The Sun. — London, England, 1865-04-06 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AN!) COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Bank of England directors have not, at their usual weekly meeting this morning, considered it necessary to make any alteration for the present in the official minimum. In the open market the de mand for 'accommodation has been moderate, and the brokers have again negotiated the best short dated paper at 31 and 33 per cent. In the bullion office of the Bank of England yes terday afternoon the operations consisted of an influx of £16,000 in bar gold, and 60,000 sovereigns from Portug a l, The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this clay, are in round figures as under :-- Great Western North Western South Western Brighton ... 1863. ... £63,899 ... 104,312 ... 19,790 1864 £64,411 103,904 23,388 midland ::: South Eastern GreeNorth; ... 16,244 ... 45,923 ... 19,446 18,736 43,847 20,957 ern • 35,249 31,413 Lancashire and Y o rk s hi re -* 37,143 37,090 Eristol and Exeter North Eastern 6,467 6,166 ... 57,126 57,249 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 17,250 15,896 Great Eastern ... 29,511 28,794 These r e t urns, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, are in some in stances rather unfavourable. On the Great Western there is a decrease of £512 ; on the South Western of £3,598 ; on the Brighton of £2,492 ; and on the South Eastern of £1,511; but the North Western shows an increase of £408; the Midland of £2,076; the Great Northern of £3,836 ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £53 ; the Bristol and Exeter of £301; the North Eastern of £2,877 ; the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £1,354; and the Great Eastern of £717. At Paris, thi s day, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Re tea were 67f. 85c. The market for English Stocks to-day has shown a renewed tendency to improvement. More confi dence now prevails respecting some mercantile houses of high standing, and, instead of sales as yesterday, several investments on the part of the public have been made. Consols have advanced about per cent., the quotations for money being 904 .1, and for the account 91 k. Foreign Stocks were much firmer during the earlier hours of business. Turkish Consolides have risen to 541 55/ ; Mexican ex all have improved to 271 1 ; and the New Loan to 261 k ; Greek are 211 ; Spanish Passive, however, have receded to 3 1132 k ; and the Certificates are 17k 8 ; Italian have declined to 644 4 ; but the New Scrip has advanced to 34 3f dis. The Confederate Loan remains after slight fluctuation at 32 33. In the Railway Share Market there has been only a moderate amount of business transacted, and prices have not varied to any important extent. London, Chatham and Dover have declined £l, and Midland 55., while Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western, and North Eastern (Berwick), have each improved ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines are without ma terial alteration in values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are quiet, and generally sustain former values. Alliance are dealt in at 33i s ; London and County, at 74i ; Lon don Joint Stock, at 481 ; and City of Milan Im provements, 11 *. The current quotations of some of the principal new projects are—South of England Waggon Company, 14 prem. ; Millwall Freehold Land, 1 2 prem. ; City of Moscow Gas Company, l 2 prem. ; Anglo-Egyptian Navigation, 2 21 prem. ; Rio de Janeiro Gas, 1 1 prem. ; South African Land, 11 prem.; Saloon Steam Packet Company, 1 prem. ; Atlantic and Great 'Western Certificates of Debenture, 4 6 prem. ; and Financial Insurance Company, 1 1 prem. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 901 il4l 1 A 8 per C ent. Consols Do. A ccount, May 9 5 Per C ent. Reduced 901 1 ' New 3 per Cent 88 1 4 9 1 New 2/ per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 18 80 Do. fo r 30 yrs, expire sth AlBB5 Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., pril, Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO p , 4per Ce 1908 — Cent Do. £5OO .... . . . Do. £lOO and per Cent 240 11 xd 6pm „ . , ..... : £ . 200 • Bank of E jig l and Stock, 54 Do Account INDIAN GovEn_NuEyr SEcuurEs. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 2161 Do Account . . .... . ~ Do. 5 per Cent. july, 1870 DoDo. Account .... . .... . „ , . 4 per Cent., Oct. 188.8 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 187 Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 2 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 DoDo. 4 per Cent, Aug. 1866 -' Do. Bonds, £l,OOO . under £l,000 BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Brazilian 5 per Cent ▪ Do. 41 per Cent , 18.52-g826.0- B4 - * 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent ..... . ..... . Do I per Cent (Deferred 3 er Cent.) Cbilian 6 per Cent .. P Do . 4 5 Per Cent ..... Cuba Colombian 6 13er Cent . . .......... . • , 6 per Cent. . ._ Do 5 per Cent., 1864 ........... Do. Scrip, £55 paid Datih.3 per Cent., 1825 _ Do. 5, P er 1864 Do. 5 per Cent , 1773-77, £25 paid Danubia' n rincip*alities 4Do £B6 paid - 1-lquador New Co nsolidated, 1 per Cent — %Alan Do., , Sec Provision l Land W arran t — 7 per Cent Do .Eloa Bond Lo.nd een.e .......... 96 1 s ............................ 94 1 1 i '1 5 , Do. 1864 -.Jo Scrip, £ sb p a i d _ pm Greek 5 per Cents , 1.624:-. , * e - x .- C - olp . Do Account ... - • 8 1 Guatemala 5 per*Cen.t.. ........................ Do. 1839 and 1850 .............. Italian 5 per Cent (I,lare-min.....a1.a. ...... ;• .; Do Q 1865 D° '-'c rip, £425 pai d Al exican 3 per Cen.t. 4-4 31 I the Do. Account .. i . (i .. 2 2 7 4 1 - } I . 7 Dc Do 6 per Cent Anglo:1;1:;h." Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20e ... l Montevidean 6 per Cent., £3O pft,l NMoorish Imperial 5 per Cent ew Granada . . 95- Do 2 per Cent 134 13 Do DefeiTed ................................ 3" 3" Do Land Warrants (Hectares) . Peruvian 44 per Cent. .......... DDo 3 per Cent. (TJribarr*e**4 .................. Do 4f per Cent., 1862 ............. o. Account ........... ....„.................... Portuguese 3.per Cent, 1.853 ................. 83 Do Account .................... DoDo 3 per Cent . 18io, . 'i,..;9,-;416 ; 62 * .. ; 3 * . .-- Account ...•* c . ~.... ......... ~...., 481 8 Russian 5 per Cent; li i .G; . £ • ... Do 44 per Cent., * lB5O . * ......... .................... Do 1860 ......... Do 3 per Cent . 1859 ............. Do 5 per Cent., 1862 ......................................... — 904 894 904 i Do 1864 ......... 90 Sardinian 5 per Cent ................ i. Do. Account ......................................... 79 - 8 Spanish 3 per Cent.............. ................. Do Account ...... - ...................................... 48/ 8 • Do New Deferred ........................... Do Account ...................................... 411 1 / DoDo Passive .................................... Account .. Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded.......... - - Do Account .. . ... . ........................... 171 1 Swedish 4 per Cent.. „. ..................... Turkish 6 per _Cent. 1'854 ............ Do Accdunt .. . . .- ................................. DoDo 6 per Cent. 1858 ....................... Account .. ................................ 721 Do £lOO Bonds • .... .. . .......................... DDo 6 per Cent. 186.2 ........................ 744 1 o Account . ................................ 75 41 Do. £lOO Bonds .............................. 75 1 41 Do 6 per Cent. 1863 ........................ 711 Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent ................ 100 Venezuela 3 per Cent. ........................ Do. Account .................. Do. 6 p er Cent, 1862 ...................... .............. Do. Ac count Do 6 pe r C ent., 1864 3B 1 Do. 11 p er C ent Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent. Ex 10 Belgian, 44 per cent., , Ex.. 25f Florins . Do. 4 per Cent. Certifi...,ates French 'lentos 3 per Cent. Do. Account' Italian 5 p er C e ............... . Do. Account nt., 1861, ix. 23f. ................. . Do. C oupons .. .... ....... . 64 I onsols, M on ' IIII tEE O'CLOCK. D o. Accou nt C ey ~..„ ....... „ ~~ Made° d 0 of her y, on ap- s, by the y Major- r Lieut.- -General , intment, Ira from °motion, ie Adju- e of her appoint^ L's own) Lie Duke ie of her lussarsi by the ldmira' --.......... -.