The Sun. — London, England, 1860-04-19 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. _ , CITY, Two o'CLocK. A favourable change has taken place in the gated Toney Market, and a further improvement is antici in spite of the heavy payments due on the 12.10 rAm an berg N ng d Ea"ste ° r l n u Juncti s o t n . Victoria debentures and other securities during the 50 !Belfast and Ballymena . 13.14 I B i r., Wol , and Str. Val• Welt few weeks. The pressure lately noticed has Stoek Birk.,La.; aud Cii. June. ceased, the supplies of capital seem to have in- 2i .i . l i i l i )ectlenunri,l Tyne creased, and bankers and brokers are not only more st r k Bost.Slefd.& Mid. Coun Willing to employ their resources, but are dispo sed Stock larisetdc'Llan d Exeter - C 3 l t o Carmarthen i & nd C on ardigan negotiate good bills on easier terms. Gold% g CooE n n,l M oreover, is being sent into the Bank, about 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Peasage ' 95 ,000, chiefly from Australia, having been re- 20 Cornwall 10 Do. A (A roves. no div cei ved there yesterday, which, it is thought, will 10 Do. B raTe c e P ' e p *P d er to a rl: be speedily followed by other deposits. It is also 50 Dublin andßelt n eetJune. s atisfactory to know that the eminent discount firm, st 2 o s ck Vn'lnercrtlia&n Abr.June. Who, amidst the recent excitement locked up a root t 'a as st t e e rn rn e i ' ?n u i n o t n ies A Stock Million and a half of notes, has returned them to Stock ' Do. do. B Stock "g , En D s t t ).3lj i j i (lte . E. u3ds)l th e Bank of England, thus putting an end to the e xcitement caused by the impression lately enter- if l o O ck E l? n o 1 _, d' urg and Glasgow tained that there was a combination among the Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. b rokers to compel the Directors to return to the Stockr . o u r r t n h e,, & l4 Clyde Junction Old system of rediscounting bills. Stock Glasgow & South Westn 10 Great North of Scotland A rather large amount of business was transacted Stock Great Northern j o the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, 12,000 Stock oe Do. o. g o o . . i f t N oo l , r bales having been sold at full rates. The Railway Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Share Market closed quietly, and prices tended Stock oc ( ri r o e .t.T e at e 2i Gua. S tk. downwards. Stock Irish South Eastern Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire The amount of specie to be forwarded by the Stook London and Blackwell. Ceylon steamer on the 20th is £526,395, of which Stock lo o n n eaVo a n n yF lo o v a e s r t £463,458 is silver and £62,937 gold The total for St l o 2 c: bo o nr i n gi t l ir ti lT s orth Westn' India represents £208,888 ; China and the Straits, Stock London& South-Westn. 267,507 ; and Malta, £50,000. The remittances on 25 L'derry.erry & 21 l n e fs a il l i l lien : Government account are £20,600 for Hongkong and Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln 50 Maryport and Carlisle 6 0,000 for Malta. 124 Do. do. 4 Shares The meeting of the Oriental Bank Corporation Stock Metropolitanean Stock Do. Birming. & Derby.k h as just been held, H. G. Gordon in the chair, 50 Mid. Gt. West.(lreland) When it was stated that the net profit, after defray- 25 Do. 4 Shares jug current expenses, and writing off a ll bad and 25 Mido K (~t-t e,2. ay Line) doubtful debts, amounts to £226,008 2s. Id. A t Vi Z e e w w ca rb e er a 2 lt C iVe l r i et ; dividend of five per cent. for the first half•year of 10 Newry & Armaghf (def.) 1859 has already been paid, and it is proposed now S:o 0 ok Newry, rofor c Warpt., & R ' " r o i t t i i n s h ies Union to pay a like dividend for the subsequent half - year , St 6 o o ek North iV together with a bonus of 7 per cent., making for Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk. Stook Do n .A i ltk p ..- o tr s e: o .n en liv. the year a distribution profit equal to 17 per cent. on the capital of the company. The retiring direc- stock North- s F t 'll o s ci t ` Be • k tors and auditors were reelected , and the formers , 25 Do. do. 6.N n .C.Pureha e se Stock Do. Leeds r emuneration was fixed at 50 guineas each. Stank Do. York orth London Rather more activity has been ex hibited to-da y St 2 o o cl North in the market for Public Securities , ow in g t o s p e cu - 10 No.ii Staffordshire...... iunci Junction lative purchases, which forced up p rices about !- St r ? , e x eve d ,; Wor.,& Wolver. Per cent. The improvement, however, has not been 10 artsmouta fully maintained, although the Funds are still Stock ScottisnheYCentral tolerably firm. Consols have been 94; 95 for Stockoo Do. Scottish .1.01,a. gt o oc c t Money, and 95 1 for the account. They are now 4 t l o o ck pi t ? stiorneniUonir Sheer. 54 1 f and 941, 95 respectively. The New Three Stock SoutiNevon Per Cents. and the Reduced have improved to 93 vs stock rt Y k aatt .Den. 14. Stock rouu.tht-Zo aa r l wales n India Stock is firmer at 221 ; ditto New Loan at 25 i t ocl e t Staines, W sz ot. ir & Wa o k n 10 61 1; ditto 5 per Cent. Enlaced Paper at 981 1; ditto 51 per cent. ditto at 1031104 ; and the De- 25 Do. do. Stockton dr Hartlepool bentures are 961 971 Exchequer Bills are Bs. to St;ck Taff Vale • Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 12 8. prem. 25 Tha mesHaven Dk&Rall A considerable amount of business is recorded in sUlster Foreign Securities, and prices are firm. Turkish 6 12 'lo ock Val of Neath ck: Per Cents. are 761 to 76! ; ditto New, 611 to 62 ; Ste 10 Victoria Station & Pim 5 o ck Waterford ttl e e r rf o o r n d l && 11 , 11ke e w o i Sardinian are steady at 831, Spanish Passive at St n 16 , and ?Mexican at 21-,1-; Peruvian Uribarren have 20 West Cornwall I Mproved to 83, Brazilian 41 per Cents. (1858) to /0 0 tTo. Ist , classd o n 9 1, and the New Scrip to par. 20 Do. 2d Class 124 [Worcester & 'Hereford The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 2! 1 Prem. ; the Universal ditto, 1 i prem. ; the Vic toria Loan, 1051 f. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. give the following 48 the prices of American securities :- 25 Blythe and Tyne le per e 0. pref. (issued at 450‘ Redeemable. Prices. i Stk Brie. & Exet.4p.ct.Sto united States 6 per Cents..,.. 1867-1868 - - j2O IDo. do. do. Shares .„'`' o . 5 per Cent Bonds 14 „.aryland 5 per Ct. Str. Bonds - 955 965 12.10 IDo. Quer. Shares, No. 2. Massachusetts 5 per Cent. Str. 61 [Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Bonds --- 1015 1024 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. .. 81 'Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Stock. - 82 84 Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Alabama 5 per Cent. Bonds - 75 77 S t o ck I D°. d o. Cl a ss B 6 p 0.... kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds lB6B-72 90 92 Stock Do. do. Class C7po.' .. 2hio 6 per Cent. Stock lBB6 9 7 98 Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 p et. No.l rennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 86 87 Stock Do. do N 0.2 Stock Do. New 8 per et. Stock Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds. Divers 79 81 Stock Eastern Union, 4 per et.[ virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds irgi n ia 5 per Cent. St. Bonds 1888 82 84 Atock Edin.&Glas. spo shares' Boston 5 per Cent. St. Bonds - - Stock Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. & D.l Stock Edin Perth,& Dun. 4 pe. j The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up Stock F • urness, 5 per cent .... to this day, are, in round figures, as under :- Stock Glam. &S West. , r a. spc. Stock Great Northern, 5 p. et. 1860. 1859. Stock Do. spc Redm.,lop.c.pm Great Western.. £32,448 £28,847 Stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. N orth - Western • South-Western ... ' Brighton 16,998 12,792 k f Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland)4' Bt- I 1 p. et. pref. Stock .' Midland South. Eastern Stook ,kireat Northern Lan„„ eashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter Stock Do. Irredeemable, do 6,431 6,027 Stock Do. sp. et. Redeem. Pref. • North-Eastern West Hartlepool 4,026 3,429 110 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.o.pf.sh s .E IR dinburgh and Glasgow 6,370 5,956 Sto o ck D no o.ll d i o rm . s in p g • . a gu t. P a r r e . r stock Glasgow and South-Western 284 Do. Chester guar shares butch Rhenish 3 ,146 2,771 d0. 134 Do. do • Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada These returns, compared with those of the same Stock h m o: B B a p rn er sl c' s n 'si r Pc Period of last year, show an important improve- - s l t t o o e ct Lon.