The Sun. — London, England, 1860-04-21 00:00:00

=-;~."- Itaio thef t The MONEY MARKET AND CITY NE U'S. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Bank of England return completed to the 18th inst., shows some remarkable changes, the chief feature being the large increase in the reserve of notes and the consequent decrease in the circulation caused by the return of the notes lately with drawn by a large discount establishment. In the private deposits there is an increase of nearly a million sterling, while the other securities have been diminished to the extent of about three quarters of a million sterling. The decrease in the bullion is of an unimportant character; but a fa vourable feature in the return is the retention of the amount of Government Securities, which re main the same as on the previous return. The various items of the balance-sheet, and the .changes they present, are shown in the subjoined table : Active Circulation .. £21,816,665 Decrease .. .. 1,650,590 Bullion 14,624,686 Decrease _ 12,416 Rest .. .. 3,211;759 • • 11,262 .. 5,838,581 39,554 .. 15,512,425 .. 941,708 .. 686,537 • • 19,292 .. 9,728,943 No alteration. .. 22,790,338 .. 744,050 .. 6,548,560 1,626,475 The Foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon Were generally a trifle lower. Increase .. • • Public Deposits Decrease .. Other Deposita • • • • Increase .. • • Seven Day and other Bills .. Decrease .. • • • • Government Securities •4 Other Securities Decrease .. Notes Unemployed Increase .. A dividend of 71 per cent. per annum has been declared by the Scottish Provincial Assurance Company. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a fair amount of business has been transacted, but prices Were heavy: The sales amounted to 10,000 bales,. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £212,732, and the exports £527,122, Lxclusive of the following shipments direct from ondon to the Continent during the week ending Thursday last :—Gold coin, Rotterdam, 260 ozs.;• ditto, Hambro, 400 ozs. A quiet tone has pervaded the Stock Exchange markets to-day, and very little alteration has taken place in prices. Upon the whole quotations have been tolerably steady, although at the present' moment a little flatness is apparent, Consols being 94-.1 Ifor money; and 94g z , I for account. The New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced remain at 931 Z. India Stock is firm at 221, ditto New Loan is steady at 1061 1, ditto 5 per Cent. Enlaced Paper at 981, ditto 51 per Cent. ditto is flat at 1039, but the Debentures have improved to 969 971. . Only a very small amount of business has taken place in the Foreign Stock Market, and prices are steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 761 - to 761 ; ditto New, 611 to 62. Mexican remain at 211 and Russian 3 per Cents. at 66. The Oaean Marine Insurance Shares are 2& I prem. ; the Universal ditto, Z- ; and the Victoria Loan is 10511. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. give the following Is the prices of American securities : Redeemable. Prices * United States 6 per Cents.... 1867-1868 Do. 6 per Cent Bonds Maryland 5 per Ct. Str. Bonds Massachusetts 5 per Cent. Str Bonds Pennsylvania S per Ct. Stock - Alabama 5 per Cent. Bonds - sentudri 6 per Cent. Bonds lB6B-72 Ohio 6 per Cent. Stock lBB6 Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds. Divers Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds Virginia 5 per Cent. St. Bonds 1888 Illinois 5 per Cent. St. Bonds Central 7 per Cent. Illinois Central 6 per Cent. Illinois Central 7 per Cent (Freelands) Igo. shares, 60 dols. paid . 914 92,1 , - 95± 961 101/ 102} 82 84 75 77 90 92 97 98 86 87 79 81 84 85 82 84 1875 79 80 1875 75 77 1860 90 41 dis Business in the Railway Share Market has been inactive, but prices have shown more firmness. tristol and Exeter, South-Western, and South- Eastern, have improved ss. ; Brighton, and Mid land, 10s.; and Great Northern, £l. In the Foreign and Colonial Markets there was very little animation. Bahia and San Francisco improved to 61, and Sambre and Meuse declined to 6. East Indian are steady at 1011, 102 ; and Great Indian Peninsula, at 991 1. Grand Trunk of Canada brought 341 341; and Great Western of Canada, 131. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re main at about former values. London and County have improved 55.; London and Westminster, ss. ; and South Australian Land, 10s. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. aper Cent. Reduced Annuities 93 R I per Cent. Consols Annuities q v sw 3 per Cent. Annuities andia Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per cent — Ditto 5 per Cent. 9Bl • , Ditto 5} per Cent lO3l Ditto Debentures, 1858 .. Ditto, 1859 ,Ditto Bonds, £ l,OOO — Ditto under £l,OOO ,eonsols for Account (May 9) 9 41 4achequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 7 p Ditto £5OO lO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. alexiean 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 2ll I Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — ,Ditto, 3 per Cent., 1859 65 -Lundell 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account _ Dividends on the above payable in London . TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 94f Ditto Account SIR JOHN LAWRENCE'S VISIT TO GLASGOW.- akt a meeting of tho council, held on Tuesday, the Lord rrovost said that before proceeding to the business of the bleating, he might intimate that Sir John Lawrence had 4 4nt him a letter stating that he would be in Glasgow, he I zpected, in the course of September, to receive the free 'Loin of the city. A strange affair has occurred at Avesnes (Nord). The dead body of a man was found a few days ago in the . hver Helpe, at the adjacent village of Avesnelles, and was Le•ken. to the hospital. There, one Payen, and inhabitant of the town, having examined it, declared that the decease* Was his brother-in-law, a man named Petit, who had mys teriously disappeared six weeks before. On that declaration, the death of Petit was duly registered, and the torpso was buried. Payen paying the expanse of the fune ral. But to the astonishment of this latter, he the next ;iv met in the street alive and merry the aforesaid Petit I 21 answer to questions Petit said he had gone away from "Q, 9 town in the exercise of his trade of dealer in rabbit stins. Who the deceased was has not been ascertained. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A SENTRY.—A private aithe 73d Regiment named Hurley, stationed at Chatham ~,4 a rracks, attempted to commit suicide while on guard in `'hatham dockyard on Thursday. The man was posted as !entry at the lower guard, when the report of a rifle was beard. On the sergeant proceeding to the spot it was dis- Overedi that Hurley had discharged his rifle at his head, but the ball had passed nearly perpendicularly across his F orehead, which it had only slightly injured. He was im kediately conveyed on a stretcher to the garrison hospital, a nd as soon as ho has recovered will be tried by court-mar tial for mutilating himself. It is stated that Hurley on 'k i.Yrevious occasion attempted to commit suicide by drown `4,.g himself, and it would seem that he is a man of rather ^eak intellect. The French army has just lost another of its `eterans of the first Empire, Col. Menche de Loisne. The I %eased, born in 1768, was appointed a cadet in the Wal 's•ll. Guard, in the service of the King of Spain, in 1783, and was present at the blockade of Gibraltar. He com tilanded a company of the Walloon Guards with the rank colonel. When Napoleon entered Spain in 1808, he im 'ediatelv joined the banner of his own country, and was 411 t rged y Napoleon with orga nising a regiment of Oltniards. He took part in most of the battles in Spain u 7tureen 1808 and 1814. During the Hundred Days, he Os entrusted with the command of Calais, and finally re 'tett from the service after the Emperor's departure for St. m na. , eSTEAMSHIP BUILDING ON THE CLYDE.