The Sun. — London, England, 1865-04-11 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AN , COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENOF,, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. A further sum of £5,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The Ripon, which left to-day, took out only £2,130 in specie for Bombay. An important undertaking has been introduced under the title of the Russian (Vyksounsky) Iron works Company, with a proposed capital of £500,000, in 25,000 shares of £2O each, the present issue to consist of 15,000 shares. It is proposed to extend some large ironworks in successful operation at Vuicksa, in Russia. The estate of 405,000 Eng lish acres, and containing 35,000 inhabitants, is situated on the navigable river Oka (which flows into the Volga at Nijni Novgorod), and is within 66 miles of the railroad which connects Nijni Novgorod with Moscow. It appears that 270,000 acres of the estate are• covered with timber, sup plying fuel which, coupled with the abundance of labour, has enabled the proprietors to produce iron at a much less cost than in England, whilst the selling price in Russia is considerably higher. The profits of the present time are stated to amount to about 537,000 silver roubles (about £70,000) per annum, subject, however, to a deduction of 72,000 roubles, being interest at 5 per cent., and sinking fund on debt of 1,200,000 roubles due to the Rus sian Government, thus leaving a net annual profit of 465,000 roubles (160,000). A sinking fund is proposed for the purpose of returning to the share holders at the expiration of the 37 years, when the in terest of the company will cease, the whole amount of the capital called up. Business has taken place in the shares at 1k 2 prem. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's teleam, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes ►ere 67f. 7 5c. Firm. Little doing. A further rise of rather more than 1 per cent. has taken place this morning in the English Funds, nl aking, with the advance of yesterday, 1 per cent. T his upward movement has been produced by the continued purchases by the public, the prospect of increased ease in the money market, and the expec tation that the Government broker will again this quarter be a buyer of stock on behalf of the com missioners for the sinking fund of the national debt. Consols are 91+1 for money, and 91i / for account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 891 1; India 5 per Cents., 106 i 107 ; do. 5i per Cents., Enfaced Paper, 109, and Exchequer. Bills, 3s. to 6s. prem. General buoyancy and animation prevail in the Foreign Stock Market. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 74i ; do. Consolides, 54 55i ; Mexi can, 24 s ; do. Ne v, 261 ; Greek, 211 ; Spanish Passive, 321 ; do. Certificates, 17f ; Italian, 641 65 ; do. New, 3f f dis. ; and Confederate Loan, 30 32. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been moderately active, and prices have in most instances shown a further improvement. Great Northern (A Stock), Lancashire and Yorkshire, Midland, South-Eastern, and North-Eastern (Ber wick), have each advanced £1; Bristol and Exeter and Great Western, each 10s. ; and North-Western, ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines have been dull, without any material alteration in values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain in fair demand, and generally support previous rates. Saloon Steamer Packet Company shares are quoted 1 prem.; South African Land, 1 1 prem. ; and Rio de Janeiro Gas, 1 1 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 Per Cent. Consols Do. Account, May 9 9ll Nper Cent. Reduced ' 1 ew 3 per 89 1 Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 2 , Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 • Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.- Do (Red S ea T elegraph), Aug., 1908 — 14chequer Bill; £l,OOO, 4 p er C en t 3 Do. £5OO 3 Do. Bank £lOO and £2OO Do of En Account gland Stock, 51 per Cent 242 INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 215 Do Account • D 0.5 per C en t . J uly, 1870 lO7 6/ Account 1)0 - 4 D o. Certificatesr Cent Oct. 1888 Do. E nfaced P a p er 4 per C ent 5 per Cent , Jan. 1872 Do ni 109 • -2 Per Cent , May 1879 O. 4 per Cent., 1866 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO 9. Do. under £l,OOO pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. A us trian Bond; 5 per C en t azilian 5 p .7 er Cent Do. 41 per Cent. , 1852 -58-60 Do. 1863 B uenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do I p er Cent. (Deferred 3 pe r Cent.) Chn 6 pe r C ent lOll Do. 41 r Cet Colombian pe 6 pernCent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Do 5 Do. Scrip, £ssr Cent., laidB64 Da nish 3 per Cent. p , 1825 Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid D anubian Principalities Do £B6 paid fkii3iador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent 0., P rov i s i ona l L an d Warrant— .r.,g3'ptian 7 per Cent 96/ SeCond Issue Do £lOO Bonds Do S Do. 1864 95 4.1 5+ 4/ Cents id Greek 5 t crip, per, 1824-5, ex Coupons 211 1 Do Account G uatemala 5 per Cent. Do. 1 839 and 1850 Italian 5 • Do 1865perCent (Maremmana Railway) 681 .. Do Scrip, £421 paid exi can 3 per Cent. Do. Account "., .. ...... Doo 5 per Cent. ............... Monte French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c . , videan 6 per Cent., £3O paid . Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent .... New Granada . .... 1. Do 2 per Cent ........................... ..... 13- Do Deferred - Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 41 per Cent. . .......... Do 3 per C en t . (U r ib arren) .. Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account ... ... .. . Portuguese 3 per Cent 1853................ 'Do Account.. ~ ............ . . .. 481 Do 3 per Cent:, 1856,. '7,. '9,. '6O, '62, ' '3, 481 1 Do Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St., . 89 Do Do 4i per Cent., 1850 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 D'o9ll + 1 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 1864 Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New*Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account S wedish 4 per C en t. l7l Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 Turkish. 6 per Cent. 1854 1 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account .. ....... . . Do £lOO Bond' s ;. Do Account . Do. £lOO Bond's . Do 6 per Cent. 1863 Do Guaranteed, 4 per . Celli. ............ Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1862 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 1864 37/ • Do. 11 per Cent Dividends on the above payable m London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Fl or i ns Belgian, 4i per cent, Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 63 Do. 4 per Cent. Certifi....tes French Rentes, 3 per Cent. Do. Account Italian 5 Do. Acc per Cent., 1861, Ex. 2sf. Accou n t Do. Coupons Con sols, Mo ney THREE O'CLOCK. Do. Ac count -91 k 911 1 1 404 _ In the general discount market there is no new feature, the demand for accommodation being very small, and the rates easy, at 31 per cent. on the best short dated bills. The supplies are daily in creasing, from the release of the dividends. 20 201 10 100 1 11 13 I 1} 11 3 38 31 P. 3 520 530 20 25 15 17 148 156 7 5 84 0 S 5'4 526 180 190 100 103 30 35 It 13 20/ 210 19 20 rttEIeEREN, Great Eastern, E. U., 4 per cei Gt. Western, Wt. Midland, Oxt Midland, Leicester and Hitchi CE SHAH/CS. !nt. gua., 80i torte 2d guaranteed stock, 118 In 4 per ct., 91 RES AND STOCKS. PREFERENCE SD Great Eastern 4i per cent. pt Ditto. 5 per cent. pf., 97 North British (k.din., Perth, and Dundee) 4 per cent., 78 LINES LEASED AT .I , 'IXED RENTALS. Hull and Selby, 109 a London and Greenwich, 111131 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 22a Ditto (all), 27 Great Luxembourg, 13 ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 91 10 FOREIGN MINES, Scottish Australian, lim.. St. John del Rey (lira.), 2tl Yudanantutana of S. Australia, 1im.,:11 Agra and 31 isterman's, lint.,Nl2llo S. Ditto, new, (30 593 Alliance 14 33 Ditto, issued at z 0 pm., 23' Angle, Austrian, 73 Anglo Pgyptian, lim., 123 Bank of Egypt, 301 i. Bank of Queensland, lim, 22 3 Bank of New Zealand, 101 British and Californian, Ism., 53 Consolidated Bang, lint., 10i 3 East London, lire., 53 European Bank, lim., i 3 Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm., 223 Ditto, new, 7 Imperial Bank (Urn.), 30i Imperial Ottoman, 176 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 4 1 1 1 1 London B snk of 3lexieo and S. America, Ilm.,:103 London and Brazilian tlim.), 47 3 50 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 493 Ditto, new, London and County, 763 London and estminster, 915 53 Merchant Bank, lim 273 Mercantile and Exchange. lim., 7 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lira.. 161 17 New Zealand Bank k orp oration. lim., 11 Oriental Bang Corporation. 54; 3 ; Ditto, new, 5 /3 Provincial Banking Corporation, Um., 2 Provincial of Ireland, 873 South Australia, .143 51 South Eastern, lint., 113 12 Union of Australia, 55 3 5 Union of London, 511 4 DO London and St. Katharine, CK S. G3l MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 17f Berlin Water Works, lim.. 10 i t City of Milan Improvements, lim., 111 ; f Cewinercial Union, IcsuranJe. 8, Credit Fonder an d:Mobilicr of England, 91 1 I Crystal Palace. 361 East Indian Financi .1, lint, 5 Egyptian Com. and Trading, lim., 31 f Electric Telegraph, 115 A Fairb irn Engineering,i7 Fore-atrcet Warehouse, lim.; 101 Gen. Credit and Firm:* of London, lim., 611 11 SHARE Ids day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. el Railways. Bir., Wol., & htr. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon. Cornwall . Do. A gets no div. { Do B tlll6p.c.p.an.has • been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June. Dun,.Perth, & A b.Juno. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angi. st. No. Great North of Scotland Great Northern D A s:ock Do. B o D. New, is. at 25 p Gt S. and %V. of Gt. Weste n Original I) . S. V. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do W. Mid.