The Sun. — London, England, 1860-03-24 00:00:00

-RONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocic. Some import an t c h ange s are shown in the Bank , England return completed to the 14th March. T here has b een a s li g h t a dditi on t o the stock of b ullion, and also to the reserve of notes. The late arrival s of gold from Australia and the United States have been sufficient to satisfy the demand for export t o th e C on ti nen t, and no with alltwels have consequently taken place. The the deposits, as usual at this period of h „ Year, through the payments on revenue T ce°ll nt have been augmented by upwards of a mil the sterling, w hil e th ere is a slight diminution in t `ue private dep os it s . The other securities, owing ° the increased demand for money, show an in crease of about three quarters of a million, and the ac tive circulation has been slightly contracted. The (2ther it ems of the balance-s h eet an d t h e c h anges the y present are shown in the subjoined table : Active Circulation .. £20,342,730 Decrease .. .. • • 163,275 Bullion 15,376,374 Increase .. • • • • 76,494 Itest .. 3,740,163 .• •• •• Increase .. .. • • • ' 7,930 Public Deposits 10,362,543 1,091;205 .. 12,932,920 • • 97,920 • • 717,041 1,964 .. 10,221,190 No alteration. Other Securities .. .. 22,575,833 Increase .. .• • • • • 759,482 Notes 'Unemployed 8,719,705 Increase .. 178,095 In the Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, rather less activity prevailed, but prices exhibited no change of importance. The sales were estimated at 8,000 bales. Increase .. Other Deposits Decrease .. Seven Day and other Bills .. Decrease .. • • Government Securities . . The F ore ign exchanges yesterday afternoon ex hibited a slight advance in the rates on Amsterdam Mid Hamburgh. Continued activity and firmness are reported in the discount market. The official returns relating to trade and naviga tion for the two months ending the 29th of Feb . y, 1860, have been published. The total de ed value of the exports from the United King ti °l ll have been £20,088,437, against £19,207,56 6 i tile like period of 1859, showing an increase of 880 )871. There has also been a steady increase iu the importation of most of the principal articles. The shipping accounts exhibit an increase in the to nnage employed in the foreign trade of the 'llited Kingdom, for both the entries inwards and t he clearances outwards ; and in the coasting trade 4180 a considerable increase is apparent in the ton nage employed both inwards and outs ards. Since Monday last the imports of specie hav e den about £414,115, and the exports £318,013, qolusive of the following shipments direct from London to the Continent during the week ending Thursday last :—Gold coin : Boulogne, 110 ozs. ; „Us, do., 6,500; bars, Belgium, 1 , 500 ; silver coin : Boulogne, 3,800. The market for English Securities to-day has "Ilea very quiet, but the quotations have shown con tinued steadiness, Consols being 941 4 for money, tt nd 94/ for the account. The transactions, both te al and speculative, are very limited. India 81 Per Cent. Enlaced Paper is steady at 105 ; ditto D ebentures are 971 ; and the Bonds par; Exche 44er Bills remain at 16s. to 19s. prem. In the Foreign Market business is moderately ketive, and prices are steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 794 to 80 ; ditto New, 621 to 634 ; Sardinian t6 ltains at 83k; Mexican at 212 ; Brazilian 5 per C ents. to 1028 ; Spanish Passive are flat at 141 ; etch 21 per Cents. at 651, but the 4 per Cents. are steady at 102. The New Brazilian Loan is par 4 prem. The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 3i 3 1. prem. ; the Universal ditto, 4to prem. ; the Buenos Ayres Railway have advanced to Prem. Business in the Railway Share Market has been active, and prices have shown increased buoyancy. Caledonian and Eastern Counties have improved ss. ; Great Northern 15s. ; and the A Stock £1; Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-Western, and Midland 10s.; North-Eastern (Berwick) £1; and Scottish North-Eastern £1 10s. The Foreign lines have also tended upwards. Lombardo -Venetian have advanced to 111 11t ; Royal Danish to 141. In the Colonial Market, East Indian brought 1021 103 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 36! 4 ; Great Western of Canada, 13i 13 3 . Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been dealt in to a fair extent, and have realised fully late quotations. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities India Stock Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per cent. — Ditto 6 per Cont. 105 Ditto Debentures, 1858 Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Ditto under £l,OOO Ditto under par Console for Account (April) Xxcheq uer Bill s , El,OOll, 11d 94 19 Ditto Small, S l intl o l, lid. 19 16 P RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 41 per Cent. 1852 Ditto 4/ per Cent. 1858 9 Ol 1 'texigan 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Sardinian, 5 per Cent B3} 6 Paniah 3 per Cent — „ Ditto Passive Aultish 6 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto Now Loan ................ — . Ditto Account .... .. Dividends on the above payable in Londoa. batch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 6s} Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. ........ 1021 TWO O'CLOCK. Console, Money Ditto Account MINES,—The Mining Share Market opened very briskly this week, and there was even considerable excite liit on Monday in dealing in some of the progressive mines. Depression, however (though chiefly confined to heavy stocks, which in several instances were offered at re duced rates, w ithout finding purchasers), succeeded on Tuesday, and made the market generally flatter. The fall in the standard, though we look upon it as a mere tempo rary matter, seems to have made a species of panic in some mines, suc h as West Seton, South Frances, Wheal Basset, 6c., and caused many others to decline in marketable value. On the whole, however, looking at the active busi ness in progressive mines, which are likely for some time to be the favourites, a large amount of business has been done since our last, particularly in Treloweth, Pendeen, Wheal Unity, Great Retallack, Gonamena, Lady Bertha, West Caradon, East Caradon, South Caradon, East Basset, Pro vidence Mines, West Trevelyan, Penhauger, Herodsfoot, Tamar Consols, North Downs, Wheal Margery, Wheal Greville, East Cam Brea, Hingston Down, Now Treleigh, Stray Park, &c. Among dividend mines the chief busi ness has been in West Caradon, South Caradon, Herods foot, Mary Ann, Tamar Consols, Providence Mines, Cam Brea T r elawny, East Basset, &c. West Caradon have been largely dealt in at 921 to 95, and leave off 95 to 971. Alfred Consols, 24 to 3 ; Bedford United, it to if ; Calstock Consols , 3 to 31 ; Cal vadnack, 19 to 20 ; Cainborne Veen, 20s. to 25 5. ; Carg oll, 9} to 101 ; Cam Brea, 90 to 921 ; Cook's Kitchen, 17 to 19 ; Craddock Moor, 29 to 31; Caradon Consols, 14 to 15 ; Ding Dong, 20 to 221 ; Drake Walls, 30s. to 325. 6d. ; East- Basset have been flat at 1071 to 112. South Caradons have been in demand, and advanced to 280 to 285 ; at the meeting, on Tuesday next, the accounts will show a Profit on the two months of £3,738 14s. Bd., and a dividend and bonus of £6 per share will be declared, leaving £2,794 6s. ld. in band. At the follow ing meeting, in May, the same dividend and b onus will be decl are d. East Caradon, BtoBl ; East Cam Brea, 4to 41. Wheal Unity opened at 40s. to 425. 6d., and have been in good demand all the week, chiefly, it is understood, for Cor nish buyers, and they leave off 455. to 465. According to Mon day's report, the lode in the flat-rod shaft was worth from £45 to £5O per fm., and improving, but owing to one of the rods having broken, there was a delay in commencing to drive the 75 on Monday, as we were led to expect ; and it was com menced on Thursday, each day being worth £35 per fathom, and the shaft £5O per fathom. East Russell have been more in demand, and, after receding to 10k, advanced, and leave off to 11. Gone mane 31 to 31, and buyers at the m former rlca • Gramblor and St. Aubyn, 421 to 431 ; Great Alfred, 19s. to 215.; Hawkmoor. 16s. to 18s. Herods fo(4 advanced, no twithstanding the accident, to 29, 30 ; we do not hear of any change at this mine. Wheal Prosper, 3 l 34 ; the winze sinking east of engine - sha f t has itn praved, now down 4 fms., and reported to be worth £ 2O p er 1112 edit end west, £lO per fm.—Mining Journal of this day. THE PRUSSIAN EXPEDITION TO JAPAN.—SOUTH- AltrroN, March 23.