The Sun. — London, England, 1866-04-24 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market remains in a very inactive !tate, the inquiry for discounts being exceedingly tainted. The lowest quotations of the brokers, how elrer, are still 5 and 6 per cent. There were no bullion operations of importance at the Bank of England yesterday afternoon. A meeting of Spanish Passive bondholders and certificate holders is to be held on Saturday, for the Purpose of considering the expediency of requesting the committee of the Stock Exchange to open the market for the negotiation of Spanish securities. The Smyrna and Casaba Railway Company pro -I)°4e to issue £230,000 debentures bearing interest at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum at the price of 47 10s. per £lOO. The debentures now offered constitute a first charge on the entire undertaking, t he capital of which is £BOO,OOO. They will be re deemed in 11 years from the Ist July, 1867, at par by annual drawings. The allotments will be made l ttetiy in the order in which applications are m e:Pre& The brokers are Messrs. Scrimgeour and ".) of Old Broad-street. , the foreign and colonial produce markets there has been very little animation during the last few (14 313, and prices generally have remained without m aterial variation. Sugars have continued in very limited request, but there has been a fair inquiry for coffee, rice, and tallow. At an ordinary general meeting of the share holders of the Australian Mortgage Land and Finance Company, held to-day, the directors re commended the payment of a dividend, for the six months ended December, at the rate of £l2 10s. Per cent. per annum. Two O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's telegram, this morning, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 70c. Flat. The market for the English Funds has been well maintained, but no change of importance has taken Vacs in values. The recent inclination of the public noticed in these columns to return to Home Go 7ernment securities is still observable, and daily 6011 eg fide transactions for investment are reported. Consols remain at 874 for money, and 871 4 for t he account. With regard to the other English Government Stocks there is no particular change to record, but there is a slight tinge which may be Partially ascribed to the proceedings in the House 1 : 1 Commons ; yet it may be reasonably expected that an improvement will take place as soon as the Government of the country is established on a satisfactory basis. In the Foreign Stock Market several dealings have taken place, and prices generally have im proved. Mexican have risen 4 per cent., viz., to 20 1 ; and the New Loan, to 18* f ; Spanish Passive remain at 25i ; but the Certmcams a re better at 15i 4 ; Turkish 5 per Cents., con tinue steady at 34 -a ; Italian are weak, being per c ent. lower, at 531 1 ; Chilian Scrip is quoted par to 1 prem. ; Brazilian Scrip, 24 dis. ; Egyptian lt ailway Scrip, 3 2 dis. ; and ditto New Loan Scrip, , 2 i prem. ; American Securities are buoyant. United States 5-20 Bonds are 70* ; Erie Shares, 62 ; and Tllinois, 794 801. Most of the finance shares are flat, owing to the recent failures among the banking community and the continued firmness in the rates of discount. Business in the Railway Share. Market has con tinued very quiet, and in several instances prices are a shade flatter. :North Eastern (Berwick) have reced e d I, Midland *, London, Chatham, and hover 4 , and Great Northern 1. In the Foreign and Colonial lines there is little 'Variation to report. Bank shares are very quiet. Consolidated are dealt in at 9* ; Hindostan, China, and Japan at 13 ; Alliance at 23f ; London Bank of Mexico at . ; and Imperial Ottoman at 114 f. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. MCVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 Der Cent. Consols it a Do. Account, May 9 B7l 1 N e w Cent. Reduced . 5- t 1 I, l " e vi' 3 per Cent B 5l ii i 1 "e r ,W 2f per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A '''°..s per Cent. Jan. 1873 "'lltuuties, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 , 12/0 . for 30 yrs, expire sth Apill 1885 — " (Red Sea Telegrapl), Aug., 1908 l9-1 March. June. 4c hequer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent. — Do. £5OO — n Do £lOO and £2OO 'Al* of England Stock, 5 per Cent D o Account — / ) , 1 , 1•11 )1401 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - ' 441 . 1 1 Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 — D l i n °. Account o. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 D 0.4 pe r C en t ., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Eufaced Paper 4 per Cent — T ,ID. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 D e ' 5 Deb©r Cent., May 1879 — r,o. ~ 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 '-',O. Bonds, £l,OOO _ "0. under Xl,OOO A ,. I P OREIGNUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. —Lgentine Republic, 6 per Cent. l £l5 pd — pm 4ustrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1409 iirtizilian 5 per Cent — 130 . Loper Cent., 1852-58-60 . 1863 Do. 1865 — Do Account 7ll 2 11 B 1)0 . Scrip, £45 paid 4 1 , e110 s Ayres 6 per Cent — c' - ' 0 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) lliarl p er Cent 99 r t) S er l P, £25 paid —°- 4 1 per Cent — D 921 r, , °. 6 per Cent s•oio t.• Cub Melon 6per Cent. slba, 6 _ b 5O . per Cent. 1.) 18113 L per Cent, 1825 — übian Principalities 0. Account `'quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — $ 11)0 -, Provisional Land Warrant — gyptiaa 7 p er C ent — Bo bo. Second s Do £looBonds D -- Do. 1864 B9 o £lOO Bonds Do. Government Railway Debentures. Cr e..£35 paid e k 5 per Cents 1824-5, ex Coupons ~ DO . Account Do. Coupons (luatemala 5 per Cent. Italian 5 per Cent 1865 Do. Account 1, 1) 0. Maremmana Railway -. Lexicon 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 — 1 , 1) 0 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — o ntevi , dean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Noorish Imp er i a l 5 p er Cent eNy Granada — Do 2 per Cent _ DO Deferred /1 -u0 Land Warrants (Hectares) '1.., 6 per Cent, 1861 — b 4-10 Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — • e rnvian 5 per Cent., 1865 00 ,Ac count 641 '-' 0 3 per C ent. (Ur i barren) — ,o Do 41 per C ent., 1862 4-rtuguese 3 per Cent, 1853 DO,1)C) 3 Per Cent 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, A z •1 count Russian S per Cent., 1822, £ St BBl Do 41 per Cont. 1850 D°l)3 4 1 per Cent., 1860 13 _, 3 per Cent. 1859 D O ! 5 Per Cent. 1862 4 . 5 per Cent. 1861 9l Do. 5 per Cent Sp anish 4,0. Account Do 3 per Cent Account D o N Acc o ew t erred Def un stDDo Passive ••• 0 Acc ount 251 D al l o ielacCert. of Coup not funded — sw_ ..a. co unt l3l °dish C t 12,0 per on . it 4r ,.. z • 414 :1 Per Cent. 1864 Do , isli 6 Cent. 1854 Accou n t D D 6 per Cent. 1838 4,0 Account .No XlOO Bonds .",° 6 per Cent 1862 4-,0 Account Do D 67 1 £lOO Bonds Ai o .0 ,-, per Cent.,1863 — TN ° 5 per Cent 1865 paid up Scrip — ...J o A ec •, 7 341 i lif ount it:" a • 4 per Cent. G uaran t ee d — Ditto pzuela 3 per Cent. .0 b o account 0 6 Accounter" t 1 86 9 4 , D. 1864 — 1.) Dividends on the above payable in London. th 2. i- per e.ut., Ex. 12 Guil — 14 „, ° ii,er Cent. Certificaies I,'!