The Sun. — London, England, 1860-05-18 00:00:00

MARKET AND CITY NEWS. - ..... CITY. Two, O'CLOCK. The dealings in the Foreign and Colonial Pro duce Markets during the last few days have been on a rather limited scale, and in several instances prices have shown a downward tendency. There has been a steady enquiry for tea, but owing to the high prices demanded, a very limited busi ness has been done. Sugars have receded about 6d. to ls. per cwt., and coffee, cocoa, and rice have been at a slight depreciation. Fruit and spices have been inactive with little change to record in quotations. Saltpetre has con tinued in fair demand, and at the public sales of foreign and colonial wool the finer descriptions have realised a slight advance on the rates current at the opening. Tallow continues dull, but prices are steady, the dealings for forward delivery having increased, The enquiry for discount accommodation is stea dily maintained, and the rates, in consequense, _remain in a firm position. Should political affairs abroad, however, continue unfavourable, and give rise to increased uneasiness, the effect upon trade will be very injurious, and a diminution in the de mand for mercantile purposes may then be expe rienced. As it is the utmost caution is exercised, and a general curtailment of operations has oc curred. The enquiry for money at the Stock Exchange is rather quiet, but full terms have to be paid for temporary advances. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a moderate amount of business was transacted, but prices tended downwards. The sales were esti mated at about 7,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed quietly, and quotations exhibited no change of importance. There were no bullion operations of importance at the Bank of England yesterday. The downward tendency in the market for Public Securities has received a check, but at pre sent the reactionary symptoms are very limited. Foreign politics still exercise an important in fluence upon values, as they induce speculative sales. The continuous decline in the Rentes is a source of great anxiety. Consols, however, have been steady to-day at 941 1 for transfer, and 948 for account. The New Three per Cents, and the Reduced remain at 92/ 93; India Stock is firm, at 220 ; ditto New is fiat, at 1061 4 ; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, at 97i ; ditto 5/ per Cent. ditto, at 102/ 1034. Exchequer Bills are 4s. to 7s. prem. Bank Stock is steady, at 2264 and 2274. A very small amount of business has been trans acted in Foreign Securities, and prices show a further decline. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 741 to 751 ; ditto New, 57 to 571; Portuguese have receded to 44 ; Mexican to 20/ a ; Sardinian to 848 ; and Xpanish Certificates are 41. The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 2 1 1- prem.; the Universal ditto, I a prem. , and the Thames and Mersey ditto, 11 / prem., being a alight improvement ; the London subscriptions alone are large in excess of the required amount. Messrs. Bell report the following as the prices of American Securities : Redeemable. Prices United States 6 per Cents 1867-1863 De. 5 per Cent Bonds Maryland 5 per CI. Str. Bonds - Massachusetts 5 per Cent. Str. Bonds Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Stock. - Alabama 6 per Cent. Bonds.. - Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds.. 1868-72 Ohio 6 per Cent. Stock .. 1886 Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds. Divers Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds .. 1886 Virginia 5 per Cent. St. Bonds 1888 Boston 6 per Cent. St. Bonds Illinois Central 7 per Cent. .. Illinois Central 6 per Cent. .. Illinois Central 7 per Cent (Freelands) Do. shares, 60 dols. paid Miehigalt Central 8 per Cent 1869 82 83 Do. do. sh ares The transactions in the Railway Share Market have been extremely limited, but the few bargains recorded show a further decline in vallks. Mid lands and North-Eastern (Berwick), have receded ss. ; Great Westerns, Lancashire and Yorkshire, 10s.; South-Eastern, 155.; Eastern Counties, £1 ; and Great Northern, £1 10s. The Foreign and Colonial markets have shown little variation of importance. Lombardo-Venetian flat, at 114 ; Grand Trunk of Canada are steady, at 32f, 33 ; East Indian, at 1011; and Great Indian Peninsula, at 98i 991. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are inactive, at about former quotations. 911 921 95f 961 101} 102} 82 84 75 77 90 92 97 93 86 87 79 81 84 85 82 84 1875 79 80 1875 75 77 BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93 2; 3 3,per Cent. Conssls Annuities New 3 per Cent. A nnu iti es Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, exp i r e sth April, 1885 l7 746 India Stock Ditto 6 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto 51 per Cent lO4 31 Ditto Debentures, 1858 — Ditto 1859 Consols for Account (6th June) India Stock for Account — Ditto Account, 5 per cent. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid ~tto £5OO 8 4 p Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853, — Ditto' Account Sardinian 5 per Cent Ditto Account Spanish Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded 4l Turkish 6 per Cent.. Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account :: 73! i 41 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto June Account ...4 941 t IHE CAPTAINS' GOOD-SERVICE PENSION. The First Lord of the Admiralty has nominated Captain George Thomas Gordon (1846) to receive the Good-ser vice Pendent, vacant by the promotion of Captain Robert Fanshawe Stopford to the rank of Rear-Admiral of the Blue. Captain Gordon entered the navy, March, 1818; passed his examination in 1825 ; an d o bt a i ne d hi s commis sion as lientenant in May, 1829. He served in the Re venge, 76, in the Mediterranean; and in the Erebus, 10 ; Rhadamanthus and Pho3nix steamers, the William and Mary yacht, and in command of the Comet steamer on the same and on the North American and West India, home, and Lisbon stations. His services on the coast of Spain and at the siege of Bilboa procured him the first class of the order of San Fernando. He was promoted to commander in August, 1840, and held command of the Cormorant, sloop, in the Pacific, from April, 1843, to 1847 ; since which time he has served in the Encounter, 14, on particular service; Duke of Welliokton, 131, flag ship of Sir C. Napier, in the Baltic ; in the Victory, 101, flag ship, at Portsmouth, of Sir T. Cochrane ; Hannibal, 91, guard ship of ordinary at Portsmouth; and has held the com mand of the Asia, 84, guard ship of the steam ordinary at Portsmouth, since April, 1859. Private despatches from Rome announce posi tively that General Goyim had received orders to evacuate that city. M. de Lesseps leaves Paris to-morrow for Alex andria, to examine the state of the works in operation for cutting the Suez Canal. MEETING OF DONEGAL MAGISTRATES. —The Derry Journal has the subjoined sketch of a meeting of the magistrates of Donegal, held in Letterkenny, on Mon day, to take into consideration the intended removal of the extra police force from the notorious district of Gweedore:— Mr. M‘Mahon the constabulary inspector of the county, attended the meeting, and expressed himself very plainly as to the alleged destruction of sheep in Gweedore. As we are informed, he characterized the claim for compensation as fictitious and improper, and assured the magistrates that no fewer than 120 sheep, for which county reeayment was being sought, had been found by the constabulary dead on the mountains without the slightest mark of malicious in jury. We have also been informed that Mr. M'Mahon's observations were not received with unmixed satisfaction by the assembled justices. One magistrateis represented as having been everything but pleased at the manner in which Mr. M'Mahon stated the important fact in question. The Presentment Sessions at which the claim for compensation is to ba heard will be held at Letterkenny on Tuesday , the 29th inst." , A handsome monument, prepared at the expense of the members of the Waterford Hunt Club, has been erected to the memory of the late Marquis of Waterford. The monument consists of a plain massive ancient Irish cross and pedestal, of Wicklow granite, placed upon a solid cubic base, constructed