The Sun. — London, England, 1858-04-09 00:00:00

• - -_ _ T ftlklmgr+g.a,ydmam••+z--------. MO NE SHARE MARKETS- cThis Day). Y MARKET ____.,... ighter AND RAILWAYS. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Closing Price Business done ?nt in Stir. Paid RAILWAYS* this day. this day. ****•••••mialliensour ___,,_ ____ ...-... .....-. y, her CITY, Two O'CLOCK. - lii g a 121 10 Analog. Nottng. Boat. etion, The For e i gn an d C o l on i a l pro d uce mar k e t s re when opened on Wednesday after the Easter holidays. 50 all Belf F :t ct a n z • S j a u l n lY o. ni 52 1- • 51 e Wolverh. ,) )) sm. A. very limited amount of business has since been .131 all B rou n i - Valley ....... 7i - 8 i at and transacted in most of the leading staples, and little which St. 100 B eh irk e e s n h h ir d e . t a n : t ab. 't 69 .... 71 69 variation has taken place in prices. The demand 9 - 10 rof a 25 all Blackburn ...........• for tea has been inactive, as warehouses have delayei led at 261 their operations until the public sale which takeplace lorded St. 100 mestei & Exeter...-. 89 --- 91 5 all Blyt 2s h ( sL is ' s l:y a n t e x o r 1 46 g ) i n . a . . 1 251 .... r, her this day. Sugar has been dull, and only the finer St. . - . 841 - BF , / 85 141 W0,Ca1ed0man. , ........... invey- -1 qualities h averea li se df ormerva l ues. Forcoffee there s t . 100 !Cork,-eiester & Holyhea' 36 -38 _ - • - iexpe- , has bee n a mo d erate d eman d at a b ou t former quo- a roahs. ) ~. tations. Cocoa a n d rum h ave b e e n at rather im, 2 50 0 el 1 1 I Cork, and B Black.a n dt d o p n a s . . ; •• ... . .. . ..... . . . this, 20 all C ornwa ll ••• - ••• 10 all Dr. A - •... ~ proved rates, but rice, saltpetre, and cochineal :y are -- have , . A lO t:d]. Do. B - ••• agree- each been at l ower va l ue s. Tallow has ex- uu all Dublin&Belfa.stJunc .a. - ..., ctures hibited considerable firmness, and prices have ad- 25 all Dun. P. 4Aber.Junc 74 - 8i curled , Tanced. P.Y. C. on the spot is now quoted at 555. St.i.l,. lax) East Eastern A rn ng c l o ia u n nt . ie . s . .. .. : : 5 1 8 61 - 1 5, 7 5 1 8 61 i 8 more : 9d. to 56s , 545. 6d. to 545. Oct April to June, and gt t . rOO lE2 ' B E:la te , on of 152. 6d. for last three months. - 31 d rn o y i ni 3 on,A.stk 44 - 46 2 2 5 5 a Blli D 'El o c : t N K e e w nt A ***ii : 16 and in Recounts from Liverpool report 'that the Cotton ntn de. Market yesterday closed flatly, and prices of all ~S A t .! l .OO ;;' '''" ' all East Suffolk ........, ••• - ... East Lancashire ..... 86 - 88 87 ,hree or descriptions were unaltered. The sales amounted 10 ! all - p ••• raid, to 8,000 bales, 2,000 of which were taken by the St. lux) Do. ,Erlinburgh & Glasgow 621 - 634 621 roar of speculators. The Railway Share Market manifested st. 1 00 ;Edinb.Prth.diDundee 271 - 28, f •ushing ad and a heavy appearance, and quota t ions slightly de - ... For a dined. St ° . I.oo all FuForrntheass . nd . Cl .. yd . e .. J . un ... c ::: - ... St. 1100 Glasgow &S. Western 89 - 91 ihouted The rates of exchange at New York, as advised 10 1 all 10 . _lO i 1 - 1024 102 / xd St. 100 Great Northern 'es was by the present mail, were heavy at the latest date •; St. 100 Do., -• 1 88 - 90 Great N. of Scotland. 91 - A. Stock .., 1 ray be bankers ask e d 7to 7t, while good commercial er, and St. !1.00 Do., B. Stock 126 - 128 had to names, with bills of lading attached, were 51 to 6. St 100 0 Gt. Sth.&West.(lre) .9 8 , - 1 • 99 .. , 9 -- 9 4 IGreatWestern. - s' , Dig lost in. At this season of the year the quotations are usually St. 'lOO Do. Str.V.R. gua.St 56 - 58 an in- 12 all Irish South-Eastern. ... - ••• lowerthan at anyoth.-r, and financial writers seem to with a It was , anticipate Some moderate supplies of old from Eng- 5 C 161 allli DLlzaThetierrddis.C..a.r..li.s..lo 1.6 i 15 Do. New Thirds .., 10 - 12 p ent ; if land. The movement, however, is not likely to con ith us ; tinue, for as soon astrade revives, and the tendency is 8310 -1285 p St 1100 La,ncash• &Yorkshire 871 - 88 871 8 16 . 1 • ' 1 - i d 6 Do. do. F 116 arently ii - 1 d favourable, increased consignments of merchandise 9 7 ,Do.'Do ,E 9 xt mo• .• :ated in will be forwarded, which must operate on the ex et, and changes in such a way as to prevent any profit 24 1 I all D p o o . , W South st.R p i o d r i t n . Riding u . : .. : : --.... ...... 1.14! all ,Lon • don & Blackwell 6 - 61 61 iar men ' being derived from specie remittances, 11A' ti Do. New, is. 51. lOs. - - ••• naged ; es and In one sense the Bank of France return issued SL 'lOO 'Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. ,105 - 107 106 St. 1 100 London scN. Wester 941 - 944 941 i rdt and to-day is favourable, but in another just the re- 124 5 Do. Eighths l4 - 1 I when verse. A further increase of about 1,804,1151. has St. 100 London & S.Weatern 92 - 93 92i I yard tos all Lndndrry.dtOoleraine, •••• - 25 ; all Lndndrry. & Ennisk.l . - taken place in. the bullion, while the bills discounted Ltulated 1.. nce it ; have represented 722,288/. less than in the previous '' st : 1 10 0 0 0_ .1 7 t a k t i l l e a h n . d Sh , . e . f . . ..... L .. i . n . c .. 111 ~3 51 - 5 5, 6 ,2 a : 10 111a1 o 1 0- ew sang . Month. The position of the establishment is etr po i.an ....... ~,,' - i j:; 1 cm 2 1 1 1i 2i 2 in fired consequently stronger -its resources have St. led oar l loo !Do. Binning. 4 Derb 64 - 66 25 all al l i D A 4 o i dI . a i n s d h O a r . M - e s r e . s . t . .. .( .I . r . : I ::.• - ::: accumulated to a considerable extent. When, a top of a most however, it is known that these changes have been 0025 allall N Ne e ne wp cas . tle e & rg Car_lis r le. ••• - ••• I desert produced by the adversity of trade, and not by itst Ab 4 1 -1 fd 12 - /3 [as well prosperity, little satisfaction can be felt at the con- 10 : 9 Newry' (Sz Armagh ... -•- ••• that it 20 1 all 7 .iewry, Warrenpoin St. 100 Norfolk... ......... .... 59 - 61 tinuous augmentation of specie, and the decline in with us & Restrevor -.-. ... ', but in discount operations. Commerce, in Franca, is , 60 '3l Northn Counties Ur . 1 , 3 p c , A A i r®, they paralysed, consequently little employment is found St. l loo North British • .. 5 .! - 5-4 - ''' ' .... for money, and it accumulates and remains idle and st. Dock Stock •• • '.... 100 North Devon, Rail. dan in • unproductive in the coffers of the Bank. I 3 band St. 'lOO Do . , A Stock . ••• - - About 30,0001. in Australian gold was taken into At. 100 Do. B Stock ...... ••• - - They id they the Bank of England yesterday. St, 100 N.Eastern- Berwick 91 - 92 911 1 25 161 Do do. G.N.E.Purch. 2 - 1 ii of the There is more firmness in the market for public St. 100 Do. Leeds - 48 4 7 1 om her securities, and a moderate business has been done ' St 100 Do. York 73 - 74 731 4 us that St. ' LOO North London at an advance of I per cent. upon the latest prices 10 31.1 N.&S.Wstn., Hamp 92 - 94 :o than current yesterday afternoon. Speculation eon- stead, and City Jn. ... - .•• 44 121 13 12 sue who i 0 171 North Staffordshire. 4/ - tinues dull, because a desire is felt to await the .ic,i all North ' I'Vostern 8 - 9 iression xorer deliv ery o f t h e Budget before extending operations. 10 all N. &S. Westrn. June 8 - 9 T_ _ _ 32 39 They Consols h ave b een 961 i for money, and 961 for i t. 100 Oxford Worcester & 30 Wolverhampton of the account ; they are now 961 1 and 961 i respectively. 10 all Peebles •-• - ••• . guides The New 3 per Cents. are 951 ; the Reduced co 19 Portsmouth ...... -. 7- 3 0 . 10 10 Rhymney .•• - ... with 95 ; and Long Annuities, 11 11-16. Exchequer St. 100 Scottish Central ... 107 - 109 Toning ' sills are 365. pm. for Match, and 38s. for June ; lowing. St. 'lOO ;Scot. N.E.Ahrdn. Si 261 - 271 27 61 a hue- India Bond s , 17s. to 225. prem. ; and Do. I n di a St. 'lOO D o , ps • iire Union Scot. Mid. Stock 73 - 80 St.l 100 Shr o 1 • 15 - 4 7 gb, the Loan Debentures, ‘9B which is a slight improve- L 4 / , prove -10 1 8 Sitingbounie &Sheer 1 . 