The Sun. — London, England, 1859-05-20 00:00:00

-- . 30n- ! • •. - 4 MONEY MARKET AND CITY N EWS. SHARE ZIARKE2'.-( THIS DAY.) +• --...._____ ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. the CITY, Two o'CLocK. ShareClosin g Business tick Increased depression has been apparent in the Shar Railways. Paid. Prioe. hat - Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the 12.10 Amberg., Notting. Bost. eto last few days, most of the principal staples having and Eastern Juismion 10 54 54 50 Belfast and Ballymena.. all - - Ig a receded in value. For tea there has been a very 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Sir. Val. all 7 8 of limited in Stock Birk., Lane., and Ch es h quiry, and prices are expected to Junction lOO 58 60 the 1 i . rule rather easier at the public sales to be 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Ire all 101 111 the held to-day. Sugars have been inactive at a Stock Bristol and 'xeter The Caledonian reduction of 6d. to 9d. per cwt., and in the Me e t Chester and Holyhead , 100 - - eit Refined Market lower rates have been accepted 20 50 Cork, Cork and Band Passage& all all -- - - B•ock- by holde rs . C o ff ee a t p u bli c sa l e h as d ec li ne d i s . 20 Cornwall ' 10 Do. A all 4 6 10 Do. B A roves. no div. --• to 2s per cwt. Rice and spices have been in rather f all - - .until6p.e.per an. . 11 _ - • limited request at about late rates. The demand hasbeen pd.toß. - the 50 Dublin andßelfast June. all - - AU, for saltpetre has not been quite so active, and a few 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc all 8 9 glz i k c tt et g u a n n ties and Parcels sold at public sale went at a depreciation of 100 511 621 521 A nd , about ls. p er cw t. Th e t a ll ow mar k e t h as s h own Stock E as t ern U n i on A S tock 100 35 40 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 25 27 lug rather more firmness, and prices have been fairly 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 81 - - his maintained; P.Y.C. on the spot realising 535. 3d., EastKent Stock East Lancashire lOO 84 85 all 12 4 MP, and for last th ree mon th s ' d e li ver y the quotati on i s 20 East S u ff o lk all - - 10 Do a ll - - ar -565. 6d. to 565. 9d. per cwt. Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 68 70 The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed Sr P o d r ii t t,P sz eit l h, do & JDunogeoel loo 1,( - - 19 1 23 25 heavily, a n d p r i ces were w ith ou t an y i mpor t an t St oc k F urness y Stock Glasgow & South West n IOD 88 90 the change. The sales amounted to 3,000 bales. 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 104 Stock Great Northern lOO 94 96 944 A further reduction has taken place in the rat e ng- Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 5 10 • of discount at Hamburg--viz., to 2 and 4 pe r cen t. Stock Do. do. B Sto c k lOO 1 2 4 128 SO 127 Stock Gt. South.& W s t n amid` 100 100 102 earl There were no bullion operations of public inte- ock Great Western ' ' 100 501 511 51 Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk 100 50 65 any rest at the Bank of England yesterday. 12 Irish South Eastern all - - Ito Silver, owing to the limited supply, continues at 50 Lancaster and Carlisle all 77 82 50 164 Do. Thirds 514. 21d. =,7, d. per oz. standard. 1613 4 Do. New Thirds is 8 10 p roy, L rds The supplies of gold received from. America and Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 84 854 8 5 16 Do. do. F £l6 6 1 lid the Australia are satisfying the export demand, and, 9 Do. do. £9 shares 7 1 lid 3 Do. West Riding Union i - - rge I as they are likely to continue on an extensive 20 Do. Southport - - test scale, the bullion at the Bank of England may be Stock L o ndon and Black£ slosp . s well all 59 61 - o.Newiss.at h - - - bat maintained at a high point for some time to come, Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 Westn 100 851 86 4 86 k i although occasional withdrawals are not impro- Sl2. k N orth Do. Eighths 74 2 1,7,- .1 bable. S t ock London& South-Westn. 100 851 861 864 6 t 11025 L'derry & Coleraine all - - the In consequence of the limited inquiry on com- 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 6 7 . ads mercial account the terms of discount are rather Stock 3i M e a t n r . o , p S o h i e lt f an ., & Lincoln lOO 33 31 , 334 3 - -- d „ 01 t 1 ;nst - easier, a n d b an k ers an d b ro k ers are una bl e to fi n d Stock Midland u 1 00 93 94 Stock Do. Binning. & Derby. 100 69 71 I ill full employment for the resources at their com- so Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all - - th . Maud. The result is an active competition for the 12 I ;TTl S s i l a e re a s nd Carlisle. all 7 - -- n ot Comparative issue and supply of bills brought 25 New., Aber., & Herefd. all 9 11 10 Newry & Armagh (def.' 9 - - rho forward, and the concessions made in the open 20 Newri , , , Warpt., & Ros all - - © OO 52 65 ni Market have caused an important falling off in the Stock Zork k Countles Union. 1 31 31 3 d OS appliCations at the Bank of England. Stock North British lOO 51 62 514 Stock Nor.Dev.Rail. &Dlr.. Stk lOO - - There has been very little alteration in the Stock Do.A Stk.-Arec.nodiv B 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 - - appearance of the English Stock Market to-day. 100 - - Stock Do. B Stock Stock North-Eastn.--Berwick 100 84 85 311 4 ' The Funds have remained flat at the depreciated 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 3 21 d d quotations current yesterday afternoon. Consols Stock Do. Leeds lOO 4 2 13 681 have b een 91 i• for money, and 918 t for the ac- Stock 1 ?Too;lIro 104 count.' The speculative dealings have been very 10 N. an &g.ji i rtk n l o r t rpstd limited, and there has been a diminished inquiry 20 North SJffordshi o r n e 5 31; i1. 5 - 1 5 - 1 d aill for investment. Bank Stock has improved to 222. 20 North-Weste rn te Sou. W. Junction all 6 8 l e ft The New Threes and the Reduced are fiat at 901 1 ; Stock Oxford, Wor.,& wolver. 100 27 29 28 1, 4 2 lO Peeblesall -- - by Exchequer Bills at 20s. to 245. prem. ; India Loan 20 Portsmouth 10 - - Debentures a re s t ea dy a t 931 and ditto Bonds at S t l o o c k I S' l c ohYmtti:heYCentral lOO 104 106 for 1.28. to 1 ls. discount. The New India Loan Scrip Stock Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock 100 23 25 Stock Stock l t o S p c s o il t r i es h Union. Stock 12 Fil 80 but is heavy at 2Z- to 2 discount, being marked 92a 93. In the Forei gn St oc k M ar k e t th e t ransac ti ons 10 Sittingbounie & Sh eer all 5 4 d Stock South Devon lOO 39 41 401 36 have b een very mo d erate, an d pr i ces . are flat. Stock South-Eastern 100 61/ 624 612 10 111 Turkish 6 per Cents. are 59 to 61 •; ditto New, St 2 o o Ck g o o u ng y W o a r les ks.&Riv.Dun all 63 67 49 to 51. Grenada Deferred has receded to 41; 20 Do. ta. do s Wok - - 201 l 8 11 Spanish 3 per Cents. to 38a ; and ditto Deferred 25 Stoe n go'n & D'ti; l filglo k n''. all a 34 36 to 261- 27. Venezuelan 5 p er C en t s . are fi rmer at 2 2 5 Do. do. 1858 7 -g 7 - - 3 4 1 • 4 I and Dutch 29' per Cents. at 60. French 3 - Stdekton & llartlepool 161 - - Stock Taff Vale lOO - - al , ' per Cent. Rentes are marked 60f. . Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 - - ln the Railway Share Market the transactions St 2s ock Z h a 1 lemoefs l,Treit(ititehn Dk&R a i 1 1 00 2 2 58- 62- have been moderately active, and prices have Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 0 0 Wate Cora l Limerick all - - Utli varied to the extent of about Itol -1 per cent. 20 West Irth Great Westerns, North Westerns, North Eastern 10 W-end on & Cry . Pal all - 5 Do.A.-Arecv . .nodiv.till - (York), and South Easterns have declined 10s. ; 20 n0 7 . p 8 .c. has been pd. to B all 3 1 si the Eastern Counties, Manchester, Sheffield, and Liu- all 7/ 7 to cola and Midland advanced ss. ;. and Great 2010 West London all - - - Do. Ist Cla ss all - - 100 Northern, South Western, and North Eastern Do. 2d Cla ss all - - - - oal. PREFERENCE SHARES. (Berwick), 10s. al o The Foreign line s h ave b een quite neglected. Sh are ' I IBusiness - ' Railways. Paid I Closing - • Price. Done. iStS Lombardo Venetian, old shares, are nominally 25 Blythe and Tyne 1( per 111" quoted sto 51, and the New 41 5. c. pref. (issued at £5O) all 49 51 • • ln the Colonel Market East India n h ave improved Stk Bris. & 20 Do. do. do. Shares 9 - tl. about £l, and Great Indian Peninsula £l. tock Caledon £10,41 per cent 100 99 101 Stock l2.lo Cheater s ig to u r a & r. H Sl o ia i r y e h s d , , N4. p0 2. 1 7 00 .10 ---_ L out Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are Do. do. 6 p. et. An , , 'very inactive, and prices show little variation from loo - - Stock6i Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. all - - 00 l'evious rates. London and County, London Joint 61 Dun. Perth,& Aber. Jun. all 54 61 in* btock, Mail Steam, and South Australian Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc 100 98 101 jOl l I, Royal Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc lOO 108 112 • and • were each dealt in at previous quotations. Stock Do. do. Class C7pc .e Of • Stock, E. Coun. E x . 