The Sun. — London, England, 1860-04-14 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NE WS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Bank of England return, completed to the 11th April, shows some very important changes. The chief features, however, are the decrease in the Government Securities and notes. The former have been diminished to the extent of about half it million, while the latter show a decrease of nearly two millions sterling. These changes have been caused by the extreme pressure in the Money Mar. ket, but the other securities, owing to the distribu tion of the dividends, and the consequent repay ment of allowances previously made by the Bank, have been lessened by about a million and a half. The public deposits show a decrease of about four millions, and the bullion has been trenched upon to some extent, a large quantity of coin being generally circulated at this period. The various items, and the changes they present, are shown in the subjoined table : Active Circulation .. 223,467,255 Increase .. .. • . .. 1,621,665 Bullion .. .. 14,637,102 Decrease .. .. 246,498 Rest t . 3,200,497 Decrease .. .. 582,638 Public Deposits 5 878,135 Decrease .. 3,818,297 Other Deposits tt 14,570,717 Increase .. 601,369 Seven Day and other Bills 70.5,829 Increase .. 5,833 Government Securities .. 9,728,943 Decrease .. • • • 492,197 Other Securities .. 23,534,388 Decrease .. 1,430,376 Notes Unemployed .. .. 4,922,085 Decrease 1,919,740 It is generally imagined that these alterations are partly due to the proceedings of the money dealers, who arc supposed to be locking up their resources in order to compel the Directors to rescind the resolution by which the brokers are excluded from the discount facilities of the Bank. The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon ex hibited a considerable advance in the rate on Paris, and the quotations for Hamburg and Amsterdam Were also rather higher. The Ethiope, from Africa, has been announced this morning with £9,572 in specie. A fair amount of business was transacted in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices Were steady. The sales were 7,000 bales. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £172,845, and the exports £310,965, exclusive of the following shipments direct from London to the Continent during the week ending Thursday last:—Gold coin—Boulogne, 80oz.; ditto Rotterdam, 125 oz. Silver coin—Boulogne, 800 oz. ; ditto Hamburgh, 776 oz. The market for Public Securities has remained in a very quiet state, but an improvement has taken Place. Consols being 94 1 for transfer to 91 for May. The transactions have been very limited, but several speculative purchases have been effected. The New Threes and the Reduced are firmer at 9' 931; the New 2-1 per Cents. remain at 78 ; India Loan has improved to 105 Z ; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper has declined to 971 ; ditto 51 Per Cent. ditto to 1031 1 ; Exchequer Bills have l'eceded to Gs. and 10s. prem. Business in Foreign Stock Market is moderately active, and prices tend upwards. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 76 to 761 ; ditto New, 61 to 611; Vene zuelan 3 per Cents, have improved to 268 ; Chilian 6 per Cents. to 1021 ; Russian 41 per Cents. to 97 ; the 3 per Cents. to 65; and Spanish 3 per C en t s . to 658 and the Deferred to 35. The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are Prem. ; the Universal ditto, prem. ; the Vic toria Loan, 105 to 1051. Nlessrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. give the following as the priccs of American securities : Redeemable. Prices ljnited States 6 per Cents 1867-1868 pia° 5 per Cent Bonds „ryland 5 per Ct. Str. Bonds ' t assachusetts 5 per Cent. Str. I• 3onds r ennsylvania it per Ct. Stock. ,klabatna 5 per C en t. Bonds.. O hio 6 per Cent. Bonds . 1368-72 Pennsylvania 6 per Cent. Stock lBB6 rennsyivania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds. Divers v irginia 6 per Cent. Bonds Virgi n i a 5 per Cent. St. Bonds 1888 Boston 5 per Cent. St. Bonds I lli nois Central 7 per . Cent Illinoi s Central 6per Cent . • • Illino is Central 7 per Cent (Freelands) Do. shares, 60 dols. paid kiehigan Central 8 per Cent „.bo. do. s h ares Aew York Central 6 per Ct , not convertible .. Central New York 7 per Ct , convertible, from June 15, 0 857-59 1864 92 93 ' 4 . do. shares 7O 72 In the Railway Share Market the preparations for the settlement of the account are in progress. prices, however, are a shade firmer. Lancashire a nd Yorkshire, and Brighton have advanced ss. ; 3lidland, North-Eastern (Berwick), and South- Eastern lOs ; North-Western, 15s. ; and Great Is lorthein, £1; Eastern Counties have declined 6 8.; and Great Western, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have s hown little variation. Great Luxembourg are 6 T ',- ; Pernambuco, 11 K ; East Indian realise 104 102 ; grand Trunk of Canada, 34 to 34! ; and Great Western of Canada, 12a 121. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull. Union of Australia have declined 10s.; London and County have improved £l, and Penin aUlar and Oriental Steam £l. Mt 921 - 95} 961 1011 1021 82 84 75 77 90 92 97 98 86 87 79 81 84 85 82 84 1875 79 80 1875 75 77 1860 89 90 43 41 dis 1869 82 83 38 40 1883 851 861 b BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. •-)Rnk Stock a Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93 24 3k ? i i}er Cent. Consols Annuities Oft a • 3 per Cent. Annuities } 'ilia Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per cent. — Ditto 5 per Cent. , i Ditto 51 per Cent . 1031 i iitto Bonds, £l,OOO 1 d (.1 ,onsols for Account (May 9) ,lehequer Bills, 1,000, lid 6 10 "Itto Small, lid. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. t razilian 5 per Cent. „ Ditto 41 per cent., 1858 ‘'llilian 6 per Cent P ortuxuese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 4, osNian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent Cent Ditto 41 per Cent 97 b Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 °Pctnish 3 per Cent Ditto Account i , Ditto NeWDeferred 3 per Cent. " 1 4kiFh 6 per D efer Cent rr Ditto New Loan w f kezuelan 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Console, Money 94a Ditto Account tqeneral Lamorici&e's letters from Rome con 41tie to speak favourably of the state a n d p ros p e ct s of i go Pontifical army. It is said he is of opinion that the ery, who form a corps of 4,000 m e n, are p re tty 1 • if not fully, equal to the French troops of the same The o ffi cers of the artillery are al so s p o k en o f hi g hly, p - the line will, in a short time, with a little drill an d dis -4 Ina, their pay punctually given to them, their food good % I I Su ffi cient, and their comforts generally cared for, turn ,1 1 -% efficient as any other troops. With respect to the o N eSSed rioters, the G_ eneral says that before he arrived at they could be had for 30 sous a head ; since his foal the price has increased to 3f francs. I ttic lx French. gentleman, formerly in diplomacy, tL,who knows Italy well, is now at Rome, visiting nonpitals and other beneficent institutions, w i t h a , view Il ltroducing reforms. He is not deputed by the French (lerrament, but has volunteered his services. t e ,ft is thought that other superior officers on the 4 41 ted list of the French army will follow the example of 14,;„eral Lamoriciere, and enter the service of the Pope. !he following peerages, held by distinguished 4.,iduals are without heirs apparent or presumptive, and therefore cease with the lives of their present holders : 4 5 ,,,"t,hrterston, Lyndhurst, Brou g ht on , Ell en b oroug h ( ear l- Paninure, Cranworth, Dalhousie (marquisat e ), Can -10, Mversley, Overstone, k Wensleydale, Clyde, and itsdown—Once a Wee. tl it t has generally been remarked, as a thing with 4Or P t eeedent, that the late Duke of Wellington a n d th ree 8 brothers should have enjoyed the honours of the Peer ,lva.fit the same time : but a similar instance is, or rather to be found in the family of Boyle two centuries ago, t tt l it the th ree younger b rot h ers o f t h e E ar l o f C ork were a e „ tB4l Y ennobled as Lords Boyle, Broghill, and Shannon, the Y nothing of the youngest of the family, Robert Boyle, e c ,.at philosopher, who frequently refused the sweets o f `43 ° Luce and title, but whose fame has outlived that of all .k°,ronetted brethren.—Once a .Week. In lAlt DISTILLERY ON FlRE.