The Sun. — London, England, 1859-03-18 00:00:00

AtaNEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Markets for Foreign and Colonial Produce during the last few days have been exceedingly ( Piet, and the few transactions entered into in most of the leading staples have been at a slight decline on former rates. At the public sales of t ea, however, prices were well maintained, par ticularly for the better qualities of green. Sugar has been exceedingly dull, and in some instances a decline of 6d. to ls. per cwt. has taken place in values. The Refined Market has also exhibited less activity, and sales have been pressed at lower quotations. Coffee, owing to the diminished stocks and the limited supplies, has been in fair demand, and full rates have been obtained, especially for the better qualities of Plantation Ceylon. In rice no transactions of any importance have been reported, a nd spices have been at rather easier quo tations. Saltpetre continues inactive, but in the medium qualities a moderate business has been teported, at about late values. The tallow market has exhibited rather more animation, the demand an' home consumption having improved, and prices have an upward tendency; P.Y.C., on the spot and for forward delivery, being now quoted 525. to 525. ad. per cwt. An active inquiry for discount is still ex perienced both in Lombard-street and the Bank a, f England. It is generally supposed that this Increased activity will continue, owing to the nego tiation of new loans, and the promotion of other d escriptions of enterprise, which must absorb a a rge aggregate amount of capital. The lowest quotation now charged for negotiating first class b ills is 21 per cent., and bankers and others are allowing •an advanced rate of interest to their depositors. Market from Liverpool report that the Cotton 4 arket yesterday closed quietly, and 6,000 bales B ° l ll at 1-16 d. per lb. cheaper for all descriptions. In the Railway Share _Market the transactions Were again very limited, and prices continued to decline. About £20,000 in. gold was withdrawn from the Bank of. England yesterday. The gold by the Anglesey, viz., £98,800, was delivered, and taken for transmission to the Continent. The City of Manchester has been announced this taerning from New York, with £40,000 ; and the Baron Osy, from Antwerp, with £29,000, making a total of £69,000. The arrival has just been announced of the alerning Light from Melbourne with 17,329 ounces of gold valued at £69,316. A further improvement has taken place in the karket for public securities, and a better feeling 4 PPears to prevail. The advices from the Paris liourse are certainly of a less gloomy de 'eription, hence the advancing tendency now e Xhibited. The rise, as compared with the closing prices yesterday, is only a per cent., but limited as it may appear, it has altered t he general complexion of the market. Consols, for money, are 95!'-i t, and for the account 95-t S. - 'ltchequer Bills are marked 335. to 365. prem. ; India Loan Debentures are flat, at 981 ; and the Ilan& at 15s. to 18s. prem. Thirty years' Annuities are 15-16. A rather large amount of business is recorded la Foreign Securities, and prices in most in- Stances arc firmly. supported, Turkish 6 per Cents. being 921 t 0.921-; ditto New Loan, 781 to 79 ; and the 4 per Cents. are steady, at 103, Mexican at 19i, and Peruvian 3 per Cents. at 74 ; Spanish 3 per Cents. are firm, at 441, Dutch 4 per Cents. at 101, Russian 4 7 1 per Cents. at 1061 and 101, and Brazi lian 5 per Cents. at Mk 103, but the 41 per Cents. are flat, at 941, Chilian 6 per Cents. at 1021. The Nevi , Austrian Loan is 2 discount. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., give the following as the prices of the American Securities Redeemable... Prices. United States 6 per Cents 1867-1868 .1 -' 0 .6 per Cent Bonds Alabama 5 per Cent. Bonds „ 4 -,..entucky 6 per Cent. Bonds lB6B-72 'Alaryland 5 per Ct. Str. Bonds kassachusetts 5 per Cent. Str., Bonds • Ohio 6 per Cent. Stock rennsylvania 5 per Ct. Stock Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds. Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds Virginia 5 per Cent. St. Bonds Lioston 5 per Cent. St. Bonds Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Illinois Central 6 per Cent. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. (Freelands) shares, 60 dols. paid I lichigan Central 8 per Cent Do. do. shares New York Central 6 per Ct , 98 .100 78 . SO 92 94 95 97 1886 103 'lO4 .96 - 98 8Z 83 85 87 83 85 84 86 85 87 90 92 80 82 78 ,80 1877 Divers 1886 1888 1875 1876 1860 89 not convertible ... New York Central 7 per Ct , convertible, from June 15, 1857-59 Do. do. shares New York and Erie, 7 per Ct , 1883 • 3d mortgage New York and Erie 7 per Ct., 1862 convertible New York and Erie, 7 per Ct , sinking fund • Do. do. shares Panama 7 per Ct., Ist mort gage Str. Bonds, not cony 18,39 100 102 Do, do., Ist. d 0.1865 95 97 In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been on a very limited scale, the variations not exceeding above Ito per cent. Cale donian and South Western have declined 55., and Eastern Counties 10s. Midland advanced ss. and Brightons, 10s. North Western, North British, North Eastern (York), and one or two others brought about yesterday's closing rates. In the Foreign Market Lombardo-Venetian have improved to 8 81 for the Old Shares, and to 81 81 for the New. Eastern of France remain steady at 26k. The Colonial lines are rather firmer. East Indian have improved about ss. ; Great Indian Peninsula, 55., and Grand Trunk of Canada, 10s. ; Great Western of Canada and Geelong and Melbourne brought previous quotations. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are at steady rates. Oriental Bank have improved ss. ; London Chartered of Australia, ss. ; City Bank, London and Westminster, Union of Aus tralia, and Ottoman Bank brought former values. Peninsular and Oriental Steam New Shares were dealt in at 28. 1875 30 35 12 13 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 — Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Jan., 1860 India Stock Ditto Debentures 9B} Ditto Bonds, £l,000 Consols for Account . 9 51 I I March. June. .Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. &lid.. 33 6 Ditto £SOO Ditto Small, 11d. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK . Brazilian 5 per Cent. Ditto 1858, 4/ per Cent 94 4 • Chilian, 6 per Cent , l O 2l Danish, 1825, 3 per Cent . Ditto 5 per Cent. lOl Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto - Account Peruvian 41 per Cent — Ditto 3 per Cent. — Ditto Account Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent. . Sardinian, 5 per Cent Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent. Ditto'Account Turkish 6 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan — Ditto Account Ditto-Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. French Routes, 41 per Cent. Ex. 25f - Ditto 3 per Cent. Ex. 25f Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent — Ditto Certifica tes, 4 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9sa I Consols for Account (April) 951 -1 SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE METROPOLIS. The Parliamentary Committee, appointed to inquire into this subject, assembled this morning, at N 0.15 Committee room, at 12 o'clock. The committee were occupied the whole of the day in discussing their mode of proceeding. The public were not admitted. A Canonry in Chichester Cathedral has become vacant by the death of the Rev. T. Valentine, M.A. The rev, gentleman has been for upwards of 40 years vicar of Nuthurst, near Horsham, a benefice which, according to the Clerical Directory, is worth nearly £4OO a year, and is in the gift of the Bishop of London. 1869 84 45 1864 1883 SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) Share( Railways. Amberg., Notting. Bp.st.l and eastern JUnction Belfast and Ballymena.. Bir., Rol., and Str.Val. Birk., Lane., and Chesil. 6 6} 13.14 Stock 71 8} Junction Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter 62 64 11 114 31 83 93 0 84 84a 44 198 Stock Stock Stock Caledonian. Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock4Passagre Cornwall A rcves. no div Do. A until6p.c.per an Do ' B t hasbeen pd.toß Dublin andßelfast Juno Dun.,Perth,& Ab - z.Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock 51 5f Stock Stock Stock Stock DO:Nxv.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock 1613'4' Stock Stock Stock Stock 12 Stock Stock Stocky Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock stock Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do. S tr.Vl.Rail Gus.. Stk Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire Do. do. F £l6 Do. do. £0 shares Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport 'London and Blackwall Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast London & North Westn Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man., Shef., & Lincoln Metropolitan Midland Do. Binning. & Derby Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. Shares Nevaastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd Newry & Armagh (def ) Newry, Warpt., & Ros Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.RaiL&Dk. Stk Do. A Stk.