— `cialars. Todd and Macgregor have just completed a paddle t "'atner 200 feet long, 22 feet in breadth of beam, and 11 pt depth of hold. The boilers are tubular surface con llsers, and the diameter of the paddles is 171 feet. The l amer, which has been named the Mona's Isle, is in 71ed for the Liverpool and Isle of Man station. A line Rerew steamers, constructed for Messrs. Burns and kelver, and intended for the Liverpool and Moditer qtean trade, are now far advanced ; in fact, two—the t 4 3 'toPus and Marathon—have already been a short time route. Three others will shortly follow. The cle f are all precisely alike, and tho dimensions of them, the Hocla, will serve as a guide to the 2f, —length, 289 feet ; beam, 36 feet ; depth of hold, fr e ,.,, L fit. The engines are of 300-horse power, and (a t "' the fine lines of the steamers they are expected to N e tu,a high speed. A steam crane or hoist is supplied to 1 4 R Mil), and the apparatus cannot only be applied to load -14 41 d unloading, but also to weighing anchor and pump 14'An iron screw steamer, named the Carron, 176 feet 4, 26 feet beam, and 14i feet deep, with engines of 100- it tl e Power, has just been launched by Messrs. Barclay, 44, and Co. of Stobcross. The Carron is intended to de de with good s between London and Grangemouth, in con 'the TA with the Carron Company's fine fleet of steamers. kte:Plcer Balclutha, built by Messrs. Caird and Co., and : 3 110 1 . t reci for the Adelaide and Melbourne line, will leave 'Attu for the Australian seas. Five iron barges recently 1 14 4 4: 4 b y Messrs. J. Reid and Co., of Port Glasgow, and 49 4 I plit for the navigation of the ndus, are about to be tO liwraehee, when they will be reconstructed. AS HARE .MARKET . -( THIS DAY.) O.RDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Auilw fty6, Paid. ClUfdillg Asumineoel Prim I . Done. Noma.. Bost and Eastern JUnction BelfaA and Baliymena Bir., Wol., and str.Val. Bi L a., and Cb. June Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bost.Slefd.& Mid. Conn Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passage Cornwall A roves. no div Do. A Do untilfip.c.per an • B hasbeen pd. toB Dublin andßelfastJunc Dun.,Perth,&Abr.June East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Suffolk Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall. Lon.,Brighton kS.Coast Lond. Chat. and Dover London & North Westn' Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man., Shef., Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. do. Shares Metropolitan Midland Do. firming. & Derby. Mid. Gt. West.(lreland . Do. a Shares Mid Kent Do. (Cray Line) Newcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd: Newry & Armagh (clef.) Newry, Warpt., & Roe Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec. no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York North London North Staffordshire No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Sooth. N.E., Aber. stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern South Wales SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun Staines, Wok., & Wok Stockton & Darlington Do. , do. Stockton & llartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Ulster Do. Do. Vale of Neath Victoria Station .t Pim Waterford .k Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class Worcester & Hereford :31)&1'41 I 12.10 13.14 Stock, Stock Stock fi 6i 8 70 72 11 12 C,l 7; 101 103 91 ni 6 1 61 74 8 18 19 545 55, 36 38 26 28 77 79 30} 301 98 100 114 115 116 118 128 132 113 114 69 69i 60 65 105 101 k 6S 70 113 114 12 13 f 99 1 99i f 91k 921 42 42! .21 2 d 116 116 93 95 104 11 74 61 55 57 34 14 61 614 954 96 d 484 494 794 80 106 108 34 n 9 94 42 44 14 16 6 7 115 117 361 371 88 90 47 49 4 3d 42 (4 8 65 71 88 67 75 80 6 8 394 401 8 1 41) 555 565 24 84 4 d A p p 10' 11 511 6 3 2 d 1021 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. 'are Railways. z 6 Blythe and Tyne IC per o. pref. (issued at £so' all f Stk Brie. & Exet4p.ot.Stoc4 100 120 Do. do. do. Shares l4 Stook Caledon £lO, 44 per cent 100 12.10 ;Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. all 61 'Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. all W Cornwall, 5 per cant. 61 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun , all Stock KAng - n. Class A 7 & spc: 1, ), , „' Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc... i ~,,uu 1 Stock Do. do. Class C7pc ; ',`; Stock E. Conn. Ex. 5 pct. No.lI Stock , Do. do No.2! ' Stock l Do New 6 per ct. Stock Stock Eastern Union. 4 per ct. Stock' Do. 5 per cent, guar.. iztock . Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares, Stock' Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. &D. Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Stock Furness, 5 per cent .... Stock GI as. &S West. , a. 5 pc., Stock , Cfreat Northorn, g p. at. Stock Do. 5 pcltedm.,lop.c.pm Stock Do. 44 p. c. do. d o. 1 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf 1 St oc k, i Gt. SnAt W (Ireland) 4 p. 50 'Great Wes p t. e (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Stock Do. Redeemable, 44 p ct Stock Do. Redeemable, 4 p. etj Stock Do. Irredeemabl e, d o ! Stock Do. 5 p. ct. 11 edeem. Pref ! 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c.pf.sh. 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref Stock Do, Binning*. guar. stock 26i Do. Chester guar.shares 131 Do. do, do 20 Do. do. do. Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock, Stock I Do.Barnsl.St.£s 3sl6dpc' Stock IDo. 6 per c. (K Lan) Stock, lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Stock , Do. , 5 p. 0 No. 2 Stock, D o . f 2.,,,. 6 p. ct. Stock ; Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Stock', Do. Do. 44 per cent 5 , Do. do. 41 per c. shares Stock! Do. 7 percent. Pref. St. Stock! Do. 6 p.c. do.(W. E. &C. P.) Stock 1D0.4 p.c S.(div.def.tlF6s) 25 Loud. (Mat. and Dover Stock T.on.&N.W.Cov.&Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, 4,ondonely & Cole, 1 she. ,Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh. I'Aran.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct. I Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent. Do. redeem. 6 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c., Do. 41 per cent .. I Mid. Con. 6 p. o. Stock Do.C,on.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. Do. 41 p. 0. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 !Do. Leio. & Hitpref. st. [Newport,Aber,&c. pret .5 r p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c.n to Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Do., till 1869, let is I Do. do., 2d is. Nerfik sp. e. Ex.Stk,lB l .l Do. 51, p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. 5 Iva vVal . Ex. Sk 1817 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gas. 5 per cent Do, Bor. Un. g. pf. she.' Do. do. do. Nth. Dev.Rai I.& D , k. Co. N-East.Cons. Pref.4p.c. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. o. c rk o o .Q: l ut T r . t k er s s . , P lB ll l r % h North Staffordshire Ox. we. & Wol. li pc. Ist gl Do. Redeem., al Rita. Do. Irredeem., 21 gua. I Rl.ymney Guaranteed. seettish Central, n ew pt, scot ti sh North-Eastern 31 perc. pref. stock Do.AberdeGn.gua.Rpc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. 'outh Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 41 percent. South Eastern (Reading Ann lO 6 ) Do .41 per cent Do:Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is. South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 ye. gua. Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e., Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent. Watrfd & Kllkny, ()p.c. Stock 12 12 Stook Stook 124 12 Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 1 12 10 12i Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 1 10 Stock St ock St ock Stock Stock Stook fall 100 100 100 all all stock St ()Pk Stock 10s. 100 100 100 all all 1.0.6. S toot Stock Stock Stock Stock Stook Paid. ' Closing Business Prioe. Done. 96 08 100 102 54 6 99 101 110 118 103 108 110 112 109 111 124 126 80 82 110 112 90 92 74 79 118 120 117 119 110 112 103 105 85 87 96 98 Q! 100 88 90 90 92 102 103 91 101 17 18 101 101 74 76 191 20 91 101 141 15 138 140 115 117 115 117 114 142 115 117 154 157 132 136 68 70 21 22 115 117 15Ei 1571 112 121 1125 127 I /P 88 70 I IP 138 140 101 103 I 1p 94 96 91 NI 11! 121 i 1p I 1p 110 111 108 110 I i p 90 52 95 97 11 1d Id @ 23 24 124 126 12if LINES LEA, SED AT FIXED RENTALS. Bedford and Bletehley. all Ln & N.W Buckinghamshire 1 100 iLn& N.W Chester & Holyhead 1 100 , 'Do. Do. do. 54 p. ct 1 100 Do. Do. do. sp. ct. 1 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction., 100 Caledonin Colchester, Stour Val all E.U.