of stone, and seven feet in dimen sions. The cross, which is the largest at present known to exist in any part of Ireland, is raised upon the fatal spot where the noble marquis was killed. The pedestal bears the following inscription :—" Henry, Third Marquis of Waterford, killed by a fall from his horse while hunting, 29th March, 1859.' The monument, including cross, pedestal, and base, presents an elevation of more than 20 feet, and unquAtionably will constitute an interesting monument in tie history of the locality in which it is rotted. _ ►g at Ljtosty, s and titled on at ceive mt the rileges macs's- Emi al, the erpool Statute era on the 2d t IN nstan young Ls No- Brother r some Part i of the ration ON: gustus l e d on ceased second i fami- Qf tho y tbig tyrou'll Lo only' rt., by ninth o -heir, on y of She as is isband Earl fact, special calcot son ( 3 ral at uncoil ms of itionS 3n oa t Lining Lodi a has t that indi of the lway 3veral ion• xtend ()rises siren ; mdon 7oure mt of met/ ►n the The ' hiow u pper ouute• SHARE MARKET-(TBIS DAY.) Share Railways 50 Belfast and Ballymena 13.14 Bir., Wol , and Str. Val.l stock Birk., La., and Ch June 25 Blackburn 8 81 70 72 111 121 25 Blyth and Tyne 10 Bost. Shef. and Mid. Co stock Bristol and Exeter stock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan 50 Cork and Bandon 20 Cork, Blrock., &Passage 20 Cornwall Do A A gets no div. Do B until 6pc peran. hasbeen pd. toB Dublin & Belfast June. Dun., Perth, &Ab. June East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do Do Nw A, late EU3ds East Suffolk Do Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasg . . and S. Western Great Nthn. of Scotland Great Northern Do do A stock 61 1 103 104 891 8O 61 7 stock stock stock stock stock stock 8 9 16 17 53 51 36 38 25 27 77 70 30i 31 99 101 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 103 891 i 524 4 1141 131 Closing Business Paid . Price. Done. Po do 11 do W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gm. stock Irish South-eastern Lancashire & Yorkshir , London and Blackwall Lon.. Bright,. & S Coast Lond., Chat, and Dover Lond. &Nth. Western 1_ Do eighths_ Lond. &"sth. Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Ennislu Man. Shef. & . • Maryport and Carlisle Do do 11 shares Metropolitan Midland Do litirming. & Derby' Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do 3 shares Mid Kent Do, Cray Line Nreweastle and C irlisle New., Aber. & llerefd Newry & Armagh, def Newry, Warnpt. & llos N0rf01k........... N.lm. Counties Union ~ North British or,Dev.Rail&Dk.stoev. D • A stk..; A rees no d. until 6pehas beettpd.B Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do , G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York • , North London .„ North Staffordshire— N. and S. W. Junction Not, &Grantham Rail Oxf. Wor. & Wolverptn Peebles ...... Portsmouth Rhymney. Scottish Central 1 Scot. N. E.. Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union . . Sitting bourne & Sheer. South Devon ....... • • • South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do do Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale .............. Do Pref. No 1 ThamesHaventk&Rail Ulster • • Do .. „ Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim Waterford Az; Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West C West London ..... Do Ist class Do 2nd class Worcester & Hereford 113 115 114 116 131 133 113 114 074 68 60 65 1021 102 69f 70# 112 114 11 12 99f 100 *d p 91f 92i 10a 11a 40& 41a 2i 2 d 1154 116 93 95 10 11 7 odl 54 55 3 _3 61 - 62 94} 951 d 50 51 79 80 105 107 134 131 91 91 61 64 44 46 14 16 115 117 33 35 87 89 48 50 4 3d 42 44 841 851 66 68 78 80 6 8 39 40 81 9 p 55r 564 2r 3ap d 57 59 p 10 11 5i 6 2 1 d 1021 2 1 i 1121 9 %1941 1151 16 154 85 41 4 PREFERENCE SHARES. Paid Closing Business Share Railways. Price. . Done. ( ttk 20 stock 12.10 Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O & Exet.4 p.ct.stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 41 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent Dun. Pert h&Aber.Jun. E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c Do. do. Class B 6 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Conn. Ex. 5 p. c. No.l Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 per ct. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 pere-'nt. guar... Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. zua. S. & D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm Do. 41 p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. R. 5 p.c. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pt f GtBn. & W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. stock Great West (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p. et Do. Recleemable,4l p.ct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et Do. Irredeemable, Do. 5 p.et. Redeem. Pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. Ut. W. Ches. 8 p.e.pf.sh. Do dc, sp. ct. pref Do Birmr.guar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do . Do. do. do. Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock Do.Barnsl.st£s 3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon . & Brig. 5 page. No.l Do. 5 p. c. ........No. 2 Do. gua. 6 p. c. Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 Do. do. 41 per cen'. Do. do. 41 p. c. shares Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) Do.4p.e.S.(div.dettil '65) Lon. Chat. and Dover.. Lon. and N.W. Cov. and Nuneaton, sp: Lon. & S.W, 7 p. ct. stock Londondy. & Cole. 4 sh. Lordony. & Ennis. 4 sh. Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. Do. X 6 Do. 3 per cent Do. redeem. 6 per cent Marrort & Car., 4 p. c Do. 44 per cent Mid. Con. 6 p. c. stock.. Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock.. Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st. Newport, Aber.&c.pref. 5 p.c.redeem.st 5 Do. Perpet. 6 p. c. with option till 1866 ....... 'Do. till 1869, let is. Do. do. 2d 14. Norflk 5 p. c. E3r. st. 1816 Do. 5 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.llB47 North British, 5 p. c. Do. New, gua. 5 p. c. Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. shs Do. do. do. Nth.Dev.ilail. clz Dck.Co. N-East.Con s. Pref. 4 p. c. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. do. do Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire.... Ox.Wr.Wol. 6 p. c. Ist g. Do. Redeem. 2d gua.... Do. Irredeem. 2d gm... Rhymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pf Scottish North-Eastern p. e. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen,,gua.6p.c. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4} per cent. South Eastern (Reading . _ Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 41 peicent Do.Fxed qp.c. Ist is South Wales, gua. 4 p. c Do. 4} per cent. S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua Stock & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c LINES LEASED AT FIX D RE: TALS. Bedford an d Bletchley all Ln & N.W . • Buckinghamshire 100 Ln &N.W 97 99 Chester & Holyhead 100 Do. 5ll 511 Do. do. 5} per cent ' 100 Do. 125 127 Do. do. 5 per cent 100 Do. 113 115 Clydesdale Junction : 190 Caledonin 103 105 Colchester, Stour Val ' all E.U.&E C 16 17 E.Lincolnshire,g.6 p.c ' 100 Gt. North. 138 140 E.Union,Harwich Shs all E.Counts. 41 Do. Woodbridge . .1 100 Gls.Bart& Neils,Dra•J 100 Do. New.... leo Gloster& Dean Forest all Hartlpool.Dck.& Rail all Hull and Selby Do. , Shares Do. Shares ....... all Lanc.& Carl. gna.s p.c. 103 London & Greenwich 100 Do. Preference ...... 100 Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend. 100 3l L )r o oa w .noc es p, i t e o lr : c , et gu nn a it. .. 3 4 . i p a t e k.. f . . i l ao oo lol Mid. B ra dford Prefer e N N e og e m t e ai n a a S . r n& t k t o e t eE . ek, 5 y p : E 5. . 3c p . 5 1 . : 51 0 .16 Do. do. 6 per cent N D o o r . tFhixweedstsernper cent. all Preston and Wyre. all Do. 1 Stares A. all Roystn.llitch., & Shep 100 Shrewsbry& Hereford 100 Do. Do. 1 South Staffordshire .. all Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Wimbledon & Croydn. all l ealedoniu l Do. ! Gt. West ' Yk.N.doßi Yk.N. Md. Do. N.W S. East IDo. Peto & Co. N.rfolk Do. Share Docks. Commercial . 