—Yeiterday morn- Ile — "re broke out at the Canal-bridge tar distillery, at clitlford, the property of Messrs. Hunt. The disaster was 4 4 %1., it is supposed, by a leakage from one of the stills, t t ika,„Te spirit becoming ignited the flames quickly ex. S C ,. to one thousand gallons of refined tar. The fire ergt•so hi h in to the air as to bring out in bold relief of g the parish church and the shipping in the 4 , 1 1 tt. tinfortunatel the fire had obtained too great 44 $41 e 3 L 1(l aze . y of the water to be of any assistance in ox it, The property was not insured, NTJAh.E MA RKET.-( THIS ORDINARY SHARES nailways. Notting. Bost. sod Eastern Junction and EAliymena it r., Wol., and Str. Val tirk.,La.,and.Ch. June Blackburn B:ytb and Tyne lost.Slefd.& Mid. Coun "lristoi and Exeter I,dedon tan Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork and Bandon Cork, Illkrock,&Paosage Cornwall Do. A 1 A roves ' no div unti hip.c. per an Do. B hasbeen pd.tol3 , Dublin andEeliastJune ' Dun., Pertli,& Abr.Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do. Nw. A . E. U3ds) East Suffolk Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furnesa Glasgow & South Westn Crest North of Scotlanc! Gri-at Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock t. South. & Irstn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall. Lon.,Brighton & S. Coast T,ond. Chat. and Dover! London & North Westn , Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Man., Shef., & Lincoln., Maryport and Carlisle . Do. do. I Shares.... Metropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derby : Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland: Do. Shares Mid Kent Do. (Cray Line) Newcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd: Newry & Armagh (aef.) Newry, Warpt., & Hos Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor. Dev. Rail. &Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.—Arec. no div until tlp.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York North London . North Staffordshire No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sittinghourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern south Wales soul hYorks.& Riv. Dun Staines, Wok., & Wok Stockton & Darlington Do. do. Stockton & ilartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preierence, - No. 1 ThameslTavenDk&Rall Water Do. Do. Vale of Neath Victoria Station & Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London Do. Ist Class no. 2d Class 'Worcester & .llereforcl STO' Closing Price. fi tli 8 8! 70 72 114 121 6f 101 103 91 OL 61 61 76. 8 174 18, 5.11 155 i 36 38 26 28 78 80 20 3(;) 98 100 1131 114 116 118 128 132 113 115 69 691 60 65 104} 104 f 67 69 112 113 12 13 991 100 911 92i 411 121 2& I& d Il6i 117 94 96 10i 113 7i 6 55 57 31 1 a 61 611 951 951 1 14 48 49 79 791 105 107 3 1 3 1 d 42 44 14 16 6 7 114 116 346 356 tis 87 47 49 3} 24 d 43 15 671 SB6 6(1 67 75 80 6 8 394 406 81 91 Di 551 551 • 21 3} p d 59 al * p 10 11 5 1 61 ..• 3 2d `'hsr~ 12.10 13.14 Stoql PREFERENCE SHARES. p. 1,1 Closing Business Share Railways. Pa —.l Price. Done. za Blythe and Tyne IC per a. pref. (issued at Z 5 lan St k Faris. & Exet.4p.ct.Sto 100 ci, 20 I Do. do. do. Shares l4 St oak i (Weston £lO, 44 per cent 100 12.10 'Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. all 65 Cork & Band on , 54 p. c. all 20 (.7ornwall, 5 per cent. ~. all 65 'Dun. Perth,& A ber.Jun. all StocklE.Angn. Class A 7 & spe 100 Stock , Do. do. Class B 6 pc lO O „,., Stock ,Do. do. Class C 7 pa ... • 1s" Stock 141. Coun. Ex. 5 p ct. No. 1; 100 Stock, Do. do. N 0.2 100 Stock 'Do. New 6 per ct. Stock 100 Stock Eastern Union. 4 per et] 100 F took Do. spe cent, guar ! 100 ?took I Edin.&Glas. spa shares' 100 Stock, Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. & D.i 100 Stock j Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. 100 Stock !Furness, 5 per cent 1 100 Stock 'Gins. &S West. n. spc 1 100 Stock ,Great Northern. 5 p. et ' 100 Stock i Do. 5 pc Itedan.,lop.c.pml 100 Stock Do. 45 p. c. do. do. ',OO Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm BO 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, let pf,, all f Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4; 1 100 p. et. pref. Stock 1 Great West. (Berks and] Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 45 p at Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. ct. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Prof. Shares Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c.pf.sb. Do. do. 5 p. ct. prof Do. Binning. guar. stock Do. Chesterguar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Do.llarnsl.StXs 3slodpc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan) I.on.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. , 5 p. c No. 2 no. gua., 6 p. et. Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Do. Do. 44 per cent Do. do. 44 per e. shares Do. 7 percent. Pref. St. D 0.6 p.c.d0.(1V.E.&C.P.) D 0.4 p.c S.(div.def .111 '65) Lond. Chat. and Dover Lon.&N.W.Cov.&Nun , eaton, sp. ct. 'Lon.& S. W, 7 met. stock, I, ondondy & Cole, 4 she. Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh. nan.,Sli., & Lin., 6 p. ct Do £6 Do. 54 per cent. Do. redeem. 6 per cent. varyport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent... 'Tid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Brie.&lllr.6p.Ct. - )o. 45 p. a. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860, Do. Leis. & Trit.pref. st. Newport, A ber,&c.pret.s p. 0. redeem, at 5 p. o. al re Do. Perpet, S p. c. with option till 1,866 Do., till 1861(, a st is Do. do., 2d is. Nortik 5 p.a. Ex.Stk,lB4e. Do. p. c. Pref. do. 1847 D 0.5 wavVal.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, spercent Do. Ne w . gma. 5 percent Do, Bor. Tin. g. pf. she., Do. do. do. i Nt b. Pev.li ail.& Dsk.Co.' N- Ea st. Con s. I'ref.4p.c. Do. Berariek, 4 p.c. Prof. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters,lB4B' ''o. York, H.& S. Purch. 'North Staffordshire Inx. Wr. & Wol. Spa. lst g Do. Redeem., 2d gua Do. Irredeem., 24 gala. !thymney Guaranteed. 'Scottish Central, new pa , zeottish North-Eastern 14 per c. pref. stock.... ' Do. Aberdeen.gua.6pc. ' Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. south Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 45 percent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6 ) i Do .45 per cent ' Do. Fixed 45 p.c. let is South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 44 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 re. gua Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.c Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent. Watrfd & Kilkny, Sp.c. 811 Stock Stock Stock les. 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stook 96 98 1100 102 54 6 99 101 110 113 103 108 110 112 109 111 124 126 iBl 83 110 112 90 02 75 77 118 120 117 119 1 110 112 1103 105 185 87 96 98 98 100 88 90 90 92 101 IC$ 9, I . o} 17 18 161 10, 74 76 19} 20} 9, 10 14, 11 1 138 140 1 115 117 1115 117 140 145 1 115 117 154 158 132 136 67 69 21i 22i 115 117 15!& 1571 12 12i 125 127 i it 58 70 4 Iri 138 140 102 103 1 p 94 95 9 10k 111 121 i IP 5 1 p 109 111 108 110 I PI 90 1,2 95 97 11 ld 1 id ip 23 24 124 126 1117 119 100 100 100 al 1 all 75 77 121 123 132 136 lot lot I 231 231 IC*O 102 ICO 102 89 91 99 101 84 88 28 29 321 334 32 33 51 53 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. I FOREIGN MINES Railways. raid. Leasing , Closing Business Co.'s. ' Price. Done. 20 Australian 74 i 1 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim. 15a 4 d par Bedford and Mete"!iley, all Ln & N.W .. ._ 1 35 Brazil. Imp. (iv. at £5 p.' 271 - Buckinghamshire ... I 100 Ln& N.W 95 100 I 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. !Fl 221 231 231 22 Chester & Holyhead.: 1 100 Do 5l 311 5 Do. Land and MinlngCo. all Do. do. 51 P. ct..... 100 Do. 122 } 124 125 1 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. # —— d Do. do. S P. ct. ClydesdaleJunction..p 100 Caledonin 103 105 Colchester, Stour Val all E.U.&E— Copiapo Cl 6 17 1 DunMounCopMing.Cc all 4 E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.o 100 G t. North. 140 1 . . , 2 all 3 81 31 E Union,H 2 Fortuna arwichShe all E.Counts. 41 4/ all 2A3 25 Do. Woodbridge . . 100 1 Gls.Bart&Nells,Dra. 100 C a l e d on i n 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 d 4 p Do. New lOO Do. ll Kapunda (Limited)..... 1 1 12 Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West. 3 Linares all 102 111 11 102 llartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all Yk.N.stl3r ___ 5 Lusitanian Hull and Selby Do. 1 Shares all Do. Do. 1 Shares all Do. Lanc.&Carl.gua.s p.c. 100 Ln & ?TRW 207 210 Mining and Smelt.... all 5 6 London&Greenwich . 100 S. East Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend lOO Pet° &Co. gg gs 28.2.83 United Mexican Lewestoft, gua. 4p. ct. 100 Norfolk .. _ 1 Worthing (Limited) all 4 Do. 6 per cent lOO Do. 1 Do. Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. all LN W&M 21 21 Mid. Bradford Prefer- . JOINT-STOCK BANKS. ence Stock 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 75 77 Newmarkt,BuryEx 1 .4 ,. 6. mcounts _ f f p 40 Australasia all 7?. 74 guaranteed 5 p. c. j ' " . Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all iDo. 56 58 25 Bank of Egypt all 211 221 Do. do. 6 per cent.. . all Do. lOO Sank of London 6O 51 53 Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. North Western all Midland . 144 15 60 113ritish North American all dz NW ) 20 IChtd. Bank of India, &c all 192 201 Preston and Wyre. 1 all i & LA - k. 3 25 :Ch.Mer.of In. Lon.&Ch. all 32 34 Do. 4 SI , arcs A. all \ Do. — 100 lefty 5O 70 72 100 Colonial 25 37 38 Roystn,llitch.,& Shep 100 Gt. North. 135 137 20 . 1 1 Com. Bank of Canada all Shrowabry& Hereford 100 T Brassoy 104 106 Do. Do. 1 ...• i p 2 0 Eng , Scot., & A u s. Ch . a ll 164 17 100 Commercial of Landon . 20 19 21 M South Sta ff ordshire .. all 'Clcan . 10 i 111 20 Gen Bk. of S w it zer l an d a ll Wilts and Somerset.. 100 ;Gt. West 91 93 20 Lon.Chark.ofAustral. all 22 221 Wimbledon& Croydn. all , L.Stßrgtn 71 84 5O London and County DOCKS. 5O London Joint Stook I Paid I Closin g 100 London & Westminster 2O 58 Business 100 Nat. Prov. of England 35 Share Books. 20 Do. new Price. Done. 10 . , 50 National Bank 25 20 New South Wales Si oel lOonimercia I lOO 25 Orient ;Bk. Corporation all St oct Do 4 pPreent .Pret .Min lOO 20 Ottoman Bank all 164 174 Stock Rnst and West India... 100 100 Provincial of Ireland Stock I London lOO 10 Do. New all StocklSt. Katharine ICO --25 South Australia StocklSouthampton lOO 25 Union of Australia all 474 Stook) Victoria . .. IeOICO El 5O Union of London . 12 294 304 30 00 iDo New ultramaigps.ll t i 1 100 Valty Alutual• • 60 ..... ___. itock 60 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 264 12k 20 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stook Stock 121 Stock Stock 12 12i Stock Stock Stock Stock 12i 25 20 Stock Stock Stock Paid. All 100 3i 100 100 all 100 100 100 all all :1 1 11E1 7- SUN; LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1860. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Ehare l " Railways. Paid. Price. Closi k slincse done ng 100 Stk 1 18 20& 20i 10 100 I 100 10C Atlantic & St Lawrencc E am., Barod a b, Cent. Ind j all 1 100 131 all all all 1100 85 87 85 4t VI i go. 5 percent ... Do. Do. B uffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Do. Preference B iffalo, Brant. &G °chi( 13' 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 18;2 Do. do. 1 July, 18;3 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Cleutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lini.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip' Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.e Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, gu. 5 p. Do. F Shares Ext.! Do. Jubbulpore Do. 41 p. c. Debentra i I Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 186 L eelong& Melbourne ;Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada! Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 6 percent. Dcbcntr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 I Do. do. 1867... Do. do. 1872... 97 98 d d 5 5/d 7 7/ 78 82 70 76 08 73 Par P 'lOO 100 1. 3 0. 1i Id' 1: 1: d 174 20 Stock id id 1011 1011 par pm' ip 1004 101 1024 zo i 211 100 Stock 20 Sto. Stock 100 100 100 100 100 Stock ell all all ] 100 33 35 924 934 70 72 81 80 72 74 71 73 991 991 id d 14 14 12 1 12i 8 7/ 97 99 97 99 97 99 90 93 88 90 974 984 90 92 1 d 0 t.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e. Do. New, gua.s per cent. I Gt.South. of Ind.Lim.— guaranteed 5 per cent Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with apt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt , Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 4i p. c Do. do. per cent Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. li'ourth do. Do. do. IMelb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&l,and(Lim.)g - .6pc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do ! Do. do. Land do Oude (Limited) Scindc ci Do. New r.. Do. runlaub Do. Indus. St. Flo. ( St. Andrews & Quebec ITrinidad(Limited) Scrip StOck all 100 6 1 10 alt all 100 } all 1 all 5 7 Stock Stock 20 10 ! 100 all 5 100 5 7 99 101 id $ i d d 91 96 f }d 1012 34 3i I I 121 1 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Itotterdan all 44 44 20 Ardon nes all —t; 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 7 Id par 5 Belgian East. Junction all 4 1 20 Beziers to Graissessac all 10 ;Buen.Ayres& S. Ferndo ?I 25 3 r, if 6 ICarmeaux Mine & Rail all 24 2/ 100 'Copiabo 10 1 Ditto Extension 20 ;Dutch Rhenish 20 (Eastern of France ...... all j 25 z 6 20 Grand Ens. Guar .5 p.c. 6 I 20 I Do. do. .... all 20 Great Central of Ennio all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. sits.. all 64 7 20 . Italian Junction ....... all 20 ILake Constance & Bali all 20 ; Lierre and Turnhout.— all 20 'Lombardo Venetian._ 10 15 14 20 (Lyons and Geneva 335 ;Maria Antonia .. all 10 IDo. do. New 20 ;Namur and Liege all 8 n 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref all 19 194 16 Northern of France all 38 39 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk i'ref all 8 9 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit all 161 374 20 Paris awl Orleans ~, Reie& S. Fran. (Fern i., , "" t 1 ua. 7p. et(Lim.) . c l4 lid 114 20 !Riga and Dunaburo•— 10 -- 10 !R6me and Frascati' 20 I Royal Danish all 13 15 5 ' Royal Swedish 4 ,Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 ;Sambre and Meuse all 54 6 51; 10 1 Thi. 55 per eent. Pref. 20 [San Patt:o (lim.) g. rp. c. 2 4 4d 14 20 (Southern of France 81 West Flanders 10 Do. 54 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 22 23 20 Western of Austria .. 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand all COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can.Gov.6 p.c Ja. & julyl 100 ,114 116 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. l 100 109 111 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 110 112 Do. 6 per cent. 1878 102 111 1)o. 6 per cent. 1580 100 ; Do. 6 per cent. 18S2 10e Do. do. Scrip.. N. 11. G 0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 107 109 Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 99 • 100 D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1876 100 99 100 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up 100 99 100 994 NovaScoNaGov.6 p.c. S. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 107 109 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&Julyl 100 110 112 -- Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July! 100 ' - - Do. do. April & Oct. , 100 1045 1054 1055 4 MISCELLAIi EOUS. 10 lAnglo-Mexican Mint .. 1 all 14 15 WOO I Atlantic Tel. (Limited).( all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 32 53 19 Berlin Water Works ..1 all 44 5 50 !British American Land 40 50 I Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A., all 37 39 20 I Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862.. 1 all 20 22 20 I Do. C 1 all 144 165 100 (Canada Land 1 324 12* 125 10 IChan.lslands Tel.(Lim ); all 6 8 Stock 'Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg; all 25 30 25 Do. Preference 75 per ct ; all 245 254 Stock Crystal Palace. ' 100 274 30 5 (Do. Preference al 99 101 Stock IDo. 6p. c. Perpet. Deb lOO 103 106 Stock ; Electric Telegraph lOO 106 108 25 I Do. New 5 ;EnglishheAnst.Coppers all 24 24 24 15 ;Gon. Steam Navigation. 14 1 Great Ship (Limited) all 4 4 4 20 llndian & Aust. Telegr 2s. 5 London District Telegr 2 1 5d 20 ,London Discount 5 If 1 d 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co all If 15 20 ;Madras Irr. and Canal I 1 24 2 10 iMediter. Electric Teleg. 1 all 10 1 51 ed. Exton. Tel. (Lim.)l all 3 4 25 'National Discount Co S 5 1 f d 10 ,Netherlands Land 1 all -- ; 5 Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at ldis 1 all 4 I 100 il'Tjir.&NovaScotiaLand 80 10 15 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim ) all 4 1 Oriental Gas ' all i 1 1 IDo. New Shares 1 15s. I par 10 'Orientl. I. Steam, A 1 6 ! 10 Ditto 13 6 , 10 Ditto C , 2s. ! - S Stock Peel River Land & Min 1 100 49 51 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam , all 78 60 79 50 Do. New , 15 13 15 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr I 174 Id 4 p 17$ 50 Rhynaney Iron S all 1 214 224 15 Do. New 1 all 54 64 I 100 Royal Mail Steam ; 60 52 51 Stock . cot.Austrln.lnv.