The Sun. — London, England, 1859-04-02 00:00:00

CITY, Two o'CLocs. The Bank of England Return, completed to the 30th March, shows several important changes, and in some respects it is of a rather unsatisfactory cha racter. The bullion, consequent upon the remit tances of gold to the Continent for the purchase of silver, has been diminished to the extent of nearly • a quarter of a million, while the reserve of notes has been trenched upon to the extent of three quarters of a million sterling. The " other securities," owing to the advances made on Government securi ties during the shutting of the transfer books, and the increased demand for commercial purposes, show an augmentation of about half a million. The Public Deposits exhibit a large aceumu• lation, which is usually the case just previous to the payment of the April dividends. In the private balances there is also an augmentation of about a quarter of a million. To the Active Circu lation and the Government Securities a large addi tion has been made in both instances. The other items of the balance-sheet show little variation of importance ; they Will be seen in the subjoined table : .. £20,988,220 .. 656,035 .. 19,630,470 .. 234,065 .. 3,658,339 • • 4,049 .. 9,346,914 .. 358,157 .. 13,879,985 .. 278,646 744,853 • • 59,352 .. 11,708,353 , . 1,012,206 .. 17,357,488 449,394 .. 12,416,730 .. 394,035 . Active Circulation .. Increase .. .• Bullion .. Decrease .. ' Rest Increase Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits • • Increase Seven Day and other Bills .. Decrease .. Government Securities • . Increase .. Other Securities .. Increase .. Notes Unemployed Decrease .. The foreign exchanges of yesterday afternoon exhibited no alteration of importance. There were no bullion operations of public in terest at the Bank of England yesterday. The gold by - the - Teviot, viz., £76,285, and the £30,000 by the Bremen, have been taken for the Continent. The steamer Magdalena, which leaves to-day for the West Indies, will take out £7,120 in gold. The applications for money in Lombard-street continue active. Besides the preliminary arrange ments for the 4th, £1,000,000 has to be paid to-day on aocount of the new East India Railway deben tures. No further alteration, however, is apparent . in the rates of discount, and the supply of capital is still exceedingly abundant. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed steady, and prices were firmer. The sales were estimated at 8,000 bales. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £1,059,692 and the exports £963,893 exclusive of the following shipments, direct from London to the Continent, during the week ending • Thursday last :---Gold coin, Ilambro', 8,000 ozs ; ditto, Boulogne, 500 ozs. ; ditto, Belgium 3,000 ozs. ; gold bars, Belgium, 3,000 ozs. ; ditto, Gibraltar, 2,600 ozs. ; silver coin, Hambro', 2,400 ozs. ; ditto, Boulogne, 4,000 ozs.; ditto, Rotterdam, 400 ozs. The following are the particulars of the specie to be taken out, by the Peninsular and Orienta' Company's steamer Ceylon; which leaves South ampton on the 4th instant for India -and China : Ceylon, gold Madras, do. Do. silver Calcutta, do. Do. gold Penang, silver 1,950 Singapore, do. Hongkon . g, do. .. . ... Shanghai, do. 15,705 Manilla, gold .. .. . ......... . .... . Total ................... £956,773 . At the commenceme n t of business in the Eng lish Stock Market to-day, • the funds appeared steady, but sales were subsequently pressed, and a decline of about I per cent. ensued. -This sudden change naturally produced an unfa vourable feeling in the other departments of the Stock Exchange, and if the market had remained open, as on the other days of the week, until late in the afternoon, an important deprecia tion might have occurred. Consols, after being 951 I, receded to 95,1 d for money and the 7th inst., s and to 95:1 for May. I n di a S toc k has receded to 219 ; ditto Loan Debentures are steady at 981 4 ; si and the Bonds 14s. prem. Exchequer Bills are 325. :-Z1 to 355. prem., and the Bonds 100. si In Foreign Securities only a limited amount of 11 business has been transacted, and prices closed , si Share] ORDINARY S HAI Railways. RES AND STOCKS. 12.10 Paid. 1 Closing i Business Price. Amberg - ., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Juonflon 1 Belfast and Ballvmena a] Bir., Wol., and Str. Val a Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction lO Blackburn a Blyth and Tyne a; Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon a Cork, Blkrock,&Passage a Cornwall • a Do. AIA roves. no div [ a Do. B until6p.c.per an a hasbeen pd.toß Dublin an dßelfast Juno a . Dun.,Perth,& Ab_ June 1 East Anglian ll Eastern Counties ll Eastern Union A Stock 11 Do. do. B Stock 11 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Kent a East Lancashire 1( East Suffolk a Do Edinburg and Glasgow 10 Edin.,Perth, & Dundee lO Forth & Clyde Junction a Furness Glasgow & South Westn ll Great North of Scotland a Great Northern 1( Do. do. A Stock 1( , Do. do. B Stock lO :'Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 10 • Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lO Irish South Eastern a Lancaster and Carlisle a Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds ' Lancashire & Yorkshire 11 Do. do. F £l6 Do. do. £9 shares Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport a London and Blackwall a Do.Nowiss.at £slosp.sh - Lori.,Brighton ArS.Coast 10 London & North Westn 10 Do. Eighths London& South-Wean lO L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen a Man., Shef., & Lincoln 1( Metropolitan ' Midland lO Do. Binning. & Derby. 10 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) a Do. i Shares a Neutastle and Carlisle • a New., Aber., & Herefd a iNewr y Newry & Armagh (def.) , Warpt., & Ros a No:folk lO North. Counties Union North rritish lO Nor.Devi'ail.stDk. Stk lO Do.A Stk.— : _rec.no div ' until 6p.c.hasbeelipdß 10 Do. B Stock lO North-Eastn.—Ber wick 101 Do. do. G.N.E.PurchaSe 161 • Do. Leeds lO Do. York 1( North London 1( N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction £3 North Staffordshire 1 North-Western No. & Sou. W. Junction a Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver ll eebles a Portsmouth 3 Rhymney 1 Scottish Central 1( Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock 1( Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 1( Shropshire Union IC Sitting s bourne & Sheer al South Devon lO South-Eastern lO !South Wales south Yorks.& Riv. Dun a Do. do Staines, Wok., & Wek a Stockton & Darlington al Do. do. 1855 Do. do. 1858 Stockton & Hartlepool 1 Taff Vale IC Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 2 Vale of Neath lO Waterford & Kilkenny 10 Waterford & Limerick a West Cornwall , a W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal a Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to it a I Do. B West London Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class PREFEREN 13.14 Stoek Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stock Stock 6 , 1 1613 t Stock) Stock Stock) Stock 12i Stock 10 1 6 61 ill I - - Stock, 7~ 8! Stock Stock Stock I Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock )0 62 64 'll 11 115 Lll 32 85 )0 925 935 )0 82 825 Share' Railways. 11 1 5 si ll 84 9 D 14 l 6 D 59i 60i 45 . 47 30 32 - - 137 140 105 68 1 9 (34 7 24; 5 93 381 1011 91 ? 101 111 90 92 8 9 Business pm Ist AIIO.NEY CIA PITY NEWS. YS DAY.) Li 13 15 10 92 93 72f 73 27 27! 93 94 10 104 102 103 8d 88 132 133 105 106 58 1 69 1 56 58 ail 83 87 1 . 41 11 12f p [6 11 124 p 94 95 7 66 68 112 113 946 05 1 Id 924. 9 TO 3 2 38 4 p 38i )0 1014 102 )0 75 77 ill Lll 11 12 9 - 1658254 62 3 d 10 92 92i [3 4 d 0 4 in 0 70 . 765 0 102 104 IC I 41 41 d ill 14 :ii 7 8 33} 34! ,11 I ; 107 109 24 27 82 83 45 47 2itd 41 4 7( 4 M e - 65 . [1 1 64 r 8 1 8 11 36 37 Stock Stock 2.5 Stock Stock steadily. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 93 to 931; ditto, (Great west. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct.. keiv Loan, 781 to 79A- ; Spanish Deferred are Stock Do . Redeemable, 44 P c.t 1 marked 301 to 31; Mexican, 211 ; Russian 5 per Le/ g o o. p r e r d e r em able l , e 4 , N o ..ct Cents., 1101; and Sardinian, 82. The New Aus- St ock Boll?. p r of R p ed re eienar r e e f s 1 trian Loan is 1 dis. 10 Gt. . WeirTs . Ches. 8 p.c.pf . It has been announced by the Madras Irrigation 10 Do s . h ro e . B s p. ct. pref and Canal Company that the sum of £ 49,400 was Stock Do iltrm os hlg.guar s .loc re k s i paid on the 31st into the Indian Treasury, making, Ni Do. 00. ii . o n . do te rgua" with £133,721 previously deposited, a total of 20 Do. do. do. Stock Lan York 6 p.c. stoc £183,121 recei ve d as payments i n full in advance Stock Lon.. & & Brig.spc.gu. No. l of calls. The whole of this sum has been subscribed gl oo ect Do . . K e e w f.,.. u s p 1i., c. 0 . p ...1 e g t 0 . .. 2 in one month, and, added to the sum of £47,000 Stook Do. do:s p. c. 