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

TYTONEY MARKET AND C 0 rtiMERO IA L !t•I TL. tGeN 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 464,015 461,554 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 17551 Great N or th er n ... ... 33,765 83 , 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 10,648 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 £5,520, 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 :-41 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 87/ 4 for money, and 871 1- for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 854 ; Exchequer Bills, par ; India Stock, 208 ; and ditto 5 per Cents., 1021 Foreign Stocks have been dealt in to a rather large extent, and prices generally exhibit firmness. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 381 ; Mexican, 221 ; do. New, 204 21 ; Greek, 151 16 ; Spanish Passive, 28 14 ; the Certificates, 161 j ; Italian, 611 ; the C onfederate Loan, 6 8 ; Brazilian Scrip, 2j .1- prem. i gYptian Railway Scrip, 1 1 prem. ; and Chilian Loan, 2i 3/ prem. United States Government 6-20 Bonds, 711 ; Erie Shares, 57i 1; and Illinois, 80i 1. Business in the Railway Share Market has been , 11:10 re animated, and prices gene ra lly are a s h a d e higher. Great Eastern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Bright on , South Western ha v e eac h i m p rove d s s. ; 'urighton, 10s. ; and North Western, 152. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without chang e of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue in moderate request, at, in some instances, rather im proved prices. Alliance are dealt in at 281 ; Lon a°ll and County, at 761 ; Londo n Fi nanc i a l, a t l ei ; National Discount Company, at 131 14 ; ue int Stock Discount at 101 dis. ; an d O veren d , Gu rney, and Co., at 171 e ; Anglo-American Tele -4401 Company shares are quoted # prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. D C IeVERNMENT FUNDS. u Der Cent. Consols o. Account, April 5 liszi3er Cent. Reduced te 85 . 5 i 1 i i " , 3 per Cent Bal 1 e r ,Nir 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A 4 " ° . 6 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — -ntstkuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 .„ 4 . 43 . for 30 yrs, expire st), April, 1885 — L,..",° (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1808 — " e ooquer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. — D £5OO par Ban s , IP of England Stock, 5 per Cent ,. Shut. IM T , 14,1 '.. --.., GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 1,-4411 perkStoc, 101 per Cent., Apri11874... 208 '''', l °. 5 Cent. July, 1870 I \ —° . 4 per Cent. Oct. Oct. 1888 _ '-',,(3. Certificates. _ O. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent r.,°. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 1 1 ° . 5 i per Cent., May 1879 — o°. °. -bo_ Deb .nds,, 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 _ £l,OOO D O• under .£l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 4'gentine Republic, 6 per Cont., £l5 pd l4 pm 6 4a tlian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 '„azilian 5 per Cent 97 Dian 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 h Do. 1865 `',,s 3 Account 74+ 1 xd it ''o• Scrip, £35 paid a„enos Ayres 6 per Cent 4.),0. Account ' h o 41(0 Bonds t"9 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Dali 3 per Cent — Om '' 4 i per Cent — %L_,,,..., . otman 6 per Cent. L a r .. , 6 per Cent. al ba ,— D --" 3 per Cent., 1825 Dibi.a Principalities k'ciA count litdor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — ~° Provisional Land Warrant — yPtian 7 per C en t D 0 Second ` lO 4100 Bonds Isque D 1:1 / 4 ) . 1864 931 t 0 £lOO Bonds b r , ° ' Government Railway Debentures — (it e ,;,:Xls paid Pin L O 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons .0 0 . kecount h • Coupons t*Zl). •Etecount lq.onala 5 per Cent. 1) 14 0 11 . 5 per Cent, 1865 b o 41- oeount 77 k.„..i. liaremmana Railway 11., ea n 3 per Cent -• Account D o 1864 .1) o R 101 0 ' Per Cent. Anglo-French — 4 o; e vi t dean 6 per Cent., £3O paid evr ° l l llmperial 5 per Cent t_ „&anada D o z Per Cent — to Deferred b e. c' e l ' e a nd_Warrants (Hectares) b o r uent, 1864 — t'oitil,.., e aranteed, 4 per Cent 13 " a n 5 bAc cou pernt Cent., 1865 o. l' b° cil per C ent. (U r ib arren) rti, 4 Per Cent., 1862 1) 0 g' ll ese 3 per Cent., 1853 D 0" Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Il ka ki :„°e, ()lint LOl-41 A, 3 per Cent., 1822, .£ St BBl N 1 Per Cent. 1850 .6 0 11 Per Cent. 1860 b o b poi Cent. 1859 D 0 0 Per Cent. 1862 — 90i /a timi lli Per Cent. 1564 — 1 90 paiii, sb an 5 per Cent D 0 A 3 per Cent Do Z e count D o 7°W Deferred 0 ecou 0 b Ilt Do t osive . fi t , Ac e° N o. _ lint 2Bl 1 4 & 0 0 _ A g ,.ert. of Coup not funded l6l 1 "I'otirti4couut it 80. 