The Sun. — London, England, 1866-03-15 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL tP:i TEL LIGENCat. TWELVE O'CLOCK. REDUCTION IN THE BANK OF ENGLAND RATE OF DISCOUNT. The directors of the Bank of England have re duced their rate of discount from 7 to 6 per cent. The event has occasioned but little discussion as the measure had generally been expected, and there is now a well-founded hope that with the easier con dition of the money market trade will be largely and profitably expanded. In the open money market the inquiry for accom modation is very moderate, and the charge of the brokers has been reduced to 5i per cent. for the best short-dated paper. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this date, are in round figures as under 1866. 1865. Great Western £64,015 £61,554 North Western ... ... 105,418 99,911 South Western ... ... 21,300 20,082 Brighton ... ... 16.251 15,168 Midland ... 48,539 44,789 South Eastern ... ... 19,071 17,551 Great Northern ... 33,765 33,640 Lancashire and Yorkshire 42,780 37,260 Bristol and Exeter ... ... 5,880 5,582 North Eastern ... ... 64,474 59,066 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln ... 19,648 17,584 London, Chatham, and Dover ... ... 7,840 6,748 These returns, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, show some very satisfactory results. On the Great Western there is an increase of £2,461, on the North Western of £5,507, on the South Western of £1,218, on the Brighton of £1,083, on the Midland of £3,750, on the South Eastern of £1,520, on the Great North ern of £125, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £5,52 0, on the Bristol and Exeter of £298, on the North Eastern of £5,480, on the Manchester, Shef field, and Lincoln of £2,064, and on the London, Chatham, and Dover of £1,092. The Great Eastern, however, shows a decrease of £1,300. Two O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's telegram the French Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 69f. 67c. Quiet. The following are now the rates for money on deposit accounts :-4* per cent. for money at call, 5 per cent. for seven days, and 51 per cent. for fourteen days' notice of withdrawal. There has been very little animation in the English Stock Market. Prices generally show no important alteration, but the Funds continue firm. Consols are 878 1 for money, and 871 f for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 85* 1 ; Exchequer Bills, par ; India Stock, 208 ; and ditto 5 per Cents., 1028 ! Foreign Stocks have been dealt in to a rather large extent, and prices generally exhibit firmness. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 381 ; Mexican, 221 4 ; do. New, 201 21 ; Greek, 15} 16 ; Spanish Passive, 2 g 4 ; the Certificates, 161 8 ; Italian, 61* 4 ; the Confederate Loan, 68 ; Brazilian Scrip, 28 prem. Egyptian Railway Scrip, j 1 prem. ; and Chilian Loan, 21 3* prem. United States Government 6-20 Bonds, 718 1; Erie Shares, 57i ; and Illinois, 801 8. Business in the Railway Share Market has been more animated, and prices generally are a shade higher. Great Eastern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and South Western have each improved ss. ; Brighton, 10s. ; and North Western, 15s. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without Change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue in moderate request, at, in some instances, rather im proved prices. Alliance are dealt in at 288 ; Lon don and County, at 76f ; London Financial, at 10 / ; National Discount Company, at 14 14 ; Joint Stock Discount at 108 dis. ; and Overend, Gurney, and Co., at 171 8 ; Anglo-American Tele graph Company shares are quoted f prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK, . GCVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 Der Cent. Consols ... B7l 1 Do. Account, April 5 per Cent. Reduced B5l 1 ew 3 1 per Cent Bs} 1 New 2 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A Do . 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — "la.,.,luities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 "0. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — ~,' Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — 'hequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per 'Cent. — Do, £5OO par p DO £lOO and £2OO "allic of England Stock, 5 per Cent MAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 1b.1,-• -- ,—...c Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 2OB " 0 . 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Cent., Oct. 1888 " 0 . Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 p er C ent , Jan. 1872 . 5i- per Cent., May 1879 — Do. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 D O . Bonds, £l,ooo — " 0, under £l,OOO braziliauFsOßElGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pm Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 per Cent 97 D O. dii- per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 ~., Do. 1865 — DO Account 741 xd D Do. Scrip, £35 paid "nenoe Ayres 6 per Cent D,O. Account ,"0 £ICO Bonds Cu, ... Li( ' 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Nivalian 3 per Cent 00D 41 per Cent r— t,nibtan 6 nor Cent. il be, 6 per C ent.' knish 3 n Per Cent., b& tibia . P u ubtarincipalities lB2s — tki D 0 'A c , COUn 4 , Ilador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — E °.? Provisional Land Warrant V,Ptian 7 per Cent — " 0 ., Second Issue — Do £lOO Bonds , Do. 1864 93f i .„"0 £lOO B o nds •vo. Government Railway Debentures — (1 b O . £l5 paid pm Dot 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons tt,..u;)00.: Coupons c ee e o e t t eian p l tetnala 5 per Cent. 5 per Cent, 1865 • Account 77 1 1 :-'0. Maremmana Railway 't?ciean 3 per Cent .) 0. Account ~ Do 1864 4 -'0 6 per Cent. Anglo-French ront9videan 6 per Cent., £3O paid — Z r ish Imperial 5 per Cent "e ovi, Granada P ° 2 per Cent — " 0 Deferred — Ei o Land Warrants (Hectares) 1 2 , 6 ,ker Cent, 1864 — I" ° kila ttuvian 5 per Ce ranteed, 4 nt perlB6s Cent — , — te• Account 1) ? 8 per Cent. (Uribarren) — 1 3 0 , 4 u per Cent., 1862 eq guess 3 per Cent., 1853 ° l,, Per Cent., 451 nt., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, • bo.. A.ecoun 6 -44 • o 4 rs la l 5 per Cent., 1822, £St BBl 1); li per Cent. 1850 • . I. i• per Per Cent., 1860 D" 8 pex Cent. 1859 — " 5 Per Cent. 1862 9Ol 1 b ar d ° l 5 Per Cent. 1864 — S i , Jatan 5 per Cent D 4Bll 3 per Cent 0 Account D b ° 1 : 1 :7 Deferred — ° D 0 Passivel, ount 6:10 Account 2Bl 11 l a P i sh Cert. o f C ou p no t f un d e d l6l f tlw 0 Account it', 4 per Cent. l'urki SU i l Cent. 1864 th 6 per Cent. 1854 93 _ ~,--00 Account— 'un° 6 per C en t . 1858 4-'0 Account — bo £lOO Bonds _ _ ,-. 13 ° Per Cent. 1862 ,1-10 Account 68 ,1 i J-)i3O £lOO Bonds 64 9} ' I V ~.6 per Cent.,1863 — Do° 0 per Cent , 1865, paid up Scrip —3B Account . _ V• 4 per Cent. Guaranteed eeezuela 3 per Cent. — DO-Ditto account — ~\ 6 per Cent., 1862 4,0. Account - -r, Do. 1864 — ' - ' 0 - 11 per Cent — 4tvit bividends on the above payable in London. p e ,i •Pf. l l, 5 par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins ii'''' 2 1 - Pe' equt., Ex. 12 Guil _ 1,,, ° 1 per Cent. Certificates _ I,' elleh 'lentos 3 per Cent. Autlian 5 per Cent 1861, Ex. 25f. . 1 - 1 ° -, Account 6ll i Consols for money TWO O'CLOCK. 871- I i D o Acco uu 871 rlat ch 14. horning, attended General lace last rty given Princess al High" norning, o'clock. !ded the -6. a l gseote he Hon• irroon 1U %bind of in r egard the Ails" At the t to bear nterven ster, the vented to ctremiti, upon lost by rrule th e listnarck, e prOCea ght tha t arrange" whic h Ld'Wed to )IStein to ntempla nark, for t i ona litY' w ated by -tblic opl is on /11° Is as Ye', rs of the i ce to tbc, ers ture pected t° °vino , " r prot est ' eandic l3 ; hied, an d podar or m ost dis" kn° °; of their their ew- ,o has the wo arc' - b. T he/ ay as "3e, . e Bishop 3d for th e .ated they w ith t he ;alto aq Ice. ileroP ll° . ° l t rl ,„ nd of tj ' a v her epee,, ay, tivhzc ing• DI d Tavy , Fenn, -h . engin es ; the frig a ' t a td steaorie ds of 0 SPith e : a i re gene a It a se c°l3 f al trials loll:Ito:1 131 this rale ,nd Prl kill 5. t 6tiSfaCtOrlof a de ill ► ard the 13° by c o n, trucl; Lave oQ day whic h r d on l Y f eo iment ,Their : ' l6 * ect• rest°l7 an ' a rker , One I. rOra " al gArw women, ter, ondaY 3 16th ttali° A li e' men/ Icol rive A i, tileir meli ce t ci pr jai* yes.