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THE METROPOLITAN GAS QUESTION. DEPUTATION TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE. Yesterday d e putations from the various metro politan vestries and district boards, waited upon the Bight Hon. Spencer Walpole, Secretary of State for the Home Office, for the purpose of presenting a memorial and calling for the aid of the government with respect to the present supply of the metropolis With gas. On the arrival at the Home Office, the deputa tions were introduced by the Hon. Geo. Byng, M.P.; for Middlesex, and amongst the metropolitan members present were—Mr. Hanbury, Sir John Shelley, Viscount" Ebrington, Sir C. Napier, Mr. Locke, Mr. W. Williams, Mr. Roupell, Mr. T. Duncombe, and Mr. Ayrton. Mr. Cox, M.P., regretted his inability to attend. The deputation consisted of nearly 100 gentlemen. The Hon. Mr. Byng, in introducing the deputa tions, observed that they were the representatives of most of the public boards of the metropolis, and their object was to present amemorial, and address - the Home Secretary on the important subject of the recent division of the metropolis into districts by the several gas companies, and to urge the govern ment to induce the House of Commons to grant a committee of inquiry into the whole metropolitan gas question. Mr. Greenwell, the vestry clerk of Marylebone, read the memorial, to the effect that the gas com panies, most of whom had obtained their acts of parliament on the district basis of competition, had recently partitioned the metropolis amongst themselves, thus creating a monopoly by destroying competition, and one of the principal evils of which being that the consumers were placed entirely at the mercy of the metropolitan gas companies in re spect . of price, quality , and q uantit y . Th e effe c t of this arrangement had already been an increased price in the tenders to some of the metropolitan parishes, for the supply of gas to the public lamps, -and no doubt, as existing contracts expired in other parishes, the same result would follow. In order to show that gas is not merely a luxury the memo rial pointed to the report of Mr. Lowe, civil engi neer to the Chartered Gas Company, stating that the annual consumptien of coal for gas making in London was about 840,000 tons, which would yield 7,728,000,000 cubic feet of gas, the value of which, at 4s. 6d. per 1000 cubic feet, was 1,738,0001. and that the annual sum paid to the various gas com panies in London was nearly 2,000,0001. per an num. After stating that some of the gas companies are not bound to supply gas to parishes or consu mers, even at their maximum price, and that others claim to have the gas owing for by an out going tenant paid by an incoming tenant or refuse the supply, a principle they considered most unfair —the memorial prayed the Government to support an inquiry by a committee of the House of Com mons into the existing arrangements for the supply of gas similar to that made respecting the supply of water to the metropolis, and the Home Secretary would be pleased to support any measure tending to destroy the evil effects of the monopoly and other grievances complained of. Mr. Hattersley, of Marylebone, and Mr. Young, of St. Pancras, pressed the matter on the conside ration of the right hon. gentleman. Sir John Shelley and Lord Ebrington urged that this was a grievance, felt not only by the parishes, but by the private consumers. Mr. Redfern, of Newington, said the grand point was, to enforce upon the companies quantity, quality, and price. Mr. Walpole said he confessed that a vary strong prima facie case had been made out, both by the memorial and the statements made ; but what he would suggest was, that the deputation and the metropolitan members should agree as to the grounes and details of the inquiry they wished a committee of the Home of Commons to enter into, and then he would bring tie whole question before 'Lord Derby. (Cries of "Hear, hear," and marks of approbation ) The Hon. Mr. Byng, on the part of the depuia tic:o, thanked the Home Secretary fir his sugges tion ; and it then retirei, highly satisfied with the result of the interview. CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING PASS PORTS. Y4sterday was issued a return to the House of Lords of correspondence re pecting passports. These communications include letters to and from English Consuls at certain French ports and the Earl of Clarendon—letters which have passed be tween E irl Cowley and Count Walewski, and Earl Cowley and the Foreigo-office. Oa the 9th of March, the Earl of Malmesbury takes up the cones pondence. Among the documents is the follow ing extract from a letter by Earl Cowley to the Marl of Malmesbnry, dated March 29 : " I have Count Walewski's assurance that if it were practicable for the French authorities at the ports or on the frontier to distinguish her Majesty's subjects from foreign refugees, and if it were poss . - ble to establish an exemption in their favour, her Majesty's subjects might come and go from France without passports or questions of any kind. The return to a stricter system of passports (for there is nothing new in the present regulations) has been rendered Leceseary in consequence of the facilities which a too great laxity had given to evil-disposed persons to penetrate into France ; Lut the Imperial Government know well that they have nothing to apprehend from the British people, who, however freely they may express their opinions in their own country, are not in the habit of exciting or partici pating in troubles abroad. Her Majesty's subjects, -therefore, will ever be welcome guests in the Im perial dominions, and every facility capable of being generalised without endangering the principle of exclusion to which I have adverted above, will be with pleasure accorded to them. " I annex a list of the places where French con sular visas may be obtained :—Consuls-General : Gaillard de Ferry, London ; Fleury, Liverpool ; Count dl Maricourt, Newcastle ; Bruant, Edin burgh ; Maubussin, Glasgow : De Burgraff, Dub lin. Agent Vice-Consuls : Zanole, Newhaven ~nd Brighton ; De Rabaudy, Southampton ; Mahon, Cardiff; Lepage de Longchamps, Swansea ; Lau rent, Jersey ; Loyeux, Guernsey." There is also the following letter, interesting to the owners of yachts : " Count Walewski to Earl Cowley. "Paris, April 8, 1858. "M. le Comte—Your excellency did me the honour to write to me on the 2d inst., to inquire of me whether the production of an Admiralty warrant and a certificate of one of the English yacht clubs continues to be suaient to permit owners of yachts, friends accompanying them, and the crews of their vessels, to land in a port of the empire. "The Einperot's Government has not thought it possible, M. Ie Comte, to establish this except on to the general regulations which now apply, as regards passports, to every person presenting him se3f on the maritime frontiers of the empire. Owners of yacht, as well as their travelling com panions, must, theref)re, --- provide themseivcs with regu!ar titres de voyage for occasions on which they might have to land in France; but as regards the men composing the crew, tLeir inscription on the ibip's books is sufficient, as is the case for crews of merchantmen.—Accept, cite. (Signed) "A. WALEWSKI." LLOYD'S SAIPPING.—(This Day.) LoiDON, April 21.—Wind at noon, N.E. ; light breeze *rid fine. - CARDIFF, April 20.--Wind W.— Arrived—Hilda, from St. John's. PLYlfouTli, April 20. Wind s,W. —Sailed—Cathe rine, for Quebec. COWES, April 20.—Wind W.—Arrived—Lady Jocelyn, (a), irlm 'Calcutta; and left for London ; Asa Sawyer, Rio Janeiro: - DARTMOUTH, April 20. Wind E.--Arrived—Flying Dutchman, from Hamburg. OF THE WIGHT, April 19.—Arrived—Palm, from St. Kite's. • RAMSGATE, April 20.—Wind E.N.E.—Sailed—Meliora, for Hung Kong. OFF PORTLAND, April 19. —Arrived —Elise, (Bremen brig), for Havannah. OFF DOVER, April 19—Wind N.B. —Arrived—Charles , from Jamaica. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Calm and fine. Arrived— Foyle, steamer, from Dablin; Harriett, New port. _ _ _ Sailed—Atalanta, steamer, for Jersey; Fuyle, steamer, London; Indus, steamer, Alexandria. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. 'Wind W.S.W. Arrived, Apia 20—Cultivator, from New York; Fal mouth, Baltimore; Sylva, Charleston; Artisan, Savannah; I)6 rweilt, Antigu a ; Rita, screw steamer, Baas ; Lisbon. Arrived, April 21- - Crusader, from Paraiba. Sailed, April 20 — Fanney Teimes, for Rio Grande; Commodore, Riga: Leerier Augustine, Naiva ; Elbe, Mitamichi ; Robert Hastie, Halifax. - (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, 'Wednesday, 90.30 a.m. Calm ; tide three hours' ebb ; fine. Arrived, 20th—Charles, from Jamaica. Arrived, 21st—La Hogue, from Syd ne y. Bailed —Vasta, stdamer, for Oporto. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind calm. Passed —Lady Jocelyn, screw steamer, from Bombay ; Bee Hut, Batavia • Prima Donna, schooner, Afri ca — a i l for London ; Flora , Ismail, for Bremen ; Conciliator, Constantinople, Hull; Dawsons, India, Yarmouth. Anchored—French frigate and French brig Agile, frcm the westward. 'The direct and general elections for the members ofitLe Second Chamber of the kingdom of Den mhrk, which expires this year, will take place on the 14th of June. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENINO, APRIL 21, NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-Aprit 20. Orders have been received at Chatham by the officer commanding the depot companies of the 20th Regiment, directing 300 men of that regiment to be held in readiness to proceed to Clonmel for the purpose of forming a second battalion of that corps at that station. A considerable improvement has been effected at Chatham in the cooking for soldiers. Formerly it was the custom for the men to be supplied' daily , with boiled fresh beef and mutton for dinner, with out any variety whatever. Those of the troops; however, who were willing to avail themselves of it were permitted to have their dinners baked twice a-week. Latterly the attention of the public has been aroused to this subject, and one benefit result ing from the evidence taken before the commission that a large and • commodious bakehouse has been erected in Chatham Barracks, and the troops belonging to the first and second battalions of infantry are now supplied with baked dinners orrery other day, the men, as may be sup -posed, accepting this boon with much satisfaction. No bakehouse has as yet been erected for the use of the third battalion of infantry quartered in the but s at Brompton, or for those at St. Mary's Bar racks ; but it is understood that a similar plan will be shortly adopted at those establishments. The Boadicea, old 42-gun frigate, has been taken into dock at Chatham for the purpose of being broken up. The Rochester freight-ship has arrived at Chat ham Dockyard with war stores for that establish ment from Portsmouth. HOUSE OF LORDS.-APRIL 20. THE SHREWSBURY PEERAGE. Their lordships sat as a committee for privileges ; Lord Redesdale in the chair. The hearing of the claim of Earl Talbot to the earldom of Shrewsbury, which occupied so much of their lordships' time last session, was resumed. On that occasion the claimant was represented by Sir F. Thesiger, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. T. F. Ellis, and Mr. Pouncefoote. Mr. Sergeant Byles, Mr. Roundell Palmer, Mr. Bowyer, and Mr. Baddeley appeared for the Duke of Norfolk, as next friend of Lord Edward Howard, devisee of the Shrewsbury estate under the will of the late earl, to oppose the alaim.. Mr. Fleming and Mr. Peter Burke appeared for Major Talbot, of Castle Talbot, county Wexford, Ireland, and also for the Princess Doria Pampliti, of Rome, daughter of John, sixteenth earl. The then Attorney-General, Sir R. Bethell, and Mr. H. P. Roche appeared for the crown. The eleva tion of Sir F. Thesiger to the woolsack, and of Mr. Sergeant Byles to the bench, as well as the retirement of Sir R. Bethell from office, have' caused a change in the relative positions of the counsel, and they now stand thus :—The Attorney- General (Sir F. Kelly), Mr. T. F. Ellis, and Mr. Hanmer for the claimant ; Sir R. Bethell, Mr. R. Palmer, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Baddeley, and Mr. Bowyer, for Lord Edward Howard ; Mr. P. Burke for Major Talbot ; the Solicitor-General (Sir H. M. Cairns), and Mr. H. P. Roche, for the Crown. The following is a short statement of the case :—lt is a claim made by the Right Hon. Henry John Chetwynd, Earl Talbot, to the Earldom of Shrewsbury ; which, he contended, had accrued to him on the death of Bertram Arthur, the seven teenth earl, who died without issue male in Aug., 1856. The dignity of earldom of Shrewsbury com menced in the time of Henry the Sixth, in the 20th year of whose reign, 1442, Sir John Talbot, after wards Earl Talbot, who was well known in history as the distinguished leader of the English armies in France in the time of Henry the Sixth, was created Earl of Shrewsbury by letters patent. He was suc ceeded by his son, second earl, and the earldom was enjoyed successively by John, third earl, son and heir of the second earl, and his heirs male, until 1617-18, when the elder line of the first earl became extinct on the death, without male issue, of Edward, ninth earl. The pedigree thus had be come broken into three distinct branches. The first branch descended from John, the third earl, who had a brother, Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton, second son of John, second earl. Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton had a son, Sir John Talbot of Allbrighton, who was twice married, and by his first marriage with Margaret Troutbeck he had issue, from whom the second branch was descended. The earldom of Her Majesty's store-transport Dee, in Woolwich basin, yesterday commenced shipping a newly organized invention brought forward by the Engi neer officers of the dockyard for superheating steam. The apparatus hitherto used on board that vessel for mixing superheated and plain steam is ordered to be removed, and the new apparatus to be fixed entire. According to a report of some experiments entered into for the satisfaction of the Board of Admiralty, the new invention affords the advantage of superheating the whole of the steam required for propelling the machinery without the admixture of any portion of the ordinary steam. An arrange ment of tubes, such as has been heretofore em ployed, hasbeen considered inconveniently adapted to steam-boilers, and instead of causing the steam to pass through a series of tubes to be superheated, the present invention conveys it through cham bers or boxes, which may be adapted in size and form to any convenient part of the boiler, and may be heated by the flame issuingfrom theturnace or fireplace before passing into the flue. The boxes are connected together in such a manneras to cause the steam to circulate therein in a serpentine direc tion, so as to bring it in contact with as great an amount of heating surface as possible. The super heated steam is conducted to a mixing chamber or slide jacket, where it may be combined with com mon steam before being passed into the cylinder of the engine. The mixture of superheated steam with common steam does not, however, appear to form a part of the present invention, which simply consists of a novel construction or arrange ment of the boiler, in which steam may be super heated, or superheated steam may be produced, and ' applied in any manner that may be desired. The freight-ship Bencleuch arrived and moored off Woolwich Arsenal yesterday morning, and com menced shipping a heavy cargo of gunpowder and ammunition for the Mauritius, consisting of 1,200 barrels. The Ealing Grove arrived at Woolwich fr3m the Falkland Islands on Monday, bringing home a number of pensioners and their families, whose term of settlement in those islands has expired. She pro ceeded yesterday to the West Tndia Docks to di charge 200 tons of damaged guano, deposited there OK the Great It-public, which vessel was some time I back disabled off that coast. Shrewsbury descended through various earls until it reached Bertram Arthur, the late earl, who died without issue. The third branch was derived from the second marriage of Sir John, of Allbrighton, with Elizabeth Wrottesley, through whom Earl Talbot now claimed the title, by showing that the other branches were extinguish( d. With regard to the first branch, there was a regular succession down to Gilbert, seventh earl, who died without issue male , and: was succeeded by his brother E lward, eighth earl, who died without issue male, and thus the first branch became extinct. George, ninth earl, who succeeded, and who was the heir male of Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton, being descended from Sir John of Allblighton, through his son by his first marriage with Margaret Troutbeck, could not have succeeded but for the failure of the first branch. In 1831, John, sixteenth Earl of Shrews bury, claimed to vote for the election of represen tative peers for Ireland as Earl of Waterford, which latter title was created at the same time and wilh the same limitations as the first earldom of Shrews bury, and his pedigree was admitted by the house without proof. It was stated to be unnecessary, therefore, to go into proof of the first branch, but that it would be necessary to prove that the second branch was exhausted. It was derived from Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton, second son of John, second earl, who was a Knight of the Garter, and his garter plate was in existence, on which was a crescent, the mark of a second son, and it was borne by all his descendants. Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton had a son Gilbert, who died without issue, and Sir John of Allbrighton, before alluded to, became heir male to Sir Gilbert of Grafton. He had one son by his first wife, and two sons by his The screw steamer Lady Jocelyn, Capt. Bird, belonging to the European and American Com pany's fleet, which took out troops to India, arrived at Cowes yesterday at noon, on her return, with passengers and cargo, and proceeded to the Thames, where she is to discharge. Rear-Admiral Sir H. Ducie Chads, K.C.8., will sail to-day for Lisbon with the Renown, 91, Capt. Fobes, carrying his flag ; the Diadem, 31, Capt. Moorsom, C. B. ; the Curacoa, 31, Capt. Mason ; and the Racoon, 21, Capt. Paynter. ThE y have all been well tried during the past few days, and we believe several naval officers are going in them as amateurs to witness the trial steamings and sail ings. The place this squadron has occupied for some months at Spithead will speedily be taken by a larger fleet of nobler proportioned ships. There are four already at Portsmouth in every way ready for the pend,nt of commission and the reception of officers and men ; they are the Royal Sovereign, 131, Victor Emmanuel, 91, Ccesar, 91, and Algiers, 91. All the gear, boats, masts, yards, and stores are ready for these ships as soon as the order is given to equip them. In the list of screw sea-going ships available at the home ports the screw corvettes Curacoa, 31, and Racoon, 22, were omitted. THE SAILING FLEET. second wife. The grandson of his son by his first wife became, as stated above, ninth E , rl of Shrews bury, and died without issue male in 1630, and wal succeeded by his nephew, John, the eldest son of Ins deceased brother John. Th 9 tenth ear), John, was twice married, and, of his threw sons, the second was eleventh earl. The son of the third son, by failure of the issue of Francis, eleventh earl, became thirteenth earl, and throUghhiMdeveenderl the title to Bertram Arthur Bertram, who died without isssuo male. John, the tenth earl, by his second marriage had three sons, two of whom died without issue male, and the other had a son, John of Longferd, who died without issue male. Thus . Ve issue of the fist marriage of Sir John of All br4;bton had become extinct. The n came the third branch, which was derived from the second mar riage of Sir John of Allbrighton with Elizabeth Wrottesley. By that marriage he had two sons, of whom the elder died early, while the line was continued by the younger son, John of Sulwarp, who married Olive Sherrington, and whose son, Sherrington Talbot, left by his second marriage with Mary, daughter of John Washbourne, three sons, of whom the two elder died without leaving issue, and the line of descent was continued by ti;e third son, William, successively Bishop of Oxford, Salisbury, and Durham. He was the father of Charles Talbot, Lord Chancellor of Eng land, who was raised to the peerage in 1733 as Lord Talbot, and whose son, created Earl Talbot of In gestre in 1714, was grandfather to the present claimant. At the close of the proceedings last session the case for the claimant had been at one time sup pesed to be closed ; but, in einsequence of certain objections taken to the evidence by the then Atter ney-Genfr 1 (Sir R. Bothell) on behalf of the Crown, the matter was adjourned out 1 this session for the purpse of enabling the claimant to pro duce new evidence to meet those objections. The Attorney-General (Sir F. Kelly) to-day opened the new evidence which it is proposed to adduce ; and the case was proceeding when their lordships ros-. There was a very numerous attendance of peers, and the proceedings still seem to excite consider able interest. The following is a summary of the mere sailing men-of-war in commission : Ships. No: Guns. Men. Line-of-battle-ships Frigates Corvettes Sloops, &c l2 153 1,465 Stationary flag ships and depot ships 17 678 4,472 Tenders Store ships. Hulks Total .74 1,766 16:0)4 Lieui% C. H. Simpson is appointed to the Pluto in command, vice Lieut. T. H. Martin, whose ap pointment has been cancelled. IRELAND. DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING. THE ROYAL VISIT TO KILLARNEY. The Osborne returned to Queenstown on Friday from her cruise along the southern coast, leaving the Prince bahind. His Royal Highness is enjoy ing himself in the romantic regions of Glengariff and Killarney, the weather being splendid. It is believed thu he will return to Queenstown by the Killarney Railway ; but as he seems to like tra velling on an Irish jaunting car it is not unlikely he may prefer coming from Killarney to Cork by Gougane Barra, Inchegeela, and so on, by , Macroom, along the valley of the Lee. All vice regaldom has been thrown into ecstacies by a re port that at some future day—not yet named—the heir to the throne is to assume the office of Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland. EQUITY COURTS. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir W. P. Woad.) THE KING OF DUDE V. MOULVEE MUSEEH OOD DEEN KHAN' BAHADOOR. Mr. Rolt and Mr:.611;11 - nOvecl ex parte for an injunction to restrain the defendant from deal ing with a sum of 7,1n6/. 55., under the following circtimstancN3 :—The plaintiff, he said, was the King of Oude, and his eldest son, Mirza Mohum mud Hamid Allie, the latter of whom sued by his next friend. The bill stated that after the assump tion of the administration of the territories of Oude by the British Government the King of Oude had sent to this country tha Queen Mother, his brother, and the plaintiff, and they weto accompanied by the defendant as the King's agent, the object of their coming to England being to appeal to the Go-: vernment of this country end Parliament with a view to the iestoration to the Kiog of Oude of his kingdom and propeKty.. They were furnished by the King with money, but as their stay was pro tracted it became necessary that their funds should ba replenished. Tuey applied to the King through the East India Company for assistance, and on the 22d Jan. last the King's brother received a letter from the Secretary of the East India Company, stating that the Court of Directors had received a communicat'on from the Government of India, re questing thr t the equivalent of 68,700 rupees might be paid to• him in England for the fathily of the King of Oude, and that a warrant had been passed for the equivalent thereof (7,1561. 55.), which would be delivered to him on application at - the India housc.. •Upon the receipt of that letter the de fendant, by the direction of the King's brother, proceeded to the India-house, obtained the warrant, and received the money, and he proceeded to place it, or a portion of it, in the London and Westmin ster Bank in his own name. The Queen Mother and the King's brother died about a month after wards, and the plaintiff considering that the 7,1561 belonged to hint, applied to the defendant for it through his solcit'ors, Messrs. Gregory and Co. The defendant refused to pay it to him, and with drew it from the London and Westminster Bank. It was believei, however, that he had paid it into another bank, and the injunction that was now sought was to prevent his dealing with it'. The Vice-Chancellor made an ad interim order until Saturday, with leave to give 'notice of motion for to-mor , lw. the Maidenhead, in Goswell.street-road, where a concert or free-and-easy is held. On the evening of the 9th inst, the prisoner and another man (his NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING brother) were in the room wheretLe entertainment MONDAY'S RACES CONCLUDED. was going on, and at a late hour he was missed, and Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 soya each, 5 ft, if declared hearing footsteps in the room above, the prosecu - T.Y.C. (5 furlongs 140 yards.) tor's son went up, and found the prisoner coming T.Y.C. (5 furlongs 140 yar Lord Clifden's Indulgence 5 yrs, 7st 41b. (Bray) 1 out of one of the bedrooms. He said he thought he Duke of Bedford's Killigrew, 3 yrst, 7st (Rogers) 2 was going to the yard, and pretended to be intoxi- Lord Glasgow's Brother to Bird-on-the-Wing, 5 yrs, cated. On the room being examined the drawers Bst 101 b (Aldcroft) 3 were found topsy-turvy, and a valuable silk dress, Mr. Goodwin's Lady Nelson, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (Long) 4 which had been removed from one of them, was Betting-5 to 4on Killigrew, 3to 1 ag4 Indulgence. lying on the floor. The timely interposition of the Won by a neck, bad third. prosecutor's son prevented the completion of the in- Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for 3-yr olds ; colts, Bst tended robbery. The mere removal of the dress was 91b ; fillies, Bst 4ib. The winner to be sold for 200 sufficient to charge the prisoner with having sow, if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. (5 furlongs 140 yards.) 