=leli fer 3 per Cent. •Lkilan 5 per Cent 1861, Ex. 23f. D 0 A ccount ” - 53 i I I ecnisols fo r money THREE O'CLOCK, D). ,- , 0 .4 i, :euant, B7k ILIARE MARIO TS,—This Day. --- a ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 'Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b.June E.London, scrip Certi 89 9t 1 27 29 55 65 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern DJ. A stock • • Do. B stock 23 15 ci 114 116 40 41 - 6 7 122 124 1 8 139 Do. J.ew, is. at 25 p Gt S, and W. of Irelan Gt. Western -Origina Do. S. Val. Rail. gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxtord Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshire Landon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast, ton., Chat., and Dover' Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan.... Do. New 581 59 57 59 39 41 34 85 100 102 121 121 k 96 88 27 29 121 1211 921 4341 61 63 133 k 134 2/ 34p 1 92 1i 45 lfp, , Do. Extension Metropolitan District. Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Midland Do. Share 123 123$ if 2 i 93 95 Do, Birmin.. & Derby Vlid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N'E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York De, Carlisle Po. 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 Do. Scot, Mid. stick Shropshire Union South Devon South Ea stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall 57 68 6 27 10 110 71 72 109 110 36 364 10 11 p 122 124 1 21) 1 tpi 74 76 108 112 149 151 66 68 49 * n 75; 76! 8 9 . 140 143 2& 3h 100 103 52 54 Closingl Business Railways. Paid. Price. done. BRITISH 100 at I 20 201 10 100 1 Atlantic & St.Lawrenee Bom.,Baroda, & Cen.ln. Du. s_el o. F dimes Buffalo dz Lake Huron Do. Preference Butf.,Brant,& Goderich 6 p.c. .872-3-4 Calcutta & S. E., lim Cape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Dn. J Extension Grand Trunkof Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d.Pra. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 9th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.e. 1 o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. a Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do Great Wes. of Canada.. D.). New .. • • Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 1 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-B—, Indian Branch, limited l Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do POST WO 100 100 all 100 100 Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. 0. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. N. lil.C'da,ispcletptbs Scinde 1 Do. Delhi Do. do. Do. Puniaub 1"0 , 3 Do.lndus `4" lESSIONS , 100 flOO 2 100 100 64 56 IC2i 1C33 1 0 1 9 10 1C23 78 80 96 98 65 70 100 102 101 102 102} 1031 23 25 85 67 63 C 6 55 60 57 5J 50 55 42 45 40 41 26 28 25 23 1098 1.041 2 lo 2p 99 101 91 93 15 1 , 51 51 414 94 98 83 r 5 01 1 100 101 91 93 S 6 88 R 3 65 82 99 100 98 99 ti 97 99 1031 3 1/ 1 23 4 2/ 1094 I 31 1001 100 i 1(0 i 92} COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1872 100 - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 - Do. 6 p.O. Feb. & Aug l ,l 90 44 - D. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 103 90 94 - Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 74 80 79 - Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk 100 77 00 - Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 102 104 Do.Apl. &Oct 1890-1900 100 105 107 - Do. do: 1880-9,' 100 105 107 - Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 102 104 103} - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 90 22 - Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c 100 IC2 104 - Do. 1878, do lOO 106 1 8 Mauritius, 6 p. c, 187 3 , Jan. and July - Do. It7B - 00. 1832, Mayls, Nov. tr. 10 ,- ) 104 106 - Do. 1895, Feb. .z Auz l,O 1(2 104 - Natal ilov. per cent lO 100 102 - N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.J&July 100 93 95 - N. S.W. Gov. 5 pv.,1866 100 - - - Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1870 100 90 95 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 100 874 884 - New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 92 95 921 - Do. 5 per cent... • 100 79 81 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. o sterling, 1875 l9O 98 100 4,lueensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 98 100 994 - 1. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 100 - Do. 1878 & upwards 1( 0 105 107 - Vic,Gov. 6 p.c.Ja &July 100 - _ - Do. do, A pril & Oct lOO 103 101 1034 3 BRITISH MINES. amto Consul.Gold,lfni. C - am. 74 6 7 - Cliffo 30rd Amalgamated. 14 16 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. 1 540 680 - Drakewalls 2.1.0 4 1 - East Bassett (Illogan) 294 18 20 - East Caradon 2.14.0 8 9 - East Carn Brea 34 34 44 - Nast Grenville 2.14.0 • 34 4 - East G unnialake 8.3.6 i - East Lovell 3.9.0 8 9 - E. WI Russell (Tavistk 10.8.0 3 34 - Gam.& StAubyn(Gwen. 66 5 7 4 Great L4xey, limited all 21 22 214 - Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 4 1} - Great Wheal Busy. • • 8. 4 1 0 8.0 2 2 5 4 2 3 6 G. G e l ia V v h i e l a l ........ .. - Herod's Foot ..... .. • - Hingston Downs - Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 4 6 Marke Valley ....... . 4 11.wyndy Iron Ore, 24 24 14d - New Se ton 38f 13 15 - North Roskear - 91.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan 4.4.0 North Wheal Crofty 2.13.0 4 1 - Prosper United.— 7.1.6 - - Providence Uny Lelant 10.6.7 22 at - S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 375 400 - South Condurrow 3.2.0 14 S.Wheal Fran. (illogan 18.18.9 15 20 -. Stray Park 35.15.6 4 6 - Tin Croft 9 13 15 5 Vigra and Clogan, litn all 3 5 - West Bassett (Mogan - W. Caradon (Llskeard 9 8 9 94 - West Chirerton ll 724 774 - West Seton 474 130 140 - Wheal Bassett (Mogan 54 SO 85 - Wheal Buller atedruth 16 20 22 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 5 - Wheal Seton -. Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 7 13 15 ARBIL .F.KEFERENCE B. slper cent., No. 1, 101 tto Iy. and G. 4 per cent., 78 Eastern, G.N.E. 4 per cent. pref., 106 Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., ockton and Darlington A, 5 per cent., 26 itto, B, 6 per cent., 31 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Kent Coast, 6 per cent. pref. B, 105 i Metropolitan 5 per cent.,‘.lo2l Nortl North North LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 pLr cent., 1( 9 Esat Lincoln gua. 6 per cent., 126 London and Blackwall, 87 London and Chatham, 4 per Cent., 851 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco, li.n., gum. 7 per cent., 15 San Paulo, lim., gua. 6 per cent., 151 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 15i I FOREIGN MINES. Alamillos, limited, Chontales Gold and Silver Paining, 3 Scottish Australian, Um.. I I St. John del Rey, lim., 64 Virashoe Gold, lim., 21 BANIIB,, Agra and 3I isterman's, 1irn.,.43i 3:4 Alliance, lira. , 24} 3 Anglo Austrian, 6 Australasia, 71 701 Bank of British Columbia, 214 Bank of Egypt, 32 Bank of London. 24 Bank of Queensland, lira. 10 11 Bank of Victoria, Australia, 43 Bank of New Zealand, 184 British and Californian, lira., 44 British North American, 474 8 Charles Laffitte and Co., 8 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and Chink 204 1} Chartered of India, London, and China, 424 City, li4 Consolidated Bank, lim., 91,- East London, lim., Eng ish Joint Stock, lim., 7418 European Bank, lira., 8} 7i Hindustan. China, and Japan, ilm., 13 it o, issued at 2 Ditto, new, 2 Imperial Bank, lira., 28 Imperial Ottoman, 114 Ditto. new, ICI Land 31ortgage Bank of India, lira., 3; 4 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, lim., 124 114 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 217 i London Joint Stock, 474 London and South African, 15 Midland Bank, him., 195 nriental Bank Corporation, 48 Provincial of Ireland, 85 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 2a Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lien., 51 Berlin Water Works, lim., 10 City of Moscow Gas, litn., 8: 9 credit Yoncler and Mobilier of England, 61 1 Ditto, new, 63 2 Crystal Palace, 31 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 111 Discount Corporation. 