— Arec.no div Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock all all 100 3} 100 100 Stock Stock until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn.--Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction North Staffordshire North-Western No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central South. N.E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sittimrbourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern South Wales SouthYorks.&Riv. Dun Do. do Staines, Wok., & Wek Stockton & Darlington Do. do. 1854 Do. do. 1855 Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal. Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 100 100 100 1613 4 100 100 100 ls, 17} all all 100 all Stock Stock 161 100 100 100 100 all all all 8 9 16 59i Mt 45 47 30 32 68 72 7 p.c. has been pd. to B Do. B West London Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class all all all all all 2 3 6 6 I ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 60 5,1 133 1014 574 67 112 Wi I I 65 92i 37i 100} 100 58 & 37 } Closing \ Business Price. 14 16 92 94 711 721 261 27t 93 94 10 104 102 103 87 89 133 134 1044 105 57 57 56 58 83 87 111 124 p 11 124 p 94 044 fd 67 69 111 k 1124 944 05 1 *1 92 024 37 37i 2 1d 100 1001 75 77 11i 12 60 62 31 4d 581 58:1 9 if 1 Ilf 1 d 4' 16 6 1 75 / 1011 102 4f d 13 141 7 8 324 334 7 6di 110 112 26/ 27 84 85 46 98 31 2 d 38 89 70 71 65 67 12 14 8 11 37 38 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share! Railways. 25 Blythe and Tyne IC per , c. pref. (issued at £5O) ( Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 120 Do. do. do. Shares Stock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2, Stock Chester & Holyhd, 51 pc Stock Do. do. 5 p. et. ock Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Dun. Perth,& Aber. Jun. StE.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pet. No.l Stock Do. do. N 0.2 Stock Do. New 6 per et. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Stock East Lanc. 6 per ct 5 E.& W. York.. Jen. fifths Stock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Stpek Furness, 5 per cent Stock Glas. &S West.* a. spe Stock Great Northern, 5 p. et Stock Do. sRedm.,lop.c.pm pc Stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 00 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf ( Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. Stock Great West. (Berko and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 41 pet. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. ot. Redeem. Pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. shares Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Binning. guar. stock Do. Chester guanshares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. Nets gua., 6 p. et Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 : Lon. &N. W. Cov. t.-Nu n eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon. &S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 1 shs Londoudyls Ennis 4 sh Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct IDo. £6 Do. 31- per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hitpret at. NewportAben&c.p"et .5 p. e. redeem, at 5 p.. c a n m Do. Perpet, 6 p. cth option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.e.shares Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Stock,lB46 l Do. 51 p. c.' ref. do. 1847 Do. WavAral.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dsk.Co. N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. : Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 Ito. York, H. & S. Purch (North Staffordshire Ox.Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Do. do. do., 2d gua Do. 41 p.c. Db. s tk.in peril Scottish Central, new pi Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 31 per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.g - ua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 41 percent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6 ) Do .44 per cent Do. Fixed 4/ pc. Ist is Do. New do., d issue. South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 41 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock) 26i Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock] 124 12 Stock 6 Stock Stock Stock Stock 6 Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock `Stock 8i Stock Stock Stock Stock los. 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 2511 251 1 Stock all 1 100 6 100 100 100 100 all Closing Business Paid "! Price. Done. 1231 118 17 1 49 51 94 96 1103 105 126 128 118 120 98 lOl 110 115 106 110 114 116 112 114 129 131 80 82 72 74' 110 112 118 120 110 112 104 106 64 66 11 111 95 97 86 E 8 87 89 99 101 91 101 16} 17i 91 10} 72 74 1 91 94 84 194 14 14i 140 142 1118 120 1160 165 23 125 70 72 139 141 101 103 P 9 4 96 91 91 11S 111 9 9i 11 113 I 964 97i d i d 23} 2 r} [23 125 [l7 119 99 101 10 10} 24 24} 102 101 102 104 14 1 2 7i 284 9* 33 84 30 62 'INES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Leasing Closing Business Paid' Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire .... Clydesdale Junction.. Colchester, Stour Val. E.Lincolnshire,g.np.e. E Union,HarwichShs , Do. Woodbridge Gls.BarrAiNeils,Drct. Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest !lull and Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares London &Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,l'iihy.&Soutend. Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct Do. 6 per cent Manc.,lluxtn. & Matk Midsb. & Reder, g.6p.c, Mid.BradfordPrt. Stk. Newmarkt.,BuryEx 1 gu aranteed 5 p. c. 5 Northm& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. Preston and Wyre. Do. Shares A. llovstn,Hitch.,& Shep S hr. Roth . &G 01. g. sp. c. Shrawsbry& ITereiOrd South Staffordshire .. Wear Valley, g. 6p. Do. do. Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon& Croydn. Docks. Ln& N.W Ln& N.W Caledonin E.U.&E C Gt. North. E.Connts. Caledonin Do. Gt. West. Yk.N.&Br Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. S. East Do. ,Peto &Co Do. Norfolk , . Do. . LN . W&M Stk.& Dar Midland . E.Counts. Do. Do. Do. L&N ) & L.Yk. Do. Gt.N .. or t ILan.&Yk T Brassoy M'Clean Stk.& Dar Do. Gt. West. L.&Brgtn DOCKS. 98 100 102 104 17 18 142 144 41 41 109 111 64 66 115 120 92 93 2 l 96 98 I IF 57 59 1138 140 9 11 11 17 89 91 8 9 Stock Commercial lOO Stock Do4perCent.Pref.Min lOO Stock East and West India lOO Stock London 100 Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock Southampton lOO Stock Victo ria 100 102 104 zo Do row lB Closing Business Paid Price. ' Done. 84 34 dis 86 48 Share THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVELING, MARCH 18, 1859. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Paid. Closing I ' Business Sharol Railways. Price. Doug. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 44 5* ' 20 Ardennes all - - P 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 i 4 5 Belgian East. Junction all 20 Beziers to Graissessaa. all - • • 5 CarmeauX Mine & Rail all 11 25 20 Dutch Rhenish 6 Eastern of France 20 Euphrates Valley 29. - 20 Great Central of France all - - 20 Gt. Luzern., Con. shs all 6a 61 10 Italian Junction .. , 8 - - 20 Lake Constance & Bale all - - 20 Lierre and Turnliout all - - 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 1 4p B l I 20 Lucca & Pistoj a, 5 p.c.pf all - - 20 Lyons and Geneva - - 331 Maria Antonia all - - 20 Do. do. New - - 20 ' Namur and Liege all 81 84 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref all 19 261 16 Northern of France 20 Do. New Shares - - p 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 81 91 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent 7 - - - 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit all 321 33 20 Paris and Orleans 20 1 Recife& S. Fran. (Pern )1 9 1 1 d g•ua. 7 p. ct. (Lim.) 20 Riga and Duniburg..... 4 - - 10 Rome and Frascati - - 20 Royal Danish all - - 5 Royal Swedish - - 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. - - 20 Sambre and Meuse all 61 7 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref all 9 9 20 Southern of France 84 West Flanders all 5a 5 5 10 Do. 51 D. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 235 241 20 Western of Austria .. - - 20 Western of Switzerland all - - 6 Wiesbaden - - 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all - - 20 Zealand all - - BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 10 0 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 80 85 Leased at 6 per cent . 18 Bom.,Baroda&Centlnd 131 , 4 1 d I p c 5 per cent 18 - - 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 18 Do. Do. B 41 d 44 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 7 7 2 Do. New 164 - - d 100 1 Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich 1 1 0 0 85 go ( 6 p. et. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 82 86 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 80 81 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3.0. par 4 p 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. - - 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. 1 1 Pm 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. - -- 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. - 2 i I P 171 Demerara - - 20 Eastern Beno - al.gu.sp.e 5 6 iPi Stock East Indian , au. sp. c lOO 1021 10 : 15 1031 3 20 Do. C Shares all - 20 Do. E Shares Ext 15 i 4I ) 20 DO. Jubbulpore 5 - - 100 D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all - - 20 Geelong& Mel.gua.s p. c. all 191 2 0 1 20 Sto. f Geelong Corporation 6 11 00 - - ( per cent. Bonds Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 341 351 35 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 74 76 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.- . 100 92 94 931 20 GtlndiaPenin.gna.sp.e. all 1001 1011 1014 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent. 4 4 p 4F. 20 Do. do - 4 - - 20 f Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.-Scrip 1 2s. - _ ( guaranteed 5 per cent. 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 16 101 16 154 201 Do. New 13 44 45 d 100 I Do. Bonds pay. '76,with 1 all 100 105 ( opt. till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O 100 Do. do. '?3 without opt all 100 105 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do I 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c. all 17 18 171 20 Do. do. 5 per cent. all 19 20 20 Do. 41 p. c. Extension l5 18 19 20 Do. Third Ex. ,gua.s.p.c lO - I 20 Do. Fourth do. Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 - - Newßrunswick&Canda. 20 {Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.Cpc 10 .... - d Class ACapitl. Share. . Do. do. Land do .. 20 Do. do. B. Capital do 1 10 --d .. Do. do. Land do 1 _ 20 Northof India Tramroad 2B. _ 4 Limited, Scrip - - 20 Oude (Limited) 20 Scinde _,4.; 15 * ip 20 Do. 20 Do. New r, 0 10 1d jp 20 Do. Puniaub 20 10. Indus. St. Flo b zs l' 10 ' 1 id 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 - - 10 ITrinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 id part BRITISH MINES. Mines. Paid. Closing I Business Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 c 4 71 20 pritish Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 2O 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 465 475 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 220 230 Great South Tolgus l7s 121 131 G.WhealAlfd.(Phillack) 11. 1 8. 8 21 31 G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 9i_ i --Lady Bertha lBs G d 1 1 North Frances (Illogau) 81 7 8 , North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 91 101 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 11 12 -- Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 11 14 15 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 - -- Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 13s I SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 2 1 4501 4 South C. Brea; Illogan). 2 25 21 S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 205 215 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 4l 11 2 10 Tin Croft 9 31 4 . UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - --- - Vale of Towey (Carm ) 12s 6d 1 5 West Basset (Illogan) ll 2t ,23 W. caracfon (Liskevrd) 2O 75 80 Wheal Basset (Mogan). 55 -- , Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 125 135 Wheal Edward (Cals.) 5l 21 35 Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 11 12 Wh'l Mary Ann (3lealie) 8 49 51 -- Wh'l Trelawney (Lisk.) 41 31 33 FOREIGN MINES . 20 Australian 74 5 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim. 10s p 1 , 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £sp.) 27 1 ig 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 11 12 5 Do.L and and Minin grCo. all 11 25 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica ... -- Cl 40 Cobre Copper al l 36 38 Copiapo l6 10 12 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all i 1 2 Fortuna 20 General all 23 24 3 Linares all 95 101 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquit a all 1 1 New Granada all 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 1 5 p 15 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 4 5 5 Port Philip 30 Santiago de Cuba l6l 1 1 28.2.81 United Mexican all 25 3 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Shar Securities. Paid Closing, Business Prices. Done. Shar - Can.Gov.Sp.c.Ja. & July 100 114 115 115 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 112 114 Do. Op.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 112 113 N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 1111 1121 1121 Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 1021 1035 NovaScotir Go ;.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1111 1125 S.Aus.Gt.Spc.Jan&July 100 111 112 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Sharel Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Closing Business Price. Done. 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 40 Australasia all - 91 25 Bank of Egypt all 245 241 24$ 100 Bank of London 5O 45 4? 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all - 50 British North American all 20 Chtd. Bank of India, Sze 10 11 1 d 100. City 5O 62 65 631 435 100 Colonial 25 -- 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of London. 20 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch. all 161 161 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all 20 Lon.Char.Bk.otAustral. all 23 231 231 1 4 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock •• . 10 100 London & Westminster. 20 405 50 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 20 Do. new lO "- 50 National Bank 25 all 20 New South Wales 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all 411 1 1 20 Ottoman Bank all 21 215 211 1 Provincial of Ireland - 10 Do. New all • -- 25 South Australia - 25 Do. New 25 Union of Australia all 535 25 Do. New 2O - -- 50 Union of London lO -- - 241 100 Unity Mutual 55 - 100 Western Bk of London 50 211 215 d MISCELLAISEOUS. Paid.l C losin g Business done Price. 13 14 ?20 250 32 34 21 3i 36} 38k 19 21 14 15 128 133 9 10 24 25 111* 41 5 [O3 104 ' Par P }d k 1 1; 14 11 d 1; 5 6 I I d 1 2 1 1i 2 I I par l &11 13 13 p 11 62 64 1121 125 36 371 9 11 Miscellaneous. Anglo-Mexican Mint . . Atlantis Tel. (Limited). Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works Do New, issued at £5 dis British American Land Brit. & Irish Mag. Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 Do. C . Canada Land. Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim.) Cop.Min.of Eng. &Smltg Do. Preference 7 per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Eng. & Au st. Cop.St.Co Europ. & Ind.Junet.Tel Enrop.&Am.Stm.(Lim ) Gl.lron ScrewCol.(Lim Gen. Steam Navigation. London Discount 4 Lon d.Gen . Omnibus Co. Mediter. Electric Teleg. O Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.; '3 National Discount Co .0 Netherlands Land .0 Do do _ [pc:, p.pyref.,i St. at Idis, N. Br. &Nov a - SeOil4i aWori N.B.Australasian (Um ) North of• Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do. New Shares Peel River Land .b Min Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telcgr Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Soot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Scrip Do. do Registered ITr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can. Van Diemen's Land LAW IN TELLIGENCE.-( THIS DAY.) • • ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls, Sir John Dmilly.) JUDGMENT.-ADAMS V. FENWICK. His Honour the Master of the Rolls said—Tie question for decision in this case is, whether certain e.ll s , which were made on some new shares in the Union Bak of Aus tralia, were payable out of the property speifically be. queathed by the testatrix, or payable by the specific legatees of these shares, or payable out of 'the general aresiduary funds of the estate. It appeared that the diretors of the bank had agreed to extend the capital of the balk to about one million, in shares of £25 each. About 50 of these new shares were allotted to the testatrt, and she paid up . the calls till her death. And in her trill and codi cils she directed her executors to continue tle payments afterwards. She divided the shares into spoific propor tions, and bequeathed them to legatees nomoutum. And the question raised was whether the executor' or legatees should pay the calls upon these shares, and receive the dividends due thereon. His Honour detailed very minutely the prceedings of the directors at their several meetings, and thc resolutions come to respecting the issue of the new share; and after considering several clauses of the bequest the testa tor's will, and referring to the case of Armstrong and Peacock as a case in point, came to th‘ conclusion that the calls or payment of the instalments won the new shares, of which due notice wts given, ought 1 . 