The Sun. — London, England, 1860-04-11 00:00:00

31 ONEY 111 A 7TI NE WS CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The ordinary requirements of trade, and the pre parations for the £2,650,000 Victoria Railway debentures to be tendered for this afternoon, have kept the money market in an active state. Not 'withstanding the large aggregate sum paid away at the Bank of England since Monday riorning in the shape of dividends, the available supplies still appear exceedingly limited, and the rates charged for accommodation show very little variation. The i nqu i ry f or l oans in the Stock Exchange has Slightly augmented, owing to the settlement of the monthly account in consols. Letters from Liverpool report that the cotton market yesterday closed with a rather dull appear ance; and only 4,000 bales were sold, at about pre vious rates. In the Railway Share Market a fair amount of business was transacted, and prices were firmer. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Massilia, Which leaves to-day, will take out £2,000 in gold to Alexandria, and £26,000 in gold and £219,965 iu silver to Bombay, making a total of £247,965 ; the whole of which is transmitted on private ac count. The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were generally a trifle higher. There were no bullion operations at the Bank of England yesterday. The silver by the Panama has been delivered, but not yet sold ; the market is therefore very q uiet, and bars are nominally quoted 8 a• lid. per ounce standard. The market for Pablic Securities is rather flat, although there is very little alteration to report in 'Woes, Consols bt'ing 941 f for money, and 94Z- A for account. There is an expectation that the Money Market will yet assume a more unfavour able aspect. The Ne w Threes are 924 931; and the Reduced 92f 93; India New Loan remain at 104'4 163 ; ditto Debentures (1859) are firmer at 97; but tbelionds are flat at ss. to ls. dis. Exchequer Bills 41 'e 10s. to 13s. prem. The transactions in Fe reign Securities have been rather limited, and prices tend down wards. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 751 to 76 ex div. ; ditto New, 61 to 614; Dutch 21 per Cents. have receded to t ° 651 ; Mexican, to 211 a ; Chilian 3 per Cents. marked 711 ; Brazilian 5 per Cents. have hilproved to 991 100; ditto 41 per Cents. (1858 remain at 91. The Oeean Marine Insurance Shares are 2,1 I Prem., and the Universal ditto, y -a prem. A downward movement has taken place in the Railway Share Market, owing to the heavy tone in the English funds. London and Black wail, S outh -Western, and Stockton and Darlington have declined 55.; Bristol and Exeter, Caledonian, Great Northern A Stock, North-Western, Midland, and South-Eastern, 10s.; Great Western, North e.stern (York), 155.; and Lancashire and York shire, XI— , In the Foreign and Colonial Markets b us i ness has been inactive, and prices remain unaltered. L ombardo-Venetian realise 11a ; Great Luxem bourg, 61,- 7 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 34 35 ; great Western of Canada, 12} 122, Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are WI at about previous rates: B RITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92 3 2/ Per Cent. Consols Annuities 1 ", 3 per Cent. Annuities -11 , ( tia Stock r iuitto 5 per Cent. D!tto Debentures, 1859 i tto Bonds, D.,000 — ~,litt,) under 1.,000 `i rtgol s for Account (May 9) .... Ochequer Bills, £l,OOO, 11d l2 10 13 ~itto 4500 lO b uit to Small, 11d. Brazilian FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 6 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 5 per Cent. 1839 & 1859 ~, Ditto 4f per cent., 1858 'iallian 6 per Cent h Ditto 3 per Cent. ° lexico n 3 per Cent. ...,obitto Account t' rtuguese. 1853, 3 per Cent. D itto Account Turkish 6 42 1 Ditto A.ccount per Cent — 761 5f Ditto New Loan Di tto Account D ividends on the above payable in London. butch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 6sk TWO O'CL OCK. Cons6ls, Money Ditto Account . 941 1 t 4 The F renc h Mi n i ster o f W ar i s occup i e d w i t h improvement of the cavalry. It was perceived in Italy th at the cavalry was not as efficacious during that cam ittign as on former occasions. This arose from the fact of ir infantry soldiers being armed with rifles, by which ,: 4 eY were enabled to reach the cavalry at a long distance, ire.1.1.(1 thus destroy the efficacy of their charge. Alansouvres be tried at the camp of Chalons and at Luneville, .gleh it is hoped will restore to the cavalry their ancient er evige. G eneral Dieu, after several months of extreme 14 ff :ring, died yesterday in Paris of the wounds he received f ' ) °lferino. The Emperor paid a visit to his bedside only el'r days ago. Before his death the general expressed a 1 :1 3 e that the 74th Regiment, which he headed at the mo eld When he fell, would fire a salute over his grave. LDETERMINED ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE BY POISON. es terday morning M rs . E. Cl ar k, age d 30, res idi ng i n t h e ]; t O r n den-road, attempted self-destruction by swallowing a hge quantity of sugar of lead. Sh e was conveye d t o St . IC,c'toas's Hospital, wher e M r . Cl a pt or ren d ere d every as ea lance, but she [remains in a very precarious state. No 8,,,e is assigned for the ra s h ac t. Ttii‘-ttINESE SKILL.—At the ordinary meeting of the 26 411 ,_ cheater Literary and Philosophical S oc i e ty, M arc h b .Zo, 1860, the President, Wm. Fairbairn, Esq., F.R.S., )i•,:eibited two large pans of cast iron, procured by Mr. erthThe ington from China, where they are used for Lioiling metal, which was at the strongest part only ono of an inch in thickness, possessed considerable mal- IC"ity. Mr. Fairbairn stated th o at the art f making sach k t te castings of thin ntetal was unknown in England. -- lel ianits' Magazine. , L'kE NEW TELEGRAPH TO AMERICA.—Some v ersation took place at a late meeting o f th e Manchester t t iry and Philosophical Society, respecting the proposed I: i gtaph to connect Great Britain with America, by using T, r • Gisborne 7 4 .„/Ic t t Greenland, and Labrador as intermediate stations. , he original projector of the Atlantic th v e graph, said that the fears which had b een ex p resse d by " the cable would be destroyed on the coast of Labrador k as g r ounded icebergs, were not warranted. He was inti- ICeIY acquainted with the locality, and although there an immense number of icebergs which grounded on the t, some, as he had himself observed in 70 fathoms of .the yet, as at Newfoundland, there were inlets of water lai„'ke middle of sufficient depth to secure the cable from Ju l. —Mechanics' Magazine. thi:EoLooisTs' ASSOCIATION.—The committee of aociation having determined upon conducting occa -46,7' excursions to different places of geological interest, a tia„° e , number of the members availed themselves on Mon ki.'„Last of the facilities afforded by the South-Eastern titi:lway to visit Folkestone with a view to examine the 15,,‘a of this particularly interesting part of the coast. The TCY was under the guidance of the President, the Rev. tip s e tas Wiltshire, Professor Tennant, and others. They lit several hours on the shore, investigating the chalk, OP Muds, and gault, and procured a considerable number to to aracteristic fossils, and thus brought the abovenamed aioations practically before the student, affording him a 111 3 4 correct idea of the rocks and their contents than a vary of geological works. T he LOATING THIRTY MILES ON A CAKE OF ICE.— t' K green Bay Advocate relates a thrilling ic e a d ven t ure : the ri !lrY Martin and Isaac Gagnon, one with a load of hay, O there e . with a l oa d o f corn - mea l, were t rave lli ng on t h e ;44 4 Little Bay de Noquet. About four o'clock p.m. they t} cvered a crack which cut them off from the shore, and 147 t. the ice on which they were was floating. them out Green Bay, towards Death's Door. They unhar ot,w'ed their horses, and let them go, and took the box off 1 9 k t ' L Of the sleds to use in case they got into th e 5 0 % At midnight, being exhausted, they lay down to tc.,l9llnder the lee of a hummock of ice. In the morning, 1 ,4g - L gh t o'clock they saw land which proved to be Wash qker4, Island, and they landed outside Death's Door. They he a p mix been driven 30 miles across the bay in one of the e ota „I St gales that ever blew. The horses, after being %eif‘l, followed the men In their rambles on the ice until ta, 'lig to a weak place they went in. Two hours later, le is the hor ses swam u p t o th e ca k e on w hi c h th e men t t 'ent his head on the ice, and looked beseechingly, e :3' could not help the poor brute." N't) : TtrltE OF PRISONERS ESCAPED FROM A GAOL. 11 '11, 4 lee men, named Presshouse, Douglas, and Rawlins, Ihei t we te incarcerated in the Newcastle gaol, made their oe,Pc d uring the night of the 27th of October. Press el` having b een l ame d i n th e a tt emp t was re - capture d -1110 night by the chief constable, Mr. Sabbage. The , tl l 4 B have remained at large until the present time. On self 4 Y night, however, Insi:octor Elliott and Selby Paw the detective force, encountered Douglas as he was 1 4 .1 ? e / I , lll g Et a public -house. From the desperate character of • , 11 with whom they had to deal, to seize and pinion 15 1 . tvt it " 0 4 ; the work of a Noment ; no doubt to the astonish itktie the bystanders. The necessity for this sharp • No,, at once maxifested itself, for, seeing the fix 1 1 1. 