—The transport ship Elbe, belonging to the Prussian navy, commanded by Captain Werner, was taken into the inner dock this morning, for the purpose of transferring to the Areona frigate a quant it y of stores which she brought from Hamburg. She will afterwards fill in with coals for the supply of the steamers connected with the Prussian expedition to Japan, and leave some time next week, the Arcona, it is expected, following about Monday aennight. The Elbe has on board a smal l screw steamer, o riginally built as a pleasure yacht at Ham bur g , which has been bought for use in the Japanese waters, to save the sa ilors of the expeditionary vessels the labour o f r owin g as Much as possibl e . The scientific and mercantile me n who are to take part in the expedition will proceed by the over land route, and join the squadron at Singapore, 'that rance, ffards )rt ant r the irs of l and popu ,s are ely to main- The have nited rated that con they —and ! nen- s quo Id be .la ion ,te its [night ?over letely the aid be itates. r that s quo D only ue for ial re m mo- e can- t even Ln ts of of the o seri ,th all tees of which main- to her in the e, and gill be KI pro- Br neu- n that private Powers impor ]firmed lisposi reserve its de -1 consi- Ldopted ion." , March a to tell r. The in this d, for a as been the last young rantage talons' of their id even a move lonstra. r—that, singing , nour of slain in itricken ntry is n cause began lan, the r regard ving his at eight Walla [wars, II after h they At ten council kl to go he way towns- with the ►ts wore ts. At strong h you ; of the friends, ;mission nd the ) other them ; ere not !' cried here at They letery), In was towns ly than its took ple to might troops wracks, ,fl. On nd, not • strong nilitary use our 'ou will ►uld be ?rfectly a num a rush D• not ietery: erepes arched ing the in pre -1 other word, udents 'he stu- rmerie, SHAN I? !it ARK T.-( THIS DAY.) ORDINARY Skill. are! 12.10 l Amberg., Notting. Boat.' and Eastern Junction' 8e11a.4 and Bali ymena ' .3.14 I Bir., Pr 01., and 6tr. and Ch. June 25 Blackburn 25 , Blyth 'Fyn(' 1 -10 'lsost.Slelii.& Mid. Coup ' tock 'Bristol and Excite tack !Caledonian 10 'Carmarthen & Cardigan , .50 Cork and Bandon 20 Cork, Blkrock,& I'assagT -20 Cornwall A revea. no div.l 10 1 Do. A until6p.c.per an.' 10 Do. B hasbecn i 0 Dublin and Belfast June. ' 15 Dun.,Pert Abr.Junc ' )cl: 'East Anglian 30k Eastern Counties 30k Eastern Union A Stock )Ck Do. do. B Stock 15 Do.Nxv.A.(lte.E.U3ds). !O East Suffolk 0 Do Stock Edinburg and Glasgow, StockEdin.,Perth, & Dundee 10 !Forth & Clyde Junction, Stook Furness Stock'Gl sgow & South Westn 10 Great North of Scotland Stock Groat Northern Stock Do. do. A. Stock Stock Do. do. B Stock Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk 12 (Irish South Eastern , Stock' Lancashire & Yorkshire' Stock ;London and Blackwall Stock :Lon.,Brizhton &S.Coast 25 I Lond. Chat. and Dover StooklLondon & North Westn s 12+ Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. Stock IMan., net , N 50 IMaryport and Carlisle . 12+ o. do. Shares 10 'Metropolitan Stock Midland Stock Do. Birming. & Derby 50 Mid. Gt. W est.(lreland) 25 Do. + Shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do. (Cray Line) 100 Newcastle and Carlisle 25 New., Aber., & Herefdi• 10 Newry & Armagh (clef.) 20 Newry, Warpt., & Ros Stock Norfolk 50 (North. Counties Union Stock 'North British Stock Nor.Dev.RaiL&Dk. Stk Stock Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c. hasbeenp dB Stock Do. B Stock Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchaser Stock Do. Leeds Stwic Do. York Stock North London 20 North Staffordshire 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolfer 10 Peebles 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney Stock Scottish Central Stock Scoth. N. 1.., Aber. Stock Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock' Stock Shropshire Union 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer Stock South Devon Stock South-Eastern Stock South Wales Stock SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun. 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok 25 Stockton & Darlington. 25 Do. do. Stockton & ilartlepool Stock Taff Vale Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 25 ThamesnavenDk&Rall 60 Ulster 25 Do. 12 10 Do. Stock Vale of Neath 10 Victoria Station & Pim Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 50 Waterford & Limerick 20 West Cornwall 20 West London 10 Do. Ist Class 20 Do. 2d Class PREFERENCE SHARES. ND STOCKS. Cloqing Price. tit 6: 8 Si 69 71 11i 12i 6i 7 102 104 00i bl P} 6f 74 S 154 184 55 16 37 39 26 28 79 SO 29 /94 Imo in 1111 1121 114 118 131 133 113 115 GO 681 56881 1011 1011 68 70 111 113 12 t 3 98 98i 924 S 3 113 121 116 15 4 614/1 1011 I 1 21 94 98 iii 1 I 924 3 10 4 424 I 4 [l4/ 113/ 14 131 91 C[2l2 93; 4 31 .41 464 7 77 1 1 1 14 4 14 ssi 9 84 i 9 11 40 42 24 . 7 d 1 113 i 114 90 02 10 11 all 100 33 100 100 56 58 3k 14 611 62} 93 93f 2 14 d 46i 46+ 76f 76i 1 _4,6 IC.B 31 SR d 9 91 40 41 8 9 14 16 55 65 116 118 31 32 87 69 47 49 3 24 d 42 14 88i 89 16f 100 100 73 76 8 8 38 39 85 9 p 55i 56} 21 34 p d *p 58 62 10 10 •9 81 51 6} I Closing I Business Share Railways. Paid .' Prioe. Done. 25 ( Blythe and Tyne 1C per e. pref. (issued at £5O) all Stk 'Brie. & Exet4p.etStock 100 20 Do. do. do. Shares l4 Stock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 10 0 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. all 61 Cork &Bandon, 51 p. c. i all 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent all 64 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun all StocklE.Angn. Class A 7& spc 100 StockiDo. do. Class B 6 pc— 1 00 Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 p et. N. 0.1 100 IStock Do. do N 0.21 100 Stock Do. New 6 per et. Stock 100 Stock Eastern 'Union, 4 per et. 100 Stock Edin.&Glas. spo shares 'CO Stock Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. &D. 100 Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc., 100 Stock Furness, 5 per cent .. I 100 Stock Glas. &S West. , r a. 5 pc • 100 Stock Great Northern, 5 p. et.! 100 Stock Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm 100 Stock Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm BO 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pt all stock Gt. Sn.& W (Irel and) 4 100 p. nt pref. Stock 60 Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.a Do. Redeemable, 41 pet.! , v O „,, Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et. , .. 10 u,.. Do. lrredeemabl e, Do. sp. et. Red cem.Pref. 100 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares, all Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c.pf.sh.l all Do. do. sp. et. pref I all Do.Birming. guar. stock 100 Do. Chester guar. sh aresl all Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. AL York 6 p.c. stoeki 100 Do.Barnsl.St.£s aslOdpc i 100 I L 100 Do. 6 per c. (E. L an ) I 100 Lo o n. & Brig.bpc. gu. No.l' ~ 5 . No. 21 1 00 Do. gua., 6 p. et. I 100 I Do. do. sp. c. No. 4 1 00 Do. Do. 41 per cent lOO Do. do. 41 per c. shares 1 1 Do. 7 percent. Pref. St., 100 p.c.d0.(W.1 4 1&C.P.Y 100 D 0.4 p.c S.(div.def.til'6s) i 100 on (I. Chat. and Dover all Lon.& N.W.Cov. &Nun- 1 eaten, 5 p. at. 100 Lon.&S. W, 7 p.et. stock, 100 Londondy & Cole, shs. all Londondy.& Ennis 1 eh., all Ntan.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. et. 100 Do. 26 4 Do. 34 per cent. Do. redeem. 6 per cent 5 Ilaryport & Car., 4 p.c. all I Do. 4i per cent .. 1 11,! Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 131 20 Stfick Stock Stock! Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock 12i 12i Stock Stock 120 Stock . Stock Stock Stock 10 I 12 10 Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Do. If id. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.lltßir.6p.ct. Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock.. Do. with option till 18& Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. Newport,Aber,lmpret.s p. a. redeem, at 5 p. c_ n m Do. Perpet, 6 p. 0. with option till 1866 Do., till 1869 Nerflk 5 p.c. Ex.Stk,lB4s Do. 55 p. c. Pref. do. 18471 D 0.5 WavVal.Ex.Sk 18471 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, 5 per cent Nth.Dev.lt ail. & D:k.Co. I N-East.Cons. Pref.4p.c. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. dO. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 Do. York, H.& S. Puroh. North Staffordshire Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc.lst g Do. Redeem., 2d gua Do. Irredc n., Z 1 zua. 3i per c. pref. 5t0ck....1 Scottish lt z, Int-tics in t' tu t r h aa - r1 Ea' new;as e e r cip n leh Do.Aberdeen.gua.G pc., iouth Eastern (Reading Do. °i t o h 7 1 D , p i c x . v e c o: i n P 4, irAept stoc k. Ann. e e O n Ann., 1.0.0.) .......... Do .44 per cent....... Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is. iouth Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent .......I S.