2 idicular nzient. St. 100 South Devon.. ..... . 351 - 361 St. 1100 S o uth Eastern...... 69 - 70 698 1 i re long Business in the Foreign Stock Market has not St. 100 ; South Wales B2l - 831 hardly , where , been very active, and quotations have not exhibited 20 1 all S. Yorksh. RiverDni 13 -15 ipposed . any [particular alteration. Turkish 6 per Cents. 20 14 D 0............ ...... - 5 20 all Staines,Wok.,&Wok 9 - 11 to the are 100 to 1004 ; and the 4 per Cents., 1031 to 104; 25 all Stockton & Darling 35 - ;.',6 rramid. . Brazilian 5 per Cents., 102 ; Equador New Con- 2 , 520 Do. do., 1814 - .•• - einem- 25 5 . Do. do., 1855 - ••. solidated, 141 ; Peruvian 44 per Cents., 81 to 811 •; ... 164 Stockton 4 Hartlepl ... - ... ated. us Ditto 3 per Cents., 56 ; P ortuguese 3 per Cents., St. 100 Taff Vale in, and 45i ; Russ gb, was ian 44 pe r C en t s., 1001 to 100 A ; Sar- St. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 ... - ~. 25 22 Thaes Hay, D. & ... - ••• closely di/liar ) . 5 per C en t s . , 9of to 94 ; Venezuela 42 per St. 100 Vale m of Ne ath ....... R lOO - 102 nseri ed Cents., 31 4 1 to 32 ; and Ditto Deferred, 124. St. 100 'Waterfd. (St Kilkenny .. - ..• of the The following are the nominol prices of Fore;en 50 tl.ll ti West Cornwallaterford&Limerick ... -- :.• 20 1 .. 3. We Stocks:-Grenada Deferred Bonds, 52 61 ; Mexi- 10 all West End of Lunde) )n, and can, 191 20 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 811 821 ; I and Crystal Palace . ossibly ditto 3 per Cents., 56 57 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 5 all ,'Do A - -3 -- .34 5 all 1 Do. B 64 - 6g 61 was in but we 45 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents 109 110 ; ditto 41 -1 20 all ( West London - •.. ;anding Per Ca a • 1.0 I all Do. First Class I . - ... 1 a., 08 100 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 431 44; 20 i all , Do. Second Class ! ... - ... / aornent ' ditto Deferred, 264 4. at the Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and CJ give the follow- • BRITISH POSSESSIONS. agering • , in as the prices of American Securities :--' 100 all "Atian. and St. Law. 1 ... - ... a few 18 I 9 Bombay, Baroda, and e could . GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. 4 - gp Unit ed that Redeemable. Per C e nt. United States 6 per Cents. 1867-1868...103 105 18 all Do. 4 ep not do Unit e d States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...103 105 18 • all Do. Additional A ... - 201 all Buffalo & Lake Hur. 9 - 10 ; names STATE SECURITIES. 100 100 ' Buff. Brnt. dtGorich. 185 - 90 inected. Alabama 5 per Cent ••• 78 - 100 100. 6 p.c. , 13(15.,1 Ang,.,'7: Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds lB6B-1872... 91 93 I Do. do., 1 July, , 73 79 - 82 Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)... ••• 8 1 91 100 1 100 Do, do I June,'74 77 -80 ~ and ma. Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Stern. Bonds). ... 99 101 20 1 2s. Calcutta and S. East, ... - .., 'era and Ilississippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk. Bonds ... 2O 2560 Central Oude (Lim.) ... - ... led men 1841-1871... - - 20 I 2 Ceylon A shares l4 - 1 $ I to the Mississippi . 5 per Cent, Union Bk. Bonds ... -- - 171 all Demerara . - ••• Danaus Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock - 4 20 1 2s. Eastern Bong , , Igypt to s:ennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877._ 82 83 St. !100 East Indian lered by Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds ... 82 81 20 : all Do, C Shares 1 1091 - 11011 1101 91 101 1 I ... - -Pi igtit the •Lrg!np, •6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 83 85 20 5 Do, E. do. . ~... •.11-11 , aa •of the , 7lrgune. 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 82 84 100 all D 0.41 p.c.Biads.','s9, ... -- ... Irpheue, LOANS OF CITIES. 20 all Geelong •& Melbourne' ,cquired , Boston 41 per Cent. Bonds 1883... -90 guar, 5 per 201' 201 1 1 himself . ' M ontreal l 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865... - - St. 100 ,Gd. Trunk. of Canada; 46 -48 I New Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock 1853... --- LOO all I Do. 6p. c. Deben...i 81 1 - 821 1 811 1 I trans- RAILROAD BONDS. Illi no i s Central 7 per Cent. let Mortgage, 20 all lat. In, Pen, g . 5 pore. I 214 - 2111 20 4 Do, New. guar. 5 p.c.l 1 - la I , ;hey be -201 all Gt. Wcstn. of Cause-lei 19 - 1941 194 1 1 net C onvert ib le 1875... 79 SO polls i n Illinois Central 6 per Cent 1875... 79 80 201 13 Do. New l2 - lid , id lived Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland 100 all Do. Bds., payable '571 ... - ... i lee was Bonds lB6O- 79 SO 100 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O- 1 106 - 111 ' • rpressly Illino is Central (Shares), VO paid ... 9d 7 d 100 all Do, do., '73, do. ...1106 - 111 became Michigan Central Bp. Cent., Convert 1860... - - 100 all Do, do., '73, without; ieasona, N DO. do, do. 1869... 85 86 option ;105 - 108 ske the ew York Central 7p. Cent., C0nvert...1864... 92 94 20 all Madras, guar. 41 p.c I 194 - 191 aide, by New York Central 6 per Cent., not Cenvertible 2O all Do. do,, 5 per c....t 201 - 2 k i In thislBB3... 82 84 20 15 Do. 41 p. c. Exten.: Id - par 141 N ow York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort- 20 5 Do, 3d Ex., g. 5p.e.1 1 - ip' 51 avented 20 5 Do. 4th Ex., do. -.1 1 - 1P 51 nage 1883... 74 76 time in N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible-1862- - - 20 ss. Gude (Limited) I.- .. 1 yiteries N , York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking 20 15 Scindo, guar. 5 per e /•- 1 p' 101 Anita ; Fund 1875... 20 all Do , . - ... I 211 stinctly r.atiama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage 1865... 94 96 ountry, etuasylvania Central 6p. Cent.. Ist Mort 1880... 87 89 FOREIGN. Helio- The Railway Share Market to-day has been very 10 all ?..atwrp& Rotterdam 6- 61 64 laturies inacti v e, and most of the leading lines show a fur- 20 all Ardennes... • a steps 20 3 Bahia & Fra Cisco„ ... - ... 3 'ecords, ther r e d uc ti on o f about to 1 per cent. Eastern 5 all iselgian East. June. 1 - 11 "first- Counties, Great Northern, Great Western, Brigh. 20 al ; ilezierstoGraissessan ... - ... T louse te ll) and North Eastern (York), declined ss. ; 6 all Cca,rorealeamuixn&es..aoaud Ry 3l 34 1, the C aledonian, E ist Laucashire, Midland, and 20 15 Dutch Rhenish I Lis- North Eastern (Berwick), lOs. ; North 20 all Eastern of France - 27/ 271 [g us a Western, North British, and South East 20 28. Euphrates Valiey - ... Telling tern • 20 all Gt. Central of France ... - ... i improved ss. The Foreign and 20 a, at a , e( _ ) - 1 1, 0 :ial undertakings are very quiet ; East India all Great Luxembourg.- 71 -848 71 [lions, 1G e Italian Junction .. -.- dded ; 4i! improved 10s. ; Geelong audi Melbourne de clined 5s •and Perna m buco,2o all Lake Const. & Bale ... ,fists in Bank . , . about ss. ; Joint Stock 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ..„ -....-1 and miscellaneous shares have been quite 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 41 - 45: o who ~n e glected ; Orient 11 Bank have receded ss. ; 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.e.n. ... - egular English and Australian Copper are at 14 ; and Van 20 all Lyons and Geneva.,, 251 - 261 3 may uleroan's Land, 113, 4. 33, all Maria Anteuis. - ... idenis - 10 all Do, New - ••• 20 all Namur & Liege - 9 iuthor 1311,[TIsH FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES-THIS DAY, 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref 2l - 214 mak all Northern of France 37g - 371 (from the Olficucl List;) Brennen d one . 