1° 1 1 hwa placed, he at nce attemted to 'Ands e into his coat pockets, o p but which he was tot, Ate ( ' Itkat from a ccompli s hi ng by the act of the offi- O w ka TentioneC. Having handcuffed him their atten td p ee ntwn tohis pocket, when from the . outside right %tre,rt of coat they took a loaded pistol, and from 4 1 4 r em 'Pocket the same garment another pistol, loaded cookci. Of the other prisoner, Rawlins, no t 4 Tr it Let lafen found. c e :11 44 01VIICOMING PRIZE FlGHT.—Heenan, . f or d th,enFauthanapion, was observed on Saturday to pro - ti a sm a ll stat i on b etween Bletchley and Bed fePtoija Il ot ) urpose, pr o b a bly, o f t ra i n i ng. O n M on d ay, qi l the Firer, chief constable of Bucks, obtained warrants mak e g ension of both Heenan and Sayers, which ' tetyinto execution in case either of them should kea ti me o aPpearance in the county under such circum kit° ren.der likely a breach of the peace, SHiIIZE 'HIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share' l Railways. Pa.d. 1 Closin g BUSITICON 1 , Price. Done. ! 12.10 , A mberg., Notting. Bost. i and Eastern Junction 10 (5 tv 50 Belfast and Ballymena . all 18.14 I Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 8 15 Stock.Birk.,La., and Ch. June lOO 70 72 25 !Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne 1 all j 10 . llost.Slefd.& Mid. Conn : all , 64 7 Stock . r;ristei an , l 'Exeter ' 100 ;101 103 1015 Steck!Cali , loui,n 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all 50 Cork and 11anclen 9 20 Cork.l3ll - rock,&Paosag e all I 20 Cornwall 10 Do. A A all 65 65 rpvcs. no div. , f all 10 Do. - ntll.6p.c.per an. , B II hasbeen pd.toß.l all 50 'DublinandßelfastJunc.l all I 25 , Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Jun; all 74 8 Stock !East Anglian Stock' Eastern Counties lOO 55 56 55 5 5 Stock !Eastern Union A Stock 100 36 3 8 Stock Do. do. B Stock! 100 26 28 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 85 20 East Suffolk 10 Do Stock iEdinburg and Glasgow' 100 78 5 7 94 Stock , Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 305 305 10 (Forth & Clyde Junction all Stock!Furnesu Stock ! Glasgow & South We stn lOO 08 100 10 Great North of Scotland all ' Stock Great Northern lOO 114.1 1154 115 145 4 Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 118 120 119 184 Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 1128 132 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 'll3 115 Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 60 65 12 , Irish South Eastern all StockiLaneashire & Yorkshire, 100 1005 1055 105 5 155 41 Stook London and Blackwall. I 100 67 69 68 5 Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coasti 100 112 113 25 Lond. Chat. and Dover; all 12 13 Stock London & North Westn , ' 100 995 1 00 5 100 4 99 5 ~ 124 Do. Eighths flock London& South-Westn l6O 921 93 924 8 25 L'derry & Coleraine.., all 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all Stock , Man., Shef., & Lincoln /00 42 43 424 5 8 50 IMaryport and Carlisle - 125 Do. do. 5 Shares.... all 10 Metropolitan Stook Midland lOO 111 1184 11S4 171 3tock Do. Birming. & Derby lOO 95 97 50 311 d. Gt. West.(lreland) all 25 Do. 4 Shares all 25 Slid Kent all 10 Do. (Cray Line) all 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 25 New., Aber., & Herefd; all 104 114 10 Newry & Armagh (aef.) 9 1 4 2 4 20 Newry, Warpt., & Roe all ;took' Norfolk lOO 55 57 50 iNorth. Counties Union 34 34 1 d took iNorth British lOO 615 62 lock Nor.Dev.RaiL&Dk. Stk lOO took Do.A Stk.—Arec.nodiv until 6p.c.hasbeenpdli 100 — , tock Do. B Stock tocrorth-Eastn.—Berwick 100 25* go 955 655 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 , 1 lf 14 d d took Do. Leeds lOO 1 484 485 48 5 1( ;(rik Do. York lOO 1 794 80 i 805 794 1 ock North London lOO 105 107 20 North Staffordshire 175 3: 35 d 14 2 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 9 95 2 ock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver lOO 43 45 435 5 3 2 10 Peebles all 9 95 2 10 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney lO 6 7 2 ock Scottish Central 2 ock i Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock ; 100 35 38 2 ockl Do. Scottish Mid. Stock; 100 85 87 2 ock Shropshire Union lOO 47 49 3. 0 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 34 24 cl 11 )ck South Devon lOO 43 15 )ck South-Eastern lOO 885 89 685 5 21 21 )ck South Wales 11 )ck South Yorks.&Riv.Dun. 100 75 80 21 0 Staines, Wok., & Wok., all 6 8 1( 5 Stockton & Darlington. all 394 404 395 2( 5 Do. do. 2( - !Stockton & llartlepool 164 ;ck I Taff Vale lOO 2C Ick.Do. Preference, No. 1 26 5 IThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 ) Ulster 5 Do. 2O 25 34 p 20 10 Do. l5 i d * 5 Ink Vale of Neath lOO 59 61 2 0 1 Victoria Station & Pim 95 10 11 10 ck Waterford & Kilkenny 100 20 I'Waterford & Limerick all 1 West Cornwall .. all 55 65 0 1 West London all 10 I Do. Ist Class all 20 Do. 2d Class - 20 nn Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stook Stook Stock 124 Stook Stock 124 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock stock) Stock' Stockl St-k Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock! Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock PREFERENCE SHARES. Share Railways. paid. / Closing 1 Business Price. I Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 1( per C. pref. (issued at £5O) Stk: , Brie. & Exet4p.otStock 20 Do. do. do. Shares Stock!Caledon £lO, 45 per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2.1 65 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. 65 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun Stock E.Angn. Class A 7& spci Stock ;Do. do. Class B 6 pc stock 'Do. do. Class C 7 pc 1 Btookl Coun. Ex. 5 pet. No.ll StocklDo. do No.2' Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stocki Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares, Stock Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. &D. Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. StocklFurness, 5 per cent .... StocklGlas. &S West.. a. 5 pc. Stock Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Stock l Do. 5 pe Redm.,lop.e.pm StocklDo. 45 p. c. do. do. 100 1D0.5p.c. Redm.,s pc. pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf stock ) Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 p. et. pref. Stock 50 Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.et Stock Do. Redeemable, 45 pct Stock Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et Stock Do. Irredeemable, do Stock Do. 5 p. ct. Redeem. Pref , 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares', 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. eh. 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref Stock Do, Birming. guar. stock 26i Do. Chester guar.shares 135 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. Stick: Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Stock Do. Tiarnsl.St.£s 3910dpc Stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan) Stock I I. on. & lirig.spc. gu. No.l Stock' Do. , 5 p. o No. 2 , Stock Do. E,nia. 6 p. et. Stock Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Stock , Do. Do. 43 per cent 5 IDo. do. 45 per c. shares Stock Do. 7 per cent. Pref. St., Stock; D 0.6 p.c. do.(W.E.&C.P.) Stock' D 0.4 p.c S.(diy.clef.tiP6s), 25 Loud. Chat. and Dover Stock Lon.& N.W.Cov. &Nun-1 eaton, 5 p. ct. Stock Lon.& S. W, 7 p.et. stock, 125 Londondy & Cole, 4 shs. 125 ILondondy.& Ennis 4 sh. Stock lian.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. ct. 6 1 10. £6 Stock Do. 3+ per cent. 10 i Do. redeem. 