-Yorkshire, 4 re. gun stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e. Do. B 6 per cent .... Do. C 6 per cent. Watrfd & Ktlkny, fp.c Stock Stock Stock Stock 10s. 96 98 11C0 IC2 54 6 99 101 110 113 103 108 111 113 1110 112 125 127 82 il4 110 112 89 91 75 77 1118 120 1117 119 103 111 103 105 84 86 96 98 98 100 87 89 00 92 100 102 91 ICI 17 18 101 101 74 76 19/ 201 91 101 141 ltl 119 141 1116 118 116 118 1140 145 116 118 1!;8 132 136 66 68 22 222 Ll 5 117 14 11i 125 127 i IP e 8 70 i it, 139 141 IC2 103 I P 94 96 91 10 !It 12 :Pm i P 10; 100 100 100 'lOO 100 100 100 K. 13.4 111 113 1110 112 111# 111# 114 1.0.6. 113,4 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stook 91 03 94 96 1i f p 23 24 124 12$ all 100 100 100 100 100 LINES LEA Railways. Business 1021 2 911 901 1 901 551 I rid. all all all all !117 1 . 19 77 79 1123 121 i 135 140 10i 11 23% 231 101 103 101 103 88 90 99 101 86 88 28 29 32 3 / 4 831 32 33 50 55 ED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid, Co.'s. Price. Leasing Closing Bedford and Bletenley all JAI& N.lt .. •< Buckinghamshire .... 100 Ln & N.W 18 le o Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do 514 32 Do. do. 54 p. et..... 100 Do. Do. do. sp. et. ClydeNdalcJimetion lOO Caledonin' If 2 104 Colchester, Stour Val all E.U.&EG 1ib, 17 E.Lincolnshire,sr.Bp.° 100 Gt. North. 140.112 E Union,llarwichShs all E.Counts.' 44 44 Do. 'Woodbridge loo , — , Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct. 100 Caledonin' Do. New , 100 Do. I Gloster& Dean Forest. all Gt. West. , flartlpool.Dek.&Rail. all Yk.N.&lif Hull and Selby Do. i Shares all 'Do. Do. i Slotres all Do. — Lanc.&Carl.gua. s p.c lOO Ln & NiW,2( 5 208 Lotulon&Greenwich Do. Preference T.on.,Tilhy.&Sontend. 100 ,Peto &Co ! 93 95 Lowestoft, glut. 4p. ct.l 100 'Norfolk , Do. 6 per cent i 100 'Do. Manc.,lluxtn.& Matk all I,N W&1%11 2s 2 ' Mid. Bradford Prefer - 1 a ence Stock Newmarkt.,BuryEx 11 S. 5. 6. E.Counts.l 1. I p 57 58 N o g r u t a a n &l a d s t s n l) . .5 c p . . c all . Do. Do. do. 6 per cent.... ! all Do. , Do. Fixed 5 per cent., all Do. North Western all blidland . 141 141 L& N W 1 . P r eston and Wpm. 1 , all & Lyk. I. Do. i Shares k.• all Do. — Itoystn,llitch.,& Shen' 100 Gt. North. 135 137 Shrowslary& Horefore 100 T Brassoy 104 106 Do. Do. 1 , -.. • I i P South Staffordshire .. ' all 31`Clean .! 111 11 Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West. 90 92 Wimbledon& Crovdn,l_ all L.&Brt,rtn' 74 84 Butineee Done. DOCKS. Paid' Closing Business Share Docks. —_ ------ Sloek Commercial lOO StockiktperCent.Pret.Nlin lOO Stock East and Wost India lOO Stock London lOO Stock St. Katharine, IGO Stock Southampton lOO ~ Stock i Victoria ,, 1.00 100 It 3 to 11 3 0 tiew 000000 10111.1•10 ‘ 2 ..--. Share Docks. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1860. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share Railways. raid : Closing b Price. asiness done 100 Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at h per cent.. Bom.,ltaroda&Cent.lnd 'll all 111100 86 88 97 98 gu. 5 percent Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. B Buffalo and Lake Huron! ;d Adj 5 5111 Do. New Do. Preference 11:111alo, lirantAGodrichi 1 6 p. ct. bds. 18;21 Do. do. 1 July, 1873, Do. do. 1 June, 1874 j Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Liin. ,Cape,Eastn.Prov.(ljm.)l Cape Town & Dock Seripi 'Central (lade (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, 7, 11 . 5 p c• • Do. F Shares Ext. all all all 1 100 6 2 7 77 82 72 77 70 75 par i p 100 100 1. 3 0, li i d 3s. Od all 5 100 li Id id 1 d 1024 104 P P 1081 101 1024 mil 204 214 Stook JtibbuTpore Do. 41 p. c. Debentrs ' Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1864 G eeloug& Melbourne Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 6 per cent. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 IDo. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872... Stock) Sto. 1 Stook 34 37 93 94 73 74 85 87 73 75 72 74 994 100 id I d 1 id 121 13,4 81 84 d 95 ICO 95 100 95 100 91 94 974 92 97 984 b 2 94 Stock Gt.lncliarenin.gua.sp.c. IDo. New, gua.s per cent.l I Gt.South. of Ind.Lim.— guaranteed 5 per cent Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New [ Do. Bonds pay. '76,with opt. till '6O IDo. do. '73 till '6O IDo. do. '73 without opt. Do. 55 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 45 p. c Do. do. 5 per bent Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.o Do. Fourth do. Do. do. , Melb. Corp. 6p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Liin.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Abare Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Onde (Limit.d) !Scinde Do. New a3 Do. Punjaub 9 Do. Indus. St. Flo. brg' 'St. Andrews & Quebec A ITrinidad(Limited) Scrip, Stock Stock Stock Stock id fd Stock all 160 all all 5 7 5 7 all 15 5 all 19f 201 id d Id par SECUR 'll4 116 1109 111 110 112 EOITS. 14 15 32 13 31 4} 37 39 20 22 144 154 126 130 71 22 27 244 254 2i 30 1100 102} 102 105 104 107 } 1} p 2} 2} 41 103 2i 36 1 I 734 86,1 7 13 1:1 i ii 7 114 I ,ITIES. 1111 I LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor and Lords Justices.) EARL OF TYRONE V. THE MARQUIS OP WATERFORD. At the conclusion of the arguments of counsel, the Lord Chancellor said judgment would be delivered this day four weeks. ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master of the nuils.) STAIIiTON Y. TRH CARRON COMPANY. His Honour the Master of the Rolls was of opinion that the compromise entered into by the parties in this suit did not prevent the Carron Company from taking accounts against the late Mr. Henry Stainton, their manager in London, from the commencement of his employment in 1808, to his death, and not from June 30, 1825, as ordered under the decree of this court. His Honour, after referring to the facts of the case, made an order to this effect. That notwithstanding any compromise, decrees or orders of Court in this suit, the Carron Company shall be at liberty to surcharge or falsify any accounts of Mr. H. Stainton, as their manager, from the time he entered into their employ ment to the time of his death. That due notice shall be given of particular items to be vouched, and order £229,000 to be paid into this Court (Xl5O received under the compro mise, and also that both parties shall concur in such acts as may be necessary to obtain the transfer of £59,000 in the Royal Bank of Scotland to the credit of this cause in this Court). Grant an injunction to restrain proceedings in the action between the parties (in the Court of Session, Scotland). Accounts to be taken before his Hunour at chambers, a dis tinction being made as to periodical vouchers between the first and subsequent periods of twenty years to the final close of the accounts, with liberty to apr ly. After making a few observations on the claims of the defendants under the former decree, his lirnour granted liberty to both parties to appeal to a higher tribunal against this decree on the express understanding that no objections would be made to the decree on the ground that it was obtained under this motion. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MARCH 23. THE INCOME-TAX. Motion made and Question proposed, "That, towards rais ing the supply granted to her Majesty, there shall be charged, collected, and paid for one year, commencing on the 6th day of April, 1860, for and in respect of all pro perty, profits, and gains, charged or chargeable under the Act passed in the 16th and 17th years• of her Majesty's reign, chapter 34, for granting to her Majesty duties on profits arising from property, professions, trad es , an d offices, either by assessment, contract of composition or otherwise, the following rates and duties, that is to say : —Upon any assessment on the annual value or amount of any property, profits, or gains (except property, pro fits, and gains chargeable under Schedule B of the said Act), the rate or duty of tenpence for every twenty shil lings or the annual value or amount of all such property, profits and gains respectively; and for and in respect of the occupation. of lands, tenements, hereditaments, and heritages chargeable under Schedule B of the said Act, the rate or duty of fivepence in England, and of threepence halfpenny in Scotland and Ireland re spectively, for every 20s. of the annual value thereof." Whereupon motion made, and question put, " That towards raising the supply granted to her Majesty, there shall be charged, collected, ands paid for one year, com mencing on the 6th day of April,. 