20 8 Do. N e w - 81 t aak Stook - 94 Wes. 1 1 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 20 all Ditto New 32 - 324 31 - 314 v ,.!:) c e v r (It (IL 'cation' knrentiee - 52 La ~e per Cent. Annuities 954 $ a 1 lying I ndia Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... lil 11-16 20 9 Recife (St San Fran., its of (Pernam.) g. 7p. c. 1 - 4d 8 y , ,t a.. Loan - ,i,,ads, ninon - .. and 0: l itto, under £lO9O %2 17 p 10 all Rums and Frascati... ... - ••• °lsol a for Account (gay 6th) - 18 pectin 2i5, 5 all Royal S we di s h 4 - i Excheque r 111118, March. June. and sloop .4 all Do, 7 per cent ... - ••• I of re- C 509 . . I 3 i p 2C all Sambre and Meuse - . 84 - 8$ 81 0 which 8 lakll, p 10 all Jo. 51 per cent. pref. 84 - 9 • I 35 there, I. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS-THIS DAY. 20 all Southern of Franco.. 21/ - 211 8i all West Flanders 4l - 5 ltron- '„,ravalau 5 Per Cent. - 91 , pho- -.1101108 A Yres Bonds 6 per 79 20 all W.(StN.W. of France 241 - 251 EinadorNew Consolidated Cent. Ditto Provisional Land Warrant nions 141 20 6 Western of Austria._ - - ••• 880 n Peruvian Bonds, 4t p er c ent .. 31 20 all Wes_t. of Switzerland ... - ••• ___ " so Otto Account ................. 6 all 4 ieslcaden .. . , •61. the .82 1 I •I• Ditto 3 per Cent.......... .................. __ .-* 6 all Do. Bp. cent. pref. ... - ••• 20 , &la Zealand.... ... ••• - ••• be- I,,, l rt h u t gu te e a so cc ß o a a n u d t s . : . ..1„.);., ....................... ........ tsmo - BANKS. AlLsnan Bonds, 1•422, 1-:. St., 5 _______________ ding- bate, 44 per Cent. ...... ... -001 4 , 100 50 Agra & United Serv. .. - •• ently Pardinian, Bouts, 5 per Cant ......... kit of kri .nirl i Reeds, 3 25 all Bank of Egypt '2l - 211 Dtion Ditto Account per Cent. ____ 100 50 Bank of London 146- 48 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Celan 40 all Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. CO. l ... - •• iated li;Seitt, Passive 7 50 all ilritisb N. A merican ... -•• lieart - 1 grkiii.h Bonds, 6 per cent 2O 10 I C.Bk.of Incl.An.4Cl , l 31 - 2t 'hie ; Ditto Account lOO3 1 1 2 800 0 0 ,1 a 250151 ge oE c o ) i on t m m l a Y 7i inse e e l o i r i n ot i .i i a& tl i o A.o f ir C imL i . t o n cri a u t a l t a : I , 5. i ... 7 3 . 4 ---:: i 7.. 8. • 59 84 k are Ditto Guaranteed i per Cent. like- Ditto Account 1 loli 4 4 4 Ya na COI O O 2 a a 1 1 0 1. 1 , L o ri..Ch. Bk.ofA..i.t 1 181 - ___ _rally nein, Bonds, 4 3 per Cent ll,tto Account, 4 nigh- Ditto Deferred 2 per Cent Fine 50 20 !London and Count .1 - Dividends on the above payable in London. 50 10 'London Joint Stock!' '•• *** i h n te o li Exchange, 21 per Con:;., 12 Guilders 651 100 20 Lond.andWestminst. •• *** • 4 per Cent. • Certificates ....... •••••• 93i 100 35 National Pro, of Eng. ••• .." ed at 1 firtEß O'CLOCK. 20 10 Do. New ............ ••• " nisei Consols money .... - •••• that Console account (Mi • t • y 6) 25 all Oriental Bank Corpy) 3 7 4 - 384 33 s he, ......-_______•.. . tbelat_TTEßS T o ----- A ME - RICA. -The Canada, belonging to 20 1 Ottoman Bank ... .. 161 t-ry. all ? Provincial of Ireland 61 -..- 63 17 icket ~ Cunard line of steamers, sails on Saturday next for 0 0 - I -uoston with the Americanmails.Liverpool 1 10 all Do. New . t the to h ' - ox will close at two p.m., with a late f.e to three, ••• - ... 1 his a ld the landing , my landing stage at four o'clock. Union of Australia... 46 -- 48 ho ot %Art OF DR. ELDER. -Tbe Head Mast rshi of 1 e p 25 all , „,, 2525 a l l 2 l So p nt o h . ; se a vr istralia . ... ..... ... l her the Re_r_h. Dr, School has become vacant by the death of 1:;. vet _ ; o v a .9 . Elder. The appou to Union of L0nd0n....! 2 . 1/. - .241 tame 00 50 UnityMunial ••• ... 7 ,„ ointment which is ens of . 15 Do. "sew ............... ~ p_ - 32 301 Jr considerable value, Is' ire the gift et trustees. . 100 50 V.,kstriaßk 01 1,0t.d . 9.. = 1.4 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 100 all Atian. and St. Law. 18 I 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. gp 18 all Do. 18 all Do. Additional A ... ep 201 all Buffalo & Lake Hur. 9 10 100 1(X) I Buff. , Brnt. & Godch. 100 .100 (3 p.c.bds., 1 Ang,.,'7: Do. do., 1 July, , 73 79 82 100 100 Do. do,, 1 Juue,'74 77 80 20 2s. Calcutta and S. East. 20 2sild Central Oude (Lim.) ... 20 2 Ceylon A sly arcs ll 11 [7 all Demerara. 20 2s. Eastern Bengal St. :100 East Indian lO9l 11011 1101 91 101 1 20 all Do. C Shares 20 5 Do. E. do. ~...~. 100 all D 0.41 p.e. Bnds.,'s9 20 all Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent 2O 201 201 g 1 St. 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canad a 46 48 100 all I Do. 6p. c. Deben Bll 84 81i i 20 i all IGt. In, Pen. g. 5 pore 2ll —21 i; 20 4 Do. New. guar. sp. c 1 1p 201, all Gt. Westn. of Cauade 19 19A 1 19/ 201 13 Do. New I 2 100 all Do. Bds., payable '571 100 all Do. do., p. '6O 1106 111 100 all Do. do., '73, do. 'lo6 111 100 all Do. do., '73, without option ,105 108 20 all Madras, guar. 41 p.c 1 191 19 20 all Do. do., 5 per c 1 201 2 20 15 Do. 41 p. c. Exten 4ll par' 14 20 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c i . l 51 20 5 Do. 4th Ex., do, ,3 1 , 1 54 20 ss. Dude (Limited) I• ••• 20 15 Scinde, guar. 5 per c — 113 101 20 all Do , . 211 FOREIGN. 10 all ?..atwrp & Rotterdam, 6 61 6 k 20 all Ardennes 20 3 Bahia & Fra Cisco.. ... 3 5 all iselgian East. Juliet. 1 11 20 al ; Ileziers to Graissessae 6 all Carmea.ux&Toulous Coal Mines and Ry. 31 20 15 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of France 271 271 27i 20 2s. Euphrates Valiey 20 all Gt. Central of France 20 all Great Luxembourg 7l 81 871 it, 6 Italian Junction 20 all Lake Const. & Bale ~ 20 all Lierre and Turnhout 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 4 - 41: 5 all Lucca & 20 all Lyons and Geneva 251 261 33, all Maria Antonia 10 all Do. New ••• 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref 2l 211 16 all Northern of France 371 20 8 Do. New 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 81 91 20 all Paris and Lyons 32 321 20 all Ditto New 3l 314 20 all Paris and Orleans 5O 52 20 9 Recife (St San Fran , (Penman.) g. 7p. c 1 id 8 20 11 Riga and Dunaburg 10 all Rums and Frascati.,. 20 all Royal Danish l6 18 5 all Royal Swedish 4 all Do. 7 per cent. 2C all Sambre and Meuse Bl 81 84 10 all Jo. 54 per cent. pref Bl 9 20 all Southern of Franco 2l/ 211 8i all West Flanders 4l 5 10 all Do. 51 per c. PM' 20 all W. &N.W. of France 241 251 20 6 Western of Austria, ••• 20 all West. of Switzerland ..• 6 all teslcaden 6 all Do. Bp. cent. prof. ••• 20 , aL Zealand ......... • THE SUN, LONDON I FRIDAY EVENING, ARRIL, 9, .1858. NEWMARKET RACES—(This Day.) THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE FRENCH EMPEROR. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] £lOO HANDICAP PLATE. SPECIAL COMMISSION.-(THIS DAY.) Courier The Poacher Seven ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SOVS. the Special Commission for the trial of Simon Bernard, charged with felony, under 9th Geo. 4, cap. 31, sec. 7, as an accessory before the fact of the murders committed on the 14th January last, when the unsuccessful attack was made on the Emperor and Empress of the French, near the Paris Opera House, was opened this morning at the Old Bailey, for the purpose of swearing in the grand jury, before whom the bill bad to be sent. The bill found against him by the grand jury eworn on Monday last at the ordinary session is for a misdemeanour, viz., that of conspiracy, and will not, it is anticipated, be tried until after the result of the charge of felony to be tried before the Commission. The grand jury was charged in the Second Court in consequence of the Old Court being occupied by Mr. Justice Crompton in concluding the Haymarket murder trial. Leontea . Heroine Stanza 3 MATCH. D.M. Rose de Florence beat Humming Bird. MATCH. T.M.M. Pavilion beat Pioneer. PORT STAKES. Odd Trick Vedette QUEEN'S GUINEAS. _ _ Fisherman £5O HANDICAP PLATE Royalty colt ..