The Sun. — London, England, 1859-04-07 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Notwithstanding the steady influx of gold from Australia and the United States, withdrawals of bullion from the Bank of England are still reported. The amounts so appropriated are not very exten sive, but collectively they represent a rather im portant aggregate. During the past week at least a quarter of a million has been sent away ; and the total stock of the precious metals, which a few weeks ago approached twenty millions, is now presumed to be nearer £19,000,000. It is imagined that this efflux will continue, although the con signments of gold which the Australian advises report to be en route may temporarily check the adverse movement. In the Money Market there is still an active de mand, and full rates are paid for accommodation. In many instances the terms asked for the negotia tion of first class bills are in advance of the Bank minimum. The authorities of that establishment are, consequently, transacting a large amount of business, and some increase in the item of •" other securities" may be anticipated. About £48,000 was withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday for exportation to the Continent. The Royal Charter, reported yesterday, with £109,344, has arrived at Liverpool, having per formed the passage in 67 days. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday' a moderate business was transacted, and prices were steady. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed with rather more animation, and former values were main tained. No change of importance has occurred in the English Stock Market to-day. Business is exceed ingly dull, and the settlement of the monthly ac count is the chief occupation of the dealers and brokers. At present very little speculation is in progress for the, next adjustment, the position of political relations checking enterprise of that de scription. A firm tone, nevertheless, prevails, and although. very little quotable improvement has taken place, the tendency is in a favourable direc tion. Consols • have been 958 I for money and account, and they'are now rather buoyant at that quotation. The New 3 per Cents. are firm at 941 and 942-i ; and the Reduced at 948 I. India Stock has been d ea lt i n at 220 ; and the Bonds 10s. prem ; , Exchequer Bills are 325. to 355. prem., and ditto. Bonds have advanced to 1008. Business in the Foreign Stock Market is rather quiet, :and: prices generally are somewhat flatter. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 92/ to 931 ; ditto New Loan, 781, to 79, Mexican 3 per Cents. have de clined to 21a; Portuguese to 451 ; Dutch 4 per Cents.,to 100 ; Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cents. to 801.--; and Brazilian 5 per Cents, to 1001. The 41 pea Cents., 1852, are marked 94; ditto, 41 per Cents., 1858, 94-1- Grenada Active are steady at 191. The New Australian Loan. is 1 discount. The following is from the Committee of Mexican Bondholders : " The committee have received a letter from Mr. White head, dated Mexico, the Ist ult. (which was not delivered till a quarter past eight o'clock last night). He had advices from the agents of the bondholders in Vera Cruz of the 20th of February, and of the receipt of 18,691 of bills on Mexico from the Custom-house. It was thought that another week or ten days would decide the fate of Vera Cruz. The garri son there consisted chiefly of raw . hands, but if they can be brought to offer a show of resistance, the detention of Gen. Miramon's troops outside the walls of the city might, now that the heat had already commenced, be sufficient to cause the appearance of yellow feller among them." The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :- 1859. 1858. Great Western £26,454 27,322 North-We s t ern South-Western 13righton 12,265 14,709 Midland South-Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire North-Eastern Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln .. " 10;450 9,525 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverbainpton " 4,268 3;896 East Lancashire 6,545 • 5,994 West Hartlepool 3,273 3,017 Edinburgh and Glasgow 5,794 5,362 Glasgow a n d S outh-Western 7,161 6,838 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada ,9077 8,796 South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian 47,629 25,834 In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been on a very moderate scale, and in many instances prices show a downward. tendency. Bristol and Exeter, Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, South Western, Midland, North British, North Eastern (Berwick), North Eastern (York), and SOuth Eastern declined ss. ; and Vale of Neath, £1 ; North Western advanced ss. Thee Foreign lines are very quiet. Lombardo- Venetian realise about former quotations. In the Colonial Market prices are rather firmer. Grand Trunk of Canada have improved ss. ; Great Western of Canada, 55., and East Indian, ss. Joint-Stock and Miscellaneous Shares are at slightly reduced rates. Bank of Australasia have receded ss. to 10s. ; London and Westminster, 10s. ; Ottoman Bank, Union of Australia, and Crystal Palace realise former rates. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 94 i a 3 per Cent. Cons o l s A nnu i t i es New 3 per Cent. Annuities 94/ i / India Stock . 220 Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO . Ditto under £l,000 Consols for Account (May 5) 95/ / March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & lid.. 32 5 I Ditto MOO Ditto Small, lid 32 5 I Brazili Exchequer Bonds 1859, 31 per Cent .... 1001- FOR sEer IGN' FUND - S --CLOSING PRICES. an Cent. Ditto - 1852 p 100 , 41 per Cent. 94 Ditto' 1858, 41 per Cent. 94i / 4 / Buenos Ayres, - 6 per Cent... — Ditto Account Ditto Deferred Equador New Cousolid a t e d .. 17 Ditto Pr ovisional Land W arran t Gre nada New Active, 31 per Cent. 5 1 / 91 Dit to Deferred . Mexican 3 per Ce ; '' Ditto Account is : 21/ Portuguese, 18 53, ' 3 ''''' ; Cent. 2ll Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent.. . - 46 Ditto Account ... : : Venezuelan 5 per Cent: Ditto Account ..... C . . Ditto Deferred 2 per en;..; 'Dividends on thc. above.;;;,l e i,:ii . i . rllondou. Dutch Exchange, 12:Grdl. 21 per c Ditto Certificates, 4 pea- Cent T Consols, Money ........REE O'CLOCK. TH REE O'CLOCK. 1 / Consols for Account (May 5) .... , 6 i 1 THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. Loxpow, April 7.—Wind this day at noon, S.w. ; light airs and fine clear sultry weather. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL Thurssday Morning. Arrived, April 6.—.Lubec, and LIVERPOOL, Curn, both from Alexandria; Corril, from Marseilles ; Balbec, screw steam.. ship, from Havre. Arrived, April7.-,North Briton, Royal mail screw steam - ship, from Portland ; Royal Charter, scr ew steamship, from Melbourne ; Athenian, Royal mail screw steamship, from Africa ; Ceres, from Savannah; Anna Mary, from Smyrna; Midas, from Antwerp. (BY SITEMARLNE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESND, y Mornin. Wind, S.W. ; tide, six hours E ' ebb ; Thursda weather, very fine. Arriyed, March 6—Catra, from Mazatlan. Arrived, March 7—Conqueror, from Gothenburg; Earl of Auckland, steamer, from Rotterdam; Sa ra h, from Leghorn. Sailed, March 7-odessus, for Odessa ; City o f H am ilton, for Quebec ; Panther, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Wind, S.S.W. ; moderate. P assed—Ka'sins, from London, for Smyrna. Sa iled—Orient, Lew Chew, City of Quebec, Insulana, Dahlia; Ascendant, Palestine, Ratcliffe, Blundell, Newton, Aurora, Abigail, Eliza Hart, and Hinda, with nearly all the outward bound. A letter from Coblentz, in the Weser Gazette, says--" Although most most of the st a t ements t h at have h been mad e as to warlike preparations of Ger many are inexact, it the less certain that measures for causing stillicot march within a very short t a ilr t th d at is, in a fort night if required, are being In the south west of Germany, the number orfeffective horses for the army has been increased, and measures have been taken for obtaining theocofni mobilisa tion. 'which- may be required in th e event I n th e o th er G erman States siwilari),,reedeearial lions have been taken. As to st ores , the inspectors are always so strict in requiring the supply to be kept up that little was required to complete them, and that little has everywhere been obtained. Most of the German corps d'arme e having'been supplied with rifled cannon, different contingents are being made to practise with that sort of arm, and men on furlough have been called in to learn the use of it. SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Sharei . Railways. Paid. Closing I Business Price. 