The Sun. — London, England, 1858-04-15 00:00:00

rbirtijabitionl SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock, 'ATTERSALLS'--(This Evening.) CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst Madlle. Chantilly 14 to 1 agst Schiedam (taken) 100 to 7 agst Flying Englishman 15 to 1 agst Terrific 20 to 1 agst Little Sam METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 11 to 2 aget Wrestler 7to 1 aget Telegram 9 to 1 aget Monarque 100 to 7 agst Minnie 100 to 6 agst Black Tommy TWO-TEAR - OLD RACE (EPSO3I), 3 to 1 agst Stockbam 4to 1 agst Fusee TWO THOUSAND. 7to 2 agst Clydesdale 5 to 1 agst The Peer 6to 1 agst Toxopholite 12 to 1 agst Happy Land 12 to 1 agst Cotswold 02:7; TIIOU3AND. 4to 1 agst Perfection sto 1 agst Governess 7 to 1 agst Botany CELIESTER CUP. 100 to 6 agst Sweet William 100 to 6 sgst Pbysic : an 20 to 1 sgst Riseber 26 to 1. sgst Adsmas 25 to 1 agst Botany DEBBY. 8 to 1 agst Tozopholite 10 to 1 agst Sedloury 33 to 1 agst Fitzroland MALTON RACES.—(This Day.) [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] TW 0-Y EA.R-OLD STASES. Baalbek Prediction Five ran. UNION CUP. Tom Ball Prattler Five ran. 3IALTON HANDICAP. Goreebill Hegira Attorney-General. Eight ran. Won by half a length. ARRIVALS AT EPSOM, Monarque, Polestar, Black Tommy, Minnie, Costrel, Etoile du Nord, Kilbri , le, Medlle, Chantilly, Nereus, Gilliver, Harry Stanley, Scribbler, Pensioner, Zitella, Borderer, The Dupe, Orckehill, King of the Forest, Tournament, Kestrel, Blue Jacket, Flying Englishman, colt by Newminster out of Gracilla, 2 yrs, Lilydale, Lady Gwend line, Commodore, Pinsticker, Old English Gentleman, and Flying Duke. Several others are ex :ted. IMPERIAL PAR LIAMEN T HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This Evening.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool sack at five o'clock. PUBLIC MEASURES. The Marquis of WESTMEATH brought in a bill to suppress barrel organs and other nuisances in the public streets of the metropolis. (Laughter.) PATRIOTIC FUND. The Duke of NORFOLK gave notice that on Monday next he would move a humble address to her Majesty prAying fir certain returns relative to the patriotic fund. COMMUNICATION WITH DUBLIN. Viscount DUNGANNON asked the Postmaster- General whether auy arrangement hal been definitely come to on the part of her Majesty's Government with the Dublin Steam Packet Co. relative to the transmission of the mails between Holyhead and Kingstown ; and whether the difficulties report ed to have arisen with regard to carrying into effect the object of l+rger vessels, capable of performing the passage in a shorts period of time, being placed on that station, bad been overcome Lord COLCHESTER said he would endeavour to answer the queetton, though as far as be was concerned he had taken no part in it. A scheme had been under taken by three great companies, viz., the North- Western Railway, the Chester and Holyhead Railway, and the Dublin Steam-packet Com pany. The contract had been submitted to the Post-office authorities, and by them referred to the Tree- Fury for their sanction, and there was nothing to lead him to entertain any other hope that eventually the con tract would be signed by al' parties and then carried into 'execution. There was no specific time prescribed in the contract for the sea passage, but the companies were bound under very heavy penalties to effect the journey from Euston-square to Dublin in n hours. Lord REDBSDALE said a difficulty had arisen be fore him with respect to this subj , ?ct. Their lordships might not be aware that there was rem on foot measures for the complete amalgamation of the North-Western and. the Chester and Holyhead Rail icays, the effect of which would be that the North-Western Railway would ao arrange the fares that the whole of the traffic between London and Dublin via Holyhead would f .11 into 1 the`bande of that company, including the mails. No tionipany, if this arrangement was carried into effect, eauld compete with the amalgamated companies, and no large sums had been spent on the improvement of Kingstown Harbour. lie thought Parliament ought to be very cautious how they granted to any company such A monopoly as he had mentioned. Re had told the parties who had been before him that he would be no party to such an arrangement. Alter a few words from the Marquis of CLANBICARDE, the subject dropped. THE PASSPORT SYSTEM. - - The Earl of MILNIESBURY laid on the table a copy r f the correspondence that had taken place between her Majesty's Government and that of France on the subject of passports. The noble earl said that alter the late attempt on the life of his Majesty the Emperor of the French, the French Government naturally felt alarmed at the plots which were carried on both in this country and in France, that they thought they would render themselves more secure by a change in the passport law'. A suggestion was made to the French authorities, he believed, by the noble earl opposite, viz., that no subjects of a foreign State should enter foreig n collntries unless they were provided with passports signed by the authorities of the country to which they belong. The suggestion had been adopted. by the French Go veenment, and great complaints had arisen, but such complaints, he thought, were groundless. In order to obviate much of the inconvenience occasioned by the regu lations of tbeFrench authorities the English Government had come to the determination of employing clergymen, aceicitors, and mayors, to give certificates of identity to persons applying for Foreign-office (passports being received. Agents bad been appointed at Dover, Folkestone, and other seaports, who would be authorised to grant Foreign • off • t parapor s, rib that persons would not be obliged to . came to LondoulFrench agents- in those p'aees would have it in- their power to vise them the entire expense wider the new regulations, being only 2.. After a few words from the Earl of CLARENDON, who expressed his approval of the change, Their lordship' then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS--(This Evening.) :The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BILLS. .The f ,111wirg bills were read a tbird time and passed : .--44ry. and Radcliffe Water, Eden Valley Railway, ilaalio4den and Rawtenstall Water, Madras Irrigation and Canal, Malvern Improvement, Soulcoates and Kingston-upon• Hull Gas ; Staffordshire Potteries Gas ; Bioko Fenton and LOngtoll Gas ; and Ely Talley Rail- 'Tlie following bills were considered, and ordered . to be reed a third time :—Folkestone Wa ter Bill. ; Liskea-o sad LOoe irnion Canal Company's Railw a y B;11; Selki rk Galesbiele Railway Bill. " EDUCATION OF SOLDIERS' CHILDREN. Mi. DEASY gave notice that he should, on Tuesday, the'4th of June, call the attention of the house to inadequate provision made for the religious wants of liornett Catholic soldiers, and the education of their cbil dee*, and move an humble address to her Majesty Pray' ieg her Majesty thereon. • MAYNOOTH. ' 4 3ON;ER gave novice that he should postpone Tastkon relative to Maynootb, which stands f•Jr Tues -I'6l. till this elay.fortnight. (Laughter.) :Z PROPERTY QUALIFICATION. 0•, Mr s _ 4 ty -- , 4 , , ,K we lit u K : lNG gave notice that h e s h o uld, on io rr i e for leave . t o i n t ro d uce 11 fur tba-abiaii p r rop e ert r y Inabfia . ation_ for mem of Pa Wl rliament-. areaha ) WEIGHTS AND MEASURE .Mr. J. LOCKE (Southwark) S : grove notice that be abottld on Tdesday week move to brioe i amend the 5 arid Wm. IV., chap. 63,n a to relative to . -*lights and measures. TEE METROPOLITAN BRIDGES. Sir W. FRASER asked whether there was any ob jectien to the bridge about to beerected over the T hatues aeX t above Waterloo -bridge berg called Sebastopol -1.63gs • also whether.tbere was ajiy inten•ion of provid• logadditional weans of r , )sstzg the Thames for vehicles, ildin a bridge near Charing - cross , or b y e ither by bu g bid a nd opening it free of toll? purchasing Waterl,n o ; g e , ;,ord• T. AL:Lig% NLk'b reum/ded the house that on the late visit of the Emperor and EinpreEs of the French to THE SUN, LOND ON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1858 this country it was gravely proposed, and seriously con sidered to change the name of Waterloo-bridge and Trafalgar-square out of deference to those illustrious in dividuals, but he was happy to say that the good sense of the country declined to make the change, and it might be urged as one reason agaitot adopting the pro posed change. (Hear, hear.) He thought that the proposal to change the name of Waterloo bridge to Sebastopol-bridge came too late. If it had been suggested at