'To. 4 Stock Lon.Bt N.W.Cov. &Nur received as deposits, makes the sum of £230,121 eaton, sp. ct standing in the same treasury to the credit of the Stock Lt i n i tS ci . W h , a 7 r e fi ct.stock, company. 121 f.oug o on n i. d ly . it pa n le is is s h i s i: The Rail way Sh are Market has been inactive, St k Bran.,sh., Y az Lin . , O p ct. but in some instances a slight improvement has stotick Do. 0 . 4 6 per cent. taken place i n values. London and Blackwell 124 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. 1 , advanced £l, a n d C a l e d onian, North Western and 12 i no. 4 p er cent .. . South Eastern, ss. ; Great Western and Midland Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock declined 10s., and N or th British, ss. Stock Do.Con.Bris.dtßir.6p.ct Stock Do. 44 . r. c. pref. stock The Foreign and Colonial lines show little yank- 8 6 8 0 0 . . 7. l ei h c. c :na t p il re l l. B at tion. Lombardo-Venetian old shares are steady at to [ Nel'O r O e rLit em be , a r i tC p .p o. re n t m .s 91, and the new shares at 8/, 8-1 ; Great Indian 10 ITo. PeTet, 6p. c. with 10 ; T w o % i ll e l 1 . 866 . Peninsula, Great Western of Canada, and East b4p c.shares Indian realise previous quotations. Stock Do. sp. C. Ext.Stock,lB46 Stock Do. 54 p. c.,Pref. do. 1847 Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are Stock Do. Way.Vol.Ex.SklB47 „. Stock Nor . tkl e British , w,a. 5 per cent at almost nominal prices. Bank of Egypt declineds percent ke about ss. ; Oriental Bank, Ottoman Bank, and Stock N - East. tivirßrealltp.e. Deb. London Joint-Stock brought about former rates. gte m ek Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. Peninsular and Oriental Steam were steadat 84 y , !o• Do. Lee 6 c. No. 1. 47 Do. do. do. and South Australian Land at 37. ,24 Do. do. Qu ar te rs, 1846 15 80. York, H. &S. Purch 10 North Staffordshire .. ock Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6pc.14 bock Do. do. do., 2d gua. Lock Do. 44 p.c. Db.stk.in perp 84 Scottish Central, new pr ock Scottish N.-Eastern deb ock Do. 34 per c. pref. stock ock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. bock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. 10 Do. Fixed 44 per cent. .0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1 0 6 ) ,ock Do .44 per cent ,ock Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is :ock Do. New do., 2d issue bock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c bock Do. 44 per cent 10 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua 15 ) Stockton and Dar. 5 p.c 25 f Do. 6 per cent Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent.- BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3inPdieraeentoct.eonsols Annuities - Ditto Debentu;e *********************** 21 Ditto Bonds, 411; 1 Z:: Consols for A ce = ** l4 .... *************** .. Exchequer Rills, £l, OOO 24 ..,„ March. Ditto £5OO ... ._ ...... ' '''' i l d • • 32 5 1 Ditto Small, 11d. .. ............ 32 5 , Exchequer Bonds, 18..i9, ii p.: l : ( y e a ... 32 . 5 100 FOREIGN FUNDS—C LOS ING PRICES. Mexican 3 per Cent. ........... Ditto Account ............ . ........ 21' Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent Sardinian, 5 per Cent .. 82 Spanish 3 per Cent. _ . , June. Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. -; Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent • Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. • Consols, Money 95 Consols for Account (April 7)• • • • 95} Ditto, May Bedford and Bletehley B uckinghamshire tG:. Cl ydesdale nt,i,aoeos:t:Nahsriet,cioe:lumcgr,hp. Junction 6 :vE.s." o. Do. Woodbrida Do. New Gloster& Dean )sorest Hartl p oo l.Dck.&usll Hull and Selb y • Do. Shares,,;: Do. Shares..., London&Greenwich". Dm Preference shareS o ute n s d . Do. Lon 4p et Lowestoft, gu. • • Do. 6 per cent Manc.,fluxtn. & Mat Midsb.&Redcr , g. 6 p .c. • B' T ar il k b in . g & Mid.BradfordPrf. S tk. Newmarkt.,BuryEx 1 guara nteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent. .. • Do. Fixed 5 per cent. Preston and Wyre. Do. 4 shares A. Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep Shf•Roth.&Gol.g.sp.c. Shrowsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire .. Woar Valley, g. 6 p. Do. do BANCROFT AND lIIS ALMSHOUSES .-- The m erchant princes of the City of London have always been munifi cent contributors to fou n ded many an d i n th e o ld en time un many almshou ses f or th e i nf i rm and poor ; one of t he most liberal of these ancient citizens was Bancroft, who. 30 0 years ago, fou n d e d an d lib erally endowed an almshouse ll._l Mile-end-road, but, s t range t o re l ate, although Bancroft was an acute and prosperous merchant, he had a weakness and strange hallucination which I will relate. He believed that after death he should come to life again, not in the spirit, but physically, and with this impression he left monies for his being buried in a capacious and well ventilated vault, and that bread, water, and also matches to kindle a light, should be deposited in the vault, to be conveniently ready on hi s awa k en i ng , and that the churchwardens should make frequent visits to the vault to see how he was . B ancroft was buried in the church of er St. Helen' s , in Bishopsgat e - s t ree t Within, and the vault large s t one room i s situated in the church, be he entrance the entrance of the two aisles. When a youth I re member peeping in during on e o f th e o ffi cial visits of the churchwardens to the vault, in obedience to the will of Ban croft, but the bread, water, and mat c h es h a d not b een dis turbed, as far as I could ern; and the official visit was soon over, the churchwardens retiring to the vestry, and moderately refreshing themselves with a few glasses of sherry and some biscuits, chatting together on the strange idea Bancroft must have entertained when he made his will. —City Press. Do. . :: D 0.... Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon& Croydn. DOCKS. THE IRON TRADE—BIRMINGHAM, April I.—The preliminary meeting of the ironmasters of this district was held in this town yesterday afternoon. A resolution was passed to adhere to the prices of last q ua rter -day for all descriptions of finished iron. A deputation from Clerkenwell, consisting of Mr. Eustace, guardian ; Mr. Boulton, solicitor ; and Mr. Scar gill, clerk, had an interview with Mr. Secretary E steourt at the Home •office, yesterday, on the subject of the Local Assessments Exemption Abolition Bill. 65 68 Lll - - ill 6 6i LII - - ill 2 3 Xll 6 61 Al - - ARES, Paid.l Cl° ri s c Price. 25 Blythe and Tyne It per c. pref. (issued at £5O) all 49 51 1 • fStk Bris. & Exet4p.ctStock 100 95 97 20. Do. do. do. Shares 9 ' StockCaledon £ lO, 41 per cent 100 100 102 I , - 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 7.10 - • StockiChester & Holyhd, 51 pc 100 -- I Stock Do. do. sp. ct. StotCork & Bandon, 54 p. c all Dun. Perth, & Aber...lnn all 54 6 5 E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc 100 98 101 Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc lOO 112 116 Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc lOO 108 112 Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pet. No.l 100 114 116 Stock Do. do N 0.2 100 112 114 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock 100 130 132 Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 82 84 Stock East Lane. 6 per ct lOO 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths all Stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 Stock Edin.Pertli,& Dun. 4 pc. 100 71 73 Stock Furness, 5 per cent Stock Glas. &S West., a. spc lOO 110 112 Stock Gryit Northern, sp. ct lOO 117 119 Stook 1)0 5 .5 pe.ltedm.,lo/tc.pro 100 110 112 Stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm 6O 63 65 631 10 Gt..Nh. of Scotld, Ist pt all 11 114 ( Gt.s..& w (Ireland) 4 l oo_ Stock ) p. et. pref. Stock 50 Great West. (Berks and 6 -- Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct. . Stock Do. Redeemable, 41 . pct. 100 96 98 Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. et. 100 87 F 9 Stock Do. Irredeemable, do lOO 88 . 90 Stock Do.sp. ot.Redeem.Pref lOO 100 102 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 10 101 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 95 10 Stock Do Birming. guar. stock all 161 17 100 72 74 26.1 Do. Chester guar.shares all 181 191 13} Do. do. do all 94 9; 20 Do. do, do. all 141 141 Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock 100 140 142 Stock Lon.&Brig.spc.gu. No.l 100 Stock Do. pref., sp. c. ...No. 2 100 Stock Do. New gua., 6p. et lOO Stock Do. do:s p. c. — o. 4 100 Stock Lon.& N.W.Cov. &Nun eaton, sp. ct. Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares lOO 160 165 124 Loudondy & Cole, 4 shs all 121 Londondy.& Ennis 4sh all Stock Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. ct lOO 123 12.5 6 Do. £6 45 4 ,p Stock Do. 31 per cent. 124 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c all 124 Do. 4 per cent .. Do. Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock 100 , Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.i. 100 139 141 Stock Do. 41p. c. pref. stock lOO 101 103 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 5 i p Stock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. 100 94 96 1.0 [Newport,Aber,&c.pret.s p. c. redeem, at Sp.OM M 1 all. 91 10 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with option till 1866 all 111 111 111 ; 10 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. shares all 9 95 Stock Do. sp. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 100 Stock Do. 51p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 Stock Do. Way.Va4.Ex.Sk 1847 100 Steck North British, 5 per cent 100 1081 1091 Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent 100 Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dsk.Co. 100 Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 100 97 98 971 17 Do. do. do. 13.4 4 1 d 20. Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. 13 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 .. 9 - 25 80. York, H. &S. Purch. 10 1 d p 20 North Staffordshire .. . all ..231 231 Stock Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6pc. Dig 100 123 125 1231 Stock Do. do. do., 2d gua. lOO 118 120 Stock Do. 41 p.c. Db.stk.in perp 100 99 101 84 Scottish Central, new pt all Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 Stock Do. 31 per c. pref. stock 100 Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. 100 . 119 Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 10s. South Devon, Ann. 103. all 101 101 10 Do. Fixed 44 percent. all 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6) Stock Do .44 per cent lOO 102 104 Stock Do. Fixed 41p.c.lstis lOO 102 104 1034 Stock Do. New do., 2d issue lOO Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c lOO Stock Do. 44 per cent lOO 1004 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua all 25 ) Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e all 281, 291 25 i Do. 6 per cent all 321 331 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 percent.- all 53 56 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. r Paid. Leasing Closing Business Co.'s. Price. Done. _____ Ln& N.W Ln& N.W Caledonin E.U.&E C Gt.Nertb. E.Counte. Caledonin Do. Gt. West. Yk.N.&Br Yk.N.Md. Do. 98 101 102 104 17. 18 142 144 41 41 Do. 8. East Do Peto &Co Do. .... Do. Norfolk .'•. LN ;Fiji Sti r•&Dar Midl and . E.Counta. Do 109 111 64 66 115 120 93 94 2} ;; 9 6 98 57 59 - _ L&N & L.Ylc. Gt. North. Lan.& Yk T Brassoy MiClean Stk.4r Dar Do. ...... Gt. West. l LABrgtn - _ I Paid Griming Business Price. , Done. Sharol Railways. 'p aid. Closing I Business Price. Done. 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence 3 all 85 88 Leased at 6 per cent. 18 Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd d gu. 5 per cent 18 Do all - - 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 d 18 Do. Do. B 41 d 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 61 7 204 Do. New l6l - -- d /00 ( Buffalo,Brant.&Godrtch 100 85 90 6p. ct. ds. 1 Aug., 1872 100 Do. d b o. 1 July, 1873 100 82 86 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 80 84 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3.0. par 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. - 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. 1 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. - -- 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 2 1 1 P 171 Demerara - 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c_ 100 102 103 102: 1:3 21 20 Do. C Shares all - - I I 20 Do. E Shares Ext. 15 ar 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 - - 100 D 0.44 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all - - 20 G eelong& Mel.g - ua.s p. c. all 19 20 8/0 Geelong Corporation 6Ow ' ( per cent. Bonds Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 35 4 30 3 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 76 78 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref lOO 93 94 9 3 1 20 Gt.lndiaPeningua.sp.e all 1004 1014 1011 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent 4 1 d par 20 Do. do 20 Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.-Scrip 2s. ( guaranteed 5 per cent. 201 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 14 161 161 , 201 Do. New 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76,with opt. till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 103 105 100 Do. do. ''/3 without opt all 103 1 0 5 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 98 100 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c. all 17f 171 20 Do. do. 5 per cent, all 191 20 20 Do. 41 p. c. Extension.. 15 18 184 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. 10 d 20 Do. Fourth do. Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 - - Newßrunswick&Canda. 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc 10 -d Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do .. 20 Do. do. B. Capital do lO - --d .. Do. do. Land do 20 NorthoflndiaTramroad Limited, Scrip 2s. 20 Oude (Limited) - 20 Scinde l5 par 1p 20 Do. 0 all 20 21 20 Do. New w 10 1 d jar 91 20 Do. Punjanb 9„ 5 1 d 4 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. t 5 , 47 10 I d d 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 - - 10 ,Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 Id par _ FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 43 54 20 Ardenr es a'l - - p 20 Bah.&S.Fren.,LirD.7p.c 3 1 1d 21 5 Belgian East. 'Junction all f 1 20 Beziers to Graissessae all - 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 11 21 20' Dutch Rhenish 6 Eastern of France all 26 261 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. - - p 20 Great Central of France all - - • 20 Gt. Luxetn.. Con. ells all 63 7 10 Italian Junction .. - 8 - - 20 Lake Constance & Bale all - - 20 Lierre and Turnhout - - 20 Lombardo Venetian... . 8 11 14p 91 20 Lucca & Piatoj a, 5 p.c.pf. all - - 20 Lycins and Geneva .... all - - 331 Maria Antonia all - 20 Do. do. New - - 20 Namur and Liege all 13/ 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. all 20 201 16 Northern of France 20 Do. New Shares - - p 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 81 91 20 Ottoman, gna. 6 per cent 7 -- - 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 33; 34 20 Paris and Orleans Recife& S. ran. (ern 20 I F ran. P) • /9 d gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) 20 Riga and Dunaburg 4 - • 10 Rome and Frascati .... all - - 20 Royal Danish all 5 Royal Swedish - 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. - 20 Sambre and Meuse. all 61 7 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref. 20 Southern of France 81 West Flanders a ll 51 6 10 Do. 5l 20 W. & N.W. of France all 23 24 20 Western of Austria 6 - - 20 Western of Switzerland all - - 6 Wiesbaden - - 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all - - 20 Zealand all - - Share Docks. Stock Commercial 1100 Stock Do4perCent.Pref.Min 100 Stock East and West India 100 Stock London lOO Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock Southampton lOO Stock Victoria 20 Do New t 18 125 el 100 1 THE SUN, - LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL a, 1859. BRITISH MINp. Share Mines. Paid . Cii ) e r rn ees Bti,,..inne.e.. Alfred Consols (Philo*) 2.11.10 6 7 20 Iritish Iron Condurrow (Catnborne) 2O 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tsvist.) 1 460 470 East Bassett (Illogan). 30 220 230 -• Great South Tolgus l7s 12 14 G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) 11.18.8 21 31 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 94 I Lady Bertha l Bs 6d 1 1 North Frances (Illogan) 81 71 8 . North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 5 7 N.Whl Basset (Illogan) nil. 91 101 -- Par Consols (St. Illaxy) 11 14 15 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 - -- Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 138 i 1 SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 21 2321 2371 - • South C. Brea( Mogan). 2 21 3 S • Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 200 210 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 4l 14 2 2 10 Tin Croft 9 4 41 • UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - • - -- Vale of Towcy (Carm.) 12s 6d 1 I I West Basset (Illoiran) ll 21 23 W. Caradon (Liske2rd) 2O 77 4 82 4 Wheal Basvet (Mogan) 5l , 1510 200 100 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 , 130 140 Wheal Edward (Cals.). 51 ( 21 3 Wheal Kitty(U. Lelan t 1.7.2 1104 111 Wit '1 Mary Ann (Menhe 8 146 48 -- iWh'l Trelawney (Lisk. 41 I '3o 32 FOREIGN MINES .. . 