The Sun. — London, England, 1865-05-04 00:00:00

IMF ONEY AN r, CUIIIIERCIAL INTELLIGEITCE, ADVANCE I TWELVE O'CLOCK. N THE BANK OF ENGLAND RATE OF DISCOUNT. The Bank of England rate of discount has just been advanced t o 41 per cent. The necessity for measure now adopted has been very apparent during the past- few days, and the directors have again shown their commercial prudence and fore sight by not trammelling trade more than is really D•ace ssary. An advance of per cent. may have al l the effect that is required, and should its influ ence be found insufficient, then an increase of another per cent. would inevitably follow. The discount houses have made a proportionate alteration in their allowance on deposit accounts ; 3 i Per cent. is to be given for money at call, 34 for seven days, and 4 per cent. for fourteen days' notice of withdrawal. The only bullion operation of importance at the B ank yesterday was an influx of 20,000 sovereigns from Portugal. The £B,OOO. Mediator, from M e lb ourne , h as b r ought The report of " Hewitt and Co. (Limited)" for the past half-year recommends a dividend at the rate of 1 0 per cent. per annum, which will absorb £2,634, and leave £1,985 to be carried forward. This company was formed last August to take over the fishing fleet of Messrs. Hewitt. A meeting of the creditors of the influential and well-known firm of Messrs. James Marshall and 8 "s , of Stockport, has been summoned at the Clarence Hotel, Manchester, for Friday, the sth inst. According to some reports a proposition is contem plated for a composition of 15s. in the pound, in instalments of 6, 12, 18, and 24 months, the last to be guaranteed. The liabilities are said to range between £BOO,OOO and £1,000,000. The biddings for bills on India, which were Offered to the usual extent of £300,000, took place Yesterday at the Bank of England, but only £44,500 Was taken, the proportions allotted being to Calcutta £32,500, and to Madras £12,000. The minimum Price was as before-on Calcutta and Madras, 1 s• 11d. ; on Bombay, ls. Hid. Tenders on Calcutta and Madras at the minimum will receive in full. On Bombay all the tenders were below the minimum. This result, which shows a further rapid diminution in the demand for means for remittance to the East, is understood to have been anticipated, but it appears that, the India Council not requiring at present any additional funds, it was deemed unnecessary to lower the terms. At the half -yearly meeting to-day of the share holders of the Asiatic Banking Corporation the report stated that the half-year for which the accounts are now rendered, and during which period at P o rtion only of th e ex i s ti ng b ranc h es o f t h e bank have been w or ki ng, represen t s no t on l y t h e least favourable season of the year in India, but has al5O been characterised by a severe monetary crisis in this country, which has necessitated the exercise of the utmost caution in conducting the busi 11,e88 of the bank, and a consequent re striction of its operations. Notwithstanding ductin g drawbacks, the net profits, after de 01,,leting all charges upon the current_ business doubt the bank, and fully providing for all bad and s ,, ll btful debts, amount to £70,439 4s. Bd. This io " wi l n the directors propose to distribute in the fol rat:lg manner, Viz. :--X,37,500 by a dividend at the ;Of 1 5 per cent. per annum ; £12,500 by a bonus being - s t per share, equal to 5 per cent. per annum, ta.dgether equal to 20 per cent. per annum on the pProl up capital on 31st December, to be paid to in prietors free of income-tax ; £8,484115. 11d. lilluclation of the whole penses _ of the preliminary ex- Which, • 0 ,500 to be added to the reserve fund, i ssue ofwith the Premiums arising from the recent next new shares, will then amount to June 30 9d they f• 175,000; and the balance, say £6,454 12s. and loss propose to carry to the credit of the profit tors ha account for the current year. The direc ahareh e further the pleasure to congratulate the 0 der s share s, upon the successful issue of the new both here and in India, which were all 13r ° 111 ptly t a k eircui a • e n uP upon the terms specified in the Nieto; • addressed at the time to the original pro by an ; • e l the addi tional capital, thou g h no t requ i re d able to xlgencies of th e bank, was deemed desk place it upon a footi ng su i ta bl e to i ts increas g busine ss. A gener 1,0,0 al meeti ng o f the shareholders of the 11 and African South • man Bank took place to-day. de e r,„ " su bmitted for adoption stated that after g all charges for the past year, and pro d g 'or bad and doubtful debts, there remains a 18 Posable b suns £2 50 . a ance of £26,984 Bs. 4d. From this fu nd, _' 0 will have to be placed to the reserve wbieb • and xi ,608 will then amount to £18,053 6s. 3d., 68 • to expenses. At the end of th e •preliminary Ra v i n° , r _ next year this latter account will be closed. th e south'gard to the depressed state of trade in i n Octeb Airi can colonies, it was d eeme d pru d en t Per center last to declare an interim dividend of 3i received • E . O nly, but th e satisfactory returns since t orst r from the several branches enable the direc hold,, ee° temend for the approval of the share dividend -rs a th e pa of 18s. per s h are , w hi c h, w i t h rat e 0 1 n ent made in October, 1864, will be at the leaving 8 Per cent • p er annum, free of income-tax, wa ba lance of .1377 9s. 4d. to b e carr i e d for -4171 to the profit and loss account for the next The to this day are Nveok's railway rec e ipt s ascerta i ned up in round figures as under :- Gre at w • 1865. 1864 Iforth w este rn ••• £71,380 £66,277 trightc • ste rn 111,692 103,950 ••• ... 22,649 17,899 r •.. .. 45,895 46,761 th asteni ••• ••• ••• • 22 384 20,441 at Ist orth ••• •• • •• • • t reat ern ... ••. 3i,004 33,035 134 0 , 0 , i re and Yorkshiro ... 38,546 87,513 and Exeter ••• 7,151 6,627 ' l4 aste rn 60 537 58,821 Manchester Sh M ..• 7 ( heat E ute ' rn. e eld, and Lincolnshire 18,231 17,222 These returns* *** *** 33,444 32,827 , • when eorreornpared with those of the 813°11 ding Period of last year, show an increase of £l,o33the L Shire ; £7,742 on then North Western Lancashire and York the Manchester Sheffield, and estern ; £1,009 on the North. British Lincolntheist ; £2,184 on ; £.1,716 on £617 on the Great Eas orth Eastern ; Brighton tern ; £4,750 on the ; £1,943 on the South E the Bristol and Exeter as ern ; £524 on Northern • ; £3,969 on the Great ern £5,103 on the Great West th • ere is a ern but decrease of £866 on th 11/ • e hdland. Two O'CLOC K . X 4ll Paris to-day, according to M r. R euter's tele arn, the French 3 p er C ent Renter were 67f. 35c. ea,r y. and English St oc k M arket has been very inactive tTh hea,vy to-day. The increase in the Bank rate occasioned sales of stock, and Consols have re eecled to 9oz --a 1 for money and the 9th inst., and to duckv(4 i for the account. The New Threes and Re e Annuities are 881 i ; and India 5 per ellts.) 