the close of the war, to doubt it woo.id have been considered, but now that eur armies were engaged in another quarter, and had achieved deeds: of renown fresh in the minds of the people, and associated with a portion of our own foreign empire, it would be impolitic ‘(0 adopt it. So far as the Government was concerned, he knew of no intention on their part to erect another bridge over the Thames for the accommodation of the metropolitan population. With respect to West minster-bridge he thought it would be better to retain that name, associated as it was with the palace in which they conducted their legislative labours, than alter it. (Hear, hear.) LIGHTHOUSES, Sec. Lord C. PAGET called the attention of the house to the present mode of superintending the lights, buoys, and beacons on the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland, and to the manner in which fund* are now, and have been, raised to defray the expenditure thereon ; and to move that this house will, upon a future day, resolve itself into a committee, for the purpose of considering an address to her Ma jesty, praying her Majesty to direct that measures may be taken for giving eflect to the recommendation of the select committee en lighthouses of 1815, namely, "that all expenses for the erection and maintenance of lighthouses, floating lights, buoys, and beacons, on the coast of the United Kingdom, be henceforth defrayed out of the public revenue." The noble lord complained of the defective system which now prevailed of lighting and buoying the coast, and complained that a uniformity of system was not adeposd. At present every port had its own plan for indicating the amount of water at their bars. He had suggested a simple plan to one of the Trinity Masters, who replied, " Oh, if we were to adopt such a simple plan people would not take a pilot." So that lives were to be con stantly imperilled in order that seafaring men should take a pilot." (Laughter.) But, said the Trinity Master, we have stronger reasons than that, viz , that if we had such simple buoys as you suggest in the Thames, the French might come up any night and burn Chatham. (Laughter.) The noble lord then referred to the French system and its expense, with the English system and its expense. He proceeded to show that our sys' eal of lights, buoys, &c., might be assimilated to the French system, and with two additional lighthouses for Scotland, at a cent of 186,000/., instead of 353,0001. He would provide corepensatiou for discharged servants; and with regard to the Trinity House, the noble lerd said old corporations were always averse to reforms and economy ; aud, referring t) the eight steam boats I keil for looking after the light-house, Sec., by the board, said one of them was a yacht in which the Trioit y masters often took an airing. (Laughter.) He had no objection to the elder brethren of the Trinity Roust taking an airing, but he thought it should be at their own expense. If the inspection was transferred to the Royal Navy, at least 30,0001. a year might he saved. The lights on our coast were a disgrace to the country,and there was no excuse on the ground of means f r not adopt ing the latest and hest improvements. Tne difference of cost in this country was as 4 to 1, and the brilliancy of light of the French lights and that of the Eoglish was as 2or 3 to 1. The President of the Board of Trade had a balance of 400,0001. in his hands, surplus light dues, which he very properly a few days since refused to return to a deputation of shipowners at their re quest—(aughter)—and that the noble lord considered should be applied to the purpose of improving the lights on our own coast. Tile whole of the lights on our coast including 19 belonging to corporations, which might be taken from them by the Board cf Trade, would then amount to 378, which might be kept up efficiently at a cost of 150,0001. under the direction of a central board, with a representative in that house, answerable for the outlay of the money. He could show by entering into the history of the question that the shipping interest were now suffering from the grossest jobbery of former days and referred to the exertions of the late Mr. Hume on the subject. He referred to the fact that lighthouses were formerly granted by the kings of this country to their favourite--(laughter)—and he instanced the cases of grants of leases: of lighthouses bo'ng given to the gen tleman because he bad married the daughter of an Earl of Leicester ; another was granted to Mr. Grenville as a provision for his family, to the great de triment of the shipping interest. It wee a'so a disgrace to this country, that whilst other countries admitted our ships into their ports free cf all light charges, we should charge them a miserable paltry due for lights when they approached our coasts. He advocated the lights, etc., being put under a board of uniform management. Mr. LINDSEY seconded the motion. Mr. HENLEY was impressed with the importance of the question, but he was in no way answerable for the system there, as a member of the house, and he was relieved from great difficulty in knowing it was divested of party feeling, and would be considered on its real merits, He would have been better pleased if the noble lord had addressed himself entirely to the state of the lights, and not to the cost al )ne, as they were two distinct subjects. All were desirous of establishing good lights, at the least possible expense. (LETT [SPEAKING.) .. 2 Racing 'Fixtures for 1858. API IL. Newmarket F S l9 ' Plymouth Spring... Lanboidy " Salisbury MAY. Chester . 4 I Harpenden TAV istock Bath ll Manchester JUNE. AQcot 1 I Winchester Hampton Newton 9 Newcastle -on-Tyne . I Beverley Summer 16 Abingdon Bibnry Club l6 I Carlisle Stockbridge JULT. Hereford Ipswich 1 1 Nottingham Pontefract ... . 1 I Stamford — . Odiham 2 Marlborough Newmarket July 6 Goodwood Worcester Summer 8 i - AUGUST. Ripen... Belford North Staffordshire 3 Egham Brighton Brighton Club Lawn Wolverhampton Reading ll 1 SEPTEMBER. Derby Cardiff . 2 Manchester Autum n. Warwick Doncaster 14 1 Walsall Leicester 22 I Nerthallerton • OCTOBER. Chester Autumn 5 Royal Caledonian Runt Richmond 7 and Kelm() 19 Wrexham 7 Newmarket II 25 Newmarket S 0 ll RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN, AND GRE AT NORTHERN AND MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE COM PETITION. It appears that meetings of the deputations from the Midland, North-Eastern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and East Lancashire Railway Com panies, Mr. Wickham, M.P., in the chair, have been held at Leeds on the Bth of April ; at the Radon Hotel, Mr. G. Leeman in the chair, on the 10th of April ; and at Fendall's Hotel, Westmin ster, Mr. Leeman in the chair, on the 13th of April, with an earnest desire to conclude the long pending and reckless competition between the above companies ; but, owing to the refusal of Mr. Denison on the part of the Great Northern and Sheffield Companies to submit, at the eleventh hour, the question of fares and rates to the arbi tration of the deputations their commendable exer tions have been frustrated. The deputation, after reviewing the whole of the proceedings, state that the withdrawal of the settle ment of rates and fares from the deputation neces sarily brings their labours to a close. They further state : " It is a ra'isfactioa to t'ze clopn'atine, in ":,s tThetarge of a not agreeable duty, to find that what they undertook they have, so far as it depended upon themselves, success fully accomplished. They have arranged a mode of settling every question in dispute on which the parties were willing to admit their mediation, and all the points of this arrangement have, though at different dates, being assented to on both sides. The London and North- Western Company are prepared to carry the arrangements into effect, and no obstacle would now exist had the depu tation also received the formal concurrence of the Great Northern and Manchester and Sheffield Companies ; but those companies, while agreeing to four out of the five points, have now withdrawn from the deputations any authority to arbitrate on the remaining question—that of rates and fares. " With regard to the proposal to refer the rates and fares to the consideration of the traffic managers of the respective companies, without any mode of determining a difference of opiniou, the deputation, remembering that this particular question was referred to their decision, in consequence of those gentlemen being unable to dispose of it themselves, consider the suggestion illusory, and calcu lated to postpone any settlement for an indefinite period. "This