The Sun. — London, England, 1860-05-03 00:00:00

are left to take their chance in the courts and alleys of our great cities. Surely our philanthropists might do something for the girls as well as for the boys. Mr. Holman Hunt's picture is the subject of an article and a poem ; the first being a careful criticism of its merits, the second some thoughtful verses from the pen of Miss Muloch. The con tinuation of " Tom Brown at Oxford" removes us from the old collegiate town to a new scene, and introduces us to a new circle of acquaintances, though perhaps less attractive ones than the circle of old friends at St. Ambrose. "The Question of the Age—is it Peace ?" is the title of an essay which gives a very decisive answer to the question in a list of the wars and quarrels in which Great Britain has been involved since the peace of 1815, and also of the wars and principal revolutions which have troubled the Continent since that period. The formidable array of names extends over nearly four pages of the magazine. Sir F. H. Doyle con tributes some spirited and feeling verses on the Fusilier's dog, who shared with the regiment the perils and hardships of the whole Crimean cam paign, and was lately run over, to the great regret of all his military friends. One of Them. Lever's serial as yet develops no particular plot, but his delineation of American character is first rate ; he makes a mistake, however, in blending two most incongruous elements, viz., the insulting bowie-knife and revolver Southern Statesman with the sober calculating Yankee. He depicts each character to the life, but it is unnatural to combine them in one individual. Although we may not agree with Mr. Quackinboss in his contempt for works of art, there is nevertheless much truth in the follow ing remarks : " The Arts are Italy's noblest inheritance,' said Ogden, sententiously. " That ain't my platform, stranger. Civilisation never got anything from painters or sculptors. They never taught mankind to be truthful, or patient, or self-denyin', or charitable. You may look at a bronze Hercules till you're black in the face, and it will never make you give a cent to a lame cripple. I'll go further again, stranger, and I'll say that there ain't anything has thrown so many stumblin'- blocks before pro-gress as what you call the Arts, for there ain't the equal o' them to make people idlers. What's all that loafing about galleries, I ask ye, but the worst of all idling f If you want them sort of emotions, go to the real article, air. Look at an hospital, that's more life-like than Gerard Dow and his dropsical woman—ay, and may touch your heart, belike, before you get away.' " IRELAND. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING. A THIRD MORTARA CASE. Before the Judges have had time to finally dis pose of the cases of the Sherwoods and Mary Mathews, another application was made yesterday for an absolute writ of habeas corpus, directed to one Henry Corr, of Donnybrook, ordering him to bring up the bodies of Patrick and Alicia Murphy within the usual period. The motion was grounded on the affidavit of Alice Murphy, the mother of the children who had been spirited away under the following circumstances : " She states that she resides at No. 3, Eccles lane, Dublin, and that she was married on the 20th of January, 1849, to Patrick Murphy, of the city of Dublin, tailor, who died in the month of November, 1856; that there were issue of the marriage three children—Martha Murphy (deceased), Alicia Murphy, and Patrick Murphy; that Alicia Murphy was born on the 2d of February,lB49, and is now aged 11 years ; that in October, 1857, deponent, at the instance and request of several gentlemen—the then Governors of the Josephian Female Orphan House, situate at Wellington-road, Dublin, and some of whom used to visit deponent's husband previous to his death—put her daughter, then aged eight years and four months, into the school, to be maintained and educated ; that depo nent, up to September, 1858, was always allowed access to her daughter, but that since that time she made several applications to see her daughter, and on each occasion was informed by the matron (Miss Byrne) that the child was not there, and could not be seen, as she was gone to the country with a monk; that in January, 1859, deponent went to the school, accompanied by one Henry Tagart, shoemaker, residing in Eccles-lane, for the purpose of seeing her child, but was again informed by Miss Byrne that the child had gone to the country ; that at the time the said Alicia was placed in the Jose phian school, she (deponent) did not sign or execute any form of application for admission for the child into the school, nor was any such at any time ever tendered to her for such purpose; that since Sep tember, 1858, deponent has not been able to see her child Alicia. That deponent's child Patrick was born the 22d of April, 1852, and is now aged eight years ; and on the 28th of July, 1858, the Rev. Denis Heffernan, of Phibsborough Chapel, came to deponent's then house, in Dispensary-lane, off Dor set-street, and asked her to visit the schools at Denmark -street, to see if she would like to have her son placed there; that the Rev. Mr. Heffernan came to her house about the 28th of July, at about half past 1 o'clock, and repeatedly asked her to allow the child to go to the said school; that about 2 o'clock deponent, in order to get the Rev. Mr. Heffernan out of the house, consented to visit the school with him, but on going away she left her son Patrick in the house in the care of one Anne Taaffe, who resided in deponent's house, in Dispen sary-lane (and who was at that time on intimate terms with the deponent), until she returned from said school. That when deponent got to the school, the Rev. Mr. Heffernan left her, saying that he would return in a few minutes. That she waited in the school-room nearly half an hour, and find ing that the Rev. Mr. Heffernan did not return, she left the school to return home. That on the way back she :net the Rev. Mr. Heffernan, but did not speak to him. That when she returned home her son Patrick was absent. On making inquiry from Anne Taaffe in the presence of one Rose Short and Katharine Connolly, where the child was, Ann Taaffe replied that the right owner of the child had it. That on the evening of the 28th of July, 1858, deponent repaired to Phibs borough Chapel, where the Rev. Mr. Heffernan re sided, but was told by the porter at the chapel house that the rev. gentleman was not at home. That seeing the Rev. Mr. Heffernan coming up the road, she went tc, him and asked for her child. He replied that if she would not go away he would get her charged to the police. That after making several endeavours to find out where the child was placed, she ascertained in November last that Henry Corr, of Simmon's court, Donnybrook, had taken upon himself the care and guardianship of the two children, alleging that he did so under a will stated to be made by deponent's husband ; saith that she has never seen such will; that Henry Corr has offered to let depo nent see her children, provided that she agreed to sign a paper undertaking not to interfere with the education of the children, which deponent refused to do, considering that he had no right to make any such demand ; that she was pre vented from making an earlier application to the Court in consequence of a difficulty of obtain ing professional assistance, and from the fact that until November last she did not ascertain with certainty who had the custody of the children. On the above statement counsel submitted that the Court would grant an absolute habeas corpus. " The Chief Justice said the affidavit read was a very voluminous one, and stated the fact that the children are in the custody of a person who claims to hold them upon title. He should show what that title was. The Court would grant the order. " Mr. Norwood said he supposed the Court would grant an absolute order. "Me. Justice O'Brien said the applicant was entitled to an absolute order. "The Court accordingly granted the order, the - writ to be returnable in two days." CRYSTAL PALACE.—This day, Thursday, is the last for the purchase of admission tickets at ss. for the Matt. delssohn Festival, which is to take place to-morrow. On e Shilling Day, May 2.—Admissions on payment" 2,172; ditto by seasOls tickets, 225.—T0tal visitors, 2,997. THE MAILS, &C.—SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 2.