&E C, E.Lincolnslitre,g.op.o 100 Gt. North. E Union,llarwichSlis all E.Counts. - Do. Woodbridge lOO Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct 100 Caledonin Do. New lOO Do. Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West. Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby Do. i Shares all Do. Do. 1 Shares all Do. Lanc.&Carl.gua.s p.c. 100 Ln& N 4 W lenidon&Greenwich . 100 S. East Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend lOO Peto &Co. Lowestoft, gun. 4p. ct lOO Norfolk .. Do. 6 per cent lOO Do Manc.,Buxtn.& 3latk. an LN W&M Mid. Bradford Prefer- , once Stock Newmarkt.,BuryEx 1 5. 5. 6. E.Counts e js t s n p . 5 . c p . .° all Do. DO Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. 19.gr . ut d ahr o na . 1 6 t r cent.... all Do. ( p er North Western all Midland . Preston and Wyre. I all L& N W & Lsk. I Do. i Shares A. all Do. — Shrawsbry& Hereford 100 T Brassey Roystn•llitch.,& Shop 100 Gt. North. 135 137 106 Do I ~,.!. • i 1) South Staffordshire .. all M`t;tean . HI I 11 Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West 91 93 Wimbledon& Croydn. all L.&Brgta 74 84 06 98 - 511 31/ 1:4 1 6' 112 114 103 105 16 17 139 142. 41 41 51} i 125 6 95 97 I IF 56 58 141 15 DOCKS. Dooka, Closing Prioe. Stooi• Commercial Sroek Do4perCent.Pret.MM Stock Enst and West India Stock London Stock St. Katharine Stook Southampton 1O Victoria . DO New tatioumetteeso,. 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 103 3 Railways. P a id . Leasirig Closing Business Co.'s. Price. Done. stook Stook Stook Stook Itock Share all 100 II 100 100 161 100 100 1117 119 73 75 10 101 231 231 100 102 100 102 89 91 99 101 84 88 28 29 321 331 32 33 51 53 Paid _.:~: SHOOTING A SEDUCER. Share Closin g !business done Railways. Paid. price. TRIAL OF AN OFFICER AT BOMBAY, 'Atlantic & St Lawrence' iliom.,Baroda&Cent.lncli all 1 100 84 86 97 971 fd d 4i od 85 4a 98 71 The case of James Hunt, formerly sergeant-major in the 14th Dragoons, who shot Cornet Browne of the same regiment at Kirkee, near Poona, for seducing his wife, has been tried in the Su preme Court of Bombay. Abcording to the evi dence given by Browne and two of his fellow officers, on the 27th of January last Hunt rode up to the cornet's house, and, asking for a private in terview, was taken by Browne into his bedroom., Of all that followed we ha v e two ver s i ons , ne ith er of which is it possible to corroborate, for the prisoner and the prosecutor alone knew what happened. Browne's statement is, in brief, that Hunt told him he knew his guilt by finding one of his letters and by his wife's confession, and called upon bim to give up any letters from Mrs. Hunt he had in his possession, There was some more conversation, in the course of which Hunt drew out a pistol, and said he had come over for the purpose of shooting his betrayer, and he did not know whether he should not do so yet. At last, on Browne owning that Lieutenant Beamish probably was aware of what had been going on, Hunt raised the pistol and shot him. Hunt's story varies from this, in assert ing that Browne used taunting and insolent ex pressions, laughing at Hunt when he asked for the " satisfaction of a gentleman," and saying he " gloried" in having seduced Mrs. Hunt. Browne swore distinctly on the trial that he had not said a word during the interview to provoke the prisoner. The following is an extract from the report of the examination of the prosecutor : Question by Mr. Hunt—Did you, during our conversation, admit to me that youhad seduced my wife ? A.—l think I did. Question by Mr. Hunt—Why did you not admit this in your deposition without cross-questioning ? A—Because I had presumed that it was a well known fact that I had done so, Question by Mr. Hunt—What reason bad you to presume it was a well-known fact ; was it from your having publicly boasted of it, or from what cause ? A—lt was because Hunt told me he had suspected it from the previous Sunday, and that his wife's confession and her letter corroborated his suspicions. gu. 5 percent Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New . Do. Preference Buffalo,b'rantAG odrich 6 p. et. brie. 1 Aug., 18, 2 Do. do. 1 July, 18:3 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta. Eas trn. Lin!. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara 61 71 78 82 70 75 68 73 par 11 1 4 1 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.o. East Indian, gu. 5 V. 0 Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 44 p. c. Debentrs Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 186 t Geelong&Melbourne Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 6 per cent. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872. Gt. IndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New, gua.s per cent. Gt. South. of Ind.Lini.— guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New id d 101} 102 par ip pnr p 94 100 100' 1014 204 214 34 3,5 91 93 69 71 82 85 70 72 70 72 991 09 id d 1 11 Id 13 131 71 7 d 97 99 97 99 97 99 90 93 88 90 09 91 93 1 1d Do. Bonds pay. '76,with opt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt. Do. 5} p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 4f p. Do. do. 5 per bent. Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Fourth do. Do. do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Rends Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Li m.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Shar.e Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Oude (Limited) Scinde +ci Do. New 8 Do. Punjaub . , Do. Indus. St. Flo. Ece,' ISt A Andrews & Quebec Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 5 7 Question by Mr. Hunt—Did you ever publicly boast that you had seduced Mrs. Hunt ? A—l decline answering that question. Question by M. Bunt—Did you not more than once publicly boast in the mess-rooms of the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons and 14th Light Dragoons that you had seduced Mrs. Hunt? A—l cannot say I ever did so. If by publicly is meant before two or more officers, I may have let out something in an unguarded moment, but I never made a boast of it. Q—Talking of the matter before two or more officers, do you consider it a boast or net ? A— Ycs, I do consider it a boast. Question by Mr. Hunt—Have you not stated to several parties that your brother officers and others had said to you that Mrs. Hunt was pure and im maculate, and that you had made up your mind to seduce her ? I decline to answer that question. Question by Mr. Hunt—Have you not, within the last three days, admitted the subject of the previous question to be true. A—l cannot remem. ber. The counsel for Mr. Hunt made rather a weak defence, arguing that it was possible the pistol went of by accident. The jury having retired to their room for deli beration for more than an hour, returned with a verdict of " Guilty," strongly recommending, how ever, the prisoner to mercy, on account of the aggravated injury he had sustained. Sir M. Sausse (the chief justice) —It is the pro vince of the jury to recommend a prisoner to mercy ; and in this instance, In my opinion, yours is a very proper recommendation. On which counts of the indictment have you found the prisoner guilty ? Foreman—The jury were not unanimous as to which of the several intents the prisoner was guilty of. The jury were therefore directed to retire again to their room, and returned in nearly half an hour with the verdict—" Guilty of intent to do some grievous bodily harm." Sir M. Sausse—l think your recommendation to mercy a very proper one, and I will not pass any severe sentence upon the prisoner, as far as it is in my power to carry out your recommendation. THE SEN TENOR. MONDAY, MARCH 26. After the morning jury - were empannelled, the Clerk of the Crown called up James Hunt to re ceive his sentence. The prisoner having appeared at the bar, the _ Clerk of the Crown said—James Hunt, have you anything to say before the sentence of the courvia passed upon you ? The Prisoner—My lord, it is impossible for any one to tell what I have suffered in body and mind since this unfortunate occurrence—no one can say what has been my sufferings, and how much my health has given way since it came to my know ledge that Browne had seduced my wife; and, under all these circumstances, begging your consi deration, I throw myself upon the