The Sun. — London, England, 1860-04-25 00:00:00

0 0 0 Lt g d Le )t le Da a th ed )rt by he •e -no •cr trt 3re for lid or )ne ard of for was 3r. Lnd, t of try, in ady iral xch- Ling eck. I get ?en t the I be Bible vself we res." hose ling. their have pri and ,duct leave Lstora shore I the upon nent] Lrker ed fo] con g re nate an, meet pri lobo] shi of tt )f tt asto] ;uill ed ti to a] ant eld A) Le li Ld, oe pig s tl a tl so s ucl by e d, tt 18 et f ( :41 let :it 't 914 e 3 pl es cl CE Le [(lave tstora. shore I the upon nents Lrker, ed for con g re mate, T and mecu - D pri lubor- ship of the )f the aston, ;linty ed the to 12 and ant 10 !ningt .1d on ae the w ithin e o tele f 9, .ther ° letoe ° Joe; i t f rise ° MONEY 31,11Z.KET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. A quiet tone still pervades the general discount market, and unless renewed activity is shortly- ex perienced, the probability of a reduction in the minimum rate of discount will soon attract atten tion. Already the subject is referred to in specu lative channels, because, in addition to the dimi nished pressure, and the reactionary tendency of the rates, large quantities of gold are coming for ward, which, for a time at least, may accumulate in the Bank's vaults. The rates at which choice de scriptions of mercantile bills can be negotiated in the open market now range as low as 41 per cent., but the commercial public, no doubt anticipating a further decline, are only supplying their immediate Wants, and the market has therefore assumed a very inactive appearance. The extent of the frauds committed by Pullinger, the late chief cashier of the Union Bank of London, is now ascertained, and the report made by the directors has created great astonishment. The amount involved is £263,070, which, from its mag nitude, will place Pullinger at the head of the list of defaulters, comprising Watts, Robson, and Red path. In order to provide for this deficiency in the capital of the bank, the directors purpose to re transfer the sum of £120,000 applied to the reserve fund in July, and to take a further amount of £lOO,OOO from the same fund, leaving the balance of £40,000 tobe met out of this year'sprofits. There is every reason to believe that the position of the bank will not materially suffer in consequence of this catastrophe, and it is hoped that the share holders and the public will continue to place every confidence in its stability and continued prosperity. The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were in most instances rather lower. Notice has been given that the half-yearly in terest on the Corporation of Montreal Six per Cent. Consolidated Bonds will bo paid on and after the Ist proximo. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a rather active demand prevailed, and prices were well supported. The sales amounted to 12,000 bales. Th• Railway Share Market closed quietly, and the tendency of quotations continued down ward. _ _ _ The half-yearly meeting of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company has just been held, and the pro posed dividend of £2 per share was agreed to. The official returns relating to trade and navi gation'for the three weeks ending 31st March have b ee n published, from which it appears that the total declared value of the exports from the United Kingdom amounted to £30,481,907, against £30,520,794 in the like period of 1859, showing a decrease of £38,887. The decrease is most percep tible in cotton manufactures, haberdashery and millinery, hardwares and cutlery, silk manufac tures, thrown silk, and refined sugar, There is an Increase, however, in beer and ale, coals and culm, coottn yarn, earthenware and porcelain, leather, machinery, British spirits, woollen manufactures, and woollen and worsted yarn. The importations of the principal articles were larger as regards cocoa, coffee, raw cotton, fruit, provisions, rice, spices, tallow, tea, tobacco, wine, and sheep and lambs' wool, but there is a diminu tion in wheat, flour, indigo, potatoes, raw silk, and unrefined sugar. The shipping accounts exhibit an increase in the amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade of the United Kingdom for the three months of 247,208 tons for the entries inwards, and of 117,402 tons for the clearances outwards. In the coasting trade for the three months 155,780 tons more were employed than in the cor responding period of 1859 for the entries inwards, and 280,875 tons for the clearances outwards. There is very little activity in the market for Public Securities to-day, and the few dealings re ported have not led to any material variation, Consols being 941 y for money, and 941 sellers for the account. The New Threes and the Reduced are firm, at 931 d ; India Loan is steady, at 106 i ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, at 981 ; Exche quer Bills are 6s, to 10s. prem., and Bank Stock has improved to 225 226. A moderate amount of business is recorded in Foreign Securities, and prices aro firm. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 761 to 771 ; ditto New, 611 to 61; ; and the 4 per Cents. have advanced to 101,1; Russian 3 per Cents., to 651; Sardinian, to 84f, ; Spanish are steady, at 47.1 4 ; Dutch 21 per Cents., at 66 ; and ditto 4 per Cents. are firmer at 1004 a. The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are pm. ; the Universal ditto, 1 pm. ; and the Victoria Loan is 1052 A slight improvement has taken place in the Railway Share Market, prices in several instances showing an advance of to f per cent. Lan cashire and Yorkshire, South Western, and Mid land have improved 55.; Caledonian, Great Western, and North Western, 10s. ; Oxford, Wor cester, and Wolverhampton, and South Eastern have declined ss. The Foreign aid Colonial lines remains very in active, with little change of importance to notice in values. Northern of France realise 38i ; and Paris and Lyons, 37i ; East Indian Peninsula, 99 to 994 ; and Great Western of Canada, 13t 134. Joint Stock Bank Shares are dull ; Union of London have declined to 25 and 26 ; Ottoman Bank are 17i; and London and Westminster, 58. In the Miscellaneous Market Peninsular and Oriental Steam are steady at 80, and Royal Mail Steam are 53. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Bank Stock a per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93k / I 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities IsT4w 3 per Cent. Annuities Anna. 30 Years, expire sth Jan., 1880 bitto for 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 171 In lia Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO 5 d Consols for Account (May 9) Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 9 10 6 10 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK licazilian 5 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent., 1858 — Ditto Scrip, 1860 Pallid= 4i per Cent 9ll Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 Sardinian, 5 per Cent B4l Spanish 3 per Cent 47i Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent , — Ditto Neiv Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London Data. Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 66 Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. Cones's, Money Ditto Account THIS DAYS SHIPPING. LONDON, April 25. —Wind this day at noon, N. E. strong breeze and fine. OFF DOVER, April 23.—Arrived—Walter Scott, from th e West, for the Baltic. OFF COWES, April 25 —Arrived—Adriatic, steamer, from New York, and proceeded for Havre—left New York, on th e 15th inst. On freight 40,000 dollars in specie. NEWPORT, April 24.—Sailed—Topelana, for St. Tho mas . CARDIFF, April 24.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived—Rein deer, from Bilboa. TORBAY, April 24—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Patriot, from Canaries. SUNDERLAND, April 24—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Minerva, for Hong Kong ; Neckar, ditto ; Kaffirland, for Caldera ; Tetica*, for St. Andrews ; Euphrates, for Quebec. FALMOUTH, April 25.