- - .„ At to India o r tha t °l o j o t )13, is d Ab soa LI 1 3 0 ,w 0 , 0 ice. 111 of ted Rale SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. Sharer R tilways. Paid.! Closing Price. --o- ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. oinnot auu Exe Ler Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall üblin & Belfast June,, Dun„Perth, & A b.June, `o.London, .•:, crip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. s tk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 21 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pn GtS, and W. of Irelan Gt. Western -Origina D. S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.— Oxtord Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshir Landon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast' aLon., Chat., and Dovei Do. Metrop. Ex. A ' Lon. & North Western' Lon. & South WesterrN Man., She., & Lincoln ; Metropolitan Do. _New Do. Extension...... Metropolitan District.' - Do do. do. Do. and St. John'elrd Mid!and Do. £0 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derb; mid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun, Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N •141 purehast, Do. Leeds Do. York De. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 ... Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock uo. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon South E,:stern Staines, Wok., & Wok 'raff Vale Do. C Vale or Neath Waterford & Kilkeun Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall BRITISH Atlantic Az st I,awrence 130 m., Baroda, k Cen.lll. gu. 5 per ..... Do. F 5hare5........ Buffalo Sc Lake Huron.. Do. Preference ...... Bulf.,Brant, & Goderich, 6 p.c. ~• • ••• • • Calcutta & S. E., Um.. ,;ape Town & Dock, gU. Demerara, 7 p.e. per. pt East. , Benoal gu., 5 do _ East ludian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Eitensiori Grand Trunkot Caned% Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prd. Bonds Do. do. deferred ... • Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred . • • • Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c i'o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D. 41 per cent Do Great W , s. of Canada.. D. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do ..._ Do. 411 do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. If I.C' da, 6pc Ist pf.bs Scinde . Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjaub a. Do.lndus St. Flo — COLONIAL GO PER: British Columbia,6 per cent., Dem 31, 1172: Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja. St July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. o. Mar. & Sept i/o. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. e. Inscribed sk Cape (3.110pe, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl. &Oct 1890-1900 Do. do: 1880-9, Do. Jan.i&July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent..ls,elpril ancl - 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. t Do. 1878, do Alauritius, 1 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.78 Do. 188.4 May 15, Nov.:' Do. 1805, Feb. lz Aug Natal 'iov. 6 per cent N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.dauly N. S.W. Gov. 5 rro.,lBBt , ' Do. 5 p• c. 18;1 to 187 t Do. 5 'P.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. JAL & July Do. do, a Aril & Oct Business done. 90 92 131 )32 85 70 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 118 120 30i 406 6j 7i '23 124 14 192 8) 91 59 CO 80 6' 40 42 3 i 33 i 'O4 119 i 12 , 1 86 88 E 5 96 36 31 44 48 , 120 322 92 t 3 63 65 132 133 21 21 p 1 lip 97 98 12,; 121 lf I; p 92 04 CO 62 %8 30 109 110 70 72 108 109 35 37 10 II p 122 125 11 2p Li 2 p 74 7B' 10 12 148 149 68 70 112 114 40; I 51 53 71 76 8 9 141 144 3 1 1,1 102 104 1 51 53 120 k 1 951 1 1 121/ 24 92i 64.4 1 1331 431 124 1 4 61 lESSIONS, 5$ 5) 102 103 id fp 61 7 10 11 76 80 96 98 6S 70 100 102 101 102 105 106 34 36 89 90 65 67 60 63 59 61 50 !,5 45 49 42 43 34 36 33 109 I'o 1i 2 16 2 t 99 100 91 93 161 161 3 3 4 1 4 96 86 e 8 1 ho 100 IC2 92 84 88 90 62 ei 8 82 98i 99 98 99 3 I 98 99 16; 17 14t IttENT SECU. 94 96 93 96 95 97 r 0 82 79 31 102 IC4 105 107 105 107 102 1(.4 90 82 1( 2 104 IA/6 1 8 102 104 103 105 103 (05 1(2 (01 100 102 93 95 92 94 87i 88 100 102 St 84 P 8 103 98 100 104 106 106} 107 t 8 9 15 17 560 689 18 20 7 8 3} 11 34 4 7 9 3 3,1 5 7 20 21 16 2 34 4 28 29 3} 31 33 40 14 5 4 5 7 44 24 lod 35 4) 13 15 1 32 34 390 410 2 'lB 22 9 11 19 20 4 6 1 2 8 10 ' 75 FO 165 175 82} 8741 25 27 1 3 5 205 215 15 17 rktiOFERENCE Great Northern, 5 per cent., 1081 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 6 per cent. stock, 129} London and Brighton, 5 per cent. OM. stock, No. 1.105 .AIiES. LINES LEASED AT FIXED BENTALts. Midland, Bradford Pref. Stock, 89! Preston and Wyre, 42 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 11 Great Luxembourg, 16k Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 8i Sambre and Meuse, SI FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lim., 111 St. John del Rey, lien., 54 BANKS. Alliance, lira.. 28i Anglo Egyptian, lim., 121 Anglo-Italian, Um., 15 Bank of Egypt, 34 Bank of London, 27 1 Bank of Otago, lim., 81 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 231 41 Consolidated Bank, East London, lira.. 41 I Eng ish Joint Stock, lira., 81 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 20 European Bank, lim., 11 t Imperial Bank, lim.. 2 8 1 Imperial Ottoman, Ditto, new, Land Mortgage Bank of India, London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23 London and County, 75i 64 London and South-Western, lim., 18 19 London and NI estminster, 95 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lira., 114 IS Midland Bank, Wm, 20 oriental Bank. Corporation. 524 3 24 Provincial Banking Corporation, lira., 61 Provincial of Ireland, 821 South Australia, 293 Standard of British South Africa, 13 Union of Australia, 52i DOCKS. BRITISH M Cam. Consol. Gold, lim Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated IDevon G. Cons. (Tavlet Drake walls 1 East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Carn Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam. & StAubyn(G wcn. Great L.xey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist u Grenville Herod's Foot •••• Hingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley nwyndy Iron Ore, liw New Se ton North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper llnited Providence UnyLdant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheai Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin 'Croft Vigra and Cingan, lim West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (lAskeard West Chiverton ....... . West Seton ...... . Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 2.1.0 294 2.14.6 31 2.14.0 8.3.0 3.9.0 10.8.0 4.".6 2.13. k 7. 1 .0 10.6.7 11 3.2.0 18.18.9 35.15.6 9 all Southampton, 68 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cant. gua., 21 ; Berlin Water Works. Um., 10 City Offices, Um., 6 5; • Colonial, lira, 44 Commercial Union, Insurance, 64 Credit Fonder and Ifobilier of England, 8 Crystal Palace, 36 64 Discount Corporation. 94 Ebbw Vale, 14 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., 4 English and Australian Copper, 14 Fairb dm Engineering, 6; Gen. Credit and Finance of London. lim.. 4; ; Home and C anial A ssurance, lim, 4 Hudson's Bay, 11 17 International Financial : 4 ociety, lim., 5; 5 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), 91 Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. P. 70, issued 81 Joint Stock Discount, Urn., 101 ; 11; 10; London Financial:Association. Um., 10; Millwall Freehold Land and Dock, 71 National Discount Company. 