mercy of the court. Ills lordship, in passing sentence, said—Prisoner at the bar, you have been found guilty by the jury with shooting at one William Sandvs Browne with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. This is a crime which for some years ago you would have forfeited your life; but the laws were subse quently altered, so that now a sentence for such an offence cannot exceed transportation for life. The offence is considered next to that of taking away life, one for which there is a severe penalty ; but I am very happy in the present case, from the - nature of it, from the very strong recommendation to mercy of the jury, and from the very high and honourable character which you have received, to be relieved from that painful duty of passing so severe a sentence. It is a painful duty of the court to be compelled to pa ss a sen t ence upon a gallant soldier of his country ; but it is the pain ful duty of the court to te ac h o th ers b y examp l e the enormity of this offence, by carrying out the law. In the present case the jury have most urgently recommended you to the mercy of the court; and I can see that the j ury h ave g i ven t h a t strong recommendation on the account of the offence not being premeditated, but one that arose on the moment, from the excited state which you were in, consequent on the injury you have suf fered from the knowledge i of the treachery of the prosecutor. I think tis the fairest inference t o draw from the evidence in this case, that had it not been for that last answer the off e nce would no t have been committed. You had, I thi n k, f rom t h e aggravation you received, obt a i ne d a ll th e satis faction you required, and I can only consider it en important circumstance in connection with the case, You had obtained all the letters which your wife had written to Browne, and could not have looked for more, and I am strongly of opinion, - that had you s to ppe d t h ere, and asked no further questions, you would not receive the sen tence you are about to receive to day. But it was impossible for you to stop th ere , an d w h en h e of fered to let youinspect the drawers personally, having satisfied yourself that you had secured all the letters in his possession, yo'i then asked if any other person was acquaint e d w i t h the fact t h at h e had had criminal connexion with your wife. You were no doubt desirous to screen your wife's guilt, not only for your own sake, but for her own sake, and for the sake of her daughter. But when you were then informed that at least one person was aware of it, and perhaps more, you Were under the impression that that would be your ruin. I believe that at that time you must have felt the painful relation in which you were placed, and the painful relation in which you would be placed by the scoffs and sneers of the officers and others with whom you were acquainted, and smarting under this thought, and having brought that instrument of death with you, you made use of it; and that you afterwards went out into the verandah, telling what you had done, and then going for the doetor, can only be explained by the remorse which so soon followed after the act. These facts all lead me to believe that you did not act under premeditation. But the punishment I will have to pass upon you will be long enough for you to reflect upon the enormity of the offence of which you have been found guilty. Others must be taught that if they suffer from vio lent wrongs, the law points out the mode of redress for those wrongs—the law will not allow them thus to redress their wrongs as they think fit. The sentence of the court upon you is, that you be sentenced to the County Gaol for the term of 12 calendar months, with ono week's solitary confine ment at the end of every three months. The prisoner, in addressing the court, spoke in a loud clear voice, and during the passing of the sen tence perfect silence reigned in the crowded court room. There is a great popular sympathy in India for Mr. Hunt, and a memorial has already been drawn up, praying for a remission of his sentence. The Bombay Standard says Mr. Hunt had earned the esteem and regard of the whole regiment, the officers of which, upon his retiring therefrom a few months ago, presented him with a handsome testi monial. He is a soldier who has gallantly served his country, and would seem, until this man crossed his path, to have been unusually happy in his dowestic relations, his wife being a woman of education, and of great personal attractions. The selfish wrong done to him by Browne has, of course, stirred the deepest feelings of indignation in the community. It is felt that the real criminal is at large, and the victim is in the gaol. Surely it would be well in a _ease like this for her Majesty to be THE SUN, LOND ON, SATURDAY le; v ING APRIL 21, 1860. moved graciously to extend pardon to one who has deserved well of his country ; and at the same time to mark her displeasure at the crime which sent him there; by directing Cornet Browne's name to be re moved from the army list, and with it that of an other, who seems to have played the infamous part of panderer to his guilt. We look naturally to her Majesty to redress a wrong which the law fails to do; and the judicious manifestation of a regard for public feeling in this case would go far to fortify the resolution of future juries in dealing with these painful and embarrassing cases." all all 100 100 100 1.3 0. 5 7 994 100 id d d 94 96 i 4, FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes • Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.e. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac Buen.Ayres& S. Ferndo Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiabo Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Grand Rus: Guar .5 p.c Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Junction Lake Constance & Bah Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref. Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref , Paris,Lyons, and Medit Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.' gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) Riga and Dunaburg.... Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse De. 54 per cent. Pref... . San Paulo (lirn.) g. c. Southern of France.... West Flanders Do. 54 p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref all all all all all 411 4! Id par f 1 all all 2i all all all 2f 21 1 2f 2f 11 lid 51 5 d 25 26 61 7k 14 lipl 8 8} 19 19 38 39 8 9 37 37j 53 85 11 114 COLONIAL GOFER: Can.Gov.6p.e,J a. & July Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. Do. 6 & Sep. Do. 6 per cent. 1879 Do. 6 per cent. 1880 Do. 6 per cent. 1882 Do. do. Scrip.... N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1876 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up NovaScotlaGov.6 p.c. S. Deb. redeemable, 1875 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July Do. do. April & Oct. MISCELLAI Eo' Anglo-Mexican Mint .. Atlantic Tel. (Limited). Australian Agricultural Berlin Water Works •., British American Land' Brit. &Irish Magr.Tel. A. Do. B, 7 p. 0. till 1862 Do. C Canada Land Chan. Isl ands Tel im ) Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smlig Do. Preference 7} per ct Crystal Palace .. Do. Preference Do. 6 p. c. Perpet. Deb Electric Telegraph Do. New English & Aust. Copper Gen. Steam Navigation. Great Ship (Limited) Indian & Aust. Telegr London District Telegr London Discount Lond.G en. Omnibus Co Madras Irr. and Canal Mediter. Electric Teleg. Med. Exton. Tel. (Lim.) National Discount Co Netherlands Land Do 8 p.c. Pref.,l ss. at id's N.Br.BlNovaScotiaLand N.B. Australasi an (Lim ) Oriental Gas Do. New Shares Orientl. In. Steam, A Ditto B Ditto C Peel River Land & Min Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Scrip Do. do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can Van Diemen's Land 13 16 6 6 87 d 20 21 tif 22 23 SEC CUL 114 116 109 111 110 112 1107 109 99 :100 99 100 99 100 407 109 110 112 'lO5 106 15 16 32 33 4} 5 37 39 20 22 141 161 120 125 6 8 25 30 241 251 271 30 99 101 103 106 105 107 11 2{ 21 1 8 1 id 14 1 tl lit. 14 2 4 3 4 1 i d i 1 10 15 , - 4 par 49 51 79 81 13 15 d ip 21 22 51 8 52 541 1204/ 35 130 31 I I 10 11 BRITISH MINES. Closing Business Share Mines. Paid, Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philaok) 2.11.10 21 3 ' British Iron Clifford — 29 305 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 440 450 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 874 924 East Caradon E. WI Russ! (Tavlstk ) 7.4.0 111 111 Gam.