4, 1 Per Cent. %awl Per Cent. 1864 bo 6 Per Cent 18 54 93 1 I:lo46l.ceount • — b, A co 00 nt.1858 67N "x.,..coun t 67 be - ' l ' 4 Bonds Los Per Cent ' 1862 Do unt 6Bl 4 Lo . g " Bonds 1 ,0 56,pe! Cent., 1863 • 684 91 "o . 1 0 - '"r Cent. 1865, paid up Scrip — bo ecount ' ‘re/SePahr,Cent. Guaranteed 9Bl 14 0 ''' ' Per Cent. _ bo 6 ke eoluit D o. APer Cent, 1862 _ t r o e . ount _ o. i i ~..__ 1864 vt'r Cent _ S 4 i.; I)ivi4 eilds on the above payable in London. 41 •: , :ial, r, b, R'l4 o A i P3r Cent., Ex. 10 Florins ~r b o fl Ise" ,int.,•Ex. 12 Gull I ,' , e lieh ' kir Cent. Certificates — ' L kli ll4 s m eotes 3 per Cent. il° 4,el)o°_l' 4 t 9ent., 1861,. Ex. 251. ..... , - " 611 1 C 04.. i) !o ls for mo ney THREE O'CLOCK. Aec hunt .............................. 874 1 ... 87 4 4 ........ , ~~ h 14. orning, ttended 3-eneral tce last y given 'rincess I High orning, 'clock. led the ngscote e Hon. 001a 1 ill )inet of re gard le Ails' At the to bear terven er, the nted to remity, upon lost by mile the varck , roceed ht that rran ge- - • which aced to ;tein to ;empla- irk, for mality" lted by lic ()Pi" on the' as yet of the to the rs shall re wel eted to ince, to protest• a nd Idar or D st dis know' ,f their Bir efa- h a s the arch" They as me" Bishop for the ed they ith the to any •ophon, L .'s trial of th e r spee d which 1111•• ;' and lin, the n ginest frigate ,teame d three pithea d genera l secon d ; rials or ted by moot' Pr ivate It ,w lll acterif on the Boa rd ,y COW struck move - ich il l " my f or at Feu Thei r stored; er, and wool brine° trriS° l3/ at Pre nforee- -7au glltO time. Arta" The Cow' it die - of t he )rdl ee ' 101. Jol• /4 "; 13eng 3 h t.-C°ll The Lt. -Col. rooted ; be eta- r i n ov tf 3n: and r_ for 16tk. 18 W °- I t Col -3d th eir terclai. pain 3t is with gajor abo ut d, and In the aye of SHARE MARKETS,—Mis ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Rail ways, talotol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian ..., (Cork and Bandon. orn wall üblin & Belfast Juno, Dun„Perth, & A b.Juno,, E. London, bcrip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. a tk. Do. E. Anirl. st. No. •.?1 Great North'Of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pu, GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original; S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales . Do. W. Mid.— Oxi ord Do. Newport Do. Dereford , Lancashire it Yorkshiiii London and Madman , Lon., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western. Man., Shet., & Lincoln Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District. Do do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Slid and Do. Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby Mid Kent .... North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun, Nth. Eastern—Berwick. Do. (U.N•E purohas, Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle . . ... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. 10. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Ccntral Scot. N. E Aber. stock t)o. Scot, Mid. stock Shropshire Union South Devon south E,stern (Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkeuni Waterloo & Whlteha 1 West Cornwall Paid. Closing I Business Price. done. 90 92 131 132 65 70 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 118 120 39i 40. 6 1 74 123 121 14 142 8) 01 G 9 CO 60 6 10 42 31 38 IC2 1 04 120} 121 86 88 1 , 5 96 36 38 44 48 121 123 92 i 3 64 6 133 134 2114, 1 14E. 97 98 124 121 IS 1 1 - 1 0 92 of 1 CO 6?, 39 109 110 70 72' 108 109 35 37 10 11 p, 122 125 1t 2p 74 4 76 2 p 10 12 148 149 63 70 112 114 591 : nol 0 51 38 74 121 k 2; 924 64, 4 !a!!: 31 124) 61 61 1091 714 109/ 40;iiiii BRITISH Atlantic &a Lawrence Bom., Baroda, •+: Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. }' shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Go derich 6 p.c. 872-3- • Calcutta & S. E., lim ~`at.e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p; East Bengal, gu., 5 do East ludian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr. f. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock— • Do. do. deferred ... • Do. 4th Wet. etasli :: Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gun. sp.c. 1 0. Gun. 5 per cent Do. New gun. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do Great WI s. of Canada.. Do. 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. 4i . c10 .. . . Do. Filth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. N.l3l.C'da,6polstpf.bs. Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Pal:daub— • Do.lndus St.llo. I 5t 53 71 76 8 9 141 144 3 . pi 102 104 51 53 IESSIONS, 5$ bJ 102 103 id ID 6T 7 10 11 76 80 96 98 65 70 100 102 101 102 105 108 34 36 8S 90 65 67 60 63 59 61 50 55 45 43 42 45 34 36 33 45 109 1 0 14 2 14 2p 99 100 91 93 lei 161 3 3t, 94 26 86 e 8 1 61 100 IC2 92 84 88 90 62 64 8 82 983 994 98 99 f s d 93 99 18i 17 14t 91 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1572 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 lOO 04 86 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 1" 0 93 96 92 Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10) 95 97 1.)o. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 0 82 Do. sp. Inscribed sk 100 79 51 Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 108 1(4 Do.Apl.& Oct, 1890-1906 100 105 107 Do. do: 1880-9, 100 105 107 Do. Jan. &July, 1890-91 100 162 It 4 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and i 5 Oct., 1900 lOO 90 n 924 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c lOO 1( 2 104 1026 Do. 1878, do." 100 106 1 S Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.78 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. ct 10.) 103 (05 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug ISO 1.2 104 Natal Gov. 6 per cent lOO 10) 102 N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&J ul) 100 93 93 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 186+; 100 - - Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 187(. 100 92 04 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 100 875 88, 83 75 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 luo 102 Do. 5 percent.... - Nova So .tia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 l9O 88 10) Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 98 100 992 3. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 1868-1 100 -- Do. 1878 & upwards l.O 104 106 Vic,tiov. 6 p.c. Ja & July 100 - - Do. do, April & Oct lOO 1061 1076 100 764 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. Gold, lint. 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated 3O 15 17 Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst 1 560 68) Drakewalls 2.1.0 2 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 295 18 10 East Caradon 2.14.6 7 9 82 East Carn Brea 34 34 44 East Grenville 2.14.0 36 4 East Gunnislake .. 8.3.6 East Loved 3.9.0 7 9 E. W l l Russell (Tavlstk 10.8.1 3 31 Gam. & StA übyn(G wen. 66 5 7 4 Great L rxey, limited all 20 21 202 Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 15 - 2 Great Wheal Busy 14.9.6 34 4 G. Wheal Vor (Heist u 40 28 29 Grenville 8.18.0 3} 34 Herod's Foot .. 8.10.0 33 40 Hingston Downs 5.10.6 4) 5 Margaret iUny Lelant 13.17.6 5 7 Marke Valley 4.10.6 4 45 4 Ilwyndy Iron Ore, lira 21 26 ltd New Se ton . 43} 35 40 - North Roskear I .Wh'll3assett(lllogan 4 .4.0 I North Wheal Crotty -- Prosper United 7.1.6 Pr vidence UnyLvfant 10.6.7 32 34 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l} 390 910 South Condurrow 3.2.0 2 I} S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.18.9 18 22 -- Stray Park Tin Croft 9 19 20 5 Vigra and Clugan, lint all 4 6 West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Luskeard 9 8 10 85 IVest Chi ver ton ll 75 80 West Seton 476 165 175 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 55 825 874 Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 25 274 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 5 Wheal Seto n -- Wheal Trelawney (Lis 7 15 17 ritEFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent., 1081 Great Western, 5 per cent., rd. pf., Ditto, 4i per cent., 89 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 6 per cent. stock. 1291 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. I, 103 Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto. Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., Ditto, 4¢ per cent. irred., 96 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Midland, Bradford Pref. Stock, 891 Nottingham and Grantham R. nad C,, 90 Preston and Wyre, 42 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 111 11 10i Great Luxembourg, 161 Northern of France, 441 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidln), 81 Sambre and Meuse, 81 1 FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, 1im..111 St. John del Rey, lim„ 54 BANKS. Alliance, Urn.. 28} I 1 Anglo-Italian, lim., t 5 Bank of London. 271 Brazilian and Portuguese; lim., 9 Charles Laffitte and Co , 81 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China. 241 Chartered Nler. of India, London, and China, 40 1, City, 20) Consolidated Bank, lim., East London, lira.. 41 Eng ish Joint Stock, Aim., 9 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 20 IPI 201 191 European Bank, Hm., 111 I Imperial Ottoman, Ditto, new, 121 Lard Mortgage Bank of India, lim.. 41 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23 2a London and Couuty, 761 London Joint Stock, 48 London and South-Western, lim., 18 19 London and %% estrninster, 951 5 National Bank, 751 (mental liana Corporation. 521 2 1 Provincial Banking Corporation. lim., 6f Standard of British South Africa, 12t Union of London. 53j DOCKS. Southampton, 58 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 21 Berlin Water Works, Jim, 101 Bombay Gas, lim., Ditto, new, is 1 Credit Fonder and gobiller of England, 81 Ebbw Vale, i 7,1 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., 4/ Gene: al Steam:Navigation. 