The Sun. — London, England, 1860-05-02 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. About 425,000 in gold was taken into the Bank of England yesterday, and as there is still a large supply in hand, while the export demand is mode rate, it is expected that further additions will be made to the stock of bullion during the next few days. There is a very quiet demand for money, and as the rates still range as low as 4+ per cent., a reduc tion in the minimum to 41 per cent. is expected to-morrow. This measure, it is thought, will be fully justified by the improvement that has taken place in the general resources of the establishment through the falling off in the demand for money and the favourable specie movement. It is con sidered probable that the rates will descend to a comparatively low point ; but, on the other hand, there can be no doubt that, as soon as the market assumes an easy position, new projects will be brought forward which, if encouraged, will absorb a large aggregate amount of capital. The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were generally a trifle lower. The steamer Tasmanian, which leaves to-day for the West Indies, will take out £6OO in gold, and £5,800 in silver. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday the transactions were rather less extensive, and prices were very firm. The sales were 8,000 bales. The Railway Share Market was closed. The market for Public Securities opened with a very buoyant appearance, and in consequence of continued purchases, a further rise of 1 per cent. took place. Sellers, however, then came forward, and a reaction ensued. Consols at one time were 94,1 for money, and 94: .1 for the 9th inst ; they has.re since declined, however, to 941 a and 941 re spectively. For June the quotation is 94: 1. The New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced have improved to 93 ; India Stock remains at 2191 ; ditto New Lean has advanced to 1061 ; ditto Debentures are firmer at 97,-1; and Exchequer Bills are 6s. to 10s. p:rem. Increased firmness is apparent in the Foreign Stock Market, and the transactions have been rather extensive. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 761 to 77 ; ditto New 611 to 611 ; Portuguese have im proved to 441 ; Russian 5 per Cents. to 1081 ; ditto 41 per Cents. to 971 98 ; Sardinian, to 851 85; Spanish, to 481; ditto Deferred, 37; Mexican, to 21! y ; and Brazilian Scrip, to 1 prem. ; Austrian 5 per Cents. are marked 72 73. The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 21 p rem. ; the Universal ditto, 2- prem. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been to a moderate extent, and prices have shown increased buoyancy. Great Northern, Great Wes tern, Midland, and South-Eastern improved ss. ; Great Northern A Stock, London and Blackwall, North-Western, North British, and Oxford, Wor cester, and Wolverhampton 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have also been at enhanced values. Great Luxembourg rea lise 647 ; East Indian, 102 ; Great Indian Penin sula, 994 100; Grand Trunk of Canada, 341 341 ; and Great Western of Canada, 131 131. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in steady demand at about former rates. Victoria Government 6 per Cents. have been in active request, and have improved to 1071 1071. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93; I .1 - 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities QS -1 $ 1 I h New 3 per Cent. Annuities Anns. 30 Years, expire sth Jan., 1880 Ditto for 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 17 7-16 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per cent — Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto 51 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 1858 9Th 7 Ditto, 1859 Dito Bonds, 11,000 lO Consols for Account (May 9) 951 i a I Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 6 10 p Ditto £5OO lO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto, 1859 Brazilian 5 Per Cent. • Ditto 41 per cent. 1858 Ditto Scrip, 1860 Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Yeluvian. 41 per Cent — Ditto Accoant Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Portuguese. 1853, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Russian, 1822, -,f; St., 5 per Cent lOBl Ditto 41 per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 Sardinian, 5 per Cent B5l 6 Spanish 3 per Cent 4B Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. — Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account . 6ll ! 1 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in Lonuon. Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 66 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account WESTMINSTER PALACE ROTEL COM- PANY. An extraordinary general meeting of this com pany, convened by requisition, was held yesterday, at St. James's Hall, in order to consider the expe diency of carrying out the proposed arrangement with 'the Secretary of State in Council of India, and. of appointing a committee of shareholders to inves tigat e the position of the company's affairs—Lord Che'isea in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said the agreement with the In dia Bo and was for three years, at a rent of £6,000 per annum, the India Board to have 160 rooms, and the company to have a monopoly for the supply of refreshments to persons connected with the esta blishment, and the agreement, if carried out, would prove - very advantageous to the shareholders. He concluiled by moving, "That, in the opinion of this meeting, the agreement with the India Board is benefit Aal to the interests of the shareholders, and that tl ae board be requested to carry it out." Sir C. RUSSELL, in seconding the motion, said the hotel would have, when the agreement was carriei I out, 197 rooms available. Mr. BROOK moved, and Mr. NEIL seconded, an amend ment to the effect that no steps should be taken to carry out the proposed agreement at pre sent, a nd that a committee be appointed to investi gate tEe matter, to consist of Mr. Edwin Potter, Mr. M orton, Captain Corner, Mr. Charles Harris, and Mr. Charles Brook. Mr. TRESHFIELD, solicitor to the company, was of opinion that the shareholders were morally, and not leg; illy, bound to carry out the agreement. After a great deal of discussion, the amendment was put; and negatived, the original resolution being carried., A poll having been demanded, the meeting, which had las ted upwards of four hours, was adjourned to Mon day. - THIS DAYS MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The q uantity of English wheat received fresh up to-day was ver y limited ; but we had some of Monday's unsold samples„ on offer in fair average condition. All kinds met a dull i aquiry at Monday's decline in value of fully is per qr., an, I at which millers operated with extreme caution. Fcrr foreign wheat there was scarcely any inquiry, and the quotations were nominally unaltered. There was less aetivit y in the demand for floating cargoes, on former terms. Nearly the whole of the barley on offer was disposed of at exti .erae rates. The malt trade was far from active ; in prices, however, no cht Inge took place. Oat s commanded very full prices, but the demand for them was far from active. Bee ns and peas were very firm ; but the demand for flour was b eavy, at barely last week's currency. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. .Flour. Engllsh 2,080 ( 330 870 890 Irish— 300 / For( ,gn 5,630 1,510 ' 9,560 900 As. I I I pls. BOROUGH HOP. e (Inland for most hinds of hops, the show of which is call y moderate, is restricted. Prices, however, are sup por te, i WHITECHAPEL. Our market is well supplied with meat. On the whole a fair :average business is doing. E;eef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 4s Od to 5s Od ; lamb ) 5s 4d to 6s 4d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s 0d ; pork, 38 6d to Os 0 d per Sibs. S (IA RE MA RKE T.-( THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. Paid. l i Ci p l O r i f :g 011811101111 Done. 'Amber;., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction Belfast and Ballymena Eir., Wol., and Str. Val. Eirk..L a., and Ch. June , Blackburn Myth and Tynb Bost.Slefd.& Mid. Coun Bristol and Exeter , ralerlonian Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork and Bandon Cork, 131krock,&Pass age Cornwall Do. A A roves. no div Do. B untili3p.c.per an hasbeen pd.toß Dublin an dßelfast June Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Suffolk Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction iFurness ,Glasgow& South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock 'Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall. Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast Lond. Chat. and Dover London & North Westn' Do. Eighths Lcndon& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen. Man., Shef., & Lincoln IMaryport and Carlisle IDo. do. Shares Metropolitan Ni"!dland Do. Birming. & Derby.; Mid. (it. West. (Ireland) Do. Si:wares Mid Kent Do. (Cray Line) Newcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefdl Newry & Armagh (def.) Newry, Warpt., & Roe INorfolk 'North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.—Arec.no eff df 8 8 / 1 70 72 114 124 1021 n IC4 90f 91} 61 7 8 8 18 18 38 38 5f 65f 26 28 77 79 31i 32 99 100 114 115 115 117 131 133 113 114 691 70 60 65 105} 106 68 70 113 115 11 12 1001 101 id p 91i 92} 11 12 42 12& 2& 2 d 1161 117 94 96 104 114 7 6d, 54 58 34 Rd 611 611 until 6p.o.hasbeenpdß Do. 3 Stock Nor ,41-2Eastn.—Berwick Do. do-. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leodg 95 so 11 14 d 49 494 791 804 106 108 31 35 4 9} 94 43 44 Stalk Stock 20 10 Stock 10 Do. York I North Lon don North Staffoidshire No. & Sou. W. ,Tunetion Oxford, Wor.,& Vrolver Peebles 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney Stock Scottish Central Stock 3coth. N. E., Aber. Stock Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock' Stock Shropshire Union 10 ;Sittingbounie & Sheer Stock South Devon StocklSouth-Eastern Stock South Wales Stock SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun Staines, Wok., & Wok 25 aStockton & Darlington 25 Do. do. Ctockton & Hartlepool tockT,IT Vale Stock,Do. Preference, No. 1 25 Thai w sHavenDic ScR ail 60 !Ulster' 25 Do. 12 10 t D 0.... Stock Vale of Noatki . 10 'Victoria StatlOn & Pim Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 50 iWaterford & .1 - Jimerick 20 !West Cornwall . 20 tWest London 10 Do. Ist Class .. 20 nn. 2d Clasc . 121 , Worcester & Hereford PREFERENCE SHARES. Share' Railways. Paid. l Closing Busi Prim. Done. ness Sharel 12.10 13.14 Stoek Stock Stock S 20 I Stock, 12.10 1 Blythe and Tyne /C per c. pref. (issued at £5O Bris. & Exet.4p.et.Stock !Do. do. do. Shares :,Caledon £lO, 4i per cent (Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. !Cork & Bandon, 5i p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent. Dun. Perth, i Aber.Jun :,E.Angn. Clat 38 A 7& spel Do. do. Ow B 6pc Do. do. Cl as s C 7 pc ! E. Coun. Ex . 5 p ct. No.l : Do. do No 2, :(Do. New 6 per et. Stoc . k! Eastern Uni In. 4 per et., 1 Do. 5 per cent, guar. . 1 Edin.ArGlas. 5 pc shares l Do. 4 p.c. ire a. S. & D.! Edin.PerthA, Dun. 4 pc., !Furness, 5 per cent ....I Gl as. 8,-S West,r a.spc.l ;Great Northern, 5 p. ct.l Do. 5 pc Redrz 1.,10p.c.pm! Do. 4i p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. Redn %,5 pc. pm ' Gt. Nh. of Sea tld, let pt ; f Gt. Sn.& W Ireland) 4! p. et. pref. Stock I lgreat West. (B erks and, Hants) Ext. 5 p.et. Do. Redeemable, 4i pet.' Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. ;Do. Irredeemabl.e, do I Do. 5 p. ct. Rod -,er,i.Pref 1 Do. Birm. fret. Shares! Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.e.rtsh.! Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref • Do, Birming. guar. stock! Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do ,Do. do. do. ;Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock I Do. Barnsl. S tXS 3slodpc , Da. 6 per c. (E. Lan) .. Lon,&Brig.spc gu. No.l Do. , 5 p. c ...No. 2 Do. Ten, 6 p. ct. Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Do. Do. .'4 per cent Do. do. 44 per c. shares Do. 7 per e( nt. Pref. St. Do. 6 p. c. do.(N. E. &C.P.) D 0.4 p.c S.(div:•def.tir 65) Lond. Chat. an d Dover Lon.& N.W.Cov. dr Nun raton, 5 p. ct. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.a. stock, Londondy & Cole, 1 shs. London dy. & Ennis 4 sh. Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct. Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent. Do. redeem. 6 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent... .. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Sl%ook. Do.Con.Bris.&l3lr.ep.Ct. Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1560 ;Do. Leis. & Hit.pref. Newport,Aber,dic.pref .5 p. o. redeem, at 5 p.c.n m Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with opt on till 1866 Do., till 1869, Ist is Do. do., 2d is. Norflk 5 p. c. Ex.Stk,lB46 Do. 51 p. e. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWavVal.E.K.Sk 1847 North British, 6 percent' Do. New, gua. 5 per cent' Do, Bor. Un. g. pf. shs.; Do. do. do. I Nth.Dev.Rall.&L` , lr.Co. N-East.Cons. Prei.4p.c. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters,lB4B' 140. York, H.& S. Purch INorth Staffordshire Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 po. Ist g IDo. Redeem., 2d gua Do. Irredeem., 2d gua Rhymney Guaranteed Scottish Central, new p 1 Scottish North-Eastern 31 per c. pre:. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. 0. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. I,NO, Fixed 44 per cent. South Eastern (Readint Ann., 1.0 6 ) Do .41 p er cent Do. Fixed 4 41 3 . 0 . 1 5 t Is • South Wales, gull. 4 1 3 . 0 . Do. 41 per cet't • S.-Yorkshire, 4 p ‘C• gus. Stock. and Dar. A ,7 p.c. Do. B 6 per cent .. • • Do. C 6 per cent : V7atrfd & Kilkny, 6p.0 Ln& N.Vri Ln& N.W I Do. IDo. Do. lealedonin C 'Gt.North. E.Counts. BedtorA and Bletchieyl all Buckinghamshire { 100 Chester & Holyhead 100 Do. do. 5.} ct. 100 Do. do. 5 p. ClydeadaleJunCtion ' 100 Colchester, Stour Yal 1 all E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.o 1 100 E Union,HarwichShs all Do. Woodbridge I ino Gla.Barr.&Neils,Drct • 100 D DDa Glo r s o. Do. Shares,.,_.._. iNro&ssoe Shares..._ D v . aaD c ri c a ee k n ss o .R. ... e l t: a a o 11 11 • all o ll Hull and Selby ... ; all I Lane. &Carl.gua.s p.c. 00 London&Greenwieh .1 WO 1)0. Preference . LcP.,Tilby.&Soutend lOO Lovestoft, gua. 4p. et lOO Do. 6 per cent lOO Mane., Buxtn. & Rlatk I all adford Prefer-, ence Stock Newmarkt..l 7 - , y Exi l 5, 5. 6. l E.Counta g,narantee4 C. Northn.k, /7. 5 p.c I all Do.l Do. do. G p cut. all Do. Do. Fixed fl - per cent. all Do. North Western .....•' all Midland L&N W) Preston and Wypa. all ,& L.Yk. Do. dliares A.' all D 0.......! Royfitn,Hitch.,& Sher)! 100 'Gt.'N'orth. fihronAyry& Hereford 100 T Brassoy Do. Do. 1 ... • South Staireqlsbire all M'Clean . Wilts and S OR i°ll3o, 100 Gt. West Wh - nbledonar CrCvdn..4 all L.StErgta 981 51 511 125 127 113 115 103 105 ' 16 17 139 141 4# 4i Caledonin Do. .Gt. West iYk.N.