20 Australian 7l 1 1 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim , lOs par 4 p 4 1 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £sp.) 27 1 14 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 11 12 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 1 Clarendon Consols Min- • . ing Co. of Jamaica ... d 40 Cobra Copper . a l l 36 38 Copiapo l6 10 12 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 4 4 4 4 2 Fortuna 20 General all 23 25 3 Linares all 91 10 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 1 New Granada all 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 4 Ip 1 4 20 PontgibaudSilver, Lead - Mining and Smelt all 4 5 5 Port Philip 30 Santiago de Cuba l6} 1 1 28.2.84 United Mexican all 21 I, COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. Pa id. Prices. Done. . - Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 115 116 1154 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 113 115 , Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 , N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 111/ 1121 Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 103. 101 NovaScoZi• Go /.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1111 1121 . S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 1111 1121 1 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Share Joint-Stock Banks. I Paid. I Closing Busine ss Price. Done. 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 68 70 40 Australasia all - 25 Bank of Egypt all 241 25 /24/ 100 Bank of London 5O -- 40 Brit. Col.llk. & LoanCo all 50 British North American all 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 10 11 1 d 100 City 5O 62 64 100 Colonial 25 20.11 Com. Bark of Canada all 100 Commercial of London 2O 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 151 161 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAuetral. all 231 231 231 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 100 London & Westminster 2O 100 Nat. I'rov. of England 35 20 Do, new lO 50 National Bank 25 20 New South Wales 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all 401 20 Ottoman Bank all 20 201 201 1 1 Provincial of Ireland - 10 Do. New 25 South Australia 25 Do. New 25 Union of Australia all 25 ' Do. New 2O 50 Union of London lO —.— 100 Uaity Mutual 6O - 100 Western Bk of London 50 211 201 d MISCELLAN SOUS. Share 1 Miscellaneous. Paid.! Ci pllce in . g Business done 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint )0 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) 15 Australian Agricultural 10 Australian Royal Mail . 10 Berlin Water Works 10 Do New, issued at £5 di s 10 British American Land i 0 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. 10 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1802 10 Do. C . • 10 Canada Laud . i 0 Chan . I slan d s Tel.(Lim4 ock Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg 5 Do. Preference 74 per ct 5 Crystal Palace. 5 Do. Preference 10 Eastern Steam ock Electric Telegraph 5 Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co [0 Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel 9 Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim ) GLlron ScrewCol.(Lim Gen. Steam Navigation London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co Mediter. Electric Teleg bled. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) National Discount Co Netherlands Land Do do Do 8 p. c. Pref. ,1 s s. at 1 dis N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim.) OrientalND o o r . tN s hßeAe i oaly u fve, szGalrst. Gas Do. tse al3cntg Steam rm : P o e : e d i t n. Pen. & Oriental Steam. Do. N ew Do Now Iron DO. N ow Royal Mall Steam Seot. Austrin.lnv.(l,l4) d. Submarine Tel Do. do Registeerged P. Tr.& Ln.Co.ot "up r. ,Pan Diciueu'u Land 131 141 220 250 32 31 21 31 36 38 19 21 14 15 123 128 9 10 24 25 li 11 5 5 100 all 10s. all all 102 104 I 1P 1 Id all all all 15s. all all 11 ll 5 6 i i i 1 1 ail; par 3 83 21 85 13 14 p 231 24 , tl) 6 71 61 63 125 38 37 1 .1 83 4 9 ii LAW INT.& 'THIS !DAY.) SECONDARIES' COURT. In cross-examination the witness said that the owner might have been present when he took away the horse, but plaintiff was employed by the railway company. King was called and said he had Mr. Wallace's authority for fetching a surgeon, as the case was urgent. The com pany's surgeons reside at Croydon. Mr. Wallace was superintendent a - the London-bridge station. There was a general manager of the whole line, but no one interfered with Mr. Wallace at his station. There was a secretary's and a solicitor's office and a board-room. Mr. Charnock—Wallace is not called. There is no evi dence that he had authority to interfere in this case. He submitted that there was no case for the jury. The learned Secondary having intimated that he should be glad to hear the argument, Mr. Charnock said that he had objected to King's evidence upon the principle that there was nothing to shoW Wallace had any authority to send the horse to plaintiff's stables ; that being so, there was nothing to bind the rail way company by the acts of King and Wallace. Now he would read to the learned Secondary a case exactly all-fours with the present, reported in the Law 19urnal. This case, " Cox v. the Midland Railway CoMpany," was tried at Warwick, and was brought by a surgeon to recover a sum for attending a man who had been injured in a railway accident. The surgeon had been called in by the superin tendent at the station near which the accident happened. The jury found for the plaintiff, and it was reserved as a' point that leave should be given to enter a motion for a non suit. This was tried at Westminster, and then Mr. Baron Parke non-suited the plaintiff (with the concurrence of a full bench). Mr. Baron Parke said that the station-master, or superintendent, had no authority to call in the surgeon, and therefore the company_were not liable, for his acts. There was no hardship, as the action should be brought by the sufferer in the usual way. Now, here was a case precisely similar, and here Wallace bad no authority, and the owner of the horse should bring his action in the usual way. Mr. Butler said he was quite prepared for the case quoted, and the same was not all fours with the present. In the first case the sufferer was a man who had his facul ties about him, and in the second case the sufferer was a horse. Now a horse was, to all intents and purpows a chattel—luggage, and, as such, came under the supervision of the superintendent, He contended that the case for the jury was clear and defined. The learned Secondary was inclined to the view taken by Mr. Butler. As to the argument that there was a manager, and solicitor, and secretary, and board, no one would have authority but the latter. As this was a case for an argu ment, and was somewhat open, at Mr. Charnock's request, a verdict would be taken for the plaintiff, with leave to move to enter a nonsuit. Writ stayed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(2111IS DAY.) MANSION -HOUSE. Jamos Shaw, aged 18, 5f feet high, light complexion, grey oyes, sandy .coloured brownish hair, was charged before Mr. Alderman Rose by Sergeant Michael Ward, local com pbaanttay,liTowert-hhei 1 2 1 ,wwith Foot.b e a Ile h , a d d es b e e r e te n r from in th 6 Lancashire Militia. lie deserted from Preston ill August last. He pleaded guilty, and Mr. Alderman Rose sentenced him to be imprisoned in Holloway Prison, and communication made to the Secretary at War. Thomas Carter, aged 18, was charged with stealing a black coat with silk linings from the shop doorof Messrs. Luke and Thorpton, outfitters, 56, Merchant-street, City, value £l. Mr. Sackenas Clement, assistant, said that the coat was taken from the shop door last night, and it was found in the prisoner's possession. Mr. Alderman Rose sentenced the prisoner to ono months' imprisonment with hard labour. John Fazin, a freeman of the River Company, was charged upon a summons by Robert Cabil, beadle and in spector f e Liverymen Water Company, with infringe ment of the bye laws in refusing or neglecting to take pas sengers from the steamboats lying in the river, and with contempt of court in not attending the Ward Court when summoned to attend and answerthe charge. The defendant pleaded guilty, and Mr. Alderman Rose fined him for con tempt of the Ward Court 2s. 6d. and 3s. 61 costs. MARLBOROUGH• STREET. USEFUL CAUTION TO Ho usEx EEPEus.---Edward Challis artist, and Samuel Davis, described as a French polisher, were charged with going to the house of Dr. John Ash burner, of 7, Hyde Park-place, under the following suspi cious pretence ; and as the practice is said to be rather pre valent, the public cannot be too much on their guard. Dr. John Ashburner said that, on the previous night, about eight, the prisoners presented themselves at his house, and were admitted by his servant, they having stated they wished to see him. He was upstairs at the time, and on coming down he found the two prisoners in the dining room. Challis began a long story about Davis having a blind relative, and that he was anxious to go to Melbourne ; and then commenced a rigmarole about Davis having made a wonderful discovery of a furniture reviver, a bottle of which he produced. He (the dotter) asked how they dared come to his house at night with such a frivolous business; and having been cautioned by the police some time previously, sent for a constable. Inspector Combo said Challis had been in custody two years since, and he carried about a bottle of varnish. The other (Davis), be should be able to prove, was the asso ciate of a begging-letter impostor, named " Stiff Legged Sam." The constable who took the prisoners into custody said he found a " street guide" on one of them. Mr. Bingham said it was a case of suspicion so strong that ho should not let them go without bail, and should remand them for inquiries. THAMES. DARING ROBBERY IN A DWELLING-TlOUSE.