1860, for and in re spect of all property, profits, and gains, charged 9r chargeable under the act passed in the 16th and 17th years of her Majesty's reign, chapter 31, for granting to her Majesty duties on profits arising from property, pro fessions, trades, and offices, either by assessment, con tract of composition, or otherwise, the following rates and duties, that is to say :—Upon any assessment on the annual value or amount of any property, profits, or gains, (except property, profits, and gains chargeable under Schedule B of the said act), the rate or duty of nine pence for every 20s. of the annual value or amount of all, such property, 1 rofits, and gains respectively :—The Committee divided; ayes 132, noes 187. AYES —132. Adderley, C. B. Greenall, G. Pigott, Francis Baring, A. H. Greene, Capt. J. Potts, George Baring, Sir F. Gray, William Redmond, J. E. - Bathurst, A. A. Griffith, C IX Ridley, Sir 11. W. Bective, Earl of . Grogan, Sir Edward Rolt, J. Beecroft, G. S. Hamilton, Lord C. Sclater-Booth, G. Bentincic,p. W. P. Hardy, Gathorne Selwyn, C. J. Bernard, W. S, Bond, J. W. - - --- Hassard, M. D. Hennessy, J. P. Seynier,ll. L. Shirley, E. P. .. , . Bovill, Wm., Heygate,.. Sir F. Sibthorp, Major Bowyer, W. Holmesdale, Lord Smith, M. Bridges, Sir 8., Bt. Hopwood, J. T. Smith, Abel Brocklehurst, John Horsfall, T. B. Smyth, Col. Brooks, R. Howes, Edward Somerset, Col. E. Bruce, C. L. C. Hunt, G. W. Spooner, R. Butler, C. S. Johnstone, Hon. H. Stacpoole, W. Cave, S. Jolliffe, Sir W. Sta4lima.-.0l- B._-- oaveneish, Lord G. KellaßlL N. bulling, iv m. Close, M. C. Knatchbull, W Steuart, A. Cobbett, J. M. Knight, F. Stuart, Major W. Cochrane, A. D. Knox, Lt.-C01.8.W. Stracey, Sir H. Cole, Hon. H. A. Lacon, Sir E. Sullivan, M. Collins, f‘., jun. Lanigan, J. Talbot, C. R. M. Cubits George Leeke, Sir IL Taylor, Colonel Curzon, Viscount Lefroy, A. Thynne, Lord E. Danner, L. S. W. D. Lindsay, Colonel Thynne, Lord H. Deedes, Wm. Lockhart, A. E. Tomline, G. Dickson, Col. Longfield, Robert Torrens, R. Du Cane, Chas. Lovaine, Lord Trefusis, Hon. C. IL Duke, Sir James Lyon, Hon. F. Upton, Genet al Duncombe, W. E. Miller, T. Vance, John Dunne, Col. Milnes, R. M. Vandeleur, Col. Edwards, Major H. Monsell, Rt. Hn. W. Vernon, L. V. Egerton, E. C. Morris, D. Walcott, Adm. J. E. Egerton, W. Mowbray, Rt. Iln. J. Walpole, S. H. Farquhar,'Sir M. Mundy, William Walsh, Sir J. B. Farrer, James Naas, Rt. Hn. Lord Watlington, J. W. Fellowes, Edward Newport, Vied. Whiteside, Itt HnJ. Fergusson, Sir J. North, Col. Whitmore, H. Gard, R. S. Onslow, Guildford Wise, J. A. Gavin, Major Pakington, Sir J. S. Wyld, James George, John Papillon , P. 0 . Wynn, Col. Gilpin, Colonel Patten, J. W. TELLERS. Gore, J. V. 0. Paull, IL Willoughby, Sir H. Gore, W. R. 0. Peacocke, G. H. Vansittart, Wm. NOES-IST. Alcock, T. Fenwick, Henry Padmore, R.' Andover, Lord Ferguson, R. Paget, Lord C. E. Angerstein, W. Fennoy, Lord Palmerston, Visct. Antrobus, E. Finlay, A. S. Pease, H. Atherton, W. Foley, J. H. Peel, F. Arthn, A. S. Forster, Charles Pcto, Sir M. Bagwell, J. Fortescue, C. S. Pilkington, James Baines, E. Freeland, H. W. Pollard UrquhartW Baring, Thos. Geo. French, Fitzstephen Prvse, Capt. E. L. Baxter, W. E. Gallwey, Sir W. P. Pritchard, John Bosley, Thomas Garnett, W. J. I'roby, Lord. G. L. Beale, Samuel Gibson, T. M. Puller, C. W. Bellew, R. M. Gifford, Earl of Raynham, Viscount Bethell, Sir R. Gilpin, C. Ricardo, 0. Black, Adam Gladstone, W. E. Ridley, G. Blackburn, P. Goldsmid, Sir F. Robartes, T. J. A. Blencowe, J. G. Graham, Sir J. R. G. Roebuck, J. A. Bonham-Carter, J. Grey, Rt. Hn. Sir G. Rothschild,Baron L. Bottleld, teriah Hadfield, Geo. Roupell, W. Bouverie, E. P. Hanbury, R., jun. Russell, Lord J. Bouverie, P. P. Hankey, Thomson Russell, Hosting/ Bright, J. Harcourt, G. G. V. Russell, A. J. E. Briscoe. J. I. liardcastle, Jos. A. St. Aubyn, J. Brown, James liartington,Marquis Salomon4,Alderman Browne, Lord J. T. Ileadlam, Thos. E. Salt, Titus Bruce, H. A. Herbert, S. Scholefie, d, W. Buchanan, W. Hervey, Lord A Seymour, Sir M. Buckley, Maj.-Gen. Hodgkinson, G. Seymour, Digby Bulkeley, Sir R., Bt. Howard, Hon. C. Shelley, Sir J. V. Buller, J. W. Howard, Lord E. G. Sheridan, R. B. Buxton, C. Humberstone, P. S. Smith, J. B. Caird, James Hutt, W. Smith, M. T. Campbell, W. F. Ingham, R. Smith, Augustus Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. James, Edwin smith, Sir F. Carnegie, lion. C. Jervoise, Sir J. Smollett, P. Castlerosse, Vist. Johnstone, J. J. 11. Stafford, Marquis of Cavenelsh, lion. W. Kckewich, S. Steel, John Childers, H. C. E. Kershaw, J. Stewart, Sir M. R. Clay, James Kinglake, Serj. J. Stuart, Col. Clifford, C. C. Kingsoote, Lt.-Col. Taylor, Hugh Clinton, Lord R. Kinnaird, lion. A. Thompson, - H. S. Clive, George Knatchbull-Hugess Tollemache, Hon.F. Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Laing, S. Turner, J. A. Coning,ham, Wm. Lan gston, J. H. Verney, Sir Harry . Cowper, Hon. W.F. Langton, H. G. Villiers, Rt. Hon. G. Craufurd, E. H. J Lawson, W. Waldron, L. Crawford, R. W. Lennox, Lord H. G. Walter, John Crook, Joseph Locke, Jos. Warre, , J. A. Crossley, Frank Locke, John Watkins, J. L. V. Dalglish, Robert Lowe, Rt. Hon. R. Western, T. S. Davey, R. Mackie, J. Westhead, B. Davie, Cal. P. Mackinnon, W. A. Whalley, G. 11. DPitty__lliriltsrA AT acruirc, _.I V_ _.. _ -:WMthrowl_ .9. Dillwyn, Lewis L. Martin, P. W. White, Col. 11. Dodson, John G. Martin,J. Wickham, 11. W. Douglas, Sir C. Miller, William Willcox, B. K. Duff, lii. E. Mitchell, T. A. Winnington, Sir T. Dundas, Frederick Moncreiff, J. Wood, Rt Hn. Sir C. Dunkcilin, Lord Monson, W. J. Woods, Henry Euston, Earl of Montgomery, Sir G. =.- Evans, T. W. Napier, Sir C. TELLERS. Ewart, William Norris, J. T. Ewart, J. C. North, F. Brand, H. B. Ewing, 11. E. C. Northcote, Sir S. 11. Dunbar, Sir Wm. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. Yesterday the usual weekly meeting of the Board was held in the Council Chamber, Guildhall, Mr. J. Thwaites in the chair. The cash-statement showed the net balances in hand amounted to £91,439 3s. 7d., and cash on deposit £270,000. METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. WOOLUNCII, the standing counsel of the Board, laid before tho Board a report from the Main Drainage Committee submitting a bill for the amendment of the Metropolis Local Management Act. CHILD V. CHILD His Honour said—l am of opinion I cannot give the plaintiff costs of the affidavits, only costs in the eause. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This- Day.) M ARLBOROUGH-STREET. WHOLESALE ROBBERY OP BOOTS AND SHOES BY A SHOPMAN.—Thomas Wyburn, shopman to Mr. John Butler, boot and shoemaker, of 100, Tottenham-court-road, was charged before Mr. Bingham with plundering his master to a large amount of boots and shoes, a considerable quantity of which were produced in court by Lambert, 68 E. Lambert, 68 E, said in consequence of information he received he went to Mr. Butler's, 100, Tottenham-court road, at seven the previous evening. He saw the prisoner and told him he was a police officer, that he had received information that he had been robbing hie master for a long time, and that he had a great deal of property at his lodg ings, which he denied. He then told him that he should go and see, and the prisoner then said, "I've two or three pairs there belonging to my master." He asked the pri soner if he lived at 16, Warren-street, and he replied that he did, and, on his proceeding there, accompanied by Mr. Butler, he found in the prisoner's room 22 pairs of women's boots, 24 pairs of children's boots, 9 pairs of shoes, 4 pairs of goloshes, and about 601bs. of leather. (A sample of the property was produced.) Mr. John Butler, boot and shoemaker, of 100, Totten ham-court-road, said the prisoner had been in his employ, as shopman, six or seven years or more, in one of his shops. He had been missing property of late. He accompanied on the previous night the officer to 16, Warren-street, the prisoner's lodging, and saw the officer find property, which he was able to identify, to the amount of £lO at least. Mr. Bingham, after the usual caution, asked the prisoner whether he wished to say anything ; and, on his reply ing in the negative, he was committed for trial. THAMES. EMBEZZLEMENT BY A CLERK. -- Samuel Bucknall, a young man of respectable exterior, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with embezzling £8 9s. 3d., and other sums he had received for and on account of his employers. The prisoner had been for many years employed at the goods station of the North Western Railway, in Hayden square, Minories, and had been advanced from a subordi nate position to the office of clerk. He absconded a few weeks ago, and went to Bristol, and it was then found that several sums he had received were not accounted for, and that he had appropriated them to his own use. The pri soner wrote a letter to the principals of the firm acknow ledging his defalcations, and came back to London, and was apprehended. One case only was gone into, and the pri soner was remanded for the production of further evidence. 