&Br !Do. ... Do. Ln&NAWi S. East Do. !Pet° &Co Norfolk 95 97 IFI I 55 57 14i 15 :135 127 1101 103 lot 11 91 93 .1 711 DOCKS. ! Paid Cios~ gluDosoß inelig rrioe. • LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. -`-"""*1 Leasing Closing BusinslS Co.'s. I Price. Done. N 98 1100 102 61 6 99 101 110 113 103 108 110 112 109 111 124 126 80 82 fllO 112 90 92 I 75i 70 118 120 117 119 110 112 103 105 85 87 96 98 98 100 88 90 90 92 tO2 103 9* I.o* 17 18 10 101 74 76 191 20 94 101 141 15 t3B 140 115 117 115 117 139 142 115 117 [54 157 L 32 138 68 70 21 22 115 117 [sli 157} 12 121 125 127 in 68 70 P 138 140 101 103 94 1 96 p 9& lot 111 12i IPp 10 111 08 110 P 90 V 2 95 97 1 01 d ip 22 3 i 234 LH 126 1117 119 73 75 10 10i 23 23i 100 102 100 102 89 91 99 101 84 88 28 29 32} 834 32 33 50 53 Stock 50 &Mk Stock Stock, Stock Stock 25 I Stock Stock Stock Stock! Stock Stock Stock 20 Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stock Stock Stook Stock; Stockl Stock Stock] Stock Stock 12 12 Stock Stock 12 124 Stock Stock Stock SW,* 10 12 10 121 I Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock - 10 101 Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stook 10 Si Stocki St ock Stock 10s. 10 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Shrze Dooks. Stockj StocluCornmcreial lOO r Stock;Do4pereent.Pret.Min lOO ..ai Stocki East and \Yost India.., 100 . Stock; London .. Stoekliet. Katharine lOO Stock!Southampton lOO —. ;0 Victoria . l.OO 100 103 1101 i ;Do DTP'?I yekoisetupeomp i l. 2 r. 1 OS 911 v t - Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock I ail et} 65 41 31i f 1141 1114 70 691 1 I 108 5f 6 89?, 70 1141 131 14 12 10 9; of ; f a 921 42j 2 114 I all 100 31 100 100 611 1 96} 6 44 I 791 80/ 431 1 4 3j 14 16 115 117 35& 36f 88 90 48 50 4 3d 42 14 87& 83 1 65 67 ' 78 82 6 8 394 40f p 554 561 2i 5860 d 3i ip 10 11 51 6 -- 3 2 d 87; 8 71 1 all ] 100 991 9 91} 1021 all 100 100 100 all all 100 100 100 all all ,110 112 1207 210 63 65 115 120 j 94 97 4 311 96 5 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. LA TV INTELLIGENCE.-(TRIS DAY.) Paid. Closing ihnsiness done Share Railways. Price. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Before the Lord Chief Baron, and Barons Martin and Bramwell.) GEN. BEATsoN V. SKENE. Upon the sitting of the Court this morning it was ex pected that this extraordinary case of libel would be pro ceeded with, but Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., who is counsel for the gallant general, made an application to the Court to postpone the further hearing of the case. The learned gentleman said if the Court granted his application he should be prepared to proceed to-morrow morning, or any other day the Court might think fit to appoint. The Court assented to the application of the learned gentleman, and the case was postponed until to-morow. In the Court of Queen's Bench and the Court of Com mon Pleas the business during the early part of the day was totally devoid of public interest. SHERIFFS' COURT. 4N UNHANDSOME REMARK £BOUT ♦ HANSOM CABMAN, COHEN V. WEBSTER. This was an action to recover damages as compensation for injuries sustained through the alleged negligence of the driver of one of defendant's cabs. Mr. Buchanan, for plaintiff, said that upon a certain day plaintiff was in Cheapside, near the Mansion-House, and was about to cross the road-wltn defendant's cab came up and the wheel passed over his foot. He had suffered very severely, and was even now quite lame. Plaintiff was called, and sail that he had left the Syna gogue in the Old Jewry and WES crossing over towards the Mansion-House. He looked abut him, and seeing nothing, stepped off the kerb, when he was run over. He fainted away. His Honour—What time was it ? Plaintiff—Between 11 and 2 The driver of the cab was called by Mr. Griffiths, and said that he was only walking towards the Bank, and plain tiff stepped off the kerb, and before the horse could be stop ped the wheel was on plaintiff's foot. A gentleman present advised that witness should take plaintiff home, and gave plaintiff a shilling to pay the fate. Witness dil take plain • tiff home, and refused to accept the shilling. His Honour thought the driver had behaved very well, which was something to be marvelled at in the conduct of a Hansom. (To the driver)—Tour's is a Hansom ? Driver—Yes. His Honour—lt appears thatio ngligence has been shown on the part of the driver, and I must find for the defendant. Mr. Griffiths said that he had a constable present who had been told by plaintiff that he (plaintiff) slipped off the kerb. His Honour thought that was very probable, and allowed the witnesses. POLICE INTELLIGENUE.—( This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SCANDALOUS ClEAßGE.—Thomas Morgan, a respectable looking young man, employed as porter at Mr. Sandilands', 55, Regent-street, was charged with stealing a pin of the value of £l, from the person of Joseph Philipe, in Hyde Park. The prosecutor, whose real name is laid to be Cohen, and who calls himself an interpreter of languages, but who speaks execrable French and English, and acts as a tout for one of the hotels in the neighbourhood of Lei eester-square, said he was in Hyde Park the previous after noon, engaged showing a Frenchman the sights of Lon don, when the prisoner and a companion pushed against him, and the prisoner then stole his pin from his neck cloth. He followed the prisoner, who in his flight threw the pin away. Having picked up the pin he continued his pursuit of the prisoner, who, suddenly stopping, threatened to give him "two or three eyes," and struck him on the wrist. He afterwards gave the prisoner in charge to the park-keeper. He had seen the prisoner in bad company outside of the theatres. • The park-keeper said that the young man when he took him into custody said the prosecutor ought to be ashamed of himself for what be had done to him, that he had unbut toned his trousers and put his hand on his person. Mr. Bingham asked the prosecutor whether he had not charged a young man at Bow -street with an exactly similar thing, axd whether the magistrate did not discharge the prisoner, not believing his (prosecutor's) evidence. The prosecutor said that was the case. Mr. Bingham then asked the prosecutor whether he had not preferred a similar charge against a person at the Man sion-house ? Prosecutor said he had never been at the Mansion house. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1860. THIRD EDITION. The park-keeper said that when he went up to take the prisoner into custody the prosecutor had the pin in his hand. He had inquired at the address given by the accused and found it correct, and his employer was now present. Mr. Sandilands, 55 Regent-street, in whose employ the accused is, said the accused had been in his employ about 10 months, was very honest, and well connected, and kept very early hours, He had sent him to Chelsea Hospital with a parcel and he was on his way home at the time. Mr. Albert, the interpreter of the:court, said the prosecu tor had been convicted at the Mansion House, and sen tenced to three months' imprisonment for an indecent as sault. Mr. Bingham (to the accusetl)—You are discharged. The prosecutor said, a few minutes afterwards, that he was prevented leaving the court. Mr. Bingham (emphatically)—l am sure there is not a person here who wishes your company. The prosecutor then slunk out of court. THAMES. IMPUDENT ROBBERY IN A PUBLIC-HOUSE.--Margaret M'Carthy, a powerful and profligate Irishwoman, with a black eye and a damaged nose, the effects of a recent con flict in which she had been engaged, was brought before Mr. Yardley charged with stealing 9s. and a bunch of keys from the person of William Bowen, a blacksmith, of No. 60, Robin Hood-lane, Poplar. The prosecutor, a man about 50 years of age, stated that, he went into the Angel public-house, in Back-road, Shad well, on Tuesday night last, and called for a glass of rum. The prisoner was there, and asked him to treat her with liquor, and on his refusal to do so she raised him in her arms, carried him from one end of the gin-shop to the other end, then knocked him down and rifled his pockets, from which she took nine shil lings in silver and a bunch of koys. Before he oeuld recover himself the prisoner fled with his money. He gave information to the police, and the prisoner was ap • prehended yesterday. Mr. Yardley—Did she knock you down with her fist ? Witness —She did, sir. It was a severe blow. I went down like a bullock. ' Mr. Yardley—What sort of a house is the Angel ?