10 6-1 107. Fo r • te , , eign Securities opened flat, but have since rz -e 'ed l business, however, is not very active. donrkish Consolides are 51/ 521 ; Mexican, 261 ; 301 1\r : w ' 25 1 1 ; Greek, 201 21; Spanish Passive, Confederate 4 "4 1 do. Certificates, 1611; Italian, 641 i ; and Loan, 11 13. dtiu ll4ll eas in the Railway Share Market has been Fibo and as one or two exceptions prices have wi e k w \ ll tr.4llher depression. North Eastern (Ber- Isi :: 'lave declined £,l ; Great Western and South an e ach, 10s. ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, Stoet°,lth Western, each ss. Great Northern A ,411, newever, have improved ss. a bout Foreign and Colonial lines remain dull, at dank e ' v quotations. te red and Miscellaneous Shares are quiet. .Char tod 2 R :If India, Australia and China have decline It n ,'; South Eastern to 12fr 7 1- ; City of Milan Rha-rtnvenient to 81 ; Moore, M'Queen, and Co. 1 i l l s are quoted 2 21 prem. ; Ottoman Company, koiLl ir ein• ; Lion Brewery, 1 11 prem. ; Ply aladlAtn. Shipbuilding Company, 1 1 prem. ; London Creni, lecliterranean Bank, 1 11 prem. ; Colonial and N v i t al Lam Credit, 2 prem. ; Anglo-Egyptian ati°ll ' 3 1 3 i prem. ; South African Land and Finance, 2 prem. ; and Rio de Janeiro Gas, 1 11- prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 por Cent. Consols - 1 Do. Account, May 9 9O/ * * a per Cent. Reduced B Bk i lii New 3 per Cent BBk I 1 i New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent 3 Do. £5OO — Do. £lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, 54 per Cent — Do Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Do Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. Account Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 — Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do I per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chililn 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent — Colombian 6 per Cent. — Cuba, 6 per Cent. Do 5 per Cent., 1864 — Do. Scrip, £55 paid Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — Danubian Principalities Do£B6paid — Oquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant — Egyptian 7 per Cent — Do., Second Issue 96 51 Do £lOO Bonds — Do. 1864 931 4 24 31 3 Do Scrip, £sb paid Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do Account Do. Coupons Guatemala 5 per Cent. • Do. 1839 and 1850 Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) 69 Do 1865 Do Scrip, £421 paid dis Mexican 3 per Cent. Do. Account Dc. 1864 251 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — Montevidean 6 per Cent, £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent — Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 41 per Cent. Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do Account 4Bl Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St., Do 41 per Cent., 1850 Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do 1864 Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account Snanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account l6l SWedish 4 per Cent. Do. 4i. per Cent. 1864 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account 7O 69i 70} Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 7ll Do. £lOO Bonds 72 1 Do 6 per Cent. 1863 Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1862 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent.,1864 Do. 11 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. A.ustrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail Do. 4 per Cent. Certifi.,4tes French Rentes, 3 per Cent. Do. Account Italian t per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. Do. Account THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Do. Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market opens steady. Sales probably 8,000 to 10,000 bales. The Late Mr. Prescott. Mr. W. G. Prescott, whose melancholy death has already been recorded, possessed hereditary as well as personal claims to the respect with which he was regarded in the city. He was the eldest son of Mr. W. Willoughby Prescott, the leading partner in the banking firm with which the family has been con nected for four generations. His brother, Mr. Henry James Prescott, was well known as Director and Governor of the Bank of England, and Mr. Prescott himself took an active part in the political as well as the commercial business of the city. He was, however, best known in private and social iife as one of the most kindly and hospitable of men. Singularly generous and unselfish in his disposition, he grudged no trouble when he could do a service to any person who had a claim on his regard, or when he could give pleasure to a friend. His sim plicity and benevolence of disposition exercised a strong attraction over an unusually large circle of acquaintance, and his demeanour was habitually characterised by a quiet and natural cheerfulness. The disease of the brain which was the cause of his death was caused by fatigue and exposure, and it was apparently unconnected with any morbid pro pensity of mind. TIIE WESTBURY SCANDAL.--The inquiry into the conduct of the Lord Chancellor has terminated, as everybody expected it would terminate, in the white washing of the real delinquent. Who believed that six Whigs, four of whom wore Cabinet Ministers, would con demn a Whig Lord Chancellor ? The result proves that the Government were right in packing the committee. A majority of one vote only saved the noble lord from a formal vote of censure, for allowing Mr. Edmunds to re tire, instead of visiting his offences with dismissal. A majority of one vote only released him from censure for withholding the case from the knowledge of the committee that granted the pension, and modified the charge of im proper conduct into one of amiable weakness ! Heaven save the mark ! Lord Brougham, all parties will be glad to learn, is honourably acquitted, Mr. William Brougham censured, and Mr. Edmunds condemned. It remains to be seen whether the House of Commons will rest content with a decision so calculated to discredit the very fountain of justice.—Herald. THE NORWEGIAN SALMON AND LOBSTER FISH ERIES.—A limited liability company has just been formed at Hull for the purpose of rendering more useful to the inhabitants of this country the extensive salmon and lobster fisheries in the creeks and among the islands on the coast of Norway. A contract has been entered into be tween the new company and those who have the control of the fisheries for an unlimited supply of salmon and lobsters, it is said, at such prices that, after selling them in the English market at greatly reduced rates, they will leave such a profit that at the end of the season a handsome dividend will be declared. The company has purchased two fast steamers, one of which will be employed solely to col lect the fish from the rivers; the other will bring it home packed in boxes with ice, and on arriving at Hull it will be despatched per train to all parts of the country. Should the hopes of the company be realised during the present season, it is contemplated to fit out more vessels with wells so that the fish can be brought to England alive. SINGULAR MATRIMONIAL TRANSACTION.