—The Royal Mail Company's screw steamship Tasmanian, Capt. T. W. Sawyer, sailed hence this afternoon with the West India, Mexican, and Pacific mails, 85 passengers, £6,400 in specie, jewellery value £9,357, quicksilver value £BOO, and a full cargo. The United States' mail steamers Illinois, Captain Seabury, and Fulton, Captain Wotton, on their way from Havre to New York, embarked mails and pas sengers from this port, the former vessel yesterday and the latter to-day. Both ships carry out a full complement of Passengers and freight, and French and English mails. CRINOLINE AND HOOPED PETTICOATS.—The far thingale of the time of Elizabeth answers to the hooped petticoat . of the days of Queen Anne and to the crinoline of Queen 1 , ictoria. Against the farthingales the great master, Philip Stubbes, inveighed with thundering eloquence. "When they have all their goodly robes upon them," says he, "women seem to be the smallest part of themselves, not natural women, but artificial women ; not women of flesh and blood, but rather puppets, or mawmets, consisting of rags and clouts compact together." The queen herself con demned the fashion, and passed laws to put down such ex travagance. The wits assailed it, and what was the result ? the farthingale expanded, and under James I. became as remarkable for ugliness as for discomfort. Hooped petti coats cams into fashion again in the time of Queen Anne ; and Addison's keen satire was directed against them. In the Spectator, No. 272, appears an advertisement, dated from the parish vestry, January 9, 1711-12 :—" All ladies who come to church in the new-fashioned hoops, are desired to be there before Divine service begin s , l es t th e y di ver t th e attention of the congregation." Gay took up the subject, and handled it very roughly ; more polite wits averred that these hoops only kept the men at a proper di s t ance ; th e caricaturists represented a fashionably-attired lady as a donkey carrying two panniers ; and Howarth pictured the inconvenience of a full-dressed belle entering a sedan-ehair. What the wits and caricaturists did in Queen Bess's time and Queen Anne's, has been done over again in Queen Victoria's.—The Ladies' Treasury. MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The recent supplies of Australian gold are flow ing slowly into the vaults of the Bank of England, a further parcel of £BO,OOO having been received there yesterday. It is expected that the bullion will be largely augmented, and this has strength ened the impression that the terms of discount will be speedily reduced. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ripon, which leaves to-morrow, the 4th inst., for India and China, will take out £219,679, as follows :—Madras, gold, £3,841 ; Calcutta, silver, £102,420; Hong Kong, silver, £62,673 ; Fow-chow, silver, £1,550; Shanghai, silver, £49,195. The Mexican dollars by the last West India steamer have been sold at 62d. per oz., but the bar silver has not yet been disposed of. Rather more inquiry for money is now expe rienced, owing to the preparations for the 4th of the month. The engagements falling due are un derstood to be rather heavy, notwithstanding the continued quietude of trade. Owing to the in creased demand the terms have appeared a shade firmer, although a reduction in the minimum was considered probable. At the Stock Exchange the terms for advances have risen to 4 per cent. Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market yester day continued rather active, 10,000 bales having been disposed off at previous rates. The Railway Share i\larket remained in a quiet state, but prices tended upwards. The Bank of England directors, at their meeting to-day, decided upon making no alteration in the minimum rate of discount. It was imagined that a reduction of 4- per cent. would be effected, but the course adopted has not created surprise, be cauSe the demand for money at present is rather more active in consequence of the preparations for the bills due to-morrow, the 4th of the month. There has been very little fluctuation to-day in the market for Public Securities, but it retains rather a heavy appearance, owing to sales of money stock—Consols are about 951- for money and the 9th inst., and 951 for the account in June. Specu lation continues very quiet. The New Threes and the Reduced continue firm at 93-.1 ; Bank Stock is steady at 226 to 227 ; India New Loan at 1061 4; ditto 51 per Cents., Enfaced Paper, has improved to 1031- 104 ; and Exchequer Bills are 6s. to 10s. prem. In Foreign Securities a fair amount of business is recorded, and prices in some instances show au improvement. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 761 to 771; ditto New 61i to 611 ; Russian 41 per Cents. have advanced to 98i : Portuguese to 451; Mexi can to 22} y ; Chilian to 1031; and Brazilian 4f per Cents. to 911 ; ditto Scrip is steady at a prem. ; and Dutch 21 per Cents. remain at 66. The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are prem. ; the Universal ditto, I, t prem. ; and the London and Provincial ditto, prem. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are, in round figures, as under : 1860. Great Western... .. North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland South• Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire North-Eastern Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln Bristol and Exeter 6,692 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 5,023 Dublin and Wicklow . 1,841 Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,104 Grand Trunk of Canada .. 14,559 Great Western of Canada 1859. £30,050 71,984 15,349 14,009 34,100 17,931 20,535 30,010 32,724 10,893 5,985 4,328 1,942 5,920 9,650 7,588 Most of the principal lines, it will be perceived, continue to show a steady advance. On the Great Western it amounts to £1,905 ; the North Western, to .£7,542 ; the South Western, to £985 ; the Mid land, to £6,149; the Great Northern, to £5,668; the Lancashire and Yorkshire, to £3,220 ; the North Eastern, to £5,362. On the Brighton there is a decrease of £3BB, and the South Eastern show little variation. The Canadian lines have shown a marked improvement ; the increase in the Grand Trunk of Canada amounts to £4,909, and on the Great Western of Canada, to £2,106. The transactions in the Railway Share Market has been rather more active, and in most instances a slight improvement has been caused by the favourable traffic returns. North-Eastern (Ber wick) and South-Eastern have advanced 55.; Great Western, Brighton, and Midland, 10s.; Eastern Counties and North-Western, 155.; Great Norther', £1; and the A Stock, £1 to £1 10s.; Lancashire and Yorkshire and London and Blackwall have declined about ss. The Foreign lines have been dull. Lombardo- Venetian realise 11: 111 ; Antwerp and Rotterdam, 4! ; and Bahia and San Francisco, 6: 61. In the Colonial markets prices were well sus tained. Grand Trunk of Canada brought 34i 344 ; Great Western of Canada, 131 13i ; East Indian, 1011 1021 ; and Great Indian Peninsula, 991 100. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are steady, at about previous quotations. London and Westminster are dealt in at 581 ; Union of London, at 25.1 251 ; Australian Agricultural, at 32 ; Na tional Discount Company, at 41 41 ; and Trust Loan Company of Upper Canada, 6-1,. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 95t 93a I i I 3 per Cent. Consols An nu iti es N -NN 3 Der Cent. Annuities Anns. 30 Years, expire sth Jan., 1880 Ditto for 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 171 5-16 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per cent .. Ditto 51 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 1858 97 Ditto, 1859 97 Consols for Account (May 9) Exchequer Mills, £l,OOO, lid — Dittc Small FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bcazilian 5 per Cent. Ditto 41 per cent. 1858 .. Ditto Scrip, 1860 Chilian 6 per Cent • Sl-xisan 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent ... Ditto 4/ per Cent ' urkish 0 per Cent — Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentos, 3 per Cent. Ex. 25f. 7of. 25c. Ditith Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 66 Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account Ditto June . 951 I THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 3. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Tagus, Captain W. B. Hall, with the above mails, passed Hurst Castle at 10.5 a.m. this day. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, MAY 3. The Canadian mail steamship Anglo Saxon, Cap tain Ballantine, from Portland Maine, on the 21st ult., which touched at Queenstown yesterday morning, arrived in the Mersey at about 7 a.m. to-day. She brings no news of importance beyond that already received from Queenstown. ROYAL GENERAL DISPENSART.