— Ox:ord Do. Newpo t Lo. Ile eford. Lane +shire do Yorkshire L ndon and Blackwali Lon , Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle shares .. f!yopolitan. Do. New . Mid and ... Do, Birmin . & Derby And Gt. W.. Ireland I Do. 4 shares %lid Kent (North British Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N•E purchabe Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Po. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1855-.8 Do. do. 18t10-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 18c4 ...... North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction .. Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock 0. Scot, Mid. stick ' , trews (it IVelchpool Shropshire Union iouta Devon... -outh E stern . itaines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale.. Do. C . Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw ill W.Hartlepool Har.&R Do. A irredeemable Do. A redeemable 100 100 ICO 100 10 100 1 0 I'.o 10 100 ICO 100 100 100 10J 100 ISSK I Paid. ' Closing I Business Price. done. 95 97 130: 131! 5i 6 66 68 16 17 8) 91 107 1 9 47 18 7 6 1314 132. 1474 148, 131 33 87 El ;5; 76 65 67 52. 53 46 49 ,0! 'O3 1191 120 86 /8 107 109 4! 13 Izei 323 96 07 59i 60 123 13) 2} 2lp 1361 137: 106 118;.1 51 55 z 44 15. 1101 1111 GO 70 103 IC3 37 38 11 12 p 9 10p 115 11S 1 Up 78 79 11 11 138 142 48 50 60 61 52 55 86 S6l 9 10 155 15S 3 4 p 107 109 46 48 97 I:',oj 132 119 81 74 6 5 ; 07 'Co 1194 2) 8114 103 7i 41 2 12218 3 97 611 2 1•?9y i i 61 137 61 7; 55 4 1114 i I 7J 691 1:."31 i 74 77 51 4.1 86} 7 61 P Atlantic & St.Lawrenc( Bom.,Baroda, x.Cen.ln t gu. 5 per cent.. Do. I' shares Buffalo & Lake Huror Do Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6p c. bds. Aux. 1, 87:: Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June I, 1574 Calcutta & 8. E., Um 'a e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben :al, gu., 5 no East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canad q Do. Equip. Mort, Bond:. I charge 6 p.c Do. ist rref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr.. f. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. Id Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c ro. Gua 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (line. gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do. Great W, P. of Canada D. , . New ...... Do. 6 p. c. Belq. pay 1873 t)o. 5; do. pay. 1877-8-1 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p:c Do. 41 do Do. 43 do Um Fifth Extension Meth. Cor. 6 p. c. finds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B V. It 1. C'da, pc Ist pf.bds Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Pun!aub Do.lndus St Flo COLONIAL GO VERNME N' British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec.3l, 1572 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-.%_.4 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Au 4 D sp. c. Mar. & Sept 1)0. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope. 6 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-1 Do. do: 1. , ,90-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, f p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 178 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. Natal ';ov. c per cent N. B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&.luly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 1866 Do. 5 p. c. 18 1 to 1876 Do. - 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent Nova So tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18 , 8-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, ffipril & Oct BItITI Cam Consol. t old, i IChiverton Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake wal Is East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon 1 as c Cam Brea East Grenville East Love:l E. W'l Russell (Tavlstk Gam .& StAubyn(Gwen. Great L ,xey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Heist )11 GrenviLe lierod's Foot .... ['ingot= Downs Margaret Uny Lelant Marke Valley 111 wyndy Iron Ore, lieu L l Nangiles FN ewSe ton North Downs North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper Pr vidence Unyl.lant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft West i 'assett (Mogan W. Caradon (L skeard West Chi verton West 5et0n............ Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redratt) Whea Ludcf,tt Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelaw.ney (Lis Wheal Ifni ISIONS. 50 t 3 1024 103 pr 41: 4 44 9 65 70 9g 101 75 85 lil 10 . 3 102 104 1( 105 :I IP 16 18 57 91 60 65 50 55 50 55 45 50 43 48 41 44 23 25 22 24 104 Ins i p P 101 j 102: 8, fly Ilid 85 %t) 75 78 d 1 1011 1024, 93 93 89 91 64 66 • 3 5 82 81 101¢ 102,', [Ol4 102.3 pr 1014 102 ; 94 97 T SECUR. 90 91 90 94 90 94 80 62 80 82 101 106 106 108 106 1(8 105 107 102 104 105 107 102 104 105 107 108 109 104 106 93 96 98 100 93 95 91 93 103 105 87 90 91 06 103 105 105 107 1061 1011 :INES 911 21 I) 107 6 7} 5 c. 3) 11, 570 68 100 f too 2 100 100 100 'OO 101 100 100 PO 100 100 1' 0 100 100 :SII 18.18 9 30.17 6 3.12. THE sire, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, . 