6 per cent. 124 I‘laryport & Car., 4 p.c. 125 Do. 44 per cent .. Do. I Stoc:. \rid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock St ocl: Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.et Stock Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock 6 Do. with option till 1860 Stock Do. Leic. & Hitpref. st. 10INevi portAber,&e.pret.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c. r, re 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. o. with option till ißati 12 10 Do., till 1869 Stock Norlik 5 p.c. Ex.Stk,lB4s Stock Do. 53p. c. Pref. do. 18471 Stock Do.sWayVal.Ex.Sk 1847, Stock North British, 5 per cent Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per centl Stock Nth. Dey.l? ail.&. ID2k.Co. Stock N-East.Cons. Pref.4p.c. Stock Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 17 Do. do. do. 26 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. I 125 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 25 Po. York, H. &S. Purch. 20 North Staffordshire 1 Stock Ox. Wr. & W 01. 6pc.ltit g Stock Do. Redeem., 2d gua Stock Do. Irredeem., 21 gua 10 Rhymney Guaranteed 84 Scottish Central. new pt Stock Scottish North-Eastern Stock 34 pert. pref. stock Stock Do.Aberdeen.g - u a. 6 pc Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s 10 Do. Fixed 45 percent :1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6 ) Stock Do .45 per cent Stock Do. Fixed 44 p.a. Ist is Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Stock Do. 45 per cent Stock S.-Yorkshire, 4 re. gua 25 Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e 25 Do. B 6 per cent 25 Do. C 6 per cent Stook Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p.c 98 98 j l .OO 102 54 8 99 101 110 113 103 108 110 112 109 111 1 124 126 81 83 110 112 SO 92 75 77 1 118 120 117 119 110 112 103 105 85 87 96 98 98 100 88 DO 90 92 100 102 9 10 17 1 18 1 101 101 74 78 191 204 91 ICI 141 151 1 138 140 115 117 115 117 140 145 1115 117 154 158 132 136 66 68 21} 22} 115 117 15! 157} 12 121 1125 127 68 70 139 141 102 103 p 94 £5 10} 11, 121 k iP 109 111 108 110 90 C 2 95 97 I} I d 23 2 4 124 p 124 126 117 119 175 77 121 123 132 136 101 10f 23 234 161 103 101 103 89 91 99 101 84 88 28 29 324 334 32 33 51 53 12 10 Stock, 10 Stock 201} LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Bedford and Mete!'ley Buckinghamshire Chester & Do. do. ti g. ct Do. do. 5 p. ct. Clydesdaledunction Colchester, Stour Val E.Lincolushire„g6p.c E Union, ElarwictiShe Do. Woodbridge Gls.BarrANeils,Drct. Ito. New Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dek.& - Rail Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. a Shires ,anc.SzCarl.gun.s p.c. LondonArGr . ,;ey wiah . Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend L - .4westott, gua. 4p. ct Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn..ii Matk Mid.rtra d lord Prefer ence Stock Newinarkt.,BuryEx 1 guaranteed 5 p. c. Nortlin.gz Eastn. 5 p.c Do. do. 6 pler cent... - . Do. Fixed 5 per cent North Western Preston and Wyro. Do. I Shares A. Sliep f.slirQwsbry& Hereford Do. Do. South Staffordshire.. Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon& Croydn. Ali 100 100 100 100 100 5. 5. fi. all all all all DOCKS. Ln Ac N.W JI& N.W Do. 95 160 51} 31/ 1f.2 1124 112 114 ;1(31(5 16 17 140 1.2 j 4} 4} Caledonin E.U.&14: qt. North. itl.Counts.l CaledOnin D 0....... l';rt. West. Yk.N.&nr, Yk.N.Md.; Do. Do. Ln&N , W, Do. Peto &Co %Torfolk 1 Do. LN W&Mi Midland E. Counts Do. Do. Do. Midland . all L&N WI & L.Yk. J all Do. 100 Gt. North 100 T Brassay 110 112 all 111`Clean 100 Gt. West.l all L.&l3renl 1207 210 63 65 115 120 95 97 21 2i' 95 97 P 57 58 Leasing Closing! Business Co.'s. Price. I Done. 14i 15 135 137 101 106 104 11 91 93 84 Paid Closing itusinese Prim Done. Share Dooke. S t oek ' Commercial lOO " ..- i Stuck Do 4perecut.Pref .Min lOO . Srock East and West India lOO . Stock London lOO -- Stock St. Katharine ice i..; Stock Southampton lOO . Stock -- Victoria . lOO 100 1 0 3 W iDo WCW co tk itsapassoi•!. 1 ... all }lOO 10L 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 A.13.e! all 100 100 100 100 100 S / ~ C THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY E VEXING, APRIL H, 1860. LA W INTELLIGENCE.—(TMs Day.) ~ \` SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) JUDGMENT. His Honour referred to some posters, in which each party had attacked the other pretty strongly, and upon reading a letter, said there appeared to be a promise to pay. Mr. Norman—Your Honour will see. (Producing a bundle of documents to plaintiff's manager)--What are these ? Witness—Subscription lists sent from our office to de fendant. The name of the printer appears to none of those lists, nor has it ever been done during the 18 months. As to the letter signed " M'Sweeny," I saw one a few days ago in blank at our horase. I can't say if it was printed at our house, but I believe it was. The name of the printer has not appeared to any of the lists supplied within the last 18 months. Mr. Norman (instructed by Messrs. Clarke and Earle) then said that had plaintiff waited until the proper time the money would have been paid, but he had thought proper to make a sudden and peremptory demand, and would be met in his own spirit. After describing that the parties were wool traders, Mr. Norman said plaintiff cannot recover as the goods delivered have not been sent out in a legal form. By the 2d and 3d Vie., cap. 12, any printer who shall send out any document intended for publication, or meant for dispersion, which does not bear the printer's name on some part, shall not be able to recover for such work ; and further, shall be liable to a penalty of £5 for every document so sent out. By the 39 Geo. 111., cap. 7, sec. 27 (repealed by 2 and 3 Vic.), the penalty was £2O. In the case of Chappell v. Davidson, 25 Lazo Toornal, this point arises— His Honour—Then, according to that statute, Hill has incurred a penalty of £5 for every one of these lists. If there is any illegality he cannot recover. Mr. Barnard--All the items are not open to such an ob jection. A general discussion then took place, and his Honour thought a circular or prospectus was meant for publication, and came within the Act. It was useless to keep a circular within one's desk. Mr. Barnard thought the cards must be excepted. Mr. Norman—The cards are meant for dispersion. His Honour thought the cards were not open to the ob jection. Mr. Barnard—Plaintiff is entitled to recover upon an account stated and promise to pay. _ _ Mr. Norman—When the consideration is illegal no ac• count stated can give a good cause of action. His Honour remarked upon the fierceness with which this battle was being fought, and said it was very evident that the parties intended to destroy each other. Mr. Clarke--Like the Kilkenny cats. (Roars of laugh ter.) His Honour then went seriatim through the plaintiff's claim, and after marking several items, looked carefully into the Act quoted by Mr. Norman. After some deliberation, his Honour found as follows : I will either enter a nonsuit or find for defendant, with leave to appeal. Plaintiff would rather the verdict be entered for defendant. Verdict acccordingly, with costs. Mr. Norman said there could be no difficulty about the case. SINGULAR CASE OF MASTER AND gRILVANT.—oonCoRAN Y. BLAY. This was an action to recover a sum of money alleged to have been lent to defendant. Mr. Best, instructed by Mr. I Vaghorn, of Mark-lane, for the plaintiff, said his client was a mill stone manufacturer, of Mark-lane. Defendant had been in his service as a sub contractor, and had received various sums of money on account of mill-stones entrusted to him, to render fit for mills. lie had thought proper to leave his work unfinished, and as he was not entitled to anything until the work was completed, plaintiff now sought to recover the money paid to defendant. Plaintiff was called, and said he paid his sub-contractor generally something on account, but considered he was not bound to do so until the work was finished. Mr. Wood, for the defendant, said the only thing re quired to be done should be done at the work, and if defend ant had finished his work he would be entitled to £l4. The money paid was paid on account of work actually done by defendant, and thus plaintiff vas no loser. Mr. Best said there was a clear breach of contract. Plaintiff said he did not discharge defendant. Defendant was called, and said he was anxious to finish his work, but could not find room in the yard. Plaintiff's late foreman prevented defendant from finishing his work. Defendant was discharged by Plaintiff's foreman. A witness was called by the defendant, and said it was not usual to leave before finishing the work. Plaintiff's foreman was called, and said he did not dis charge defendant. His Honour non-suited plaintiff without costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) MARLBOROITGII-STREET. THE INQUIRY DODGE.