12.1.0 Amberg., Notting. Bost. i . and Eastern Jiinntion 10 6 6 4 50 Belfast and Ball - mena all 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val all 74 84 Stock Birk., Lanc., and Chesh Junction lOO 62 64 25 ' Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne all .32 85 Stock Bristol and Exeter Stock Caledonian Stock Chester and Holyhead - 50 Cork and Bandon all - • 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all 20 Cornwall all 5 64 all 10 Do. A A roves. no div. 10 Do. B u ntil 6 p.c.per an. all f hasbeen pd.toß. 50 Dublin andßelfast Juno. all 25 Dun.,Perth,&Abr.Junc all 84 9 Stock East Anglian lOO 154 164 Stock Eastern Counties 9 4 11 Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 45 47 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 29 31 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 84 25 East Kent all 13 15 Stock East Lancashire lOO 92 93 20 East Suffolk 10 Do Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 724 73 1 Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 264 274 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all Stock Furness Stock Glasgow & South Westn l6O 93 94 • 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 104 Stock Great Northern lOO 1014 1024 102 14 Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 85 87 Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 132 133 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 105 106 Stock Great western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 56 68 12 Irish South Eastern all 50 Lancaster and Carlisle all 83 8 7 164 Do. Thirds 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 11 124 p Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 9 1 04 1 94 1 1 16 Do. do. F 216 6 Id 9 Do. do. 29 shares 7 .d 3 Do. West Riding Union 1 20 Do. Southport all Stock London and Blackwall all 65 67 Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh — Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 112 113 Stock London & North Westn 100 944 6 1 1 24 5 1 1 124 Do. Eighths Stock London& South-westn lOO 92 92/ 924 4 4 25 L'derry & Coleraine all 25. L'derry & Enniskillen all 7 Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln lOO 3 8 39 10 Metropolitan Stock Midland lOO 1001 1014 1011 5 4 1 Stock Do. Birming. & Derby. 100 75 77 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all 2.5 Do. 4 Shares all 100 NeNftstle and Carlisle all 25 New., Aber., & Herefd all 11 12 10 Newry & Armagh (def.) 9 20 Newry, Warpt., & Roo all Stock Norfolk lOO 60 62 60 North. Counties Union 34 35 3 d Stock North British lOO 5 74 584 58 7 1 Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO Stock Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 Stock Do. B Stock Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick 100 914 S2l 92 25 Do. do. GN.E.Purchase 1613 4 I 14 d d Stock Do. Leeds lOO 4 6. 17 Stock Do. York lOO 754 164 764 54 Stock North London lOO 102 104 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction £3 ls. 20 North Staffordshire 174 4/ 34 d 134 4 20 North-Western 'lO No. & Sou. W. Junction all 7 8 Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolrer lOO 334 344 34 10 Peebles all -- 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney lO Stock Scottish Central lOO 107 109 Stock Soon. N.E., Aber. Stock 100 265 27 Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 82 83 Stock Shropshire Union lOO 45 47 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 3 4 24 d Stock South Devon lOO 43 46 44 Stock South-Eastern lOO n fO4 704 4 Stock South Wales 20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun all 64 68 20 Do. do lB 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 8 11 25 Stockton & Darlington all 365 374 25 Do. do. 1855 7 25 Do. do. 1858 7 - - Stockton & Hartlepool 164 ;'tock Taff Vale lOO Rock Do. Preference. No. 1 25 ThameglavenDk&Rail 22 Stock Vale of Ncath lOO 63 (16 44 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick' all 20 West Cornwall 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal all 5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 21 3 23. 5 Do. B all 04 64 Ga 4 20 West London all ' 10 Do. Ist Class all , 20 Do. 2d Class all I -- AI; ES, IClosing Price. Business Done. 49 51 95 97 100 102 5; 98 101 112 116 108 112 114 116 112 114 130 132 82 84 70 72 110 112 117 119 110 112 103 105 3 65 11 111 96 98 87 n 88 90 100 102 10 104 16 17 72 104 74 18} 194 oi 14 144 140 142 18 120 160 165 b 23 125 irP _„4 70 . 72 [39 141 [Ol 103 i its 94 96 91 10 1 lla 11; 9 N. 109 ' 110 97 98 I ~31 231 123 125 118 120 99 101 101 log 24 24i 102 104 102 104 28i 29i 32i 33fr 53 55 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock PREPEREN(:,T Share' Railways. 25 Blythe and Tyne it per c: pref. (issued at f.,50) I Stk Bris. & Exet.4p. c t.St oc k.' )20 Do. do. do. Shares Stock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Stock,Chester & Holyhd, 51 pc Stock Do. do. 5 p. et. 64 Cork .& Bandon, 51 p. c. 61 Dun. Perth, & Aber Jun. Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc._ Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pet. No.; Stock Do. do. N 0.2 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Stock East Lane. 6 per et 5 E.& W. York. Jen. fifths' Stock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares , Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Stock Furness, 5 per cent Stock Gifts. ti-S Wes.. •.r a. spc Stock Great Northern, 5 p. et Stock Do. 5 lac Redm.,lop.c.pm Stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. Redm..s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld, let pf Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 ) p. et. pref. Stock Great 'West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct. Do. Redeemable, 41 pct. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et. Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. ot. Redeem. Pref Do. firm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Chet'. 8 p.c.pf shares Do. do. 5 p. et. pref Do Birming. g - uar. stock Do. Chester g,uar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 41 L on.& N.W.Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 4 shs Londondy.& Ennis 1 sh & Lin., 6 p. ct Do. £6 I Do. 31 per cent. 31aryport & Car., 4 p.c Do. 4 per cent... Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. NewportAberhc. p-et .5 p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. r, m Do. Perpet, 6.p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares Do. 5 p. c. Ext. S t0ck,1846 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.lrai.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent IDo. New, gua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail.&D;k.Co. N- East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 Po. York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6pc. Ist g Do. do. do., 2d gua Do. 44 p.c. Db. stk.in perp Scottish Central, new pt Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 31 per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 41 percent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1 0 6 ) Do .44 per cent Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is . Do. New do., 2d issue. South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 41 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. Stockton and Dar. 5 p.c. Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. Stock 50 Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock 26i 1 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stoekl Stock Stocki • 124 Stock Stock 12f 120 Stock Stock Stock Stock 10i 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stock Stock I Paid. Stock , Stock] Stock stock Stock Stock Stock 10s. 1.0.6. all } 100 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 25 1 Stock 100 100 100 100 all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 d , 8.13.4; LINES LEASED AT FIXED KEN' 'AL S. I 1 Closing Bugines Prico. Done. Clydesdale Juuct7 * n • ** 1 1 01 Colchester, Stour ° V • • n---_edkfn.ritaltilnwetai:tchicyllPaid.ll Lceoa.lan.g Bue niz „ atnshir all , Ln & N.W - E E . T3 L n in io co n l , n ll s a h r i , r vi eg s i e l s : C L a n le & do N n • rn 102 97 104 99 all E.1.1.&E C 17 18 100 Gt. North. 142 144 all E.Counts. 41 4i Do. Woodbridge . . 1 Caledonin Gt. West. _ Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drc:t; ir o - Do. New ..... . .... Gloster& Dean Foresi I alll Do _ .. _ d. 109 110 Hartlpool.Dek.&Rail. all y k.N &13 Hull and Selby Do. / Shares al l Do. • • Do. I Shares all Do. ...... - - - , o. 93 04 93 London&Greenwich . 100 s. East..: _. Do. Preferenw DLool.i.Ba.Trilkibyn.g.&sShoutrs.d lo oall ,P p e o t . o . A;; , •_ . 11 5 120 Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct lOO Norf • 011; • ... 7_ 1 - :ifanc.,Buxtn.&Matk all lIN w & 3 l 2i Do. 6 per e,ent IIO _ r _o. . . ... Midsb.& Redcr, g.6p.c all Stk.& Dar _ • Af id . B ra dfordPrf. Stk lOO Midland . 