—I need scarcely ask. Police-Sergeant Cox, No. 45 K, said the Angel was a better conducted house than it used to be, and Mr. George, the present landlord, was doing all he could to prevent rob beries and disorderly conduct therein. If Mr. George had been at home when the prisoner and prosecutor were there the robbery would have been prevented. George P. Stevens, barman at the Angel, said he saw the prisoner carry Bowen from one end of the bar to the other on Thursday night, but the man was not knocked down. Mr. Yardley --I would rather believe the prosecuter than I would believe you. Stevens—He was not knocked down. Mr. Yardley—You hear what I say, sir. Cox said the prisoner was one of the most hardened and desperate characters in the district. Mr. Yardley —I know her too well. Roche, the gaoler of the court, said there was a former conviction against the prisoner, but it could not be proved. The prisoner pleaded guilty. Mr. Yardley—There is no doubt of your guilt at all. You have committed a most impudent robbery, and are what Cox describes you to be, a very hardened and desperate character. You are sentenced to six months' imprison ment and hard labour. Next time you are brought here, and a case is made out against you, I will commit you for trial. THIS DArs SHIPPING. Low Dow, May 2 . —Wind this day at noon, N.E. ; strong breeze and very fi ne . e May I.—Arrived—llli no i s, from Havre, and left For N o lEe‘lrvork. - 6FI PORTLAND, May l.—Arrived—Wings of the Wind. NEWPORT, May I.— Arrived—Cecilie, from Nantes, for May I.—Sailed—St ar o f P eace, for Melbourne. Cexlon. Sailed — Dundalk, for St. Joh n ' s . ILL, CARDIFF, April 30 . — Arrived —New Great Britain, from Colombo; Tamer, from Kurrachee ; Arno, from New Orleans. Sailed—Anne Margaretha, for Rio Janeiro. SWANSEA, May I.—S ailed—Mermaid, for Calder; Wil liams, for Gibraltar. LlSBON.—Arrived — Bahiana, steamer, from Bombay, for Liverpool, with machinery disabled. ............ b•••,•• (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind E. Arrived, May I.—Pera, steamrr, from Alexandria ; Lady Eglinton, steamer, from Dublin ; L'Et o il e , f rom C arentan ; La Poule, from Cherbourg ; Isabella Croll, steamer, from Cardiff. Sailed.—Georges, for Cherbourg; Lady Eglineon, stea mer, for London ; Dispatch, steamer, for Jersey. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning,. Wind E., ; tide, four hour's flood; weather very fine. Arrived, Nay I.—Catherina, from Groningen ; America, from Frederickstadt ; Helechino Wilkins from Dantsic ; Sovereign, from Helsinborg ; Thor, from Uddevvalla ; Czar, from Revel; Copeida, from Stralsund, Ocean Queen from Lanscrona ; Bien, from Christiana. Arrived, May 2.—Dr. Knipe, from Wismar; Margaretta, from Stralsund. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind, N.B. ; strong. VOLUNTEER BALL — Yesterday evening a grand ball of the various members of the metropolitan Volunteer ' Corps took place at the Whittington Club, under the patron age of Lord Ranelagh ; members of the various Surrey Re giments, the West and South 'Middlesex, Central London,. Queen's, Scottish, and Civil Service attended, and, as a matter of course, nearly all were in. uniform. The large room at the club was well lit and decorated, and dancil l l; was prolonged with considerable spirit till a late hour. Mr. WARNER approved of the principle of the bill as to the necessity for the amendment of the law, and con demned the extent of sentiment favourable to criminals which at present prevailed in this country. He agreed with the hon. member who last addressed the house as to the advisability of referring the bill to a committee. Mr. DILL\VYN supported the proposition for going into committee, and strongly advocated the retontbn of corporal punishment. Mr. S. ESTCO URT opposed the bill as being imprac • ticable, and entrusting too great a power into the hands of magistrates. Sir G. C. LEWIS said there was no increase in the offences in question, though no doubt cases of this kind were reported more fully in the newspapers, which arose from the increased interest with which they were read by the public. He did not believe that any increase in the severity of punishment would di minish offences, and would have the effect of increasing the reluctance of wives to prosecute their husbands. After a few remarks from Mr. Brady, Mr. Coningham, Col. North, Mr. Walter, Col. Dickson, and Mr. Bonham- Carter, Mr. CLAY said he would agree to a motion for an in quiry into the present law with a view to its amendment, but he could not agree to this bill. Hon, members seemed to assume that there were none but good women in the world, but unfortunately there were many very bad ones. (Hear.) He was informed by a police magistrate in a dis trictthat conferred on him great knowledge of the habits of the lower classes, and he stated that since the frequency of punishment for wife beating drunkenness had increased among wives in the district, with whom it was a common threat to their husbands to give them " a suer." Sir B. BryroN and Alderman CorELAND supported the bill. Lord RAY.NH AM replied briefly, and the house divided. The numbers were— For th 9 second reading Against Majority —s4 The announcement was received with loud cheers by a large house. The bill was accordingly read a second time. _ Some discussion arose as to whether the bill should be re ferred to a select committee, or debated clause by clause by a committee of the whole house. It was ultimately ar ranged that the bill should be committed pro forma to morrow. Sir M. PETO, one of the tellers, stated that there was an error in the numbers, which should have been for the second reading 109, instead of IS9, which reduced the ma jority to 24. The Malicious Injuries to Property Act Amendment Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Wednesday next. The house went into committee on the Fisheries (Scot land) Bill. Mr. BUCHANAN moved an omission in the first clause abolisbing the right of proprietors to fish in preserved m ater. Some discussion ensued, in the course of which The LORD ADVOCATE said that some hon. members did not understand the object of the clause, which was merely to prevent persons adopting improper means, or more properly poaching, to catch fish. It was most desir able to prevent fisheries being injured with lime, and he proposed to introduce a clause at the end of the bill to pro tect the rights of proprietors. With this understanding the amendment was not pressed. Clauses 2 and 3 were agreed to. On clause 4, which conferred power of arresting persons suspected of intention to commit poaching, a short discus sion ensued, some hon. members considering that the clause was too stringent. The clause, with some amendments, was agreed to. On clause 5, Mr. BUCHANAN moved the omission of the words " or any justice of peace," the object of which amendment was to deprive justices of the peace of jurisdiction in cases of poaching. The house divided, and the numbers were— For the clause l2B Against it Majority -87 The clause was accordingly agreed to. On clause 6, an amendment was moved making two wit • nesses necessary in securing a summary conviction against a person accused of poaching. The remaining clauses were agreed to, and the bill was reported. The house then resumed. TENURE AND IMPROVEMENT OF LAND (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion 'sfor postponement of the second reading of this bill, Mr. MAGUIRE appealed to the Government to appoint a day sitting for this bill, for which Irish members were waiting most anxiously. Mr. CARDWELL said that he had every desire to pro ceed with this bill without delay, but could not name an earlier day than Tuesday the 15th, nor could he pledge himself to bring it on that day. LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. HENNESSY moved the second reading of this bill. The hon. member entered into a brief review of the state of Ireland, and said that his bill contained a clause giving retrospective compensation for 20 years, which was the neriod recommended by the present Lord Chancellor of Ireland. _ It being a quarter to s:x o'clock, by the rules of the house the hon. member was interrapted in his address, and The house adjourned. THE VICTORIA CROSS. (From