9 &tat indtrtu Laud Ckealt and Finance, inn., 1,1 Ebbw Vale, 16k THE SITN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 24, 1866. 1111IScE LL ANEOUS —Continued. Egyptian Corn. and Trading, Urn., 32 Fairbiirn Engineering, 51 Fore-street Warehouse, lirn. ' 121 Gen. Credit and Finance of L ondon, Urn.. 46 4 Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso., Um., 2 6 2 international Financial society,lim., 46 London Financial Association, lira , 151 16 15; London General Omnibus Company, Um, 31 Madras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (all), .76 slllwall Iron Works, 2 National Discount t ompany. 136 Ocean Marine insurance), 20i Overend, Gurney, and Co lim., 13-1 14 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, Ditto, new, 506 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, lim., 21) ,2 Royal Mail Stearn, 1131 il6 Telegraph Constructii.n and Maintenance, lim., Dittoa£l2 , ,16 Universal Marine, Insurance. Urn., 34 Viceroy of Egypt, Mortgage, Loan, 17 Warrant Finance, lim., 46 LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. THE CASE OF CHARLOTTE WINSOR. This unfortunate woman was yesterday removed from the gaol at Exeter to Newgate, and was brought from thence in charge of Phillips, the second warder, in order that she might be present when the day was fixed for hearing the final arguments in the case. After a few observations, the Court fixed Friday week for hearing the counsel engaged. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. _.4,____ MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY AND ASSAULT ON A CONSTABLE.—EIeanor Hud son, said to be a well-known thief, was charged with steal ing a watch of the value of £l6 from Mr. Charles Baltens, residing in Oxendon-street, Piccadilly. Thomas Cheney, 87 C, said that about one that morning he saw the prisoner in the Haymarket accost several gen tlemen. She then walked up to a gentleman in Jermyn street, caught hold of hid - arm, and thrust her right hand into the gentleman's waistcoat pocket, snapping off his watch at the bow. The gentleman, not knowing at the time that he was robbed, walked away ; but he (Cheney) seized the prisoner, when she said, " Let me go, cabby, and I'll square it." She then became very violent, and bit his thumb severely. He then got assistance, and took the prisoner to the station. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l suppose you were in plain clothes, that made her take you for a cabman ? Cheney said that was the case. Sergeant Shillingford proved wresting th• watch from he prisoner's hand at the station, she conducting herself in a very violent manner. Mr. Baltens identified the watch produced as his pro perty, and said that the prisoner spoke to him in Jermyn street, but he did not miss his watch till a minute after she left him. The prisoner was anxious the case should ba dealt with by the magistrate, but on Cheney telling the magistrate that he thought there would be another charge against her, Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded her, stating that as the watch had been broken at the bow, in the usual way in these robberies, he expected it was not the prisoner's first offence. WORKED TILL THE LAST.—William Clifford, a boy living at 20, Caplin-street, Lisson-grove, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, at the instance of Mr. William Love, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani mals, with ill-treating and torturing a horse. Smith, an officer of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, proved seeing the boy that morning in Coventry-street driving a pony attached to a cart. O n examining the pony he found it excessively lame of two legs, and to be totally unfit for work. The mother of the boy said she was not aware it was unfit for work. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he was aware that some persons thought a horse could be worked for ever. He should dis charge the boy, and a summons could be taken out against his father. The horse had better be destroyed in the meantime, and he would caution the boy that if he was seen working it again he would be sent to prison for a month. WESTMINSTER. HABITUAL ILL-TREATMENT OF A WIFE.—WIII. If urrell, a middle-aged man, was charged with violently assaulting and threatening his wife. The poor woman, who exhibited marks of brutality, said that she had been married to the defendant 16 years, and they had a family of children. Last night her husband came home and ordered her little boy to bed, remark ing that if he did not go he would pay him for something he had done on the previous day. Complainant, after the child had gone, merely remarked that she thought he had before punished the boy for the offence stated, when the defendant took his hat and threw it at her. She en treated him not to beat her, at the same time remarking that he had beaten her enough last Saturday. Upon this the defendant got up, and having locked the door, beat her with his fist about the face, and kicked her severely in the side. Her screams brought assistance, and he was taken into custody. Mr. Arnold—Has he ever ill-used you before ? Complainant—Scores of times. Mr. Arnold—Have you over charged him ? Complainant—Ho has been locked up, but I have not pressed the complaint. Defendant—l don't know how it happened—l don't re member anything about it. Police-constable Seymour, 187 B, said he was called and heard the defendant threaten to rip his wife up. He had a knife in his hand. Mr. Arnold—was he drunk ? Constable—Not that lam aware of. I did not observe any symptoms. Defendant was remanded. THAMES. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—EIIen Holland, aged 25, a tailoress, of No. 5, Groye-street, St. George-in-the-East, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with attempting to commit self-destruction. John Clark, a police-constable, No. 491 K, stated that his attention was called to the prisoner last night, and he saw her go down a narrow lane, which led to the water side, near the Aberdeen Wharf, in Wapping, and before he could arrest her she threw herself into the river, under two barges, and close to the brow of the wharf. It was, fortunately, low water, and he soon recovered her. She was intoxicated, and made no explanation of her making the attempt on her life. Mr. Paget—Hare you anything to say now, young woman ? The prisoner —Nothing, sir. Mr. Paget remanded the prisoner to Clerkenwell prison for a week. DARING ROBBERY IN THE LONDON DOCK.