• .Bannock burn . Brown Middleton ..walked over. At a quarter past ten o'clock Lord Campbell, and Lord Chief" Baron Pollock, accompanied by the Lord Mayor (Sir R. W. Carden, M.P.) ; Russell Gurney, Esq., Q.C., Recorder ; Mr. T. Chambers, Common Serjeant ; Alderman Sir F. G. Moon, Bart. ; Sir C. Marshall, Alderman Hales, Alderman and Sheriff Lawrence, Alderman and Sheriff Allen, Mr. Under. Sheriff Millard, and Mr. Under-Sheriff Parker. The proceedings created intense interest, and the arrange ments made by the under-sheriffs for the representatives of the press and the accommodation of the public gener ally were excellent and gave universal satisfaction. Their lordships having taken their meats on the bench, Mr. Clarke, the Clerk of the Court, read the commission issued under the great seal. It was addressed to Lord Campbell, the Lord Chief Baron Pollock, Mr. Justice Erle, Mr. Justice Crowder, the Recorder, R. Gurney, E-2q., Mr. T. Chambers, the Common Sergeant, Mr. Prendergast, the Judge of the Sheriff's Court, and the whole of the Aldermen and the Sheriffs. It recited the clause of the Act mentioned by Lord Campbell, in charging the grand jury, ae the authority for issuing the commission, and also stated the charge against Simon Bernard which it would be their duty to inquire into, and adjudicate on in due form of law. Several members of the bar were present during the swearing and charging of the grand jury. In ordinary cases, that of assizas and quarter sessions, the members of the bar are not permitted to be present during that time, but they are specially exempted on the meeting of a special commission, and their presence was recognised by the learned judges. Five ran. LATEST BETTING. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. Bto 1 apt Turret (taken) 10 to 1 apt Bashi Bazouk (taken) 12 to 1 agat The Dupe (taken) METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 7to 1 aget Telegram (taken) 10 to 1 aget The Borderer (taken) . . CHIMER CU?, 25 to 1 agst Melissa (taken) 30 to 1 agat Wilton (taken) 66 to 1 agst Sweet William (taken) THE DERBY. 100 to 8 agst Sedbury (taken) 14 to 1 agat Longrange (taken) 20 to 1 aget Cock-a-doodle-doo (oaken) 1000 to 45 aget Ke pie (aaken) 40 to 1 agst Ancient Briton (taken) 1000 even on Ditto agst Cook a-doodle•doo (taken) A PROPERTY TAX.-A HINT TO THE NEW CHANCELLOR. (Prom the Belfast Mercantile Journal.) In a late number we repeated an opinion fre quen enunciated by us previously, that, although the present income tax could not be defended, owing to the unjust principles upon which it is based, we were strongly in favour of the extension the system of direct taxation, fairly levied upon property and income. It is quite evident that, with a large deficiency in the revenue staring the Chancellor in the face, he cannot abolish or materially reduce this tax, unless he creates one in its place, equally pro duetive ; and we are, therefore, the more anxious that, in making any alteration, he may begin at the foundation, and construct an entirely new and more efficient machinery. The present tax is so inquisitorial add trouble some, that it would be a singular circumstance, and out of the nature of things, were i; in any re spect popular ; and the minister who has the courage to blot it from the statute-book altogether will secure a firm place in the estimation of the public. We now propose to consider some of the errors in that system, and make a few remarks upon the general principle of direct taxation. The tax presses most severely upen the middle classes of society, who a' e, in fact, the bone and sinew of the kingdom, as no econ om y can save the pocket of the man whose incom e is not under 100/, per annum ; and it is on this that the dis advantage of direct taxation is chiefly apparent, as compared with indirect. It may be said, in deed, that the limitation by which small incomes are free is most just ; but still it exhibits very glaring defects. For example, a salary of 1001. per annum is now liable to contribute 21. 18s. 4d , but a salary of 99/. is free ; so that it is the inte rest of employed persons to request, in many cases, to have their salaries lowered in amount, unless, indeed, as takes place in banks, railways, a o d y e all other on opeomrtsaenlvtes offices, the em pthereby increasing their own contribution to the public revenue. Again, in the case of an income of herimputbhleic payment, 1001. this single sum of 20s. over 991. brings the entire amount under taxation, which is a great hardship, as is even the tax paid on 2001. or larger sum, for in this case the same principle applies. A very simple remedy for overcoming this diffi culty has already been suggested by us on a former occasion, which might be worthy of consideration. It is this :—Not to comelicate the business by an exception, which renders eves on almost inevitable, and almost, in some cases, requires the party, in his own defence, to take some means of reducing his income ; but to deduct from every income, largo or small, the amount of 100/. It is evident that this would remedy the difficulty, and in the case of a very large number of persons, avoid the excessive annoyance of seeking repay ments in those cases where the annual sum is derived from stock of any kind. It is only necess try to inqu re at any railway office, Town Hall, or at the Harbour Office, to understand how much rime is lost, an t what an amount of incon venience is caused, often to a class of persons — ladies, for exaurple—to whom it is most irksome. Certificates are sometimes lost, the postman de livers the letter to a wrong party ; or if two or more ladies of the same name happen to have claims, it, is most difficult to ascertain which has been paid and which not. Indeed, we know of a case where a m o th er and daughter of the same Christian names, and living in the same house, who bad each the same sum to receive back, which caused an amount of confusion (not owing to any fault on the part of the officials, but to the system) that required the intervention of a legal adviser, ' and a correspondent: extending to not less than a quire of p a p er ! It may be said, why free a rich man from the tax on a single hundred pounds ? Simply because it imps eves the entire system • and, if these small deductions are f e l t i u reduced revenues, it is easy to add some. hing to the rate which must fall on those best able to pay—which, indeed, is, atter all, the moat equitable principle. There is neither jus tice nor equity in taxing the poor man with only 10:1/. a-year as heavily as the Marquis of West minster wi.h his 400,000/. a-year. Th© lauded property of every country ought to be regarded as the basis of its wealth and strength as a nation ; and the yearly market value of the produce of that property should always form the groundwork for taxation. The following gentlemen were sworn on the grand jury : Mr. Edward Greenaway, 38, Biabopegate-street Witbin, foreman. Mr. Jas. Henry Jackson, 12, Friday-street. Mr. Thos. Devas, 63, Cannon-street, W. Mr. Wm. Webb, 98, Bishopsgate Within. Mr. James Bartram, 75, Holborn. Mr. Wm. White, jun., 73, Watling-street. Mr. Sam. Hallam, 30, Bishopsgate Within. Mr. Win. Blackman, 101,_ Bishopsgate Within. Mr. J. A. Pinkies, Little Distaff-lane. Mr. Thos. Fox, 93, Bishopegate Within Mr. Robert T. Pocklington, Old Fish-street. Mr. Arch. Hunter, 59, Cannon-street, W. Mr. Henry Law Hancock, 61, Bishopsgate Within. Mr. Stephen Dean, 65, Bishopsgate Within. Mr. Francis F. Tyae, Watling-street. Mr. Gen. Peachey, 73, Bishopsgate Within Mr. Skelton, 84, Bishopsgate Within Mr. G. W. Acton, Farringdon-street. Mr. Jobn Scott, 58, Cannon-street. Mr. Robert Lloyd, 69, Holborn. Mr. Henry Harmer, Farringdon-street. Mr. Fred. W. Floyd, 55, Bishopsgate Within. Mr. Thomas Sherland, 69, Bishopsgate Within. The jury having been sworn, Lord Campbell was about to charge them, when The Foreman said that ope of the jurymen had been sworn in the wrong name. He had been sworn as " Tyna n instead of "Tyars." Lord CAinpbell directed the alteration, and Mr. Tyara rtes re