the Gazette of tact evening.) WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 28. The Queen has been graciously pleased. i to signify her in tention to confer the deco ration of the Victoria Cross on the under-mentioned Soldier, whose claim to the same has been submitted for her Majesty's approval, on account of an Act of Bravery performed by him in India, as recorded against his name, viz : Private James Pearson, 86th Regiment (now of the 56th Regiment), for having gallantly attacked a number of armed rebels, on the occasion of the storming of Jhansi, on the 3d April, 1858, ore of whom he killed, and bayonetted two others. He was himself wounded in the attack. Also, for haviig brought in, at Calpee, under a heavy fire, Pri vate Niel:mei Burns, who afterwatds died of his wounds. " Whereas the late Hugh Edwin Strickland, Esq., M.A., F.G.S., &c., sometime Deputy Reader in Geology in the University of Oxford, eminent for his knowledge of ornithology, had col lected before his lamented death a large and valuable series of birds, of authentic value in questions of nomenclature and classifi cation, as it contains the typical specimens from which the figures and descriptions in various ornithological works, and in his own papers, are taken, and had arranged and partly named them with great care and skill ; and whereas his repre sentatives, Mrs. Hugh Strickland and Henry Eus tatius Strickland, Esq., of Apperley-court, Glouces tershire, now possessing the same, are desirous of preserving the collection entire and in complete order in a public institution, so that it may be here after always useful to the student in ornithology; and for this purpose are desirous of presenting the same as a free gift to the chancellor, masters, and scholars of the University of Oxford, eubject to the condi tions that the collection shall becalled the Strickland Collection, that it shall at no time be mounted, that it shall be kept separate and in its present arrange ment, in a dry and well-aired room, and shall be carefully attended to and frequently inspected, as to state of conservation, by competent persons, and shall be always accessible on proper recommends• tion and under suitable precautions to students in ornithology : " In a convocation to be holden on Thursday the 10th of May, at 2 o'clock, it will be proposed : " 1. To accept the munificent offer of Mrs. Hugh Strickland and Henry Eustatius Strickland, Esq., under the conditions above stated. " 2. To affix the seal of the University to a let ter of thanks to the donors for this valuable gift to the University. " 3. To authorise the Vice-Chancellor to defray the cost of providing for the construction of suitable cases with glazed drawers for the reception and conservation of the collection in a room on the north side of the Museum.' " F. SEUNE, Vice-Chancellor. " Delegates'-room, April 30." SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(Tins DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were considered and ordered for third reading :—Epping Railways (Dunmow Extension) and Llanelly Railway and Dock Company. The following bills were read a second time :—Caledo nian Railway (Branches to Lanark, &c.), Caledonian Rail way (Lesmahagow Branches, &c.), Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Railway, and Portadown, Dungannon, and Omagh Junction Railway. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented against the Poor-law Medical Relief Bill; against the reduction of the wine duties; against the Fire Insurance Bill, &c. &c. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. --•-- - On the motion of Mr. BRAND leave of absence for 10 days was granted to Colonel Biddulph on the ground of ill health. AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Lord RAYNHAM, inmoving the second reading of this bill, said the question involved in this measure was one of great importance. It was brought forward from a feeling that the law was inadequate to meet the class of offences with which it was proposed to deal, and it was a general conviction that some amendment was demanded. He pro posed that for those offences magistrates should be enabled to inflict on the offender corporal punishment, and in the event of a second conviction the infliction of that punish ment was to be rendered compulsory. He contended that the substitution of that punishment for a lengthened im prisonment;would be a mercy to wives who suffered with their children from the imprisonment of their husbands, on whose exertions they were dependent for the actual means of subsistence. He admitted, however, that in many cases the imprisonment was desirable, for there were some of the working class whose conduct was so brutal to their wives and families, that their being confined for a particular pe riod was an unquestionable benefit. It was objected that corporal punishment tended to render more brutal the party on whom it was inflicted ; but, even admitting that such were the case, it was not a principle of jurisprudence to consider what might be the conduct of an offender after punishment, but to impose such punishment as would de ter parties from the commission of crime. They per mitted the lash in the army and navy, and it was not shown that the effect on soldiers and sailors was to make them worse than they were before they had been punished. He did not see why they should be more tender in regard to the backs of civilians than they were of those of the military and navy. There was no innovation of the law, because the power of inflicting corporal punishment was exercised by magistrates for certain offences, and there was one party who was sentenced to six months' imprisonment in Here ford with hard labour and to receive 36 lasfies, though his offence was only stealing a pair of boots and two umbrellas. The noble lord having stated that he proposed to abolish fines, expressed a hope that the Government would not oppose the second reading of the bill. lie contended that the infliction of corporal punishment would have a powerful moral effect in the neighbourhoods where the offenders re sided. The argument that corporal punishment should not be inflicted except through the medium of a jury was puerile, for the intervention of a jury had reference to the mode of trial in particular cases, and not to the punishment awarded for the commission of an offence. He believed it was admitted by all persons that the present law should be amended, and he hoped that, oven if his propositions were not acceded tc, the house would allow the bill to go into committee, where it could be modified to meet the views of honourable members. The noble lord read a list of cases in which husbands had behaved with the greatest brutality towards their wives and children, and entered into details to show that the punishments inflicted were totally inadequate to the character of the offences committed. He considered that the measure was a mode rate one, had entitled to the favourable opinion of the house. Mr. CLIVE denied that the bill was a moderato measure. It provided that for the first offence there should be in flicted 12 months' imprisonment and 50 lashes, and for the second offence 18 months' imprisonment and 150 lashes. The reason why the present law was inoperative was owing to the indisposition of wives to prosecute their husbands, and, when the punishment was rendered severer, that in disposition would be increased. He was satisfied that practically the bill would not work well, because magistrates would be reluctant to inflict punishment of that character. He was ready to take on himself the whole responsibility of recommending the rejection of the bill, which he proposed should be read a second time that day six months. Mr. E. JAMES seconded the amendment, Mr. D. GRIFFITHS supported the bill. The law at present might be considered logically sufficient to meet assaults such as those contemplated in the measure ; but they had to deal with such a brutalised class that it was found inefficient in repressing social offences. He deprecated the tenderness exhibited in regard to the infliction of corporal punishment, as related to adult civilian offenders, when it was resorted to in the army and navy. He agreed in the suggestion of an hon. member near him that in respect to persons convicted of this class of offences corporal punishment should be inflicted in as degrading a manner as possible, and after the mode adopted towards school boys. (Laughter.) However, he considered it would be 'desirable to refer it to a select com mittee. 