&Brig.spc . . gu. No.i No. 2 flent on most of the principal lines. On the Great stock Do. n° ( 1: io . .541 P.C.3e per r cent n s t l N n o r • e 4 s Western the increase amounts to L 3,593 ; on the st 5 k no. do. 4 North Western to £7,616 ; on the South Western Stock l ßo ° :6 7 p p e e . r do ce .4.l"7t f e.7 l. l to £2,369 ; on the Brighton to £4,201 ; on the Midland to £4,169 ; the South Eastern to £4,080 ; Sl 2 o s ckliilo o .4p.o S.(div.dettiFBs)l ,the Great Northern to £1,545 ; the Lancashire and Stock 1 ; o n .lit 7.lll l* A n v d . Itru e n r - ' " n a . t"" Yorkshire to £4,509; the North Eastern to £ 1 , 951 ; Stock Lo tii'. " s W ) , * p t. ct stock the Grand Trunk of Canada to £5,294, and the 124 Londondy & Cole, 4 shs: 124 Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh. Great Western of Canada to £1,201. stock, Nran.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ot. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have , stLk o n° 0: 4 6 per cent. been rather limited, but prices have shown an up- r_ Do. redeem. 6 per cent. 'Ward movement in sympathy with the Consol l a goarlrrpter&cecnatr.., cent Market: Market. Caledonian, Lancashire and Yorkshire, lttoocctigoi d eo c n o i l irls P ilitt.toi 1 North-Western, South-Western, Midland, and Stock' Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock.. South-Eastern improved ss. North-Eastern (Ber- Stocke Do. o N i v , i e t i h o. ogrl . t p i r ll ef r :10 1 Vick), 10s., and Brighton, £ l . 10 Newport,Aber,&o.pret.s p. o. redeem, at 5 p. a. n In The Foreign lines have be en exceedingly iliac- 10 Do. Perpet, Bp. a. with option till 1866 tive, prices being almost nominal. 12 10 Do., till 18139, Ist is In the Colonial Market Grand Trunk of Canada l2+}sioOk Nerg: . sp.o d L.4l6 have improved to 345 34! ; Great -Western of Ca- Stock Do. 54p. a. Pref. do. 1847 nada were 131; East Indian declined to 102 ; and Stockee Zl:Vrll ' i , '` .. E .P s e k ro l e B l; Ceylon Guaranteed brought 61. Stock Do. New, gum. 5 per centi le 1 Do, Bor. Un. g. pf. she. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares have 10j Do. do. do. been at slightly enhanced values. London and C e ct T't-lapsetv.eonall tD e f l i p C . 0 0 .. o Westminster have improved 5 5.; Union of Londo n, St i o y ek Do. Be ock, 4 p. o. Pref. 6 8. ; Electric Telegraph have declined 108. 26 Do. Leeds, 6p. o. No. 1. 124 , Do. do. Quarters,lB4B*.' t 5 1140. York, H. &S. Purch. N North Staffordshire .. . ock Ox. Wr. & Wol. Bpo. 104* ock Do. Redeem., 2d glut.... ock Do. Irredeem., 2d gua. 10 Rhymney Guaranteed. SI Scottish Central, new pt toe Scottish North-Eastern 34 per c. pref. stock.... Lock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. lock Do. 7p. a. pref. stock. 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. 10 Do. Fixed 44 percent.) .0.6. South Eastern (Reading - - - - Share Railways. Paid. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ! per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93i t per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Ilk lia Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent. 9Bl Ditto 51 per Cent lO3l 4 Ditto Debentures, 1858 97/ 61 Ditto, 1859 Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO 8 Ditto under £l,OOO Consols for Account (May 9) India Stock for Account — Ditto Account, 5 per cent. Exchequer Bills, £l,ooo,l}d 8 12 Ditto £609 ll 12 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian 6 per Cent. _ 99 Ann., 1.0 6 ) Stock Do .4i per cent Stock Do. Fixed 44 p.e. Ist is Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Stock Do. 44 per cent Stock S.-Yorkshire, 4 plc. gua 25 Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e 25 Do. B 6 per cent 25 Do. C 6 per cent Stock Watrfd do Ktlkny, 6p.0 LINES LEAD Ditto 5 per Cent., 1843 Ditto 4} per Cent., 1858 9l Ditto Scrip, 1860 M exisan 3 per Cent. Ditto (Uribarren), 4f per Cent. Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent .. Ditto, 3 per Cent., 1859 6ll Sardinian, 5 per Cent Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent — Ditto Passive Turkish 6 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in Londom. TWO O'CLOCK Consols, Money Ditto Account Railways. Bedford and Illetchley all fluckinghatTtshire lOO Chester & Itolyhead ' 100 Do. do. 54 p. ct ' 100 Do. do. 5 p. Ct. Clydesdale Junction , 100 Colchester, Stour Val I all N.Lincolnshirc,g.op.c 100 F. Union Ji arwichShs al Do. Woodbridge . . id 011.Ilarr.&Neils,Dra.1 lf Do. New •' 1 loster& Dean Forest El art.l pool.Dck.& Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares Lanc.&Carl.gua.s p.c London&Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutendl Lowentoft, gua. 4p. et. Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. )Said. Bradford Prefer- MADAME CELESTE.—This talented lady is now delighting the good people of Portsmouth , Southsea, &c., by her inimitable representation of the eve r " Green blushes," "Paris and Pleasure," and other of her fa v o urite characters. At the termination of this month Madame Celeste will proceed to Liverpool, accompanied by the Lyceum company, where arrangements have been made for th e production of the principal dramas in which she has always held so distinguished a position in the opinion of t he public. Among these are " The Tale of Two Cities," Ihe 'burlesque of " King Thrush Beard," with the brilliant ,` transformation scene," which was so eminently successful ' 4 London, and received the universal commendation of the t r ess. We understand that Madam e Celeste, on leavin g i'verpeel, will go to Dublin, where she wil l remai n until t he end of June, and where we feel persuaded her charming talent will ensure her the most gracious reception which u4l * hospitable friends on the other side of the Irish Channel ~ ' 4l l,Afer her. ~,1 1 1E HORSE RAILWAY SCHEME AT BIRKENHEAD. ~ The surveyor to the Birkenhead commissioners has re terted in favour of the above scheme, and at the commis kl°,,llero' meeting on Tuesday evening, his report and a Lcte -0,11141 from some of the inhabitants objecting to the plan n ‘ue ground that it would be attended with injury to PnritellEvidencesbusines, and pedestrians, were taken into conside ' n• is to be takenon the question, and a report Pre sented by a committee to whom it Im 14904 reierrod. ence Stock Newmarkt.,BuryEx 1 guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.k Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent. North Western Preston and Wm. I Do. Shares A. Roystn Hitch.,& Shep l Shrewsbry& Hereford Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon& Croydn. SHARE MARKET-( THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SIIARES AND STOCKS. Closing, Price. ft 6i 8 70 72 111 121 6 1 7 1 1101 103 191 911 61 61 74 8 18 19 544 65i 36 38 26 28 78 80 30 30i 98 100 114 i 1154 118 119 128 132 113 115 69i 691 60 65 1051 106 67 69 112 113 12 13 904 100 d 914 924 42 42i _!4 dl 114 10 94 96 104 11 74 6 55 57 3; Id M 61i Business Done. 93 Ird 4.1 491. 80 80 105 107 31 3/ d 8 9i 42 44 14 16 Oli I 20 18f a 1 5.5 20 1 121 I IP 1p 109 111 108 110 P 90 92 95 97 11 ld Id }p 23 24 124 1211 117 119 78 75 10 10! 231 23f 100 102 100 102 89 91 99 101 84 88 28 29 321 331 32 33 51 53 .SED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Business Paid. Co.'s. Price. Bone. Ln& N.Y . Ln& N.W Do. Do. Do. Caledonin r E.U.&E C' Gt. North. jE.Counte. oi 100 51% 312 r 4 1' 6 112 114 101 105 16 17 137 140 41 4% 126 5 'Caledonia Do. Gt. West Yk.N.&Br Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. .Ln&NIWt S. Esst 1 Do. 'Peto &.Co. Norfolk Do LN W&111 2f 21 95 97 i i P 66 63 Midland E.Counta Do. Do. I Do. all :Midland . all L&N NV) & L.Yk. all Do. 100 Gt. North 100 iT Brassoy 1 .... all M'Clean 100 Gt. West all L.&Brgtn 14i 15 135 137 104 108 10i 4 11P 91 93 DOCKS. Paid Closing Blusineee Price. Doze. Share Dooks. Steel Steel Steel' Stock Stock Stock Stook! I(.7ornmercial lOO -- Do 4 per Cent .Pref .Min lOO East and West India lOO London lOO ..- St. Katharine lOO Southampton lOO 100 Vietorta . lOO 100 103 ID9 New ~,.. ...v....! 3 _ their sche house day of Lich of shall s they Iv the ►books all add infor all the Lo shall ted by onnt of unclip g her un all also abefore which lirected rich he Lies and each Arishes within ; within those l places imits of ating to Pariia ;h, or of er such together by him, ie effect know known;dthfullp is ed by or ate, and Le fOrolo hapel ° f or the e e rains 01 opulatioe, the neigh' in EuroP e ' >ey mayb e A i 8 covers . Ited. Tb_ l e heautifu , remain . Lstornatil iutbroak ° id in ing. T 1 1 4 „. aongiugn ling to 0 `; ranarYtt b 'A s t ra w, an `; ;(5 of 03)0" 6 7 111 117 8$ 88 47 49 4 34 42 14 88 884 M 67 75 80 6 $ 894 404 Eit 94 554 564 24 34 p l e d 4 p 10 11 isi t 6 3 2 d PREFERENCE SHARES. ! Closing Business Paid. Share Railways. Priem. Done. 96 98 1.00 102 54 6 99 101 110 113 103 108 110 112 109 111 124 126 80 82 110 112 90 92 75 77 118 120 117 119 110 112 103 105 iB5 87 all 1100 98 98 90 100 88 90 90 92 102 le3 91 /0} 17 18 lei 10} 74 76 194 204 9, 10} 144 15 138 140 Ll 5 117 115 117 leg 142 [l5 117 154 157 132 136 be 70 21 22 115 117 15t4 157! 