--The bazaar held at Willis's Rooms on Friday and Saturday last, in aid of the above very valuable charity, was attended with con siderable success. The Ladies' Committee have organised a supplemental bazaar, which will be open to-day (Thurs day), at the Albion Tavern, Alderel;ate-street. A SARDINIAN FIRE BRIGADE.—The Government of Sardinia, copying the excellent management of the Lon don Fire-engine establishment, under 'Mr. Superintendent Braidwood, are having powerful engines made in London, and when ready it is expected that a selection for Sardinia of our intrepid London men will be made, to attend the en gines in Sardinia, as has already in many instances been done from here for foreign countries, and all have given the greatest satisfaction as to their competency for their situations. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—Her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners will receive tenders to-day (Thursday) for a ship to proceed to Moreton Bay, Queen's Land, to be ready for the reception of her passengers on such day as the commissioners may appoint between the 23d and 30th of 3r , THE SUN, 1401153aN, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1860. S 1-IA E MR ICE T.-( THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHAT 148 AND STOCKS. Shan Railways. Paid. Closing Business Price. Done. 12.10 Amberg., Notting. Boat. and Eastern Junction 10 tf 61 01 50 Belfast and Ballymena- all - - 13.14 Bin, Wol., and Mr. Val. all 8 81 Stock ilirk.,La.,andCh. June lOO 70 72 2 5 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne all - - 10 aost.Slefd.& llid. Coun all 61 71 Stock Bristol and Exs•ter Stock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan 9 - - 60 Cork and Bandon all - 20 Cork, Blkrook,&Paosag,e all - - 20 Cornwall all 64 7 10 Do, A A roves. no div. until6p.o.per an. an - - 10 Do. B all - - hasbeen pd.toß. 50 Dublin andßeltastJune. all - - 25 Dun.,Perth,&Abr.Junc all 8 8 Stock East Anglian lOO 18 18 Stock Eastern Counties lOO 541 651 55 1 Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 36 38 Stook Do. do. /1 Stock 100 28 28 25 Do.N - w.A.(lte.E.U3ds)' 81 - 20 East Suffolk all - - 10 Do - - Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 77 79 Stook Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 311 12 311 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - StockFurneas - - Stock Glasgow & South Westn lOO 99 100 10 Great North of Scotland all - - Stock Great Northern lOO 114 115 1151 16 Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 115 117 118 17 181 Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 131 133 1311 21 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 113 114 Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 60 65 12 Irish South Eastern all - - Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1051 106 1061 81 Stook London and Blackwall. 100 RS 70 691 Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 113 115 1141 14 25 Lond. Chat. and Dover all 11 12 Stock London & North West'' , 100 1001 101 1001 Iti 121 Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn lOO 911 921 921 25 L'derry & Coleraine all - - 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 11 12 Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln lOO 42 421 42 50 Maryport and Carlisle - 121 Do. do. 1 Shares all - - IC Metropolitan Stock Midland lOO 1161 117 1171 1 1 Stock Do. Birming. & Derby.; 100 94 96 50 Mid. Gt. West.(lreland) all - - 25 Do. 1 Shares all - - 25 Mid Kent all - - 10 Do. (Cray Line) all - - 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all - 25 New., Aber., & Herefd: all 101 111 10 Newry & Armagh (clef.) 9 7 6 d 20 Newry, Warpt., & Ros all - - Stock Norfolk lOO 54 56 50 North. Counties Union 3l 31 4 d toek North British lOO 611 614 611 took Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO - - took Do. A Stk. - Area. no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 - - itookiDo. B Stock lOO - - ;took North-Eastn.-Berwick 100 951 961 964 f 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 11 11 d d took Do. Leeds lOO 49 494 494 toik Do. York lOO 791 801 80 tuck North London lOO 106 108 20 North Staffordshire 174 3 4 3 1 4 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 91 91 took Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver lOO 43 44 431 4 10 Peebles all - - 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney all - tock Scottish Central lOO 115 117 took South. N. E., Aber. Stock 100 351 361 so 6 took Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 88 90 took Shropshire Union lOO 48 50 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 4 3 d ock South Devon lOO 42 44 ,ock South-Eastern lOO 871 88 874 ock South Wales ,ock I SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun lOO 78 82 7$ 20 !Staines, Wok., & Wok ' all 6 8 25 'Stockton & Darlington all 394 401 25 I Do. do. - Stockton & llartlepool 161 - - `ock ,Taff Vale lOO - ,ock Do. Preference, No. 1 100 - - 25 ;ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 - - 60 'Ulster 25 Do. 10 Do. 1 20 1 id 121 31 p `ock Vale of Neath lOO 58 60 p 10 'Victoria Station & Pim all 10 11 101 1 noir Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 50 Waterford & Limerick all - - 10 West Cornwall 10 West London all - - I 0 Do. Ist Class all - - 10 Do. 2d Class 121 Worcester & Hereford 114 3 2 d 12i IC Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Btockl Stock 25 Stock Stock Stock tock Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock 12 101 Stockl 10 I Stock' FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 19 Antwerp & Rotterdam, all 44 l#' 44 20 Ardennes all p 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 7 5 48 •4 1 6 Belgian East. Junction all f 1 20 Beziers to Graissessac all 10 IBuen.Ayres& S. Ferndo 24, 24 3 o 6 ,Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 24 24 100 'Copiabo 10 Ditto Extension 20 Dutch Rhenish 20 Eastern of France 20 'Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c 6 20 I Do. do. 20 Great Central of France all 20 'Gt. Luxem., Con. she.. all 64 7 20 Italian Junction ....... all 20 Lake Constance & Bals all 20 Lierre and Turnhout... all 20 !Lombardo Venetian.... 10 15 14p 111 4 20 ILyons and Geneva 335 I Maria Antonia all 10 'Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege all 8 81 20 ,Do. do. 6p. c. Pref all 19 19 16 'Northern of France all 384 39 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Fret all 8 9 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit all 37 874 20 iParis and Orleans 20 I Recife& S. Fran. (Pern. ' gua. 7 la. ct. (Lim.) 20 Riga and Dunaburg lO . 10 Rome and Frascati 20 Royal Danish ...... 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse all 51 6 10 !De. 55 per cent. Pref all 81 8„- 20 San Paulo (lim.) g. 7;p. c 2 6 541 I 20 'Southern of France 81 (West Flanders all 51 54 - 10 Do. 54 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 20 23 20 Western of Austria .. 20 !Western of' Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can.Uov.6 p.c.d a. & July 100 113 115 114 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 109 111 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 110 112 Do. 6 per cent. 1 , 37 , 3 109 Do. 6 per cent. 1879 100 112 Do. 6 per cent. 1882 10C Do. do. Scrip.. N. B. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 1075 1085 Do. 6 p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 106 ' 99 100 D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1876 100 994 100 9_91 100 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up 100 995 100 995 1064 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. — , Deb. redeemable, 18',5 100'' 107 108 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 110 112 110 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 - Do. do. April & Oct. 100 105 106 1011/4 4 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 'Anglo-Mexican Mint ..1 all 15 18 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 314 124 22 10 Berlin Water Works ... all 45 5 50 British American Land 40 50 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A., all 37 39 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862.. all 20 22 20 Do. C 100 !Canada Land 325 120 126 10 IChan.l./ancle rrel.