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

s -.1. JL-Ll-4 - 1....7 V .L 1 1 •-1 , . ATO EY ItIA.RICET AND CITY NEWS. SHARE MA .REET.-( THIS DAY.) BRITISH POSSESSIONS . IV • ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Sharol 'Railwa • ys. iPaid.i Closing 1 - CITY, Two O'CLOCK. -- /p at , 1 Closing i Business ""' Price. The Bank of England Return, completed to the Share Railways, 100 Atlantic it sed & a t s 4l l =e e iii a t c . .e' all 85 88 30th March, shows several important changes, and 12.10 Amanbaaortntig. Junction ß.)st• 10 6 4 18 Bom.,Baroda& Cent Ina 131 i I d in some respects it is of a rather unsatisfactory cha- 50 llelfatt and Balll inena.. all - g, - ii. 5 er cent. 13. Bir., Wol„ and Str. Val. all 7 1 84 18 Do P all - - racter. The bullion, consequent upon the remit-, Stock Birk., Lane., and Chesil. 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 4 f d tances of gold to the Continent for the purchase of 25 B Junction lOO 82 64 all 11 111 18 Do. Do. 13 41 1 f d 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 6/ 7 silver, has been diminished to the extent a nearly 25 BlNt buri T e and yn all .32 85 201 Do. New l6l - - d /00 Butialo,Brant&Godrich a quarter of a million, while the reserve of notes Stock Caledonian igt i t i f i eg Exeter 1 0 3 1 82i (6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 I 100 85 VO has been trenched upon to the extent of three- ' Stock Chester and Holyhead . 100 - -- 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 82 86 - - - DO Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 80 et quarters of tr.million sterling. The "other securities," 50 Cork t a ar ß oc a Massage a ll all - - 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lira. 1. 3. O. par 1 p owing to the advances made on Government securi- 20 Cornwall all 5 51 20 Cape , Eastn.Prov.(Lim.) 2s. - 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. 1 A roves. no div. al l _ _ ties during the shutting of the transfer books, and the 10 p„ , , ,, ,.• 1• 3 until6p.c.peran. ill - - 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. - -- 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 2 i i P increased demand for commercial purposes, show an hnadterfultditoßo: all _ 171 Demerara - - 50 Dublin a 25 Dun„Perth,&Abr.Junc. all 8 9 20 Eastern Bengal.g - u.sp.c. 5 1 1 d augmentation of about half a million. S tock East Indian, gu. sp. e_ 100 102 103 102, Stock - East Anglian lOO 15 16/ 100 59 601 20 Do. C Shares all - - The Public Deposits exhibit a large accumu- Stock Eastern Counties 20 Do. E Shares Ext 15 par i p M o ot Errn 11 ( ir t g r too o dc , gi o , l g 1 ,7, 20 13.0. Jubbulpore 5 - - privatel_9 20_ • lation, which is usually the case just previous to 20 Geelong i e e ei l ro o z u 100 D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all - - the payment of the April dividends. In the 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 81 - - g n i t ?o i l Corporation ri d . a s a t il in P • e i 1 all all 13 15 100 92 93 balances there is also an augmentation of t L e :Leidy. S to. f about a quarter of a' million. To the Active Circu- Stock s t: E East Suffolk - - all - - Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 351 34 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben„pay. '7B all 76 78 lation and the Government Securities a large addi- Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 72 / 73 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref lOO 93 94 931 Lion has been made in both instances. .The other Forth • At e Clyde Junction all - - stock Edin. P rth, & Dundee. 100 27 271 20 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. all 1001 1011 101 i items of the balance-sheet show little variation of Stock Furness - - 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent. 41 d pa r 20 Do. do 4 - - Stock Glasgow & South Westn. MD 93 94 importance ; they will be seen in the subjoined 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 1 0) . 20 f Gt.S.of Incl.Lim.-Scrip table :- ; Stock Great Northern 2c _ 100 102 103 1021 ( guaranteed 5 p er cent. 1 Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO S 6 88 201 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 164 tiq 161 lop lin 133 201 Do. New Active Circulation .. .. .. £20,988,220 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 f Do. Bonds & j ay. 6 ph ' 7,11- -- all 103 105 Increase .. .. • • .. 656,035 Stbek Gt, South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 Stock Great Western - 9 ( opt. till ' Bullion .. Stock DaStr.VL Rail Gua.Stk. 100 I -,6 58 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 103 105 100 Do. do. '73 without opt, all 103 105 Decrease .. .. .. :. 234,066 12 frith South Eastern.... all - - 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do • . all 08 100 Rest .. .. • .. .. .. 3,6,58,339 50 Lancaster and Carlisle. all 83 8 7 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c. all 171 171 Increase .. -.. 4,049 161 Do. Thirds 16 11 121 p 20 Do. do. 5 per cent. all 191 20 Public Deposits • .. .. .. 9,346,914 1613 4 Do. New Thirds Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 94 65 20 Do. 41 p. c. Extension.. 15 18 184 20 Do. Third Ex. g•ua.s.p.c. 10 1 d Increase .. .. .. .. 368,157 16 Do. do. F 216 6 il Id, 20 Do. Fourth do. Other Deposits • . .. .. 13,879,985 9 Do. do. 29 shares,. 7 t lie Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 - - Increase .. . .. . 278,646 3 Do. west Riding Union 1- - ( Newßrunswick&Canda. • Seven Day and other Bills .. .. 744,8,53 20 Do. Southport - - • • .. 69,362 Stock London and Blackwell , all 66 68 06/ 71 2 0 i graatiVapdll34.6Pc io -- -- d i 112 113 . Decrease .. - Do.Newiss.at 2510sp,sh. - _ - - .. Do. do. Lana a r o e . • • i Government Securities • .. .. 11,708,353 Increase .. .. .. .. 1,012,206 , o B n ri s, gici t t i S iv C' e o s a t :t 1 00 00 i 444 05 241 6 20 Do. do. B. Capital do . ;,•, - -d ' .. Do. do. Land do., • - Other Securities • • .. .. 17,357,488 B S tea toe k k I L .,o ° n a d • 121 Do , Eighths 20 c XorthofludiaTrammia 2s. - p Increase .. .. .. .. 449,391 Stock London& Sotith.Westn. 100 9'4 9 93 ( Limited. SerlP Notes Unemloyed .. .. ..' 12,416,730 25 L'derry & Coleraine ... all - - 20 Oude (Limited) - - 25 L'derry & Enniskillen , all - - 20 Soinde ~s t s. 15 par 4p, Decrease .. Stook Man., Shef., & Lincoln.. 100 38 381 381 t 3 2 111 20 Do. The foreign exchanges of yesterday afternoon io Metropolitan 20 Do, New 2 g a l l 20 d 21 1 100 1011 10. 1011 Stock Midland 20 Do. Punjaub .. 1 ~.t 5 4 / adt I I exhibited no alteration of importance. Stock Do. Birmin,g. & Derby. 100 75 7 7 20 Do. Indus. s t. Flo. as„; 10 1 d 4di There were no bullion operations of public in- g ifo ill i • GStaWreesat• (Ireland) all - - ... 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 - - 10 ,Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 id pari terest at the Bank of England yesterday. The too Newcastle and Carlisle. all I gold by the Teviot, viz., £76,285, and tho £30,000 fil ir.,,Alli:mtglili eaef;-15 alto 1 i--- _l-2 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. by : the Bremen, have been taken for the Continent, d OO O k Never Warpt., & Roe a 60 - 62 - The steamer Magdalena, which leaves to-day for 5o North. Counties Union. 3/ 34 3 d 10 Antwerp de Rotterdam all 4 1 . 51 Stock North British lOO 58 / 6 81 58 1 20 Ardennes . all the West Indies, will take out .£7,120 in gold. Stock Nor.Dev.RaiL&Dk. Stk lOO , 7 - , -. . 20 BalL&S.Fran„Lint7p.c. 3lld 21 1 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 Stock Do u t i lt 6 k.- l A ui r s e te n n o dgi 100 _ _ The applications for money in Lombard-street 20 Beer to Graissessac. all - --- continue active. Besides the preliminary arrange- Stock Do. 13 Stock P P lOO - - 5 t'a rm e a Mine & Rail. all lf 21 Stook North-Eastn_.--Berwick 100 6 2 61 6 21 20 Dutch Rhenish ...... . . 15 5 4/ d i meets for the 4th, £lOOO,OOO has to be paid to-day 5 25 Do. dO, G.N.E.Purchase 1613 41• 11 d d 8 Eastern of France ..,..• all 26 26 1 i on account of the new East India Railway deben- Stock Do. Leeds.. , Stock Do. York. 100 -70 16t 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. - - 20 Great Central of France all - - P tare a. No further alteration, however, is apparent Stock North London lOO 102 101 20 Gt, Luxem., Con. shs.. all 51 2' in the rates of discount, and the supply of capital 10 N. &S.Westn„ Hampstd 10 Italian Junction .. -... 8 -- - and City Junotion - - 20 Lake Constance & Rale all is gtill exceedingly abundant. 20 North Staffordshire l7 }. 41 41 d 20 Lierre and Turnhout.„ a ll - - 20 North-Western The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed 10 No. & Son, W, Junction a ll 7 8 20 Lucca &PI stole, 5 p.c.P • f: all - Btead3r, and prices lirere firmer. The sales were Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 33} 34 4 20 Lyons anti Geneva - - all - 10 Peebles all -- - 331 Marta Antonia ......... all - - is • estimated at 8,000 bales. 