100 100 100 3 100 1 all s 1021 12 121 [25 127 I 4' 68 70 I !P 38 140 1.01 103 91 1P 95 91 IA all 100 Si 100 100 181 100 100 lot; 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 1)4.13.4, 100 5. 5. 8. all all 1 all THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY E VENING, APRIL 19, 1860. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share Railways. Closingrice. Paid.) k usiness done too 'Atlantic &St Lawrence Stk t Bom.,Barod a& Cent. Ind gu. 5 per cent L 8 Do. Do. :04 I Buffalo and Lake Huron :04 Do. New LO Do. Preference a 5 Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich 6 p. et. bds. 1 Aug., 18;2 10 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 16 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) I CapeTown & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 74 Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c ik East Indian, gu. 5 p. Do. F Shares Ext. Do. Jubbulpore Do. 44 p. c. Debentrs ,ock, Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1864 G eelong& Melbourne Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds ocli !Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 6 per cent. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 I Do. do. 1872 ' Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e Do. New, gua.s per cent Gt. South. of Ind.Lim.—i guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Sharesj all 1100 134 all 84 86 97 98 id id 41 isid all all leo 100 100 1. 3 0. 6f 71 78 82 70 75 68 73 par }p 11 d d S tool Id is 1014 102 par ip $ 1) 341 101 100 101 204 214 33 34 90 92 89 71 80 84 78 72 70 72 99i 99i id f d 1} ld 12 13i 71 71 d 97 99 97 99 97 99 90 93 88 90 Pg 99 91 93 1 Id Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with ept. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt Do. 5} p. c. do. '77 do ;lc Madras, guar., 4 p. c .k Do. do. 5 per cent Do. q p. o. Extension 'Do. Fourth do: Do. do. _ Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda.l Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc l Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do 1 Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do.. I (Limited) • I oak Scinde Do. New Do. Puniaub g`" k Do. Indus. St. Flo. ta,g'l St. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad(Limited)Scrip 1 all all all all 100 100 100 5 7 6 7 99 101 Id d d 94 96 Stool I Id 102 10 * IN 101 MeN 92 701 70 ICOe FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 43 41 20 Ardennes all p 20 BalL&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 7 id par 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 1 26 Beziers to Graissessao all 10 Buen.Ayres& S. Ferndo 24 23 21 is 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 23 23 100 Copiabo 10 Ditto Extension all 1 1 4d 20 Dutch Rhenish 20 Eastern of France 20 Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c 6 20 Do. do. 20 Great Central of Francs all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she all 6; 73 20 Italian Junction all 20 Lake Constance & Bale all 20 Lierre and Turnhout all 20 Lombardo Venetian lO 13 11p 20 Lyons and Geneva all 334 Maria Antonia all 10 Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege all 8 83 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. all 19 19 16 Northern of France all 38 39 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 8 9 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit all 37 874 20 Paris and Orleans . all 53 65 m so j Recife& S. Fran. (Per) 113 1 1 lid 111 1 j gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) 20 Riga and Dunaburg lO 10 Rome and Frascati 20 Royal Danish all 13 15 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. all 20 Sambre and Meuse. all 53 63 10 De. 54 per cent. Pref. 20 San Paulo (lim.) g. Zp. e 2 1 3 d 20 Southern of France all 20 21 83 West Flanders all 51 6 10 Do. 53 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 $0 Zealand COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - Can.Gov.6 p.c..) a. & July 100 114 116 1141 Do. 6p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 109 111 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 110 112 Do. 6 per cent. 1879 109 11111 Do. 6 percent. 1880 100 - - Do. 6 per cent. 1882 lOC - - Do. do. Scrip 26 N. 8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &uly 100 107 109 1083 Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. 0. Deb. 106 99 100 D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1876 100 99 100 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up 100 ' 99 100 993 1 NovaScot4aGov.6 p.c. St. • Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 107 109 1073 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 110 112 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 - Do. do. April & Oct. 100 105 106 1053 4 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 32 23 19 Berlin Water Works ... all 43 5 50 British American Land 40 50 Brit. & IrishMag%Tel.A. all 137 39 20 • Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862.. all 20 22 20, Do. C 100 Canada Land 324 'l2O 125 10 IChan. Islands Tel.(Lim ) all 6 8 Stock 'Cop.MimotEng.&Smltgl all 25 30 25 Do. Preference 74 per ct , all 244 254 Stock Crystal Palace. lOO 274 30 5 Do. Preference al 99 101 Stock Do. 6p. c. Perpet. Deb lOO 103 106 1041 Stook Electric Telegraph lOO 106 108 1061 25 Do. New 5 English ic Amt. Copper all 24 23 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 1 Great Ship (Limited) all 3 3 20 ,Indian & Aust. Telegr. 2s. 5 London District Telegr. 2 1 3d 20 London Discount 5 13 1 d 4 iLond.Gen. Omnibus Co. all 13 11 13 $0 I Madras Irr. and Canal 1 23 23 10 I Mediter. Electric Teleg. all 10 Med. Exton. Tel. (Lim.) all 3 4 25 ,National Discount Co 5 1 3 d 10 'Netherlands Land all 6 IDo 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at ldis. all 3 100 , N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 10 15 1 ,N.B.Australasian(Lim ), all 1 'Oriental Gas ' all I 1 Do. New Shares lss. 14 par 10 Orientl. In. Steam, A 6 10 Ditto B 10 Ditto C 2s. - Stock Peel River Land & Min lOO 49 51 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 7$ St 50 Do. New l5 13 16 30 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr. 174 id fp 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 53 63 100 Royal Mail Steam stock 'Se,ot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ), 100 120 130 25 South Australian Land.' all 343 353 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip. all 1 I Do. do Registered all • 1 3 $0 Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can ; 5 100 ,Van Diemen's Land .EPSOM RACES (THIS DAY). (BY ELECTRIC TELEGAEH.) LONDON-BRIDGE STAKES. Avalanche Weatherbound Fi avebt Eight ran. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. :Sittings in Banco before the Lord Chief Justice and Jus tices Willes, Bylas, and Keatind.) OYE AND HUGHES. Mr. Bovill moved, on the part of the defendant, for a rule calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why there should not be a new trial on various special grounds. The action was brought by Mr. Gye to recover the sum of £5,000 and various other items in respect of the breach of an agree ment in respect of her Majesty's Theatre. The case was tried in London, before the Lord Chief Justice, when a verdict was returned for the plaintiff, with £6,72oldamages. The circumstances of the case were, that Mr. Hughes had ob tained a writ of Elegit against Mr. Lumley, and had ob tained possession of the premises, and then entered into an agreement with Mr. Gye for the possession of the theatre, at the rental of £5,000 a year. it, however, turned out that Mr. Hughes had no legal power to demise the theatre, and therefore the sums paid to him had been improperly obtained. The defence being, that Mr. Gye knew well all the circumstances, and merely engaged the theatre to shut it up, and increase the interest of Covent-garden. The Court granted a rule to show cause. CIiARACTE.RS TO SERVANTS. The following observations have been forwarded to us for publication :—" The giving a character to a servant is one of the most ordinary communications which a member of society is called on to make, and as the learned Mr. Starkie observes, is a duty of of great importance to the interests of the public ; and in respect of that dutya person offends grievously against the interests of the community in giving a good character where it is not deserved, or against justice and humanityin either injuriously refusing to give a character or designedlymisropresenting 'one to the detriment of the individual.' The following rules are suggested for the consideration of masters and mistresses not acquainted with the law in such cases : Rule 1. No magistrate has any jurisdiction