—Arrived—Iris, from Pernam buco, for Cadiz. . (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind E. Arriyed, April 24.—Ceres, steamer, from Dublin ; Eliza beth and Wonder, from London ; Unity, from Rouen ; Gratitude, from Newport. Sailed.—Jeune Armand and L'Etoile, for Carenton ; k;res, steamer, for London; Dispatch, steamer, for Jersey. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. e Wind E. ; tide last hour's ebb; weather very strong and tie. r ,,Arrived—Junge Herman, from Brussels; Fortuna, from 'nent. Sailed —Donor, for Constantinople ; Belgium, steamer, 'c'r Ostend ; Lord J. Russell, steamer, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind, N E. ; a gale. assed—Her Majesty's steamer Vivid, from the West, or the River. ' 544 at back—Henry Gillespie, from South Australia, for on. sHA R.F. MA RICE THIS DAY.) .0 RD LN,A. RY S ARES Railways D STOCKS. Closing Price. ei 6i 8 8i 70 72 lli 121 101 103 001 91 6i 7 . a el 901 8 11 18 19 545 65i 36 38 26 28 :7 79 31i 32 98 100 114 115 116 118 130 133 113 114 RBf 691 60 65 104} 105 64 70 113 115 12 13 99 994 d 91i 92i 41& 12 24 2 d 11 t! 1161 93 95 101 114 7 6 d, 54 56 s Id 61 614 954 96 If 14 48! 794 80 106 108 31 81 Ei 9 94 42 44 14 16 115 117 364 374 88 90 48 50 4 3d 42 14 87 874 65 67 77 80 6 8 394 404 81 91 pi 554 564 24 34 p id ip 511 60 10 11 5i 6 3 2 d 12.10 owing. tiostl and Eastern Junction Ilelfa:st and Ballymena Bir., Wol., and Ste. Val Birk., La., and Ch. June Blackburn Wyth and Tyue Bust.Slefl& Mid. Cour, Rri,,ol and EA:Mt,, o,,dederti an Carmarthen & Cardigan ( Cork and Bandon , Cork, Blkreck,&Pansage Cornwall Do. A A Twee. no div. Do. B untib3p.c.per an. 111 hasheen pd.toß. Dublin an dflelfastJunc. Dun.,Perth,& Abr.June East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock, Do. do. B Stock Do. NW. A.(lte.E.U3ds) l East Suffolk Do Edinburg, and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness! Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(Treld) Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Trish South Eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall. Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast Lond. Chat. and Doverl London & North Westnl i Do. Eighths f.ondon& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine , L'derry & Enniskillen, Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Ilaryport and Carlisle , Do. do. Shares.... Metropolitan Nib - Band Do. firming. & Derby ! Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland; Do. A Shares Mid Kent Do. (Cray Line) Newcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & TTerefdl Newry & Armagh pet.; Newry, Warpt., & Roe Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until lip. c.h asbeenp dB Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase ,Do. Leeds Do. York 'North London !North Staffordshire No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern South Wales SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun Staines, Wok., & Wok Stockton & Darlington Do. do. Stockton & llartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesliavenDk&Rail Ulster Do. Do. Yale of Neath (Victoria Station & Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick' West Cornwall West London Do. Ist Class Dn. 2d Class 'Worcester & llereford PREFERENCE SHARES. share Railways. Closing Business Paid. l Price. Done. 25 ['Blythe and Tyne 1C per 0. pref. (issued at 25 all Stk Brie. & Exet.4p.ct.St 100 20 I Do. do. do. Shares l4 ;took Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 100 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. all 61 'Cork & Bandon, 51 p, c. all 20 Cornwall, 5 percent. all 61 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. all Stock ,E.Angn. Class A 7.4 i spe , 100 Stock ID°. do. Class B 6 100 s l o oc ck k D Eue . do. oin .E Class x . 5 C p 7 c p t. N c.. o .. ii 100 100 -itock , Do. do N 0.21 100 Stock Do. New 6 per et. Stock, 100 Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 Mock Do. 5 per cent, guar..' 100 ittock, , Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares. 100 Stock , Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. & D 100 ..4tock Ed in. Perth,& D un. 4 pc:l Stock Furness, 5 per cent ...., Stock I Glas. ,t-S West. • a. 5 pc. Stock Great Northern, 5 p. ct.' Stock Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm Stock Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 100 1D0.51).e.Redm.,5 pc. pm ' 10 113 t. Nh. of Seotld, Ist pt Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland)4 p. ct. pref. Stock Great West. (Berks and Trants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 41 p ct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct no. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. et. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c.pf.sh. lo do. 5 p. et. pref Do. Birming:. guar. stock, no. Chester guar.shares, !Do, do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Do. Barnsl.StEs 3slOdpe Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan) Lon.&Tlrig.spc. gu. No.l , 5 p. c No. 2 I Do. .flua., 6 p. ct. Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Do. Do. 41 per cent. 1)0. do. 41 per e. sharer? Do. 7 percent. Pref. St. D 0.6 p.e.do.(W.E.&C.P.) D 0.4 p.c S.(div.dettiV6s) Lond. Chat. and Dover Lon . & N.W.Cov.&Nun eaton, 5 p. et. f.on. &S. W, 7 p.et. stock Londondy & Cole, 1 she Londondy.& Ennis 1 sh "Tan., Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct Do. £6 Do. 34 per cent. Do. redeem. 6 per cent. I Wary port & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent... .. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. stock . Do.Con.Brisdkrifr.6p.ot. )o. 41 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. 'Leto. & Hit.pref. et. Newport,Aber,&c.pret.s P.O. redeem, at 5 p. 0. n Tn Do. Perpet, 6 p. o. with option till 1866 Do., till 1869, tstis Do. do., 2d is Verflk 5 pat Ex.Stk,lB4 Do. 51 p. c. Pref, do. 1847 D 0.5 WavVal.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, spercent Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Do, Bor. Un. g. pf. shs. Do. do. do. Nth.Dev.Rall.&Dek.Co. N-East.Cons. Pref.4p.c. Do. Berwick, 4 p. a. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. o. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848% Do. York, H.& S. Purch. North Staffordshire Dx. Wr. & Wol. 6pc. Ist g I no. Redeem., 2d gua Do. Irrecleem., 2 , 1 gua. ,llhymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pt 4 cottish North-Eastern 31 per c. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen.ffU a. 6 pc. D o , 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. let is South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 41 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 re. gua Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p.c 12i Stock Stock Stock 6 Stock 101 12 10 12. Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock, 10 10 Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 10s. 1.0.8. ti tool( <tock Stock Stock Stock Stook 96 98 1100 102 54 8 99 101 110 113 103 108 110 112 109 111 124 126 80 82 110 112 90 92 75 76 118 120 117 119 110 112 110.3 105 85 87 98 98 98 100 88 90 90 92 102 103 91 /.01 17 18 lei 101 74 75 191 20 91 101 141 15 138 140 115 117 115 117 [3i 142 115 117 154 VI 132 136 68 70 21 22 'l5 117 L 5! 157} 12 121 125 127 It 68 70 I 138 140 101 103 1p 94 96 loi Ilf 12} 4 Ip 4 I P 110 111 108 110 I ;r 90 V 2 95 97 1 Id id ip 23 24 124 126 1117 119 73 75 10 I 0 231 2m 100 102 100 102 89 91 99 101 84 88 28 29 321 831 33; 32 33 50 53 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. I Paid. liedlord and itietchley all Buckinghamshire 100 Chester & Holyhead 100 Do. do. 5i p. ct 100 Do. do. 5 p. et. Clydesdale,Tunction lOO Colchester, Stour Val all M.Lincolnshlre,g.6p.c 100 141Unlon,Hapv . ichShe all Do. Woodbrid,ge Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct. Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest I liartlpool.Dek.&Rail 1 Hull and Selby Do. 4 Shares 1)o. Shares Lanc.&Carl.gua.s p.c LonTlon &Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&.Soutend 1 gua. 4p. ct Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. Mi d. Bradford Prefer ence Stock Newmarkt.,BuryEx j ! guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn. & 14.3astn. 5 p.c. I Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent I North Western Preston and Wyre. s D ßho o ry . Qs f s lvt ns i b l i a rly r i t el l ill p,tr es A er pd . Do. Do. South Staffordshire .. Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon& Croydn. all DOCKS. Leasing I Closing! Business Co.'s. Price. I Done. Ln & N.W Ln & N.W Do. Caledonin E.U.&E G t. North. ,E.CountP.l Caledonin ! ' Do. Gt. West lYk.N...t jYk.N.3ld.i Ln & NNW' s. East 1 .Do. IPeto &Co Norfolk IDo. W&111 100 ;Midland 5. 5. R.'l4lCounts all !Do. all all Do. all Midland all L '" all 'Do. 100 Gt. North. 100 T Brassoy 1 all 6 98 51 31i 124 I`6 112 114 tO3 105 16 17 139 142 41 4i 21 3 95 97 I P 56 5€ 144 15 141‘Clean Gt. West L.&Brrtn 135 137 103 105 P i 101 11 j 91 93 74 84 MISCELL. Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Berlin Water Works British American Land Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 1 Do. C . Canada Land ,Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg Do. Preference 74 per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Do. 6 p. c. Perpet. Deb ,Electric Telegraph Do. New English & Aust. Copper Gen. Steam Navigation. Great Ship (Limited) Indian & Aust. Telegr London District Telegr London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co Madras Irr. and Canal IMediter. Electric Teleg. iMed. Exton. Tel. (Lim.) National Discount Co , Netherlands Land ID° 8 p.c.Pref.,i s s. at 1 dis N. Br.&NovaScotiaL and N.B.Australasian (Lim ) Oriental Gas D 3 o. riei Dw i l t e l. InS e . h A;e s am, A Ditto B Ditto C Peel River Land & Min. Pen. & Oriental Steam. o. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr. Rhymney Iron Do. New oyal Mail Steam cot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) South Australian Land. Submarine Teleg. Scrip:l Do. do Registered 'Tr.& Ln.Co.ot Upr. Can Van Diemen's Land Share Dooki. Stoci 110 112 1207 210 63 65 1 115 120 1 96 98 Paid Closing Business Price. Done. Steel I 7ominereial lOO S , ocli Dot, ppreeni .Pref .Min lOO ._ Steel: East and 11 - ost India lOO St oali.ondon lOO .... Steel:lSt. Katharine lOO Stock Southampton lOO to '',Victoria . lOO 100 103 IDo New tri•asolimisoll-' 3 - goodness Done. stock 50 stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 26 "itocic Stock 12i 12 Stool Stoop Paid. iloo 100 100 100 100 all all 100 100 100 all all 100 100 100 all all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 Stook 20 Sto. I Stock 100 100 100 100 100 Stock 99f i I 211 2 991 i 9 901 BRITISH MINES. Share Mines. Paid. Closing Ensines• Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 25 35 20 British Iron Clifford — SO 290 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 1440 450 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 85 90 East Caradon E. W'l Russl (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 12 121 Gam.&St.Aubyn(G wen.) 545 35 38 Great South Tolgus.... 17s 145 141 G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) 12.8.9 5 5 G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 95 — Grenville Herod's-Foot 8.12.0 30 32 Hingston Downs 4.7.0 31. 41 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant) 95 42 45 North Downs North Frances , Illogan) 11 3 41 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) 5 4 51 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 8 9 10 Par Consols (St. Blazy) ll 121 131 • Providence (Uny Lelat) 10.6.7 44 45 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 12s ,1 i SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 11 30S 310 South C. Brea( Illogan). 3 25 21 1 S.Dev. Iron & Gen. Min. all 11 11 S - Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 145 155 Stray Park 20.18.0 31 33 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 44 25 31 10 Tin Croft 9 41 45 Vale of Towev (Cann ) 138 6d 4 1 West Basset (Illogan) 24 20 21 W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 89 91 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 5l 145 155 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 874 02 4 Wheal Edward (Cals.). 65 11 15 Wheal Kitty (U . Lelant. 1.7.2 16 17 Wh'l3laryAnn(sienhe 8 201 211 Sts ..- svh'l Trelawney (Usk. 51 30 31 FOREIGN MINES 20 lustralian 7f 1 5 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim. 15s 5 d par 35 Brazil. Imp. (N. at £5 p.' 275 - 20 Do.St.Jolindelßey,Lim' a'l 23 24 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 1 Clarendon Cons. Min. Co. d 40 Cobre Copper al l 43 45 Copiapo l6 11 13 1 DunMoun.Cop.MiK;.Co all # ; 2 Fortuna 20 General all 23 25 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 1 d I p il Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 15 3 Linares all 101 111 5 LUSitliritan 1 Mariquita all 1 5 1 N RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10s. I d p 26 PontgibaudStiver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 5 6 5 Fort Philip 1 4 1 1 Scottish Australn. (L.)... 10s 5 d par *8.2.85 United 31:•xican 1 Worthing' (Limited) all 1 Do. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 iAgra&UnitedS 40 Australasia ervimßi g 5(--:r-75--r------- all 71 74 25 Bank of Egypt all 211 221 100 Pank of London ~ 50 51 53 20 5 'Chid. 21 Bank of Turkey 3— 25 Ch.Mer.of In. Lon.&Ch all 3 1 33 100 City British n o k r t o h f Americanl India, &o aallll 195 205 50 -- 715 10 0 Colonial 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of London 2O 19 21 20 Eng , Scot., & Aus. Ch all 17 17i 20 ;Gen Bk. of Switzerland all 20 'Lon.Char.Bk.otAustral. all . 225 235 50 London and County 50 London Joint stock 100 'London 4 Westminster 2O 1 00 Nat. Prov. of England 25 i OB Do. new lO 50 National Bank 25 20 New South Wales 25 'Orient .Bk. Corporatieu all 44 1 20 Ottoman BaAli a ll 17 18 175 100 IProvineial of Ireland 10 Do. New 25 .South Australia 25 Union of Australia all ..... 50 'Linton of London l2 _.. 24E51 6:5 100 'Unity Mutual OO ,—• = THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1.60. BItITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. Paid ) Closing Price. k wines* done 1 all 1100 13} alt all all Ileo 'lOO 100 1. 3 0. 1 all all all all 100 100 100 all 100 all all To — o too too 109 too 1 oc 100 100 106 100 100 .liEo' 84 86 97 97} Id }d 41 h d 6} 7} 78 62 70 75 68 73 par }p 11 11 d 1 1d Od 104 101} par ip par ip 99 . 100 1001 101 24 214 31 35 90 92 69 71 82 85 68 72 63 72 99.1 991 id d 11 ld 131 131 71 7 d 97 99 97 99 97 99 90 93 88 90 99 91 93 1 Id 5 7 6 7 994 100 Id f d 1 Id 94 95 I I d 15 18 32 13 4i 5 37 39 20 22 141 161 'l2O 12 6 • 8 25 30 24i 251 271 30 99 101 103 108 105 107 1 11 p 24 21 1 s r ' d 3 4 H 1 I cf I 10 15 1 I par 49 51 79 81 13 14 id iP 21 22 51 61 52 54 120 130 35 36 It 10 11 1011 i 991 9 6} 131 g 1111 105 f & 291 41 104 5 3 1 1 It7i 6j 45i NEWMARKET RACES (TIIIS DAY). (11r ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) JOCKEY CLUB PLATE. Newesotle £5O lIANDICAP PLATE Tom Thumb .... Rosary filly . Antler 2 3 Seven ran. £5O PLATE. 2 Weatherbound Bentinck Largesse Five ran. LATEST BETTING. CHESTER CUP. 11 to 1 agst Satellite (taken) 100 to 8 agst Petra (taken) 14 to 1 agst Gaspard (taken) 14 to 1 agst Tame Deer (taken) 20 to 1 agst Bribery colt (taken) 20 to 1 agst Apollyon (taken) 22 to 1 agst Indepenlence (taken) 100 to 3 agst Blue Ruin (taken) DERBY. 