27 Gen. Credit and Finance 01 Lundon. Urn., 4i I International Financial society, lim., 8k Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), 9/ Ditto, ii per cent. Bonds, redem. ibio, issued 81 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 10k London Financial:Association, lim., 101 9410} 9/ 101 1 Millwall Freehold Land and Dock. 7 i ti 7 i 8 National Discount I.,ompany. 14 31 Overend, Gurney, and Co., Jim., 17: 1S ]7j 181 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 71i Telegraph Construction and Maintenance, Ditto (.£12 , , I/ Universal Marine. Insuranee, lim., Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mail, Urn., 4 POSS THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AIA_RCH 15, 186 G. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF 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 he was instructed to ask that the bankrupt should file an account of certain moneys ho 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 INTELLIGEDCE.—This Day. • MARLBOROUGH STREET. SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST A CLERK SEVERAL FURTHER CHARGES.—ilenry Baynes, clerk, in the employ of Messrs. Rivington, publishers, of Waterloo-place, charged withob 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 ho found in the 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 he found a receipt signed by Mr. Ives for £llos. 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. Gd from the Notes and Queries. Mr. W. Greigg Smith, publisher of Notes and Queries, said that on the ith October ho did not receive any money from the prisoner, and there was no one in his employ of the name of S wan. 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 sum of £3 ss. was duo 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 £5 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 £4los 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 wore. Some further evidence being given, the prisoner, who appeared very dejected, was committed for trial. 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 met 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 tho first examination before Mr. Partridge, when Brown only was in custody, the ma gistrate expressed his surpriso 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 boon 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, &c. 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 Gd to 6s 8d; out of the wool, 5s per 81bs. The few lambs on offer produced 7s Gd 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. 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 he 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 .£769,49.3 Is. 4d., making the amount of the rest that day . £3,775,394 7s. ld. After providing for a dividend of £5 7s. per cent., the rest would be £3,011,761 178. ld. He had, therefore, to propose that a dividend of that amount be declared without any deduction for in come-tax. Mr. Moxox 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. Ho should now like to know whether there was any alteration likely to take place in that direction. If branches were established in diffe rent parts of the metropolis, at which deposits could be received, ho contemplated they would receive some thing like V 50,000,000 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. Moxox did not think it much matter, but he believed that since that time the Bank had 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 the last speaker that the time had araved 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 were 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 vote on the same footing as other proprietors. He knew he should bo 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 Bank 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 credit, whilst the Bank of Eng land traded on capital alone. Notwithstanding, he thought that the bank proprietors ought 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 the prevention of trustees voting, was no less than their charter, and by that no person could vote in respect of stock held for other people. The great question of the dayappeared to him to be that with respect to the interest on deposits. The directors 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 interest on deposits was not pure bank ing, but a dealing in money which, if carried on by tho Bank, might become of very doubtful advantage. With respect to-the meagre account they published he had to say that no other corporation had to publish their weekly balance in hand and the amount of their assets. He thought their accounts highly favourable to the Bank. No value was put down for the premises of the Bank ; they were in cluded in the accounts as an asset. With respect to the value of the branch premises they were entered at the figure they cost. The resolution for the 51 per cent. dividend was then agreed to. A vote of thanks to tho directors terminated the proceed- ings. Liverrool Cotton Market. —This Day. Market steady. Sales probably 15.000 balm Foreign Mail Packet List -0- MAILS DUE. foistralia and New Zealand, via Southampton.. ...Mar. 2.1. Ditto, via Marseilles Mar. 16 Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet April 6 Ditto, by French packet Mar. 22. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. llelena Mar. 24 China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton—Mar. 22. Ditto, via Marseilles Mar. 16 Faikland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Mar. 21 Ditto, via 3lar6eilles • Mar. 16 India (Bombay), via Southampton. Mar. 16. Ditto, via Marseilles . Mar. 25 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Mar. 16. Ditto, via Marseilles ~Mar. 16. . gatu-itius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles April 7. Newfoundland ..• ‘ April 11 Portugal . • •• .....April 6. Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Mar. 22 Ditto, by United States ton Ditto, via Curk •.• • PaCket, via Southamp- Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry„ Mar. Mar. 10 West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico Mar. 16 Cuba and Mode° Feb. 31, Bahamas, via New York. April 4 . Bermuda. ditto April 1 West Coabt of Africa. lladeira, 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 mouths 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. 6d. apraellsy announce the issue . The undertaking, rinessa,naagnidngthe completion of the i director, has made of t R h e e u i r t e r r o ' s m T a e n i e n g g r ar o 0 0 0 o s m h co nducted under the limited liability principle, w ith capital will enable the board A very ir. j s a u t l i i s u f s a c R t e o u ry te p r ro a g s to develop the vast re sources at .their command. Agra and Masterman's Bank have issued a report for presentation at the forthcoming meeting. It states that the available balance for the year ending Dec. 31, is £250,254. The direloctnosrsofhlaovepepraciednta. equal to 16 per cent. and 15s. p an er d s b h o a n re u , s w on hi t c w h o ar o e ccas free of income-tax. A balance remaining of £10,254 is carried forward to the next year's ac count. We have much pleasure in announcing that the , Cambridge, has been A co l Hepworth Thom son, M.A., formerly Fellow and Tutor of the n as f t e e n rs e h d ip on of t T h r e in i i l t e y v. C l o v il i e i g li e wn Col lege, and now Regius Professor of Greek in the The appointment v will satisfacion both in b er e si w ty el a c n om d e C d an w o i n th o g f r E ca l t y, the University and the College, A large number of mechanics and labourers in each of the departments of Woolwich arsenal have received notice of dismissal, in order to meet the scanty expenditure allotted for the remainder of the 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, named Franz Browzow, aged 37, committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor, at his lodging in Clare mont-place, Judd-street. A man named Fenning, 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, vvli4er ho was to have proceeded on Monday next. Fire in Wilderness-Row--This Day. O ---- - - Between the hours of three and four o'clock in the morning the inhabitants of Wilderness-row, 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. Tarner, a watchmaker and jeweller, situate No. 12 in the before-named thoroughfare. The discovery was made by Police-constable 87, of the G 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 rppearauce 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 vory narrow escape, and were compelled to rush out into the street in their clothes. The sufferer was insured in the Phcenix 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 renrarkable 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., &c. The valses, which are prin cipally German, are charming. The selections from ope ratic music are excellently arranged by Signor Curti. As a musical treat this opportunity should on no account be missed. The saloons aro 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 over 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 so!. 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 wish 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 bands. 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 within the conditions laid down by the rules of the ring. The backers of the two men, not unnaturally, took different views, ono 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 head. 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 aro 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, intitultd 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 same (instead of in her courts). Bo 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 had the best of the start, and in rounding the 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 iu 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, ex., of the town, brought an action for libel against the pro prietor of the Nottingham Guardian. The libel originated is some local squabbles, and insinuated that the plaintiff had, in 1861, when he acted as the election agent of Sir H. 