--,. it 5. High k yes - Draw° drove ester- Ljesty tarter Prin - Great A 1)1 3art. SHARE Share' Railways. Bir.. Wol., & Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall A 6 98 13)3 131 5 6 'his day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. I p a il/ Closing I Business Price. done. Do. A A. gets no div. Do. B tillap.c.p.an.has been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June. Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. s:k. Do. E. Angl. st No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northera D A stock Do. B . o Do. New. Is. at 25 pin Gt S, and IV. of Ireland Gt. Weste n D S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do IV. Mid.— Oxford Do. Newpo t Do. He Lauc .shire ,t Yorkshire L - ndon and Blackwali Lon., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. f shares Metropolitan . Do. New Slid and Do, I3irmin & De-by Mid Gt. W., Ireland Do. shares id Kent North British Do. Ed., PM ,•& Dun Nth. Eastern - Berwick Do. purchase I Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. stock. & Darling. Da. do. 1855-18 Do. do. 1860-61 gorth London Do. New Do. do. 1864 'forth Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central scot. N. E , Aber. stock co. Scot, Mid. st ick Avews & Welchpool Shropshire Union south Devon -ouch E stern . itaines, Wok., & Wok raff Vale Do. C Vale of. Neath Waterford & Kilkenny : West Cornw ill 1 W.Hartlepool Har.&lt Do. A irredeemable Do. A redeemable ERITIS El P lanfic & St. Lawrence Born., Baroda. Cen.ln gu. 5 per cent... Do. b' shares 'Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference kOi 10 100 I 100 100 Buff., Brant, dr, Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aug. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 187:3 Do. do. June 1, 1574 Calcutta & S. E., Urn a e Town & Dock, gu. Demerit's, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben.:al, gu , 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do do. deferred Do. 2d Pt% f. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. Zd Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock 20& 201 100 100 ISSK ISIONS. 60 64 1021 1031 pr 4p 4 44 ti 9; a 70 Do. do. deferred Gt. India Pen. gua. 6p.c I 'o. Gua 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 P• c• • Gt. South of India (him gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do Great WPs. of Canada.. D.% New ...... Do. 6 p, 6. Bds. pay 1873 Do. 5t do. pay. 1877-8.. fndian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 44 do Do. Fifth Extension Helb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's hay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B V. ll l.C'da, pc Ist pf.bds Scinde •• ...... . Do. Delhi Do. do ts' Do. Punlaub } I Do.lndus St Flo " 08 300 75 85 lt 1 101 102 104 103 i 1011 100 {lOO - 2 100 100 1031 4} 17 18 S 7 91 60 65 50 5i 50 55 45 50 43 48 41 44 23 `,5 22 24 104 105 1) P 62 4 26 3 1011 IC2 102 11 8 f 3 11k 11 d 85 k U 75 78 101, 104 03 95 89 91 64 66 a 5 82 84 1014 102. i 01 • 1021 pr 101} 102 i 94 97 1 1 i i COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. -- British Columbia, 0 per cent„ Dee. 31, 1572 100 f'an.Gov.6 p.c.,Ja.& July 1877+4 'oo 95 07 f,6 Do. tp. c. Feb. & Aug lOO 91 I's D sp. c. Mar. & Sept 101 93 t 5 1)0. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 83 85 83; 45 Do. 5 p Inscribed sk 100 81 84 Cape (*.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 103 101 3C6 1C45 1)0. April & Oct. 1880-4 100 105 108 Do. do; 1090-1 100 103 1' 8 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 105 107 Ceylon, Nov. i8(18, 6p. c 100 102 101 Do. 1878, do. 100 Its 107 Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1-78 Do. 1882, May :5, Nov..: 10) 108 109 Natal qov. o per cent lOO 104 106 N. B. Gov. 6p. c. Ja. uly 100 93 96 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 1806 00 98 103 Do. 5 p.c. 18 Ito 187 e. 100 92 9 New Do Zealand,s p e . 18 88 6 p t o . c l e B n 9 1, 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 9 3 1 10 9 5 3 921 Do. 6 per cent.... -- Nova Sc ,tia Gov. 6p. C sterling, 1875 lOO 91 07 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 103 105 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18,8-9 100 -- - - Do. 1878 & upwards 1 0 105 107 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July 100 - - Do. do, a pril & Oct lOO 1965 1075 107 G. BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. ConsoE Gold, lim 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated — 29 31 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 570 58 Drakewalls 2.1.0 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 18 20 18 East Caradon 2.14.6 115 15.1 as;, Cam Brea 3.1.0 04 7 -- East Grenville 2.7.0 35 31 35 East Love.l 2.13.6 10 11 E. Russell (Tavistk 9.10.6 31 41 Garm& StAubyn(Gwen. 605 4 6 4 Great L ',my, limited all 1') 19 Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Heist ,1 4O .505 314 Grenville 7.8.3 4 4 ticrod's Foot 8.13 25 36 Elingston Downs 4.18.0 35 4 Margaret (Tiny Lelant 94 5 7 Marke Valley 4.3.0 5 55 4 Nlwyndy Iron Ore, lim 25 1) 05 Nangiles New Seton North Downs 3 . North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Illogau 3.10.6 d I North Wheal Crotty - - Prosper United 7.1.6 3 31 Pr vidence UnyL9lant 10.6.7 33 35 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l5 530 550 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 20 25 Stray Park 30.17.6 15 17 Tin Croft 9 145 15 West Itassett (Mogan W. Caradon (L - skeard 9 6 West Chirerton ll 575 62 West Seton .•• .- Wheal Bassett tlllog-,an 55 100 103 Wheal Btiller (Redruth 10 30 35 Whea Ludoc,tt 3.12.8 Wheal Mary Ann (Men 8 11 13 Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 7 19 20 - Wheal -• Mid Di i'ICEFEREACh ,onsolidated, 6 per cent. stock, to, Bristol and Birm., 6 pt.r cent., tto, 41 per cent. pt. stook rd., 99i PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 4A per cent. pr., Ditto, 5 per cent. pf., 98 London and Blackwall, 41 per cent. stk.. 95 London, Brighton. ..to., 4 ) per cent., 1858, 951 London and South-Western, 41 per cent., 981 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham, 4i per Cent., Ditto, Com. Fund stock 5 per cent., 100 Shrewsbury and Hereford, 129 k FOREJGN RAILWAYS; Antwerp and Rotterdam,:loi I atita and San Francisco kiwi.) gua. 7 per cent., 151 I Imperial Mexican, Um., 2} Sail l'aulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent-. 171 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 22 FOREIGN MINEb ‘ United Mexican, BANKS. Alliance fltm.). 33; / Australasia, Ditto, new, 69 Bank of Egypt, 30 Chartered Bank of india,'Australia, and China.'3o Chartered Tqer. of India, London, and China. 51 Commercial Bank of India and the East, 35} Continental. Um., 201 Ditto, new, 1 114 ; English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 201 European Bank, Bin., I 3 Hindustan, China, and Japanjiirn.), Ditto, issued ate pm., Ditto, new, 4,8 Imperial Bank (Um.): 30i Imperial Ottoman, 17/ / London and Coln:Ay, 74j 5 London Joint Stock, 4St 8 London and South African, 22i Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 18 Oriental Bank Corporation, 161 Provincial Banking Corporation, lim , 3/ South E istern. lira., 121 Union of Australia, 64 Union of London, 54 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Land and Finance, Bm, Ceylon Company, 91 City City of Mil an I mprovemente, Um., 111 Offices, lim., 4t Credit Fonder andMobilier of England, 101 Ditto, new,l4 8 East India Irrigation and Canal, 71 Ebbw Vale, 7f Egyptian Com. and Trading, Ilrn., if I Euglish and Australian Copper, if Hudson's Bay, 16, Imperi.,l Mercantile Credit Asso., lira. , 61 Int ernational Land Credit. lirn.. 51- Lnndon'County Land and Building, lim., 11 Madras Irriga tion and Canal, 5 f Marine Investme,t, lim ,2f Milwall Iron Works. 6} :National Dibcount Company, lirn., 1 5 ; North British and Mercantile Insurance, 18 Societe Finai.ciere d'Egypte, lim., 8f Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), Um, 7 i Warrant Finance, Um., 3 i I 12}NI} 3} 4} 66 68 :6 17 83 gO 107 I+o 47 48 7 8 1311 Int 116 148 110 32 87 89 75i 61 66 52 53 46 49 lOr 1 03 119 119 i 85 f 8 107 109 42 11 121 12 • 951 96i 59} 60 128 129 2 2ip, 136 136 106 1(8 5F 35 Y 44 25, 1101 110! 69 70 103 IG3. 37 38 1t 12p 9 10p 115 11s 1 tip 79 11 11. 138 142 98 50 60 61 56 5S 86 8 i 9 10 155 15s 3 4 p 106 108 46 48 74 77 The Death of a Pauper in St, Giles's, POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day. ___. THAMES. SCANDALOUS CONDUCT TO A FEMALE.