9to 2 agst Umpire (taken) lAIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(Tuts DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter past twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time :—Belfast and County Down Railway ; Belfast, Holywood, and Ban gor Railway; London Hydraulic Power Company; Moray shire Railway. The report on the Sovereign Life Assurance Company was brought up and agreed to. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented against the Medical Relief Bill, against the Wine Licenses Bill, against the Jews Amend ment Act, in favour of the Coal Mines Regulation Inspec tion, from members of aWesleyan Congregation at Norwich against the Church Rates Bill, &c. REFORM BILL. Mr. E. JAMES gave notice that on going into commit tee on the Representation of the Peoples' Bill, he would move that all persons of full age occupying lodging or por tions of a house in boroughs for which they paid £l2 a year, and those holding tenements for which they paid £2O a year, should be entitled to be placed on the register of voters, provided they occupied th e same f or t we l ve ca l en d ar months. LAW OF PROPERTY BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, which came from the Lords, Mr. HADFIELD complained that by the existing statutes law courts imposed restrictions upon the invest ments of trustees, by which they were required to invest the trust funds in such annuities as Consols, while there were other investments equally safe, and which would yield large annuities. That was a state of things which necessarily operated most unjustly in regard to those possessed of pro perty, and he referred to certain cases to show the extent of that injurious operation. He thought therefore that a clause extending the power of trustees with respect to in vestments should be introduced into the bill. The house then went into committee. On ekuse 1, _ Mr. HODOKINSON considered that in the case of maltsters injustice was inflicted. If a person became se curity for a person engaged in that business, his security was immediately registered and made a mortgage on his property, which was a great hardship. He had personal experience of this matter, and he suggested certain altera tions in the clause that would remedy the evil of which he complained. The present state of the law between a bonds man and the Crown was most unsatisfactory. Mr. WALPOLE objected to the am en d men t, on th e ground that Crown debtors stood in an exc e pti ona l pos iti on . Sir G. C. LEWIS said this matter concerned the departs wont of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and he was not competent to give an opinion on it. He considered the best eourse to adopt would be to postpone the consideration of the clause. After some remarks from Sir F. KELLY and Sir F. GOLDSMID, _ _ Mr. BOLT strongly objected to the clause as going to the extent of sweeping away all registered judgment secu rities on land, and debtors, to prevent an immediate execu tion, must effect a mortgage deed. The fact was that a registered judgment was now an equitable mortgage upon land; obtainable by a cheap and simple process, which, he contended, was valuablq alike to debtor and creditor. Mr. WHITESIDE said that there was no principle of law which made a registered judgment a lien on property. He alluded to cases in Ireland, in which the adoption of this practice proved ruinous to creditors. Under the circum stances, he would cordially support the clause. Mr. LONGFIELD considered that the clause should be postponed, as the subject to which it referred was too large and important to be dealt with in the summary manner proposed. After some further discussion, the amendment was with drawn. Mr. HADFIELD moved as an amendment, to insert in page 1, clause 1, line 12, after " recognisance," " to be en tered up after the passing of the present act," the object of which was to prevent the bill having a retropective operation. Mr. WALPOLE followed on the same side, and con td t s h h a o t ul t d he be eff m ec a t de of fo ci, d m g e m n de n e n' t e s ' for tb t ; l e a n t byeyears that before there could be a sale of landed property. He thought there might be exceptions to the amendment, but not of the character already urged, and he considered the bill, pro tante as a step in the right direction. Mr. BARROW said that the expense of making searches for these judgments was so great, and he spoke from per sonal experience, that the effect was that they were not made in the case of small freeholderv. This clause, to a certain extent, afforded security with reference to the pur chaser of freehold property, and, therefore, he would give it his support. Mr. ROLT considered that the amendment of the hon. member for Sheffield should pass with the clause. Mr. DEASEY opposed the clause, as not affording the necessary facilities for effecting the sale and transfer of land it promised, and being calculated to cause great inconvenience to landed owners against whom judgments were obtained. Mr. MURRAY thought the clause should be postponed, until the hon. member who had care of the bill had a con ference with the hon. members who had taken a part in the debatis, After a few words from Mr. APMANoN and Mr. HAD YIELD;the amendment was negatived. Sir G. C. LEWIS considered that, in order to give effect to what was the real object of the bill, namely, facilitating the sale of land, that the proviso for making searches within three calendar months should be omitted. Mr. E. JAMES supported the bill, as its objsst was to place personal and freehold property in the same position as related to sale of land. (LEFT SITTING.) FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, APRIL 23. This day had audience of her Majesty : The Commandeur Targioni, E nvoy E x t raor di nary an d Ninister Plenipotentiary from the King of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, to deliver hie l e tt er o f reca ll ; To which audience he was introduced by the Right Hon. Lord John Russell, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Lieutenant- General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, APRIL 17. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Captain Sir William Legge George Hoste, Bart., R.N., to be one of the Grooms in Waiting in Ordinary, to her Majesty, in the room of Rear-Admiral the lion. Sir Henry Keppel, K.C.8., resigned. INDIA OFFICE, APRIL 23. The Queen has been graciously pleased to nominate and appoint Sir George Russell Clerk, 1i.C.8., to be Governor of the Presidency of Bombay. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Thomas Irving, travelling draper, Nottingham. BANKRUPTS. John England, photographic apparatus manufacturer, 56, Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, to surrender May 5 at half-p Ist eleven, and Julie lat one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Joseph Underhill, ironmonger, Plymouth, May 14, and June 4, at half-past twelve, at the Athenaeum, Plymouth. William Daniel Hoad, shipbuilder, Rye, Sussex, May 7 and June 4, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Henry Cohn, merchant, Lime-street, City, May 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Henry Bach, hosier, Sheffield, May 5 and June 2, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Abraham Hammond and John Nevard, builders, Lee, Kent, May 7, at half-past one, and June 4, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alexander Waite, draper, Berwick-upon-Tweed, April 26, at half-past eleven, and June 8, at twelve, in the Royal Arcade, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Robert Duncan, farmer, Teablair, Ross-shire. William Wallace Johnstone, nurseryman, Barnhill Links, Monifieth. John Mather, cattle dealer, Dollar, Clackmannanshire. Philip Allworth Ct:titer, commission agent, formerly of Market Harboro', Leicestershire, now of Glasgow. Thomas Byers, builder, formerly of Spinnymoor, Dur ham, now of Glasgow. Alex. Milne Copland, shipbroker, Dundee. James Tait, merchant, late of Aberdeen, Edinburgh. James Sommerville and Company, warehousemen, Glasgow. Alexander Hay, farmer, Mortlach, Banffshire. Henry Pulsford Plowman, formerly of Brighton, but now residing at Linlithgow. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.YESTIRDAY• Amsterdam Ditte Rotterdam — 11 161 11 161 Antwerp Brussels — 25 35 25 40 Hamburgh Paris Ditto Slarseilles . 25 371 25 421 Frankfort on Mame — 117/ 1171 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 341 341 Madrid Cadiz — 491 491 Willem — 30 45 30 52f 4iia - 25 45 25 50 Gana — 25 45 25 50 Naples Palermo — 1211 121 Messina — 1211 121 Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York — Ile .. Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)... per oz. £3 17 9 Mexioen Dollars IP 0 5 2 Silver in Bars (Standard) 9, 0 0 0 South American Doublorus LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) THE MILITARY CLUB-HOUSE AT ALDERSHOT.-IN RE SHARP, This bankrupt was described as of Aldershot, licensed victualler and livery stable keeper, and to-day was appointed for consideration of his certificate. The bankrupt is a retired major in the Hon. East India Company's service, but in December, 1856, took the Mili tary Club-house, at Aldershot, and, as appears by the ac counts prepared by Messrs. Hart Brothers, at a great loss. The debts amount to £1,262, to unsecured creditors, without tho prospect of a dividend. The amount due to secured creditors amount to £l,67s—the security being the assignment of a pension of £lBO a year. The expenses and losses nearly doubled the net profits, but the domestic ex penses had been moderate. '1 he result of the trading was that the bankrupt had lost his capital and pension and a large amount of gifts from friends. Mr. Pennell said that a great portion of the bad debts were due from officers who had been in camp, but were now dispersed over all quarters of the world. There was no opposition. His Honour said that it was to be regretted thata gentle man should enter into avocations which he did not under stand, but under all the circumstances he would grant an immediate certificate, but it could only be of the third class. TIIE SWISS CONFEDERATION. We published a few days back the reply of Russia to the Swiss note relative to the affair of Savoy, and calling for the intervention of the great Powers which guaranteed the neutrality of Switzerland. We now give that of Austria; addressed to Baron de Menshengen, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary for that Power at Berne : " Vienna, April 8. " Monsieur le Baron,—The Charge d'Affairs of Switzerland has presented to me the note which the President of the Helvetic Confederation addressed to me direct, under date of the 19th March. The Federal CounM having been kind enough to com municate to you a copy of that despatch, I can dis pense with transmitting you the text. By that document the Federal Council has demanded the intervention of the Powers which guaranteed Swiss neutrality, in order that, in concert with it, they may provide the means of protecting the rights reserved to Switzerland in the neutralised districts of Savoy, which are compromised by the cession of that province to France. "The Austrian Government has examined with all the attention it deserves the communication which the Federal Council has addressed to it. The Powers which signed the declaration of the 20th March,lBls, have admitted that the neutrality and inviolability of Switzerland, and her independence of all foreign influence, are required in the political interest of all Europe. Faithful to that principle Austria, whether in the internal crises which the Confederation has had to pass through since 1815, or in the external dangers which menaced it, has given decided proofs of the high price which she attached to seeing Swiss neutrality preserved from all encroachment. Still more recently, when, at the beginning of the last war, the troops of one of the belligerent parties passed through a portion of the neutralised territory of Savoy, we weze the first to call the attention of Europe to that interference with the principle of Swiss neutrality. " The Federal Council, therefore, cannot doubt of our readiness to co-operate in any arrangement calculated to reassure Switzerland, and to put the maintenance of her neutrality out of the reach of all danger. " The Federal Council, nevertheless, does not lisguise from itself the difficulties of that task, and t would have preferred for its part the static quo ,o any change. We agree with it in that apprecia tion. The Federal Council admits, moreover, that the cession of Savoy to France is intimately con nected with the territorial changes which have taken place in Italy. Penetrated with that con viction, we have not ceased to maintain that to favour or tolerate the annexations effected by Pied mont in Central Italy was to prepare territorial changes on the side of the Alps, and that, with a wish to prevent the effect, it was before all things necessary to combat the cause. " Placed now in presence of the difficulty which our efforts in vain tended to prevent, we derive from the engagement taken by the French Govern ment to come to an understanding with Switzer land, and the Powers which guaranteed her neu trality with regard to the neutralised districts of Savoy, a just motive of hoping that this question will receive a solution in conformity with the legiti mate interests comprised in it. " In authorising you, Monsieur le Baron, to offer to the President of the Confederation the assurance that we are ready to co-operate in this spirit in bringing about a general understanding, I beg you to read to him this despatch, and to leave him a copy of it.—Receive, etc., "RECIIBERG." The following is the reply of England addressed to Captain Harris, British representative to the Swiss Confederation : " Foreign Office, April 19. " Sir,—l have had the honour of receiving the communication which your Excellency addressed to me, under date of 19th March, in the name of the Federal Council, on the subject of the provinces of Savoy which were included in the neutrality of Switzerland by the treaties of 1815. The Federal Council cannot doubt the deep interest felt by the British Government in the Swiss Confederation, and it may rest assured that the important objects mentioned in your communication will be taken into most serious consideration by the British Go vernment, which has lost no time in coming to an understanding on this subject with the other Powers which signed, in concert with Great Britain, the engagements of 1815. I have the honour, etc., " RUSSELL." The replies of Prussia and Sardinia have been already published by us, in our number of the 12th inst. We subjoin the following circular note sent by Switzerland to the Powers which signed the Treaty of Vienna:— " Bernu, April 11. "From trustworthy and agreeing reports the vote upon the annexation of Savoy to France has been fixed for the 22d April inst. The question is to be put as follows :---‘ Annexation to France ; yes or no.' he voting will take place by com mune. " The Swiss Federal Council cannot accept in silence the new phases into which the pending question is entering. They have already had the honour to set forth, in the note circulaire of the 19th. March, from what point of view they think it right to estimate in a general way the results of such a vote. They have already expressed an opinion that the existing rights of the neutralised provinces of Savoy, rights so solemnly guaranteed by Europe, cannot be cancelled by a simple cession nor by a popular vote. As to the voting itself, the Federal Council have thought it well to express their views quite frankly and repeatedly, and have formally reserved their rights on the subject. " Immediately after the well-known proclama tions of the Governors of Annecy and of Chambery of the Bth