(Lim ) 1 100 ,120 130 25 South Australian Land. all 1 344 354' .s 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip., all I 4 1 ; Do. do Registered ! all I ; 10 'Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can i 5 i WEI Van Diemen's Land 285 110 11 i BRITISH MINES. Closing Business Share Mines. Paid, Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 21 3 20 British Iron Clifford — 300 310 •-• Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 440 450 East Bassett (Mogan) 3O 921 971 East Caradon E. WI Rusal (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 11 114 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 541. 35 38 Great South Tolgus.— . 17s 14 15 G. Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) 12.8.9 1 14 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 94 Grenville Herod's-Foot 8.12.6 31 32 Hingston Downs 4.7.0 4 41 Lady Bertha Margaret ( tiny Lclant) 9l 40 45 North Downs North France , Illogan) 11 31 41 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) 5 5 54 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 8 9 10 Par Consols (St. Blazy). 11 12 13 121 1 Providence (Uny Letat) 10.6.7 45 48 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 12s 1 SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) 11 290 300 South C. Brea( Mogan). 3 21 2 1 S.Dev. Iron & Gen. Min. all 14 1 S- Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 140 150 Stray Park 20.18.0 23 25 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 44 3 31 10 Tin Croft 9 41 5 Vale of Towey (Caren ) 13s 6d 4 West Basset (Mogan). 24 19 26 W. Caradon (Liskeard ). 5 88 90 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 5l 110 150 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 874 924 Wheal Edward (Cals.). el 11 14 Wheal Kitty(U. Lelanl 1.7.2 151 16 ) Wh'l MaryAnn(Menhe 8 19 21 Virh'l Trelawney (Lick . 51 31 33 LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE CORRESSY AND COSMO. These bankrupts were described as of Threadneedle street, merchants, and to-day came up for their certificates. There was no opposition, and as Mr. Pennell, the official assignee, reported that the books had been well kept, his honour granted immediate certificates of the second class, but he refused any allowance to the accountants, as being a tax on the creditors, and :unjustifiable where the books had been well kept. MIR D EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. TIIIRSK RACES.-(THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TWO-YEAR-OED STAKES. Viscount Brignall Royal Princess Eight ran. DEATH OF THE SURGEON-AURIST TO THE LATE QUEEN CHARLOTTE. Among the throng King Death has levelled of late, was one well worthy a passing notice, viz., Mr. Wright, of Duke-street, St. James's, Aurist- Surgeon to Queen Charlotte, &c. ; the ashes of this venerable Professor having been committed to their final resting-place the other day at Kensal Green Cemetery, at the advanced age of 86 years. William Wright was born at Dartford, in Kent, in May, 1773, and commenced his professional practice in the city of Bristol in 1816 ; and it was here that- Miss Hannah Flatcher was introduced to him, labouring under the total deprivation of hearing and speech, but by the means he adopted she was enabled to both hear and speak • and, in 1817, had an interview with her Majesty Queen Charlotte, and held with her a long conversation, upon which Mr. Wright was appointed Aurist- Surgeon in ordinary to her Majesty; and in 1829, he again made the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak, in the person of Miss Mary Anne Adams. In 1823 he was consulted by the Duke of Wellington, and continued in con stant attendance on his Grace until his death. He also attended on their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester, Duke of Cambridge, Duke of Sussex, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and family, Sir Robert Peel, and the elite of the aristo cracy. Many now livinr , have to thank him and his advancement in medical science for the great blessing they enjoy in hearing the sound of the human voice. M r . Wright has also been an active hard-working man, and contributed largely to the medical literature of his day. In 1817, he pub lished "An Essay on the kluman Ear ;" in 1820, " An Address to Persons 'afflicted with Deafness ;" in 1822, " Observations on the effects of Mercury ;" in 1826, "Plain Advice for all classes of Deaf Per sons ;" in 1829, "On the Varieties of Deafness ;" in 1834, "The Present State of Aural Surgery ;" in 1839, " A Few Minutes' Advice to Deaf Per sons ;" in 1841, " Hand Book for the Deaf;" in 1843, "Facts relative to the Deaf and Dumb;" in 1848, "Observations on Electricity and Galvanism ;" in 1851, " A Letter on Deafness ;" in 1853, " The Case of F. M. the Duke of Wellington ;" in 1859, " Fishes and Fishing, or the Passions, Loves, and Intellect of Fishes ;" and, in 1860, his last work, "Deafness and Diseases of the Ear," in which he gives the cream of 60 years' experience, and there fore a great boon is conferred not only on the medi cal profession but to the public in general. This work he devoted much time and application to, and only a few days before bis death, receivinr , the two first copies issued by the publisher, observed to an intimate friend, " This book has killed me." He was also the editor of the serial entitled the " Aurist ;" was a lecturer for many years on natural philosophy and chemistry ; con tributed various papers to the " Lancet," besides the " Mirror," " Family Herald," &c. It is to be regretted that, notwithstanding his great abilities and the number of years he practised, the high eulogiums which have been bestowed on him by the medical profession and his patients generally, that his long illness and other misfor tunes has had the effect of reducing his widow and amiable daughters to straitened circumstances. Mr. Wright was a member of the Masonic Order, was of a lively and animated disposition, was an ardent admirer of his profession, a good husband, a kind father, and a warm-hearted friend. Let us hope that his masonic brethren, and the many in the upper walks of life who are now enjoying the fruits of his toil and science, will not forget those he has left as a legacy to his country. IN RE GEORGE NOBLE. This bankrupt was described as a builder at Northamp• ton, and this was a meeting for proof of debts and choice a assignees. Mr. Weston, from the office of Mr. Walls, Moorgate. street, appeared for creditors and carried the choice. The accounts are in course of preparation by Mr. T. W, Palmer. The debts and liabilities are not very large. SHERIFFS' COURT. • (Before Mr. Kerr.) SERVANT-GALISM, No. I.—FOLLOWERB.-- COOK Y. PAYNE. This was an action to recover XI 175., balance of wages actually earned, alleged to be due to plaintiff, a domestic servant. Plaintiff said she had been summarily dismissed without any reason, and the wages earned being withheld she had brought the present action. His Honour—Well, Mr. Payne, why don't you pay Miss Cook her wages ? Defendant—l will tell your honour. One evening I and my family went out, leaving the house under plaintiff's charge. When we returned it was discovered that she had had a young man in to spend the evening with her, and ho had stopped until a late hour. (A laugh.) His Honour—Oh, they will have followers, you know. (Renewed laughter.) It's no use trying to prevent it. Defendant—Some clothes belonging to one of my chil dren were missing, and plaintiff was questioned upon the subject. She denied all knowledge of the missing pro perty, but then there was the young man, and she would not tell me his name. (A laugh.) She knew where he was living, and if she had told me I might have traced out the clothes. His Honour—l do not think she was bound to tell you. You see there was nothing to connect him with the pro perty, and it was not very pleasant for her to have him ac cused. The mere suspicion of felony is no ground for with holding her wages. Defendant—l believe she has been paid all her wages. Plaintiff—lndeed 1 have not. I told Mr. Payne that the young man lived with his mother. His honour—You must pay this money forthwith, Mr. Payne.. Verdict for plaintiff. No. 2.