13 14131 ; Overend, Gurney, and Co., lira., 164 417 lt4 174 Peninsula and Oriental steam, 72 Telegraph Constructiu.n and Maintenance, lint, L.l Ditto (.£l2 , . i 4 Universal Marine. Insurance, lim., g 4 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mall, 11m., 4 FOSS ITIES. MO 7 (31 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, _MARCH 15, 18GO. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. c o up, T OP BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE MOSTYN. This bankrupt was described as a gentleman of Lam beth, and he came to-day for his order of discharge upon debts, £3,464 ; assets, nil. Mr. Brough, for the assignees, said ho was instructod to ask that the bankrupt should file an account of certain moneys he had paid away. Mr. Morton said that the money had been paid under an order of the Court of Bankruptcy, and the affair was nearly 40 year's old. His Honour ordered the case to be adjourned for the production of the accounts. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH STREET. SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST A CLERK— SEVERAL FURTHER CHARGES.—Henry Baynes, clerk, in the employ of Messrs. Rivington, publishers, of Waterloo-place, charged with ob taining a cheque for £ll 12s. 6d. by false pretences, from Mr. Francis Hansard Rivingtcn, was again brought before Mr. Knox. Mr. Wontner, jun., appeared for theprosecution, and Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, for the prisoner. Mr. Wontner said that since the last occasion several fresh cases had come to light, amongst other, cases in which the prisoner had obtained cheques to pay to the Morning Post, the Owl, the Press, &c., for advertising ; in one in stance the prisoner having obtained cheques for a much larger amount than was due to the papers, and pocketed the balance, and in others placed old stamps to new accounts, and having the cross accounts to be due much larger than they really were. The charges would be for obtaining the cheques by false pretences, larceny, and forgery ; the latter charge in connection with Notes and Queries. Mr. Knox said that he considered two fresh cases in addition to the one already gone into respecting Notes and Queries would be sufficient. Mr. Rivington said he found in tho advertised ledger a receipt, purporting to be that of Mr. Ives of the Press, for the sum of £ss ss. ; the stamp to the account was an old one, and in looking through the book he missed several old stamps of the date 1861 and 1862. The stamp to the fresh account corresponded with the old ones. On the 9th of December ho found a receipt signed by Mr. Ives for £4los. 6d., which amount had been handed to the prisoner. The stamp was one of the old ones and had not the face of those now used. On the 7th October, 1865, found an entry of £5 2s. 6d from the Notes and Queries. Mr. W. Greigg Smith, publisher of Notes and Queries, said that on the 7th October he did not receive any money from the prisonei, and there was no one in his employ of the name of Swan. Neither did he authorise any one of that name to receive the sum of £5 2s. 6d. from the pri soner. (The name of Swan was on the receipt.) Mr. Alfred Ives, publisher of the Press, said that Messrs. Rivington advertised in that journal of Nov., 1864. The Jura of £3 ss. was due to him, and on the sth Nov. he re ceived that amount from the prisoner, and signed a receipt in the book for it. At the time he signed the receipt the amount was not..£s ss. He found the amounts had been alter in the prosecutor's book, so as to make them up to £5 ss. On the 9th Dec., 1865, he called for an account of £1 10s. 6d., and received it from the prisoner and signed for it in the prosecutor's advertising ledger, but not on a stamp. The account was then £1 10s. 6d., and it now stood £4 lOs 6d. By holding up the page to the light he could see his signature under a stamp which had been put on the account. Mr. Wontner, jun., said that in the prisoner's desk was found an account which was undergoing the process of cooking, to make the accounts larger than they were. Some further evidence being given, the prisoner, who appeared very dejected, was committed for trial. BANK OF ENGLAND. HALF-YEARLY MEETING (THIS DAY), The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the governor and company of the Bank of England was held this day in the Bank parlour. H. L. Holland, Esq., Governor, presided. The minutes of the last court having been read, The GOVERNOR said.ho had to inform the court that this was one of the courts appointed under the 12 bye law for the making of a dividend. The net profits of the half year, ending on the 28th February, 1866, amounted to £769,493 is. 4d., making the amount of the rest that day £3,775,39.1 7s. Id. After providing for a dividend of £5 7s. per cent., the rest would be £3,011,761 17s. Id. He had, therefore, to propose that a dividend of that amount be declared without any deduction for in come-tax. Mr. 110x0x said two years ago he had asked a question whether it was the intention of the directors of the Bank of England to allow interest on deposits. At that time the directors intimated that they had no inten tion of doing so. He should now like to know whether there was any alteration likely to take place in that direction. If branches mere established in diffe rent parts of the metropolis, at which deposits could be received, he contemplated they would receive some thing like £250,000,000 in deposits. He did not think that that was an over-estimate, because in some of the joint stocks they amounted to no less than £150,000,000. The public, he felt certain, would certainly deposit with the Bank of England in preference to any other establish ment. The accounts that had been given by the pro prietors had been made out in the present form for many years, but he thought the time had arrived when they should know a little more about the securities the Bank held and the terms they had to run• He was told, last year, if he recollected rightly, that the Bank held rail way bonds to the extent of 41 millions. The GOVERNOR —Three and a half millions was the amount mentioned". Mr. MoxoN did not think it much matter, but he believed that since that time the Bank bad entered into an arrange ment with the Metropolitan Underground Railway for a large loan, in the form of a fixed annuity loan. However, he thought that the time had arrived for further informa tion, and he hoped the reply of the Governor to his ob servations would render it unnecessary for him to move the resolution he had prepared. Mr. L. LEVY agreed with fba last speaker that the time had arrived when the proprietors should be made a little familiar with the mode of doing business. He also agreed with the last speaker that the accounts ought to show the nature of the securities held. Then again there were rumours prevalent that the directors wore about to ad vance a large sum to a dock company at something under 5 per cent. He should like to know whether such was the fact. He should also like to know the whole amount of capital at present locked up in railway debentures, and the value of the Bank premises. There was another matter that he thought called for immediate attention, viz., that trustees should be entitled to rote on the same footing as other proprietors. He knew he should be met with the observation that there was an Act of Parliament that pre vented such an arrangement, but to obviate that he had prepared a resolution, which was to the following effect— " That the directors of the sank be requested to apply to Parliament for an act empowering trustees to vote as other proprietors." Alderman SALOMONS did not agree with the opinions of Mr. Moxon, because, applying them to the Bank of Eng land, they became perfectly