20 Portsmouth - - 10 - - 20 Namur and Liege ...... all 81 1 • Since Monday last the imports of specie have 20 o ck Lo h Scottish 18 Northern of France,,,. all 361 37 1 been about £1,059,692 and the exports £963,893 Stook r i etitigi e cil t at IV) V ;CI 20 D. New Shares . - l2 - - p exclusive of the following shipments, direct from Stock Shropshire Union lOO 45 47 45 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 81 91 , g D bo ev u o rn n e & Sheer all 3 i 00 41 1 4 2 3 d 411 20 Ottoman, gun. 6 per cent 7 -- - 20 ' aris, Lyons, and Medit. all 331 34 London to the Continent, during the week ending salt go it u t tg 100 7LI fOl 7of 20 Paris and Orleans ...... all 53 65 Thursday last :---Gold coin, Hambro', 8,000 ozs ; Stock South-Eastern 100 64 65 20 { Recif a e . l S. Lra , it i (Pern.) 1 9 i 1 d ditto, Boulogne, .500ozs. ; ditto, Belgium 3,000 ozs • Stock go lD ultY w oric e s s Aitiv.Duo all 64 68 • • , 18 - 20 Riga anAlunaiu ' rg n4 .::: 4 - - gold bars, Belgium, 3,000 ozs. ; ditto, Gibraltar, L ° g ° n:ine ll s ci , wok., & Wok all 8 11 10 Rome and Frascati .... all - - 2,600 ozs. ; silver coin, Hambro', 2,400 ozs. ; ditto, 20 Royal Danish ........ . . all - 7 - - _25 Stockton & Drling - ton. all 36 37 25 Do. do. 1855 . 5 Royal Swedish - Boulogne, 4,000 ozs. ;- - ditto, Rotterdam,' 400 ozs. 25 Do. do. 1858 7 --- 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. _ all - 20 Sambre arid Meuse. .... all 61 7 The following are the particulars of the specie s rook Ro ff evo al n e & Hartlepool 4 0 61 ....- ...._-- 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref. ... all 91 91 to be taken out by the Peninsular and Oriental 20 Southern of France - - all 20 21 Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 - - 8, West Flanders all 5f 6 Company's steamer Ceylon, which leaves South- St 2•s ock Val t e ni o e f a I s f re a a v t e h nDk&Rail I g.g.. f - z 68 -- 10 Do. 4p. c. Preference . all 91 91 20 W. & N.W. of France all 23 21 ampton on the 4th instant for India and China:- a t :D o ck w w leg o o r rg 41 u m k:r: i n o i izi i : _.-- 15 - 20 Western of Austria.,,, 6 - Ceylon, gold . 4521 20 West Cornwall - - Madras, do. 11,940 10 W-end Lou.& Cry. Pal. all - - 6 Wiesbaden - - Do, silver 45,362 5 Do.A.-Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 2 3 6 Do 8 per cent Pref..- all 20 Zealand all - -. Calcutta, do. 857,820 • 5 Do., B all 6 6/ _ eDno. gold ... 2,000 20 West London all - - '------------------___------- P . an g, silver, .................... 1,950 10 Do. Ist Class all I- - BRITISH MINES. Singapore, do. ... Hongkong do. ................... 20 Do. 2d Class all -- - PREFERENCE SHARES. Share i Shanghai, do. ...................... 8,63° k Mines. i Paid, I Closing i 1 Br a te . Bll Manilla, gold ..................... 15'4:6 H t ,./ Closing L Businew .................... 12,400 Share' Railways. ' "'''' Prioe. Done. --- -- - Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 6 7 Total ........ . ............. £956,773 25 Blythe and Tyne IC per 20 British Iron ... .... 15 21 31 • ness in th e ...ng- is At the commencement of busi • 1 V - Conderrow (Camborne). 20 --- o. pref. (issued at 250) all 49 51 tk Bris. & Exet4p.ctStock 100 95 97 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 460 4114 lish Stock Market to-day, the funds appeared' 20 Do. do. do. Shares - - - East 'Bassett (Illog•an). 30 22.0 230, --- Great South Tolgus... 17a 12 1 • steady, but sales were subsequently pressed, and' a i t 2 o l c ( l ) Ca o le l cr u n ar 2LC h l, a 4 r l e r s o , er v ce o n 2 t . g/11 0 100 102 . ; - 'G.Wlical Alfd.(Phillack • ) 11,1.4.8- 21 st . decline of about 1, per cent. ensued. ~,,. stock% , ester & Holyhd, 5i pc no - - IG. 'Wheal Vor(Helston 9 i - I This Stock Do . do. sp. ct. - - -.'Lady Bertha ....... ... 18s 6cl i 1 sudden change naturally produced an unfa- - North Frances (Illogan) 81 71. 8 , ak iCoilc & Bandon, 51 p c all - - Yourable feelinc, in the other departments stoc Dun, Pe . rn, & s s AlT l J•i s ni po . • all 5 1 6 1 - 100 W 101 - N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan) - North Wheal Crony... 7.0 . 3' 7 ".• .l / 01 e) . ' ‘-'l4 - Par Consols (St. Blaxy) " i ii 14 - ir dge Com': ;I*' d) 6s 1 1 of the Stock Exchange, and if the market had stock 13.°,10°: (lase HpcPc,....; 10 91 0 1N IN - Porkellis Unit. (Wer d 9 _ ' Stock E. uoun. Ex7s pet. A 0:1 100 114 116 remained open, as on the other days of the week, - Sortri - ,Southearador st et until late in the afternoon, an important de • precia- Stock,Do. StockjDo. do 4 -0.2 100 112 114 New 6 per et. Stock 100 130 132 --- r m, rth C .. . I-_',rek. Mogan). 2 2e 3 i . eer) 24 2324 2371 tion might have occurred. Consols, after being Stock Eastern rpner4 per ct. 1:0 3 82 8-1 •sr etal Frau. (Mogan) 18 18 9 200 210 5 Tamar Silver and Lead • • 9 51 -1, receded to 951 ,-1- for money and the 7th inst., 5 E.& W. York. Jere. fifths all - - • Rifling' Co, .......... 41 11 2 2 and to 95',4 I for May. • India Stock has receded to Lel Pa i i in n:te G r i tt s ,'& s Nt nee! 12 71 - 73 - 10 Tin Croft ... - ........ . 9 4 41 - UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - 49 ; ditto Loan Debentures are steady at 98 1 ',I ; LIE I F urness, ta U.l: c e rr n a t i /?.... 12 1 -- ,0 11 2 - - Vale of Towey (Caren.) 12s ed i t - West Basset (111olran).. ii 21 23 and the Bonds 14s. prem. Exchequer Bills are 325. Stock Greta Northern, SP. cr. 100 117 119 - W. Caradon (Lis k oard). 20 776 62/ Stock Do. spc Beclm.,lop.c.pm 100 110 112 - who itaaaet (Mogan). al 100 . 2 "ss-i' 160 to 355. prem., and the Bonds 100, Stock Do. 41 p. 0. do. do. - Wheal Buller (ftedruth) 5 130 HO 56 634 Wheal Edward (Gals.).. 5i 24 3 In Foreign Securities only a limited. amount of l ig alii c ..s e s dm ieeiT";* Ist . 6 11 r 63 ii i ~. -- WWI Trolawney (Lislt) . i -- Wheal Kitt y (U. Lelant) - Wiel Mary Ann (Mothe) 1 .7.2 104 lli 41 1 30 Z 2 8 46 1S stock f Gt p .S: t ..& pr v e rneta k .. I 100 __ _ , i business has been transacted, and prices closed 50 Great west. (Berke and 6 - - I steadily. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 93 to 931 ; ditto, ' - Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct.. . __ New Loan, 781 to 79,1- ; Spanish Deferred are Stock Do. Redeemable, 41 p cl. 100 96 98 Fr UItEIGN MINES marked 301 to 31 ; Mexican, 21 -I ; Russian 5 per Cents., 1101; and Sardinian, 82. The New Aus- St ock Do. Do. 5 prof . t Redeem. Pia: 100 100 102 8 Do. Birm, Pref. Shares all 10 104 20 'Aust.:o h , --------------. ... 71 h. 1 1 4 P:da AccordCopper,Lim. lOs par 1 p 1 1 • . trian Loan is 1 dis. 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. "' . Brazil. Imp. (is. at 27 1 ii It has been announced by the Madras Irrigation _.. _ shares ' . all 161 171 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lini. 15 11 12 4 . . .c g t. n p a r r e . f s tee all 91 101 5 Do. Land and Mininv,Co. all - - and Canal Company that the sum of £49,400 was Stock Do o. timi s k 100 72 74 1 Clarendon Consols Min , paid on the 31st into the Indian Treasury, making, m Boo: do, d 0 all 1 !„ ing Co. of Jamaica ... 4 --- d 40 Cobro Copper all 36 38 . 4 1 with £133,721 previously deposited, a total of 20 Do. do. do. ' all , :it 14 - Coplapo l6 10 12 Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock, 100 11 _1i 142 1 DunMoun.Cop.3ling.Co all 11 1 1 i I X 183,121 received as payments in full in advance Stock Lon.&Brig.spc.gu. No.ll 100 I- - 2 Fortuna. Stock Do. pref., sp. c. ...1%. 2 100 - - of calls. The whole of this sum has been subscribed Stock Do. New gua., Op. et... too - - w General all 23 25 3 Linares all 9/ 10 in one month, and, added to the sum of £47,000 Stoek Do. do. sp. e No • 4 too - - 5 Lusitanian received as deposits, makes the sum of £230,121 Stock Loenai&onN.slViCoe.v. &Nun i t 1 New Granada . all - standing in the same treasury to the credit of the Stock Lon , &S. W, 7 p.ct: stook, 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 2 Ipi 1 I late 3d shares ... ... .. 100 160 165 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead ' - company. 121 Londondy & Cole, 1 slis. all - - Mining and Smelt all 4 5 . 121 Londondy,& Ennis 1 sh. all - 5 Port Philip, ..... The Railway Share Market has been inactive, Stock bran.,Sh.ot Lin., 6p. ct. 100 123 125 30 Santiago de Cüba but in some instances a slight improvement has 6 Do. 26 4l 1 ~I 1) 28.2.81 United Mexican taken place in values. London and Blackwell Stock i p r o a . 31 ri rypog cent. 4 p.c 100 i 70 7, COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Closing Badness Do Do. 4 per cent. - ...... all Prices. Done. advanced .£l, and Caledonian, North Western and 121 { Share Securities. Paid. , South Eastern, ss. ; Great Western and Midland Stock Mid. Con. 6p. a Stook 12 - - declined IGs., and North British, ss, Stock Do.Con.Brici.&Bir.6p.ct: 100 139 141 ______ ______________ _ _____ Stook Do. 44 p. o pref. stock.. 1® 101 103 - Can.Gov.6p.c..la. & July 100 115 116 1151 . The Foreign and Colonial lines show little varia- 6 Do , with option till 1860 3 1 p - Do. 6p.c.F b. &A ug. 100 113 115 Stock Do. Leis. & Hitpref. et. 100 94 96 103 - I - 0i - Do. 6p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 tion. Lombardo - Venetian old shares are steady at 1 ,„, i NewportAber,&c.pret.s ) all 91 10 - N.8.G06p.c. Ja. Jtily 100 111/ 1121 p. c. redeem, at sp.a. p m j 9-1, and the new shares at 81, 8-.1 ; Great Indian to ' Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with .....