—A man named Thomas Laws, a general dealer, in the Low street, Sunderland, for the last 12 months has been living with a woman, who has a family to him. A few weeks ago, an old acquaintance of theirs, a native of the same town (Yarmouth), came over from Newcastle, where ho has been living for some time and working as a shoemaker, for the Purpose of renewing his acquaintance. After a conversa7 tion with them on matrimonial affairs, the shoemaker and the woman became enamoured of each other, and the shoe maker made a proposal to marry her. Laws was consulted, and at once fell in with the proposal. The shoemaker went back to:Newcastle, put in the banns,:and as a manifes tation of his approval of the affair, Laws purchased her some wedding thi ngs, went over to Newcastle one day last week,eel, took h er to the altar, and gave her away to the h oemaker. The marriage was duly solemnised, and the parties are now spending the h in Newcastle. rim SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVEMNG, MAY 4,186 a, SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share! Railways. I p aid. ' Closing I Business Price. done. Bir., Wol., & Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do. A A gets no div Do B tillOp.c.p.an.has • been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June. Dun,.Perth, & b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Wi stern Great Eastern, Ord. s; k. Do. E. Angl. st No / Great llorth of Scotland Great Northern D A stock Do.B o all 100 if 0 1(0 all all Do. i\ Is. at 25 p m GtS, and W. of Ireland Weste n Original D . S. 1 7 4. 1 . Itail gua. Do. South Vales Do W. Mid.— Ox ord I'o. Newpo t l'o. He eford Lanc shire & Yorkshire LJndon and Blackwali Lon , S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Slid., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle' Do. f shares .. Metropolitan.... Do. New Mid and ,t Do, liirmin & Derby 0 Yid Gt. W., Ireland 5 Po. shires 5 %iid Kent t No. th British Do Ed., Pth ,"& Dun. Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. (i.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. De. do. 1855-2 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 18r4 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish C, ntral Scot. N. E , Aber. stock t o. Scot, Mid. bt Jck Sh•ews & Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon south E stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw W.Har tlepool Han& it Do. A irredeemable Do. A redeemable 1 11 all 103 10 1i 0 10 WO 1 CO 100 100 100 105 100 94 96 130 131 ta 6i 62 (6 t 6 17 0 112 106 18 4 7 8 130 132 1.15 147 131 33 f 6 IS :4 7.5 C 4 66 5: 54 46 4t9 102 tC4 1216 12 1 1 874 68 106 108 41 13 1216 122 97 'OB 616 626 1371 133 3 31p 1341 133 105 I( 7 51 55 .4 26 114 111 68 69 102 1(8 37 38 9i 10i ir 116 115 1 1 1 p 78 79 11 71• . 140 144 49 51 61 62 55 57 86 66; 8i 9) 155 153 3 4 p 107 109 . • 46 49 75 78 ISIONS. 5S t 8 102 f 1031 pr it) 4 4, to iq 0 70 99 101 75 85 111 101 102 103 101 105 181 88 64 66 54 56 55 57 47 4') 45 49 43 45 25 2% 25 26 104 105 94 1301 I4' 116 i 5} 74 } 31 1211 I i 42 li 121 I i 9) 8 1371 62 73 1341 1091 P 101} 852 i I 11022 100 1 Vl* 1041 i LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE MEIRLAM.-MEIKLAM'S BONDS. This bankrupt was described as a gentleman of Bryan stone-square, and he has been before the Court for some time. The debts amount to about £42,000, and assets de pend in a great measure upon the realisation of certain securities known as Meiklam's bonds. A further adjourn ment was now asked on behalf of some of the creditors, and his Honour ordered it. Adjourned accordingly. IN RE SIR RANDAL HOWLAND ROBERTS, BART. This bankrupt was described as of 17, Aldridge-road villas, Bayswater, and to-day ho came up to pass his last examination, and for the order of discharge. The accounts showed due to creditors unsecured £1,841, as holding secu rity £.127, and.liabilities on accommodation bills, £lOO. By good debts, £lOO, bad, £5O. Shares in public companies which have not cost bankrupt any money estimated at £7OO ; pro perty in the hands of creditors, £440; leaving a deficiency of £1,078. He claims £lOO from the Life Insurance Invest ment Company for worth of labour done as a director, £5OO having been voted to the directors annually. The bankruptcy is alleged to have taken place in consequence of the negligence of an attorney employed by the bank rupt, and which led to his resigning a military appoint ment. The case was not concluded when our report left. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BURGLARY IN COVENTRY-STREET.--JOhII Callaghan, alias John Williams, alias John Edwards, described as a trades men of Queen Ann-street, Liverpool, and who is said to have been several times convicted, was brought before Mr. Knox by Sergeant Ackrell, 15 F, charged with being concerned, with others in custody, in a burglary at the house of Mr. Stokes, toolmaker, No. 27, Coventry-street, in December, 1863, when a large quantity of property consisting of tools and shades, and materials used in the numerics, was carried off by the thieves. Sergeant Ackrell said that in December, 1863, a burglary was committed at the house of Mr. Stokes, and ho saw the prisoner with two others, having a quantity of boots and shoes with them, enter a house in Newton-street, Holborn. Two of the men were taken into custody, tried and con victed, but the prisoner succeeded in effecting his escape. Yesterday he went to Liverpool and took the prisoner into custody. _ . It appears that the prisoner was charged with a robbery from the person on the 16th April, 1863, and committed from this court for six months with hard labour, thero being at that time a previous conviction against him for three months as a rogue and vagabond. The prisoner was formally committed for trial. INDIA. The French mail steamer has brought us Calcutta papers to April 4. We take the following from the Calcutta Englishman of that date : " Owing to the Galle mail leaving only the day after the one via Bombay, we shall not despatch an overland mail by the Bengal steamer. To make ip for the deficiency, our readers will receive this num ber by the French mail, and we shall despatch another overland by the Bombay mail, closing here on the 7th. " The screw steamer Bengal, with the mails from London to Feb. 2G, arrived here on the afternoon of the 31st ult., and the express portion of the mails of a week's later date also came to hand last evening. Our latest telegraphic intelligence from London is dated up to March 27, via the Indo-European line. "Money continues easy, and there is little to report since our last. The Bank rate remains the same. Government paper at one time slightly improved, but has again retrograded. Exchange has also receded. The markets for produce are dull, and there is little doing. News from Europe is anxiously expected, and there is an unwillingness to act until authentic