p.c.per an. ll hasbeen pd.toß. Dublin andßelf ast June. Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Suffolk 10 I Do Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock Stook Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. Soutli.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern ;, Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall. l Lon.,Brighton S. Coast' Lond. Chat. and Doverj London & North Westn , Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man., Shef., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. do. Shares Metropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derby., Mid. Gt. West.(lreland) Do. 4 Shares Mid Kent Do. (Cray Line) Newcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd; Newry & Armagh (def.) Newry, Warpt., & Hos Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.—Areo.no div until 6p.c.hasbeeupdß I Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick I Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 11 Do. Leeds tock Po. York _ North London North Staffordshire 'No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolyer Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stook ;Shropshire Union S ittinibourne & Sheer Loullhll- Devon rn South Wales SouthYorke.&Rly.Dun Staines, Wok., & Wek Stockton & Darlington Do. do. Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHaYenDk&Rail Ulster Do. Do. Vale of Neath 'Victoria Station & Pim Waterfbrd & Kilkenny !Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class Worcester & 'Hereford 16f 100 100 ES A: Paid. all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 34 100 100 ND STOCKS. Closing Business Pric I e. Done. F} 84 - - 8 84 70 72 114 124 101 103 91} 111 0 61 74 8 176 186 546 656 36 38 26 28 78 80 30 30 98 100 1144 115: 118 119 128 132 113 115 691 691 60 65 1051 105! 67 69 112 113 12 13 NI 100 i 1 * - . 1 91} 92i 42 42 2i 14 d 117 1174 94 96 104 11 71 01 65 57 34 Y d 61 611 954 98 11 16(1 481 481 794 80 105 107 31 8f d 9 94 42 44 14 16 6 7 114 117 3.5 36 4 88 47 49 4 3A 43 15 88 881 68 67 75 80 6 8 34 401 8} g 1P 555 555 25 d p 31 59 6 • [0 11 bi 61 ... 3 2 d PREFERENCE SHARES. Share Railways. Paid. I Closing soe 3ing Business Done. Price 25 Blythe and Tyne 1C per o. pref. (issued at EA) , Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ot.Stoa. 20 Do. do. do. Shares tock Caledon £lO, 4} per cent 12.10 Do. (guar. Shares, No. 2. fit Cork & Bandon, Si p. c. 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. ] 6} Dun. Perth,& Aber..Tun 1 Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & 513e1 Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc 1 Stockno. do. Class C 7 pc Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l l Stock Do. do No.2i Stock Do. New 6 per at. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per et. tock Do. 5 per cent, guar..' itockEdin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Stock Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. & 96 98 1100 102 1001 1 54 6 99 101 110 113 103 108 110 112 109 111 124 126 80 82 1110 112 90 92 75 77 F.din.Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent Glas. &S West. .z a. spe 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, let pl ( Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 t p. ct. pref. Stock I Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct ' Do. Redeemable, 44 p ct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct , Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. ct. Redeem. Pref ' Do. Birm. Pref. Shares' Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c.pf.sh. Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do. B i rming. guar. stock, Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnel.St.£s 3810dpc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan) ' Lon.&Brig.spc.gu. No.l Do. , 5 p. Do. gua., 6p. No. 2 1 Do. do. 5 c. No. 4 Do. Do. 4 per cent Do. do. 4 per c. shares Do. 7 per cent. l'ref. St. 1)o.6 p.c.d0.(W.E.&C.P.) 1 D 0.4 p.c S.(div.def.til'6s), Lond. Chat. and Dover Lon.&N.W.Cov.&Nun- caton, 5 p. et. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ot. stook,l Londondy & Cole, shs. Londoudy.& Ennis 4 sh. & Lin., 6 p. ct. Do. £6 Do. 34 per cent. Do. redeem. 6 per cent. I Warrt & Car ., 4 p.c.i ypo Do. 44 per cent.... Nfld. Con. 6 p. o. Stock Do.Con.Brie.&lllr.6p.ct.' Do. 44 p. o. pref. stock 1 Do. with option till 1860 Do. Lei°. & Hit.pref. it.'' Newport,Aber,&c.pret.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c. n in Do. Perpet, 6 p. C. with] option till 1866 Do., till 1869, Ist is Do. do., 2d Is. Nerflk 5 p.c. Ex.Stk,lB4lll Do. 54 p. e. Pref. do. 1847 D 0.5 WavVal. Ex. Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, glia. 5 percent Do, Bor. ITn. g. pf. she. Do. do. do. I Nth.Dev.Rall.&D,k.Co. N-East.Cone. Pref.4p.c. Do. Berwit,x, 4 p. o. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. o. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848% :40. York, H.& S. Purch. north Staffordshire & Wol. Opo. Ist g Do. Redeem., 2d gua Do. Irredeem., 2d gua. Ifthymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pi Scottish North-Eastern 34 per to. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10e. Do. Fixed 4i percent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1 0 6 ) Do .44 per cent Do. Pixed 44 p.e. let is South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 44 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 plc. gua Stock. and Dar. A. 5 p.e , Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p.c 118 120 117 119 110 112 103 105 85 87 98 98 911 100 88 90 00 92 102 103 91 /Of 17 18 181 101 74 76 194 204 0 10 14 1 1 15}1 138 190 152 158 132 136 67 69 21 22 116 117 15.4 157 k 12 12i 125 127 t 68 70 fp 138 140 101 103 1p 94 95 111 121 I lp 'p 109 111 108 110 I i P 91 VI 95 97 1} Id Id # p 23 24 124 126 111 i LINES LEA, ED AT FIXED RENTALS. MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 14 15 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 32 2.3 10 Berlin Water Works all 41 5 50 British American Land 40 50 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. all 37 39 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862 all 20 22 20 'Do. C all 14/ 161 100 Canada Land 321 1120 125 10 Chan.lslands Tel.(Lini ) all 6 8 Stock Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smlt4: l all 25 30 25 !Do. Preference 71 per ct all 241 254 Stock ' Crystal Palace. I 100 274 30 5 Do. Preference al 99 101 100 Stock Do. 6p. c. Perpet. Deb lOO 103 106 Stock Electric Telegraph lOO 106 108 1071 6 7 25 Do. New 5 ! English & Aust. Copper all 24 24 15 ;Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 1 ;Great Ship (Lim' ;:ed) all 1 1 4 20 Indian & Aust. Telegr 2s. 5 'London District Telegr 2 1 id 20 London Discount 5 14 1 d 4 !Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co all 11 11 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 21 21 31 1 10 I Mediter. Electric Teleg. all 10 'Med. Exton. Tel. (Lim.) all i 3 4 25 I National Discount Co 5 1 1 d 10 Netherlands Land all 6 IDo 8 p.c. Pref. ,i es. at 1 die ' all 4 4 100 'N.Br.&NovaScotiaLandl 80 10 15 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim ); all 1 Oriental Gas I all 1 Do. New Shares 15s. It par 10 ,Orientl. In. Steam, A 6 '-- 10 Ditto B 6 I - - 10 Ditto C 2a. - Stock Peel River Land & Min lOO 49 51 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 78 80 50 Do. New l5 13 15 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr 174 CI 1 p 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 51 @4 100 oyal Mail Steam 6O 52 54 Stock 'cot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ), 100 120 130 1264 25 South Australian Land ' all 341 351 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip all f 4 1 Do. do Registered i all 1 I 10 Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr.Can 6 100 Ilran Diemen's Land 117 119 75 77 101 101 231 231 100 102 100 102 89 91 99 101 84 88 28 29 324 331 32 33 61 53 Stock Stock; Stock) Stock Stock . ] Stock 100 10 stock 60 Stock Stock Stock Stock 8 10 10 Stock Stock Stock 124 12 Stock 6 Stock 12} 1211 Stock Stock Stock 6 Stock 101 100 2 10 124 S took I Stock Stook Stock Stock 10 1 1.) J Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock 10s. 10 1.0.0. Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock Stook 106 100 100 100 100 1 all 100 100 100 8.13.4. all 100 100 100 all all 01 10 100 100 100 all all Railways. Paid . Leasing I Closing! Business Co.'s. Price. I Done. Bedford and Bletchley, Buckinghamshire Chester & Holyhead ' Do. do. 5i p. Do. do. 5 p. et. Clydesdale Junction Colchester, Stour Val E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.o E Union,HarwichShs Do. Woodbridge . . Gle.Barr.&Neils,Dra. all Ln& N.W 100 Ln& N.W 95 100 100 Do sl} 11 100 Do. 100 IDo. 100 'Caledoninlo3 105 all ,E.U.&E G 16 17 100 Gt.Nortll. l l37 140 all E.Counts. 100 1 100 Caledonin' 100 Do. all Gt. West all "I'll.N.Blßr' all IYk.N.Md all IDo. all 1)o. , 100 ILn & 100 IS. East 100 'Do. 100 Peto &Co 100 INor 100 'Dofolk all I ,LN W&M Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest, Ffartlpool.Dck.&Rail Hull and Selby Do. 5 Shares Do. 5 Shares Lanc.&Carl.gua.s p.c London&Greenwich 1 Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Lowestoft, gua. 4 p. et Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk., Mid. Bradford Prefer-, ence Stock Newmarkt.,BuryEx I guaranteed 5 p. o. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.o Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent. North Western Preston and Wm. Do. 4 Shares A. Roystn Hitch.,& Shep Shrswabry& Horeford Do. Do. 100 11111dland 5. 5.6. E.Counts all IDo. all Do. all Do. all i Midland all L&N WI & L.Yk. all ' Do. 100 IGt.North. 100 ,T Brassoy 1 .. all '3l`Clean . 100 Gt. West all L.&Brgtn' South Staffordshire .. Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon& Croy dn. DOCKS. BRITISH MINES. Share, mines. r .,,, 1 Closing Byeineas I - -"" I Price. Dom Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.101 21 3 t 0 British Iron Clifford *-- 300 310 304 •—• Devon G. Cons ((Taoist.) 1 1440 450 East Bassett (Mogan). 10 874 921 East Caradon E. WI Russl (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 11 114 Gam.ASt.Aubyn(G wen.) 541 35 38 Great South Tolpfus ' 17s 14 15 G. Wheal Alfd.(Pli Mack) 12.8.9 1 4 G. Wheal Vor(ilelston) 91 — Grenville Herod's-Foot 8.12.0 30 32 Hingston Downs 4.7.0 4 41 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant ) 9l 40 45 North Downs North France s , l1logan) 1 11 31 46 - N.WIOI Basset (Mogan) 5 5 54 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 8 9 10 Par Consols (St. Blazy). 11 12 13 Providence (Tiny 'Aid)! 10.6.7 44 47 Sortridge Cons. 31in.C0. 1 12s 1 1- - SoutliCaradon (St.Cleer)l 11 295 305 South C. Brea( Illogan).; 3 21 2 1 S.Dey. Iron AL Gen. Min; all 11 1 S .Wheal Fran. (Illogan ) 18.18.0 140 150 Stray Park 20.18.0 21 26 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 44 3 31 10 Tin Croft 9 4 41 Vale of Towey (Carm ) 13s 6d 4 West Basset (Illogan) 24 19 281 W. Caradon (Liskeard). 5 88 90 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan). 5 145 155 I Wheal Buller (Redr u th) 5 8 7 921 Wheal Edward (Cals.) 6l 1 1 / Wheal Kitty (IJ. Lelant), 1.7.2 115 161 ,Wh'l MaryAnn(Menhe); 8 120 21 I ling Trelawney (Lisk.) l 54 '3O 31 —, —, easing ' Closing! Busbies' FOREIGN MINES Co.'s. Price. I Done. so Australian n + t 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim. 15s i d par i & N.W I 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.' 271 - i& N.W 65 100 2O Do.St.Johndellley,Lim. a' I 221 231 ) 5ll Mt 6 Do. Land and Mining Co. all ). I'3 1' 5 1241 1 Clarendon Cons. Min. Co. # —— d D. ll2 114 40 Cobro Copper all 43 45 Lledonin,lo3 105 Copiapo l6 9 12 12 U.&E C, 16 17 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all t.North. l l37 140 2 For t una Counts. 41 41 20 General all 28 25 2 (it. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 * d 1 p dedonin 11 Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 11 II 3 t. West. -- 5 I Luattanian c.N.&Br 1 I Mariquita all c.N.Md. 110 111 1 N Rhine Cop. of S. Aus. L 100. } d p D. '" 28 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead D. Mining and Smelt.... all 5 6 51 I& NW 207 210 East 63 65 6 Port Philip 1 4 4 1 Scottish Australn. (L.)... 10 a 1 d par .... D. 'to &Co 96 08 Drfolk — 1 , Worthing (Limited).... all 1 I Do. o— N W&M 24 2/ JOINT-STOCK BANKS. idland 95 97 951 100 , Agra&UnitedServioeßk 50 75 77 -- .Counts 4 I p 40 Australasia I all 7C 74 o. 0. o. idland . 14/ 15 59 British North American all &N W j 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &e all 191 201 L.Yk. J " 25 Chiller.of In. Lon.&Ch. all 31 33 o. — 100 'City t.North. 135 137 100 Colonial Brassoy 104 106 20.11 "Com. Bank of Canada all •• • • i 4 P 1 00 'Commercial of London 2O 19 21 . ['Clean 101 11 20 Eng , Scot., & Aus. Ch all 161 17 t. West , 91 93 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all .&Breinl 71 54 20 .Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 22 221 VI 3 60 ;London and County 3KS. 50 'London Joint Stock 100 'Nat. Prov. of England 36 100 London & Westminster 2O 6711 20 ;Do. new lO Paid Closing Buspoiniesse. 50 New Bank 25 20 South Wales , all 100 25 Orient ,Bk. Corporation all 44 i 100 20 Ottoman Bank all 17 171 171 100 100 Provincial of Ireland 100 69 4 10 Do. New all = 160 25 South Australia 100 25 Union of Australia a ll -- : 46e 100 ICO 103 50 ' Union of London l2 2 9 1 301 251 2 = 100 I.lslty Mutual Go • le -. : _. Share Dooki. Stock Commercial Stock I Do 4 pvrCent .Pref Stock Nast and Wuat India Stock London Stock St. Katharine Stock Southampton Stock I Victoria . 1.0 iI)O New site. micarea! all 1100 115 115 140 115 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL ' 18, 1860. Share ) Railways. 100 Stk i 18 204 204 10 100 100 100 17i 20 S took too Stock! Sto. Stock 100 100 100 100 100 Stock Stock I R,y.&Land(Limog.6PC Class ACapitl.Shar.e Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. New Do. Punjaub 'Do. Indus. St. Flo. a:7'l St. Andrews & Quebeo A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip Stock ,Atlantio & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda& Cent.lnd gu. 5 per cent Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron I Do. New Do. Preference Buffalo, Brant. & G odrich ,6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 18;2 IDo. do. 1 July, 1873 Do, do. 1 June, 1874 elcutta.& S. E as trn. Lim. , Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.)i Cape Town & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara !Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c ! East Indian, gu. 5 p. Do. F Shares Ext. Do. J übbulpore Do. 4i p. c. Debentrs 1 Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1864 G eelong& Melbourne Geelong Corporation 6, per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref IDo. 6 percent. Debentr , Do. 7 per cent. 1862 . I Do. do. 1867 ! Do. do. 1872 Gt. IndiaPenin. 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 Do. Bonds pay. '76,with ept. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. 