96 98 9 7 i I Newmarkt.,BuryEx I . 5. 5. 6. H.Counts. i gua ranteed sp. c. 4 F Pm 57 50 N or thn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. Do. do. (3 per cent. ... a ll Do. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. lAN W Preston and Wyre. I all k L yk . i Do. 1 Shares A. all Do. — Roystn,rfitch.,& Shep 100 Gt. North. 137 140 Shf.Roth.&Gol.E.,r.sp.c. 1811 6 Lan.& Yk —, Shrowsbry& Hereford all T Brassay 9i h , South Staffordshire .. all M'Clean . 101 11 Wear Valley, g. 6.p. c. all Stk.& Dar Do. do. - ursi,.. --a e -,...,,,,, inn n+ Trnat 01 03 Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West.' Wimbledon& Croydn. all L.&Brgtn DOCKS Share Dockg. it I Commercial lOO Stock Do 4 perCent.Pret .Min. 100 Stock East and West India lOO Stock Condon lOO Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock 'ontlinmpton lOO S t ock ictoria =0 o New l6 = 91 93 8 9 I Paid Closing 1 Busines s Price. Done. 91 90 881 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 1859. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Sharol Railways. ! Paid : C i l r o poe ing lhainneoss Atlantic &St Lawrence . 11 2 3 1® Leased at-6 per cent '"" " 18 Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd 134 d g, u. 5 per cent 18 Do all -- 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 5 d 18 Do. Do. B 45 1 d 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 6 7 201 Do. New 164 9 91 d 100 Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich 100 85 90 ( 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 -- 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 82 86 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 80 84 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3.0. par 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. par 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. -- 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 2 4 p 174 Demerara 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 4 4 d Stock East Indian, g - u. sp. c lOO - 10 2 103 102 4 32 4 20 Do. C Shares all - 20 Do. B Shares Ext l5 par 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 D0.41p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all - 20 G eelong& Mel. gua.s p. e. all 19 21 Sto. Geelong Corporation 6 1 100 per cent. Bonds ) Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 3 5 36 354 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 76 78 77 • 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref 20 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c all 1004 1011, 1014 20 Do. New, g, ua.s per cent 4 4 d par 34 20 Do. do 20 Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip j2s _ ( guaranteed 5 per cent. ) 201 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 16 161 15 201 Do. New 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76,with I all 103 105 ( ept. till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till 'GO all 103 105 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 103 105 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 98 100 20 Madras, guar., 4/ p. c. all 174 171 191 1 20 Do. do. 5 per cent, all 195 20 195 20 Do. 44 p. c. Extension l5 18 18/ 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c lO I d 91 20 Do. Fourth do. Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 Newßrunswick&Canda. 20 Ry.&Land(pm.)g.6pc Class ACapitl•Share Do. do. Land do .. 20 Do. do. B. Capital do lO --d Do. do. Land do • • w 1 NorthoflndiaTramroad ( Limited, Scrip 2s RO Oude (Limited) ' ss. 20 Scinde l5 1 d Ip, 20 Do. g all 191 201 20 Do. New lO 11 d part 95 20 Do. Punlaub _ce 5 5 d 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. ts,'" 10 Id -14, 91 20 St. Andrews & QuebecA 18 10 ,Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 id par FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 44 55 20 Ardennes all p 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 1 Id i 5 Belgian East. Junction all I 1 20 Beziers to Graissessaa. all • - 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail: all 2 21 1 20 Dutch Rhenish 6 Eastern of France all 244 251 20 Euphrates Valley 27. p 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs all 64 7 10 Italian Junction . • 20 Lake Constance & Bale all 20 Lierre and Turnhout all 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 1 11p 95 20 Lucca &Pi stoia, 5 p.c.pf all 20 Lyons and Geneva 331 Maria Antonia all 20 Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege all 81 8 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref all 20 20. 16 Northern of France 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 84 95 20 Ottoman, Ana. 6 per cent 7 - 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 33 335 20 Paris and Orleans all 50 62 Recife& S. Fran. (Pern.) 20 5 gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) 9 1 15 d 20 Riga and Dunaburg 4 10 Rome and Frascati 20 Royal Danish all 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse all 64 7 10 Do. 51 per cent. I'ref. 20 Southern of France 84 West Flanders all 51 6 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 21 22 20 Western of Austria 6 20 Western of Switzerlan all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand all BRITISH MINES. ;hare! Mines. Paid. \ Closing I Business Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) British Iron Condurrow (Camborne) Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) East Bassett (Illogan). Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Alfd.(Phißack) G. Wheal Vor (Helston) Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) Par Consols (St. Blaxy) Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) South C. Brea( Illogan). S Wheal Fran. (Mogan); Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co Tin Croft UnitedMines(Gwennap) Vale of Towev (Carm.) West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cal s.). . Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant), Wh'l MaryAnn(Metihe); 61'1 Trelawncy (Lisk.)l .2.11.10 6 7 2 3i 17s 11.18.8 9} 18s 6d si 7.9.4 1 nil. 1460 470 220 230 12 A 24 3i 74f 1 8 9 11 9 10 14 15 18.18.9 41 9 40 12s 6d 54 1.7.2 8 li ; 14 '.,24 250 2i 3 ,200. 210 2 21 4 li 2t 2'4 82 84 100 200 125 135 2 2 3 / 4 10 3 / 4 11 3 / 4 4(1 48 30 32 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim. lOs par S p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £sp.) 27 1 11 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 13 14 13 4 1 5 Do. Land and 31iningCo. all 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica ... d 40 Cobra Copper all 36 33 Coplapo l6 10 12 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 2 Fortuna 20 General all 23 25 3 Linares all 91 10 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 1 New Granada all 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 4 p 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 4 5 5 Port Philip 1 4 30 Santiago de Cuba 164 1 1 28.2.84 United Mexican all 2} 2 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. Paid. I Closing Business Prices. Done. Can.Gov.6p.c..Ta. & July 100 115 116 1154 16 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 113 115 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 114 N.B.G 0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 1111 1124 Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 —.— N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 103 104 ' NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1111 1124 S.Aus.Gt.6 pc...fan&July 100 1114 1124 Viet •Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 JOINT-STOCK BANKS, Share Joint-Stock Banks.. Paid ' C P lo riscein. g 1 Broti :.° 6 100 100 20.11 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßkl Australasia 67 69 Bank of Egypt Bank of London Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo British North American i Chtd. Bank of India, &c City Colonial Coin. Bank of Canada Commercial of London Eng., Scot. ' & Aus. Ch Gen. Bk. of Switzerland Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. London and County London Joint Stock London & Westminster Nat. Prov. of England Do. new rational Bank ew South Wales Orient. Jik. Corporation Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New South Australia . Do. Now 24i 25 45 47 Union of Australia. Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual Western Bk of London 63 65 32 33 871 18 19 15 16 221 23} 20 20i 70 71 23 I 32 f 491 20i 301 21i 20idl 54i 31 4 24i MISCELLAI%oEOUS. Share Dliszellanous. 1000 Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works Do New, issued at £5 dis British American Land Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 Do. C. Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg Do. Preference 74 per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Eng. & Amt. Cop. St.Ca Europ. &Ind.Junct.Tel Europ.