3 be paid by the legatees, and should not come out of am general or residuary estate of the testatrix, and declared recordingly. His Honour directed the costs to be taxel as between party and party and solicitor and client, and to bring the matter again before the Court. His Honour requested affidavits of the marriedlady legatees in Calcutta in England to be produced, to show that they had not disposed of any of their shares by ma.-riage settle ments or otherwise; the minutes to be arraigned by the registrar, with liberty to apply. WHITECITAPEL COUNTY COURT. (Before Mr. Sergeant Manning.) CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS---SINGULAR. CASE-CMIEN V. ANEMIA. This was an action to recover £4 alleged to have been lent to defendant by plaintiff. Mr. Young appeared for the plaintiff, late collector of the Relief :or the Aged and Destitute Charitable Institution, and Mr. Warrand, of Basinghall-street, for the defendant, the president and founder of the same institution. The peculiar features of this case are that the plaintiff declares he lent defendant £4 out of the funds in his hands belonging to the charity. It was about the 13th or 14th of October last, and plaintiff had since made good the sum from his own funds. In cross-examination by Mr. Warrand, he admitted that he had still in his possession the books and money of the charity, and that he was dismissed. At two committee meetings he won prcoont with dafondant, but when he was about to ask for the Li he was cried down. A Mr. Levi was present, who upon being called, said he remembered the money being lent. Mr. Warrand said this was one of the most scandalous attempts ever brought wider the notice of his Honour. The facts were that the plaintiff was so lax in his returns of tho collected moneys that defendant, as president, called upon him to insist upon his paying in all moneys. That was in October, and then plaintiff handed over £4, which sum defendant had paid to the treasurer in due course. In consequence of the dissatisfaction expressed at plaintiff's conduct, he had been dismissed, and hence the present action. To support this statement, defendant and the treasurer were called, and both distinctly swore that such was the case. The treasurer said that Mr. Ansell had in October and November respectively handed him two sums of £4 each as moneys received from plaintiff, being collections. Upon this plaintiff produced receipts for £8 odd and £7 odd in October and November ; and the treasurer said he (plain tiff) had paid those amounts at the dates of the receipts, less the £4 paid by defendant. His Honour said there was oath against oath, and he did not see any evidence to prove that defendant borrowed the money. Verdict for defendant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DARING ROBBERY OF A MERCHANT'S WATCH.—Anne Clark, a prostitute, was charged with stealing a gold Watch of the value of £lO, in a very daring manner, from the per son of Thomas Bold, of the Conservative Club, and Can ning-street, Liverpool. The prosecutor said he was about to enter the house where he was at present staying, in King-street, St. James's, when the prisoner came up to him and accosted him, and thrust herself into the doorway, pressing him to take her into the house with .him. He refused, and at that moment felt a twitch at his watch chain, and immediately observed her pass something to a man, who directly started olf. He then, to detain her, pushed her into the passage and gave an alarm. He then felt in his pocket, and his watch was gone, the chain hanging down. He taxed her with stealing it, but she denied having done so. James, 17 C l proceed taking the prisoner into custody. She donied having taken the watch, and at the station on searching her it was not found. Mr Inspector Steer, of the C division, asked for a re mand as she was known to the police. Mr. Bingham said if she thought proper to plead guilty he would deal with the case at once. The prisoner said the prosecutor had been speaking to two other females. Sho would not plead guilty as she was innocent. The prisoner was then committed for trial, the prosecutor rather reluctantly being bound over to prosecute. THAMES. JEALOUSY AND ATTEMTED MURDER.—Jane Prince, aged 27, and described as a bookbinder, was brought before Mr. Yardley charged with being disorderly in the house of George Bindley, a vocalist, of No. 13, Vine-court, White chapel, andl attempting to inflict grevious bodily harm upon him with a razor. It appeared from the evidence that the parties had lived together for some time, and they parted about five months ago. The priaoner had since attempted to rnnnw thn acquaintance, but the complainant had refused any further intercourse with her She had repeatedly met him, and attempted to force him to live with her again, but in vain. She met him once with a female and vowed revenge. Last Tuesday they met, and she attempted to strike him with a tea cup, on which he struck her with his fist on the face, and, to use her own phrase, " smashed it." Yesterday evening the prisoner went to the shop of Mr. William Rims, a cutler, in High street, Whitechapel, and bought a new razor, for which she gave him ls. Mr. Rims observed it was rather unusual for a young woman to buy razors. She smiled and said nothing. The prisoner then repaired to the house of her former paramour, and knocked at the door. He lifted up the window and said he would have nothing to do with her. She continued knocking at the door for some time, and at last Bradley sent for a police-constable to take her away. The prisoner rushed into the house as the man opened the door, attacked Bradley with the razor, and declared she would murder him. He seized the razor with his hands and took it from her, but not before his hands were severely cut. At the station-house she told Inspector Dendy that she bought the razor for the purpose of murdering Bradley, and that she would at one time or other effect her purpose. This morning she told Anderson, a police-constable, that she wished she had done for Bradley. The prisoner said in her defence that she was drinking yesterday, and got excited. Mr. Yardley 2 Lßut you were not excited this morning. John Montague, a photographic artist, said the prisoner was his sister-In-law, and that a man, with whom she tor merly cohabited, who was a singer at the Phoenix Concert room, allowed her 3s. per week, and Bradley persuaded her to leave him. Bradley denied this statement. He never had 3s. per week with her, and when her former paramour claimed her, he (Bradley) persuaded her to return to him. He did not wish to punish the prisoner—only to have protection. Mr. Yardley said inquiries were to be made about the prisoner, and remanded her until to-morrow. T.HIS DA Y'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Our market to-day was again scantily supplied with Eng lish wheat, coastwise and by land carriage. Owing to the thin attendance of millers, the demand ruled very inactive; but, .compared with Monday, no quotable change took place in prices. Rather over 4,000 quarters of foreign wheat have come to hand this week. For all deScriptions we had a dull inquiry on former terms. Floating cargoes of grain sold at full prices. There was a good demand for malting barley at full quo tations ; but grinding and distilling sorts commanded very little attention. Malt was in fair request, and Monday's prices were well supported. Oats were steady in value; but the transactions in bops, peas, and flour were limited, on former terms. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley Malt; Oats. English 1,050 180 ; 1,060 ; 40 i Irish Foreign .. 4,160 i 11,720 . 7 - 4,300 i 1,560 sks I 200 blis Flour. 490 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Fair average supplies of each kind of meat were on sale hero to-day, and tho trade Onerally ruled steady, as fol lows Per 81bs. by the Carcass. - - s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Inferior Baef 3 4to 3 6 Infr. Mutton. 3 6to 4 0 Mid. d 0... .. 3 Bto 3la Mid. do 4 2to 4 4 Pm.larqedo. 40to 4 2 I Prime do. 46to 4 10 Do. small do. 4 4to 4 8 Veal 3 10 to 4 10 Large pork.. 3 4to 3 8 1 Small pork 310 to 4 6 Lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 6d. BOROUGH HOP. There is a good consumptive and speculative demand for all new hops, and prices have an upward tendency. Fine yearlings are held for more money. In other kinds of hops very little is doing at late rates : Mid and East Kent pockets Bos to 140 s per cwt. Weald of Kent do 62s to 76s Sussex do 6os to 70s ~ COLONIAL. TEA.