The Sun. — London, England, 1859-05-03 00:00:00

t 1 1 MONEY MARKET 4ND CITY NEWS. Two O'CLOCK. The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days have exhibited some rather important variations in several of the prin cipal staples, owing, in a great measure, to the state of political affairs on the Continent. Tea has been dull, but it continues at about former rates. In sugar the transactions have been very limited, and lower quotations are accepted by holders, and in the refined market scarcely any business has been done. Coffee has been inactive. For rice there has been an animated demand, at an advance of 9d. to is. per cwt. for most descriptions. A moderate business has been transacted in rum, at fully late rates, and holders are firm. Spices have met with very little inquiry, and at the public sale of cinnamon a decline of about 2d. per lb. has taken place compared with the rates realised in January last. Saltpetre has been exceedingly firm, and large sales have been effected at full rates. About £86,000, in gold, was withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday for transmission to the Continent. To-day a call or £2 per share, or £45,000, be comes due on the Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway. The Champion of the Sea has been announced, from Melbourne, with £92,240 in specie. The Tallow Market his exhibited some rather important fluctuations, the late high rates not having been sustained. P.Y.C., on the spot, has declined to 585., June delivery 575., and last three months 5 8s. Bd. per cwt. The public sales of Foreign and Colonial Wool will commence on Thursday next, the sth inst. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed very heavily, and prices in most instances tended downwards. The, sales amounted to 5,000 bales. In the Railway Share Market only a very small amount of business was transacted, at barely former quotations. The following particulars of the number and tonnage of vessels now on the berth in the port of London for the Australian colonies is extracted from the usual monthly list published by Mr. Miller, of the Jerusalem Coffee-house : For Vessels. Tons. Launceston 4 1,907 Hobart Town 3 1,600 Sydney •........ 10 9,061 Geelong, Melbourne, and Portland Bay lB 15,654 Adelaide 8 5,122 Swan River .. New Zealand l3 .. 7,240 Total 5B .. 41,959 During the preparations for to-morrow, the " fourth" of the month, and other arrangements new in course of completion, the demand for dis count facilities is actively maintained. The joint stock and private bankers are finding more employ ment for their resources than for a long time past, and, taking advantage of the upward tendency of the rates, they' are enabled to enforce some additional charge for the paper they negotiate. As the inquiry is thus kept u p' and gold continues to leave the Bank for the Continent, in spite of large arrivals from Australia and other places, many weeks may not elapse 1. efore the Bank directors are compelled to Make some further change in their discount regu lations. There is very little variation to report in the English Stock market. Business is now confined Within very narrow limits, as the dealers are not inclined to operate in the present position of affairs. The impending settlement occupies the chief attention of the members. Consols, which have been 902 91, are now a shade flatter, viz., 90 to 901. The - Government broker has effected a further investment for the foreign banks. The New Threes have improved to to 8 9,1- ; the Reduced, to 891 90 ; Long Annuities, 171 11-16 ; India Loan Scrip, 911 ; and the Bonds are steady at 20s. to 10s. discount. Exchequer Bells are 19s, to 20s. prem. Bank Stock is quoted 216 to 220. Business in the Foreign Stock Market is mode rately active, and prices, in most instances, show more firmness, Turkish 6 per Cents. being 62 to Co ; ditto New . issue, 52 to 55 ;and the 4 per Cents. have im proved to 99 and 100; Peruvian 3 per Cents. to 75 ; Russian 44-, per Cents. to 93 ; Sardinian:to 68 and 691-f and Brazilian 5 per Cents. 96 to 98 ; but the 41 per Cents. are flat at 89 to 901 ; and Vene zuelan D e f erre d at 142. The following memorandum is from the Com mittee of Mexican Bondholders : " The Committee of Mexican Bondholders have received advices from Mr. 'Whitehead dated Mexico March 31. He had rec e i ve d f rom the agents of the bondholders in Vera Cruz 28,608,74 dols, for duties in bills on Mexico, and had indirect advice that about 10,000 dollars more had since been collected in Vera Cruz. This will make the amount collected for the dividend and still in Mexico nearly £30,000, besides a small balance at the Bank here. The constitu tionalists under Degollado, variously estimated at 5,000 to d 19,000 strong, occupi e d T acu b aza and some points in that irection but beyond a few cannon and musket shots be tween advanced parties there had been no encounter. It was said • that General Miramon was to have a battery of fir 4o e on guns and five mor t ars ready on the 27th March, to open Vera Cruz with, A moderate amount of business has been trans acted in the Railway Share Market, but prices have shown a downward tendency in most in stances. Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, and North Eastern (York), have declined 10s. to 15s; North Western, 15s. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and South Eastern, £1 ; Great Western, £1 10s. ; and North Eastern (Berwick), £2 ; Caledonian have advanced los. ; Eastern Counties, 15s, ; Midland, £1; and South Western, £2. The Foreign and Colonial lines have been very quiet. Lombardo-Venetian Old Shares are dealt in at 51 58, and the New at 41 51. East India are steady at 94, and the Debenture Bonds have risen to 97, . Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are at about previous rates, with the exception of City 13 ank, - which hare receded to 601 61. Red Sea Telegraph have advanced to fit 9. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 216 20 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B9l -1 90 891 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities Non 3 per Cent. Annuiti_se ... .. . . 891 Itit i t i g Annuities, expir e sth Jan., 1860 .. .. Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885:: 171 11-16 1 ndia Stock ............. - Ditto Loan Scrip Ditto Bonds, L 1,09 9. .. •••• • • • • .. Ditto under £l,OOO . (May 5) Consols for Account a;itty .55 ........... . 20 10 d 901 1 901, Fachequer Bills,O_. £l,OOO, 2d. & l March. J une. id.. 20 19' 1 _ Ditto IM Ditto Small, lid. ...... PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O 'CLOCK Brazilian 5 per Cent. Ditto 1858, 41 per Cent. 9o} 89 Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent Ditto Deferred --: Peruvian_ifper Cent _ ___ Ditto (liiiVarren), 41 per Cent. Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Russian, 1322, £ St., 5 per Cent — Ditto 44 per Cent. ............. Sardinian, 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent Ditto Account ...... 3 68 66 Ditto New Loan - Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent 99 100 Ditto Account Venezuelan 5 per Cent. Ditto Deferred 2 per Cent. 143 Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9O Consols for Account (May 5) 'FUNERAL OF LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR J. THACK *vr s str , .—Lieut.-General Si r J ose ph Thackwell, a a buried i n C or kb eg churchyard, which is distantab o o t mile from A g h a e a H ouse, and 20 miles from C or k n the 15 th inst. The coffin was borne to the grave on the shetilders of his sorrow-stricken tenantry. The peasantry, who had swarmed to the spot from the neighbouring dis tricts, lined the road from Aghada House to the church t as a last tribute of respect to one whose noble deeds of daring occupy an important place in history's pages. The Irish naval commander in chief, Admiral Talbot, with many other naval and military officers in full uniform, formed part of the funeral procession. The coast-guard from all the stations in the vicinity preserved order along the line of route. The badge and collar of a Grand Cross of the Bath, the insignia of a Knight of Hanover, and of the D o oorano ff O ha rder, nMa and the medals f or the Peninsular, Water lo, Ag, hratta, and Si kh campaigns, so well earned by the lamented deceased, Were tastefully arrange d on a cushion, which wa s carried before the coffin by four officers. Notwithstanding all this glittering display, it was not a military funeral, there not being sufficient artillery, cavalry, and infantry at Cork to pay the honour due to a lieutenant-general. The gallant sabreur's remains lie near the mausoleum of theßoche family,with which he was con nected by marriage, a family of which Lord Permoy, the lord-lieutenant of the county of Cork, is the present h ea d . No cavalry officer ever saw more service.— United Service Gazette. SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. (Paid. Closing \ Business Share Railways. Price. 