II worn. THE CHARGE. Lord Campbell then read the following charge to the grand jury : Gentlemen of the Grand Jury,—ln now addressing yoe, it will only be necessary for me briefly to explain to you the occasion of your being summoned here to day, and the daty you will have to perform. The ordi nary tribunals of the country cannot take cognizance of the off !.P.CC m►nti med in her Majesty's special commis. sion, which you have just heard r.:a 1. An Act of Par liament creates this offeno-, and pre.mribes the opecitio mode in which the offence is to be prosecuted. By statute 9 George IV. et. 31, section 7, it is enacted "That, if any of his Majesty's subjects shall be charged in England with any murder or manslaugh ter, or with being an accessory More the fact .to any murder, or after the fact to any murder or manslaughter, the same being respectively committed on land out of the United Kingdom, whether within the King's dominions or without, it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace of the county or place where the person so charged shall be, to take cognizance of the offence so coarged, and to proceed therein as if the same had been committed within the limits of his ordinary jurisdiction ; and if any person so charged shall be committed for trial or admitted to bail to ens Ner such a charge, a Commission of Oyer and Terminer, under the Great Seal, shall be directed to such persons, and into such county or place, as shall be appointed by the Lord Chancellor, or Lord Keeper, or Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal, for the speedy of any such offender ; and such persons shall have full power to enquire of, hear and determine, all such offences within the county or place limited in their com mission, by such good and lawful men of the said county or place as shall be returned before them for that pur pose, in the s ►me manner as if the offenoes had been actually committed in the said county or place." It is alleged, oa the part of the prosecution, that Simon Bernard, an alien by birth, while voluntarily residing ie this country, and enjoying the protection of our lawa,—owing, tkeref.sre, a temporary allegiance to the crown of England, and for certain purposes being one of the Queen's subjects, has been guilty of an offence against this Act of Parliament, by being " an accessory before the fact to a murder commit tad on land out of the United Kingdom." Gentlemen, it appears from the depositions which lie before me (and it is now matter o: history) that in the evening of the 14th of January last a most atrocious attempt was made to assassinate the Emperor of the French Was he as going to the Opera at Pans, accompanied by his august consort ; —that the explosion of hand grenades was resorted to for this purpose ; that providentiatly the Emperor and Empress escaped unhurt ; but that (as might have been expected) some bye.standers were kited on the spot and others received severe wounds of which they died in a f ew days. The question of fact, gentlemen, which you will have to consider will be, whether the evidence which will be laid before you is sufficient to show prima facie What a world o f m i sconception and o f ma li gnant passion,. says a cotemporary, would be saved were taxes laid ostensibly, as well as virtually, upon the owners of realise,i property. What a practical reconciliation it w ou ld effect between the wealthier and the poorer classes, were taxes universally re moved from the necessaries of life and universally laid co as t) affect only questionable luxuries. As the late Dr. ehalmers said, "What a death-blow would thus be inflicted ou the vocation of dema gogues ! What a sweetenin g influence it would dissipated, through which th e hi g h and the low have on British society, alter the false medium was We understand that the v a l ue o f property of all kinds, in the United Kingdia n , has been estimated by the most experienced st a ti A t s at no l es sthan fi ve thousand millions sterling (5,000,000,0001.) An average tax of only one per cent. on this amount millions sterling, or more than would every ar ti c l e imported, I fro oou m ulldd du ld pbtre required y o , duce wi thfiofut t tyhaoving recours e t o th e objection able system of taxing the prod uc ti ons o f a man ' s brains and sinews, as is done at present. that Bernard while residing in England WAS an accom plice in this plot to assassinate the Emperor of the French I If he was such accomplice, and if, supposing that the detestable object of the conspirators bad been fatally accomplished, he would have been accessory to thatmurder, he is equallyaccessory to the murders which were committed, as they wore a probable consequenc e of the murderous deed which he had expressly sanctioned. Now, gentlemen, the depositions clearly show that, whether Bernard was privy to it or not, a wicked plot had been formed in the end of the year 1857 by certain ftr his resuming duty n ll t i o s o h b is lig se e v d e t r o e RETURN OF LIEUT.-COL. ALISON FRoli INDIA.—It is g with deep regret we hear that Lieut enant-Colonel Alison, Military Secretary to Sir Colin Catn o t ei " His name," says the amiable private rwe woundsit t u h r nthteo Commander t havinghi sc o b u r n o t k r e y inoo.ntoi s tb i l e E ir lea ve, again a writer of the letter containing this information, which one who, both from reached town on Monday, " will long be cherished by and a that n o: qua lities, has endeared himself to all."— Glemgow Bulletin. his his u m n a d n a y u f u r t ie . friends gallantry,i o lndia Mrs. Seymour, of the Haymarket and St. James's Theatre opened the Theatre Royal, Yarmouth, on Monday last, with the comedy of " Masks and Faces" with every prospect of success. We are glad to see that the aristocracy of the neighbourhood have acknow ledged the talents of the respected performers by their support, and also by expressing a wish that she should prolong her stay another week. Buckstone's farce of the " Kiss in the Dark," introduced a very clever comedian, Mr. llurls'oo®, who was ab l y supported by Miss Bulwer, a most fa cinating actress. —Mr. Shaldus, of the Olympic, h as a l s o established himself a great favourite. The new Boulevard has cut through the following streets and places of old Paris, many of which have an historical celebrity :-..-The rues Pierre Is Poisson, Saiat- Germain-l'Auxerrols, Perrin-Gasselin, de la Vannerie, Saint-. Jerome, de la Tuerie, de la Vieille-Pannerie, de la Vieille-Monnaie, des Lombards, des Trois Meares, de la Reynie, Aubry-le-Boucher,; Is cone Bata ve , impasse de Venise ; rue Saint-Magioire; passage Beaufort ; rues Salle au Comte, aux Ours, Blurg-l'Abte, Neuve-Boure l'Abt 6, du Petit-Hurleur, du Grand-Hurleur ; passages Sauchde, Bourg. lAbb6, de l'Ancre ; rue Greretat, im passe GrereStat, tour des Bleu., enclos de la Priuit4, passage Basfour, du Ponceau, de la Longue -All 6, ; rues Guerin-Boisseau, da Ponceau, de Tracy, Neuve-Saint- Denis et Sainte-Apolliae. Along a great part of the Bouleuard de Sebastopol handsome regular houses have been erected, but there is yet a great deal of building to be done, foreigners, who had fennd an asylum in England, to assassinate the Emperor of the French by the explosion of gunpowder. The two chief conspirators were Felix Orsini and Joseph Pierri. They procured the grenades to be manufactured in England, and to be carried first to Bru,sels and afterwards to Paris. At Paris, ac• companied by Antonio Gomez, a servant of Pierri, and by another foreigner, named De Rudio, who was hired in London, to assist them in their enterprise. Orsini and Pierri, armed with the grenades and with re volvers sent to them from England, actually did make the attempt by throwing the grenades, and causing them to explode, as the Emperor was about to alight from his carriage. Bernard was not present ; he was still in England, and there is not in the depositions any direct, positive