—SamueI Vincent, described as a labourer, aged 29, of No. 5, Rateliff-square, Commercial-road, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with assaulting Sarah Lee, a girl about 16 years old. Mr. H. Allen, prosecuting officer of a respectable and in fluential society, called the Associate Institution for Im proving and Enforcing the Laws for the Protection of Women, attended to watch the case. THE SUN LOA DON, THITBSDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1865. TIIE LATE RICHARD COBDEN, M.P. Court of Common Council.—(This Day.): At a meeting of the Common Council, this afternoon, Mr. J. Turner proposed a resolution expressing the sympathy of the Court with the widow and family of the late Mr. Cobden, in the irreparable loss they had experienced in his death Mr. Richardson seconded the motion. Mr. Deputy Elliott said, that without detracting in the slightest from the great merits of Mr. Cobden, he did not approve, even although dead, of making a god of any man. In truth, Mr. Cobden had only made known to the world what Smith. Mill, and Thompson had discovered. He honoured him for battling for the cheap loaf, but he could not forget the dangerous errors he also advocated. Some members expressed their disapprobation of the sen- POOR-LAW INQUIRY.-THIS DAY. This morning Mr. Parnell, the Poor-law Inspector, com menced an inquiry at St. Giles's Workhouse, touching the death of a pauper named Richard Gibson, respecting whom the jury at the coroner's inquiry made somo severe stric tures, which Dr. Lancaster conveyed to the Poor-law Board. Mr. Robinson having been sworn, said—l am a clerk to the vestry and to - the directors of the poor for the united parishes of St. Giles and St. George. I was appointed in November, 1826. This is the second official inquiry I have attended during that time by the Poor-law Board. I re ceived the rules and regulations of the Poor-law Board now put in. All the officers were supplied with a copy of them. So far as I know, it was the wish of the directors that the spirit of them should be carriod out. The clirectars always desired they should bo so. The directors of the poor are ap pointed by the vestry, which is elected by the parishioners. The directors inspect the workhouse once a month. The workhouse, in 1848 and 1819, was inspected by the Medi _ _ _ cal Commissioners of the Poor-law Board in the first in stance, and by, the Board of Health in the second. The commissioners, in 1848, were Dr. A. Farre, Mr. Martin, and Mr. Toynbee. The house was inspected with a view to making arrangements for cholera cases in 1848, and in the other year it was again inspected for the same purpose. They published their reports by authority. The first re port stated the particulars of all the wards in the new and old infirmary, giving the dimensions of the windows, fire places, &c. The second report repeated the former 'evi dence. The directors reported, in effect, that there was ample room for cholera patients, and that they should be placed in the new infirmary. The ward 47, in which Richard Gibson was first located, is in that infirmary, and so is ward 42, in which he died. The was no condemna tion to ward 47. No exception was taken to it in the re ports. I have not considered it my duty to see that Mr. Bennett, the medical officer, kept the medical officer's form of account, which is appended to the rules and regulations I have before alluded to. Thero are two medical officers in our workhouse. One is assistant to Mr. Bennett, the principal, and both are resident on the premises, 'and the directors supply the drugs. This has always been the case. We occupy the whole .of the time of our medical officers indoors and out. They are not permitted to take private practice. The out-door officer changes frequently. The principal medical officer has been with us about 20 years. The out-door officer seldom remains with us longer than three years,, as they find a private practice. We always require the double qualification, as laid down by the Poor-law Board. The assistant is the out-door officer. Mr. Rankley, the master of the workhouse, was next examined, and said—l have filled my present office for six years. Previous to that I was relieving-officer to the united parishes. I don't think our inquests in the house from deaths occurring in it average above one in two months. We have now about 720 inmates, the great majority of whom are aged, infirm, and sick people. I say we have 450 aged and sick persons amongst them. We have one paid nurse, and a matron. Myself, the two medical officers, the matron, a midwife, a nurse, and two porters, are the paid officials. I can say I can go to all the male wards twice a day, keep my books, and do all other duties required of me by the rules and regulations of the Poor- Law Board without any further assistance. Generally speaking I visit all the male wards twice a day. I know ward 47. I remember Richard Gibson coming into the workhouse on the 9th of July, 1864. He was then warded in room 35. That is not the infirmary. He had the full dietary of the house. Gibson remained in ward 35 till 29th October. I can't say whether during that time Gibson had extra dietary. I can't say how much extra dietary has been consumed. On the 29th of October last Gibson was removed to ward 47, by the doctor's orders. Mr. Farnell—How does a sick man in the ward get his extra diet ? Mr. Rankley—lt is cooked in another part of the house and sent to the ward. Mr. Farnell—Have you a dietary table paper displayed in the infirmary, so that the poor may know what they are entitled to ? Mr. Rankley—Yes ; I now put in copies o f it. _ _ Mr. Farnell—Does the Poor-Law Board interfere with the dietary in the infirmary ? Because I have read in the report of the inquest that Dr. Lancaster said the dietary La the infirmary was insufficient for the sick inmates. Mr. Rankley—No. The dietary is entirely in the hands of the medical officer. He can order whatever he pleases. Mr. Farnell—How often do you change the sheets and body-linen in the infirmary? Mr. Rankloy—The moment it is required, but the body linen invariably once a week. The pauper nurses have meat and beer daily. Gibson was removed to ward 42 on the 9th of February, and died next day. During the time Gibson was in ward 47 he had the same paid nurse, but the pauper nurse died, and her place was supplied. One of Le pauper nurses was with him throughout his illness. Tier name was Mary Ann Poacher. She is still in the house. I never heard a single complaint from Gibson, nor did either of the nurses speak to me about him. Mr. Farnell—Did any of the inmates ? Mr. Rankloy—No, none. The paid nurse is answerable for the food of tho patients being administered to them, and she is also responsible for the cleanliness of tho ward. Ward 47 holds 18 beds. The number was fixed by the Poor-law Board. They had done the same for every ward in the house. We carry out the order exactly. We never have any more than 18 beds in Ward 47. I never recollect the whole of the beds in that ward being occupied at one time. Mr. Farnell—Did Gibson ever desire his bed to be changed ? Mr. Rankley—No, never. Mr. Farnell—ls it the rule of the house that no food shall be brought into the workhouse ? Mr. Rankley—Yes, and we have a porter and a female to see that it is not done ; but the doctor has permitted such things as an-egg, butter, and tea to be brought in. He never allows meat to be introduced by the friends of in mates of the infirmary. Mr. Farnell—Was Gibson ever in a dirty state while in ward 47 ? Mr. Rankley—No, I never saw him so. I was present when he was removed to Ward 42. The barber never complained to me about Gibson. The man had a niece that used to visit him, but she never complained of any thing. If a pauper was very ill we should immediately send to his friends. It is our practice to do so. I never heard that Gibson was in a distressed state while in the house. I never heard him complain to the directors when I have visited his ward in their company. Our paid nurse gets £2O per annum with rations. I have never hoard that she has complained of her orders not being attended to. I have never had to report the nurse for the non-performance of her duty. The investigation was likely to occupy some days. - - MARKETS--This Day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a fair average supply of beasts on offer in our market to-day, but the general quality of the stock was by no means prime. Sales progressed slowly, and in some instances the quotations had a downward tendency. The show of sheep was moderate. Prime Downs and half breds were tolerably firm ; otherwise the mutton trade was in a sluggish state, at barely late rates. The top figure for Downs in the wool was 6s 6d per 81bs. Lambs were in fair request, at from 6s to 7s per 81bs. Calves moved off slowly, at barely late rates. Pigs were a dull inquiry. Afilch cows sold at from £l6 to £22 each. Per 81b to sink the offal. scled ode d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 4 3 10 Pme crs-wool sheep 510 6 2 second quality do .. 