The Sun. — London, England, 1859-03-15 00:00:00

` MO NEY 11 A RICET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. I n the Markets for Foreign and Colonial Produce duri ng the last few days business has been exceed elY inactive, and prices have in several instances beer a tenden c y t o rece d e . T ea , h owever , h as .a firmer, b u t th e t ransac ti ons h ave b een limited, most parties waiting the arrival of ; 4 : ees by the overland mail previous to en etring into fresh operations. Sugar has been 14 , ee edingly dull, only the finer qualities, at barely to home consumption, finding a ready sale alteration late rates. In the refined market no 04:ration of any importance can be reported. eee has been in fair demand, more particularly h ! better qualities of Plantation Ceylon, which 110 7 1 e sold freely at full values ; other descriptions have been neglected. In rice stately any business F; "eon reported, and prices are merely nominal. k i t il e it and spices have also exhibited no material t h ra tion, and saltpetre continues inactive, except for eenunon qualities which sold at a slight ad prince. Tallow has been exceedingly quiet, a n d b ei eeB have been depressed. P.Y.C. on the spot lelleger at 52 5 ., an d Ap r il to J u n e d e li very , 52 5. s• The public sales of colonial wool have pro thessed rather steadily, and the rates realised at e c enunencement have in most instances been ilit ained. The series will terminate this after °en, the 15th inst. k Let ters from Liverpool state that the CottQJl ktl ari et, yesterday, closed with a very firm appear tie; and 10,000 bales were sold at former te : t ,tiens. In railway shares business was very r ` e ted, and prices exhibited a downward ten eney. 4si nall quantity of Russian gold was seat into ti e Bank of E ng l a nd yesterday, and a few gold g°l s Were withdrawn. About £40,000 in Russian artived, which will be sold for transmission T he Contine n t. he silver market is very firm, and a considerable am ount has been disposed of at 61Zd. per oz., and l ete cases at 62d. It is now difficult to effect t ,hases at 61id. 4 4 ° - day a payment of 20 per cent., or £310,000, b e 'lle on the Chilian Loan, leaving 22 per cent. to c .,tlisehar ge d. e veral small arrivals have been announced thi s I , fit4 , mor ning, including the A ng l esea , f rom A us t ra li a , 4 , £ 9 8,796 ; the Warrior, from North Coast of w 'ea, with £4,000; an d th e D o lphi n , f rom Ant ell), with £64,000; making a total of £166,796. large amount of business is reported in the ir er al discount market, but as the supplies con oti abund an t b an k er s an d b ro k ers are di s p ose d t o e et the requirements o f the commercial comm un ity ill Previous terms. It is understood, however, o _ et the tendency is rather in an upward directi on , 14 7 . g to the increased demand for mercantile ko r P e ses ; and as the public have lately shown t h re disposition to effect investments in stock and prPe as well as the different new projects, flThe balances have been somewhat diminished. e d C ontinuance of this movement must, of course, some advance in the charges for accommoda -4; but while the stock of bullion remains as th te as at present, and the absorption does not at lil s alee time materially extend, a rise in the official 1 1 11 , h1 lum can scarcely be considered imminent. I t e understand that the directors of the Madras :gallo n and Canal Company have made a pro °to Lord Stanley and the Council of India to t , 1 7 effect that three assistant engineers may be ijaged in this country and despatched to Madras lko t hue to enable Major H. Cotton to complete ' it uinary investigations without delay. No doubt e ntertained that this request will receive the aY assent of the authorities, it being essential that toi e Ptual works should be entered upon during the season at the end of the year. here was a meeting of the Londonderry and It I)o ' 4l iskill en R a il wa y C om p an y, t o -day. The re stated that the receipts for the half-year t runted to £20,482 4s. 6d., being an increase of 1 1 59 4 s. 7d. The total expenditure was £9,987 8 9 d. There was a disposable balance of £6,309 lolad., which was sufficient, after payment of the t ° end on the 6 per cent. £lO shares, to give a ii ,_ 4l end of ss. 3d. on the £l2 10s. preferen ce t l'es. There is a discussion now proceeding on . e te rms p r oposed by an individual for leasing ` 4 ,li ne. t T he market for Public Securities is rather inac %'ve, and very little alteration is reported in values. Pitlitinued dulness and depression will no doubt N 'ail until Continental affairs assume a more tle d appearance, and some time may yet elapse ber ere a d e fi n it e arrangemen t i s conc l u d e d. Consols g y e been 95-4 96 for money and account all day. B Pe dal transfers have been done in Reduced . , %ties at 968 ; the 21 per Cents. are marked tii i; Indi a St oc k i s s t ea dy, a t 220 an d 222 ; an d e Debentures are firm, at 991 1. Exchequer Bills b e 3l s. to 375. prem. t very moderate business is recorded in the M arket' for foreign securites, and prices remain i l :, ith -eut , any variation. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 4 " 4 1` . to 92 1 7 , ; ditto New Loan, 781 to 79; Russian j er Cents. are steady at 111 ; ditto 41 per Cents. 10 Oi ; Spanish, at 444 ; Sardinian, at 821 to 83; Dutch 4 per Cents., at 1001 and 1011- ; Mexi e!' is fiat at 19k. The New Austrian Loan 2to Count. 41 4 very moderate business has been transacted iu e ,. l tailway Share Market, but in some instances a ' l ght improvement has taken place. Eastern h e auties, Great Northern, and North Western ve advanced 55., and Chester and Holyhead, 10s. ; a ncashire and Yorkshire, Midland and North lipastern, Berwick, have declined 55., and South a e stern, 10s. • Caledonian, Blackwall, Manchester, bet field, a n d 'Lincoln, and South Eastern were at cont p rev i ous va l ues . ,en the F ore i gn M ar ket Lombardo Venetian old Bg l e t'es are steady at 84, 8!., and the New at 8 and e. Th e C o l onia l lines are dull. Grand Trunk of I ndian have receded about ss. to 10s., and Great l o „lian Peninsula and East Indian are a shade Previo us Great Western of Canada remain firm, at '`evious qu otations. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares ,; (1 very i nac ti ve . No material variation has taken Vaee in quotations. Oriental Bank realise 40i ; .Ilion. of Australia, 53/ 531 ; and Red Sea Tele rlph, Ba. The Whittington Freehold Estate and e lieLy Company have been quoted at f p_to Premium. a BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Per Cent. Reduced Annuities Shut 961 uPer Cent. Consols Annuities OW 21 per Cent. Annuities ill ( lia Stock e it tto Debentures 991 i 2 B Dolt to Bonds, £l,OOO ooltllBto under Xl,OOO 0 1s for Account 9 51 i Ex L March. June. b• ' - ilequer Bills £l,OOO, 2d. & lid 37 4 1 _ ltt o s mall, 10 ' . FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ku l o. t Lrlan Bonds, 5 per Cent. B2 t azilian 5 per Cent. b a Ditto 1858, 41 per, Cent. 94/ h i lish i 1825, 3 per Cent. eitt o 5 per Cent. 4„.. e/ je4l). 3 per Cent '"jan 1822 £St 5 per Cent lll xd Ditto " " . to 41 per Cent. 1001 I -I,rdmian, 5 per Cent B2l 3 Ditto Account I:Lanish 3 per Cent 441 T Ditto Account 4 /'ltieli 6 per Cent. Ditt o P 921 k itt o Account D itto New Loan uitto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. D utch ExChange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent — uitto Certificates, 4 per Cent. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 954 Consols for Account (April) 9 THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. Lo x Doti, March 15.—Wind this day at noon, W.N.W.; r a i rk ' l lg . and stormy, with squally w*ather and occasional O_OWEs, March 14.—Wind S.W., strong.—Arrived — ,e Charlotte Gibara, from Cuba. C'AltniFF, March 14.—Wind S.S.W—Put back—Julia, " r b itetterdam, leaky, and cargo shifted. le - ORTSMOUTH, March 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrived— fr,?r Majesty's steamer Urgent, from Malta; Hermoine, e 3, 14 London for Manilla; Chinsura, from London for t r i - "`„. et ltta; St. Ja, from London for Bombay; New Great do 'II) from London for Algoa Bay; Trinidad, from Lon °ll for Trinidad. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LivEnpooL, Tuesday Morning. Rind . N.W. , gale. a r ri zed, March 14—Araxes, screw steamer, from Alex. THE SUN, -LONDON,. TUESDAY - EVENING, MARC.H. 15, 1850 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Sharo I Railways. Closing Business Paid. Price. Dons. 'Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bil/11&8:Vran.,Lim.7p.c Belgian }jut Jrnotion Beziers to GraissesgAC. Carmeaux Mine & Rail Dutch Rhenish East,rn of France Euphrateti Great Central of ?farce Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Junction Lake Constance & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lucca & Piet*, 5 p.c.pf Lyons and GetWVa Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref. Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. Ottoman, gun. 6 per cent Paris,Lyons, and ➢ledit. Paris and Orleans ...... Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.) gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) Riv,a and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse Do. 54 per cent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 54p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref ,Zealand BRITISH POSSE Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent.. Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd pc; 5 percent Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Buffalo, Bran t. & Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcu tta.&S. Eastrn. Li m. Cape,Eastn. Proy.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed Gp.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, n-u. sp. c Do. C Shares Do. E Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore D 0.44 p.c. Bds. pay.'ii9 G eelong& Mel.gua.s p. c. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B Do. 6 per cent. Pref Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New, gua.s per cent Do. do IGt.S.of Ind.i...l2m.—Script guaranteed 5 per cent:. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with l rapt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. ''/3 without opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 4i p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.ALLand(Lim.)g.Gpe Class ACapitl.Share.. Do. do. Land d 0... Do. do. B. Capital do. Do. do. Lard do. ..1 Northof India Tramroadl Limited, Scrip Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. Do. New Do. Punjaub L* - Do. Indus. St. Flo. te k ., ° ' St. Andrews Sr Quebec A iTrinidad(Limited) Scrip all 13i all 4} all 16 1 100 2a. 6d 2 all 5 100 all all all ) 100 100 all 100 all ) all all all all all all 100 100 1. 3.0. 4/ 51 4 d ; I 11 2f 41 26i 27 61 6i t IPI 2 6 4 38 37 -8 1 9 P 32 33 32 34 1 dj 61 7 9 9 20 20 5 2 43 9 24 LIONS. 80 85 1 id J d id 7 74 $5 90 82 86 80 84 par iPI I IPI P 1031 1 0 4 } 4 i P 195 205 34 364 74 76 92 95 101 1t.2 par fpi 16 16} 41 d 100 105 100 105 100 105 96 98 In 181 114 201 184 19 I par -d -d A 21 P i }a JAI IPart par, BRITISH MINES. Paid. \ Closing Business Price. Done. , • Share Railways. Paid. Closing Business / Price. Done. - Alfred Consols (Phil ack) 2.11.10 61 7 4 7 20 pritish Iron 25 Blythe and Tyne I( per - Coadurrow (Camborne) 2O - - o. pref. (issued at £5O) all 49 51 10 Devon G. Cons. (T ao i s t.) 1 465 475 f Stk Bris. & do. Exet4p.ctStock 100 91 96 Shares 9 - - - East Bassett (Illogan). 30 215 22 5 i2O Do. do. - Great South Torus.... 17s 12 13 13 4 cent Stock Caledon, £lO, 41 per lOO 103 105 - G.Wheal 12.10 I - Lady Bertha Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 7. 10 - - Alfd.(Phillack 11.18.8 21 3 1 ) Stock ;Chester & Holyhd, 51 pc 100 127 12 9 -G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 91_ I i Stock Do. do. sp. et. - North Frances (Illogan) 81 7 8 61 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. all - - - North Wheal Crofty... 7.9.4 91 101 61 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. all 6 6 1 -- N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 114 124 Stock E.Angn. Class A 7& spc 100 98 101 100 -- Par Consols (St. Blaxv) 11 144 154 Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc lOO 112 117 •- Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 - - Stockpo. do. Class C 7 pc lOO 109 114 - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. Os I i Stock' E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l 100 116 118 - SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 24 450 460 . Stock Do. do No.2 100 114 116 -• Sorth C. Brea( Illogan). 2 24 24 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock 100 132 134 - S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 205 215 StocklEastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 80 82 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Stock East Lane. 6 per ct lOO - - Mining Co 4l 11 2 11 5 E.& W. York. Jon. fifths all - - 10 Tin Croft 9 31 4 Stock Edin.&G las. spc shares 100 - - - UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - - Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. 100 73 75 - Vale of Towev (Corm.) 12s Gd 4 1 Stock Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 - - - West Basset (Illogan) ll 21 23 Stock Glos. &S West. 2• a. 5 pe. 100 113 115 - W. Caradon (Liskeard) 2O 75 80 Stock Great Northern, sp. et. 100 118 120 118 - Wheal Basset (Illogan) 5l - - Stock Do. spc Redm.,lop.e.pm 100 110 112 1101 - Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 125 135 Stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c.Redm..s pc. pm 6O 64 64 641 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf all 11 111 - Wheal Kitty(U. Lelant) 1.7.2 11 12 1 Gt. Sn. 10,3 - - - Wh eal '1 Mary Ann (Meithe) 8 49 51 & W (Ireland)4 1 Stock- Wh'l Trelawney (Lick.) 44 31 33 I p. ct. pref. Stock 50 Great West. (Berks and 6 - - Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct..' . FOREIGN MINES Stock Do. Redeemable, 41 pc t. 100 95 97 95 Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. et. 100 86 68 20 Australian 7l / Stock Do. Irredeemable, d 0. .. 10 0 87 89 1 Bon AccordCopper , Lim los 1 8 1 P Stock Do. sp. ot. Redeem. Pref. 100 99 101 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £sp ) 27 1 14 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 91 101 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim l5 11 12 111 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. 5 Do. Land and Mining•Co all 1/ 24 shares all 164 171 1 Clarendon Consols Min -10 Do. do. sp. et. pref all 91 101 ing Co. of Jamaica ... t--- d Stock Do firming. guar. stock 100 72 74 40 Cohn: Copper all 36 3S 20 Do. Chester guar.shares all 184 191 19 - Copiapo l6 10 12 131 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock 100 140 142 20 General all 123 24 Stock Lon.&Brigspc.gu. No.l 100 - 3 Linares all 91 101 Stock Do. pref., sp. c. ...No. 2 100 - - 5 Lnsitanian Stock Do. New ty.,ua., 6p. et... 100 - 1 Msriquita all 1 i Stock Do. do. ..5 p. c. N o . 4 100 - - 1 New Granada all - - Stock Lon.& N.W.Cov. &Nun- 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 4 1 p eaton, sp. et. Stock Lon. &S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, Mining and Smelt..., all 4 5 late:3d shares lOO 160 165 ' 5 Port Philip I 1 1 124 Londondy & Cole, 1 ohs. all -- - 30 Santiago de Cuba l6l 1 11 121 Londondy.& Ennis 1 sh. all - - 28.2.KlUnited Mexican all 24 3 , Stock Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. et. 100 123 125 6 Do. £6 44 1 in COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Stock Do. 31 per cent. 124 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c all - - Closing Business Share Securities. Paid. 121 Do. 4 per cent .. - - Prices. Done. Do. - - - - Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock . 100 - - Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6P.ct. 100 139 141 - Can.Gov.6p.c..Ta. & July 100 114 115 1 14 1 1 Stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock.. 100 101 103 102 14 - Do. 6p.c.Fb.&Aug.. 100 112 114 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 1 ,1 p - Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 112 113 Stock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. 