3 subs. stolen it. , Mr. Mills's Greenwich Fair, Bst 41b (Pritchard) 1 A witness named Joyce, who said he was a dealer Sir J. Hawley's f. by the Hero—Dart, Bst 4lb (Wells) 2 in old iron, and conductor of the concert room, said Lord W. Powlett's Mischief-Maker, B,t 71h S. Roger: , ) 3 he saw the prisoner and his brother there on the Betting 7t04 on Greenwich Fair, who won by two night in question. They had five or six glasses of lengths ; a length between the second and third. rum and water, but gave it nearly alllaway. He Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, for 4-yr-olds, Bst ; overheard a conversation in " slang" going on be- 5-yr-olds, Bat 91b ; 6-yr-olds and aged, Bst 131 b ; mares tween them, and noticed that prisoner said to his and geldings allowed 41b. D.I. (2 miles 119 yards.) brother, "Ribo to the caper, ka cap shernells, 5 subs. crackology to the nibbs." (Much laughter.) Lord Fitzwilliam's Ignoramus, 4 yrs, Bst (J. Osborne) 1 Mr. Atkinson—Are you sufficiently versed in that Mr. Barber's , Commotion, unt 4 yrs 4 Bst..... ....(Fl i a du tman) 2 mysterious language to be able to oblige us with a Mr. M , !rry s 6 & to 5 agst erer, sau 4y n rst,e rer, 8. 7 to 4 agst (As commo rof t) 3 ~ literal translation of what you have just uttered ? Be tang — Witness—Yes, I understand it all. That means— tion, 4to 1 agst Ignoramus. Ignoramus led to the Doke's Stand, 'where Cornmo " The door is open, go up and unlock." (Laughter.) tion, whs had been lying at his quarters, headed him. Mr. Sleigh—Pray, what seminary were you Half-way up the cords Ignoramus shook off Commo brought up in and taught this slang language, and tion, and won cleverly by three quarters of a length. to translate it so glibly ? You have associated a Saunterer, last throughout, was upwards of six lengths good deal, I should think, with persons using it. in the rear. Witness—Yes, I have, and I own it. It is lan guage used by a certain class of persons, flash lads and thieves, and I learnt it of them. That's what I heard him say, and that's what it means. Mr. Sleigh then addressed the jury, contending that the evidence did not make out the case of stealing, and that the prisoner, being intoxicated, might have gone into the room by accident. The jury found the prisoner guilty. It was stated that he had been tried at the Old Bailey, but not for felony. The Court sentenced him to four months' hard labour. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-April 20. TUESDAY. MANSION-HOUSE.—H. Hyams and his wife, summoned before the Lord Mayor for having used threats towards another person of the Jewish per suasion, in Petticoat-lane, were discharged, having proved the groundiessneis of the charge against them. Hyams implored his lordship to abate a nuisance of the most intolerable kind which had for some time existed in the locality, and was increasing. Every Sunday morning immense multitudes assem bled in the lane and its vicinity to sell articles of various sorts, and the scene between 11 and 1 o'clock really beggared description. Vagabonds of all kinds crowded to the place, and the inhabitants were rendered perfectly helpless, while their pro perty was exposed to plunder. Baker (635), an active detective, said that Sundays the whole of Petticoat-lane was in a hub bub. From 11 to 1 o'clock as many as 6,000 or 7,000 persons assembled there, and amongst them were to be seen thieves gathered together from all quarters of the metropolis. The police had found it to be frequently the case that when gentlemen had been robbed within their observation it was impossible to get at the thieves, who in bands assisted each other and escaped amongst the multi , tude. Handicap Plate of 50 sovs. A.F. (1 mile 2 furlongs, 73 yards.) Mr. S. Merry's Saunterer, 4 yrs, 9it 3.b ...(Chillman) 1 Baron Rothschild's Sacrifice filly 3 yrs, 54, (carried sst 21h) _ _ The Lord Mayor—l consider it to be my duty to make a serious inquiry into so monstrous a state of things, and I shall take clre to visit the place about which so formidable a report has been made. I certainly cannot conceive how any part of the City of London could be allowed for any length of time to be infested by such characters as have been described. Mr. La Mert's Bel Esperanza, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Ducker) 3 The following also ran:—Kestrel, Apathy, Hercules, Barflenr, Star of Albion, Esperauce, and Glimpse. Bating.-7 to 2 agst Saunterer, 7 to 1 each agst Bel E-peranza, Sacrifice filly, and Kestrel. Won by three lengths ; a length between the second and third. Kestrel and Esperanzi, close together, were fourth and fifth, some distance from the third. Eliza Stewart ar d Mary Delaney were charged with having fought together ill the Minories, that now notorious field of battles ; and a strong young fell.)w, named William Hayes, was charged with having endeavoured to rescue them, and with hav ing assaulted the officer engaged in parting the combatants. There were, appeared, crowds of prostitutes present when the two girls were pitching into each other, and the officer went up to separate them, but was immediately seized from behind by Hayes, who forcibly restrained him in the performance of his duty. The consequence was the girls renewed the battle, and the assistance of several policemen became nece , sary to restore peace by lodging the females in the station-house. Hayes vas after wards taken into custody. The Lord Mayor—lf - one man can be infinitely more despicaVe than another, it is the man who lives upon the prostitution of a wretched creature of this kind. I sentenca the woman to imprison ment for seven days, and the man, who is dresses] up so well at the expense of one or both of them, to imprisonment and hard labour for fourteen days. SOUTHWARK.—John Hurton, a stoker on board the Ossian, LiverpoolsteaMship, was brought before Mr. Burcham for further examination, charged with throwing John Nelson, another fire man, down the., stoke-hole, thereby causing his death. . _ Sweepstakes of 50 Bove each for 3-yr-olds and upwards. The winces to be sold for 300 sove if demanded, &c. A.M. 7 fur. 212 yards. 5 subs. Mr. Parker's Martha, 3 yrs, 7st (Fordham) 1 Mr. T. Cliff's Flyaway, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b ..(D. Hughes) 2 Mr. Alexander's Brown Middleton, 3 yrs, 7st (Bray) 3 Mr. Woodhouse's Florence, 5 yrs, Bst 12Ib (Snowden) 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst Brown Middleton, sto 2 agst Martha. The depcsitions of the deceased man were taken by Mr. Burch , im 9. few days ago at the hospital, when in the presence of the p r i soner . H e s t a t e d that he had been very much annoyed by the pri soner and his compantong, who were Belfast men, during the passage from Liverpool to London. He had hurt one of his feet, and was com pelled to wear a slipper at times. On the arrival of the vessel in the . port of London on Saturday wtek he had occasion to go into the stokers' room, near the engine-room, for the purpose of lcoking for his slipper. It was dark, and he took down the lamp to look for it, when the prisoner knocked the limp out of his hand. They then had a fight, and h • got away and went for his brother. On, his return they had another fight, and the prisoner seized hold of his leg and threw him down the stoke hole. Won by three-quarters of a length ; a length between the second and third ; bad fourth. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each for 2-yr-Olds ; colts, Bst 61b ; fillies, Bst 31h. Certain winnerb extra. T.Y.C. 5 furlongs 140 yards. 3 subs. Mr. Combo's Miss Flatman, Bst 31b (Flatman) 1 Baron Rothschild's Bastile colt, 8A 61b...(D. Hughes) 2 Lord Ribblesdale's Petra, 84 31b (Fordham) 3 Betting-5 to 4on Petra, 2to 1 agst Bastile colt. Won by three-quarters of a length; half a length be tween the second and third. The Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, a subscription of 100 Boys each, h ft, for 3-yr-ads ; colts, 83t 71b; fillies, Inspector Johnstone, Thames police, said he took tha prisoner into custody, and had the deceased conveyed to the hospital. He - survived three days, when he expired in great agony. Robert McNeil, a stoker on board, said he saw the fight, and he believed the deceased fell acciden tally down the stoke-hole. They were rolling over each other for same minutes. Bit 4!b. James Coates, another stoker, said he witnessed part of the affray, and saw the deceased fall down the stoke-hole. He was picked up insensible, and conveyed to the hospital. The second to receive back his stake. R.M (1 mile 17 yards). 45 subs. Sir J. Hawley's Fitz Roland, by Orlando, 83t 71b (Wells) 1 Lord Ribblesdale's the Happy Land, Bit 71b(Fordham) 2 Mr, Howard's Clydesdale, Bst 71b (J. Goatee) 3 Mr. J. Merry's Lord of Lorn, Bst 716 (J. Mann) 4 Lord Glasgow's Brother to Bird-on-the-Wing, Bst, 71b (11dcroft) 5 Lord Ailesbury's Charles the Second, 83t 71b(Charlton) 0 Mr. Parker's Wilton, Bst 71b (Bray) 0 Lord Ciifden's Schismatic, 83t 71b (A. Day) 0 Mr. S. Hawke's the Peer, Bst 71b (Flatman) 0 Sir L. Newman's Masaniello, Bst 7lb ..(Bates) 0 General Peel's Forerunner, Bst 71b (S. Rogers) 0 Mr. Piummer's C,,xswold, Bst 71b (Bu im by) 0 Baron Rothschild's Mentmore, 84t 71b ...(D Hughes) 0 Mr. Wor'and's Ravenstonedale, Bst 711c...