12..0 Amberg., Notting. Bost and Eastern JlllO.'lOEl 10 54 54 5 1 50 Belfast and Balormena all - - 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val all 74 84 Stoek Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction lOO CO 62 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne all 32 85 Stock Bristol and Exeter ..• Stock Caledonian Stock Chester and Holyhead - - 50 Cork and Bandon all - • - 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all - - 20 Cornwall all 41 6 10 Do. A 1 A /we& no div. ( all - - 10 Do. B until6p.c.per an. t a ll - ..._ hasbeen pd.toß. 50 Dublin andßelfast June. all - - 25 Dun ~Perth,& Abr.Junc all 81 9 Stock East Anglian lOO 13 14 Stock Eastern Counties lOO 52 53 521 31 Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 40 44 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 26 28 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 81 - - 25 East Kent all 12 14 Stock East Lancashire lOO 84 86 20 East Suffolk all - - 10 Do - - Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 68 70 Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 24 26 241 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - Stock Furness - - Stock Glasgow & South Westn l6O 9 0 9 2 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 101 Stock Great Northern lOO 95 96 96 5 Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 7 8 82 Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 126 130 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 100 102 Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 50 55 12 Irish South Eastern all - 80 85 50 Lancaster and Carlisle all 164 Do. Thirds 1613 4 Do. New Thirds lB 9 10 p.„ Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 8 86 on 6 16 Do. do. F £l6 6 11 144 9 Do. do. £9 shares 7 2 4 0 3 Do. West Riding Union 1 - 20 Do. Southport - - ,„ Stock London and Blackwall - Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh - - 105 107 Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 Stock London & North Westn 100 86 81 87 6 4 121 Do. Eighths Stock London& South- Westn lOO 85 8 86 25 L'derry & Coleraine - - 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all f 8 Stock Man., Shet, & Lincoln lOO 32 84 33 10 Metropolitan Stock Midland lOO 93 95 944 3 4 Stock Do. Birming. & Derby lOO 69 7 1 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all - 25 Do. 1 Shares all - - 100 Newtastle and Carlisle all - - 25 New., Aber., & Herefd all 9 11 -10 Newry & Armagh (def ' 9 - - 20 Newry, Warpt., & os all - - Stock Norfolk lOO 52 56 50 North. Counties Union 3l 31 3 d Stock North British lOO 51 63 Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO - - Stock Do.A Stk.- Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 - - Stock Do. B Stock lOO - - , Stock North-Eastn.-Berwick 100 83 85 °_ 4 2 i 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 3 21 d d Stock Do. Leeds lOO 41 13 42 1 3 Stock Do. York lOO 68 10 69 Stock North London lOO 100 104 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction 23 ls. - - 20 North Staffordshire 174 54 1 d 20 North-Western 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all .. 7 _ l3 Stock Oxford, Wor.,& WolTer lOO 2 7 zu 10 Peebles all 8 5 d 20 Portsmouth l9 10 Rhymney lO - - Stock Scottish Central lOO 106 108 Stock Scot!). N.E., Aber. Stock 100 24 26 Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 79 81 Stock Shropshire Union , lOO 42 44 10 , Sittingbourne & Sheer all 6 4 d Stock South Devon lOO 38 42 Stock South-Eastern lOO 60 62 601 11 Stock South Wales 20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun all 63 67 20 Do. do lB - -,. 20 Staines, Wok., & Wek all 5 'I. 25 Stockton & Darlington all 3 4 30 25 Do. do. 1855 7 25 Do. do. 1858 7 - - Stockton & ilartlepool 164 - - Stock Taff Vale lOO - - Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 - - 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 - - Stock Vale of Neath lOO 58 62 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 50 Waterford & Limerick all - - 20 West Cornwall 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal all - - 5 Do.A.-Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 4 31 5 Do. B all 6 2 4 7 20 West London all - - 10 Do. Ist Class all - - all 20 Do. 2d Class - - _ PREFERENCE SHARES. Share' Railways. Stock 12:10 Stock Stock StoZkl Stock' Stock' Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Blythe and Tyne 1( per c. pref. (issued at 250) Bris. & Exet4p.etStock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon 210, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cheater & Holyhd, 5,1 pc Do. do. 5 p. et. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Dun. Perthot Aber. Jun. E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc Do. do. Class C 7 pe. E. Coun. Ex. 5 p et. No.l Do. do N 0.2 Do. New 6 per et. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. East Lane. 6 per ct E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths Edin.&Glas. 5 pe shares Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent—.. Glas. &S West. a. spc. Great Northern, 5 p. et Do. 5 Redm.,lop.e.pm Do. 41a pc p. c. do. do. Do.sp.e. Redm.,s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld, let pf jGt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 p. et. pref. Stock reat Wlkst. (Berke and Stockl Stock Stock Stock Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct. Do. Redeemable, 44 pet. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et. Do. Irredeemable, d0... 1 Do. 5 p. ot. Redeem. Pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. Stock 26i Stock Stock, Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stocki 12f 12 Stock! Stock 12} 12} f Stock Stock Stock Stock) Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock, Stock' Stock Stock shares Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Lon. &Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. a. ...No. Do. New gua., 6 p. et Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Lon. & N. W. Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon. &S. W, 7 p.ct. stock,' late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 4 shs Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct Do. £6 Do. 34 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent Closing 1 Business Paid. Price. Done. all 1100 100 100 100 100 all Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6 Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till Is4B Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. Newport,Aber,&c.pret .5 p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c.° m Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. shares Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Stock,lB46 Do. 54p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, f.r, ua . 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail.& D sk.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 Plo. York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. lstg Do. do. do., 2d gua Do. 44 p.c. Db. stk. in perp Scottish Central, new pt Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 3i per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4i per cent. South Eastern (Iteading Ann., 1 0 6 ) Do ix per cent Do. Fed 41 p.c. Ist is Do. New do., 2d issue Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock efrk... Stock Stock Stock 10s. 10 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock (South Wales, Oa. 4 p.c. Do. er cent S.-Yorks hire, 4 p.o. gua Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. X5l Stock LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. I Paid. Leasing 1 Closing Busbies Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire .... Cl y desda le Junction.. Colchester, Stour Val. E.Lincol ns hi re,g.6pc. E Union,HarwichShs. Do. Woodbridge .. Gls.B arr.&Neils,Drci. Do. New.,,, . .... . Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail. Hull and Selby . Do. Shares Do. I Shares London &Greenwi c h Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gun. 4 1 1 et cent Do. per & matk 'dß') MI • dfordPrf. Stk. mid. Bra markt•o' New teed s p' anc., B sr u it x e guaranteed tn 5 p.c. der, e.6x...e. N°l. do. 6 ec t Do. 5 per cent. Do. Fixes Preston NrYIT• Preston thn.& ..... A. Do. Shares , _ .•_ Shep RoTetn• h Roth.&GaLg S • re ora owsbry& Her c. eford South Staffordshire .. „ , y, g . 6 p.e. Hitco..& sfp. Wear a "` Do. do. .. ........... Wilts and Somerset.. wirabledon& Croydn. Docks. Stock Commercial Stock Do 4 per Cent. Pref . Min Stock East and West India Stock London Stock St. Katharine Stock Southampton Stock Victoria 20 Do New ****** 49 51 90 95 98 100 98 5, 10 1 } 105 115 100 110 108 112 108 112 122 127 79 81 68 70 107 102 112. 115 107 110 100 102 61 03 11 11} 93 95 83 e 5 84 8t 98 100 9i 10 18 17 91 10-1 70 72 18 19 9 9} 134 14 133 138 55 165 7 9 115 120 65 6 7 IP 133 136 99 101 Id ip 90 92 9 10 101 111 8 9 92 94 14 1 d d par 22 23 115 120 115 118 98 100 10 10i 22 23 100 102 100 102 27i 28, 31 32; 45 60 97 99 1 107 IG2 16 17 135 140 9} 41 105 110 C 4 M 115 120 88 92 2j 00 cis I } l . 54 66 1135 140 ai io lot 87 83 L 8 9 Paid Closing Business Pal ' Price. Done. 100 - 100 100 - 100 -- 100 - 100 - 100 95 ICO 18 Share 'Ln & N.W Ln & N.W Caledonin E.U.