—Charles Elliott and Louisa Smith, the latter said to be a well-known omnibus thief, were charged before Mr. Beadon as follows : Charles Butcher, 137 C, said he noticed the prisoners, who were accompanied by another female, stop several lads on the previous day in Hill-street, Berkeley-square, ap parently as if asking to be directed to some place, and he observed that while doing so they moved the ladies' dresses about. They then stopped a young woman, who, after speaking to them, pointed as if directing them, and they left her. He immediately went up and asked if she had lost anything, and at first she said she had not, but on putting her hand into her pocket missed her purse. He then told the young woman to go to Vine-street, and fol lowed them into Berkeley-square, where he seized the man and told him he was concerned with the woman in stealing a purse. He immediately struck him a severe blow on the chest and kicked him on the leg, and thei started off. He pursued him, and on taking him into custody he said he (Butcher) had made a grand mistake, "for he was a gen tleman." Elizabeth Thomas, 18, Hill-street, Berkeley -square, said the prisoners came up to her and asked the way to Regent circus. She directed them, and on being spoken to by the constable missed her purse containing some silver. Mr. John Carr, of 117, High Holborn, proved taking tho female prisoner into custody at the request of the constable. A coachman, named Spreadbury, of 13, South Bruton mews, proved stopping the male prisoner in his flight. Remanded. HILL V. WOODS: -THE PRINTERS' ACT.--IMPORTANT This was an action to recover £37 15s. sd. for printing, and goods supplied to defendant, who carries on a Trade Protection Society in Ironmonger-lane. Mr. Barnard, for the plaintiff, s aid his client car r i e d on a Trade Protection Society, and had supplied defendant with copies of various publications, in weekly aud fort nightly parts. They were subscription lists. In plaintiff's claim are also some circulars and what are called certificate cards. Defendant had dealt with plaintiff for some time, and this was a balance of account. Plaintiff's manager said that plaintiff had supplied sub scription lists to defendant for 18 months. They are the same lists as Mr. Hill used for his own society, only the head was altered. His Honour—Oh ! the same information under a dif ferent title. Witness—Yes. I believe there is no dispute about the goods being delivered. The subscription lists were here handed to his Honour,who said—l once flourished in one of these things for £ll. An attorney in Edinburgh got judgment against me by default in a matter about which I knew nothing. And so it ap pears that there is a judgment against the judge of the Sheriffs' Court for £ll. It was a very flagrant piece of business—hut they do any dirty thing over there. Plaintiff's manager (cross-examined by Mr. Norman) — The circular you produce was printed in our house. I cannot say if the letter you produce was printed by us. I believe it was. It is signed " Richard WSweeny." There was a dispute between plaintiff and defendant about the prices. Defendant wanted the price charged lower, and on the Gth July gave notice that he should discontinue the lists. THAMES. A MOST LAMENTABLE SPECTACLE. —Alice Collyer, the wreck of a once handsome woman, who has been charged at this court upwards of one hundred times in the course of fourteen years with assaults, drunkenness, and disorderly conduct, was again brought up before Mr. Selfe, charged with being drunk and disorderly last night in Suffolk-street, New-road, near the London Hospital. The unfortunate Prisoner was in a most wretched and emaciated state, and supported herself on crutches. She is the wife of a most respectable man, who holds an important situation in one of the docks, and she has had a family of children by him, who are well provided for. The prisoner's husband die carded her many years since in consequence of her dissolute conduct, and allowed her a weekly stipend for her mainte nance, which she squandered in the indulgence of her taste for strong liquors. Childs, a police•constable, No. 193 H, said the prisoner was lying down in the middle of the street last night, with her crutches alongside of her, and she made a good deal of noise, and called out murder and police. He begged of her to rise, and not make a beast of herself, but she insisted on remaining where she was, and acted in a most disorderly manner. He was compelled at last to take her i uto custody. She was very much intoxicated. Mr. Selfe—ls the prisoner a cripple ? Childs—She has hurt her ankle. The prisoner—l have broken my ankle. I have beerf in the London Hospital four months, and received these crutches there. I have just come out, Mr. Selfe—No. You have got drunk directly you came• out, and no doubt you were drunk just befors you enterecl Where r m of i s the this Court, wrete s h a e i l d w til tn t a tt husband of the ß hocohspei,ttahl.e gaoler a husband ? the prisoner had not seen or corresponded with her for many years. Mr. Selfe said the prisoner had given more trouble to the magistrates, the police, and the workhouse authorities for (' a series of years than any other woman in the. district. She I was a most incorrigible drunkard, and no w presented a most 'amenable spectacle, She might b.aro lived and beeu•l Share! Railways. Paid.' Price. Closing u dness done XOO j Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent..; Stk Bom.,Baroda&Cent Indi gu. 5 percent ... , - - Do. Addit. Capital A! 18 , Do. Do. 20i Buffalo and Lake Huron' 20} Do. New 10 Do. Preference zoo ißuffalo,Brant&Godrich, (6 p. et. b,ls. 1 All Er., 18;2; I 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 i 106 ;Do. do. 1 June, 1874' 5 ICleutta.&S.Eastru.Lim. 20 ICape, Fas tn. Prov.(l.i m.) 20 jeapeTown & Dock Script 20 (Central Oude (Limited) 20 ;Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c.; 174- ;Demerara 20 (Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.e 3 tockEast Indian. gu. 5 p. c 120 Do. F Shares Ext 20 I Do. Jubbulpore 100 _ I Do. 4 p. e.Debentrs, }All 1 100 86 88 97 98 5 sicll 7 7 i 82 87 73 78 70 75 par p 1i 1 d :11 1d id fa 101/ 102 k par ip pnr *p f 1004 1014 10241 204 21 Do. 5 - p.c. Deb., 1861., Geelong& Melbourne Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Prei Do. 6 percent. Debentr ! 93' 94 71 73 85 87 73 75 72 74 991 99/ id I d 11 Id 121 121 7f 7 d 97 99 97 99 97 99 90 93 88 90 971 984 91 93 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .... 'Do. do. 1867.... 1872 G t.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e. I Do. New, gua.s per cent. I Gt. South. of Ind.Lim.— guaranteed 5 per cent Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,withl r apt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. 'Y3 without opt IDo. si p. c. do. '77 do . [ Madras, guar., 4i p. c. Do. do. 5 per eent. , Do. 4, p. (3. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c IDo. Fourth do. Do. do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßruneswick&Canda. Ity.&Land(Lim.)gr.6pc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do I Oude (Limited) I S 3 c oo i . n d e _ ue:i ; sub .. 1 + i l . Do. Indus. St. Flo. bel 'St. Andrews & Quebec A ITrinidad(Limited) Scrip 5 7 5 7 99 101 d d d, 94 96 Id par AYS. 4i 4} I — d p a r 1 21 24 lid 51 5d 241 25i ei 61 Si 81 19 19 3Vi 38i - - P 8/ I 36} 37 53 S 5 li i'd 3 15 5f St 20 Si 21 9 ! Jt 22 23 ' a:comfort to her husband and children, assd a useful memerb of society,but she:was the;most degraded of beings. A prison was the best place for her. The prisoner said if the magistrate would discharge her she would apply to Mr. Seaborne, the relieving officer of Mile-end Old Town, to admit her into the workhouse. Mr. Selfe—Go to Mr. Seaborne. I hope I shall never see you again. You are discharged. NEWMARKET RACES-(THIS _DAY). (BY ELECTRIC TELEORATH.) HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Gallus • Mavourneen Mainstay colt £5O PLATE. Lava Calibau 2 Seven ran. LATEST BETTING. CITY AND SUBURBAN. Bto 1 agst Yoicks (offered) Bto 1 agst Confectioner (offered) TWO THOUSAND. 