—Henry Bat terman, a German, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing seven quarts of brandy, the property of the London Dock Company. The prisoner has been the manager of the marble crane for hoisting marble out of ships for 11 years, at a salary of 18s. per week. Yesterday afternoon, at 5 minutes past 4 o'clock, and while the labourers were leaving the dock, a foreman named George Hunt saw the prisoner rolling a cask of brandy towards his tackle place. He suspected the prisoner intended a robbery, and watched him. The prisoner knocked tho bung out of the cask and allowed the liquor to flow into a pail. He was seised, the leakage was stopped, and the cask was re-gauged, and a defi ciency of 7 quarts was ascertained. There was exactly one gallon and seven pints of brandy in the pail, the re mainder was spilled in the tackle box. The prisoner, in broken English, said he did not bore the cask—he knocked the bung out by striking the cask with a billet of wood. Mr. Paget—You are not charged with boring the cask, but with pouring the brandy out into a bucket. The prisoner —Oh, yes, I did pour it out. Mr. Paget—Have you any defence to make to this. You are charged with stealing the brandy? The prisoner—l depend on your mercy. .. Mr. Paget said he did not intend to decide the case him self, but to commit the prisoner for trial ; and when the trial was over he should like to know the result. Mr. George, principal constable in the dock, said the magistrate's suggestion should be attended to. MARKETS.—This Day. -4.-- ---"'"----' HAY. S➢IITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 105 ; clover, £5 5s to 16 15s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 45 per load. Demand inactive. y CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £slos Od; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od; and straw, £2 Os to £2 bs per load, A moderate inquiry. - - - WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs ; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load, Trade slow. COLONIAL. TEA.—Thore has been very little business entered into, and the operations reported have been at about previous rates. SUGAR.-The market continues very dull, and prices generally exhibit no recovery from the late depression. In the refined market a moderate demand has prevailed for dried goods at about previous rates. COFFEE.—A fair inquiry has prevailed for superior qua lities of Plantation. Ceylon at full values; inferior de scriptions, however, aro neglected. RicE.--Tho demand has slightly improved, but quota tions remain unaltered. TALLow.—The tallow market has been very steady, and there has been rather more disposition to sell for the last three months, but for spot and Juno the mark - et has been well supported. The demand is small in consequence of the large present make of home tallow. The closing prices are : - Spot. 475. ; April to June, 465. 9d.; June, 475. 3d. ; October to December, 48s. Gd. ; town tallow nomi nally 445. 9d. nett cash. " Sorts" are scarce, and make comparatively high prices. Odessa sheep, 475. Gd. ; beef, 465. 9d. to 475. ; Australian beef, 465. Gd. ' • South Ame rican, none offering under 50s. Cocoa nut oil firm • for Cochin, 535. Gd.; Ceylon flat, at 475. ; Sydney, 445. ed. to 465. ART UNION. -This Day. DRAWING OF THE PRIZES. The annual general meeting of the members of the Art Union was held to-day, in the New Adelphi Theatre, for the purpose of receiving the report of the council, and for the distribution of the amounts set aside for the purchase of works of art. The rwort was read by Mr. Godwin, F.R.S., from which it appeared that the subscriptions for the year amount to the sum of £13,681, showing an increase of £1,941. The amount set apart for the ptirchase of works of art from the public galleries by the prizeholders themselves will be thus divided :- 20 works at £lO each. 75 ,; 100 „ 150 „ 200 „ 250 „ To these are added a bronze statuette of the Queen on horseback, a bronze statuette of a boy at a stream, and a marble bust of Hobe ; 20 medallion bronze inkstands, 100 " Psyche" vases, 80 busts in percelain of his Royal High ness the Prince of Wales, 60 sets of photographs from the society's plates, 80 chromo-lithographs, " Young Eng land," 250 chromo-lithographs, " Wild Roses," 200 volumes of etchings, by R. Braudard, and 100 silver medals, com memorative of Benjamin West, P.R.A. ; making, with the Parian busts due to those who have subscribed for ten years consecutively without gaining a prize, 1,243 prizes, in addition to the volume of engravings received by every member. 1 work The principal money prizes were then drawn in the order given below:— Capt. Bridgewood, of Longton ... E. Blake, Blackfriars-road G. Buckton, High-street, Hull - ... ...£25 ... ... ... ... 50 ... - ... 40 Dr. Brockwell, Cleaton, Cumberland W. W. Brundrip, Runcorn F. E. Williams, Swansea ... R. E. Leader, Sheffield H. F. Phillips, Euston-square W. Sharp, Workhouse, Birmingham Ray. F. H. Swan, Spilsby Rumbold W. Lloyd, Port Madoc W. M'Loud, Military Asylum, Chelsea Miss Stone, Chislehurst, Kent J. Hermes, Leeds ... F. Phillips, Newport ... John Green, Rose Hill, Bolton A Foreign Gentleman ... G. H. Aston, Capel Court F. Edwards, Great Marlborough-street A. Tennent, Stone ••• ••• ••• J. H. Harris, Exeter-road, Brighton J. Richardson, Lisburn ... Thomas Tandy, Ely-place C. W. Pringle, Woolwich Dockyard Thomas Senior, Bradford F. Walker, St. Thomas's Hospital Mrs. C. Grey, Victoria ... W. Campbell, jun., Falkirk T. J. Pike, Mount Audley-street F. W. Strugnell, Edgware-road... W. E. Bagshaw, Old Broad-street I. F., New Zealand ... G. W. Root, Hertford, U.S. N. Wright, Grosvenor-place, Leeds H. G. Norillia, Nova Scotia Carl Smetz, Prussia F. Hendley, 134, Oxford-street W. Gross, R- ••• .•• R. Barkley, 95, Farringdon-street E. Pett, Union-street, Plymouth Miss J. Getting ... ••• R. Halkin ••• F. M. Clifford, Kensington Mrs. J. Morris, Sandgate... T. A. Pierson, Hyde-park-square R. Robb, Brixton-hill L. Ferguson, Santa Martha J. Benzie, Cranbrook W. Fisher, Australia H. E. Hodge, Australia ... Madame E. George, New Zealand Joseph Ancona, John-street, Adelphi C. Bond, 239, Oxford-street G. Harris, 26, Gower-street J. Glennie, Caterham P. G. M'Stevenson, Shrewsbury W. Purdie, Old Broad-street ... W. D. Stewart, 48, Fenchurch-street R. H. Barkham, Biliter J. Tomlinson, jun., Yarmouth ... J. Librant, Cape Town ••• J. Dottridge, New-cross ••• T. Robertson, Hackney W. J. Barron, Alderinanbury John Nelson, Dalton, in Furnace Ald. Dakin, Hornsey T. J. Horrell, South-place, Finsbury C. Huggesdon, Deptford ... E. P. Clark, Wymondham W. Trewig, Helston H. Gadd, Chichester Alex. Anderson, 45, Horseferry-road C. F. Oding, Ripon Rev. J. Foster, Sudbury ..• G. Streeter, Isle of Grain, Rochester A. Pickling, Kingston-on-Thames ... Mrs. Longfield, Croydon ... S. Chesterman, Banbury John Hughes, Camberwell ... H. Blackmore, Brook-street R. Hodgson, Portland-place J. G. Parsons, Great Yarmouth ..• A. 11. M'Bean, Leghorn C. Hedges, Oxford ••• ••• ••• F. M. Harrison, Torrington-square ... C. Crockford, Royal Brewery, Brentford H. Ray, 2d Life Guards ••• ..• W. Purdey, Old Broad-street A. F. Bright, Brighton •.• ••• B. Lewis, St. Michael's House, Cornhill R. Foster, Kilmarnock ••• •.• J. E. Johnson, Cambridge .„ Mrs. F. Smith, Tasmania J. S. Owens, Dursley F. Owen, Greenwich „. E. Oldney, Plymouth H. P. Poole, St. Swithin's-lane W. Allison, Austin Friars L. Van Oven, York-terrace, Regent's-park E. Richardson S. Northcote, 29, St. Paul's-churchyard ... J. Limgair, Arbroath A. Williams, Windsor F. Godfrey, Newton Abbott J. Roslyn, Reigate W. E. Grove, Blandford J. Woolcock, Helston J. M. Smith, Beckett Bank, Leeds J. G. Broad, Diss, Norfolk J: L., New Zealand ..„ J. W. Reynolds, Warwick-square J. Sothward, Ballarat ~„ J. Page, jun., Hobart Town ... J. Ray, Coleman-street, City Miss Campbell, 14, Sackville-street R. Twiss, Sloane-street J. Hodgson, Newcastle F. J. Wallis, Laguira, Venezuela ' .