100 Do. 4 per Cent.Pref:Min. 100 East and West Indies.. ICO London lOO St. Katharine lOO Southampton 100 Victoria . lOO Do. New .. ss ' Railways. ----- Pai d . \ Leasing \Closing Business Co.'s Price. Done. • stock 1 stock stock ' stock stock 11 stock stock 30 • , 96 98 10t 103 5i Ai 100 102 110 114 110 113 110 112 108 110 124 1211 81 83 110 112 90 92 751 761 [lB 120 [l7 119 111 112 103 105 85 87 97 90 99 100 88 90 90 92 102 104 91 lot 17 18 10 101 74 76 191 20 9 14. 15 L3B 140 116 118 [l6 118 [3B 143 [l6 118 [Ol 103 54 157 132 136 68 70 21 22 15 117 52i 1574 12 121 [25 127 68 it 7 !P it IP 139 141 101 - 103 -i -94 96 91. Rik 11/ 121 110 112 . il) 92 91 96} 974 1 d 22/t 234ip 124 126 1119 121 73 75 10 1G 23 23i 101 103 101 103 89 91 99 101 85 88 28' 29 32i 331 32 33 50 53 stock stock stock stock stock stock 131 20 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 25 stock stock 124 stock 6 stock 124 124 stock stock stock stock 10 1 12 101 stock stock stock stock stock 101 10 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 10s. 1.0.6 stock stock stock stock stock stock IL Nw&ml Midland E.Counts Do. Do. Do. Midland L&YWI L.Yk. j Do. Gt. North. T.Bra3seyi 31[Clettn.. Gt. West. L.Sz Brgtn DOCKS. Closin g 1 Business raid. Pr i ce : Done. 100 1 1 100 all 100 100 100 all all 100 100 100 all all 124 5 110 112 205 208 63 65 115 120 1 91 97 21 3 95 97 * I P 56 58 14i 15 1135 138 100 103 10 ti 11 P ;1 9' 94 7 8I THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 18, iB6lO. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share Railways. Pa p . Closing Frice. Business done 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 84 86 ; stk IBom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 100 96 97 961 Gu. 5 psr 18 Do, Do. B 131 4 d 4 d 121 20% Buffalo and Lake Huron all 44 5%d 204 Do. New 10 Do. Preference 100 I Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 6p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 75 80 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 70 75 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 68 73 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) 1. 30. e d 4 p 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 2s. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s. 14 11 d 20 Ceylon G uarantd. 6p. c. 74 15 1 d 174 Demerara 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 5 1% 4 cl 4 stock East Indian, gu. sp. a 100 101 1011 1014 20 Do. I` Shares Ext lO d 4 p 20 Do. Jubbulpore.. 10 k d p 14; 100 Do. 44 pc. Debentrs. all 98 99 stock Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 100 101 20 Geelong & Melbourne all 21 22 Geelong Corporation 6 100 sto. per cent. Bonds ....., stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 32 33 3244 3 100 , Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 92 93 925 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 66 68 661 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1802 100 Do. do. 1867 all 6i 71 79 100 Do. do. 1872 stock Gt. IndiaPenin4rna.sp.c lOO 981 994 99f 94 20 D . Gt s o. ou N t ehwofgtLad4(L . 5 1 p. c i . m ) 10 i 0 ! d l l i d d 5 1 20 guaranteed 5 per cent. 20 Gt. W. ofCanada Shares all 125 121 121 20 4 Do. New 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with all 98 100 spt, till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till 'GO . all 98 100 100 Do. do. '73 without opt. all 98 100 100 Do. 54 p. o. do. '77 d 0... all 92 94 stock Madras, guar., 44 p. c... 100 88 90 stock Do. do. 5 per cent „ 100 981 991 11981 stock Do. 41 p.. c. Extension 100 90 92 20 Do. Fourth d 0........ 10 1 4 d 20 Do. do. ~.. all stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Buds, 100 Newßrunswick& Canda 20 Ry. &Lan d(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7 Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land do.. 20 Do. do. B Capital do . • • all - 5 7 Do. do. Land do. ...... 20 Oude (Limited) .. stock Scinde 20 Do. Pnnjaub g all 11 d ; 20 Do. Do. . S 5 —d stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. ai l; 100 941 951 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 4 4 d FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 19 • ntwerp & Rotterdam' all 44 41 20 Ardennes .......... ai —p 20 Bah. &S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 7 4 4d 64 5 Belgian East. Junction all 20 Revers to Graissessac.. all 10 Buen.Ayres &S. Ferndo 24 35 3I p 6 Carmertax Mine & hail all 21 21 100 Copiabo &...... all 10 Ditto Extension .. .. all 11 15d 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 15 51 50 20 Eastern of France .... all 224 235 20 Grand Bus. Guar. 6p. a 6 20 Do. do. all 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt.. Luxem., Con. shs... all 55 6.1 20 Italian Junction .. ... all 20 Lake Constance & Bale. all 20 Lierre & Turnhout .... all 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all 331 Maria Antonia .... all 10 Do. New ............ all 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 8 85 • ll 22220 2 2 1 1 0000 6 0 RPNNDFD Paris err : . iiiw t N 6 ssf h e, e .peL&es6wr 0r1ean5........ Sharest :n o . f FseT r , a F r e ln f au i sn3n a . r n . (e c p. d e . tr (Fern.) e. .•• Pref:; iaaaa _ sll 3 3 1 7 9 381 1: _ 53 1 38 9 3 ; p 374 y ll gua. 7p. ct. lint.— 13 1; 1 d 20 Riga & DunaburFr . . 10 10 Rome & Frascati' ...... all 20 Royal Danish all 13 15 5 Royal Swedish . ... all 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all 20 Sambre & Meuse . . 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref all 81 8; 20 San Paulo, lim, p. c 2 f d 20 S. Aust. &Lomb Vene tin 12 4 5 111 20 Southern of France 84 West Flanders all 5; tir 51 10 Do. 65 p. c. Preference all 9 4 9't 20 W. & N.W. of France 20 Western of Austria 6 ' 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do. 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand all BRITISH MINES. LAW INTELLIGENCE.=(THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) lIX PARTE SMITH AND SMITH.-A QUESTION TO BE NOTICED IN THE NEW BANKRUPTCY BILL. In this case Mr. Lawrance made an allowance for costs under peculiar circumstances. He said that, in the first instance, a petition in bankruptcy had been presented, but it was afterwards thought that it would be better to effect a wind up of the affairs under the Arrangement Act ; that, however, failed, and a second tetition was presented under the Bankruptcy Consolidation Act, and the whole of the estate was now in the hands of the official assignee, but the costs of the previous proceedings remained unpaid. He then asked for the costs of the et igintl petition and those under the. Arrangement Act, which htd been assented to by the court. His Honour—What do the osts amount to ? Mr. Lowrance—MG, but outof that there were two £lO stamps. His Honour—This is a very circuitous mode of settling affairs, but if the assignees uncbr the actual bankruptcy do nDt oppose ? Mr. Lawrance said he would take the order, providing— he did not expect any oppositioa—there were ample funds in hand, and his clients had only been anxious to protect the general interest of the creditors. His Honour said that the official assignees had an oppor tunity of knowing the state of tie affairs, and if the funds were in hand, and the assignee did not object he would not, but the costs must be taxed. Mr. Lawrance —Of course—we submit it for taxation. POLICE INTELLIGEIY CE-( THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CASH-BOX ROBBERY.