1111 S DAY'S MARKETS. COVENT-GARDEN. Our market is somewhat scantily supplied with produce, and all kinds command the full rates of last week. Prices rule aA fullaw:, : FRUIT. s. d. s. d. Pine apples, perlb 6 0 to 10 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes, per lb 8 0 to 10 0 Foreign do II 0 to 3 6 Melons, each 2 0 to 4 0 Peaches, perdoz 0 0 to 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per hr. ST. 2 0 to 3 0 rears, per doz 4 0 to 8 0 Oranges, per 100 4 0 to 10 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 8 0 Apricots, per doz 0 0 to 0 0 s. d. s. d Cherries, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 1 oto 1 6 Cobnuts, par lb 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per dos 0 oto 0 0 Strawberries p ptl 0 oto 0 0 Gooseberries lifsvo oto 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. G reeno-ages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries, pr ptlo oto 0 • kBLES. VEGET, Greens, dz bunch 6 0 to 7 0 Cabbages, pr doz. 2 0 to 3 01 Savoy do., pr do. 0 e to o 0 Cauliflowers, p dz 0 0 to 0 6 Brocoli, per bh 2 6 to 4 0 Old potatoes,p ton 90 to 110 0 New ditto, per pun 0 9 to 1 0 Peas, per it sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 0 to 3 0 Carrots, pr Cucumbers l, 0 to 3 6 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Spinach, 1 6 to 2 A Brus. sprouts, li.s. 3 0 to 4 0 Old onions, U. sv. 1 3 to 1 6 New do., dz bun French beans, 100 2 0 to 2 6 Leeks, per bunch 0 • to ,0 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 2 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 4to 0 8 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 8 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 4 Mushrooms,p pun 1 oto 2 6 Artichokes, pr dz 2 oto 3 6 Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 Radishes, dz buds 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, hf ZIG 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 3to 1 0 Asparagus, pr do. 4 oto 8 0 i Seakale, par pun. 1 0 to 2 0 NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to lOs Od ; poults Os Od to Os Oct each ; geese, 5s Od to 8s Od ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducklings, 2s Od to 2s 94.; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each; wild do., 9d to is 2d ; pigeons, 7d to Os 10d each • large Surrey fowls, 850 d to 12s Od ; chickens, 5s Od t o B s 'od ; barn-door fowls, 3s Oct to 6s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 2s Od to 3s Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od each; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od; ptarmigan, Os tols 6d ; wood coc k s, 3 s Od t o 3s 6d; snipes, is Od to Is 3d; teal, is Gd to Os Od ; wild ducks, 2s 6d to 3s Od; widgeons, is Od to is 34; plovers Os Os 9d to is Oct each; guinea fowls, 5s Od to is Od ; roasting pigs, 3s 6d to 7s Od each; Ostend fresh butter, is Od t o i s Id ; English, is 2d to Is 4d per lb ; English eggs, 8s Od to 9s Od ; French do., 7s Od to 8s Od per 120 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od each. NEWPORT. - -- - • Beef, from 2s 4d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 2d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 6d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 4d to 4s Od ; mutton ' 2s 10d to 45 2 d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 10d t o 4 s 6d ; and pork, 3e 4d to 4s Sd per 81b., by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 2s Od to 2s Gd; trout, Os Od to Os; eels, 8d to Is ; prawns, 5s Od to Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb. Turbots, 2s 6d to 1.5 s ; cod, 3s Od to 7s Od ; brills, is Od to 7s Od ; doreys, is Gd to 4s Od ; mullets, Os Gd to is 01; lobsters, Gd to 2s 6d ; crabs, 6d to 28 Gd ; plaice and gurnets, 4d to 18 Od each ; soles, 4d to 2s 6d per pair ; common oysters, 16s to 20s ; natives, 44s to —s per bushel; whitings, Gs Od to 8s Od ; haddocks, 5s to 8s Od ; smelts, 2s Od ; flounders, is Gd to 2s Od per dozen; mackerel, 355; fresh herrings, Gs; bloaters, Ss to —s per 100; carp and tench, Is Gd to 3s per brace. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7d to 71d , of household do., lid to 61d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 4d to 41-d ; 6.11 b to 721 b, 41d to 4id ; 721 b to 801 b, 4ld to 5d ; 80:b to 881 b, 5d to sld ; 881 b to 961 b, 51d to di ; 961 b to 1011 b, Cd to 6,1 d. Horse hides, 9s Od to 1 Is Od ; calf skins, lief 3s Od to 5s Od; do. full, 8s Od to —s Od ; polled sheep, 9s 6,1 to lie Od ; half-breds, 8s Gd to 10s Od ; Downs, 6s 6d to 8s Od ; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; ehearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 10s to £4 lOs ; clover, £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 6 s£l 105; per load. Trade slow, but prices rule firm. Supplies only moderate. CUNIBERLAND.—Meadow hay. 42 15s to £4 12s; clover, £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 fis to £1 12s per lead. A moderate demand, at late rates. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2los to £4 10s ; clove) £4 5s to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 cis to £1 10 8 per load Trade steady. COURSE OF EXCHANryg.__TIIIS DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 16 4 11 16 ; Antwerp Brussels - 2.5 224 25 27 Hamburgh Short. 13 l3 k Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 321 25 37; Frankfort on Maine — 1171 117/ Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 34} 341 Madrid 49 49 Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro 49i 30 32% 25 37i 25 37i 40/ 122 122 i 52a 491, 30 37 25 42 25 42 41 122} 122.1 521 New York •• Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard),, ..per oz. £ 3 17 .• 9 Mexican Dollars 6 4 a • ~ Silver in Bars (Standard)......... „ II 6 2 South American Doublons 7, 0 0 0 • I THE EARL OUTLET. A report was brought up from the Main Drainage Committee, recommending—" That so much of the cost of the works at the Earl Outlet, St. George's Wharf, as relates to the construction of the brick and iron-pipe sewers, a tender for which, for the sum of £8,566, was accepted on Friday last, be charged to the Main Drainage Rate; and that the cost of the engines, engine -house, pumps, be., be paid by the several parishes, according to the actual benefit derived, on the same principle as that adopted by the Board with respect to the re-appor tionment of the Rock Loan." The recommendation was agreed to, and after the formal business had been disposed of the Board adjourned. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, March 23.—The improvement in the tone of the market which showed itself at the end of last week has gradually become confirmed. , 'there is now a fair amount Of business passing for nearly all the export markets, and the downward movement in prices has been forcibly checked, even where no advance has taken place. In some cases i there s a positive increase in the quotations. Shirtings for the Eastern trade have decidedly improved in value since the beginning of the week. In yarns thero is a manifest accession of confidence in the prevail ing feeling , . There continues to be a fair demand for India and China, and a considerable trado is doing also for Germany and the Levant. The prices of yarns generally show a hardening tendency, and in many cases the rates demanded are kd. per lb. higher than those of Tuesday last. The home trade remains comparatively inactive, but there is good ground for hoping that the market generally has entered on a period of more animation than has been witnessed for some weeks past. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, March 24. Wind this day at noon, S.W.; strong breeze, and fine. PILL, March 23.—Sailed—Ceres, for Fayal. CORES, March 23.—Arrived —A. Borsig, from Rio de Janeiro. BRISTOL, March 23.—Wind, S.W., strong—Arrived— Reullura, from Sourabaya ; Dora, from Barbadoes. PORTSMOUTH, March 23.—Wind S.W. to S.S.W.—It has blown a hard gale all day, with every appearance of a boisterous night. QUEENSTOWN, March 23.—Arrived—II.M.S. Ariadne, from Plymouth; Kangaroo (ss), from Liverpool, and pro ceeded for Now York; Canadian (ss), from Liverpool, and left for Portland. 22.—Off port—Nereid, from Callao, for Liverpool ; Balaclutha, from Savannah, and proceeded to the Clyde. PLYMOuTIr ' March 23.—Arrived—II.M.S. Conqueror, from Portland. (BY ELECTRIC TtLEGRAPII.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Arrived—Elise, from Carentan ; Charlotte, from Jersey. Sailed—Duke of Cornwall, steamer, for Dublin; Courier, steamer, for Jersey ; Havre, steamer, for Havre. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH•) G RAY EsEND, Saturday Morning. Wind, W. S.W. ; tide, low water ; weather fine. Arrived—Rhine, from Antwerp. Sailed—Joanna, for Dantzie ; Triton, steamer, for Calais ; Moselle, steamer, for Hamburg ; Hanover, steamer, for Ostend. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Wind, fresh. Passed.—Centurion, from Havre for London. Anchored.—Twee Vraeiden, from Rotterdam, for Phila delphia. Sailed.