impracticable and fallacious. A PROPRIETOR thought it highly improbable that the dividend of the Bank of England would never be equal to the London and Westminster, because the latter traded upon what he might call cridit, whilst the Bank of Eng land traded on: capital alone. Notwithstanding, he thought that the bank proprietors oitht to have a better dividend than they at present received. The GOVERNOR said that he was certain that no director had any interest adverse to that of the Bank. The obso lete act of Parliament, for tit prevention of trustees voting, was no less than their charter, and by that no person could vote iu respect of stock hell for other people. The great question of the dayappeq•ed to him to be that with respect to the interest on doposits. The direetors had come to a conclusion adverse to such a course for the present There might be a time when such might become advisable, but that time had not yet arrived. The directors were of opinion that allowing intenst on deposits was not pure bank ing, but a dealing in moneywhich, if carried on by the Bank, might become of very doubtful advantage. With respect to the meagre account they published he bad to say that i n n o o h t a h n e d r and corporationthe amounth ad 'to o publish r tha assets r e t s w . e e li k ley thought their accounts highly favourable to the Bank. No value was put down for the preraises of the Bank ; they were in cluded in the accounts es an asset. With respect to the value of the branch premises they were entered at the figure they cost. • The resolution for the 5-1 per cent. dividend was then agreed to. A vote of thanks to th► directors terminated the proceed- ings. Liverpool Cottda Market. —This Day. Market steady. Sties probably 15,000 bales. Foreign Nail Packet List ---e- - MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton. Mar. 21 Ditto, via Marseilles. Dian 16 Brazil and Cape Verde, q British packet April 6 Ditto, by French packet Mar. 22. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Mar. 24 China, Penang, and SingLpore, via Southampton—Mar. 22. Ditto, via Marseilles. Mar. 16 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton s Mar. ' 6. Ditto, via Marseilles. ....... . Mar. 16 via Southampton Mar. 2 .t. Southampton. Mar. 16. Ditto, via Marseilles • Mar. 25 :C B a o l m cu b t a t y a ) ) , , v a i n a dC e J Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Mar. 16. Ditto, via Marseilles Mar. 16. In lnd d i i a a Mauritius, via Southampto n Mar. 16 Ditto, via Marseilles., April 7. Newfoundland Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Mar. 22 Ditto. by United States packet, via Southamp ton • ........ • . . Ditto, via Cork•• , Ditto, by Canadian picket, via Londonderry.. Mar. 16 West Indies and Pacdfis (except Bahas•as, Cuba, and Mexico Mar. 16 Cuba and Mexico Feb 31. Bahamas, via New York.. April 4 . Bermuda, ditto April i West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe .... April 12 At the third ordinary general meeting to-day of the shareholders of the Surrey Commercial Dock Company, a dividend of £3 per cent., free of income tax, was declared on the ordinary stock and on pre ference stock A for the six months ending the 30th The third ordinary general meeting of the share holders of the Merchant Banking Company of London was held to-day, when a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum was declared. The Allemania, from New York, has arrived with £12,400 for France and £2,400 for Hamburg. The Graphotyping Company is a new association established for the purpose of purchasing a patent for illustrating books, &c., the cost of which will be only a few shillings instead of pounds by the pre sent system. The average rate of interest actually allowed by trustees of Savings Banks in England to depositors, for the year ending 20th of November, 1865, has been £2 16s. 6id. Reuter's Telegram Company announce the issue of their remaining 5,000 shares. The undertaking, conducted under the limited liability principle, with Mr. Julius Reuter as m anaging director, has made very satisfactory will ti enable sfaetoryp the rogr essand the completion of the capital board to develop the vast re sources at their command. Agra and Masterman'a Bank have issued a report for presentation at the forthcoming meeting. It states that the availa ble balance for the year ending D occasions of 10 per cent. and 15s. per share, w hich are equal to 16 per cent. free of income - tax. A balance remaining of £10,254 is carried f orwa rd to the next year's . dividend and is I2 bonus 50, 254 o t Theo directors have paid a w div ec id ac count. We have much pleasure in announcing that the Mastership of Trinity College, Cambridge, has been conferred on the Rev. William Hepworth Thom son, M.A., formerly Fellow and Tutor of the Col lege, and now Regius Professor of Greek in the University and Canon of Ely. The appointment will be welcomed with great satisfacion both in the University and the College. A large number of mechanics and labourers in Woolwich arsenal have of dismissal, the remainder of the in order to meet the ar e ce a ac c ne h itvy o e of d t expenditurethe tice departmentso allotted fdi s m f present financial year now about to close. They will be restored to their former strength on the Ist of April—the commencement of the financial year 1865-6. Two SHOCKING SUlClDES.—yesterday a Pole, committed suicide by o n t m t i e n d g F h i r s a n t h z r o ß a r t o w w tohwa, razor, aged 3 a 7 t, his lodging in Clare mont-place, Judd-street. A man named Penning, aged 46, the son of a late tradesman in the Poultry, was discovered hanging and dead in his bed-room on Saturday morning. Deceased had led a very dissipated life, and his friends had raised some money to send him to Australia, lyhither he was to have proceeded on Monday next. Fire in Wilderness-Row—This Day. Between the hours of three and four o'ciu:ck in the morning / the inhabitants of Wilderness-roTp, Clerkenwell, were thrown into a painful state of ex citement in consequence of a fire, which was nearly attended with fatal results to nearly a dozen per sons, happened in the premises belonging to Mr. Tamer, a watchmaker and jeweller, situate No. 12 in the before-named thoroughfare. The discovery was made by Police-constable 87, of the G Divi sion, who at once raised an alarm, and after con siderable trouble he succeeded in arousing the in mates, but the fire was by that time so great, and the heated smoke so dense, that the inmates of the third floor, consisting of Mrs. Ferguson, aged 59, a daughter, a widow, named Louisa Reynolds, aged 21, Thomas Ferguson, aged 7, and Mr. Gibson aged 21, were unable to descend ' the stairs, and were nearly stiffied with heat. These parties made their appearance at the third floor, cry ing piteously for help. At this critical moment Con ductor J. Shaw arrived with the Royal Society's escape, from the Aldersgate-street station, and having placed his machine in front of the building, he ascended the same, and brought down the whole of the above persons in safety. One of the young women fainted in Shaw's arms as he was carrying her down the fly-ladder. The inmates of the first and second floors had also a very narrow escape, and were compelled to rush out into the street in their clothes. The sufferer was insured in the Phoenix Fire-office. ARGYLL Rooms.