- N. Rovi.. ,6 0 p vi c 5 .A p p . . m ar pe clo b t : l i T ii ) Peninsula, Great 'Western of Canada, and East option till 1866 all 111 11/ 111 / - NovaScotiaGov,6p.o. St. 10 Norfolk Deb.4p.c.shares all 9 91 Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 111 ) , 112 Indian realise previous quotations. Stock Do. sp. c. Ext. Stock,lB46 100 - - Stock Do. 51p. c• Pref, do. 1847 100 - S.Aus.GtOpc.Jan&July 100 , rlll 1121 Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are Stock Do. WavAratEx• Sk 1847 100 .-- --7- - Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 1 - _ _ at almost nominal prices. Bank of Egypt declined tococtir.rtpoßwritisah,percent 100 1081 1091 ___________ aboht ss. ; Oriental Bank, Ottoman Bank, and Stock Nth.Dev.rail.& betrkee&. Igo 9 -- -- JOINT-8 . _____ _ _________. "....00K BANKS. London • joint-Stock brought about former rates Lei Do . t. v ir iic d . 4 p.c. Deb. 100 - - Share] Joint-Sheol B an k,. I Pad. I Closing Business , Peninsular and Oriental Steam were steady at 84, • 17 Do d e odo c • 1 P•c• Pref. & 1 4.4 97 " 93 Price. Done. 20 Do: Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1 3• - 4 4 d ____L____.. and South Australian Land at 37. 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 ,•, ; 9 • ---- I°o k kr. ..a&UnitedServicel3k 50 68 70 25 Po. York, H. &S. Pure& 10 1 d p 40 • 1 ----. , is ustralasia all - 20 North Staffordshire .. . all 231 231 all 241 25 1i241. 1 B RITISH o FUNDS --CLOSING PRICES. Stock Ox.Wr. & Wol. 6pc. lst • g• 100 123 125 1231 P ~, 'Bank of Egypt 100 Bank of London 5O -- Stock Do. do. do„ 2d gun lOO 118 120 , • I 0 per uen. Consols Annuities .......... 954 1 40 Brit. Col. Bk. lis Loan Co. all - - India Stock Stock Do. 41 p.c. Db. stk.in perp 100 99 101 81 Scottish Central, new pr all - 00 British North American all - - Ditto Deberitu;e•:. ...................... 21 Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 -2 ) 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 10 11 1 d J Ditto Bond., 41,V6 0 ** ••••••• • • • . ~ ...... 9 1 8 4 i i Stock Do. 31 per c. pref, stock 100 --.- 100 City 5O 62 64 ' 100 Colonial , 25 - - Consols for Account ........................ : .... .. 961 Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. DA i - - 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada,. all - - c Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. i Itere - 119 100 Commercial of London. 20 - - Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO , 2d , .., 1 1d.. 32 5 March. June, 10s. South Devon', Ann, Rel.' ••• - - 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch. all 151 161 Ditt o £5OO ............. 10 Do. Fixed 44 weer. ...I 101 101 1 1.0.6. Solith n. FAs o t . e o rn , 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all - - Ditto Small, lid. .... . ........... 32 6 __--- tit. .„ - ading " all 5020 LondonCo u Cha a r. o l3 d ko o f o A n u t s y t r . a . l all 20 _ 231 2_31 2 .1 11 50 London Joint Stock - 31/ 1 Exchequer Bonds, 1859, ii ...... . Ce n t... . .... 3 2 5 _ S took Do . 4 ' 4 all 24 - 24 - 1 . 100 LOSING PRICES % Stock "'' •• 1 per cent lOO 102 101 100 London & Westminster. 20 - - t St, .oo.Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is . 100 102 104 1031 FOREIGN FUND S-.c • 8 . , clr Do. New do., 24 issue. 100 - - 100 Nat. I'rov. of England. 35 - - r Mexican 3 per Cent. ......... . ........ tOCk South Wales, gua. 4 p.a 100 - 20 Do. new lO - Stock Do. 44 per cent ....... 100 - - 1001 50 National Bank 25 - - Ditto Account ................. . ..... 214 20 New South Wales Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent ......... 114 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. all - - 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all - - 401 25 ) Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. all 281 291 Sardinian 6 per Cent. .82 25 f Do. 6 per cent . . all 321 33i 20 Ottoman Bank all 20 201 201 1 1 Spanish 3 per Cent -• Stock Waterford & Kilk • e • nn • •y • , Provincial of Ireland .. 25 - --- I , i , Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent -.. 6 percent - ........... all 53 56 10 Do. Nese_ ..,, Ditto Account 1... 3Cli 1 - .. _ 1 Sharel Mines. i p.m I Closing 1 Business - • Priee. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 6 720 liritish Iron ..... . ... 15 21 31 - Conderrow (Camborne).. 2O 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 460 - -114 East 'Bassett (M 4 (Mogan). 30 22.0 230, Great South i Tolgus.... 17e 12 14 'G.WhealAlfd.(Phillitek) 11,18.8. it 24 4 - IG. Wheal V or (Li elston 04 — Lady Bertha ...... ,7.0:1L4 s 7 ' l. 8 7 N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan) ' 1 - Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 11 14 94 15 01 Porkellis Unit. (Wer . , ( o 9 Sortridge Cons. 3*Ln.co. 6s I I S outh C. is t. dee r 24 2 321 2371 South C. I .. ), rea( Illorran). 2 24 3 S Wheal Frau. (Illolau) 18.18.9200 210 5 Tamar Silver and Lead 10 Rifling' C 0........... 41 II 2 2 Tin Croft ..... . ....... . 9 4 41 U n i tedMines(Gwennap) 40 - Vale of Towey (Carlo.) 12s ed 4 t West Basset (Illog . an).. 16 21 23 W. Camden (Liskoard). 20 776 " . . - 2 ) , Wheal 11aasell (Illogan 5 4 19 0 9, 0 190 'Whoa/ Buller ( ftedruth) 5 13 0 140 Wheal Edward (Cats.).. 56 -- 26 3 Wheal liitty(ll. Lelant) 1.7..3 104 114 Wiel Mary Ann (Mehhe) s -- Wifl Trelawney (Lisk.l 8 41 1 46 1 30 g 2 '1 I 3 13RITISII FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. per CenticConsols Annuities India St • 951 I ...................... . 21 Ditto De ° a ut ;,;: 3 Ditto Bonds, 41, 8 0 . 0 . 4 ................. • • 98 1 i C ansols for Account, ........... 4 ••• .............. . Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO , 2d March. Ditto shoo .& lid.. 32 5 ............ Ditto Small, 11d. . .......... 32 5 Exchequer Bonds, 1869 ,3} . r . , e ' r 'e. .. 32 5 ont Mexican per Cent S . —CLOS ING PRICES, FOREIGN 3 . F UND ................ Ditto Account ................. . .. ... . Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent .. ..... . Sardinia n Sardinian 5 per Cent. B2 4 Spanish 3 per Cent ...... . Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent ..... . -- Ditto Account 1... 3154 1 Tarkish 6 per Cent. pitta New Loan Ditto Account ••• Dividends QII the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. • rfrtagols, Money 954 , ,;- Consols for Account (April 7)• • . • '.l Ditto, May • • •a&UnitedServiceßk pr 40•• ,Australasia Bank of Egypt 00 Bank of London KI Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo British North American Chtd. Bank of India, &c City Colonial 11 Corn. Bank of Canada,. Commercial of London. Eng., Scot. ' & Aus. Ch. Gen. Bk. of Switzerland Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. London and County ... London Joint Stock ... London & Westminster. Nat. Prov. of England. Do. new National Bank New South Wales Orient. Bk. Corporation Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland ,0 Do. New... 5 South Australia Do. New Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual Western Bk of London 53 56 21j 200 BANCROFT AND HIS ALMSHOUSES. —The merchant princes of the Cit y of L o n don have always been munifie! nt , contributors to ch ar iti es, and in the olden time founded many almshou ses f or the infirm and poor; one of the most liberal of these ancient citizens was Bancroft, who. 300 years ago, founded and liberally endowed an almshouse in Mile -end-road, but, strange to relate, although Bancroft was an acute and prosperous merchant, he had a weakness and strange hallucination which I will relate. He believed that after death he should come to life again, not in the spirit, but ph ys i cally, and with this impression he left monies for his being buried in a capaciout and well velitilated vault, and that bread, water, and also matches to kindle a light, should be deposited in the vault, to be co nven i ently ready on his awakening, and. that the churchwardens should make frequent visits to the vault to•see how he was. Bancroft was buried in the church of St. Helen's, in Bishopsgate-street Within,_ and the vault or large stone room is situated in the church, be tween the entrance of the two aisles. When a youth I re member peeping ill during one of the official visits of the churchwardens to the vault, in obedience to the will of Balky croft, but the bread, water, and matches had not been dis turbed, as far as I could lerrn, and the official visit was soon over, the churchwardens retiring to the vestry, and moderately refreshing themselves with a few glasses of sherry and some biscuits, chatting together on the strange idea. Bancroft must have entertained when he made his will. --City Press. THE IRON TRADE—BIRNINGFIAM, Aril I.—Th pre limi nary meeting of th e ironmasters of this district was e held in this town yesterday afternoon. A resolution was passed to adh ere to the prices of last quarter-day for all d escriptions of finished iro n . A, d tace, eputa guardi tion from E Clerken we ll , consisting of Mr. gill, clerk us an ; Mr. Boulton solicitor ; and M r . Scar , had an interview with Mr. Secretary Estcourt at the Home •office, yesterday, on the subject of the Local Ass° isments Exemption Abolition Bill. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Bedford and Bletchley ~_ek,esughiamshire E%F..:48 ae_ mr tae nor iJ sb u tr i t r : co Va1.n.... Do. at.wich She.' Do. isTe.:27.eils,rorct. Gloster& ** ; Hartlpool.pck.s a i ft ep,. Hull and Selby- ** ' Do. Shares ..... Do. t Shares London&Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4 P. Ct Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk Mid sb.& Redcr, e Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk Newmarkt.,BuryEx A guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent Preston and Wyre. Do. Shares A. Roystn,liitch.,& Shep Shf.ltoth.&Gol.g.sp.c. 1 Shrewsbry,t Hereford South Staffordshire .. Wear Valley, g. tip. C. Do. do Wilts and Somerset Wimbledon& Croydn , (Ln N.W Ln& N.W Caledonin C Gt.Nerth. E. Counts. 98 100' 102 104 17 18 142 144 41 44j Caledonia Do. ...... Gt. West Yk.N.A4Ir , Do Yk.N,Atd. . .. Do. ...... DEasl o, "• tc, P ge D o o. Nori c ;ii•: Do. • LN Stk.& DZ. Midland E.Counts. Do Do. 109 111 64 64 115 120 1 93 94 IDo. L&N & L.Yk. j Do. Gt. North. 'Lan.& Yk T Brassoy M'Clean Stk.& Dar Do. Gt. West. L.&Brgtn 1 DOCKS 2i 96 98 i i p 57 6-, _ - - ,37 140 oi 10f 11 90 92 8 9 Paid. ' Leasing ! Closing Business Co.'s. I Price. Done. I Paid I Closing I Butanes') Price. Done. 123 6 Share Docks. Stock Commercial 100 -- Stock Do 4 perCent.Prof. Mit,. 100 .... Stock East and We s t India lOO .... Stock London lOO ' ~... Stock St. Katharine 100...- Stock Southampton lOO Stock Victoria 2 0 )1)4.) NeW •••••...4.••••! 18 MISCELLAA SOUS. Larei MiscellanGoas. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) 25 Australian Agricultural' 10 Australian Royal Mail . 10 Berlin Water Works 10 Do New, issued at £5 dis 50 British American Land 50 Brit. & Irish 31a,e,..Te1.A. 20 Do.. B, 7p. c. till 1862 20 Do. C . 100 Canada Land 10 Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim.) Stock Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smitg 25 Do, Preference 74 per et 5 Crystal Palace. 5 Do. Prefennee 20 Eastern Steam Stock Electric Telegraph 5 Eng. & Auct. Cop.St.Co 10 • Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel 9 Europ.&Am.Stm.(l.im.) 20 GLlron ScrewCol.(Lim 15 Gen. Steam Navigation 20 London Discount 4 Lond.G en. Omnibus Co 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) 25 National Discount Co 10 Netherlands Land 10 Do do 5 Do Sp.c.Pref.,iss.at ldis 400 N.BrANovaScotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim. _5O : DP(131)1' Nor t h zel te e ai :O vwlf .eg r i ErB e aiul n 's4raa t orn a l i S te am , a el m a m n. 20 Red Sea ''' 1 '''' 50 Rhymneyr„„ i e e gr• 15 Do. New ******** 100 Royal M a il * : *** 1 Seot.Austrin. I nv.(Lin. ) 25 South Australian Land. 1 Submarine Teleg. s crip. 1 Do. do Registered ** 20 'Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr.6an: vo Vau Diemen 'a Laud .. all all all 15s. all all Paid.' Closing !Business done Price. 131 141 220 250 32 34 I I 21 4 36 38 19 21 14 15 123 128 9 10 24 25 lf 5 51 [in lot f a 1 P i d 11 1/ 5 6 i i 83, 4 i 1 I 1 I is par 3 83 21 85 13 14 p 4 l 23# 24 p • 61 7 61 63 124 125 36 37 ..41. a ii THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENIXG, APRIL S, 1859. LA W' INTE. Business Done. 1021 321 In cross-examination the witness said that the owner 'night have been present when he took away the horse, but , plaintiff was employed by the railway company. King was called and said he,had Mr. Wallace's authority for fetching a surgeon, as the case was urgent. The cone • pany's surgeons reside at Croydon. Mr. Wallace was _ superintendent of the London -bridge station. There was a general manager of the whole line, bat no one interfered with Mr. Wallace at his station.' There was 'a secretary's and a solicitor's office and a hoard-room. Mr. Charnock—Wallade is not called. There is no evi. deuce that he had authority to• interfere in this case. He submitted that there was no case fbr the jury. The learned Secondary having intimated that he should be glad to hear the argument, Mr. Charnock said that he had objected to King's evidence upon the principle that them was nothing to show Wallace had any authority to send the horse to plaintiff's stables ; that being so, there was nothing to bind the rail way company by the acts of King and 'Wallace. Now he would read to the learned Secondary a case exactly all-fours with the present, reported in the Law louruil. This case, " cox v. the Midland Railway Company was tried at Warwick, and was brought by a surgeon to recover a sum for attending a man who had been injured in a railway accident. The surgeon had been called in by the superin tendent at the station near which the accident happened. The jury found for the plaintiff, and it was reserved as a Feint that leave should be given to enter a motion for a non suit. This was tried at Westminster, and then Mr. Baron Parke non-suited the plaintiff (with the concurrence a full bench). Mr. Baron Parke said that the statiott-ruaster, or superintendent, had no authority to call in ti n sur b n, and therefore th e company were not liahle for his act:4 I There was n o h ar d s hi p, as the action shoes be brought by the sufferer i n th e usua l way.. No be precisely si m il ar , an d h ere Wallace hp•-. here was a case se no authority, and the owner of the horse should . his ac ti on i n the usual way. Mr. /3utler same Said he No quite prepared f or th e case quoted, and ihe wa , , not all fours with the present. In the tilt case tho s - afferer was a man who had his facid tk,s about him, 9'.1(1 in the second case the sufferer was a horse. Now a horse was, to all intents and purposes, a chattel—kggage, and, as such, came under the supervision of the *superintendent. He contended that the case for the jury was clear and defined. The learned Secondary was inclined to the view taken by Mr. Butler. As to the argument that there was a manager, and solicitor, and secretary, and board, no one would have authority but the latter. As this was a case for an argu ment, and was somewhat open, at Mr. Charnock's request., a verdict would be taken for the plaintiff, with leave to uU;ve to enter a nonsuit. Writ stayed. POLIOR INTELLIGENCE.-(TLIZS' DAY. I MANSION-HOUSE. 'James Shaw, aged 18, 51 feet high, light complexion, grey eyes, sandy -coloured brownish lissa-, was charged before Mr. Alderman Rose by Sergeant Anelaael Ward, local corn pany, Tower-hill, with being P deserter from the Second Battalion of the 22d Foot. Pi o had been in the Lancashire Militia. He deserted frort Preston in August last. He pleaded guilty, an d Mr. Alderman R ose sen t ence d hi m to be imprisoned i n If tAloway Prison, and communication made to the Secretrry at War. Thomas Carter, aged 18, was charged with stealing a black coat Nira silk linings from the shop door of Messrs. Luke and. 'Thorpton, outfitters, 56, Merchant-street, City, value IL. Mr. Sackenas Clement, assistant, said that the mat VIM taken from the shop door last night, and it was found in the prisoner's possession. Mr. Alderman Rose sentenced the prisoner to one months' imprisonment with hard labour. John Fazin, a freeman of the River Company, was charged urn a summons by Robert Cabil, beadle and in spector f e Liverymen Water Company, with infringe. ment of the bye laws in refusing or neglecting to take pas sengers from the steaniboats lying in the river, and with contempt of court in not attending the Ward Court when summoned to arttend rind answer the charge. The defendant pleaded guilty, and Mr. Alderman Rose fined him for con tempt of the Ward Court 2s. 6d. and 3s. 6d. costs. MARLBOROUGH. STREET. USEFUL CAUTION. TO HOUSEKEEPERS.—Edward Challis, artist, and Samuel Davis, described as a French polisher, were charged with going to the house of Dr. John Ash buiner, of 7, Hyde Park-place, under the following suspi cious pretence ; and as the practice is said to be rather pre valent, the public cannot be too much on their guard. Dr. John Ashburner said that, on the previous night, about eight, the prisoners presented themselves at his house, and wEre admitted by his servant, they having stated they wished to see him. He was upstairs at the time, and on coming down he found the two prisoners in the dining room. Challis began a long story about Davis having a blind relative, and that he was anxious to go to Melbourne ; and then commenced a rigmarole about Davis having made a wonderful discovery of a furniture reviver, a bottle of which he produced. He (the docter) asked how they dared come to his house at night with such a frivolous business; and having been cautioned by the police smile time previously, sent for a constable. Inspector Combo said Challis had been in custody two years since, and he carried about a bottle of varnish. The other (Davis), he should be able to prove, was the asso ciate of a begging-letter impostor, named " Stiff Legged Sam." The constable who took the prisoners into custody said he found a " street guide" on one of them. Mr. Bingham said it was a case of suspicion so strong that he should not let them go without bail, and should remand them for inquiries. THAMES. DARING ROBRI3RY IN A DWELLING -HOUSE.