—Chester, screw steamer, Vesta, screw steamer, and Gannet, screw steamer, FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp tt Rotterdam 'Ardennes Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c. Belgian East. Junction ,Beziers to Graissessac ,Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiabo I Ditto Extension [Dutch Rhenish (Eastern of France all all all all all Euphrates Valley Grand Itus. Guar .5 p.c Great Central of France) Gt. Luxem., Con. sh 9 Iltalian Junction I Lake Constance! & l ale Lierre and Turnhout, 1 Lombardo Venetian Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New 'Namur and Lice Do. do. fl p. c. I'ref. Northern of France , I Do. New Shares INorwegian Trunk Pref I Parls,Lyons, and Medit l'aris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Perri.). gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) !Riga and Dunabur,c ( Rome and Frascati 'Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse. Da. 5i per cent. Pref Southern of France West Flanders Do. 54 p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref , all al l all all all 4i 41 id pac e 1 1 21 2i s lf lld d 25} 5 26 61 61 lfrp 8 81 191 191 364 374 91 10 3!4 36 54 0 lid 13 15 Si 5i 8k 9* 2e4 5 Si 9 91 22 234 COLONIAL GOVER: Can.Gov.6p.c J a.& July Do. 6 p.c. Fb. & A ug - . Do. 6 p.c.llr. & Sep. Do. 6 per cent. 1877 Do. 6 per cent. 18;9 N. It. G ov.o p.c. Ja. &July Do. 6p.0.A p. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. sp. C. Del). D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1876 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. Si:. Deb. redeemable, 1875, S.Aus.G t. 6 pc.Jan &July VictGov.6p.c.Jan&July Do. do. April & Oct. MISCELL. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) 25 Australian Agricultural 10 Australian Royal Mail . 10 Berlin Water Works 50 British American Land. 50 , Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862 20 Do. C 100 Canada Land 10 'Goan. stanns Stock' Cop.Min.ot Eng.&Smltg 25 Do. Preference 7i per ct Stock Crystal Palace 5 'Do. Preference Stock 6 p. c. Perpet. Deb Stock li'.lectinc Telegraph Do. New English & Aust. Copper Gen. Steam Navigation. Great Ship (Limited) Indian & Aust. Telegr London District Telegr ILoudon Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co 'Madras Irr. and Canal I%lediter. Electric Teleg. Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) National Discount Co ,Netherlands Land Do 8 p.c. Pref.,i se. at 1 dis &NovaScoti aL and `N.B.Australasian (Lim ) Oriental Gas ,Do. New Shares Orientl. In. Steam, A 1 Ditto B 1 Ditto C .'Peel River Land & Min., Pen. & Oriental Steam.' Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr. Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) 1 South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Scrip Do. do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.oi Upr. Can 'Van Diemen's Land Stock' stock !los 110 oot loot 99t loot 998 100 109 110 109 111 lint nit I I 1 id It 1 d 2 21 3 4 1 d 10 15 a t par 49 51 78 80 14 15 22 i 23 P 6 7 51 52 1120 130 35 36 11 12 BRITISH MINES. Share Mines. p aid. ; Closing I Business Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 3 * 20 British Iron Clifford — 310 320 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 450 460 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 1175 1225 East Caradon E. WI Russl (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 11 114 a am.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 54# ,42 44 Great South Tolgus l7s 1144 15 G.Wbeal Alf.l.(Phillaok) 12.4.2 1 11 G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 9 .. .. Grenville 5 2/ 31 Herod's-Foot 8 26 27 Hingstou Dow as 4.3.6 41 4/ Lady Bertha Margaret (iJny Lelant) 9 38 40 North Downs North France s ( Mogan) 10 45 5 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) 5 5 54 North Wheal Crony 7.9.4 95 104 10 Par Consols (St. Blazy). 11 13 14 Providence (Uny Lelia) 10.6.7 45 47 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 108 i 4 SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 11 270 280 South C. Brea( Illogan). P 21 21 S . Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9,160 170 IStray Park 18.18.0 128 30 5 ! Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 44 3k 3 1 10 Tin Croft I 9 41 b —--: ' ' w- I N I Y IT Va Ie Iv . s e ( e t ; a a o li ß ria ß l idsda'sow:en: Ba s set (1 ( t I l d Y :1 1( I s c o( i k: t g ao c aa l : r a n a : n) . : n ) ) . . ) .. 1, 12 slolsBlid 204 21 -- ! West Seton 0 2 32 2 0 4 160 88 " 170 'Wheal Buller (Itedruth) l 5 874 924 ;Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant)l 1.7.2 14 15 , wh'l MaryAnn(Metilie ) i 8 1 25 27 linflTrelawneY (Lisk.) 41 29 31 FOREIGN MINES 2..$ A astralian 1 ,BonAccordC9per,Lim. 15s i d par 35 !Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) 274 1 _ 20 !Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 221 2 0 # 5 I Do.Land and Mining Co. all -- 1 'Clarendon Cons.Miu. Co. 4 —_ d 40 [ Cobra Copper all 43 45 ;Copiapo l6 71 84 1 iDunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 1 2 'Fortuna 20 ;General all 24 25 2 In. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 par P 3 L i nares all I i ICI 111 5 Lusitanian , par 4 p I ; Mariquita all 4 6 1 i i 2 1 I N I, 0 .1 . i . c,irin MiningblCu, o a x ns . d o i is t v l re A , I. Leads: L . . lt s. I i d 1 p 5 ,Port Philip...... 1 :11 224 6 1d par tit. 2 1.4 I I JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing ; , Business S u e n o i t t t e i ti sl i it A t u ex st i r c a a l:. (L_. _) i Sharel J o i n t-Stook Banks. Paid: Price. I Done. all 22 51 23 40 ust 100 'A A gra r l a il la n s 25 Bank of Egypt 50 53 100 Hank of London 40 Brit. Col. I& k Loan Co. all lia...Sted! ................ allso 74 06 7 68 7 75 5 80 i'sritish North American I all 20 Chtd. Bank of India.. &c; 50 69 71 100 City 1 1 25 37 38 25 Cli.Mer.of In. Lon.&C/i ; ' a tl l l l 100 ; Colonial 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of London 2O 19 21 20 'Eng Scot & Aus. Ch all 16 161 164 . 20 ;Gen Ilk. of Switzerland all 20 Lon Char.Bk.olAustral. all 22 225 331 50 ;London and County _ 31 50 London Joint Stock 565 7 100 I London & Westminster. 20 100 ;Nat. I'rov. of England. 35 20 ,Do. new , 10 59 National Bank ' 25 20 New South Wales , all 41 25 Orient .132 c, Corporation all 20 ottoman B an k aft 171 184 1 7 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New 1 :all --- 25 South Australia 25 1.2112 ( 41 . 4„ , ;(1r0u v„.. ' ; a l l! -- -- 431 i 12 29 30 100 Unity Mutual .... 6 ) = FATA r, BOAT ACCIDENT AT PORTS:110 An unfortunate accident occurred off the Plat form Battery at Portsmouth yesterday, to the com mander's galley of her Majesty's ship Yircbrand, lying at Spit cad, which caused the loss of five • lives. Between one and two p al., the galley, with her usual crew, six in number, and a stoker who had obtained leave to go on shore to see his wife, was despatched from the ship to the shore, fort he purpose of bringing off Commander Bruce, who was on shore receiving his orders. It had been blowing heavily all day from the south-west, with a good deal of sea at times. In the harbour chan nel, where the ebb hal made out strong at the time the boat left the vessel for the shore, there was a heavy sea caused by the meeting of the tide and wind. As soon as the boat, under a lug sail, got into this broken water, she buried her bow in the trough of the sea, and was prevented rising again by the top of the sea having hold of her stern, which at once caused her to broach and capsize. The men clung to the keel, and the boat turned over again, the coxswain get ting into her, and another man (Rogers) clinging to the opposite gunwale. The remainder of the crew appear to have had hold of the boat, but dropped off one by one from exhaustion and the heavy sea with the strong ebb before aid could reach them. As soon as the accident ocxurred, several boats put off from the shot.* to their assist ance, but were unable to reach them quickly,owing to the strong breeze blowing on the shore and the heavy sea. Fortunately, however, the master of a steam-tug (W. Chambers) in the harbour be longing to Messrs. Smith the contractors, wit nessed the accident, and, hastening on board his vessel, which was lying inside with her steam up, he steamed out to the scene of the accident with a boat in tow, and placing his steamer to windward of the capsized boat, found he was in time to rescue two of the men ; the remainder of the crew, with the stoker, who was coming ashore on leave, were no where to be seen. As the men were much exhausted, Chambers, as soon as he had got them on board, steamed alongside her Majesty's ship Britannia (which had despatched one of her cutters to the men's ncaistnnertY_ where the poor fellows were taken on board and received the neetavary atten tion. The two men saved are Henry Jones, coxswain, and George Rogers, ordinary seaman. The following are the names of the men who are lost:—Peter Crofts, A. 8., E. Evrington, A. 8., W. Woonton, or Wilton, A. 8., and John Rule, ordinary seaman, boat's crew ; and John Grant, stoker. The foul weather flag, a blue and white triangular one, was flying from the staff of the Semaphore in the dockyard when the boat was despatched from the Firebrand and when the accident occurred, and as this flag denotes that" no communication is to take place between the men-of-war at Spithead and the shore by boats during the time the signal is kept flying," it is difficult to imagine how the boat came to be sent on shore in defiance of the signal plainly visible from the tower of Semaphore. We are in formed this is the second time that Chambers, the master of the tug, has succeeded in saving human life by his promptness when other means, as in this case, must haze been unavailable. TERRIBLE 130 AT ACCIDENT.