„ J. Harrison, Lincoln J. Wilchin, Southgate ... D. Mills, Cape Town ... J. Nicholson, South Shiel d s G. Mills, St. Stockton Georg .. George's-terrace, Regent's P ar k ... R. J. Dunston, St. Colomb Rev. H. Glynn, Chester ... S. Loveridge, Wolverhampton W. J. Phillips, Hammersmith W. W. Watson, Glasgow F. J. Lace, Stone Gap, Leeds F. James, Bristol E. Walker, Old-street-road A. Steele, Hampstead-road „.. G. J. Fox, Atherstone G. Cheethant, Chadderton Rev. C. Locke Middleton-square J. I'. Holden, Manchester J. Biddle, Grafton House Leamington... 11. Johnson, Leek... Mrs. Tooke, East Grinstead Mrs. H. Sutclffe, Manchester J. F. Smith... ••• ••• - W. Homing, Harmood-street B. 31•Celdy, Greenock ... H. A Symonds, Reading ... W. E. Oram, Woolwich A. Dennis, Geelong •.. J. 11. Cole ... ••• F. Isaacson, Kentish Town-road 410 ... 15 ... ... 40 ... ... 40 ... ... 150 ... ... 35 ~. ... 25 ... ... ~. 200 ... ... ... ... 45 ... ... ... ... 25 ... 40 ... 20 ... 50 ... ... ... II" 50 ... ... ... ... ... 30 •.• ..• ••• 60 SU 010 100 ... 25 11,11••• ." 25 IMP 1100 SOO Ili, SOO 40 •.. 1111.1 30 ..• 1111 . 10 • ell ... 30 •.. ••• 25 ..• 10 ••• ••• 10 •" ••• 100 ••• ••• 80 Liverpool Cotton Market.—This Day. Market steady. Prices favouring holders. Sales probably 12,000 or 15,000 bales. DEATH FROM LOCKJAW CAUSED BY BURNS.- Yesterday an inquest was held at Charlton, on the body of Matilda Boyce, aged 12 years, the daughter of a labouring man residing at Hope Cottages, who expired on Saturday last from the results of extensive injuries sustained on Sunday week by her clothes being accidentally set on fire. She. was progressing favourably towards recovery until Tuesday, when symptoms of lockjaw came on, and she gradually sank. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. CAMBRIDGE ELECTION.—This Day. [Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] CLOSE OF POLL—FOUR o'CLocx. Gorst 776 Torrens 752 Majority -24 Great excitement in the town. SPORTING IN rELLIGENCE. CHESTER RACES.--THIS DAY. The GRosvExoß STAKES of 10 sovs each, with 50 added; three-year-olds, 6st 121 b ; four, Bst 71b ; five, 9st ; six and aged, Bst 21b ; mares and geldings allowed Mb ; cer tain winners 51b extra. About a mile and a quarter. W. 0 Selim EATON PLATE, Pantaloon ... Ozone . ... a Goldylocks Seven ran. 3.IOSTI[N STASES. 1 Rescue Gentian .. ............... 2 Beanelen CHESTERFIELD STASES. Rococo King Hal Aldcroft Nine ran. Won by a head. HANDICAP PLATE OF 100 SOUS. T.Y.C. Custard Castle Godmersham 2 Knight of St. Michael 8 Eighteen ran. SELLING STAKES. Sisyphus 1 Gentile , — 2 Five ran. WYNNSTAY HANDICAP. Pantatoon Skirraisk Persuasion Ten ran. HANDICAP PLATE. 1 122 j 2 } 58} i 961 6 28 1 21 931 3 133 4 4 4 10 91 9 1 i 93 123 i i 1091 9 711 1091 75 I I ~ 100 ... 25 ... 80 ... 150 ... 25 ... 250 ... 20 ~ 100 ~ 25 150 30 ... 75 20 20 The Count . Queen of Trumps Strangaway Six ran. Won by a neck: PALATINE STASES. 1 Wiseman ~ Wild Bee.. Murrillo Four ran. BETTING 04 THE COURSE. CHESTER CUP. 7 to 4 agst Redcap (taken freely) 100 to 30 agst Delight (offered) 7 to 1 agst Dalby (taken) 100 to 7 agst Treasure Trove (taken) 100 to 7 agst Baragah (taken) 100 to 8 agst Sandal (taken DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Vespasian (taken freely) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS.—THis EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at fire o'clock. SMALL-PDX ON BOARD SHIP. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said that he had just learned that the ship Octavia had arrived from Bombay, and that there had had been on board of her upwards of a hundred cases of small-pox. He wished to ask the noble duke at the head of the Admiralty what steps had been taken to prevent the spread of the disease ? The Duke of SOMERSET said that the orders of the medical men were sufficiently explicit, and directed that every sailor should be examined as to whether he had the small-pox. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time :—Broms grove and Droitwich water, North Eastern Railway (Gilling, Helmsley, and Pickering), North Eastern Railway (Leeds and Wetherby Branch), Hull, Horness, and North-Eastern Railway. Dublin Ports Acb Antond mont, Dublin Ports Dock, Leicester Cattle Market, &e. The Limerick and Castle Connell Railway, Brean Down Dock, Cork Harbour, United General Gas Company (Dub lin), South Essex Raiway, and Imperial Gas Company Bills were severally read a third time and passed. WEST MIDDLESEX WATER BILL. Lord REDESDALE moved that the house should go into committee on this bill. Earl GREY thought that some explanation should be given by the Government as to what were their intentions as to taking some defined course in reference to private bills of this description, so as to introduce seme system of municipal reform. Ho thought the Government were neglecting their duty in not paying more attention to bills like the present. ' Earl GRANVILLE said that the subject of this bill did not in his opinion raise any question of municipal re form. No doubt it was desirable that their should be more united action in respect in dealing with this subject, but at the same time it was a question that was attended . with groat difficulty. He reminded the noble earl (Grey) that there was no authority given in the bill to empower the company to divert or abstract a quantity of water from the Thames so as to affect injuriously the supply of the river water to the metropolis. The Earl of DERBY was understood to object to the principle of the bill. Lord TAUNTON considered that this bill tended to the obtaining of better terms from the corporation of the City of London. He thought also that justice would not be done in regard to their subjects unless the public forced them on the attention of Parliament. He contended that it was a disgrace to the country the manner in whcih municipal matters were 6oraetimes managed, by which an unnecessary expenditure was incurred, and the interests of the public were grossly neglected. The bill then passed through committee. QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICES ABOLITION BILL. Lord HOUGHTON, in moving the second reading of this bill, said that the subject had been frequently before their lordships. The object of the bill was to relieve a very large number of persons from making declara tions on their acceptance of office, which were unnecessary, and in some cases offensive to the feelings of a large portion of the community. There was no doubt that the bill was affected by the measure which came up from the other house, and which was read a second time yes terday by their lordships, with a view to relieve members of Parliament from the imposition of certain oaths on taking their seats. He did not see why the same relief should not be extended to the class to which the present bill referred. There was nothing in the bill to alarm their lordships, and he believed that the principle of the bill had the ap proval of the majority of the reasoning and respectable portion of the people of the country. From returns to Parliament it appeared that in Manchester alone, and else where, there were some thousands of persons who did not subscribe to the declaration, and the consequence was that the Indemnity Act had to be passed. He considered, however, that a general form of declaration should be roquired on the part of mayors and other officials, pledging their loyalty to the Crown. The Earl of DERBY offered no opposition to the bill, more