--Charles Tubbs, a tall young man, of sinister aspect, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing a gold watch, value £lO, from the residence of Mr. Ward, a gentleman residing in the Camden-road, Bow. ' It appeared from the evidence of Sarah Chambers, a do mestic servant in the employ of the prosecutor, that, on Saturday afternoon, the 26th instant, she went out upon an errand, and upon her return, was descending the area steps leading to the. kitchen, when she met with the pri soner, who was doming out of the kitchen, and who said to her, "Do you wany any note-paper, ?" She replied in the negative, and hurried into the kitchen, and directly missed her mistress's gold watch from a case on the mantel shelf, where she had left it a few minutes before. She called out, "The watch is gone ! thieves I thieves I" and the girl and her mistress pursued the prisoner, who was seen running away at full speed. He dashed across the Bow-road, and was pursued by Watson, a police-tonstable, No. 183 K, who hunted the villain into a brick-field, where he sought refuge, and after a close search he was found crouched down close to a hedge. Watson said, " You must consider yourself in my custody for stealing a watch." The prisoner made a determined resistance, but Watson suc cessfully grappled with him and secured him. The pri soner, in his first examination, said he got his living by hawking stationery, and went to the house of the prose cutor to obtain a customer for his note-paper. Deible, a detective police-constable, No. 195 K, attended this day for the first time, and said the prisoner belonged to a notorious gang of thieves, who, under pretence of selling note-paper, fire shavings, hearth stones, and other articles, obtained admission to dwelling -houses and plun dered them. The prisoner had been twice convicted of felony. On the first occasion he was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment and hard labour, and on the second to 12 months' imprisonment and.hard labour. Mr. Yardley requested Mr. Bowdler,.second clerk, to take the depositions formally, and committed the prisoner for trial. FATAL ACCIDENT.--TWO MEN KILLED.—Lr , vEnrobL, Thurseal. — i'his 'Morning., whilst a large pump was being withdrawn from the Liverpool Docks, by the aid of a pair of shears, secured by a strong rope, the rope snap ped, 4114 the shears falling -on two- men,killed -them in stnntly. The bodies w ere removed to the hospital dead house, where they will await a coroner's inquest. SECONDARIES' COURT. BOWDEN V. THE LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH: COAT IT RAILWAY COMPANY. This was a great contest between plaintiff and the rail way company, in which plaintiff sought to recover the su.m of £l4 6s. 6d. for the keep of a horse from Nor. 8, 1858, to Feb. 10, 1859. Mr. Butler appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Memo& was counsel for the defendants. It appeared that on the 14th of September last; tai acci dent occurred on defendants' line by which a very 'valuable horse was injured. It was conveyed to the oompany's stables, and one of the horse-keepers reported to the super intendent that it was requisite the animal should have im mediate medical attendance. This horse -keeper (King) was desired by Mr. Wallace, tho superintendent, to go to a Mr. Reid, a veterinary surgeon, but that person not being at home, King called upon the plaintiff, whose brotbter pro ceeded with him to the company's ats.bles.. Findiiig the stable in which the injured horse was confined ill ventilated, plaintiff's brother suggested that it should be removed to plaintiff's premises, and there be properly attended., This being.atequiesced in by the owner, who was prow:zit, and Mr. Wallace, a receipt was given for the horse, and it was taken to plaintiff's stable, King accompanying th© animal on its way thither. lie called frequently to see how it was getting on, and he sent down a horse-cloth when more clothing was required. He also requested plaintiff to let him (King) know if any change took place for the worse. (It may here be mentionced that upon a former oc casion plaintiff brought an action to recover from Septem ber 15th to November 6th for keep and medical attendance, and that he then obtained a verdict.) Plaintiff's brother was called to-day, and said that when Xing fetched him he demanded to be informed by whom he was employed, wad that King replied, "By the London, Brighton, and S#7.orth Coast Railway Company." That when King called after the horse was in plaintiff's care King repeated this statement. Mr. Charnock took a general objection to all this evi dence, and requested that a note should be made of the ob. *flea. A letter in a contemporary says :--I am no alarmist, but I think things are getting to such a pitch on the Continent that I cannot look without apprehension upon the enormous armaments going on in France and all other European States, and our own defenceless state ; while our Government, so far from adopting vigorous measures for putting the country in a state of defence, take the matter so apathetically, that one might suppose we had a powerful army and navy at command that could defy the world. Now, I should like to know what additions have been made to our navy this year. Where is our Channel fleet ? Where are the three thousand re serve seamen ? Why, they cannot get men to man a frigate. With all the talk and propositions about manning the navy, what has been done? Nothing. And so it will go on till the country is rous e d by some great disaster, which ' may happen — in a shorter period than most people may be aware of. I ask, why has France such a large naval force—. greater than ours ? Not to destroy the Austrian navy, which only consists of one line-of-battle ship and a few frigates. There is but one Power she has any occasion to keep up such an armament and that is E ng l an d . for, Now, respecting our navy, there would be little difficulty in fitting out t wen t y sa i l of the 1; little and frigates if required, in a few wee k s. Th one fatal objection to it, we want men re is only '1 Then why d o no t t h e Government '.dept man them. ..dopt a measure that will enable them to have a e-,„imand of men as well as ships ? If ten sail of the line to morrow, all that I. 7cru ld Ivore ready for men ) ..)e required, so far as the marines are eonterned would be to tell off so many from each d'ivision, and send them on board; but where arf, the sea WherP,'a rien to come from ? E c h o answers, nrale a proposal to this effect some A ti w:e sine° 17 i a l ea di ng j ournal, but no notice being "i.aken, I 'repeat the same. The navy ought to be worked upon a principle similar to all trades , and to our army. In the fir s t place, if we require 40,000 seamen afloat, then there ought to be 10,000 extra men for a reserve, being one quarter • also 10,000 apprent i ces s h ould be constantly taken on, to Make seamen. It is a well known fact, that the best men-of-war's men are lads trained in the service. Such being the case, why should not the Government take the responsibility of having such a' number always in training, that in a few years we could command a few thousand well-trained men ? It is all nonsense wanting to increase the coast guard. If they are required as sea•policemen, let them remain as such. We might is well train all the policemen in London as soldiers, and all at once, on a sudden emergency arising, pack them all off and send them to the coast,, and leave London in the hands of thieves. 'lf we want' seamen, the. Government must make them, and not trust to the mercantile marine to man their ships, only to a very small extent. And as to impressment, should a sudden war break out, if it was adopted now, it would cause a revolution. The working classes now are not what they were fifty years ago. The Government are afraid to trust a few thou sand men, who would willingly enrol themselves as rifle volunteers; and they are actually disbanding some of the best-trained militia regiments, to em body a few militia artillery, and talk about sending 3,000 of our regular artillery to India. If this does not look like insanity, in the present state of France, what does ? -if 'somethi ng more energetic is not adopted very shortly, England will rue it. What could be done now with thousands will then cost millions. THE BELFAST TRIALS. At the assizes in Belfast, yesterday, Henry Smith, Bernard Smith, James. Donahy, Patrick Kelly, James Kelly, Francis M‘Gouran, Williain Laverty, William Finnegan, David ''Weigh, Hugh Finlay; John Finlay, Daniel M‘Kenna, Daniel Barr, and William John Macauley, were then put forward and indicted for that they, and each of them, belonged to an unlawful society, and that there was an illegal secret society i n B e lf ast froM Ist September, 1839, until the Ist October, 1856, and that society did continue up to the 12th of December, 1858, having secret signs and passwords, , and that they and each Of them helm:Tett to that society up. to the 12th of December, 1858, when arrested, and were thereby guilty of unlawful