information arrives of the progress of events in America. " In shares, the new speculations carry all before them, and the progress of these great undertakings is very remarkable. Sir Charles Trevelyan read his financial statement on Saturday, and prominently noticed this great change, promising such remark able things for India. Tea shares' and shares in steam companies are neglected. Government seems now to have awakened to the vast advantage to be gained by giving encouragement to private enter prise, and the next few years will see great results." " His Excellency Sir Hugh Rose, previous to his depar ture, issued the following General Order : " Headquarters, Calcutta, 22d March, 1865. " The Commander-in-Chief in India, at the expiration of his term of service, considers it his duty to thank the army for their discipline and efficiency. "All the reports received from the officers commanding divisions and brigades, and the approval of his Royal High ness the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, give evidence of the satisfactory state of the one and the other. " The links of authority, ascending to the Government of India and the Secretary of State for India, prove that the.same meed of praise is due to the native army. " The native army, which was remodelled and reorga nised after the events of 1857, had to encounter great diffi culties in the fulfilment of that object; but the unwearied zeal and ability of the officers and the good feeling of the men prevailed over every obstacle, and the State has now at its service an efficient, obedient, and well-disposed native army, who, young as they are, have already done good service in the field. "These results could not have been obtained if the patronage:of the army had not been devoted exclusively to military merit. "In a wise and most disinterested spirit, the Govern ment of India allowed the officer who had been selected for the chief command at a time when one of the most import ant parts of his duties was the re-organisation of the army, to administer its patronage. "Sir Hugh Rose claims no merit whatever, for having considered this honourable trust as a sacred one ; he pub lished a General Order in which he announced that in whatever way an officer could prove his merit and good service, he would reward him with the appointments which the Government had been pleased to place at his disposal. "By these moans officers, who had given practical and sure proofs that they possessed the highest military quali fications, were placed at the head of _the re-organization of the army. "The Commander-in-Chief thanks the officers of the army for the manner in which they have justified his con fidence in them, and fulfilled their part of their obligation. " Constant inspections have proved to his Excellency how unwearied have been their exertions and the exercise of their abilities to do justice to their selection; and, while it has been his Excellency's duty almost always to eulogize the success of their efforts, their earnest goodwill and judgment have rendered, with rare exceptions, reproof unnecessary. " The re-organisation of the native army, which has taken place during his Excellency's command has made it necessary that he should dwell particularly on points rela ting to them. " The praise which it is His Excellency's duty to bestow on the officers of the Native applies just as much to those of the British Army ; and it may be said, that the officers and men of all the armies under His Excellency's command have not only scrupulously obeyed his orders and wishes, but have done their best to anticipate them. " The Commander-in-Chief in India entertains the con viction that the army will not relax the zeal and exertions which have brought them to the present high standard, and that they will continue to merit the confidence of the very distinguished general officer who has been selected to suc ceed him, of Government, and their Most Gracious Sove reign. "Sir Hugh Rose bids the army farewell, with the most earnest wishes for their welfare and happiness. "Their good conduct has rendered his groat command a source of satisfaction, not of anxiety and the parting with them is his only cause of regret. "By order of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, "E. HAYTHORNE, Colonel, Adjutant-General." " Sir William Mansfield has issued the following General Order on the recent changes in the army : "GENERAL ORDER BY Ills EXCELLENCY THE 00M- MANDER-IN-CHIEF. "Adjutant-General's Office, Poonah, March 14, 1865. "When Sir William Mansfield assumed the command of the Bombay army he was aware that groat and radical changes were impending over it, as consequences of the termination of a state of war, and of the transfer of the Government of India from the late Hon. East India Com pany to the Crown under Act of Parliament. His Excel lency then expressed a confident hope that the discipline of the army would not suffer under his command. Sir William Mansfield, now that his command of the Bombay army closed, has the warmest satisfaction in recording his belief that that hope has been amply justified. It may be well to cast a glance at the changes which have been effected, Firstly, there was the reduction of the army from a war footing to a peace establishment, which may be stated in numbers as a reduction in all the arms from 70,000 to 40,000 men. Secondly, there was the measure of the amalgama tion, which, while extending, by Official Gazette, the pri vileges attendant on military rank on account of the Indian officers to all the world, instead of being restricted, as they had been heretofore, to India, included the formation of the staff corps, the abolition of the local character of the British portion of the forces of the late Hon. East India Company, and the early retirement of many field-officers and others, owing to the grant of liberal pensions. Thirdly, there was the measure of the re-organisation of the army, by which the regimental position of the officers, British and native, has been raised, a more direct responsibility thrown on both classes, while the roll of a regiment now presents the names of officers actually serving with it, instead of a long list of gentlemen, of whom but a portion was interested in the corps, or over present in its ranks. Such aro the extraordinary changes of the last five years, according to which the entire body of the Bombay army has not only been re-modelled in form, but has been re organised according to ideas absolutely different from those under which it was originally constituted. To carry through such difficult duties in as satisfactory a manner as those alluded to, would have been impossible without the most cordial and intimate co-operation of the Headquarters Staff, during the term of his Excellency's command. It is evident that that Staff has had to perform duties unexampled in the history of the Bombay army. Sir William Mansfield begs to return his most sincere thanks to Lieut.