—AN IMPERTINENT MISTRESS-MY SUNDAY ETEN ING OUT-RIORDEN V. SCOTT. This was an action to recover a month's wages in lieu of notice. • Plaintiff, a very smart looking girl, said she had been suddenly turned out without notice. Defendant—l will just tell your honour about this. Ono Sunday evening Mrs. Scott asked plaintiff to take baby. " It's like your impertinence to ask such a thing when you know it's my Sunday evening out," replied Miss Itiorden. (Roars of laughter.) hearing this, I came out of the par - lour, and told her sho should not go out, or if she did that she might stop out altogether. She did go ont—(laughter) —and the next morning demanded her money, and said sho would not remain. Plaintiff—The abuse I've had to put up with is awful; while the names he called me ; and had to nurse baby in a cold room night after night, when he knows I came from carriage people. (Roars of laughter.) His - donour—Don't talk rubbish. Plaintiff—Ah I no one knows. I've had to walk upon rats. (Renewed laughter.) His Honour—Did your mistress tell you not to go out ? Plaintiff—She did not stop me. His Honour—Did she tell you that if you went out you would forfeit your wages ? Plaintiff—Oh, no. Besides, I had a right to go out. I expressly engaged for my Sunday evening; and the lan guage he used was dreadful. His Honour—Your tongue is a perfect curse to you. I should think your mistress must have had a nice time of it. You will not answer a question properly; and it is very clear you went out against the wishes of your mistress. You will be no nsuited. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—( This Day.) MANSION-HOUSE. John Baxter was charged with embezzeling £l7O, the moneys of his masters, Messrs. Christie, hatters, City, in whose employment he was chief clerk and cashier. Mr. Hugget," detective, apprehended the prisoner in Jersey, and brought him back to London. He gave up to the constable £174. The prisoner was reminded till Friday. Richard Wm. May, Billingsgate-market, was charged on summons by the superintendent of the Salmon Fisheries on the Tweed, with being unlawfully possessed of salmon, contrary to the statute for the preservation of salmon in close time. The defendant settled the case by giving a cheque for £l9 6s. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A DESPERATE TIIIEF.—John Burns, described as of no home nor occupation, was charged before Mr. Bingham as follows : Mr. Philip Fry, pawnbroker, of 2, Crown-street, Soho, said that on the previous evening, about 6 o'clock, ho was informed by a neighbour residing opposite, that the pri soner had taken a coat from the outside of his shop. He followed the prisoner about 50 yards, when he stole ,a pic ture from another shop, having at the time the coat stowed away in a basket. On his asking how he became possessed of it, he said he was "blind drunk." He told him that ho would soon sober him, and gave him into custody. William Pickett, 111 F, said he received the prisoner in custody, and he appeared to be drunk at the time. Shortly after he took him into custody he began kicking and biting. After kicking him several times, he was obliged to throw him down to secure him. The prisoner was the most des perate follow he had ever met with, and when at the sta tion he tore the whole of the clothes off his person, and he was obliged to procure some from the workhouse, before he could be brought to the court. The services of six con stables were required to take him into custody. In answer to Mr. Bingham's question as to whei,her anything was known of the prisoner, The prisoner admitted he had been convicted by Mr. Sergeant Adams and received eight months' imprison• ment, and that ho had been convicted other times besides. Mr. Bingham said he would remand the prisoner for a week that inquiries might be made. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. f ONDON, April 14.—Wind this day at noon, North to North-West ; light airs and hazy, with drizzling rain at times. POOLE, April 13.—Wind N.E.—Sailed —Hem, Dun can, for Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, April 13.—Wind S.E. to N.E.—Sailed— Standard, for Quebec. PLYMOUTH, April 13.—Wind N.N.W.—Sailed—Prin cess Royal, for Quebec, NEWPORT, April 13.—Wind N,E.—Arrived—Sopelana, frem Milford for St. Thomas. QUEENSTOWN, April 13.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—City of Manchester, screw steamer, from New York. GALWAY, April 13.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Circassian, screw steamer, from New York. TitooN, April 13.—Wind N.E. —Sailed—Sampson, for Quebec. CLYDE, April 10.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Guyenne, front St. Kitt's. Sailed—Compromise, for New York. BLIGH, April 13.—The Cradle, schooner, of Yarmouth, struck on the Sow and Pigs Rocks last night, and filled, and this morning she capsized, and will become a wreck ; crew saved. KINGROAD, April 13.—Arrived—Juno, from Cardiff for Quebec, reported leaky. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Wind N.N.W., hazy. Arrived, April 13—Ellen, from Newport ; Annie Ver non and Northumberland, steamers, from Cardiff; Confi dence, from Sunderland • Vina, from Middlesb oroug h. Arrived, April 14Alliance, steamer, from Havre. Sailed, April 13—Jenne Armande, for Carentan ; Won der, steamer, for Havre; Dispatch, steamer, for Jersey; Star and Elizabeth, for Newport; Vienna, for Seaham ; Letitia, for Youghal ; Delight, for Cardiff. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Wind S.; tide, first hour's ebb; weather fine. Arrived, April 13—Rifleman, from Frederickstadt. Arrived, April 14—Mary, from Frederickstadt. Sailed. April 14--Benlinde, for Singapore ; Beri, for Ber muda; Rambler, for Barbados; Premier, for Table Bay; Castor, steamer, for Hamburg. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Wind E. by S., moderate. Passed—Amazon, screw steamer, from Lisbon; Black Prince, screw steamer, from Palermo—both for London ; Sutlej, and Tremad, from London, for Quebec; Theresa, from London, for Algoa Bay. THE NEW ENVOY TO THE COURT OF PERSIA.— Mr. Charles Alison, just appointed Envoy to the Court of Teheran, has had very considerable Oriental experience. lie was employed some years in the Consulate-General in Albania, and so early as the sth of April, 1839, was ap pointed Paid Attache at Constantinople. In 1841-42, he was on special service in Egypt, and in Syria in 1843. In December, 1844, he was Oriental Secretary at Constanti nople, and shortly afterwards was deputed on special ser vice to the Island of Samos, where he was prominently use ful in restoring things to the condition in which they now are. In 1847, he was again on special service at Badroun ; again, in 1849, on the Greek frontier; again, in 1850, in Servia, Bosnia, and Valachie ; at Schumlah in 1854, and on the coast of Circassia, and in the Principalities in 1855-56. On the 20th of February, 1857, he was appointed Secretary to the Embassy at Constantinople, and on the 12th of De cember, in the same year, wag Chargé d'Affaires, which post he held till July, 1858. Few men, therefore, have had greater experience in the Turkish empire, and we have no doubt Mr. Alison's services will be equally useful in Persia,—,/bmovanf XV. THIRSK HANDICAP. Julia 1 Ben Webster Prince of Denmark Five ran. 7.1118 DAYS MARKETS. COVENT-GARDEN. The show of most kinds of produce continues limited. Generally speaking, the trade is firm, at full prices . FRUIT. s. d. s. d. , s. d. s. d Pine apples, perlb X oto 12 0I Cherries, per lb.. 0 oto 0 0 Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 0 , Filberts, per lb .. 1 oto 1 6 Grapes, per lb 10 oto2o 0 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Foreign do 2 oto 4 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 ,Melons, each Peaches, perdoz 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz . 0 oto 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 Strawberries poz 1 6to 2 6 Apples, per hf. sv. 2 oto 6 0 Gooseberries hf sv 0 oto 0 0 Pears, per d0z.... 6 oto 10 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Oranges, per 100.. 4 oto 9 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Lesions, per 100.. 