evidence to prove that he was aware of the purpose to which the grenades were to be applied. But the depositions do disclose serious facts which, till con tradicted or explained, may lead to the presumption that he was an accomplice. A. few of the most prominent of these I will mention to you. Re siding in London, and being very intimate with Orsini, Bernard was instrumental in causing the _ ___ grenades to be manufactured, and in November, 1857, he on 'two occasions purchaied materials from which the fulminating powder, for the explosion of grenades, ii compOunded. When the grenades were completed, in Deoember, be induced the keeper of the Ca& Suisse, in London, to carry them secretly to Brussels, on the re presentation that they were connected with a new inven tion for the making of Igas. In the end of December, when the grenades had been carried over to &woelle, Bernard went thither himself, and there he met Piaui, and likewise Orsini, who was passing unde s he d name of Allsopp, and whom be appears to hue a in ob. taining a false passport which enabled him to do so. At Brussels Bernard remained seine days, till, with his privity, the grenades were delivered to a waiter of an hotel, to be carried to Paris, and Orsini left Brussels for Paris in the same train as the waiter. Bernard then returned to London, and, according to the depositions, was very active in induc ing de Rudio, who was then in a state of great destitu tion and misery, to go over to Paris that be might there put himself under the orders of Orsini. Bernard I re cured a passport for de Radio in the name of de Silva, and when de Rudio bad gone over to Paris he supplied small sums of money to de Rudio's wife, and sent her into the country, making use of mysterious language as how she was to conduct herself if the should read any thing in the newspapers about her husband. It further appears that, to facilitate Orsini's personation of Allsop at Paris, Bernard, in December, wrote several letters to one Outrequin, a commission agent at Paris, and ad vised Outreqein of the cansignment of a package contain ing revolvers, which, in fact, hail been purchased by Pierri in England, and were to be delivered to Orsini in Paris. The last fact stated in the depositions with which I will trouble you is, that, on the 2d of Jan., 1858, Bernard himself brought the package containing the revolvers to the office of the South Eastern Railway, in Regent Circus, directed to "Monsieur Outrequin, 277, Rue St. Denis, Paris," making use of language which, although it may indicate the knowledge of some plot against the existing government in France, yet if spoken seriously and sin cerely repels the notion that Bernard was then aware thit this plot contemplated the assassination of the Emperor. Gentlemen, having beard and considered all the evidence which will be laid before you on the part of the prosecution, you must form your own opinion as to its sufficiency to justify the prima facie inference of complicity, or guilty knowledge of the plot, en the part of the accused. That he should really have believed (as he allege)) that the grenades were connected with a new discovery in the making of gas, I must say seems to me exceedingly improbable. But he might by possibility suppose that they were only to be used in some military onterprise ; although, looking to the small nurnbe- of the grenades (not ex ceeding five), and the whole history of them, with which Bernard was well acquainted, you may think that he had more reason to believe that they were instruments of assansination than munitions of war. But unless the evidence, unanswered, does in your judgment make out against Bernard a prima facie case of complicity in the plot against the life of the Emper )r, I think that you ought to return the indict ment which will be laid before you "not a trus bill ;" and this will put an end to all further proceedings under the c immiesion. But if the evidence does in your jedgment make out a prima facie case of complicity, I would advise you to find "a true bill," so that the trial may proceed. Such complicity may be sufficient to make the accused an acce , s ry before the feet to the murders which, in the event, were comm:tted ; although the deaths of the individuals who were kihe I were not in the contemplation of the a.eused when be became a party to the plot. It is laid down in our books, that " an accessory before the fact is he who, being absent at the time of the offence committed dotli yet procure, counsel, command, or abet another to commit a felony ; and it seems that those whe by hire, command, counsel, or conspiracy, and those who by -bowing an express liking, approbation, or assent to an other's felonious design of committing a felony, abet and encourage him to commit it, but are so far absent when be actually commits it, that he could not be encouraged by the hopes i.f any immediate help or assistance from them, are accesseries before the face" As to the objec tion that Bernard could have had no intention, that those who were kil'ed by the torelosiou of the grenades should be put to death, it may be observed that such a question can only erise when the principal does not act in strict conformity with the plans and instructions of the accessory. But here, if Bernard was privy to the plot, Or. itii, Pierri, Gomez, and de Rudi n in throwing the grenadts as they did, must be considered as having acted strictly in conformity with his plans and instruc tions, and he is answerable as accessory for the conse quences. It is even laid down that " where the principal goes beyond the terms of the s , licitati in, yet if, in the event, the felony committed was a probable caceequence of what e-as ordered or advised, the person giving such orders or ad,ice will be an accessory to that felony. As if A. advise Bto rob C, and in robbing him B kills hiss, either upon resistance made ' or to conceal the fact ; or if A solicit B to turn the house of C, and B does it accordingly, and the flames taking holt of the house of D, that likewise is burnt: in these cases A ie acc,s,ory to B both in the murder of C and in the burning of the house of D— the events though possibly falling out beyond his original intention, were, in the ordinary course of things, the probable consequences of what B did under the influence and at the instigation of A." The ap proved test is, " Was the event alleged to be the crime to which the accused is charged to be accessory a prob tble consequence of the act which he counselled ?" You can have no difficulty, gentlemen, in applying these authorities to the circumstances of the present case. Gentlemen, it may be proper that I should mention to you that an Act of Parliament passed since 9 Gee. IY., viz., 11 and 12 Vic., c. 45, after reciting that it is expedient to make further provision for the more ellecietel pro:secutien of aceessories before the fact to felony, and that it is ex s ed.est that any accessory before the fact to felony should I e liable to be indicted, tried, convicted, and punished in all resp , ..c•,s like the ptincipal, as is now the case in trea son and in all unideineenours, enacts, that "if any person shall bee one an • accessory before the fact to any felony, such person may be indicted, tried, e cnvicted, and punished in all respects as if he were a principal felon." Tnerefore, perhaps the indict ment submitted to you may contain counts charging Bernard as a principal ; but still the question of fact for your consideration will be whether the evidence shows prima facie that he was an accornpl:ce in the assassination plot ? If you find the in• dictneent a true bill the accused will have au ample opportunity of making his defence both on the facts and on the law uf the case. lie may be able to contradict or discredit the witnesses fur the prosecution, and to show that he was entirely innocent of any evil inten tion, or, at all events, that be had