& St.Aubyn(G wen ) 544 35 38 Great South Tolgus. —17 s 141 G.WhealAlfd.(Phillackl 12.8.9 1 i G. Wheal Vor (Helston 94 . Grenville 5.4.6 21 21 Herod's-Foot 8.12.0 30 32 31 Hingston Downs 4.7.0 21- 44 Lady Bertha Margaret ( tiny Lelant) 9l 42 45 North Downs North France s ( Mogan) 11 31 41 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) 5 5 51 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 8 9 10 Par Consols (St. Blazy) ll 121 13 ! Providence (Uny Lelat) 10.6.7 44 45 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 12s 1 1 SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) 11 300 310 3021 5 South C. Brea( Illogan). 3 21 24 1 S.Dev. Iron & Gen. Min. all 1/ 11 S .Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 140 150 140 Stray Park 20.18.0 21 26 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 4B 3 31 10 Tin Croft 9 41 41 44 Vale of Towey (Cann ) 13s 6d 1 1 West Basset (Illogan) 24 20 21 W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 88 90 West Seton -- Wheal Basset (Illogan) 5l 145 155 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 871 921 Wheal Edward (Cals.) 6l 11 1/ Wheal Kitty(ll. Lelan t 1.7.2 16 17 _l6l Wh'lMaryAnn (Men he 8 20 21 Wh'l Trelawney (Lisk. 51 38 31 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian . i 3 1 Bon AccordCoPper,Lim. 15s d par 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.' 273 - 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. all 23 24 233 5 Do.L and and MimngCo. all 1 Clarendon Cons.Min.Co. # d 40 Cobra Copper all 43 15 44 Copial>o l6 11 •13 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Cc all I 2 Fortuna 20 General all 28 25 $33 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 d p 13 Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 3 Linares all 101 113 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all i 1 tt RhmeCop. of S.Aus.L 10s. 3d p 20 PontgibaudSilver, Lead . 1 1 Scottish Australn. (L.) los d par MiningP hllp 28.2.8 i United Mexican i and Smelt all 5 5 Port all 11 21 1 Worthing' (Limited) all 1 Do. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedServioeßk 50 75 77 40 Australasia all 74 74 25 Bank of Egypt all 213 223 211 100 Bank of London 5O 51 53 20 Bank of Turkey 3 59 , British North American all 20 iChtd. Bank of India. (to all 191 203 20 3 25 Ch.Mer.of In. Lon.&Ch all 31 33 100 ;City - - 100 Col onial 25 37 38 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of London 2O 19 21 20 Eng , Scot., & Aus. Ch all 161 17 20 Gen Bk. of Switzerland all 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 224 23 23 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 100 London & Westminster 2O —53 a 100 Nat. Prov. of England 35 20 Do. new lO 50 National Bank 25 20 New South Wales 25 Orient .11k. Corporation all -- 20 Ottoman Bank „ all 17 18 100 Provincial of Ireland .. 25 IQDo. New .. .. ....... all —.— 25 South Australis: all 25 Union of Australia all 50 Union of LondAS tte toe '— 109 ( laity ?kWh.. ..... 00 7111 S DAY'S MARKETS. COVENT-GARDEN. The show of most kinds of produce continues limited Generally speaking, the trade is firm, as follows FRITIT. s. d. s. d. Pine apples, perlblo otol2 0 Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 0 Grapes, per lb 15 oto 20 0 Foreign do 2 oto 4 0 3reions, each Peaches, perdoz 0 oto 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 Apples, per hf. sv. 2 oto 6 0 Pears, per doz 5 oto 8 0 Oranges, per 100 4 oto 9 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6to 7 0 Apricots. per doz 0 oto 0 0 s. d. s. d Cherries, per lb 0 0 to 0 0 Filberts, per lb 1 0 to 1 6 Cobnuts, per lb 0 0 to 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 0 to 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 0 to 0 0 Figs, per dos 0 0 to 0 0 Strawberries p oz 1 6 to 2 6 Gooseberries hfsv 0 0 to 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 0 to 0 0 Plums, per do. Greengages, pr do. 0 0 to 0 o Raspberries, pr ptlo 0 to 0 0 VEGET. Greens, dz bunch 6 oto 7 0 Cabbages, pr doz. 2 oto 3 0 Savoy do., pr do. 0 ' Ato 0 0 Cauliflowers, pdz 2 oto 4 0 Brocoli, per bh 0 10 to 1 3 Old potatoes,p ton 90 to 110 0 New ditto, per pun 0 9to 1 0 Peas, per 4 sieve 15 oto2o 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 2 6 Carrots, pr do 5 6to 6 6 Cucumbers 9 6 to 3 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Spinach, hf.-sv 1 oto 1 6 spiouts, h.s. 3 oto 3 6 Old onions, hf. sv. 1 3to 1 6 New do., tit bun 0 oto 0 0 French beans, 100 2 oto 3 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 0 BLEB. Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 3 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 4to 0 8 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 6 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 4 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 8 4 Mushrooms,p pun 0 9to 1 6 Artichokes, pr dz 2 oto 3 0 ' Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0 Endive, per score 1 oto 1 6 Radishes, dz 'lnds 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, hf sve 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Chilies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 3to 1 0 Asparagus, pr do. 4 oto 8 0 Seakale, per pun. 1 0 to 1 6 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to lOs Od; poults, Os Od to Os Od each; geese, 6s Od to 8s Od ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducklings, 2s Od to 2s 9d; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each; wild do., 8d to is Od ; pigeons, 8d to is Od each ; large Surrey fowls, 88 Od to 14s Od ; chickens, 75 Od to lOs Od ; bztrn-door 48 Od to 8s Od ; capons, 4s 6d ; hares, 28 Od to 2s 6d ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os tols 6d ; woodcocks, 3s Od to Os Od; snipes, Os 9d to 1 s Od; teal, Os 10d to is 6d ; wild ducks, 3s Od to 2s 6d; widgeons, is Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to is Od each ; guinea fowls, 5i Od to 6s Od ; roasting pigs, 48 Od to 8s Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is Id ; English, is 2d to is 4d per lb ; English eggs, 7s Od to Os Od ; French do. Os Od to Os Od per 120 ; leverets, Os Od to O s Od each. , NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s Gd to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 4s 10d to bs 10d; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; and pork, 3s Gd to 4s 10d per Blbe. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4e ; mutton, 38 4d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 48 10d to 58 10d ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; pork, 3s 6d to 48 8d per 81bs. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is 9d to 2s Od; trout, Os Od to Os ; eels, 8d to is ; prawns, 5s Od to Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halib u t, 6d p m lb. Turbots, 3s Od to 15s ; cod, 2s Od to 7s Od ; brills, 2s Od to 7s Od ; doreys, 2s Od too 5s Od ; mullets, Os 6d to is Od ; lobsters, is to 3s Od ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d,; plaice and gurnets, 4d to is Od each; soles, 4d to 2s 6d per pair; common oysters, 16s to 20s ; natives, 44s to —s per bushel ; whitings, 6s Od to 10g Od ; haddocks, 6s to 108 Od ; smelts, 3s Od ; flounders, Os Od to Os Od per dozen; mackerel, 365; fresh herrings, ss; bloaters, 8s to —s per 100; carp and tench, is Od to 3s per brace, BREAD The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from ;d to Bd, of household do., 6d to 7d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. • Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 4id to 4id ; 641 b to 721 b, 4} d to 41421 ; 721 b to 801 b, 41,1 to 5d ; 801 b to 881 b, 5d t o Sad ; 881 b to 961 b, sfd to 6d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 6d to bid. Horse hides, 9s Od to I is Od ; calf skins, light 2s 6d to 5s Od; do. full, 8s Od to —s Od ; polled sheep, —s Od to —s Od ; half-breds, 9s Od to 10s 3d ; Downs, 6s 9d to 8s 6d ; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, is 4d to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.-Meadow hay, £3 Os to £5 Os Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 7s to £1 14s per load. Trade rather active ; prime qualities very dear. Supplies moderate. CUMBERLAND..