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. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, 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. Per 81b to sink the offal. sdstl s d s d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 10 4 0 Pme ors-wool sheep 5 8 6 2 Second quality do ..4 2 4 6 Prime s'thdown 00.6 4 6 8 Prime large oxen ..4 s 4 10 Large coarse calves.s 4 5 1 Prime Scuts, &c.... 5 0 5 2 Pr•ine small du •• • 6 0 6 4 Crse. and int. sheep.l 0 4 8 Large hugs —4 t 4 6 Second quality do ..4 10 5 0 small porkers 4 8 5 0 Lamb....os Od to Os Od. ftrylve. Suckling calves, —s to —s; and quarter-old store pigs, 303 t) 33s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 2,4 2 Beasts 1 9'o Cows. Sheep Calves ,lO Calves l'o Pigs 220 ,Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate, and the demand is steady at full prices. Beef, from 3s 2d to 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 £5 lOs ; clover, £5 5s to £6 12s 6d ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load. Slow trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £slss Od; clover. £5 5s 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 Gs. 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, " The Lady's Mile," 3 vols., which is now at press, and will appear shortly after Easter. LOUIS XVIII. IN EXILE AT HARTWELL.—His 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 Due 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 and politi cal payments. With the residue the royal household, occasionally amounting to 200 persons, had to be main tained ; and the rant 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 been 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 ho met in his occasional walks. Ho is said to have told his landlord, Sir George Lee, that be quitted Hartwell with regret—Once a Weck. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocx. SPORTING. INTELLIGENCE—':Zhis Day. EBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE. Salamander Ibex Lightheart Eleven ran. Won by twenty lengths. HANDICAP OF THREE FURLONGS. El Ole Salisbury Rustic Beauty Five ran. GAY SWEEPSTAKES. El Ole Newnham Grenada Seven ran. HUNT C Cre01e.................................................................. Harringt0n............................................................ Marengo ............................................................... Won by 30 lengths. Eleven ran. MATCH.—.Bay gelding beat Swallow. HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. Oscar Sir Bobby Aggressor • 3 Seven ran. HANDICAP PLATE. Cutaway walked over. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—THIS DAT. NORTIIAMPTONSHIRB STAKES. sto 2 agst Mail Train (offared, take 3to 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 Broadalbane (taken) CHESTER CUP. 11 to 1 agst Gong (taken) 20 to 1 bar one (offered) MANCHESTER BETTING-THIS DAY. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 7to 2 agst Mail Train (offered) 100 to 7 agst Scamander (taken) 100 to 7 agst Pintail (taken) 100 to 7 agst Raglan (taken) 100 to 6 agst Black Prince, by Knight of Kars (t) 25 to 1 agst Black Prince, by Voltigeur (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to Bon the field (offered) 25 to 1 agst Surney (taken) [ADVERTISEMENT.I G. MARTIN will send information from the Course before or after the race a good thing for Northamptonshire Stakes. For terms, send stamp directed envelop 3 to 8, Bouverie street, Paddington. Bank of England Returns.•--This Evening. An Account, pursuant to cap. 32, for tho week ending ;he Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, March 14, 1866. MITMENT. ISSUE DE' Notes issued .....£28,427,860 Governmt. Debt.£ll,ols,loo Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion £28,427,860 £28,427,860 BA` ICING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest 3,808,527 Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div Accounts) 6,304,819 Other Deposits 12,723,104 seven Day and other bills 383,152 Governmt. Seen rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) £9,915,483 Other Securities 19,052,576 Notes 7,904,785 Gold and Silver Coin X 37,772,602 March 15, 1866. X 37,772,602 W. MnLBl, Chief Cashier. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—Tins EVENING. The Lord Chancellor took his seat on tho woolsack at five o'clock. THE CATTLE PLAGUE. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH drew the attention of the house to the alleged misconduct pf a magistrate in connection with the question of cattle removal under the order of the Privy Council. Since he had drawn the at tention of the house to this subject circumstances had arisen that rendered !t very important that the attention of Parliament should be directed to the matter. Earl GRANVILLE said that the subject, no doubt, was of great importance, and an inquiry had been instituted into the circumstances connectod with the conduct of the magistrate, who was stated to have acted contrary to the order of the Privy Council. JAMAICA GOVERNMENT BILL. On the motion of Earl RUSSELL this bill went through committee. MARINE MUTINY BILL. NATIONAL DEBT REDUCTION BILL. These bills severally passed through committee. MUTINY BILL. Cn the motion of the Earl DE GREY this bill was read a seeond time. ADJOURNMENT OF TIM HOUSE FOR THE EASTER RECESS. Earl RUSSELL gave notice that to-morrow he would make the usual formal motion for the adjournment of the house for the Easter recess. He would move that the house should adjourn until the 12th April. Their lordships shortly afterwards adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—TiIIs EVENING. Mr. DODSON', in the absence of the Speaker, took tho chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed:— Banbury Gas, Drayton Junction Railway, Manchester Royal Exchange, and Wigton Water. The following bills were withdrawn :—Crystal Palace and South London Junction Railway, South Eastern Railway, (London, Croydon, and Caterham Junction) and Devon and Cornwall Railway. THE LEEDS BANKRUPTCY COURT. In reply to Mr. FERRAND, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he had expressed an opinion that the Lord Chancellor had the power to suspend Mr. Welch, but it had since been discovered that no such power existed. It was thought while one chargo was pending against Mr. Welch, it was not advisable to in stitute another touching his suspension. With respect to Mr. Miller the Lord Chancellor thought, and ho (the At torney General) was also of the same opinion, that no facts had appeared for removing that gentleman from his office. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. Mr. Justice WILLES brought a message from the House of Peers, informing the House of Commons that their lord ships had agreed to the Princess Helena's Annuity Bill, and Prince Alfred's Annuity Bill, without amendment. THE COMPANIES' ACT. Mr. H. SEYMOITIL asked the President of the Board of Trade if he intended to introduce a measure to alter the Companies' Act, 1862, to enable companies, by special re solution of their shareholders, to diminish the nominal value and increase; the number of their shares, re taining intact the original amount of the capital of the company. Mr. M. GIBSON:said the matter had been under consi deration with a view to the introduction of a bill. The provisions of the bill had not been yet finally arrang ed, but he hoped to be able to introduce the measure early after Easter. THE WHITWORTH GIIN. In reply to Mr. WHITE, The Marquis of HARTINGTON said the gun referred to was not constructed entirely on the Whitworth prin ciple. Thekun, which was of a larger calibre, had only been used experimentally, and as there were none tried of the eight or nine inch bore sonao would be ordered and effec tually triod before C ATT LE PLAGUE, hey were introduced into the service. Mr. DENT asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government bad decided upon the compensa tion to be paid to persons whose cattle were slaughtered by orders of the Privy Council or the local authorities, previous to the passing of the Cattle Diseases Act ; and from what funds such compensation would be paid? The CIIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the matter was one of great difficulty, and the Government had not yet been able to decide how to frame the orders for compensation. DOCKYARD ELECTORS. Mr. OTWAY asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he would object to substitute for the clause in the Bill for the Representation of the People, which would deprive the artisans in her Majesty's dockyards of the franchise, ono enabling those artisans to give their votes by ballot ; and whether the act would be applicable to officers on fully pay? _ . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it would be perfectly clear to whom the act would apply. With respect to the other part of the question, the Govern ment were not prepared to admit secret voting. The mea sure was not so much to to protect the artisans themselves as the members they might elect. GIIN FACTORY CHARGES. In reply to Mr. H. TRACY, The Marquis of HARTINGTON said changes had been made in the gun factories, and each arm was made to show its own expenses. The preparation of a new balance sheet would occasion great expense. CATTLE DISEASE. Sir G. GREY, in reply to Colonel EnwAitzs, said it was important that a permanent measure should be introduced. A committee, however, was sitting on the subject, and it was better to defer the