and 10th March, the Federal Council instructed their representatives at Paris and at Turin to protest against any voting until an under standing had been come to with Switzerland. They formally declare that they could not consider as binding a vote taken without a previous understand ing—a vote in which Switzerland and her legiti mate pretensions would be passed over. " The Federal Council have maintained this point of view in a most absolute manner in their fresh protestations of the 27th March, when they asked that Switzerland should be consulted upon the mode of voting in the neutralised provinces, and that nothing in this respect should be done without her consent. The Federal Council have had the honour to give information about this to the Powers guaranteeing the European treaties in a note dated the same day, in which they added that they must insist upon the absolute mainte nance of the statu quo, until the proposed under standing with the Powers, and with Switzerland herself, should be come to. " By the above•mentioned projected voting—all these requests, all these just and equitable demands of Switzerland are passed over. A most important political and moral act is to be proceeded with without the concurrence of one of the principal par ties interested, and without any previous under standing with the Powers, whose participation in concert with Switzerland has been positively soli cited by the note of the sth inst. "In the presence of this fact, showing an open contempt of their rights, the Federal Council feel anxious to declare positively that they cannot look upon the result of the coming vote as decisive, and that they must explicitly protest against any infer ence that will be drawn from this act to invalidate the rights of Switzerland. " The Federal Council can all the less admit the validity of the voting that, whilst on the one hand the free expression of the will of the people of North Savoy, which has been constantly asked for, is not insured, on the other, the voting will be proceeded with without previous understanding with Switzer land. Finally, the Federal Council have no means to control the voting, whilst it is notorious that French agents, having Senator Laity at their head, are at work in Savoy in the interest of France. " The Federal Council find themselves thus in the position of renewing, in the face of all Europe, their protestations to the Powers guaranteeing the European treaties. They earnestly recommend to them to deliberate seriously and impartially upon the present reclamation, and also to take i n to due consideration the rights of Switzerland, and to take prompt steps to maintain the s tatu quo. " In the name of the Swiss Federal Council. " (Signatures.)" Atlantic & St Lawrence IBom.,Baroda& Cent.lnd gu. 5 percent Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Do. Preference B.lffalo,Brant.&Godrich, 8 p. et. bd.. 1 Aug., 1872 1 1 Do. do. 1 July, 18731 Do. do. 1 June, 1879 Cleutta.& S. E astrn. Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.)l Cape Town & Dock Scrip' Ceylon Guaranteed Bp.e Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.e. 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Fb. & Aug. Do. 6 p.c.lllr. & Sep. Do. 6 per cent. 1373 Do. 6 per cent. 1879 Do. 6 per cent. 1882 Do. do. Scrip. .. N. B. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1876 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up NovaScotriaGov.6 p.o. S Deb. redeemable, 1875 S. Aus.Gt.6 pc.Jan&July Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July Do. do. April & Oct. SEC URITIES. rll3 115 109 111 110 112 1107 109 99 100 99i 100 994 100 10? 108 110 112 r lO5 106 I 1 THE REFORM BILL. A meeting of Reformers, convened by the Par liamentary Reform Committee, was held yesterday at the Guildhall Coffeehouse, in order to consider the po ition in which the Reform question is now placed, more especially by the proposition to submit the bill of Lord John Russell to a Select Committee, and to take such steps as might appear desirable to defeat the attempt to postpone tLe question. The CHAIRMAN having opened the proceedings, Colonel TOWNSEND WILSON proposed the first resolution : " That this meeting rejoices in the defeat of the treacherous proposal of Mr. Massey to refer the Reform Bill of Lord John Russell, after its second reading, to a select committee—a proceeding which can have no other effect than to postpone to an in definite period any legislation in favour of Parlia mentary reform." He did not consider the bill complete, but as an in stalment it was worthy of their acceptance. Mr. JEFFREY, in seconding the motion, consi dered the bill was only a very small modicum of what they required, but Lord John Russell had given them the best bill that he could, and it was their duty to accept it at his hands, and give him their support. The motion having been supported by Mr. Taylor, Mr. Delaney, and Mr. Willis, was put to the meeting and carried unanimously. Mr. COLMAN, of Norwich, moved the second re solution : " That after the pledges given by three succes sive Administrations, and the occurrence of a gene ral election on the subject of Parliamentary reform, this meeting protests against any further compro mise or delay in the passing of a substantial mea sure, and entreats her Majesty's Ministers on no account to yield to the reluctance which may be manifested in the existing House of Commons to reform itself, but, if necessiry, again, by an appekl to the constituencies, to commit this question to the decision of the country." Mr. COSHAM seconded the motion. Mr. Holyoake, Dr. Challice, Mr. Marling (of Stroud), Mr. Coningham, M.P., Mr. Gowland, Mr. Lucas, and the Rev. Mr. Griffith spoke in favour of the motion, which was then carried unanimously. Mr. LEATHAM, M.P., proposed the following re. solution " That this meeting regards with strong disap probation the repeated observations made by mem bers of both Houses of the Legislature as to the unworthiness of the working classes to be admit ted within the pale of the constitution, and the danger of entrusting even a fraction of them with the franchise, believing such observations to be en tirely unsustained by evidence and disparaging to the character of Englishmen, and calculated to ex asperate the unrepresented millions of our fellow countrymen." Mr. Morgan (of Birmingham), Mr. Fenwick, and Mr. Lawson, M.P., also supported the motion, which was then agreed to. Mr. S. MORLEY moved the next resolution : " That in the event of any further delay or post ponement beyond the present session of Lord John Russell's bill, Mr. Bright be requested to bring for ward his measure in the House of Commons ;" which, having been seconded, was also carried. The proceedings, which had lasted several hours, terminated with a votn of thanks to the chairthan. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. HARWICH ELECTION. HARWICH, TUESDAY EVENING. The polling commenced this morning at the usual hour, and the result of the vacillation displayed by the Liberals in the selection of a candidate soon became apparent. The address to the Liberal elec tors, in which Mr. Montagu Chambers announced his intention of retiring from the scene, was couched in severe but just terms : " The knowledge I have now acquired. (wrote Mr. Chambers) of the erroneous appreciation by many electors of the value and responsibility of their electoral franchise induces me to express my belief that I cannot reasonably anticipate my return as your representative by a majority of independent and unbiassed votes." Mr. Donaldson, notwithstanding the favourable impression which he has made in the town, quickly found to-day that the remarks of Mr. Chambers applied with equal force to himself, and that he had been brought down as the pis oiler of distracted counsels. The victory of the Conservatives is to be attributed to the united and vigorous manner in which they have from first to last conducted the contest, while the evil effect of discord on the Li berals is shown in the fact that while the Hon. W. F. Campbell obtained, as their candidate, 134 votes 12 months since, Mr. Donaldsmi could only muster to-day 116. This may to some extent be no doubt attributed to the decline which has taken plade in the numerical strength of the constituency, the number of electors at present on the register being only 317 ; but the Conservative candidate to day polled 146 votes, as compared with 145 votes re corded for Captain Jervis in March, 1859. It is stated that 30 Liberal electors held aloof and re fused to vote. The election was virtually decided in the first three hours. The Liberals claimed a majority of 6 at 9 a.m., but at 11 they admitted that Mr. Donaldson had obtained only 91 votes as against 97 recorded for Colonel Rowley. After that hour they ceased to publish any statements, but the Conservatives continued to issue returns to a later period in the day. These bulletins are appended : Time. Rowley. Donaldson. Quarter past 9 10 Half-past 10 11 112 . . . 115 . .. 125 137 141 144 Half-past 11 12 Half past 12 . . Shortly after 4 o'clock the numbers were officially stated by the Mayor ( Mr. F. Hales) as follows : For Colonel Rowley For Mr. Donaldson _ _ _ His WORSHIP accordingly, amid loud cheers from Colonel Rowley's supporters, declared the hon. and. gallant gentleman duly elected (cries of." By bribery") a member to serve in Parliament for the borough of Harwich. Colonel RoWLEY briefly expressed his thanks, and stated that he should do his utmost to pro mote the prosperity of the town without reference to party considerations. Mr. DONALDSON also addressed the meeting with much good humour, and the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the mayor. 71118 DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Our market to-day was very scantily supplied with Eng lish wheat, coastwise and by land carriage. The trade was by no means brisk, yet it ruled steady, and Monday's prices were well supported. The genera quality of the samples was only middling. There was a moderate inquiry for foreign wheat, but the business doing in it was by no means extensive at late rates. Floating cargoes of grain were inquired for on Irish ac count, consequently prices ruled firm. The few samples of barley on show were disposed of at extreme rates, and the demand was decidedly healthy. There was very little doing in malt ; prices, however, were supported. Oats, beans, and peas titled firm in price. The flour trade was steady at the late advance. ARRIVALS THIS WEEIC Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. English 650 (90 400, 20 Irish Foreign .. 1,550 5,530 f 1,250 .10 sko. I bls. Flour. 580 BOROUGH HOP. Weald of Kent and Sussex pockets are in fair request, al full prices. Other kinds are a slow inquiry. WIIITECHAPEL. The supplies of meat are moderate on the whole, and til t s trade is steady, as follows : Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s Sd to 45 10d ; lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od ; veal, 4s Od to Os Od ; pork, 3s 8d to 5s Od per 81bs. THE MORTARA CASE.--The Tribunal Criminal and Civil of Bologna has acquitte Father Feletti, of the Order of St. Dominick, Inquisito d r . of the Holy Office at Bologna, charged with ha vin g carried off by force the child of the Jewish couple Mortara. The rev. father, in an swer to the charge, represen ted that in " sequestrating" the child (so he designated th e abduction) he had only obeyed the orders of the supreme Holy Office at Rome, whose agent he was, and could not, therefore, be held personally responsibly. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at the usual hour. CHURCH RATES. The Bishop of SODOM and MAN presented petitions against the abolition of church rates. Lord LYVEDON presented petitions in favour of the abolition. SUNDAY TRADING. - Lord CHELMSFORD presented a great number of petitions from different parts of the metropolis in favour of the abolition of Sunday trading. Lord TEYNHAM presented a petition signed by 10,400 persons, and another signed by 4,G23 shopkeepers in the metropolis against the bill. The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from the Metropolitan Sunday Rest Associ,►tion in favour of the bill. The Duke of NEWCASTLE presented a petition against the bill. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time .:—Sheffield Water, East Somerset Railway, I3agnelstown and Wexford Railway, and Shrewsbury and Welehpoc.)l Railway. • The Brecon and Merthyr Junction Railway Bill was read a third thou and passed. GALASHIELS AND PEEBLES. RAILWAY BILL. On the motion of the Earl of EGLIN TON this bill was ordered to be re-committed. LAW AND EQUITY BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR (who was indistinctly heard), in moving the second reading of this bill, said that we had arrived at a crisis in law reform, and the question now was whether there should be a further fusion of law and equity. That subject had been committed to the care ful attention of Parliament in the speech delivered from the Throne at the commencement of the session, with a view to enable the courts of common law finally to determine in a satisfactory manner any case which might be duly brought before them. There prevailed in this country what he be lieved was unknown in any other civilised.State—a distinc tion between the law administered in one tribunal and the law administered in another. That had arisen from what he must call the narrow-minded and technical decisions of of the common law judges in former times. Justice having been denied to the subject in the courts of common law it Lecime necessary to apply to another tribunal. Another tribunal was constituted, from which the most important advantages were derived by the country ; he meant the Court of Chancery. The great men who had presided in that court had constructed a most beautiful system of juris prudence, the admiration of the whole world. For many genet ations a conflict went on between the courts on one side of Westminster-hall and the courts on the other, and Lcrd Mansfield made an attempt to bring about some reconcilia tion. But that jurist incurred great obloquy for his endea vours, because it had unhappily been the practice of the law courts for centuries before to regard their respective rules as absolute perfection. He remembered, indeed, that when he himself entered the profession the equitable doctrines of Lord Mansfield were sneered at and contemned. Thus things continued until fortunately a commission was appointed. by her Majesty to consider what improvements could be made in the courts of equity. The commission consisted of cmaine,nt men—viz., Sir J. Hominy, Lord Justice Tur ner, Sir W. P. Weed, Mr. Justice Crompton, Sir R. Bethell, Sir J. Graham, Mr. Henley, Mr. J. Parker, and Mr. W. M. James. Their recommendations, as far as the courts of equity were concerned, had been almost entirely carried into effect ; but he was sorry to say that in the com mon law courts much yet remained to be done. The com mission took the most enlightened view of the subject and offered most valuable suggestions. In the report which they presented to her Majesty in 18:52 they stated : " The mischiefs which arise from the system of several distinct courts proceeding on distinct and, in some cases, antagonistic principles, are extensive and deep rooted. These mischiefs, we believe, have arisen in part from the different principles by which the different courts are go verned, and the different systems of law from which those principles are derived, and in part f coin inherent defects in the powers of the several courts. . . It happens that, in many cases, parties in the course of the same litigation are driven backwards and forwards front courts of law to courts of