—Charles Tubbs, a tall young man, of sir ister aspect, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing a gold watch, value £lO, from the residence of Mr. Ward, a gentleman residing in the Cituden-road, Bow. It appeared from the evidence of Sarah Chambers, a do mestic servant in the employ of the prosecutor, that, on Saturday afternoon, the 26th instant, she went out upon an errand, and upon her return, was descending the area steps leading to the kitchen, when she met with the pri soner, who was coming out of the kitchen, and who said to her, "Do you wany any note-paper, ma'm ?" She replied in the negative, and hurried into the kitchen, and directly missed her mistress's gold watch from a ease on the mantel shelf, where she had left it a few minutes before. She called out, "The watch is gone ! thieves I thieves I" and the girl and her mistress pursued the prisoner, who was seen running away at full speed. He dashed across the Bow-road, and was pursued by Watson, a police-constable, No. 183 IC, who hunted the villain into a brick-field, where he sought refuge, and after a close search he was found crouched down close to a hedge. Watson said, " You must consider yourself in my custody for stealing a watch." The prisoner made a determined resistance, but Watson suc cessfully grappled with him and secured him. The pri soner, in his first examination, said he got his living by hawking stationery, and went to the house of the prose ' cutor to obtain a customer for his note-paper. Deible, a detective police-constable, No. 195 K, attended this day for the first time, and said the prisoner belonged to a notorious gang of thieves, who, under pretence of selling note-paper, fire shavings, hearth stones, and other articles, obtained admission to dwelling-houses and plun dered them. The prisoner had been twice convicted of felony. On the first occasion he was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment and hard labour, and on the second to 12 months' imprisonment and hard labour. Mr. Yardley requested Mr. Bowdler, second clerk, to take the depositions formally, and committed the prisoner for trial. 4 PATAL ACCIDENT.---TW O MEN KILLED.--LI VERPOOL, Thursday.—This morning, whilst a large pump was being withdrawn from the Liverpool Docks, by the aid of a pair of shears, secured by a strong rope, the rope snap ped,falling on two men, kill e d th em in - drieti were removed to th e h os pit a l dead tiy. and the Th e sh bo ea house, where they will await a coroner's inque s t. a n BOWDEN V. THE LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY COMPANY. This was a great contest between plaintiff and the. 'IC _ _ _ way company, in which plaintiff sought to recover the* sum of £l4 6s. Gd. for the keep of a horse from Nov. 8, 1858, to Feb. 10, 1859. • Mr. Butler appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Charnock was :counsel for the defendants. It appeared that on the 14th of September last an acci dent occurred on defendants' line by which a very valuable horse was injured. It was conveyed to the company's stables, and one of the horse-keepers reported to the super intendent that it was requisite the animal should have im mediate medical attendance. This horse•keeper (King) was desired by Mr. Wallace, the superintendent, to go to a Mr. Reid, a veterinary surgeon, but that person not being at home, King called upon the plaintiff, whose brother pro ceeded with him to the company's stables. Finding the stable in which the injured horse was confined ill ventilated, plaintiff's brother suggested that it should be removed to plaintiff's premises, and there be properly attended. This being acquiesced in by the owner, who was present, and Mr. Wallace, a receipt was given for the horse, and it was taken to plaintiff's stable, King accompanying the animal on its way thither. He called frequently to see how it was getting on, and he sent down a horse-cloth when more clothing was required. Ho also requested plaintiff to let him (King) know if any change took place for the , worse. (It may here be mentionced that upon a former oc- casion plaintiff brought an action to recover from Septem ber 15th to November 6th for keep and medical attendance, and that he then obtained a verdict.) Plaintiff's brother was called to-day, and said that when King fetched him he demanded to be informed by whom he was employed, and that King replied, "By the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company." That when King called after the horse was in plaintiff's care King repeated this statement. Mr. Charnock took a general objection to all this evi dente, and requested that a note should be made of the ob jection. MAN. rA V. 11; A letter in a contemporary says :—I am no alarmist, but I think things are getting to such a pitch on the Continent that I cannot look without apprehension upon the enormous armaments going on in France and all other -i i:uropean States, and our own defenceless state ; While our Government, so far from adopting vigorous measures for putting the country in a state of defence, take the matter so apathetically, that one might suppose we bad a powerful army and navy at command that could defy the world. • Now, I should like to know what additions have been made to our navy this year. Where is our Channel fleet ? Where are the three thousand re serve seamen ? Why, they cannot get men to man a frigate. With all the talk and propositions about manning the navy, w h a t h as b een done ? -Nothing. And so it will go on till the country is roused by some great disaster, which may happen in a shorter period than most people may be aware of. I ask, why has France such a large naval force— greater than ours ? Not to destroy the Austrian navy, which only consists of one line-of-battle ship and a few frigates. There is but one Power she has any occasion to keep up such an armament for, and that is England. Now, respecting our navy, there would be little difficulty in fitting out twenty sail of the line, and frigates if required, in a few weeks. There is only one fatal objection to it, we want men to man them. Then why do not th e G overument adopt a measure that will enable them to have a command of men as well as ships ? If ten sail of the line were ready for men to morrow, all that would be required, so far as tae marines are concerned, would be to tell off so many from each division, and send them on bos: r d ; but where are the seamen to come from ? EO, O answ ers , Where ? I made a proposal to this', effect some time taken, sincel repeat the in a leadi sa n meg journal, but no notice being The navy ought to be wv:ked upon a principle similar to all trades, and tr, our army. In the first place, if we require 40,0',0 seamen afloat, then there ought to be 10,000 `lxtra men for a reserve, being one quarter ; al:,o 10,000 apprentices should be constantly taken on, to make seamen. It is a well known faef,,, that the best men-of-war's men are lads trained in the service. Such being the case, why shouYil not the Government take the responsibility of having such a number always in training, that in a few years we could command a few thousand well-trained men ? It is all nonsense wanting to increase the coast guard. If they are required as sea-policemen, let them remain as such. We might as well train all the policemen in London as soldiers, and all at once, on a sudden emergency arising, pack them all off and send them to the coast, and leave London in the hands of thieves. If we want seamen, the Government must make them, and not trust to the mercantile marine to man their ships, only to a very small extent. And as to impressment, should a sudden war break out, if it was adopted now, it would cause a revolution. The working classes now are not what they were fifty years ago. The Government are afraid to trust a few thou sand men, 'who would willingly, enrol themselves as rifle volunteers; and they are actually, disbanding some of the best -trained militia regiments, to em body a few militia artillery, and talk about sending 3,000 of our regular artillery to India. If this does not look like insanity, in the present state of France, what does? If !something more energetic is not adopted very shortly, England will rue it. What could be done now with thousands will then cost millions. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. COVENT GARDEN. Our market has been well supplied with both fruit and Vegetables, and the demand, almost generally, has ruled steady, as follows : • s. d. s. d. Pine apples, per lb 6 0 to 10 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 30 0 to 00 0 Foreign do 2 0 to 3 0 Melons, each Peaches,perdoz 0 0 to 0. 