The Sun. — London, England, 1858-04-06 00:00:00

IVIONEY MARKET AND eoivrmv-PMAT, INTELT,IGENCz7. CITY, Two o'CLou: Business in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets has in a great measure been suspended, owing to the intervention of the Easter holidays. A few private transactions, however, have taken place in several of the principal staples, and in most instances steady rates were realised. Tea has been dull, but common congou is still quoted 13d. per lb. For sugar there were a few inquiries for borne consumption, but the transactions were unimpor tant, and at about previous rates. In the Refined Market scarcely any business has been done. Coffee remained at steady rates ; the deliveries still con tinue to exceed those of the same period last year. Rice, rum, and spices continue very inactive, and have exhibited little change in value. For indigo and cochineal there is scarcely any demand ; and saltpetre has been neglected. Tallow continues dull ; P.Y.C. on the spot is 545. 6d. ; April to June 545. 3d. ; June 535. 9d. ; and last three months, 525. 6d. per cwt. Town tallow is at 535. 3d. per cwt., nett cash. Letters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton Market yesterday manifested a very animated appearance, and prices of most descriptions slightly mproved. The sales amounted to 12,000 bales, 3,000 of which were taken by the speculators, and 1,000 by the exporters. The Railway Share Market closed quietly, and quotations were with out any material alteration. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's vessel Benares, which sails to-day for Alexandria, will take out 10,9001. in silver for Bombay. The Silver Market still continues in a very quiet state, and bars are nominally ss. lid. per oz. standard. The annual meeting of the Unity Fire Insurance Company took place to-day, when a report, on the whole favourable as to the gradual progress of the society, was read to the shareholders. The surplus profit of the year's transactions was 3,7001., which, however, the directors recommended to be carried to the Insurance Fund, or Reserve. The report Was adopted. The total amount of specie brought by the Vinsiera and the Morning Light is 89,316/. Not withstanding that a small amount of this may be shipped to America, it is expected that the greater portion will be sent into the Bank. The Lady Ann has arrived from South Australia. She sailed from Adelaide on the 31st December last. )y end priced )serve f. In iearly e and t allied The new Indian Debentures remain steady at 98. )et at. "The Mr. There is very little inquiry for money, and the best bills are negotiated at 2i per cent. The Funds opened rather flatly, but they are now rather firmer, although business still continues very dull. Attention is principally directed to the settlement of the account which will take place to morrow. One or two large " Bull" accounts have been closed whichhave assiste,d in weakening the mar ket, but as soon as the liquidition is over the tendency of the market will be more accurately defined. Consols have been 96i for money and to-morrow, but they are now 961 and 962 for the May account. Exchequer Bills are 355. to 38s. prem. ; the New 3 per Cents. are 951 and the New Threes, 95i f, both ex dividend. Bank Stock is 221. cele :, Mr. tions ; leotion kdtdate pared repro- elation ncess'S I adwi- nriohed Id, and )41 from r. Mao looden• Business in the Foreign Stock Market is ex tremely active, and prices have, generally, fluc tuated. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 1001 101, and the 4 per Cents. 104. Spanish 3 per Cents. aro 44; Russian 4i per Cents., 1001 ; Sardinian 5 per Cents, 901911 ; Brazilian 5 per Cents., 101 ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents., 78 ; Chaim) 6 per Cents., 103 ; Danish 3 per Cents., 82 ; Grenada New Active, 19i ; Mexican 3 per Cents., 19i ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 82 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45i ; Venezuela 41 per Cents., 311; Ditto Deferred, 12i ; and Peru vian dollar Bonds, 57. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 7 ; Mexi can, 191 20 ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 82 84 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 55 57 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 109 111; ditto 4i per Cents., 99 101 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 431 44f ; ditto Deferred, 26 The following Railway Calls are to be paid dur ing the present month : tile, for Keels in host of eriment nd that , and is xopolie. cess ap se found of hie its usual tions of rith that SO emi- its pre v ourabls r howled tdsomeli 6,375 30,000 Call. Belgian and Eastern Juno., Obligations £3 0 0 Bristol and South Wales Union Dublin and Drogheda 5 per Cent. Pref., 1857 Eastern Union, 5 per Cent., 101. Great Luxembourg, : OZ. Obligations Great Southern and Western Ireland, 4 on, from ntinuocill re was a 1, which :rt. Next elineator ,oe before re hearty per Cent., Pref., 201. - 1 0 0 Lancaster and Preston, 111/. Trinidad 50,000 29,340 26,250 Total £304,042 ed. The .-dreesere There has been a very limited business transacted t to-day in the Railway Share Market, but 20 prices are generally firmer. Caledonians and 100 Midlands have improved os. ; North-Eastern 20 (York), 10s. ; Great Northern and Lancashire St. and Yorkshire, 15s. ; and North-Western and 1 .2 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 1/. The Foreign 20 and Colonial lines are inactive, and exhibit little 204 change from previous rates. Dutch Rhenish have I V Improved 55., and Pernambuco declined ss. ; Grand 100 Trunk of Canada„ Great Western of Canada, East 100 Indian, and Great Indian Peninsular were dealt in at yesterday's quotations. 20 'he parts by new ye taker► emaindet were cap insparen ncert the ere wel Binent ia pen• OP Ivied for i 1 the ina rs will be Joint-Stock Bank Shares are moderately active. London and Westminster had declined ss. ; and Union of Australia advanoed 103. ; and South Australia declined 10s. In the Miscellaneous Market no business of any importance bas been transacted, and prices are 5. almost nominal. Aition 0 ow which BRITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY, (From the Official List:) nbers and Louse dur is for the .- - Business dons Bank Stock 221 x d 8 er f . ent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Console Annuities No ' ' per Cent. Annuities India Loan 9Bl Ia kin Bonds, XlOOO .......... .....•.-- ...... Ditto, under £lOOO 2O p Consols ter Account Exchequer Bills, 2.0. March. June. 41000 Exchequer Bonds, 1858, Ri per Cent.... Ditto. 1059 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Brea:nail 5 per Cent. Buenos A yres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 7B Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent lO3 4 a ( Danish Bonds, 3 psi Cent., 1825 B2 x ' Grenada New Active, 21 per Cent. l9 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent Ditto Account B2 i i Ditto 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1853 Rua lieu Rends, In 2, I.: St., 5 per Cent lO9 Ditto, 4i per Cent. lOOl 100 i Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account furkiell Bonds, 6 per cent lOl 100-1 Ditto Gnaranteed. per Cent. Venezuela Bonds, 4i per Cent Ditto Deferred 2 per Cent Dividendi on the above payable in London. Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 4i per Cent 57 ft tlitEß O'CLOCK. Consols, money Consols for Account, (April 8) .. oca !or at the than cow wo yacht` ), and the J. Ra'sal triana, of y last be or J. Vi r : I yacht 0 Howe, on Houge rl Gifford, Philimoref apt. Pon , Spencer sten, and more gen' ase yacht• )r sale are Y. Coale* urn, Esc! ch Villa ; ,u. W. H. •der, Esq., sq., Busig• E Cottage. Granthato 'day after• m and the rd time at ourned in' with the I the death followinfif at thelc3 Dire-street, of the fire, (the jury) o'cloolc Ir. Saline, e was UU enced it he house, builchug side of it. s. Beving• West, St. re both contempt' o state the ide knoval oat-loati of ing service )n at once and other d unforte aaunity, to The mortal remains of the Earl of Morton will be re moved at an early hour to-morrow morning from the family residence in B rop k- street, for DalmY aho Mid lothian, for interment in the b ur i al-place of his ancestors.' The Earl of Morton and the oth er sons of the late earl, and Earl Fi so n - in - law of hi s l or d sh i p, wil l attend the funeral. HIGHLAND ROADS AND BRIDGES. —The 44th Report wa-4 issued yesterday. The unusual mildness of the late winter bas been favourable to the condition of the roads, and but tew casualties have occurred. Some cf the roads in the course of the past year have been damaged by floods, but the general cost of repair s has been less than usual , and throughout the country the roads and bridge, have been maintained in good condition. LIVERPOOL, April s.