—Mr. Levy, the celebrated and truly wonderful artist on the cornet-a-piston, is meeting with very great success at the Argyll Rooms which are nightly crowded to hear this wonder of the age: The proprietor has engaged him for the season, so that he can play at no other place. Since his musical tour in the United States, whence he has lately returned, his improve ment is striking, and we should advise all amateurs to hear "his brilliant solos, so wonderful in execution." In the orchestra department Mr. Levy is assisted by the well known Argyll Band of 50 eminent performers, which is truly the finest in the metropolis, its several members being most judiciously selected from her Majesty's household troops, the two Royal Italian Opera Orchestra, and the Philharmonic Concerts. Among the most remarkable artists in this band may be cited Signor Luigi Curti, chef d'orchestre ; Signor Mosea, on the euphonion ; Messrs. Eleney and Prosper, cornet players ; Mr. Chatterway, solo trombone ; Mr Snelling, clarionet ; Mr Sloman, violoncello ; Mr. Drury, piccolo, &c., dre. The valses, which are prin cipally German, are charming. The selections fi ozu ope ratic music are excellently arranged by Signor Curti. As a musical treat this opportunity should on no account be missed. The saloons are tastefully decorated, and it is altogether a most delightful place for promenade and dancing—indeed, it is unique of its kind. The manage ment is under the sole direction of Mons. Grenet. GAS AND WATER MONOPOLY.—It must never be forgotten that the public concede enormous pri vileges to gas, water, and railway companies. For these enormous privileges the public has a right to demand that it shall have fair service at a fair price, and that is all the public ever did expect, and it has ever been most easy minded in respect of its just claims and dues. Our high ways are monopolised, our public buildings defaced or de stroyed, the general public convenience largely se t at nought, and at the end of the chapter there is instituted a monopoly. It is all done for public convenience on the one hand, and private profit on the other. It is the duty of a wise legislation to determine, as near as possible, what is the fair balance be tween them. Let private enterprise have sufficient to re ward it for its labours and risks, but let the public have the conveniences it bargained for in making the first conces sion, and between the two draw a definite line of demar cation in the shape of a scale of prices. Generally speaking the balance is all in favour of the side which has profit for its ultimate end, and only in an extreme case, such as the one now before us, does the injured public rouse from its complacency, like a lion refreshed from sleep, and with ponderous determination effect a revision of the balance.— City Press. THE PERILS OF UMPIRES.—The three gentlemen present have all been at different times maltreated or threatened at their hands. The office of referee at great prize fights has been filled by each of them, and that re fined-looking man writing at the table in the corner was beaten until he was.insensible a few weeks ago. A fight was in progress, and he had been appealed to as umpire whether a certain blow came witl►in the conditions laid down by the rules of the ring. The backers of the two men, not unnaturally, took different views, one party maintaining it was "a foul," and claiming the victory for the man struck, the other insisting it was legiti mate, and that the combat must proceed. Some shout ing and strong language, amid which the second of the man said to have been improperly hit appealed to the re feree, " Vosn't that a foul, now, sir?" and almost in the same breath, "Oh! it weren't, werent it ? —then take that, yer (noun substantive), and that, and that !" accompany ing each "that" with a savage blow under the ear, in the region of the heart, and upon the hoad. The referee fell insensible, and his physical monitor, Mr. Ross Filer, having thus satisfied his Spartan sense of justice, went back to his corner with the air of a man who had done his duty in spite of opposition. Legal redress for the outrage was of course impossible, the business of the gathering and the gathering itself being alike forbidden by law ; but retribution has, for all that, fallen upon Mr Filer. That energetic zealot unites the business of a pub lican with the pastime of prize fighting, and he has, since his brutal conduct, been declared dead to the world of sporting readers. His name is properly tabooed by the sporting press, his sparring displays and benefits are never chronicled, and the professors themselves speak of him as a blackguard whom there is no redeeming. So much for Mr. Filer, who had, at a previous fight, encouraged another of the gentlemen before me, in the impartial discharge of his judicial functions, by the cheering speech, "If he doesn't do wot's right (i.e., what it suits the pocket of me, Ross Filer, ,to call right), we'll murder him !" A previous editor of the Sleepless, while acting as judge at a prize ring, received a blow from a bludgeon, from which he never really rallied, and which caused his death. His imme diate successor has been hitherto more fortunate, never having been actually struck, though frequently threatened. He pointed out a particular corner of the room we were in between. the window and the fire, where, by placing your back firmly against the wall and seizing the poker, you may, always supposing you are a good hand at single stick, protect yourself effectually against violence. This was no imaginary hypothesis. The speaker has had to adopt these precautions more than once when conversing with the professors, and when the arguments of the latter have assumed the shape of clenched fists and foul threats. —Dickens's All the Year Round. MR. DISRAELI AND THE PARLIAMENTARY OATHS AMENDMENT BILL.—Mr. Disraeli has altered since Mon day the terms of the oath which he proposes to substitute in Clause 1 of the above bill for the oath now inserted. The terms of the oath as now proposed are as follows. We italicise the alterations :—" Clause 1, for oath now in serted to substitute the following oath :—I, A. 8., do swear that I will be faithful and boar true allegiance to her Ma jesty, Queen Victoria (her heirs and successors omitted). And I do faithfully promise to maintain, support, and de fend the succession to the Crown, as the same stands limited and settled by an act passed in the reign of King William the Third, intituled An act for the further limita tion of the Crown, and better securing the right and liber ties of the subject.' And I do further solemnly declare that her Majesty is, under God, the only supreme governor of this realm, and that no foreign prince, prelate, state, or potentate hath any jurisdiction or authority in any of the courts within the sanie (instead of in her courts). So help me God." NOVEL RACING.--HORSES V. MEN.—Two novel and highly interesting matches, man v. horse, have very recently taken place at Oxford. The first was on Bullingdon-green on Wednesday, the 7th inst., on the oc casion of the St. Aldate's Club, chiefly members of Christ Church, having their annual sports, and was between the Hon. Walter Verney and Mr. T. Watts-Russell, the former to ride his horse Oxonian fifty yardsout and fifty yards in, rounding a flag at the extreme distance, whilst the latter ran the same. The betting was in favour of Mr. Watts- Russell, who bad the best of the start, and in roundingthe flag had great advantage, the horse took up so much ground in turning that he could not get into anything like a pace until his opponent had passed the winning flag by half a dozen yards. The other match came off on Mon day last, in Mr. Charles Symond's training grounds, be tween two members of the University, viz., Mr. T. M. Colmore, who was backed to run 90 yards straight, and Mr. O'Neill's riding his Sparkling Hock 100 yards. The speed of the horse proved too fast for Mr. Colmore, al though one of the fastest runners in the University; the latter lost by a few yards. CONVICTION FOR LIBEL AND ONE FARTHING DAMAGES.—At the Nottingham Assizes, on Tues day, Mr. Heath, a solicitor, guardian of the poor, &c., of the town, brought an action for libel against the pro prietor of the Nottingham Guardian. The libel originated in some local squabbles, and insinuated that the plaintiff had, in 1861, when he acted as the election agent of Sir R. Clifton, turned certain ss. pieces entrusted to him into half crowns, pocketing the difference, and that he had in other ways misconducted himself. It appeared from the evi dence that the plaintiff himself had not been very choice in his remarks respecting the newspaper, and with refer ence to persons opposed to him on local questions. Tho jury found a verdict for the plafntiff, and gave him one farthing damages. THE NEW COURTS OF LAW.