100 94 96 1 - N.8.G0v.6p.e. Ja. &July 100 1114 1121 , Do. 6 p.c.An. & Oct. 100 - - NewportAber,&c.p - e'J.5 all 91 9E --N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 1024 1031 103 10 p. c. redeem, at sp.c. r m 1 1 - NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with option till 1866 all 111 111 111 Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1111 1121 1124 111 - S.Aus.Gt.6p 10 Norfolk Deb. 4p.c. sh ores all 9 91 o.Jan&July 100 111 112 112 - Viet•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 - -- 111 Stock Do. sp. c. Ext. Stock,lB46 100 - - Stock Do. 51p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 - - - - Stock Do. Way.Vtil.Ex.Sk 1847 100 - - Stock North British, 5 per cent 100 111 113 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent 100 - - Closing 1 Business Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.&Dsk.Co. 100 - - Sharei Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Stock N- East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 - - price. , Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 100 97 98 17 Do. do. do. - - 20 Do. Leeds, op. c. No. 1 l3 ,- - 40 Australasia all -- - 94 3/ 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 .. 9 - • 25 Bank of Egypt all 254 26 25 80. York, H. &S. Purch. 10 4 d p 100 Bank of London 5O 45 47 20 North Staffordshire ... . all 231 231 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all - - Stock Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Istg 100 122 124 00 British North American all - - Steck Do. do. do., 2d gua .. 100 115 120 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 10 11 IdBl 9 Stock Do: 44 p.c. Db. stk.in perp 100 99 101 100 City 8/ Scottish Central, new pt all - - 100 Colonial 25 - - 1 - Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 - - 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all - Stock Do. 34 per c. pref. stock 100 - - 100 Commercial of London 2O - - Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. 100 - - 20 Eng Scet., & Aug. Ch all 161 161 Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 - - 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all - - 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 101 101 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofiustraL all 225 23 221 10 Do. Fixed 41 percent. all - - 50 London and County - - 294 1 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading 50 London Joint Stock - - ' l2 Ann., 10 6) all 244 25 100 London & Westminster. 20 - Stock Do .41 per cent lOO 1 0 2 101 100 Nat. l'rov. of England. 35 -- - Stock Do. Fixed 41 p.c.lstis. 100 102 101 20 Do. new lO -- - Stock Do. New do., 2d issue. 1 00 - - 50 National Bank 25 - - Stock South Wales, gua. + p.c. 10 0 - - Stock Do. 44 per cent lOO - - 20 New South Wales - - 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all - - 401 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. all 161 ri 20 Ottoman Bank all 214 211 251 Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. all 29 30 25 1 Do. 6 per cent all 3 2 4 334 , 10 Provincial of Ireland .. 25 -•-- Do. New all - - Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, 25 South Australia - - 6 percent.- all 49 51 25 Do. New 174 - - 25 Union of Australia all - - 531 1 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 25 Do, New 2O - -- 50 Union of London lO -•-- Leasing Closing Business 100 Unity Mutual 55 - Co.'s. -- Railways. I Paid. Price. Done. 100 Western Bk of London 50 21 20d Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire .... Clydesdale Junction.. Colchester, Stour Val. E.Lincolnshire,g.ap.e. E Union,HarwichShs. Do. Woodbridge ... GlR.llarr.&Neils,Dret. Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail Hull and Selby Do. 4 Shares Do. 1 Shares London&Greenwich • Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Sontend Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct 3 D r o a . n li c. l: ~_ (r. 6 cr, I).e. t . & Matk. 3fidsb.& Red B er ux ce t n n c. guaran teed 5 p. N M e i d w . n ti .t r a ad r k f t o „ r i r r y f E . S x tk. l Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do, .do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent. Preston and Wyre. I Do. Shares A. ltovstn,Hitch.,& Shep Ahrowsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire .. Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. Do. do Wilts and Somerset. Wimbledon& Croydn, Share Docks. StoctockkilCom ni e e r r C c e ia n i lOO t.Pref.Min lOO Stock' , and and West India lOO Stock London Stock St. Katharine lOO _ Stock Southampton lOO Stock Victoria .............. 20 Do New ..... .•.•t....: 1 18 i 7_7. all ' Ln & N. W ' 100 Ln& N.W 100 •Caledonia all E.U.&E 100 Gt. North, all E.Counts, 100 100 100 all all all all all 100 100 100 all 100 103 all all 100 Caledonin Do. Gt. West Y'k.N.&Br Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. S. East Do. Peto &Co Do. Norfolk Do. LN Wall Stk.& Dar Midland . 5. 5.6. E.Counts. all ,Do. all Do. all Do. all N W Lyk. all 'Do. 100 IGt.North • 18 11 6 Lan.k , Yk all T Brassay all MiClean . all Stk.& Dar al 1 Do. 100 Gt: West., all Llarght si t 11 11*1 01} 89 91 8 9 DOCKS ! Paid I Closing I Business Price. Done. 98 1001 102 104 17 18 143 145 1 41 411 109 111 ' 64 (' 115 120 92 93 4 96 9S 57 59 1138 140 MISCELLANEOUS. 31 is cellancous. Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Atistralian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works Do New, issued at 25 dis British American Land Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 Do. C . Canada Land Chan. I slands Tel.(Lim ) Cop. Min.of Eng. & Smltg Do. Preference 7i per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co. Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel. Europ. &A m. Stm. (Lim.) Gl.lron ScrewCol.(Lim Gen. Steam Navigation. London Discount Lon d.G en. Omnibus Co. Mediter. Electric Teleg. Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) National Discount Co Netherlands Land Do do Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at ldis N. br.,StNovaScotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim ) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do. New Shares Peel River Land & Min Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr. Rhymney Iron Do. N ew Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austrin.lny.(Lim ) South Australian Lands Submarine Teleg. Scrip. Po. do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.of Up r. Can ,van Dlemen'a Land Paid.l Closin g Dulness done ',rice. 13 14 220 250 32 34 X2l :11 361 38} 19 21 13 15 128 130 9 10 24 25 14 5 101 103 pa A r p (I I I A 1k 1 5 6 I 1 1 2 1 14 I i 1 die par 84 85i 13 134 p, 231 2 4 7 7i 62 61 113} 1 125 374 a 11 Ili THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. WARWICK RACES. [BY ELICTRIC TELEGRAPH.] (THIS DAY). SWEEPSTAKES OF 20 SOVS. Rattlebone .. 1 Tramp , Sims Reeves Won easy. THE TRIAL STAKES. King at Arms Sir Hercules Fadladcen Five ran. Won in a canter STAND HANDICAP. Cynthia Odd Fellow Seven ran. WILLOUGHBY HANDICAP. Greencastle.... Woodman.. .. Mysterious Jack Eight ran. FARMERS' PLATE. Voritumnus Wroxton 2 Seven ran. The winner objected to. BETTING ON THE COURSE. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 7to 1 agst Gladiolus (taken) 9to 1 agst Mutineer (taker) 11 to 1 agst Little Agnes (taken) 20 to 1 agst Rio (taken) 20 to 1 agst Precious Stone (taken) CHESTER CUP. 1000 to 15 agst Argosy (taken) DERBY. 28 to 1 agst Rainbow (taken) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(Tins EVENING). The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. STADE DUES, The Earl of CLARENDON said yesterday he had given notice to the Government that he intended to ask fer some information with respect to the Stad e Dues. The subject was one of considerable:interest to the shipping interest, and he wished to know what course they intended to pursue. A committee of the House of Commons inquired into the subject, and the result had been to ascertain that the Stade dues had greatly in creased during late years. In 1847 the sum of £3 10s. was charged upon a hundred tons of cer tain goods, whilst in 185 a £4 Gs. 4d was levied upon the same commodities. He therefore wished to know whether the treaty was to be considered as expired after the 14th of August ?:,He also wished to know whether there was any intention to lay a copy of the correspondence that had taken place on the table of their lordships' house f The Earl of MALMESBURY said he should abstain from giving any opinion on the subject of the treaty with Hanover. Negotiations were still going on between this Government and Hanover in re ference to the Stade Dues. Complaints had been made that the dues levied were heavier than they ought to be. The British Government had given 12 months' notice of their intention to terminate the treaty under which they were levied. If the negotiations failed, and the treaty ex pired, the correspondence relating to the subject would be laid on the table. INDICTABLE OFFENCES BILL. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, this bill was read a second time. INCLOSURE BILL. On the motion of the Earl of CARNAILVON, this bill was read a second time. MEDICAL ACT (1858) AMENDMENT BILL. This bill was read a second time, after a few remarks from Lord CRANWORTH. PRIVATE BILLS. Lord REDESDALE moved that every private bill in cluded in either of the two classelof private bills in standing order No. 178, and which shall have been brought from the luse of Commons, shall, after the first reading of any such bill, be referred to the examiners of standing orders for private bills, before whom the compliance with such stand ing orders, as shall not have been previously inquired into, shall be proved. The examiner shall give at least two clear days' notice of the day on which any such bills shall be exa mined ; and Every memorial complaining of non-compli ance with the standing orders in the ease of such bills shall be deposited in the office of the Clerk of the Parlia ments, together with two copies thereof, before 12 o'clock on the day preceding that appointed for the examination of any such bill.—Agreed to. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(Tnis DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. BLACKBURN took the oaths and his seat on his re election for Stirling. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Findhorn Railway Bill was read a third time and passed ; the Tweed Fisheries, &c., Bill went through com mittee and was ordered for third reading. On the motion of Mr. FITZROY the following was agreed to That whenever any private bill, which in pursuance of any report from the chairman of ways and means, under standing order 67, has originated in the House of Lords, shall have been brought from the House of Lords, such bill, after having been read a first time, shall be re ferred to the examiner of petitions for private bills, before whom the compliance with such orders as shall not have been previously inquired into shall be proved. That the examiner shall give at least two clear days' notice in the private bill office of the day on which the same will be examined". Mr. SALISBURY moved that the minutes of the evi dence taken before the committees on. the Liverpool Dock Bill and the Birkenhead Docks Bill in session 1855, and the Mersey Docks and Harbour Bill in session 1857, be referred to the committee on the Mersoy Docks and Harbour Bill —Agreed to. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented praying for the rejection of the Government Reform Bill, and the abolition of church-rates. CHURCH-RATES ABOLITION BILL. Sir J. TRELAWNY moved the second reading of thi bill. Mr. GRIFFITH moved the following :—" That any amendment of the law relating to church-rates which should exempt persons contributing to the support of some other place of worship than the parish church from the payment of the rate, at the same time that the existing machinery for the support of the fabric of the Church of England should be continued in operation upon the members of her own communion, is worthy of the consideration of this house." He strongly complained of the bill being brought before the con sideration of the house in a summary and =parliamen tary manner. He had no opportunity of expressing his opinion on the princ i p le of the bill if he did not avail him self of the present. The measure was of the most one-sided character, and the way in which it was hurried on was cal culated to stifle discussion. There was a great degree of intolerance prevalent amongst the dissenting community at the present time, and he could not see why the compromise proposed in 1858 should not be accepted in 1859. The posi tion held by Dissenters, who supported the measure on the ground that they were opposed to all state churches, was, he contended, most fallacious. It had been contended that all endowments for charitatable or religious purposes were wrong, but that abstract principle was falsified in prac tice, for he had:i?.ever heard an of hospital or a chapel having refused a donation of £l,OOO. (Hear.) ~ He denied that we lived in a state of abstract Christianity, and he maintained that endowments were necessary to maintain religious prac tice in this country. In his observations he did not wish to be understood as asserting the infallibility of the Church of England, for, on the contrary, he believed there were many points of doctrine which many churchmen would desire to alter, but that did not at all effect the real ques tion at issue. Any person supporting the bill would be virtually going to the extent of doing away with the State Church altogether. (" No, no.") To show tho feeling that existed on the part . • e of Dissenters, he referred to the report of a meeting of the Society for the Liberation of the Church from the State, at which the hon. baronet (Sir J. Trelawny) presided. Sir J. TRELAWNY denied that he was present at the meeting alluded to. Mr. QRIFFITI-I—A letter was read from the hon. baronet, stating that he was prevented from presiding by the state of his health; and he wished to know whether the hon. baronet intended to preside at that meeting ? (Cries of " Order.") The SPEAKER decided that the hon. member was out of order. Mr. GRIFFITH—To show the feeling that actuated the Dissenters in reference to this subject, he would quote from a report of the proceedings at the meeting in question. The hon. gentleman then read certain extracts from the docu ments mentioned, in which the speaker set forth that in asking for the:abolition of church-rates they had an ulterior object, and that object, no doubt; , %vas to do away with the St a te Church altogether. (Cries of " Di v ide.") He hoped hon. members would remember that it was a morning sitting, especially devoted to the discussion of this question. (Laughter.) The hon. member proceeded, amid consider able interruption, to reiterate the views he had previously expressed. There was a bill coming from the other house which was intended to hold forth the olive branch, and it would be most illogical to agree to the second reading of the present bill, which would preclude the consideration of any other measure on the subject. He concluded by moving the amendment. Mr. S. ESTCOURT said that he hoped the hon. mem ber would not press Ma amendment, because it could produce no restilt, and would not give a negatie to the bill of the hon. baronet. He considered that the hon. bart. had acted most creditably, and had endeavoured to accommodate all parties. This subject had already been fully discussed,and he hoped that the house would come to the issue of " aye or nay" on the present occasion Mr. .TEUART intended to oppose the second reading of the bill, but he objected to the practice pursued by the hon. member in laying before the house an abstract resolu tion as an amendment. He did not think that the consti tuents of hon. members agreed in the views of those who were desirous of doing away with the church establishment, which would be the result of the adoption of the present bill. Mr. GRIFFITH said that in conformity with the wishes of the house he - would not press his amendment. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the motion was then put to the house. Mr. A. B. HOPE moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. He denied most strongly that the majority of dissenters were in favour of the abolition of church-rates, and the movement to effect that object origi nated with the " Society for the Liberation of the Church from all Government Control." The hon. member quoted an article from the Nonconfot mist, to show that the attempt to effect the abolition of church-rates was only a means t 6 •an end, namely, the destruction of the State Church. He also read a pamphlet emanating from the institution in question calling on Dissenters to oppose the continuance of these rates. There has been a proposition before them on a former occasion, which he was happy to find not brought under their consideration this session. He alluded to the imposition of a fabric rate. If the Liberation Society suc ceeded in their object, the Dissenters would derive no benefit, and the whole religious system would be placed under the control of a grinding beaureocracy. That was the state which prevailed in various parts of the continent, and their religious liberty was un known. He denounced most strongly one of the grounds in support of the bill, namely, that the maintenance of the Church of late years had effected so much that these rates were not required. Was it because Churchmen had made such noble sacrifices that they should be despoiled of their ancient and:just inheritance ? Mr. DEEDES seconded the amendment. For a con siderable time he had indulged the hope that this subject might be settled on good grounds, but he almost despaired of that result, after what had fallen from the hon. and learned member for Sheffield last session, who said, "We have a majority, and nothing will satisfy us but an abolition of church-rates." He objected to the term compromise being used in refer ence to this matter, because it implied the relinquishing of some principle; but he was ready to give the Nonconfor mists some equivalent for the hardships of which they com plained. He admitted that they (the Nonconformists) had ground for complaining of the manner in which church rates had been applied, and he was ready to con sent to an amendment in the law in regard to that point. He proposed to give the churchwardens the same powers as overseers of roads and other bodies pos sessed, and empower them, without going to vestry, to levy a small rate during their term of office for carrying on the repairs of the church. Mr. B, OSBORNE considered the time for compromise had gone by. He denied that the agitation on this ques tion was fictitious, and he quoted the words of Dr. Lush ington, when examined before a committee on the subject, who said that he had an experience of 40 years in reference to the agitation, and that it was increasing in intensity every day. (Hear, hear.) He asked the house whether any hon. member considered the state of the law was satis factory ? Had not the house been tinkering with the sub ject for the last 20 years, and introducing bills that were rejected ? To show that there was no ground for appre hending any danger to the fabric of the Church from the a` nation of church rates, he might mention that in the town of Boston, where the collection of these rates almost lead to a rebellion of the inhabitants of that place, when the impost was discontinued large sums were sub scribed towards maintaining the Church in a state of effici ency. When no less than £3,000,000 was subscribed in Scotland towards that object, when the voluntary principle prevailed, was it not an insult to the people of England to suppose that they would not provide for the maintenance of their churches ? (Hear, hear.) Mr. S. WORTLEY said he considered that there was only one remedy for the sore festering in the public mind by these rates, that of excision. (Hear, hear.) Whether these rates inflicted any real hardship on Dissenters or not, it was certain that they were a great injury to the commu nity, and to the Church itself. (Hear, hear.) He had arrived, after considerable deliberation, at a determinat;Cin to vote for the second reading of this bill if a provision were introduced for supporting the fabric of the church in poor parishes, where no ocal fund for such a purpose existed. There was a Church before a Church-rate was imposed, and therefore, in agreeing to their abolition they were not affirming a principle adverse to a State establish ment. (Hear, hear.) Having adverted to a case with which he was familiar, to show the feeling of parishioners where there was not adequate provision made, and from which he inferred that there was no danger in leaving the maintenance of churches to the operation of voluntary contribution, he said, such was the munificence and zeal of the people at large that they could not pass through several towns or villages without seeing the spires and turrets of churches erected by the voluntary principle. (Hear, hear.) He believed that if these rates were abolished numbers of Dissenters would be ready to subscribe towards the fabric of the State Church, if such were necessary, and he mentioned the fact of the Duke of Norfolk having given sites for three churches to be erected in Norwich. Mr. S. HERBERT called attention to the alteration that had taken place in reference to these rates, by which this imposition was the act of the majority, and such being the case he would pause before consenting to any change in the existing law. A number of those who op posed these rates were not Dissenters, but persons who did not frequent any church whatever, and they endeavoured to get rid of this impost on the same principle that they opposed any other tax. Again, it had been urged against the continuance of these rates that they gave rise to irritation, excitement, and malice, but in a free country, where discussion was permitted, the same might ba asserted with respect to other subjects on which a difference of opinion existed. The Church of England in the country was parochial and in the towns congregational, and they must admit the fact that it was no longer the church of the majority. However, in dealing with the subject they should act with justice to Churchmen as well as Dissenters, and he approved of the resolution of the hon. member for Bath, submitted to the house the other evening, which proposed to abolish church-rates in towns, and leave them in country districts. He admitted that they could not ultimately maintain this impost, but he cared very little about such a result, as he had too much confi dence in his countrymen to believe that they would suffer the fabric of the church to fall into decay. It was not just towards Churchmen to abolish these rates without providing some substitute, and on that g round he would vote against the second reading of the bill. Mr. PACKE opposed the measure, and cited different statistics to show that the state of the fabric of the Church in several places was such as showed the necessity of there being a fund to provide for their maintenance. Ho deprecated the oppose; ion to the bill discussed last Wednes day, which was a proper measure, and met the legitimate requirements of the age. Ho felt satisfied that the right rev. prelates and other members of the House of Lords would not commit so suicidal an act as to pass the present bill. Mr. GREENWOOD said ho yielded to no other mem ber of the house in a desire to promote the in terests of the Church of England, and for the sake of re storing harmony and peace he would vote for the second reading of the bill. He had ransacked his brain to discover some good grounds for the maintenance of these rates, but without success. (Hear, hear.) Lord J. MANNERS agreed with certain hon. members that the time had gone by a compromise on this subject, and was willing to take the opinion of the house on the issue that had been raised by this bill. The agitation on the subject of this impost was only an attempt to abolish the State Church in this country, and would have the effect of putting . into the pockets of the landlords money which they did not require. He appealed most earnestly to the house to resist the fur ther progress of the bill. Sir J. TREL AMNY briefly replied. The question was then put, and the house divided, when the numbers were— For the second reading Against Majority —74 The announcement was received with loud cheers. The - house adjourned shortly before four o'clock. The house resumed at six o'clock, and there not being 40 mem bers present was immediately adjourned. LONDON GAZEOE--( THIS EVENING) BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MARCH 14. His Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves, having conferred upon his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and upon his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, the Insignia of a Grand Cross of his Ancient, Most Noble, and Royal Military Order of the 'rower and Sword, the Queen has been graciously pleased to grant to their Royal High nesses her permission to accept and wear the same. - - WHITE7 - IALL, MARCH 15. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed, under the Great Seal, constituting and appointing the Right Honourable Edward Geoffrey, Earl of Derby; the Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli ; Thomas Edward Taylor, Esq. ; Henry Whitmore, Esq. ; and Peter Black burn, Esq. ; to be Commissioners for eiecuting the offices of Treasurer of tho Exchequer of Great Britain and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 14. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Major-General Robert Henry Wynward, C. 8., to be Lieutenant-Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 11. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Johann Philipp Schneider as Consul at Calcutta for the Free Han seatic City of Haraburgh. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 15. Notice is hereby given, that the Earl of Malmesbury has appointed John Elliott Hvndman, Esq., to be agent, at Dublin, for the issue of Foreign-office Passports ; and J. Williams, Esq., to to be Agent, at Bath, for the same pur pose. CROWN OFFICE, MARor 12. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PAR- LIAMENT. County of Northumberland, Northern Division—The Right Hon. Algernon George Percy, commonly called Lord Lovaine, Vice-Presidentf the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations. MARCH 15. County of Stirling—Peter Blackburn, Esq., one of the Commissioners for executing the office of Treasurer of the Exchequer of Great Britain and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 15. 13th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant the Hon. James C. Dormer to be Captain, by purchase, vice W. A. M. Cunynghame, who retires ; Ensign Alured F. Cuning hame to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dormer. MEMORANDA. . . An examination of candidates for direct commissions will be held at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, on 13th April, and following days. The next competitive examination of candidates for ad mission to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich will be held at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, at ton o'clock, on Tuesday, the sth July, and following days. Gentlemen who wish to present themselves on that occa sion should notify their intention to the Military Secretary at the Horse Guards before the Ist of June. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 10. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant Joseph Hamilton Maskery to be Adjutant. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 11. Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant Charles Lanyon Owen to be First Lieutenant, vice Rybot, placed on half-pay. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet the Honourable Frederick Byron to be Captain, vice Henry George Sutton, resigned ; Henry Eyre, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Byron, promoted ; Thomas Frederic Burnaby, Gent./ to be Cornet, vice Cook, resigned. Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment o f Militia —Wm. Alber Dixon, Gent , to be Ensign, vice Croft, _promot nt of ed. sth or Royal Elthorne Ligt I n fantry R Middl es ex Militia—Charles Randall, Gen t., to be Ensign, me vice Fraser, resigned. MEMORANDUM of Middlesex Militia—The commi ssion held by Ensign NDUM.-2d or Edmonton R o y al Rifle Regiment Henry Musgrave Puller, has been cancelled. BANKRUPTS. David Chinery, African merchant, Ampton-place, Gray's. inn-road, to surrender March '25 and April 21, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Walker, shoemaker, York, March 31 and Ap r il 28, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Birmingham, March 25 and April John Cracknell, licensed victualler, Enfield, March 28, mingham District Court. and April 2, at the Court of Bankruptcy. cotton dealer, Liverpool, March 28 15 J P , aa e mt t e ee r lse F L emo eleven, Fortin, g s r_ ttho o en c , e ß r r , and April 19, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Reginald Woodcock, ironmonger, Weymouth, March,2B and May 4, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court John Cleasby, innkeeper, Eccles, Lancashire, March 31 and April 21, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Samuel Kuttner and Robert Cluble7 White, ship owners, THE SHOOTING OF A GIRL BY HER SWEETHEART. On Saturday , George Binning, who has been thrice remanded on a charge of shooting Margaret Hodgson, with intent to murder, at Southwick, on the 21st of February, was brought up before the magistrates at the Sunderland Police-court. The remands have been granted on account of the illness of the proseetrix, and to-day she arrived in a cab, and was supported into court by her mother and a friend. Her head was bandaged where she had received the shot, and her appearance betokened great weakness and suffering. During the examination, various expedients had to be adopted to keep her from fainting. The prisoner seemed much more concerned than previously, and much affected when some portions of the evidence were given. Mr. Graham appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Potts for the defence. Margaret Hodgson, the prosecutrix, was first examined. She stated that she lived in Southwick lane, and had known the prisoner about ten months, during which time he had courted her. On the afternoon of the 21st of February she saw him at his father's house. She told him that she would not go with him any longer, and he said that if he did not go with her nobody else should. There was no great quarrel between them at the time. About seven o'clock in the evening she went to his father's shop to buy some lozenges, and prisoner said to her that if she would go into the room he would show her his portrait. She went into the room, which is a small bed-room out of the kitchen, and he showed her the portrait. Shortly after wards he went into the kitchen, and came back in five minutes. She then wanted to come away, but he told her to stay, and would not let her leave. She was stooping down looking at the portrait, when she heard a noise, and felt there was some thing the matter with her. She jumped up from the chair on which she was sitting, and ran out of the house. She was assisted home, and was at tended by Mr. Davis. Mr. Potts inquired why it was that she went back to the shop that night ? The Magistrates thought that hardly bore on the charge. Mr. Potts said he thought it did, as he was in structed to say that she shot herself. Mr. Potts cross-examined witness. She was not in the family-way, and had never stayed at pri soner's father's house but once, when prisoner was taking fits. She had never said she was married to the prisoner. He had, and she had contradicted it. She did not see any pistols in the room. She did not lay hold of them, nor shoot herself with them. She could not say whether she asked him to kiss her after she was shot. She did not recol lect what took place after she was shot. By the Court—He had threatened her before that day . , but she could not say how long ago. He then said if he did not get her nobody else should have her—he would put an end to her somewhere or other. Mr. John Davis surgeon, stated that there were still some shots remaining in her head. He found by probing that the surface of the skull had been riddled by the shot. The shots appeared to have gone in an upward direction, from the right eye towards the middle of the head. There were a few black powder marks on the forehead too. He con sidered her at the time to be in a dangerous state. She was sensible, but nervous. He had attended her daily since. and he thought she would soon be well. If the shots had not glanced upward, but gone in a direct line, they would have caused her death. Stephen Hunter, photographic artist, stated that the prisoner had called at his establishment on the 21st February, between three and four o'clock, and got his likeness taken. The prisoner produced a pistol, and was examining it