&E C Gt.Narth. E.Counts. Caledonia Do. Gt. West. Yk.N.&Br Yk.N.Md. D 0..... Do. ...... S. East... Do. ..... Peto &Co Do. ..... • Norfolk Do. ' • LN W&M Stk.& Dar Midland . E.Counts. D 0....... 1D.;:: Do. .... L&N w & L.Yk. ) Do. Gt. North. Lan.& Yk T Brasile) , M'Clean Stk.& Dar Do. Gt. West. L.&Brgtn DOCKS. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share' Railways. 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 76 80 Leased at 6 per cent 18 Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd 131 il6 17 gu. 5 percent 18 Do all - 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 24 1141 18 Do. Do. B 41 21 11 d 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 3 20 Do. New l 6l 5 7 d /00 I 6 B p uff c a t. lo, bd ßr s an i t A .& u G g odr -- ~ 1372 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 - 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 - 20 Cleutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3. 0. id par 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. - - 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. I 1 d 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. - -- 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 7l 2d pal' 171 Demerara - - 20 Eastern Bcngal.gu.sp.c 5 2 1 d Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 90 94 94 20 Do. C Shares all - - 20 Do. E Shares Ext l5 - - 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 - - 100 D 0.41 Bds. pay.'s9 all - - 20 eelong& Mel. gua.s p. c. all 18 19 Sto.S Geelong Corporation 6 / 1 00 per cent. Bonds Stock rand Trunk of Canada 100 2 9 31 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7: all 66 69 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref._ 100 85 90 20 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e. all 88 92 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent. 4 21 14d 21 20 Do. do 20 Gt.S.of 2: - - . 2 1 ( guaranteed 5 per cent. 201 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 131 141 201 Do. New 100 {Do. Bonds pay. all 100 103 ept. till ' 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 100 103 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 100 103 100 Do. 5} p. c. do. '77 do . all 98 100 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c. all 15 16 20 Do. do. 5 per cent. all 17 18 18 20 Do. 44 p. c. Extension l5 15 16 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c l5 21 11 d 20 Do. Fourth do. Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 - - 20 /Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc 10 - -d Class ACapitl.share .. Do. do. Land do .. 20 Do. do. B. Capital do lO - - d .. Do. do. Land do 20 Northof India Tramroad - - 2s. I Limited, Scrip 20 Oude (Limited) 20 Scinde l5 11 d 4 d 20 Do. 20 Do. New „.° 10 2 1 d 20 Do. Punjaub o ° ' i") 5 2 14d 34 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. b 2;;;" 10 2 1 d 20 t. Andrews & Quebec Al 18 - - 10 I Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 icl par FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 31 41 f4l .20 Ardennes all - -p' 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 3 1d 14 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 1 20 Beziers to Graissessac. all - • - 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail: all 11 21 20 Dutch Rhenish 6 Eastern of France all 19 21 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. - -• 20 Great Central of France all - - 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs all 4 4 8 4 10 Italian Junction • 8 - - 20 Lake Constance & Bale all - - 20 Lierre and Turnhout._ all - - 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 24 24d 20 Lucca & Pistoj a, 5 p.c.pf all - - 20 Lyons and Geneva all - - 331 Maria Antonia all - - 20 Do. do. New - - 20 Namur and Liege all 61 71 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. all 18 20 16 Northern of France 20 Do. New Shares - - p 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 8 9 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent 7 - - 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit all 29 30 20 Paris and Orleans 20 I Recife& S. Fran. (fern ) gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) 9 5 4 d 20 Riga and Dunaburg 4 - 10 Rome and Frascati - - 20 Royal Danish all - - 5 Royal Swedish - 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. - - 20 Sambre and Meuse all 41 51 10 Do. 5.1 per cent. Pref all 8 9 20 Southern of. France 84 West Flanders all 5 6 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 17 19 20 Western of Austria .. - 6 - - 20 Western of Switzerland all - - 6 Wiesbaden - - 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all - - 20 Zealand all - - (Paid. Closing ; Business Price. Done. BRITISH MINES, Sharer Mines. Paid. Closing Business Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 6 7 20 British Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 2O 10 Devon G. Cons._(Tavist.) 1 460 470 East Bassett (Illogan). 30 210 220 Great South Tolgus l7B 135 145 G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) 11.18.8 2 3 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 94 4 Lady Bertha lBs 6d 4 11 North Frances (Illogan) 81 8 9 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 7 8 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 8 9 Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 14 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s fl SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) 21 240 250 South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 21 3 S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 195 205 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 44 2 21 10 Tin Croft 9 44 45 UnitedMines(G wennap) 40 - Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6d # West Basset (Illogan) l# 213 z - zi W. Caradon (Llskeprd) , 20 8.5 88 Wheal Basset (Illogan) s# 105 205 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 120 130 Wheal Edward (Cale.) 54 14 24} It Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 91 101 Wh'l Mary Ann (Maahe) 8 45 47 Trelawney (Lisk ) 44 301 311 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 7l 1 4 4 I Bon AccordCopper,Lim lOs 1d 35 Brazil. Imp. (is: at £5 p ) 27 1 15 20 Do. St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 10 12 :5 Do.L and and MinmgCo. all 1 Clarendon Consols Alin ing Co. of Jamaica 40 Cobra Copper all 33 35 354 Copiapo l6 10 12 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 1 2 For tuna 20 General all 21 23 3 Linares all 85 95 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 1 I 1 New Granada - - 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 par p 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 31 45 5 Port Philip 1 30 Santiago de Cuba 164 1 1 28.2.84 United Mexican JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Share Joint-Stock Banks. I Paid. Closing I Business Price. Done. 100 lAgra&UnitedServiceßk 50 - - 40 Australasia all - - 25 Bank of Egypt all 20 21 21 100 Pank of London 5O - - 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all - - 80 British North American all - - 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 12 - -- d 10 100 City so - 604 1 100 Colonial 25 - 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada all - - 100 Commercial of London. 20 - 20. Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch. all - - 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all - - 20 Lon.Char.Bk.otAustral. all - - 201 50 London and County - - 50 London Joint Stock - - 30 100 London & Westminster. 20 - - 47# 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 - - 20 Do. new lO - - 50 National Bank 25• - - 20 New South Wales - - 25 Orient .Bk. Corporation all - - - 20 Ottoman Bank lll 15 17 Provincial of Ireland - 10 Do. New all • - 25 South Australia - - 25 Do. New l7# - - 25 Union of Australia all - -48 f 25 Do. New 2O - - 59 Union of London lO - - 23 100 Unity Mutual 6O - -- 100 Western Bk of London 50 ;,.. - d COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. Paid. Closing Business Prices. Done. -- Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 108 111 1104 94 - Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 107 110 - Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 107 110 - N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 10C 108 111 - Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 -- - - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 106 95 100 - NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. S. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 108 111 - S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 108 110 - Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 - - MISCELLANEOUS. ShareL Miscellaneous. 1 Paid.l Closin g Business done Price. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint.. all 13# 141 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all 180 220 25 Australian Agricultural 19 25 50 10 Australian Royal Mail . all # # 10 Berlin Water Works ... all 2 3 10 Do New, issued at £5 dis ? - _ 50 British American Land 44, 30 32 ' 50 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. all 36 38 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862.. all 19 21 20 Do C 100 Canada Land 324 110 120 10 Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) al 84 94 Stock Cop.Min.otEng.&Smag all - - 25 5 C r ys t a l D o.Preference Palace. 74 per c t a ll all 23 1:2 1 :1 2 i 5 11p 1 3: ppr 181 81 5 Do. Preference all 4 4 20 Eastern Steam all - - Stock Electric Telegraph lOO 95 100 5 Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co. all , # 5 10 Europ. &Ind.Junct.Tel. 10s. - - 9 Enrop.&Am.Stm.(Lim.) all - - 20 GLlron ScrewCol.(Lim all - - 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 - - 24 5 20 London Discount ... . . :20 4 001 m L DDß o oeoe n d d i Nots . e G eer. e. n. Electric Omnibus T e I Co. e o all al l 15 1 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 4i 51 25 National Discount C 0... 5 1 1 lid 3 1 10 Netherlands Land 0 - - - 2 05 051 North Peel Orientaloo ner t3 l. p hit& . c . oi vf P eGl r : e f.,iss. a t 1 d i s . a a 1 1 all - -11 100 j N N :B Br .A .& u N awat o &rs Na h a ila S ailai co d. jea.stnitiamnd.) allBO - 1 - 31 a u La r a o n p E urope & Steam 3im. allaa l l l l - 2: - 215 100560 5 0 P RDRohoyyt. •O rien ta l awnlne3weryanl.rso Steam. all 7 5 8° 1 1 5 sDcoo.t .. ineam T ( e L le im gr l ll 5 OOB. New Aus t r . 251 D B oth doßeg in gt n e .v ie ... . d . ). 21 1 ) Submarine T r.Ln.e° r.foet Australian e p rLs:dul a a 6o l l l l 22 55 i 24 6065 all s 100 1124 1064 11 35i 36i all 1 1 _lOO Aran DleMen's Lana .• 28i . 8 10 LAW INTELLIGENCE.- - --(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor and Lords Justices.) JullfeEAL.-01)DIE V. BROWN. At the conclusion of the arguments in this case the Lord Chancellor reserved judgment. APPEAL.-ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. DAVEY. This was an appeal from a decision of the Master of the Rolls. The Lord Chancellor affirmed the decision of the Master of the Rolls, and dismissed the information without costs COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before Sir C. Cresswell.) NEW AND NEWTON V. BUTT. _ _ The plaintiffs in this cause were relatives, and the de fendant was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Butt, who died on the Ist of March in this year, and the object of the suit was to obtain the opinion of the Court as to the validity of a will which the deceased had signed some time previous to his decease. _ _ The Queen's advocate and Dr. Spinks were counsel for the plaintiffs, and Dr. Deane, Q.C., and Dr. Swabey for the defendant. From the statement of the counsel in opening the case, it appeared that some weeks before his death Colonel Butt directed a lady named Harris, who was staying in the same house with him, to make some alterations in his will, which she did in her handwriting. She signed it. He had pre viously stated to Mr. Cheshyre, his solicitor, at Cheltenham, that instead of leaving the whole of his property to his son, he would provide for him by an annuity, and that he would do something . for his relations. On the morning of his death Mr. Cheshyre was summoned to Col. Butt's, and found him him in bed and very ill. The deceased told him about the will, which was produced, and seeing that it was not attested he proposed to Dr. Abercrombie, the medical attendant, who was present, that they should both attest it, the deceased having previously stated that the instrument was his will. At the moment that Mr. Cheshyre made this suggestion, Col. Butt exclaimed, " It is all over with me," and was unable to sign the will. He then wrote on the back of the document words to the effect that the deceased, who died shortly after, had declared the same to be his will, which he (Dr. Abercrombie) attested. The two attesting witnesses were examined, but the Court considered that, under the circumstances, the will could not be maintained, and decreed for the defendant, allowing, however, the costs of the plaintiff out of the estate. PRICKER v. PRICKER.--JUDICIAL SEPARATION. This was a petition presented by Charlotte Eliza Fricker, praying for a decree of judicial separation from John Vivian Fricker, her husband, on the ground of his cruelty. Dr. Tristram was counsel for the petitioner, and the respondent was undefended. Mrs. Fricker, the petitioner, was examined, and stated that she married the respondent in 1850, and that they had three children, the youngest of whom was a year old. They had lived at several places since the marriage, and he at present resided at Princes-road, Red Lion-square. His habits were intemperate, and though he could earn £2 a week at his trade of wood carver, he was very indolent and did not attend to his business. He was in the habit of ill-using her, and on one oc casion, when she was within a few days of her confinement, he flung a saucepan at her. On an other occasion he threw a table at her, and in January last he brought home a clo g which he " set at" her. he animal did not bite her or the children, but fright ened them exceedingly. He drew a pair of scissors across her neck, and threatened that he would prevent her screaming again. After the first 18 months of their marriage he did not supply her with money for food, which during the last 15 months she had the greatest difficulty in p rocur i ng. Sh e teok in needlework, and he had endeavoured to prevent her earning any money by that means, by snatching the work from her and insisting that she should not do anything ex cept for him. He was constantly in the habit of striking her and giving her black eyes. The mother and sister of the petitioner deposed to several acts of violence on the part of the respondent, and particu larly to his having on one occasion taken the petitioner in his arms and flung her out into the passage, in consequence of which she suffered severe pain in the side for some days. Twa other witnesses not related to the petitioner gave corroborative evidence. _ _ The Court granted the decree, and directed that the children should be placed in the custody of the mother until they had attained their 7th year. BANKRUPTCY COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Pane.) THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN SMELTING COMPANY. A meeting was held to-day for the purpose of making a call under the order of the court for winding up the affairs of this company. Mr. Hillyer (Hillyer and Fenwick) appeared for the peti tioning creditor, and a call was made of £5 per share (of £2 10s.), and that will not cover the claims against 'the company. There was no opposition on the part of the company or the shareholders. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS .DAY.) MANSION-HOUSE NOT ACCEPTING A GOOD OFFER.—A DESERTED.— Thomas James, a heavy-looking young man, was charged with picking pockets in Billingsgate. The prosecutor, who is a sailor, said that he felt the pri soner remove the handkerchief from his pocket and asked him to return it, but the prisoner refused to do so, and was of course given into custody. - The prisoner said he would admit takng the handker chief. He was in great distress and could obtain no work, An officer of the Tower Hamlets' Militia, who was pre sent, here arose and said, " I recognise the prisoner as a deserter from the Tower Hamlets' Militia." Prisoner (smiling)—l admit that I deserted. Alderman Cubitt—You must go to prison for three months. ' MARKET ROBBERIES—A PURE Jamoux, a wretched-looking being, was charged with steal ing a leg of mutton from a cart standing near Leadenhall market, and throwing it into the cart of another person. The prisoner said that he had committed two faults that day, and this made a third. It was done by pure mistake. (Laughter.) , Ile had no felonious intention. The -owner of the meat said the leg of mutton was worth Bs., and the prisoner had no right to touch it. It was then mentioned that the butchers viaiting Leadenhall-market were at great expense in employing detectives to watch market thieves. The losses by this kind of depredators was something awful to calculate. On some occasions whole carcascs were re moved in open day in a most daring manner. The prisoner loudly protested his innocence, but the Alderman sent him to prison for two months. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE KNIFE AGAlN.—Thomas Clark, a globe maker, residing at 3, Coal-yard, Drury-lane, was charged with stabbing Emma Lelew, a map colourer, of 11, Rose-street, with a knife. The prosecutrix, whose head was enveloped in a surgical bandage, said that about 11 p.m., she was having supper with a young man in her room, when the prisoner knocked violently at her door and said, " Let me in, you -." Not knowing his voice at the time she refused to do so, and the young man who was with her offered to open the door, but she refused to let him, and immediately after the prisoner burst open the door and rushed upon the young man, and on her going between them with the intention of parting them she received two stabs in the head from the prisoner, but did not see a knife in his hand. Her head was dressed at the station, and she was very weak from the effects of the injury. She had never kept company with the prisoner. In answer to the charge the prisoner said he had been drinking at the time ; he knew nothing about it, and was very sorry. Mr. Bingham said he should remand him for a few days to see the result of the injury the prosecutrix had sus tained. A " JACK-IN-THE-GREEN" PARTY IN TROUBLE.