4 0 4 4 Prime s'thdown 00.6 4 6 6 Prime large oxen ..4 6 4 is La tie coarse calvcs.4 4 5 0 Prime Scats, Arc.... 4 10 5 0 Prime small d0......5 2 5 6 trse. and inf. sncep.4 4 5 0 Large hogs .3 4 4 0 Second quality do ..5 2 5 8 Small porkers 4 2 4 6 Lambs....6s cad to 7a Od. Su...Ming calves, Vs to 228; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 268 each. - Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beast' 1,10) I Beasts 4OO Cc ws .. 130 Cows. Sheep Calves 2OO Ca ves 195 rigs 312 Pigs; MEAT MARKETS. NEwGATE AND LEADENHALL.—These markets are fairly supplied with meat, and the trade is inactive, as follows : Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81b by the carcase. SOUTHALL, April s.—The supply of stock was on the in crease, and the trade ruled heavy at drooping prices. Beef, from 3s 4d to .4s 10d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 6s 2d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s Od ; and pork, 8s 8d to 48 8d per 81b to sink the offal. ROMFORD, April kinds of stock were a dull in quiry, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 10d; mutton, 45 Od to 6s 4d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 2d; pork, 3s 8d tp 4s 8d per 81bs. Suckling calves, 18s to 21s ; quarter old store pigs, 20a to 265; and milch cows, .£l6 to £2O each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 8s Od ; clover, ,£5 58 to £6 8s Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load. Trade quiet. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 8s Od ; cloyer, £5 5s to £6 8s ; and straw, £1 8s to Ll. 148 per load. A slow trade. WILITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 5s Od ; clover, £5 5s to £6 8s Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load. Trade slow. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the dose of the market. - - s. d. s. d. Lambert's W. Hartley 16 8 South Keno() Carway and Duffryn Heugh Hall l9 0 Malting 22 0 C asso p Walls End Haswell... 20 0 Hetton 2O 0 South Hetton Tunstall Tanfiold Moor Butes 13 6 Eden Main East Hartlepool Hartlepool Ships at market, 95 sold, 73, Mr. Henry Hoare was rather better yesterday morning, and although his medical attendants cannot say he is out of danger, they have hopes of his recovery. Lady Mary Hoare is staying with, her husband, The prosecutrix, a very well-conducted girl, is a tailoress, and living with her mother, at No. 1, Ashley-place, Step ney-causeway. Yesterday evening she was in the Com mercial-road with her married sister, Julia Purdy, who is also living with her sister at No. 1, Ashley-place. They were about to buy some needles at a shop in the road, when the prisoner trod on the complainant's boot lace, which was hanging duwn. She prevented him breaking it, and the sisters passed on. The prisoner then came up to thein, looked in their faces, and said very saucily, ",You will jump the pavement in." The complainant said, "You had better go on, sir." He stood before her, laughed in her face derisively, and gave utterance to some very bad language. Mrs. Purdy indignantly ordered the prisoner to leave her and her sister alone. Ho made no answer, and caught Miss Lee by the shoulders and repeated the bad expressions. The sisters were walking on as fast as they were able, and the prisoner continued to annoy them for 1 some time. They called aloud for help, and the prisoner ran down Ratcliff-square. The females pursued him, and he pulled off a belt he had on, and said he would murder them. He then concealed himself behind a lot of empty carriages at Mr. Gecrge Ellis's livery stables at the corner of Ratc]iff-square. Ho was routed from his place of con cealment and ran away again. The females pursued him for a mile and a half, and met with a police-constable named James Sharp, No. 306 S, who took him into cus tody. He seemed to be a little in liquor, and when charged at the station-house with acting indecently to the females he said he had not done so, but he might have used some expressions. The evidence of both sisters went to shoW that the prisoner had grossly insulted them by his filthy language and gestures, but that the only assault he had committed was laying his hands on Sarah Lee's shoulders. Mr. Partridge said the charge of indecently assaulting the complainant was not made out; if it had been he should have committed the prisoner for trial. But an assault had been committed, and it was accompanied with language un becoming, improper, and indecent. It was monstrous that respectable females could not pass along the streets without being insulted by blackguards. He fined the prisoner £3, or, in default of paymefit, six weeks' imprisonment. Wimbledon Common. The following statement of Earl Spencer's scheme for preserving Wimbledon-common, for removing and preventing the nuisances to which it is at pre sent exposed, for dedicating it to the public, and for regulating its future management. The bill is to be read a second time to-day " Wimbledon-common belongs partly to the manor of Wimbledon and partly to the manor of Wandsworth. Put ney-heath belongs entirely to the manor of Wimbledon. Earl Spencer is lord of both these manors, and as lord is owner of the commons, subject to the common rights (if any), to the rights of way, and to the rights of the parishes to dig gravel for repairs of the highways. Whether or no any common rights exist is a question. Earl Spencer be lieves there are none, or next to none. Others allege there sire several. However this may be, the scheme makes ade quate provision for ascertaining and compensating them. Neither the rights of way nor the rights of the parishes will be taken away or diminished. The diversions of roads intended were found to be undesirable, and are abandoned. The gain Lord Spencer and his predeces sors have hitherto derived from the common has prin cipally arisen from the enclosures (which latterly have been unfrequent), and from the sale of gravel and turf, whic has been a source of considerable profit. The importance to the public, especially the Volunteers, Of Wimbledon-common, as an open space, needs no demonstra tion. The present position of the public is unsatisfactory. In strict law they are mere trespassers on the common, and the Volunteers, who have been at a heavy expense in con structing ranges and butts, are entirely dependent on the good will of the lord of . the manor. If the manors were to pass out of Lord Spencer's lands, serious inconvenience might follow. Moreover, the lord, either alone, if there are no common rights, or in conjunction with the commoners, if common rights exist, might, at any time, appropriate the common and sell it as building land. Even now it is diffi cult to preserve it from encroachment. Every session schemes for railways, hotels, &c., are projected; no one but the lord gets notice ; to oppose costs himtrouble and money, while his direct interest lies in encouraging schemes by which largo sums of money would find their way into his pocket. The chief evils now complained of are the want of proper drainage, the tramps and gipsies who infest the common, the deposit of rubbish heaps, and the destruction of the gorse. "Lord Spencer's schomeproposes to dedicate the common to the public, to drain it, to appoint common-keepers, with cottages to be erected for their occupation, to surround the common with a post-and-rail fence, in order to prevent cattle from straying and vehicles from cutting up the turf (entrances to be left wherever roads at present exist, and elsewhere), to improve the existing roads, and form any now roads the neighbourhood may require. In carrying out the above improvements, regard to be had to the pre servation of the wild appearance of the common. To compensate the common-rights, if they exist, by pay ing to every person who can prove a right an equiva lent in money. The rights to be ascertained, and the com pensation assessed, under the powers of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act. Lord Spencer's right to gravel to be commuted into a rent-charge ; his right to turf, and his other interest in the common, to be given freely to the public. To pay the expense of the improvements, the cost of the Act, and the compensation by sale of so much of the land as may be found necessary, excluding that part of it which is covered by the fire from the ranges. The