whilst witness was preparing to take his portrait. Witness inquired what he had got there. Prisoner said he had got a pistol. Witness asked what he was going to do with it, and he replied that he had got it for his own amuse:neut. Witness remarked it was a very curious plaything. Prisoner made no reply. He sat for his portrait, and appeared quite sober. Anthony Gibbon, labourer, Newbottle, said he had married prisoner's sister, and on Tuesday night, the 22d, about 12 o'clock, the prisoner came to his house, and was let in by his wife. About an hour afterwards he was taken into custody. In the Morn ing witness found a pistol on the table, which he gave to the police officer Maitchen.. It was not an uncommon thing for prisoner to come to his house at late hours. Inspector Hudson said he had examined the wall of the room where the pistol was fired, and he had found five shots in the wall. He aleo found several shots on the floor. On Wednesday last he saw the prisoner, when he asked him how Margaret was. Witness said she was very much better. Prisoner replied, "I wish I had shot her deed, and then J would have died a happy man. I only have once to die." Witness said it was a very serious deed, and after death there was the judgment. He made no reply to this ; and was, of course, quite sober. The prisoner was then committed to take his trial at the next assizes.—Northern Daily Express. THIS DAYS MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. SMeTRFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 108 ; clover, do., £4 Os to £5 ss; and straw, £1 6s to £1 lOs per load. A moderate inquiry. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 lOs; clover do., £4 N to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 10s per load. The whole of the supply changed hands steadily, at full prices. WHITECHArEL. — Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4los ; clover do., £4 5s to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 lOs per load. A fair demand. SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY( . ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 12.10 13.14 Stoelt, Stock Stock Stock Railways. Ambers., Notting. Bost., and Eastern Junction' Belfast and Ball ens Wol., and Str. Val Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction Blackburn myth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passage Cornwall Do. A [A raves, no div Do. B until6p.c.per an hasbeen pd.toß Dublin an dßelfast June Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk • Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction r Furness Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.dt Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire Do. do. F 216 Do. do. 29 shares Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport London and Blackwall Do.Newiss.at 2510sp.sh Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast London & North Westn Do. 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Share Mines. paid. 1 Closing, I Business Price. 6 1 n 81 62 64 11 11i 31 83 93 #1 84 841 48 49g 5 51 St 91 16 17 6(, 61 45 47 30 32 14 le, 93 91 72i 731 27 274 95 97 10 101 1024 103 88 90 133 134 104 106 57 57} 55 57 85 90 12 13 p 12 13 pl 95 954 id 67 69 112 113 95 054 1 ;:1 922 37i 38 2 - 1d WO 1001 75 77 111 12 60 62 34 3d 584 59 91} 121 lf 11 d 46 te4 76 76i .1011 102 i 4i d 14 14i 7 - S . 33 34 110 112 261 271 84 85 46 47 31 24d 38 39 711 Mk 65 67 12 14 8 11 37 38 70 75 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 16/ 1613 4 Stock Stock Stock Stock 121 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock all 100 31 100 100 100 100 100 1613 4 100 100 100 ls. 17} all all 100 all all all 221 7 161 100 100 100 100 all all all all all all all all 571 161 681 11.1 25 100} rot ,00 1 S tock Sto. 1 Stock 201 20 120 100 i ( 100 Stock - 4j 1031 4-1 15i 35, 1 931 3 1011 1 4 Kingston-upon-Hull, March 30 and April 20, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Alfred Marchint, clothier, Maidstone, March 28, al twelve, and May 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. David Dodds, mason, Kelso. Alexander Bell Telfer, merchant, Ayr. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market is very quiet, but prices continue firm ; and most parties are waiting the arrival of letters by the overland mail. _ _ .-- SuoAn.--There have been few transactions of import ance to report, and prices show no alteration. In the refined market scarcely any business has been done, and in some few instances slightly reduced rates were current. COFFEE.—A fair demand has been experienced for the better qualities of plantation Ceylon, and full rates are obtained. The stock in the port of London, compared with that of the same period in the previous year, shows a defi ciency of 1,370 tons. RlCE.—Business has been almost suspended, no public sales having taken place, and prices show a downward tendency. SALTPETE.F..—The market generally is inactive, but there has been a partial inquiry for the common qualities, at about former quotations. TALLOW.—Seareity any transactions have been reported, and the market is dull, at o2s. per cwt. for P.Y.C. in all positions, and town tallow is quoted 50s, 9d. per cwt. nett cash. COAL MARK (Prices of Coal per Ton at a. d. ET-31Aucu 14. the close of the market.) Walls End. Byass's Bebside West Hartley . ... 15 3 Davison's West Hart- s. d. Kelloe l5 9 South Hartlepool. 15 0 Hetton.... Thorpe Powell'sDuffryn Stcam 21 0 Nixon's Merthyr 21 0 Fothergill's Aberdare 21 0 Northumberland l4 6 Ships at market, 74—Sold, 35. ley 15 3 Lambert's West llart- ley 15 3 Wylam l4 0 Tanfield Moor 11 3 COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tuts DAT. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 17; 11 171 Antwerp Brussels _ 25 30 25 3,5 Hamburgh - 13 61 13 6; Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 30 25 371 Frankfort on Maine — 1174 118; Vienna 11 30 Trieste .. Petersburgh Madrid 49; Cadiz Leghorn — 29 75 29 85 Genoa Naples Palermo - -120; 120 Messina — 120.; 120. Lisbon Oporto -t. 52i 53 Rio Janeiro New York • • . • E.I. Co's ble llou3e isle. ekd Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 26 21} Bombay ditto Madras ditt0,,,,,,,, 26 241 1 26 24f East India Company s Bills drawn, from the 24 th ult. to .. . the Bth inst, Bengal £o 0 0 Madras 0 0 0 Bombay £0 0 0 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars ... Silver in Bars (Standard) ,, 0 5 114 NEWSPArEIt AMALGAMATION —The Edinburgh correspondent of the Fi feshire Advertiser says :—ln writing you a few weeks ago I mentioned a rumour which I had heard respecting the amalgamation of two of the oldest newspapers in town. The information then given has no w become a fact, and the names of the journals require no longer to be withheld. The Edinburgh Advertiser on the Ist of April becomes incorporated with the Edinburgh Evening Courant. The Advcrtiser was started iu 1761, and, consequently, had it lived other six years, would have been kcentury is exi s t ence . • THE NAVY. The Trafalgar (late 120, sailing ship), will, ac cording to present arrangements, be floated out of No. 2 dock at Chatham—where she has been con verted into a 91 gun two-decker screw steamship —on the 21st inst., when she will be immediately made ready for sea. No. 2 dock will then be cleared out and prepared for the reception of the Rodney, 90-gun sailing ship to undergo a like process. The Urgent, screw steam troopship, Commander J. W. D. M'Donald, arrived at Spithead yesterday from Malta and Gibraltar. She has on board 29 military and 15 naval invalids, in military and me dical charge of Lieut. C. F. Heighman, 25th.Regi mene, and assistant-surgeon F. 0. Quinlan. She also brings the following passengers :—Lieutenant Martelli, R.A., Lieutenant F. R. Fishbourne, 15th, Dr. Gamble, and Mr. Barton. The Urgent will go into harbour from Spithead, as soon as she has taken out some gunpowder (old stores) which she has on board. Mr. Alexander Moore, foreman of shipwrights at Devonport Dockyard, has received his appointment as assistant builder at Chatham. Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam sloop Ardent, Commander John H. Cave, from the West Coast of Africa, arrived yesterday evening at Woolwich, under orders to be docked for repairs. The Ardent was commissioned at Woolwich for the Coast on the 12th of November, 18,57. The steam gunboat Skipjack, Lieutenant and Commander John Murray, which was damaged on her passage from Ireland, and went to Devonport for repair, will be ready for sea about the 22d inst. Lieut. Richard M. Bloomfield, -commissioned the Hero, 91 guns, at Sheerness, yesterday ; Lieut.. Water Strickland is appointed first lieutenant. Mr. George S. Aidricks, master, has taken up his commission to the Cressy for service in the Scout, vice .Mr. Christopher Albert, master, ap pointed to the Hannibal, for service in the Melpo mene, fitting at Portsmouth. The folloing appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. H. B. Woollcombe, to the Doris ; Thomas E. Molesworth, surgeon, to the Mersey ; W. L. Gordon, surge . F. additional, t o th e Fisgard ; Charles Strickland , acting assistant•sur geon, to the Doris ; Stopford C. Tracy and J. R. W. Quinn, master's assistants, to the Mersey ; Pownal Aplin and John A. Miller, master's assistants, to the Hero ; George R. Moore and Selby ',Muni, master's assistants, to the James Watt; and Arthur Wells, to the St. Jean d'Acre. THE AE3IY. The annexed circular has been issued by the Under-Secretary for War, Sir Benjamin Hawes:— " The Secretary of . State for War has directed that all offices and official residences appropriated to officers of the Commissariat, military store keepers, clerks of works, clerks, master gunners, messengers, labourers, or other members of the civil departments attached to the army, shall be placed under the charge of the barrackmaster, and be subjected to all regulations affecting barracks. Store-buildings and workshops of all kinds not occupied as residences or offices will remain in charge of the head of the department concerned." The following circular has been promulgated, applicable to all regiments, at home and abroad (except India), .and to consolidated depots and depot battalions : " It having been decided to discontinue the pre sent separate contingent clothing accounts, pre scribed by the circular letters quoted in the margin, and to include all actual and necessary expenses incidental to clothing as ordinary charges in the regimental pay list, Secretary Major-General Peel desires that from and after the Ist of April, 1839, separate estimates or requisitions for money on account of this service shall not be forwarded to this office, but the amount required shall be in eluded in the Paymaster's general estimate. " The quartermaster should be supplied with such sums as he may actually require for the ser vice out of the public funds in the paymaster's pos session, furnishing the paymaster with receipts for - sums so advanced, and accounting to him for the same before any further advance is made. " The quartermaster's demands for advances should invariably be approved of and signed by the commanding officer. " A detailed and accurate account of the quarter master's expenditure on account 'of clothing, coun • tersigned by the commanding officer, and accom panied by proper vouchers, is to be annexed in support of any charge on account thereof in the quarterly pay list., and in this Account should appear a list of the advances made by the paymaster. " A separate credit should also be given in the pay list for any miscellaneous receipts by the quartermaster on account of clothing, vouched by a certified. statement of particular;" The annexed circular has bTen addressed to officers commanding at foreign stations : " Secretary Major-General Peel having had under consideration certain representations from officers commanding her Majesty's troops abroad of the great inconvenience experienced by officers in the operation of Article 2 of the Royal Warrant, dated the 23d of September last, regulating the grant and. issue of staff and garrison. pay, is . pleased, with the concurrence of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, to authorise the issue of the pay of all officers, including the subordinates of the civil departments attached to the staff of the army or to garrisons abroad, monthly, in errear, the amount to be charged upon final vouchers. " This arrangement to take effect from the Ist of April next." The following circular in reference to the accounts of re g imental agents and paymasters has been re , centl issued from the War-officei— " In accordance with the provisions of the royal warrant dated 27th September, 1858, regimental agents will, from Ist April, 1859, receive a yearly allowance of lAd. in the pound, or 12s. 6d. per cent. upon the aggregate amount of the daily pay and annual allowances actually issued through the agent. " Regimental officers will continue as heretofo re to receive their pay according to their own option from the regimental agent or paymaster. " 'With a view to secure an earlier and a more direct charge and audit, the pay of regimental officers, when so issued by the paymaster, is to be charged quarterly in his pay list, and finally audited in such account. " The charges in the agent's annual account under that head are to be restricted to the pay of such officers who have selected the regimental agent to receive their pay from. " Whenever an officer is, at his own option, transfared from the payment of the agent to that of the paymaster, or vice versa, the prescribed certificate will be invariably required in duplicate, the original being annexed to the account in which the pay is for the future to be charged, and the duplicate thereof to the account in which the pay will cease to be eharged. " The separate quarterly statement of officers' pay, prescribed by Article 43 of the explanat or y di rec ti o ns will be discontinued, and Articles 8 and 145 of those instructions are rescinded from the Ist April, 1859, from which date these regulations will take' effect. " The necessary alterations in the printed forms will be notified to the several accountants forth with. _ _ 'Phis regulation does not affect the Royal Artillery or Engineers." The following circular, relative to the instruction of officers in the use of the rifle, has been just issued from the Horse Guards : " The General Commanding-in-Chief desires that the officers of regiment s an d d e p o t s go th roug h the judging distance drills and practices once every year, either with their companies or in squads , by themselves, a s ma y b e f oun d mos t conv enient. The names of the thre - e best judges of distance among the officers of each battalion, and the number of Points gained by them respectively , are to be speci fied in the annual return rendered at the conclusion of the course. " By command, " G. A. AVETHERALL, Adjutant-General." Lieutenant-General Sir Harry G. W. Smith, G.C.8., commanding the northern district, is still detained in town from the effects of a fall, by which the gallant general injured his knee. The gallant officer, however, is gradually recovering. The next examination by the Council of Military Education--composed of Major-General Cameron, Vice-President ; Major-General I'ortlock, Colonel Addison, and Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn— of candidates for direct commissions will take place on the 13th, 14th, 16th, 18th, 10th, and 20th prox., at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. A. large number of Turkish medals have been received at the head-quarters of the Royal Engi neer establishment, Chatham, for distribution among the officers and men of that branch of the service who took part in the campaign in • the Crimea. The following are the officers of Royal Engineers at Brompton barracks who have been awarded the Turkish medal :—Major S. W. Lovell, C.B. m a jor G. M. Stopford, Captain A. Crevke, Captain G. R. Lempriere, and Lieutenants C. G. Gordon. The medals were distributed to the men on Sunday. The Deputy-Assistant-General of the Royal Engineers, Colonel J. W. Gordoti, C. 8., has been engaged at the head-quarters, Chatham, in inspect ing► the new uniforms about to be issued to the non-commissioned officers and men. The greatest activity prevails in the clothing department at Brompton Barracks, in order that the alterations required may be made, and the whole of the men supplied by the Ist of the ensuing month• ~, Share Shan 100 10 Stock Stock 14 I 4} I esp