— Three sweeps named Doyle, Robinson, and Bennett wero charged with being drunk and disorderly, and Robinson was further charged with assaulting a constable (Looseby, 46 C). The prisoners, it appeared, formed part of a Jack-in-the- Green company, and in the course of the previous day while going their rounds had made a great deal too free and were very riotous, and on being requested to move from South Audley-street, got into collision with the police and wero taken into custody, " Jack" having managed to walk off with his "leafy green." One of the constables said after Robinson had struck him, he said that had " Jack" been there they would never have taken them. _ - - Robinson was fined 108., and the others discharged. THAMES. A DRUNKEN WATCHMAN.—James Taylor, a watchman in the employ of the London Dock Company, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with having, possession of a tube for the purpose of abstracting wine from casks in violation of the police act. Edward Ellis, a gatekeeper, in the service of the Dock Company, stated that he missed the prisoner from his beat in the Dock at nine o'clock last night, and could not find him until ten, when he discovered him seated on a cask of port wine, among thousands of others, on one of the quays. The prisoner was fast asleep and very drunk, and he had ' some difficulty in arousing him. He conveyed the prisoner to the dock watch-house, and on the way there Taylor threw away a tube, and was about to send a gimlet after it, but was prevented doing so. The tube was recovered. It smelt strongly of port wine and had been recently used. The prisoner in defence said he had the misfortune of having a very bad wife, who beat him and scratched his face yesterday afternoon. He came to that court for redress, and got drinking heavily at the public - house oppo site. hen he wont upon duty he was verysleepy and much fatigued, and he sat upon a cask of wine and fell asleep. He used the tube for the purpose of smoking tobacco. The gimblet had been in his pocket a fortnight. He drank no wine at all ; it was the beer he drank opposite the court that caused him to fall asleep. Rudkins, a dock constable, said the tube was wet and stained with port wine when the prisoner was brought to the watch.house. Mr. Selfe—The tube has never been used for smoking, but for drinking. Was there any deficiency of wine in the cask on which the prisoner was seated ? Rudkins—Yes, sir ; there was a deficiency of three pints. The prisoner was formerly a constable in the Metropolitan police force. Mr. Selfe—Yes ; I have known him some time, and I ans afraid he is going to the bad. Ho will lose his situation I suppose. Itudkins—Certainly, sir; the Dock Company will' never employ him again. Mr. Selfe said he had power to send the prisoner to gaol for one month, but as he would lose his situation he should find him 10s. only, and not send him to prison upon this occasion. The penalty was paid. THE STRANDING OF THE SHIP JUBILEE.—The report of Mr. T ra ill, p o li ce mag i s t ra t e , and Captain Harris, nautical assessor, relative to the loss of the ship Jubilee, of 764 tons burthen, Captain John Douglas, master, about half a-mile to the northward of Berck lighthouse, on the French coast, with a cargo of silk and tea valued at £250,000, was yesterday issued from the Board of Trade. The worthy magistrate, after going through the evidence, expressed his opinion that the loss of the ship was owing to the default of Captain John Douglas, the master ; first, in not verifying the ship's position upon finding the variance between the ob servation and the reckoning by account, and in not making for the English coast before dark, or laying a course cor responding to the true position of the ship at noon; and, again, in not making f ree o f t h e l ea d w h en th e two lights on the port bow were observed, whereby he might have discovered his error, whilst it was not too late to be repgired. Captain Harris having concurred in the above report, the Board of Trade have cancelled the certificate of service of Captain Douglas, allowing him, after the lapse of twelve months, to appear before the Local Marine Board, and pass an examination for a certificate of competency. CHESTER IM CES.-(THIS DAP.) EBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] LATEST BETTING. CHESTER CUP. 7to 1 agst Royal Sovereign (offered) Bto 1 agst Leamington (taken) 12 to 1 agst Polestar (offered) 15 to 1 agst Pensioner (taken) 20 to 1 agst Underhand (taken) 26 to 1 agst Bankrupt (taken) 30 to 1 agst Prioress (taken) 100 to 1 agst Belle (taken) ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS.—Red Eagle, Mr. Sykes, Special License, Sam Spode, Rogerthorpe, Pensioner, Herne, Tunstall Maid, Simpleton, Royal Sovereign, Flying Duke, Prince of Orange, Compromise, Thornhill, Botany, Physi cian, Raspberry, Harraton, Coroner, Bankrupt, Duneany, Princess Royal, Layton, Summerside, Tomboy, Maid of Mist, White Rose, Ellen, Twilight, Polestar, Greenwich Fair, Newcastle. SPORTING .11 7 0 TES. The following appeared in a portion of our impression of yesterday : CHESTER, HO I The turmoil and excitement of a general election cannot divert attention entirely from the Chester Meeting. The thoughts of all classes of turfites recur to it, and are re lieved by dwelling upon a subject which is dissociated from war. That the political crisis in which we are involved will exercise a depressing effect upon the meeting is un questionable ; still it will not detract greatly from the vast interest which the sport will excite. The minor events I shall not now touch upon, because the Cup alone is the curiosity of racing men. The range of speculation on this, the Derby of handicaps, has been somewhat limited, but the betting has received a fillip within the past fortnight, and the bookmakers are likely to be relieved from their dread of not being able to get money. No mistake has been made about the demonstration in favour of Leamington. From the very day on which he was backed in earnest in the market, up to the present time, " his upward tendency" has been steady and percep tible. If, too, my information be correct, his partisans have received assuring proofs that their confidence is not mis placed, and we firmly believe that they have greater reason to be sanguine of Leamington's success now than they had in 1857. The horse ,has undergone a strong pre paration, and never did so well since he was foaled as he has done throughout the past winter. Polestar is an animal of the Leamington stamp—that is to say, she belongs to the first-class, and has a second-class weight. Since she came into the possession of Mr. Snowing, however, she has inflicted on him a series of disappointments, and since she was three yoars old she has scarcely run up to that form which the public fancied belonged to her. lam in formed by persons who are, or ought to be, well acquainted with the management of the mare, that she has k toad her preparation well, and that want of merit and not want of health alone will account for her defeat, if she sustains one. The Royal Sovereign party have, it must be confessed, the best trial horses in England, and they ought not to make a mistake in estimating the Royal Sovereign's chance. Still the horse has yet shown very little merit, and if he be as good as it is asserted, his owner must have kept him with much patience. Pensioner is not, surely, class enough, albeit he has been backed heavily by his party, not only to win, but for a place. The Brewer will take the flat better than the jumping . game, and is sure to run forward. His owner, however, is not very sanguine of his success, and I am induced to hare his want of confidence. Underhand will run forward. Not only is he well suited to the course, but he has frequently shown high racing merit. If the bet ting afford any criterion, Rara Avis is the best of William Day's lot. I should, however, be more inclined to trust Bevis, if I could calculate upon a stand with him. Of the American lot I entertain no expectations. Mr. Saxon has, I am convinced, a formidable animal in Defender, who, I expect, will be yet made a very warm favourite. This horse's performance at Newmarket must not be sneered at, and the question—what price would either Merryman or Rainbow. be at if weighted at 4st 71b ? places the horse's pretensions in a clear light. It is said, however, that the Ancient Briton alone will carry Mr. Saxon's colours on Wednesday, and, despite this horse's bad temper, I shall be disinclined to number myself amongst his opponents, if