—No sales of importance have been reported in the private market, and prices are steady. At public sale about 3,627 packages were sold out of 10,500 offered, the greater part of which brought about former rates. SUGAR.—The market continues very inactive, and prices show a downward tendency. West India descriptions have declined about 6d to is K,er cwt., and in the refined market lower rates are current for all kinds. T• v. ....v., COFFEE.—The inquiry for Plantation Ceylon has been steady, and owing to the shortness of stocks and the absence of supplies, prices have been exceedingly firm. Native Ceylon has been in good demand at full rates, but for other descriptions there was only a limited inquiry. RlCE.—There has been scarcely any business reported, and prices are unaltered. Rum.—The market has been rather active, and in good Demerara a fair amount of business has been done at full rates. SALTPETRE —There has been very little business re ported, and the market is inactive, good middling qualities realising about previous rates. TALLOW.—Rather more firmness has been apparent dur ing the last day or two, and prices are a shade higher. P.Y.C., on the spot, being 528.; and for forward delivery, 525. to 525. 3d. per cwt. WARWICK SPRING MEETING.—THT.TRSDAY. Handicap Plate of £4O. The winner to be sold for 50 sous., &c. Three furlongs. Mr. Gulliver's Macbeth, by Planet, 2 yrs, 4st 71b (Pearson) 1 Mr. Land's Puritan, 4 yrs. 6st 101 b (Custance) 2 Mr. Copperthwaite's Madame Moet, 3 yrs, Bst 61b (Johnson) 3 Mr. H. Whitehouse's Repute, 4 yrs, 7st , . (Shakspeare) 4 Betting-3 to 1 agst Joan of Arc, 4to 1 agst Macbeth, 5 to 1 agst Sunbury, 6 to 1 agst Puritan, 8 to 1 agst Madame Meet. Won by a length and a half; two lengths between the second and third, and a head between the third and fourth. There was no advance upon the selling price of the winner. Scurry Handicap of 10 sous each, h ft, for gentlemen riders; • professionals 71b extra. T.Y.C. 5 subs. Mr. W. Day's Northampton, by Cotherstone, lOst 101 b (including 7 extra) (Fordham) 1 Mr. Christie's The Poet - 3 yrs ' 9 6st 111 b (M r W. Bevill) 1 Mr. Land's Puritan, 4 yrs. 9st 71b ...... (Mr. Edwards) 3 Mr. Francis's Impatience, 5 yrs, lOst 71b • . (Capt. Hunt) 4 Mr. Stevens's Verona, 5 yrs, list 71b .... (Mr. Wilson) 5 Betting-5 to 4on Puritan, sto 2 agst Northampton. Won by three lengths. Bad third. Selling Race of 5 sovs each with 20 added, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Five furlongs. 7 subs. Mr. W. Day's filly by Newcourt, out of the Countess, 2 yrs, (£2O), sst 31b Mr. Holland's Weatherwise, 3 yrs, (£2O), 7st 31b ( James) 2 Mr. W. H. Taylor's Drapery, 3 yrs (£2O), 7st 31 (11, Ducker) 3 Mr. J. H. Whitehouse's Repute, 4 yrs (£2O), Bst llb (Shakspeare) 4 Mr. Nightingall's Salmon, aged (£20)), Bst 61b.. (Owner) 5 Mr. W. Bevill's Ethon, 4 yrs (£2O), Bst llb (Purr) 6 Grand Annual Steeplechase (Handicap) of 20 soya each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, &c., with 100 added. The sectond to save his stake. Winners extra ; certain allowances. About four miles. 46 subs, 27 of whom declared. . Mr. J. Worthington's Telegram, 6 yrs, 9st_ 21b (C. Green) 1 Mr. Hope's Gibraltar, 5 yrs, 9st 61b (Armstrong) 2 Mr. VT. Barnett's Little Charley, aged, lOst 111 b (W. Archer) 3 Betting at starting-7 to 4 agst Tease, 4to 1 agst Escape, 6 to 1 agst Telegram, 7 to 1 agst Franc Picard, 7 to 1 agst Orkousta, 10 to 1 agst Ghika. Tease fell while lying forward at the post and rails going out of the course the last time round, and Gibraltar took up the running. About a mile from home Telegram de prived Gibraltar of the lead, and won by three lengths ; Little Charley was neaten a long war; Tcwc , w ho w 0.4, re mounted after his fall, was pulled up below the distance, and walked in, in company with Orkousta, Franc Picard, and Escape; Ghika, Broadway Swell, and the Royer were pulled up, beaten, some distance from home, and Fanny fell soon after starting. The winner was admirably ridden by C. Green. Tease was sold after the race to Mr Francis, and goes into C. Balchin's stable. Match, 50 sovs each, h ft. Gentlemen riders, 12st each. Cup Course. Mr. Lucy's First Flight (Mr. W. Bevill) 1 Mr. W. Finnie's Miss Pickford (Captain Barclay) 2 Betting-2 to lon First Flight, who took the lead on going up the hill, made the rest of the running, and came in a distance in advance of Miss Pickford. Hunt Cup Steeplechase, value 100 soya, by subscription of 13 sovs each, for hunters, list 71b each. Certain allow ances and penalties. Gentlemen riders. About three miles. (10 subs.) Mr. Bevill's Lothario, aged, list (Mr. W. Bevill) 1 Lord Coventry's Longford, 12st (Mr. Ekard) 2 Mr. Land's Odiham, list 71b (Capt. Dickson) 3 The following also ran :—Cliff Pigeon, Jack Barber, and Little Treasure. Mr. Wilson, the rider of Cliff Pigeon, objected to the first three for not having gone the right course, but the ob jection was overruled. Farmers' Plate Steeplechase of 50 sons, with 10 to the second horse, for hunters. Weight for age, with allow ances and penalties. To be ridden by farmers or their sons. Three miles. Mr. Gulliver's Archibald, by Archy, 4 yrs, list 51b (Mr. Price) 1 Mr. Cowper's The Compton Nun, 6 yrs (h b), 12st 91b (Mr. Robbins, jun.) 2 Mr. Bursell's The Gallant Little Grey, aged, 13st (Mr. Rich) 3 Betting.-2 to lon Archibald, who won by six lengths ; the other beaten off. Handicap Steeplechase of 5 sows each, 2 ft, with 30 added. Winners extra. Three miles. (9 subs.) Mr. Barber's Spring, aged, 9st (G. Green) 1 Mr. B. Land's Theodine, aged, lOst 41b.. (B. Lund, jun.) 2 Mr. Taylor's Heads-or-Tails, 5 yrs, 9st 121 b.. (J. Lund) 3 Mr. W. H. Godfrey's The Mule, 5 yrs, 9st 61b (S. Chifney) 4 Betting.-7 to 4 agst Spring, 4to 1 each agst Heads-or- Tails and Theodine. Won by ten lengths. Little Joey fell at the first fence. Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 soya each, 1 ft, with 30 added. Hurdle race winners 71b extra. The second to save his stake. Two miles, over five flights of hurdles. 40 subs. Pactolus Kilsby Greencastle Eight ran. Betting-5 to 2 agst Pactolus, 3to 1 agst Lough Bawn, 5 to 1 agst any other. Won by three lengths ; same distance between the second and third. BETTING ON THE COURSE. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 7to 1 agst Gladiolus (taken) 9to 1 agst Mutineer (take 10 to 1) 12 to 1 agst Shafto (taken) 14 to 1 agst Harraton. (taken) 15 to 1 agst Rio (taken) 25 to I agst Baldfaced Stag (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 6 agst Polestar (taken) ILIILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. A special meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Waterloo-station, Captain C. E. Mangles, M.P., in the chair. _ _ . Mr. L. CROMBIE, the secretary, read the notice conven ing the meeting. "The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN said, in appearing before them for the first time in the honourable position his colleagues had placed him in, he felt that it was also an onerous position, particularly as Mr. Chaplin, his predecessor, had occupied it with great ability for many years, having great experience, and being fully acquainted with their affairs. He had been assured by his colleagues that they would give him all the assistance in their power, and with the kind forbearance of the shareholders he would give his best attention to the duties that devolved upon him, and devote himself to the promotion of the interests of the company. The meeting had been convened for the purpose of considering certain arrangements and agreements that required not only their sanction but that of the Board of Trade. The subjects were not new to them, and the arrangements had been submitted to the proprietors on former occasions. The first matter they had to consider was the agreement with the Wimble don and Dorking Railway Company for the working of the line between Wimbledon and Epsom. The terms upon which the line was to be worked were explained to the proprietors and approved by them at the half-yearly meeting on the 7th of August, 1858. The lino was now completed, and would soon be opened for traffic. The next agreement he would have to submit was one for working the Portsmouth Railway. The terms were fully explained at the meeting on the 7th of August, 1858. It was to be leased for £lB,OOO a -year, and the South- Western wore to work it in the meantime until the lease was sanctioned by Parliament. The other agreement re lated to the purchase and working of the Epsom and Leather head Railway. He should be happy to answer any ques tions with regard to the resolutions he had to submit. He thought it right to say that the Committee of the House of Commons had passed the preamble of the Portsmouth Bill, which was a subject that had caused some differences and heartburnings between their company and the Brighten Company. The board of the South-Western Company were desirous of peace, and to make all the sacrifices they could to attain that object, consistently with the interests of the company. They were