particularly after the bill relative to Parliamentary oaths [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS-THIS EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. TIIE REFORM BILL. Tho Sheriffs of London presented a petition in favour of the Government Reform Bill. RYE ELECTIONS. The report of the Rye election committee was brought up. It declared that Mr. L. B. Mackinnon was duly elected, and that the allegations of bribery were frivolous and vexatious. THE BISHOPRIC OF NELSON. In reply to a question from Mr. SELWYN, Mr. CARDWELL said it was quite true that represen tations had been made to the Government, in consequence of their not giving their assent to the consecration of the Bishop of Nelson. The refusal had arisen in consequence of thol law proceedings which had taken place in the Privy Council with respect to Natal. The Government were of opinion that before any action was taken by the Crown a bill ought to be introduced, when the whole subject could be considered by Parliament. That was the solo reason for the refusal of the Government. With respect to Prince Rupert's Land, the bishop had been appointed, and was awaiting consecration previous to the delivery of the judgment of the Privy Council. COOLIES FOR THE EAST INDIES. Mr. B. COCHRANE asked the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether ho could inform the house if the French Government did not intend to press for a renewal of the treaty for the immigration of coolies from the East Indies ? Mr. LAYARD said at that moment he could not give the hon. gentleman the information he required. NEW ZEALAND. _ _ _ Mr. ADDERLEY asked the Secretary for the Colonies what reply the Government had given to the addresses from New Zealand for the separation of the two islands under distinct Governments ? Mr. CARDWELL said the Government had intimated that they were not prepared to sanction such a proceeding . THE FENIANS. Lord DUNKELLIN asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether her Majesty's Government had re ceived any intelligence of an attack made or threatened by the Fenians on any of our North American colonies ; and if ho would communicate the purport. of it to the house? Mr. CARDWELL said that ho had no account of the attack of the Fenians on our North American colonies. There had been threatenings, however, for some time past, but that had given rise to a manifestation of loyal feeling on the part of her Majesty's subjects there, and the most active steps had been taken to meet, both by sea and land, any such threatened attack. WESTMINSTER BOULEVARDS. Mr. B. COCHRANE said on Tuesday next he should move for a committee to inquire and report whether proper provision was made for the poor in the proposed construc tion of the Westminster Boulevards. RATES ON GOVERNMENT PROPERTY.. Mr. Alderman SALOMONS called att ention to the ex emption from local rates now claime d for houses, s, lands, and buildings in the occupation of themoved Government mov that, in the Depart ments throughout the country ; and _ opinion of this house, her Majesty',souGdomvg to Parliamenternment should mn consider the expediency o f reco and occupied for public that all lands and buildings used local:rates in the same man ner as other property, and pay ra tes accordingly. The hon. gentleman took the opportunity of statinghow pecu liarly unjust it was to the ratepayers of different parts of the metropolis. In Chelsea the Government buildings occupied 72 acres, which was about 1-10th 0r the whole parish, the amount of the taxation for which was £55,000, to which the Government only contributed £515. Green wich also suffered very severely from the same cause, and he did not see why post-offices and savings banks should not pay their quota to poor rates like any ether buildings. Mr. TITE seconded the motion, because he knew how grievous the burden of the poor rates were in Chelsea. In that part of the metropolis the poor rate amounted to one-fourth of the rack rent paid by every small shopkeeper in Chelsea. Mr. W. MARTIN supported the motion. $lllMr. CHILDERS hoped the house would hesitate before they agreed to the motion of his hon. friend, because it not only proposed to bring all existing Government property under local rating, but it proposed also to deal with imagi nary property. It appeared to him that the motion went to the extent of saying that because a large area of building land was held by the Government, butwas not not built upon those imaginary buildings should pay rates. If Government were called on to pay on this basis, there was no knowing to what extent the general taxpayer might be called upon to pay local rates. At the present time the Government paid rates on a great deal of public property wfiere a beneficial occupation was proved. He, therefore, called upon the house not to adopt the principle laid down in the resolution, be cause it would lead to changes of which the hon. member who brought forward the motion did not himself see the end. Mr. Forrand, Mr. Denman, and Major Dickson sup ported the motion. Dr. BRADY opposed the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the motion of the hon. member was most extensive in its ap plication, and he thought it would be inadvisable at the present moment to force it to a division. He would freely admit that it was a subject which demanded full inquiry. The motion was ultimately withdrawn. [LEFT SITTING.I LONDON GAZETTETLT his Evening. ADMIRALTY, A sf nl l L 17. C o mmander Thomas Henry y ro gi s t io haa been promoted to be Retired Captain , under t he pvi in Council of I st Aug ust, 1860, 9 th ;1 the Orders 64,and 24th March, 186 6 , with senority fro APRIL 2 m o the 13th ins t . John Sloan, Esq., M.D., has this day been p romoted to the rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets on the Retired List. APRIL 21. The undermentioned Sub-Lieutenants and Acting s u b_ Lieutenants have been promoted to rank of Lieutenant and Acting Lieutenant respectively in her Majesty's fleet :—Francis Romilly, Edward Albert Liardet, Frede rick Augustus Gardner (Acting), Arthur Stephens Phillpotts, Frederick Ralph Carr, Fred. Echlin (Acting), Charles Alfred Woodroffe, Charles Saville Broome, St. Vincent Nepean (Acting), Algernon Heber Percy, George Harvey Rainier (Acting), Harry Laurence Hender son Veitch (Acting), Gerard Henry Ultred Noel, Robert Henry Paul, Astley Robert Cooper, Edward Seymour Evans, Philip Henry Worgan, Edward Alverne Bolitho, Honourable Archibald Robert Hewitt, John J. Frushard Bell, John James Ava Campbell (Acting). The Rev. George Haynes W. MacDowall has been this day appointed a Chaplain in her Majesty's Fleet. APRIL 23. Herbert Frank Roe, E:l., to be Paymaster in her Ma jesty's Fleet, with seniority of 13th March, 1866. Dreadful Explosion at Southampton. _ s - __ (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 24. The London and South Western Co.'s steamer Havre is on fire. Every effort is being made to save her. She arrived this morning from Havre with a cargo of French goods, chiefly for transhipment to the steamer sailing to-morrow for New York. The fire was caused by the explosion of a case of combustibles in the hold. Two of the crew and the stewardess are said to be seriously injured. One man has just been got from the hold of the vessel dead. LATEST PARTICULARS. The fire on board the Havre is now extinguished, but the ship has sustained much damage below and in the fore saloon. No further casualties have occurred on board, but