&Arn.Stm.(Lim ) GLlron ScrewCol.(Lim Gen. Steam Navigation London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co Mediter. Electric Teleg Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) National Discount Co Netherlands Land Do do Do B p.c.Pref.,iss.at ldis N . ll r.&NovaScotiaLand N.B. Australasian (Lim.) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas - Do. New Shares Peel River Land & Min Pen. & Ori ental Steam ; Do. New . I Red Sea & nd T . * **c*** * ** Rhpnney Iron . - • Do. New Royal Ma * 5te:...... Mailm . SCOLAustrln.lnv.(Li m .) South Australian Land. Submarine Teleg. Scrip. I T D r o .i d L o n le o gi oo lTi p ed r. eau. v an Diemen's Land Stock) Stock' all all all 15s. all all Paid.' Closin g Zneiness done Price. 14 15 190 220 32 31 ai 31 34 36 38 19 21 14 15 125 130 9 10 241 11 21/ 51 102 104 1 i P * d 11 1 5 6 1 I 1 t 1 die par 21 3 83 85 13 14 p 2# 71 61 63 1124 125 37 38 144 4 15 144 9 11 1261 271 THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. LUDLOW RACES. (THIS DAY) OAKLEY STAKES. Dreadnought Daniel O'Rourke colt. HERBERT STAKES, Brandy Ball Target Toddy CORPORATION PLATE. Clonanthe Rip Van Winkle Cupid LUDLOW HANDICAP. Apollo Grillade TATTERSALLS'-(THIS EVENING.) Only a few members present and business at a standstill, the principal topic of conversationbeing the reported death of Sir Charles Monck. The rumour was generally dis credited in the City, and in the room a similar doubt pre vailed. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 9to 2 agst Harraton (taken) 25 to 1 agst Defender (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 7 agst Drogheda (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Belle (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4to 1 agst Promised Land (offered) DERBY. Bto 1 agst Promised Land (offered) 100 to 6 agst Musjid (taken) .1000 to 35 as Balnamoon (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Promsied Land winning ,_the Two Thousand, and Volcano the Derby (taken) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS EVENING). The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Earl of Albemarle presented a petition from Norwich in favourof the Thames Watermen and:Lightermen's Bill. SECOND READINGS The following bills were read a second time :—Banff and Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway, Formartin and Buchan Railway, Great Northern Railway, Great Western and Brentford Railway, London and North Western Rail way, and Wirral Railway. THIRD READINGS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Dublin and Drogheda Railway; London (City) Gas; Ulster, Wimbledon. and Dorking, and • Epsom and Leatherhead Railway ; Norwich (City) Water ; Falmouth Dock and Harbour Bill. EAST INDIA LOAN BILL. The Earl of DERBY rose to move the second reading of this bill, and he hardly thought the house would wish him to go over the statement he had made to the house the other evening upon the question of Indian finance. Their lordships would understand that in asking their assent to this bill he was merely asking for a grant on account. In reference to the subject of the military successes in India, he would take this opportunity of stating that on Monday next he should move a vote of thanks, in the usual form, to the Governor-General, and to the army in India ; and, with respect to the subject of a day of thanks giving, he had to inform their lordships that it was the in tention of her Majesty to issue a command to the right rev. Primate directing him to prepare a suitable prayer of thanks giving to Almighty God, in gratitude for the signal blessing conferred during the outbreak in India. With regard to the subject of railways mentioned the other evening, their lordships were no doubt aware that under the existing system, the Government guaranteed a certain return upon the expenditure of capital in their construction. When the profits reached 5 per cent. half were handed to Government to liquidate advances made, and the other half distributed amongst the shareholders. With reference to the question that had been addressed to him as to the steps taking to reduce the military expenditure, he had to inform the house that, although the military expenses were of an exceptional character, he was fully sensible of the importance of reducing the military expenses. (Hear, hear.) The forces at present in India, of all arms, amounted to about 112,000 Europeans and 320,000 native troops, in cluding the police, and at this moment the number of native troops, including police, exceeded by 50,000 the whole num ber of native troops az our disposal at the commencement of the mutiny. As the mutiny had been brought to a termination, instructions had been sent out to the Gover nor-General to effect as large a reduction as possible in native troops—(hear, hear)—especially in the newly raised levies, but, as a natural consequence, the reduction would be but.slow and gradual. There were at present in India 85 of her Majesty's regiments, but the Governor- General had intimated his intention of returning 10 regi ments of the lino to this country in the course of the present year. The principal departments in which the reduction was at pres out taking place were the commissariat department and the conveyance of troops. (Hear, hear.) The time was now ft st approachir.g when it became abso lutely necessary to aittle the permanent peace establishment in India. In the fiLst place, it would be absolutely neces sary to ascertain the actual force essential to maintain tran quillity in India. It would be important to know what pro portion might be safely maintained between European and native troops in the permanent military establishment in India, but, at the same time, it would be necessary to remember that, for a long time after the mutiny was sup pressed, it would be prudent to keep a European force suf ficiently strong to ensure the supremacy of the British Crown. Before he resumed his seat he could assure the noble earl opposite (Grey), that the Governor-General was sen sibly alive to the great importance of speedily curtailing the military expenses. In making his observations on tho different subjects he trusted he had touched upon every point that called for remark, but, in the event of his not having done so, he should be happy to give any informa tion that might be required by noble lords opposite. The noble earl resumed his seat by formally moving the second reading of the bill. The Duke of ARGYLE hoped that in the future settle ment of the question of Indian finance a sound and mate rial basis would be decided upon, but at the present time there were certain questions which it was of the utmost importance that all parties should arrive at a satisfactory understanding. He wished to know whe ther it was true or not that the British Exchequer was liable for the debt that had been contracted for the sup pression of the mutiny. He was frilly convinced of the vast resources of Hindostan, and that they would in course of time yield support to liquidate all the the immense outlay, but that circumstance would not justify a profuse and extravagant expenditure being main tained. [LEFT SPEARING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—(TIM EVENING). The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third tine and passed : Great Western Railway, North British and Selkirk and Galashiels Railway Companies, and Tyne Improvement (verbal amendment to be proposed). The following bills were considered and ordered for third reading :—Portsmouth and London and South Western Railway Companies; South Wales, Pembroke, and Tenby Junction Railway ; Wear Navigation and Sunderland Docks ; Hereford and Brecon Railway ; and Lymiugton Railway. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against any alteration in the hop duty ; the continuance of the present ecclesiastical courts in Ireland ; and the endowed schools bill. STATE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Lord PALMERSTON gave notice tbat, on the motion for adjournment to-morrow, he would make some ob servations on the present state of our foreign relations, and ask the Government to state, if they could do so consistently with the public service, in what position this country stood with regard to the discussion that was going on at Paris. (Hear, hear.) IMPRISONMENT OF COUNTY COURT DEBTORS. Mr. B. HUGHES asked the Attorney-General what steps (if any) had been taken to prevent the practice of im prisoning debtors who were confined under judgments of County Courts in a remand ward ; and if any incon venience would arise by making the rule applicable to fraudulent debtors, and not to mere cases of contempt for non-payment. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that since the ques tion was brought before the house the other evening he had looked into the act bearing on the subject, and he found it was provided that County Court debtors were not to be ha prisoned except it had been proved that they were guilty of fraudulent practices. However, a power was vested in the countycourtjudges to commit debtors if they did not give satis factory answers to questions that might be asked of them, The subject was being inquired into, and if it was found that the judges, in the exorcise of their power, had acted improperly, an alteration in the law would be proposed. TENANTS COMPENSATION (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. GREER asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, whether the proposed Tenants Compensation Bill for Ire land would be laid on the table of the house before the pro rogation of Parliament; and also whether he had obtained any explanation with regard to the eviction of the Rev. Dr. O'Fay ? Lord NAAS said that two bills on the subject were pre pared, but it could not be expected that they would be laid on the table during the present Parliament ; but imme diately after the meeting of next Parliament they would be introduced. A letter had been received from the rev. wen tleman alluded to, in which he stated that he had received no communication to the effect that the eviction which was apprehended would be carried out. In reply to Mr. J. D. FITZGERALD, Lord NAAS said that the bills would be much the same as those which had been previous!y introduced. He could not then state in what particulars they would differ from them. ECCLESIASTICAL REGISTRATION BILL. In reply to Mr. LEFROY, Lord NAAS said it was not intended to proceed with this bill at present. MANOR COURTS, &c. (IRELAND) BILL. The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to, and the bill was ordered for third reading. SUPPLY. The report of supply was brought up. On the resolution for a vote of £2,000,000 for Exchequer bonds, Sir G. C, LEWIS asked some questions in reference to the same, , The CHANCELLOR .of the EXCHEQUER said it was his intention to have made a financial statement to the house on Monday next, but, of course, from what:had oc curred, it could not be expected that be would do so. With reference to the particular item of 2,000,009 Exchequer bonds, arrangements had been made, and it was his inten- BELFAST SECRET SOCIETIES. (BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) BELFAST, THURSDAY. The Belfast Mercury says the jury were dis charged, as there was no probabiliy of their agreeing, allowing the prisoners to stand out till next assizes on renewing their bail. Crown business of assizes finished. LA TV INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) SECONDARIES' COURT. (Before' Mr. Potter and a Jury.) FISKE V. DANIELS-DAMAGES £720. This was an action to recover £4,000, the value of four bills of exchange, including interest. Mr. Brandt, instructed by Mr. Holt, appeared for the plaintiff, who is a widow lady ; and Mr. Capreol, of Gray's - appeared for the defendant. It appeared from a long examination, that in the year 1850 Mrs. Fiske discovered amongst the effects of her de ceased husband four bills of exchange for £2,984, accepted by Major Cartwright in May, 1847. Defendant was intro duced to her in August, Itis ), and entrusted with the bills. He was instructed to obtain the value, or something. Nothing satisfactory was heard till 1855, and the defendant admitted that he had received £3OO (it was believed he ad mitted £600) on account. As no money could be obtained from him the present action was brought. Defendant was not authorised to apply the bill to his own purposes. Upon being expostulated with he said he had handed them to his brother, to whom he was indebted. Defendant's brother was called, and said he had received the bills from defendant in 1853. His brother paid him about £1,200 at the time, but he did not take the bills as security for that debt. They had outran and were value less, but better than nothing. Defendant had had some money since the £1,200 which was due upon his bank ruptcy, and requiring a further advance he pressed witness to accept the bills. In 1855 witness, through the instrumentality of defendant, and a Mr. Bunardy re ceived £6OO from Rickards, scl:citor to the Cartwright family. Witness paid Bunardy no commission. That was paid by.Rickards. Witness paid defendant £456 10s. on account of the £6OO, and applied £143 10s. to the liquidation of his claim on defendant. Mr. Rickards said defendant brought him the bills in 1852, and said he had discounted them. Witness did not negotiate with him. Witness paid Mr. Nathaniel Daniels, the witness, £660 for the bills, and that person paid £6O as commission to Bunardy. At least that sum was paid in Mr. Daniels's presence. Mr. Capreol contended for defendant that as that person had been put to considerable trouble and expense, it was useless to say he was not to have remuneration. The bills were not worth £t,ooo, and it was in the evidence that only aoo had been obtained for them. It remained for the jury to say what sum they considered the plaintiff was en titled to. The learned Secondary summed up, and pointed out that Bunardy had been paid commission, which did not appear to have been earned by defendant. The jury found for plaintiff—damages £720. POLICE lIrTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DA E) MARLBOROUGH. STREET. PLATE ROBBERY AT WILLIS'S ROOMS.—John Saun ders, a respectable-looking man, a waiter, was charged with stealing twenty plated forks, of the value of £lO, the pro perty of Messrs. Frederick and Charles Willis, Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's. From the evidence of Stephen Mowbray Payne, manager of the rooms, it appeared that dinner having taken place at the rooms, at which the Duke of Cambridge was in the chair, the prisoner was employed as an extra waiter, and that in the course of the evening his (Payne's) attention was called by the cellarman to the fact that a quantity of table forks wrapped in brown paper were lying in the cellar covered with loose straw. He then spoke to a constable, and told him to watch near the spot, and when the person came to take them to take him into custody. Peskett, 143 C, said that having been spoken to by the last witness he placed himself in a position to see who came into the cellar, and about a quaiter-past 12 he saw the prisoner come along, and just before he got to where the forks were lying noticed him stop and listen, and then stoop and pick up the forks and put them in his coat pocket. He (Peskett) then stepped forward and asked what he had got, when be replied "that it was all right ;" but on telling him that would not do, he took the forks from his pocket aird laid them on a tub. The prisoner said the forks not being taken out of the house he did not see how it could be called a robbery. There was plate lying about in all parts of the house, and if he had wanted to take any he could have taken more valuable property. He had mver had a blemish on his character, and had been employed at the Mansion House, the London Tavern, and other plates. He had merely taken up the forks to take them to the first witness, having found them in the cellar. Committed for trial. sention to pay off the whole deficiency, not to renew thos bonds, or to borrow rconey for that pines°. The other resolutions were agreed to, and the houie went into committee of supply. Several items in the Navy Estimates were agreed to. On the motion of £150,000 for army clothing, Mr. 