(l..im.); all 6 8 Stock ICop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg' all 25 30 25 I Do. Preference 75 per ct all 245 255 Stock Crystal Palace. lOO 275 30 1130 5 'Do. Preference al 99 101 Stock 'Do. 6p. c. Perpet. Deb l3O 103 106 Stock Electric Telegraph lOO 105 107 25 Do. New 6 English Ft Aust. Copper all 25 2 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 1 Great Ship (Limited) ' all 1 1 20 Indian & Aust. Telegr 2s. 5 , London District Telegr 2 1 4d 20 London Discount 5 15 4 d 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co all 15 14 lf 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 34 34 41 4 10 IMediter. Electric Teleg. all 10 Med. Exton. Tel. (Lim.) all 3 4 25 'National Discount Co 5 1 fd4s 1 10 Netherlands Land all 6 Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss. at ldis all 100 X.Br.&NovaScotiaL and 80 1 0 10 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim ) all 4 ; 1 Oriental Gas 1 Do. New Shares 1 5 9. 4 par 10 Orientl. In. Steam, A 6 10 Ditto B 6 10 Ditto C 2s. -- stock Peel River Land & Min lOO 48 58 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam, all 79 80 50 Do. New l5 135 144 20 Red Sea & Ind. Teleg r 175 Id I p 60 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 54 et} 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O $0 51 Stock ^ cot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) 100 120 130 25 South Australian Land all 35 36 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip, all l 1 1 Do. do Registered . . 20 ITr.& Ln.Co.of I.Tpr. Can as 6 4 No , Van Diemen's Land.., 285 10 11 BRITISH MINES. Share Mines. pfd . Closing Business aid. Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 22 34 20 British Iron ........... 16 1 , 2 Clifford .. . .... .... . ?80 290 Devon G. dons. ( Taois t . 1 440 450 East Bassett (Mogan). 30 85 90 East Caradon . E. W'l Russl (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 114 12 12 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 54/ 3$ 4 I Great South Tolgus... 17s 141 144 G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillaok.) 12.8.9 —G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 9f •. . • Grenville ... . .......... 5.4.6 24 3 Herod's-Foot ...... 8.12.0 30 31 Ilingston D0wn5.. ...: 4.7.0 3/ 41 Lady Bertha .. .. . 1.8.6. 11 11 4i iif 2 Margaret (Uny Lelant). 9/ 42 45 North Downs . . ..... 2i 4 5 4 1 North France 8 (lll ogan) 11 3 4 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) 5 4 54 North Wheal Crofty... 7.9.4 8 0 10 Par Console (St. Blazy). If 12i 13 4 •- Providence (Uny Lei l a) 10.6.7 44 45 47 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 12s i SoutliCaradon (St.Cleer) 14 300 310 South C. Brea( Mogan). 3 21 21 1 S.Dev. Iron & Gen. Mi n. a l l If lf S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 145 15 5 Stray Park ..... . . .. . 20.18.0 32 34 50 34 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining C 0........... 44 3l 10 Tin Croft .............. I Vale of Towey (Carm.) 13s 6d f West Basset (Illogan).. 24 20 21 W. Caradon (Liskeard). 5 87 89 West Seton ...... Wheal Basset (Illogan). 5f 145 155 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 876 92f Wheal Edward (Cala.). 64 If 14 Wheal Kitty(U. Lelanl 1.7.2 16 17 Wh'l MaryAnn(Mcnhe 8 20f 211 -- 14'11'1 Trelawney (Lick . 5? 29 31 FOREIGN ItINE.I3 20 kustralian 7l i i 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim. 15s d oar 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) 27 t _ - 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,L tin. a!l 4 23 24 234 1 5 Do.L and and Mining Co. all _ 1 Clarendon Cons. Mitt Co. d 40 Cohn? Copper all 44 16 Copiapo l6 11 13 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all I 1. 2 Fortuna 20 General ..... —.•-—• • 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 i t d 14 Kapunda ( Limited ) 1 I l e" I Linares all lof t 1 1 i 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all i g , 1 N RhlneCop.of S.Aus.L 108. i d ' P 23 PontgibaudSilver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 5 6 5 Port Philip • •....... 1 i I 1 Scottish Australn. (L.)... 108 1 d par 15.2.81 L United Mexican ....... all 11 21 1 Worthing- (Limited).... all 1 Do. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 , Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 75 77 40 Australasia all 71 73 724 25 Bank of Egypt all 214 22i 100 Pank of London 5O 51 53 4 20 Bank of Turkey 3 _ 60 British North American all _ 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &o all 192 204 25 Ch. Mer.of In. Lon.&Ch all 31 33 } 100 'City 100 (Colonial 25 37 38 20.11 [Cora. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of London 2O 19 21 20 I Eng , Scot., & Aus. Ch all 17 171 171 20 Gen, Bk. of Switzerland all 20 tLon.Char,Bk.oiAustral., all 22 4 23 22} 50 'London and County 50 London Joint Stock 100 London & WestminSter 2O _. _ 881 100 Nat. Prov. of Englansl 35 _ 20 i Do. new lO _ 50 National Bank 25 _ 20 New South Wales .I all 25 Orient .Bk. Corporation all _ 20 Ottoman Bank air. 171 181 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New all 25 South Australia 25 Union of Australia all —46 i 50 Union of London 1, 1 ''" "'' :WI i I 100 Unity Mutual 111 . W. , •••• owe —3ll PREFERENCE SHARES. Share, Railways. paid.l Closing BDusoinne.ess Price. Blythe and Tyne 1C per o. pref. (Issued at Z. 5 0. Brie. di Exet.4p.ct.Stock. Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 4i per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 5i p. Cornwall, 5 per cent. all 100 14 100 all all all 96 98 100 102 wait, 5 per . Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun.l all E.Angn. Class A 7& spc• 100 Do. do. Class B 6 pc...„ 100 Do. do. Class C 7 p0.. 0 .. 2 . 100 E. Conn. Ex. 5 pot. No.l 100 N Do. do lOO Do. New 6 per ct. Stock 100 Eastern Union. 4 per ct.l 100 Do. 5 per cent, guar..l 100 Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. &D. 100 G E d i a i n.s. Furness,ditP es We s t . pere & s t D . u e n n a t 4 5. . p p c. c 1 10 00 0 100 great Northern, sp. at. 100 Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm 100 Do. 41 p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm BO Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pt. all Cit.l3n.3. w (Ireland) 4, 100 p. ct. pref. Stock Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct.. ! 6 Do. Redeemable, 41 p ct. 100 Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et: 100 Do. Irredeemable, do.. 100 Do. sp. at. Redeem. Pref., 100 Do. Birm. Prof. Shares; all Gt. W. Ches. Bp.o.pf.sh.i all Do. do. sp. at. pref i all Do. Blrming. guar. stock' 100 Do. Chester guar.shares all Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock , 100 Do.Tiarnsl.St..£s 31310dpc; .. 100 Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan) .1 1 . 00 ,_ L on. &Brig.spc. gu. luu D0.,5p.0 No. 2 100 Do. gua., 6 p. at. 100 Do. do. sp. c. No. 4 100 Do. Do. 41 per cent lOO Do. do. 41 per c. shares 2 Do. 7 percent. Pref. St. i 100 1D0.6 p.c. do.(IV.E. &C.P.) 100 1D0.4 p.c S.(diy.def.tiP6s) 100 ILond. Chat. and Dover al Lon. & N. W. Coy. & Nun -1 caton, 5 p. at I 10C Lon. &S. W, 7p. et. stook,) 10 c Londondy & Cole, 1 shs. al Londondy. & Ennis 1 sh. al & Lin., 6p. at. 10( Do. 26 Do. 34 per cent. Do. redeem. 6 per cent. 1 Nraryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 41 per cent .. a Ind. Con. 6p. c. Stock 10 Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.Ci.l 10 Do. 41 p. o. pref. stock } 10 Do. with option till 1860 Do. Lei°. & Ilitpref. st. 10 'NewportAber,&c.pret.sl) s p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c. o rn Do. Perpet, 6 p. o. with option till 1866 a Do., till 1869, Ist is Do. do., 2d is. .1 Nerfik sp.a. Ex. 5tk,1846 11 Do. 54 p. a. Pref. do. 1847 11 D 0.5 WayVal.Ex.Sk 1847 10 North British, 5 per cent 11 Do. New, gua. 5 per cent 11 Do, Bor. Un. g. pf. shs. Do. do. do. Nth.Dey.Rail.&D ik.Co. 1 N-East.Cons. Pref.4p.c. 1 Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 1 Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1518' Po. York, H. & S. Porch. North Staffordshire 10x. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g I Do. Redeem., 2d gua.... Do. Irredeem., 2d gua. Rhymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pa Scottish North-Eastern 31 per c. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 41 percent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6.) Do .41 per cent Do. Fixed 41 p.e. Ist is South Wales, glla. 4 p.c Do. 41 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 re. gua Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.c Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent. Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p.c. 54 6 99 101 110 113 103 108 110 112 109 111 124 126 80 82 110 112 90 92 75i 70i 118 120 117 119 110 112 103 105 85 87 96 98 98 100 88 90 90 92 [O2 103 91 101 17 18 18 101 74 76 191 20 9 10 141 15 1 138 140 154 157 132 136 68 70 21 22 [l5 117 [sei 157} 12 12i 125 127 11H 68 70 138 140 101 103 I 1 p 94 96 si 101 11l 121 P, [lO 111 108 110 i i P 90 02 95 97 1} MI d 22 i i 23i 124 126 1 Stk 1 20 tock 12.10 117 119 73 75 10 101 123 23i 100 102 100 102 89 91 99 101 84 88 128 29 32i 331 32 83 50 53 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid. Leasing ! Closing Business Railways. Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln & N.W Buckinghamshire lOO Ln& N.W Chester & Holyhead 100 Do. Do. do. 54 p. et 100 Do. Do. do. sp. et. Clydesdale Junction lOO Caledonin Colchester, Stour Val all E.U.&E E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c 100 Gt. North. E Union,HarwichShs 1 all E.Counts. Do. Woodbridge 100 Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct, 100 'Caledonin Do. New lOO Do. Gloster& Dean Forest. all Gt. West. Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail. Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby 1 all , Yk.N.Md. Do. 4 Shares all :Do. Do. 4 Shares I all 'Do. Lanc.&Carl.gua.s p.c.' 100 iLn & MIN London&Greenwich . 100 IS. East Do. Preference ' 100 I Do. Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend.' 100 ,Peto &Co Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct. 100 (Norfolk Do. 6 per cent lOO Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk all ,LN W Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock Newmarkt.,V... yEx guarantee' p. c. Northn.& 5 p.c.! Do. do. 6 p cut.... Do. Fixed s' per cent ' North Western Preston and Wype. Do. 4 Shares A. Roystn Hitch.,& Shep Shrowsbry& Hereford Do. Do. South Staffordshire .. Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon& Croydn. 100 'Midland 5. 5. 6. E.Connta all 'Do...— all :Do. all all IMicilatnd MI L " " & L.Yk. j all IDo. i 100 : Gt.North 1::35 137 100 IT Brassoy 101 103 1! .. all M'C lcan lot 11 1 1 100 'Gt. Wes t 91 93 all &Brgtzx • DOCKS. 95 97 i i P 55 57 14i 11 Paid Closing I Business Price. Done. 96 98 51 514 11.5 127 113 115 116 03 105 17 '139 141 4} 44 110 112 207 210 83 85 115 120 94 97 2i 311 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share Railways. Paid Closi ng - e business done Price. I'Atlantic & St Lawrence Illom.,Baroda& Cent Ind gu. 5 percent Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron} Do. New Do. Preference B uffalo, Brant. & Godrieh ;6 p. et. bds. 1 Aug., 18;2 la). do. 1 July, 1873 !Do. do. 1 June, 1874 C !cuffs .&S. En strn. Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip !Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c Do. Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 41 p. c. Debentra. Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1861 G eelong& Melbourne !Geelong Corporation 6 par cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada }Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 6 per cent. Debentr }Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 Gt. India Pen in.gua.sp.e IDo. New, gua.s per cent , Gt. South. of Ind. L im. guaranteed 5 per cent.' Gt.W. of Canada Shares! Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with opt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. "73 without opt i Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 4} p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41- p. c. Extension Do. Fourth do. Do. do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds INewßrunswick&Canda. Ry. &Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do }Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do !Dude (Limited) IScinde } 4 Do. New }:e 1.. 9 Do. Punjaub . • At Do. Indus. St. Flo. }}, St. Andrews & Quebec Al Trinidad(Limited) Scrip all 1100 84 88 97 971 Id id 4} 61d el 7 1 78 82 70 75 68 73 Par 1 llg ;d od 104 10111 par ip par fp 99 100 100 i 101 20} 21i 31 35 90 92 69 71 82 85 68 72 68 72 991 991 id d 14 Id 131 134 7i 7 d 97 99 97 99 97 99 90 93 88 90 98 99 91 93 1 d 5 7 all 1100 100 100 1.3 0. 5 7 991 100} 1 d 94 95 I I d CHESTER RACES-(THIS DAY). (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LATEST BETTING. DEE STAKES. 7to 4 agst Upperhand 3to 1 agst Sir William DERBY. 4to 1 agst The Wizard sto 1 agst St. Albans Cto 1 agat Umpire 11 to 1 agst Buccaneer 12 to 1 art Mainstone 12 to 1 agst Thorinanby 20 to 1 agst Nutbourne 20 to 1 agat High Treason 35 to 1 agat Cramond RACING FIXT Doncaster Spring 8 York Spring lO Salisbury lO Bath l5 Ju Ascot Hampton l3 Newton 13 Odiham l9 Beverley 2O Jitl Newmarket J Carlisle Worcester . Liverpool Abingdon .. ..12 Aui Brighton Brighton Club 3 Wolverhampton Reading 8 Radcli l3 Egham 14 SEPTE Warwick Doncaster 11 Chesterfield l7 Leieester l9 OCT , Bedford Newmarket S 0. NOVE: Hereford Liverpool Autumn 7 1 I IREL Rowth and Baldov] Ju: Wisklow AUG Heath of Afaryboro' 7 Galway , 14 R_76 FOR 1860. LY. Harpenden. .. ~..18 Epsom Manchester ..30 Hungerivrd ............31 NE. Bibury Club 20 Stockbridge 2l Winchester r 22 Chelmsford 26 Newcastle 26 LT. Nottingham .. 17 Stamford l9 Marlborough 2O Goodwood 24 Oxford l6 Plymouth 21 York 22 1 Lichfield 27 Stockton 2B Derby :91BEIR. Monmouth 9O Me.noheater Autumn 21 Newmarket F.O. 26 IBIR. I Newmarket H 22 Worcester Autumn 30 ABBR. Shrewsbury Autumn .... 13 ,AND. le Summer 8 Curragh .. 2$ UST. Roscommon 21 LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF DIVORCE. Before the Judge Ordinary, Mr. Justice Hill, and Mr. Justice Willis.) OATH V. OATH AND WOODWARD. This was a petition of Mr. Gath for a divorce from his wife on the ground of drunkenness and adultery with a person named Woodward. The evidence in support of the petition was chiefly that given by a domestic servant in the service of Mr. and Mrs. Gath, named Ann Swin, who stated that she was in die service of Mrs. Gath. In 1857 she entered the service, and shortly after that Mrs. Gath used to get very intoxicated. Mr. and Mrs. Gath quarreled very much. In 1858 Mrs. Gath went to live in a house in which the co respondent resided. She did not know him when they first went there, but the intimacy sprang up very shortly after. She had very frequently seen Mrs. Gath sitting in Mr. Woodward's room. The intimacy increased, and on one occasion she said she saw Mrs. Gath in Mr. Woodward's bed bat it was during the day time when he was absent from home. In conse quence of certain suspicions she watched the actions of the parties and eventually she saw an act of adultery:committed by the parties in Mr. Woodward's sitting room. She then told Mrs. Catherine Whithook, the landlady. This wit • ness in her examination said she had seen Mrs. . Gath sitting beside Mr. Woodward on the sofa in his room with his arms round her neck. One morning Mrs. Oath came into the kitchen and said that Mr. Woodward said her cheeks were like velvet and her lips like roses. She afterwards had sees Mr. Woodward kiss Mrs. Gath. She had some blinds in the room when Mrs. Gath:first came ; they were removed in consequence of what Ann Swin said. Mr. Wood ward never made any observation about the removal of the blinds. One night witness .stated that she had been told that adultery was being frequently committed in Mr. Woodward's room, and that she went and looked through the shutters, and there saw what was alleged. She did not communicate what she had seen to Mr. Oath, but told a Miss Hepper. Several other witnesses were examined, all of whom were severely cross-examined by the counsel for the respondent, to show that the case had teen gnt up unfairly against his client. Mr. Overend, Q.C., fur the co-respondent, Mr. Wood ward, made a very forcible speech, stating, in the course of his remarks, that his client had evidently been led into his present position by the acts of Mrs. Gath. The Judge Ordinary, in addressing the jury, said the petitioner in this case, charged adultery to have been com mitted by Mrs. Gath with a person named Woodward. They would have to consider certain admissions that had been made by Mr. Woodward, but, at the same time, he must tell them that by law the admission of one of the two parties proceeded against without corroboration could not be used as evidence against the other. It could only be used against the person making it. The effect of Wood ward admitting the adultery was no evidence that Mrs. Gath had committed it. If they entertained any doubt they could return a verdict that adultery had not been proved to their satisfaction, but in any decision they arrived at it must be devoid of uncertainty, and if they were of opinion that adultery had been committed they would say so. After the jury had been in consultation for a few minutes, The Foreman (addressing his lordship)—Must we be Unanimous, my lord ? The Judgo •Ordinary—Certainly ; and, gentlemen, I must be permitted to say that I hope the day is far distant when we shall be satisfied with less. The jury then returned as their verdict that adultery had been committed by Mre. Gath. On the question of costs his lordship 'said he did not think the co-respondent ought to be saddled with any of the expenses of the suit, as he appeared to have been clearly lei into the commission of the adultery by the acts of Mrs. Gath. SHERIFFS' COURT. PASISOVER WINE FOR CEREMONIES.