—On Wednesday the Marco Pol o belonging to Messrs. James Baines and Co. 's Black Ball line of Australian vessels, sails for Mel bourne with a ship's mail, passengers, and cargo. Letters rece i ve d at the Liverpool Post office (to be directed 'p er M arco P o l o ) until 10 30 a.m., and with late 0 until 11 30 a.m. The Vocal Association will give a grand performance at St. James's Hall, Regent-street and Piccadilly, t r " !norrow evening, when the programme will be entirely M ndelsshon' and comprise the following wcrks : "The Fi rs t W alpurgis Night," " Loreley," violin con certo, capriccio brilliant, &c. The band and chorus united will number 400 performers. his log one ,her s of are ting the Liton sex. ion that Ime. king rious -sug. t this Pound nests eltiea DIARKEIS— This Day). INV,/ 2il 11; It. 103 5 all 5 all it. 'lOO ;t. 100 it. 100 .0 all .0 all 0 all RAILWAYS. ( 1100.rg PVC " •iaT 51 - 6 - Si 69 - 71 9 - 10 25i - 26 89 - 91 861 -85 i 36 .- 38 ••• ...... sem - 84 16i - 17. 58 - 59 44 - 46 29 - 31 14 - 16 86 - 88 62 - 63 27i - 28, 89 - 91 9i - 10 102 - 10.3 88 - 89 126 - 128 98 - 100 58 - 56 - 53 83 85 10 —l2 p 10 12 r• 83 88 1 d 1 d - 6 = 6 105 - 107 94 - 95 - 92 - 93 36 1 ii 93i - 94 65 - 67 ii = 13 59 - 61 51 - 62 , .. - 91 92 2 I d 47 48 73 74 92 94 4i $ - 8 - 9 8 - 9 30 - 32 7 3 d 107 - 109 26i - 274 78 - 80 45 - 47 I - 2 35 - 36 69 - TOi 82 - 83 2 13 - 15 7 - 5• 9 - 11 35 - 99 = 1.6,i ••• 3 - 3 - 6 87i 8i 6i 106 6 94 i 3i 41 35i 6; i 93; i i i ISSESSIONS. i - OP I lIP 9 to }B5 90 79 82 77 80 1 - li ••• - ••• 109 - 110 Ii - it 20 - 21 46 - 48 81 3 - 84 211 - 21i1 - iP 19. -19 k 2 - 106 - 111 1106 - 111 105 108 19 - 19 201 - 21 $ -- BP A - IPI 'Afl W•e Anabg. °taw. Bost. & Eastn. June..., Belfast & BallYmen' Birmng. Wolverh Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh Cheshire Junct Blackburn Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall Dco. A. Do. B Dnblin&BelfastJunc Dun. P. &Aber.Jnnc. East Anglian Eastern Counties EasternUnion,A. stk, Do., do. 8........ Do, New A East Kent East Lancashire ... East Suffolk ........ Do. Edinburgh & Glasgovi; Edinb.Prth. &Dundee Forth and ClydeJunc. Furness . Glasgow & S. Western Great N. of Scotland Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire) Great Western. Do. Str.V.R. gua. St Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster &Carlisle. Do., Thirds 'Do. New Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F £l6 Do. Do., £9 Do., Wst. Riding Un Do. Southport, London & Blackwall Do. New, i=s. 51. 10s. Loud. Bright.& S.Cs t London & N. Wester Do. Eighths London & S. Western Ludndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef. &Lincln. Metropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derb Midland G. West. (Ir. Do. Shares .......• • Newcastle & Carl isle. Newpt.A berg.&Hrfd Newry & Armagh e wry , Warrenpoin' & Restrevor N 0...... Northn. Counties Un North British ...... North Devon, Rail. Dock Stock Do., A Stock Do. B Stock N.Eastern - Berwick Do do. G.N.E.Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn. North Staffordshire.. North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester d Wolverhampton Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scr.t. N.E.Ahrdn. St i 0 all 15 all ;5 all .0 9 !O , all it. 1100 50 St.lloo St. ;100 St. :100 St. :100 St. 100 25 165 St. 'lOO St tOO St. 'lOO 10 31.1 20 17i' 20 all 10 all 4t. :100 10 all .!,0 19 tO 10 St. 1 100 St. rlOO St. 100 'Do. Scot. Mid. Stock, St. 100 'Shropshire Uniou 10 ! 8 ISitingbourne&Sheer St. 100'South Devon St. I LOO South Eastern St. jlOO South Wa1e5.. ......... 20 all IS. rorksh.Dn, !O 14 • !O all 15 all ?,5 20 r 6 5 3t. 100 A. l lOO Its 22 Do Staines,Wok.,&Wok, Stockton & Darling., Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 18K5 Stockton di Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. Thames Hay. D. &R. it. 100 It. 100 ►o all ;0 all LO all !Vale of Neath......... Watered. & Kilkenny I Waterford&Limeri ck West Coi !West End of London, 5 all 5 all and Crystal Palace Do. A Do .B 0 all ( West London .0 all Do. First Class 0 all , Do. Second Class BRITISH P 1 all Atian. and St. Law. 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p. c. all Do. all Do. Additional A all Buffalo & Lake Hur. 100 Buff., Brnt. & God ch. 100 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug., 1 72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 .100 Do. do., 1 June, '74 2s. Calcutta and S. East. 2sgd Central Oude (Lim.) 2 Ceylon A sbares all Demerara. 2s. Eastern Bengal 100 East Indian all Do. C Shares 5 Do. E. do. , all D 0.4 all Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canada' all Do. 6p. c. Deben ali Gt. In, Pen. g. 5 per c. 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c. all Gt. Wcstn. of Canada 13 Do. New all Do. Bds., payable '57 all Do. do., p. '6O all Do. do., '73, do. all Do. do., '73, without option all Madras, guar. 4i p.c all Do. do., 5 per c. 15 Do. 4i p. c. Exten. 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.n. 5 Do. 4th Ex., do, ss. Oude (Limited) 15 Scinde , guar. 5 per c all Do FOREIGN. all Antwrp & Rotterdam all Ardennes.. 3 Bahia & Fraqeiceo.., all Belgian East. Junct. all Beziersto Graissessae all Carmeaux&Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. 15 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France . 2s. Euphrates Valley .. all Gt. Central of France all Great Luxembourg b Italian Junction all Lake Const. & Bale all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo-Venetian all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p all Lyons and Geneva all Maria Antonia all Do. New all Namur & Liege all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref, all Northern of France 8 Do. New all NorwegianTrnk.Pre all Paris and Lyons all Ditto New all Paris and Orleans 9 Recife & San Fran (Pernarn .) g. 7 p. c Tga and D ;Limburg all Rome and Friksesti.. all Royal Danish all 'loyal Swedish all Do. 7 per cent. all Sambre and Meuse all )o. 5i per cent. prel all Southern of France all West Flanders all Do. 5A per c. Prd all W.dr/CW. of France' 6 Western of Austria._ all Wept, of Switzerland all 1Y .esl aden all Do. Bp. cent. prof. alk Zealand.. ' . 00 50 lo all 15 all 6 - 6i 1 1 Ii lo .... ••• 3R - 3$ - 27t - 28 7 71 : iii 4, 3 / 4 - 26 - 27 .•• ''' ••• 81 - 9 20i - 21 371 - 38 8 - 8. 8 1 - 9. 321 - 31. - 50 - 52 1 id ••• ""'" ~ 16 - 18 i - A - - 2 IA 2IA - 9 4i - 5 9 - 9i 24i - 26 MY .." ••• ... - ••• ''''' BANKS. 84 - 86 21 -21 i 46 - 48 3i - 2i 58 - 60 ••• 17i -18 i 18 -- 19 43 - 45 38 - 39 16i - 17 ; 61 - 63 46 - 30 - 32 - 24, At; "'" toodl JOINT-STO I Agra & United Serv Australasia Bank of Egypt. Bank of London Bri. Col. Bk.&Ln. Co British N. American C.Bk. of Ind. Au.diCh.' City Colonial Commercialof Canada' \Commercial of Lond. l En,g.Scot.&Aus.Cot. [ Lon. Ch. Bk.of A .ist. London and County i London Joint Stock. Li Do. New National Pro. of Eng. Oriental c i viN o i.Sn a neon a c: l i l t ßWll Il a a e n eWn f s k kt l am r l Corp e e i s l u ad l Ottoman Bank Do. N ew South i astralia Do. N ew Union oi Australia—. I Do. New ........... I Union of London . : ) Unity Mutual Westrußle, ri. ; ocd Business dors this 1 5C all 161 141 161 15 i St. 100 L 6 6 9 7 3 ,00 20 20 20 20 5 20 6 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1858. L eas ing Closing Prices l Basines3 Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. Companies. this day I this da.v. St. 100 Bnckghamsh i Ln.