-Colonel Stock, the Adjutant-General, who has been his most confidential adviser throughout for the last five years ; to Lieutenant-Colonel Phayre, the Quarter master-General; to Colonel Skinner, the Judge-Advocate- General (now on leave of absence) ; to Lieutenant-Colonel Field, the Acting Judge-Advocate-General; to Colonel the Hon. F. Thesiger, 95th Foot, who acted as Deputy-Ad jutant-General, British troops, prior to the amalgamation of the Staff offices; to Lieutenant-Colonel Kirby, Deputy- Adjutant-General; and to Major Flood, Military Secretary. His Excellency would further tender his best thanks and acknowledgments to the Major-Generals commanding divisions ; Major-General C. Van Straubenzee, K.CJ.B., N.D.A. ; Major- General Green, C. 8., N.D.A. ; Major- General Ronne; C. 8., S.D.A. ; and Major-General M. W. Smith, C. 8., P.D.A. ; to Brigadier-General Lucas, late Commhndant and now Inspector of Royal Artillery ; to the Brigadiers-General Commanding Brigades, and to the several officers commanding brigades of artillery and regi ments of cavalry and infantry, for the zeal and discretion with which they have performed their respective • duties, and their share in affording superintendence and execution to the reforms which have been adverted to. His Excel lency would further beg the Principal Inspector-General, Dr. Stovell, and Deputy Inspector-General of British Troops, Mr. Canning, to accept his warm acknowledgments for the excellent manner in which they have presided over their respective medical departments, and the energy with which they have directed the efforts of the medical officers under their orders for the improvement of the health of her Majesty's troops, and for the spread of sanitary reforms. His Excellency would request the Commissary-General, Lieut.-Col. Dunsterville, and the Superintending Engineers of Circles, to accept his assurance that their zealous co operation in the execution of the orders of Government for the provisioning and lodging of the troops has, - in like the public manner, been of the greatest advantage to p ser vice. In conclusion, his Excellency wo uld express his high opinion of the state of the several regiments, British of their and native, serving in the Bombay Presidency, uts very good conduct f which has render ed his com mand so pleasant to him. " Subject to the confirmation of Go Government, p a reports - from this date will be made for the _ information General Sir Charles Van Straubenzee, K.() 13 " By- order, " 11. STOCK, Liout.-Col., Adjutant-General" WESTMINSTER. OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.—Ed ward Devalin, a man about 42 years of age, was charged with being drunk, and causing a crowd to assemble in the neighbourhood, Knightsbridge. Police-constable M'Gettican, 307 B, proved that at half past ten last night he found the defendant exposing "duffing" jewellery for sale, and asking people to buy a gold pin cheap. He refused to go when told, and was taken into custody. When searched a neck chain, a ring, to represent diamonds and rubies, and a pin were found, all spurious. The police now stated that a person wished for a war rant against the prisoner, for obtaining money under false pretences. • Henry Griffin, groom to the Marquis of Abercorn, said he came up from Cirencester a month ago, and was now stay ing with the marquis in Chesterfield-street. He was in Oxford-street:on Saturday last, at four o'clock, and met pri soner, who asked him if he wanted to buy a parrot, stating that he had some on board ship. This prosecutor declined, and prisoner then produced an Albert chain, which he offered for four dollars, or an English sovereign. He took out a knife and cut it to prove that it was gold, and prose cutor believed it, but told him he had not the money. They then adjourned to a neighbouring public-house, and pri soner finding be had only 11. s. offered to take that for it. The money was paid ; and prosecutor being suspicious, went to a jewellers in South Audloy-street, and ascertained that it was spurious. Prisoner said he did not represent it as gold ; he said it was gilt, and as good as gold. How could he afford to sell it for I.ls. if it was gold ? He was remanded till Tuesday for evidence to show that the chain was spurious. THAMES. THE LAW OF LANDLORD AND TENANT.—A VERY HARD CASE.—A young woman named Mary Aun Johnson, of 1, Catherine-street, Poplar, whose sobs almost chocked her utterance, came before Mr. Paget and complained that her goods had been seized for rent owing by another person. Mr. Paget—l cannot help you, my good woman. If your landlord owes any rent, and has not sufficient goods to satisfy a distraint for rent, the superior landlord can dis train on other people's goods in the same house. The applicant said her case was a very hard one, indeed. She took apartments in the house No. 1, Catherine-street, a fortnight ago, and was not aware any rent was owing. The former tenant, Catherine Foster, the wife of an en gineer in the Brazilian Navy, who was in the receipt of £lO per month from her husband, removed from the house the night before she and her husband took possession, and was then £7 in arrear. To satisfy this debt goods, which cost her husband £32 eighteen months ago, had been seized by a broker named Self, of High-street, Poplar, en behalf of Mr. Scratchley, a gentleman of property staying at White's Hotel, in Bond-street, Piccadilly. Mrs. Foster, by whom the rent was owing, was well able to pay the money, and was dwelling at No. 6, Penny-fields, Poplar. Mr. Paget—lt may be a very hard case upon you, but it is not a matter in which I have any jurisdiction. The broker has a right to seize any goods he finds in the house. The Applicant—My husband worked hard to provide a home, and it will be broken up. Mr. Paget—l cannot help you. The poor woman left the witness box crying loudly, and pitied by every one present. THE AMENITIES OF RATCLIFF- HIGHWAY. A Greek sailor, who gave the name of James Robson, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with violently assaulting Ben jamin Hadley, an American seaman, who came into court with a surgical bandage round his head. The complainant said he was walking along Ratcliff highway last night, in the company of a shipmate named W. Finn, when the prisoner came up to him and called him a son of a —, at the same time knocking him down, and saying, " Take that." While ho was on the ground ho was most brutally kicked about the head and body. He was badly wounded, and lost a good deal of blood. A foreign woman, who saw the outrage on the American, stated that when she interfered, the prisoner seized her by the neck and attempted to choke her. Benjamin Archer, police-constable, No. 101 H, said the prosecutor was bleeding from the eye very much. The prisoner said he was pushed by the complainant, and he did knock him down and kick him. Mr. Joseph Smith, solicitor, said the prisoner, for whom ho appeared, and the complainant had a quarrel about their respective countries, and fought. Catherine White, a prostitute, said the complainant hit the prisoner, who returned the blow. Archer said White was not present at the affray, and had sworn falsely. • The complainant said he was about to go to sea in the Flying Fish. Mr. Joseph Smith —The prisoner has shipped to go to sea to-morrow. Mr. raget—l wish he had gone to sea yesterday. He certainly will not go to-morrow. :Ile is sentenced to one month's imprisonment and hard 1136ur. THEATRES AND MUSIC HALLS.