1865. MISCELLANEOUS—Continued. Hudson's Bay, 151 Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso., lira., 6:1 International Financial -ociety, lira.. 61- Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), 131 Joint StoeeDiscount. lim.. 71:8 * London. Financial Association, lim., 22 London General Omnibus Corapa.ny,l3* M ,dras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (all), 201 Milwall Iron Works, 81 N ational Discount Company, lim. 151 Pen nsula and Oriental Steam, 83i 4 Ditto, new. 57 Scottish Australian Investment. lim.. 125 Societe Finar cicre d' Egypte. lim., 7i Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., 61114 a IMT EEC. MAJESTY. - WINDSOn CASTLE, April 10 The Queen drove in the grounds this morning, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Helena. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise rode in the Home Park. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold, attended by Mr. Buff, also went in the grounds. - His Royal Highness Prince Alfred went to Lon don this afternoon, attended by Lieut. Haig and Dr. Bernhardt. Lord and Lady Palmerston left the Castle to-day for London. Lieut.-General Sir. H. and Ladyßentinck had the honour of dining with her Majesty and the royal family yesterday. .1: , The Prussian Ambassador and the Countess Bernstorff havo left tor St. Leonards-on-Sea. The Duke of Grafton will return home from Cannes the first week in the ensuing month. The duchess, who is far from well, will delay her return to London till late in the season. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, after visiting the Earl and Countess Spencer at Althorp, have gone to their seat in Wiltshire. The Marchioness of Kildare gave birth to a daughter a few days since, at Kilkea Castle, Kildare. The Earl of Dudley has arrived at Dudley House, Park-lane, from Witley-court, Worcestershire. The Earl and Countess of Bessborough have le own for Bessborough House, Kilkenny. The Earl of Wicklow will entertain a succession o: friends at Shelton Abbey, Wicklow. The Dowager Viscountess Combermere and the llon. Mrs. Hunter have arrived at St. Leonards-on-Sea. Lord Henry and Lady Ulrica Thynne have left town for Maiden Bradley, Wilts. Lord and Lady Huntingfield and the Hon. Misses Vanneck have, left the St. George's Hotel. Exhibition of Race Cups. Mr. Hancock, the court jeweller and goldsmith, of New Bond-street, having undertaken the decora tion of the banquet tables at the inauguration of the New Tattersalls, has for the last few days favoured the public with a view of the magnificent collection of the race cups he has procured for the occasion. To describe in words the extreme beauty of the collection would be impossible, as each one of the many splendid specimens of the goldsmith's art would call for more space than we can but in conveniently devote to a cursory notice of the whole. With few exceptions, the " cups," as they are termed, have emanated from the workshop of Mr. Hancock, who is now, par excellence, the race cup manufacturer of England; and a more gorgeous exhibition it is impossible to imagine. Towering conspicuously in the centre stands the magnificent piece of plate, given by the Emperor Nicholas, which was won by the Earl of Clarendon's Alarm at Ascot. Then we have the splendid York Cup of 1860, illustrating the Battle of the Standards, and the two beautiful tankards, ornamented, with subjects taken from Le Brunn's Battles, forming the Goodwood Cup of 1858. Baron Rothschild's Doncaster Cup of 1853 also will be certain to attract immense at tention for its extreme beauty, whilst the Goodwood Cup of 1863 will again find hosts of admirers, illus trating, as it does, a paragraph in the life of Mary Queen of Scots. There is, however, one piece of plate which, though not a racing " cup," is of extraordinary beauty, the presentation plate to the Master of the Bicester Hounds. Nothing can exceed the exquisite finish or ex treme beauty of this work of art, and had it alone proceeded from the atalier of Mr. Hancock, it would have been sufficient to stamp his fame as one of the most celebrated workers in the precious metals either at home or abroad. Nearly all the race cups, &c., that have been won at Doncaster, Goodwood, Ascot, and other places for the last • ten years, amounting to over 100, form the exhibition ; and, therefore, from the cause stated above, we shall be excused from pointing out all the beauties they each present. The glittering collection will, doubtless, form one of the most, if not the most attractive features of the inaugurative banquet. At the meeting of the proprietors of the Dis count Corporation, held to-day, a dividend at the rate of 5f per cent. per annum on the paid-up capital was recommended. The report of the directors of the Standard Bank of British South Africa, to be presented on the 21st inst., recommends a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum for the half-year ended the 31st of December last, after appropriating £36,000 to re serve, and leaving to £2,009 to be carried forward. The last day for applications for Extension Shares in the Clarence Hotel Company, Dover, is Thurs- day next, the 13th inst. In the Foreign - and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days there has been a very limited amount of business transacted. Tea has been in moderate request, at steady- rates, while sugars have maintained about former prices. Coffee, however, has declined about is. per cwt., while moderate transactions have been reportod in rice at steady quotations. Tallow, however, has continued dull, and prices have been depressed. • THE KING OF THE BELGIANS.