con federacy and combination. There were several other counts varying the indictment and •iuoting the words used as passwords by the society of which the traversers were charged with being members, and setting forth that the prisoners had corresponded with each other, and with others, thereby being guilty of unlawful confederacy and combination. The prisoners pleaded not guilty. A jury having been sworn, Sir Thomas Staples ; Q.C., stated the case for the Crown. A great deal of interest attached to some disclo sures as to the fact of a note having been written by the approver Kelly, whilst in gaol, addressed to a younger brother. This note was traced Li the possession of the Crown, by whom it was not pro duced, and after considerable debate the judge ruled that it was competent to give secondary evi• denceofitsnature and import. The constabulary who made the arrest of the prisoners were examined, and identified the traverser; as did Mrs. Mackay, in whose house the arrests took place, and the servants who were in the house at the time. Sir Thomas Staples then proposed an adjourn ment of the trial till next morning, which was agreed to, and the jury, on the ground of the charge being for misdemeanour, were permitted to return to their homes, to reassemble at a quarter past nine this (Friday) morning. (EY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPII.I BELFAST, SATURDAY. The jury having been locked up for the night, and not being able to agree, were discharged. Tuesday has been fixed for again trying the pri soners, and Monday to hear any application on affidavit against the trial being proceeded with at the present assizes. TIIE LATE MARQUIS OP WATERFORD. The death of this excellent nobleman has cast a deep gloom over all classes in the south of Ireland, where he was best known as an indulgent resident landlord aril a model country gentleman. The following additional particulars of the sad accident by which he lost his life are furnished by the Clonmel Chronicle, which arrived this morning : "The Marq u i s ' s f ox h oun d s were to meet at Castlemorris, in the county of Kilkenny, and within a few miles of Car rick-on-Suir, and two of his lordship's best hunters, with the hounds, were sent on as usual at an early hour from Curraghmore to the place of meeting. At about 11 o'clock Lord Waterford, having breakfasted, mounted a car riage and pair and with reins in h an d d as h e d out of the courtyard in his accustomed splendid style. On he drove through that delightful demesne, but for the last time ! At Castlemorris a numerous field, numbering a great many of the well .known resident admirers of the sport, awaited the noble lord's arrival, to welcome him again to his favourite enjoyment. Two foxes had been killod, and on a third run Lord Waterford and about 15 gentlemen who remained to the close started from Corbally towards Dowlau-hill, his lordship seated on his favourite hunter, Mayßoy, whichho purchased about a year ago from the Master of the Meath hounds. On coming to a narrow by-road near the mountain grove, and after passing through a grass field, the huntsman in advance, J. Ryan, called ou t to Lord Waterford, who was approach ing a small fence about three feet high, and then pulled up the hunter, in order to allow the animal to step over it. ' My lord,' said Ryan, there is a bit of a gripe at the other side' (the road side of the ditch). Oh, never mind,' said the Marquis, as his horse got his forefeet over easily, but at the outer side of the gripe some loose stones caused the animal to fall forward on its knees, throwing the Marquis forward on on e s id e o f i ts neck. Re remaine in that posi tion two or three moments, but, the horse not recovering itself, Lord Watorford fell out of the saddle sideways, and came down up on hi s h ea d on the road—a very slight' fall, but yet unhappily sufficient to cause dislocation of the neck, and probably concussion of the brain, causing almost imme diate death. Johnnyqtyan, the steeplechaser, rider, and George Thompson, groom, saw his Lordship fall, dis mounted, and while the former held the dying nobleman's head on his breast, and the latter chafed his hands, the Marquis ceased to breathe. Captain Jephson and Dr. O'Ryan were instantaneously on the spot, with the hunts man, and brandy was poured into his mouth and externally applied, but animation returned not ; he was dead. The remainder of the field returned in twenty minutes—after the deathof the third fox—to learn with dismay the sad ac cident which had taken place. The body, having been placed on a bier, was conveyed to the toad, as no car could get up the lane, and there it was laid on a break-carriage' belonging to Lord Bessborough, and slowly the mournful group wended their way to Curraghmore, where it arrived at about nine o'clock last night. The fearfully sad intelli gence was broken to the bereaved Marchioness, who awaited his Lordship's returning; but who can describe her Lady' ship's feelings as she listened to the suppressed grief and the strange stifled sounds in the courtyard below on that painful occasion, while bearing the remains of a deeply be loved husband into his late joyous residence ? Last night the Marchioness of Waterford's mother, Lady Stuart de Rothesay ; the heir to the title and estates, the Rev. Lord John Beresford, now f our th M arqu i s o f Waterford ; and the Earl of Shrewsbury were telegraphed for, and their arrival was hourly expected when we left Curraghmore. It is supposed that the mortal remains of the deceased lord will be interred in the family vault at Clonegnin*churchyard —on the estate—on Monday or Tuesday next." nain Aber g ele Bay, it LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—RHYL, March . 30.--Yester bdeaiyngsigant signals seN.V. The tubu of timedistress i lar lifeboat, which belongs to the National Lifeboat ow tide, 7e re a nd the observedm , i . Insti tution, was as soon as possible launched, and in less _then a quarter of an hour afterwards she was alongside the.dis tressed vessel, which was a sloop from Liverpool to RaM say with a general cargo. She had broken her boom, split her mainsail, and her small boat had been stove in. At the request of the master two of the l i f e b oat ' s crew hoarded the sloop to assist him to bring his vessel to a port of 'safety. Fortunately the weather moderated considerably; otherwise the vessel must have _become ' a total wreck, as she was rapidly driving on - shore when the lifeboat hoarded. her. . Her crew felt - very grattful for the timely' asslstltnee" ren= ' dered them. They were Mansmen, and entirely ignorant of this coast. 'THIS ;DAY. AUSTRIA. MANNING TILE NAVY. SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. A letter dated Vienna, March 30, says Yes terday evening it was related that Sardinia had consented to disarm, but no official confirmation of the report has been received. Austria, who a few days ago was extremely warlike and intractable, is now pacific and conciliatory, and the sudden change which has come over her is perhaps to be attributed to the attitude recently assumed by Russia. A sus pension of the armaments is even spoken of, and it is probable that this Government would disarm if France and Sardinia would also do so. Austria would hardly object to a change in th ose parts of the spe cial conventions which give her a right to send troops into the Italian duchies for the maintenance of peace and order, if any other means of keeping the revolutionary party within due bounds could be found. The Austrian and German papers are still arguing whether Sardinia ought or ought not to be admitted to the Congress, but there is reason to be lieve that the Powers have already agreed to invite all the Italian Powers to send representatives, but merely as consultative members of the august as. sembly. THE TRIXLS. DUBLIN, FRIDAY. The trial of O'Sullivan was resumed yesterday at Tralee. Prior to the statement of the Solicitor- General for the prosecution, Mr. Coffey intimated that he had received a letter from the prisoner, which left him no alterna tive but to withdraw from further acting as counsel for the defence. A discussion ensued as to whether the leiler should be read in open court. The Solicitor• General objected to its being; mad in the t tr alh i e presence of• the jury, or published pending Baron Greene said he had read the letter, and it ought not to be published. It should be regarded as a confidential communication between the pri soner and his counsel. The Solicitor-General—I understand that to be an order of the Court. Baron Greene assented. The Solicitor-General said he gave notice that if anything were done to the contrary he would take such steps, under his lordship's direction, as he might be advised. Baron Greene—ln my opinion the publication of that letter would be a contempt of court and a violation of the law, and an offence which would subject the party guilty of it to a severe penalty. The Solicitor-General will avail himself of the law in case it be violated ; and as far as depends on any power of mine I shall be very happy to assist the law. Messrs. Coffey, Nelligan, and John O'Hagan, and the prisoner's