'V3 without opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do !Madras, guar., 44 p ce. cDo. do. 5 per nt. I Do. p. Extension Do. Y ourth do. Do. do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds INewßrunswick&C and a. p aid. l Closing Price. builness done 184 86 197 98 il lig 6f 7} 78 82 70 75 68 73 par i p 11 11 11 d d id 1011 1021 par ip par ip a 1001 101 i 102 2oi 211 33 34 91 93 70 72 83 85 71 73 70 72 4d 9d d 11 Id 121 13 71 7;a 97 99 97 99 97 99 90 93 88 90 98 99 91 93 1 #d 5 7 5 7 99 101 i d id id 91 96 i 1d THE FICiIIT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP. This morning, in compliance with the direction of the referee, Tom Sayers attended at the office of Bell's _Life in London, Strand, secompanied by his principal sup- porters and friends. On the arrival of the cab containing the illustrious Tom, very few persons happened to be pre sent, so those that were had an excellent opportunity of judging of his personal appearance after such an encounter. Sawyers's countenance this morning certainly bore nothing of the appearance that most parties anticipated. The most prominent mark was a dark line down the lower part of the nose towards the mouth, and some small scratches about the cheeks. There was no bruises observable either above or beneath the eyes, and, with the exception of appear ing a trifle paler than usual, Tom looked, as the knowing one's call it, " capital." The injury his right Arm sustained, in the sixth round of the fight, compelled him to carry it in a sling. Of course, as soon as Sayers's arrival became known, a vast crowd immediately assembled, in the hope of wit nessing the arrival of Heenan ; but in this the public were disappointed, as intelligence arrived that Heenan was too much injured about the eyes to attend at the time ap pointed. Sayers shortly after this intimation left, and on his reaching the street he was received with loud cheering, but the crowd, which by this time had largely increased, compelled him to enter a cab, and he drove to a friend's nearly opposite; but it was with the greatest difficulty that he succeeded in making the call, in consequence of the eagerness of every person in the crowd to catch a glimpse of him. With respect to the steps that are to be taken to settle the doubtful issue, nothing of course is yet positively known ; but it is expected by most of the parties interested in the contest that another battle will have to be fought. SP ORTLV G NOTES. THE CITY AND SUBURBAN AND THE METROPOLITAN. People were so engrossed by the fight that they had neither time nor inclination yesterday to bestow a thought on racing affairs. To-day, however, the interest in the Turf has revived, and every one is speculating oncoming events. The Two Thousand betting has within the last two days undergone no material change. Despite the large sum of money which has been invested on The Wizard an opinion, whether well founded or not, exists that by some rapid slight-of-hard, his disappearance from the list of quota tions will be effected. Certain it is that the horse is not firm in the market. The indignation which was excited by the scratching of Buccaneer is, however, calculated to induce the managers of The Wizard to pause b3fore they follow so pernicious a precedent. That the field for the different races at Epsom will be numerically strong admits of no doubt, for I am informed that race-horse duty for the year has been paid for upwards of fifty horses that have engagements at the Epsom Spring Meeting alone. Mr. Dorling, too, appears to be making the most energetic efforts to prove that he is not indifferent to the prosperity of the meeting, and to show that he is willing to make any sacrifice which may conduce to the racing interest of the town. Thanks to the liberality of Mr. M'Cowen, who by relinquishing a sum of money which was annually paid to him for the use of a portion of bis ground, Mr. Dorling has been enabled to carry out the wishes of the inhabitants of the town by extending his meeting to two days, and to issue a programme which will bear comparison with that for any meeting in the kingdom. By appointing the City and Suburban to be decided on the first day, and the Metropolitan on the second, the attrac tions of the meeting will be very evenly balanced. For the first-mentioned event Godding has furnished, as he has done for every great handicap contested this year, 'a most formidable favourite. Chere Amie is at present his repre sentative, and is likely to continue the most trusted animal in the stable up to the hour of starting, This assertion, however, may seem somewhat precipitate, considering the changes which were rung with his horses at Northampton and at Newmarket. Chere Arnie was, it is said, tried with Man-at-Arms on Friday last, and so satisfactorily that, if no mistake were made, her success merely resolves itself into a question of health. Still I have a notion that the trial was too good to be true, but on that ground alone I do not record my want of faith in Chere Arnie. She may be a good-'un to go, but she is unquestionably a rum-'un to look at. She is a small weedy animal, and even her light weight and her recently attained reputation will not induce me to put faith in her. Yoicks is another animal whose trial makes him, as his friends aver, good enough to walk in. He is reported to be equal to Meg Merrilies at even weights, and this state ment is supported by the spirit with which he has been backed. Still the ardour of his partizans has cooled since Confectioner and others have been brought so prominently forward. The readers do not require to be reminded of the great things which Confectioner accomplished with Miss Julia prior to the Northampton Meeting to induce them to entertain a most favourable consideration of his chance. The horse's great racing ability was fully proved at New market, where he won the race with at least 141bs to spare. He professes not only great speed, but he is also a stayer— two most essential qualities .for the City and Suburban course. He will run for his owner's £3,000 book, and he will be trusted by the entire Epsom division. I once en tertained a great partiality for Paleface, but the betting would indicate that Bentinck would do battle for Lord Stamford. His lordship's stable is in " form," and which ever animal may carry his colours will doubtless run well. Ariadne is very quiet in the market, and with Odo it has become a case of "0 don't," since the running of North Lin coln and Athos at Newmarket. Remunerator has been an unfortunate horse, and I do not think he will compensate his owner to-morrow for the disappointment which he has occasioned him. The horse was heavily backed for a place for the Newmarket Handicap, for which event he merely obtained a " situation" by being completely ridden out. Still he may come off with the barren honours of a position. - Little or nothing is now heard of Heiman, and his suc cess is not likely to gladden the hearts of the rural recluses of Smitham Bottom. Fitzreland is reported sound and well again, and should this be the fact, his weight, 7st 71b, must render him very dangerous. Without referring fur ther to the chances, I shall select CONFECTIONER to win, and recommend an investment on REMUNERATOR and FITZROLAND for a place. For the Two-yrs-old Stakes there is likely to be a good field, the best of which may be Lupus and Little Lady. For the Inkerman Plate I shall stand the best of Mr. Hughes's lot, and for the Heathcote Plate I shall select Arsenal and Lady Peel. The betting on the Metropolitan Stakes has been very limited, and the number of starters somewhat small. Mouravieff won so cleverly at Newmarket, and has always shown so much gameness, that he is quite entitled to the position which ho holds in the list of quotations, and if I couple him with Professor Dick to do battle for me, I do not think I shall have cause to rogret my hasty jump at a conclusion. The result of the New Two-yrs-old Stakes will depend in a great measure upon the issue of the race to-morrow. My present fancy points to Modern, who was much fancied at Northampton, where she made signs of ability. Despite his 91bs extra, Promised Land ought to wii the Walton Stikes, and Mazzini may carry off the Welter Handicap. A FRESH MAN. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—YESTERDAY. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 4to 1 agst Confectioner (taken) 6to 1 agst Chere Amie (taken) 11 to 1 agst Yoicks (offered) 14 to 1 agst Danae (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Homeward Bound (offered) 25 to 1 agst Gridiron (taken) 33 to 1 agst Comforter (offered) METROPOLITAN. 7to 1 agst Danae (taken) 9to 1 agst Mouravieff (taken) 10 to 1 agst Simple Simon (taken) 11 to 1 agst Special Licence (taken) 11 to 1 agst Professor Dick (taken) 12 to 1 agst Chance Shot (taken) 14 to 1 agst Gridiron (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 3to 1 agst The Wizard (offered) 6to 1 agst Lupulus (taken) 13 to 2 agst Traducer (taken) 12 to 1 agst Richmond (taken) 16 to 1 agst Tom Bowline (taken) ARRIVALS AT EPSOM. Chere Arnie, Wallace, Pitman, Danae, Bribery colt, Narcissus, Mdlle. Chantilly, Simple Simon, Lava, Little Lady, Hawk's Eye, and Regius Professor. RATING A PHOTOGRAPHER'S VAN. William Martin, owner of a caravan fitted up for the purpose of photography, which has stood for some months past on part of the ground formerly occupied by the Old Black Boy, Chelmsford, was summoned at the last petty sessions by the overseers of Chelmsford for Gs. Bd. poor rate. The defendant said he had never been called on to pay rates for the carriage at any place he had previously , been at. The carriage occupied only about fifteen feet of ground. The chairman—What rent do you pay? The defendant —The fact is I have not paid any since I have been hero, for trade has been so bad. The chairman—What were you to pay P The defendant said 10s. a week. He did not sleep in the carriage, and paid for his lodgings else where. The overseer said this was valuable ground, the defendant himself stating that he paid 10s. as the tenant and occupier of it, and the parish had rated it at only £lO. The bench decided he must pay the 6s. Bd. The defendant asked for time ; he could assure them he had not cleared his expenses since he had been in the town. The overseer ob served that defendant had only to put a horse to his cart and he was gone. Defendant—l am obliged to you for your opinion of me. The magistrate ordered the 6s. Bd. to be paid forthwith, but as Major Skinner observed that it was a proper case for appeal, and he thought the parish ought to pay the costs, no order was made respecting them. They amounted to as. Gd., so that the parish takes only 2d. by the preeeediug. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(Tms DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Liverpool Corporation Water Bill were considered and agreed to. The following bills were read a third time :—Chard Rail way, Llangollen and Corwen Railway, and Wellington (Salop) Water. The following bills were considered and ordered for third reading:—Central Wales Railway, Great Southern of India 'Railway Company, and Horsham and Steyning and Reeding Roads, PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the Highways Bill ; in favour of and against the Wine Licencing Bill ; against the Savings' Bank Bill, and Legalising Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister; in favour of the Attorney and Solicitors Bill ; from the National Schoolmasters of Antrim, complaining of the inadequacy of their remunera tion ; for the omission of the 4th clause in the Attorneys and Solicitors Bill ; against the abolition of Church-rates ; praying for the consideration of the situation of the medi cal officers of the Poor-law unions ; for the abolition of Church-rates, &c. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. On the motion of Mr. ROEBUCK leave of absence was granted to Sir F. Smith, on the ground of domestic afflic tion. ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. Mr. BLACK moved an address for copy of the terms of the arrangement under which the Queen's printer now prints acts of Parliament for the public; specifying the size of the different editions supplied to Government, the number of copies of each edition supplied, and the price per copy per sheet; also the price per sheet at which each such edition is now sold to the public, and amount of re duction, if any, as compared with the prices charged pre • vious to the expiration of the patent of the Queen's printer. —Ordered. CONVEYANCE OF VOTERS, &c., BILL. Mr. COLLIER, in moving the second reading of this bill, said that the principle of the measure had been affirmed last session. For some time the question of the payment of the election expenses of voters had been a vexed ques tion. An Act of Parliament had been passed by which an agent was entitled toay for the c onve y ance o f voters, provided the m one y' for that purpose was not given to the voters. For instance, the money for a rail way ticket could not be forwarded to the voter himself, but might be sent to a friend. That state of things was a gross absurdity, and should not be permitted to exist any longer, and it was disgraceful to think that a misdemeanour on the part of an agent should rest upon so nice a distinction as the difference between paying a voter for the expense he might incur in travelling, and paying for that ex pense to another party. Reverting to first prin ciples, he considered the practice that prevailed in regard to the payment of voters' expenses was unjustifi able, and he contended that such payments should be done away with altogether. The best test of the fitness of a party for the electoral privilege was his desire to use it, and if he did not take some trouble he was not qualified for the trust reposed in him. The fact was, that the member should be the representative of the earnestness and in telligence, and not the apathy of a constituency. (Hear, hear. He contended that if a voter was to be paid for his expenses in exercising a public right, that pay ment should be made by the nation and not by an individual. Ye believed the effect of the present system would be to throw the representation of many counties into the hands of manufacturing millionnaires, and he referred to the 'Wakefield commission to show that the system of paying expenses was a cloak to all sorts of bribery. He proposed by his bill to multiply the number of polling places, and he conoluded by stating that the exercise of the fran chise should be the privilege of the voter and not the busi ness of the candidate. Mr. NEWDEGATE considered that the effect of th• bill would be to disfranchise a number of non-resident voters, and moved that it be read a second time this day six months. Sir G. C. LEWIS deprecated any further discussion on this bill as a waste of time until after the report of the committee on the corrupt practices at elections, which had taken evidence on the subject of this measure. Mr. HENLEY approved the suggestion of the right hon. baronet. Mr. NEWDEGATE—On the condition that that sug gestion would be acted on ho would withdraw his amend ment. After some further discussion, in which Messrs. Mellor, Lewis, Griffith, Sir E. Colebroke, Mr. Smith, Lord H. Vane, Mr. arrow, Sir C. Douglas, and Sir G. B. Pechell took part, Mr. COLLIER reminded the house that this bill was read a second time last session, but he was quite ready to accede to a suggestion that had been thrown out, and to consent that the bill should be read a second time, and then