question, however, involves the whole subject of unrestricted competition, and is of such paramount im portance as practically to prevent any settlement so long as it is kept open. The deputation are unable to discover sny valid reason why, if this important question has throughout these negotiations been deemed a proper sub ject for the decision of independent parties, it is not so at the present time when all other points are agreed. " It is not for the deputation, however, to press their mediation after the decision of the Great Northern and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Companies ; and though, being largely interested in the prosperity of rail way property, they regret that decision, they can do no more than record that regret, and leave the solution of the present difficulties in the hands of those on whom more immediately devolves the responsibility attending them." The document, of which this is the conclusion, i s s i gne d H. W. Wickham, T. Dugdale, W. E. Hutchinson, and G. Leeman. RAILWAY COMPETITION BETWEEN MANCHESTER AND LONDON. On Monday a meeting of the Ganeral Purposes Corarni,tee of the Manchester Town Council was held, at which it was resolved— " That without desiring in any way to enter into the disputes which have arisen between the competing com panies, this committee is of opinion that a second railway communication, with undivided responsibility, between this city and London, would be a great public advantage, and they recommend the council to present a petition in favour of legalising the union between the ➢lanchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire, and Great Northern Railway Companies." ceived, and explaining the views of the shareholders in English with respect thereto. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. ANTWERP AND ROTTERDAM. A meeting of English shareholders in this corn was held yesterday at the office in Cannon-street ; Mr. S. Laing in the chair. The CHAIRMAN explained that at the meeting in Belgium last year he had Induced the Belgian boat d to offer to resign, with a view to eaaable the Eng lish shareholders to improve the mantgement, but theylound that the 'qualified shareholders in Eng land were not willing to take .office, and so, the matter fell to the ground. They agreed, however, that Captain Shaw should be the managin g director to look after the traffic. That agreementwas to be in full force for one year, and he had given a report full of details, and he (the Chairman) thought the result of his management was very satisfactory. The traffic had been increased and the expenses had been kept down. He thought the proposed dividend of 7f. per share for the year 1857 should be declared ; for it was clear that it was honestly earned, and there was not one penny charged to capital. It vra, perfectly clear they had 11,0001., and were it not for the deficiency of 4,0001. in their capital stock, which sum had not been raised, they would now have had 15,0001. at the b tukers ; but there would be no diffi culty in borrowing the d:arenee fur a few weeks to enable them to pay the 7f. per share. It semecl desirable that the dividends should be paid half-yearly —namely, in the months of November and May—(hear, hear) —say at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum in November, and the remainder of the sum available for dividend in May. They would thus diminish the floeting, debt, and do with borrowing a less sum from the bankers. In reply to a question, he stated that one-fourth or one fifth of the shares were held in Belgium, and that they could command a majority at the legal meet ing in Belgium unless the English shareholders used extra Tdinary exertions to attend the meet ing. No shareholder could give more than a cer tain number of vot s, so that it required a large attendance of shareholders to carry a measure if there were anything like hostility. But there had been no disposition in Belgium to oppose anything that was reasonable. There was a sum of 4,0001. locked up in payments to the Custom house on ac count of traffie ; they were, therefore, that much behi lhand at the end of the year. The water ser vice would require some steam-tugs and barges to enable them to carry coal and heavy traffic with regularity and economy ; but however desirable it was to have sufficient working stock, he thought they should adhere to the principle of a closed capi• tal account. The custom of continually increasing the capital account rendered such companies unable to sustain a reverse in their traffic without a heavy felling off in their dividend. He tnought they had better not raise additional capital for the pur pose further than to place the 4,1301. bonds that had not been issued. The deficiency in the the goods traffic had been the cause of their failure in obtaining 5,6, or 7 per cent. They must there fore try and get the heavy traffic, and he believed the sum of 5,0001. would be sufficient to provide the vessels to carry it.. They would close the capital account at 580,0001., and provide the 5,0001. ' by setting aside one franc per share per annum out of the dividends for two years and a-half—(cheers) —or until the debt was distinguished. With re gard to extending the line to Rotterdam, they did not propose to find any capital, or to enter into any liability, but merely to have the power to make some arrangement for conveying the traffic to Rot terdam over a portion of the proposed line from Rotterdam to Liege. The Dutch Government were fully impressed with the importance in a national point of view, of connecting Holland with the' continental railway, and although it might viaductsvi would take u e ld i be e h or nine years madet and d bridges,and th 03, proposed t t o i t w make t asli line e lle necessary believedof railtwh railway yy constructed. With regard to leasing the Turn hout line at 8001. a year, it was a question now whether that should be centinivel, as the object of it had been frustrated to a certain extent. The actual expense to the company was about 6001. a-year, teed the agreement 'nigh', be put an end to on giving three months' notice on either aide. It might be worth while to con'inue the arrangement provided it was for a period of 10 or 12 years. A discussion then ensued on various matters of detail, in the course of which it was stated that the proposed railway would shorten the time for con veying heavy traffic, as compared with boats, from three days to five hours.. Several shareholders would rather forego the dividend to provide the boats than to increase the capital. Resolutions were passed approving the dividend of 71. per share, and of payments half-yearly, in November and May ; ordering the capital account to be closed and not re-opened ; authorising the directors to place the 4,1301. of unissued bands, to raise 5,0001. and pay it off out of dividend, as pro posed ; and approving arrangement with respect to the proposed new line, but not to incur any lia bility with respect to it. A vote of thanks to the chairman and Captain Shaw concluded the proceedings. THE GOVERN4IEAT OF INDIA BILL (Front the Daily New.) When Lard John Russell resolved to aVemp the rescue of the India question from the field o_ party conflict, he must doubtless have made up his mind to incur the resentment of the noisy and numerous suttlers of the Palmerston camp ; who looked forward to a pitched ti ttle, 'on the second reading of the Government bill, as the one and only requisite preliminary to their resumption of the profits and perquisites of office. He cannot, therefore, feed any surprise at the vehemence or volubility of the invectives directed against him by those whose personal advantage—kit were absurd to dignify it with the epithet of ambition)—he has mo mentarily marred. Their explosiv e rage wou ld indeed be ludicro us if it were no t lamentably mis taken for more tha n it is wort h by the undiscern ine, who looking on from a dis tance are sometimes misled M e confounding eager and angry t a lk f or s i nc ere or solid argument, because the echo of what is said comes from Westminster. In th e Pe there are b roealywaYs to be f oun d c re o ra m d' p ys aoirn moreover,gi an s asuodfrce reverberation, of self is h reiterated, until at length the unthinking grow perplexed and puzzled as to the real merits of the matter. One of our contemporaries do-s not scruple, indeed, to insinuate that Lord John has disentitled himself lience,forl and for ever to the confidence of the Liberal party, as if the Liberal party actually con sisted of the hungry and p re cipitate hangers-on of the late Premier. A more scan P afs s c-s o s f o i f t s a inherent gi.eat