attorney then retired from the court. The jury were then recalled, and The Solicitor -General proceeded to state the case for the prosecution, and in the course of his obser vations said.that amongst the persons arrested in Kerry and Cork on charges such as that for which . the prisoner was now on trial, were seven national, schoolm as t ers, three attorney's .clerks, a well paid grocers assistant, the parties not being of the loweSt class, and none, of them having any connection whatever with land. He vindicated the proclama tion issued by the Lord Lieutenant, which, he said, had had the effect of deterring persons from partici pation in the conspiracy, and converting what had been previously a compact, well knit confederacy into a rope of sand, which fell into the atoms of which it was composed, such a result being what always followed where guilt was the sole bond of union between parties. The more timid abandoned the confe,cleracy altogether —the more unscrupulous determ:ned to sacrifice their companions —and the result had been that about 30 arrests in all had been made.' The details of the learned gentleman's ad dress were so much the same as those given on the last trial that repetition is unnecessary. In con clusion he said that in the discharge of the painful duty which devolv e d upon him he trusted he had satisfied them that the course taken by the govern ment was a wise and proper one, and that they could not have overlooked the evidences Of con spiracy which had been laid before them. He had endeavoured carefully to abstain from stating to the jury anything that he was not prepared to prove. Baron Greene said that before the evidence?)i4o ceeded he wi s h e d to ask the prisoner if he de tied to have an opportunity of reconsidering his deter mination: if so he Would give him a reasonable time to get counsel. The Prisoner said=--No, under the circumstances. (Goulah), th e approver,-was-then sworn and examined by Mr. Hickson, Q.C.- •-• The prison er was f oun d guilty,.and sentenced to ten years' penal servitude. THIS DAY'S SHIP,PING. LONDON, April 2.—Wind this day at noon, S. ; mode breeze and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, April I.—Wind E. to S.W.—Arrived— Merlin, from Antwerp for Havannah. CLYDE, April I.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Robert Leonard, for St. John, N. 8.; Ann Aligusta, ditto; 311 c Mac, for Charleston. CARDIFF, April I.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed—Ocean Tra veller, for New York. DOVER, April I.—Wind W.S.W.—Put back—King of tho Forest, with loss of mainmast and boat, and much damage to bulwarks, stauncheons, & c ., h av i ng driven D athwart haws e o f the ement, screw steamer, f rom L on d on for Cardiff. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. A. telegram. states that the screw steamer Peninsulas. passed Hurst at 10.10 a.m. Wind W.; blowing strong. .Arrived. —Kingston, from Hull, bound to Montreal, put in leaky; Wonder, steamer,,from Jersey, Havre, steamer, front Havre; Georges, from Cherbourg; L'Etoile, from Carentan. Sailed.—Courier, steamer, for Jersey; Alliance, steamer, for Havre. ‘. LIVEUPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind N.W.; moderate. Arrived, April I.—Cairo, screw steamer, from Alex andria, Arrived, April 2- . --Cassiterites, from Islay; Arequipa, from Bahia; Lindisfarne, from Cerea ; 31 igPah, lrixn Leghorn ; Reim des Plots, from Nantes. (113: SUBDIARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Motlain m , Wind S.W. ; tid e , fi rs t h our ' s fl oo d ; c l ou d y. . ' Arrived, April I—Nile, from Calcutta; Sarpsborg, from • Sarpsborg; Adolph, from lingleh , ohn; Kristine from from from Horsens ; Aarhuus ; Ellen, from St. Michael a; Mona, from Kill- 4 Frowke, from :.'• lundorg. Worcum; Swirumi, from Odessa; Alfred, from D;obak ; Elfieda, and David Martha, both from Guernsey ; Hanover, Arrived, April ltenit, from Antwery. Sailed, April I.—Warrior, steamer, for Mogador. . . DEAL, Saturday Morning. Wind, W.S.W.; very s t rong. Passed—City of Quebec 14 , from London for Montreal Ci ,1. N ew E x p ress , b r i g, f rom westward for north. ki t A prohibition to export horses b e y on d th e li m i ts ~ ..: of the Zollverein has just been published in the Grand • Duchy of Luxembourg. Mr. W akle FIRE AND LOSS OF LlFE.—Yesterday morni ng y received i n f orma ti on of the death of Mrs. Bridget Summers, aged 40 years, who resided at J. Ragan's lod g in g - house-keeper, No. 37, Georg,e-street, St. Giles's. .... It appeared that smoke was seen issuing from the front Windows by some Of the neighbours. Deceased, who had , been intoxicated, was found nearly burnt to a eindor. Another woman was lying on the ground nearly suffocated, ' and also int ox i ca t e d . T hroe others were in an adjoining ~ room in a similar condition; they were extricated as soon as possible. Had the flames spread the whole must have c :been burnt. FATAL ACCIDENT AT WORCESTER.--A ticket-of- ; leave man was killed a few days ago at the Worcester Rail- , way Station, byfalling down a long, flight of stone steps. Ho was to have proceeded to Birmingham by an early train, but was so drunk when he presented himself at the Book ing-office, that he was not allowed to go. He caw, to the station again at a late hour, and while waiting ka- l a a ti:t g ! :. leaned against a ga t e a t th e t op o f a stone staircase,e :b and i to some of the comp an y' s o ffi ces. Th e gate fl ew o pen. When he ivas Precipitated bread, foremost to the bet picked up he was Found to be dying, having l lo ea ca v t e e , d be Lis n n g e t c i k le . na l n n i h o i f s j p o oe h k n er fem weiL u fon 4 9::d: tj :fi f i osi f c al ke i t t ( - I : ,i t s t %; I, : death was and abe ut Ss. i was return, ed at the inquest, which was held on Monday. m *h oLy ti . ae A t If-roermdictß(riifsatocleidtoent.lllit UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION. ast evening a lecture was delivered at this-in stitution by Captain Tyler of the Royal Engineers, on " The Rifle and the Spade, or the Future of Field Operations," The lecturer commenced., by referring to the three divisions under which .the art of war might be considered ; of—first, siege operations ; secondly, field operations ; and thirdly, the defence of fortresses, and the modes orion struction to he adopted in defenive works. The influence of the modern rifle might ,be expected to produce important effects :u each of th ese respectively. The subject as con riectedpon with siege - operations: had been considered by-Capt. Tyler in a previous lecture ; it was treated with reference to field operations on the present occasion ; and its appliCation to the third of these headings was reserved for a future opportunity. A good deal of discussion had taken place at home and abroad' as to the probable effect of these new rifles - upon future warfare ; and a warm controVer s y had more particularly b een carried on, in. this country as to the - relative capabilities of riflemen and field artillery. The results of the practice of the riflemen showed the proportion of hits that they could make at particular distances, and the lecturer contended that field artillery could no longer stand against them. The relative merits and capabilities of modern rifles and field art i llery were considered at sonic length, , the lecturer remarking that the Armstrong gun, whose satirlactory performances had been brought to light subsequently to the pre vious discussion, did not make so much difference in this particular. ques ti on as m i ght be expeeted. Its powe rs t o pro d uce accurate eflccts at long ranges were very great ; but it would not be able to do much more than other, guns in keeping off any wholly or partially concealed skirmishers who nright be, scattered along its front or around its flanks, and its great poivers would not, under ordinar3eircu,m stances,-be profitably employed in a contest with skirmishers at small arm - ranges. The improve meats. which- h- - .ad 'been attempted 'hither - to - .in spherical ease shot did not appear to have been attended with all the success that could be desired, though great ingenuity had been displayed in them. It remained to be seen whether missiles of an analo gous nature, some 'of which had already been con structed, could be more 2uceessfully employed with the Armstrong or any other improved gun. This was probable, and -most important results might be derived from them, under many circumstances, whenthe range was accurately known or the effeets could be satisfactorily observed. Impio generally. were t rave lli ng i n the directn rovement of in s greased power and precision both in artillery and small arms, and any means in which large quanti ties of expensive ammunition were employed with comparatively small or uncertain results would neces sarily give way to soine extent before these -quali ties. The lust.artillery we could procure, also, was urgently required for the defence of important points on 'Mir coasts, and it *mild be more than ever wanted for general use, in —consequence of the increased ; use of •entrenchments that would result from the common employment of