referred to a select committee. He had no objection to the other suggestion, namely, that fhe debate be adjourned. (Cries of " No," " Divide.") The house then divided on the question that the debate be adjourned. The numbers were— . For the adjournment 94 Against Majority l3 The debate was thou adjourned until this day month. ATTORNEYS, SOLICITORS, PROCTORS, AND CERTIFICATED CONVEYANCERS' BILL Mr. MURRAY moved the second reading of this bill, which came from the Lords, and explained the objects of the measure. (LEFT SITTING.) A "SPECIAL" SERVICE AT NE Tv . FORK. The newspaper announcement that the Rev. Mr. Corbett, of the Greene•street Methodist church, would preach a sermon to "thieves and harlots" last evening, with the assurance of the detectives that no " professional " of either sex would be molested upon that occasion, attracted very general notice, and was the topic of conversation among all classes yesterday. Mr. Corbett is well known as a " sensation " methodist preacher, and his sermon to the firemen of New York, delivered a year or two ago, may still be remembered. The sensation of yesterday, however, far surpasses anything at tempted in this city, exceeding even the Rev. Mr. Guinness' mass meeting of sinners at the Academy of Music, in the interest it excited and the notice it attracted. A better location for preaching a sermon to such persons could hardly have been selected. The Rev. Mr. Corbett's church is in Greene-street, not far distant from the most notorious portion of the most notorious Mercer-street, and in the immediate vici nity of the up-town settlements of small thieves. A walk up Broadway, down canal, and through Greene-street last evening, would have sufficiently convinced an ordinary observer that all the "har lots" were certainly not in the church. The unusual crowds of men and boys upon the neighbouring corners announced that something was " in the wind," and their noise and laughter was agreeably relieved by the information imparted by a high, cracked voice, assisted by an equally loud piano, from a house opposite, that " Lulu was our darling pride, Lulu bright, Lulu gay." Although our repoiter reached the church long before the hour announced for the commencement of the service, he found the house crowded in every part. The aisles were filled with " standees," and the rail around the altar was, like a perch, appro priately decorated by a number of young men styling themselves the "Flying Artillery," and who effectually prevented those occupying the front seats from getting as much as a glimpse of the preacher. Inside the altar were packed a number of brethren, and four persons occupied the pulpit, to the evident discomfort and inconvenience of the pastor. It is a well-known fact that congregations, like dreams, generally go by contraries. An announcement that a lecture will be delivered to young men, always atti acts all the young ladies of the place ; and so, an invitation to thieves and harlots crowded the church with probably the most respectable audience ever collected within its walls. The congregation was composed of most respectable men and women, such as we see every day upon 'Change, in busi ness, or in society. Several theatrical and other celebrities were present. About half the congre gation were ladies, and many of these were aged. Before the services commenced acquaint ances amused themselves by calling each other by the names of celebrated " professors " of the fine arts of burglary and swindling, and outsiders were interested in sudden recognitions of fathers and daughters, husbands and wives, fol lowed by such inquiries as "Why, pa, what are you doing here ?" " Jane, I thought I told you to stay at home," and much laughter and conversation. Our reporter, occupying a position from which he could s'e the entire audience, and assisted by an experienced detective, was able to "spot" only four well known harlots, and if any thieves were pre sent they kept themselves very " (lark " and were not observed. A stranger to the city, reading the invitation, which included only these two classes, and seeing the large audience, would have con cluded that " thieves and harlots " were the most respectable-looking and orderly persons whom he had ever beheld.—Nete York Herald, April 2. INVOLUNTARY INFANTICIDE.—BottIe and spoon are the first plagues that the child suffers, from adult stupidity . or selfishness. Nursing mothers commonly yield their places once a-day to spoon and bottle because so ciety. says to them every evening, " Won't you come out to-night ?" and because they have not courage to answer always " No." Society can do without them very well, but they are not aware of that. Society, in as far as it means friends, can find them out in their own homes. Why should they become plagues to their children for society, in as far as it means fashion ? And then bottle and spoon are made into double plagues by the ignorance of nurses, who, look ing upon milk as a thin fluid, although even cow's milk is really so heavy as to need dilution, do terrific things with gruel. The plague of an adult nurse will even pour into the mouth of a week-old infant gruel, which is to the child's stomach what gravel might be to her own. Then rhubarb follows to correct the gruel, as one might correct a meal of gravel with a dose of pepper ; and the dill-water stands upon the shelf, and the gray powder—always in half mourning for the little ones it has killed.—Dickens's 411 the Year Round. DEATH OF MR. FULWAR CRAVEN.—We have to record the death of this gentleman, long known in the sporting world, and more especially popular in Gloucester shire, Wiltshire, and Bucks, at the ripe age of 78. He was the elder of the two sons of the late Rev. John Craven, of Chilton House, Wilts, and represented a younger branch of the family of the Earl of Craven. The deceased gentleman, who was a magistrate and deputy lieutenant for Berks and Wilts, and a magistrate for Gloucestershire, married in 1810 Laura, daughter of the late Mr. George Vansittart, of Bisham Abbey, Berke, by whom he has left issue. liis eld es t s on, Mr, George Fulwar Craven, inherits the estates, 1181 19 130 62 1 I I 1051 I i 684 91 99 1 1 i 100 Of 921 2 k 111 4 117 i 161 Stock FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 45 45 20 Ardennes all —T. 20 Bah. &S. Fran.,lim.7p.e 7 Id par 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 1 20 ißeziers to Graissessac all 10 IBuen.Ayres& S. Ferndo 25 05 21 I 5 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 2i 24 100 jCopiabo 10 Ditto Extension 20 'Dutch Rhenish 20 ,Eastern of France all 25 26 20 Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c. 6 20 Do. do. 20 Great Central of Franc( all 20 ; Gt. Luxem., Con. she all 61 7 20 'ltalian Jun ction 20 ;Lake Constance & Bah all 20 ILierre and Turnhout all 20 'Lombardo Venetian lO 11 141. 20 Lyons and Geneva all 33j Maria Antonia all 10 Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege all 8 85 20 I Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. all 19 10. 16 Northern of France 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 8 9 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit all I 371 371 20 Paris and Orleans :e- all 53 65 2 ,, I Recife& S. Fran.( ( Pero .` s P 13 I gua. 7p. ct. (Lim.) 20 (Riga and Dunaburg lO 10 Rome and Frascati 20 Royal Danish all 13 15 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse all 51 6 10 as. 55 per cent. Pref all sa 84 20 San Paulo (lira.) g. 7y. c 2 1 d 20 'Southern of France 81 'West Flanders all 51 51 10 Do. 55 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 22 23 20 Western of Austria 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand all COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can.Gov.6 p.e.