Captain Wight, of the Company's steamer " Atalanta, while running to his own ship for assistance, dropped down dead from excitement. The Attempt to Assassinate the Czar. ST. PETERSBURG, April 19. The author of the attempt upon the life of the Emperor is a young man of about 20 years of age, named Olchewsky, such at least being the name he gave to the police a few hours after his arrest. A thousand conjectures are afloat respecting the motive which impelled him to attempt so great a crime. It is asserted that Olchewsky is a Russian gentleman ruined by emancipation, while some represent him to be a radical of the .Nihilist sect. According to others, he belongs to the bourgeois class of Podolia (an old Polish province), and is only the instrument of a vast conspiracy against the Emperor's life. The accused declares himself to belong to the lower classes, and he speaks the dialect of the common people. Externally, his dress bore out this statement, but it was found upon searching him that he wore fine under linen. His hands also are soft, and his language, in the course of a long examination, becomes refined, evidently from forgetfulness. Je pretends not to understand any foreign language; but when Prinee Suwarrow, in the course of the first hearing, made a few remarks in French to Prince Dolgorouky, chief of the Secret Police, of great importance to the prisoner, it was evident that the latter per fectly comprehended what was said. At 1 p.m. to-day the Emperor gave audience at the Winter Palace to the representatives of the nobility and inhabitants of the metropolis, who had asked permission to present an address congratu lating his Majesty upon his providential escape. The address was read by Count Orloff-Davydoff, marshal of the nobility. It said : " Sire,—Under the present distressing, yet, at the same time, consolatory circumstances, we, the marshals, de puties, and nobles of St. Petersburg, only fail to address your Majesty in the name of all the nobility of Russia, because every assembly of nobles will be jealous of the right of expressing its sentiments in per son. But we come before your Majesty to-day, in the name of the nobles and inhabitants of St. Peters burg, to express our profound affliction that a criminal or insensate hand should have dared to attack your Majesty's august and sacred person, so justly dear to us— (loud and enthusiastic cheers)—and we offer up our fervent thanks to the Almighty who has preserved Russia from misfortune in saving your valuable life. Sire, permit us to remind you at this moment that, three days after your accession to the throne, when receiving in this same palace the deputies of St. Petersburg, you told them you hoped always to see the Russian nobility at the head of all good bnd useful undertakings. With God's help, the happy as piration of your Majesty shall be realised through many years, to the satisfaction of your Majesty's paternal heart." Renewed cheers succeeded Count Davydoff's words. The Emperor replied : " Gentlemen,—l thank you from the bottom of my heart for' the expression of your feelings upon this melancholy occasion. Last year, at the same period, all classes testified their sincere sympathy with me. If, after my trust in God, anything sustains me in my difficult task, it is in especial that devotion and those sentiments which are constantly expressed towards me with so much unanimity under all difficult circumstances, both by you, gentlemen of the no bility, end by all other classes. Again 1 thank you all from the bottom of my heart." Turning then towards the repre sentatives of the nobility, his Majesty added—" I reckon, gentlemen, upon your cordially receiving among you the peasant who saved my life yesterday, and who has been raised by me to the rank of a noble. I think he has well deserved the honour of being a Russian gentleman : , Long and prolonged cheers greeted t the noi- the Emperor's speech. His Majesty cordiallyofleclose of shook hands with and embraced the marshal lity, mho kissed his Sovereign's obcrowdeded ball amid jesties walked to the end of the crowded the most enthusiastic applausetd to their private of attachment, and then reireand o Th e ir Ma apartments. ,-- SHIPPING INTEL_LIGENOE. This Day. - j ug a rather strong breeze, and flue April 24.-wind this day at noon—North. weather. 1 ., - April 2.4.—Wind S.-W.—Sailed —The Deme rara. L I April 22.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Witch of the V from Buenos Ayr es ; H a l ley, steamer, from I I -E a ß v r er River Plate. April 23.— Arrived—Dacotab, from Mobile ; Carl, from New Orleans. Sailed —lronside, screw steamer, for Pomaron. CARDIFF, April 23.—Wind N.N.--Sailed—Thomas Fielding, for New York. OFF LIVERPOOL, April 23.—Arrived—Tripoli, screw steamer, from CLYDE, [April 23.—=Wind S.S.E.—Arrived—Priscilla, from Callao. LONDONDERRY, April 22.—Sailocl—Mphotigo, for Mitt dolphia. IMPERIAL PARLIAIONT HOUSE OF LORDS--LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY OATHS BILL. The Marquis of WESTMEATH presented petitions against this bill. The Earl of DERBY also presented petitions to the same effect. CATTLE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES BILL. The Earl of DERBY, who was very imperfectly heard, was understood to say that he considered the order in Council relating to the removal of cattle to have gone further than was originally intended, and referred to the case of a farmer who had suffered severely from the opera tion of the order, and he considered that greater power should be given to the local authorities in carrying out the order. Earl GRANVILLE said in the case in question no doubt their had been hardship, but the magistrates were compelled to act stringently in carrying out the Order in Council. THE ABYSSINIAN CAPTIVES. The Earl of CLARENDON informed their lordships that a letter had been received from Mr. Rassam, an nouncing that in January last the Emperor of Abyssinia had released the captives in Abyssinia, including the mis sionaries. (Hear, hear.) The Emperor had also written a very handsome letter to her Majesty the Queen. The Earl of DERBY expressed his gratification at the intelligence. The Earl of CLARENDON said his noble friend might rely on its truth. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time :—Kidwelly and Burry Port Railway and Burry Port Amalgamation, Cambridge University and Town Water, Dement and Shotly-bridge Road, Stockton Gas, and Tynemouth Im provement. The following bills were read a third time and passed:— Langton Gas, Delabolo Railway and Bowing Harbour, Southgate and Colney Hatch, East Barnet Gas and Water, Brighton Water, Farness and Whitehaven, Furness Junc tion, Furness Railway,Cornwall County, Leinaler Asylum, and Central Wales Extension. PRIVATE BILLS. Lord RE DESDA LE moved the several sessional orders in reference to private bills, which were agreed to. PARLIAMENTARY OATHS AMENDMENT BILL. This bill, with amendments. was read a third time and passed. The Attorneys' and Solicitors' Bill passed through com mittee. The report of the amendment of the East India Military, &c., Fund Transfer Bill Was brought up and agreed to. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COM MO NTR__T , T The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Dr. Cashel's Divorce Bill was read a third time and passed. MAIDSTONE ELECTION. The report of the Maidstone Election Committee was brought up. It directed that Messrs. Lee and Whatman were duly elected. LANCASTER ELECTION. The report of this election committee was brought up. It declared that Messrs. Schneider and Fenwick were not duly elected, and that the last election was a void election. NEW WRIT. Mr. BRAND moved that a new writ be issued for th© election of a member for Belston. Mr. D. GRIFFITH objected to the motion on tho ground that bribery had extensively prevailed at the last elec tion. • The motion was agreed to without a division. INDEMNITY TO BRITISH SUBJECTS. Sir G. BOWYER asked the Chancellor of the Exche quer whether any demand had been made within the last four months by the French Government on the British Government relative to the repayment by the latter Govern ment to the former of an alleged surplus of the monies pro vided by Franco and paid to the English Government, in pur suanco of the Convention of Paris, 1815-1818, to indemnify British subjects for their losesby confiscation during the re volutionary Government, or whether any communications on the above subject had passed between the Governments of the two countries ; and, if so, whether there was any objection to lay such communications upon the table of the house ? The CHANCELLOR, of the EXCHEQUER, said he did nut think that there had been any representations on the subject for a long time past. The last he recollected was in 1856. They occasionally had representations from persons that sums were due either on the one side or the other, but no attention was now paid to them, as the transactions alluded to by the hon. baronet were considered by the Government as by duo course of law, but for the information of the hon. gentleman he begged to say that there had been no communications within his knowledge within the time mentioned in his question. FIRE INSURANCES. In reply to au hon. member, Mr. SHERIDAN said if he postponed his motion with rsspect to firo insurance without some day being fixed, he should peril the question being taken this session. Ile therefore should be compelled to bring it forward. THE REFORM BILL.—ADJOURNED DEBATE. The adjourned debate was resumed this eveningb; 31r. BRIGHT, whose rising was the signal for some cheering from the Liberal benches, said—Before I ad dress myself to the questions before the house there are two matters of a personal character which I wish to dispose of- The right hon. gentleman the member forCalne, on the first night of this debate, made a complaint to this house that in a speech out of this house I had imputed to him, or quoted as from him, words he had not uttered. The right hon. gentleman was quite right to make that complaint, if he thought it was worth while to make it, because there was no doubt, and I am sorry that it so happened, that some three or four words which he had not spoken in that con nection, were added to the passage which he had spoken. I regret that inaccuracy very much, and I have only the sa tisfaction of knowing or believing that I did not do the right hon. gentleman any substantial injustice. Another point refers to the speech of the noble lord the member for King's Lynn. He retorted upon me the charge of conspiracy with regard to two divisions, which took place some years ago in this house—one with regard to the debate and divi sion on the China war, the other with regard to the division ou the Conspiracy Bill. In neither of those cases dial the mover of the resolution obtain a seconder from the opposite side of the house. But with regard to the first case—that of the China war—l was not in Parliament during that session. I was in bad health, out of the country ; and the first thing I heard of it was from reading an account of what had taken place in this house in a public news-room in the city of Rome. With regard to the case of the Conspiracy Bill, hon. members who were then in the house will recollect that on the division on the first reading of the bill nearly 100 mem bers, I think the exact number was 99, voted in the divi sion against the introduction or the first reading of the bill. Amongst those were Lord J. Russell, my right hon. friend the President of the Board of Trade, myself, and many others. The noble lord's friends warmly welcomed and supported that bill. (Cheers.) Before the second reading came on my right hon. friend the President of the Board of Trade gave notice of a resolution which, on debate, was carried by the house. The noble lord, I presume, certainly his friends, departing altogether from their course on the first reading, turned completely round on their own policy, and supported my right hon. friend the President ()lathe Board of Trade, went into the same lobby withrus,m.rd_ made a majority against the Government of Lord .talcame ston. (Hear, hear.) If there was any consp Y: ir" lt it was a from the other side of the house. (Hear, li t e e a i r t .) ey the noble dirty conspiracy, the dirt was imported ;uracies which to make the occur in debate, but I thougenht it .enisn, lord and his friends. Now, these and to explain the apology to the right hon. g u • advertently brought against case which the noble lord in to the _ tee no wquestion before the me. (Hear, hear.) . 1 lotion which has been moved b the house, and to the re so are the words in • y which the member for Chester. of resolution is wrapped up in this house,gene rallynareeceiinnsarac design a "deg of it comes out durin debate, the true ine did not l eave • g ebate, but the for C h e ster us in the slightest degree member in difficulty wi th regard to his view, and there can be nothing clearer than this. I do not in the least blame him for it, for be has a perfect right to his opinion —that he stands as the principal opponent of this measure on the ground that ho i s opposed either to reform at all, or to an extension of the franchise to the degree • which the Government pro pose to carry it by this bill. And I suspect, if the truth were known, and judging from his speech, that if Govern ment should lay on the table of the house a Seatsßillwhich may be as extensive with regard to that branch of the re form question as this measure is as regards the franchise it will meet with the opposition of the noble lord. (Hear.) One thing being absent is made an excuse and a weapon for destroying a bill that is present. That, I think, as far as I can judge, is a fair statement of the position of the noble lord. (Hear, hear, and No, no.) Well, when the Se ats Bill is placed on the table of the house we shall have anoppoiii-1 noble tunity of knowing what is the course the n lord lord take upon it. I come now to the speech theof amendment. noble will take the member for King's Lynn, seco n ding aed the much less That speech was much more ing enious it lands us in the can did ; it was much less straightf orward, same p f not more, used the osition ; the no bl e lord during that speech twice at least, i wor ds " the balance of power," f the peop le in this with regard to the representatienothe b fhouse..on We have done pretty much with alanco n o l e pos e ve v i . hen and I hope the timew cm the continent of Europe, we shall have no such phrase is "the balance of power" in this house. ( Ironical cheers and laughter from the e the fair representa tive Op position.) of all the pe o p le o I think this house should b f this country, and although it may not be desirable —and for those who think it is it may not be attainable— that all persons should vote, yet far short of that I am persuaded that the representation may be so ar ranged as that every person of every class will feel that his (harel