&N.W. 93 1.00 I I . , 1100 102 25 all 'Col.Stour Vy. E.U.&E.O 13 - 15 gt. 100 E.Lin. g. 6 Gt.Northn 139 141. 5 all 'E. Un. H.Sh. E. Count. 4 St. 100 Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct. St. 100 Do. New Do n all Glstr.&Dn.rr. Gt.Westn — •• 50 all Hull & Selby. Y. & N.M lOB 110 25 all Do. Shares. Do 12 all Do. Shares. Do 12 1 all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern. 12 —13 A 20 all Do. Preference Do . 24 25 St. 100 Lon. Til., &S.' Peto &Co. 94 96 95 41 10 10 Do. Bark. Sh. Do 5} all Manch.Bxton. Ln.&N.W and Matlock & Midld 2i 25 St. 100 Mdld. Bradfd. Midland 94 96 61i 51 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. E. Count p ip 50 all N.6iEst.s p.c. Do 57 59 50 all Do. 6 per ct.. Do 50 all Do. Fixed sp.c Do 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N. W ... 12i all Do. Shrs. ADo — ••• St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. Gt.Northil3s . 138 10 all Shrews.& Her T. Brassey 8 8i 12 all S. Staffordsh .. M. MClean 10 —10 i 50 all WearVaLg6pc Stk.&Dar. 25 ; 0 0 r St. 'lO Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westn. 88 90 PREFERENCE SHARES. 25 all Myth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 501.) - •. . St. 100 Bris.&Ex.4 P.C. St. 94 - 96 20 9 Do. 4 per c. Shares . f .0 • St. 100 Caledn. £lO 4 A p. C 99 . - 101 100 St. 100 Ches. & no. 51 p.c - St. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent 61 all Cork &Bandon s lP.e . - 61 all Dun.Perth.&Aber.J 6 - St. WO E. Anglian Cls. ASh - - St. 100 Do. do. Cls. B Op. c 108 - 112 St. 100 Do. do. Cis. C7p. c 105 - 110 St. 100 Eas • Co.Ex,sp.cNo. l 112 - 117 St. 100 Do. No. 2 ....... 110 - 115 112 St. 100 IDo. New 6 pr. c. St. 127 - 132 20 all East Un., G. 6p. c. - 5 all Do. 51., 10 per cent. - 10 all !Do. Debontr.Sh. - St. all IDo. do. 4 per cent - St. 'OO East Lancash.6p.ets - •.. 5 all EAW. York. J. sths - 10 9 Edin.dz Gl. sp. c. Sh. St. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. 72 - 74 St 100 Furness, sp. c - St. 100 Glasok . . -- • • St. 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c. 1 .1 . 8 120 118 St. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem 110 - 112 110 St. 100 Do. 4i per cent- 102 - 101 100 60 Do. 5 p.c. , Rod. at s p. c. pram. - 64 10 all Gt.N.of Scot.lst Pr( 101 - 11 20 all Gt. S& W. (Ireland) ... - 20 all Do. 4 per e. Pref. St. - 5 5 0 6 I Gt.W.(B.&ll.Ex.spe 5i - St. 100 I Do. con. red. 41 p.c. 91 - 93 St. 100 !Do, con. red. 4p. c. 87 -8.) St. 100 Do. irred. 4 per lent. 87 - 89 St. IGO Do. sp. c. red. pref. 99 - 101 8 all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh 9. - 10 10 all Do. Chester Sp.c.P.S. 16 - 17 10 all Do. do. s p.c. do lO - 101 St. 103 Do. Birm. Gna, Stk 72 - 74 73i 1 261 all Do. Chesil. Gua. Sh l9 - 20 131 all Do. do. do 9l - 10 20 all Do. do. do l4 - 15 138 - 140 St. 100 Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. St. 100 Lon. &B.G. 5 pc • No.l - St. 100 D0.,P.,5p.c.5t.N0.2 - St. 100 Do. New Guar. 6p. e. - •• • St. 100 Do. do. sp. c., N 0.4 ... St. 100 Lon. & N.W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 F . et St, 100 Lon. &S.W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares 155 - 165 121 all Londy.& Color. 1 •.. 121 all Londy.&Ennis. 1 Sh. - • , z St. 100 M., S.,&L. 6p. Cent. 1 2 0 - 122 1211 20.1 6 41 Do. do. do. £6. . I - St. 100 as o. do. 31 per cont. 65 - 68 121 all Mary-pt.§ Carl. •4 p.c. - .- 121 all Do. 40 per cent - 120 101 Do. do. St. 100 Ilid.Consol.6 p.c. St. 2 • St. ,100 Do • Con • Br.Bir.6 p.c. 137 - 139 133 St. 100 Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St. 99 - 101 1001 St. ,100 Do, L. &11. Pref. St. 90 - 92 10 all New., Aber., &c., pr. sp.c.red.sp.c.pm. 10 all Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct. 10 - 111 10 all Norfk.Deb.4p.c.Sh. - ..• St. 100 Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 ... St. 100 Do. 51 p.c. pf , 1847 ... - St. 100 Do•Wv.V.sp. ..,1847 - St. 100 North British 1,6 - 108 7 31 Do. 71. Preference - 97 St. 100 N. E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf 95 - 17 81 Do. do. do 1 - e 20 13 I Do. Leeds 6 pa. No. 1 - 121 9 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 „ • - 25 10 Do • York FI.&S. Pur ; - par 20 all North Staffordshire 224 - 22 221 St. 100 Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. 117 - 119 St. 'lOO IDo. 6p.c. 2d guar lO6 - 108 St, 100 Do. do. Debentr. St 99 - 101 81 all ,Scot. Cent. New Pref .• • St. 100 Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c llB - 120 St. 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. I'is - 127 St. 100 Do. d 0.31 p.c. pf. St. 73 - 75 25 all South Devon lO - Ivl 10 all Do. fixed 41 pr cent - 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 241 -24 i 24/ St. 100 Do. 41 per cent 11)0 - 192 St. 100 Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh lOO - 102 St. 100 Do, New 40 pr. cent ... - ••• St. 1100 S. Wales Gua. 4p. c. - St. 'lOO Do. do. 40 p. c lOO - 102 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar • . - 25 all ick. &Dar., s p.c 27 28 125 19 Do. do. do. St. 'lOO IWaterfd&Kilk. 6pc 45 - 55 BRITISH MINES. .„ 2/ 12 Alfred Cons. (Philk.) 11 12 i 20 14 British Iron ••• ... 20 Coudurow (Cambrnj 80 90 10 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tavoi — 0 460 48 ... 30 East Basset (Mogan) 90 100 ... 17s Great South Tolgus 14 3 / 4 • 15 3 / 4 .. 17/5 Grt. W. Alfrd. (Philk.) 5 51 ... 7fi'Grt.W. Vor (llelstn.) 1 3 / 4 2 ••• 17s Lady B er th a 8 N. Frances (Illogan) 8 3 / 4 9 3 / 4 ..... . . N.W.Basset (Illogan) 12 14 ... 6/15 North Wheal Crotty 4 5 ... 1 3 / 4 Par. Cons. (St.Blasy) 173 / 4 183 / 4 ... 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) ... •• • ... 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 1} 13/4 ... 2 3 / 4 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) 375 390 ••• 2S. Carn Brea (Illo,gn.) 4 3 / 4 . . 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn.) 220 230 5 4 3 / 4 ram. S. St L. Min. Co. # 1 i 10 9 Tin Croft 4 4 ... 40 Un • Minet, (G w ennap) ... •.• ... 1256 V. of Towey (Camay. ) 11 1# ... 1i W. Basset (Illogan) 2l 25 21# ... 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd.) 110 120 ... 5i Wh. Basset (Mogan). 210 220 ... 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth). 280 - 300 ... 5 3 / 4 Wh. Edward(Calstck) 6 3 / 4 7 ... 117 s Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 11 12 8 Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht.) 43 45 4i• Wh. TrolawnUg/ '26 FOREIGN MINE& Au , i , Australian 1 10s. Bon Accord Cop. (li ) d -- II P 1 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at .C 5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada ... 133 i l3 1 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 12i -- 1311 bg 1 i Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica ... ...., 40 sr, Cobre Copper 39 41 ... 16 Copiapo 1 all Dun Mountain Cop per Mining Co $ id . 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares - 91 5 ri Lusitanian 1 all Mariquita # 1 all New Granada 1 all Noveau Monde 20 all Pont. Sil.LdM. & Snalt • 5 3 / 4 63 5 1 Port Philip 30 16i Santiago de Cuba all United Mexican... MISCELLANEOUS. 1000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim. ) ... - ... 25 19 Australian Agricult. 26 28 10 all ;Australis. Royal Mail 11 1 3 / 4 10 all ,Berlin Water Works.. 31 41 10 2 .Do. New iss. at 51. d ... • . 50 40 Brit. American Land 35 40 1.00 32 3 / 4 Canada l4O 150 St. 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July 113 114 1131 1 St. all ,Copper Min. of Eng. 25 30 25 all Do. Prof. 7 3 / 4 p. cent. 26 28 5 all Crystal Palace li— 1 3 / 4 1 3 / 4 $ 3 / 4 5 all Do. Preference 4 all ,Crystal Pal. of France ... . 20 all Eastern Steam 4 3 /4 5 4i 5i st. 100 ElectricTelograph • 1 all ,Electric Tel. of Irel ... • . 5 all lEn.&Aust.Cop.SmCo 11 1 3 / 4 lj 10 10s. Eur. & Ind. Jan. Tel. • _ _ 9 all Eur.&Am.Stra.(lim,) 4 43* 20 all Gen. Ir.Sc.Col.(lim.) ... ..._ . .. 15 14 'Gen. Steam Navigat. . _ . . 20 5 'London Discount 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 3i 3a 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. — ... 