strength dalpoaurstylibneelvoenr wasthe and patriotism, the become tolerant o f the longntell s i i g n e e n e c e principles penned o r numbers, in Liberal p a wealth,rparty hag brief and feeble e fforts of decadent Toryism to re gain permanent power. They know that, as Tories, neither the present nor any other men whom acci dent may temporarily thrust ieto office can ever govern this country ; and that, were they seriously to make the attempt, they would be driven from Downing -street in a week. If Liberalism be worth a thought, and if its predominance in the Parliament, the Press, and the People of this country be a fact indisputable , it is the most impudent and barefaced swindle to raise a cry of country or constitution in danger be cause a succession of faults and blunders ou r he part of the last (-o-celled) Liberal Administration has forced for a few seeks into office a set of noblemen and gentlemen who frankly own that they have no party strength which can enable them permenent'y to retain it. If the large majority whose power and position is so indecently paraded as the the a ll-sufficient justifica'ion for the present outcry again-t the noble member for London were really of opinion that, regardless of all the exigencies of the public service, every questi on , h oweve r grave, should be converted into a faction fight until Lord Clarendon and Clieriricard -e were restored to power, what is to prevent their doing so ? or what is the pretext for the shameful howl now raised against the best and truest statesman that has in our time belonged to the party ? If the intiins:e jueti.e3 ieed w.edoin of the course recommended by Lord John Rusiell regarding the future government of India does not commend itsclf.to the judgment of a large and in fluential portion of the Liberal party, it is bootless and ineffectual, and the gr i e vance of the infuriated hacks falls to th e groun d . If. their leading organ be correct, Lord John is a mere pretentious ob truder of counsel upon a party devoted in its alle giance to other chiefs. Well, but if he does not possess their confidence to any great extent, as our c ontemporary avers, w h a t great harm can he do ? By what conjuration is it that the old and tried leader, of the party can, by the iit•erance of a few clear and calm sentences iu his place as a private member at the House of Commons, suddenly pro duce such utter disorganisation in its ranks—ranks which the journals of the Cambridge House Cabal still pretend to be enthusiastically loyal to its flag, and to its flag alone ? It cannot be pretended that. Lord John has ev. r striven to form around himself in Parliament a personal faction, nor can it be al leged with a semblance of truth that he has relied for the maintenance of his independent position upon the otgauised support of relatives or pe rsonal friends. In the me at r markable transactions that have occurred in Parliament during the lest two years he has asserted his authority and influence without such aid ; and more than one remarkable instance might be cited where the votes of members of his own family have been recorded in favour of a prosperous rival. To what, then, is it owing that in a Parliament notoriously and unscrupu lously packed by that rival, Lord John has been able successively to veto one act of rashness and folly after another, and that at the present mo ment the adherents and organs of Lord Palmerston are full of weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of Na teeth, because they are not allowed to make party Com) prey of the greatest question which the present house of Commons ha s been called u p on to £ Ashtn &Oldh 93 71. p. ct. &MISS ? Birmingham 40 41. Another contemporary professes to write pri- Coventry.-• 00 tie vately and confidentially on the subject of the re- Derby .. • ... 100 di. 15s. D r a0n.,6J0r.&. di. cent suggestion made to the Government and to promptly acceded to by them. Lord John Rus- Grand t yrn 1 4 00 0 73. 6 6d • sell, we are told, has ac ted in this business uncap- L K t ecds &Llvrp 100 251. didly ; and what is the proof ? Neither more nor Leicester .... .00 1155 x. less than this—that feeling from the first a strong Leicstr &Nth 83 11. ss. Loughboroghls3 7Ol repnenance to Lord Elleeboreugh's Bill, be de- Macclesfield. 100 41. los. slaved servedly that he could not support it Newt...b.ee . too . t l itill. on the seeond reading. Far Loin being a secret, it is perfectly welt known that such was his lord ship's opinion from the outset ; and such being his opinion still, he has succeeded to all appearance in vindicating it ; for all the world is now agreed that Lord Ellenborough's Bill is a burst bubble of which we shall hear no more. But then, sobs our contemporary, he did not put an end to it in the proper party way ; and he misled the simple minded Cianricar'ee and Cleo eudons, Wo,ds and Paltnerstons by telling one of them in w ritin g how much he disliked L ird Ellenberough's crazy pro ject and how willing .he was to initiate a proposal for its rejection. And has he not kept his word ? Does any one seriously believe that, in Committee of the whole House, the main features of the abor tive project of the Minister will not be, as the Par liamentary phrase goes, "resolved in the nega tive ?" Can any one doubt that wiser and sounder principles, as the bases of a better India Bill, will not be " resolved in the affirmative." But then we are told that Lord John committed another crime by letting Ministers understand all along that be meant to oppose their bill. What un fairness or disengenuousness there was in this it passes our comprehension to discover. Had the noble member for the City shut himself up at Pem broke House for the holidays,communicating with no one on either side of the leums what he meant to do, there might indeed be some faint colour for the insinuation of want of candour. But his slan derers have contrived amongst them to makeit clear that not only independent members above and be low the gangway, but both the present and the late Cebinef, were thoroughly aware of his opiniens, generally, on the subject ; and the so!e point on which malignity can perch is this, that it does not seem to have been understood exactly, when he rose to speak, on Monday last, whether he would move a string of readutions, in the first instance, of his own, or invite the Minister to do so, and then propose such amendments as he might deem requi site. Practically the difference between the two curses, in its effect on legislation for India, is u terly inappreciable ; nor can we Fee how even for party purposes it could signify which of the two were adopted ; althouih, as a matter of parliamen tary rule and minis' erial responsibility, it is certain that Lord John decided rightly in forcing the ini tiative in the proceeding upon the official advisers of the Crown. From first to last it is plain that Lord J. Russell has acted in a manner in every way worthy of his eminent position as the first constitutional states man of the day. He has refused to allow the future Government of India to be made the sport of con tending faction ; and lie has refused to be made a tool of by either, in spite of the private solicitations of the one and the. public flatteries of the otner. He has shown himself able and willing to think and act for the lasting interests of the country, re gardless of the spleen and spite of the worthless portions of his own party, and of the momentary relief which his wise ioaenanimity has afforded to the leaders of that which he has all his life op po•ed. Faction may for the hour misrepresent and revile him ; but the nation will comprehend his motives, and render him gratefully the honour which is his dus. Name of Company Commercial •• •• Do. Preference East and West Oldie.. Grand •+urry D. & Canal Do. Loan Notes .... Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London .• • • ••••• • it. Katharine •• •• •• Southampton Victoria .• •• .. •• •• •• Ditto New •• •• •• •• Name of 'Company. Albion .... •• •• •• Alliance Brit. and For. Ditto Marine Athenaeum .......... irgus Life British Commercial Church of England City of Londort Clericl.ged.& Gen. Life County • • • • • • • • Crown Eagle .......... • • • • • • Equity and Law European Life ity Endowment Globe ...... ...• •• •• •• Gresham Lifo . ....... Do. D 0....... •• Guardian ............ Imperial Fire ..... .... Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... Law Fire .