he be the trusted representative of the "confederates." Still my fancy leads towards Defender, who is unquestionably the most dangerous of the three-yr-olds. Bankrupt will not obtain a first-class certificate. I had intended to refer separately to every animal likely to go the pest, but I find that I should by so doing merely occupy space, greatly at - a disadvantage to The Sun, and with very little benefit to its readers. Notwithstanding the support which Rosabel has received, [ am inclined to believe that her stable companion Lea mington will command the undivided confidence of her owner. Should anything happen to the horse, then Rosabel will be found in the way of many animals. With out extending:my remarks I shall select the undermen tioned against the field : LEAMINGTON, POLESTAR and UNDERHAND, saving DEFENDER for a oockboat. I have nothing to add to the voluminous accounts which have been published with respect I o the Cr iven Meeting. I may state, however, that Newmarket has two great dis advantages, a badly managed railway and an uncivil post master. My letter—which was posted in due time from Newmarket —was, I believe, at the caprice of the postmaster delayed until the morning's post, and did not reach London in time to be published in The Sun of Monday. I shall not now further refer to this mat ter—which does not affect me so much as it does the race visitors and the townspeople—as I intend to submit the facts to the Postmaster-General. A FRESH MAN. TATTERSALLS'.—MoNDAT. CHESTER CUP. - 11 to 2 agst Leamington (taken) 12 to 1 agst Royal Sovereign (taken) 14 to 1 agst Polestar (taken) 22 to 1 agst Rara Avis (taken) 25 to 1 agst Queenstown (taken) 25 to 1 agst Bevis (taken) 25 to 1 agst Master Bagot (taken) 40 to 1 agst Coroner (taken) Leamington Queenstown, Underhand, Master Bacot, Bevis, Rosabel, Royal Sovereign, Defender, and Belle were backed at evens against the field. NOMINATIONS FIXED. WEDNESDA CY, MAY 4. Kinsale Borough Lincolnshire (South) Monmouthshire Roxburghshire Somerset (East) Aberdeenshire Buteshire Cornwall (West) Derbyshire (South) Dumfriesshire Edinburgh (County) „ Suffolk (East) Elgin and Nairn Sussex (West) Glamorganshire St. Andrew's Burghs Hampshire (South) Stirlingshire Kincardineshire Yorkshire (East Riding) THURSDAY, MAY 5. Carmarthenshire Merionethshire Carnarvonshire Middlesex Cornwall (East) Montgomery Devon (North) Northumberland (North) Herefordshire Ross and Croznarty shires Mallow Yorkshire (North Riding) FRIDAY,. MAY 6. Norfolk (West) Pembrokeshire Ayr District Gloucestershire (East) Kirkcudbright SATURDA' LY, MAY 7. Radnorshire Yorkshire (West Riding) Clare (County) Donegal Dublin (County) MONDAY, MAY 9. Longford (County) I Meath (County) TUESDAY, MAY 10. Antrim I Cork (County) Carlow (County) Londonderry (County) WEDNESDIY, MAY 11. Monaghan (County) SATURDAY, MAY 14. Kilkenny (County). THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, May 3.—Wind this day at noon, E. ; moderate breeze, and fine. OFF TLSKAR, May 2.—Arrived—Champion of the Seas, from Melbourne. CARDIFF, May 28.—Wind E.—Sailed—Eagle, for Rio Grande ; Columbus, for Pernambuco. SUNDERLAND, May 2.—Wind for Cuba. The Sir Edward Parry, which sailed from Odessa for Bremen, on the 22d December, 1858, has not since been heard of. SOUTHAMPTON ' May 2.—The Celt, screw steamer, for the Cape of Good Hope, is ashore near Calshot Castle. RIO GRANDE, March 28.—The Firefly, from Lisbon to this port, was wrecked on the Bth March; crew saved. HAVANNIII, April 11.—The Black Alfred, of and for London, from Jamaica, was lost near the Isle of Pines on the 29th March ; 70 puns. rum saved. (Rir ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Wind E. Arrived.--Borussia, steamer, from Hamburg; Courier, steamer, fom Jersey ; Havre, steamer, from Havre. Sailed.—La Plata, steamer, for St. Thomas ; Wonder, steamer, for Havre ; La Poule, for Cherbourg ; Dispatch, steamer, for Jersey. • LIVEILPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind E.S.E. Arrived, May 2.—Richard Brown, from Matanzas ; Rosa Maria, from Alexandria ; George Fincke, from Dantsic ; Frederick, from Hamburg; Alfred Marie, from Dunkirk. Arrived, May 3.—Jesusa, from Matanzas; Virgo, from Dram; Fortuna, from Ostend; Wanderer, from Stettin; Express, from Nantes. Champion of the Sea, from Melbourne, sailed on the 20th January, has 23,000 ounces of gold on board. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Wind N.E. ; tide, one hours' flood; fresh and fine. Arrived, May 2—Eliza, from Bombay ; Lionne, from Gravelines ; Furet, from Gravelines. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Wind blowing hard from the E.N.E. We boats afloat. Passed, May 2.—Vasco de Gama, from Gravesend, for New York, after making good defects. POSTAGE (LIVERPOOL AND CANADA).—The total amount of the gross postage on letters conveyed by th e Montreal Ocean Steam Company's vessels between Liver pool and Canada, out and home, amounted in 1859 to £5,115, in 1857 to £4,359, and in 1556 (half -a-year only) to £1,570. FUNERAL OF MADAME Bosio.—The St. Peters burg papers of the 17th contain accounts of the funeral honours paid on the interment of Mine. Bosio, .whose un timely death is looked up on by the elite of s ociet y in that city almost as a p u bli c calamity, so much had her graceful talents and her amiable character ingratiated themselves with all classes. The church was crowded to excess, the attendance comprising personages of the very highest dis tinction ; foreign ambassadors, ministers, and the nobility eagerly pressing forward to join in the last testimonies of respect to one so fondly and generally esteemed. At the tomb a warm and touching tribute was paid by the crowd, for the feeling resembled much more sorrow for a friend than for a public favourite. TE.RRITIC FIRE AT BRISTOL. Since the memorable riots in 1831, no conflagra tion has occurred in Bristol equal in extent or fury to a fire which occurred on Saturday, at the sugar refinery of Messrs. Fridge and Tripp. These works consisted of several large store and boiling houses, with numerous smaller buildings attached, which had been erected at various times in a somewhat irregular manner, as the busir e .s required increased accommodation. The older warehouses stood partly at the stone bridge over the river Froom, at the point where that stream was formerly connected with the floating harbour. Another large and more commodious block of premises was connected inter mediately, and a third and still more extensive warehouse, ten stories in height, joined the latter. The whole of the buildings were recently thrown open on their north-eastern front by the covering in of the Froom ; and the creation of a new street called Rupert-street, in commemoration of a charge made by Prince Rupert in the immediate locality during the Civil War. The back portion of the works extended to Host-street, a narrow thorough fare, containing a low and densely populated class of houses, and a wooden bridge formed a connexion between the Rupert -street works and another ex tensive range of warehouses running up the hill towards Steep-street. At about half-past 11 on Saturday morning an alarm was given that a fire had broken out in one of the filtering houses in the older portion of the works. These houses were fitted with cylinders and other apparatus employed in the process of refining sugar, and the origin of the devastating calamity which ensued is said to be that a carpenter, employed on some woodwork con nected with some of the cylinders, incautiously set down a lamp near some felt packing. An ignition took place, the flames instantly communicated with the calcined charcoal in the:cylinders, and the work of destruction commenced. There were on the premises nearly a thousand tons of this highly inflammable article, and the fire spread from cylinder to cylinder and from floor to floor with frightful rapidity. The engines of the police force and the various fire offices, with their brigades, were quickly in attendance, and with an unlimited quantity of water (for the ready supply of which much credit is due to Mr. Bell, engineer of the Bristol Water Works Company) endeavours were made to arrest the pro gress of the flames. These efforts were compara tively of no avail. By a little after one o'clock the entire range of buildings, which were upwards of 200 feet in length, and in breadth varied from 30 to 100 feet, were raging with fire. Floor after floor fell in with a tremendous crash, and volumes of smoke and fire belched forth as if in defiance of the attempts which were being made to subjugate the flames. The warehouses of Pickford and Co., the well known carriers, which adjoin those of Messrs. Fridge and Tripp, were considered in so much peril that all the goods were removed. The bakery of Mr. Merry, in Host-street, was three times in flames, but was, after all, preserved. The heat from the burning mass was so intense that it was difficult for a spectator to stand within a hun dred yards of the scene of the conflagration ; and the rain, which fell heavily about