touching the character of a domestic servant, and the common threat of a master or mistress being summoned for not giving a character is absurd. Rule 2. It has been clearly decided that a character, honestly and bona fide given by a master or mis tress to any person making the usual inquiry, is a privileged communication, and unless inconsistent with truth, or actual malice can be proved by evi dence, no damages can be sustained. But it must be carefully borne in mind that, however truly or ho nestly the character may be given, an action at law can be brought against the master or mistress, and the ladies of the family put to the anxiety and trouble of appearing in court, as well as the lady to whom the character was given. And, although the servant may be immediately defeated, and the case stopped by the judge, you will find yourself some £5O or £6O out of pocket by your victory. Rule 3. The only safe course, when a master or mistress cannot in sincerity and truth recommend a servant, is to decline answering any questions on the subject, and the following form of written answer may prove useful Mrs. A presents her compliments to Mrs. B, and in reply to her note requesting the character of Ann C, trusts she will kindly excuse Mrs A de clining to answer any questions on the subject.' Address and date. A copy should be kept. In the case of Carrol v. Bird, the courts of law have decided that neither master nor mistress is bound to give a character, and that no action will lie against them far refusing. The cases of Taylor v. Hawkins, and Somervill v. Hawkins, aro well worthy of notice. It must, however, be repeated that both justice and humanity claim from a master and mistress their kindest care and consideration for the character ofl their servants, more particularly female servants ; 1 but it is confidently believed that if the above rules were better known and more generally acted on all good and honest servants would be the gainers."— Times. ADVERTISING.-IMPO.RTANT VERDICT. FAULWENER V. LBTTS. This was an action tried at the Sheriffs' Court (yester day) before Mr. Kerr and a jury. Mr. Buchanan, for the plaintiff, stated that his client was a literary gentleman, and defendant the proprietor of " Letts' Diaries." The action was brought to recover 45 55., for writing a series of complimentary reviews and causing the same to be inserted in London and provincial newspapers. Plaintiff had also collected, in a neat book, the articles in question, and defendant refused to pay kim for his services. Plaintiff was called, and said he was editor of anewspaper. He had been requested by Mr. Hogg, defendant's foreman, to write the reviews, and it was with great difficulty (after failures) that he succeeded. He did succeed, and by the desire of Hogg, collected the reviews, in all about 12, in a handsome book. Plaintiff was a literary gentleman. Mr. Stammers (instructed by Mr. Aubin, of Moorgate street) asked plaintiff to define what he meant by a literary gentleman, but plaintiff declined. Mr. Lawrence, a gentleman, 25 years in the literary pro fession, said such reviews as plaintiff had written would range from 10s. 6d. to 215., but editors generally did not insert them unless as advertisements. Each newspaper had a literary critic, whose duty it WAS to criticise books. Mr. Stammers then called the attention of the Court to the fact that in January last the plaintiff had sued defendant for advertisements inserted and recovered. Now, plaintiff had no right to split his cause of action, and having done so, could not recover. Mr. Hogg said that plaintiff had introduced himself to the firm as an advertising agent, and as such received orders. Witness never employed him to write the reviews. Had received a book containing advertisements and about four reviews, but that had been mislaid. Two advertising agents deposed that it was not usual to pay for such reviews; and after Mr. Buchanan had addressed the jury, his Honour said it was not creditable for any man to boast of influence with newspapers, which were, he could say, con ducted on a most honourable and pure principle. Plain tiff had mentioned " peculiar" people he had to see, but it was well known that the literary critics were bound to take notice of such books as reached them through the office, for which they were paid by the office. It was difficult to be lieve that any man could criticise a book unless connected with the newspaper in which the review appeared. If the jury thought plaintiff had been employed, then he was entitled to recover. If, on the other hand, defendant had not employed him, and the review had been written unsoli cited, then defendant was entitled to the verdict. The jury immediately found for defendant. His Honour allowed costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY AT A SYNAGOGUE OP VALUABLE SCARPS. —Morris Raphael, of 24, Now-stroet, Gravel-lane, Houndsditch, a warehouseman, was charged before Mr. Bingham, with stealing at the synagogue, St. Alban's place, St. James's, some silk scarfs, of the value of £35, the property of the members of the synagogue. Mr. Samuel Victor Abrahams, of 8, Bloomsbury-place, Bloomsbury, one of the overseers of the synagogue, St. Alban's-place, said that between the Ist and 7th of April a number of silk scarfs, belonging to the members, were missed from the box in which they were kept, and after see ing a number which were pledged, was able to identify one as his own property—it being of the value of £7• The pri soner being the nephew of the beadle of the synagogue had access to the place. The missing scarfs were used by the members in the service, and were of the value of £35. Mr. 'William Fryett, jun., son of Mr. Fryett, 16, White ehapel•road, pawnbroker, produced two scarfs pledged by the prisoner on the 16th April for 155., one of which was identified by Mr. S. V. Abrahams as his property. Mr. Lewis Henry Braham, solicitor, of 12, Furnival's inn, Holborn, identified two scarfs produced as his pro perty. Wm. Howell, assistant to Mr. Barker, pawnbroker, 91, Houndsditeh, said the two scarfs were pledged by the prisoner with another one for £1 55., early in April. Sarah Josephs, of 31, Castle-street, Leicestor-square, employed as a cleaner at the synagogue, said between the Ist and the 6th April she saw the prisoner at the synagogue trying to open the boxes where the scarfs were kept with a key. _ Mr. Bingham committed the prisoner, whose family have been employed at the synagogue with credit for 40 years, for trial. THAMES. DAAINct HicttwAT Rom'En . v.—Andrew Fitzharris, a tall and powerful fellow, aged 18, who was described as a labourer, but who is known to be a most notorious and desperate thief, was charged with stealing a valuable gold watch from the person of Mr. Charles Mason, landlord of the Standard public-house in Well-street, Wellclose-square. This case has been twice remanded to enable the police to trace the watch, which the constables engaged in the case have not succeeded in doing. A few days since Mr. Mason was passing along Albert-street, Shadwell, and saw the prisoner in conversation with a woman, directly after he had passed them he (the prisoner) made an attack upon Mr. Mason, struck him, and snatched his watch from him. The prisoner ran away with the watch, and Mr. Meson pursued him and called out " Stop thief." A police-con stable, named James Howe Richards, 277 K, stopped the prisoner, who ran directly into the policeman's arms. The prisoner denied having committed the robbery or that ho ran away. Richards—He was running, lie was out of breath. lie ran into my arms. The prisoner sailed a woman of doubtful character, who said that the day after the robbery she saw a man called Peky with a gold watch which ho said he picked up in Albert-street. She told him that a man was in custody for stealing the watch, and he ought to give it up and prove the man's innocence. Poky afterwards told her that he had pawned the watch for £4, and that it was with a pawn broker in Whitechapel. Mason said his watch was a gold engine-turned one. The magistrate said the evidence for the defence was per • fectly consistent with the prisoner's guilt, and committed him for trial. THE DUNDEE TRADE AND THE FRENCH TREATY. —We (Dundee .Advertiser) understand that Mr. Small, of the Dundee Chamber of Commerce, has been summoned to London by Mr. Cobden, and met that gentleman on Mon day, at one o'clock, to consult with him on the subject of the action of the French treaty on linens, kites, yarns, and carpets. This is good news for our local trade, as it shows that Mr. Cobden, who has been suspected of thinking only of his friends the cotton manufacturers, is really desirous of understanding and promoting the interests of the impor tant manufactures connected with this locality. THE SALE OF THE OPERA COLONNADE HOTEL.