not actuated by any personal feelings, and they were ready to meet the Brighton Com - pany in good temper and with a hearty desire for peace. lie then moved a formal resolution approving the agree ment with the Wimbledon and Dorking Railway Company. Mr. HERAPATII wished to know whether it was intended to extend the line to Dorking ? The CHAIRMAN said, the name of the Act was "The Wimbledon and Dorking . ," but the line extended only from Wimbledon to Epsom. The Solicitor, at the request of Mr. Serjeant Gaselee, read the agreement in extenso.. He explained that the terms of the agreement were identical with those submitted to the shareholders in July, 1857, and that it was drawn up in a formal manner to receive their sanction before being submitted to the Board of Trade. The company were to work the line for 45 per cent. on the gross receipts, and had subscribed £300,000 towards the capital. Count EYRE seconded the motion approving the agree ment, and it was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then submitted a formal resolution ap proving the agreement for working the Portsmouth Rail way, dated the 24th December, 1858. In reply to questions from Mr. Herapath, Mr. Saints bury, Mr. Puncher, and other proprietors, it was stated that the lease of the Portsmouth line was for 999 years, at a rent of £lB,OOO a-year ; the line was a single one, but if the traffic should increase so As to require a double line, the South-Western Company would lay it down at their own expense; or pay interest on the money. Mr. Sergeant GASELEE explained, that if the company made a new line from Havant to Hilsea, instead of using that portion of the Brighton line, it would cost £40,000. There was also a piece of line belonging to the Brighton Company which they had power to purchase, and they were to double the Portsmouth line if the traffic required it. Those were all the liabilities the company would incur beyond the rental of £lB,OOO a-year. - • The agreement was then approved and confirmed. After some obserVations from Mr. Herepath, Mr. Puncher, and other proprietors, the agreement for the pur chase and interim working of the Epsom and Leatherhead Railway was approved and confirmed• On the motion of Mr. PuNcirEu, seconded by Mr. HERAPATH, a vote of thanks to the Chairman concluded the proceedings. It has been blowing a gale in the south of Eng land for the last week. The Channel Islands mail packet which left Southampton on Saturday morning was obliged to lie at anchor in Yarmouth roads until Sunday night. The Egyptian yacht Faid Ckadaad; which left Southampton on Saturday, was . also obliged to remain at anchor off Calshot Castle until Wednesday morning. An oyster smack which left Southampton at the same time as the Channel Islands mail packet on Saturday morning, at once ventured out into the Channel, and crossed over to Jersey in four teen hours. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. Share 100 10 Stock Stock THE NEAPOLITAN EXILES IN ENGLAND. From a conversation with Signor Raffaele Settembrini, the brave and affectionate son who, at the risk of his own liberty, has achieved with such remarkable adroitness and resolution the deliverance of his father and of his country men, we learn some particulars of the affair which have not yet been published. It appears that this young officer, who after serving a short time in the Sardinian navy, obtained an appointment on 'board the Prince Albert, one of the new Galway and American line of steampackets, was indebted to Messrs. Bake, Adams, and Co., the chief proprietors of the North African Steamboat Company's vessels, for per mission to go to Cadiz in the character of mate of their steamer, the Warrior, for the purpose of seeing whether he could do anything for his father, since it had been reported in all the newspapers that the Neapolitan government steamers, the Stromboli and the Ettore Fieramosca, wee expected to bring the prisoners to the. ort of Cadiz prepara tory to their shipment for America. Signor- Raffaele Set tembrini expresses his gratitude to Messrs. Bake, Mani's, and Co., as well as to Captain Cooper, the commander of the Warrior, for the kind assistance he received from them. His own intention at that time was simply to en deavour to effect the escape of his father in the harbour of Cadiz. His precise age we do not know, but he looks, not more than one or two and twenty, and since he had not seen his father during a period of ten years' iuprisonment, the loving recollections of childhood must have remained without addition in his mind. Whilst the venerated patriot and senator has lain immured in the chill dungeon of Santo Stefano, buried in a seagirt rock of the Mediterranean, and shut out from the hope and life of the world under a sen tence of perpetual incarceration, the gallant son has trodden the decks of free Sardinie, or of free Britain, cherishing but two desires—the first being to liberate his father, and the second, that he might one day be enabled to contribute sure effort for the liberation of his country. With a noble and characteristic modesty, he will not hear a word of praise or compliment upon what he has done, and only expresses regret that he was not able to find an earlier opportunity of contriving his father's escape from the prison. To return to our narrative, accompanied by several of the officers and crew of the Warrior, and dressed in his proper uniform, he rowed towards the Stromboli, the Neapolitan frigate, in a boat displaying the British Union Jack at its stern, and having been received with due naval honours by the Nea politan officers, who ordered the guard to present arms to him, supposing that he was an officer of our Royal Navy; he introduced himself in his true name, as the son of the prisoner, Luigi Settembrini, and begged permission to have a farewell interview with his aged father previous to the departure of the latter for transatlantic shores. The request appeared so reasonable, and the young roan's official uni form was so imposing that the captain of the frigate Strom boli did not hesitate to comply, and sent to the other Nea politan Government vessel, the Eltore Fieramosca, which lay close by, ordering the prisoner Settembrini to.come on boardthe Stromboli, and 'meet his sou. We can imagine the emotions with which they met upon the deck of the Strom boli, and poured out; with all the fervour of the Italian na ture, that affection which so many years of torture, loneli ness, and despair had not extinguished in the elder man, and which the vicissitudes of education and enterprise, in the opening of an active career, had not tempted the youth to forget. But their interview was strictly watched. It took place under the eye of the Neapolitan commander, and not a word of any plan for the future could be exchanged. Raf faele Settembrini took a final leave of his father, and re turned to the Warrior, which was on the point of starting, in order to continue her trip to Mogador, and the other North African ports. He had hoped to be able to get a boat alongside the Neapolitan steamer in the darkness of the night, and help . his father to escape over the side. This was his original design, but so vigilant a watch was kept in both the Neapolitan ships, that it was impossible f or an y b oa t to approach unobserved. He promptly altered his plan. Quit ting the English steamer, which presently left ,Cadiz with out him—but whilst the Neapolitans believed him also to have gone—he lauded and proceeded to make his arrange ments in the city. He had got an introduction to Mr. Ben jamin Oliveira, our well-known countryman, who received him most kindly and rendered him the greatest service. It was understood by that time that the American clipper David Stewart was chartered by the Neapolitan Govern ment to transport the 66 prisoners to New York—a transac tion of the illegality of which, to say nothing of its mean ness, we apprehend there cannot be any doubt—seeing that they were not shipped as free stasaengers but as convicts or slaves, on board a vessel of th e United States, under sen tence of a foreign tribunal. However,.there was an honour able Spanish gentleman at Cadiz, the Count di Casabrunette, who had some interest with the consignees to whom the David Stewart had been sent, and he and Mr. Oliveira, en tering into young Settembrini's dutiful wish t o acco mpany his father, used their influence to have him taken by Capt. Prentiss, of the David Stewart, as a seafaring lad, a native of Cuba, who having been left at seine European port, wanting to work his passage over to New York, in order that he might afterwards get to his home at Havannah. This was allowed as a favour, sines there were no other passergies taken on board the American clipper, except the Neapolitan prisoners themselves. The adventurous youth, disguised in the rough clothes of a common shipbey, joined the crew of the clipper, a mixed crewel Yankees, Irishmen, and