100 Sth 18 204 204 10 100 I 100 104 17} 20 S took 100 Stock 20 Sto. Stock; 100 100 100 100 100 Stock 20 { 20i 20i 100 100 106 100 Stock. Stock Suck Stock Stock Stock Atlantic & St Lawren all Bom.,Baroda& Cent.lnd 100 guu 5 per cent Do. B 131 Buffalo and Lake Huron all Do. New all Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant&G odrich 100 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug,., 18;2 j Do. do. 1 July, 1873 1 0 0 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 Cleutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3 0. Cape,Eastn.Prov.(Lim.)l 2s. iCapeTown & Dock Scrip 3s. 'Ceylon Guaranteed Op.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c Do. I` Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4} p. c. Debentrs Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1864 I G eelong& Melbourne ( Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 6 per cent. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 18 62 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 Gt. IndiaPenin. gua.sp.e Do. New, gua.s per cent I Gt. 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Guar .5 p.c. 6 I 20 Do. do. 20 'Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs all 6t 7 61 7 20 Italian Junction 20 Lake Constance & Balt all 20 Lierre and Turnhout... all 20 Lombardo Venetian.... 10 11 Itp 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all 334 Maria Antonia all 10 IDo. do. New 20 Namur and Liege all 8 81 20 Do. do. 6p. C. Pref. 16 Northern of France all 384 39 10 2220: ( Norwegian ßppaae ce I P ari s a,sdo .IFs' Orleans l ,r ` r aa u nn rik d. (itp. P ee. rdrt ll . n. t. 20 Do. New Shares aaa l 53 - 837 589 _ 75 i p ll gua. 7p. ct. (Lim.) 13 11 lld 111 20 . 1 11ga and Dunaburg lO i 10 Rime and Frascati 20 Royal Danish all 13 15 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse all 54 6 10 1:30. 54 per cent. Pref. 20 (San Paulo (lim.) g. 7,p. c 2 # 4 d 20 Southern of France 8} West Flanders all 51 5; 6 10 !Do. 54 p. c. Preference 20 'W. & N.W. of France all 22 23 20 Western of Austria 20 (Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all S 0 Zealand COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURI TIES. Can.Gov.Bp.c.J x. & July - 100 113 115 114 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 109 111 Do. 6 p.c.1 1 ,1r. & Sep. 100 110 112 Do. 6 per cent. 1878 109 - - Do. 6 per cent. 1879 100 Do. 6 per cent. 1882 10c - - Do. do. Scrip.. .i 26 N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&Jul/ 100 107/ 1081 108 Do. Op.c.Ap. & Oct. 100100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 106 99 100 D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1878 100 991 100 1001 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up 100 991 100 109 E 901 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. SZ. Deb. redeemable,lB7s 100 107 108 S.Aus.Gt.6 pc.Jan&July, 100 110 112 110 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July; 100 - Do. do. April & Oct. I 100 105 106 071 1 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 lAnglo-Mexican Mint ' all 115 16 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 'Australian Agricultural 19 314 321 32 11 10 Berlin Water Works , all 44 5 45 50 (British American Land! 40 50 I Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. all 37 39 20 !Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862 all 20 22 20 i Do. C all 32;} '12 1 0 41 1 1 2 6 5 4 100 ;Canada Land 10 ,Chau Islands Tel.(Lim ), all 6 8 Stock ,Cop.Min.of Eng. &Smltg all 25 30 25 I Do. Preference 71; all 2454 Stock ;Crystal Palace per ct 1 100 274 L 3O 5 Do. Preference al 99 101 Stock 'Do. 6p. c. Perpet. Deb ' 100 103 106 104 StocklElectric Telegraph lOO 105 107 25 I Do. New 5 English & Aust. Copper' all 24 21 21 1 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 1 ' Great Ship (Limited) all 1 20 (Indian & Aust. Telegr 2s. 5 i LondonDistrictTeleb 2 1 4d 20 London Discount 5 11 1 d 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co all 11 If 14 20 ;Madras Irr. and Canal I 1 31 31 411 ; 10 tMediter. Electric Teleg. all 10 ,Med. Exton. Tel. (Lim.) all 3 4 25 ,National Discount Co 5 1 1 d, 41 10 (Netherlands Land all 6 'Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at idle all I 100 l' , T.:llr.&NovaScotiaLand 80 10 15 1 IN.B.Australasian (Lim ) all I 1 Oriental Gas 1 'Do. New Shares lss. par 10 Orientl. In. Steam, A 6 21 10 Ditto B 6 -- 10 Ditto C 2s. -- Stock Peel River Land & Min lOO 48 50 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 79 80 50 Do. New l5 131 141 341 31 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr 174 d 1 p 171 1 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 51 56 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 49 51 501 Stock Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) 100 120 130 25 South Australian Land all 35 36 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip 1 all 1 Do. do Registered I all 20 Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can 1 5 100 Van Diemen's Land 1 281 10 11 BRITISH MINES. Share r Mines. Paid. Closing 1 Business I -- Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 24 35 8/ 74 81 10 British Iron Clifford — ,80 290 "-' Devon G. Cons. (Taoist ) 1 440 450 445 East Bassett (Illogan) BO 85 90 East Caradon E. W'l Russl (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 111 12 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 544 30 4t Great South Tolgus... . 17s 141 144 G.l'VbealAlfd.(Phillack) 12.8.9 1 / G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 94 .. .. 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Lelant . 1.7.2 16 17 k h'l Mary Ann (Metll( 8 201 211 v Wh'l Trelawney (Lick. 51 29 31 FOREIGN MINES 20 i tiustralim •-• 7 5 f 4 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim. 15s t d par 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) 271 20 cDo.St.Johndelßey,Lim. all 23 24 23 4 i 5 Do. Land and Mining,Co. all 1 Clarendon Cons. Min, Co. 1 d 40 Cobra Copper all 44 16 Copiapo l6 11 13 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 1 ; 2 Fortuna 20 General all 23 25 231 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 a d a p 11 Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 11 3 Linares all 101 11/ 5 Lusitanian 1 Slariquita all 1 1 1 N RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10s. / d p 23 PontgibaudSilver, Lead Minim:: and Smelt all 5 6 5 Port Philip 1 ./ f 1 Scottish Australn. (L.)... 108 1 d par 28.2.84 United Mexican ........ all 11 21. $ 1 Worthing (Limited).... all 1 1 Do. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 lAcfra&UnitedServiceßk; 50 75 77 40 'Australasia i all 71 73 25 Bank of Egypt all 211 221 22 1 100 Bank of London 5O 51 53 23 Bank of Turkey 3 2 5 4 s'o British North American all sd 20 Chtd. 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Landon l2 1 25 5551 1 100 I;julty AtEit ( •-• 5 E 5 lal OO 84 86 97 974 fd id 41 54d4 6f 71 78 82 70 75 66 73 Par i,P 11 d 1 d ;d Od i 101} 1011 par ip par i p 99 100 1001 101; 20; 214 3} 35 90 92 69 71 82 85 68 72 68 72 991 991 d 11 id 131 131 71 7 d 97 99 97 99 97 99 90 93 88 90 98 99 91 93 1 Id 5 7 5 7 S id 100 l id i d 1 }d 94 95 I i a 102 I 11 101 f 341 II 1 92 991 100 991 84 2 In f CHESTER .RACES-(THIS (BY ELECTRIC TALEGRAPH,) BIENNIAL STAKES. Curlew Nigar Two ran. Ch ESTER CUP. St. Albans 1 Petra... Tanio Deer Twenty-nine ran. st• 1 agst St. Albans (taken) 8t• 1 agst Petra (taken) 10 to 1 agst Birmingham (taken) 10 to 1 aget Longrange (taken) 20 to 1 agst Flitch (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Independence (taken) 25 to 1 agst Tame Deer (taken) 25 to 1 aget The Brewer (taken) ADDITIONAL SCRITCHINGS.