manage ment to be in the hands of trustees ; one to be the lord of the manor, the other two to be nominated by the Crown and the Enclosure Commissioners. The trustees to do all necessary repairs to preserve the turf, the ornamental gorse, and to plant trees wherever there is any unsightly object to conceal. By-laws to be framed by the trustees, and to be approved by one of the principal Secretaries of State. The trustees to be empowered to grant the tempo rary or exclusive use of the common to any such body as the National Rifle Association or the Royal Agricultural Society. Also to let the pasturaw of the common. Also to work or let the gravel-pits. To apply the proceeds in payment of the rent-charge, and the expenses of management, and to capitalise any surplus as a fund for future improvements. Lord Spencer reserves two acres adjoining the Windmill, which belongs to him. Wimble don-green and Putney-heath (except such‘parts of the latter as may be sold to provide a fund for the improve ments) will remain entirely unaffected by the Act. The lord will gain no new power over these, nor will the com mon-rights be prejudiced. "Objections have been urged against the extinction of the common -rights, the fence, and the power of sale. The ex tinction of the common-rights over Wimbledon-common is essential to the complete dedication to the public. Moreover, the rights (if they exist at all) are of little value, and those who claim them would prefdr their extinction on terms of compensation. The 'assents' which have been received to the bill are in the proportion of nearly five to one of the ' dis sents.' Lord Spencer believes the fence will be an advan tage. It will insure better order, will prevent nuisances and encroachments, will reduce the expense of management, and without it the source provided to meet those expenses will fail. The kind of fence proposed ;will practically create no impediment to the free and unrestricted use of the common by the public. The power of sale provides, as Lord Spencer believes, the only practicable means of meeting the expenses of the improvements. Lord Spencer, however, is acting merely in what he believes to be the interest of the public; and if the house thinks fit t o send the bill before an ordi opinion ; and h e w i ll agree to postpone, till the oper a ti on of the powers of sale, in order x ryiedeednbytheir t oen that mt a i snetsesei he will, on th e question of enclosure, be opportunity may be given of obtaining a rate, should those living in the neighbourhood of the common agree to be rated. The second reading of the bill was post poned in order to afford the Committee on Open Spaces an opportunity of considering the principle of the bill. Before that committee his lordship did not think it necessary to prove exactly the extent of his rights, inasmuch as those rights, whatever their extent, were offered freely to the public, and it has never been suggested that ho has not the rights of every lord of a manor. Earl Spencer intended a public benefit, He will be no gainer by the bill ; on the contrary, it will involve a heavy sacrifice of property on his part, and he cheerfully leaves it to the house to say whether the bill shall proceed or not," The following " reasons" are given why the bill should be read a second time : "1. The bill will secure to the public for ever, and freo from buildings, an open space of 688 acres of very valuable land in the immediate neighbourhood of London. "2. This advantage will be secured at no public cost. "3. The present Earl Spencer is owner in foe of the manor, and is willing: to dedicate the common to the pub lic, whereas a future lord might not be either competent or willing to do so. " 4.A. future lord might, either in concert with the com moners or by buying up their rights, appropriate the com mon and exclude tho public. " The bill will involve no Ices on the part of any ono except Earl Spencer." A PICKPOCKET AT THE OPENING OF THE MAIN DRAINAGE WORE.S. - 011.TReSday, on the occasion of the opening of these works by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Professor Owen, who was among the distin guished visitors present, had the misfortune to have his pocket picked of a gold watch, valued at £4O, with which the thief got clear off. timents of Deputy Elliott, but the motion was II mately carried. flew Tattersalls'. -. The last sale of horses at the Corner—the world famous Corner—took place a few days ago. For more than 98 years had the hammer fallen on gallant steeds for race-course, road, and harness. Now the glory has departed. The Corner is the Corner no more. Tattersalls' has gone, and in a few weeks, as the Marquis of Westminster's improvements pro gress, it will be but the shadow of a great name, and men about town will dance where they once betted, and flirt where they were in the habit of calculating the odds. Last evening there was a private view of the New Tattersalls', at Knightsbridge-green. With it the old Tattersalls' would hardly bear comparison ; yet we can well understand that old turf men will miss the handiness of the well-known spot, and will grumble exceedingly at being re quired to walk the extra quarter of a mile which they must if they would continue to make books, and call out the market price of the favourite or the outsider of the day. They will find New Tattersalls' tolerably handsome outside—at any rate, handsomer than the old Corner, but inside they will be delighted with the conveniences pro vidded for them and for the horses concerning which they take so much interest. Mr. C. Freeman, of Lincoln's-inn-fields, is the architect, and Messrs. Holland, of Duke-street,.are the builders. From an aesthetic point of view there is not perhaps much praise to be awarded to these gentlemen, but they have had an eye to the practical. The facade is " composite," and when we have said this we have said all ; but inside the arrange ments are excellent. First come the stables, which contain stalls for ninety-five and boxes for 20 horses, all fitted up with the most recent appliances, and very much neater and cleaner than they will be three twelvemonths hence. On the left of the entrance gates is the Subscription Room, 60 feet by 30, floored in a very good design with Maw's tiles, and surrounded by sofa seats, spring cushioned and covered with morocco. Two elegant domes rise from the room, the walls of which are panelled in red and green and gold, producing a very good effect. The windows and doors are framed in imitation and the fire-places in real alabaster, and at night the room is lit by a centre sunlight. There are two octagonal desks in the room for the use of subscribers, and a screen in the middle is placed for the reception of notices. In the quadrangle, round which the stables are placed, is a fountain with the old fox known to every frequenter of Tattersalls' ; and on the top is a bust with which sporting men are well acquainted. Over this quadrangle, which is covered in and lighted with gas, are galleries where betting men will lounge and see the horses exercised below. On one side was last night a de vice of the Prince of Wales's plumes and laurel in gas, and at intervals on the walls are gas brackets. The subscribers have an entrance separate from that allotted to the public, who will be admitted on sale days ,by the main gates. Numerous offices and re tiring rooms surround the quadrangle, and, on the whole, the New Tattersalls'--at which the first sale will be on Monday, the 10th inst.