5 p ct . No.l 100 108 111 • ' PRlnta a (yr, ..,,,,....-....--- • - ..., --- -.-- - - ' StoclrlDn_ fin TTn. 0 inn Blythe and Tyne 1( per c. pref. (issued at £5O) itk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock ±0 Do. do. do. Shares ,ock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent !JO Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. ,ock Cheater & Holyhd, 51 pc ,ock Do. do. 6 p. ct. 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c 61 Dun. Perth,& Aber. Jun ;ock E.Angn. Class A 7& spc ,ock 1)o. do. Class B 6 pc.. mck Do. do. Class C 7 pc ,cock E. Coun. Ex. 5 p ct. No.l Stock Do. do N 0.2 'tock Do. New 6 per et. Stock ,ck Eastern Union, 4 per ct. ,ock East Lanc. 6 per ct 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths Lock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares tock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. tock Fllrness, 5 per cent Mock Ulan. &S West,: a. spc itock Great Northern, 5 p. ct tock Do. 5 Redm.,lop.c.pm pc Stock Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pe. pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, lst pf Stock j Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 p. et. pref. Stock reat West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct... :k Do. Redeemable, 41 p ct. ock Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et. ,ock Do. Irredeemable, do. . ,ock Do. 5 p. ot. Redeem.Pra 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref Lock Do Birming. guar. stock 264 Do. Chesterguar.shares 134 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. ;ock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock ;ock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l ;ock Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Lock Do. New gua., 6 p. et toek Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 tock L on. & N. W. Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Stock Lon. &S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares 121 Londondy & Cole, 1 she 12 Londondy.& Ennis Isb Stock Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. et 6 Do. 26 Stock Do. 31 per cent. 121 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c Do. l4 4 per cent Do. 5 1 98 101 61 108 112 104 110 108 111 107 110 122 127 78 80 'RILES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Rank Stock 3 ., Per Cent. Reduced Annuities isi°l2_e_r Cent. Consols Annuities 9 91 ' 1 . s AT 4 Cent. Annuities ;. Willi ditto Stock --'itto Debentures Ditto Loan Scrip , Ditto Bond s , £l,OOO Ditto under £l,OOO Consols for Account (June 7) •911 i March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & lid.. 20 4 1 Ditto Small, 1141. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Grenada New Active, 31 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Spanish 3 per Cent ' • Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 27 Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent 6l/ Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Venezuelan 5 per Cent. — Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 4± per Cent. Ex. 25f BBf. Ditto 3 per Cent. Ex. 25f. batch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 6O TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Consols for Account, June 7 Stoe 68 70 eige i - 107 109 115 117 108 112 102 104 61 63 11 111 92 94 83 25 84 86 99 101 91 91 16 17 9i 10 70 72 18 19 9 9i 13i 14& 136 138 155 165 THE WAR. AUSTRIAN VESSELS 7 9 118 120 65 1 671 P LIABLE TO CAPTURE. CAUTION TO SHIPOWNERS AND SHIP MASTERS. Stock Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock . Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ot., Stock Do. 4i p. c. pref. stock 8 Do. with option till 1860, lc Do. Leic. & llit.pref. io f Newport,Aber,&c.pret.s 1 p. c. redeem, atsp.c.um, 10 Do. Pe et, 6p. o. with option till 1866 10 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. shares Stock Do. ss. c. Ext.Stook,lB46 Stock Do. 5. p. o. Pref. do. 1847 Stock Do. ay. Vol. Ex. S k 1847 Stock North British, 5 per cent Stock Do. New, cam. 5 per cent Stock Nth.Dev.ltail.& Dek.Co. Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Stock Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 17 Do. do. do. 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. 14 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 25 80. York, H. &S. Puroh 20 North Staffordshire itock Ox. Wr. & Wol. Opc. Ist g >took Do. do. do., 2d gua itock Do. 41 p.c. Db. stkin PerP 81: Scottish Central, new pi tock Scottish N.-Eastern deb took Do. 4 per 0. pref. stock ock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. ,ock Do. 7p. C. pref. stock. 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. 10 Do. Fixed 4i per cent. 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6 ) Stock Do .4i per cent Stock Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is Stock Do. New do., 2d issue Stock South Wales, gun. 4 p.c Stock Do. 41 per cent 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua 25) Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e 25 i Do. 6 per cent StockiWaterford & Kilkenny, I 6 per cent.- The French Governnment have notified, in reply to her Majesty's Government, on the application of leg Committee of Lloyd's, that Au s t rian vesse l s d'itving ports of call will be liable to seizure. Xl3O 138 100 101 P P 91 93 91 10 10 11 8 9 FOREIGN -OFFICE, May 19, 1859. 4 , • Sir--I am directed by the Earl of Malmesbury state to you that her Majesty's Government have tteilleteeteived the answer of the French Government to e Inquiries which, as you were informed in my h er m ot' the 10th inst., lad been put to them by ajesty's Abassador at Paris respecting the ut to whi c h A us t r i an vesse l s are li a bl e t o c apture by French and Sardinian cruisers. The first inquiry whi c h E ar l C ow l e y was in structed to make was whether Austrian vessels arriving at ports of call would be allowed to leave Such ports for their destination without being liable to capture ; the second whether Austrian vessels which have sailed for Austrian or for neutral ports prior to the declaration of war will be liable to capture. The French Government have stated in reply that as far as F rance is conc erned it cannot be doubted that Austrian vess els w o u ld eonin the cases d e specified be subj ec t to capture and cond e mnation in virtue of the general p r i nc i p l e of the l aw of nations, acted upon in England as we ll as i n France, aeceneord ing to which every ship belonging to an met with at sea after the decla ra ti on of war i n s iy a good prize. It is assumed that the question relates to neutral ports called at for orders, since if an Austrian vessel, in ignorance of war having broken out, should enter a French port, she would be protected by the special decision of the Emperor, dated May 3 , which grants safe conduct not only to the vessels of the enemy actually in French ports, but to those also which shall enter such ports in igno rance of the state of war.—l am, Sir, your most Obedient humble servant, E. HAMMOND. Capt. G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. 1105 107 94 NS 1 11 1 1 p d 224 234 115 120 115 118 98 100 to 10,1 23 231 100 102 100 102 27 28 30 32 45 65 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. R a il ways. I Paid ' L C e o a . s ' i s n . g ' C P lo ri s c i e n . g B D us o l n n e e . s Bedford and Bletchleyl Buckinghamshire .. Cl y d esdale Junction Colchester, Stour Val Li ncolnshire,g. 6p. c E Union,HarwichShs 1 Do. Woodbridge GI s. Barr. &Neils,Drct. Do. New..... .. Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dck.&R a i l Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares Lond on& G reenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4 p. ct Do. 6 per cent Mane., Buxtn. & Matk Midsb.& R edcr, g. 6 .c Mid. BradfordPrf. Stk Newmarkt.,BuryEx guaranteed 5 p. c.j Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. Preston and Wyre. Do. Shares A. Roys tn,Hitch., Shep Shf. Roth. &G 01.g.5p.c. ' Shrewsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire .. Wear Valley, g. 6 p. c. Do. do. Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon& Croydn. ILn N.W ILn N.W Caledonin E.U.&E C Gt. North. E.Counts. 95 98 99 101 16 17 133 138 41 4i 614onin Do. ...... Gt. West. rir•Nsklir Do Yk.N.Md • . ... Do., S. East: .. Do. .... ' • Xet.o &Co. D 0.... • Norfolk ... Do. ..... ' LN wjai Stk.& Dar Midland . E.Counts. Do • ...... LETTERS FOR JERUSALEM.— A s the th e Austrian Packets from Trieste are no longer running, arrange ment laid down in Instruction No. 32, dated the 30th is oth April, 1859, with respect to letters for Jerusalem, for the present suspended. All letters, &c., addressed t o Jerusalem will be forwarded by the French m ttil packets from Marseilles, and the postage due for their con veyance as far as Jaffa must be paid in advance at the f_l n tow log - rates :—On letters, 6d. per quarter ounce. newspapers, ld. per four ounces. On printed command o 0 _ than newspapers, 3d. per four ounces. By f the Po stmaster -General. ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. ther General Post-office, May 21, 1859. F ORGERY.—Th e f o ll ow i ng case o f ex t ens i ve f or - Fery has just been rep or t e d a t th e chief police-office, Scot land-yard. A perso n o f gen tl emanly appearance honoure d the Royal Hot e l, Weymouth, Dorsetshire, u=nderth the as sue med name of Lord Henley, and ingratiated himself with, landlord. Upon settling his account " Lord " Henley drew a ch eque for £4ouponMessrs. Ransome and Co., which turned out to be a forgery., From there he went to Hugh Grataham Marshall, and Co., bankers, Wilts, Somerset, ,ellassumed the title of Lord Langley, and obtained £5 on a equedraani on Messrs. Coutts, pronounced to be a forgery. -Ye then visited Webb's Hotel, Torquay, under the name of Lord Lilford, and gave a cheque for £l5 on Coutts', received tlO change, and has not since been heard of. A large re- Ward is offered for his apprehension. Applicants for enrolment in the royal navy still et ntinue to offer themselves at the rate of about 200 per day at the Pist,ard's offices at W oo l w i c h , the great majority of rwhom being growing country lads fr om th e ages of 15 to 20 a ar s, and under the height of 5 f ee t 6 i nc h es, are rejected, l s n t andsmen ofall being standard appointed b y th e Admiralty for ages. It is stated that already the large tub e r of 20,000 men have been admitted in different ports of geicln. 108 110 64 65 115 120 88 go ...... Do. D 0....... .... L&N i V & L.Yk. D 0....... Gt. North. Lan.& Yk T Brassoy 11‘Cloan Stk.& Dar Do. Gt. West. L.&Brgtn 132 137 9 ai 10 103 87 89' 8 9) DOCKS. I Paid Closing 1 Business Price. I Done. 96 99 Share Docks. Stook Commercial Stock Do 4 per Cent Pref . Min. Stock East and West India Stock London Stock St. Katharine Stock Southampton Stock Victoria D? New , of ,ht the iral r of of aq 10 St ocl St St St Stoc Stocl st' Stod Ste 1 all all all 10b 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 8.13.4. 100 100 100 all 100 100 10G 5. 5.6. 10 18 il6, all 1100 6 100 100 100 100 all 1001 2} 2, 94 va P i P 54 56 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY' IVEMNd i MAY 20, 1859. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share ! pea. I Closing 1 Busines ' Railways. Price. Done. 100 18 18 Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent.. Bom.,Baroda& Cent Ind all 131 all 77 80 16 17 gu. 5 per cent Do Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 6 p. et. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta. & S.Eastrn.Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town .1; Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited)! Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c Do. C Shares Do. E Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 'Geelong& Mel.g - ua.sp. c. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. t p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B Do. 6 per cent. Pref Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New, gua.s per cent Do. do Gt.S.of Ind. Lim.—Scrip 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. "/3 without opt Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 41 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 4I p. c. Extension Do. Tird Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry..lELand(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Northof India Tramroad Limited, Scrip Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. Do. New Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo a . 0,7 St. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 21 lid' 2 14d 6 5 7d 201 100 I 100 190 16 1100 100 100 1. 3.0. id par 1} ld 2s. 6d, 7 all 5 100 all Stock 2 95 96lid Sto. f Stock 100 100 20 1 a 100 { Stock all all }lOO 120. all 1 all all all all all all 1 all 10 5 701 89 94 24 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) GUILDHALL. THE DANGER OF SOBBING.—J. Gray, 12, a lad who sobbed most bitterly during the whole of the proceedings, was charged with picking a pocket of a silk handkerchief. The case was brought home to the prisoner who said, clasping his hands, " Oh pray sir, don't, sir." Evidence was given that the prisoner had been twice in custody before, and Sir Peter Laurie said—" If you had not cried, you would only have gone for two months, but as you have made so much noise you will go for three." At this the prisoner made a variety of sounds, not unlike an enraged bull, and it was with some difficulty that he was removed from the cell. ANOTHER PICKPOCKET.—R. Clary was charged with picking a pocket in Thames-Street. Yesterday afternoon the prosecutor said he felt a hand in his pooket, and upon turning saw the prisoner running off. After a sharp chase the lad was eorthed in a house, and the handkerchief found under a door-mat. The case was also brought most clearly home to the prisoner. The prisoner's father'said he was sorry to see his son in such a position. He hoped the tears shed by his son would not be held an aggravation of the offence. Sir Peter—He must go to prison for a month. EXTENSIVE PLATE AND CASH ROBBERY.—Sarah Smith, aged 30, described as an "unfortunate," was charged with being in possession of a quantity of plate stolen from the premises of Messrs. Bell and Salter, dentists, of Broad-street. The prisoner was in the custody of Bull and Leonard, City detectives. It appeared that the prisoner was stopped by Mr. Bryer, gold and silver refiner (late Sirrel's), on Saturday afternoon, and the police were communicated with and the prisoner given into custody. The prisoner said the plate was her own property, and had been given to her by a man about 48 years of age. The plate was worth 7s. an ounce, and the prisoner had only asked Mr. Bryer ss. The prosecutor said that a burglary had been effected on the premises on Friday night last, and the property pro duced, valued at £3O, stolen, together with £5O in cash and notes. Upon the prisoner were found some money and seven keys. Bull—There is no further evidence. Sir Peter Laurie—Don't you think k you can get some further evidence ? This woman is evidently connected with some gang, and something should be learned. Bull—lf you will remand her to Thursday I will do all I can. Sir Peter—She had better be again remanded. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. A FORBEARING WIFE AND A DRUNKEN HUSBAND Charles Scott, a tailor, of 7, Angel-court, Windmill-street, was charged with assaulting his wife in a violent manner under the following circumstances : The wife, a respectable looking woman, and who gave her evidence with great reluctance, stated —On the previous night, about twelve o'clock, her husband came home in a state of intoxication, as was his usual practice. She ex postulated with him on his conduct, when he struck her several blows in the face and about the head and shoulders. She, however, did not wish to proceed further with the case. Mr. Bingham asked if the marks on her face were done by her husband ? The complainant said she supposed they were. Wilson, 39 C, said he took prisoner into custody, hearing cries of " Murder," and at the time the wife's face was covered with blood. He asked the prisoner to open the door and let him in, and as he would not, he was compelled to get in at the window, and get him out by the same means. The wife again 'expressed her wish not to press the charge. Mr. Bingham said it was impossible he could sit there day after day and listen to such sad tales, and then let such wild beasts go unpunished because of an appeal from a for giving wife. He was surprised how a man could destroy his own happiness and that of another by drink. Hi s w if e must be protected, and he should therefore commit him for four months with hard labour. CREATING A DISTURBANCE AT THE EARL OF ta- BRlDGE'S.—Richard Ryan, a valet, of 1, Chapel-street, Grosvenor square, was charged with creating a disturbance at the residence of the Earl of Uxbridge, 133, Piccadilly. Thomas Stevenson, valet to his lordship, said the ac cused came to the house and asked to see one of the maid servants, in a very excited state. The female came to him and he followed her upstairs, and on her locking herself in a bedroom the accused tried to force the door, and said he would serve her Gut for something she had said or done. The accused then left the house, and his lordship having stated that if he came again he was to be given into cus tody, he was, on his coming again, given into custody. The accused said he was very sorry for what he had done. The lady's maid and himself had corresponded, and it was through something she had 'said that he became excited. He wanted to speak to her, and she refused. Mr. Bingham said the next time he went to see a lady's maid, he would advise him not to thereafter "servo her out." He should order him to find one surety for three months. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. A very limited supply of English wheat was received up to our market to-day, coastwise and by land-carriage. Factors, generally, were very firm in their demands, but the trade was by no means brisk. However, sales were easily effected at Monday's advance in the quotations. Good and useful qualities of foreign wheat were in de mand, at extreme rates; but all other kinds were a slow inquiry. Floating cargoes were very firm in price. Barley sold steadily, at extreme quotations. The supply was limited. Fine malt was firm in price; but inferior parcels were much neglected. A fair average business was doing in oats, and prices were well supported. Beans and . peas moved off slowly, on former terms. Flour was In request, at full quotations. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. English BlO 90 ; 2,140 1 Irish Foreign 11 , 920 300 I Flour. j 1,070 18,130 ; 3,380 sks I bls NEWUATE AND LEADENHALL. Our markets are fairly supplied with each kind of meat, to-day. The trade, generally, is somewhat heavy, at barely stationary prices. Per 81bs. by the Carcass. s. d. s. d. 1 s. d. s. d. Inferior Beef 3 2to 3 4 1 Infr. Mutton. 3 4to 3 10 Mid. d 0..... 3 6to 3 8 1 Mid. do 4 oto 4 4 Pm.largedo. 310 to 4 0 I Prime do. 46to 4 8 Do. small do. 4 2to 4 4 1 Veal 4 oto 4 8 Large pork.. 3 2to 3 8 1 Small pork Lamb, 4s 4d to 5s 6d. • BOROUGH HOP. For all good and fine hops there is rather an active de mand, partly on speculation, and prices have an upward tendency. Other descriptions are held at extreme rates. Mid and East Kent pockets 9os to 160 s per owt. Weald of Kent do 7os to 90s )9 Sussex do 6Bs to 84s „ COLONIAL. Tai. —The market has been very quiet and prices have shown less firmness ; a considerable quantity is announced for public sale to- day, and prices are expected to rule a shade lower. Common Congou is quoted 131 d to 14d per lb. . _ _ SUGARS.—A further depression has been apparent in this market. The demand for both home consumption and for exports having been limited, and prices have receded about 6d to 9d per cwt. In the refined market a very moderate business has been recorded, brown lumps have declined 51s 6d, and tittlers and loaves to 54s per cwt. COFFEE.—The private market has been very inactive, and prices have receded at public sale, good Jamaica quali ties went at a reduction of is to 2s per cwt on late quota tions. RloE.—There has been a moderate inquiry for the mid dling qualities of East Indian, and previous rates have been maintained; inferior descriptions, however, were neglected. SALTPETRE.—The inquiry for this article has been less active, and at public sale a parcel of East India sold at a decline of is per cwt. on late rates. WooL.—The public sales of foreign and colonial wool continue to be well attended, and the better qualities of Sydney and Port Philips's have realised slightly improved prices. expect TALLOW.—The market is steady. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 55s 3d, and last three months 56s 6d to 56s 9d per cwt. =THE ELECTRIC METROPOLITAN TELEGRAPHIC COM MUNICATION,--Yesterday a number of men were em ployed in erecting wires for electrical communication on the south side of the metropolis, beginning at the Horns at Kennington, and which are to extend to the head station at Moor ga t e - s t ree t. F or some d ays past staffs like flag-staffs have been erected in the line of communication on several houses, and the wires were attached to each staff. It is intended to have tho communication not only round, but through the metropolis. Various stations will be established in the line, which will be near the Fire Brigade stations, as also the police stations—so that upon the occasion of a fire, an immediate communication might be made with all the brigade and police stations throughout the metropolis. THE VINTAGE IN FRANCE.--The Vigneron has the following :—" In the Bordelais, the owners of vineyards are generally satisfied with the state of the vegetation of the vines. In Burgundy they do not express satisfaction, but they have ceased to complain. In the Heralt prices are exceedingly firm, and if, as is hoped, large orders for the army be given, great activity will take place in the markets of that department. At Condom, proprietors will not make any concession, and even when purchasers appear disposed to accept their prices, they raise them. In the Indre, busi ness is calm, and during the last week was nearly null. The fears entertained as to the effects of the frosts had somewhat subsided, and from the favourable state of the weather at present it was hoped that the injury done would be repaired. In the Nantais the temperature is favourable, but, owing to the alarm created by the frosts, prices are rather disposed to rise than fall. In the Charente Inferieure no transactions are taking _place, but prices remain firm, the apprehensions f e lt a b out the crops have diminished. In the Marne, the frosts have done serious damage ; but of late the temperature has become favourable, and the vines have improved." THE SUSPECTED CASE OF POISONING" AT RICHMOND. This morning Mr. Thos. Smethurst, lately holding a tem poraryresidence at 10, Alma-villas, Richmond, was brought again before E. Penrhyn, Esq., and a full bench of magis trates, at the Richmond Court of Petty Sessions, charged with the wilful murder of a lady, named Isabella Bankes, by the administration of poison in small doses. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, instructed by Mr. Teesdale, of the firm of Symes, Teesdale, and Sandiland, appeared far the friends of the deceased ; and Mr. H. S. Giffard, in. strutted by Mr. Humphreys, attended for the accused.. • The prisoner, a gentlemanly-looking man, wear ing a moustache, having been brought into court, was alkmed to be seated during the examination. Mr. Ballantine said it would be in the recollecl,ion of the court that when he last had the honour of 'peering he carefully avoided alluding to the allegations th at had been made against the prisoner, but since that time D r. Taylor had made an analysis of all things found on the pr einises belong • ing to the prisoner, which it would be recoriected had been removed previous to his return, and the secretions of the deceased. The learned gentleman then entered at some length into the report of Dr. Taylor, di g which he re marked that certain bottles had been f„iund that contained different kinds of liquids, some of wl•ifch contained arsenic in combination with other medichre.s, the nature of which was to work through the human system in the most rapid manner. Traces of antimony and arsenic had also been found in small particles in the siAnnach of the deceased. Dr. 'Julius was the first witrless, and his former evidence having been read over, in answer to further questions he said —When I first went to attend deceased, Dr. Smethurst told me she had previously been in perfect health, and had been in the habit of waroing seven or eight miles a day, so that the attack was ajilte sudden. He told me he was of opinion she was suffering from bilious diarrhoea. I believed such to be the case, and I simply administered chalk mix ture. My mixtures were chiefly to. allay irritation of the bowels, which was excessive. I have witnessed the de ceased vomiting and screaming violently. There was intense thirst. It was continuous, and she made a daily complaint of it. It first occurred to me that there were some other causes at work which I was not aware of. This occurred to me on the 13th of April. When I first saw blood in the motions I had been four or five days in attendance. That decidedly is incon sistent with bilious diarrhoea. Up to the 18th of the month there was a continuous increase of blood in the motions. I saw the deceased daily after that. The symptoms ap peared to be the same, only increased in intensity. Dr. Smethurst told me he used to administer 10 drops of opium with an enema. He said it would control the diarrhoea. He told me he always administered the opium himself. There was not what I should call a bilious mo tion after the first week. I saw the deceased. Other me dical assistance was called in, and the opinion was that the deceased was dying. I had had some former conversa tion with the deceased. Dr. Todd never saw the deceased without Dr. Smethurst was present. I sent some pills to the deceased. Each pill contained a quarter of a grain of sulphate of copper and a quarter of a grain of opium. A pill was ordered to be taken three times a day. On the Friday fol lowing Dr. Smethurst told me " the pills" had been taken, and had had a most terrible effect. It was as if she had taken a coal of fire. That there had been intense vomiting and fifteen motions the day after. There was nothing in the pills to produce that result. I saw the lady again on Sunday. She was then in a very weak and exhausted state, suffering from nausea and great activity of the bowels. I only saw the deceased two or three times in the absence of Dr. Smethurst. He appeared to me as a medical man. On the Friday when I saw her she was then in a very prostrate condition. On the Sun day following I spoke to a magistrate about the