10 all M e diteran. Elec. Tel. .8 9 10 all Do. Extension Tele& ... ... 10 all Mexican& S.Americn ,_ ... 25 5 Nat. Discount C 0.... 1 i i j 10 6 Netherlands Laud.... i/ —ll 10 all Do. Do. 5 all Do.B p.c.Ptiss.at 1 d 2 3 5 3 Do. Do. 100 80 New B. &N. S. Land 16 --20 St. 100 'N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. 96 3 / 4 97§ 971 1 all N. B. Australasian... B i 20 all Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 2 3 1 all Oriental Gas 1 I.os. Do New Shares id iP 5 all Peelßr. Ld. & Minrl 2 21 ' 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 78 —BO 50 10 Do. New ~ . 63 qp 50 all Rhymney Iron 100 60 Royal Mail Steam._ 62 64 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 1 i 1# St. 100 S. Au% Gov• 6 p.c.bds. \ 106 --108 25 all South Austral. Land .i. 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip i f IL. 1 all Do. Registered 20 5 Trus. Ln. Co. Up. Car ... _ ... 100 281 ) Van Diemoceo Laud ll -- 12 1 • MAIL CONTRACTS AND ADMIRALTY tt . AGUNTS. c 44 bird bitton The next foreign mails that will be sorted on board the mail packets will be the India and China ones, and it will probably not be long bef re the mails will ba sorted on board packets running on all the mail packet lines. The ocean mail contracts are very elaborate documents, drawn up with the greatest care, to secure the carrying of foreign mails as speedily and as safely as possible. These docu ments contain engagements on the part of the Go vernment to pay heavy subsidies for carrying mails according to the contracts, and to inflict heavy penalties on mail packet companies for failing in their obligations. The ports at which the packets shall call, the order in which the packet ports are to be visited, the time for arrival and stoppage at, and departure from, each port ; the speed par hour at which the packets must be driven, together with the extra time allowed in case of accidents or una- SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. NEWMARKET RACES—(This Day.) [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] SUBSCRIPTION PLATE OF 501. 03d Trick Rosa Boulaeur Theodora SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS. D.M. Toxopholite Mentmore , ...........................».... 2 Pioneer Four ran. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. voidable delays through bad weather, are distinctly Monarque Wouvermans Worcester . .... _ laid down in the mail' contracts. In every ocean mail scheme where there is intercolonial or branch mad service performed, the departures of the main steamers on the homeward voyage cannot be fixed to a day. There must be several days' grace allowed for the branch steamers to arrive at the junction ports, but in every contract there is a positive rule that the main steamers must start for home, weather permitting, as soon as the intercolonial mails are on Fourteen ran. RIDDLESWORTH STAKES. Leontea walked over. SALE STAKES. Eclipse Telegram • ... • 2 Eurydice 3 board. The subsidies paid for carrying the seaborne mails are not sufficient for th e main t e nance of steam and the latter are consequently revenue from passengers and lose many of the former and much p forb a e c lii k ggh e e t td, c b o t rn uo t p dt a he n ef i iy e v s e , of the latter because their ships are unable to wait for anything but mails. The mail packet compa nies, in order to encourage their commanders to secure as man'y passengers and as much freight as possible, allow the captains to victual the ships, or else give them a percentage on the fares and freight ; and in order to work the packets as economically as possible, the engineers are paid a certain sum for every ton of coals they save during a voyage. Now the natural result of this desire for as much passenget and cargo traffic, and as l ittle con sumption of fuel as possible, is, that all ocean mail packet companies aim at running their steamers j us t fast enough to avoid the mail contract penalties, SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOPS Polly Peach= RillPgrew Proud Preston Peg NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 7 to 1 agat Fadladeen (t) No other change. NEWMARKET HANDICAP.—Mary, Messenger, Queen Be e, Vilikios, Amsterdam, Hobgoblin, Peeping Tom, and Dividend filly have paid forfeit. Arrived—Toxopbilite and Miss Whip filly. LATEST BETTING. THE NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 6to 1 apt Pavilion (taken) 7 to 1 agat Monarque (olen) Bto 1 aget Wouvermana (taken) 8 to 1 apt Fadladeen 9 to 1 agst Br. to Bird-on-the-Wing (taken) 10 to 1 aget Worcester (taken) 10 to 1 aget East Langton (taken) 14 to 1 apt Queen of the East (taken) 20 to 1 agst Bel Esperanza (taken) asd no faster. In order therefore that the public interests should be looked after, the Government hashitherto placed on board every ocean mail packet a naval lieutenant as Admiralty mail agent. He carries with him a copy of the mail contract, and sees that it is strictly ad hered to. He is the judge as to the safety of the packets leaving a port when the proper time has elapsed, and he dictates what shall be done in all cases of emergency. He sees also that the proper speed is kept up, that the packets run a proper course, that their machinery is in good order, and that they are properly officered and manned, and he takes care that the packets arrive at their destina tion, not only at the contract time, but before if possible. He has charge of all mails on board, re ceives them from, and delivers them to, foreign postmasters ; and in case of shipwreck, it is his spe cial duty to save them if possible. Moreover, he has to see all British consuls, ambassadors, and admi rals at the various foreign packet ports, to deliver up to, and receive from, them the most important Government despatches, and to report to the Ad miralty the movements of all foreign ships of war on the high seas. He has a boat and an officer and boat's crew to attend on him when on mail service duty, and cne of the staff of Admiralty agents is promoted every year to the rank of commander as a good service reward. For obvious reasons, the mail packet companies have always been desirous that the services of the Admiralty agents should be dispensed with. They have offered to let their own officers receive and deliver the foreign mails, and thus save Government the pay of the naval lieu tenants. They have likewise agreed to submit to a reduction in the subsidy, provided the agents were done away with, and now the Government requires accommodation on board some of the packets for Post-office clerks. The companies demand for provid ing that accommodation that the Admiralty agents shall he taken out of all the packets. But Post-office clerks, being civilians, would be totally unable to see that the mail contracts were carried out. In ship wrecks they would have difficulty to save them selves, and would be unable to look after mails. Besides which, the sorting of the mails on board the packets can at the most, only accelerate the delivery of letters twenty-four hours, whet eas Ad miralty agents cause the packets to arrive home days before they otherwise would. Many of the Admiralty agents are first-rate na vigators, and have rendered important service to commanders iu moments of danger and difficulty, and their rank adds dignity to the mail service abroad. Only a few months since, while the Ad miralty agent was going down the Spanish main with the mails he heard that Walker and the American filibusters had landed at Greytown, an I knowing that they would lay an embargo on the Costa Rican mail bag, which is sent across the Isthmus from their landing-place, he cut open the Greytown bag, took out the letter bag for Costa Rica, whioh was enclosed in it, and sent the Costa Rican mail across the Isthmus from Colon, and thus deprived the filibusters (1 their booty. When the mail steamer Candia broke down in the Mediterranean about fifteen months since, the Admiralty agent was enabled by his rank and in fluence to obtain the loan of a steamer from the Bey of Tunis to carry on the India mails. Some time since a mail packet struck on a rock, and the commander was about to back her ; before ho did so the Admiralty agent insisted upon getting out his mails. As soon as he got them out the ship was backed, and sunk-in deep water, and every thing on board of her was lost. The mails in the Griat Liverpool, Erin, Madrid, Tiber, and other wrecked packets have been saved by the zeal, judgment, and nautical skill of the Admiralty agents. The foreign mails are now become of im mense value and importance, and for the exigencies of commerce, they cannot be carried too quickly to their destination. With Admiralty agents to see the mail contracts fairly and fully carried out, and with Post office clerks, travelling the first and last stages on the mail steam lines to enable the public in England to post their foreign letters just previ ous to the departure of the outward packet, and to receive their correspondence immediately after the arrival in England of the homeward packet, nothing further can be desired, and it is to be hoped that the Government will not adopt a penny-wise-and-pound - foolish policy, and in order to avoid some additional expense, stop short of all the completeness that is attainable in their foreign and colonial mail service.