-LEVY V. BRIAN. This was an action to recover 135., money paid for seven bottles of raisin wine which plaintiff alleged were unfit for consumption. _ _ Plaintiff stated that during Passover week he required some ceremonial wino, and purchased seven bottles of de fendant. The wine proved upon trial to be very bad, and was taken back to defendant, who refused to refund the money. Defendant—l never took it in. A witness for defendant explained that the wine used for the Passover ceremonies was made under the personal supervision of the rabbi. It was sealed with a peculiar seal, and that seal was a kind of guarantee that the wine could be used in the ceremonies. Now, plaintiff had broken the seals of every bottle, and of course defendant could not take it back. His Honour--This is a different thing to what it would have been if the wiue had been intended for usual con sumption. It appears to have been made to the satisfac tion of the rabbi, and the plaintiff must be nonsuited. POLICE INTELLIG'ENC'E.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. UNPROVOKED ASSAULTS ON A COFFEEHOUSE KREPER.—John Murdock and Andrew Brown, two tailors, were charged before Mr. Beadon wick violently assaulting Mrs. Rachel Tabb, wife of Mr. Tabb, coffehouse keeper, of 2, Dean-street, Soho. Mrs. Tabb said that on the previous night, about nine o'clock, the prisoners came into the house, both of them intoxicated, and said they had come to make a row, and that she had better send for a constable. She took them at their word, but before the constable arrived they behaved in the most violent and outrageous manner, smashing a table, breaking a second, and knocking all the articles all about the place. Not content with this one of them smashed a thick window of plate glass, and the prisoner Brown struck her several blows on the breast and bit her finger, causing her severe pain, and spoiling a valuable dress by the blood trickling down it. The complainant's evidence was borne out in some parti culars by Mr. Henry Furstman, a neighbour, and also by Police-constable John Gilby, the former stating that the prisoners' conduct was very violent. Murdock said he merely went to see a young woman who used to live at the house as servant. Mr. Beadon said it was a monstrous affair. Ho would take care that coffeehouse• keepers should not be assaulteyZ in this way, and should fine them L 3 eaoh for the result, and 20e. each for the damage, and in default two months imprisonment. STEALING A COUNTESS'S CARD CASE.—George Spinks, no home, was charged with stealing a gold card case from a carriage in Regent-street, the property of the Countess of Aylesford. Fryer, a Mendicity Society officer, said he saw the pri soner, whom he knew as a beggar, coming from a carriage window in Regent-street, and trying to conceal something which glistened under his coat. He asked him what he had got there, and he replied, " Nothing ;" but on his putting his hand under the prisoner's coat, and into his pocket, he took from it the gold card case produced, and in it he found cards of the Countess of Aylesford. He wished for a re mand to make further inquiries. A remand was granted for a week, FILETS FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY IN SMITHFIELD. In by-gone days the arena of Smithfield was not unfrequently the scene of combats which created the most intense excitement throughout the whole land. 'Tis true the combatants were not the lowest born of the people ; nor was reward of victory a settlement as proprietor of an alehouse, with an un limited command of beer—that was reserved for victors in the modern prize ring. But in times when the national supremacy depended upon per sonal prowess in the battle, and when the strong arm of one man might turn the tide of victory, it is not surprising that efficiency in the battle field was a quality highly prized by all classes, and encouraged by the highest in the land. The great combat in the first half of the fifteenth century, between Lord Scales and the Bastard of Burgundy, was ushered in with great ceremony. Norrey, King-at-Arms, and Clarencieux gave their beet attention to all the details, so that everything might be conducted with fairness, and according to precedent. The King's heralds proclaimed, with trumpets, the appointed place and time. Early in the morning the King, Queen, and courtiers, with both combatants, attended Divine worship at St. Paul's before proceeding to Smithfield, where the joust was held. The full particulars of this cele brated combat have been often narrated, so we will rather turn to a short unpublished account of a " passage of arms " between a knight of Arragon and an English knight, which, with many similar recitals, may be seen in a volume (Lansdowne MSS., No. 285) preserved in the British Museum. It is to this effect:— "A Challenge of Deeds of Arms of Philip Boyle, Knight.. "Be it known that I, Ph ilip de Boyle, Knight of the Realm of Arragon, am charged for to fight with a knight or squire for the special service of my sovereign lord, that most excellent and mighty prince the King of Arragon. And whereas I might not be delivered of my said enterprise for default of arms of them of the realm of France, wherefore I am come into the realm of England and into the court and presence of his high Majesty the most illustrious and victorious prince the King of Eng land and France, the source of honour, valour, and prowess. And by a supplication and by a special grace I have got leave to have a devise in this noble court, by the mean of the which I may be delivered of my said charge. " THE ARTICLES. " Art. I. We shall fight on horseback either of us, armed as it pleaseth him, that is to wit, with spears, sword, and daggers as either of us like, without any false engine. "Art. 11. He that God gives the victory shall have of the other his sword, or his helmet, or other armour which he bears on his head. "Art. 111. If the battle in thesame day come not to an end, we upon the morn shall accomplish it afoot with the harness aid weapons that are left to us, and none other. "Art. IV. That each of us may help the other with wrestling with legs and feet, and with arms and hands." These articles were agreed to by John Asteley, Squire, and on the 30th day of January, in the twentieth year of Henry VI., the combat came off before the King, " within Smithfield." " And when the said John had done his arms, then it liked the king of his highness to make him knight the same day, and he gave him 100 marks for the terme of his life, in the year of grace mcccc. xlij." This John Asteley appears to have been a noted warrior, as we find, from the same record, that four years previously he had accepted a similar chal lenge from Piers de Masse, a French squire, with four quarterings, and " smote the seide Piers throgh the hede." This was in the town of Paris, in St. Anthoine-street, before King Charles of France, in the year of our Lord mcccc. xxx. viii. THIS DAYS MARKETS. IVST. Stook Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 124 124 Stock 6 Stock 12i 12i Stock Stock Stock 6 Stock 10 10 12 10 12} Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock - 10 1 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 81 Stock Stock Stock 10s. 10 ' 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock) Stock' Stock Stock Share Dooke. Stich ill- —. StooklCommercial lOO .... Stock Do 4 perCent.Pret.Min lOO Stoci(East and West India lOO —• Stock London lOO •-• 69 StocMt. Katharine ICO . 181 Stock Southampton lOO -- 110 I ,Victoria . lOO 100 10$ 1011 1 iDO New teuraparu•serl $ .