—George Wild, a young man, was charged with stealing a cash-box containing about £5 in gold, some silver, and receipts and memoranda, the pro perty of Mr. George Hall, 10, Lisle-street, Leicester •square, carpenter, icc. Mr. Hall said that on Wednesday afternoon the poor rate collector, Mr. Pettit, having called for some rates, he went to a diawer in which his cash box with about £5 in gold was placed, when he discovered that it was removed. He immediately Balled his wife, and on her examining the drawers, it was also found that about 30s. in silver belonging to hie. non. yr 043 a lai° cm-Kprcion at once fell on the prisoner, who had been placed with him by a benevolent gentleman, and for whom he had obtained a situation, he lodging with him. Prisoner having ab sented himself, one of "his workmen, named Smith, suc ceeded in tracing him on the Brentford-road, by whom he was given into the custody of Wood, T 138, who found on him £3 in gold, N. in silver, a purse, and receipts. He told the constable he had thrown the cash-box away. The above facts having been corroborated by Wood, T 138, Mrs. Hall, the wife of the prosecutor, and W. Smith, of Market-row, to the last of whom the prisoner, on being taxed with the robbery, said it was all true. Mr. Beadon asked the prisoner whether ho wished to say anything, and the prisoner pleaded guilty. ➢ir. Beadon then said he should commit him for six months with hard labour. FOREIGN ENLISTMENT IN IRELAND. DUBLIN, THURSDAY. Sir Henry Brownrigg, inspector general of con stabulary, has issued a proclamation setting forth the provisions of the Foreign Enlistment Act, cau tioning persons against enlisting or inducing per sons to enlist in the service of foreign powers; such offences being deemed misdemeanours and punish able by fine and imprisonment. Masters of vessels are equally liable. A similar proclamation to the metropolitan police has emanated from the comis sioner. cent. of their number in a three months' passage and five years' residence, and the average annual rate of mortality among a similar class in Calcutta is described as 4 . 4 per cent., which would indicate a loss of 23.1 per cent. in the same period if they had stayed at home. The loss on the passage during the great Irish exodus to the States is stated to have been 17.5 per cent. Mines. A lfre 1 Consols (Philack) British Iron Clifford evon G. Cons. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) Gam.&St.Anbyn(Gwen ) Great South Tolgus G.Wheal Alfd. (Philack) G. Wheal Vor (IIelston) Grenville Herod's- Foot Hingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (Tiny Lelant) North Downs North Frances ( [Hogan) N.Wh'l Basset (1110 an) North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) Sortridze Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Carn Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim S.Wheal Frau. (I llogan) Stray Park Tani.;rai►v..: Lead Min 1 Tin Croft vale of Towey (farm.) 'West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) - NN'est Seaton Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller (Itedruth) Wheal Edward (Cals.) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) I Paid./ Closing 1 Business Price. Done. 6i 61 1 2 280 290 440 450 9111 105 8 81 11i 12 36 38 1 14 t 3 t 30 31 3 4 3/ 4/ 43 45 5i 6 4 5 51 65 f 2.11.10 16 2.14.5 7.4.0 17i 112.13.9 5.14.6 8.12 4.7.0 1.8.6 9.18.9 lk 10.6.7 12s all 18.14.9 A 6.18.0 113 s 6cll e 12i 134 44 46 I 1 k 300 310 3 3/ 1 1. 145 155 48 52 z 4 5 20 21 81 83 235 245 150 160 90 95 2f 151 16/ 21 23 27 29 FOREIGN MI Austral!an BonAccord Copper,Llm. Brazil. Imp. (is. at £ 5 p.) Do. St. John del Rey,Lim Do. Land and Mining Co. Clarendon Cons. Min Co. Cobra Copper Copiapo Dunlioun.Cop.Ming.Co Fortuna. General Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr Kapunda (Limited) Linares Lusitanian, Mariquica N.RhineCopof S.Aus.L Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt Port Philip Scottish Austrin. (L.) United Mexican Worthing (Limited) Do. I it 27 28 dm. 44 46 11 13 21 23 25 }d par 10& t d d p 5 6 I d I 14 2 p I I JOINT-STOP ANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 75 77 all 67 69 40 Australasia 25 Bank of Egypt all 214 221 100 Bank of London 20 Bank of Turkey 3 50 British North American all 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 191 20 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 100 City 100 C010nia1........ 25 38 40 20 . 11 Corn. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of London 2O 19 21 24 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 164 17 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 221 24 50 London and Cour 4 11. 50 London Joint Stock 100 London & Westminster 20 64 4 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 35 20 Do. new . 10 -- 50 National Bank ........ 25 20 New South Wa1e5...... all 20 Do. new 25 Orient. B. Corporation 20 Ottomaa , Bank all 17 18 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. new all 25 South Australia 25 Union of Australia 50 Union o London l2 251 100 Unity Mutual 60 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. & July 100 114 116 .. Do. 6p. cent. 1880 100 - - Do. 6p. cent. 1881 100 - - Do. 6p. cent. 1832 100 - - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 109 111 Do. 6p. c.3lar. & Sept. 100 110 112 c Do. 5 per cent lOO 1004 1011 101 I Do. Scrip 34 N.B.Gov. 6p.c. Ja.&July 00 1074 108/ Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct.'l, 100 -- N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 994 100 Do. sp. c.. 1871 to 1876 100 991 100 Do. 5 p.c.,lBBB&upwds' 100 991 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. C sterling, 1875 ,S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 &up , 100 110 112 I Vic. Gov. 6p.c. Ja.sauly i 100 I 1051 Do. do. 6p.c. Ap.&Oct.! 100 1054 1061 , 105 t 61 51 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 30 32 31 10 Berlin Water (Limited), all 44 5 50 British American Land , 40 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 37 39 • 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 20 22 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 144 164 324 Canada Land all 118 122 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) all 6 8 stock Cop. 51in.ofEng.&SmItg. all 20 25 25 Do. Pref. 71 per cent. stock Crystal Palace- • lOO 30 321 stock Do. Preference stock Do. sp. c. Perpet. Deben. 100 103 106 stock Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 p 1 p 5 English & Aus. Copper. all 24 24 24 1 15 Gen. Steam Navigation 14 244 5 1 Great Ship (Limited) all 1 Do. 171 p. ct. Preference 4 — 4 --- 4 • 1 20 • Indian & Aust. Telegr. 2s. -- 5 Lon. District TeL (Lim.) 2 11 d 20 London Discount (Lim.) 5 1 d 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Li m .) all I ff 1 01 20 Madras Irr. and Ca na l 1 31 3 p 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 3 4 25 National Die. Co. (Lim.' 5 1 op 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 24 lld 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.e.Pref..iss.atl dis. all 1. 100 N. Br.&NovaScotiaL an d 80 104 15 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all ' 1 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). a ll 1 p 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.) . 15s. I°d 10 Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.)A 6 10 Ditto B. 10 Ditto C. 2s. stock Peel l t.Lnd.&3lin.(Lim.) 100 95 50 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam . all 80 82 50 Do. New 2O 14 15 p 20 itedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4lp.c 174 4 d p 50 Rbymney Iron 15 DO. New , all 5 6 100 Royal Mail Steam OO 49 51xd stook Soot, Austin. Inv, (Lim ) 100 120 130 25 South Australian Land all 35 36 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all 1 Do. do. 11.• o•istered • 20 Tr. & Ln. eo.ofUpr.Can _5 RR Vail Diemenla Ladia ' 284 8 10 TIIE POPE'S IRMiI BRIGADE. The recruiting goes on briskly, the Pope's shilling seeming to have a peculiar attraction for the young men of the southern counties. In Cork and Kerry especially, the warlike enthusiasm is manifest, and it is believed that the contingent is mainly fur nished by members of the Phoenix Clubs in those districts. The Cork Herald of yesterday announces that on the previous day between 30 and 40 young men from Killarney proceeded by the Sabrina steamer to Bristol, en route to join the Papal army, and it is stated that several persons moving in re pectable circles in the city of Cork are also about to swell the list of crusaders. With regard to the Government threat of putting an end to those plainly illegal proceedings, there appears to be a good deal of sense in the following suggestions of the Dublin Evening Had:— " Military service is an excellent school, and, we doubt not, that a campaign or two would remove many illusions from the minds of such drapers' shopmen and apothecaries' boys as may pass Pio Nono's medical inspector, who, it seems, is parti cular to a degree, quite inconsistent with justice to Ireland. If these devoted crusaders should ever return to our green isle they will be wiser, and, in likAtihnod. sadder men than when thpjr cepted the Papal shilling. if they never come back they will not be much missed in the muster of true British men.. We, therefore, are not anxious to see any very active