3to 1 agst Wizard (taken) 9to 2 agst Lupulus (taken) 9to 1 agst Brother to Rainbow (taken) 10 to 1 agst Buccaneer (offered) 14 to 1 agst Traducer (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 7 agst Tame Deer (offered) 100 to 7 agst Gaspard (offered) 20 to 1 agst Longrange (offered) 22 to 1 agst Man-at• Arms (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Mouravieff (taken freely) DERBY. 6to 1 agst Umpire (taken to £300) 100 to 3 seat Confectioner (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mr. T. Dawson's lot (taken to £500; Arrived.—Promised Land, Bevis, Gracchus. ORES FOR 1860. Epsom Spring Newmarket F S Harpenden lB Epsom 22 Manchester 3O Hungerford 3l Bibury Club 20 Stockbridge 2l - Winchester 22 Chelmsford 26 Newcastle 26 "LY. Nottingham 17 Stara - ford Marlborough Goodwood 24 UST. Stock! 20 Sto * Stock 100 100 Stook 20 20 { 20i zoi no I 100 100 Stock Stock Stock Stock 20 20 Stock , 20 all 100 all I all ss. all 15 5 / all Antwerp & Rotterdam, (Arden nee Bah. &S. F ran ~ Lim.7p.c. IBeleian East. Junction rßeziers to Graissessac l i Carmeaux Mine & Rail 'Copiabo Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France I i Euphrates Valley ,Grand Rus. Guar .5 P.C Great Central of France , Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Juntion Lake Constance & Bal9 Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian.... Lyons and Geneva .... Maria Antonia Do. do. New (Namur and Liege , IDo. do. 6 p. c. Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwe9,ian Trunk Pref Paris,Lyons, and edit M ;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. 1 Sambre and Meuse. I De. 54 per cent. Pref Southern of France West Flanders Do. 54 p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria .. • 1 Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref FOREJGN RAIL COLONIAL GOVERNMENT BECUR Can.Gov.6p.c J a. & July Do. 6p. c. 1 ,- b. &Aug. Do. 6p.c.Mr. & Sep. Do. 6 per cent. 1878 Do. 6 per cent. 1879 N.8.G0v.6p.c. Ja. &July Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. 5 p. c. Deb. D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1876 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. S. Deb. redeemable, 1875 S.Aue.Gt.6pc.Jan&July Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July Do. do. April & Oct. 100 100 100 100 100 - -- 10C 1081 1061 100 -- -- 106 99i 100, 100 994 1001 100 994 100 11 , 1 116 1109 11l 110 112 100 1109 110 110 112 100 1106 h 1071) MISCELL 10 lAnglo-Mexican Mint 1000 'Atlantic Tel. (Limited) 25 'Australian Agricultural 10 Australian Royal Mail . 10 Berlin Water Works 50 'British American Land 50 Brit. & Irish /thig.Tel.A. 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862 20 Do. C . 100 Canada Land. 10 'Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim.) Stock I Cop.Min.of Eng.&Smltg 25 I Do. Preference 7} per ct Stock Crystal Palace. 5 Do. Preference Stock Do. 6 p. c. Perpet. Deb. Stock Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New 5 English & Aust. Copper 15 ;Gen. Steam Navigation. 1 Great Ship (Limited) 20 Indian & Aust. Telegr 5 ILondon District Telegr 20 ;London Discount 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co 20 'Madras Irr. and Canal 10 IMediter. Electric Teleg. 10 lilted. Exton. Tel. (Lim.) 25 (National Discount Co 10 Netherlands Land 6 IDo 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at idle 100 N.ltr.&NovaScotiaLand 1 'N.B.Australasian (Lim.) 1 'Oriental Gas 1 Do. New Shares 10 Orientl. In. Steam, A 10 Ditto B 10 Ditto C Stock Peel River Land & Min 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam 50 Do. New 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 100 Royal Mail Steam Sock Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim.) 25 South Australian Land. 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip. 1 IDo. do Registered 20 Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can NO 'Van Diemen's Land BRITIS Mines. lAlfred Consols (Philack) British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon E. WI Russl (Tavistk.) Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South To G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillacle G. Wheal Vor(Helston, Grenville Herod's-Foot Hingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (uny Lelant) North Downs North Frances 'Mogan) N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St. Blazy) Providence (Uny Lelia) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) South C. Brea( Illogan). S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Stray Park Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co Tin Croft Vale of Towey (Carm ) West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cal s.) Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant Wh'l Mar Ann (Meahe W'h'l Trelawney (Lick. FOREIG: 20 'Australian 1 i ßonAccordCopper,Lim. 85 Brazil. Imp. (iv. at £5 p.) 20 Do.St.Johndellley,Lim. Do. Land and Mining Co. 1 Clarendon Cons. Min. Co 10 Caro Copper Copiapo 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co 2 Fortuna 10 General 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 3 Linares 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita 1 N ithincCop.of S.Aus.L 13 Pon tgibaud Silver, Lead', Mining and Smelt ' 5 Port Philip 1 Scottish Australn. (L.)...1 2.8 k United Mexican ... d p ar I 221 23i 3 3} 23 25 d p WI 11 d p 1 d p 5 6 I d par 11 24 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing I BUMIIOII I I Share Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Price. Done. 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 40 'Australasia 25 Bank of Egypt 100 Pank of London 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo 50 British North American 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &o 25 Ch.Mer.of In. Lon.&Ch 100 'City 100 Colonial 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada 100 Commercial of London 20 lEng ' Scot., & Aus. Ch 20 ( Gen Bk. of Switzerland 20 ILon.Char.lik.otAustral. 50 London and County 50 (London Joint Stock 100 London & Westminster 100 Nat. Prov. of England 20 Do. new 50 National Bank 20 New South Wales 25 Orient .Bk. Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank 100 (Provincial of Ireland 10 IDo. New 25 South Australia 25 of Australia 50Union of London J 100 I,Tulty Mutual 75 77 74 74 21i 22i 51 53 191 20} 32 34 70 72 37 38 19 21 161 17 ..... _ 221 221 17 18 - r -29 30 73,1 3 OM ..... iEOIIS. 14 15 1 - -- 32 33 41 41 137 39 20 22 145 16 ;122 125 74 85 25 30 245 255 25 30 99 101 r 1 102 105 108 108 14 to 2 2t I I 1 id 1} 1 d lt 2 2t. 3 4 1 it d I i 10 15 1 par 49 51 78 80 14 15 par p 21} 22i 6 ;7 52 54 120 130 34* I 11 11 Paid. Closing Price. 2 4 3 1 36 4 310 ~ 2i 445 455 105 . 118 7 1 8 / 01 111 1 37 40 14 15 1 .14 21 30 3t 4 46 11 2 39 41 5 36 1 46 5 56 8 9 12 13 I 47 49 4 I ,280 290 21 2 140 15 0 25 27 3 4 51 I 19 21 68 90 350 370 140 150 874 924 2 2 144 1 54 19 21 31 33 1011 110 1 55f 27f a!1 all all ;100 100 ' 100 1. 3 0, 3s. Od. all all all all all all all all all all all all } 13 all all all all all MINES. 2.11.10 16 2.7.0 7.4.0 5.4 i 17s 12.4.2 8 5 1 4.3.6 1.6.6. 7.9.4 li 10.6.7 18.18.01 18.18.0 12s 6d 474 51 5 8 1.7.2 MINES 6 i I 35} . 1 A 99 i I 1214 971 8 ITIES. Business none. RACING FIX T AP Abergavenny l2 Thirsk l3 M. Chester 1 Doncaster Spring 8 York Spring 10 Salisbury lO Bath l5 Ascot 5 Hampton Newton 13 Od ham ..19 I Beverley 2O I Ju Newmarket J 3 Carlisle Wrcester 5 Liverpool Abingdon 12 Auo Brighton Brighton Club 3 Wolverhampton Reading Radcliffe l3 Egham 14 SEPT] Warwick Doncaster 11 Chesterfield l7 Leiesster l9 OCT, Bedford 3 Newmarket S 0 Oxford Plymouth York Lichfield Stockton Derby MEER. Monmouth Manchester Autumn Newmarket F.O. Ert. Newmarket H Worcester Autumn - - - NOVEMBER. Hereford Liverpool Autumn 7 I ...19 ..:23 ..16 ..22 ..21 ..28 ..29 ..20 ..25 ..22 ..30 ..13 IRELAND. APRIL. Curragh MAY. Howth and Baldoyle Summer 8 JUNE. Wicklow JULY. Bellowstown 11 1 Down Royal Cup 24 AuousT. Heath of Maryboro' 7 f Roscommon 2 Galway 14 SEPTEMBER. Curragh .. T rumor° OCTOBER. Londonderry Curragh IG Strabane 3O FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT ST. JAMES'S PALACE, APRIL 9. His Royal Highness the Prince Alfred was confirmed on Thursday, the sth inst , at Windsor Castle, in the Private Chapel, by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, in the presence of her Majesty the Queen, his Roy al High ness the Prince Consort, and the members of the Royal Family. WHITEHALL, APRIL 7. The Queen has been pleased to order a conge d'elire to pass the Great Seal, empowering the Dean and Chapter of the cathedral church of Rochester to elect a Bishop of that see, the same being void by the death of Dr. George Mur ray, late Bishop thereof ; and her Majesty has also been pleased to recommend Joseph Cotton Wigram, M.A., Arch deacon of Winchester, to be elected by the said dean and chapter, bishop of the said see of Rochester. FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 7. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Charles Alison, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's Embassy at Constantinople, to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Mixister Plenipotentiary to the Shah of Persia. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint George Fagan, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's Le gation to the Argentin e C on f e d era ti on, to b e her Majesty ' s Charg6 d'Affaires and Consul-General to the Republics of Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Sal vador. CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 5. MEMBER XETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. City of Londonderry—William M'Cormick, Esq., in the room of Sir Robert Alexander Ferguson, Bart., deceased. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 10. 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Ensign Arthur Ash ton, from the 7th Foot, to be Cornet, vice Bridges, pro moted. Gth Dragoons—Ensign William Ward Bennitt, from the 2d Foot, to be Cornet, vice Garnett, promoted ; Hew Stevenson, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hardy, promoted. 13th Light Dragoons—John Arthur Carthew, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice James White, who has retired. Ist Regiment of Foot—Ernest Alexander Morant, Gent to be Ensign, by purch ase , v i ce R oo k e, promoted. .) Gth Foot—Thomas Armstrong Gough, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Poulden, who retires. 7th Foot—Captain William Langmead Lewes, from the 98th Foot, to be Captain, vice Payn, who exchanges. 11th Foot—Alexander Henry Vaughan, Gent., to be En • sign, without purchase, vice Gilbert, who resigns. 14th Foot—Lieutenant James Franklin, from the 45th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Atkinson, who exchanges. 20th Foot—Serjeant-Major James Whybrow to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bolger, promoted. 22d Foot—Lieutenant Stephen Winthrop to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hickman, who retires. 25th Foot—Ensign Samuel Roden Handy, from the 90th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Lock whose appointment from the 82d Foot has been cancelled ; James Pender, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase. 45th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Fores Atkinson, from the 14th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Franklin, who ex changes. Gist Foot—Francis John Wakeman Pigott Long, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hamilton, promoted. 87th Foot—Ensign Anderson J. Ashmore, from the 73d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Anderson, appointed Paymaster. 98th Foot—Captain Thomas G. D. Payn, from the 7th Foot, to be Captain, vice Lewes, who exchanges. Ist West India Regiment—Major A. W. Murray to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase„ vie Brevet-Col. H. D. O'Halloran, who retires upon full pay, under the 37th clause of the Royal Warrant of Oct. 14, 1858 ; Bre vet Lieutenant-Colonel James Travers, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Major, without purchase, vice Murray. 3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Parr W. Kingsmill to be Captain, without purchase, N:ce Travers, promoted in the Ist West India Regiment; Ensign Duncan F. Murray to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Kings mill. UNITTACTIED.—Lieutenant Win. H. Urquhart, from the 75th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase. County of Cardigan—David Pugh, Esq., to be Deputy- Lieutenant. BANKRUPTS. Francis John Fowles and Henry Hunter, general mer chants, Water-lane, City, to surrender April 20, at half past two, and May 22, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Oldfield, Robert Oldfield, and John Clarke, millers, Lichfield, April 23 and May 21, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Elizabeth Aydon and Thomas W. Ferguson, grocers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, April 18 and May 23, at twelve, at tho Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Janie* Napier, coal agent, Stirling. Roderick Dempster, surgeon, Forms, Elginshire. COERCION OF NORTII SAVOT.—AII demonstra- tions in favour of annexation to Switzerland are becoming more and more difficult in the neutralised provinces. The whole administration has been renovated, the Piedniontese employes having been withdrawn and replaced by adherents to France. The circulation of pamphlets, newspapers, and notes contrary to annexation to France is either stopped or retarded. The arrival of M. Laity has greatly excited the seal and activity of the French agents, and a heavy p ressure is brought to bear upon the population, little accus tomed to resist official intimations. Promises of all sorts are scattered about—banks, railroads, places, &c. ; whilst intimidation is not neglected, and the word Cayenne has even been uttered. As to the veto itself, the poor people will be much embarrassed. They will be required to vote " Piedmont " or " France," and they well know that the first alternative is impossible, particularly with South Savoy French. So that, even were they left free from any pressure, they could not express their desire to be united to Switzerland,—Zetter from Geneva. , STATE OF TRADE IN INDIA. The accounts from the Eastof. the state of the markets for manufactured goods are not such as to inspire confidence in the entire soundness of the enormous trade at present carried on from this country. It i s a ll ege d b y exper i enced merchants in London that, according to their latese advices, cotton manufactures from England cannot be sold except at a loss of 15 per cent. at Bombay, 10 per cent. at Calcutta, and 7 or 8 per cent. in China, and, moreover, that there has been no real profit on any such goods shipped hence during the last six months. Looking at the fact that the consign ments now going forward ar e on a sca l e larger than has eve r previously been known, these asser tions must create great disquiet. They admit, however, of qual i fi ca ti on i n a very important man ner. Although the buyer of Manchester goods for exportation to India and China may expose himself to the losses in question, it does not follow that the Manchester manufacturers who ship on their own account may not still be operating at a profit, since a sacrifice of ' from 7 to 15 per cent. may fail to absorb the entire gain between the current price of their goods and the cost at which they are actually turned out. The speculative shipper, therefore, who buys the goods at a quotation including the manu facturer's profit, is mainly the person whose trans actions are to be contemplated with anxiety. Can it be sho wn t h a t t h e con di t i on of the markets is not such as is alleged, and that goods bought in Manchester will not only bring back full returns, after paying freight, commissions, discounts, and all charges, but will also yield a fair remunerative surplus? The magnitude of the matter is such that a more momentous inquiry was never raised in the commercial world, and if the answer should be unfavourable we shall be driven to the suspicion, or rather to the conviction, that the lesson of 1857 has already been discarded. Happily, if the prices in India are, as is believed, even now sufficiently high to cover the prime cost of the manufacture, the trade will yet prove to have caused no absolute impoverishment to this country; but the visions of unbounded profits which at present dazzle all who contemplate the monthly totals of our cotton exports will inevitably be dispelled, and the crash must fall somewhere. It will be shared, perhaps, partly by such of the manufacturers as may have sold their goods to speculative mer chants on six months' acceptances, partly on such banks as may now be congratulating themselves upon the extraordinary revival in the discount busi ness of the country, and partly on the general public, who may as yet see no reason to distrust any of the new and dashing gentlemen who are rapidly rising up into the position of great promoters of Eastern commerce. 