(l a. & July? 100 114 116 Do. 6 p.c.leb.&Aug. 100 109 11l Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 110 112 Do. 6 per cent. 1579 109 - - Do. 6 per cent. 1880 100 - - Do. 6 per cent. 1882 10C - - Do. do. Scrip.. N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja. &July 100 107 109 Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 106 99 • 100 D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1876 100 99 100 991 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up 100 99 100 611 1 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. S. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 107 109 1071 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&Julyi 100 110 112 Vict*Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 - - Do. do. April & Oct. 100 1045 1015 1054 '1044 1054 105f1 49f 9 861 PO 107 14 91} 901 102 I I 4191 71 71} 70 70 1 FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT WINDSOR CASTLE, APRIL 13. This day had audience of her Majesty :—Monsieur Au guste de la Rive, Envoy Extraordinary from the Swiss Confederation, on a special mission, to deliver his creden tials; to which audience he vas introduced by Lord John Russell, her Majesty's principal Secretary of State fur Foreign Affairs. FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL - 14. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint John Savile Lumley, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's Lega tion at St. Petersburg, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Embassy at Constantinople. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint the Hon. Edward Morris Erskine, now Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at St oc kh o l m , t o b e S ecre t ary t o h er Majesty's Legation at St. Petersburg . The Queen has als) been graciously pleased to appoint Edwin Corbett, Esq., Secretary to her Majesty's late Legation at Florence, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Stockholm. CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 13. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, giving and granting the office of one of the Barons of her M a j es t y ' s C ourt of Exchequer to James Plaisted Wilde, Sergeant -at-Law. CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 16. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN TIIE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Clare—Francis McNamara Calcutt, Esq., of St. Catherines, in the county of Clare, in the room of Col. Luke White, whose election has been declared void. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 17. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Lieutenant-General William Cator, C. 8., to be Colonel Commandant. 2d Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant Edward Strattuu Fitzhardinge Berkeley to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major the Earl of Longford, deceased. 6th Dragoons—Captain Richard William Renshaw, from the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Clements, who exchanges. 9th Light Dragoons—Captain Henry Marshall, from the 17th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Goldie, who exchanges ; 'William Henry Lawrence, Gent., to be Cor net, by purchase, vice Bury, promoted. 10th Light Dragoons—Arthur Wyatt Edgell, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Maunder, pr omo t e d. 13th Light Dragoons—Captain Henry Topham Clements, from the 6th Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Renshaw, who exchanges. 17th Light Dragoons.—Captain James Goldie, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Marshall, who exchanges; Thomas Edmund lloughton, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Scott, promoted. 18th Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon Francis Collins, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Grant, who, exchanges. Military Train—Captain Daniel Antoine Baby, from the 28th Foot, to be Captain, vice Hutton, who exchangep. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieut. and Captain and Brevet-Major William Henry Viscount Dangan to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Cocks, who retires ; Ensign and Lie u t enan t Ri c h ar d H . Thursby to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice "Viscount IDangan ; Sir Edward Archibald Hamilton, Bart., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thursby. Royal Artillery To be Colonels—Brevet-Colonels Frede rick Marow Eardley-Wilmot and Jas. Wm. Fitsmayer, C.B. To be Lieutenant-Colonels—Brevet-Majors Alfred Romaine Wragge, vice Eardley-Wilmot; Frederick Wm. Haultain, vice FiLmayer; Frederick John Travers, and Edward Henry Fisher ; Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonels Matthew Charles Dixon and John Turner, C.B. To be Captains Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Francis Corn wallis Maude, C. 8., vice Wragge ; Second Captain Arthur 'William Twiss, vice Haultain; Brevet-Major Reginald Curtis, vice Travers ; Second Captains Allan Sievwright, vice Dixon ; Frederic Southcote Seale, vice Turner; John De Luttrell Saunderson, vice Fisher; Brevet- Major Philip Dickson • Second' Captain Ed ward Jackson Bru ce; Brevet-Majors William Powell Richards ; John Edward Hope ; Algernon Brenden ; James De Havilland ; Second Captain George Allix Wil kinson ; Brevet-Majors William Windham Augustus Lukin, Charles Edmund Walc o tt, G ronow Davis, Edgar Grantham Bredin. To be S e co n d Captains—Lieutenants Maurice Henry Fitzmaurice, vice Maude; Wilbraham Digby Milman, Nice Twiss; Henry Richmond Martin, vice Curtis; William Alexander Patrick Wyllie, vice Sievwright; Charles Gray Johnson, vice Seale; Henry Cardew, vice Saunderson ; llorace Percival, vice Dickson ; Henry Thomas Arbuthnot, vice Bruce ; Robert Biddulph, vice Richards ; William Stirling, vice Hope; Peter Edward Hill, vice Brendon ; Champagne L'Estrange, vice De Havilland ; Arthur Kennedy Ride out, vice Wilkinson; William henry Watson, vice Lukin; Edward Chichester Bolton, vice We'cott ; Oliver henry Atkins Nicolls, vice Davis ; James Barton, vice Bredin ; Charles James Hope Johnstone; Benjamin Geale llumfrey ; Charles Watson Wilson ; Legh Delves Broughton ; George Albert Augustus Walker ; Francis Walter de %Vinton; Augustus Henry Carr Hamilton • Edmund Charles Cuthbert ; Pilkington Jackson, Jervis Tucker; and Brymer Francis Schreiber. Coast Brigade of Artillery.—To be Lieutenants.—Sergeant- Majors Hugh Marshall, John Taylor, James Lumber McCallum, William McKown, George M on t gomery, William obinson, Joel Blades, and John Ramsay ; Master-Gunner George Leeds ; Sergeant Wm. Crawford. To be Paymaster—Major Charles South, from half-pay, ' Paymaster 20th Fo , t. To be Quartermasters—Sergeant Major Henry Behenna and Quartermaster-Sergeant David Hoge. 20th Foot—Andrew Halliday Hall, Gent., to be Ensign, , by purchase, vice Humphrys, appointed to the 15th Light Dragoons 25th Foot—Ensign Ernest henry Paul Vivian to be Lieu- ; ' tenant, by purchase, vice O'Mallev, who retires; Lieu tenant George Augustus Elliott to be Adjutant. 28th Foot—CaptainCharle3 Frederick llutton, from the Military Train, to be Captain, vice Baby, who exchanges ; Lieutenant Charles George Mr Aenzie to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Godley, who retires; En sign and Adjutant Frederick Rance to have the rank of Lieutenant; Ensign Jerome O'Brien to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mackenzie. 30th Foet—ollyett Woodhouse Brain, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vica Glascott, promoted ,Chas. Henry Garnett, Gent., to be Ensi g n, by purchase, vice the Hon. L.W. H. Powys, promote. 