—Daily News. GREAT NORTHERN. 9to 1 agst Bashi Bazouk (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 4to 1 agst Clydesdale (offered) sto 1 agst The Peer (offered) 10 to 1 agst 13'rd-on-Wing (taken) 12 to 1 agst Happy Land (taken) 15 to 1 apt Mentnaore (offered) THE DERBY. 12 to 1 on The Field (offered) 14 to 1 aget Clydesdale Offers to take) 14 to 1 agst Toxopholite (offers to take) 16 to 1 agat Sedbury (taken) 16 to 1 agst Cock-a-doodle-doo (taken) 50 to 1 agat Meutmore (taken) 100 to 1 aget Massaniello (taken) MANCHESTER BETTING.—MONDAY EVENING. THE NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 11 to 2 agar Monarque (taken) 13 to 2 agst any other. SPORTING EXTRAORDINARY. At half-past 6 a.m., March the 2d, a native on board the steamer Aden reported that a large tiger was swimming towards Mazagon from the opposite shore. Immediately, with the usual promptness and love of sport inherent in Englishmen, the coal man ler ordered a boat's crew to be got ready, and four officers—Mr. Maundrell, chief officer ; Mr. Tottenham, third officer ; Mr. Bain, fouith officer ; and Mr. Newell, clerk in charge--arrived with guns and proceeded to the capture. No time was to be lost, as the powerful aniutal was fast approaching the shore near the Bunder at Mazagon. About 15 minutes sufficed to bring the tiger in sight when he was found at tempting to board a native boat lying at anchor, and with fierce roars he was springing at the side of the bungalow. The natives, who evidently were in the greatest terror at the view of the monster who was attempting to beard them, were with cries making frantic attempts to repel him with sticks, and when they perceived the Aden's boat coming up they by gesture and signsbegged them to hasten. In a few minutes a volley of four muskets from the Aden's boat made this monster roar and turn round to repel the attack from the boat. Soon, however, a fresh volley from the boat caused him to drop his head in the water, when with a cheer the boat was brought alongside the carcass of the huge animal, and he was taken in tow, and soon placed on board the Aden. He proved to be a male tiger of the Royal Bengal species, and his dimensions will show what a formidable creature he would have proved had he reached the shore, which in a few minutes he could have done from the spot where he was captured. The weight of this animal was 3531 b. ; the length from nose to tip of tail Bft. 9in., of which his tail measured 3ft. ; circumference round the body 4ft. 3in. ; height 3ft. 9in. He had four tusks, each tin. long, and 24 smaller teeth ; his whiskers were 9in. long ; the cir cumference of his head, 2fc. 8 in. ; and to show the great strength of this animal I need only say that round his fora leg he measured lft. 8 in., and the hind leg 21t. He was a noble creature and beau tifully striped ; his skin is no way damaged ; as, like true sportsmen, the officers aimed at, his head, through which the bullets found their way, so that when preserved his skin will remain a lasting memorial of the prompt manner in which he was pursued and captured, thus saving the inhabitants of Mazagon and its vicinity the terror it would have inspired at having so terrible a visitor in their neighbourhood.—Bombay Telegraph. Viscount and Viscountess Villiers are among the English families of rank passing the Easter holidays in Paris. The Right Hon. the Speaker and Lady Charlotte Denison purpose giving a series of grand din' •• parties shortly a ter their return to town, at their ma oion in Carlton House-terrace. The Art Journal for April. The current number of this popular work pre senti uq wifh various specimen. of ar4igtic worth, among which, engravings of "The Young Fal coner," painted by F. Taylor, "The Spring Head," by Zuccherelli, and the Alto Relievo of Miss Helen Faucit, by J. H. Foley, are most prominently attractive. The latter production is most exquisitely rendered, lending a degree of classic grace and refined detail to the subject, which identifies it with the purely beautiful and ideal. An enthusiastic eulogium on the lady's talent is appended, but great as her dramatio power unquestionably is, we cannot admit that "Ristori must sit at her feet." Such extreme and unqualified praise only defeats the intention of the worshipper. Some sweet little pictures, by F. W. Hulme, are given ; and we have rarely looked on more enchanting bits of rural portrai ture. " A Lane Scene in Surrey," and "A Bye Way among the Hills in North Wales," are deli ciously represented—the light and distance being admirably toned. The general artistic informa tion and literature fully sustain the character of the journal. The New Monthly Magazine. The third volume of the Abbe Hue's work on " Christianity in China," is the subject of the first article in this month's number ~ f the New Monthly. The criticism gives an interesting summary of the missionary's proceedings, and copious extracts. It is followed by the continuation of the story which appeared in the last number by the author of " Ashley," narrating the fortunes and misfortunes of Mrs. Yorke and her jealous husband. As the reader of the last instalment will have surmised, Mr. Yorke is the murderer of Edward Janson. The double murder is arranged with considerable in genuity, though not much probability. Tnis writer evidently prefers the terrific to the natural or agree able. He seeks to excite the interest of lovers of the horrible by the gloom and extravagance of his incidents, rather than to provide cultivated tastes with some narrative that might interest without repelling. A paper on the Duke of Wellington's Despatches treats of his career in India. A " Monody on the late Viscount Strang ford," renders a tribute to the unfulfilled promise of his career, expressing enthusiastic admi ration in powerful language, Mr. and Mrs. Bushby contribute two papers, the first being the descrip tion of a visit to Iceland, and the second a transla tion from the French of Da Balzac, full of the tragedy of a continental romance. Sir Nathaniel continues his " Occasional Notes," and devotes them in this number to Villemain's Chateaubriand. Two papers of various merits describe "Life in California," and "A French Exile's Experience of the Backwoods." "Retired from Business" is the title of an amusing paper, founded on the German. There are several other articles on subjects of gene ral interest, none of them, however, possessing any great claim to originality or superior talent. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day). MANSION-HOUSE. George Rogers was charged before the Lard Mayor with picking the pockets of two gentlemen, in Aldgate street, last night, about 10 o'clock, and stealing there from a pocket handkerchief, while they were standing and looking at the fire. Remanded till to-morrow. James 11,11,y and Charles Murray were charged with arsaul ing the police and obstructing them in the dis• charge of their duty. Paice-constable 462 proved that he took the prisoners into custody this morning, about 6 o'clock, in Aldgate street ; they were drunk and disorderly, and assaulted and kicked him. He took them to the station-house, where they again assaulted him and broke his watch. James Holley was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment with bard labour ' • end Mur ra y, t h e son o f a b aronet, Was remanded till to-morrow, in order to see whether a certificate of lunacy can be obtained against him. J o h n Fienries was charged with embezz'ement, and forging cash cheques or money-orders for trifling sums, one fir 7,-1. He was in the employment of Mr. George Miltere, 27, Cumberland-street. He was remanded till Saturday next. Jane Simpson, an old offender, was charged witb attempting to drown ber , elf by jumping over London bridge Ibis morning about ten o'clock. She was or dered to find security of 101. for three months, or in de fsult three months' imprisonment . Ga mr d r uer ß w en a j s am ch i a a rg r e ie d ro w e i , th 36 ste a a n l d ing 37 a , c A oa id t g fr , o t m e. ee prisonment. shop s t t h r eH net,ry of City. He was sentenced to one month's im- MARLBO ROUG 11-STREET. STEALING AN UNFORTUNATE'S WATCH.—EmiIy Mat thews, a remarkably well-dressed young married female, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Bingbam, charged with stealing a watch from the person of Emma Cane, of Judd-street, New-road. The prosecutrix said she was looking in a shop window in Regent-street on the previous afternoon about four o'clock, the prisoner and a companion, whom she took for a sister, being near her. A minute or two afterwards she felt a touch at the gold chain which was round her neck, and observed the end of it fall, and the prisoner's hand go from it, and immediately missed her watch of the value of 61. She accused the prisoner of taking it, and a constable coming up she gave her into custody. The prisoner's companion, immediately she accused the prisoner, made off, but she was now down stairs at the door of the court, although dreesed differently to what she was on the previous day. Mr. Bingham (addressing the prosecutrix).—Then, go down stairs, and if you think the female is the same — but mind you are certain—let an officer take her into custody. A. minute or two after the female was brought into court and placed at the bar along with the other prisoner. She gave the name of Catherine Delap. Prosecuttix said the prisoner just placed at the bar was the one in company with the other prisoner at the time. She was quite certain she saw the prisoner Matthews' hand pass from her chain. The two pri sonera were quite close to her. Mr. Bingham asked the prosecutrix whether there were any other persons there at the time The prosecutrix said there wEra several other females. Goddard, 302 G, said he took the prisoner Matthews . , into custody. When the prosecutrix said the prisoner had taken her watch, the prisoner said, "Then give me into custody.'' The prosecutrix in answer to Mr. Bingham, said she had a companion with her, but had not brought her. The prisoner, Matthews, said that on the previous day the prosecutrix had said her and her sister were at the " Hooks or Dips." Mr. Bingham asked whether anybody could explain the meaning of the term, but received no answer. The prosecutrix denied she had made use of such an expression. Mr. Bingham having put several questions to the pri• Boner Delap, and elicited that she was only 16 years of age, discharged her, and remanded the prisoner. TRAM ES. JUVENILE CRIME.—AN ARTFUL YOUNG ROGUE. .Dawes Perry, age d 14, and Ji,seph Carter, 13, were brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing al cask, the property of the East and West India Dock Company. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Wilson, the head constable of the Dock, that several water casks had lately been rolled out of the dock by boys who pro duced. written passes purporting to be signed by masters of ships. Yesterday afternoon, a boy named Marney rolled a water cask to the principal entrance of the dock, and produced a written pass to the following effect : "April 5, 1858. Allow to pass out the water cask from the ship Tuskan, M. A. Mahey, mate." Tee officer to whom the pass was presented, suspecting something wrong, asked the boy from whom he received the pass, and he pointed to the prisoners, who were standing in the street a sh or t di s t ance from the principal gate. On seeing Mr. Wilson approach they both ran awa y. They were pursued and overtaken. Murray proved that Perry gave him the pass, and that when he did so Carter said, " You had better not go into the dock—you will get locked up." Mr. George Cargill , mate of the ship Cambia, said that the cask detained yesterday belonged to Captain Bond, the master of the vessel. It was on the quay alongside the ship yesterday morning, and had been rolled away. Evidence was given th a t f our panes, as they were called, by which as many water casks had been rolled oat ..f the dock, were written by Perry. Mr. Wilson, and Roche the gaoler of the court, said that Perry had been twice convicted of felony, and upon the last occasion he was sentenced to three months im prisonment and hard labour, for obtaining a quantity of nails and brass fittings by means of a forged order. Mr. Yardly discharged C ar t er , an d sa id he was deter mined to stop the guilty career of the prisoner Perry who bid fair to become a most accomplished villain. He sentenced Perry to three months' imprisonment and hard labour, and to be afterwards detained in a Reformatory School for five years. The 111a4istrate also ordered that Perry's father should pay 2s. 6J. per week towards the maintenance of his son. THE BALLOT. --The friends of the ballot intend giving at the Freemasons Tavern, on Wednesday, the 14th inst., a soiree to Wm. Nicholson, E-q., late First Minis ter of Victoria, in Australia, where he introduced voting by ballot, and thus became the founder of that system in the British dominions. The Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P., has promised to preside ; and Lord Goderich, Sir Arthur Hallam Elton► Bart., Sir De Lacy Evans, General Thompson, and other well-known friends of the ballot are expected to be present. The Madrid journals of the Ist are again occu pied with the alleged fusion of the two branches of the royal family ; and whilst some express great alarm, others denounce the Government for not having prevented it. The Government and Carlist journalists affect to treat the matter with indifference. 86i 6 / 6 1021 i x d 91& 1i 73i 4 13 12i 8i 109 t 47 81 i 214 11 27 7 1 1 81 BE3 26i 7 LONDON GAZETTE.—(This Evening.) LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 5. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will held Lees at St. James's Palace on the following days, at two o'clock : —Wednesday, the 11th inst., and Wednesday, the 23th inst. LORD CHAMBERLAIN' 3 OFFICE, APRIL 5. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold Drawing-Rooms at St. James's Palace, on the following days, at two o'clock : —Thursday, the 22d instant, and Thursday, the Gil of May next. FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 6. It is hereby notified that the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have received a despatch from Rear-Admi ral Sir M. Seymour, K.C.8., commanding her Majesty's naval forces at Ca, ton, dated from on board her Majesty's ship Calcutta, at Hong Koug, 11th February, 1858, in which ho states that the blockade of the port and river of Canton was raised by the allied forces of her Majesty and of his Majesty the Emperor of the French on the 10th Fe bruary, 1858. WHITEHALL. APRIL 3. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Rev. Wil liam John Chesshyre, M.A., the place and dignity of a Canon of the Itfetropolitical Church of Canterbury, void by the cession of the Rev. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley. WHITEHALL. Arm, 5. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Adam Inch Ritchie to the church and parish of Fettercairn, in the presbytery of Fordoun, and county of Kincardine, vacant by the death of the Rev. Alexander Whyte. DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 5. The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Samuel Woodley Wattley, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the Island of Nevis ; Henry Nicholas D. Beyts, Esq., to be one of the District Magistrates for the Island of Mauritius, and Henry Vo❑ Schellebeck, Esq., to be one of the Dis• trict Clerks for the Island. REDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT. The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act, 10 Geo. 4, c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual expenditure thereof, for the year ended the 31st day of DecembJr, 1857, amounted to the sum of thirty-six thou sand and ninety-seven pounds eight shillings and four pence. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of nine thousand and twenty-four pounds seven shillings and one penny, being one-fourth part of the said surplus of thirty-six thou sand and ninety-seven pounds eight shillings and four pence, will be applied, under the provisions of the said Act, between the Gth day of April, 1838, and the 30th day of June, 1858, to the following purposes, viz.:— To be applied towards the reduction of the National Debt ...... Add Interest receivable on account of Donations and Bequests, to be applied to the purchase of stock £12,502 9 8 A. Y. SPEAIIMAN, Comptroller General. National Debt Office, March 29, 1858. WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 6. 16th Regiment of Foot—General Sackville Hamilton Berkley, from the 75th Foot, to be Colonel, vice Major- General Cecil Bisshopp, deceased. 75th Regiment of Foot—Major-General St. John Augustus Clerke to be Colonel, vice General Berkeley, removed to the 16th Foot. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT Wiltshire—Wm. Arthur Heathcote, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. 4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Regi ment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Ensign Edwin Rickard Lloyd to be Lieutenant, vice Jobn Robert Leigh, resigned; Henry Edward Butler, Gent., to be Ensign, vice James Hardcastle, resigned. Warwickshire Militia, 2d Regiment —George Diawell Grimes, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Charles Atty, promoted. let or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Ensign Wm. Herring, to be Lieutenant, vice Tegart, resigned. 2d or Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia —James W. Crow, Gent., to b. Assistant-Surgeon, vice William Jay, appointed to her Majesty's Regular Forces. sth Regiment of West York Militia—Samuel Humby, Gent., to be Ensign ; William Waddington, Gent., to be Ensign. The following article is substituted for that which ap peared in the Gazette of 23d March last : Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire Volunteer Cavalry— Cornet Hugh Stratford Stratford to be Capta , n Lieutenant, vice Brooks, resigned ; John Bainbrigge Story the younger, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Stratford, promoted. BANKRUPTS. Chad Fisher Richardson, victualler, Stoke Newington, to surrender, April 15, at twelve,'find.May 14, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Dove, chemist and druggist, Clay Cross, Derby shire, April 17 and May 29, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Thomas Plummer Craven, painter, Scarborough, April 23 and May 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Henry Morris, iron merchant, Tipton, Staffordshire, April 19 and May 10, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. John Powell and Thomas Powell, awl blade makers, Birmingham, April 17, and May 6, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. George Bennett, outfitter, Whitechapel, April 19, at two, and May 14, at ono, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Charles Phenix, brewer, Ruabon, Denbigh, April2o, and May 10, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Robert Frost, stationer, Teignmouth, April 14, and May 13, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Willatt and Williams, earthenware manufacturers, Stoke-upon-Trent, April 17 and May 6, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Jacob Wicks, broker, Bristol, April 19 at twelve, and May 17 at eleven, Bristol District Court. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Andrew Gardiner, farmer, Foulsykos, Lanarkshire. Archibald Young, merchant, Leith. Duncan Wilkie, farmer, Howden, Roshurghshire. Robert Jack, tinplate worker, Glasgow. John Martin Banks, auctioneer, Dundee. Laurence M`Laren, plumber, Stirling. John Morrison, painter, Perth. ksh i r s. Robert Hamilton, grocer, Stonhouse Lanar Robert Ross, farmer, Broad in iro, s ilk merest's, rn White, Fairweather and Cop.uY, Aberdeen. Aberdeenshire. r MONEY. NAVAL P/W 0 A cc ountant-General of Departmen t , ° Tldnairalty, Somerset-House, the ,Nri'sss. Apu" ; en to all persons interested therein, making for the intended distri- Notice is hc . re n b i T ae g , .. ow that preparati ons a rising from the schooner, Name Un bution of log r d n u the sth August, 1837, by her Ma knowo,,c.BPmyrmidon. jcstf° sa r o ther persons havin g an y j us t an d l ega l d eman d nnitgnig e '? p,ted against the sa id precee d s, are requ i re d to . transmit the particulars of an y suc h d eman d t o th e Regis trar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that Officer, and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said Com t. Agents and all other per: ons holding powers of Attorney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to clam the share belonging to any captor, are requested, with as little delay as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by the usual documents, to the Prize Branch of the Depart went of the " Accountant - General of the Navy, Admc ralty, Somerset-house." Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in the London Gazette of the date proposed for the commencement of distribution ; and, at the same time, the amount of an individual's share in the respective classes will be an. nounced. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—TH s DAY. 11 16 Gibraltar •••••••• •• •-• Ditto, three months .. 11 17 8 4 Leghorn •••••••••••••• 29 60 Rotterdam ............ 11 17% Genoa eee •• •••••• 25 5734 Antwerp •••••••••• • • • • 25 37% •• • • •••• •• •• •• .• Brussels •••••••9 •• •• o• 25 37l Venice •• •••• •• aamburgh •... •• •• •••• 13 614 Naplee .••• ........••.• 41 3 r Altena •• •••••••••• •• •• • • Palermo .• •• 00000 125 25 10 ) ) Messina Do. three months 25 3734 Lisbon ... 51% Marseilles ............ 25 40 Oporto ........... •••• f Bourdeaux •• ...• •• •• w IRio Janeiro..... • ••• • • • Frankfort-on-Maine •••• 1183 i Berlin •••• •• •• •• • • 41e ere • • Vienna" •• or• •• •• •• •• •• 10 35 Trieste•• •• •• •• •• •• .• 10 36 Petersburg 35 1 4 Madrid •••••••• • OL 60 • • 49 lilreeiona •• • • Seville.. ... ...... Buenos Ayres ..... New York,6o days' sight Philadelphia .. ...... PRICES OF BULLION, PEE on Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 New Dollars .... •. 0 0 0 ,Silver in bars 0 5 CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before the Rtoorder.) A FAST YOUNG DRAPER. J o hn Carter, 27 years of age, and described le the calendar as a draper's assistant, was indicted for steal ing moneys, the property of his employers, Messrs. Venablee, drapers, Whitechapel. Mr. Robinson prosecuted, and Mr. Sleigh defended the prisoner. The prisoner had been in the prosecutor's employ ment about five months, during which time they had cause to suspect him, and he was watched. On serving a customer it was his duty to make out a bill on the duplicate system adopted by the drapery trade, and take them both to the cashier, who returns them to him, one stamped to be given to the customer, and the other retained by the prisoner as a check on the amount o receipts entered against him. On the 6th February, the prisoner took a duplicate bill to the cashier, made out in the name of Mrs. Cummings for 1,. 