3 6to 7 0 i Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Apricots, per doz 0 oto 0 0; Raspberries, pr ptlo oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 6 oto 7 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Cabbages, pr doz 2 oto 3 0 Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 3 0 Savo) , do., pr do. 0 oto C 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 4to 0 8 Cauliflowers, pdz 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 3 Brocoli, per bh 1 oto 1 3 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Old potatoes,p ton 90 to 110 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, per pun 0 9to 1 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 3 Peas, per sieve 12 otolB 01 Mushrooms,p pun 0 9to 1 6 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 2 6 Artichokes, pr dz 2 oto 3 0 Carrots, pr do 5 6to 6 6 Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers 0 6to 3 01 Endive, per score 1 oto 1 6 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 01 Tomatoes, hf sve 0 oto 0 0 1 3to 1 6 , Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Brits. sprouts, h.s. 3 oto 3 6 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Old onions, hf. sv. 1 3to 1 6 j Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0' Rhubarb, per bun 0 3to 1 0 French beans, 100 2 oto 3 0 Asparagus, pr do. 4 oto 8 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 0 Seakale, per pun. 1 0 to 2 0 NEIVGATE AND LEADENIIALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 8s Od ; poults, Os Od to Os Od each ; geese, 4s Od to 6s Od ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducklings, 2s Od to 2s 9d; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each; wild do., Sd to is Od ; pigeons, 6d to Os 10d each ; large Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 12s Od ; chickens, 63 Od to 8s Od ; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 8s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 2s,Od to 2s Gd ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os tols 6d ; woodcocks, 3s Od to 3s Gd; snipes, Os 9d to is Od; teal, is Od to is 6d ; wild ducks, Os Od to 2s Gd; widgeons, is Od to is 6d; plovers, Os Gd to is Od each; guinea fowls, 4s Gd to Gs Od ; roasting pigs, 4s Od to 8s Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is Id ; English, is 2d to is 4d per lb ; English eggs, 7s Od to is Gd ; French do., Gs Od to Gs Gd per 120 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od each, NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 4d to 4s Od ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od; veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per Sibs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 4d to 4s Od ; mutton, 2s 10d to 43 2d ; lamb, 5s Od to GA Od ; veal, 48 Od to 4s 10d ; and pork, 3e 4d to 4s 8d per 81b., by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is 10d to 20 3d; trout, Os Od to Os; eels, 8d to is ; prawns, 5s Od to Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, Gd pei lb. Turbots, 2s Od to 15s ; cod, 2s Od to 7s Od ; brills, is Od to 103 Od ; dorey - s, is Od to is Od ;Imullets, Os 6d to is 6d ; lobsters, Gd to 2s 6d ; crabs, Gd to 2s 6d ; plaice and garnets, 4d to is Od each; soles, 6d to 2s Od per pair; common oysters, 16s to 20s ; natives, 44s to —s per bushel ; whitings, Os Od to 108 Od ; haddocks, 6s to 15s Od ; smelts, 3s Od ; flounders, Os Od to Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 36s ; fresh herrings, ss; bloaters, 8s to —s per 100; carp and tench, 1s Od to 3s per brace. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from rd to 7}d, of household do., 5d to 61d per 41b loaf. lIIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 41d to 41d ; 6 41 b to 721 b, 41d to 4/d ; 721 b to 801 b 41d to 5d ; 801 b to 881 b, 5 d t o 5 1 d ; 881 b to 961 b, 51d to Gd; 961 b to 1011 b, Gd to Gad. Horse hides, 9sod to 11s Od ; calf skins, light 2s 6d to 5s Od; do. full, 8s Od to —s Od ; polled sheep, —s Od to —s Od ; half-breds, Os Od to lOs 3d ; Downs, Gs 9d to 8s 6d ; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, is 4d to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITTIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s ; and straw, £1 7s to £1 14s per load. Trade slow, but firm. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s; clover ' £4 Os to £ 5 10 s ; and straw, £l.Bs to £1 16s per l oa d . A slow inquiry, at late rates. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s • clover £4 Os to £5 lOs ; and straw, £ 1 6 s to £1 12s per load. Trade firm. COAL MARK: (Prices of Coal per Ton at T—ApitiL 13. the close ©f the market.) Walls End. s. d. Buddle's West Hartleyls 3 Byass's Bekids West Hartley .. 15 9 Hastings Hartley 15 9 Davison's West Hart ley l5 9 Holywell 15 9 Howard's West Hart ley 15 9 Tanfield Moor 12 6 Tanfield Moor Butes 12 6 Wylam l6 0 Lambert's West Hart- P. d. South Durham ........18 9 Acorn Close lB 9 Eden 18 9 Heugh Hall 18 9 Keiper 0 ' Kelloe l9 3 Gosforth Sheriff Ilill l4 0 Eden Main .186 Gibson 17 6 Riddell Hetton . . 2O 0 South Hetton 20 0 Whitworth. l5 0 Haswell..... 20 0 Thornley 17 0 Bell Hilda l7 Trimdon Hartlepool 17 9 3 Carway and Duffryn Malting . .... :et, 42—Sold, 38. ley 15 6 Walker Primrose 13 0 Walls End. Fothergill's Aberdare..2l 0 Brandon Russell's Hetton 19. 0 Shineliffe lB 0 Framwellgate lB 9 Ships at mark, COURSE OF EXCITANGE.—YESTERDAY. Amsterdam Ditto fttterdam — 11 16/ „ 4 11 17 Aitwerp ~„.,.i . ,--. 0 35 25 40 ►A Y.) Business Done. 1011 674 112 i 99 / i 1 91 871 1 8 121 11 12665 LITER ATU.RE. The Englishwoman in Italy. By Mrs. G. Gretton. 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett. It is long since we have met with more agree able volumes than those now before us. They are fresh and varied in their information, clear and un affected in their style, and evidently the production of a writer of no common taste or talent. An ex tended residence in Italy, and a lengthened visit to some relatives living at Ancona, enabled the authoress not only to obtain a superficial knowledge of the various localities, but to enter thoroughly into the distinctive features of Italian domestic and social life in a manner not often possible to foreigners. Her warm interest in their country, her kindly sympathy and ready conversational powers, appear to have made her a favourite among the Italians, of whose hospitality and kindness to her self she frequently speaks, and gives many in stances. The chief portion of her work was written some years ago, but the latter part is of recent date. In the former division she studiously avoids discussing political subjects further than their introduction is necessary to illus trate life and conversation ; but in the lat ter part of the work she gives us a brief resume of the course of events in Ancona and the other Pontifical possessions, and at the close of the second volume she adds an interesting sketch of the for tunes of the House of Savoy. She combines a good amount of information with a quick observation and enlarged views, and the result has been that she has given us very vivid and life-like pictures. The greater part of her remarks apply to the , Marches of Ancona, which name, she tells us, is derived from the term " Marchesato,” or " Marqui sate." The picture she gives of the inhabitants of this district reads like a page from the records of the middle ages. It is difficult to realise the fact that in this busy nineteenth century the intelligence of a whole population can be so cramped and re stricted as to make literature and scienceirnatters of perfect indifference. Politics, unhappily, possess a more painful interest, but their discussion is for bidden, so there is nothing left to furnish subjects of interest and conversation for this quick-witted, restless people, but the theatre, the l o tt er y, th e arrangement of marriages, and minute inquiries into their neighbours' affairs and health. The authoress observes that her earlier pages were writ ten solely with a view of describing the social and domestic part of Italy little visited by travellers, but whose features of quaintness and originality are not often met with at this epoch. "Even in the Marches these peculiarities risk speedy annhila tion. Should they be fortunate enough to be in cluded in the emancipation from Pontifical govern ment, of which the neighbouring Legations now seem secure, these sketches in ten years time will be looked upon as monstrous caricatures. Should they, on the contrary, undergo no change of regime, what I have said will be as applicable a hundred years hence as it was six months ago." Certainly the portrait she draws is sad enough, though manifestly free from prejudice and full of kind feeling for the people. She remarks, in allu sion to some mournful digression from a gay sub ject, that she constantly finds herself painting in sombre colours when she would fain impart a little light and liveliness to her picture. But she says " it must not be overlooked that I am wrting about a country under the blight of an armed foreign in terventien, and kept in control by the Austrian discipline of the stick." The feeling against the Austrian interlopers she describes as most bitter, which is not surprising, seeing that they add un provoked insult to the injury of their presence. The incident witnessed by the writer herself at a table d'hote is a sufficient index to their insufferable insolence to the unfortunate Italians. The balls at the casino, which were formerly popular during the Carnival, have declined owing to the unwilling ness of the natives to mix with the