negroes : he had one narrow escape from discovery when' the captain of the Ettore .Fieramesca, who had previously seen him dressed in an English uniform, came on board the David Stewart, and stood close to him, but without recognising him. If he had been detected when on board the Neapolitan frigate, he would assuredly have been claimed as a subject of King Eon - the, and carried off to' pine away and rot in some of the notorious and horrible caverns where, loaded with irons, and starved with the privation of food and daylight, the unhappy victims of that almost incredible cruelty are doomed to endure a livingdeath. But at last the clipper, with her noble freight of patient and suffering witnesses to the cause of right and truth, towed by the Neapolitan steamer, stood out to sea. It would be an error to suppose that, in what was subsequently done to change the destination of the vessel, Settembrini and his comrades had no other object than to spare themselves the fatigue and loss of time of avoy ageto and fro across the Atlantic. It is true that those who might survive on the arrival of the David , Stewart at New York would have been exempt from personal restraint after their landing, and free to come to Liverpool, or to Havre, or to Genoa, if they conld obtain the means of doing so ; but we are assured that some of them were already in so shattered and exhausted a condition, having been sud denly removed from their loathsome cells, with constitutions onfueLlca by theiA lung and painful ounfinconimt, and ex posed to sickness in an ill-found vessel upon a rough and stormy sea, that it is probable they could not have been landed at New York alive. At any rate, the discomforts and perils of this "middle passage," and -the uncertainty of their future fate at a distance from Europe, were well to be spared • and it was for the sake of something more than bravado diet they determined to avail themselves of the gallantry of young Settembrini, and to get to England at once. For the first two days he did his work with the other seamen, and was treated as an extra hand—a stray Cuban, making his way home from Spain ; but when the clipper had got 200 miles to the west of Cape St. Vincent, and the Ettore Fieramosca had cast her off and turned about again, Raffaele Settembrini put on his uniform, and walked up to Capt. Prentiss with that written protest signed by all the Neapolitans which has been published. Quietly and without any open demonstration they had imparted to each other, as soon as their enemy disappeared below the horizon, the plan which had been determined upon. They now burst forth into joyful acclantations, and hailed the young hero as their deliverer, embracing him, and kissing his hand, as it is the matter of southern men sometimes to do ; and even the sailors, inspired by this contagious excite ment, came thronging around him, cheering him altogether lustily, and one by one begging his pardon for any little incivility or practical joke which might have passed between them whilst they only regarded him as a poor messmate thrown by chance amongst them. The skipper, however, like a cold-blooded, impassive Yankee as he was, remained unmoved; and whereas the most despised "nigger" in his motley crew did not appear insensible to the sentiments of compassion and humanity, upon such an occasion, or refrain from expressing his pleasure at this admirable surprise, in the calculating mind of Capt. Prentiss those considerations were outweighed by the almighty dollar, and it was not until Settembrini invoked that potent American idol, that he could prevail to alter the captain's purpose. Yet it should be understood that of the sum of 8,600 dollars, which was the amount of the freight, two .thirds had actually been paid in advance, besides which a present of 400 dollars had been made to Capt. Prentiss by the commanders of the Neapolitan ships of war. However, on the first day, the demand of the Neapolitans that they should be conveyed to the nearest English port, though expressed in the most courteous and respectful manner, was obstinately . refused. Next day, the 21st of February, they renewed their impor tunities, and 'gave him notice of a regular suit and action for damages, on account of their illegal detention, to be in stituted by every individual of the 66 Neapolitans before the competent courts of the State of New York. This argument it was that made Capt. Prentiss think better of it. No violence was attempted or threatened; however justifiable, in case of extreme neeessity, such conduct might have been, none of the elder prisoners, and certainly not Signor Luigi Settembrini, would have sanctioned it. Capt. Prentiss wanted to put them off by promising to land them at Madeira, but they were resolute, and would go their own way. At last ho " caved in," if we may quote a phrase of his own people, and turned the David Stewart about for Cork, after calling his crew aft, and explaining to them that the gentlemen obliged him to set aside his contract. We should add that nothing could be more sulky and disagree able than his behaviour during the rest of his voyage. Though not the slightest attempt was ever made by Set tembrini or the other Italians to interfere with his com mand of the ship, though they treated him with the utmost civility and complaisance, offering him their cigars and in viting him to friendly conversation—he would scarcely vouchsafe a word to any of them, and by supplying them with filthy water and with the nastiest and most unwhole some food he aggravated the hardships and inconveniencet of their voyage, ut, til after 14 days' tedious experience the y e to at length reached Queenstown, and got ashor_einlsanat f and receive the congratulations of all Ireland, n g Scotland, as an earnest of their happy r estoration to ' their native land. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, March 18.—Wind this day at noon, W. to W.S.W. ; light breeze, and fine weather. CowEs, March 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Fulton (steamer), from New York. PORTSMOUTH, March 17.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived— Scorpion, from London for Bahamas. PLYMOUTH, March 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Reaper, r f Li.an, to stop a leak. Off port— rom N e wcastle .o H ause n, from Bremen fo b r Cuba. (Int ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Wind W.N.W Arrived—liammonia, steamer, from Hamburg ; Atalanta, steamer, from Jersey; Lady Eglinton, steamer, from Lon don. Sailed—Atrata, steamer, for St. Thomas ; Lady E g li n ton, steamer, for Dublin • Jeddo, steamer, for Lisbon Effort, for Sunderland. LrvEnrooL, Friday Morning, Wind N.W., fresh. Arrived, March 17.—Lady Ebrington, from Islay ; Ada, from Tongoy ; British Queen, steamship, from Havre. Arrived, March 18.—Isis, from Savanilla ; Catherine, from Leghorn. Off.—Neptune, from Newhaven. Nemesis, steamship, from Bordeaux, has put into Holy.. head. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. 'Wind ; tide four hours flood ; fine. Arrived—The Clazina Adina, from Genoa. Sailed—Adonis, steamer, for Oporto ; Mowe, screw steamer, for Bremen ; Lord J. Russell, for Dunkirk• DEAL, Friday Morning. Wind W. by N., moderate. Paaaed—Ceuimodore, from Gambia, for London. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. Scarcely a night passes without some member of either . House nsing,to put questions to Ministers as to the arrangements which have been or are to be come to bfthe. Government with regard to the Atlantic Telegraph Company, and as to the nature of the guarantee which is wanted or will be given to aid the old company in raising their new capital. Though, of course, perfectly regular in a Parlia mentary sense, yet anything more irregular as to facts and figures than both these questions and replies have been it would be difficult to imagine. Members of the Legislature, es pecially in the Upper House, are occasionally very severe on the statements of anonymous newspaper correspondents, yet it is no exagge ration to say that when it is a question of facts or figures more inaccuracies are uttered in the Lords and Commons in one night's debate than could be found in the columns of the Times fdr a month. Thus, when the noble Premier in good set terms, a few nights since, explained the nature of the gua rantee which has been given to the Red Sea Com pany, he distinctly stated that the terms of the 4; per cent. were entirely conditional on the line being laid iu workine , order, and until which time the responsibility of the Government did not begin. Now, so far is this from being the case, that 4t, per cent. interest on £BOO,OOO capital of the Red Sea Company has actually been paid by the Treasury since the company was formed, and, what is more, the Treasury must continue to pay it for the next 50 years, even if the wire is never laid or never worked at all. But, in addition to this kind of halt. debate