circum stances, and on the Monday night Dr. Smethurst was taken into custody. I gave directions that a nurse should be sent to the deceased immediately. I saw the deceased after Dr. Smethurst was taken into custody. She was very ill, and I thought sinking. I felt it my duty to go to Dr. Taylor previous to going to the magistrate. I sent him an evacuation. The lady died on Tuesday morning from ex haustion. I have a careful record of all the medicines sent. Mr. Ballantine—Was there any arsenic in the medicines you supplied ? Witness—l am certain there was not. Mr. Ballantine—Or antimony ? Witness—No, none whatever. Mr. Ballantine—Or chlorite of potash. Witness—Certainly not. Mr. Ballantine—This bottle with a mixture and Dr. Julius's label on it was found in the prisoner's house. Did it come from your surgery ? Witness--Assuming it to contain chlorite of potash and arsenic, it most certainly did not. I saw apthous spots on the tongue. This effect would be produced by any exhaust ing disease. Mr. Ballantine—l believe you have received a letter from Dr. Smethurst since he has been in Horsemouger-lane Gaol ? Witness—Yes. I hold it in my hand. Mr. Ballantine—Read it. Witness then read the letter as follows : Hmonger-lane Gal "Dr. Smethur s t will" feel orse much obliged by forwarding, as above, by return of post, copies of the prescriptions of the following medicines prescribed and dispensed by the firm of Julius and Bird (required for defence) : " 1. The sulphate of copper and opium pills (Dr. Todd). " 2. Nitrate of silver. " 3. The Bismuth*mixture. "Also please to send him word if arsenic is kept by them in the surgery, or what other part of the premises ? " To Dr. Julius and Mr. Bird." I sent the following answer : " May 5, 1859. " In answer to Dr. Smethurst's communication of the sth inst., Dr. Julius begs to state that Douovon't and Fowler's solution of arsenic are the only preparation of that mineral nature kept in his surgery or in any other part of his home." A number of other letters from the accused to Dr. Julius for the recepts, from which the medicines sent to deceased were prepared, and also when the evacuations were taken to Dr. Taylor, were also read. Witness, in answer to further questions, said—l have no prescribed antimony or arsenic in any of the medicines I supplied. Mr. Giffard, for the accused, cross-examined the witness. He said—l have a correct record of the medicines I have supplied to the deceased. At first I attended her alone. The violent retchings were after taking food or medicines, but when it was given in my presence it was given by Dr. Smethurst. Dr. Smethurst gave the details of the case of the deceased to Dr. Todd, and gave them correctly. Dr. Todd's prescriptions were perfectly in accordance with my treatment for the purpose of allaying irritation. Mr. Bird's former evidence was next read over. It was to the effect that there had been arsenical poisoning. Mr. Ballantine—l will ask you this question. Having watched the symptoms of the deceased carefully, can you account for their arising from any natural or known causes ? Witness—l cannot. Mr. Ballantine—Would arsenic or antimony, or both of them, produce effects similar to those you witnessed ? Witness—Yes. Mr. Ballantine—Did the prisoner ever allude to any disease of the womb ? Witness—Never. Mr. Ballantine—You haveheard the deceased complain of her throat. What did she say ? Witness--She complained of an uneasy sensation in her throat as if a ball were there. Mr. Ballantine—Did Dr. Smethurst make any remark ? Witness—Yes. He said it might be caused from hysteria. I coincided, because I believed it might be caused by what was going on. Mr. Ballantino—Would that be a symptom given by a person suffering from metallic poison? Witness—That would not be such a description as I could Mr. liallantine--Have you any opinion as to the cause of death of Miss Bmakes ? Witness—l have. Mr. Ballantine—What is it ? Witness—That she died from the effects of irritant poison. Mr: Ballantine—Have you ever had a conversation with Dr. Smethurst about Miss Bankes' sister being pre- Witness—l recollect that the prisoner told me that her sister's presence always excited deceased, and I think I said, under those circumstances it would be better she should not come. s By Mr. Giffard—l said the deceased ought to be kept quiet. I thought possibly the deceased might be suffering from hysteria, but I formed no decided opinion. I at this timo thought the•lady was suffering from poison. Mr. Caudle, the assistant to Dr. Julius, said—l have held that situation for nearly two years. I made up the prescriptions ordered for Mrs. Smethurst (Miss Banks). From after the 29th of April Dr. • Julius superintended the making of the medicines himself. Either he or Mr. Bird were always present when they were made up. The mediCines were correctly entered in the daily entry. I never mixed any arsenic with Mrs. Smethurst's medicine. I knew where it was kept. It was in a cupboard apart from the ordinary medicines. We kept Fowler's and Donovan's solution of arsenic—no other. I never mixed antimony with the medicine. [W e shall continue the case in our third edition.] Ss If Jome of the London correspondents of Triestine shipowners and consignees of Austrian vessels now here, belonging to and sailing from the Port of Trieste, and which, in consequence of the breaking out of the war, are detai in British ports under the fea r that should they sail they would be captured by Sardinian or E'rench cruisers, have raised the following argument :—"qt is allowed that the capture of German vessels would. entail the interference of the Germanic Confederation, kne wn as the Bund, since, of course, • the Bund would have to pro tect property afloat belonging to countries Germany included in th e Bund. Triestine property, or any AI istrian property belonging to Austrians resident in those parts in cluded in the Bund, is necessarily under the same protec tion as any other property of any . German State belon, Bing to the Bund ; hence should the French or Sardis uan cruisers molest such property the Bund is bY4 nd to jut cr fere." 97 99 18 20 29& 3(4 70 74 89 91 93 95 21 11 131 131 7d7 100 103 100 103 100 103 95 98 16 17 171 181 16 17 21 2 d 21 11d - -0 - - -d -d 18 19 2* 2t 11. d 2 1 d id Par, FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp & Rotterdam) Ardennes Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux Mine & Rail Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Junction Lake Constance & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lucca & Pi stoj a, 5 p.c.pf Lyons and Geneva .... Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref, Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent Paris, Lyons, and Medit. Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Pern.) gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse Do. 54 per cent. Pref Southern of France West Flanders Do. 54 p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand 34 4] P 2 1 d I i 11 2i 8 7 d 22} 23 41 5 21. d 7 8 18 20 341 351 7 8 30 31 45 47 4 3 d 41 51 74 84 16 17 5 6 84 94 18 20 BRITISH MINES, Share/ Mines. - Alfred Consols (Philack) 20 British Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) - East Bassett (Illogan). - Great South To - G. Wheal Alfd.(Phill ac k . ) - G. Wheal Vor (Helston) - Lady Bertha - North Frances (Illogan) - North Wheal Crofty - N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) - Par Consols (St. Blaxy), - Porkellis Unit. (Wend.l - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. - SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) - South C. Brea( Illogan). - S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 6 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 10 Tin Croft - UnitedMines(Gwennap) - Vale of Towey (Cann.) - West Basset (Mogan). • - W. Caradon (Liskeard).l - Wheal Basset (Mogan). - Wheal Buller (Redruth)' Wheal Edward (Cals.). - Wheal Kit (U. Lelant Wh'l Mary&nn (Menhe - Wh'l Trelawney (Lick.) 1 Pao. Closing] Businoss - Price. Done. 7i 2 3' 450 460 200 210 14 14i 11 2 I 14 11 7 8 6 7 74 84 12 14 18.18.91 '44 9 40 12g 0d I 20 5f 5 5f 1.7.2 I 1 235 215 4 2 185 195 lf 44 4: 211 224 02 95 100 200 115 125 11 21 10 11 45 47 29 31 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian . 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p ) 20 Do. St. Johnd 5 Do. L and and Mimneo. 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica 40 Cobra Copper Copiopo 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.CO, 2 Fortuna 20 General 3 Linares 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita. 1 New G 1 t ,anada isi. ". l- aineCop.of S.Aus.L ontglbaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt 5 Port Philip 30 Santiago de Cuba 23.2.81 United Mexican It par li 3 7 39 d 9 11 11 2 1 22 24 81 1 91 di al , all all all .2•1 3 34 1 4a 14 2 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Shari Joint-Stock Banks. 