—MeadOW hay, £3 Os to £5 Os ; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 88 to £1 16s per lead. Trade firm. WHITEcHAPEL.--Meadow hay, £3 Os to £5 .03 Od ; Clover £4 53 to £slss ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 12s per load. A steady demand for both hay and straw, at our quo tations. COAL MARK (Prima of Coal per Ton at d. ET—APRIL 20. the close of the market) `Palle End. Byass's Bebside West Hartley .....17 0 Howard's West Hart- 5. d . Acorn Close 21 6 Eden 21 6 Hmel , swell - 12 Kelloe 2l 6 Hartlepool.... 22 0 Cassop .. 21 9 leiper Grange ........21 9 South Hartlepool 21 0 Whitworth ...16 0 Carway and Duth7n Malting . 23 0 t, 35—Sold, 20. ~ Buddle's West Hartleyl7 0 HastinksHartley l7 0 Holywell 15 9 Walker Primrose 14 0 Wylam l6 0 Walls End. Framwellgate .... 21 6 Braddyll's Raton ..... 21 0 I Ships at mark, ' COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 16f 11 16 Antwerp Brussels — 25 35 25 421 Hamburgh Paris Ditto .. . 3 Months. 25 37/ 2.5 45 Marseilles — 25 421 25 471 Frankfort on Maine — 1171 1171, Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 341 34 i Madrid - 49/ . 491 Cadiz —49 a Leghorn _ 30 4 7/ 30 52 1 Milan — 25 45 25 50 Genoa — 25 45 25 50 Naples Palermo - 1211 122 Messina —121 f Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro — • • • • - New York — .. • • Foreign Gold in-Bars (Standard)....per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars 1, 0 5 2 Silver in Bars (Standard) l9 0 5 11 South American Doublons THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. townorr, April 21.—Wind this day at noon. North- Westerly; strong breeze, and fine weather, but cloudy at intervkls. NEWPORT, April 20.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Hen drika, frem Rotterdam for Singapore; Eva Johanna, from Rotterdam for Hong Kong. Sailed—Tranqueban, for Bahia. SOUTHAMPTON, April 20.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Cey lon, steamer, for Alexandria. QUEENSTOWN, April 19.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Virago, from Plymouth. PORTSMOUTH, April 20.—Wind W. to N.N.E.—Arrived —Her Majesty's steamer Firebrand, from the Channel Islands. CLYDE, April 21.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Toronto, for Singapore. GRIMSBY, April 20.—Wind N.—Sailed.—Prince Albert, for Quebec. WATERFORD, April 18.—Wind N.E. -Arrived—ltu gina, rrow Q.obpo. DOVER., April 20.—Wind N.—Arrived—Lesslng, from Buenos:Ayres for Bremen. OFF NEWHAVEN, April 20.—Wind N.E.—Arrived— John Hillman, from Buenos Ayres. OFF QUEENSTOWN, April 21.—Arrived—Tornado, from Bombay for Liverpool, short of provisions. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Wind N. Arrived, April 20.—Hero, from St. Malo ; Nancy, from Sunderland. Arrived, April 21.—Argyll, steamer ; Wonder, steamer, from Havre. Sailed, April 20—Charlotte, for Guernsey ; Dispatch, steamer, for Jersey; Alliance, steamer, for Havre; Ceylon, steamer, for Alexandria ; Edward and Martha for Sunder land. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) . _ _ GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Wind N.W. ; tide second hour's flood, weather fine. Arrived, April 20—Esther, from North Sea; Matilda, from Gothenburg. Sailed, April 21—Triton, steamer, for Calais. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Wind N.N.W. ; moderate. Passed—Elizabeth, from London, for Buenos Ayres. Sailed—Mencuis and Agricola, for London, both in tow; and Times, for Bremen. , EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—A singular attempt at self-destruction is described by the 8/4 field Telegraph as having occurred a few weeks back. A man named Jas. Axon, aged 45 years, went to the cemetery gates, and asked permission to go into the grounds to seethe grave of his mother. Ho was refused admission, whereupon he threatened to avenge himself by committing suicide. He went to some lads who were playing a short distance off, and told them he was going to hang himself, if he could only find a likely spot for the job. Thelads, too anxious to see the fun of the thing, helped him to seek a place for the purpose, and Ihe party adjourned into a nEighbouring grass field. A fine strong tree, with a good stout bough, here rewarded their research, and the man very methodically proceeded to tie hie handkerchief and a cord together and attached them to the branch above. He divided his half pence among the boys, and told the senior of the party not to cut him down till he whistled. The lad promised to do so, and Axon attached the cord to his neck and flung him self into the air. He had no sooner done so than blood gushed from his nose and mouth, and without waiting for the signal, the lad cut the rope, and the would-be suicide came sprawling to the earth. His first words were a sound blackguarding to the boys around him, and an indignant remonstrance to the eldest of them for not waiting as he had promised ; but the boy gave information to a policeman who happened to be close by, and Axon was taken into custody. Stk 204 204 10 100 I 100 106 174 20 Stook 100 Stock 20 Sto. Stock 100 100 100 100 100 Stock 18 i 1131 1 14 99} f 911 21 Stock Itock Stock 21 i 49 79f f f 46 I 87; 81 71 1000 Stook Stock Stock 100 Stock 1110 112 '207 210 63 65 115 120 96 98 21 3 Business Done. MEN 100 100 100 100 100 10C 100 100 106 100 100 102 1i 101 Sit t 92t 71 NI 1 981 71 all all all 1100 1 all all all all 100 100 100 :TISB. 105/ i e 2} I • - .1°.- A GIBIRALTAR.• Our advices from Gibraltar by the Peninsular and Oriental C.nr pang's steamship China, Captain J. K. Joy, which arrived at Southampton yesterday mordng, after landing her mails at Plymouth, where she put in for coal, are to the 12th inst. Her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert, Capt the Hon. Joseph Denman, arrived at Gibraltar on the Bth inst., having made the voyage from Ports. mouth in three days and nine hours, the shortest passage on record.. The object of the cruise was to test the super-heating apparatus with which the yacht has been recently fitted. The Victoria and Albert took in about 400 tons of coal at the New Mole, and left on her return to Portsmouth, touch ing at Cadiz. The French screw steamships of the line Re doubtable, Imperial, and Algeciras, forming the division of the squadron of evolution under the command of Rear-Admiral Paris, arrived at G:bral tar on the morning of the 9th, under sail from );rest, and anchored in the roadstead of Algeciras. Shortly after anchoring, the flagship exchanged salutes with the Spanish garrison. The squadron left Al geciras roadstead for Toulon, to join Admiral Sehenne's squadron, on the forenoon -of the 1 1 th. As the Algeciras (flagship) steamed past the for tress of Gibraltar, her Majesty's screw-frigate Doris, at anchor in the Bay, saluted the flag of Rear-Admiral Paris, which was duly acknowledged by the Algeciras. The Spanish sailing line-of-battle ship Rey Fran. cisco, of 84 guns, Captain Ramon Perry, recently arrived from the Havannah, joined Adniiral Bus tillo's squadron off Algeciras on the 2d. The Swedish Consul-General, M. de Ehrenboff, has left Gibraltar for Tangier in the sailing corvette Lagerbjelk, to resume his official duties in that city. Admiral Mundy's squadron, consisting of the Hannibal (flag•ship), Capt. Conolly ; the Renown, Capt. Forbes ; the Agamemnon, Capt. Hope ; the James Watt, Capt. Codd . ; and the Scylla, Capt; Lambert, sailed from Gibraltar at 2 p.m. on the 10th .for the eastward. The following British merchant steamers had arrived at Gibraltar since last advices :—April 6, the Rhone, Capt. R. Joy, 8 days from Liverpool, with general cargo for Genoa, Leghorn sand Naples ; she experienced very rough weather on the passage and lost three men overboard; 7th, the Euphrosyne, Capt. W. S. Folland, 9 days from Liverpool, with general cargo for Malta and Alex andria ; Bth, the Tiber, Capt. D. Richards, 7 days from Liverpool, with general cargo for Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexandria; same day, the Atlantic, Capt. A. Horsfall, 6 days from Liverpool, with general cargo for Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexandria;' 10th, the Marathon, Capt. W. M'Arthur, 41 days from Liverpool, with general cargo for Malta and Constantinople ; same day, the