enforcement of the Foreign Enlistment Bill instituted upon the present occa sion." The Cork Constitution of yesterday supplies the annexed particulars:— " Kerry appears to be contributing largely to the army now in course of being raised for service un der General Lamoriciere in the Papal States. In Saturday's onstitution it was mentioned that 20 persons head left Kilarney on Thursday, and 50 on Friday, in order to enrol themselves under the banner of the Church. A further quota has since left the Lakes behind them. The train which ar rived in this city from Killarney at 10 o'clock yes terday morning brought 30 recruits, who left by the Juverna steamer for Bristol en route to London. Their ages varied from 15 to 40, and they were the most unpromising materials for soldiers that could be seen. An extract of a letter from Trieste, published in Saturday's Constitu tion, stated that the persons charged with the enlistment in Ireland was very deficient in their selection, and that in consequence several of the re cruits had been rejected by the military inspectors. Any one to look at the Kerry reinforcement yes terday would readily acknowledge the justice of this observation, A bystander who was at the train thus summed them up as they stepped on the plat form—' They are the most despicable lot of fellows I ever saw.' If the Holy Father's military inspec tors do their duty as they are said to have done it already, there can be little doubt that few of the 30 will have an opportunity of lending their aid to crush out the aspirations for liberty in the Patrimony of St. Peter. The party was in charge of a priest named Griffin, from Killarney. In the Romish Ecclesiastisal Directory ' his name appears as the Rev. A Griffin, and he stands third of four curates alloted to that town, which is a bishop's parish. On leaving the train he led his companions to a hotel in King-street. There they remained until near 1 clock, when they all went on board the steam ship Juverna, and left for Bristol, whence they will proceed to London to be sent on to Trieste. They will remain there until passages can be procured for them to Ancona, where the new levies are to be organised. One of the recruits was addressed as 1)r. Sullivan. Father Griffin proceeded with his charge as far as Passage, where he left the vessel and returned to Killarney. The steamship Flora, which left this city for Bristol on Friday, took over the recruits which arrived from Killarney on that and the previous morning, it is mentioned through the city that six of the assistants in one of our principal drapery establishments have laid down their cloth yard shafts•in exchange for the carbine, and 6d. a-day allotted by the Successor of the Fisherman' to his militant auxiliaries." BASI INDIAN ENIG-1i.4-TION. Son t fwmo h oor e ma T I easrnl papers lately laid b e f ore P ar li ament g i ve an account count of the emigration of l a b ourers f rom I nd i a into the West Indies an . British Guiana. D ur i ng with 1845, 14,185 m en , e c hild m re e n " ,:h i le embarked at C a l cu tt a Triniandda d uring the thine mon th s ' passage was no (two-thirds of th em men ) , and the more than 4 . 6 per cent. durin g th e fi rs t 12 years, but after that period the deathLrate at sea increased beyond all previous experience, and amounted on 5,379 since embarked t 013.4 per cent., the propor tion being larger among the women, and still heavier among the children. This is attributed to depressing circumstances. The most alarming re ports were circulated respecting the destination of these coolies, calculated to impress them with the most melancholy forebodings; it was said that the English Government, to avenge the s l aug ht er o f Europeans in India, hid selected the emigrant ships as the most convenient and least suspicious mode of carrying off tke natives to sea, and there destroying them by hundreds without the possi bility of a single soul returning to tell the tale. A similar mortality took place among the Calcutta emigrants to British (luiana. Among the ,emi grants from Madras the mortality has been ve r y much smaller. The difbrence, however, between various Calcutta ships i regard to the mortality on board has been very great indeed, almost start ling, and s-Anetimes tle deaths have been most numerous where the passage has been the shortest. It may be supposed a tearful mortality on the voyage removes all tilt weak, and the annual death-rate among Induq immigrants after landing in Trinidad has been dJring the last three years only 1.6 per cent. per annum—a rate we should be very glad to see, in En4land. Supposing this to continue during the five years of industrial resi dence, these immigrant will have lost 21.3 per THE WINE ErC'EN,SES BILL. Let us imagine some native of the sober South taking, about 10 o'clock last night, an observant and rambling walk through the streets of London, ' making his way deviously from the region North of Holborn, and bent upon witnessing the proceedings of the British Legislature. He would pass through the Seven Dials; he would wander to and fro in a maze of courts and alleys until he emerged into Coventry•street; he would pass down the Hay market, and would find himself by way of huha l-neat street at his destination. What would be the prevailing idea upon that man's mind when he ar rived at the lobby of the House of Commons ? A ethe corner of every street, and midway between the cor ner of every street, in the most wretched of the tho roughfares he passed, he had found magnificent palaces lit up like the seine of an Eastern story. He had pushed, open the swinging doors, and, peering in, had beheld rags and rottenness, had heard a babel of curses and obscenity, and had seen a huddled mass of filth and wretchedness. Perhaps he had pushed his way through the bloated livid creatures, braving the stench, the smoke, and the drunken familiarities of the crowd, with the desire to know what was the great and absorbing allurement which drew them together. He had found that they came there to drink vitriol. They called it gin, but the gin they were drinking was a coarse burning alcohol ; and there they sat or stood about, pouring down this pernicious stuff from small metal mea sures, until they reeled, and quarrelled, and fought, and shrieked, and blasphemed. Ever and anon as they had emptied their pockets and fulfilled their measure of drunkenness, the proprietor of the pan demonium thrust them forth into the public thoroughfare, or called in the paid guardians of the pa.atis p.a.., and complaining of the disorderly con duct of the penniless drunkard, sent him off to pri son to be sobered at the public expense. It may happen that our curious foreigner may in other parts of the world have seen the frenzy of an African when excited by rum ; he may have seen the con tortions of Arabs under the influence of hashish ; be may have seen a Malay furious from bang, a Turk trembling from the effects of opium, or a Chinaman emaciated from inordinate indulgence in the same \lee, but for a scene of sterling vice, and lust, and filth, and frenzy, all drawn into one pit, and fermenting under the patronage of the law, he might search the world all over, and never find a rival to that object of ambition to respectable vintners, and that creation of Middlesex magistrates, " a thriving public-house in a low gin -drinking neigh bourhood." After he had passed some score of these, and had noted all their various classes, from the rags in the Seven Dials to the mare gaily fre quented haunts of the Haymarket, there can be no doubt as to 'what would be we'ihing upon his mind ; it would be the profound feeling that " Surely the great and absorbing vice of the lower classes of this nation I's drunkenness." We have broug'ut our foreigner to the lobby of the House of commons. We will now take a liberty with the regulations, and introduce him into the Speaker's Gallery. He looks down upon an assem bly of, with all faults and exceptions, the first gentlemen of the world. Our friend's attention is immediately riveted by seeing that our most con summate orator is upon his legs. He listens, and still he listens, first with biwilderment, and then, with stark disappointment. That great rhetorician is talking nonsense. He is proposing to the How of Commons to make it penal for any person