—The continental journals are just now occupied in speculating on the reason of the visit which the King of the Belgians is pay ing to the English Court; and apart from political objects, which are of course considered to be one principal cause of the visit, the future matrimonial alliances of the Princesses Helena and Louise are thought to be engaging his Majesty's attention. The Avenir National, a Parisian journal, states that the Emperor of the French and the King of the Bel gians have for some time past kept up a constant corres pondence in reference to the affairs of Mexico, and, as well as other French journals, is of opinion that the Belgian ruler will visit Paris on his return from England, and will have an interview with the Emperor, in order to confer as to the future support to be rendered by France to the Em peror Maximilian. THE MULLER REWARD.—The question as to the rightful recipients of the reward offered for the dis covery of the murderer of Mr. Briggs is still in abeyance In accordance with the instruction by the attorneys of Sir Richard Mayne, the sum of £lOO has been handed over to Mr. Beard by Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., the bankers. In reply, however, to an application to the North London Railway Company, the directors state that Matthews himself has laid a claim to the money, and taken steps to prevent its being paid over to the assignees Under these circumstances, the reward originally offered by the Railway Company will probably be withheld ; and t was ascertained that the bankrupt had not withdrawn his claim for the amount, so that the matter may yet have to be determined by future legal proceedings on the part of the assignees, with a view to substantiate the claim made onbehalf of the creditors of Matthews. REPRESENTATION OF LOUTH.—DUBLIN, Monday Night.--The nomination of candidates for Louth took place to-day at Dundalk. Colonel Fortescue proposed, and Mr. William Ruxton seconded, Mr. M'Clintock ; Mr Kennedy was nominated by Mr. Foster, and seconded by Mr. Finlay. Colonel Foster and Mr. Andrew M'Kenna were also proposed, but they retired. A show of hands was taken, and declared to be in favour of Mr. Kennedy. The polling was fixed for Thursday. A great crowd assembled, but although party feeling ran high, there was no disturbance. INLAND PATTERN AND SAMPLE POST.-With reference to the revised rules of the inland pattern and sample post, which were published on the 27th ultimo, it has now been, decided to modify the rule No. 6, and to permit the transmission of samples of seeds, &c., intended for delivery within the United Kingdom in bags entirely closed, provided that such bags were transparent, So that the officers of the department may be able to satisfy themselves as to the nature of the contents. It is to be distinctly understood that this modification relates only to the inland pattern and sample post. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This day, OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) THE HON. CAPTAIN COLBORNE'S CASE.-LIBEL. The Hon. Captain Colborne was indicted fora libel on Mr. Phineas Davis, attorney, of Clifford-street, Bond-street. Mr. Giffard, Q.C., with Mr. Poland, prosecuted ; Mr. Cole ridge, with Mr. Sleigh, defended. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and a justification. • Mr. Giffard said the libel complained of was contained in a pamphlet purporting to give a description of certain persons in London who obtained their living by victimising young men of rank and fortune. It was not true that Mr. Davis had anything to do with such transactions, but was a solicitor of 30 years' standing. Mr. W. Bush, an architect and surveyor, said that on the 4th of January last he purchased the pamphlet at 147, Fleet-street. It was the pamphlet produced. By Mr. Coleridge—lle went with the prosecutor's bro ther to buy the paniphlet. Mr. Henry Johnson, of 9, West-street, Soho, said he knew the defendant, and printed for him the pamphlet pro duced. The pamphlet was put in. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., in addressing the jury for the de fence, passed a high eulogium upon the military and per sonal career of Lord Seaton, the father of the defendant, and then proceeded to argue that no reflection could be cast on the family of the defendant by the transaction with which he was charged ; for although Captain Colborne had broken the law, he had done nothing inconsistent with the character of a gentleman. He (the learned counsel) did not intend to read the passage in the libel complained of; for such a course would only give pain to Mr. Davis, and he at once said that they were passages for which Captain Colborne could not set up a justification. The pamphlet was full of general abuse of a system of base and unjust extortion which was practised by money-lenders, and it might be that he had improperly associated the name of Mr. Davis with such transactions. No personal animosity to Mr. Davis had prompted Captain Colborne in writing the pamphlet, and he now withdrew what he had written, and regretted that he had done it. He had broken the law, but not in a bad cause. The Recorder briefly pointed out to the jury that the pamphlet was a libel, and that it clearly pointed to Mr. Davis.. • The jury found Captain Colborne guilty, and strongly recommended him to mercy. They added that they con sidered that the case' ought not to have been brought into a criminal court. Mr. Giffard said Mr. Davis did not take the case into a civil court because it might have been thought that his wish was to obtain damages. (The statement was received with a shout of laughter.) The Recorder, in passing sentence, said he collected from the addresses of counsel that the defendant was not actuated by any malignant feeling towards Mr. Davis in writing the pamphlet, but that in attacking a system which he con sidered bad he had incautiously mixed his name up with it. The defendant had pleaded a justification, which he had failed to establish. He would therefore have to bear all the expenses of the prosecution, which in itself would be no slight penalty. Taking the whole of the circumstances into consideration, and bearing in mind the strong recom mendation of the jury, he thought the justice of the case would be met if he ordered the defendant to pay to the Queen a fine of £2O, and be discharged. The decision of the Recorder was received with cheers in court. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE CHARGE OF DEFRAUDING BY A "COUNT" AND lIIS SERVANT.—CharIes Young was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, on remand, with conspiring with a person not in custody, and styling himself a Russian Count—the Count de Vidoff—to defraud Varlon Rosenoff, a courier, of the sum of £45. The prosecutor was introduced to the pretended Rus sian count and the prisoner, who succeeded in getting £45 from him under the pretence that he was to be engaged by the count to go to Russia to obtain 12,000 roubles for the count. It turned out, however, that the prisoner and the pretended count were the constant associates of skittle sharpers. Mr. E. Dillon Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, for the prosecution, said he was now prepared with further evidence against the prisoner, and in addition was in structed to prefer a second charge against him for ob taining articled of food to the amount of £lO by means of false pretences—that his master-was a nobleman, and kept a banking account at Messrs. Spielmann's. Mr. Lewis then cited the case of " The Queen v. Gardener," where a person was indicted and convicted for obtaining divers articles of _ _ _ food by means of false pretences. This conviction was subsequently quashed by the Court of Criminal Appeal, and Lord Chief-Justice Jervis in giving judgment said, "We are of opinion that the conviction was not right, be cause we think that the obtaining of the articles supplied under the contract, made by reason of the false pretence; was too remote from the pretence in this particular case to become the subject of an indictment for obtaining those specified goods under false pretences." Here, however, he (Mr. Lewis) would show that the articles of food alone were obtained by fraud, and submitted that as the food was supplied, not from the fact of his being a lodger, but on the faith of the prisoner's subsequent representations, the pre sent case was not all fours with the case he had quoted. Mrs. Hutchinson, of Brompton-square, was then called by Mr. Lewis, and stated that the prisoner and a man, calling himself the Count de Vidoff, engaged apartments at her house, they being recommended to her. They lived not as master and servant, but on equality. The prisoner informed her that his master banked at Messrs. Spielman's, and asked her to supply his master with food. Believing the prisoner's statement, she supplied him with food to the amount of £8 or £9. She was informed the prisoner's statement was false. Mr. Tyrwhitt, on the application of Mr. Lewis, remanded the prisoner on both charges for a week. THREATENING TO MURDER.—Charles Williams, a gun barrel maker, was brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt, on a warrant by O'Shaughnessy, one of the warrant officers, charged with using violent threats towards Mr. Thomas Neville, bootmaker, Dean-street, Soho. Mr. Neville said that on Saturday night last the prisoner, who lodged in hi s h ouse, made a great di stur b ance b y beating his wif e , then said he wou ld do for him (Mr. Nev i lle) b e f ore he left the wife calling out murder. Tho prisoner his house ; and as this was not the first time the prisoner had threatened him, and he had been informed by persons that the prisoner meant to injure him, he kept in his room all Sunday, fearing to leave it owing to the prisoner's dangerous character. On Sunday afternoon the prisoner annoyed all the other lodgers, and threatened one of them The prisOner's wife has several times had black eyes, and a fork stuck through her cheek a fortnight after her con finement. He (Mr. Neville) merely mentioned the latter circumstance to show the prisoner's conduct. Emma Russell, lodging in the same place, proved hearing the prisoner threaten " to do for Mr. Neville," and said the prisoner was a most violent man, the more especially to his wife. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner was a dangereus fellow, and had been taken just in time to prevent him doing something serious. He would have to find two sureties in £lO each to keep the peace towards the prosecutor for six months. THAMES. • ALLEGED KIDNAPPING OF A POLISH JEW.—The Super intendent of an institution called the Wanderers' Home, in Bethnal-green, came before Mr. Paget to complain of the report of an application which appeared in several news papers that a Jew boy had been kidnapped into an asylum for converting people of the Jewish persuasion to Christi anity, and had been detained there against the wishes of his only brother, his natural guardian. Mr. Paget said he well recollected the statement made by a young man that his brother had been induced to re main in an asylum without his (the applicant's) sanction. He had nothing to do with newspap3r reports. The appli cant had better address himself to the editor of the journals in which the report appeared. The Superintendent said he had no fault to find with the report. He only wished to state that the lad was in a very destitute condition, and voluntarily entered the Wanderers' Home, where he was sheltered, fed, cleansed from filth, with which he was covered, and provided with a good home. The brother, whose name was Sigmond, took/the lad away and kept him for three days. The lad preferred the treatment in the Wanderers' Home to his brother's treatment, and implored admission a second time. The lad was again received, and Was very well satisfied. The lad was present. Mr. Paget-:-Then let him eland forward. I should like to speak to him. . _ A tall youth, with an unmistakeable Jewish face, entered the witness-box laughing, and said that he had not been kidnapped, and had been well used in the Wanderers' Home. Mr. Paget—And you can leave when you please? The Lad—Yes, sir, but I don't want to leave these kind people. The Superintendent—No coercion has been used. The lad came to the place voluntarily, and can leave when he pleases, but he don't want to go to America with his bro ther. There is no kidnapping whatever. Mr. Paget was quite satisfied of that. The appearance and condition of the lad was highly satisfactory. There was no occasion to say another word. The parties then retired. BENEFIT SOCIETIES. — An Irishman, named Magrath, somplained of the conduct of the officers of the St. Patrick's Benefit Society, which is under the patronage of many of the Roman Catholic bishops and priests, and has agents in many of the principal cities and towns in England. The applicant's mother was member of the society for many years, and he was entitled to £l3 at her death. The col lector Buckley had certified in writing that his mother "died in benefit," and he was of course entitled-to £l3 ; but on applying to the treasurer for the money he refused to pay him more than £7, and all his applications for the remaining £6 had been unsuccessful. lie now applied for a summons to compel the secretary to pay him £6 in ac cordance with the rules. He put in the collecting card and the certificate of the collector. Mr. Paget said he could not interfere. There was a rule in the printed articles put before him that all disputes should be settled by arbitration. The applicant must wait on the secretary, demand arbitration and deposit 10s., which would be returned if the decision was in his favour. Magrath was afraid he should lose his 10s., and his £6 too, if he acted on the magistrate s advice. Mr. Paget said he could not help that. He could not alter the constitution and rules of the society. There had been many complaints against benefit societies, and every working man, before he joined one, should examine for himself the rules and regulations which were binding upon him and could not be altered at the will or caprice of any officer or member. The applicant was bound by the articles in the book, and arbitration was his only remedy. The T!'fetropolitan Elections. - - 4-- A special meeting of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science was held in Adam street, Adelphi, last evening, to hear Mr. Thomas Hare read a paper " On such an organisation of the metropolitan elections as would call into exercise the greatest amount of the knowledge and judg ment of the constituencies, and as far as possible discourage all corrupt and pernicious influences." The chair was taken by Lord Stanley, M.P. The company was limited, and comprised nearly as many ladies as gentlemen. Mr. Hare, in the paper read by him on this occasion, stated that even when the metropolitan seats in Parliament are contested, little more than half the constituencies can be induced to vote. His object was to establish a mode of voting which would make the exercise