'WILLIAMS complained of the amount expended on the clothing of the Guards. General PEEL thought that no one could justly com plain of the amount expended on soldiers' clothing, when it did not exceed £2 15s. a man. The vote was ultimately agreed to. Several of the army estimates were also agreed to. Lord PALMERSTON inquired whether any trials had been made to test the applicability of Mallet's mortar to ordnance purposes ? Gen. PEEL said that several experiments had been made at an expense of £13,000, and by the advice of the Board of Ordnance these experiments would be discon tinued. On the supplemental vote of V 30,000 for ordnance al Woolwich, some discussion ensued. _ _ Lord STANLEY said there appeared to be some misap prehension with regard to sending out artillery to India.. A large portion of the native artillery at Bengal had mu. tinied, and it was necessary to fill up the deficiency caused by their defection. Lord Canning stated the amount of artillery which he thought would have been required at the time of his writing, and if there was one point more than another on which mili tary men wore agreed, it was as to the advisability of having an efficient number of English artillery in India. At the time when the troops were required, it was impossible to say how long the mutiny would have continued, and the number of the artillery to be sent out would be reduced to one-half the amount originally proposed, in consequence of the altered state of affairs in India. Sir DE LACY EVANS said their appeared to be a great desire on the part of some persons to replace the native army in India by English soldiers, a course which he considered most impolitic. The vote was agreed to. (LEFT SITTING.) THAMES. TILE NEW TRAMWAY IN TILE COMMERCIAL-ROAD. — Twenty men in the employ of Messrs. Mowlem, Burt, and Freeman, the paviours, came before Mr. Elliott, and their spokesman, John Hilton, said that he and his mates had been employed by Mowlem, Burt, and Freeman, in laying down a new stone tramway in the Commercial-road. The wages'paid to them were very low indeed, and finding that they could not earn sufficient to maintain theinselves and families they spoke to the foreman about it last night, and to one of the principals this morning and requested an advance. Their demand was refused, and the principal said they might go about their business and measured up the work they had done, but refused to pay them for it. They had been waiting about the locality of that court since daybreak, and the masters would not inform them whether they were to be paid in Lime house, at the counting-house, or upon the road. Mr. Elliott—You have been engaged on piece-work ? Hilton—Yes, sir, we have. Mr. Elliott—Then you must sue your employers in the County Court. Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, said he had already advised the men that their only remedy was in the County Court. ROBBERY IN LIISIEROLTSE DOCIIYARD.—WiIIiam Wil liams, a shipwright in the employ of Messrs. Young, Son, and Magnay, the extensive shipbuilders, of Limehouse Dockyard, was brought before Mr. Elliott, charged with stealing Blbs. of composition nails. The prisoner was seen to enter a marine store shop yes terday evening, by Moses Nicholls, a polce-constable, 97 K, who saw him put into a scale a handkerchief containing n lbs. of composition nails. The prisoner said he was selling them for another man. Mr. Charles Taylor, time-keeper, and Samuel Cole, store keeper, said that their employers, Young, Son, and Mag nay, had contracted to copper a ship, and there were 14 or 15 cwt. of composition nails used in the process. The nails were lying about the dockyard in all directions, and a great many had been stolen. A marine store dealer, named Stewart, of Broad-street, Ratcliff, received 27 lbs. of Messrs. Young, Son, and Mag nay's nails, and was sentenced to two months' imprison ment on Monday last. The prisoner was in the employ of Messrs. Young, Son, and Magnay up to yesterday evening. The prisoner, in defence, said a man gave him a glass of gin to sell the nails. Mr. Elliott sentenced the prisoner to one month's im prisonment and hard labour. LITERARYIiiTITUTIONS. A return of the names and localities of all the literary, scientific, and artistic institutions which have obtained from the certifying bar rister, or from the Lord-Advocate, certificates of exemp tion from local rates, under the Act 6 and 7 Victoria. cap. 36, has been printed on the motion of Mr. Cowper, M.P. The list of the institutions fills a space of nine pages. FALL OF A CHURCH TOWER.—On Sunday morning, at eight o'clock, the tower of the parish church of Basford, near Nottingham. fell with a fearful crash, bury ing with it a portion of the edifice. The church had for the past two years been undergoing restoration, and was so far completed as to warrant the committee in announcing its completion by May next. The tower was of a very ancient date and much decayed. The damage is great, being esti mated at £2,000. The parish is lame and by no means wealthy, and considerable difficulty had b been experienced in raising the finds for the restoration of the church. THE .730. ROUGE OF 3fARYLEBONE. It is not expected that there will be any contest, or even the rumour of a contest, at the coming election for the borough of Marylebone. It would, indeed, be surprising if there were. Sir Benjamin Hall's address to his constituents is excellent so far as it goes ; but, unlike most othor candidates who have zealously and successfully served their con stituents, he does not do justice to himself. For nearly a quarter of a century the right hon. gen tleman has discharged the duties of representative of the greatest borough in the world, with an assiduity and ability to which it would be dif ficult to find a parallel. Such services as he has rendered the numerous and intelligent constituency he represents, cannot be too highly appreciated ; and it is due to the electors of Marylebone to say, that they are deeply sensible of his services. Never were the local interests of any constituent body better at tended to, or more efficiently promoted, than have been those of the electors of Marylebone by Sir Benjamin Hall ; and they, in return, have practi cally expressed their appreciation of these services by re-electing him without opposition for a period. of 22 years. Mr. James, the newly-elected mem ber, has made an auspicious commencement of his senatorial career—a commencement which, we foe' assured, will be fully borne out by the hon. and learned gentleman's subsequent conduct in the house. The electors of Marylebone may therefore well congratulate themselves on having two such representatives. We were gratified to see them both vote the other night in favour of the ballot— the more especially as there were so many other deserters from the cause of secret voting on the occasion.—Advertiser.—EWe cordially subscribe to the above.—En. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SHREWSBURY SPRING RACES—WEDNEsnAr. The Shropshire Sweepstakes (Handicap) of 10 sous. each, 5 ft., with 30 added. Certain allowances and penalties. The second to save his stake. About a mile and a quarter. Mr. Evans's Misty Morn, by. Weathergage, 4 yrs, Bst. 111 b. (Plumb) 1 Mr. Hopkins's Grillade, aged, 9st. Mr. Cliff's Nosegay, 3 yrs, 7st. 31b. (Pritchard) 3 Betting—Even agst Misty Morn-5 to 4 agst Nosegay. Won by half a length ; Nosegay, who ran out at the last turn, was a bad third. The Corporation Plate (Handicap) of 5 sovs, each, with a handsome Plate, value £25, added. The second to save his stake. Six furlongs. 10 subs. Mr. Hull's Clemanthe, by Woolwich, 3 yrs, 6st. 51b. (Pritchard) 1 Mr. Capel's Welham, aged, Bst. 51b. (Ducker) 2 Mr. Gulliver's Artist,' 3 yrs, 7st. 21b..... (Stevens, jun.) 3 Mr. Pistol"' s Windfall, 3 yrs, sst. 91b. (Grimshaw) 4 Betting-2 to lon Clemanthe, who won by thre- , lengths ; two lengths between the second and third; bad fourth. The lot broke away together before the flag fell and ran some distance before Grimshaw, the rider of Windfall, who was in front, could get a pull at his mare, she then bolted away to the left, taking Welham and Artist with her, and Clemanthe bolted the contrary way. The Queen's Pate of 100 guineas; three-yr-olds, 7st 21b; four, 9st 21b ; five, 9st 121 b ; six and aged, lOst 21b. Three miles. Mr. S. Williams's Tournament 5 yrs, 9st 121 b (Forclham) 1 Mr. Shelley's Lifeboat, 4 yrs, 9st 21b (Withington) 2 Mr. Harle's Clara Webster, 3 yrs, ist 21b.... (Pritchard) 3 Mr. Copeland's Thornhill, 6 yrs, 9st 21b (Knott) 0 Betting-2 to lon Lifeboat, sto 2 agst Tournament. A fine race from below the distance ; won by half a length ; about six lengths between the second and third; Thornhill did not pass the post. The Acton Burnel Handicap Plate, of 50 sovs. One mile. Mr. Henry's Target, 4 yrs, Gst (car. Gst 11b).... (James) 1 Mr. Hopkins' Grillado, 6 yrs, 6st 91b (Hibbard) 2 Mr. Wadlow's Brandy Ball, 3 yrs, sst 131 b ..(Challoner) 3 The following also ran ,—Queen of the South, Mathe matics, and Kestrel. Mr. Henry declared to win with Target. Betting-6 to 4 agst Target, 2to 1 agst Brandy Ball, 7 to 2 agst Grillade. Won by a neck ; a neck only between the second and third ; a length between the third and fourth. The Hawstone Cup (Handicap) value 100 sovs, by sub scription of 10 sovs each. One mile and a half. Mr. Barber's Prince of Orange, by Van Tromp, 6 yrs, 6st 91b (J. Snowden) 1 Mr. J. Dawson's Broadlands, 4 yrs, Est 81b (Johnson) 2 Mr. S. 