—There are 25 theatres in London, and these establishments are capable of accommodating 41,100 persons. The audiences which the 41 principal music halls in London, exclusive of the small tavern conceit rooms and the Crystal Palace, can accommodate, amount to nearly double the number, being estimated at 70,300; but if we include the Crystal Palace, which belongs to the jurisdiction of London, is fed by London, and has been licensed by the Lord Cham berlain, the number swells to 179,300, considerably more than four times the number accommodated by‘the theatres. A few closer particulars will exhibit still more forcibly how much more important a part these halls and places of popular amusement have it in their power to play in the moral and intellectual education of the middle and lower classes—by whom this sort of education is most needed—than the theatres. The Alhambra, could accommodate the audiences of Drury Lane add Covent Garden added together, or those of the Haymarket, the Adelphi, St. James's, and the Strand. Tho Metropolitan Music Hall, in the Edgware-road, is equal in capacity to the Olympic, and the St. James's, or to Sadler's Wells and the Strand. The Agricultural Hall could swallow up her Majesty's Theatre, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, the Hay market, the Princess's, St. James's, Adelphi, Lyceum, Mary lebone, Olympic, the New Royalty, and the Victoria ; and perhaps it is superfluous to add that the Crystal Palace has space enough to receive and entertain nearly three times the number of persons the whole of the theatres of London are capable of accommodating. The question suggested by these figures is obvious. Shall this large and increasing section of tho population be excluded from the enjoyment of intellectual pleasures, wherever they can be got, in order to preserve a monopoly of stage-plays in the hands of the London managers ?—The Shilling Magazine. DEATH OF AN ECCENTRIC NONOGENARIAN—An eccentric individual, named Joseph Constable, died at Chelsworth, a few days ago, at the great age of 94 years. The deceased lived quite alone for upwards of 40 years, and Performed all his domestic work, including washing and sewing. His dress was as singular as his ways. For many years ho attended the Dissenting chapel at Bildestone, frequently appearing in a suit of scarlet, including rod stockings. 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Do. 4th Prof. stock.. Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Gua.. 5 i,ercerit.. Do. New gua. 5 p.c Gt. South of India (Um gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent.... Do Great W. a. of Canada.. D.•. New Do. 6p. c. BdA. pay 1873 Do. 5 i do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 4f do Do. 4; do Do. Filth. Extension Nielb. Cor. 8 p. c. finds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay ' New Brunswick & Can Class A and B NT. tt I.C'da, pc let pf. bds 'cinde Do. Delhi Do. do l.l ci Do. Puniaub Do.lndus St Flo " THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. NEWMARKET RACES—Tms DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELE( RAPH.) PLATE OF 100 SOVS. Lytham Warrior Six ran. HANDICAP PLATE. 1 Tomato Verdant Tusculancum Six ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Fiancee Skirmish Senorita colt Eight ran. ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS, Siberia White Duck La Fortune Eleven ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 25 SOPS. Saffron Foxholes Kill-em-and-Eat-em SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS Antidote Thais Five ran. £5O PLATE. Cairngorm Belmontine 9 Five ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Durham w.o. LADVERTISEMENT.] " TAT TERSALLS' TlSSUE."—Commission Agency. —James Hopkins executes Commissions on all Races throughout the year. Place:betting and double events. Cheques to be crossed National Bank, and Post-office orders payable at tho Fleet-street office. Address, 13, Rolls buildings, Fetter-lane, London, E.C. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-THIS EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on tho woJlsack at the usual hour. PUBLIC SCHOOLS BILL. Earl POWIS presented a petition from the mayor and corporation of Shrewsbury praying to be heard by counsel before a select committee on this bill ; and also a petition from Cambridge to the same effect. THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. Viscount SYDNEY, in his capacity of Lord Chamber lain. presented to their lordships her Majesty's most gracious reply to the address moved by the house. The text was as follows :—" I have entirely participated in your address to me as to the assassination of the President of tho United States. I have given directions to my Minister at Washington to make known to the Government of that country the feelings which you have entertained in common with myself and my whole people in regard to this deplor able event." Lord RAVENSWORTH asked the Earl of Derby if he understood his expression clearly, the other evening, when hts said, as he understood, that if the Confederates had any participation in the crime of the assassination of the President of the United States, they were guilty of what was worse than a crime, namely, a blunder. That expression was not a novel one to him or other noble lords, no doubt, for that eminent man, Tal leyrand, had said that a political blunder was often a greater mistake than a political crime. The Earl of DERBY said, in explanation of the observa tions he bad made last weeki he did not intend to convey any impression other than that the Confederate States disclaim any connection with the foul murder of the Pre sident. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of the bill, He said that the object of the bill was to re medy a defect that existed in the Encumbered Estates Court Act. It was proposed by this bill that a second should be kept of the titles to estates, so that a transfer of such estates should be rendered more easy. Lord ST. LEONARDS objected to details of the bill, as well as its principle. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tins EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. KENNEDY took the oaths and his seat for the county of Louth. PRIVATE BUSINESS. r The following bills were read a third time and passed : Bury St. Edmunds and Thotford Railway, Deal and Dover Railway, Gainsborough Water, Mellis and Eye Railway, Northampton and Banbury Junction Railway (Deviation, Sc.), Okehampton Railway (No. 1), South Northumber land Railway, and surrey and Sussex Junction Railways. The following bills were further considered and ordered to be read a third time :—Caledonian Railway (Balerno Branch); Groat Eastern and London and Blackwall Rail ways ; and London, Chatham, And Dover Railway (No. 2.) NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. BRAND, a new writ for the elec tion of a member for the borough of Lambeth was issued. REMOVAL OF EXECUTIONS. Mr. HANBURY asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he had received a memorial from the Court of Common Council in the City, requesting his sane tion to the removal of executions from Newgate to within the walls of the City Prison in Camden-road. Sir G. GREY said ho had received no such memorial, neither did he think he should, as the Secretary of State had no power to comply with such a request. more than that sum in c, man of taste, and desiron best manner. As to the house would agree with _low a great taste for architecture it would be exceedingly useful and desirable that one of the best specimens of the architecture of the 13th century should be presented for contemplation and instruction. (Hear, hear.) It was not intended to turn it to the use it was made in the days of King Stephen, but it had been thought it would be very convenient if persons could attend public worship in it as the chapel of the Palace at Westminster. (Hear, hear.) i -- " 1 " - " , 111111111111111111, * - '4 4 !onsequence of Mr. Grace being a us of carryi ng out tho work in the uses of the crypt, he thought the him that as there was now a great EDUCATION GRANTS. Sir S. NORTHCOTE asked the Vice-President of the Committee ofCouncil on Education whether an inspectorwas justified in threatening to recommend that one tenth of the grant earned by a school in respect of the proficiency of the children in reading, writing, and arithmetic should be withheld in case grammar, history, or geography are not taught therein. Mr. BRUCE said tho inspector was justified in giving the warning he did in the case referred to, because certain necessary articles were not provided. To-morrow ho should lay on the table a minute connected with the mat ter, and ho should avail himself of the opportunity of making a statement on the subject. THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT. Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer whether it had come under his observation that one particular morning paper was enabled to publish the substance of his intended Budget on the morning before its communication to this house ; and whether it *as i n accordance with his intention that such anticipation of h statement had takeit place. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the matter had certainly come under his observation, and it was not his wish that the financial statement should be anticipated. It would only be an act of justice to the civil servants of the crown, and to every one of the nine gentlemen with whom he was officially connected, to say that he believed it impossible for them to commit a breach of confidence. FACTORIES ACT. Mr. HEYGATE asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether, in consequence of the report of Mr. Baker, inspector of factories, as to the employ ment of children and young girls in the clay-yards of South Staffordshire, it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to propose the further extension of the Facto ries Act, or other legislation with reference thereto in the present session, with a view to the prevention of the exces sive labour and demoralising scenes described in such re port. Sir G. GREY said an inquiry was now in progress, and he thought it better that such steps should be completed before proceeding with legislation on the matter. THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION. • In reply to Mr. lIENNEssY, Sir R. PEEL said he believed it had been thought de desirable, by the committee, that selections from the works of Mozart and Handel should not bo mixed up with " Garryowen" and " St. Patrick's Day." FIRE INSURANCE. Mr. WYLD asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if if the allowance paid to the fire insurance companies of the United Kingdom for collecting the existing duty was to be abolished; and if not, whether the present rate of allowance was to be revised, with a view of altering the same to meet the reduction of duty proposed by the Go vernment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the per centago allowed for the collection of the fire insurance duty would remain the same under the new duty a s it h ad been under the old. THE CRYPT. Mr. NEWDEGATE asked the First Commissioner of Works what stun had been expended upon the Crypt con nected with that house, under what heading of the 'esti mates that sum was voted, and to what use or purpose it was intended to apply the Crypt as now embellished. .• Mr. W. COWPER said the restoration of the crypt formed a portion of the original contract for restoring the houses of Parliament, entered into many years ago, and the money that had been expended on it had been paid out of the vote annually taken to meet the expenses of rebuilding the Houses of Parliament. There was one item, however, on which he could give the hon. member some information, viz., the decorative painting and gilding contract was £630. No doubt hon. members were surprised at the smallness of the cost, but then ho must tell them that it cost a little THE BOROUGH FRANCHISE BILL. Sir G. GREY said it would perhaps be convenient if he now proposed that the debate on the Borough Franchise Bill be fixed for Monday next, provided the resolutions with respect to the Budget were disposed of that evening. (Hear, hear.) It was highlydesirable that a decision should be taken on the bill ono way or the other at the earliest period of time. - Mr. BAINES expressed his approbation at the arrange ment. TUE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. HER MAJESTY'S REPLY TO TILE ADDRESS. Lord PRODYN, Controller of her Majesty's Household, brought up her Majesty's answer to the address voted by the house on Monday last. [Her Alljesty's answer was much the same as in the Lords' report.] BUDGET.—THE TEA DUTIES. The house then went into committee of ways and means for the purpose of considering the proposals of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer. Mr. MOFFATT rose and moved the amendment of the resolution relative to the tea duties by omitting the words "6th of May," and inserting the words "Ist day of June." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHECUER defended the course he had pursued, but said he would not oppose that which appeared to be the general desire of the house. lie therefore, as the tea duties would expire on the Ist of August, would agree to th e d ate b eing struck out altogether, and then he should not object to the hon. member moving a resolution making the day for the new duties coming into effect on the first of June, because the reasons could then be stated which led to a departure from the general rule. The amendment on that understanding was then with drawn. [LEFT SITTING.] FOURTH EDITION SUN OFFICE, lIALF-PAST 7 o'CLocK. NEWMARKET RACES-THIS DAY., BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LATEST BETTING. CHESTER CUP. 9to 2 agst Helen (taken) 10 to 1 agst Ackworth (taken) 11 to I;agst Lion (offered) 12 to 1 agst Victorious (taken) 15 to 1 agst Highflyer's dam colt (taken) 20 to 1 agst Gratitude (taken) THE DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Wild Charley (taken freely) THE ROAD muaiisß, - 0 --- EXAMINATION OF CONSTANCE KENT. (THIS DAY.) TROWBRIDGE, Thursday Morning. This morning Constance Lmile Kent, who stands charged upon her own confession with having murdered Francis Saville Kent, a child four years old, on the night of the 29th of June, 1860, was brought up on remand at the Sessions Court of this town, for further examination. H. G. G. Ludlow, Esq., Heywood House, Westbdry, chairman; J. P. Stancomb, Esq., Thomas Clark, Esq., J. H. Webb, Esq., John Sinkins, Esq., and C. F. C. Caillard, Esq., were the magistrates who presided. It was close upon 11 o'clock before the carriage convey ing Miss Kent, her father, and Mr. Alexander, the Gover nor of Devizes Gaol, drove up to the court. By this time some 200 persons had assembled in the approaches, and of course manifested the deepest curiosity to see the unfortu nate prisoner as she stepped from the carriage. The magistrates took their seats on the bench at 11 o'clock precisely, and a few minutes afterwards Constance Kent entered the dock, accompanied by Mrs. Alexander, the wife of the governor of the gaol. Constance walked in with her eyes cast down, and did not once raise her head. She wore a thick black veil, and, as far as could be perceived through it, she appeared much flushed. She was very sad, but extremely quiet and self-possessed. Her father was not in the court. Mr. Rodway rose and said he was present to watch tho case on behalf of the prisoner, but that it was not his in tention to cross-examine the witnesses. Elizabeth Gough was then called, and having been sworn, said—ln 1860 I was nurse in Mr. Kent's family at Road-hill House. I remember Friday evening, the 29th of June. On that day I had been cleaning the nursery. I was more busy than usual. I did net wake once during the night, but slept very soundly. I then had charge of the deceased, Francis Saville Kent. Ho slept in the same room with me, in a cot on the opposite side. There was another child, a little girl, in the same room by the side of my bed. Her name was Eveline. The cot in which the deceased slept was not very near to the door, but on the same side of the room as the door. My bed was opposite the door. I last saw the deceased on the Friday evening, a little before 11 o'clock. I then went to bed, leaving him asleep in his cot. I awoke the next morning first at 5 o'clock. The child was not there then. I did not wake Mrs. Kent at that time. I did not wake her because I thought she had taken the child after I went to bed. I think the door of the nursery was slightly on the jar. I can't remember distinctly how it was. After I had seen Mrs, Kent I went to the room of the Misses Kent. I saw the Misses Kent. j went to inquire if they had seer the little boy. I saw the pri soner. She was standing by the door of her own room. The Misses Kent were in their room. The prisoner was near enough •to hear the conversation that passed between me and the Misses Kent. The prisoner made no remark what ever. I afterwards went down to Mrs. Kent, and I after wards examined the cot where the child had been lying. The clothes were folded down at the foot of the bed. They were put back. They were not disarranged. When the deceased child was brought into the house I discovered that a blanket was missing. It was the blanket between the counterpane and the sheet that was missing. The window and shutters of the dressing-room next to the nursery were fastened as usual on the Friday night when I went to bed, and I found them in the same state the next morning. The window of the nursery was also in the same state. It was the custom of the deceased to sleep in the middle of the day. He did not do so on the Friday in ques tion, because the rooms were all in confusion. Mr. Kent's family consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Kent, Miss Mary Ann Kent, Miss Elizabeth Kent, Miss Constance Emilie Kent, and William Saville -Kent. These four children were by the first wife of Mr. Kent. The names of the children by the present Mrs. Kent were Minnie Saville Kent and Francis Saville Kent, the deceased ; his age was about four years. (The case was proceeding when our despatch left.) Bank of England Return,—This Evening. An Account, pursuant to tho Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, May 3, 1865. 1813DX DEPARTMENT. Notes toned 1...—..£28,506,C151 Government Debt £11.015,1(0 Other Securities .. 3,631,v0u Gold Coin it Bullion 1306,015 Silver Bullion .C 28,506,01 51 BANKING D f*- oprietors' Capi- t tai £14,553,000 :Cc st eublic Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of N a tional Debt, and 428,506,01 5 EPARTMENT. Government Secu- rities (including Dead %V eigh tAn nutty) .......... .C 10,081,441 Other rieettrittes 10,274,4107 Notes ............ 6,902.615 old aud Oliver 52J,959 Coin ........... Dividend Ac counts) 6,72.1 65 Other Deposits 14,09,;:5u Seven Day and other Bills 465,11 £3.,9:5, 9'22 1 .30985,22?. MILLER, Chief Cublthr. 4, 1885. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This clay. m a y 4.—Wind thi s d ay at noon—South moderate breeze and fi ne weather, but showery at W times.Le srl°Y N: CLYDE, May 3.—Wind S.S.E.—Sailed—Worcester, for Quebec. FALMOUTH, May 3.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Commen dator, from Hayti. BRISTOL, May 2,---Wind S.W.—Arrivod.—Merchant ' from Havannah. PILL, Ma y 3.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Grenada, from Mauritius. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GEATESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, May 3—Countess Leicester, Crescent, Margaret, Temple, and Aliwal—all from Guernsey; City of Adelaide, from Adelaide ; Cornhill, from Zanto ; Crest of the Wave, from Valparaiso ; Glendower and Mediator—both from Melbourne ; Gibraltar, from Cadiz; Colonial Empire, from Sydney ; Ida Zeigler, from Auckland ; Robert Selden, from Calcutta; Octavius, from Dunkirk; Delhi, from Shanghai. Sailed, May 4—Neva, steamer, for Dunkirk; Seine, Steamer, for Boulogne. WILKES BOOTII THE ASSASSIN. —Yesterday after noon a telegram was received by Mr. Reuter, from Liver pool, announcing that " Wilkes Booth had landed from the American mail steamer Edinburgh at Queenstown, and was immediately arrested." This piece of welcome news was however, speedily contradicted by the subjoined despatch from Queenstown : " The man who was arrested here, upon landing from the Edinburgh, was not Wilkes Booth, but a passenger named O'Neill, who bears a striking like ness to the assassin of Mr. Lincoln, and who had previously been arrested in Boston. He has been liberated."