not the guilty • knowledge of a plot to assas-inate the Emperor of the French. Even it this fact were found aeain,t him, it will be open to his counsel to argue that he cannot in point of law bo properly convicted according to the Acts of Perliament upon which this prosecution rests. I ab stain for the press t from giving auy opinion on any question of law which can be deemed doubtful. What ever questions of law may be raised during the trial will be most deliberately considered, and I trust satis factorily d eposed of. There are four Judges of her Majesty's superior Courts appointed to preside, and they will all be present, although two of them i are 'till engaged on their circuits. Further, lam happy to say that we have a power, either before or after sentence, of taking the opinion of a l l the 15 judges upon any doubtful question of law which may arise during the trial. The accused not being a native•born subject, there must be an extraordinary anxiety in all quarters than, be may have a fair and impartial trial. But if it should turn out that, enjoying an asylum in this kingdom, he has violated those laws which are equally binding on foreigners residing in this country as upon native-born subjects, and that becoming an accomplice in a plot against the life of the sovereign of a neighbouring country, the ally of our Queen, he has committed an offence for which a native born subject would be liable to punishment, we are required not only by what is due to foreign nations, but by what is due to the equal administration of justice in our own land, to take care that he may not escape with impunity. Toe jury then withdrew. Lord Campbell said that if the grand jury returned a true bill, it was proposed to commence the trial on Monday morning, when all the learned judges named in the Commission would be present. As the trial would in all probability last several days, he took that oppor tunity of expressing a hope that pending the proceed ings the public press would abstain faun dis cussing the evidence. It was advisable a full and faithful account of the proceedings should be laid before the public, because, as he bad observed on a former occasion, it was extending indefinitely the area of the court, and giving all the advantage of being, as it were, present at the trial. Discussing the evidence as the trial proceeded was likely to prove disadvanta geous to the accused, and cause justice to be obstructed. Tneir lordships then withdrew, and the ordinary busi ness of the sessions was proceeded with. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL. Paid, Leasing Companies. Closing Prices this day 100 1 100 all I. TI 100 RAILWAYS. Bnckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc Col.Stour Vy. E. Lin. g. 6 p.Q E. Un. H. Sh. Gla9. Barr. & Neils. Direct. Do. New Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hull & Selby Do. Shares Do. I Shares Lon. &Greenw Do. 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St. 25 St. 5 St. 50 50 50 25 12i 26i 13 2k) St. St. 12 12 14 20 123 25 20 St. St.l 25 ' 10 1.0.6, .11i 12 11 22i i LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(this Day.) LONDON, April 9.—Wind this day at noon, E,; mo derate breeze and cloudy. PLYMOUTH, April B.—Wind S.S.E.--Arrived--Mein Leist, from Valaraiso ; Azores, Mogalore ; Corporation, from London for Cape Coast, bora up with loss of jibboom and jun artingale- FOWEY, April B.—Wind S.—Arrived—Revenue, from Liverpool for Trinidad, assisted in with loss of mainmast, and foremast gone by the head yards, and sails and bul warks much damaged. FALMOUTH, April 8.--Wind S.E.—Arrived—Rosano, from Matanzas. QUEENSTOWN, April B.—Arrived—Lunar, from Mauri tius ; Eliza Baal, from Rio Grande; Anne Duncan, from Licata. MONTROSE, Aprll 7.—Wind E.S.E.— PO.Arrived —Exem pIaryRTSMOUTH,, from Savan na ilApr h. 7.—The St. George ,eorge, from DSOkig rk , iu for Liverpool, passed off this place to-d%y b3^-FP hav struck is leaving the former port. ------ (BY ELECTRIC TELICGRAPIO Mornin LrITERFOOL, Fri g. , Wind S.S.E., fresh. f o r Charleston ; Fisher Sailed, March 9Car° l i ne ' C I tt • n Gilderleave, acu a , —scar, Newfoundland ; S. Ostend ,• City of Mobile, BcalbY•Now York. Off Waterford.—OntariWaterford.—Ontariofrom i (BY SUBUABINB AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morzing weedier cloudy. wind E etroni; tide_ high water ; Arrival, ' April b. — S ea Queen from Trieste. from Licata; Thomas and Arrived, April 9.--Saphe, win i aai , flour Calais; Lleleuo, from Grestsbyl. DEAL, Friday M • on:ling. Wind E. by S., stronE. P a sied, April S—Nautilus, from London, for St. Kitt's ; Thalia, screw steamer, from London, for C a rdiff; M. hit, torschaft, from Hamburg, for Glasgow ; Stree Bajall Rasjaaihlewciarineetocrof _London, for Kurracheo. David Mclver, for Loudon. CRIMINAL COURT.--(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton and Mr. Justice Byleg. THE HAYMARKET MURDER. SECOND DAY. The trial of Giovanni Lani for the wilful murder of Tbauban was rtsumed this morning. ExActly at ten o'clock the prisoner was placed in the deck. Mr. Tindal Atkinson rase to address the jury on the part of the prisoner. The learned counsel having alluded to the position of the prisoner, said he was a stranger to the laws and customs of the land, but he had shown his confidence by preferring to be tried by an English jury. He was cut off from all relations and kindred in this his hour cf danger aed peril, but be felt sure that the whole of the evidence would a th c e ar p ef r u is l u re u c u e v i i v u e t onaenrdthm ey erc m if u ul st caornrisvideeraattiona. Tosatis factory conclusion, to the exclusion of all doubt, that Heloise Thauban came to her death at the le dof the prison er . Beyond one slight in a - n 8 fact, his opinion, there was no conclusive evidence that a struggle for life and death ever took place during the time th was in the house with th e unhappy woman. It w ° pri g s o tr n u e e r the woman Disher had sp o k en to having heard a three groans, but that was no eviden ce t h at the prisoner wag committing murder at that moment. There was a sick women r-siding on the same floor, and it VV lIR quite pos sible that the groans proceeded from her. He had great doubts with respect to the evidence of Disher, for if her statement was to be relied on, contrary to all that was known, warmth would be retained in the human body 14 or 18 hours after death. He should have occa-ion to allude to this evidence by and bye, so he would not stop to analyze it. To convict the prisoner of wilful murder there must be malice —express and positive malice, but was there anything of this nature in the present case which would lead them to such a conclusion. There was not a tittle of evidence to show that the prisoner ever saw cr spoke to the unfortunate before the evening of the fatal occurrence. Julia Levy appeared to be the favourite woman ; he met her in Charles-street on the 231 of February at 10 o'c!cck in the evening, she had rings and jewels a"sout her, she had diamonds upon her fingers, and a gold watch by her side ; and if murder had been his object would he have made such an offer as ten francs to pass the night with a woman who, as the proprietress of the disreputable house might be supposed to be possessed of a quantity of money, whose fingers were glistening with the pro duce of her shame ? Why, it murder had been his aim, instead cf offering ten francs, might he not safely have off-red a hundred ? He implored them, as men of the world, to think of this fact seriously, and he felt certain, when they had done so, they would be of opinion that murder and robbery was not his object on the fatal evening. If robbery had been contemplated, why did he go with Helci-e Teauban in preference to Madame Levy ? The unfortunate deceased had nothing of value upon her person compared with Levy. Thou, again, the articles of jewellery that had been found