introduction of a bill until the committee had made its report. THE POOR LAWS. In reply to Mr. DE GREY, Mr. VILLIERS said the subject of a retiring pension to Mr. John Chamberlain, of Norfolk, had been under the consideration of the Poor-law Board, but they could not recommend the pension, because that person had not been exclusively employed in the administration of the poor laws, as laid down in the act which governed such cases. SANITARY PRECAUTIONS. SURTEES asked the Under Secretary of St a t e f , r the Home Department if he would state what orders her Majesty's Government intended to issue regarding the movement of hides and skins ? Mr. BARING said hides from India and Australia would be allowed to be removed without any obstruction, but skins and hides of animals that had died of disease would not be allowed to be moved at all. Skins of animals which had been in infected districts would not be allowed to be removed until disinfected. NOTTINGHAM BARRACKS. The Marquis of HARTINGTON said ho wished to cor rect a statement he had made the other evening. On that occasion he said the land had been purchased by direction of the Duke of Newcastle; he should have said it was per, chased by that nobleman. CHURCH RATES. In reply to Mr. B. HOPE (in the absence of Viscount Cranbcrne), The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was his intention to frame certain suggestion s he had made when the matter was under discussion. He had not been as yet able to complete thorn. PARLIAMENTARY OATHS BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Sir G. GREY said the oath proposed by the right hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. Disraeli) divided itself into parts, and the Government, with a desire to see an uniform oath framed for all members, would therefore not object to the first portion of the oath as framed by him. After a few words from Mr. T. CHAMBERS, The house went into committee, On clause 1 the following form of oath was moved by Mr. DISRAELI :—" I, A. 8., do swear that I will bo faithful and bear true allegiance to her Majesty Queen Victoria: and I do faithfully promise to maintain and sup.. por the succession to the Crown, as the same stands limited and settled by an act passed in the reign of King William the Third, entituled "An Act for the further limitation of the Crown, and better securing the rights and liberties of the subject; and I do solemnly declare that her Ma jesty is, under God, tho only supreme governor of this realm, and that no foreign prince, prelate, state, or poten tate had any jurisdiction or authority in any of the courts within the same. So help me God." The first two paragraphs were agreed to. [LEFT SITTING.] 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 4,58 G ; 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 GO 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 ' 4 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 I 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 Marylebone-road; died on the 27th of February in St. George's Hos pital. 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 fi rs t seven wee k s o f th e presen t 3 car, 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 131'1g° towns n ow th n e s of the United Ki ng d om was 29 per 1,000. last three weeks, the mean temperature nf of erature having mortality, has increased fallen t o t 3 5 o 2 . 35.1 deg., 1,00 the an nual rate At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the m ean height of the barometerfueltl to he 2•u in. on week 9 was 29.538 in. Th e b ar ometric pressure i Wed nesday, and r ose to 30.23 in. on Saturday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 36.8 deg., which is 3.4 deg. below the average of tho same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature has been below the average constantly for 13 days. The lowest night temperature in the week was 27.5 deg., on Sunday, the 4th inst., and the thermometer fell below the freezing point of water on three other nights, 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. AllaAcuLous ESCAPE.—A servant girl living a Bishop Auckland was cleaning th e to p windows of a three storied house on Saturday night, w h e n she overbalan ce 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 IiARRIS.—At the Devon assizes on Monday, Mary Jane Harris, the accomplice of the noto rious Charlotte Wriusor, and the mother of the child for whose murder the latter is under sentence of death, was placed a a s t t a t t e h d e t b h a a r t ; he but wasM t o r l u e e , te w d h t o o o a ff p e p r e a n re o d e for at New York on Lo n d on for bill s a t n t e h e e , an i d , h s e h ee e e w r z se is o d t i s e c x h e rt h r a g n e g d e . Se days' sight is about 10Th per cent. At these rates thcie is no profit on the importation of go'd tram the Vultt.tt States, t~ Shure 100 et I 20 201 10 100 3 stio 100 100 all 100 100 1 31 i