—will fully meet the requirements of those who frequent the firs betting-rooms of England. HEALTH OF LONDON, (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) In the week that ended last Saturday the births in London and nine other towns of the United Kingdom were 4,246 ; the deaths 3,357. The annual rate of mortality in the week in those ten large towns was 23 per 1,000 persons living, and was greater than in the previous week, when it was 29. In London the births of 1,090 boys and 1,076 girls, in all 2,166 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding week of ten years, 1855- 64, the average number, corrected for increase of population, was 2,184. The deaths in London in the same period were 1,676. The average number for the thirteenth week in ten years (corrected) is 1,568. The deaths in the present return, therefore, exceed by 108 the esti mated number. Three hundred and forty-two deaths occurred from zymotic diseases. Whooping-cough was particularly fatal, and carried off 102 children, 6 of whom were in the sub-district of Cripplegate. The central, south, and east districts show the greatest mortality from this disease. Fifty-six persons died from typhus, 34 from scarlatina, 11 from diptheria, 15 from small-pox, and 9 from measles. From phthisis 167 persons died. Two hundred and forty-three deaths occurred from bronchitis,llB from pneumonia, and 56 from other diseases of the respiratory organs. A horse-dealer, aged 64 pears, died on the Bth of March, from bronchitis supervening on injuries sus tained by being run over by a cart. The son of a carpenter, aged 15 years, died on the 18th March at the Metropolitan Free Hospital from injuries caused by a dray. A porter, aged 30 years, died on the 23d March at the London Hospital from being run over by an omnibus. The widow of a dock la bourer, aged 45, died on the 23d March at 8, New court, St. Paul, St. George-in -the-East, from effu sion into the ventricles of the brain, accelerated by cold and continued privation." The widow of a sweep died on the 20th March at 5, Chequer-alley, Whitecross-street, from bronchitis, accelerated by exposure and want of sufficient nourishment. The widow of a hawker, aged 36, died on the 21st of March at the Police-station, Bermondsey, from con gestion of the lungs caused by exposure to cold ; she was found lying in the street. A sailor, aged 50, died suddenly on the 24th March, at No. 1 shed, London docks, from scurvy. The registrar of Streatham remarks that three deaths from scarlatina maligna occurred in a family residing in Bedford-row, Streatham, in 21 days ; low fever has prevailed in the district for some time. The rate of mortality was 20 per 1,000 in London, 29 in Edinburgh, and 35 in Dublin ; 37 in Liver pool, 49 in Manchester (this rate is calculated on the deaths, including a large number of inquests held throughout the quarter, but registered last week), 21 in Salford, 29 i n Bi rm i ng h am , 32 i n L ee d s , 29 in Bristol, and 29 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 42 per 1,000 during the week ending the 18th ult., when the temperature was 1.1 deg. Fahrenheit lower than in the same week in London, when the rate was 25 per 1,000. In Liverpool the births were 400, the deaths 342 ; in Manchester the births 314, the deaths 331 ; iii Salford the births 84, the deaths 44 ; in Birming ham the births 226, the deaths 185 ; in Leeds the births 293, the deaths 141; in Bristol the birth 96, the deaths 90 ; in Edinburgh the births 145, the deaths 96; in Glasgow the births 371, the deaths 281; and in Dublin the births 169, the deaths 170. There were 488 deaths in Vienna dur ing the week ending the 18th ult. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29•860.!n. The barometrical reading increased from 29.16 in. on Sunday to 30.13 in. on Thursday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 37.6 deg., which is 6 deg. below the average of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day temperature was 58.7 deg. on Friday. The lowest night temperature was 26.4 deg. on Tuesday. The entire range of ,temperature in the week was, therefore, 32.3 deg. Th e mean of the highest temperature of the water of the Thames was 38.4 deg., that of the lowest was 38 deg. The dif ference between the mean dew - point tempera ture and the air temperature was 6.3 deg. Th e mean degree of humidity of the air was 78, com plete saturation being represented by 100. The direction of the wind was variable. 122: 2 '47k 75 1 i i i 11 8749 IOS 7i 43 2i 121 i 11 2 96t 60} 6) 128 k i 8 i i [36 i 5i 8 5E 4 251 1104 i 4 THIRD EDITION.I SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—TIIIS EVENING. The LORD CHANcßizon took his seat on the woolsack at the usual hour. LAND ESTATES COURT BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the first reading of this bill, the object of which, ho stated, was to confer on the court in Ireland the same power that was possessed by the court in England of continuing the registry of land which worked so beneficially in this country. The bill was read a first time. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Brighton, Hove, and Preston Constant Water Ser vice Bill was read a second time. * The Crystal Palace District Gas Bill and the Merthyr- Tydvil Local Board of Health Bill were also read a second time. The Whitehapel and Holborn Improvement Bill was read a third time and passed. The Bank of Ireland Bill, and East India High Courts (Amendments) Bill were also read a third time and passed. PRIVATE BILLS, &c. Lord REDESDALE moved that no bill brought froth the House of Commons should be read a second time after the 29th of June next. That no bill confirming any pro visional order of the Board of Health, or authorising any enclosure of lands under the special report of the Inclosuro Commission of England and Wales, or for confirming the scheme of any charity commissioners of England and Wales should be read after the 29th June next, and that no bill confirming any provisional order of the Board of Trade under the general Pier and Harbour Act, 1861, should be read a second time after the same date. He also moved that when a bill should have passed the house with amendments these orders should not apply to any new bill sent up from the House of Commons, which the chairman of committees should report to the houso was substan tially the same as the bill so amended. These formal motions were agreed to. PRIVATE BILL COSTS BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, The Duke of CLEVELAND moved the insertion of an amendment with a view to protect landowners from what he contended would be a great injustice if the present bill were carried in its integrity. By its provisions the land owners would be compelled to pay the costs of an unsuc cessful opposition in defending his rights, if the committee should consider the opposition vexatious. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he did not think the amendment of the noble duke would effect his object. Many persons who had no locus standi induced landowners to come forward and oppose a bill, and, under the guise of landowners, they were really the opponents of tho bill. He suggested an alteration to the effect that the committee on a private bill should have thp power of taxing the opponents of the bill when they considered that opposition vexatious, and not, in fact, promoted by the landowners themselves. The alteration of the Lord Chancellor was agreed to, and he bill, with some other amendments was read a third ime and passed.. The East India (Governor-General's Powers, &c.) Bill was read a second time and passed. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—TiIIs EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. NEW MEMBER. Lieut.-Colonel BROWNE took the oaths and his seat for Evesham, in the place of the late Sir H. WILLOUGHBY. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed:— Acton and Brentford Railway—Banbury Water—Barnet, Hendon, Hampstead, and London Railway—B r i s t o l an d Exeter Railway—Bristol Docks—Coventry Central Sta tion and Southam Junction Railway—Great Eastern Railway (Additional Powers)—Littleborough Gas—Man chester Improvement—Maryport and Carlisle Railway— Metropolitan and St. John's Wood Railway—Redhill Gas— Scarborough and Whitby Railway—South Metropolitan Gas—Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway—Sunderland Corpo ration—Birmingham Water—Cheltenham Water—East London Railway—Fulham Railway—North Eastern Rail way (Pelaw and other branches)—and Metropolis Sewage and Essex Reclamation Bill. WIMBLEDON COMMON BILL. Lord BURY moved the second reading of this bill, which was calculated to convert the common from what it was at present, a dismal swamp, into a place of recreation and enjoyment. The object of the bill was to carry into effect the proposals of Earl Spencer, the lord of the manor, to dedicate the common to the use of the public in perpetuity. There were objections made to the scheme of the noble earl, but he was only anxious to con vey the common to the public in the most beneficial man ner. The principal objectors to the bill, he believed, were owners of villas in the surrounding neighbourhood. If the bill was rejected, and it was said that Lord Spencer had no legal rights to give, he would consider himself absolved from the promises he had made, and he would deal with the matter as he thought fit. Mr. COX moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. He hoped the house would support the decision of the committee, which had reported that it was not desirable that the common should be fenced round or enclosed. If the common rights were extinguished the common would no longer be a common, and the public would soon be deprived of the rights they possessed. He was not a villa holder in the neighbourhood, neither did he know a single owner of property near the common. He opposed the bill on the part of the 3,000,000 of his fellow creatures who used the common as a place of re creation. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DRAY opposed the bill. He contended that Lord Spencer had no power to enclose the common without an act of Parliament. Mr. LOCKE, as chairman of the committee which had reported on the matter, denied that he had been actuated by unfairness. He could not understand what the noble lord actually proposed, on the part of Lord Spencer, to bind himself to. All ho could make out was that Lord Spencer proposed that, if his legal rights were not at tacked, -he would give up fencing in the common. It had been said that Lord Spencer was giving up a Freat deal, but he confessed he never could be made to see it. (Hear, hear.) Mr. LOWE thought that some injustice was about to be done to Lord Spencer. He thought that when a nobleman proposed to give up 688 acres of land to the public, his offer should not be summarily disposed of without more inquiry. Mr. ROEBUCK thought the house at the present mo ment was totally unfit to decide upon the matter. (Hear, hear.) He confessed he knew nothing of the matter, and he thought that out of common decency and common sense the bill ought to be sent before a proper tribunal—a select committee. (Hear, hear.) Mr. L. KING thought it much better the bill should be sent to a select committee than to reject it on its second reading. He should vote for such a proposal. Mr. PEACOCK assured the hon. member for Caine that Lord Spencer could not do as he pleased with the Common. If he had sat upon the committee he would have found that Lord Spencer's rights were not so clear as ho now imagined. Lord ELCHO said he thought the feeling of the house was favourable to the second reading. (No, no.) A strong feeling, ho believed, was entertained at the present moment against enclosure, and he confessed he was of that opinion. He had had an opportunity since the discussion began of speaking to his noble friend (Lord Spencer), and ho was quite agreeable for the bill to be referred to a select com mittee. Alderman ROSE said Lord Spencer was not going to give up so much as was thought. The common was 1,000 acres in extent ; but Lord Spencer was going by act of Parliament to get a property of 300 acres of the district. He did not think the rights of Earl Spencer were so very great. All he ever could discover was that his lordship had the right of digging gravel, feeding, and cutting turf. His lordship wished the 'committee to believe that he was giving up groat rights, but when asked to do so he was unable to do so. Mr. W. COWPER was of opinion that the bill ought to be read a second time. He thought the proposal a very valuable one, and he was sure the House only desired that Wimbledon Common should become the property of the public. The metion for a second reading should be agreed to, especially as Lord Spencer had consented to the with-. drama' of that port,ion of the bill respecting the fence, and other objectionable matters. Sir G. BOWYER thought the bill ought to be read a second time and referred to a select committee. The bill was then read a second time without a division. CANADA (TRANSPORT OP TROOPS). Mr. S. AYTOU moved an address for returns of the sums paid out of the Imperial Treasury during the years 1862, 1863, and 1864, for the transport of troops to Canada; the expense of maintaining them while there ; for arms and military stores of all kinds ; whether for the use of the regular troops or of the Canadian militia and volunteers; or for any other object connected with the defence of Canada ; and, of all sums exp3nded by the Colonial Go vernment during the years 1862, 1863, and 1864, for the pay or clothing of volunteers, for providing arms or stores, or for any other object connected with the defence of Canada.—Ordered. THE PLAGUE IN RUSSIA. Sir J. PAKINGTON asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the attention of her Ma jesty's Government had been directed to the disease now prevailing in Russia and some parts of Prussia ; and whether the Government proposed to take any steps to ascertain the true nature of the disease, and avert its in troduction into this country ? Sir G. GREY said the attention of the Government had been called to the subject, and instructions had to e e4Ln sent uire to her Majesty's ambassador at St. Petersburg, d there; Instructions had also ambassadors inquiry, and of the disease that had appeared and report into the nature, origin, and modo ir of treatl h en d t a ß l e s r o lin bee e n ud sen v t ie o u u n t to her e, also directions had been forwarded to her Majesty's consuls in tho Baltic to send Mtoajesmtyakse tho earliest information to the Govern ment of the appearance of tho disease at any of the ports. It was the intention of the Government to send a medical officer to St. Petersburg to report upon the disease, and a notice had been forwarded to the customs to be particular in examining ships coming from that part of the world. He had received information by telegraph from Russia that the disease was a fever hitherto unknown in Russia, and that the deaths had been upwards of 80 in a day, but that it was, happily, diminishing. He had received information from Berlin by telegraph that an unknown disease had appeared true, but it was not known for certain that it came from Russia. He had also received a telegram from Dantsic stating that the disease was one that affected th 3 h b e ra d in re , eaeinAdedminotsetllyligeattacked t h o i e l p dr id e e n m . eFwroams raging Warsaw t there; r h e e ; and also the same intelligence from Konigsburg and Memel. A telegram, dated to-day from Stellin, which he had re ceived but an hour ago, stated that no disease had appeared there up the present time. The most active steps had been taken to obtain the earliest information by telegraph of the appearance of disease. THE WICKHAM UNION. Mr. DISRAELI said on an early day he shouldtall the attention of the house to some papers relating to the Wickham Union in Buckinghamshire. THE INVASION OF BHOOTAN. Lord DUNKELLIN asked the Secretary of State for India whether the present invasion of Bhootan had been undertaken with the consent and sanction of the Home Government; whether it was true that two of her Majesty's European regiments had been ordered up to support the invading force ; and whether it was the intention of the Indian Government to keep the troops in the unhealthy country of Bhootan during the coming rainy.seasop ; and if so, What arrangements had been made for putting them under cover. Sir 0. WOOD said he was averse to the occupation of the occupation of the country ; but it had been under taken with the consent of the two countries. It was intended to send a regiment and a half thither, and the greatest care would be taken to preserve the health of the troops. (LEFT SITTING.) TAT TERSALLS'—This Evening, Up to the hour of going to press we had not received our usual return of betting from Tattersall's. University Boat Ra?e. PUTNEY, Thursday Morning. Anxiously intent to view the last hard row, and invited by the fine weather this morning, a vast assemblage was present at Putney, and lined the tow-path to Mortlake, in order to see the final strong work of the University crews, previous to Saturday's race. The Oxford gentlemen had several spurts with a Kingston eight, and the latter generally had the best of it. They discontinued at Hammersmith, and the Oxonians went alone to Barnes. Here they had a rest at the Bull's Head, and after rowing to the bridge they turned and rowed down, Mr. G. Morrison and several old university men, accompany ing them. Their style was very fine, and they rowed 38 and 39 strokes per minute, rowing htird to the Aqueduct at Putney. The Cantabs, contraryto expectation, did not row, but paddled up to the White Hart at Barnes. They then turned and rowed all the course, doing 36 and 37 strokes in the latter part of it. They were coached by Mr. Selwyn, who made them row all the way. Betting, of which little is done, is 5 to 4on Oxford, and the clever people seem to fancy the crew very much. Mr. Robert Bain, of Lambeth, has, as usual when any great match is on, chartered the fast and commodious steamer Dahlia, of the Express Company, which is so widely known for her speed and comfort, to accompany the match. To prevent overcrowding, only