— Yesterday the Opera Colonnade Hotel, formerly known as "Feuillade's," Charles-street, St. James's, and which for some time past has been conducted by a public com pany, under the title of the " Opera Colonnade Company (Limited)," was offered to public competition, at Garra way's, by Messrs. Bowes and Bellingham. The auctioneer stated that the directors of the company had expended nearly £30,000 upon the property. After a very brisk com petition, the lease and goodwill were knocked down for £7,500. TILE GREAT TASMANIA VlCTlMS.—Charlcs Pur cell, another of the soldiers who came home in the Groat Tasmania, died at the Liverpool workhou'se on Tuesday. The deceased was a sergeant-major in the army of India. The mother of the deceased resides at New York; and Purcell, ere he died, left some money for her in the care of the governor of the workhouse. The coalowners of llainault, in Belgum, are, it appears, dissatisfied with the Anglo-French commercial treaty, or with that part of it which concerns the duty on coals. An equalisation of duties does not satisfy them, be cause they cannot, even under the circumstances, compete with the English coalowners. A certain number of them had an audience of the Emperor on Sunday, and made their complaints known. It is bard to know what remedy there is, as they can hardly expect more than to bo put on an equality. There is another, to be sure, but too serious to be easily applied. Suppose the coalowners of llainault are reminded that their province is conterminous with France, and that by annexation they would become French citizens, t.nd then, being at home, they need fear no competition. BARON GREENE.—The Morning News learns that "Mr Baron Greene has considerably improved in health. Although not yet quite convalescent, his lordship felt himself so much better yesterday that he came down to court, and took his seat on the bench for a short period." BRITISH MINES. Share Mines. Paid. Closing Vir - i Price. o Allred Consols (Philaok) 2.11.10 ,21 3 20 British Iron Clifford — 306 310 *-- Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 440 450 East Bassett (Illogan) SO 871 921 91 East Caradon E. WI Russ' (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 111 111 111 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 544 35 38 Great South Tolgus l7s 144 144 G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillaokl 12.8.9 f 4 G. Wheal Vor (Helston 94 .. .. Grenville Herod's-Foot 8.12.0 30 32 Hingeton Downs 4.7.0 4 45 Lady Bertha , 1.8.6. 14 11 . Margaret (Ony Lelant) 9l 40 45 North Downs North France s 1 llogan) 11 31 4 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) 5 5 54 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 8 9 10 Par Consols (St. Blazy). 14 121 134 Providence (Uny Lelat) 10.6.7 45 43 Sortridge Cone. Min. Co. 12s 4 i SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 14 295 305 South C. Bruit Illogan). 3 24 2 1 S.Dev. Iron & Gen. Min. all 14 1 S •Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 140 150 147 Stray Park 20.18.0 24 26 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 44 3 31 10 Tin Croft 9 41 41 Vale of Towel (Carm ) 134 6d 4 West Basset (Illogan) 24 19 264 W. Caradon (Liskeard). 5 88 90 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan). 51 145 155 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 87 924 • Wheal Edward (Cals.) 64 1 # 1/ Wheal Kitty(U. Lelan 1.7.2 16 17 • Wh'l Mary Ann (Simile 8 20 21 ... WWI Trelawney (Lick. 54 36 31 FOREIGN MINES so kustralian 7l 1 1 - 1 Bon AccordCopper,Llm. 158 # d par 35 Brazil. Imp. (ic. at 45 p.; 271 - 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. all 23 24 5 Do. Land and Mining,Co. all 1 Clarendon Cons, Min, Co. d 40 Cobre Copper al l 43 15 Copiapo l6 11 13 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Ce all f 4 2 Fortuna 20 General all 24 25 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 1 d i p 11 Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 11 3 Linares all 10/ 111 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 4 1 1 N RldneCop.of S.Aus.L 10 s. 1 d p 28 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt.... all 5 6 5 Port Philip .... 1 4 I 1 Scottish Australn. (L.)... 10s 4 d par 28.2.81 United Mexican ....... all 11 2 1 Worthing (Limited).... all 1 Do. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 I Agra&UnitedServiceßkl 50 75 77 ---- 40 (Australasia I all 71 74 73 25 Bank of Egypt all 211 224 100 Bank of Loudon 5O 51 53 23 Bank of Turkey 3 59 (British North American all 20 Clad. Bank of India, &c all 191 204 25 I Ch.Mer.of In. Lon.&Ch all 31 33 100 'City , 50 70 72 100 ;Colonial I 25 37 38 371 20.11 ICoYn. Bank of Canada 1 all 100 , Commercial of London. 20 19 21 20 Eng , Soot., & Aus. Ch. all 161 17 20 (Gen. Bk. of Switzerland, all 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustraL all 224 23 33 _ 50 ,London and County 50 ILondon Joint Stook _ 100 London & Westminster. 20 581 2 , 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 20 !Do. new lO 50 ( National Bank 25 20 INew South Wales 25 ! Orient .Bk. Corporation all 44 i i 20 .Otternall Bapl; all 17 18 174 100 ,Provincial of Ireland 10 Po. New all —.-- 25 South Australia 25 lUnion of Australia all 471 50 'Union of London I 12 291 301 291 301 • 100 11 / 1 1 11 7/ 4 2t 1141 o pt 10 7._ 11 7 110LESALE ROBBE.RIES AT TILE FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIOXASHIP. - 11, The London " swell mobmen" never lose an op portunity of taking advantage of the slightest ex citement to turn it to account, and a prize fight affords peculiar advantage to ply their dishonest calling, and that of Tuesday last was looked for ward to with pleasing anticipations. No amount of money can ensure a selection of respectable persons or prevent an infusion of swell mob thieves from such gatherings, and if the tickets were charged at ten instead of three guineas there they would be. How some of the vagabonds managed to reach Farnborough may be judged of by one fact, which has come to the knowledge of the writer. On Tues day morning, as the time for the trains from Lon don-bridge approached, two Leicestershire gentle men made their appearance, with tickets in hand, and inquired anxiously for the way to the platform from which the train for the fight was about to start. Two sharpers, on the "look out," took the tickets, pretending to look at them ; but they no sooner got possession of them than they rushed amongst the crowd, leaving their dupes in a state of perfect bewilderment, for though they had tra velled many miles to see the fight, they were de prived of the opportunity, as it was too late then to obtain other tickets, and they were left to sleep off their annoyance. All persons who have any idea of such scenes would consider it an extreme act of folly to take a gold watch or other property to a prize-fight; but fortunately for the thieves, and unfortunately for the American gentlemen, who ware their chief victims on this occasion, many of the latter had no conception whatever of what they had to encounter and the roughs they had to meet, and they took their watches with them. Some idea may be formed of the number ofrobberies that took place, when it is stated that not less than eight watches, of a valuable description, had been stolen from eight gentlemen stopping at the same hotel. Of the number one was a presentation watch, which the owner would not have lost for 100 guineas. 21115 DAYS MARKETS. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Liverpool Corporation Water Bill were considered and agreed to. The following bills were read a third time :—Chard Rail way, Llangollen and Corwen Railway, and Wellington (Salop) Water. The following bills were considered and ordered for third reading :—Central Wales Railway, Great Southern of India Railway Company, and Horsham and Steyning and Becding Roads. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the 'Highways Bill ; in favour of and against the 'Wine Licencing Bill ; against the Savings' Bank Bill, and Legalising Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister; in favour of the Attorney and Solicitors Bill ; from the National Schoolmasters of Antrim, complaining of the inadequacy of their remunera tion ; for the omission of the 4th clause in the Attorneys and Solicitors Bill ; against the abolition of Church-rates ; praying for the consideration of the situation of the medi cal officers of the Poor-law unions; for the abolition of Church-rates, &c. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. On the motion of Mr. ROEBUCK leave of absence was granted to Sir F. Smith, on the ground of domestic afflic tion. ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. Mr. BLACK moved an address for copy of the terms of the arrangement under which the Queen's printer now prints acts of Parliament for the public; specifying the size of the different editions supplied to Government, the number of copies of each edition supplied, and the price per copy per sheet ; also the price per sheet at which each such edition is now sold to the public, and amount of re duction, if any, as compared with the prices charged pre vious to the expiration of the patent of the Queen's printer. —Ordered. CONVEYANCE OF VOTERS, &c., BILL. Mr. COLLIER, in moving the second reading of this bill, said that the principle of the measure had been affirmed last session. For some time the question of the payment of the election expenses of voters had been a vexed ques tion. An Act of Parliament had been passed by which an agent was entitled to pay for the conveyance of voters, provided the money for that purpose was not given to the voters. For instance, the money for a rail way ticket could not be forwarded to the voter himself, but might be sent to a friend. That state of things was a gross absurdity, and should not be permitted to exist any longer, and it was disgraceful to think that a misdemeanour on the part of an agent should rest upon so nice a distinction as. the difference between paying a voter for the expense he might incur in travelling, and paying for that ex pense to another party. Reverting to first prin ciples, he considered the practice that prevailed in regard to the payment of voters' expenses was unjustifi able, and he contended that such payments should be done away with altogether. The best test of the fitness of a party for the electoral privilege was his desire to use it, and if he did not take some trouble he was net qualified for the trust reposed in him. The fact was, that the member should be the representative of the earnestness and in telligence, and not the apathy of a constituency. (Hear, hear.) He contended that if a voter was to be paid for his expenses in exercising a public right, that pay m•nt should be made by the nation and not by an individual. Me believed the effect of the present system would be to throw the representation of many counties into the hands of manufacturing millionnaires, and he referred to the Wakefield commission to show that the system of paying expenses was a cloak to all sorts of bribery. He proposed by his bill to multiply the number of polling places, and ho concluded by stating that the exercise of the fran chise should be the privilege of the voter and not the busi ness •f the candidate. Mr. NEWDEGATE considered that the effect of the bill would be to disfranchise a number of non-resident voters, and moved that it be read a second time this day six months. Sir G. C. LEWIS deprecated any further discussion on this bill as a waste of time until after the report of the committee on the corrupt practices at elections, which had taken evidence on the subject of this measure. Mr. HENLEY approved the suggestion of the right hon. baronet. _ . Mr. NEWDEGATE—On the condition that that sug gestion would be acted on ho would withdraw his amend ment. After some further discussion, in which Messrs. Mellor, Lewis, Griffith, Sir E. Colebroke, Mr. Smith, Lord H. Vane , Mr. Barrow, Sir C. Douglas, and Sir G. B. Pechell took part, Mr. COLLIER reminded the house that this bill was read a second time last session, but he was quite ready to accede to a suggestion that had been thrown out, and to consent that the bill should be read a second time, and then referred to a select committee. Ho had no objection to tie other suggestion, namely, that the debate be adjourned. (Cries of "No," " Divide.") The house then divided on the question that the debate be adjourned. The numbers were— For the adjournment. 94 Against considered that the bill was a most arbitrary measure, and sought to restrict the freedom which the house at present possessed of rescinding one of its own resolutioas. The only object which the hon. member could effect by this bill was merely to remove an act from the statute book, which involved what he considered the principle of religious liberty, and such an object would be the means of bringing them into a collision that could not fail to be most injurious. He concluded by moving that the 'bill be road a second time this day six months. Mr. CONINGHAM supported the bill. Mr. DUNCOMBE denied that he was propos ing this bill in violation of any agreement between the two houses, for it was absurd and unconstitu tional to assert that an act parsed two years ago in another Parliament was binding on the house, ur that it could not be repealed in any succeeding Parliament. They ought to get rid of the roundabout mode they now adopted with reference to the admission of Jews into the house, for, although it had not yet produced inconvenience it might do so, and the house was placing itself in an undignified posi tion. The constituencies who had been appealed to by Jewish candidates had expressed their opinion by return ing them. By the present system, his hen. friend the mem • ber for Reading, through the regulations of the house, would not have been able to vote on the question of the address to her Majesty in reply to the Royal Speech. Ho called on them to remove the last blot on their Christian character, and to "do unto others as they would be done by." (Hear, hear.) Mr. KNIGHTLY was strongly opposed to the state of the law in regard to the admission of Jews into that house, but at the same ti m e he thought it would not be advisable to re open the question, as they had no security that there was any alteration in the feelings of the Upper,House in reference to the subject. Mr. HENLEY also opposed the bill on the same round. The house divided, and the numbers were— For the second reading Against Majority —42 The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at 20 minutes past 5 o'clock. 117 CORN EXCHANGE. bit BRUT, WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 49s Id ; barley, 37s 2d ; oats, 24s 2d ; rye, 36s 10d ; beans, 39s 9d ; and peas, 38s 3d. THE SLY WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 46s 6d ; barley, 36s 9d ; oats, 23s 6d ; rye, 33s 9d ; beans, 39s 8d ; peas, 37s 11d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 91,086, barley, 28,100 ; oats, 9,942 ; rye, 102 ; beans, 4,641; peas, 793 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Although only a moderate supply of beasts was on sale in to-day's market, the demand for all kinds ruled very inactive, at Monday's decline in the quotations. The show of sheep was rather limited ; nevertheless, the mutton trade was less active, on former terms. Wo have to report a very dull sale for lambs, at from 4d to Gd per 81bs less money. The quotations ranged from ow Gd to 7s per Ms. Calves wore hoavy, and 4d to Gd per 81bs cheaper, the top figure being 58 GI In pigs very little was passing, on former terms, and milch cows were very dull. Per Blbs to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. e. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 2 3 4) Primecrs-wool do. 4 10 5 4 Second quality do. 3 6 3 10 Pme. S' thdown do. 5 6 5 10 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 4 Large crse. calves 4 6 5 0 Primo Scots, &c. 4 6 4 8 Prime small do 5 2 5 6 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 0 ) Large hogs 3 6 3 10 Second quality do. 424 8! Small porkers 424 10 Lambs, 5s 6d to 7s Od. Suckling calves, 18s to 23s ; and quarter .old store pigs 24s to 30s. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs 6,100 Sheep Calves Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL.—OnIy a moderate busi ness is doing here to-day ; nevertheless, prices rule high : Beef. from 2s 6d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 4s 2d to 5s Od ; lamb, as 6d. to 6s 4d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; pork, 3s 8d to 5s Od per 81bs. by the carcase. SOUTHALL, April 18. The supplies of each kind of fat stock in to-day's market were only moderate, and the trade is less active, as follows, viz.: Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 4s Od to 58 8d ; lamb, 6s Od to 7s Od ; veal, 4s 8d to 5s 6d ; pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per 81bs to sink the offal. ROMFORD, April 18.—Prime beasts and sheep moved off freely, at full quotations. Other stock was less active : Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 4s Od to 6s 10d ; lamb, 6s Od to 7s 4d ; veal, 5 s Od to 5 s 8 d ; and pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81bs ; suckling calves, 14 s to 19e ; quarter old store pigs, 22s to 29s each; and milch cows, £l4 Os 14 £lB 103 each. HAY MARKETS. ---- SNIITHFIELD.--3101tdOlir hay, £3 Os to £4 17s 6d ; clover, £4 Os to £5 12s Gd ; and straw, £1 75 to £1 14s per load. Trade firm. CITMBEILLAND.—MeadOW hay, £3 3s to £5 og ; clover, £4 Os to £5 12s Gd ; and straw , £ 1 86 to £1 14s per lead. A fair demand. Wu ITECHIPEL.