-LOSS OP FOUR LIVES. WORCESTER, FRIDAY.—Au accident, if it can be so designated, happened here this morning, which has caused much excitement in the city, and given rise to some conjectures and perhaps hasty judg ments. It should be explained that the Worcester and Hereford Railway has been opened some months for passenger traffic from the west bank of the Severn to Malvern about eight miles, but that at present the bridge over the Severn has not been passed by the Government inspector of railways, who does not consider it sufficiently strong for the purpose. In order to strengthen it the engineer has caused to be placed six tiers of massive wooden piles or sup ports, three under each of the two arches. These piers or pillars are a considerable obstruction to the traffic on the river, which is carried on in canal boats and barges, there being just room enough for the largest class of barges to pass through the inter vening spaces of clear water between the piers or abutments. This obstruction has led to a most serious calamity, causing the death of four persons, and imperiling the lives of three others. This morning, as the canal-boat Lady Wood was bringing down a cargo of coal from Staffordshire, in passing under the bridge the vessel fouled the piles, throwing her out of her course, and almost immediately capsizing her. At the time there were seven persons on board, viz., the captain, named Whitehouse, his wife, three children, and a sister of Mrs. Whitehouse, and a boatman named Causer. The captain was steering, the children were in the cabin. Mrs. Whitehouse was washing in the hatchway, and Causer was rowing. Whitehouse contrived to hold on by the piles, and seizing his wife by the hair of her head held her suspended until a boat came out to their assistance. Causer swam ashore, but the three children and Mrs. Whitehouse's sister, aged 15, were all drowned. Three of the children's bodies have been recovered, one of them having floated a distance of nearly a mile. The parents of the children, who saw them drowned before their eyes, are in a dreadfully dis tracted state, and refuse to be comforted. The boat is sunk in mid channel, and offers an additional obstruction to the traffic. An inquest is to be held on the bodies, at which the most searching examination will take place. THE BURRADON COLLIERY EXPLO- SION. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, FRIDAY. The coroner for South:Northumberland resumed the inquiry at Burradon yesterday, into the cir cumstances of the explosion in the pit there, by which 76 persons were killed, on the 2d of March. There was a crowded attendance, as at all the for mer sittings of the court. William VV illiams, a hewer, who had wrought in a board at the face of the coal, on the morning of the explosion, and who was succeeded by Maddox, at whose light the pit subsequently fired and killed the men and lads, was called, and in consequence of some information that he had received, re-exa mined by the coroner. The witness said that while employed iu his board on the morning of the explosion, two small blowers or bags of gas came away from the coal and fired at his light, and that he was afraid ; but that when Maddox came to relieve him at nine in the morning he did not speak to him about it, nor did he mention the circumstance to any of the officials of the pit. The coroner was proceeding to remark on the shocking conduct of the witness in leaving 130 men and lads to their fate, without thinking it proper to make it known to the deputy or under viewer, or even to the men about the pit, that twe blowers had fired at his board, when he replied that the deputy and under-viewer knew as well as him. The inquest has been adjourned for a fortnight. It is said that the parties who have lately been in communication with the Turkish Government on the subject of a new loan contemplated an attempt to raise a net sum of £5,000,000 by a six per cent. stock at 55. All negotiations of the kind are now, however, alleged to have terminated. The next issue of Victoria Six per Cent. Deben tures is still expected to take pla i ce about the 15.1 of April, but the precise day will probably not be named until after the arrival of the next Australian mail. The question whether the £3,000,000 should be offered at once or be divided, half being put forth now and the remaining half six months hence, will most lik e ly b e d e t erm i ne d by the advises then to be received. It is stated that the submarine cable between Batavia and Singapore the again broken. The Champion of Seas has arrived from Mel bourne with 44,020 ounces of gold, worth about £176,000. The Euxine, from the Peninsula, has brought 20,035 oz. PASSENGERS FROM BON BAY. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Delta, Captain Black, which is expected at Southampton on Sunday or Monday, with the heavy portion of the Bombay mails, b r ings the following pass engers f rom B om b a y :—Colonel the Hon. C. D. Plunkett, Captain and Mrs. Schreiber and servant, Miss Penny and servant, Mrs. Dann and two children, Mrs. Atkinson, infant, and servant ; Mrs. Mason, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison and two children, Rev. Mr. Farrar, Mrs. Rance and child, Dr. Arden, Mr. Dover, Mr. Bates, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Young, three children, and servant; Mrs. Guerin, Miss Atkinson, Mrs. Swaffield, and Mr. (.roughen. THE INDIAN DUTY ON YARNS.—The directors of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, at a recent meet ing, passed a resolution strongly condemning the increased rate of duty on yarns, proposed by Mr. Wilson as part of his system of Indian finance. They have also requested an interview with Sir C. Wood, the Secretary of State for India, for the purpose of expressing to him their opinions on the subject, and we are informed that Sir C. Wood has appointed to receive a deputation from the Chamber on Tuesday next. MINISTERIAL CHANGES IN RUSSIA.—Under this heading, the Daily News says appointment of Count Panine, Minister of Justice, to the Presidency of the Commission for the Emancipation of the Peasantry , is re garded by the Liberal party as an omen of a serious change of policy on the part of the Emperor. Count Panine re presents the absolutist and oligarchical partY , and l ' iB e lection is considered to forebode a return t o the s ystem of the Emperor Nicholas. The sudden "indisposition" of Prince Gortschakoff, rendering probable his retirement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, would appear to herald a reconciliation with Austria. THE CAFES-CONCERTS IN P T A h R e IS a .— tte T nt h io e n T of ev th il e e et Gazette des The'ilt re s says :—" Minister of State has for some time past been attracted to the encroachments of the c afes-concerts in Paris. At first these establishments confined themselves to causing per formers to sing detached airs ; they then gave duos, then trios, and then , little by little, entire scenes. The • Wil b er s, too, who at first figured only in plain clothes, afterwards appeare d in costume ; and evetually entire operettas wei e executed. In this manner here than one eafi became a veritable theatre, in spite of the formal directions of the , authorities, 2HE NA V]. Capt. W. IL Stewart, C. 8., of the flagship Im pregnable, 104, at Plymouth, is, it is said, to be flag captain to Vice-Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8., in the Mediterranean. Cspt. Stewart will be sac eccd.ld at Pl 3 mouth by Ca n 't. Lord Federick H. - Kerr, of the Marlborough, 131. The screw steamillip Cent union, SO, Capt. George E. Patev, is exTected at Plymouth. The French steam vessel Le Corso, 2, Commandant L. de Ls.vaissure de Lavergne, from Dartmouth, on Thursday morning, arrived at Plymouth in the afternoon, to watch the French fishing boats. Her Majesty's screw steamsloop Osprey, 4, Com mander Henry J. Blowifield, from the Mediterra nean, commissioned in March, 1856, baying been stripped and dismasted in basin at Woolwich, was yesterday paid off. The orderly and neat appear ance of the crew, and the clean condition of every portion of the ship elicited a high eulogium front the Commodore Superintendent. The Princess Alice, iron paddlewheel steam ves sel, in command of Mr. John W. M. J. Hall, at tached