(J Osborne) 0 Betting at starting-3 to 1 agst Tne Peer, 3to 1 net Clydesdale, 7 to 1 agst Happy Land, 11 to 1 agst Lord of Lorn, 12 to 1 agst Ravenstonedale, 16 to 1 agst Fitz Roland, 100 to 6 agst Wilton, and 100 to 6 agst Cox wold. A crowd of spectators, as usual, surrounded the saddling stables and accompanied the horses to the post. The preliminary canters over, the throng of equestrians rapidly dispersed and galloped towards the ropes. Mr. Hibburd then assumed his staff and conducted the horses outside the course in Indian file, brought them back again side by side, and when they stretched in a perfect line be dropped his flag, The excellence of the start elicited well-deserved commendation. Happy Land was the first to shot'v in front, and he was soon in possession of a clear lead, the horses at his heels being Schismatic, Brother to Bird-on-the-Wing, Mentmore, Charles the Second, Wilton, Coxwold, Lord of Lam, and Clydes dale, and they, as nearly as we could discern, were run ning in the order in which we have set down their names. Racenstonedalo was labouring on in the extreme rear, and just in advance of him were Fitz Roland (last but one) and the Peer. As they approached the Bushes Happy Land was upwards of three lengths ahead, and Fitz Roland rushed through his horses, and on descend ing the bill he took second place. Half way up the cords he challenged Happy Land, disposed of him in a few strides further, and won by a length and a half, Happy Land beating Clydesrialo by four lengths for second place. fix lengths off Lord of Lorn was fourth, and at his girths Brother to Bird-on-the-Wing finished fifth. Ravenstonedale and Mentmore were next. The Peer seemed to be outpaoed from start to finish, and never showed near the front. The pace was tremendous from beginning to end. Value of the stakes 2.7501. Sweepstakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for 3 yr-old files, Bet 10ib. Certain allowances, R. M. (1 mile 17 yds.) _ 7 subs. Duke of Bedford's Pampa, Bst 10ib (S. Rogers) 1 Lord Derby's Woodnymph, 84 61'o (Flattnan) 2 Lord Glasgow's Maid of Masham filly, Bst. (Aldcroft) 3 Betting—Even on Pampa ; 5 to 4 agst Woodnym; b. Won by three-quarters of a length ; bad third. Sweepstakes of 15 sows each, 10 ft. Certain winners extra. T.Y.C. (5 furlongs 140 yards.) 11 subs. Mr. W. S. Crawford's Zuyder Zee, 4 yrs, 8-t (Wells) 1 Mr. Mills's Pensioner, 3 yre, 54 111 b (Pritchard) 2 Mr. La Mert's Bel Esperanza, 3 yrs, 64 61b (Ducker) 3 The following also ran :—Schismatic, Kent, Black. smith, and New Brighton. Betting-3 to 1 agst Zuyder Zee, 7to 2 agst Bel Esperanza, 5 to 1 each agst Schismatic and Pensioner, and 6 to 1 agst Kent. Wcia by a head ; bad third. Sweepstakes of 300 sous each, 100 ft, for 4-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b B.C. (4 miles, 1 fur long, 173 yards.) 5 subs. Mr. Payee's Plush colt, Bst 7.b (Flatman) 1 Mr. Combe's Traitor, Bst 71b ..(Sly) 2 Betting-6 to 4on Plush colt, who won by 20 lengths. The proverbial mystery which surrounds a Derby has, perhaps, been rather increased than diminished by the remit of the race for the Two Thousand. The ranks of the favourites for the great Epsom event have obtained important accessions, while certain horses that have ruled the mai ket have received their quietus. The su periority of the Peer was a boast, and the running of Clydesdale showed how deceptive has been the public " form" of the Derby horses. The winner, a compact, well-made chesnut horse, was heavily backed by his party, but the general opinion is that Happy Land would hr.ve won if he had no', forced the pace with so much severity, A larger attendance or more propitious weather never marked the Two Thousand day. The course was thronged with pleasure folk from neighbouring villages and towns, and the number of equestrians galloping about in all directions reminded one of a field-day at Chobharn. Although the representatives of the press were excluded were affoorded U 3 by the Jockey Club for discharging our duties, we believe that the above ac count of the weights and jockeys' names is true in every particular. Inspector Johnste a ne said that an inquest was ex pected to be held on the body of the deceased, and as very important evidence would be brought for ward he asked his worship for a further remand. Mr. Burcham accordingly remanded him for a week, refusing to accept bail. LAMBETH.—James Tidily, a greasy, dirty lo king fellow, and Jane Johnson, a young female of dissipated appearance, were placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott, on a charge of stealing a fancy dog, the property . of Mr. W. Combes, residing in St. George'S'.-road, Southvirark Mr. Combes stated that on Saturday e vening . last he missed the dog from his house, and on making inquiries in the nei g hb our ho o d he found two wit nesses who saw hi 3 dog in the arms of a tall man, who walked away along the St.. George's road. Soon after he put a bill in his window offer ing a reward of 20s. for the dog, and shortly the female prisoner called and said she had ,found a dog, which she had no doubt was his, and asked him to go to her loigings in Union-street. to see it. He went to her residence, and there saw his dog, and the prisoner asked for payment of the reward. Re told her he should pay it if he found that she had nothing to do with the stealing - of the animal, and desired her' to call at his house. In the interim he consulted the police on the subject, and on be calling on him on the evening before he had a constable present to hear what she said. After hearing her, he told her to call again, and soon after leaving his house she was joined by the male prisoner, and both were taken into custody. Two lads swore positively to the male prisoner as the person in whose possession they saw Mr. Combes d og on the Saturday evening ; but he stoutly denied th e c h ar ge. Mr. Elli At observed that there could be but little doubt of the guilt of both parties, and none as regarded the mile prisoner, and committed the la ter to two months' imprisonment in Wands worth House of Correction. The ft male was disch4ged. LATEST BETTING. DERBY. 13 to 2 agst F►tzßolacd 7 to 1 agst ToxopholLta 10 to 1 agst Langrange Offered) 100 to 6 agst Happy Land 25 to 1 agst 25 to 1 agst Clydesdale Offered) 1000 to 30 agst Phy-ician 40 to 1 agst C. , ek-a-doodle-doo 50 to 1 agst Wilton IADVE iTISIIMENT.I- SIGHT AND HEARING -- SPECTACLES--.- POWERFUL TELESCOPES OPERA R ACE, AND PERSPECTIVE GLASSES. —S. and B. Soloraens: opticians, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. Observe—opp os it e th e York Hotel, W. By her Majesty's Royal L e tt ers P atent for valua bl e an d ex traordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distanc es . Th ese T e l e s c opes possess such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half inches, with an, extra eve-piece will s h ow di s ti nc tly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three-and-a-half miles distant and an object from -16 to 20 miles. For the waist coat-pocket, and are of larger, and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. —A valu able,. newly-invented very small, powerful, Waistcoat-pocket Glass, tho size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one and a-half mile distant. They answer every pm , pose on the Race-course and at the Opera-houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmthi, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, Camp, Perspective, and Race-course Glasses, with wonderful powers. - Invaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The great advantage derive d from this invention Is, that vision impaired becomes pre served and strengthened and very aged persons a re enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupat i on —can see with those lenses of a much less magnifying power—and they do not require the frequent chang es to the den - gero - as effects of fur t.b or powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the MO 3' remote part of the world b y send. in..; one of the glasses out of their spectacl ies n a letter, l and u stating the distance from the eye they can read email rt . with it, and those who have not ma de use of spectacles b y stating their ago. Deafness.—No Discovery.—The Olganle Vibrator, an txtraordivarity powerful , small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all of acts, surpassing anything of the kind tha t has been, or prob ably can be, produced. Being of th e same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables deaf p ersons to hear distinct liat church awl at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation et singing noises in the ears is en ti r e.v removal, and it affords all the assistance that possibly could bo dosired.-39, A 1100. marle•straot, Piccadilly—Opposite the York Hotel, W, A public entertainment will be given by the citizens of Manchest r to Sir Jamea Brooke, K C.B , on Wed nesday next. Admiral the Hon. Sir Henry Koppel, K.C.8., bss been invited. Tuz BUDGET.