—Meadowhay. £3 Om to £4 17s Gd; clover £4 Os to £5 17s ; and straw, 7s to £1 14s per load. Trade steady. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, April 19. —Wind this day at noon, North- North-East; strong and squally, with occasional showers of snow. FALMOUTH, April 18.—Wind E., freak gale.—Arrived —Eliza Pilaw, from Silloth for Newhaven, United States, leaky, and with part of cargo overboard; bore up from 32 W. NEWPORT, April 19.—Wind for Quebec. PLYMOUTH, April IS.—Wind E.—Arrived—Horatio, from Porto Rico. April 19.—Arrived—China, steamer, from Alexandria for Southampton; left Gibraltar on the 13th inst. CLYDE, April 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Cambria, from Now York. COWES, April 18.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Vanderbilt, steamer, from Havre, and left for New York. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Wind N. Arrived—Annetta, from Christiana; Courier, steamer, from Jersey. Sailed—Atalanta, steamer, for Jersey ; Wonder, steamer, for Havre. (BY SUBMARINE ANDRTISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Wind N. ; a gale ; tide second hour's flood, weather cloudy. Arrived, April 19—Earl of Auckland, steamer, from Rotterdam ; Baron Osy, steamer, from Antwerp. Sailed, April 19—Mage ola, for Shanghai. LINE OF TELEGRAPH FROM LIVERPOOI TO HOLYHEAD.—This line, which was opened yesterday, will be of immense advantage to shipowners and others inte rested in the arrival of v easels at Liverpool, as vessels can now be telegraphed from all the principal points on the coast of Wales as far as I. [olyhead. Yesterday a very large number of vessels were telegraphed off the port of Liver pool. 115} i I Zu" WI i i 100 1051 100 Stool 113 121 131 Stoc; Stock' 100 1 son 100 80 92) 2 Stock 117* I S2' 61} 1/ I 20 961 6 106 41 10 49 . 20 20 79 10 i 20 14 20 20 Me i i 43i I 20 10 40 1 20 110 112 ;207 210 83 65 'll5 120 96 08 208 7/1 THE STATISTICAL SOVIBTY. Majority l3 The debate was then adjourned until this day month. ATTORNEYS, SOLICITORS, PROCTORS, AND CERTIFICATED CONVEYANCERS' BILL. Mr. MURRAY moved the second reading of this bill, which came from the Lords, and explained the objects of the measure. It was proposed by the bill to increase the respectability aid education of the members of the legal profession by admitting to it gentlemen who were members of the universities of England and Ireland, after serving for three instead of four years, as was the present practice. It was also proposed to enable barristers to become solicitors after a service of two years, if they desired to enter on that branch of the profession ; and that managinc , clerks who had served for ten years, honestly and faithfully, should be admitted on serving three years under articles. Mr. KNIGHT strongly objected to different parts of the bill, amongst others to the clause proposing to repeal the act disqualifying attorneys and solicitors from acting as justices of peace. He thought that when the members of the profession practised they ought not to occupy a magis terial position. He also opposed the clause which proposed to take money out of the public purse to be placed at the disposal of an incorporated law society in Chancery-lane. He concluded by moving that the bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. J. LOCK E complained that the bill which he intro duced had been mutilated in the Upper house of Lords, and that Lord Chelmsford arrested the progress of that bill, and then brought forward the present one containing many of the same provisions. He had great respect for attorneys and solicitors, having been acquainted with them for several years, but ho objected to their being made magi strates. .X suter ultra erepitlam was the principle which he considered that body should adopt, and he thought that the provision proposed in the clause, by which attorneys or solicitors were not to practise in the county of which they were justices of the peace, would be evaded. ' For instance, they might get legal friends to act for them in such counties, and throw, as in the case of licensing, all the weight of their magisterial influence into the scale on behalf of their clients. H approved of the educational clauses In the bill, but these clauses had already passed the house, and was waiting for a second reading in the House of Lords. lie also objected to the term " manag ing clerk," which he proposed should be struck out of the bill if it went to a second reading. Mr. E. JAMES said that th bill proposed to tax the attorneys and solicitors to the extent of £5,000 a year, which money was to be placed at the disposal of the society in Chancery-lane, sitting as an irresponsible Parliament. Ho did not censure that society. It had been the means to some extent of expurgating the profession, but they had done nothing in :reference to the recent defalcations in the profession, and they were not called on to pro secute great delinquents. There were other very ob jectionable clauses, and one of these, conferring on solicitors certain powers over their clients, was objected to even by solicitors themselves. On these grounds ho was opposed to the bill in its present form. Mr. M. SMITH defended the Incorporated Law Society, who, he stated, had prosecuted some of the members of their own profession much to their credit. Through their exertions several dishonest solicitors had been struck off the rolls, and but for that society such would not have been the case, as no one seemed to take any interest in such matters. The bill was prepared by that society, which ho thought, from their exertions, were entitled to confidence and respect. He maintained that the bill, with the excep tion of those clauses relating to the power of lien conferred on s olicitors, which was a matter of detail, and repealing the disqualifications of solicitors for the office of justice, which ought to be struck out, was a good measure. It would have the effect of improving the respectability and status of the profession, in which the public were deeply concerned. Mr. B. OSBORNE, from his own experience, considered that the charges of solicitors were already high enough without the Legislature being called on to pass a measure extending protection to that body, which was totally un necessary. Mr. A. MILLS considered that all the objections raised to the bill related to matters which could bo discussed in committee. He admitted that some of the clauses were open to just opposition, but these might be struck out or modified, and the bill, if only for the educational clause it contained, ought to be read a second time. After some remarks by Mr. LOWE, who stated that he would vote against the second reading of the bill, Mr. BOVILL contended that the bill was entitled to the support of the house, as its object was to elevate the cha• racter of those who were engaged in the legal profession. Some of the clauses were not suggested by the Incorporated Law Society, and he assured the house that the bill should be modified in committee, and he trusted on its general principles it would now be read a second time. He be lieved that it would be conferring a great boon on the pub lic if the society in question were provided with adequate funds to enable them to have a register, and to adept other means to protect the public against fraudulent or unquali fied legal practitioners. With regard to the provision re lative to attorneys and solicitors being appointed justices of peace, he know many places in which such appointments would be most desirable. The fart was that it was a mere question with regard to the power they would confer on the Lord Chancellor, w h o certainly ought to be supposed to have discrimination enough to make a selection in cases where the appointment of a solicitor to the magistracy would be beneficial. The SOLICITOR -GENERAL considered that there was a good deal of what was excellent in the bill, but there were provisions to which he was not reconciled, but he would vote for the second reading. Mr. HADFIELD opposed the bill, chiefly on the ground that it proposed to place £5,000 a year in the hands of an irresponsible body. Mr. SOTIIERON ESTCOURT considered that, as a matter of constitutional proceeding, they ought to reject the present bill, and adhere to that which they had previ ously sent to the Upper House. Mr. DENMAN supported the second reading, and thought, in dealing with the bill, they should not stand on any punctilio. Mr. HENLEY supported the sec ond reading of the bill, but considered that it should be modified in committee. This was a matter that did not affect the legal classes only, for the public were generally interested in the character and qualifications of attorn e y s and solicitors, who were mixed up so intimately in their transactions. The house then divided, and the numbers were— , For the second reading ............. 