• • • • • • • • • • • Law Lite....... Legal and General Life London London & Prov. Law SI arine... • • Med. Invlid & Gen. Life Minerva • • Monarch • • •• •• •• New Equitable Pelican •• •• •• •• •• .. •• PhCeniX • „, THE BARONESS, THE CHEVALIER, AND THE HEIRESS. Profemiona Life.... Provident Life ...... Rock Life • ~ Royal Exchange Sun Fire A case which excited considerable interest has just been decided by the civil court of Malta. The following is a condensed statemeut of the most pro minent facts from the Malta Times : " Antonia Muscati, a baroness in her own right, the last of a very wealthy Maltese family, was in 1797 married to a military genticman of French extraction, the Chevalier Parisio. The couple lived in happiness until the French invasion tr.:der Bonaparte c Lula to disturb for ever their conjugal tranquillity. It appears that during two years that the French► were masters of Valetta, be sieged by the population of the coun•ry, the cheva li-r lived at his country seat at Naxaro, and, not withstanding his French origin, occasionally took an active part against the invaders. The baroness continued to live at Valetta, where, adopting the republican ideas then prevalent about the validity and dissolubility of previous marriages, she com- Ditto Life United Kingdom .... Universal Life .• • ..... Victoria Life ........ milted one of those faults which are sometimes visited not merely on the sinner, but on innocent vict'ins of other gonerwions. At the expulsion of the-French the chevalier returnf d to town, and found his honour tarnished ; from that time he vowed to abandon his wife, notwithstanding her attractions, his comparative poverty, and her wealth, and to all appearance?, up to the time of his death, which took place in 1840, he kept his resolve,' he having always lived at the Palazzo Parish), whilst the ba roness continued to live in her own house. " About the time of the chevalier's death a girl came out of the House of Industry, an institution for female orphans, and was married to a young man named Saluitro, a tailor. It soon became known to this young couple that the marriage was pre arranged by the agents of the Baroness Antonia, and this leading the tailor to inquiry, he began to suspect from o ut-of-doors information, and from avowals of his youthful bride, that she was the daughter of the Baroness Antonia. The tailor fol lowed up the thread, and having gathered suffi cient information, he in 1850 brought an action for a subsidy, in the name - of his wife, against satisfied by the evidence then produced decided in favour of the plaintiff for the maternity. " In the meanwhile the baroness had been mar ried a second time to Beron Sir G. M. Deiro. She died in 1856, leavingher uneut tiled properly t him, viLiist her free estates, the whole amounting it is said to 3,0001. a-year, wout to her collateral relations. The daughter was left penniless. Soon after her mother's death she commenced a lawsuit agsin.st the testamentary heir and her mother's relatives, and also her father's heirs de facto, asking for her legi timacy. Her birth, she said, which had already by the Court of Appeal been established, had taken place during her mother's marriage with the Cite val!er Parisi°. He was legally her father, anti et, nsequently she was their legitimate offsering. The marriage which d been elebrated i 1797 wa s only solved by the chevalier c 's death in n 1840, and between these dates there was no judicial sepa ration between husban d and wife. It is tru -, that they constantly lived in separate houses, but this was not sufficient to deprive her of her legitimacy; on the cont-ary, she continues to say, this presump tion of the law is strengthened by circumstances that came to her knowledge after her mother's .death. The separation between the chevalier and his wife was merely apparent, and was only insisted on by the chevalier for the eye of the public, as having been wronged by her in 1801, he did not consider it honourable any longer to acknowledge her publicly as his wife. But, especially towards 1819 (the time of the plaintiff's birth) a good un derstanding existed between the parties. It was beyond any doubt that in 1819 both lived in Va letta, and no physical impossibility existed of their seeing each other. She produced a great number of witnesses, mostly old servants and neighbours of the baroness, to prove that a correspondence existed b :tween the baroness and the chevalier ; that small pre,eute were often reciprocally sent to each other, such as game on the part of the chevalier, and corn fitures on her part ; ihit the chevalier borrowed money from her ; that she kept her carriage at his stable, and that he occaeionallymede use of it; that meeting in the etie Lcy ueed to say to each other we revoir ; that he been seen several times at her house, both in town and at Citta Vecchia, both before and some time after the birth of the plain tiff ; that the chevalier's brother and other mutual and influential friends were very pressing in their endeavours for a reconciliation ; that the cheva litr had knowledge at the time of the aceouche ment of the baroness, and that it was only a few years after that he entirely ceased his visits ; and that his wrath against' his wife was observed to re kindle froth reasons that it was unnecessary to relate to the Court. The plaintiff, in short, con tended that these might be considered as explana tory circumstances, that she advanced her action on the great principle of the Roman law, that the child born during the marriage is the child of the husband, and that therefore she was the legitimate child of both, and entitled to succeed them before all others. On the part of the defendants, it was argued that so early as 1801 the - chevalier had separated him self from his wife ; that this separation continued up to the time of the. husband's death, and they produced -evidence to the effect that none of the friends and visitors, both of the baroness and the chevalier, ever heard of a reconciliation having akeri place between them, or had ever seen them together. The learned Judge pronounced his sentence, and non-suited the plaintiff. PRICES OP SHARES. Prom the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENIN , LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1858. CANALS. fames of i Dividend ' Names of Dividend . ~per Price )mpaniez. = per Companies. m Annum. 00 —..........— .3 Annum. Price. --- X X htn &Oldh 98 71. p. et. Peak Forest. 78 N. Os. rmingham 40 41. 93 Regea Vs ••• • 30 175. 16% ventry.. • , 100 111. 190 Rochdale.... 85 41. 84 .rby .. •• • . 100 67. 15s. jStftrd &Wor. 140 287 andJunetn 100 21. pr. et. 51 Stourbridge. 1 45 121. 10a. 0., 6 pr. Ct. 10 6/. pr. et. (Severn and l 26 11. 16s. 'and Union 100 7s. 6d Wye Rail. j ,nnt & Avn 40 61. 6 IWarwick & 1 luv ~„ 21, 24 ,cdsBol,lvrp 100 251. Birming. j licester —• . 00 51. (Warwick & 1 9 ;icstr &Nth 83 11.55. 12 1 Napton.. j 100 27. mghborogh 113 701 Morestr & 78 10s. 17 % acclesfield. 100 21. 10s. 61 , Eirming.l eath —.b .. 100 161. Wilts & Britt. 7s. Od. xford.. • ... 100 105 ~,, WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. - £ a. d. £ a. d. Berlin .. ••• • . ....... 51. per cnt. 10 0 0 100 East London Do 4 per Cent. Pref 4 l. percent. 2 5 0 0 25 D. 5 per Cent. Pref 5 l. per cent. 2 5 0 0 27 Grand Junction .... •• 4e. per cnt. 50 0 0 Do. New •• • • 100 0 0 . 2 Lambeth •••••• • • •• . . 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 95 New River Company — _ Southwark & Vauxhall 100 0 0 92 West Niiddlesex •• • • Do. Do. ••• • • • Vir , per cent. 5 1 8 BRIDGES. Amount Share. X s. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 3 Amount Share. s. d. Stock. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. Stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 'ANIES. Amount of Share. £ d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 tOO 0 0 !oo 0 0 WO 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 , 00 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 6 5 0 (00 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 INT-STOCK BANKS. Dividend per Annum. 101. per cent. M. per eent. 9 per cent. 4r. per cent. 51. per cent. Amount A s. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 „ ;100 0 0 71. p. c. & bs.'loo 0 0 4 , . per cent.' 20 0 0 51. per cent. 20 0 0 ~ 20 0 0 181. per cent. 50 0 0 6'. per cent. 100 0 0 23 per cent. ' 50 0 0 18 , per cent. 100 0 0 16pc.&tos , 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 S /.per cent. 20'. per cent. 101. per cent. 81. p. ct.&bs. L. per cent. 51. per cent. 10!. per cent.) HI. per cent. 15Z. per eeht. is. per cent. 81. per cent 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 5%/. p cent. 71. per cent. 61. per cent. 8341.. p cent. 6% per cent. 51. per cent 51. per cent. 81. per cent. 11. per cent. 8%1 pr cent. 41. per cent. 10,. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. percent. 51. mer cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 71. per coat. I 7 1. pr cent. 5 . per cent. 15 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 ,00 0 0 LT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend per Annum. 71. per cent 51. per cent. 21. per cent. 21. 61. per cent. til. per cent 101. per cent. 3/. ss. 41. 15s. 41. 10s. per cent. sy, per cnt. 5/. 81. per cent. 16s Od per sh. 7 per cent. Amount of Share. s. d. 20 0 0 20 0 e 150 0 0 50 00 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Stock 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 :SCELLAN Dividend per Amount of Share. Annum. s. d. 10 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 MO 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 5 0 C 5 0 0 4 0 0 65. per cent. Ali/per cent 81. Tr Cent. ti. 10e. Si. per cent. 61. per cent. 5/. pet cent st.per cent. 61. per cent. 41. per cent. 61. per sent. 21. per cent . 71 pr. cent. 3%/. per cent 61. per cent. 5l per cent, 51. p c and 11 Stock. 5 0 0 30 0 0 .00 0 0 50 0 0 .00 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 4 0 0 Stock .00 0 0 10 0 0 IS 0 di 10 0 0 25 0 0 10/. per et. &I 121. per cent 51. per cent. 2/. ss. 51, per cent. S l. per cent. 6d. Al. per cent. 1 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 71. per cent 41. pr cert 1%1. pr ceLt. P. Share 15/.- per cent. 71. per cent. 7%. pr cent. 6 per ee i s, Country Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET Ant L 13. Supplies of all kinds these last six days large. Oat straw, from 8s Od to 11 Od per kemple of 16 sten es tron 2 • wheat do., 8s 0 , 1 to O(1 ; barley do., 7i 61 to 9s llay from 10(.1 to 12d. EDINBURGH MEAL—APRIL 13. There were in the market today 12 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 388 Od and —B, DALKEITFI MEAL MARKET—APRIL 12. There were in the market to-day i 7 bags of oatmeal, 0 of barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. Third. Imperial Barleymeal, per ditto -s Od —s Od —s (Id Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto I—s Od —s Od —s Od Pot-barley, new, per ditto l—a Od -- a Od —a Od COAL NARKS" Prices of Coals per ton at -APRIL 14. the close of the market Wsllsend, tio. s. d. Tana°ld Moor l3 0) Tanfleld Moor Bastes 13 0 Bebside's Hartley 17 0 Wylam Howard's West Hartley Netherton 16 9 Walker Primrose l3 .31 a d. Hilda Braddyll • 12 6 South Kelloe 18 3 Brown's Moor Haigh Main l4 6 Franiwellgate l7 6 Haswell 2O 0 South Hatton 2O 0 Eden A corn Close 1 g 0 Hartlepool l9 0 16 9 Powell's Dufiryn Steam 20 9 Beouson Kelloe 14 6 1 `ees 2O 0 Whitworth l4 6 Cowpen Hartley ... ~,,,,17 0 Ships at market, 45 ; sold 15. Wallsend, tie. “TEE Two BROTEIVIS.” By the Authlr of " The &c. 3 vole.—There is a truthfulness Emily _ onsouby's wr itings and rectitude especially characteristic of the present. The D:seipline ofL' which are about f" Lady P ic or kin g s of affectio tale. It breathes throughout a than in this excellent and goodness which it really does been often pourtrayed, but seldom more succasstully sp'rit of gettleuess 'I to feel . Bot h d E.1,-*'l which makes the pre -u are drawn with a force an . 3 of this very clover one gbo, the scenes and the characters sent one cf the best production authoress.— Chronicle. . [AovEansourn]. S ithson, of Batley Ointment and Pil l s.—Mr. J ho , Nn ar ch 9, 1858, thus: Holloway's Singular _Cure. Carr, writes toProfessor Holloway, Mar Mr. Wm. Walker and his wife w h o reside at Ba tle y Carr, were ab o ut seven e ars since thrown out of a g i g . , Mrs. Walker' was severely ir.jured about the legs ; after . trying every medicine that could possibly be recoils minded during the - whnle of that time, w ithout the slightest amendment w h atever, was at last induced to try Holloway's Ointment and PLts, these completely the er world ; S a o ri ld d b a y t cured her in a few weeks, and she is now as well gs ever s t h hr e Ga w gZoll i t a Establishment, 244, Strand, London. t'Lg7l2. A liogZlVe 1 SOUTH-EASTERN.. - _ The gross traffic receipts on this line for passen gers, parcels, mails, go:xls, cattle, &c. (less expense of collecting and delivering goods, &c.), amounted for the four weeks ending March 27, to 53,1871., the rents and sunlres to 1,9161., and receipts from steimpackets to 2,4191., linking a total of 57,5221. The expenditure, including rates, taxes, tolls, Go vernment duty, and expenses of steam packet ser vice, am ounted to 33,9201., leaving a .balance of 23,1:02/. Tha total receipts for seven we eks and six days ending' March 27-amounted to 114,9741., and the expenditure to 68,8291., leaving a balance of 46,145. ..•••••••10.4. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LIN COLNSHIRE. The total receipts (including rents, ((To.) of this company's railways (less the cost of collection and delivery) amounted from Jan. 1 to April 4, 1858, to 111,9411. ; and the total expenses (including rents, tolls, duty, &c.) to 68,2701., as against 65,6591. at the corresponding period of 1857, leav ing a balance of net profit of 43,6701. The propor tion of South Junction, &c., rtceips accruing to this company from Jan. Ito April 4, 1858, amounted to 5,6871., as against 5,3851. for the corresponding period of 1857 ; and the expenses for the same period amounted to 3,2831., as against 2,804/. for the corresponding period of . 1837. The total re ceipts (including rents, &c.) of this company's canals for the three months ending March 31, 1858, amounted to 13,7911., as auairst 17,797/. for the corresponding period of 1857 ; and the • expenses (including rates, tic.) to 9,5261., as against 9,9801. for the corresponding period of 1857, leaving a ba lance of net pri fit of 4,2651. as against 9,8171. for the corresponding period of 1857. ROYAL SWEDISH. A general meeting of shareholders in this com pany was hold on Tuesday, at the London Tavern —Mr. W. J. Chaplin in the chair. Mr. G. A. Hiller, the secretary, read the report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said its issue was delayed in consequence of their proposition for the disposal of,the line to the Swedish Government having been referred to a committee of the Swedish Diet, and their final de cieien was not known until the 15th of March, after which the directors lost no time in preparing and submitting the report. It informed them of the un expected failure of the intended sale of the line. He said unexpected, because he thought no one could have contemplated such a result. Under those circumstances the directors suggested that an explanatory memorial should be at once pre sented to the Swedish Government, complaining of the treatment the company had experienced at the bands of the Diet, which heti declined to pur chase the railway even at a valuation, refused the alternative of granting a guarantee, and actually (contrary t t the understanding on which the origi nal subscribers came forward and took theii shares) passed an act authorising an opposition trunk line to the south of the Malarn Lake. The Government might suffer from want of means, but it was in their power to keep faith with the company by making their line a part of the main line between Stock holm and Gotteuburg. He thought they would consider it a breach of faith ou the part of the Go vernment for not having done that. It was not for the directors to say what their future course would be. They bad received a letter from Mr. Waern, chairman of the company in Sweden, to the effect that the general opinion was that the proposal of the company must be sooner or later entertained, but, owing to the falling off in the revenue, it was deemed inexpedient at present to increase the lia bilities of the Government. lie then erxplained that the nine miles from Arboga to Koping would have been completed if the subscribed capital had been taken up. It would, however, require 15,0001. or 20,0001. to complete that portion.; but, under. the circumstances of the traffic being unsa tisfactory, the directors thought it advisable to wait and see the result of the traffic on the portion opened before raising or spending any more mo: ey. The sum he mentioned would enable them to bring 45 miles of railway into operation. The passenger traffic amounted to only a fourth of the receipt., and the remainder consisted of goods and mineral traffic. The district was well supplied with water carriage ; there was a thin population, and it was impOssible to say how far the people would use the railway. Their manager expected much more traffic than the means at his disposal Would enable him to carry. It was proposed that they should wait and see the result of the traffic up to July next on 03 , 