33d Foot—Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Weatby Donovan to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet -Colonel John Douglas Johnstone, C,8., who retires upon full-pay ; Captain and Brevet- Major Thomas Wickham to be Major, without purchase, vice Donovan; Lieutenant Arthur Edward Augustus Ellis to be Captain, without purchase, vice Wickham ; Ensign Murray Doveton Valentine Treasure Grant to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Ellis. 52d Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant Henry Stokes to be Quartermaster, vice Knott, who retires upon half-pay. 57th Foot—Captain Charles John Clark, from the 100th Foot to be Captain vice Sisiele who exchanges. 70th Foot—Harry Eiderton Whidborne, Gent., to be En- 1 sign, by purchase, lice Grierson promoted. 81st Foot—William Augustus Claude Stuart-Menteth, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice llarle, appointed to the 13th Light Dragoons. 100th Foot—Captain Alfred Frederick Adolphus Slade, from the 57th Foot, to be Captain, vice Clarke, who ex changes. Rifle Brigade—Henry Arthur Lascelles Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Fremantle, appointed to the 10th Light Dragoons. STAFF.—Captain and Lieutenant- Colonel Frederick Charles Arthur Stephenson, C. 8., of the Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Deputy Adjutant-General to her Majesty's Forces serving in China; Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Douglas Mackenzie, 92d Foot, to be Deputy- Quartermaster-General to her Majesty's Forces serving in China. CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.—The commission:of the Rev. James Hamilton, chaplain Fourth Class, to bear date Ist April, 1858, instead of Ist April, 1859, as stated in the Gazette of the latter date. HosPITAL STAFF—Assistant-Surgeon Maximilian Grant, M.D., from the 18th Light Dragoons, to be Assistant- Surgeon; vice Collins, who exchanges. BREVET. Brevet-Colonel John Douglas Johnstone, C. 8., retired full pay, 33d Foot, to be Major-General, the rank being honorary only. Major Charles Gustavus Walsh, of the 14th Bengal Native Infantry, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. Major John Hennessy, of the 70th Bengal Native In fantry, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. Captaia Joseph Cartmail, Paymaster on half-pay, 71st Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major. Quartermaster William Knott, retired on half-pay, 52d Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal Warrant of 17th December, 1855. The commission of Brevet Lieut.-Col. John A. Ballard, of the Bombay Engineers, as Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel to be antedated to the 7th December, 18.58. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 17. NOTICE.—The next examination of candidates for admis sion to the Royal Military College, at Sandhurst, will be held at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, on Monday, the 4th June, 1860, and following days. The next examination of candidates for direct commis • sions in the army will be held at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, on Wednesday, the 20th Juno, 1860, and follow ing days. The next examination of candidates for admission to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich will be held at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, on Saturday, the 30th June, 1860, and following days. ADMIALTY, APRIL 9 Corps of Royal Ma R rines—Gentleman . Cadet Charles Surtees Chapman Webb to be Second Lieutenant, vice O'Connor, placed on half-pay. NOTICE OP INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Department of the Accountant-Generalof the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, April 13. Notice is hereby given to the offi cers , seamen and marines, and to all p ersons interested therein, that the distribution of the amount awarded for the distraction of the slave and tonnage bounties awarded for the Brigantine, name un known or Lucia, supposed to be the Windward, captured on the 4th November, 1357, by her Majesty's ship Alecto, will commence on Monday, the 23d April, 1860, in the Prize Branch of the Department of the " Accountant- General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house." Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney, prize orders, assignments, or ether instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share of any captor, serving in the above-named ship, are requested to present the same at this office. Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person, who may desire to receive his share from the Collector ' of Customs or of Inland Revenue within the United King dom, is required to intimate the same by letter to be addressed " On Prim Business, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London "—in which letter his own place of re sidence is to be precisely stated, as well as the place of the nearest Collector of Customs, or of Inland Revenue, from whom it would be convenient to receive such share of prize money. • The following, are the shares due to an individual in the several classes : Flag share £ll5 6 6 Commander 273 18 0 Third class 81 9 2 Fourth class .. 52 7 4 Fifth class 29 1 9 Sixth class .... £26 3 8 Seventh class.. 17 9 1 Ei g hth class .. 814 7 Ninth class .... 516 5 T e nth class.... 218 2 BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Thomas John Bcyd Wallis, draper, Colchester. BANKRUPTS. William Jackson, surgeon, Brewer-street, Somer's-town April irk, at twelve, and May 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Joseph Linley, Sheffield, manufacturer o f e d ge tools, April2B and June 2, at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield. John Culverwell, corn dealer, Wgehford Mille and ton Mills, Soluersetshire, May 9 and 30, at twelve, at ilia Exeter District Court. William Proctor, linen draper, Leeds, May 4 mail Juno l, at eleven, at the Leeds District ('court. _ _ _ John Mae Alpine, ironmonger, Cheltenham, May 1 and June 4, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. George Taylor Lund, commission agent, Manchester, April 27 and May 17, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. John Axford and Charles Greenslade, timber and slate merchants, Bridgewater, May 15 and June 6, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court. John Robert Roberts, potato salesman, May 1, at half past two, and May 29, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Richard Turner, cabinetmaker, Stoke-upon-Treut, April 30 and May 21, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Matthew Shield, merchant, Great Queen-street, 'West minster, April 30, at one, and May 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Samuel Parry, lodging-house keeper, Queen-street, Cheapside, May 1, at two, and May 29, at twelve at the Court of Bankruptcy, , 'William Bretteh ' plumber, Olibury, 'Worcestershire, May 4 and 24, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Peter Johnston, grocer, lierdshill, Polniont, Stirling shire. James Oatt, joiner, Johnstone, Renfrcwshire. Archibald M'Kcllar, farmer, Ballamenach, Argyllshire. James Boston, Ilesher, Airdrie. Jc.hn London, spirit merchant, Glasgow. Alexander Hay, farmer, Stocklev Banffshire. John Glass ford Hopkirk, writ r , to the signet ; Edin burgh. IRE NAVY. The Forte, 51, screw, Capt. E. Tumour, flag of Rear-Admiral Hon. Sir 11. Keppell, K.C.8., steained into Portsmouth harbour from Spithead yesterday morning. She moves into the steam basin on the 19th inst., and the following day will be placed in No. 7 dock to repair the leak in