1J291 Against it ............................ Majority 1 69 The bill was accordingly read a second time. JEWS' ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved the second reading of this bill. Mr. NEWDEGATE strongly opposed the bill, and ho considered it would be extremely impolitic to press forward a measure that was calculated to bring the house into con • tlict with the Upper House. By a resolution of this house, members of the Jewish persuasion could be admitted to the Ivan, and ho did not see what more was required. IL* At the ordinary meeting of the above society, held at their rooms, 12, St. James's-square, Colonel Sykes, M.P., in the chair, Mr. NEWMARCH read a paper on Indian currency and banking. He commenced by explaining that the system of banking in India was of two kinds, the one internal the other external. The business of the former was confined to transactions having their origin and termination in the country, and that of the latter consisted in discounting bills, &c., that would have to be paid out of India. There were several banks in India of European origin, but besides those there was a very ramified and exten sive system of native banking going on all over India even where European banks could not go. The inconvenience of transmitting money in India had been felt, and merchants and traders had re sorted to the plan of procuring a banker's draft on another banker, and that was considered the safest means of sending it. Having explained the manner in which the money was spread over the face of that country, he proceeded to criticise the plan pro posed by Mr. Wilson for the purpose of establish ing a paper currency in India. He did not mean to object to the paper circulation in India, for he considered it a first-rate State necessity. Mr. Wil son had proposed, too, that the circulation should be in the hands of the Government, and not en trusted to any of the banks; that the bank note should be a legal tender; that the notes should be issued through the local treasuries; and that they should be issued by currency commissioners, wh'o should have the management of the whole business. It was important that the notes should at all times be convertible, and for that reason there should always be a sufficient amount of bullion in the office to meet them. He objected to Mr. Wilson's plan for three reasons : because it was new in prin ciple in being attached to the Government ; it was new in practice; and it was new in machinery, as it discarded the idea of establishing a great cen tral bank. It was also proposed to hold one third of the money received for the notes, and to invest the remainder in Government secu rities, but this would never do, for if there should happen to be a run upou the commissioners they might be unable to meet their engagements. He then pointed to a tabular statement showing the monthly returns of the Bank of Bengal from Novem ber, 1856, to April, 1858, showing the amount of the circulation, the bullion in the bank, the rate of discount, and the various fluctuations during that period. From this he argued that it was not the amount of gold that was in the country that affected the rate of discount, but the circulation and amount of reserve that was collected in the hands' of the bankers. He quoted from Fullerton, Mr. 'Wilson, and others, to bear out his views, and said although it would be most beneficial to India if a good sound paper currency were established, the plan proposed would never succeed if the Govern ment were to usurp the functions of the banker. An issue department separated from a banking de partment would never succeed, and therefore it was that he so strongly condemned the proposed plan. It would, besides, be very unfair to the bankers, for they depended a great deal on their circulation for their profit ; and if the system proposed were put in operation it would cripple private enterprise and be injurious to the best interests of the country. No other colony was treated in a similar manner, and India ought not to be. He then proceeded to draw a comparison between the Bank of England and the Indian banks, and said the advantage which the former possessed over the latter was chiefly owing to the fact that whatever was its position it was the growth of 150 years. He was opposed to the Government having anything to do in the shape of currency, and thought they would do much bet ter it' they were to stimulate private enterprise in stead of curtailing it. (Hear, hear.) Colonel SYKES complimented Mr. Newmarch on the manner in which he had delivered his lecture, but supported the principle of Mr. Wilson. Mr. HYDE CLARKE maintained that Mr. New march had not impugned Mr. Wilson's plan, nor proved his own position of the necessity of a central or national bank. So far from Mr. Wilson's mea sures being unsupported by experience, they were supported by the very figures adduced by Mr. New march as to the Bank of Bengal. So far from the circulation, or bullion, or deposits of the Bank of of Bengal, Bank of Bombay, of Bank of Madras, being employed in the discount of commErcial bills, so as to influence the rate of discount in the man ner alleged, they were only employed in a most trifling proportion on discounts, but were locked up in the manner contemplated by Mr. Wilson's plan in Government securities. A long discussion followed, during which Mr. Wilson was ably defended by , some, while others were as much opposed to him. At the close a cordial vote of thanks to the lecturer terminated the Toceedings. CONVICTION UNDER THE FACTOR" ACT. A singular case, resulting in the conviction of Nlessrs. Ainley and Taylor, manufacturers, of Melthatn, near Huddersfield, was heard yester day before J. Brooke, W. Witlans, S. W. Haigh, and Charles Brook, Esqs., at the Huddersfield Police -court. A charge was preferred by Mr. Bates, sub-inspector of factories, to the efftct that the defendants, being occupiers of certain mill premises where young persons under the age of 18 were employed, did knowingly obstruct the sub inspector in the execution of the powers entrusted to him by the Act of Parliament, by " attempting to conceal and prevent such young persons appear ing before the sub-inspector to be examined by him." On the 14th of Febriary last, Mr. Bates, accom nanied by a police-officer, visited the mill about a quarter to 7 in the evening, when all the young persons under 18 should have left, and having visited several of the rooms, they arrived at a land ing on the second story of the building, where the inspector perceived three young persons whom ho believed to be under the age of 18. Stationing the police-officer at the door, the sub-inspector walked to the far end of the room, where these young people were washing, for the purpose of satisfy ing himself as to their age. Before arriving there, however, they had concealed themselves, and could nowhere be seen ; and after a prolonged search in different parts of the room, one of the lads was ultimately found in a very dangerous position beneath a scribbling machine, which was in motion at the time. The lad was dragged out by the heels, and the search fo r the other parties renewed ;but here an insuperable obstacle was presented by the whole of the gas in the room being turned off, and the inspector and the officer were left in no very safe position among the working machinery. Whilst thus groping their way about, a window near where the police officer was standing was swung opt n, and a boy was assisted to get out, being taken charge of when outside by a man on the top of a ladder. The officer attempted to gain the window, but was prevented by stambling over a quantity of wool, and with difficulty both he and the inspector groped their way in darkness to the lower part of the mill, a light having been re peatedly refused them. They then left the building amidst the hisses of a number of the workpeople. The evidence for the defence only substantiated these statements, and the magistrates, in inflicting a penalty of £5 and the expenses, commented on the conduct of Messrs. Ainley and Taylor in their attempted defence of such proceedings. THE FIGHT FOR VIE Cruatr.tolgsrtir.—The Vanderbilt left Cowes yesterday for New York with the American mail. Amongst her passengers were the various reporters and artists of the sporting American journals who came over here respecting the fight for file championship. Amongst the cargo were 35 bales of nov;spapers, weighing two tons, containing particulars of the 'fight. No previous event in England ever caused such a nrimber of newspapers to be sent to America at one time. Another of Vanderbilt's mail steamers will leave New York Tor Cowes about tb.vi 28th inst. The Teutonia steamer 'will legvt SoutbAV,ton for Now York ou the 25th inst. ~~ !S or rent gueh ►era-