mid-day, steamed off the apparel of the lookers on. The extensive bedding manufactory of Messrs. Johnstone and Co. situate on the opposite side of Rupert-street, had to be kept saturated with water, and the streams poured on the walls of these premises hissed off in columns of steam, so excessive was the heat. The fire had reached its highest point at about half past one o'clock, at which time the scene was grand and appalling. The whole mass of buildings were wrapped in flames, which shot forth from every aperture and ascended high up into the air with a fury that was magnificently terrible. At half-past two, the block in which the fire originated fell in, and in another hour one of the walls of the most recent and extensive erections also gave way. Then the fury of the fire was expended, but not extinguished. Throughout the whole night and all day yesterday the firemen endeavoured vainly to put out the flames, and from the nature of the stock it is expected hat some days will elapse be fore the fire is utterly extinct. Rupert-street has been barricaded, to prevent injury to passers-by, from the expected falling in of the remainder of the walls. The loss of property is estimated at about £lOO,OOO. There were upwards of 500 tons of raw sugar stored on the premises, the whole of which was burnt. Of charcoal the stock was about 1,000 tons, only 15 of which were saved. Messrs. Fridge and Tripp are, it is understood, fully in sured. About 200 workmen will be thrown out of employment by this untoward event. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Open e d. Receipts. Railways. e ______,...____, I ,_____....._-, 1859. 1858 . 1859. 1858. ..- £ £ Ballymena and Portrush... 35 35 - - Bedale and Leyburn lO 40 89 91 Belfast and Ballymena GI e , 5 1,333 1,213 Belfast and County Down 2O 17 629 324 Birkd., Lane., & Ches. Junc 32 32 3,198 2,672 Blyth and Tyne 2O 13 1,805 1,610 Bristol and Exeter llB 117 6,019 5,999 Caledonian Ches.&Holyhead(withMold) 944 - Cockermouth & Workington S* II 200 247 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 307 308 Cork, Blackrock, At Passage 6l 61 184 227 D ees ide l7 17 221 215 Dublin & Belfast Junction 56 56 1,265 1,168 Dublin and Drogheda 6- 03 1,553 1,485 Dub. & Wicklow (in.Kingst ) 401 401 1,565 1,541 Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath l 7l 174 . 527 555 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun. 31 31 943 1,045 East Anglian 6 75 671 908 1,0031 E.Counties,Nrik.,&E.Union 489 489 23,771 26,656 East Kent l9l _ 345 - E.Lancashire(in.Blackburn) 111 105 7,101 6,025 Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh,Perth,& Dundee 78 78 3,246 3,362 Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South-Western. 1&34 1834 7,20 0 6,972 Great Northern 283 283 ' 21,452 23,177 Great No-th of Scotland 466 9t.Southn. & Westn.(lrind ) 229 At 7,090 7,885 treat Western 466 31,034 28,068 lull and Holderness tnverness & Aberdeen Juno 57 15 684 - Irish South-Eastern 2 54 251 258 312 Killarney Junction Lancaster and Carlisle (in. Kendal and Windermere) 100 1001 6 , 025 6OA Lanc. & Yrks.(in.lilackburn) 289 2891 2 5 , 929 24686 Limerick and Foynes 24' 24 143 123 Llanelly 465 485 London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5• 51 1,472 1,377 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 202 183 16 , 382 13,609 L'derry and Enniskillen Lond., Tilbury, & Southend 42 40 1,076 1,067 Itlan.,Sheffield,& Lincolnsh. 173 173 t 11,571 9,940 Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9 9 1 , 191 844 Mary port and Carlisle 6 2 14 8 4 6 2 14 8 4 351 ,4 80 11 2 32, 817491 Midland Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind. 177 177 3,601 3,80'2 Monkland 52 52 1,480 1,411 44 2 ; 292 2,417 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 3,012 2,948 Newport,Aberg.,& Hereford 50 43 5 1:3 1 4 75 8 k1 i .3 24 1 North British (in. Dalkeith) 149 149 North Devon 35 35 423 419 N o rth-Eastern 73 64 720 WP 34,091 9 9 2,510 2 , 353 North London • North Staffordshire 233 233 7,314 6,030 North-Western 464 464 - - N. Yorkshire and Clevel and 10k _ - Oxford, Wore., & Wolver 94 94 4,424 4101, Peebles lB 18 n 2 „ „ 95 , 215 St. Helen'S Canal & Railway 30 30 ' , n, :) , 1,710 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern ll5 115 3,240 3 , 345 Shrewsbury & Birmingham 291 294 I, F OB 1,584 Shrewsbury and Chester ... 48 48 2,860 2,733 Shrewsbury & Hereford ... 51 51 1,440 1,296 Shropshire Union 29 29 951 924 South Devon 57 571 2,581 2 , 5, 6 S ou th-Eastern 3Ol 304: 19,749 16,691 South Wales l7l 1711 5,567 6 , 596 S. Yorkshire and River Dun 108 108 2,423 2,474 Stockton and Darlington 1 Taff Vale 54 54 4 , 20 9 4,141 Ulster 52 36 1 , 548 1,326 Ulverstone and Lancaster i . Vale of Neath 254 255 1,483 1 , 809 Warrington and Stockport. 12 12 - - Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 367 361 Waterford and Limerick ... 77 77 948 1,131 West Cornwall 271 275 609 683 W.HartlepoolHarbr.&Rail 39 39 3,129 3,290 Whitehaven Junction l2 12 505 410 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 615 500 p W'haven,CleatorokEgrmnt. 7 7 398 306 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam.,, 52 52 762 915 Austrian p 828 673 29,511 25,7 26 Belgian Eastern Junction 261 261 257 323 Buffalo and Lake Huron Detroit and Milwaukie lB5l 140 2,073 1,531 1081 1084 8 3 3, , 3 094 : ;9485 1 2( 96 4 7 1 7 Dutch Rhenish a Grand Trunk of Canada 879 849 . 10,.,91 9,515 • Great Indian Peninsula l3O ' Great Luxembourg 3 8884 ' - 15 ' 2,1 1,150 122 Great Western of Canada 345 2 8,3 n Lembardo-Venetian 285 285 - - i Lyons and Geneva 142 107 4,270 3,968 284 224 9 , 491 5,829 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant ; h Maria Antonia 2l 21 222 248 ' 574. 41,330 40 521 44 i Northern of France 44 ll 8(x Norwegian Trunk ....... 66°7 P P a a ri ri s s ' aLnYd°onrßle&aniks.. ied.i.te...r.n : 9 . ya 841 7 8 85 8 3 7 1 8 6477 : 512577 441:6% Paris and Strasburg 69 44,338 41,22: - - Royal Danish 1,293 1,434 Sambre and Meuse . 'M Southern of France ..•••••• 777 5 773 14,98 74 3 5 11,1 West Flanders W. and N.W. of France 716 598 34,429 31,331 - 386 1,809 1,131 683 3,290 410 600 306 915 25,726 _ - 938 1,531 2,841 9,515 1,699 1,150 11,987 3,968 5,829 248 40,521 803 61,607 44,682 41,227 1,436 11,663 '832 31,335 The precise amount of specie that will be taken by the out-going steamer on Wednesday for the East is £367,072, of which £2,000 is for Alexandria, £lOO for Aden, £1,06 5 for Ceylon, £330,453 for India, including a Govern ment remittance of £323,000 to Calcutta, and £133,454 for China. £12,258 is in gold and £354,814 silver. SHOCKING OUTRAGE IN WESTMEATH.—DUB LIN, Monday.—On Saturday Mr. Jessop, of Tyrrelspass, County FS estmeath, was fired at, and was so grievously wounded that he is not expected to survive. The deed was witnessed by several persons, none of whom made any at tempt to stay the hand of, or arrest, the assassin. The cause was the taking, by Jessop, of a farm, the former tenant of which was murdered. CHARGE OF INDECENT ASSAULT AGAINsTA R OMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST. —Yesterday, at the Lambeth Police-court, the Rev. Nicholas Bissof, of St. George's Roman Catholic Cathedral, who has been twice before the magistrate on a charg of indecently assaulting a boy named William Harris while in a crowd, appe are d b e f ore Mr. Elliott, in discharge of his recognisances, for final exami nation. The youth Harris, not having been found by the police, did not appear in court against the defendant, who I was consequently discharged, MR. DISRAELI'S SPEECII AT BUCKINGHAM. (From the Horning Chronicle.) - • Mr. Disraeli's masterly exposure of the " enor mous lying," which has become the stock weapon of the Opposition, may be in time to prevent a repetition of the calamities that have latterly convulsed a portion of the money world. Whether a notorious contemporary is " abolishing himself," or whether he is being made a party to his own destruction, by those who are craftier than he, can only be guessed, not known. Certain it is, that his prestige is being used up at a most extravagant rate, with the mortifying addition that the result has not been - attained for which so much influence has been squandered. The goose is in every sense being killed for the golden eggs. The impudent fiction which frightened London some few days since is now thoroughly branded. It was, to use the words of Mr. Disraeli, of that " bouncing" character that nobody could say "No!" to it. The judicious might grieve, but the unthinking many accepted it on the faith of an authority which once was above question ; and the consequence has been that " many virtuous families in this country have been ruined, and the credit of every country has been shaken." The contradiction offered by Mr. Disraeli is so emphatic as to leave the inculpated journal no option between infamy or admission of guilt. For confession or repentance may lead to condonation, but any attempt to persist in the at tempted bravado will only produce universal disgust. " Of this I am sure," said