upon the subject in the House of Lords, more questions have been put in both houses as to monopolies, dividends, other companies, guarantees, &c., till the whole subject of telegraphic communi cation has become gradually merged in the most dense official obscurity. The real state of the case, notwithstanding, lies in a very small compass, and may be summed up by stating that the Atlantic Company recently applied to Government to have the same terms of guarantee extended to them as were already granted to the Red Sea Company. The agreement entered into between the Red Sea Company and the Treasury is in substance as fol lows :—The Treasury undertake to pay a dividend of 4l per cent. per annum on the capital of £BOO,OOO, without any condition whatever as to the cable being in working order, or, in fact, as we have said, ever working at all. The surplus, profits of the company above 41 per cent. from the working of the wire when laid are to be divided into three parts. One part goes to increase the dividend of the shareholders, one part towards the repayment of advances from the Government on dividend ac count, and one part towards a reserve fund of £BO,OOO for keeping the wire in repair. The divi dends cf the shareholders are not to exceed 10 per cent. per annum. The tariff of charges is to be fixed by the Treasury. The Treasury also reserve to themselves the right of taking possession of the line in case of default in the orioinal completion of the wire, the Treasury, in so doing , to repay the shareholders at par, with all interest at the rate of 41 per cent. The wire is to be laid to Aden imme diately. The Atlantic Company proposed to Government to guarantee their attempt to raise new capital for another effort by entering into conditions similar to these, but this proposition the Treasury met with a direct negative, on the ground that the Govern ment were resolved to give no further guarantees which were not made conditional upon the wire being laid and kept in working order. If no other companies were in the field, and au unconditional guarantee were necessary to assure the money market that a fresh attempt to cross the Atlantic would not end in a commercial failure as ruinous as the last, then, unquestionably the Atlantic Com pany would have a claim upon the Government, which under such circumstances they would be bound to recognise. This case. however, as it stands at present, is very different from this. The result of the attempts made last year have showx conclu sively that, with proper precautions and a properly constructed cable, a wire may be laid between Eng land and America with as much certainty of suc cess as a railway bridge can be carried across the Thames, If the Atlantic Company had never done anything more than demonstrate the certainty with which such an undertaking, hitherto consi dered almost impoSsible, could be achieved, it would still have effected the most important results for commerce and for science. The effect of this easy solution of the difficulty has been apparent for months past. The leading submarine cablemakers are now willing to contract for the successful submergence of an Atlantic wire, taking all the risk of loss or damage upon themselves. This is certainly strong evidence of the feasibility of the undertaking, but a stronger still may be found in the fact that before the late cable had been a month useles's two companies were organised, each distinct from and opposed to the Atlantic Company, and each proposing to lay cables between this country and America, though by different routes. It was, of course, the fact of these companies being in exist ence and willing to undertake to lay a cable with out any guarantee at all that at once decided the Government in refusing the application for uncon ditional assistance front the Atlantic Company. According to every rule of political economy, it is wrong to give an unconditional. guarantee to any company. To give it, above all others, to the old Atlantic Company would be simply tantamount to offering a premium for a repetition of the same squabbles, mechanical blunders, and engineering oversights to which the failure of the present cable may be distinctly traced. Upon no principle of justice could the Government give a preference guarantee to any company while two other com panies were not only willing, but one is now actually preparing, to carry out the same object at their own risk and expense, without troubling the Go vernment in any way. The proposal of the Atlantic Company, therefore, for an unconditional guarantee was at once very properly refused. The Government in turn,lowever, offered to give a guarantee of 8 per cent. on the entire capital of £430,000 as long as the wire continued in working order and its pro fits from the transmission of messages did not amount to that sum. But in return for this assist ance the Treasury required the Atlantic Company to give up the injurious monopoly which has been granted to them for 50 years, and which gives to them only the right of landing submarine cables on the coast of Newfoundland. The history of this monopoly is briefly this:—The idea of an Atlantic Telegraph was first started in America, not so much with a view of getting news from Europe as to make a very insolvent telegraph company in America, through which the Atlantic cable would then work, pay handsome dividends. Stimulated with this notion of getting 25 per cent. out of nothing, four or five American gentle men naturally much '.nterested in the success of such a scheme had interviews with the local Go vernment of Newfoundland, with whom, in a short time, they contrived to make a most excellent bargain. That it was a very good bargain may be judged from the fact that the 50 y ears ' monopoly of landing cables in Newfoundland is about the least part of it. In an unguarded fit of liberality the authorities of Newfoundland gave not only this monopoly to these five American gentlemen, but they gave in addition 100 square miles of good land, an d guaranteed them besides 5 per cent. in on a capital of £50,000 for w ' ires across parts of the i s l an d. t e e r i e v e s t t ing in s e er g p m e p tu il it3' All these indiscreet grants were confirmed by the I m perial Government at home, in the usual routine which approves everything till the blunder is dis covered. Having thus secured themselves and made all snug, the five enterprising Americans aforesaid proceed to call in the assistance of British capital and science to carry out their plans. This was the origin .of the Atlantic Company in Eng land, and one of. its first acts was, of course, to purchase from the Americans the sole right of land ing cables in Newfoundland. The purchase of this right from a Transatlantic Company cost the Atlantic Company, we believe, £75,000 sterling. The Government now, as one condition of their granting assistance, require the Atlantic Company to give up this monopoly, which most unquestion ably should never have been granted, and which now is found to work most injuriously upon the interests of other companies preparing to submerge cables to America. This monopoly the Atlantic Company have to a certain extent consented to abandon ; or rather to give back to the Crown the lease for fifty years under which it would exercise it s exclusive privileges. The other condi tions upon which the 8 per cent. will be granted are not now definitely known, to the public at least, though of course they are under the consideration of the Atlantic Company. As regards the old cable at Valentia, no change has taken place in its condition; in fact, it cannot va l l i u m Valuable be worse, In ease of a fresh wire bein g laid the old one would undoubtedly t ly o be this limited for the return current, but, except extent, there are no hopes of its ever being further utilised. Tines. The National Gallery, Edinburgh, ishto e opened on and after the 22d, though the permanent and complete into operation till the 6th April. Therearrangements are etnhtisv Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, aemdeofr not. free day come s, (Saturday) given each week, admission being on© free sog el en ivenf i o u r g a small charge on two other days, and on Wednesday evening. THE PARADISE OF POLICEMEN.—In the Jed burgh Town Council exception bas been taken to the prin cipal policeman of the burgh leaving the town and going into the country to hunt rabbits. There being no offender to hunt up rabbits afforded occupation to the said official, The council, without dividing on the question, thought it would be more like a policinan's duty for him to remain at his post, He was sirgularly expert at the work. S'TI- sup s was 3art., The faded, wing, miral Ad- Trott ; ;hip the Tious PPiIY t the boats was meek nsti res of itish 1 the d of one Lions in- cents Ayes yard and men The f all tied, tion Ls of nsi r its rent ugh of ho 3W kip tl© Share) all all all 15s. all all all all all all 5 11111