Gibraltar, Capt W. Hall, 9 days from London and 21 for Vigo, with general cargo and 90 bullocks for Gibraltar ; 11th, the Albanian, Captain R. Power, 51 days from Liverpool, with general cargo for Genoa, Leghorn, and Naples. The American bark Lillias, Capt. Gilmore, from New Orleans and Algeciras, laden with cotton and rum for Trieste, had called at Gibraltar : the mate was wounded at sea •by one of the sailors, who was in irons. The Prussian steamer Boug, Captain A. Alliman, six days from London, bound for Malta and Con stantinople, with a general cargo, arrived at Gib raltar on the 10th inst. The British brig Curlew, Captain G. Devon, 32 days from London, arrived at Gibraltar on the 9th, and the British schooner Bezabel, Captain W. Vincent, 24 days from London, on the 12th, both laden with Government stores. The British barque Chance, which left Cadiz on the 27th ult., with salt for Newfoundland, put back to that port on the Bth inst. in a leaky state. Freights at Gibraltar were quoted as follow :-- Brazil and RiVer Plate, 12 dols per ton, and 10 per cent.; Gulf of Mexico and Havanna.h, 12 dols—per ton, and 10 per cent. ; Malta, Leghorn, Gallus, and Marseilles, 4 dols and 5 dols per ton, and 5 per cent. ; lead at less. Latest quotations of exchange stood as under : London, 90 days' date, 501- ; Paris, ditto, 5f 30e; Marseilles, ditto, 5f 31c ; Genoa, ditto, 5f 320 ; Ma drid, 8 days' sight, 1 to !, dis. ; Cadiz, ditto, par ; Malaga, ditto, 8 pm.; Seville, ditto, dis. ; Ali cante, I dis. ; Valencia, i t dis. ; Barcelona, par. Spanish Pillared Dollars 3 per cent. premium—no demand. 2111? 117,1171.. A letter from Malta, dated April 15, says : "The following are her Majesty's ships in port : —Marlborough (flag of Vice-Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief ), Victor Emmanuel, Neptune, St. Jeane d'Aere, and Cressy, line-of-bat tle ships; Amphion, frigate; Medina, Tartarus, and Firefly, surveying steamers; Boxer and Assu rance, gunboats; Caradoc, despatch boat; Hiber nia, receiving ship ; and Harpy, tug. The Tartarus is being dismantled, prior to being sold by public auction. Moorings are being prepared here for six line-of-battle ships,—four from Gibraltar—namely, the Hannibal, Renown, James Watt, and Agamem non; the Caesar, from Naples ; and the L on d on , from Corfu. The division from Gibraltar is reported to have left for Malta on the 10th of April, the Scylla also in company. The Amphion, steam fri gate, arrived at Malta from Queenstown and Gibral tar, with 75 supernumeraries fol the fleet, on the 9th of April. The Assurance, gunboat, is under orders for Alessina." Rear-Admiral Sir H. B. Martin, K.C.8., on taking up his appointment as . Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean fleet yesterday, hoisted his flag, blue at the mizen, on board the receiving ship Fisgard, at Woolwich. A salute of 13 rounds, correspond ing with the Admiral's rank, was immediately fired from the guns of the Fisgard, and the flag was hauled down to be transferred to the Melpomene, for Malta. Commander Henry R. Wratislaw yesterday took up his commission and hoisted his pendant at Wool wich on board the new pattern screw schooner Ranger, fitting for the West Coast of Africa. The majority of the officers are appointed and have joined the commander at Woolwich ; and the crew, many of whom were previously known to the com mander, are rapidly entering at the appointed ren dezvous, the Ship Hotel. The Ranger is expected to sail about the middle of next month. Instructions having been received at Woolwich from the Board of Admiralty, requiring a detailed specification of the name and description of every ship fitted out or repaired in that yard for commis sion, reserve, &c., during the financial year 1858-9, the account was. on Wednesday completed and transmitted for Parliamentary inquiry. The clerks selected for that duty have been uninterruptedly engaged since the 2d of March, and during the last few weeks they have devoted a great portion of the night to the task, although the regulations of the service admit of no compensation. • The Arethusa, 50, has been safely docked in No. 3 dock at Chatham dockyard, notwithstanding that at the time she was being hauled in on Thursday there was a violent gale blowing right into the dock from the north-east. She will be at once cut in two and considerably lengthened, and altered into a screw frigate. The caulkers have commenced caulking the screw corvette Orpheus, 21, at Chatham. The iron-plated floating battery Thunderbolt, 16, 200-horse power, is to be thoroughly repaired at Chatham, and all her defects made good, as it is expected that she will be required during the ex periments ordered to be made with the Whitworth guns. The paddlewheel steam surveying vessel Porcu pine, 3, Capt. H. C. Otter, went from Hamoaze on Thursday into Plymouth Sound, and had her coin , passes adjusted. She is under sailing orders. The screw steamship Royal George,lo2, at Key ham steamyard, having had her machinery taken out, was placed in No. 2 dock on Thursday to be cut down to a two-decker. The screw steamship Royal Albert, 121, Captain Henry J. Lacon, is under the sheers in Keyhava steamyard, Plymouth. Her .funnel has been re moved, and preparations are snaking for lifting out her old boilers. She will go into dock when the Hero comes out. Fifty shipwrights, 12 labourers, 13 smiths, and one plumber are to be discharged from the Devon port dockyard to-day (Saturday). The crew of the screw steam-sloop Atalanta, 16, Commander Thomas M. S. Pasley, at Devonport, will be paid off on Tuesday next. The vessel will be placed in ordinary. The screw steam gun-vessel Espoir, 6, was taken out of the lock at Keyham steamyard on Thursday, and placed at her moorings in Hamoaze. The crew of the sailing line-of-battle ship Indus, 78, Captain W. K. Hall, C. 8., were paid off at Ply mouth on Thursday morning, in the presence of , Rear-Admiral Sir T. S. Pasley, ' They are a fine seamanlike set of fellows,and were sober and orderly. The Marines were marched to their barracks, headed by a band. The gunboats Biter and Sheithake were taken out of No. 2 dock at Keyham on Thursday and placed in the basin. The Firebrand, 6, paddle, Commander James M. Bruce, has sailed from Portsmouth to Guernsey to bring over •the head-quarters of the 19th Brigade Royal Artillery. The Flying Fish, 6, screw, Commander C. W. Hope, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from Devonport r with supernumeraries. The Victoria, 121, screw, was undocked yester day at Portsmouth from No. 7 dock, and berthed in the steam basin. The Forte, 51, screw, flagship of Rear-Admiral Hon. Sir H. Keppell, was yesterday placed in the steam basin at Portsmouth, and will go into No. 7 dock to-day, to remedy the leak in her stern. The_ Bacchante's detachment of Royal Alarines embarked at Portsmouth yesberday. A second disturbance took place with t he Ma ri:, es on board her Majesty's ship Edgar, at Spithead, on Thursday evenin o , -. A nuinber of them were Lent pi iioners to the flag-ship yesterday InOrning. The Decoy and Blazer gunboats were yesterday launched from the gunboat yard and slipway at Haslar, at high water, and two other gunboats, the Angler and Fancy, afterwards hauled up and placed beneath the vacant sheds. The time occupied in removing each boat from its shed with its cradle, placing it on the transporting platform, transfer, ing it on to the launching cradle, thence to the water, and finally returning the vessel's cradl e t o t h e s h ed whence it was originally taken, was 69 minutes ; but this must not be taken as a faint, st of the time it would take to launch any of the boats which might be required for service, as the two hots i t the present instance were already taken off their blocks and set up on their ciadles in readiness for the operation. To select any one of the 47 boats— say, one at either end of the line—Ns ould occupy nearly four hours, instead of only 69minutes as yes terday. The plan, pn the whole, is good ; but a small outlay would greatly simplify the present method of working, and afford a great saving in time. At this time there are 47 gunboats, beside mortar ves sels, hauled up at Haslar yard. Twenty-two of these vessels have been repaired at a great cost and with the exception of coppering, are ready for launching. Nine vessels are under