Austrian garri son. At the first public ball to which the Austrian officers repaired with their proverbial eagerness for a dance, they found "a large and handsome ball room, brilliant lights, and excellent music, but alas ! to their great chagrin, nought but empty benches to receive them !" The theatre, such as it is, is now the only neutral ground. "To an Ita lian," says our authoress, " the theatre is home, senate, forum, acaclemy—all and everything in life." The Government, impoverished as it is, with gaunt dis tress assailing it in the shape of houseless poor, decaying buildings, and an exhausted treasury, never hesitates to support and promote theatrical entertainments. The theatre, to an Italian population, is like a sweet cake to a fretful child : it serves to stop ins crying, and divert its attention for a moment, and the intelligent nurse is satisfied. It is a safe diversion : they cannot conspire or talk politics, for , spies, as they well know, are largely mingled with the au dience, and every movement or knot of whisperer would instantly be noted. The pieces performed are carefully selected, and none with any allusion to freedom, revolt, or anything of the sort permitted; for instance, a chorus con taininc, the word liberta would be suppressed, or another word of different signification substituted for it. Auber's :Vesta di Partici is not allowed to be represented, because its hero, Masaniello, is the leader of a poloilar insurrection; nor Rossini's anglielmo Tell, for similar reasons; besides many °then!, that it would take too much space to enume • rate. Verdi's Ernani is no longer given, although in the early days of Pius IX., when, after grantinc , the amnesty to all political offenders, he was hailed as the regenerator of Italy, the scene in which Charles V. pardons the con spirators, and exclaims, 'Pardono a tatti, was received in every theatre of Italy with a frenzy of enthusiasm that must have been perfectly electrifying. It has often been described to me how in Ancona the whole audience used to sit hushed in reverential awe till the expected words had been pronounced, when, as with one voice and impulse, they would break forth into a wild clamour of applause, which had in it something inexpressibly thrilling and sublime. The national love of society is amusingly described. Every house of importance holds a regular con versazione every evening, where friends are ex pected to attend to form the society. livery lady receives some half-dozen gentlemen, either at her own house or in her box at the theatre, as the case may be. "In general, every one had at least two or three houses where he was expected to show himself every evening ; and from a long course of habit each house had its own hour assigned to it. Many of these intimacies had subsisted for twenty, nay, even thirty years, without any perceptible variation in the usual tenor of intercourse : they always kept up the same ceremony, assembled in the same half-lighted comfortless saloons, and sat and talked, lamented the good old times, and grew grey together." It is not wonderful that the do mestic circle should not he very inviting; when we reflect on the mode in which marriages are con ducted, of which frequent anecdotes are given in these volumes. The domestic discomfort is greatly increased by the highly objectionable system of young married couples living With the husband's family, and being kept in strict discipline, like mere children. "We knew a family, one of the most ancient and wealthy in Ancona, where the eldest than son, 10 7 though upwards was s n o n f t 3 a 6 t , l a i n h d ort m y a t i on married for more any friend of his own to the family table without his father's permission ; neither could he nor his wife, for any convenience of t heir o w n, anticipate or retard the fixed hour for dinner, or order that meal to be served in their apartments. All their expenditure was regulated for them, a pair of car riage horses kept at their disposal, their servants' wages paid—even their subscription to the theatre provided for, and a sum assigned for their dress and pocket money—being 20 dollars a month to , the heir of this noble house, and to his wife 15. This was considered very liberal." The constant interference and vexatious tyranny of the suocera, mother-in-law, is another fruitful source of do mestic misery. Her authority is supreme over the young wife and mother, and as " she is almost in variably ignorant, prejudiced, and bigoted—such being the characteristics of the greater part of Italian women from 50 or 60 years ago"—the results of her rule are often most unfortunate. The education of their families is a source of much anxiety to the superior class of Italians, but the difficulties as? ith which they have to contend are most disheartening. The girls are generally sent very young to a convent, where they remain for eight or ten years, and where the following sys tem of elaborate instruction is carried on. Our authoress was speaking to a young lady of noble family just returned to her home : , Not knowing what else to speak of, IFbreegnach. n about her re cent studies and inquired if she knew "No, signora," with downcast eyes. "they did not teach that in the convent." " Did you learn history er geography ?" "No, signora." ? au " ght us that, and we wor k e d a beautiful as ß ui i t sfir u y g o usoerctaao—nf tevestments for the priest w h o sa id M ass i n t our church." " And what did you learn besides ?" "To read and write, and the Catechism." "And have you read many pretty books ?" "No, signora ; only the Lives of the Saints.' " " Where was this convent ?—was it near Loretto, or Jesi, or Macerata ?" "I do not know, signora." " You do not know !—was it very far off, then ?" " Not very, signora ; it took four hours to go there from Ancona in a carriage. I remained ten years; I nev er wen out all the tim e , and I returned home the same way that I went." It is no wonder that they are so ready to quit their convents and accept of the most unattractive parti whom their parents have provided, as a means of escaping into the world of theatres and societa. For the young nobles of the Roman States the case is equally hopeless. " Debarred by the prejudices of caste from entering any profession but that of the Church; conscious that he will never have a field on which to display his abilities, - without sti mulus to exertion or prospects for the future, the young noble seems to resign himself to the convic tion that his safest course is to vegetate unthink ing, u nquestioning, unknowing, and unknown." Such a course is, indeed, the safest in a country groaning under such miserable misrule. On one occasion, our authoress was conyeroing with An in- telligent Italian physician, when the conversation turned upon the Algerine pirates and their cap tives. The Italian drew a painful comparison : Who can count the political prisoners rotting in loath some dungeons in various parts of Italy at this moment ? Your countryman Gladstone has laid bare the horrors of the Neapolitan State prisons; but he did not tell you of Mantua, of Ferrara, of Pagliano ! In the galleys of An cona, many persons, guilty of no other crime than the un guarded expression of their liberal opinions, are now wear ing the felon's dress and chain. I know of some young men now languishing there, who, for having let off a few fireworks on the anniversary the proclamation of the Roman Republic, were sentenced by the restored Papal Government to twenty years' companionship —daily and nightly companionship—with the foulest murderers. I could relate to you such stories of our prisons —of men worn to premature dotage; of strong hearts crushed ; of noble intellects palsied—as would make you own that a worse slavery than that of Algiers exists for us! Of the kindness, the hospitality, and generosity of this long-suffering people the writer cannot speak too highly. "In all scenes of distress and affliction," she says, " their sympathy and charity are very remarkable, and it is beautiful to witness their untiring solicitude towards each other in sick ness." No Italian when ill is ever left alone. Ilis friends devote themselves to him and divide the hours of watching. She tells an. anecdote of a young man of Bologna, who lingered for eight months in agonies from an incurable injury to the spine- His friends, who were other wise gay and frivolous as himself, arranged their attendance no that day and night two were always with him. We must bear in mind the national love of socicta and horror of solitude and silence, fully to appreci ate this kindness which, among ourstives, might appear intrusive. Their delicacy