'Williams's York, 5 yrs, Est 1:1b (Hibbard) 3 Mr. Shelley's Topsail, 3 yrs, 4st 71b. (car. 4st. 121 b) (Grimshaw) 4 Betting-3 to 4 agst Broadlands, 2to 1 agst Prince of Orange, and 3 to 1 agst York. Won by a length ; same distance between second and third ; bad fourth. The Salop Cup of 5 soya each, with a Cup, value £3O. The second to save his stake. One mile. Mr. Eastwood's Griffin, by Augur, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (J. Snowden) 1 Mr. Wad low's Brandy Ball, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (in. 71b ex.) . Snowen) 2 Mr. Hall's L ass o f Ri c h mon d Hill, 4 y (L rs d , 7st 81b (Pritchard) 3 The following also ran :—Liveryman, Schism, and Heir et Law. Betting-6 to 4 agst Lass of Richmond Hill, 3to 1 each agst Griffin and Brandy Ball. Won by a length; two lengths between the second and ;hind; bad fourth. The Free Handicap Steeplechase of 5 sous each, with 40 added, The second to save his stake, About four miles. Mr. Capel's Anatis, aged, 10st. 61b (G. Stevens) 1 Mr. Land's Theodine, aged, lOst 31b (J Land) 0 Mr. Sorel's Boadicea, aged, 9st 131 b (It. Sly, jun.) 0 Betting— 6 to 4 on Anatis, who came in alone ; Theodine having refused, ana. Boadicea fallen. THIS DAYS MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 40s 8d; barley, 33s 10d; oats, 23s 4d; rye, 33s 2d ; beaus, 41s 4d ; and peas, 38s 2d. THE SIX: WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 40s 4d ; barley, 34s Id ; oats, 23s 2d ; rye, 32s 4d ; beans, 41s 4d ; peas, 40s Od: ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LA.ST WEEK.—Wheat, 109,683; barley, 44,819 ; oats, 9,706 ; rye, 67; beans, 3,368; peas, 376 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Notwithstanding that only a limited supply of beasts was on offer here to-day, the beef trade ruled heavy, at a decline in the quotations, compared with Monday, of from 2d to 4d per 8 lbs, the top figure being 4s Bd. We /had a very dull sale for sheep, the show of which was only moderate, at 2d to 4d per 8 lbs less money. The extreme value of Downs was 5s Bd. Prime lambs sold steadily, at full quotations, otherwise the lamb trade was very inactive, at 2d per 8 lbs decline. We had a slow inquiry for calves, nevertheless prices were supported. Pigs and mulch cows were very dull, and lower to sell. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. s d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 2 3 6 Second qualitydo. 3 8 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4#4 Prime Scots, &c. 4 6 4 8 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 2 Second quality do. 4 4 4 6 Lambs, .5s Suckling calves, 18s to 21s 18s to 20s. TOTAL SUPPLY. s. d. s. d. Prime crs-wool do. 4 8 5 2 Pmo. S'thdowndo. 5 4 5 8 Large crse. calves 3 10 4 8 Prime small do 4 10 5 6 Large hogs 3 3 3 6 Small porkers 3 8 4 0 2d to 6s Bd. ; and quarter-old store pigs, Beasts ' 769 Sheep Calves Pigs FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 7O Sheep Calves 5O Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The trade continues very inactive, as follows:—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 4d; mut • ton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; pork, 3s 2d to 4s 4d per 81bs. by the carcase. SOUTIIALL, April 6.—The supplies of stock were on the moderate, and the trade generally ruled inactvie, at sta tionary prices : 1 Beef, from 3s 8d to 4s 10d • mutton, 4s Od to 5s 8d ; lamb, o s 6d t o 6 s Gd ; vea l, 4 s Od to Ss 2d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 2d per 81bs. to sink the offal. ROMFORD, April G.—Prime beasts, sheep, and. calves cold steadily, at full quotations ; otherwise the trade ruled steady, and prices were rather lower :--Beef, from 31 6d to 4s 10d; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 10d ; lamb, 58 6d to Os 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s 4d ; pork, 3s 6d to 4s Od per 81bs; milchcews, £0 Os to £0 Os each ; suckling calves, —s to —s; quarter old store pigs, 18s to 22s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 8s ; clover, do., £4 5s to £5 ss; and straw, £1 4s to £1 8s per load. A slow trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 16s to £4 lOs ; clover do., £4 4s to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 Os por lead. Trade rather dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 8s ; clover do., £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 4s to X 1 8s pelt. load. Trade dull. COAL MARI (Prices of Coal per Ton a a. d. ET-APRIL 6. the close of the market.) Walls End. c. d. Riddell ..13 6 Whitworth Haswell Kell(ie Tees West Hetton... ..16 3 Shineliffe 15 3 South Hart1ep001........16 0 Harton ..... Eden Main ........ 15 6 Heugh . . Poweir s Duftyn. Slow n2l 0 55—Sold, 32. Byass's Bebside West Hartley l5 0 Tanfield Moor Butes..ll 3 Ward's West Hartley .14 0 Davison's West Hart- _ _ ley -- l6 0 Lambert's West Hart -14 9 ley Holywell 13 9 Wylam 14 0 Walls End. • Braddyll's Hetton 15 61 Ships at market; ROME, March 29.—A grand entertainment has been given here by the Ambassador of France to the Prince of Wales, Queen Christina, the Duke George of Mt ickka burg, and all the Roman. Princes, and the Eng di per sons of.distinction who were a ll p resente d i n the i r turn to the Prince of Wales by the Duchess de Grammont . The conduct, manners, demeanour, and good tact of the Prince gave - :4niversal satisfaction. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. — (YESTERDAY.) The SrzAKEI took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were considered, and ordered for third reading :—Hertford, Luton, and Dunstable Railway; Kingston-upon-Thames Gas; and Tweed Fisheries. Price's Patent Candle Company, and Trinity House of Leith Bills were read a second time. The report of the committee upon the Indian and Aus tralian Telegraph Company (No. 2) (Agreements, &c.) was received, and the resolution was agreed to. Mr. C. FORSTER moved that the Dundee and New tyle Railway Bill be recommitted to the former committee, with leave to the committee to sit and proceed on Thursday next.—Agreed to. Mr. FITZROY moved the following resolution : " That in case the committee on any private bill, or group of such bills, shall report their opinion to the house that any bill or bills not yet considered by them should not be entered upon, or that the consideration of any bill already partly considered should not be proceeded with, all further proceedings upon such bills shall be suspended during the present session." —Agreed to. Mr. FITZROY then moved to repeal standing order 169, and to move the following order in lieu thereof :—" There shall not be less than three clear days, nor more than seven, between the first and second reading of any private bill, unless any such bill have been referred to the examiners of petitions for private bills, in which case the bill shall not be read a second time later than seven clear days after the re port of the examiner, or of the select committee on standing orders, as the case may be." The'motion was agreed to. ' NEWSPAPERS. Mr. AYRTON presented a petition from the Association for the Repeal of Taxes on Knowledge, in favour of the bill before the house for the abolition of the registration of newspapers. SUPPLY. THE DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS. The question having been put that the Speaker should leave the chair in order that the house might go into Com mittee of Supply, Lord PALMERSTON rose and said—l wish, sir, to take this opportunity of making a personal explanation, rendered necessary by something that was said with respect to my conduct—where and by whom I am not according to the rules of the house at liberty to specify, but it is sufficient to say, by a person whose authority in this country is consi derable—(hear, hear)—not longer ago than on Monday last. I have been accused of unconstitutional conduct in ques tioning the prerogative of the Queen to dissolve Parliament when her advisers may think fit, and upon whatever sub ject they may deem it right to dissolve. Now, sir, I never said anything that could bear that construction. (Hear, hear.) No man in his senses who knows anything of the British constitution can question the prerogative of the Crown, upon the advice of responsible Ministers—because the Crown can exercise no part of its prerogative except by the advice of responsible Ministers—to dissolve Parlia ment at any period of the year, or in any state whatever of public business. But there happens to be conditions of public business in this house at certain periods of the ses sion at which that advice could not be given or acted upon without throwing all the transactions, business, and ser vices of the country into utter confusion. While the sup plies are not all voted, while no Appropriation Act has been passed, and while no financial statement has been made, it is obvious that the advisers of the Crown cannot without great inconvenience to the public service recom mend the Sovereign to dissolve Parliament, and carry that recommendstion into effect, unless the House of Commons makes itself a party to the transaction, accelerates its proceeuings, and concurs in the temporary expedients which are necessary in order to place the public busi ness in a position in which a dissolution would not be attended with inconvenience to the interests of the country. That is exactly the state of things in which we are