9d. and altered the one he handed to Mrs. Cummicgs to Bs. 91, the amount of the articles she had purchased. Several such instances had occurred, and the prosecutors gave him into custody on these charges. The case being clearly proved against the prisoner, Mr. Sleigh said he could not resist the charge, and he had advised him to retract his plea of not guilty and plead guilty. The prisoner accordingly pleaded guilty. There were two other indictments against the prisoner, one for stealing and the other . far embezzling, to which the prisoner pleaded guilty. Mr. Sleigh addressed a few words to the Beet Her in mitigation of punishment, urging, what the learned counsel termed the prisoner's youth, which had caused him to fall into temptation and lead a rather reckless life. Mr. Robinson, on the part of the prosecutors, re walked they had no desire to appear vindictive. The prisoner came to them from the country, with a charac ter, a comparative stranger, but that during the time he had been in their employ he must have commenced a systematic course of plunder, for in addition to the money cases they had discovered against him, his boxes when searched were found to contain numerous articles, the property of his employers. There was no doubt the prisoner had been living a reckless life, for he had been frequen ly seen (hiving tandem about the parks. Ile Learned Recorder said the prisoner had syste matically plundered his employers. He sentenced him to four years' penal servitude. The Court was occupied the remainder of the day in disposing of cases presenting no features of general interest. . SECOND COURT. (Before tho Common Srrjeant.) The Court was occup - ed the whole of the day in dis• posing of cases of uttering base coin. They were of the usual character, and devoid (1 p Anti of pub'ic interest, except in the case of William Sage, an old offender, who was sentenced to eight years' penal servitude. TELE HAYMARKET MURDER. It is expected that the trial of Giovanni Laoi, for the wilful murder of Heloise Taubin, in the Haymarket, will take place to-morrow morning. CHARGE OF AFFILIATION UPON A MARRIED MAN. SELFE V. OS BORNE. At the Kensington Petty Sessions, yesterday after. noon, before a full bench of justices, an hffiliation sum mons was heard. Mr. T. Beard appeared for the defendant, an omnibus driver, living at Kensingtor. Plaintiff, a good-looking young woman, about 26 years of age, said Fhe had known defendant for some time Ile is a married man, and in March last year plaintiff was on a visit to his wife. During her absence on the 6th or Bth of that month defendant had connection with plaintiff, the result of which is the child now pre sent. When plaintiff was confined she wrote to the defendant, who called to see her, and said, "Well, we must have this talked about— how can we settle it !" Toia was said i❑ the presence of a witness. Cros,-txamined —She knew a young man named Turner, and had on one occasion been out with him all night, but no conrection ever took place between them, and defendant was the only man she had ever known. . witness, the woman who attende I plaintiff during her confinement, was called, who corroborated plaintiff in her statement of what transpired when defendant visited her. Plaintiff was confined on the 6th or 7th of December. Mr. Beard, for the defendant, pointed out the extreme probability of plaintiff's statement with respect to Turner, and called defendant, who solemnly swore that be bad never had any connection with the plaintiff. She wrote to birn when she was confined, but the letter fall ing into the hands of his wife was the only reason of his calling upon the plaintiff. He denied the conversation swor❑ to by plaintiff and her witness. 'Lie court was cleared for about half-an-hour before resuming its sitting. The presiding Justice Feld there was certainly some hard swearing somewhere, and in the face of tho evidence they must adjudge defendant to be the father cf the child. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 103 to 4/ 4s clover, 3/ lOs to 51 Os ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 108 per load, A. slow trade, at late rates. Supplies moderate. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow, hay, 2/ lOs to 4! 4s; clover, 3/ lOs to 5/ Os ; and straw, 11 6s to 1/ lOs per load. A fair average supply, and a heavy demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 41 4s clover, 3/. 10s to 5/ Os ; and straw. 1/ 5s to 1/ lOs per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. COLONIAL. The markets for foreign and colonial produce aro still closed for the Easter holidays. TEA.— The market remains very dull privately. Com• mon congou is quoted 13d. per lb. SUGAR. --Very few inquiries have been made for either home use or for export, and there have been no transac tions to report. The refined market has been entirely closed. COFFEE.— A few dealings by private contract have been reported in Plantation Ceylon et steady rates. RICE.— No transactions of any importance have been re ported, but a large quantity is advertised for public sale during the week. Rum. Owing to the intervention of the Easter holidays the attendance of buyers has been very limited, and no business has been done. INDIGO.—SmaII quantities are taken for home use of goof Bengal qualities, at about the rates current at the last February sales. TALLOW.—The market is dull, with little disposition evinced to purchase. P.Y.C., spot, is quoted 545. d. April to June, 535. 6d. ; June, 53 5. 9 d ; aad last three months, 525. 6d. per cwt. We have reason to believe that Mr. Disraeli will bring in his Budget on Friday, the 16th inst. the East well-fed pigs a day or two ago strayed up ""t P o ° ' ll clock train PIG KILLING BY MACIIINERY.—Three beautiful and Lancashire Railway, and when the on _ e stop. came up two of the pigs were kill E tla A uro pean war might KING VICTOR EMMANUEL.—.. lead to the emancipation of L'lnuel would be nailed to bardo•Venetia, and in that case who but Victor Em Eeourstitational Italy I He is it is impossible to say that he reign bu t 38 ev y e e r a t r h a e of k a in g g e d , kingdom a ssist in great events, and fulfil His detestat ion of Austtia is well to the popularity he njoys long and deeply at amahyignhodtebateinryes. ra l ce believe that nothin in known, and Cached to o wouldgive him such pleasure, would reader . the world I happy, as to find himself • „ „plele 3' in a posi amongst his sucqescetso7saalvooyyal. him s " -- a d across erv tr e i d hn to te: the Ticino such an army as could con tion to le . jai 3 fair chance of success, against the Austrian tend, yr legions. With that army at his -back, and with the chivalrous and noble-hearted La Marmora, who looks like a Paladin of old, by his side, ha would fear no foe, „n.l feel confident of victory. His . • taste is for action rather than couucil ; he pre fern the field to the Cabinet. His mode of life proves this ; he detests court forms and ceremonies, and passes the greater part of his time in hunting and shooting. Nothing afflicts him mere than the arrival here of great personages, to whom he is obliged to give state receptions and grand entertain' meats. His ta-tee are not intellectual, and his private life might occasion scandal in England ; but a moral sovereign would be out of place in Piedmont ; and his subjects smile indulgently at his amours, which are oft si very elevated deecription. He is, in fact, very much what he looks—a frank, straightforward man, hating humbug, somewhat of a sensualist, with little talent, but an honest heart. He has been seen in England, and his portrait is familiar to most people—his square and rather heavy figure, his broad cheat and bull-neck, his enormous mow stache, bluff features, and head very much thrown back. He looks best in uniform, and on horseback; on foot his appearance is not very majestic. Whatever his defects, however, his subjects like Lim well, and would be sorry purpose, and a to change him fur another. Honesty of ,incere attachment to liberty, and r espect for a plighted . ies in a kin as word, are at least as important g, —Blackwood I brilliant talents and a fascinating qualities. 20 all all 20 126. 99 87 i 51i 2 191 i 8i I 84i i 1 A 28 45i 31,E 461$ ,__ ,