her stern. Orders have been received by the authorities in Portsmouth dockyard for the commission of the Bacchante, 51, screw, as flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Maitland, C.B. She is expected to hoist the pendant this morning. The Osborne, paddle yacht, Master Commandant G. K. Bowers, will move out of the basin prior to her trial of the superheating steam apparatus; and the Elfin, Royal paddle yacht, Master Commander Balliston, will be undocked from No. 8 dock. The Victoria, 121, screw, and the Nelson, 91, screw, will both get up steam in the steam basin for the purpose of testing their machinery in the coarse of a few days. The Hornet, 17, screw, is complete in repairs to her hull, and coppered in No. 1 dock at Portsmouth, but is in the hands of the steam factory staff. The Vigilant, 6, screw, in No. 5 dock, is nearly completed in repairs to her hull and ready for cop pering..._ _ - The Alban, padde, in No. 4 dock, has no hands employed upon her at present, and from the state of her hull it is expected she will be broken up. This vessel was built as a 10-gun brig at Deptford ; was afterwards lengthened and altered to a paddle steamer. She is of 405 tons burden, and 100-horse nominal power. The crew of the sailing sloop Atalanta, 16, Com mander T. M. Pasley, were mustered and inspected on Monday by Sir Barrington Reynolds, K.C.B. Yards were manned when the Admiral boarded. The Atalanta discharged her powder the same day, and was towed by the tug Zephyr from Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze, and placed alongside Devon port Dockyard to be dismantled. Her Majesty's steam storeship Rhadamanthus, Master Commander Sturdee, having been detained beyond the time appointed for sailing in shipping stores and gear for the voyage, sailed yesterday from Woolwich for Portsmouth, on an experi mental trial of speed and consumption of fuel, under ordinary steam, in preparation for being fitted with Mr. Wethered's superheating apparatus. Mr. John Dinnen, Admiralty inspector of steam machinery afloat, took passage in the ship from Grcenhithe for the purpose of carrying out obser vations and rendering a circumstantial 'report for their lordships' information. 100 smart lads, re cently entered on board the Fisgard and fully equipped for sea, having been inspected on the dockyard-parade by the Commodore Superinten dent, sailed in the Rhadamanthus, as well as 40 supernumerary seamen, for the fleet. Mr. Richard Parkins, gunner, of her Majesty's ship Nile, tried by court-martial at Plymouth on Monday on a charge of drunkenness, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to be dismissed from the Nile, and to be reduced to the rank of gunner of the third class. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Alfred I'. Dale, to the Ranger ; Licut. Francis Hem son, to the Wasp ; Licut. Philip J. Patrickson, to the Asia; Lieut. Francis M. Prattent, Lieut. the Hon. Maurice R. Wingfield, and Lieut: Arthur M. Byam, to the Bacchante ; Lieut. Richard 11. Napier, to the Re cruit ; Charles Bowden, master, to the Bacchante ; J. F. L. St. Aubyn and J. A. G. Buckner, masters' assistants, to the Bacchante; F. Whalley, master's assistant, to the Firebrand; William Anderson (h) assist.-surg., confirmed in the Mersey ; John K. Sniallhorn, assist.-surg., confirmed in the Supply ; Richard Biddle, confirmed in the rank of first-class assist.-engineer in the Gannet ; James Ireland, pro moted to the rank of second class assist.-engineer in the Himalaya ; Frederick Pugh, promoted to the rank of acting second class assist.-engineer in the Scylla ; W. C. Wheatley, promoted to the rank of second class assist-engineer in the Oberon ; George Thomas Crook, promoted to the rank of second class assist.-engineer in the Alacrity ; Samuel Windley, promoted to the rank of second class assist.-engineer in the Fisgard, for service in gun boats coming forward ; Thomas Brindley, promoted to the rank of -second class assist.-engineer to the Bustard; and Herbert Birch, promoted to the rank of second class assist.-engineer -to the Porcupine. THE ARMY. The officers of the Royal Artillery, .assisted by some professional ladies of the metropolitan theatres and the Canterbury " old stagers," last night per formed at the Theatre Royal, Woolwich, under the patronage of Major-General Sir R. Daeres, K.C.8., Commandant of the garrison, in aid of the funds of the Royal Artillery Regimental Charitable Committee. The house was decorated specially for the occasion, and was crowded to excess. The various characters represented were exceedingly well sustained. The regimental band, conducted by Mr. Smythe, the Royal Artillery bandmaster, played during the acts, and the performance was eminently successful. The office of principle medical officer at Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham, rendered vacant by the appoint ment of Inspector-General J. It. Taylor , C.B to the head of the in va lid establishmentand " sani tarium formed at the Cape of Good Hope for the troops from China, has been conferred by the Di rector-General of the Medical Department upon Deputy Inspector-General T. D. Hume, M.D., late the head of the medical staff at Cork. Although the bounty to recruits has recently been reduced by th e aut h or i t i es to t h e sum of 12 and a fre e kit , recru i t i ng i s st ill proceeding very satisfactorily, num b ers o f fi ne y o ung men continu ing to arriv e at Chatham from the recruiting dis tricts of York, Bristol, Liverpool, and London to join the East India depots at that garr ison. Several of the depots, the service companies of whose regi ments are in India, now number upwards of 500 men of all ranks, and so strong are the three bat talions of infantry now at Chatham that it is cal culated each will be able to furni s h 1,000 b ayonets to reinforce the various regiments in I n di a, s h ou ld that number be required during the approaching summer. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. A very limited supply of home-grown wheat was on offer in to-day's market. Although the demand was by no means active, Monday's improvement in the quotations was well supported. Although over 10,000 quarters of wheat have come in from abroad, importers generally were very firm. In prices, however, no change took place. Floating cargoes of grain ruled steady. Barley, the supply of which was moderate, commanded extreme rates, with a steady inquiry. There was very little doing in malt. Prices, however, were supported. The oat trade was in a healthy state, but no advance took place in the quotations. Both beans and peas commanded full prices, and there was a fair business doing in flour, at the advance previ ously noticed. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. English 790 r 380 j 1,980 Irish • — I Foreign 1 10,660 6,300 j Flour. 470 I 16,190 i 160 sks. I blb. WILITECHAPEL. The supplies of meat are moderate, and the trade rules steady, as follows : Beef, from 2s 4d to 4s Od ; mutton, 2s 10d to 45 2d ; lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od ; veal, 48 Od to 4s 10d ; and pork, 36 4d to 4s 8d per 81b., by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. There is a fair demand for most kinds of hops., at last week's currency. Mr. H. O'Neil's two celebrated pictures. " East• ward Ho 1" and " Home Again," having been. exhibited with great success in the larger provincial towns, will shortly be on view at the west end of the metropolis where a " gallery" is to be appropriated especially to re ception. 12} 10 Stock Stock Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 12 10 Stock 10 Stock', 91 i 18 4 551 611 1 I all all all all 100 100 100 61 7 33; I