'The temptation created by the competi tion for bills by the various banking establishments 1 1 under the system of allowing interest on deposits ; the facilities afforded by the long dates over which Indian transactions are spread before their actual results are brought to the test; and, finally, the advantage which the system of friendly assignments and windings up under inspection give to every ad venturous character who may have the adroitness to carry on business for two or three years on a scale that will admit of private appropriations and marriage settlements, are considerations that may excuse a suggestion for vigilance even at a moment when the whole country is revelling in a sense of prosperity. The repetition of the fact observable in 1857, that, with all our wonderful trade, the tendency of our bullion returns shows that we are spending rather more than we earn, while the ad vance in the rate of dis coun t h as no perceptible effect in checking the demand, coupled with the circumstance that the note circulation during the past twelve months hasbeen freequently 10 per cent. in excess of its normal amount, are signs of some exceptional influences, which, at all events, are worthy of attention.—Bites' City Article. HOW FORTUNES ARE SO2LIETTNES XADE. It often happens that an individual or a firm is supposed to be rich from the fact that they possess the confidence of their fellow man, by which they trade and in due time amass wealth. As an illus tration of this, we may state the following circum stance which came under the writer's observation. A young Englishman landed in America with just sufficient means to meet his immediate necessities his first object was to obtain employment, the re muneration for which enabled him to lay by about 300 dollars. With this capital he started in business for himself, and commenced trading in such com modities as he could turn to a profit readily; he progressed slowly, but earned more than he ex pended on his living. In the town he had chosen for his adventure he was a perfect stranger, but in course of time was recognised as a man always punctual in his business transactions ; his resources were never questioned, simply because he never made an en gagement but what he felt certain he should be able to keep. By this course, he soon gained the first element of prosperity—confidence. One day he was attending the usual trade sales, when he met with what his judgment suggested an eligible oppor tunity for investing the whole of his capital, and he would readily have done so, but as the purchase required considerably more than he possessed, he reluctantly abandoned the opportunity, as it had become his maxim to let no one know the extent of his resources, and wishing to avoid heavy specula tions, bearing in mind the proverb, that " Vessels large may venture more, But little boats must keep near shore." However, in the course of the day, a Yankee, with whom he had never before had any communi cation, accosted him with " \Val, Britisher I cal kilate that worn't a bad fixing you were looking at this morning ?" " Perhaps not," responded our friend. " Wal, I guess if you could ris a thou sand dollars or so, you would have done it slick, en ?" " Perhaps I might." " Then just give me your bill at a month, and you shall have thew." Our friend mas rather taken aback by this liberal offer, which was essentially made upon his credit, an d with out security. He even tually availed himself of it,made the venture, by which before the expiration of a month he more than trebled his capital. Though he frequently met his stranger friend, not a word passed as to the success of the investment, till a few days before the bill became due, it was repaid, when the liberal Yankee merely observed "Wal, Britisher, whenever you want a thousand dollars, or more, you can have them of me." This was the only occasion on which our friend ever borrowed money ; he had obtained confidence, which had secured him credit, by which, combined with industry, he amassed , a considerable fortune.—From an article on " If ' hat is Wealth ?" in " Lilwall's Mercantile Circular. THE CLL''B PROSECUTIONS IN EDIXBU.RGIT. A bench of justices of the peace at Edinburgh, consisting of Logan White, Esq., of Kellerston, chairman ; Charles Lawson, Esq., of Berthwich Hall ; William Bailie, Esq., of Falahill ; J. Wauchope, Esq., of Edmonstone; and R. B. Ward law Ramsay, Esq., of Whitehill—sat yesterday to give judgment in the case of the Excise against Mr. 1). R. Hunter, steward of the Harmonic Club, the question being whether a club-house requires to take out a license in order to unable its members to be supplied with spirits. Mr. Lothian having been heard for the prosecution, and Mr. James Bell, S.S.C., for the defender, Mr. Wardlaw Ramsay said, having heard the evidence the last day, he had given the utmost attention to the point whether a club required to take out a license. The act on which the prosecutor went was passed thirty-five years ago, and it was strange that no prosecution had ever been raised under it against any of the clubs, which had existed since that date till now. There was nothing in the Forbes Mackenzie Act rendering clubs liable to take out a license, and he, therefore, did not consider that they were bound to do so under the act of 1825, otherwise there would have been prosecutions before now against club-houses. He considered that the defender should be assoilzied. Mr. Logan White held that club houses which dealt in spirits were clearly liable under the terms of the act to take out a license, and that the de fender being the steward of the club, and the real occupant of part of the premises, and ostensible oc cupant of the rest, in which the club was held, was the person identified as a dealer in spirits. If the effect of their judgment was to render the new club and other similar clubs liable to take out licenses he could not help it. It was the law. Mr. Bailie and Mr. Wauchope concurred with Mr. Ramsay. Mr.lVauchop• characterised the con duct of the magistrates in regard to their treat ment of the agent for the club masters, in the police court, as worthy of the worst days of Judge Jeffries, and denounced their interpretation of the law as against the clubs as laying down one law for the rich and another for the poor. Mr. Lawson concurred with the chairman, Mr. White. There being thus a majority of three against two in favour of the acquittal of the defender he was acquitted accordingly, amidst the cheering of a very crowded court. Mr. Lothian then called a similar case against Mr. J. Morris, of the Edinburgh Club, and took a formal decision to the same effect in his favour, hi s object being to appeal both decisions to the quarter sessions. THE COLOURING MATTER OF LEAVES.—In a communication to tho Academie des Sciences, M. Fremy stated, as the result of his experiments, that the chlw ophylle of plants is in reality composed of two substances—one yel low, soluble in ether ; and one blue, soluble in chlorhydric acid. He has been enabled to separate them, and presented them to the academy in their isolated conditions.—Medical Timm OUR NAVY -PAST A ND PRESENT. At every production of the navy estimates we are reminded that " steam is in its infancy," and the fact is impressed upon us by a very disagreeable process. We are compelled to provide enormous sums for the nurture and sustenance of our steam force without ever arriving at the happy period of economy and relief. In fact, to judge from the last ten years' experience, the expense will be perpe tual—that is to say, we shall never find a steam marine as cheap as the old sailing navy. It is not merely that the work of constructi-'n or conversion is constantly going on. That process would come . to an end in course of time, though it has been truly a tedious one; but the truth is, that even when the British navy has attained the standard of expansion delineated by Sir John Pakington a short time ago, it will cost a far greater sum for its maintenance than would have been needed in years gone b;•. The elements of cost, indeed, appear in every direc tion. What with the increased size of our vessels and the value of the machinery which they contain, the original charge of a ship is often more than doubled. A 50-gun frigate of the modern build costs four times as much as a ♦essel of that rate in Nelson's time. Then comes the consumption of fuel—an enormous item ; then the wages of the engineers, and