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per bush. 5 0 to 10 0 Pears, per doz 4 0 to 8 0 Oranges, per 100 5 0 to .10 0 Lemons, per 100 4 0 to 8 0 Apricots, per doz 0 0 to 0 0 s. d. s. d Cherries, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb 010 to 1 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doa 0 oto 0 .0 Strawberries pr oz 1 oto 0 0 Gooseberries,; sv. 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries, prptlo oto 0 0 VEGETABLES Greens, dz bunch 2 oto 2 6 Cabbages, pr do. 010 to 1 2 Savoy do., pr do. 1 oto 1 3 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 2 0 Brocoli, per bh Bto 1 6 Old potatoes,p tonBo oto 100 0 New ditto, per punl oto 1 3 Peas, per 4 sieve 0 oto 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 6to 3 6 Carrots, pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cucumbers 1 6to 3 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel. per sieve .0 oto 0 0 S p i naah,hf.-sv 0 9to 1 0 tiros. sprouts, 1 :1 to 1 6 Old onions, dz bun 1 3to 1 6 New do., doz bun 0 4to 0 91 French beans, li.e. 0 oto 0 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 2to 0 3 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to lOs Od; poults, Os Od to Os Od each, geese, 4s Od to 6s Od ; goslings, Gs Od to 8s Od ; ducklings, 3s 6d to 5s 6d; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each; wild do., 8d to Is 2d ; pigeons, 8d to is Od each ; large Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 10s Od; chickens, 5s Od to 8s Od; barn-door fowls, 3s 6d to 7s Od; capons, 4s 6d; hares, 2s Od to 38 Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os 0(1 to Os Od ; ptarmigan, 2s Gd to 3s 6d ; woodcocks, 3s Gd to 48 ; snipes, is 9d to 2s Od ; teal, is Od to is 3d; wild ducks, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; widgeons, 2s Od to 2s 6d; plovers, Os 9d to Os is 6d each; guinea fowls, 3s Od to 6s Od ; roasting pigs, 4 s Od to 8s Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, lld to is 2d ; English, is 2d to is 5d per lb ; English eggs, 6s 6d to 7s Od ; French do., 6s Od to 6s Gd per 120; leverets, 2s Od to 2s 6d each. 1 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 i Horseradish, pbn 1 ot o 3 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 2to 0 4 Celery, per ditto 0 9to 1 6 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 3 Mushrooms,p potl 0 9to 1 3 Artichokes, pr dz 3 oto 6 0 Cabbage letts,psc 0 oto 0 0 Endive, per score 1 oto 1 6 Radishes, dz hods 6 oto 1 6 Tomatoes, pr h ter 0 oto U 0 Walnuts. per 100 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 2to 0 6 Asparagus, pr do. 3 6to 7 0 Sea kail, per pun. 0 9 to 1 3 NEWPORT. Beef, from 38 2d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 48 6d lamb, 4a 8d to 5 s 6d ; vea l , 3 a 6d to 4s 6d ; and p or k, 3 3 2d to 4s Od per 81bs WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 6d ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and pork, 3s 2d to 4s 9d per 81b., by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. %Salmon, 2s Od to 28 6d ; trout, Os 041 to Od ; eels, 8d to Is ; prawns, 3sod to 4s; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb. Turbots, 2s 6d to 15s ; cod, 2s Od to 78 Od ; brills, is Od to 6s Od ; doreys, Is Od to 5s Od ; mullets, 6d to is Od ; lobsters, 6d to 3s Od ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and pullets, 4d to is Od each; soles, 3d to is 6d per pair; common oysters, 16s to 20s ; natives, 42s to —s per bushel ; whitings, 3s Od to lOs Od ; haddocks, 4s to 16s Od ; smelts, 2s 6d ; flounders, is Od to is 6d per dozen; mackerel, 40s; fresh herrings, 6s; bloaters, 8s to Os per 100; carp and tench, 5s per brace. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6d to 7d; of household do., 41d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3i-d to 4d ; 641 b to 721 b, 4d to 4.4 d ; 721 b to 801 b, 4fd to 5d ; 801 b to 881 b, 5d to 51d ; 881 b to 961 b, 51-d to 5111; 961 b to 1041 b, sld to 6d. Horse hides, 88 Od to 10s Od ; calf skins, light, 2s 61 to 4s ; ditto full, 6s Od to 7s Od ; polled sheep, 8s 6d to 10s 6d ; half-breds, 7s 6d to 98 6d ; Downs, 6s Od to 8s Od ; lambs,--s Od to --s 04; shearlings, is 3d to is 4d. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. —Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 88 ; clover, do., £4 5s to £5 ss; and straw, 4s to £1 8s per load. Trade rather dull. CUMBERLAND. --Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 8s; clover do., £4 Os to £5 5s Od ; and stre.w, £1 4s to .£1 8s per lead. Both hay and straw movod off slowly at our quotations. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 las to £4 8s ; clover do., £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, LI 3s to L 1 8s per load. A slow inquiry. COAL MARKET—Arum 1. (Prices oi Coal per Ton at the close of the market.) s. d. , Walls End. Davison's West Hart ley 15 3 Lambert's West Hart- R. d. Lambton. 18 6 Whitworth.. 14 0 Framwellgate 15 0 Kelloo l7 0 Tees 18 6 'est Hetton ..16 0 ShineWe South Hartlepool. 16 0 Harton l4 3 Eden Main .15 6 Hough Hall 15 3 Powell's Duffryn Steam 21 0 76—Sold, 53. ley 14 9 Burnhope 12 0 Wylam l4 0 Tanfield Moor 11 3 Tanfield Moor Butes 11 3 Walker Primrose 11 0 Grey's West Hartley l5 0 : ANGE. - -YESTERDAY. 11 141 hs. 11 161 11 161 25 0 25 0 13 5 25 2 25 27 25 271 • 117 k 11 5 11 10 35 49 4 49 29 80 25 371 401 121 121 52 52 11 14 11 16 11 16 25 15 25 15 13 SI 25 10 2.5 321 25 32i 1171 11 1 11 20 35 49i 491 29 90 26 45 40 121 121 52 53 UNITED SERVICE INSTI2'UIION. Walls End. Acorn Close 15 6 Ships at market COURSE OF EXCI Anisterdam Ditto Rotterdam Antwerp Brussels Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — Vienna Trieste PetersDurgh Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro 6O days at. New York .E.I. CO ' s bis. House blo. 60d Calcutta, Co.'a rupee 26 2 4 Bombay ditto Madras ditto 26 24 Bast India Company s Bills drawn, from the 18th ult. to the 25th wt. v ~ v Bengal £343 19 0 Madras 0 0 0 Bombay: 0 0 0 5313:19 0 TIIE PIICENIX TRIALS. DUBLIN, FRIDAY., The trial of O'Sullivan was resumed yesterday at Tralee. Prior to the statement of the Solicitor- General for the prosecution, Mr. Coffey intimated that he had received a letter from the prisoner, which left him no alterna tive but to withdraw from further acting as counsel for the defence. A discussion ensued as to whether the letter should be read in open court. The Solicitor-General objected to its being read in the presence of the jury, or published pending the trial. Baron Greene said he had read the letter, and it ought not to be published. It should be regarded as a confidential communication between the pri soner and his counsel. The Solicitor-General—I understand that to be an order of the Court. Baron Greene assented. The Solicitor-General said he gave notice that if anything were done to the contrary he would take such steps, under his lordship's direction, as he might be advised. Baron Greene—ln my opinion the publication of that letter would be a contempt of court and a violation of the Ittw, and an offence which would subject the party guilty of it to a severe penalty. The Solicito.,--General will avail himself of the law in case it bf, violated ; and as far as depends on any power of min e I s h a ll b e very happy to assist the la. Messrs. Coffey, Nelligan, and John O'llagan, and the prisoner's attorney then retired from the court. The jury were then recalled, and The Sohcitor-General proceeded to state the case for the prosecution, and in the course of his obser vations said that amongst the persons arrested in Kerry and Cork on charges such as that for which the prisoner was now on trial, were seven national schoolmasters, three attorney's .elerks, a well paid grocer's assistant, the parties not being of the lowest class, and none of them having any connection whatever with land. He vindicated the proclama tion issued by the Lord Lieutenant, which; he said, had had the effect of deterring persons from partici pation in the conspiracy, and converting what had been previously a compact; well•knit - confederacy into a rope of sand, which fell into the atoms of which it was composed, such a result being what always followed where guilt was the sole bond of union between parties. The more timid abandoned the confederacy altogether—the more unscrupulous determined to sacrifice their Companions —and the result had been that about 30 arrests in all had been made. The details of the learned gentleman's ad dress were so much the same as those given on the last trial that repetition is unnecessary. In con clusion he said that in the discharge of the painful duty which devolved upon him he trusted he had satisfied them that the course taken by the govern ment was a wise and proper one, and that they could not have overlooked the evidences of con spiracy which had been laid before them. He had endeavoured carefully to abstain from stating to the jury anything that he was not prepared to prove. Baron Greene said that before the evidence pro ceeded he wished to ask the prisoner if he desired to have an opportunity . of 'reconsidering 'his deter. mination. -If so ha . -would give him a reasonable time to get counsel. The Prisoner said—No, under the circumstances. Daniel Sullivan (Goulah), the approver, was then sworn and examined by Mr. Hickson,.Q.C. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to ten years' penal servituide. THE BELFAST TRIALS. At the assizes in Belfast, yesterday, Henry Smith, Bernard Smith, James Donahy, Patrick Kelly, James Kelly, Francis M‘GOuran; William Laverty, William Finnegan, David M'Veigh, Hugh Finlay, John Finlay, Daniel M'Kenna, Daniel Barr, and William John Macauley, were then put forward and indicted for that they, and each of them, belonged to an unlawful society, and that there was an illegal secret society in Belfast from Ist September, 1839, until the Ist October, 1856, and that society did continue up to the 12th of December, 1858, having secret si gns an d passwor d s, and that hey and each of them belonged to that society up to the 12th of December, 1858, when arrested, and were thereby guilty of unlawful con federacy and combination. There were several other counts varying the indictment and quoting the words used as passwords by the society of which the traverser were charged with being members, and setting forth that the prisoners had corresponded with each other, and with other s , thereby being guilty of unlawful confederacy and combination. The prisoners pleaded not guilty. A jury having been sworn, Sir Thomas Staples, Q.C., stated the case for the Crown. A great deal of interest attached to some disclo sures as to the fact of if note having been written by the approver Kelly, whilst in gaol, addressed to a younger brother. This note was traced t) the possession of the Crown, by whom it was not pro duced, and after considerable debate the judge ruled that it was competent to give secondary evi• dence of its nature and import. The constabulary who made the arrest of th e p r i soners were examined, and identified the traversers, as did Mrs. Mackay, in whose house the arrests took place, and the servants who were in the house at the times Sir Thomas Staples then proposed an adjourn ment of the trial till next morning, which was agreed to, and the jury, on the ground of the charge being for misdemeanour, were permitted to return to their homes, to reassemble at a quarter past nine this (Friday) morning. [BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.] BELFAST, SATURDAY. The jury having been locked up for the night, and not being able to agree, were discharged. Tuesday has been fi xe d f or aga i n try i ng the pri soners, and Monday to hear any application on affidavit against the trial being proceeded with at the present assizes. T.HE LATE MARQUIS OF WATERFORD. The death of this excellent nobleman has cast a deep gloom over all classes in the south of Ireland, where he was best known as an indulgent resident landlord and a model country gentleman. The following additional particulars of the sad accident by which he lost his life are furnished by the Clonmel Chronicle, which arrived this morning : "The Marquis's foxhounds were to meet at Castlemorris, in the county of Kilkenny, and within a few miles of Car rick-on-Suir, and two of his lordship's best hunters, with the hounds, were sent on as usual at an early hour from Curraghmore to the place of meeting. At about 11 o'clock Lord Waterford, having breakfasted, mounted a car riage and pair, and with reins in hand dashed out of the courtyard in his accustomed splendid style. On he drove through that delightful demesne, but for the last time At Castlemorris a numerous field, numbering a great many of the well-known resident admirers of the sport, awaited the noble lord's arrival, to welcome him again to his favourite enjoyment. Two foxes had been killed, and on a third run Lord Waterford and about 15 gentlemen who remained to the close started from Corbally towards Dowlan-hill, his lordship seated on his favourite hunter, May Boy, whichho purchased about a year ago from the Master of the Meath hounds. On coming to a narrow by-road near the mountain grove, and after passing through a grass field, the huntsman in advance, J. Ryan, called out to Lord Waterford, who was approach ing a small fence about three feet high, and then pulled up the hunter, in order to allow the animal to step over it. My lord,' said Ryan, there is a bit of a gripe at the other side' (the road side of the ditch). ' Oh, never mind,' said the Marquis, as his horse got his forefeet over easily, but at the outer side of the gripe some loosO stones caused the animal to fall forward on its knees, throwing , the Marquis forward on one side of its neck. He remained in that posi tion two or three moments, but, the horse not recovering itself, Lord Watorford fell out of the saddle sideways, and came down upon kis he a d on th e roa d— a very slight fall, but yet unhappily sufficient to cause dislocation of the neck, and probably concussion of the brain, causing almost imme diate death. Johnny Ryan, the steeplechaser, rider, and George Thompson, groom, saw his Lordship fall, dis mounted, and while the former held the dying nobleman's head on his breast, and the latter chafed his hands, the Marquis ceased to breathe. Captain Jephson and Dr. O'Ryan were instantaneously on the spot, with the hunts man, and brandy was poured into his mouth and externally applied, but animation returned not ; he was dead. The • remainder of the field returned in twenty minutes—after the deathof the third fox—to learn with dismay the sad ac cident which had taken place. The body, having been placed on a bier, was conveyed to the road, as no car could get up the lane, and there it was laid on a break-carriage belonging to Lord Bessborough, and slowly the mournful group wended their way to Curraghmore, where it arrived at about nine o'clock last night. The fearfully sad intelli gence was broken to the bereaved Marchioness, who awaited his Lordship's returning ; but who can describe her Lady ship's feelings as she listened to the suppressed grief and the strange stifled sounds in the courtyard below on that painful occasion, while bearing the remains of a deeply be loved husband into his late joyous residence ? Last night the Marchioness of Waterford's mother, Lady Stuart de Rothesay ; the heir to the title and estates, the Rev. Lord John Beresford, now fourth Marquis of Waterford ; and the Earl of Shrewsbury were telegraphed for, and their • arrival was hourly expected when we left Curraghmore. It is supposed that the mortal remains of the deceased lord will be interred in the family vault at Clonegam churchyard —on the estate—on Monday or Tuesday next." LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—IturL,M . arch 30.—Yester dayN24 The tubu eboat Insti signals of distress were observed Abergele Bay, it l b e a r i n l igfe abtoat, the c e h low t o i n d g e s, possible launched, and in les s th an a quarter of an hour afterwards she was alongside the dis tressed vessel, which was a sloop from Liverpool to Ram say with a general cargo. She had broken her boom, split her mainsail, and her small boat had been stove in. At the request of the master two of the lifeboat's crew boarded the s l oop to assist him to bring his vessel to a port of safety. Fortunately the weather moderated considerably, otherwise the vessel must have become a total wreck, as she was rapidly driving on shore when the lifeboat boarded her. Her crew felt very grateful for the timely assistance ren dered there. They were Maim:ten, and entirely ignorant of this mt. Last evening a lecture was delivered at this in stitution by Captain Tyler of the Royal Engineers, on " The Rifle and the Spade, 'or the Future of Field Operations." The kettn'er commenced by referring to , the three divisions under which the art of war might be considered ; of—first, siege operations ; s,econdly, field operations ; and thirdly, the defence of fortresses, and the modes of con struction to be adopted in defensive works. The influence of the modern rifle might be expected to produce important effects upon each of thew respectively. The subject as connected with siege operations had been considered by Capt. Tyler in a previous lecture ; it was treated with reference to field operations on the present occasion ; and its application to the third of these headings was reserved for a future opportunity. A good deal of discussion had taken place at home and abroad as to the probable effect of these new rifles upon future warfare ; and a warm controversy had more particularly been carried on in this country as: to theashrtoi showed eerelativethe Th e e er or c pe a so p ur alt results t fo i e tf s hhe of s riflemen an d fi e ld Th c a t t ice th o e f y t c h o e u r ld ifl i e n m ak en e at particular distances, and the lecturer contended that field artillery cou ld no longer