to the Fisgard for the instruction of novices, yesterday proceeded to Sitectuo.s, conveying 50 lads and a number of supernumerary seamen, from Woolwich, for the Formidable, guardship of ordi nary. Au officer of the factory department of tko dockyard accompanied Mr. Hall for the purpose of making an official report of the operation of Mr. Chanter's smoke-consuming apparatus erected on board the Princess Alice fbr the approval of the Board of Admiralty. The paddlewheel steam sloop Devastation was yesterday hauled out of basin at Woolwich, and despatched to Deptford to be completed for service, the basins and docks at Woolwick being crowded and engaged throughout. The iron paddleiheel steam vessel Weser, having a rudder fore and aft, prepared for the river Plate, was yesterday docked at Woolwich for examination and repair. The following ships were yesterday taken up by the War Department to embark war materials from the military store department of Woolwich Arsenal The John Ps:l, Prospero, Robert Hay, Premier; West Indian, Persia. and Heather Bell. The screw line-of-battle ship Conquerer, 101, Capt. Sotheby., and the Centurion, 80, Capt. G. E. Patey, left Portland on Thursday morning under canvass for the westward. The screw steamship Hero, 91, Capt. G. H. Sey mour, which arrived in Plymouth Sound on Thurs day afternoon, left Lisbon on the 14th inst., under canvass, and experienced strong breezes from W.N.W. to N.E. In the Bay of Biscay a calm pre vailed for 36 hours, followed by a formidable breeze from N.W., which carried her until off Plymouth at 8 o'clock on Thursday morning, when steam was got up, the wind having veered to the north. Seve ral vessels were seen, but the only one that skewed her number was the Fanny Chapman, of Bristol, lat. 45.20 N., long. 11.5 W., steering about N.E. by . E. The Hero has some defects to make good, and her machinery requires to be overhauled. She was appointed to leave the Sound yesterday morning for Devonport dockyard, where a party of riggers IN•ald. be in attendance to receive her. On the 14th inst., when the Hero left Lisbon, there were in the Tagus the Royal Albert, Donegal, Queen, Mars, Edgar, Algiers, and Melpomene. The screw steam sloop Desperate, 8, was taken out of No. 1 doek at Keyham steam-yard on Thurs day, and placed under the sheers. Tke launch of the Frederick William, 86, will take place this day at noon - at Portsmouth, (weather permitting). The Countess of Bernsdorf, the wife of his Excellency the Prussian Ambassa dor at the Court of St. James's, vi ill perform the ceremony of christening the vessel. The Frederick William has been on the stocks some years, having been designed by the late Sir W. Symonds as a sailing three-decker, on the same lines as the Queen. She has lately had her upper deck re moved and her stern taken down and rebuilt to adapt it to the screw propeller. The following are her principal dimensions, armament, and power of engines :—Length extreme, 251 feet ; ditto between perpendiculars, 214 feet; ditto of keel for tonnage, 174 feet 0-Z- inch ; breadth extreme, 60 feet ; ditto for tonnage, 59 feet 2 inches ; ditto moulded, 5$ feet 4 inches ; depth in hold, 24 feet 31 inches; bur den in tons, 3,240 48-94. Armament—Lower deck —3O eight-inch guns, of 65 cwt. each, 9 feet in length, main deck 32 32-pounders of 56 cwt. each, 9 feet 6 inches ; upper deck, 22 32-pounders of 42 cwt. each, 8 feet in length, and two 68-pounders, 95 cwt. each; pivot guns on rear check carriages. Her engines are of 500 horse power, by Maudslay, Field, and Sons. The Sutlej, 51, screw steam frigate, will be floated out of No. 9 dock at Portsmouth on Monday, after having completed her lengthening and conversion from a sailing to a screw frigate. Her engines, which are ready for shipment on the quays of the steam basin, are of 500 horse-power, from the manu factory of Messrs. Maudslay, Field, and Co. The Octavia, 50, sailing frigate, will be brought down the harbour and placed in the dock vacated by the Sutlej, the same tide, if possible, to undergo similar alterations and lengthening to a screw fri gate. Both vessels are of recent construction, and have not as yet been put in commission. The Rinaldo, 17, screw steamer, which has been constructed from designs approved by Sir B. W. Walker, K.C.8., in o. 9 Dock, at Portsmouth, will be floated out at high water on Monday. The Rinaldo's principal dimensions, armament, and horse-power of engines are as follows :—Length, extreme, 185 feet 1 inch ; length of keel for tonnage, 164 feet 11 inch ; breadth extreme, 33 feet 2 inches ; breadth fur tonnage, 33 feet ; breadth moulded, 32 feet 4 inches ; depth in hold, 17 feet 5 1 inches ; bur den in tons, 950 54-94; armament, 17 2 8 -inch guns; horse-power of engines, 200 nominal, by Messrs. Humphrey and Tennant. The Chanticleer, 17, screw steamer, of precisely the same dimensions as the Rinaldo, given above, Rill be laid down at once on the slip vacated by the Frederick William. The greater portion of the Chanticleer's frame and timbers are already in a forward state in the adjoining building shed. The East India troopship William Prowse, Capt. Williams, for the safety of which so much anxiety has been felt, arrived at Gravesend from Madras on Thursday, haN ing been 164 days on the passage home, the vessel experiencing a great deal of rough weather when near the Cape of Good Hope, and a ilerwards a series of calms. She has 'Drought home 215 sick and disabled troops. EXTRA ORDINARY _ DISCOVERY OF A O CHILI). An extraordinary case of child-stealing, and re covery of the stolen child, has just occurred in Kent. In the month of April of last year, a man named Hall, residing at Canterbury, gave shelter for the night to a travelling woman and child of tender years, the woman pleading great distress, and that she had no means of obtaining a lodging. The next morning, at an early hour, Hall went to work, and on returning to his breakfast, found that the woman he had befriended had taken her departure with her child, and also his (Hall's) daughter, six years of age. Every endeavour was made by the police authorities to trace the whereabouts of the woman and lost child, but without success. A few days ago, however, a woman with two children, aged respec tively seven and two years, became chargeable to the parish at Brighton, the woman being near her confinement. The authorities questioned the woman as to her place of settlement, but could obtain no satisfactory explanation. The girl, however, when questioned, clearly gave them to understand that the woman was not her mother, but that the woman who had given the name of Priscilla Frank lin, had taken her from her father's house, and that her name was Hall. The woman, on hearing this, did not attempt a denial, and said she had married the son. of George Hall, of Church-lane, Canter bury, but added she was unaware where the hus band was to be found. The parish authorities of Brighton, acting upon this information, at once wrote to Canterbury, and on Mr. Superintendent Clements being communicated with by Hall, he (the superintendent) at once concluded that the child, who was described as to age, Sc., had so long been lost. Inspector od d was accord- w as that which. , B accord ingly despatched to Brighton, where the little girl E hu lisa no H w a h ll e . en S: e h immediately identified hint as one of t he Canter police, p at e o l n i c e e o , t a a n k d e n g stored to her anxious father; and from ment ve her charge of,n name and e the ment she makes it appears, that the woman had. been travelling with her and the other child throughout the country . 95 beggars, sometimes dehai tlaalsother o states timessleepin a t the different te open unt e on houses , irT that sglee she had in h had often been severely beaten by the woman when she was unsuccessful in obtaining money, and that it was through fear she had not before told any one that she had been taken from her home. The heartless woman who has acted in so cruel a manner has since been delivered of a child at Brighton, and as soon as she is sufficiently re covered will be prosecuted for the offence of child stealing. TILE CASE OF THE REV. JAMES BONWELL.--►SUr prise; has been expressed in connexion with the abandon ment, or at all esrents suspension of the proceedings against the Rev. James Bonwell, the rector of St. Philip's Church, Stepn3y, against whom some time since the Bishop of Lon don issued a commission. The commission reported that there were prima facie grounds for further proceedings, but were puzzled to prove that actual adultery had been com mitted within the diocese of London, over which alone the Bishop's power extends. Several weeks have ela_peed, and the Bishop has taken no step to prosecute Mr. Bonwell ; meanwhile the rev. gentleman continues to be rector of St, Philip's district, although he does not at present officiate, _ lion. 100 • all all all 5 28i