—Tne budget of the Chancellor of the Exchequer has been received in a most friendly spirit by the people f Manchester—even including the politi cians of the " Manchester school," who look upon it as a most succest.ful one—one which, tinder the circum stances, could not be improved. On 'Change yesterday not a word was uttered against any portion of it, save by a few merchants on that,which proposes to impose a penny duty cn chequeF. The right hon. Chancellor's proposal with regaid to the pcstponing of the payment of the Exchequer B rids, &c., has not created appa rently the least surprise, inasmuch as everybody seemed to anticipate such a course, which is thought to be the onlo legitimate and proper one. • LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. _____------- -- - 4 s. d. £ s. d. Bank of Scotland .. •• 71. per cent. 100 0 100 0 0 193110 British Linen Coman 81. per cent. 100 0 100 0 0 217/0s Caledonian Bank .. .....Si. per cent 10 0 2100 31 16s City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 10 0 0 81 12s Clydesdale Bank -•• 5%1. p cant. 20 0 10 0 0 13 Os CAnmercial Bank .• 71. per cent. 500 0 100 0 0 225110 Eastern Bank -••• • •• 61. per cent. 25 0 10 0 0 I 1 / 2s Edinb. 8s Glasgow.... 3%1. p cent. 5 5 0 0 10010 s National Bank ...• .. 6% per cent. 100 0 100 0 0 184.10 North of Scotland Bank 5/.percent 20 0 210 05/ 12s Royal Bank of Scot'. .. 5/. per cent. 100 0 100 0 0 1421.8 Union Bank of Scot. .. 8/. per cent. 100 0 50 0 0 901 Os Western 13ank- .• .... V. per cent. 50 0 50 0 0 -1 0 Alliance Fire and Life.. 8%1.pr cent. 100 0 11 0 0 171 Os British Guarantee ... 41. par cent. 10 0 2 0 011 5s Caledonian Fire Incur. 10,.per cent. 100 0 10 0 0 251 Os City of Glasgow Lite- 6/. per cent. 25 0 2 0 041 Os Colonial Lire ......... 5/. por cent. 50 0 3 0 071 lOs Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 . 0 15 0 0 26/15s Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 5 04/ Os Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 40 0 3 0 061 153 Nationa• Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 I 4 0 1/19 s North British Insur... 71. per cent. 200 0 20 0 0 39/ Os Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 1 0 0 11 15s Scottish Provincial .... - 50 0 2 0 0 2/ 15 s Scottish Union Insrnc. 7%1. pr cent. 20 0 1 00 11 14s Standard Life .. •• .. - 51. per cent. 50 0 7 0 0 281 Os GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. 4 s. d. British Frovincial .• •• 71. per cent 20 0 0 all 2414 Brighton - 14 City of London ...... 2/. per cent. 150 0 0 150 0 0 - Equitable- • • .... •• •• 2/. 50 0 0 all 43 European .... ..• .• .. 61. per cent. 20 0 0 - - Groat Central ........ 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 -- 11 Imperial .. •......... 101. per cent. 50 0 0 - 80 Ditto New - 50 0 0 12 10 G 28% Ditto Debentures - Stock 100 0 0 - Do. Continental IstCap. 31. ss. 60 0 0 42 15 0 50 Do. 1)o. 2d Cap. 41.155. 50 0 0 41 0 0 63 Do. Do. 3d Cap. 41. 10s. 50 0 0 43 10 0 - Do. Do. 4th Cap. 31. 50 0 0 41 0 0 - Indepenilent ..... .. - London Parl. Preferen 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 - - Phoenix .•• Ratcliff..... - Surrey Consumers - W ili e n s t t ot i G nNs e t t ee l w e r ral . .. .. .. Chartered.. lOs 2 o e d_ r per cent.sh sh. 55 5 0 0 0 00 0 00 - 51 0 - - • • . 10 0 0 10 Ditto, 10 0 0 Western all 8% •• •• A. • • Ditto B •• .••• • • • • .• lO 0 0 4 0 0 - MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -.---- -- X s. d. 4 s. d. Acadian Charcoal Iron • • 10 0 0 2 0 0 - African Steam Ship .. .. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Assam tea .... - .... 6 1 . Per cent. _5O 0 0 20 0 0 - Auction Mart •• •....• 21 4 1 p er cent 50 0 0 - . - Australian Azliculturl _ 25 0 0 19 0 0 28 81. pr cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 _ l i . - 10 s . 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 all - Australianu -- Australian tra,i an Trust ßoyal ;I . a . ;1 CB A ar n ni g t ai l 3 ° l ; 5 41. 1 e n x . ~i c i . a l 1 1 : 11 Land nt 5l. . per pe r cent ee. t 10050 0 0 0 0 3420 all l o ( C o ..._-- - - Do. 5 per cent Bond , 5/. per cent Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, E per cent bds 5/.per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - D.tte, 6 per cent. .. 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 0p c. bds 1874 81. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1876 61. per sent. Stock 100 0 0 - 2/. per cent. 5 0 0 Crystal Palace - Ditto Preference 7l pr p . er ce e n e t n . l 5 _o_ 0 5 0 0 - 4 0 0 a l l C C i r t y y S ii. P c, a v l i a g e a e t i o o f n France ,. 3w. - - - - Electric Telegraph Eng.&Aus. Cop. Smelt - 5 0 0 - Eng.&lris. Slag. T. Co - 5 5 0 0 000 0 000 0 Equitable Reversionry 51par cent. 100 0 0 1 2 : 24 0 Ditto New .... •• - Gen. Revers. & Invest. 51. p c and I/. 100 0 0 00 aa aa l 0 0 1,1 011 11 11 0 0 : I E I II %1 Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) - Gen.SteamNavigation 10/. per ct. & 2 15 6 Hudson's London Gen. Ba y .... Omnibus .. per percent een t . s 4 t 0 e o k 0 54 p 2 e l. r Se. cent. 10 150 0 00 0 ( 0 ? 334 Hungerford ......... Stock - Lon. Ne. &Na. clause. all - - London Reversionary - all all - Mex. & S. American N Na .s t . . w D . is G c e o v un s t p. C e o . m D i e z b 25 0 50 0 4 Si. - 10 0 all - - per cent. - 100 0 0 - Nor. Eli. Australasian 6d. 1 0 all - North of Europe, Stir:. 81. per cent. 20 0 17 10 0 - Prica'sPatentCand. Co - 23 0 all - Peel River.Land&Mln. 2 - 5 0 all Pen. & Oriental Steam 71. per cent 50 0 all 781 i Ditto New . ..... Reversionary Int. Soc. 4% /. pr cent 100 0 all - Ditto New ...• •. - 434/. pr cent. 100 0 20 0 0 - Royal M ail Steam 4l. p. share. 100 0 61' 0 e 61% Scottish Aus. Invest l5l. per cent. 1 0 all 1 1 A South Australian Land 71. per cent. 25 0 all 35% Trust and Loan Comp. 734., pr cent. 20 0 5 0 0 sy. Vas Diemen's Land.. 10s. 100 0128 10 0 14% 5 per cent. Lends COLLISION AT SEA. Accounts from Cork state that the bark Annie, Captain Bullen, from Sierra Leone, went into Queenstown on Friday for orders. She had on I oard the captain and crew of the schooner Forest Queen —outward bound from Cardiff with ironL with which she came in collision on Sunday, the 11th inst., about 10 o'c'ock at night, and which she ran down. The collt,ion was so sudden, and the shock so severe, that the unfortunate schooner went down immediately. Thera was barely time enough to pick up the crew, who lost everything but the clothes which they. carried on their backs. The AnaLi suffered loss of bowsprit and jibboJra, and had her quarter bulwarks stove in. THE BUDGET. The proposal to levy an extra duty on Irish spirits has, of course, met with decided disapproval at this side of the Channel, the scheme being de nounced by the Freeman's Journal as an act of " reckless audacity, almost without apparel." .It is admitted by the indignant writer that spirits, winec=, and other such articles, not being neces saries oflife, are fair subjects for taxation, but, on the other hand,— ' " When an imperial necessity requires that a new tax shall be imposed, it is neither politic nor honest to place the whole of the new burden on the part of the empire to the exclusion of all others. Scot land is not called upon to pay any increase because ,of the deficiency ; England is not called on to pay, but Ireland is expected to pay half-a-million an nually, and this, too, in perpetuity, for the tax being defended on the plea of assimilation it is not likely that it will ever be reduced." This is but the first grumbling of the elements which portends the approaching storm. -- • VALUE OF LGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. One of the Mayo papers discussing farmers' pro spec's in the far west remarks, that the inferior prices which grain of every kind brought during the last year are likely to act Fri-judicially i n natrowing the extent of laud under cultivation for grain crops :—, " Farmers have not the inducements to exten sive tillage that they had when• prices were high— as theywere to last year, and they are consequently being satisfied with what will produce their rent and other demand , , , , and •despise a large tillage, that can only be made at a great expense and without a certainty of uliimate repayment. In thed, welave heard of instances where even ex tensive farmers, agriculturists, and also graziers, have considerably curtailed their operations , an d of some where farming is actually being abandoned altogether,_,erepssion a a t s an unpaying pursuit—such is the present existing in this important ield of Irish industry." EXTRAORDINARY BIATII.—On Friday the 16th inst., a p3or.wontan residing at 15, Chests r-!ane, Kenning iton-lane, the wife of a journeyman printer, ci as delivered iof three fine male children, who a 3 well as the mother, ilara progressing favourably. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, April 20. The sittings of the court for the April General Quarter Session were resumed on 13 onday morning at the Guildhall, Weittninsterllaz adjournment f , om Clerkenwell, before Mr. As sistant Judge, Mr. Creasy, and a ba e n 3 Cl). Q of .C. ' 1 magis trates. There were 51 prisoners for tria l , 43 charged with felony, and nine with misdemeanour. William Frederick Augustus Cordner, 25 (edu ettion superior), was itid cted for stealing a gown, the property of Joseph Ctrl . Mr. Tindal Atkinson prosecuted, and Mr. Sleigh &fended the prisoner. The prosecutor is landlord of a public-house called 1858, PRICES OF SHARES. Prom the Official Ltst. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVE NIN:. LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1858. CANALS. Names of Companies. Ashtn &Oldb Birmingham Coventry.... Derby .. • • • • GrandJunctn Do., 6 pr. Ct. Grand Union Kennt & Ave Leeds &Livrp Leicester.... Leicstr &Nth Loughborogh Macclesfield. Neath . . Oxford.. • ... Dividend ! per ca Annum. 93 71. r. et.' 40 4/: 100 Ili. 100 Q. 15s. 100 21. pr. ct. 10 6/. pr.ct. 100 7s. 6d 40 69. 100 251. 00 51. 83 11.55. 143 701 . 100 21. 109. 100 161. 100 Name of Company. Berlin ....... ....... East London Do. 4 per Cent. Pref. Do. 5 per Cent. Pref. Grand Junction ...... Do. New .. .... Lambeth .. • ..., .. .. New River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall West Middlesex .. • • .. Do. D 0......• Names of Companies. Peak Forest. ,Regea t's • • • • 'Rochdale.... Stßrd &Wor, Stourbridge.. Severn and Wye Rail. j Warwick & Birming. Warwick & 1 Napton.. Worcstr & Binning. Wilts & Brkb Dividend per Annum. 5/. Os. 17s. 281. 121. 10s. 11. 16s. 7s. Od. X a. d. 100 all Price., WATER-WORKS. Dividend per Annum. Amount of Share. Price 51. per cnt. 61. per cnt. 4/. per cent. 51. per cent. 41. per cnt. 5/. per cnt. 41. per cent. BRIDG: Dividend Name of Company. per Annum. Flungerford.... •• Southwark ...... •• Ditto New of 7% p.c. Water 100........ . .... Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. Ditto Nw ditto of 7/. Vauxhall .• .. .. .. .. •• lOs per cent. •• • • 1 11. 12s. Od. 11. Ss. Od. 28s. Name of Company Commercial !• •. •• •••• —.......__ Do. __ Preference East and West India.. Grand Surry D. & Canal Do. Loan Notes •• • • Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London •• . St. Katharine ........ Southampton ........ Victoria •• .• •• •• •• •• Ditto New .. •• •• •• Name of Company. Albion .... •• •• •• A.llianza Brit. and For. Ditto Marine ....... ithenmuna .. • • • • • • • • Atlas .. Argus Life riritish Commercial Church of England City of London .. •. • Clericl.Med.& Gen. Life County • • Crown .... • . • • • • • • • • Eagle •• •• •• Equity and Law...... European Life Family Endowment •• General ........ .• Globe •.. .•.. Gresham Life Do, Do.. ... Guardian ............ Imperial Fire... • • •,... Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... Law Lite.•..... •. • • Legal and General Life London London & Prov Law • • Marine ..... •.•• • • • • Med. & Gen. Life Minerva •• .. • • ••• • • • Monarch • • • • • • • • •• • • New Equitable Pelican •• • • • • •• •• •• •• Phcenix Profeseiona Life • • • • .. Provident Lilo Rock Life •.•..• • • .. Royal Exchange ..... • Sun Fire ........ Ditto Life ..... United X.in,gdom ...• Universal Life ..... Victoria Life • • ....•• Name of Company. Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London British North American Ch. Bk. Ind. Aust & Ch. City........... Colonial .......... Commercial of London. Eng. Scot. & Aust. Ch. Loud. Char. Bk. of Aus. Do. New .. • • London and County .. Lon. & Eastn. B n kg. C. London Joint• Stock Londn And Westminstr sat. Provincial of Eng. Ditto, New ........ Ditto . ditto Natio , l4l Bank New oath Wales Oriented Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New.. • lonian.... • • • • • • • South Austre.lia • • - • Union of Australia Union of Hamburg.... Union of London.... Unity Mutual .... • • • • Western Bank of Londn DOCKS. Dividend _ per Annum. 51. pr cent. 61. pr tent. 41. per cent. 51. pr „ cent. 4%/. per cnt. 4 per cent. 5/. Os per c. Z s. d. 10 0 0 Stock. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 61 0 0 5 1 8 Amount of Share. X s. d. 25 0 0 1 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 3 Amount of Share. Z s. d. Stock. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. Stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 s. d. Stock. 400 '6 0 00 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 50 " 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 rRANCE COMPANIES. Dividend per Annum. ♦mount of Share. s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 too 0 $ 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0••0 10 0 0 6 5 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 71. per c. 71. I 4s. 6d. U. p.c. & bs. 15s. Od. & 41. per cent. 71. 10s. 71. 10s. 51. 5 pr ct.& bs. 4/. per shall - - - 11. 18s. ss. 5 1 4 per cent. 1/. 41. per cent. 6 per cent. 51. per cent 57. per cent 127. cer cent 14s. 51. p. et. 3t bs. 2s & 2s bons 211. per sh. 4s. per share 18s. & bs. I% per cent st. per cent. 51. per cent. per cent 51 p. et. 51. per cent. 51. per cent 12 per c. 711. 8 p. c. & bs p. c & bs i/. 14s. 41. & bonus. 5/. & bonus. 5/. & totals 401. per cent. 51. per cent. 9 per cent. C. per cent. 51. per cent. 71. p. c. & be. 41. per cent. 5!. percent. 1101. per cent. 61. per cent. 28 per cent. 18 1 . per cent. t6pc.&bs 51. per cent. 20', per cent. 101. per cent. p. ct. &bs. 8 I. per cent. 51. per cent. 101. per cant. ) U. per cent. 11 . 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 100 0 0 '-STOCK Dividend per Annum. ANKS. Amount of Share. £ S. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 ,100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Paid. A a. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 25 0 0 al 5 15 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 a!1 4 0 0 47 5 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 2 10 0 13 0 0 2 10 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 o 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 5 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 Paid. Z a. d. all 18 15 0 50 0 0 all 6 o 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 22 10 0 15 'i) 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 X s. d. THE BUDGET. (From the Tunes.) The Chancellor of the Exchequer on Monday even ing essayed no high flights of finance, and the re suit has been that the Budget has given general satisfaction. As the deficiency to be p rov id e d f o r mainly arose from engagements to pay off loans, of course the raising of a fresh loan, instead of resort ing to a prolongation of the old ones, supposing such prolongation legally practicable, would sim ply have been to create idle complications. On the question whether the pledge given by Mr.• Glad stone that the country should annually effect a cer tain reduction of the national debt should be re deemed by breaking the other still more solemn pledge on the part of that gentleman for a gradual mitigat'on of the income-tax there was likely to be little difference of opinion. If any scheme had been brought forward for a more just ap7 portionment of that tax the country would have been willing to accede to it, but in its present form it will deservedly prove an embarrassment to every Minister who may endeavour to augment or even to maintain it. At the same time satisfaction is felt at the final blow apparently now given to the undignified system of binding the nation, by the establishment of a fixed sinking fund, to redeem annually a specific portion of debt, whatever may he its disposition or ability to fulfil the task when the time comes round. The wise never make any pledge for the future, but content themselves with the resolve that when the hour arrives for them to decide upon a course, and they have all the proper means before them of estimating their position, they will come to the best conclusion their judgment and conscience may then prompt. The same rule should be applied to the nation, unless we are to be encouraged to take a lower tone and assume the existence of that moral infirmity which requires people in lucid moments to tie themselves against the exercise of independent judgment at a future period. With regard to the expediency of abolishing the differential rate in favour of Irish spirits it is needless to say there cannot at the present day in commercial circles be room for the slightest discussion ; and finally, although the proposition for a penny stamp on checks is likely to meet with most active and well arranged opposition from two or three select bodies of persons comprising especially the London bankers and the members of the Stock-Exchange, there is reason to believe that the impost would soon be found by the nation at large to be one of the most satisfactory and progrecsive ever adopted. Every objection that could be made to it has been answered over and over again during the past twelve years • and as Mr. Die raeli seems p re p are d, a ft er the experience of the opposition to the penny postage, and penny re ceipt stamps, to take his stand on the proposal and to insist that it shall have a fair trial, we may hope the country will at length get the benefit of this long-desired expansion of the system by which great and constantly increasing results are achieved through meaus almost imper ceptible, and which, owing to the extent of the field of distribution, scarcely occasion a conscious ness of taxation. On the whole, therefore, the statement, while it involves none but the most ordinary arrangements, may be pronounced prat , " tic l and sound. The degree in which this viol: prevails has been manifested to-day in the prices of the funds, and as the only opposition to any por tion of it is likely to proceed from certain limited classes of business men, who, from the character of their profits and transactions, should be the last to be influenced by small considerations, it is to be hoped the general public will be sufficiently keen to insist upcn its being adopted in its integrity. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 20. There was a very poor attendance at our market thi s morning, with a very slow sale for both wheat and flout; the former declined ld to 2d per bushel and the latter 6d per barrel and 18 per sack. Oats have advanced again ie per bushel, B.nd meal scarcely maintained late prices. Ber ley and beans 2d par bushel and is per qr over the prices of last Tuesday. Indian corn was in more request for Ireland, and must be quoted 61 to is higher. Black Se * at 34s 3d to 34s 6d; American new mixed and yellow 344- white, 33s 3d to 33s 6d per 4801b8. LEEDS-APRIL 21 At our corn exchange to-day, there was a moderate bog, of fine English wheat, with a fair sprinkling of foreign on offer. The demand was limited, and the quotations abo n , the same as last week. Barley in less general demand, . 11 ! about last week's rates. In beans there was a good 11 1 quiry at full prices- Oats and other articles unchangel" Averages for the week : Wheat, 42s 101c1 Oats, 2ls 5d I Peas, 46s 10 3 . Barley, 36s 10id ` Beans, 40s lid I Rye, —s 03. HTJLL- APRIL 20. The weather very warm, and fine. Only a moderat! attendance, with a small supply. Wheat from is to ; I lower. Other articles without much change. Wheat, English red, es to 46s ; white 46s to 50s; oat!: 24s to 28s ; barley, 32s to 363 ; Indian oorn, 378; line cakes, Hull, 91 12s 6d to —1 Os ; ditto, foreign, 8/ Ca to Si 108 ; rape cakes, 5/ 15s Od to 61 Os ; guano, —1 to - -4 * bones, 6/ 155.; flour, —s to —s; tares, —a to —s. NEWCASTLE—Aram 20. There was a moderate show of farmers' wheat, and slow clearance was effected at rather below last w. rates. A slow trade in foreign, holders requiring too!: money, which in few instances had been paid. No chant:, in flour. Barley continue s scarce ; pr i ces unaltered. O s "" as dear. NORWICH CATTLE—Amur, 17. The show of cattle to-day was very large, and a g° °a bubiness was done at about the rates of last week. Fat beasts, 7 s t o 7 s 6d ; pr i me, 8s Od per stone ; . about same as last week. Sheep, 42a to 44s per head, F' good store pigs, 18s to 24 5 . F a t por k , 5 3 to 6a 6d ; pimp 8s Gd per stone of 141bs. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YESTERDAY. Amsterdam •• •• •• •• •• •• 11 15 Gibraltar 4•••• •• •• •... •• .....,., Ditto, three months .. 11 174 Leghorn .. . ....... 20 ,-, Rotterdam •.•••••• •• •• 11 17 yi Genoa tonwerp ••••••••• • • • •• 25 P 5 ,Milan „„ ~... • • ...... •• - Brussels •• •• •••••••• •• 25 35 , Venice ••• • •• •••• •• ••• •• aainbUrgh •• •• •• •..... 13 6 Naples -. •• .... ..... 1 7 ' Altona •• •• .• •• •• •• •• •• • • Palermo •••• ...... •• •• 12 ' Paris. •• •• .• ••• •• —•• •• • 25 15 Messina •• • ... 125 Do. three months •, —25 37 Lisbon ....... ..... .... 51 4 6 Marseilles ............ 25 40 ',Oporto ........... 514 Bourdeaux .. • • ........ .. I Rio Janeiro ...... • • .... •-• Frankfort-on-Maine •• .. 118% Buenos Ayres...• •• .... -- Berlin ................ •• New York.6o days' sight -- Vienna •• •• .• •••• • • •..10 35 Philadelphi a •........• --"' frieste•• •• •• g, •• •• . • • ••• 10 36 PRICES OF BULLION. PER OZ: Petersburg ............ 35% 'Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 ? aadrid .........., .... 4874 'Portugal Gold Coin OO 0 Cadiz ••••••••• • • •• •••• 49% I s , lexican Dollars •• •• 0 0 i s Bxrcelona ............ .. New Dollars 0 0 u Seville. • ...... •• ... •.. .. Silver in bars •• .... 00 0 LADVEXTISEMENT.]--WE have read with much pleasure D . ! Barry's report on the cure of diseases without medicine by Du Barry's F oo d , o f I n di gest i on ( Dyspepsia), F latulency, Consti r tion, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthu, Consumption, and Debility. The following are a f ew extraer which appear to merit th e a tt en ti on o f many: —C ure N o. 47,12'. —Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham croegt Huts: a cure of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gather• ings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Cure No. 48,31 4 ." -- Miss Elizabeth Yeoman. Gateacre, near Liverpool • a cure of 10 years' dyspepsia and all the horrors of nervous irritability' Cure 52,612.—Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ireland, 9th De,; l 1854.—The Dowager Cou n t ess o f C astlestuart feels induced' iu the interest of suffering humanity, to state that Du BarrY: excellent Revalenta Arabi ca F oo d has cured her, a fter 311 medicines had fail e d, o f i n di ges ti on, bile, et, nervousness and irritability o f many years ' standing. 1:1*D" Food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be con' sidered a real blessing. Inquiries will be cheerfully answere d ' Supported by testimonials from the following celebrated Pre' . fessors of Chemistry: Dr. A. Ure; Dr. Shorland; Dr. HarVe9; Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurrsr ; Dr, Ingrate ; Lord Stuart de Decies; the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart; Major Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable per' sons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure bad failed. Suitably packed with full instrur tions, In canisters, llb. 2s, 9d.; 21b. 4s. 6d.; 51b. 11s.; 121 b. 225. Tho 121 b canisters are seat carriage free o n r e ' ceipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry, and Co., 77 ' Regent-street, London. Important Caution against the fear ful dangers of spurious imitations.—The Vice-Chancellor Si r William Page Wood granted an Injunction on the 10th lifare b : 1854, agai ns t Alf re d H ooper N ev ill f or i m it at i ng "v' Barry'Gßevalenta Arabica Food. BIRTHS. COWBURN—On the 20th inst., at Sydenham-hill, the wife of George Cowburn, Esq., of a son. HUTCRINS—On the 20th inst., at 25, Hanover-squar e / Mrs. Frederick Leigh Hutchins, of a daughter. SCOTT On the 14th inst., at Southwick•crescent, Efe; park, the wif e o f S ir Sibbald David Scott, Bart., (/' daughter, stillborn. SOLOMON—On the I Cth inst., the wife of Mr. Saul Solo mon, of 22, Finsbury-place, solicitor, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. t SMITH—COCKERELL—On the 15th inst., at the cg,stlf Chapel, Dublin, Greville Richard Vernon, E sq ., soli ° the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, M.P., to Miss SOO Caroline Cockerell, stepdaughter of his Excellency ~ti e Earl of Eglinton and Winton, Lord-Liontenant of Ix' land. DEATHS, BEARD —On the 12th inst., at 12, Easton-road, John 13 ' Beard, CRAMER--On 16 e d6 t 7 h . inst., at 9, Terrace, Kensirigt e° ' Johu Baptist Cramer, Esq., aged 83. EDGE—On the 14th inst., at Norwich, Mr. Thomas Edg e, sen., late of London, aged 95. JAQuEs —On the 18th inst., John Jaques, Esq., 01 place, Holborn, solicitor, aged 69. SIMMONS —On the I , th inst., a t F a i r f or d Vil a , Ricimil l e : road, Dalst o n, J o h u Si mmons, Esq., of Bishops ge house, Peter-street, Sun-strzot, aged 6'. TuYNNE —On the 11th March, at Lncknow, Captaillr li o ; Frederick Thy nne, 2d B a t ta li on Rifle Brigade, thin' 3" of the Rev. Loid John Thynne, aged 23. LONDON; Printed and Published by MIIRDO YC jg '.„ lo , of No. 132, Strand, Printer, at The Sun ()&0 0, 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the COl t3 '' of Anddlosex, Wednesday, April 21, 1858. Price. M' CR Treitonc and Lig C B RENT. admissli Introdac muneroi conaner Sack, 11 pR - neaday ; SIONS. one gah Oallery, 33, Old D 1 3, TICS DR. MAI band; f dotted Valenti?' greatest CiaaLai Traristi and Is to at the market. ~ =~~ GR Equesu, liondred ALHAN antes u Zight'd *.* Ii . perform continni Notice. Admix &serve( Boxes ai lir. Mit .10 a.m. are Corn Penny e t horses' h GE: Vent seas G. H. Proved a With Ecc TO and D. 3 For G] 22. Corn' light fab those for manurac diate use plate In th( YOtr.ra lianues Ite - s - gr - g ~ M I Place, Lc loan! on N.B. l Ilasured. Of grace. 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