on the prisoner, spoken to as having been the property of the deceased. What were they 1 They were articles of the caueurenest description. They were to be met with in London in every shop window. They were made in Birtninghene in hundreds and were sent to London, and there purchased by women of the class of the unfortunate deceased. Then, again, the fact of a small clock Laving been in the prisoner's box. It was, he thought, too much to swear that the clock found was the property of the deceased. Such clecks were to be met with in the metropolis, and there was nothing in the evidence to disprove the assertion of purchase by the prisoner. Now, with respect to another point in this cave. Why had not the sick woman been produced, to say whether she gave the groans that evening. It w: material such evidence should have been given. Now, supposing that all that ha f been spoken to by the wit nesses were true, was it impossible such an unfortunate and melancholy event might not have occurred by acci dent. It was well known that frequently in houses of the description of the one in Aruudel-ceurt frequent bagglinge a• , to the price to be paid for favours occurred. IVi46 it impossible for a quarrel to have arisen between the unf rrtunate woman and the prisoner ?—that iu the course of the quarrel the deceased scratched the pri soner's face, and then the hot, hasty blood of the Italian rose—he seized the unfortu: ate woman by the throat with his thumb and finger, and death was acci dentally occasioned in an instant S The medical evi dence did not confute this the,ry. Both the surgeons were of opinion that death might have been caused in too minutes and a half. Both surgeons were of opinion that death was caused by strangulation, and not by suf focation, and this more than anything else showed that the melancholy event had arisen from e sudden impulse, and not by a pre-conceived arrangement. There was a doubt, and he emplored the jury to think wed of this part of the case. If they should arrive at such a conclusion the law provided fir the robbery an adequate punishment. Then again with respect to the witness Eliza Disher; it was an extraordinary thing that she, who said she saw the prisoner leave the house, could not swear positively now to him. She said be wore a brown paletot, but the prisoner did not possess such an article of wearing apparel. On the fatal evening he wore the dress he now appears in ; an I it was un likely in the highest degree that she, the wife of a tailor, should mistake the dress of the prisoner. He implored them to weigh well the whole of the evidence. If they had tee slightest doubt on their minds the law directed the prisoner should receive the benefit of that doubt. He had ne fear of the result, he felt they would give such a verdict as would satiety rho law and the country, such as would be expected to emanate f:.):)1 twelve unprejudiced Englishman. He felt confident they would bc rliN to arrive at a conclu sion, because such an event, if adverse to the prisoner" consigned hint to an early and ignominious death on the scaffold. Their verdict, when once given, could Rot be recalled ; and, such being the case, he felt it his duty, with all the z isl and ability he possessed; to urge upon them to consider the absence of all malice end motive on the part of the prisoner. The learned counsel con ' eluded by txoressitig a hope that an Almighty and All. wise Providence wuuld lead thsim to a just and merciful conclusion. Mr. Justice Cromptc n at great length summed up the evideLce. At half-past one o'clock the jury retired to consider their verdict and at 10 minutes to two reentered the jury b,x and returned a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner on being asked what he had to say why sentence of death shoull not be passed, said he was not The learned judge having put on the black cap proceeded to pass upon the prisoner the awful sentence o f death. His lorithip s a id th a t a tt er a l ong an d careful trial th j e ury had found the prisoner guilty of having murdered the unfortunate woman, Ileleiee Thauban, under circumstances of the greatest brutality. \\intim you committed the murder you must have thought that you would be enabled to escape, but justice was not to be def.'ated. It only remains for me to pass upon you the awful sentence of the law. I implore you to use the remainder of the time allotted you to live in prayer and penitence. It would be idle to hope that any mercy can be held out to you. The sentence of the Court is, that you be taken from Eence to the place from whence you came, and Irom theists to the place of exixu tion, and there hanged by the neck until you are dead, and may the Lori God Almighty have mercy upon your so, 1. Mr. Bodkin—lt is in the power of the court to order a reward t witnesses who have acted in a meritorious manner, therefore I have to a4lc your lordship to order a ruin of money to be given to one of the witnesses—the waiter at Klein's Ho el. Mr. Justice Crimpton—lt is very unseemly that these questions of money rhould be made while a prisoner is present in court who has been sentenced to death. I have observed it before in other cases, and I will not now entertain the application. There is plenty of time hereafter. The dreadful sentence was then communicated through the interpreter to the prisoner. Ile heard the announcement with the utmost c)olness. At the con clusion of the communication, The prisoner said—"l am not guilty—therefore yea cannot cmidernn me to death." The interpreter irf amed him that the sentence would surely be carried into effect. The prisoner— You cannot ex'cute me. `I am a minor. Mr. Justice Crompton, through the interpreter—By the law of England, all persons whatever Are subjected to the penalties inflicted by the law. Lani then shrugged up his shou!ders, and quitted the dock with the utmost composure. The execution will take place on Monday fortnight. THIRD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Byles.) THE CHARGE OF A 111.31% who was yester. to certain pre. William Henry Parker, 32, day indicted for feloniously setting Westminster Fire In. miser with intent to defraud the 1 000/ • ram o f , . , was again surance Company of the t whole he pr o o s f ec yesterday, utio n the paced in the dock. dealefire and at the conclusion 1 to-day• This case occupied "ourned unt, . case was a dj o urned the defence being offered, the principal otfhethee °cuarste the e r hit of the evidence of a lad, who stated lt• to the fira he • few d 3 ys pro carried Borne timber that a furniture into the cellar, and that while poEinvtidbeeinnege t , . and articles he stumbled near the post to which the gas doing so branc h which caused the fire was attached, and acciden tally knocked the branch out of its regular position. Another witness named Barnard said he had been in the em ploy of Mr. Pinker so long ago as October ; be was certain there was no nipple in the gas branch. He was positive of the fact. Mr. Parker had cautioned the whole of his servants nut to turn the gas full on as it would be dangerous. Mr. Harrison, of 10, Lawromr-lane, said he wag of opinion that if 10 per cent, was taken off the amount of the claim sent in by Mr. Parker for damage done to his property by the fire it would be a lair demand. Mr. Johnson, of the firm of Morley and Co., was of the same opinion with respect to the value of the goods. Mr. Schofield, a dealer in woollen goods, said the prices charged in claim for the pieces of woollen mate rial was such that a profit might be obtained thereon if he had to sell them. Atter some f urther evideßee, and the learned judge having slanned up, the jury returned a verdict or Not Guilty. The prisoner on hraring the v, rdict faiot.d away, and was carried fr( m the dock in an Meecsitle state. His Royal Highness Priice Ge,Orge spx - my and 6u1.8 will leave WiLdior Cale to-day, f or Southampton, en route to Lisbon.