—A court will be set apart for the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, whose sittings will then be transferred from the Council Chamber at Whitehall, where theia lordships now meet, to the intended new building. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAsr EVENING. Mr. DODSON, in the absence of the Speaker, took the char at 12 o'clock. DISFRANCL TSEMEN' OF DOCKYARD LABOURERS. : Mr. STONE gave - notice that, on going into com mittee on the bill propob: d by the Secretary for the Admiralty, he should move the rejection of the clause which disfranchised labourer,, employed in Government dockyards. (Hear, hear.) COUNTY INFIRMARIES (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. POLLARD URQUHART moved the second read ing of this bill, which was to increase the utility of these infirmaries in Ireland. The authorities were empowered to raise a considerable sum for the support of these establishments, and therefore they ought to be made to meet the requirements of the present time. The bill also proposed to lower the qualification to vote, as governors and life governors respectively, from £3 to £l, and from £2O to £lO, which be had no doubt would produce a greater amount of public support than at present existed. The bill also proposed to make the presentments of grand juries compulsory. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for Ireland opposed the latter portion of the bill, and advised the lion. member not to persevere with the measure. After a short discussion the bill was negatived without a division. THAMES. A GANG OF FEMALE THIEVES.—Mary Brown, Cathe rine King, Sarah Ann Ryan, and Ann Dwyer, all well known thieves, were brought up on remand before Mr. Paget, charged with hocussing Mr. Thomas Mann, of No. 4, Albert-square, Forest-gate, Stratford, Essex, and steal ing seventeen Bank of England notes from his person. The. prosecutor, about 40 years of age, met with two females in Bishopsgate-street, a few nights since, and accompanied them to a questionable house in Devonshire street, Commercial-road, St. George-in-the-East. He then had twenty-two Bank of England notes for £5 each, £3 10s. in gold, and other moneys in his possession. Be sent for a good deal of liquor and beer, which the prisoners and the females he mot in Bishops-gate-street helped him to drink. After he had drank a glass of beer, which was no doubt well drugged with some narcotic, he became insensible, and fell back in his chair. On coming to his senses a few hours after wards all the women were gone except Brown, an old har ridan, who acted as servant in the house, and who fetched the liquors. His gold, silver, and 17 of the £5 notes were missing. Brown was immediately given into custody. The other.prisoners were arrested on the following evening by Sergeant Cox, 45 K, who said all the prisoners were noto riously bad characters ; that hocussing and robbery, and sometimes brutal violence, had been:resorted to in the com mission of robberies in that street, in Tiger-bay, and other horrible places adjoining. On the first examination before Mr. Partridge, when Brown only was in custody, the ma gistrate expressed his surprise that any rational man should accompany two strange women to a house with £125 and upwards in his possession ; and he was still more surprised that seven of the 22 notes should have been left in the prosecutor's pocket-book. The prosecutor said all the prisoners were in the house in Devonshire -street while he was there, but the two women who took him to the house were not among them. Police-sergeant Cox, No. 45 K, said the two women who purloined the 17 £5 notes had absconded. They were well known to him. The numbers of the 17 notes and the five saved were known, and notice had been given at the Bank. Mr. Paget remanded the prisoners for another week. MARKETS,--This Day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a large supply of beasts on sale here to-day. Amongst them were 96 from Scotland, 96 from Norfolk, 380 from Ireland, 400 from France, and 1,500 from Holland, Sm. The attendance of buyers was limited, and the demand was heavy, at a decline in the quotations compared with Monday of 6d. per 81bs. The top figure was 5s 2d per 81bs. Sheep sold heavily, at 2d to 4d per 81bs less money. Prime Downs, in the wool, changed hands at 6s 6d to Cs 8d ; out of the wool, 5s per Blbs. The few lambs on offer produced 7s 6d to 8s per 81bs. Calves were very dull, at a decline of 4d per 81bs. The supply was very moderate. Pigs were inactive, on former terms. Per 81b to sink the offal. de de d e d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 10 4 0 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 8 6 2 Second quality do ..1 2 4 6 Prime s'thdown a 0.6 4 6 8 Prime large oxen ..4 8 4 JO Large coarse calves.s 4 5 1, Prime Scots, &c.... 5 0 6 2 Prime small d0......6 0 6 4 Crse. and inf. sheep. i 0 4 8 Large hogs ..4 t 4 6 Second quality do ..4 10 5 0 Small porkers ....... 4 8 5 0 Lamb....os Od to Os Od. t) 333 Suzkli achng calves, — a to —s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 3C II e. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. F ore i gn supply. 1 9 ,, 0 Beasts 2,1 2 Beasts Cows. Cows 6 Sheep 3 1 0 Calves lO Oft,ves 0 40 Pigs 220 Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENLEALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate, and the demand i s s t ea d y a t f u ll pr i ces . Beef, from 3s dto 4s 10d ; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 4d ; veal, 5s Od to 5s 6d; and pork, 3s 10d to 5s 2d per 81b by the carcase. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to 15 10s; clover, 15 5s to £6 12s 6d ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load Slow trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4e to £5 15s Od; clover. £5 bs to £6 12s Od ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 5s per load, Trade inactive. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 12s; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load. Supply moderate. " THE LADY'S MILE."—It is understood that Messrs. Ward, Lock, and Tyler have acquired the right to publish all Miss Braddon's novels, and that an uniform library edition in volumes at 6s. each, and also a cheap edition at 25., will be at once issued. Both editions will have the advantage of the author's latest revision, Messrs. Ward, Lock, and Tyler will publish Miss Braddon's new novel, " Tho Lady's Mile," 3 vols., which is now at press, and will appear shortly after Easter. LOINS XVIII. IN EXILE AT HARTIVELL.-11iS Majesty was obliged to be economical, for the British Government only allowed him £24,000 per annum ; one fourth of this was devoted by him to the support of the Duo d'Angouleme ; the Archbishop of Rheims (in his capacity of royal almoner) was entrusted with the distribution of a similar amount in charity, and the like sum was dedicated to secret services snd politi cal payments. With the residue the royal household, occasionally amounting to 200 persons, bad to be main tained ; and the rent paid for the house and grounds was £5OO per annum. The shabby gentility of the establish ment may be estimated from the fact that the royal plate and furniture was sold after the departure of the Court, and the proceeds handed over to a parochial charity, which was, however, only benefited to the amount of £lOO. Notwithstanding these drawbacks, the traditions of the Court at Versailles were faithfully observed. The King's shirt was duly handed to him every morning by one of the haute noblesse, and on stated days the neighbouring gentry were admitted to walk round the table at which his Ma jesty sat at meat. For all that, the King waS happier there than he had, ever boon before, or was again. He is still remembered by the peasantry as a pleasant old gentleman with a kindly smile and courteous salutation for all those that he met in his occasional walks. He is said to have told his landlord, Sir George Lee, that he quitted Hartwell with regret.