'Paid. Closing I EliallCB6 Price. Done. 1 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 68 70 40 Australasia all 81 83 25 Bank of Egypt all 20 22 100 Pank of London 5O 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all 60 British North American all 55 67 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 12 24 14 d 100 City 5O 60 62 100 Colonial 25 -- 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of Landon 2O 20 Eng., Scat., & Aug. Ch all 144 154 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 21 22 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock .. 100 London & Westminster 2O 10b Nat. Prov. of England 35 78 20 Do. new lO 50 National Bank 25 20 New South Wales 25 Orient .Ek. Corporation all 20 Ottoman Bank all 14 16 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New all -- 28 South Australia 25 Do. New 25 Union of Australia all 26 Do. New 2O 59 Union of L on d on lO 100 Unity Mutu a l 6O - 100 Western Bk of London 60 d COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. Paid. Closing Business Prices. Done. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. & July 100 112 113 1124 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 109 111 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 109 111 N.8.G0v.6p.c. Ja. &July 10C 108 110 Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 106 98 100 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1876 100 ' 107 109 108 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 107 109 Viet •Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 MISCELLA'NEOUS. Share' Miscellaneous. Paid. Ckrsioeing 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint DO Atlantic Tel. (Limited) 25 Australian Agricultural 10 Australian Royal Mail . 10 Berlin Water Works 10 Do New, Issued at 25 dis, 50 British American Land 50 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. : 45 1) °ll o c 5 5000 k D C C CD DD o h r 00 0 pa. Cana d a s . nC M l3 B t . a i r ' i l s e n i p L i . a e P.d eedsn Pre f erenceTs -t e je 7 1 . 1 8 t i l .( S p i: 6 2 m e i r m l c t . t g ) 20 Eastern Steam ,ock Electric Telegraph 1 5 9 0 05 a E EE e luu n . n rri g o°;P: & s n' t & S ' A e ScA a ui m rilme td e Cj a Ct:umo P n i l g ..f a L t L t t f o mm e n el : ; !O London Discount 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg 0 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) !.5 National Discount Co ,0 Netherlands Land .0 Do do 1 Do B p.c.Pref.,iss.at ldis * NB.&NovaScotiaLand, 1 N .B.Australasian (Lim ) 0 North of Europe Steam 1 Oriental Gas 1 Do. New Shares 5 Peel River Land & Min 0 Pen. & O r i ental Steam 0 Do. New .. ' 0 Red Se a & Ind.' '''' ' 0 Rhymney Iron''''' r. 5 Do. New '' ******** 0 Royal 3lail *: ** 1 Scot.Austrin.lnvpin . ) 5 South Australian and. Submarine Teleg. scri p Do. do Registered * . ; ) TrALn.co.ot.upr.can— V&A Dianen'a Land _.; 113 14 150 200 26 29 all all all 15s. all all 25 28 38 38 19 21 13 15 108 115 8 9 2,11 24 41 5 98 102 I I 3 lid 4 5i li } l f i cl I Business dons 1 I- Id 78 } 8 21 9 11 2 lid 22 24 1 6 1 51 56 100 1121 34 36 I 8 10 11 2.11.10 1 1 1 . 8 1:8:. id ; 7.9.48 i nil. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTER SALLS'—YESTERDAY. A very thin attendance, and only the following bets on the Derby were laid :- 15 to 1 agst Electric (taken) 16 to 1 agst Ticket -of-Leave (taken to £200) 50 to 1 agst Balnamoon (taken) SALISBURY RACES—THURSDAY. The City Bowl of 25 sovs value; added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for two-yr-olds and upwards. Optional sel ling weights, &c. Five furlongs. 12 subs. Lord Portsmouth's Brenhilda, 3 yrs, (£2O), 7st llb (Custance) 1 Mr. W. Day's colt, by Cotherstone out of Dacre's darn, 2 yrs (£2O), sst 41b.... Mr. W. H. M a tth ew ' s Th e Ath en i an, 2 yrs (X2O), sst 41b W. 3 The following also ran :—The Jigger, Su ( rpris B e, ottom Rose ) of Castile, Sunlight, Ladybird, Ladywell, Soapy Sam, Carmel and Mr. Coot e ' s mare b y T he Currier. , Betting --3 to 1 agst Brenhilda, sto 1 agst Athenian, 6 to 1 agst Ladybird, 7to 1 agst Rose of Castile, 8 to 1 each agst Surmise and Sunlight. Won by a neck; four lengths between the second and third; Surprise was fourth; Sunlight, Soapy Sam, and The Currier mare were next ; Carmel broke down. The winner was bought in for 165 guineas, and the Cotherstone Colt was claimed under the Newmarket rule. The Salisbury Stakes, a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst lllb ; fillies, Bst 6lb; winners extra. Five furlongs. 17 subs. Mr. J. Merry's Lady Falconer, by Birdcatcher or Mel bourne, Bst 61b ............................(Plumb) 1 Mr. J. Day n as F ravo l a, Bst 61b(A. Mr. W. Day' s Th e A ssyrian, 3st 101 b (For Day)d ham) 2 3 The following al so ran :—Bog-trotter, Magic, ,Vouralak, Precise, and Confusi on . Betting—Even on Lady Falconer, sto 2 agst Assyrian. Won by a length ; three lengths between the second and third ; a head between the third and fourth ; Magic was fifth, Confusion sixth, Precise seventh, and Vouralak last. The Wiltshire Stakes of 25 soya each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, &c., with 50 added; the second to save his stake. Winners extra. Two miles. 41 subs., 26 of whom declared. Mr. J. Rigby's Tournament, 5 yrs, Bst 91b (Fordham) 1 Mr. J. Merry's Peeress, 4 yrs, 7st H. Covey) 2 Mr. Sherring's Hallif or d, 3 y rs , s st (G. Parsons) 3 The following also ran :—Whimsical, Pirate and Bevis. Betting -9 to 4on Tournment, 7to 1 each Peeress, Hal- Word, and Pirate. Tournament waited to about half a distance from home, when he came out, an d won b y a length and a half; a length between second and third; about two, lengths between the third and fourth. The Scond Year of the Fifth Salisbury Biennial Stakes of 10 soya each, with 50 added, for three-yrArs-old ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 61b. Winners extra,. One mile. Mr. J. Shelley's Sir Hercules, Bst 10Ib.. I,L. Snowden) t 1 Mr. W. Day's Schism, Bst 61b • (A, D ( y) I- 2 Lord Ribblesdale's Allegra, Bst 31b . Mr. W. Barratt's Shuffle Bst 31b ~ (J. Goater) 4 Betting-7 to 4on Schism, sto 2 agst Sir Hercules. A dead heat between Schism ani:i Sir Hercules ; bad third. Deciding Heat-5 to 2on Sct,ism. A fine race, won by a head. The Craven Plate (Handicap) of 60 subs. Winners extra, Five * Furlongs. Lord Palmerston's Roms;?y, 3 yrs, 7st 91b .. (Fordham) 1 Lord Portsmouth's King of the Forest, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b _ Goater) 1 Mr. J. Powney's Fe'deltas, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (Custance) 3 The following also ran :—Fun and Lady Gwendoline. Mr. A. Williaras's Palm Leaf was weighed for, but the filly twisted a plate, and did not start. Lady Gwendoline was very refractory at the post, and delayed the start some time. Betting-7 to 4 agst Romsey, and 9to 4 agst King of the Forest. Won by two lengths ; same distance between the second and third. BETTING ON THE COURSE. DERBY. sto 2 agst The Promised Land (taken) 13 to 1 agst Marionette (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Gamester (taken) 30 to 1 agst Electric (taken) .000 to 20 agst Glenluce colt (taken) . . OAKS. 6to 1 agst Summerside and Lady Kingston (taken to £5O) EDINBURGH RACES. The Scurry Handicap, of 3 sovs each, with 20 sovs added. One mile. Mr. Gray's Maggie, 3 yrs, Bst 2lb Mr. Reay's Breeze, 6 yrs, 9st 41b Mr. Graham's Tom Smith, 3 yrs, Gat 71b 3 Zanoni and Pantomime also ran. When about quarter round, Maggie shot ahead, and won by half a length. Breeze was a good second, and Tom Smith third. Bullock was the rider of the winning horse. The Buccleuch Plate, of 50 sovs, the gift of his Grace the Duke of Buc,cleuch, Lord Lieutenant of the County, added to a Handicap Stakes of 6 sovs each, 2 forfeit. One mile and a half. Mr. Barber's Prince of Denmark, 4 yrs., 6st 41b 1 Mr. V. Surtees' Maid of Derwent, 6 yrs, Bst 71b Mr. Stenhouse's Wellington, 4 yrs, Est 41b This was a beautifullyntested race, the Prince and Maid makin g a d ea d heat. so On a second trial, however, the Prince gained easily by several lengths. Alcroft was the rider of the winner. The 16th Lancers' Flying Handicap of 5 sovs. each, p.p., with a bonus added, for horses qualified as for the first day. Three quarters of a mile (Heats.) FIRST HEAT. Mr. Anthony's Cesmo, 5 yrs, Ilst 71b Mr. GoOch's Jerusalem, 6 yrs, list 71b 2 Seven ran. Cosmo took the lead, followed closely by Jerusalem. The former won by - a length. The second heat was attended with a like result. The winning horse was ridden by its owner. Match-10 soya each, p.p. Once round and a distance. Dr. Chirnside's Tugal, aged, 12 st Mr. Dean's Harmony, aged, 11 st Tugal won this race easily by several lengths. Her Majesty's Plate. 105 soya. Three-year-olds, 7st 71b; four, 9st ; five, 9st 61b ; six and aged, 9st 91b. Two miles. Mr. Simpson's Eskdale, 3 years Mr. Lumsden's Shafto, 3 years Mr. G. B. Cornish's Canty Bay, 3 years This was the principal race of the day. Seventeen horses were entered, but only three ran. Eskdale took the lead at starting, and notwithstanding all the endeavours of Shafto, won by half a length. The latter horse was evidently the favourite, and her defeat occasioned a good deal of surprise. Bullock was the rider of the winning horse. The Tariff Stakes of 3 sous. each, with 25 added. Once round. Mr. Ray's Breeze, 6 yrs . . Mr. T. Dawson's The Gay Lass, 3 yrs Six ran; but Breeze and The Gay Lass soon distanced all their competitors, and a neck-and-neck contest was maintained between the two until close to the winning post, when the former shot ahead and won by several lengths. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, May 20.—Wind this day at noon—N.E. moderate breeze, with heavy rain and occasional sun• shine. PORTSMOUTH, May 19.—Wind N.NE. to N.W.— Sailed—Sultzneo, for Freemantle. POOLE, May 18.—Wind W.—Sailed—Hearts of Oak, for Newfoundland. QuEENSTOWN, May 18.—Arrived—George Edward, from Aux Cayes. Off port—Fanny, from Barbadoes for Bristol; Cluny, from Belize, and then sailed for Liver pool. SHIELDS, May 19.—Wind N.N.E.—Sailed—Maria, for Rio Janeiro. SOUTHAMPTON, May 20.—Arrived—Ariel, steamer, from New York ; left on the 7th ; has no specie for Eng land. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Wind, E Arrived.—Llangothland and British Lady, from New port ; L'Etoile, from Carentan ; La Pouk, from Cher bourg; Edith, from Llanelly. Sailed.—Ondine, steamer, for Dublin ; La Poule, for Cherbourg; L'Etoile, for Carentan. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. • Wind N.N.W. Arrived, May 19.—Sarah and Emma, from West Point ; Joseph, Fish, St. James, and Susan Hinks, from New Or leans ; Freedom, from Havre ; Hannah, fromi Caen ; Quil lota, from Islay ; Ann Duncan, from Buenos Ayres ; Beren dina, from Antwerp ; Eppingham, from Kooria Mooria ; Luisella, from Villa Royal ; Esther Sophia, from Mara caibo. , Arrived, May 20.—Cluny, from Belize; Morden, from New Orleans. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Wind, S.E. ; light, one hours' flood, cloudy. Arrived, May 19 . — Adelaide, from Mauritius ; Hero, G from the Cape of Good H ope ; Michelena and Pelen, from othenburg ; Aske n , Gi pkelina, from Konigsberg; "Pros pero, from Nevis; Anne, from Memel. G uernse Arrived, May 20—Spring, from Dunkirk; Bertha, from bur y; William, from Caen; T a pp er l e t o , f rom Gothen g. Sailed, May 2 0—Planet, steamer, for Hamburg; Jed do, _. for Ri o J ane i ro ; Lord J. Russell, steamer, for Dunkir k . DEAL, Friday Morning. Wind N.B. by N., light. Passed—Espoir, from Ostend, for Cardiff; Nicholas Wood, steamer, for Genoa ; European, steamer, for Limerick; Kofdon, for Cardiff—all from London. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. KILKENNY COUNTY-CLOSE OF POLL. Ellis . Green Moore Shee . .. 2507 .. 2036 .. 1774 .. 1610 The eight large steam-vessels of the European and American Steam Company have at length been defi nitively purchased on specuiation by Mr. J. 0. Lever,lM.P. and Mr. Thomas Howard, of Manchester. PEMBROKE DOCKYARD.—The building of the various ships now in progress at Pembroke Dockyard is carried on with the greatest despatch and energy. Never , during the Russian war was there more activity displayed than now. Not only are all the shipwrights employed on job and task work, but they labour from five in the morning to seven at night, with only half - an - ho ur at dinner ins tead of the customary time. A portion of the Ha m p s hire Militia Artillery, 100 strong, have arrived at Pembroke, and been quartered in the fortified barracks ons sent t e t n Alderney, heights, in the room of the Royal Artillery,recently • CHILD MURDER BY A SISTER.—An inquest was held on Tuesday, at Sedgley, near Wolverhampton, on the body of a child aged one year and a half, named James Slater, who was murdered by an elder sister aged seven years. From the evidence adduced it appeared that on Sunday week the deceased was entrusted to the care of the efforts.Vh e p t o o o s r a e v h e i child s 1 i li n f g e e w re l re a Lew . s i s ter, who from some motive or othe r th rew the infant into e d a a l y a s r g i e n p g o r t e a o t f an i i n n yf g b w n a t tk a r ll . availing, and it ' expired on the 14th inst. The jut) , re turned a special verdict, the tender age of the sister exeludi; ug the law from taking cognisance of the offence. R` INFALL IN COUNTIES. Mr. J. Bailey Denton, writing to the G ar d eners ' Chro nicle, makes the following observations on, this subject:— " It has been proved by Mr. Dickinson in a practical and convincing manner, and is believed by meteorological observers generally, that the water supply of the coun try during the summer mouths, i.e., from April to September inclusive, depends almost wholly upon the rainfall of the winter months of November, Decem ber, January, and February, which replenishes the spings and subterranean reservoirs in the water bearing strata. These four winter months are essen tially non -evaporating' months (if the term may be used in a comparative sense) as) Mr. Dickinson has shown by the valuable records kept by him in showing the proportion of the rainfall Which filtrates the soil and passes down to the subterranean water-level to be discharged by springs at the surface. The two months of March and October are those in which evaporation is much in excess of filtration, and the proportion of the rainfall which then descends to the sub soil is frequently inappreciable, whereas in the four winter months specified as 'non -evaporating,' the mean per centage infiltrated in eight years was 83.5. A wet October suc ceeded by a wet November and December nevertheless affords the greatest security that we shall have a plentiful supply of spring water' during the following summer. In the sunnier months—i.e. from April to Septemb er in clusive --the proportion which descends is very small. About 90 tons of water per acre reaches the subsoil out of 1,300 tons, which is the average weight of rain which falls on the surface of England in those months ; evaporation and vegetation intercept and dispose of the rest. If these as shat not only are the rivers dependent in summer on the rainfall of preceding winter, but any scarcity w ill be precedingincreased, summer after summ er , if the preceding winters are successively deficient in infiltrated supply. This deduc tion has a very pertinent bearing on the present condition of the eastern counties of England. Taking the rainfall at Chiswick as the mean quantity of the eastern side, from Oxford to Harwich, we find the average quantity for 18 years of the four non-evaporating" months to have' been 61 inches :--1.841-2, 7.91 in. ; 1842-3, 8.77 i n . ; 18 43.4, 7.23 in.; 1344-5, 7.35 in.; 1845-6, 9.04 iu. ; 1846-7, 5.29 in.; 1847-8, 8.35 in.; 1848-9, 7.18 in.; 1849-50, 4.80. ; 1850-1, 7.15 in. ; 1851-2, 4 . 95 i n. ; 18.52-3, . in. ; 1853-4, 3.91 in. ; 1854-5 , 4 . 03 i n. ; 185.5-6, 4.83 in. ; 1856-7, 5.23 in. ; 1857-8, 3.71 in. ; 1858-9, 3.39 in. By these figures it will be seen that every winter's rainfall since that of the very wet winter of 1852-3 has been deficient, the greatest quantiV having fallen in 1856-7, when 5.23 inches were recorded, and that the supply of the last two winters barely exceeds the average fall of one winter. Last summer and autumn were remarkable for the scarcity '-of NValer In the eastern counties. The labouring poor were paying for it by the ,pail, and the farmers were cartinc , it from a dist ance i n t o the fields fo r th e use o f t h eir stock.° What are we to anti cipate fer the ensuing autumn ? ' February fill-dyke' has failed to fill even the ponds in the fields, and we look anxiously though in vain fora seasonable illustration of the Wiltshire truism, that 'As the days lengthen, so the springs strengthen.' So insignificant, in fact, is the rise of sub terranean water in the wells throughout the eastern counties that the daily draught has exceeded the influx, and the consequence is the majo r ity o f we ll s in the less favoured districts are now dry that were never dry before. If this be so at the heginning of May, when the subterranean supply is gaining its maximum height, what will be the con dition of the eastern counties in July, August, and Sep tember, when the springs are rapidly declining, evaporation is active, vegetation is thirsty, and infiltration nil ? While this state of things has prevailed in the east of England, the rainfall in the west and northwest has been plentiful. While in Essex the fall was only 14in. and in Kent only 17in., in the whole year of 1858, the fall in Lancashire was above 59 inches, and in Devonshire 40 inches in the same period. This great difference existing, it would indeed be interesting to discover how far the dip of the water-bearing strata serves as a means of eonducting the water absorbed in the higher grounds of the northwest to the lower districts of the south east. We know that art has done and is doing much to overcome, by boring through one stratum into another, the deficiencies of certain localities, such as Bourne, in Lincoln shire, where an Artesian well is constantly disgorging its many thousand gallons per minute, but it is a problem yet unsolved whether or not the eastern and lower districts derive any