a limited num ber of tickets will be issued. The boat will leave London bridge precisely at 11 o'clock, calling at all the piers. Tickets, ss. each. The Navy of the United States of America The following is from the pen of a British naval officer now in service in his ship off Fortress Monroe : It is not correct to say that the 100-pounder Parrott is the ordinary broadside gun of the American navy, the 9in. Dahlgren or rear-chock carriages being in the majority of instances the broadside gun. The frigates had a few Par rotts, but they sent them on shore the other day,when they were found by Admiral Porter to be unsafe after they got warm. I went on board the Colorado, and saw everything there worth seeing in the shape of gun gear. Her Parrott guns aro fitted splendidly; their compressors aro something ike ours, only larger, and are so powerful that a breeching is never used to the guns. The gun slides have eccentric wheels, fitted to work on the traversing bull-ring, and when one man ships a lever on the axle of the wheel the gun will almost run round by itself. The rear-chock carriages are like ours, but they have an upright screw passing through the cascabel of the gun for elevating and depressing. The Colorado is a pine -built ship, 10 years old, with wooden knees, and, although no longer than our 50-gun frigates (American tonnage must be reduced 1.10 to make it equal with ours), she throws a broadside heavier than our three-decker Victoria. The Dahlgren guns were intended for shell guns, but since the war solid shot has been supplied for them in case they should meet Southern ironclads. As to the Yankee ships not being able to carry their guns, I can only say that all have been em ployed on the coast during the war, and I have heard no complaints of their seaworthiness. The ships in classes 3,4, and 4 (a) have all their boats hoisted out at davits, so as to have all their room in amidships to work their pivot guns. Class 4 (a) have bow and stern rudders, with shallow draught of water, to fit them foi river work. Class sis a numerous one of very good little vessels, about 150 ft. in length, with good beam. Their pivot gun is mounted abaft the foremast. Class 7is a special vessel, plated with 4iin. of iron, with an iron belt round the bow and stern at the water-line, with transverse armour bulkheads on the gun deck. Her guns are all broadside pivots, with wrought-- iron carriages. She has been engaged several times at Charleston and Wilmington, sometimes within 500 yards, and although struck more than 300 times by Southern shot sho has only one or two of her armour-plates cracked. Class Bis a sister ship to the Colorado, cut down to within sft. of the water amidships, like our Royal Sovereign; but she has no speed, nor is she a handy vessel. Class 9is a new and decidedly improved Moni tor. Class 10 is the Americans' best turret class, being built with an entire wooden hulk up to the deck (the others are a mere raft laid over a smaller hull, and projecting about sft. all round). The same description of armour and turret is used in all. The sides aro coated with siin. of iron, and the deck with 2in. The turrets are 22ft. interior diameter, coated with 15 lin. iron plates as armour, bolted together, and without backing. The turrets all revolve by steam power. The Parrot guns have burst right and left, as you must have heard. There is a new gun that I have not yet seen, of 20in. bore, throwing a shot of 1,080 weight with a powder charge of 100 lb. Great things aro reported of this weapon. I subjoin a list of ships and guns, in classes, of the United States' navy : UNITED STATES' SHIPS IN CLASSES :-1. The Colorado, screw frigate, 3,400 tons (American) ; one 11-inch and one 150-pounder rifle pivot gun; forty-two 9-inch and four 100-pounder rifled broidside guns ; 2,6061 b. broadside shot; 2,12314. broadside shell. 2. The Brooklyn, screw corvette, 2,200 tons ; twenty 9-inch, two 100-pounder rifled, and two 60-pounder rifled broadside guns ; 1,2201 b. broadside shot; 9901 b broadside shell. 3. The Lackawanna, screw sloop, 1,300 tons ; two 11-inch and ono 100-pounder rifled pivot guns; ten 9-inch broadside guns. 4. The Iroquois, screw sloop, 1,000 tons; ono 11-inch and one 150-pounder rifled pivot gun ; four 9-inch broadside guns. 4 (a). Tho Talla poosa, paddle sloop, 900 tons ; two 11-inch pivot guns ; four 9-inch broadside guns. 5. The Pembina, screw gun boat 500 tons; one 11-inch pivot gun; four howitzer broadside guns. 6. The Powhattan, paddle corvette, 2,400 tons; one 11-inch and one 150-pounder pivot gun ; ten 9-inch broadside guns. 7. The New Ironsides, iron-clad frigate, 3,400 tons ; fourteen 11-inch and two 150-pounder broadside guns; 600-horse power ; estimated steam rate, six to seven knots. 8. The Roanoke, three turrets, 3,400 tons ; six 15-inch pivot guns ; 350-horse power; estimated steam rate, five knots. 9. The Dictator, one turret, 1,800 tons; two 15-inch pivot guns ; 950 horses' power ; estimated steam rate, ten knots. 10. The Monad nock, two turrets, 1,500 tons ; four 15 inch pivot guns ; 600 horse power ; estimated steam rate, eight knots. 11. Tho Mahopac, ono turret, 1,000 tons; two 15 inch pivot guns ; 350 horse poiver ; estimated steam rate, seven knots. 12. The Montauk, one turret, 880 tons ; one 15 inch and one 150 pounder rifled pivot gun ; 250 horse power ; esti mated steam rate, six knots. UNITED STATES NAVAL GUNS.-1. The Rodman, 15 inch bore, 42,0001 b. weight, 4401 b. shot, 3301 b. shell, 351 b. to 501 b. charge, 131 b. bursting charge for shell, 1,700 yards range at 5 deg. of elevation. 2. The Dahlgren, 11 inch 15,7001 b. weight, 1661 b.. shot, 1271 b. shell, 151 b. to 201 b. charge, 61b. bursting charge, 1,800 yards range. 3. The Dahlgren, 9 inch, 9,0001 b. weight, 901 b. shot, 6811 b. shell, 101 b. to 131 b. charge, 31b. bursting charge, 1,7001 b. yards range. 4. 150 pounder Parrot, 8 inch, 16,5001 b. weight, 1351 b. to 1541 b. shot, 1351 b. shell, 161 b. charge, 10.81 b. and 4.81 b. bursting charge, 2,100 yards range. 5. 100 poun der Parrott 6.4 inch, 9,7001 b. weight, 701 b. to 100Ib. shot, 801 b. to 1001 b. shell, 101 b. charge, 5-31 b. and 3-71 b. bursting charge, 2,100 yards range. 6. 60 pounder Par rott, 5.3 inch, 4,9001 b. weight, 601 b. shot, 501 b. shell, 61b. charge, 2.11 b. and 3.21 b. bursting charge. 7. 30 pounder Parrott, 4.2 inch, 3,5501 b. weight, 301 b. shot, 291 b. shell, 3ilb. charge, 1-51 b. bursting charge, 2,200 yards range. NEW PATTERNS NOT ISSUED FOR GENERAL SER VICE. _ Solid 10 inch, 1 6 , 000 1 b. wei g ht, 1241 b. s hot, 9 51 b. shell, 251 b. to 401 b. charge, 41 b. burstin g charge. 8 inch, 10,00016 we i g ht, 651 b. shot, 501 b. shell, 161 b. to 201 b. charge, I.Blb. _ bursting charge. _ Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market quiet and unchanged. 3,000 or 4,000 bales. Sales probably SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, April 6.—Wind this day at noon—South- Easterly; moderate breeze and fine weather. FALMOUTH, April s.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Anna, from Porto Rico. YARMOUTH, April 4.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—The Tom Cringle, from Hartlepool for London. PORTSMOUTH, April s.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Maria, from Callao for Cowes. SOUTHAMPTON, April s.—Sailed—Germania, steamer for New York. BRIXIIAM, April s.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Rivernise, St. Thomas. OFF DOVER, April 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Patrician, from Calcutta. SHIELDS, April s.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Lady West moreland, for Quebec. QUEENSTOWN, April 4.—Wind calm.—Arrived—Maria, from Cardenas. HOLYHEAD, April s.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Maud, from Liverpool for Cuba. SUNDERLAND, April s.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Mina, or Quebec. ow MAGNETIC TELEGRAM.) GRAVESEND, Thursday M orn i ng. thrived, Lence, from DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Her Majesty's ship Plover, from Jamaica for Chatham. On Tuesday last John Peter De Gex, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn, Joshua Williams, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn, Edward Francis Smith, Esq., of the Middle Temple, and George Jessel, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn, were sworn in of her Majesty's Counsel.—bolicitors' Journal. ar. 1, the and ed bf ligb misey with ntesg lined well Ts, Ma the his on t I I 13.14 et st et 60 20 10 10 100 100 ICO 100 10 103 10 1( 0 10 100 53 86 6 69 11)3 f [(8 7}