—Chirper, Aston, Pitman, Theodora, Common Sense, Promised Land, Traducer, Old Robert, Fright, Chance Shot, Heiress, and Hetman. RACING FIXT RES FOR 1860. MAY. Doncaster Spring 8 Harpenden lB York Spring ' lO Epsom 22 Salisbury lO Manchester 3O Bath JUNE. Ascot 5 I Bibury Club 2O Hampton l3 Stockbridge 2l Newton Odiham 19 1 Chelmsford 26 Beverley 2O I Newcastle 26 Newmarket J. 3 Carlisle Worcester 5 Liverpool Abingdon .. Nottingham . l7 Stamford l9 Marlborough 2O Goodwood' 24 UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, MAY 1. In a congregation to be held on Thursday, May 10, at two o'clock, the statute on the (voluntary) Theological Examination, which was promulgated in congrogation on Thursday. Feb. 23, having been amended by the Hebdomadal Council, will be pro mulgated afresh. The Regius Professor of Divinity (Dr. Jacobson) proposes to begin a course of public lectures on Friday, the 11th of May, at 12 o'clock, at Christ church. These lectures are intended for students of divinity who have passed their examination for the degree of B.A. in the Literce liumaniores School. The Professor requests those who desire to attend to deliver in their names to him, with a written recommendation either from the governor of their college or from their tutor, on Thursday, the 10th of May. There will be an election at Brasenose College to (at least) three o p en sc h o l ars hi ps i n the en suing Act Term—viz., two of the value of £BO, ' and one of the value of £6O per annum, which last will be awarded with especial regard to mathematical attainments. Candidates, who must be under 20 years, and must produce the usual testimonials of good conduct from their college or school, are required to call on the Principal before 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 5. The subjoined notice has been issued by the Vice- Chancellor : AGRICULTURAL PROSP.ECTS IN IRELA.YD. A glorious change has taken place in the weather since Saturday night, when the long and dreary winter was brought to a sudden conclusion by a fall of soft and genial rain, which continued with scarcely any intermission for 20 hours. The harsh north wind which for weeks blew with such steady virulence veered to an apposite direction, and yes terday the whole face of the country presented the appearance of an advanced spring season. The change, too, has been general. A Cork paper of Monday says:— " For the last two days it has rained without in termission, and it would be no exaggeration, but the literal truth, to say that this rain was worth mil lions of money, for it has arrested the destruction of millions' worth of property. All that was wanting to it was the atmospheric warmth proper to this season. Should this rain be succeeded by a week's sunshine, the hopes of the country will be quite re established, and all the mischief done by a wet winter and a cold spring speedily repaired." A letter from Clonmel, after giving a deplorable sketch of the effects of the weather in the counties of Tipperary afttl Limerick up to the recent salu tary change, says : " Saturday last the drought terminated. Rain commenced to fall copiously about 6 o'clock in the evening, it continued to descend through the night, which was remarkably stormy, and Sunday morn ing was ushered in by torrents of the fertilizing fluid, accompanied by a wind blowing fiercely from the south-west point. There was no intermission in the fall of rain yesterday. To-day the country looks £3 per acre improved, and I have heard several agriculturists state that the importance of this opportune fall of rain is incalculable." A CUNARD RECKONING. In a voyage to America, some. nine years since, on the seventh or eighth day out from Liverpool, Captain L— came to dinner at eight bells as usual, talked a little to the persons right and left of him, and helped the soup with accustomed po liteness. Then he went on deck and was back in a minute, and operated on the fish, looking rather grave the while. Then he went on deck again ; and this time was absent, it may be, three or five minutes, during which the fish disappeared, and the entrees arrived, and the roast beef. Say ten minutes passed—l can't tell after nine years. Then L— came down with a pleased and happy countenance this time and began carving the sirloin. "We have seen the light," he said; " Madame, may I help you to a little gravy or a little horseradish ?" or what not ? I forget the name of the light, nor does it matter. It was a point of Newfoundland for which he was on the look-out, and so well did the Canada know where she was that between soup and beef the captain had sighted the headland by which his course was lying. And so through storm and darkness, through fog and midnight, the ship had pursued her steady way over the pathless ocean and roaring seas so surely that the officers who sailed her knew her place within a minute or two, and guided us with a wonderful providence safe on our way. Since the noble Cunard Company has run its ships but one accident, and that through the error of a pilot, has happened on the line. By this little incident (hourly of course repeated, and trivial to all seagoing people) I own I was immensely moved, and never can think of it but with a heart full of thanks and awe. We trust our lives to these sea men, and how nobly they fulfil their trust! Th ey are, under Heaven, as a Providence for us. While we sleep, their untiring watchfulness keeps guard over us. All night through that bell sounds at his season, and tells how our sentinels defend us. It rang when the Amazon was on fire, and chimed its heroic signal of duty and courage and honour. Think of the dangers these seamen undergo for us, the hourly peril and watch, the familiar storm, the dreadful iceberg, the long winter nights when the decks are as glass and the sailor has to climb through icicles to bend the stiff sail on the yard. Think of their courage and their kindnesses in cold, in tempest, in hunger, in, wreck !—Cornhill Naga zinc. Messrs. Seymour, Peacock, and Co. state, we have again pleasure in reporting that the general im provement in the freight market which has been manfest since the commencement of the year has continued during the past month. As on former occaions of great depression ie. the shipping inte rest the relief which is being experienced arises chiefly from an unusual course of events—the quar rel with China having on the present occasion caused the improvement in the rate of freight. The extensive operations of the English and French Governments have created an important demand for tonnage for transport of troops, horses, stores, &c., from India, this country, and France, to the Chinese waters ; and the result in India has been to raise freights from the lowest point to the highest known for some years. We still think the chances of a maintenance of the high rates during the next shipping season very problematical ; the expedition to China may result in a mere demonstration, the demands of the allied Powers being yielded with out actual hostilities. On the other hand, if force be resorted to, the war may be speedily terminated, and under any circumstances the accumulation of tonnage in the eastern seas will be very large be fore the termination of the approaching rainy sea son. We have to-day loading in London for India, China, and South African ports upwards of 100 sail of shipping ; at Liverpool there are about 75 vessels entered, and many others already chartered but not arrived, besides a large aggregate of tonnage load ing at less important outports. The Indian railway companies have arranged for further large ship ments, the coal contracts running and advertised, and the troops to the number of aout 4,000 to be despatched during next month, will combine to keep the eastern ports largely supplied with tonnage. Under these circumstances we repeat what we have frequently urged in our recent reports, that there is no warrant for the reduction in outward freights which has been already submitted to. The pres sure on the money market threatened, at the be ginning of last month, to interrupt business, but there is now a marked improvement, and a lower bank rate of discount is expected this week. AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.