now, and what I said upon a former occasion was that the advisers of the Crown could not obtain a dissolution of Parliament at the present moment without the consent and concurrence of this house. What is the other course which might have been pursued? The House of Commons might have said,—" We will not be parties to these temporary expedients ; bring in all your estimates, we are ready to discuss them ; we do not mean to refuse the supplies ; bring in your Appropriation Act at the proper time; go through the business of the session, andwhenit has arrived at that point at which a dissolution is practicable without interference with the public interests, of course you will then exercise with the permission of the Sovereign the prerogative of the Crown." What I meant to imply was, that during that delay it was possible that this house might interpose other measures—that they might address the Crown, praying that it would neither dissolve nor prorogue Parliament until the house had had the opportunity of con sidering another Reform Bill, to be presented by the Go vernment. They might have gone a step further, and, pend ing the course of public business, have addressed the Crown to dismiss the present Ministers. All these would have been perfectly constitutional proceedings, and therefore I utterly repudiate the charge that anything which I said, that any doctrine which I held, was in the slightest degree repug nant to the prerogative of the Crown, or in any degree whatever contrary to the fundamental and practical prin ciples of the British constitution. This house has not thought fit to adopt any of the courses to which I have just referred. I certainly should not have advised it to do so. I think it far better that we should accept the challenge of her Majesty's Ministers, and appeal to the sense of the people ; and I feel perfectly confident as to the answer which will be given to that challenge. (Cheers.) There is another point of far less importance to which also I wish to advert while I am upon my legs. My noble friend the member for the city of London and myself entirely concurred in the resolution which he felt it his duty to propose; and that perfect concurrence and identity of opinion being generally known, many persons suppose that there is the same per fect identity of opinion between us in regard to that general sketch or outline of a Reform Bill which my noble friend gave us a few nights ago. I would only say that I entirely concur with him in the principles upon which that outline is founded—viz., the reduction of the county franchise, the reduction of the borough franchise, and the transfer of seats ; but, with regard to the particular limits to which in his sketch he suggested that those principles should be car ried, I retain the opinions which I have expressed upon former occasions. (Hear, hear.) Sir J. PAKINGTON—I cannot allow the statement of the noble lord to pass altogether unnoticed. What he has said refers to the language held in another place by a per son whom the noble viscount says holds a very high posi tion in this country. Of course there can be no misunder standing on the part of the house to whom the noble vis count refers, and, therefore, I think it my duty to say, so far as I am aware, what was the language of the person to whom the noble viscount alludes. lam not of opinion that that language is at all open to the criticism which the noble lord has passed upon it ; but the noble lord must bear in mind that the language so attributed to a noble earl in another place was held by myself in this house,—not, of course, in exactly identical terms, but certainly in terms of a very similar nature. lam very glad that the noble lord has offered this explanation ; but I must repeat that which I ventured to express on a former day, that in my humble opinion the language of the noble lord on the occasion re ferred to was not consistent with respect to the Crown, and certainly did tend, as far as it was possible for the language of a statesman in this house to tend, t 3 call in question the prerogative of the Crown in regard to the dissolution of Parliament. (Hear, hear.) I ani in the recollection of those who heard what the language of the noble lord was, and certainly if it tended to anything it tended to a direct threat that, in the event of any attempt by the Crown to exercise the prerogative of dissolution, the noble lord and those who acted with him would refuse these sup plies—(hear, hear)—without which it would be impbe sible, or, at all events, very inconvenient, that her Majesty should be advised to dissolve Parliament. I think there is no man in this house who was not struck by the marked contrast between the language of the noble lord on the occasion to which I have referred, and that which he used on Monday evening last in answer to the statement of my right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that her Majesty's Ministers had recommended the dissolution of Parliament. The two speeches were as directly contrasted one with the other as it was possible for two speeches to be. When the noble lord used that threatening language I was surprised that he did not bear in mind the circumstances which attended his adoption of a precisely similar coursot s ln li y s m language opinion, two years ago. The only difference is that then the defeat of the Government took place at the beginning of the month of March, and now it has occurred at the beginning of the month of April. The Government of the noble lord was defeated, a vote of censure was passed by this house, and the noble lord and his colleagues had the same option which her Majesty's present advisers have had, either to tender their resignations or to recommend the exercise of the prerogative of dissolution. The noble lord advised the dissolution of Parliament, and I beg to remind him that ho was met by the Opposition with no effort to withhold the supplies. On n u t r o a b r l y e , lordt h e O in ppo ti lt ted ion o o f a th : t: l t o d n a d v ay too n k igh th t e th w ar s hi h a the n a n p oblp should now pursue of affording every facility for whi cthhethcoe to the people. That was not the language lord held upon a previous occasion. their was threatening. I repeat it was, in disre spectful to the Crown. (Oh, oh I) If. it meant an - thing the exercise of the thing it threatened an attempt to impede prerogative. lam exceedingly glad that the noble lord h as different seen fit to alter his tone, an d to hold language. The noble lord says that he is not apprehensioe of the result of the appeal to the Teeple ; to that I can only reply, that her Majesty's Government regard that a pp ea l w i t h equal confidence. (Hear, bear.) Sir G. GREY — I do not suppose that any member of this house would suggest a doubt of its being within the prerogative of the Crown to dissolve Parliament, but when the right hon. baronet says that it is disrespectful to the Crown to suggest that the House of Commons will inter fere between the advice of the responsible Government, upon which alone the Crown dissolves Parliament, and a disso lution, he is, I think, sacrificing the rights of the house in a manner which ought not to pass without some comment. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. baronet must be aware that it is the constitutional privilege of this house to address the Crown upon matters of public policy and importance ; and if, in the opinion of this house, great public inconvenience, great injury to the domestic interests of this country, as well as great risk to the peace of Europe, as was suggested by members of the Government, were likely to result from the dissolution of Parliament, it might have been the im perative duty of this house to take steps to interpose their advice between that tendered to her Majesty by her resssm • sible Ministers and the act which was to follow it—viz., the dissolution of Parliament. My noble friend suggested that it was not in the power of the Government to dictate what it was intimated that they intended to recommnd— an immediate dissolution ; and he only reminded the house that there wore certain acts which ought to be done, and which must be done, before a dissolution took place, which rendered an immediate dissolution impossible, and that it was only by the concurrence of this house, by its giving which the necessary facilities, that the advice give lnt: ' Government might feel it their duty t o the Sovereign could be acted upon. T h e Government hay ing recommended to the Sovereign an immediate dissolution and I think that have done it upon their own responsibility, mynoble friend and those who ac t with him—l think that the majority of this house have acted wisely and judiciously in leaving the responsibility of that course exclusively upon 1141 114 63 4 102 i