1'35 miles open before they.raised or expended any more capi tal, and that a committee of some of the largest ' ehareholders.Lhould be appointed to confer with the directors as to what should be done. Mr. HAATRIDGE, a director, seconded the motion for the adoption of the report, explained that every economy had been adopted, and they had uo com plaint to make with respect to either their con traeters,-engiocetr, or lawyer. The Chairman, from his experience, had rendered them gteit service. The losses arising from Mr. &ditties misconduct would fall on the old shareholders., A traffic of 20/. per mile per week would pay all the preference charges, and he hoped something would be obtained for the old shareholders. Mr. MOCATTA had no confidence is the liberality of the Swedish Government, and suggested that the directora should exercise the utmost economy in everthing. After some observations from Mr. Austen, Mr. Miller, and Mr. Seymour as to the policy to be adopted, and the probability of some arrangement with the Govern ment,resolutions were passed adopt ing the report, confirming the forfeiture of 1,000 preference shales, on which only 11. had been paid, and of 895 shares on which only 21. dad present dbeenp m aid e_ ; requesting the directors to prepare and Swe and to the D:et mpt den the company had ie. i n I n o r r e i f a e l s r e t n o c e t h t e o e i ne t eoafl Dividend Name of Company. per Annum. flungerford .... • • .... Southwark .... • • • • • • Ditto New of 7% P.C. Waterloo ..... .• .. • • • • Ditto Old Ann. Df 81. Ditto NW ditto of 71. Vauxhall • • • • • • • 103 per cent. 11. 12s. Od. 11. ils. Od. 28s. DOCKS Dividend per Annum. pr cent. . 61. pr cent. 41. per cent. 51. pr cent. 4%1. per cnt. 4 per cent. 51. Os per c. INSURANCE CO: Dividend per Annum. 71. per c. 71. 14s. 6d. ;I. p.c. & bs, 155. Od. & 41. per cent. 71. 105. 71. 10s. 51. spr etAbs. 11. per share 11 18s. ss. 5 1 ,4 per cent. 11. 41. per cent. 6 per cent. 51. per cent 51. per cent 121. per cent 14a. ol.p.ct.&bs. 2s & 2s bons 2it. per sh 43. per share lbs.& bs. t% per cent !St. per cent . W. per cent. 6 , 4 per cent blp. ct. Sl. per cent 51. per cent 12% per c. 7s. p c. & be p. c & bs 1/ 14s. 41. & bonus 31 & bonus. 5:. & tonne 'ANIES' PRICES. Amount of Share. A s. d. 100 C 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 500 0 0 25 0 0 I 5 0 Iwo 0 0 I 10 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 5000 40 0 0 10 0 0 200 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 Name of Company. tustralasia... ........ Bank of Egypt .. •• • • Bank of London . Byitish North American Ch Bk. Ind. Aust & Ch. City .• ..... ..... C010nia1........ • • • • • • Commercial of London. Eng . Scot & Aust. Ch. Lond. Char. Bk. of Ane. Do. New .. • • .... London and County .. Lon & Eastn Bokg. C. London .Joint-Stock. Londn and Westminstr Nat. Provincial of Eng. Ditte, New .. •• • • •• Ditto ditto Natio•tri Bank ••• • • New : oath Wales .. • • Orientia Bank Corpora. Ottoman Batik Frovindal of Ireland • • Ditto, New.• • ••.• • • lonian.. • • • • • • • • • • South Australia • • -• Union of Australia Ditto .... • • . • •• Union of Hamburg.... Union of L0nd0n...... Unity Mutual .... • • • • Western Bank or Londn. LIST OF SCOTTISH COM: Name of Company. Bank of Scotland .. • • British Linen Company Caledonian Bank •• • City of Glasgow Bank Clydesdale Bank .... C mmercial Bank •• Eastern Bank.. • • .... Edinb. & Glasgow.... National Bank • • .... North of Scotland Bank Royal Bank of Scott. •• Union Bank of Scot. Western Bank • • • • • • •• Alliance Fire and Li`a— British Guarantee Caledonian Fire Insur , City of Glasgow Lite Cdonial Life .• Edinburgh Life Insur. Eng. Sc Scot, Law Life Life Assoc. of 4catland Nationa, Fire and Life North British insur... Northern Assurance Co. Scottish Provincial .... Scottish Union Immo. Standard Life ...... • Divideud per Annum. GAS-LION Name of Company. British Provincial Brighton • • •• •• •• •• •• City of London Equitable •• •• •• European .... . • Great Central Imperial • • Ditto New Ditto Debentures.. Do. Continental I st Cap. Do. Do. 2d Cap. Do. Do. 3d Cap. Do. Do. 4th Cap. Independent . London Pail. Preferen. PheanL ............. Ratcliff Surrey Consumers .... United General .... •• Westminster Chartered Ditto, New .... • • • • Western A . Ditto B ...... •• .. Name of Compariy. Acadian Charcoal Iron African Steam Ship Assam lea • • • • • AuctiAn Mart • ... Austral: to A n'iculturl Australian Trust •• Australian Royal Mall Anglo-Mexican Mint British Annricau Laud Canada ... • • Do. 5 per cent Bonds Ditto, 5 per cent bds Ditto, 6 per cent Ditto, 6 p c. bds 1874 Ditto, 6 p c. bds 1876 Crystal Palace Ditto Preference.... Crys. Palace of France City NUvigation Bonds Electric Telegraph .. Eng.&Aus. Cop. Smelt. Eng.&lris. Mag. T. Co. Equitable Reversion? Ditto New ........ Gen. Revers. & Fnvest. Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) Gen .S team Navigation London Gen. Omnibus Hudson's 8ay.... • • • • Hungerford ...... • • Lon. Ne. &Na. Mauso. London Reversionary Brea. & S. Americac Nat. Discount Comp.. G0v.52.c. Deb. Nor. Bri. Australasian North of Europb, Stm. Price's Patenteand. Co I Peel River.Land&Min. Pen. & Oriental Steam Ditto New Reversionary Int. Soc. Ditto New ...; Royal Mail ' , team.... Scottish Aus. Invest. South Australian Land Trust and Loan Comp. Vaa Diemen's Laud.. 5 per cent, Bonds .... Paid. I Pril S 8. d. Stock. 0000 0000 6 0 0 Stock. 50 " 0 0 \ 20 0 0 - 14 0 0 I 1 Paid. Z a. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 25 0 0 5 15 0 11 25 0 0 - 50 0 - 20 0 - 20 0 - 10 0 0 - 10 0 0 8 50 0 - 5. 0 0 - 50 0 - 4 0 0 47 5 u 4 50 0 0 - 20 0 0 51 30 0 0 361 , 2 10 0 1! 13 0 0 17: 210 0 - 12 10 0 - 20 0 - 12 10 0 - 2 0 0 20 0 0 5 ' 20 0 - 40 0 - 10 0 - 10 0 - 0 10 0 - 10 0 0 - 0 10 0 - all 271 5 10 e 10 0 0 5 0 0 EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE AGAINST A TRADESMAN.-MISTAKEN IDENTITY. Paid. I Pri A IL d. all & 18 15 0 2 50 0 0 - 6 0 0 50 0 0 35 0 0 20 0 0 all 20 0 0 21 50 0 0 - 10 0 0 21 20 0 0 t 35 0 0 - 10 0 0 - 50 0 - 22 10 0 7 15 0 0 1 25 0 0 all 6 all all 2 10 0 - 30 0 - 10 0 0 24 50 0 0 - 50 0 0 31 Paid. 1 Prii A s. d. Yesterday, at the Clerkenwell Police Court, Mr. Frederick Redford, the landlord of the Golden Fleece public-house, 8, John-street, Old-street road, appeared before Mr. Tyrwhitt, in answer to his recognisances, charged with attempting to pick the pockets of two females in Goswell-street-road. Mr. Wontner appeared for the defendant. Police-constable George Harvey, 161 G, said— On Thursday night last, about five minutes past nine o'clock, I was on duty in Goswell-street road, where I saw the prisoner. I noticed him for some time following is o females on this (the right hand) side of the road, and saw him lift their dresses and put his hand in their pockets, but I did not per ceive him taking any‘bing from them. After that I s aw the prisoner turn back, when three females passed him, and he followed them in the same way. I saw the pris , ner lift the ladies' dresses with his left hand, and put his right hand into their pockets, but I did not see him take anything. I watched him as far as Powell-street, when I took him into custody. At the police-station I searched him, and found upon him 21. Is. 2d. The prisoner gave a correct address, and said he had just come from his tubac,x) merchant's, where he had paid a small ac= count. Cioss-exam'ned by Mr. Wontner—Before I took the prisoner into custody, a waggon laden with coal passed between us. It was five minutes past nine when I first saw him l'ft the pockets of a lady. When I took him into custody he told me he was ' the landlord of the Golden Fleece, but I did not - believe him, and thought it was a hoax. When I saw his wife she said her husband was not at home, and she believed he had gone to his club. I have - since made inquiries, and have found that the de % fendant bears a most excellent character, and is a • very respectable tradesman. I have been in the police force about 15 months. Inspector Cole, G division, said—l was on duty •% at the Old-street police-station on the night in guts - tion when the charge was brought in. It was brought in at 20 minutes to ten at night. I asked the constable the nature of the charge, and he then told me it was one of picking pockets. The con- • - stable said he ha t seen the prisoner loitering about, and when he went near the prisoner tried to evade him by turning down a short street. The constable also said he had watched him for about .half an hour. I have ascertained that the defendant has been a licensed victualler in the neighbourhood for ' )4 some time. When the defendant was brought into the police-station he said the charge was a false one, but I do not know if he said the man was mad. _ When it was found that the defendant was a trades man in the neighbourhood, bail was taken for his • appearance at the police-court the next Morning. 