of their subterranean water supply from the higher districts of the north-west. If nature by some hidden means, by ( faults' or by omissions of strata,, such as we have recently been told occur under the metropolis, makes good our deficiencie s we cannot be too grateful, but under any circumstances the whole subject, with the consi derations involved in it, demands the attention of the country. It is a common remark, that the prevalent scarcity of water arises from the drainage of land, which has extended lately with such marvellous benefit to agriculture. It is hardly necessary to expose this popular delusion. Careful experiments have proved that no water can be dis charged by underdrains until the subsoil is surcharged (i. e., that no water can flow off by the drains until the soil be • of underdraining is t o di m i n i s h evaporat i on, an d thereby neath is replenished by descended water), and that th e result increase the water actually discharged after the subsoil is replenished. It is, however, more than possible that, by reducing evaporation, the rainfall itself may be slightlS , re duced, even in this sea-girt island, but if it be so, the loss, whatever it may be, is more than equalled by the propor tion of the rainfall rescued from evaporation by drainage, which, it need hardly be said, renders the soil capable of absorbing and of discharging that which in undrained land is retained on, until evaporated from the surface. But as it will require some disastrous inundation to induce inquiry into and to bring about a reformation in the arterial drain age of the country, now daily beComing more urgent as underdraining extends, so it will require some calamitous suffering by drought to make the landed interest appreciate the value of those drainage -waters so heedlessly discharged, but which might be impounded at little cost and turned to profitable uses if attended to." A: S M _LL AINTS, iiIARGARET-STREET.—The beautiful church in Margaret-street, the opening of which has been so long expected, is to be consecrated on Saturday, the 28th inst., when the Bishop of London will preach the sermon. THE CHANNEL ISLANDS TELEGRAPH.—Tele graphic communication between England and the Channel Islands was restored yesterday by Mr. W. H. Preece, the company's engineer. The cable, which had parted a few miles from the Portland coast, was undernin and fully repaired, ready for splicing, soon after the break down, but the strong tides and. rough weather had u p to.yeste'rday morning prevented the connexion being completed between the two ends. APPLICATION OF ELECTRICITY TO THE DOCK CLOCKS AT LIVERPOOL.—A discussion took place upon this subject at the Mersey Dock Board yesterday, Mr. Bold movin g a resolution in favou r o f th e appl i cation of electri city to the clock on the summit of the Victoria Tower, in order to ensure more perfect accuracy in the dropping of the time-ball on the top of the same tower. The resolution was adopted. VALUE OF LAND AT BIRKENHEAD.---The Mersey Harbour and Docks Board, at their meeting yesterday, sanctioned the purchase of 2,460 1-3 d yards of land on the margin of the Morpeth Dock at Birkenhead for the sum of £5,538, being at the rate of £2 ss. per square yard. Mr. Boult, one of the members of the board, questioned the ex pediency of the purchase, and said the terms were high. •Nlr. Brocklebank, chairman of the Works Committee, re- plied that the land was bought on the best possible terms, and was very much wanted by the engineer for the purpose of widening the Morpeth Dock, and carrying out the scheme for improving the dock accommodation at Birken head. It will have been noticed, from the facts stated yesterday in reference to the neutrality question, that an answer has been given by the Government, to the effect that the chartering of vessels to a belligerent Power as transports or storeships will unquestionably involve their owners in the penalties of misdemeanour. With regard to the question, if coal is to be considered a contraband of war, the Foreign-office declines giving an answer, and would prefer that shippers should act on their own responsibility. This, perhaps, is the wisest course. Any Sovereign State may, if it can show valid reason, decide for itself the nature of articles that are to be treated as contraband. France or Austria *ill therefore be at liberty to seize any vessel that under a neutral flag may be engaged in carrying coal to the other belligerent, and if, upon the matter being argued be fore a properly constituted prize court, reasonable evidence vessel, o r o l i e G p e ando v r a e t r n i theomn s eo , it vt emr Our mustyu rb policy c lookoi a c y can be adduced that th e cargo, or any part of it, was to fi for s c assistan t e do the p , r t o o t e g e e t t enemyiho e n rt hi h s w s e a Ilfmr withhi obviously, is to leave the question to find a solution in this way. We do not want voluntarily to check our trade, while, on the other hand, as a time m a y come w h en we shall find it expe di ent for our own safety to treat coal as contraband, there is no occasion for us to commit ourselves to an opposite decision. POSTAGE OF AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPERS.--A de putation from the Australian Association yesterday waited on Lord Colchester, at the Post-offic, for the purpose of urging on him the inadvisability of persevering in the recent postal regulation, by which the postage of news papers to Ansi mlia had been doubled. The deputation consisted of Mr. Stuart A. Donaldson, late Chief Secretary to the Government of New South Wales, and member of the Executive Council, Mr. W. C. Haines, and Mr. J. Leslie Foster, member of the late Government of Vict or i a , M r . Edward Wilson, of the Melbourne Argus, and other influ ential men connected with the colonies. In laying the ques tion before the Postmaster-General, the gentleman who s pokerepresented that the communication between the poorer classes of the coloniets and their friends in England was principally by means of newspapers, and that the ad ditional postage was really a heavy burden. Lord Col chester, in reply, said he heartily responded to the sen timent exprsssed by Mr. St e ph ens , t h a t th e Australian colonies formed integral parts of th e mother country. T h e transmission of letters and news p a p ers , however, from one alo gous part of the United Kingdom to the other was not to their transmission from the mother country to Australia, tance. For some time regard being had to the question of dis Australia via Marseilles had been past newspapers sent to subject to an additional charge of one penny, and all that was now sought was to put th o se sent via Southampton on the same footing. He ex -d that the original intention had been to make the proposedincrease commence from the h, but at the request of some of th e Ist of the present mont metropolitan news agen ts , who had represented to him th a t their contracts with their customers in Australia ran from year to year, he had agre ed topostpone its introducti on t o the Ist of January next. He concluded by saying th a t h e s h ou ld take the m atters brought under hi s no ti ce b y the before the change deputation into consideration question was made. THE WRECK OF THE POMONA.—The Wexford constitu • lion of Wednesday gives some additional particulars in connexion with the late disastrous shipwreck :—" The divers from Liverpool are busily at work raising portions of the cargo of this ill-fated vessel, having obtained access to the hold by the fore-hatchways. We have not been able to communicate personally with the men so engaged, but we are informed that th e greater number of the unfortunate passengers would seem to have met their fate in the after part of the ship and the cabins, where their numerous bodies are to be found in all the awful groups that the imagination can picture as resulting from such a catastrophe as the one that befel these poor creatures. Yesterday the body of an elderly woman floated to the sur face, and having been seen by the officers sent down by Mr. Coghlan, Collector of Customs, it was immediately secured, placed in a coffin, and despatched to Wexford, in charge of Mr. Goodall, tidewaiter. Upon its arrival here about five o'clock an inquest was held thereon before Dr. W. Ryan and a respectably jury, at the house of Mrs. Murphy, on the Quay. The only evidence adduced was that of the boatman who secured the body, and an immediate verdict of " Found drowned" was returned. Mr. Coghlan was in h e lower class of attendance, and after the clo se o f th e i nqu i r y gave or d ers f or the in tlr ment of the body at Coolcots. From th e dress the de ceased, on whom was found nothing to lead to identifica tion, it would appear that she belonged to t life—probably a farmer's servant or something s imilar. The sod, although body did not appear to be much decomposed, s. The slily having been in the water nearlythree _ money found on her was two sovereigns, w which had been k wrapped up in a piece of line n rag ail d stitched to the stays.'