Mr. Disraeli, " that there is not a tittle of truth in the statement. There is no treaty existing betwem France and Russia, no secret treaty between France and Russia—there is no secret communicat ion existing between France and Russia. There is between France and Russia what may be called an engagement, which they were not bound in. any way to communicate to this country, but which was communicated to this country voluntarily some time ago by the Minister of Foreign Affairs for France; and what does that engagement amount to ? It amounts to this—that in case of war between France and Austria, Russia should assemble an. army of observation upon the German frontier." And, emphatically added the right hon. gentleman, amidst the cheers of his auditory, " Russia has as much right to assemble an army of observation on the Gent= frontier as England has to send— which England is about to do—a commanding fleet to the Mediterranean !" Nor is this all. Her Ma jesty's Government, not satisfied with the voluntary communication of Russia, asked from that State explanations, whether, in case of war between France and Germany, Russia had entered into any engagement to declare war against Germany. They have received from the Russian Government " the most explicit, the most unequivocal declaration that no engagement of the kind exists, or has ever been askedof them." Thus is refuted this infamous fabri cation, whose authors, beyond the disgrace attend ing detection and exposure before the world, have also the additional mortification of knowing that the prostitution of their influence and credit has been an unavailing oblation on the altar of party, and that not the slightest prejudice against the present Government has resulted from it in the public mind. The gains on the elections are the most cutting commentary on this error in judgment as well as in political morality. On the attitude and prospective policy of" Eng land,Mr.Disraeli was equally emphatic and explicit. " It is not for me," he said, " difficult as is the posi tion of public affairs—dangerous, indeed, as I, may call it—it is not for me to stand here and de- nounce the Powers of Europe, because I do not think that, though war has probably already com menced, England, or even Russia, ought to forego their position as mediators ; and that we ought to be prepared, whether our armies are on the Ger man frontier, or whether our fleets and squadrons are careering in the Mediterranean or in the Adri atic, we ought to be there to watch events, and seize the favourable opportunity when we may terminate the struggle, and obtain a settlement of Europe founded upon justice . , and upon those regulations which may promise a permanent adjustment. Now, I may be asked—and it is a very fair question to ask---' What is your opinion with respect to the struggle which has now commenced ? What will be its effects upon England, and what probability is there of our being brought into the struggle ?' My policy is the policy of every sound-headed man in this country. The policy of England is emi nently a policy of peace. The interference of Eng land in other countries in order to change their domestic institutions, or to influence their internal policy, whatever may- be the motive, is invariably, I think, a mistake. But although the interest of England is eminently that of peace, it is of the utmost importance that England should be prepared for war. It is our best security for the tranquillity of Europe, that England should show that she has the power to assert her influence, and maintain it with effect." Hence the Mediterranean fleet, and those other preparations which are demanded by the crisis. Her Majesty's Ministers have exhausted every expedient to preserve the peace—let those that doubt it, if such there be, read the lucid expo sition, pregnant with masculine sense, contained in the earlier portion of Mr. Disraeli's speech yester day—and now they are prepared to assume the attitude which best becomes the dignity and the true interests of this great civilising State. Mr. Disraeli's eloquent and impressive picture of the power, resources, and brilliant future of this country will find sympathet,ic admirers in all Eng lishmen, without distinction of party. Statesmen who are thus of high heart in the face of difficulty, perhaps of danger, are the men in whom the people of England love to confide. Nor will there be, among the public generally, many who will not—secretly at least, if not openly—admit the truth of the deduction made by the right hon. gentleman, from the known results of the present constitutional struggle. " I think I can say," observed Mr. Disraeli, " although the general election is by no means ter minated that her Majesty's Ministers will find in the next Parliament a considerable accession of strength. I think from the returns that have been made, and that may be counted on—and from the communications we have received from parties who, though not immediately connected with us as habitual supporters, are desirous at this moment of difficulty to support her Majesty's Government, that her Majesty's Government will receive a con siderable addition of strength. But whether that strength may be sufficient to-enable them to carry on the affairs of the country with that efficiency which I for one desire to see, as I mentioned before, that is a question which time only can decide ; but this great factwill remain, that there Nik i I certa . nly be a compact and united party in Parliament, oa a in u ) id i t nh e so d —p eab,cykansthore think k l i e n egvtehn spirit—holding sdiwsciilpilineo f t he prove, ahpa s av a ri m tnyg e , some confidence in their leaders—in numbers per haps not considerably exceeding 300; and whether these gentlemen sit behind the Minister or before him, depend upon it that is a great fact for the con stitution of this country—it will give strength to the Throne—it will add authority to the councils of the house—by whomsoever they may be formed —it will add to the authority, and will maintain the character of the House of Commons, and at moments of danger like the present it will reprekimt in a great degree the united n. ' pa t r i o tism of the glish people VHS DAYS MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. SISITTIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4los ; clover, do., £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 48 to £lBs per load. A slow trade. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 lOs ; clover do., £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 8s per lead. Supplies mod( rate, and trade dull. WILITECIIAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 10s to £4lOO ; clover do., £4 5s to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 3a to £1 70 per load. Both hay and straw sold slowly, at our quotations. COLONIAL -- - - TEA.—The market continues steady, but not active. Common congou is quoted is 2d per lb. SOCIAL—There have been very limited inquiries, and the market is flat, previous rates being barely supported. In the Refined Market the trade have bought to a very small extent. COFFEE.—Both colonial and foreign descriptions are dull of sale, and prices show some depression. Stocks in the hands of dealers, however, are short. TALLOW.—Less activity has been apparent durinatg the last day or two, and prices have shown a downward move ment. P.Y.C. on the spot has declined to 58s. ; June de livery, 57s ; and last three months, 68s. 6d. per cwt. 6 RlCE.—There 'has been a very brisk demand for t h i s article, and a further advance of 6d. to 9d per cwt has taken n place isdpd i o cn n Egs 7 cL as uTa t lhi l tey n re dia rehaali q ss u en a do li t9 ti bs e eto s: nt leTal eshezac lo pTivrie w tv h: itt te d o g o od i ose p i lb d lic in sa j l an e o u f a c r ira las m t, on we p r ri e firm SALTPETRE.—The marke t prices showed an upward tendency. B iabay is quoted a t 378 6d per cwt. uwti:e2thednpaurrn:.2.eiri :mead- l‘i Hughesr. a Hugh nd f a m R i l ob , eorftKillranufsh°B and the Hon. Mrs. Park,j have arrived at the rosvenor-square, for the Earl of Har row by' s y maneion? in season. the Bank f or d i scount i s act i ve , The demand at and a further advance ii , the .rate is probably not distant. For immediate purPl B ,s ule re ls no particular pressure, but the leading copluer,pha limns are taking precautions against e harge for six months' bills is con all contingren r sequently of tc,,,Pe ce n t. The Bank of England, how ever, it ecoopu'e their customers by making advances for two or.wree.months on such paper at 4i per cent. A notification has been issued by the Treasury that the •E, 2 ) 0 00,000 Exchequer-bonds (series B) duo on th e Bth, will b e paid off on Monday, the 9th. The bonds are to be left at the Bank on or before Wednesday next. _,ln conneition with the India loan it seems to be fully lludersthod that the Government di d not rece i ve the intelligence of the Austrian ultima tum until some time after the subscription had been completed.—Miles. 1 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1859.