4 e• Mr. Wontner said that this was a case which he _ was of opinion the magistrate would discharge ; but still he felt that it was his duty to offer some evidence, for the defendant did not wish to leave that bar on the plea of want of evidence. That he was the victim of a mistake there could be no doubt, , 4 but he did not wish to say that the constable had committed wilful and corrupt perjury, but was mistaken in his identityof Mr. Redford. - Menolder in the force than he was had been mistaken. The defendant was a very respectable tradesman, and had carried on the business of a licensed victualler . for the last ten years. Mr. Redford wished the case to be fully gone into, and to leave that court with out a stain or a slur upon his character. He then called Mr. Clark, who said—l am a compositor, and re side at 4, Wellington-street, Peotonville. I am the chairman of a frienely society, called the Friends yy of Labour, held at the house formerly kept by the defendant, the Rose and Crown. The defendant is • a member of the society, and has been so since its commencement. I was at the society on Thursday last. I called at the defendant's house at ten mi mites to nine to get him to accompany me. He was very busy, and at nine o'clock finding that he was still servingeustomers I left, and the church clock then struck. The defendant is a very respectable man. Lucy Newman said—l am,in the service of the defendant. At ten minutes past nine on the night in question my master came into the kitchen for • the purpose of having his boots cleaned. I under - stood that he was then going to his club. Mr. W. H. Rebut saide-I am a tobacconist and reside at 132, Goswell-street. The prisoner has dealt with me for some time. On the night in ques ice. tion the prisoner called and purchased of me a pound of tobacco. I look at my watch every night at nine o'clock for the purpose of closing my ac -4% counts. The defendant's account is the first entered . lyt on the next day's account. It was quite half-past nine Nfore the defendant came, because I had to get him , change of half a sovereign after I had closed my till. Mr. J. Davis said he had known the defendant 14 for two years and a half, and considered - him to be very respectable and strictly honest. About a year i% and a half ago be accidentally dropped a 501. note in his bar, and when he went back Mr. Redford had picked it up , and asked him if be had lost it. Mr. Wontner remarked that there were several other Retrtlemen in attendance who were ready to give Mr. Redford a character, but ki Mr. Tyrwhitt said there was no necessity for his doing so. It was too much to say the constable could not have been mistaken in the identity of the de ' fendant. He exceedingly lamented the mistake the c onstable bad made, but, like other men , a con ; stable was just as liable to miStakes, although some ,persons thought otherwise. One thing the de la fondant gained, and that was that he left the bar without any stain or slur upon his character, as I% everybody must see it was a case of mistaken iden tity. The defendant had been locked up only a short tinie, and had, therefore, not suffered much, ice. for bail was taken, and that very properly sr6, for his apppearance the next morning. One thing also e - was in the defendant's 'favour, and that was, that JAI although he had been allowed to go at . large he did 16 , not attempt to alter hiS di ess or appearance, which 126 a practised thief would, most assuredly have done. no lii discharging the defendant , ' he would say that 23 he left the court without a stain upcn his character. Oi Os rADVIIRTISIMENT,F- fiIORT AND 'TEARING SPECTACLES-.• POWERFIII. TELRECOPES OPERA, RACE, AND fluusrnortys GLASSER. —S. and 13. Solomons, opticians, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. Obs3rve—opposite the - York ildtel, W. By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and eX traordina,y improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distances. These' Telescopes possess such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's moons; Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three-and-a-half mike distant and an object from 16 to 20 miles. For the wahit- • coat-pocket, and are of larger, 'and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. -A vain- - able, able, newly-invented, very small, powerful, Waistcoat-pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known ono and a-half mile distant. They answer every put' pose on the Race-course and at the Opera-houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera) Camp, Perspective, and Race-course Glasses, with wonderful r powers. - Invaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The great advantage derived from . this invention is, that vision impaired Waimea .pre served and strengthtned and very aged persons - are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute oecupation—ean see with those lenses of a much_ less magnifying powair—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dim• gerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most remote part of the world by send ing one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and • stating the distance from the eye they can read small print with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deafness.—New Discovery.—The Chiral& Vibrator, an extraordivarily powerful, small, newly-invented • instrument for deafnege, entirely different from ail of ners, - surpassing anything of the kind that has been, or prob ably can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, 15 not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distiiet ly at church and at public assemblies; the iupleasant sensation of Singing noises in the eta is eiitirelV removed, and it afiurde all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39. Ike. taarle-street, Piccadilly—qppokito the York Hotel, W, ') BIRTHS. HALKEYT —On the 13th inst., the wife of Sir Ar th ur Halkett, of Pitfirrane, Ba rt., Captain 3d Light Drs-: goons, of a daughter. KENT—On the 13th inst., at Lndford-park, near Ludlow, the wife of the Rev. Charles Kent, of a daughter. LEARY—On the 13th inst., at Clapham-common, Mrs. C. " Leary, of a son. 100 0 0 1193 100 0 0 217 2 10 9 31 10 U 0 Si 10 0 0 113 100 0 0 225 10 0 0 11/ 8 0 011 C 100 0 01184 2 10 0 51 12s 100 0 0 1421 a 50 0 0 901 Oa 50 0 0 —1 0 11 0 0 171 Os 2 0 0 11 ha 10 0 0 251 Os 2 0 0 41 Os 3 0 0 71 103 15 0 o 16115 s 3 b 0 41 Os 3 0 0 61 158 1 4 0 t/19_s 20 0 0 39/ Os 1 0 0 I/ 153 2 0 0 2/ Iss 1 • 0 11 I4s 7 0 0 .181 Os Paid. I Fri, Z s. d. all 150 0 U 10' all 4' 12 10 0 2! 100 0 0 - 42 15 0 51 41 0 0 43 10 0 - 41 0 0 52 0 0 5 16 0 0 - *ll 10 0 0 I :11 all 8 40 0 Paid. I Pri, A s. d. 2 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 19 0 0 2b 0 0 40 0 0 39 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 all 5 0 0 WO 0 C 110 0 0 22 10 0 00 0 0 all 14 0 0 all Stock 5 0 0 100 0 0 all 17 10 0 10 — 0 0 All 20 0 0 le 0 0 All All 5 o 0 28 10 0 MAAR lAGE S. RICKETTS—THORNE —On the 13th inst., at St. Martin's in-the-Fields, Thomas, the second son of the late Charles Ricketts; 5, Agar-street, Strand, to Mary, eldest daugh ter of James Thorne, Esq., Mawley-house, South Lam beth. THOMPSON - -PERCY-- Op thel3thinst..at Odihata Church, Edward Percy Thompson, Esq., 7th Hussars, to Char" lotto Alice, youngest daughter of the late Vice-Admiral the HOD. Joseeline Percy, C.B. DEATHS. CHAPMAN— On the 12th inst., at Godmanchester, John Chapman, Esq., late of Whitby, aged 45. CHURCIT —o'n the 11th inst., James Church. Esq., formerly of Park-street, Windsor, Berks, aged 75. COBD EN-At Sir George Carroll's, 34, Cavendish•square, Herbert, fourth son of the Rev. Halsted Cubien, rector of Lambley, Not ts, aged 6 years. HANcocl—On the 13th inst., Charles Hancock, Esq., of Mount Plea - aut , Upper Clapt( n, and of the firm of B a rff, Hancock, and Co., aged 65. . - PAIWIN-013 the 13th i nst., Richard Parviri, Esq., of tho Bank of England, and Champion-place, Upper Clap' ton, aged C 4. Rix- On the 12th inst., Mr. John Rix, of \'Vatliug•street and late of Trump-street, city, aged 49. LormoN: Printed and Funnelled by AlUltl;u 1 uuNt of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Officio, NO. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the conoll of Middlesex, Thursday, April 15, 1858. Paid. 1 Fri Z s. d. " 17t 61% 1' 35% '4 3 t: ' Arts Ap t No. '.... 1., U tro