- all 100 100 100 all all 100 100 100 all all 115 115 13 , 3 1115 1011 9641 u 0 Stk 18 20 201 10 100 I 100 1043 171 20 Stook 100 I Stock 20 4to. .3tock 100 100 100 100 100 Stook stock Stock 4ock 100} Itif 2} 991 100 131 1 } all all all all 100 100 100 CORN EXCHANGE. !MI ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 51s 2d ; barley, 37s Ild ; oats, 24s sd; rye, 31s 5d ; beans, 41■ 6d; and peas, 38s Id. THE Sr( WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 48s 3d ; barley, 37s 2d ; oats, 23s Ild ; rye, 338 7d ; beans, 40s 5d ; peas, 38s 4d, ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 109,957; barley, 17,928 ; oats, .7,472 ; rye, 70 ; beans, 4,205 ; peas, 549 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. To-day's market was seasonably well supplied with beasts, amongst which were 160 oxen from Spain. All kinds met a dull inquiry, and Monday's currency was barely supported, the highest quotation for Scots being 4s 8d per 81bs. We have to report a heavy demand for sheep, at, in most instances, a decline in ♦alue of 2d per 81bs. Lambs, the show of which was moderate, changed hands slowly, at from 5s 6d to 7s 4d per 81bs. Prime small calves supported previous rates ; but inferior veal was dull, and 2d per Blbs lower in price. The pork trade was heavy, and the quotations had a drooping tendency. In miloh cows very little was doing. Per Blbs to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 2 3 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4 Prime Scots, &c. 4 :0 4 8 Crse. &inf. sheep 3 6 3 10 Second quality do. 4 0 4 6 s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool do. 4 8 5 2 Pme. S'thdowndo. 5 6 5 10 Large crse. calves 4 6 5 0 Prime small do 5 2 5 6 Large hogs 3 6 3 10 Small porkers d to 7s 4d. Lambs, 6a Suckling calves, lBs to 22a 22s to 295. and quarter •eld store pigs, TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs 7,000 Calves Pigs FOREIGN STIFFLY, Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are not to say extensive ; nevertheless, the demand is in active, on easier terms. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 38 8d to 4s 8d ; lamb, bs 4d to 5s 8d ; veal, 48 Od to 4s 6d ; pork, 4s Od to 4s 8d per Sibs. by the car case. SOUTHALL, May 2.—The supplies of fat stock here to day were seasonably good, and the trade generally rules very inactive, at the following prices : Beef, from 3s Gd to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 10d ; lamb, 6s Od to 7e Od ; veal, 4s 6d to 5s 4d ; pork, 3s Gd to 4s 3d per Blbs to sink the offal. ROMFORD, May 2.—Prime beasts, sheep, lambs, and calves sold steadily, at full prices. Otherwise the trade was sluggish, and we record the quotations as follows : Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 10d ; lamb, 6s Od to 7s 4d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 8d per 81bs ; suckling calves, 14s to lEs ; quarter old store pigs, 22s to 29s each; and mulch cows, £l4 10s to £IS lOs each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £5 Os Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 17s 6d ; and straw, £1 7s to £1 14s per load. Trade less active. CumßrniANn.—Meadow hay, £3 3s to £5 5s ; clover, £4 Gs to £5 17s Od ; and straw, £1 7s to £1 15siper lead. A moderate demand. WILITECKAPEL.—Moadow hay, £3 Os to £5 Os Od ; clove! £4 O■ to a Os ; and straw, £1 7s to £1 14e per load. Trade steady. THIS DArs SHIPPING. LONDON, May 3.—Wind this day at noon, North- North-East ; strong breeze and very fine. Nr. NV ron T, May 2.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Scandia, for St. Thomas's. CARDIFF, May 2.—Sailed—Henrietta, for Quebec ; Maria, for Shanghai. OEr BRIDPORT, May 2.—Arrived—'Vicar of Bray, from Callao. _ _ . --___. HARTLEPOOL, May 2.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Flying Spray, from Valparaiso. PoIITSMOUTIi, May 2.—Wind E., blowing hard.— Arrived.—Gitano, from River Cingo for Rotterdam. PLYMOUTH, May 2.—Wind E.—Off port—lrene, from Melbourne. _ CLYDI, - May 2.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—lsaac R. Davies, from New Orleans. Sailed—City of Perth, for Calcutta. QUESNITOWN, May I.—Arrived—Malta, from Manilla; Mary Storer, from Mobile ; Philip Savory, from Liverpool for Colombo. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Wind E. Arrived, May 2. Alma Mater, from Sunderland ; Courier and Atalanta, steamers, from Jersey. Arrived, May 3.—Wonder, steamer, from Havre ; th• steamer from London for Dublin. Sailed, May 2.—Tasmania, steamer, for St. Thomas ; Aliance, steamer, for Havre. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Wind S. ; tide, four hours' flood ; weather fine. Arrived, May 2. — Konigen , Elizabeth, and Severn, from Dentsie ; Robert, and City, from Stralsund ; Palmen, from Christiana; Vitus, from Stolpenunde ; Trina Maria, from Nykiobing ; Johannes Tonder, from Frederickstadt ; Ben digo, from Griefswald. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Wind, N.E. ; strong. Passed, in tow.—Lincolnshire, from Melbourne ; and Emulous, from Patras—both for London. lasted.—Nancy Dawson, and Excelsior, for Marseilles ; Algeria, for Bombay; Lauderdale, for Hongkong; Cam brian, for Jamaica; James Paton, for Shanghae ; Spars borg, for Shediac ; Thorn, for Beibice—all from London. BELGIAN OFFICERS FOR THE POPE.—A decision has just been come to, says the Nord, that no o ffi cer on th e lists of the Belgian army sh all obtain from the Government such a leave of absence as would allow his taking service abroad, even in a temp orar y manner. To the applications made, the War Department returns the following answer : —" If the officers who are desirous of proceeding to Italy to place themselves under the orders of General de Lamo ricit:Te persist in their intentions, it only remains for them to tender to the Hang the resignation of the rank they hold in 13olgium. • IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair s c hortly after 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were considered and ordered fur third reading :—Epping Railways (Dunmow Extension) and Llanelly Railway and Dock Company. The following bills were read a second time :—Caledo nian Railway (Branches to Lanark, dm), Caledonian Rail way (Lesmahagow Branches, &c.), Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostreyor Railway, and Portadown, Dungannon, and Omagh Junction Railway. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented against the Poor -law Medical Relief Bill ; against the reduction of the wine duties ; against the Fire Insurance Bill, &c. &C. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. On the motion cf Mr. BRAND leave of absence for 10 days was granted to Colonel Biddulph on the ground of ill health. AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. • , Lord RAYNHAM, in moving the second reading of this bill, said the question involved in this measure was one of great importance. It was brought forward from a feeling that the law was inadequate to meet the class of offences with which it was proposed to deal, and it was a general conviction that some amendment was demanded. He pro posed that for those offences magistrates should be enables to inflict on the offender corporal punishment, and in the event of a second conviction the infliction of that punish ment was to be rendered compulsory. He contended that the substitution of that punishment for a lengthened ini prisonmentwould be a mercy to wi ves w h o su ff ere d w ith t h e i r children from the imprisonment of their husbands, on whose exertions they were dependent for the actual means of subsistence. He admitted, however, that in many cases the imprisonment was desirable, for there were some of the working class whose conduct was so brutal to their wives and families, that their being confined for a particular pe nod was an unquestionable benefit. It was objected that corporal punishment tended to render more brutal the party on whom it was inflicted ; but, even admitting that such were the case, it was not a principle of jurisprudence to consider what might be the conduct of an offender after punishment, but to impose such punishment as would de ter parties from the commission of crime. They per mitted the lash in the army and navy, and it was not shown that the effect on soldiers and sailors was to make them. worse than they were before they had been punished. He did not see why they should be more tender in regard to the backs of civilians th an th ey were o f th ose o f th military and navy. There was no innovation of the law, because the power of inflicting corporal punishment was exercised by magistrates for certain offences, and there was one party who was sentenced to six months' imprisonment in Here , . ford witk hard labour and to receive 36 lashes, though his offence was only stealing a pair of boots and two umbrellas. The noble lord having stated that he proposed to abolish fines, expressed a hope that the Government would not oppose the second reading of the bill. He contended that the infliction of corporal punishment would have a powerful moral effect in the neighbourhoods where the offenders re sided. The argument that corporal punishment should hot be inflicted except through the medium of a jury