towards the poorer members of a circle, in matters of dress and ostentation ; their kindness in always reserving places at their feasts for tedious old friends of the family, and those who cannot in vite them in return, are equally admira ble. It is impossible to lay down these volumes without sharing in the writer's regret that the Marches of Ancona, of whcse inhabitants she has such kindly recollections, are so wretched in the present, so full of uncertainty in the future. We must, however, like the Italians themselves, rest our hopes on that gallant little kingdom and its " Re yalantuomo" wich has afforded the sole ray of light in the dreary darkness of the last ten years to the unhappy Peninsula. Everywhere was the same enthusiasm felt, everywhere Piedmont was spoken of as the anchor of hope. Only the codini or Austrian retrogade party looked on with dis trust and suspicion, and it is very amusing to read the author's account of the horror with which the patriotic and enlightened statesman, Count Cavour, to wh om the cause of Italy owes so much, is regarded by this obstinate and bigoted party in his own country. We take our leave of these interesting volumes with the following tribute to the steady courage and unswerving fidelity of Victor Em manual :L The situation of the young King might well be termed desperate. A victorious enemy on his borders, a shattered army, an exhausted treasury, his clergy and nobility dis affected to the new order of things ; to crown all, absolutism triumphant all over Italy, and the certainty that Austria was only watching for a pretext for a fresh invasion. It needed but for him to have annulled his father's conces sions, to propitiate a large numbe r o f hi s su bj ec t s , di sarm the hostility of his powerful neighbour and her satellites, and possess himself of those privileges of which his prede cessor had stripped the crown. It will be registered in the grateful hearts of millions yet unborn, that Victor Em manuel was proof alike to warnings, entreaties, and blan dishments. Through evil and good report, kinglike and manfully did he uphold the constitution to which he had sworn, till he met his reward in the wondrous confidence and enthusiasm of which he is now tha object. It is not a sudden impulse, this love of the Italians for Victor Emmanuel. On the contrary, when he mounted the throne, so great was the universal hair at for kings, gene rated by the perfidy of their own princes, that few reposed belief in his assurances. It was only when he was seen firmly contending with Rome against her encroachments and intolerance; throwing open his States to the political refugee without regard to his opinions, equally sheltering constitutionist or republican; unflinching in maintaining the liberty of the press, and the dignity of the country, de spite the menaces of Austria, and ever eager in promoting national prosperity and enterprise ; that the prejudice against monarchy was overcome, and the Italians, front Venice to Etna, bestowed upon him the surname of the "Iti galantuomo." To the influence of Azeglio and Cavour, one or other of whom has rarely been absent from his counsels since his accession, much is no doubt due ; but while fully acknow ledging heir obligations to the patriotism, courage. and intrepidity of these Ministers, as well as to the host of emi nent men they have gathered round them from all parts of the peninsula, the Italians never forget to give the chief glory to Victor Emmanuel. Without his steadfast ad herence to the Constitution, as to a trust bequeathed hint by his father, Italy would not now be looking forward to assuming her place among the nations. The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer. With Notes, &e. 3 vois. T. Nichol. Vols. 1 and 2. The father of English poetry is now appear ing in his place in Mr. Nichol's admirable series of the British Poets. It will be remem : bered that the works of Spenser have been recently completed, and the great satisfaction expressed by the public with regard to the method adopted has encouraged the editor to continue his system. The aim has been to render these great standard works of English poetry comprehensible and attractive to the modem reader without demanding for their perusal a degree of erudition that is oniy possessed by few. It is, however, impossible to modernise the text of Chaucer in the same degree as that of the " Faery Queene," but thanks to the convenient arrangement of the mar ginal glossary, readers of ordinary intelligence and acquirement will now be easily enabled to elucidate any perplexing passages. The text is given entire, and the dissertations and notes of Tyrwhitt, " which have always," says the preface, " been re garded as a masterpiece of research and scholarship, are added in full." The notes belonging to each volume are given with it, which is a much better plan than that of placing them altogether at the conclusion, and greatly facilitates reference. Mr. Cowden Clarke having allowed the publisher to - make use of his " Riches of Chaucer" in modern ising the text, every assistance has been afforded towards making the edition as complete as possible. Mr. Gilfillan gives the life of Chaucer with the second volume, and will add a dissertation on his writincrs with the third r the introductory part of the first volume being engrossed by Mr. Tyrwhitt's essay and discourse. Personal TI •ongs and Legal Remedies By 11. Campbell Sleigh, Barrister-at-Law. Longman. A more general knowledge of the laws that affect us personally is being diffused among us, and the little work before us appears to give a fair summary of legal remedies that can be obtained for personal injuries. Mr. Sleigh is the author of " A Handy Book on Criminal Law as applied to Commercial Transactions," and the success which has attended that work encourages him to anticipate a similar degree of public favour for the present volume, which is of a similarly practical character. The author quotes in support of his work the opinion of Blackstone, who says that "it is incumbent upon every man to become acquainted with those laws, at least with which he is immediately concerned." As a means of enabling the public to follow this sage s a n d o N u i l e d e i m e a h g a i s u c o o m w p , ome service hi q rt u s i . re a knowledge of o i u le ld d lit volume, which enablingintricacies t h e read u e r r law()clue Say and Seal. By the Authors of " The Wide Wide World," and "Dollars and Cents." Bent- ley. The announcement of a new work by these authors will attract the attention of the large circle of readers who recall with pleasure the perusal of , 4 The Wide Wide World," and its pleasanter, though less didactic companion, the history of the amily of Glen Luna. The work before us is written in the same style, with a high moral and religious tone, which, however, does not prevent love and love -making from forming its principal ingredient. The hero is a gentleman of unusual excellence and great abilities, who, from °various motives, has a cce pt e d th e office of sc hool-teacher in a quiet little country town. He lodges with a i widow and her only daughter. Faith Derrick sa charming character, and this Mr. Linden speedily_ discovers. Accordingly, he becomes reconciled to e h s i m in a t s h a e l w m a o y s t . superhuman, there are the world, and as Faith few w ok d s iffl up cu on iti Various events and characters are introduced, pro minent among whom is Dr. Harrison, a p h y si cian , a clever but sceptical man, who also acknowl e d ges the power of Faith's attractions. The c h aracters are distinctly yet delicately drawn, and the conver sations, if almost too numerous, are very skilfully and naturally written. The chief fault of the work is its diffuseness, for which the authors apolo gise in a quaint but somewhat mystical preface. There is much true and simple feeling in it, and it will no doubt ,be greatly prized by the lovers of quiet and faithful pictures of domestic life. It is not a work to be hastily skimmed for the excite ment of the plot, but to be read for the careful de lineation of character and the attraction of its home scenes. SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—HANDBO itOUGII, Friday.—A sad accident occurred at the Hand borough station of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton Railway, yesterday evening, arising through the rashness of a passenger, who attempted to get into a train while in motion. It appears that a farmer named Powell alighted at the station for some purpose, the train exchang ing passengers here for Oxford and London. 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