stand against them. The relative merits and capabilities of modern rifles and field artillery were considered at some length, the lecturer remarking that the Armstrong gun, whose satisfactory performances had been brought to light subsequently to the pre vious discussion, did not make so much difference in this particular question as might be expected. Its powers to produce accurate effects' at long ranges Were very great ; but it would not be able to i do much more 'th an o th er guns i n keeping off Any wholly or partially concealed skirmishers wb.o might be scattered along its front or around its flanks, and, its great powers would not, under ordinary circum °stances, be profitably employed in a contest with skirmishers- at small arm ranges. The improve ments which had been attempted hitherto in spherical case shot did . not appear t o h ave b een attended with a ll the success that could be desired, though great ingenuity had been displayed in them. It remained to be seen whether missiles of an analo gous nature, some of which had already been con structed, could b emore - successfully_employ e d with the Armstrong or any other improved gun. This was probable, and most important results might be derived from them, under many circumstances, when the range was accurately known or the effects could be satisfactorily observed. Improvements generally were travelling in the direction of in creased power and precision both in artillery and small arms, and any means in which large quanti ties of expensive ammunition were employed with comparatively small or uncertain results would neces sarily give way to some extent before these quali ties. The best artillery we could procure, also, was urgently required for the defence of important points on our coasts, and it would be more than ever wanted for general use, in consequence of the increased use of entrenchments that would result from the -common employment of the rifle. The necessity for. such . entrenchments had become obvious. No body of troops contending against an enemy armed with 'the improved weapons of modern times would be safe when rifled guns and muskets came into full use so long as they were uncovered, and so long as hostile sharpshooters could approach within half a mile, or hostile field guns within three times the distance ofthern. It would, not be possible efficiently:to protect the masses by means of. skirmishers sent out for the purpose; soldiers Could carry no armour that would save them from the effects of such weapons ; and earthen parapets, combined with natural obstacles, were the only means by which future armies 'could hope to plaee themselves beyond the math of continual annoy ance, and even. of g ra d ua l ann ihil at i on. Defensive works, so constructed as not to impede subsequent offensive operations, would be required for the pro tection of defensive positions, and similar works would even be required in aid of offensive opera tions. When a post was occupied, it must be en- • trenched in order to be maintained ; when a piece of ground was acquired from the enemy which it was important to hold, it would be useful, if not indispensable, to entrench it, in order that it might serve as a base from which further. advances might be made;. and any works that were seized would require to have their defences reversed in the shortest possible time. In fact, field engineering must, in consequence of these rifle improvements, enter more and more into combination with Military tactics; facilities for the employment of the spade becoming of greater importance in proportion as the range and accuracy of the soldier's musket and of heavy guns, were practically increased. At present our sappers, 3,000 rank and file, besides 500 in India, were few in number for the multifarious occupations demanded of them ; our infantry but insufficiently instructed in such duties. We could not expect to make the most of our rifles, or to find ourselves in the posi tion which we ought to assume in future warfare, without a better instructed digging infantry, and a vastly increased force of sappers. Without putting the rifle into the hands of the people, as it was called, there would be no difficulty in organising, and in keeping up, a body of 100,000 rifle volun teers, from a class who would be alike ready to protect us from internal disturbance or from foreign invasion. With these men to harass the flanks and rear of an invading army, and to oppose their ad vanee, in conjunction with the regular troops and militia, from a series of entrenchments, provided by a sufficient number of sappers, the country might be disputed mile by mile by an invading army, in a manner that would prevent the possibility of its advance. If the Thames were protected, and our arsenals and dockyards secured by suitable fortifi cations, adapted to modern weapons, and if the above means were provided, we should be not only exempted from all fear of the results of a hostile invasion, but we should go very far to prevent such a measure being even contemplated. Under pre sent circumstances we could not be without appre hension as to the first results of any invasion which might be suddenly attempted; and we were in a great measure dependent on our fleets for the de fence of our coasts; and which were expected to maintain our naval supremacy in every part of the world. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, April 2.—Wind this day at noon, S. ; mode breeze and cloudy. PORT:SMOUTD, April 1.--Wind E. to S.W.—Arrived-- Merlin, from Antwerp for Havannah. CLYDE, April L--Wind W.N.W.—Anived—Robert Leonard, for St. John, N. 8.; Ann Aligusta, ditto; Mac, for Charleston. CinDiFr, W.S.N.—Sailed—Ocean Tra veller, for New York. DovEn, April I.—Wind W.S.W.—Put back—King of the Forest, with loss of mainmast and boat, and much damage to bulwarks, staunchoons, &c., having driven athwart hawse of the Dement, screw steamer, from London for Cardiff. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning A telegram states that the screw steamer Peninsular passed Hurst at 10.10 a in. Wind W.; blowing strong. Arrived.--Kingston, from Hull, bound to Montreal, put in leaky; Wondor, steamer, from Jersey, Havre, steamer, from Havre; Georges, from Cherbourg.; L'Etoile, from Carentan. Sailed.—Courier, steamer, for Jersey; Alliance, steamer, for Havre. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind N.W.; moderate. Arrived, April I.—Cairo, screw steamer, from Alex andria, _ Arrived, April 2—Cassiterites, from Islay ; -Arequipa, from Bahia; Lindisfarne, from Cerea; Migpah, from Leghorn ; Reine des Plots, from Nantes. (BY'SUBMARINE AND 'BRITISH TELEGRAPIL) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Wind S.W. ; tide, fir s t hou r ' s flood ; cloudy. Arrived, April I—Nile, from Calcutta; Sarpsborg, from A SarP arh s ü bo us rg ; ; El A le d n o , lp f h ru , m fr s om t. 3Efinchgaleehroslr Alone, from Kal- ; ona, Kristine, from Aarhuus; Ellen, from St. Michael's; Along, from Kal lundorg. Arrived, April 2.—Altena, from Horsens ; Frowke, from Worcum; Swmcan from Odessa; Alf re d , from Drohak-; Elfleda, and David 'Martha, both from Guernsey; Hanover, from Autwery. Sailed, April I.—Warrior, steamer, for Mogador. Wind, W.S.W. ; very strong.DEAL, Satu r d a y M orn i ng . Passed—City of Quebec, from London for Montreal N ew Express, brig, from westward for north. A prohibition to export horses beyond the limits of the Zollverein has just been published in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. FIRE AND Loss OF LlFE.—Yesterday morning Mr. Wakley received information of the death of Mrs. Bridget Summers, aged 40 years, who resided atJ. Ragan's lod ging - house-keeper, No. 37, George-street, St. Giles's. It appeared 'that smoke was seen issuing from the front window s by some of the neighbours. Deceased, who had been intoxicated, was found nearly burnt to a cinder. Another woman was lying on the ground nearly suffocated, and also intoxicated. Three others were in an adjoining room in a similar condition; they were extricated as soon as possible. Had the flames spread the whole must have been burnt. A FATAL ACCIDENT AT WORCESTER.—A ticket-of leave man was killed a few days ago a t th e W orces t er Rail way Station, by falling down a long* of stone steps. He was to have proceeded to Birmingham by an early train, but was so drunk when he presented himself at the Bcfek ing-office, that ho was not allowed to go. He came to• the station again at a late hour, and while waiting for a train, leaned against a gate at the top of a stone staircase, leading tp some of the company's offices. The gate flew open, and he was precipitated head foremost to the bottom. When picked up he was found to be dying, having in the fall dm o r . in located his n ec k. I n hi s p oc k e t s wer e found a bearingticket-7f \lveaayve,tieket from t 'Bristol henalneof to Jo 3 h i n an lNerhealestoerr,Male , ,uld abut 8s a free a 1 money. A verdict of accidental , death was returned - at Iho inquest, which was held on Monday.