was puerile, for the intervention of a jury had reference to the mode of trial in particular cases, and not to the punishment awarded for the commission of an offence. He believed it was admitted by all persons that the present law should be amended, and he hoped that, even if his propositions were not acceded to, the house would allow the bill to go into committee, where it could be modified to meet the views of honourable members. The noble lord read a list of cases in which husbands had behaved with the greatest brutality towards their wives and children, and entered into details to show that the punishments inflicted were totally inadequate to the character of the offences committed. He considered that the measure was a mode- rate one, and entitled to the favourable opinion of the house. Mr. CLIVE denied that the bill was a moderate measure. It provided•that for the first offence there should be in• flicted 12 months' imprisonment and 50 lashes, and for the second offence 18 months' imprisonment and 150 lashes. The reason why the present law was inoperative was owing to the indisposition of wives to prosecute their husbands, and, when the punishment was rendered severer, that in disposition would be increased. He was satisfied that practically the bill would not work well, because magistrates would be reluctant to inflict punishment of that character. He was ready to take on himself the whole responsibility of recommending the rejection of the bill, which he proposed should be read a second time that day six months. Mr. E. JAMES seconded the amendment, Mr. D. GRIFFITHS supported the bill. The law at present might be considered logically sufficient to meet assaults such as those contemplated in the measure ; but they had to deal with such a brutalised class that it was found inefficient in repressing social offences. He deprecated the tenderness exhibited in regard to the infliction of corporal punishment, as related to adult civilian offenders, when it was resorted to in the army and navy. He agreed in the suggestion of an hon. member near him that in respect to persons convicted of this class of offences corporal punishment should be inflicted in as degrading a manner as possible, and after the mode adopted towards school boys. (Laughter.) However, he considered it would be desirable to refer it to a select com mittee. Mr. WARNER approved of the principle of the bill as to the necessity for the amendment of the law, and con demned the extent of sentiment favourable to criminals which at present prevailed in this country. He agreed with the hon. member who last addressed the house as to the advisability of referring the bill to a committee. Mr. DILLWYN supported the proposition for going into committee, and strongly advocated the retention of corporal punishment. Mr. S.ESTCOURT opposed the bill as being imprac • ticabl; and entrusting too great a power into the hands of magistrates. Sir G. C. LEWIS said there was no increase in the offences in question, though no doubt cases of this kind were reported more fully in the newspapers, which arose from the increased interest with which they were read by the public. He did not believe that any increase in the severity of punishment would di minish offences, and would have the effect of increasing the reluctance of wives to prosecute their husbands. After a few remarks from Mr. Brady, Mr. Coningham, Col. North, Mr, Walter, Col. Dickson, and Mr. Bonham- Carter, Mr. CLAY said ho would agree to a motion for an in quiry into the present law with a view to its amendment, but he could not agree to this bill. Hon. members seemed to assume that there were none but good women in tie world, but unfortunately there were many very bad ones. (Hear.) He was informed by a police magistrate in a dis trict that conferred on him great knowledge of the habits of the lower classes, and he stated that since the frequency of punishment for wife beating drunkenness had increased among wives in the district, with whom it was a common threat to their husbands to give them "a sixer." Sir B. LYTTON and Alderman COTEIAND supported the bill. Lord RAYNHAM replied briefly, and the house divided. The numbers were— For th 9 second reading Against Majority —s4 The announcement was received with loud cheers by a Large house. The bill was accordingly read a second time. _ _ Some discussion arose - a; to whether the bill should be re ferred to a select committee, or debated clause by clause by a committee of the whole house. It was ultimately ar ranged that the bill should be committed pro forma to morrow. Sir M. PETO, one of the tellers, stated that there was an error in the numbers, which should have been for the second reading 109, instead of 139, which reduced the ma jority to 24. The Malicious Injuries to Property Act Amendment Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Wednesday next. The house went into committee on the Fisheries (Scot land) Bill. Mr. BUCHANAN moved an omission in the first clause abolishing. the right of proprietors to fish in preserved water. Some discussion ensued, in the course of which The LORD ADVOCATE said that some hon. members did not understand the object of the clause, which was merely to prevent persons adopting improper means, or more properly poaching, to catch fish. It was most desir able to prevent fisheries being injured with lime, and he proposed to introduce a clause at the end of the bill to pro tect the rights of proprietors. With this understanding the amendment was not pressed. Clauses 2 and 3 were agreed to. On clause 4, which conferred power of arresting persons suspected of intention to commit poaching, a short discus sion ensued, some hon. members considering that the clause was too stringent. The clause, with some amendments, was agreed to. On clause 5, Mr. BUCHANAN moved the omission of the words "or any justice of peace," the object of which amendment was to deprive justices of the peace of jurisdiction in cases of poaching. The house divided, and the numbers were— For the clause l2B Against it Majority —B7 _ The clause was accordingly agreed to. On clause 6, an amendment was moved making two wit nesses necessary in securing a summary conviction against a person accused of poaching. The remaining clauses were agreed to, and the bill was reported. The hone then resumed. TENURE AND IMPROVEMENT OF LAND (IRELAND) BILL. On the il,hbel motion !for postponement of the secon d readin g of this a Mr.A day si l t A tin G g U f l o the hch G l o r v i e s r h n m m e o n o i t tboo rappointwere waiting most anxiously. R r t E hi a s p b p i e ll a , le fo d r t w o Mr. CARDWELL said that ho had every desire to pro ceed with this bill without delay, but could not name an earlier day than Tuesday the 15th, nor could he pledge himself to bring it on that day. LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. HENNESSY moved the second reading of this bill. The hon. member entered into a brief review of the state of Ireland, and said that his bill contained a clause giving retrospective compensation for 20 years, which was the period recommended by the present Lord Chancellor of Ireland. It being a quarter to rix o'clock, by the rules of the houso the hon. member was interrupted in his address, and The house adjourned. STATE Op TRADE.—A reference to our usual re ports from the manufacturing districts, and elsewhere, will serve to show that the trade of the past month has been anything but satisfactory. In fact, complaining has been all but universal, and the dispute among the money dealers has tended not a little to aggravate the evil. No doubt the stagnation of our home trade has been mainly caused by the unsettled state of things as connected with the Anglo- French Treaty, added to the ungenial state of the weather. It is to be feared that the season is too far advanced for us now fully to make up for the ground that has been so far lost, but we must hope that, ere long, summer will burst upon us with all its genial influence, and that the season will yet prove a busy one, although somewhat nipped of its usual length.—Lilwall's Mercantile Circular for May. HEROIC CONDUCT AND ITS UNFORTUNATE RE SULTS.—CharIes M'lntyre. a Scottish farrier, was on Good Friday walking through Kensington-gardens, and observed a child fall into the Serpentine. He plunged into the water, and acoomplished his object of rescuing the drown ing child, but thoughtlessly made his way home in dripping clothes on the top of an omnibus. He caught cold, was seized with erysipelas, and died at 11 o'clock on edes day night in Middlesex Hospital. He was much esteemed by all who knew him.