—Once a Week. RAILWAY TRAVELLING (IRELAND) BILL. - - ------ Sir C. O'LOGITLEN moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to deprive railway companies in Ireland of the power of shutting up railway communication in distric ts in which they may have lines, and also for making better provi sions for third class passengers. Ile could not but think that his last attempt had been defeated by the combination of Scotch members, who objected to railway travelling on Sundays. The peop le of Ire land were in favour of running trains , an d he did not see why their wishes should in any way be in terfered with. The Waterford and Limerick Railway had abolished Sunday trains, and the result was that every person living in the district of that line was greatly inconvenienced, as communication from Clare, for instance, was entirely shut up from four o'clock on Saturday afternoon until eight o'clock on Monday morning. The bill enacted that these railway companies should run one train each way on Sundays, which he did not think was a very serious hardship. It had been said, when he brought the matter forward last year, that the average of Sunday passengers on the Waterford and Limerick Railway was only about three or four, of which he (Sir C. O'Loghlen) was one. He had in his possession Parlia m e n t a ry returns, which showed most incontestably that the statement e w r a s fe altogether il u n n d f a o y u n d t r e a d N , , e a l I nd er s t h a a in averaged era p g l e a d c e between three e f twe e n 50 and 60, and that the fares paid were quite sufficient to amply remunerate the railway company. The opposition to the bill had been got up by the Sabbatarians, and not Irish people at large, and therefore he asked the house to read the bill a second time. Mr. BLAKE opposed the motion, and moved the bill be read a second time that day six months. Ho said the object sought by his hon. and learned friend was unjust and unnecessary ; there being no demand for Sunday traffic to warrant compulsory legislation in that direction, involving, as it did, the employ ment of a large number of railway servants without an adequate purpose. Mr. NPLAREN was of opinion that if the directors of a railway thought it was commercially profitable to run trains on Sundays the directors would most ' certainly do so, and, if not, he did not think an act of coercion should be passed to compel them to do so. Mr. MILLER opposed the bill, as he considered it both vicious and tyrannical. Sir P. O'BRIEN supported the motion for the second reading. He said the people in the counties who travelled by the railway alluded to by the hon. member for Clare were greatly in want of the re quired accommodation, and he could not see the force of saying that because a few religious people in the country set their face against Sunday tra velling that they were to rule the majority. Major GAVIN also supported the bill. He had seen gentlemen who now opposed the measure sauntering in Kew Gardens on a Sunday. He had seen them at Hampton Court, and also enjoying the sea breezes at Brighton on that day, and he could not see how they could, in effect, deny the same privilege to the working people in Ireland. Mr. M. GIBSON said it had been suggested that the present bill should be reported to the com mission now sitting on railways, but that commis sion, he believed, had concluded their inquiries as far as Irish railways were concerned. The com mission could, of course, be instructed to re-open their inquiry ; but, according to his view of the matter, that would only be a postponement of a case which Parliament would have afterwards to deal with. He should feel inclined to vote for the second reading 'of the bill, provided his hon. and learned friend would consent to limit its operations to new companies or to old companies coming to Parliament for new powers. If, however, that was declined, he could not give his vote in favour of the bill. There was one clause in the bill which he thought was much required, and that was with re spect to third-class passengers, and he highly ap proved of that portion of the measure which enacted that where first and second class passengers were taken through, the third-class travellers should be left behind or else in the middle of their journey. With respect to Sunday trains the hon. and learned member had not been, in his idea, sufficiently explicit in his bill as to how he proposed the Board of Trade should say these Sunday trains were to be run. He considered that the arrangement of discontinuing the Sunday trains on the Waterford and Limerick Railway was not in accordance with the Act of 1854, which laid down that reasonable facilities should be given on all occasions to railway travellers. After a few words from Mr. HENLEY, Sir C. OTOGIILEN said he accepted the sug gestion of the right hon. gentleman the President of the Board of Trade. The house divided, when there appeared. For the second reading B3 Against it Majority ll7 The bill was consequently lost. PROSECUTION EXPENSES BILL. Mr. GOLDNEY moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to provide for the pay ment of expenses in cases of felonies old misde meanours in which no convictions occurred. Mr. BARING, on the part of the Government, was not inclined to object to the second reading of the bill, but he could not bind himself to support the whole of the clauses in committee. The bill was then read a second time. CATTLE PLAGUE BILL. Mr. HUNT moved that the Lords' amendments to this bill be considered. There had been some very extensive alterations made in the bill, but yet enough was left in it to make it a very valu able measure, and, therefore, he thought that the house, instead of abandoning the bill, had better accept it as it had been amended, because with a few trifling alterations it could be made highly efficient. A discussion ensued, in which Sir J. Trollope, Mr. Beech, and Mr. Pugh took part as to the course to be adopted with respect to this measure. Mr. BARING, on the part of the Government, said, in the event of the hon. member abandoning the bill, he was instructed to say the Government would take the matter into their hands and deal with it in the following manner : To strengthen the con stitution of the Privy Council office ; to enact that all fairs for store cattle be suspended for a limited time ; that markets for the sale of f at cattle should not be held without a licence from the Privy Council, and that no such cattle should leave the market alive, and that certain regula- tions should be laid down with respect to removal of hides and manure. The . Governmentt railway would also take active measures to dir a ec way cattle companies to effectually. trusted the trucks. Under these circumstances ould llyindon hon. member for Northamptonshin- Nr_ n , cleanse the T a bill which, in its altered state, could n ow be called his. Mr. sa id he was quite to withdraw the' bill now that for the first time he had heard that the Government would . take upon themselves t h e res ponsibility of dealing with the matter. If that course had been adopted in the first i ns t ance a great deal of valuable time would have been saved. NEW WRIT. COL TAYLOR moved that a writ be issued for the election of a member for the Western Division of the county of Worcester, in the place of the llon. A. Lygon, now called to the House of Peers. After a few words from Sir G. GREY, The Lords' amendments to the Cattle Plague Bill were ordered to be taken into consideration that day six months. SUPPLY. The house then went into committee of supply. Mr. CHILDERS moved that towards making good the supply granted to her Majesty the sum of £13,500,000 be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom. The motion was agreed to. The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the house adjourned. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day, [n ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE. Salamander 1 Ibex Lightheart 23 Eleven ran. Won bftwenty lengths. 111 .NDIO.IP OF Tin= ruitionls. El Ole Salisbury Rustic Beauty 1 Five ran. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING —Tins DAY. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. sto 2 agst Mail Tiain (offered, take 3 to 1 freely) 10 to 1 agst Pearl Diver (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agst Scamander (offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 15 to 2 agst Out-and-Outer (taken and offered) 15 to 1 agst Brahma (taken) 25 to 1 agst Delight (taken) 40 to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken) CHESTER CUP. 11 to 1 agst Gong (taken) 20 to 1 bar one (offered) RA CING FIXT AUG IURES IN 1866. U$ T. Brighton 7 Brighton Club Lewes lO Egha,m l4 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings 2l York August Plymouth Lichfield Devon and Exeter Tunbridge 23 Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 3O Warwick September SEPT] 4 Curragh Leicester Doncaster ll Brecon 17 Canterbury lB OCT' Northampton 2 Newmarket 2d October 8 Curragh NOVE Lincoln Liverpool ;MBER. IRichmond Hendon Monmouth (Manchester Autumn 2l Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall WER . __ • NeNvmarket Houghton Worcester 2:2 ~ 30 IBER. Shrewsbury ..11 Leamington Hunt........ 19 IRISH RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. APRIL. Tralee MAY. Curragh Baldoyle Spring B, 9 I JUNE. Curragh 26, 27, 28, 29 JULY. Carlow SEPTEMBER. Curragh OCTOBER. Curragh .. 16, 17 18 HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS. (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Report.) In the week that ended on Saturday, March 10, the births registered in London and 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,586 ; the deaths registered 4,155. The annual rate of mor tality was 35 per 1,000 persons living. _ _ In London the births of 1,157 boys and 1,115 girls —in all 2,272 children—were registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years, 1856-65, the average number, corrected for increase of popu lation, was 2,128. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,829. It was the tenth week of the year, and the average number of deaths for that week is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,498. The mortality in the week was excessively high, for the actual return exceeds the estimated number by 331 deaths. The weather was cold for the season, and the fall of the temperature has lasted, with slight intermission, nearly four weeks. The total deaths, which had been 1,545 in the previous week, rose to 1,829 last week ; of which numbers those which occurred under 20 years of age rose from 729 to 823 ; those at the age 20-60 years from 463 to 595, and those at 60 years and upwards rose from 348 to 411. There were 228 deaths referred to phthisis, the corrected average being 177 ; 285 to bronchitis, against an average of 186 ; and 93 to pneumonia, the average for which is 94. Scarlatina was fatal in 54 cases, nine of which were in the sub-district of Poplar, seven in Mile-end Old Town. A locksmith died on the Bth inst. in the work house, Whitechapel, of " decay." His age, as stated in the register of deaths, was 105 years. A young man died in the London Hospital of " elephantiasis of both legs ; albuminuria ; pneu monia." A domestic servant died of " disease of the heart, accelerated by fretting from seduction and deser tion." (Inquest.) A nurse, domestic servant, aged 24 years, died of " psoriasis inveterata (eight years) ; blood poison ing (three days.)" The following six deaths by carriage accidents in the streets were registered in the week :—A baronet, aged 68 years, erysipelas from wound of scalp after fall in the street ; died on the 7th of March at the Great Western Hotel. [lt has been explained by the coroner that the deceased, whose sight was de fective, fell by running against a horse which had been pulled up, and was standing at the moment of the accident.] A cowkeeper's assistant, aged 19 years, thrown out of a cart in the Mar y l ebone - road; died on the 27th of February in St. George's lios- PI• 'tal A carman, aged 29 years, fell out of a cart ; died on the 2d of March in the Westminster Hos pital. A chimney-sweeper, aged 38 years, fell from the step of a cart ; died on the sth of March at 7, Upper Ogle-street, Marylebone. A brewer's ser vant, aged 21 years, run over by a dray in the Bethnal-green-road ; died on the 2d of March in St. Bartholomew's Hospital. A cabman, aged 40 years, fell from a cab ; died on the 6th of March at 1, Johanna-street, Lower-marsh, Lambeth. The annual rate of mortality last week was 31 per 1,000 in London, 42 in Edinburgh, and 35 in Dublin ; 37 in Bristol, 33 in Birmingham, 55 in Liverpool, 46 in Manchester, 32 in Salford, 36 in Sheffield, 41 in Leeds, 26 in Hull, 30 in Newcastle upon-Tyne, and 35 in Glasgow. During the first seven weeks of the present y ear, when the mean temperature of the air was 41.5 deg., the average annual rate of mortality in the aggre gate population (6,122,894) of the 13 large towns of the United Kingdom was 29 per 1,000. In the last three weeks, the mean temperature having fallen to 35.1 deg., the annual rate of mortality, has increased to 32 per 1,000. At the Roy a l Observatory, Greenwich, the mean was . 29.538 in. in. on Wed height of the barometer in the we9e.ko2 The barometric pressure fell to 2 nesday, and rose to 30.2 _ r 3 i a . on Saturday. The in the week was 36.8 mean temperature 4 of d t e h g e . same week in b e low the average of th e deg., which is :o y • yea rs (as determined by Mr. Gl a isher). The mean daily temperature has been constantly for 13 days. temperature in the week was 27.5 deg., The g e bt average the 4th inst., and the thermometer fell O bo n ewl Soeswa lowest night be l ow the freezing point of water on three other n ights, and on the remaining three nights to a point but little above it. The difference between the mean dew point temperature and air temperature was 5.4 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 81, complete saturation being represented by 100 . The wind was chiefly N.N.E. on the last three days. The tenth part of an inch of rain fell. Yesterday a letter was received from the Admiralty at Deptford dockyard approving the new binnacle lan c e a M IRA CULOUS ESCAPE. — lamp recently invented by Mr. N V. C. Brown, one of the civil servants of the dockya rd. It is forthwith to be supplied to all vessels o f war in the service. A Bishop Auckland was cleaning the t o p windows of a three storied house on Saturday 'light, s w e rhveann she g i o r livingvler b a d herself and fell to the ground, a distance of 30 feet, and, strange to say, was picked up little the worse beyond the severe shock to the nervous system. In her fall she had come in contact with a clothes line. RELEASE OF JANE HARRIS. —At the Devon assizes on Monday, Mary Jane llarris, the accomplice of the noto rious Charlotte Wieser, and the mother of the child for whose murder the latte but r is under sentence of death, w as fir ' Crowe, state d that he was instructed to offer no evidence, and .t ll r i ar . . Cisolies, aboutwho jappepremarieidle London is 25.25 per .£l. st er li ng . O n p f tm or , t a h n e p l ace d at theand , t tie Isi s iel hogerutowtexchange g a roogl on L od e d a ii, comparing these rates with the English Mint price of .C 3 17s. Wid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 3-Jails per cent. dearer in Loudon thau in Paris. ~~ 100 st 20 20i 10 100 100 100 100 all 100 100 190 100 100 F 0 100 100 NE S. 59; 611 109 f 716 1091 1 3i 1 1091 88 74 -,