—We have no improvement to report in the Australian trade, ex ports having declined considerably and rates of freight been low throughout the month. INDIA AND CHINA, &c.—Outward freights have declined for coals, but are without alteration for iron, beer, and general cargoes. BRAZILS, WEST INDIES, &c.—Outward freights have improved, and there is still an excellent de mand for tonnage. MEDITERRANEAN, &C.—Outward freights have advanced and continue very firm, but homeward business is inanimate, the facilities afforded by the telegraphic communication with the Danube, &c., havinz interrupted speculative chartering business to a considerable extent. PACIFIC AND WEST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA. —We have had a fair business during the past month, outward freights being rather weaker, but homeward rates well maintained. WEST COAST OF AFRICA.—The most recent ad vices are rather more favourable as to the prospects of oil shipments, but the inquiry for tonnage on this side is quite unimportant. THE TIMBER TRADE.—The general features of this business are without alteration, the demand for tonnage being good and rates well maintained, AN INDIGNATION MEETING. Under the attractive heading of " Great Indig nation Meeting," advertisements, handbills, and. I p a o a s t t er s week, have invitingbeen the public extensively t circulated o a within ne meeting n h g e in St. Martin's-hall, to unite in an expression of indignation at some injustice or grievance which, whether of a public or private nature, domestic or foreign, the gentleman whose name vas appended to the advertisement and bills, Mr. Thomas Haw kins, did not think it necessary to afford therein any information. The vagueness and mystery in which the invitation was involved, coupled with the intimation that the admission was to be free, brought together at the appointed hour, 8 o'clock, some 200 or 300 people, who after indulging for some time in expressions of impatience, were re lieved by Mr. HAWKINS, who came upon the platform un attended, and having cast aside his outer garments with true theatrical gesture, commenced in a l ou d voice to assure th e p eop l e of London that he always kept his word, and that when he was better known he should not have 40, or 400, but 40,000 of them attending his meetings. He did not come to lecture them; they had had lecturing enough. He came to tell them of the farce that was continually played at Westminster, and how they, the hobnails, were ground down by those above them. He had searched the shams to the bottom, and was determined to unmask them. It was the people of the Isle of Wight who were at the bottom of the abominable system which he denounced and trampled under foot. (A laugh.) His was no private wrong, He had seen in the lions' den what they had all seen and all euffered, but not one of them had had the courage to denounce it. It appeared from a long rambling statement that having applied for a sum mons against a person whom he described as a swindler, he had been summoned next day at the suit of that swindler. The justices ' it seemed, had refused his applicati on , whereupon he had written a letter to the clerk of the justices, on account of which he was sued for libel at Westminster. He however gained the verdict, but the justices refused to dismiss him. He appealed against them to Mr. Walpole, the then Home Secretary, and the then Lord Chancellor, who told him they could do nothing. This was the system of which he com plained. In the course of a long incoherent ha rangue it occasionally dawned out that his presence had something to do with the game laws, the com mitments under which had falen in the Isle of Wight by his exertions and constant interference from 67 to 28 per annum. The audience, who had evidently imagined that reform in Parliament vas to be in some way or other brought under dis cussion, and evidently sympathised but in the most infinitesimal degree in the complaints of the orator, but who were amused by his assurance that he had bearded some justices (whom he named) on the bench, and kicked another (also named) along the streets of Glastonbury—soon declared their dis content by unmistakable signs, calling for " The People's Charter," " Parliamentary Reform," and inquiring what they were to be ' indignant" for. the speaker was awakened by this from his own to the general grievance, and proclaimed, as he said. in " words of fire," the fact that if the House of Commons remained as it was, the country was ruined. A Gallic invasion was imminent, and the people would not fight the enemy unless they were treated with justice, and were permitted to share in the Government of the country. No country could long exist under a system of corruption such as existed in England, and unless the people united to reform it the country was lost for ever and ever. When the speaker concluded, a young man walked upon the platform, and, taking off his hat, was about to address the meeting, but Mr. Hawkins seized him by the collar, and with the determina tion and strength of amaniac hurled him down the steps into the bsdy of the hall. There were some slight indications of resenting this " the indigna tion" scene; but the feeling of the majority was surprise, and before they had recovered, the gentle man who had caused it threw his coat over his arm and marched away in triumph, kicking the hat of the unfortunate Wight whom he had so summarily ejected, which had been left upon one of the plat form seats in the hurry of his exit, far into the distance. After Mr. Hawkins had left two or three persons endeavoured to speak on the subject of reform, and nne suggested a resolution in favour of universal suffrage, but the attendants of the hall interposed, and by lowering the gaslights speedily cleared the TIIE LONDON FREIGHT MARKET. STATE OF TRADE. I.—The woollen cloth m ar k e t s, i n both and coloured hall, have b een o f a will ls probablye pd laonly improve, t LEEDS, Dray quiet, but steady c haract e r to - day. The attend ance of buyers was but mod era t e , and they pur chased in small quantit ies cloths. The demand' chiefly of service ablefor fancies, which as the weather is now very fi ne and promising, is rather flat. There is a little slackness among some of the manufacturers, orders n ot having come in so freely as they did a few months ago. Some of the finishers and dressers, too, complain of being slack. Wools are without quotable alteration in price, but the tendency is, if anything, slightly downwards. NIANCIIESTER,• May I.—The market continues active so far as yarns are concerned, and a good deal of business has been done for nearly all mar kets except that of Calcutta, for which the demand is rather flat. Most kinds of mule twig have been in request for Bombay, and a rather active demand has been experienced for Germany and the Medi terranean. Home-trade buyers also operate with moderate freedom. The result is that most kinds of yarn are a shade dearer—in some cases fully d. per lb. over the rates of this day week. Some moderate sales of water twist are reported from China. In cloths these has been a good business in the fabrics suited to India, and prices are very firm ; where there is any change in quotations it is in favour of sellers. Printing cloths are quieter, and there has been rather more doing in the heavier fabrics in this class suited to borne trade. Cloths suited to the South American markets have also been in rather better demand. :,;,,rc~ r's lar 211, nd for !en