the rifle. The necessity fOr such entrenchments had become obvious. No body of troops contending against an enemy armed with the improved weapons of modern times would be safe when rifled guns and muskets came into.full use so long as they were uncovered, and so long as hostile sharpshooters eculd approach within half a mile, or . hostile field guns within three times the distance of them. It would not he possible efficiently to protect the masses by means of skirmishek - sent out for the purpose; soldiers .could carry no armour that would have them from the effects of suck - Weapons ' • and earthe n parapets, combined with natural obstacles, were the only means by which future armies could hope to place themselves beyond the retch. of .continual annoy ance, and even of gradual annihilation. Defensive works, so constructed as not to impede subsequent offeiasiVe operations, would be required for the pro tebtion of defensive positions, and similar works would even be required in aid of offensive opera tious. When a post was occupied, it must be en trenched in order to be maintained ; when a piece of ground was acquired from the enemy which it was important to hold, it would he useful, if not indispensable, to entrench it, in order that it might serve as a base froth which further advances might be made; and any works that were seized would require to have their defences' reversed in the shortest possible time. In fact, field engineering must, in consequence of these rifle improvements, enter more and more into combination With military tactics ; facilities for the eniployment of the spade becoming Of greater importance in proportion as the range and accuracy of the soldier's musket and of heavy guns, were practically increased. At present our sappers, 3,000 rank and file, besides 500 in India, were few in number for the multifarious occupations demanded of them • our infantry but insufficiently inst ruc t e d in such duties. We could not expect to make the most of our rifles, or to find ourselves in the posi tion which we ought to assume in future warfare, without a better instructed digging infantry, and a vastly increased force of sappers. Without putting the rifle into the hands of the people, as it was called, there would be no difficulty in organising, and in keeping. up, a body of 100,000 rifle volun teers, from a class who would be alike ready to protect us from internal disturbance or from foreign invasion. With these men to harass the flanks and rear of an invading army,:and to oppose their ad vance, in conjunction with the regular troops and militia, from a series of entrenchments, provided by a sufficient number of sappers, the country might be disputed mile by mile by an invading army, in a manner that would prevent the possibility of its advance. If the Thames Were protected, and our arsenals and dockyards secured by suitable fortifi cations, adapted to modern weapons, and if the above m eans were prov i ded, we should' be not only exempted from all fear of the results of a hostile invasion, but we should go very far to prevent such a measure being even contemplated. Under pre sent circumstances we could not be without appre hension as to the first results of any invasion which might be suddenly attempted ; and we were iii a great measure dependent on our fleets for the do fence of our coasts; and which were expected to. maintain our naval supremacy in every part of the world. THIS DAY'S MA RKETS. COVENT GARDEN. Our market has been well supplied with both fruit and vegetables, and the demand, almost generally, has ruled steady, as follows : Pine apples, per lb 6 0 to 10 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 61rapes,per 1b....30 0 to 00 0 Foreign do. 2 0 to 3 0 Melons, each 0 0 to 0 0 Peaches, perdoz.. 0 0 to 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per bush. 5 0 to 10 0 Pears, per doz.. . 4 0 to 8 0 Oranges, per 100... 5 0 to 10 0 Lemons, per 100.. 4 0 to 8 0 Apricots, per doz 0 0 to 0 0 s. d. s. d Cherries, per lb.. 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 6 oto 0 9 Cobnuts, per lb 010 to 1 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, pm" 100 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per d0z..... 0 oto 0 0 Strawberries proz 1 oto 0 0 Gooseberries, sv. 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberriss,prptlo oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 2 oto 2 6 Cabbages, pr do. 010 to 1 2 Savoy do., pr do. 1 oto 1 3 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 2 0 Brocoli, per bh Bto 1 6 Old potatoes,p tonBo oto 100 0 New ditto, per punl oto 1 3 Peas, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 6to 3 6 Carrots, pr do 4 Gto 5, 6 Cucumbers 1 6to 3 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Spinazh, hf. -sv 0 9to 1 0 Brus. sprouts, h.s 1 3to 1 6 Old onions, dz bun 1 3to 1 6 New do., doz bun 0 4to 0 9 French beans, h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 2to 0 3 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 3 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 2to 0 4 Celery, per ditto 0 9to 1 6 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pa, 0 2to 0 3 Mushrooms,p potl 0 9to 1 3 Artichokes, pr dz 3 oto 6 0 Cabbage letts,psc 0 oto 0 • Endive, per score 1 oto 1 6 Radishes, dz buds 0 Bto 1 6 Tomatoes, pr hsv 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 2to 0 6 Asparagus, pr do. 3 6to 7 0 Sea trail, per pun. 0 9 to 1 3 NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to lOs Od ; poults, Os Od to Os Od each ; geese, 4s Od to 6s Od ; goslings, 6s Od to 8s Od ; ducklings, 3s 6d to 5s 6d ; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each ; wild do., 8d to is 2d ; pigeons, 8d to is Od each ; largo Surrey fowls, 8s Od to lOs Od ; chickens, 5s Od to 8s Od ; barn-door fowls, 3s Gd to 7s Od ; capons, 4s 6d ; hares, 2s Od to 3s Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od ; ptarmigan, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; woodcocks, 3s 6d to 4s ; snipes, is 9d to 2s Od ; teal, Is Od to is 3d; wild ducks, 2s Gd to 3s Gd; widgeons, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; plovers, Os 9d to O s I s Gd eac h ; guinea fowls, 3s Od t o Os Od . ; roasting pigs, 4 s Od to 8s Od each; Ostend fresh butter, lld to Is 24 ; English, is 24 to Is 5d per lb ; English eggs, Os 6d to 7s Od ; French do., 6s Od to Os Gd per 120; leverets, 2s Od to 2s Gd each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 38 4d to 4s 6d ; lamb, 48 8d to 5s 6d; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; and pork, 3s 2d 4s - Od per 81bs WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 3s 2d to 48 4d; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; lamb, 4s 8d to 58 6d ; veal, 3s Gd to 4s 6d ; and pork, 3s 2d to 4s 9d per 81b., by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. %Salmon, 2s Od to 2s 6d; trout, Os Od to Od ; eels, 8d to 18 ; prawns, 380 d to 4s; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb. Turbots, 2s 6d to 158 ; cod, 2s Od to 7s Od ; brills, is Od to 6s Od ; doreys, Is Od to 5s Od ; mullets, Gd to 18 Od ; lobsters, 6d to 3s Od ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets. 4d to is Od each ; soles, 3d to is 6d per pair ; common oysters; 168 to 208 ; natives, 42s to —8 per bushel ; whitings, 3s Od to lOs Od ; haddocks, 4s to lOs Od ; smelts, 2s 6d ; flounders, is Od to is 6d per, dozen ; mackerel, 40s ; fresh herrings, as ; bloaters, 8s to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, 58 per brace. , BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6d to 7d; of household do., 4fd to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3id to 4d ; 641 b to 721 b, 4d to 4'd ; 721 b to 801 b, 4id to 5d ; 801 b to 881 b, 5d to sid ; 881 b to 961 b, 54d to 51d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 5111 to 6d. Horse hides, 8s Od to lOs Od ; calf skins, light, 2s 6'd to 4s ; ditto full, 68 Od to 7s Od ; polled sheep, 8s 6d to 108 Gd ; half-breds, 7s exl to 9s 6d ; Downs, 6s Od to 8s Od ; Od to --s Od; shearlings, is 3d to is 4d. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 8s ; clover, do., £4 5s to £5 ss; and straw, £1 4s to £1 8s per load. Trade rather dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 158 to £4 8s; clover do., £4 Os to .f. 5 5s Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 8s per lead. Both hay and straw moved off slowly at our quotations. IVIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 8s ; clover do: £4 Os to £.5 ss; and s t raw , £ 1 3s to £1 8s per lead. A slow inquiry. COAL MARKET—Ana!, 1. Prices of Coal per Ton a s. d , Davison's West Hart ley ................ 15 3 Lainbert's West Hart ley ................ 14 9 Burnhope .......12 0 Wylarn... ..... ...14 '0 Tanfield door - 11 3 Tanfield Moor Butes..ll 3 Walker Primrose ....11, 0 Grey's West Hartley .15 0 Walls - End. Acorn Close 15 6 Ships at market, the close of the market.) Walls End. s. d. Lambton. 18 6 Whitworth l4 0 Framwellgate l5 0 Kelloo l7 0 Tee Et. ' lB 6 West 'Heiten. l6 0 Shinoliffe • 15 3 South Hartlepool l6 0 Harton Eden Main ..15 6 Rene' Hall 15 3 Powell's DuffiTn Steam 21 0 76—Sold, 53. IN .