to sell a quart of claret to be carried away in a quart jug, or . to allow it to be taken tilvay in any other measure than in a quart or a pint bottle. Again, he is proposing to the house to put a veto upon the sale of unintoxicating wines, and to place the exer cise of that veto in the bands of the magistrates who license and regulate those thriving public houses which he saw in operation in those low gin -drinking neighbourhoods. If our foreigner will listen a little longer, he will find that he is incorrect in his obvious conclusion that these measures are proposed with the avowed intent of perpetuating and forcing to nightly recurrence the scenes which he had just witnessed in the Seven Dials and the Haymarket. They are, forsooth, con cessions in the interest of religion and morality. The orator is standing at bay. lie is surrounded by assailants. He has proposed to set up a rival to the Gin Demon, and all the priests of this grim idol are attacking him. They do not Call out, like the honest shrine-Inakers of Ephesus, " Great is Diana of the Erlllc , iana t" they can not cry, " Great is Gin, and great, also, when ameliorated with salt and drugs, is Beer !" They are indignant only in the cause of virtue and sobriety. They are apprehen sive only of what will happen if claret should come to be drunk in places where people cannot get gin, They are fierce only in their virtue,.veheinent only in their sobriety, zealous only in their wish to save the lower classes from the immorality of drinking light French wines. There is Mr. Ayrton, who re presents Whitechapel and its neighbourhood, NI here all may be seen which can be seen in the Seven Dials. He is devoured by fear lest some parent might be so depraved as to give his son, a youth perhaps of 14 or 15, a little claret to drink with his dinner, and he proposes a penalty against any one—not being one of the privileged pandemo nium-keepers —who shall sell a glass of wine to be consumed by any person under 16 years old. Of course, the pandemonium-keeper may, without law ful hindrance, serve gin to a woman to pour down her infant's throat. There is Mr. Salomons, whose glory it is that he is a Hebrew, but who is in terrible alarm lest the Christian Sunday should be desecrated by a draught of claret. There is Mr. Hardy, who perhaps is only affected by a desire to see some crotchets of his own in an Act of Parlia ment. There is Mr. Edwin, James ; and there are innumerable other assailants, all attacking the Chancellor of the Exchequer in front, in rear, and in flank, and all proposing vexatious restrictions, tending obviously to render it unprofitable to keep a pastrycook's shop and sell claret-and-sherry, but most profitable to keep " a thriving publichouse in a low gin -drinking neighbourhood." The nonsense which Mr. Gladstone is talking is only talked under the compulsion of these attacks. He is giving up what, in the name of sobriety, the licensers and owners, and the political friends of the licensers and owners and conductors of these horrible dens, are squeezing him too hard to allow him to retain. When our foreigner leaves the House of Commons he will have added one more profound conviction to his mental store, and will say, "Surely even the drunkenness of the lower classes of this nation is exceeded in its intensity; it is not so wonderful as the hypocrisy of the higher classes." It is, -indeed, passing strange that men can say and do what has been said and done in resistance to the proposed permission to sell wine in places that may be entered without pollution ; but, strange as all this may seem, we must not allow those foreigners who from a distance will criticise these debates to conclude that the action of our Legislature is to be in any way judged by the words spoken in Parliament. Mr. Henley spoke last night for the Justices, and Mr. Edwin. James for the licensed victuallers, but the great body of the house said nothing, but voted with steadiness in favour of common sense and civilisation. They cannot help free Britons from passing from the ,pawnshop to the ginshop, and there making beasts of themselves; but they acknowledge the advantage of -giving them the choice of a milder and less poisonous stimulant. When we consider the great wealth, the widely ramified connexions, and the great consequent political influence, of those who gather to themselves the earnings of the masses by means of these publichouses, and when we fur ther remember the local electoral interest which these publichouse keepers have all over the kingdom, it is to the credit of the House of Commons that this valuable social reform has been so far passed. It diminishes the power of magistrates, it deteriorates -the monopoly of the great b rewers an d distillers, and it lets loose competition against the publicans. Against all this there is nothing to be placed but a prospect of weakening our great national vice. The majority by which the second reading of this bill was voted was, under these circumstances, quite as great as could be expected ; the extent to which it was last night supported was satisfactory to those who are aware of the pressure under which many members were placed who were stedfast in their public duty, and who assisted the Chancellor of the Exchequer to give his countrymen of all classes their choice between a refreshing draught and a poisonous dram. — Times. In addition to the further considerable amount of gold brought from New York by the City of Baltimore, the Cunard steamer Africa, due on Sunday, will probably have a large sum. Nearly the whole of this, together with the recent Australian arrivals, will, most probably, be taken to the Bank, the continental exchanges, after some slight symptoms of weakness a few days back, having again as sumed a firm appearance. But for the determination of France, that the commercial world shall know no confi dence, a general and steady augmentation of busine ss m i g ht now, therefore, be expected. Should the present state of distrust be long protracted, it may cause disappointment with regard to some of the financial calculations of the re cent Budget. On the 10th inst. Prince Milosch had repeated attacks of palpitation of the heart, and violent pains in the head, but he rallied again in the evening. 1521 1.7:2 all 1 10s, ad all 19s. HARPENDEN RACES.—(Th2s Day.) [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPRI HARPENDEN HANDICAP. L.Ovett _ • 1 'Simple Simon • Norton Ten ran. ROTIIAMPSTEAD STAKES. Oliver Twist Queen Annie .. 2 Four ran. STORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—(YzsTERDAY.) Not a full room, and it was nearly the time for retiring before speculation was actively resumed. It was difficult to tell which was the favourite for the Derby. Even money was betted between The Wizard and Umpire, the latter perhaps having a slight call. At his Bath quotations-13 to 2, Thormanby was steady. .15 to 1 was the highest offer against Nutbourne. Buccaneer was very unsteady; all sorts of prices were laid against him. At first 25 to 1 was offered, afterward he advanced point to point to 14 to 1, but at the close he receded to 20 to 1. Tom Bowline was in great force; from 40 to 1 he advanced to 33 to 1, taken. Mainstone was quite knocked out ; .his name was not men tioned until the close of business, when 50 to 1 was offered against him. The subjoined list of prices requires no fur ther comment : THE DERBY. 3to 1 agst The Wizard (offered) 3to 1 agst Umpire (offered) 13 to 2 agst Thormanby (taken) 15 to 1 agst Nutbourne (offered) 20 to 1 agst Buccaneer (offered) 20 to 1 agst Horror (take 25 to 1) 20 to 1 agst High Treason (take 25 to 1) 33 to 1 agst Tom Bowline (taken) 40 to 1 agst The Drone (taken) 40 to 1 agst SuttOn (taken) 50 to 1 agst Mainstone (offered) 50 to 1 agst Cramond (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Lanchester (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Traducer (taken) 10:0 to 10 agst Cape Flyaway (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Upperhend (taken) 1800 to 1200 on Umpire agst Thormanby 1200 to 800 The Wizard agst Thormanby Even money on Umpire agst The Wizard. St. Albans scratched this afternoon at 2.25. OAKS. 3to 1 agst Seclusion (taken) 7to 1 agst Viatka 7to 1 agst Rupee 100 to 15 agst Sagitta THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. A very limited supply of English wheat was shown in to-day's market, in, for the most part, fair condition. For rood and fine qualities there was a fair demand at prices equal to Monday. Damp parcels, however, changed hands slowly, at that day's currency. The amount of business doing in foreign wheat was only moderate. Importers were very firm in th.ir demands, and the value of all kinds was well supported. Floating cargoes of grain were dull but not cheaper. There was rather a slow inquiry for barley, but at full prices. We have again to report a slow sale for malt. The quo tations, however, were well supported. The show of oats was limited, and the demand for most qualities was firm at the late improvement in value. Beans and peas were steady, at late quotations. Flour sold at full prices, but the demand was by no means active. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English. 1.180 Irish — 1 - 430 Foreign brls. NEWGATE AND LEADENIJALL. Although the supplies of meat have rather increased to day, the trade generally is steady, and prices rule very high. Per Sibs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Inferior beef .... 3 2 3 6 Middling mutton 4 6 4 10 Middling d 0.... 3 8 3 10 Prime do 5 0 5 4 Prime large do.. 4 0 4 2 Veal Do. small d 0.... 4 2 4 4 Small pork 4 6 5 0 Large pork 3 10 4 4 I amb.... ...... 5 4 6 8 Inferior mutton . BOROUGH HOP. Theaccounts from the plantations state that the bine is progressing rapidly; nevertheless there is a fair average business doing in- good and useful hops, at full prices. Other kinds, however, Move off slowly, at late rates. Mid and East Kent pockets.... 80s to 140 s per cwt. - Weald of Kent Sussex COLONIAL. TEA.—There has been a steady inquiry for the better qualities, but owing to the high prices demanded .by holders; only a limited business has been done. SUGAR.—The large supplies lately come to hand has caused a heavy tone in the market, and a downward move ment of about Gd to is per cwt. has taken place in values. ,The refined market continues dill at about previous rates. COFFEE.—A slight business has been done at a slight decline on previously current quotations ; the sales by auction, however, have been of a limited character. Rice.—The market has been very inactive, and prices are unaltered. SALTPETRE.—A moderate business has been transacted in the private market, and the finer qualities have slighly improved in value. TALLOW.—There has been rather more animation, and for forward delivery slightly advanced rates are demanded. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 52s 535; May and June, 51s 6d ; and last three months', 51s per cwt. COUNTRY MARKETS. MANCHESTER—Mey 17. Fresh English wheat brought is per qr advance, whilst other kinds, as well as foreign, sold more freely at fully late rates. Flour in moderate sale, at the extremarates of last week. Oats andpatmeal dull —Egyptian and Indian rather lower. English beans firm. BIRMINGHAM-MAY 17. A fair attendance, and trade dull • higher prices were de manded for wheat, but not complied with. Oats and bar ley 6d to is per qr decline. Beans unaltered. EDINBURGH GRAIN—MAY 16. Wheat on the top is Od up..... average Os 2d up. Barley on the top Os 6d down average Os 6d down. Oats on tho top Os 3d down. average Os lid down. Beans on the top is Od down average is ld down. Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat . £2 14 4 2-12ths Barley Oats ... 1 10 11 4-12ths Beans -12ths Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ...1175 qrs Sold 1142 qrs 8ar1ey........ 495 qrs Sold 280 qrs Oats .1942 qr 5........ Sold 765 qrs Beans 92 qrs Sold 52 qrs DERBY SMITHFIELD-MAy 15. There was a small supply of fat boasts to-day, with a full attendance of buyers ; the demand was good, at an advance in prices. Sheep were well represented, and sales were ready. Fat and store calves were plentiful; sales heavy. Fat pigs scarce. Beef 7ld to 8d Mutton ... Bd to 9d Lamb Od to Od Hides, 3141 to 52d ; Veal . 6d to 74 Pork Rough fat, 5a Od per atone. aif skins, 7d to Od. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, May 18.—Wind this day at noon—South- South-East ; moderate breeze, and cloudy, with rain at time. CARDIFF, May 17.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed—Laura Adele, for Singapore. OFF PORTSMOUTH, May 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived— Ariel, from the Cape of Good Hope. WHITEHAVEN, May 17.—Wind S.—Arrived—Helmuth and Marie, from Moulmein. LEITH, May 16.—Wind W.—Sailed—James Duncan, for Jamaica. CHATELim, May 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived.—Parland, from Sierra Leone. LIMERICK, May 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Faith, from Barbadoes. • BELFAST, May 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Jessie, from Trinidad. PETERHEAD, May 16.—Wind for Davis' Straits. PLYmounr, May 17.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Esther, from River Plate ; her Majesty's ship Orion, from Malta. Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Virago, for Portsmouth. (BY ELECTRIC TEZEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Wind S.S.E., rain. Arrived, May 17—Surprise from London; Courier steamer, from Jersey; from Carenton; Temora, steamer, from London; Valiant, from Sunderland. Sailed—Sultan , steamer, for Lisbon ; La Plata, steamer, for St. Thomas ; Temora, steamer, for Dublin ; Adelaide and Despatch, steamers, for Jersey ; Isabella Croll, steamer, for Cardiff. Arrived, May 18—Argyll, steamer, from Carenton. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.. Wind E. ; tide two hours' flood; weather more clear. Arrived, May 17—Providence, from St. Michael's; Ni ger , from Jamaica. Sailed, May 17—Weymouth, for Hong Kong ; Strati a more, for Bombay. DEAL, Friday Morning... Wind S.W., moderate. , Passed—Victoria, from New York for London. The rates for money remain easy in nearly all t 1 Le continental cities, and the prevalent disquietude will ino st likely increase the floating supply by l ea di ng to f urt h er withdrawals from active enterprise. At Paris in the op.tin market the charge is 3 per cent. (or a half per cent. beb the terms of the Bank of Fiance) ; at Ramburg it is 2.k VEr cent. ; at Amsterdam 3 per cent. ; at Brussels 3 per c and at Frankfort only 2 per cent. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) In consequence of its being Ascension Day, their lord ships did not assemble this evening. HOUSE OF COMMONS. —(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE Br SINE SS. The following bills were read a third time :—Banbridge Junction Railway ; Belfast and County Down Railway ; Belfast, Holywood, and Bangor Railway; kuildings Im provement Company; Dublin and Kingstown, and Dublin and Wicklow Railway Companies; Egleston Roads; Keith and Dufftown Railway; Mersey Docks and Harbour Board; and Upper Mersey Dues. The Lords' amendments to the Metropolitan Railway Bill were considered and agreed to, and the bill was ordered for third reading. The Vale of Clwyd Railway Extension and Wexford Free Bridge bills were considered and _ordered for third reading. MAIDSTONE WATER BILL. On the consideration of this bill, Mr. DEEDES moved that it be re-committed to the for mer committee. The hon. member founded his motion on the ground that a locus standi had been refused by the emu - mittee to 1,000 inhabitants of Maidstone, who weze rated to a large amount, and were entitled to be heard against the bill on the allegation that it did not provide an adequate sup ply of water for the requirements of the town. After some discussion, which was devoid of any public interest, Mr. DEEDES withdrew his amendment, and the bill was ordered for third reading. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the Wine Licenses Bill, in favour of the Bankruptcy Bill, against legalising marriage with a deceased wife's sister, in favour of opening the British Museum on Sunday afternoons, in favour of establishing parks for the public, &c. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Sir W. JOLLIFFE, a writ was ordered for the election of a burgess to serve in Parliament for the borough of Leamington, in the room of Sir J. Carnac, who had accepted the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Lord PALMERSTON rose pursuant to notice to move that the house at its rising should adjourn until Monday, in consequence of her Majesty's birth-day being celebrated to-morrow. He would move, notwithstanding such ad journment, that the committees should have leave to sit to-morrow. He took that opportunity of stating that he proposed that the house should adjourn for the Whitsuntide holidays on next Friday week until the fol lowing Thursday. He might state also that the present arrangement relative to Thursdays and Fridays was'to con tinue for the remainder of this session. (Laughter.) FOREIGN PAPER. Mr. STANSFELD asked the right hon, gentleman the Chaicellor of the Exchequer, for some information relative to the arrangements that had been entered into by the Government with the Emperor of the French as regarded the duty on foreign paper. They were aware that the house had passed the bill for taking the duty off paper, but it was a question whether the bill would not be defeated in the House of Lords. Sup pose that result took place, what course would the Govern ment be prepared to take ? Mr. PEACOCKE wished to ask the right hon. gentle man the question of which he had given notice—whether the horse duty would be allowed to the yeomanry this year? (A laugh.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—I be lieve it is customary with most men, when they have to deal with two points, to begin with the easier. (A laugh.) I will, therefore, answer the hon. member for Maldon by informing him that although the yeomanry are not to be called out this year, according to the intention of the Go vernment, the regular directions have been given for allow ing them the exemption from the duty on yeomanry horses which is I think in accordance with obvious justice. With respect to the question of the hon. member for Halifax, as it refers to a matter which of curse had been under the consideration of the Government at the time the treaty of commerce with France was being negotiated, and as I learnt a few hours ago that the question was to be put, I sent for a copy of the treaty with France, and I have no difficulty in giving an answer to the hon. member whichlem bodies the opinion of the Government upon the effect of that article. I, of course, take no notice of those portions of the hon. gentleman's questions which appear to antici pate that the bill for the repeal of the duty will probably be lost in another place, since that is an occurrence which it is not for me to anticipate. (Hear, hear.) The seventh article of the trebly commences thus : " Her Britannic Majesty promises to recommend to Par liament to admit into the United Kingdom merchandise imported from France at a rate of duty equal to the excise duty which is or shall be imposed upon articles of the same description in the United Kingdom. At the same time, the duties chargeable on the importation of such merchandise may be augmented by such a sum as shall bean equivalent for the expenses which the system of excise may entail upon the British producer." Sir, I do not understand the hon. member to ask me what might be or might not be the obligations of England, ac cording to the opinion of her Majesty's Government, in the event of the repeal of the excise duty upon paper, and, therefore, that matter I leave for the present altogether aside. But the hon. gentleman asks me - the opinion of the Government upon the obligations of England under the treaty with France, and under the terms of the address by which each House of Parliament has bound itself to give effect to the treaty, in case the excise duty on paper should not be repealed. 'Well, sir, I apprehend that is a question upon which no person who has examined the article I have quoted can possibly entertain at moment's doubt. A any rate her Majesty's Government consider it to be a matter beyond all doubt, and beyond all argument or necessity for construction or interpretation, inasmuch as the words appear to be as plain as possible and directly applicable to the case. If there be a duty of excise on paper, then, subject to a single condition, it is the obvious duty of England towards France, and of the Houses of Parliament under the terms of their address, to reduce the Customs' duty on foreign paper to the precise levelof the excise dutyon paper made athome. The single condition to which I refer is that contained in the latter portion of the clause, which specifies that the duty chargeable on the import of such merchandise may be aug mented by such a sum as shall be equivalent for the expense which the system of excise may entail upon the British pro ducer. And that principle has been applied, in the course of the present session, in conformity with the general spirit and express terms of the treaty, to the case of spirits, which the regulations of the excise are so restrictive in various par ticulars that they entail disadvantages upon the producer that are capable of being stated in money. And a compensa tion for this advantage, in the shape of what the French call a surtaxe, has been added to the import duty chargeable on foreign spirits. But with respect to the duty on paper, whatever may be the effect in restricting trade—which is not now a matter of discussion—no one has ever alleged that it imposes disadvantages on the manufacture of paper of such a definite nature or such an amount as to be capable of being stated in the form of a certain rate of money. No claim of such a character has ever been made or could be made. The inconveniencies, whatever they are, to the actual manu facturer of the article which we call paper are not so appre ciable or palpable as to be capable of being reduced to such a form. There will therefore be no case for a surtaxe like that imposed in the case of spirits, and therefore I presume that in such a contingency as that to which the hon. gen tleman has adverted—and which again I decline to accept or to suppose possible—my hon. friend the member for Herts (Mr. Puller) will withdraw or cease to persevere wit h the motion of which he has given notice. IRISH BILLS. In reply to Mr. MAountE, Mr. CARDWELL said it was not proposed to proceed with the Irish bills until after the Whitsuntide holidays. ASSISTANCE TO INSURGENTS IN SICILY. Mr. HENNESSY called the attention of the house to the statement by the Solicitor .General, with reference to an advertisement in the Times newspaper for raising money to assist the insurgents in Sicily ; and also called attention to a decision of the Court of Common Pleas as to the illegality of such a proceeding. The hon. member having denounced the conduct of Gari baldi and his compatriots, as well as the principles and practices of the secret societies, quoted the autho rity of Dr. Phillimore, the Attorney-General, and Lord Lyndhurst to show that enlistment for a foreign state was illegal. He contended that England had de parted from her former position, and instead of upholding ancient and constitutional dynasties had encouraged revo lution,hoesuaesindegtvhhetantm.t epgr stateo. baTbhlreh report ee e pr f e o oa r rl e t e t h p e r re ," Oh and assisted insurrection. (Hear, hear, and oh.") thepurport The eSOLICITOR-GENERALudiscussion ihosn p answerroeee d eoproceeded tu he held in his hand, and with which he found no fault gave his observations as he meant they should be given, in the most precise manner. He thought it was desirable he should be as careful and precise as possible, and he could not say that the report, if read dispassionately was calculated to de ceive anybody. With the permission of the house, he would now refer to the question put by the hon. member, and of which he gave notice. To the question, whether a person subscribing money for the object alluded to—and approv ing of it in his own view—was or was not liable to an in dictment, his answer was, that he was not. He was not prepared to say that in that opinion every lawyer, either in that house or out of it, would concur, but that was the an swer he gave. Now, he would state why he entertained that opinion, but before he did so he would say he hoped the hon. member, who had very properly brought this question be fore the house, would excuse him if he declined to follow him into some of the topics he had thought it right to ad vert to inbringing onthequestion. 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