repair. Four teen are waiting examination and repairs, five of which are uncoppered, the remainder being cop pered. The remaining two vessels are th e F ancy and the Angler, hauled up yesterday. This yard was formed at the conclusion of th e Russian war, for the storing and preservation of the gunboats_ which had been built by contract by various pri vate builders during that war. The first boat was hauled up, we believe, on the lstof January, 1857. Shortly afterwards more vessels were added, the boats were stripped of their copper, and it was supposed that this was the most sensible plan which could have been taken for their preservation. It was not long, however, before it was discovered that the vessels required repairs, and in some instances they were rather extensive. It was at the time stated that this decay in the vessels arose from the fact of their being stripped of their copper, and being set up high and dry on the bloCks, asd thus exposing the planking of their bottoms to the action of the air-draughts underneath the sheds. This necessi tated the employment of a number of shipwrights, &c., under an experienced officer, for their repairs, which have been carried on, and, as before stated., 22 vessels have been rendered fit for service, with the exception of eoppering. Late investigations have, however, pointed to another source as the cause of the decay of the vessels.. Some of the cop pered gunboats which had been kept afloat having been hauled up had on examination been found far more defective than those were which had been stored beneath the sheds, and the only conclusion which can be arrived at is that the whole of our gunboats afloat are unfit for service. Of the nine vessels now under repair not one but bears the marks of having - been constructed with the most reckless disregard to quality of material. Take two of them, two of the coppered class, which have been kept afloat, as an illustration of what may be ex pected from the 40, or thereabouts, which yet re main to be examined at Portsmouth alone. They stand on their blocks stripped of their planking, and scarcely a sound piece of wood can be seen about them, every part bearing the marks of " sap," and some of their ribs are completely enveloped with it; the pressure of the hand upon their frame crumbles it into dust. The white fungus matter grows over all, and nothing remains but decay.- - The contract price of these vessels is said to have amounted to about £5,000 for each hull alone, and, if so, the cost of repairing each of the two vessels we have named must amount to about £3,500. Taking one of the of tho repairs of tho boats which have been hauled up for preservation, it will be found that in her case labour and material amount to about £1,400. The copper bolts, too, in one of the boats, which ought to have gone chart through and been clinched on each side, were found to have been changed into,'short ends, of about two inches, driven in on each side. In the midst of all this decay there are two boats, which have been examined and repaired, which ars declared by the authorities to hare been constructed in a manlier creditable to their builder both as regards lalour and material ; but it is said the doing so nearly en tailed their builder's ruin. They are named re spectively the Earnest and the Escort. One con soling reflection is left—the machinery of all the boats is believed to be in good condition. In an other port of Haslar yard eight iron and 12 wooden mortar boats are in position on blocks underneath temporary sheds, and it must naturally be expected that the latter will prove to be as defective as the gunboats have. Rear-Admiral Sir T. S. Pasley, Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard, accompanied by Com mander Brown, master attendant, and Commander Paul, assistant, were _conveyed from Ilameaze, on Thursday, in the paddle-wheel steam tug Confiance to Mount Batten to witness the second attempt to float the stranded transport Havering from the rocks. 1 his attempt was also unsuccessful, although she had in addition to the four old gun brigs a Go Ternment mooring lighter attached to her stern and another to her bow, both of which were hauled down until the water covered the fore part of their docks. Four hundred seamep s ivere in attendance. A strong easterly wind continues to cut the tide, and the brigs, which are almost em pt y, i nstead of lifting the ship, cant over till they immerse their topsides, which are leaky. A Board of Trade inquiry was opened on Thursday before Major Templar and Colonel Langmead, county magis trates, at Stonehouse ; Capt. H arr i s ass i sted, and Mr. 0 , Dowd, solicitor, was in attendance. Capt. Rickaby deposed that the Havering had three bower anchors o f about 3 cwt : eac h . The chain cables were 14 inch, and 125 fathoms long. In October, 1858, she rode out a very heavy gale on the Goodwin Sands with the same anchors and cables, the port one only being down, when there were 600 troops on board ~ and 500 ton s o f cargo . A ship-of war of 120 tons has a chain cable of 1 inch ; 913 tons, 1 inch, and 1,082 tons the same size as the Havering, which registered 906 tons. Mr. Mulley, district surveyor to Lloyds, stated that by Lloyds' rules the ca bl es were of the proper sire ; in his opinion a law should be passed which would make the testing a ship's cables compulsory. The Court adjourned until yesterday. One of the old brigs, the Express, wont down alongside the Havering on Thursday night. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Thomas Bowen, master, additional, to the Chesapeake ; George B. F. Swain, master, to the Chesapeake; James Kiddie, master, to the Algiers; Benjamin J. Hooper, master, additional, to the Forte; and Henry Col lins, master's assistant, to the Forte. THE ARMY. The mounted troop of the Royal Engineer Train, with the horses and stores, under the commani of Capt. R. Duff, R.E., commenced the march yester day from Chatham to Aldershott camp, to go into their summer quarters. They will be succeeded at Chatham by a portion of the Royal Artillery, wh o are to occupy that part of Brompton Barracks va cated by the Royal Engineer Train. One of the cast-iron contract guns, a 6i-inch bore, rifled for experimental purposes, under Sir W. Armstrong's system, and hooped according to a late suggestion ordered to be adopted by the War Department, was on Thursday fired at a proof-butt, powder and a 1401 b. W o olwich, loaded w w i e t m h ase l t( 6 7 l l b doa . or o oe f fd r t ifl o i b n e g a an s d ev h e o re op o i l o i a cj s i t i h n e de a r d . op T ti h o o n o te f s t t h g cast-iron guns would mainly depend on the result. The gun bore the trial well up to the 36th round, when it burst into fragments. A DIPLOMATIC BLUNDER.—Yesterday morning was issued Part V. of " Further Correspondence relating to the Affairs of Italy." It consists -bf a correspondence re specting the publication in a Parliamentary paper of the report of a conversation on the annexation of Savoy and Nice, which took place between the Baron Schleinitz, the Pinssian Minister and the Prince de la Tow d'Auvergne. This conversation was confidentially communicated to Lord Bloomfield by Baron Schleinitz ' and by his lordship made known to Lord John Russell. The baron expresses him self as greatly annoyed by the publication of the conversa tion, and intimates that the practice of publishing de spatches for the information of Parliament is carried to such an extent in this country that ho must hereaftv r be more reserved in his intercourse with the English AT nbas sador Lord John Russell in reply instructs Lord Yileem field rto express to Baron Schlemitz his (tho 'foreign MinMter's) regret that the paper in question shqiald have betra published. }; _..._.,,~ r: ,d 'ere the tvi for one for- )use the me. free, fty- trrel been ick was crice mod ,ugg gin. ggle dead I, by for a a hie iottle lingo pite, The 1 hie had the lo I ad 'ollid ve to Ho .ctico ,and , but r the ialiso n the r the rsued t the d did who Ited- ioner 16. or d no could )itor, Nie 1, to ref* but° ,kern rade r, in and lido do- bate as 0 win - p et hash to the ilic - )not co' a of It to 12i 10 Stock Stock Stock' 50 Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stack Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 12 10 Stock 10 Stock, Stock Stock ~--, -