equity, and from cop-ts of equity to courts of law. A defendant in an action at law, who has a just ground of de fence, is often obliged to resort to equity to control the de cision of a court of law, or to restrain the plaintiff at law from proceeding to obtain a judgment which cannot in equity be permitted to be available. . . Again, courts of law have no powers for the preservation of property pend ing litigation. A court et equity has such powers ; and parties suing in courts of law are thus frequently driven mto equity for the preservation of the property pending the suit at law." The commissioners laid down principles which he wished to see adopted. They said, " It is obviously most desirable that in every case the court which has the cognisance of the matter in dispute should be able to give complete relief." Having then discussed the various remedies which had been suggested they continued : " We have arrived at the conclusion that without abo- lishing the distinction between law and equity, or blend ing the courts into one court of universal jurisdiction, a practical and effectual remedy for many of the evils in question may be found in such a transfer, or blend ing of jurisdiction, coupled with such other practical amendments as will render each court competent to admi nister complete justice in the cases which fall under it s cognisance. We think that the jurisdiction now exercised by the courts of equity may be conferred upon courts of law, and that the jurisdiction now exercised by cow ts of law may be conferred upon courts of equity to such au ex tent as to render both courts competent to administer en tire justice without the parties in the one court being ob liged to resort to the aid of the other." There the ground was laid down on which this bill was founded—one cause and one court. It was not proposed that a suit should be brought in the Court of Queen's Bench against a trustee for breach of trust, or that an ac- tion for assault and battery should be brought in the Court of Chancery ; but that legal rights should be enforced in the courts of common law, and, if equitable questions aros • incidentally, that those courts, should have over to dis lose of them without entailing on the parties the necessity of going to another tribunal, employing another set of counsel, and thus incurring infinite delay and expense. His learned friend, Sir It. Bethell, who was not only a great advocate, but a profound jurist, in an address which he delivered at the inauguration of the Juridicial Society in 1855, said : " For above a century this country has exhibited the anomalous spectacle of distinct tribunals acting upon anta gonistic principles and dispensing different qualities of jus tice. It is the rule and duty of the one set of court@ fre quently to refuse to recognise the real right of ownership, to ignore defences and claims founded on the best esta • injury committed rules of justice : and the p r e vention of g ross committed in the name of law is made to depend upon the other court being quick enough to overtake and arrest the first in its career of acknowledged injustice, and prevent it from deliberately committing wrong." The commissioners who were appointed to inquire into the common law procedure had reported on the same subjec', and the country was deeply indebted to them for their la bours. Whatever might be thought of their suggestions re specting the equitable jurisdiction, their recommendations for amending the pleading and process of the common law courts would be generally admitted to have been most valu able. During the first nine months after the Procedure Bill of 1852 came into operation, the rules granted by those courts were reduced from 38,009 to 3,081, although a greater number of actions were brought and depending. The Com mon Law Commissioners were Chief Justice Jervis, Chief Justice Cockburn, Mr. Justice Willes, and Baron Bram well. In their second report, in 1852, the commissioners stated : " We think we shall not outstep the limits of our com mission by so far expressing our opinion, upon what is com monly called the fusion- of law and equity, as to say that, whether or not it may be thought conducive to despatch of business and satisfaction in the administration of justice to do away altogether with the present division of labour be tween the courts of law and equity, so far as that division arises out of the diversity of the subject-matters over which either class of courts exercises an exclusive and complete jurisdiction, it appears to us that the courts of common law, to be able satisfactorily to administer justice, ought to pos sess, in all matters within their jurisdiction, the power to give all the redress necessary to protect and vindicate com mon law rights and to prevent wrongs, whether existing or likely to happen unless prevented." They then went on to recommend specific improvements, on which the present bill was partly fo un d e d . O n th e recom mendation of the commissioners jurisdiction was given to the courts of common law in all cases where there was an equitable defence ; but the courts of equity held that suitors were not bound by the judgment where there was power to set up an equitable defence; so that, if judgment were given against them, they might go into a court of equity, file a bill, and have the whole case tried over again. Sir H. Cairns, a great ornament of the profession, had brought in a bill which did give to the courts of equity the powers that were required to do full justice to suitors who came before them, whereas formerly it was necessary, wheel, legal question arose, to go into a common law court, having an issue directed to try the point. Sir H. Cairns's Act enabled the court of equity to decide legal questions arising in an equitable suit ; but he was sorry to say that the equity judges were very reluctant to avail themselves of the pow er , and it was often nece ssar y in an equitable suit to resort to an action in the common law courts to enforce a legal right, and to incur great additional expense by employing t wo dis tinct sets of counse l. In their third report the Common Law Commissioners, Cockburn, Martin, Willes, Bramwell, and Walton, pointing out the evils and remedies, said :- 6 , It is our intention and wish that the result of what i; proposed should be engrafted upon and become part of the common law, and that the distinction between common law and Chancery law should be so far abolished. If, in addi tion to this, the Court of Chancery is prohibited from inter fering in cases where common law rights are thus rendered capable of complete vindication in the courts of common law, and in which, therefore, its interference will have be come useless, the greater part, if not the whole, of the field of conflict will be done away with by confining the operation of the courts respectively to subject-matters peculiar to ' each. Thoroughly to effect this it . is necessary to confer upon common law courts power to give, in respect of rights there recognised, all the protection and red and ress it i which at present can be obtained in any jrsdiction, s upon. this principle that we have acted in our suggestions. If they be carried into effect there will no longer be the . spectacle of jurisdictions imperfect in themselves_and clashing with one another, but each court will be armed initself with .ts exclu sive jurisdiction over the subject-matter . within . cogni sance, and with full power to give all the protection and redress which the law at present affords by means of a plu rality of suits . The conflict of jurisdiction will be done awa y with, because the occasion for it will no longer exist; We have only to acid that we have given our best attention -.~~- -- th ed ►rt n., by be 'or trt 3re for lid or )no .rd of for was aid, 1 of try, ) in ady iral ling eck. 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