the wear and tear of engines ; and last, though not least, the rapid dilapidation of the whole fabric under the new system of propulsion. We have touched upon this topic once or twice before, but the subject is so important that we commend it afresh to public consideration, especially as a recent event will place it in rather a striking light. Last week five stout steamships of the Channel squadron anchored at Spithead on their return from Lisbon. They had encountered boisterous weather, no doubt, but we certainly were not prepared for the report that they had all suffered such damage as to require considerable repairs before they could again proceed to sea. From the description given of their condition it appears evident that they suf fered not merely as ships, but as steamships. Had they been sailing vessels of the old character they might have been longer on the voyage and less efficient men•of-war, but they would probably not have received such injury as to send them into dock. Nelson used to talk triumphantly of the manner in which his ships could buffet the gales of the Mediterranean without carrying away a spar ; but Nelson's vessels had no steam-pipes to be car ried away, no funnel-casings to be torn, and no condensers to be cracked. We suspect, too, that they would have rolled far less heavily and with slighter strain, while the current outlay upon each would have been much less considerable. We expressly call attention to this example because it illustrates the chief point of our present difficulties. When the great dockyard mystery was. investigated last year, it came out that the, principal expenditure in our national establishments was upon repairs. Th e construction of new ships was quite a seco n d ary concern, and was, in fact, provided for out of the surplus or margin left by the charges of renewing and refitting. That was the way the money went, and these formidable charges are enormously increased by a system of propulsion which is not only costly in itself, but which shakes the ships to pieces besides. Indeed, we seem to be getting from worse to worse, for the vibration of the screw is said to be more destruc tive than that of the paddle. - We are therefore incessantly at work in repairing damages, and a few days at sea in heavy weather is enough to send back our stoutest vessels with fresh demands upon the resources of our yards. Let the reader just consider how terribly these j accumulated conditions must tell upon the current j charge of the Nary. A ship in these days costs much more to build, much more to keep going, and lasts, probably, not half as long after all, Un luckily, we hardly know the worst in this latter respect, for our steam marine is still too young to have shown its average of casualties; but it is only too evident that such wear and tear as we hatc described must soon terminate a vessel's career. This is an answer to those who institute numerical comparisons between our naval force at the pre sent day and that of 1815. The money spent on the Mersey steam frigate would have built three old-fashioned 74's. The cost of such a fleet as we possessed at the close of the Revolu tionary Wars would, if raised to the modern standard of charge, be almost beyond computation. We possess, in reality, a fleet which is infinitely stronger than the fleets of former days, though its power, as regards ships of the line, is concen trated in a much smaller number of vessels. The finest squadron ever taken to sea by Colling wood or Jervis would have been blown out of the water by the five ships which are so damaged in a voyage from Lisbon. All this outlay, in short, is forced upon us by a single condition of the first necessity. The great object in a ship of war is, as the Secretary of the American Navy defined it, to place a gun in pre sence of an adversary, and withdraw it, in the shortest possible space of time. There is the prin ciple which governs the whole system. For the sake of this object we fabricate machinery, consume fuel, and shape the hulls of our vessels on the newest and most approved models. A ship which can. steam 15 knots an hour will infallibly be more than a match for one that can steam only 12; in fact, the slower vessel would lie utterly at the mercy of its more quickly-moving adversary. Even here, however, the prospect is somewhat uncertain, for no vessel can always rely on her steam power. The most roomy and commodious specimens will only carry fuel enough for 10 or 12 days' consumption, so that on a long cruise, or in a protracted blockade, ships must again resort to their sails, reserving their steam fur critical periods. And , what, under such circumstances, would be the plight of our modern vessels, with their heavy armaments and ponderous stor m after s machinerytorm like ? the u g l h d they be b t e ran and more to brave ee buoyant uy an craft of 50 years since ? very agreeable. t to reflect that we g i r n e q ea u b ir l i e e . s thus itis u s n u p g l g e e as st a e n d are, perhaps, not have embarked upon a system which is costly in the extreme, which will probably ne ver get much cheaper, and which yet, in some respects, may prove less convenient than that which it super seded. But there is no help for it. A sailing ves sel could not keep the sea against a steamer for half an hour, and it must always be recollected that what is a burden upon us is a burden upon other Powers also. In the end it comes to this—that war, including the preparations against it, will be a more costly business than formerly, and perhaps, therefore, will work out its own cure. When the Secretary of the Admiralty told the house the other day that a naval captain of his acquaintance was perfectly astounded at the cost of his ship for a single year, he gave the key to the annual charges of the Na v y. Th ere was the un i t of cos t. A ship isincredibly expensive, and yet is always getting out of repai r . S ome thi ng , we firmly believe, is to be saved by better principles of management ; but we shall never altogether escape the large expen diture and inevitable waste which steam power in volves.—Tunes. STRASDIX OF THE SHIPS IVAGOOLA AND IVOODCOTE IV THE CHANNEL. The Board of Trade have i ssue d the official re ports of Mr. Traill, the G reenw i ch Police-court magistrate, who, assisted by Captain Harris. the nautical assessor, held the late inquiries into the cii cumstances attending the stranding of the ship Wogoola, for Chi na, and Woodcote, for Adelaide,. during the snow - storm on the night of t h e 11 t h o f last month, near Folkestone, and the decision of the department. In the case of the Wagoola, which was com manded by Capt. Jardine, and left London on the Bth ult., the report states that when the master found the soundings drop suddenly in the course of four or five minutes from 14 to 10 fathoms, there being such a thick snow storm at the time actuall3 that they could not see the length of the ship, it was clearly his duty to have put the ship about immediately ; instead of doing so he held on till after he had another cast at seven fathoms, a n d even then it does not appear that he ordered the t h a e k lm ing t t o he be gr p o u u t nd do in wn al t f i a ll th t o h m e s sh w ip ate w r a . was This NI : and\vasLtihghetbein .The report imme diatemTrisatial l kc ea thought hh w ee , a sd s oa a umt ha d g e Fe f aoturolettl, Foreland; ne ds 1:. also adverts to the South Sand Headi t p l a evidence of conduct Captain of th ie Russel, Coastguard, Lloyd's a With reference to the pilots in charge of s hi ps continuing on board beyond the Downs or Dung eness. In consequence of the above finding the Board of Trade have:suspended Captain Jardine's certifi cate for six months, and have communicated with the commanding officer of the Coastguard. In the matter of the Woodcote, which was also from London, and went on shore off New Romney later at night, Mr. Traill states that he was in clined to think that the board would be disposed to look upon the case as deserving a more lenient consideration than the ordinary case of entire neglect of the lead. It appeared that the lead was frequently used during the night, though neither so frequently nor so carefully as it ought to have been in thick weather. The report also speaks of the vigilance of Captain Fleming during the night of the accident. The Bcard of Trade have returned Ciptain Fleming's certificate, cautioning him to exercise greater Tigilanee in the use of the lead. 1~ ~,~~ 4C '....... - - l• _.. fl,. 61 7 106 41 I Ml ~