of the franchise a far more interesting duty, as well as a more valuable right, than it was now felt to be. London, West minster, Southwark, Marylebone, Finsbury, Lam beth, the Tower Hamlets, and Greenwich returned 18 members. With these he would include the members for Middlesex and East Surrey, and so make the number of " metropolitan" members 22. To enable the ten metropolitan constituencies to select representatives his first step would be to invite all who believed themselves, or whose friends be lieved, that they possessed qualities which would render their services useful in Parliament to become candidates. This would be done by such a law as the following :-Ist. A candidate for the metropo litan constituencies, or any of them, on paying a sum of £5O to the Chamberlain of London (to be applied in the payment of the expenses of the elec tion) should be liable to no further charge ; and a list of the candidates being made, such payment should be published day by day. This limit of the necessary charge would not affect any expenses which the candidates might severally think proper to incur in making known their principles or claims by meetings, addresses, or otherwise. Mr. Hare thought it probable that for the 22 seats there might be 50 or 100 candidates—including some of the most eminent men of the time in science, in political life, in public labours and literature, in naval and mili tary service, in manufacture and commerce, the ener getic promoters of home and foreign trade, and colo nial enterprise. Every vote should be given on paper specifying the name or names of the candidate or can didates for whom it was given, such names being numbered successively 1,2, 3, &c., and the vote should be valid for one candidate only, according to such order. The names of the more eminent or popular candidates might be placed at the head of many thousand voting papers, and a waste of votes would follow if this consequence were not averted, thus—Every candidate for whom the number of votes given should be equal to 1.22 d part of the total number of votes polled should be elected, and the papers exceeding that number on which his name occurred should be available for the next can didates named on them respectively, and when no more candidates were found to have such 22d part, the remainder of the 22 seats should be filled by the candidates having the highest number of votes less than such 22d part. The votes not distributed under Rule 3 should be appropriated to the members re spectively whose names stood highest on the respec tive voting papers, and the entire number of votes taken for every member respectively should be then set apart as his special constituency, and the four members having the greatest number in the city of London should he returned for London; the two hav ing the greatest number in the city of Westminster for Westminster, the two having the greatest num ber in the borough of Southwark for Southwark, and the like as to the other constituencies respectively, and those (if any) who should fail to be returned under this rule should be returned in that election as an additional member or additional members for the constituencies in which they had polled the greatest number of votes. The reading of the paper was received with applause. When Mr. Hare had concluded, Mr. Dunne suggested that the paper should be referred to the committee for the purpose of having the details of the plan considered, as he thought there was some difficulty in understanding how it was to be worked out. Mr. Torrens observed that a somewhat similar system to that proposed by Mr. Hare had been tried in Australia, where it was given up as a failure. He doubted, too, whether the object aimed at in the paper was desirable. From an experience in countries in which universal suffrage prevailed, he held that the greatest curse which could fall on this country would be to have such members of the House of Commons returned by mere num bers, without reference to education, intellectual ac quirements, and the possession of property. A gentleman present remarked that some experience in the working of voting for Parliamentary candidates by papers would be desirable before it was gene rally adopted. Lord Stanley was of opinion - that by allowing the use of voting papers in the Uni versities the Legislature had not intended to try an experiment or pave the way for their use by other constituencies. The constituencies of the Univer sities were very different from those of boroughs or counties. It had always struck him very forcibly that among ordinary constituencies voting papers would facilitate the practice of intimidation and bribery. Mr. Chadwick advocated the use of voting papers. Mr. Hare said he proposed that a voting paper should be taken to the poll by the elector himself, guarded with all the precautions which now surrounded him. As his plan would enable every elector to act independently of those around him, it would lessen the chances of bribery. Sir E. Wilmot believed that we did not require a change of system, but determined action on the part of the Legisla ture to put down bribery and intimidation. Mr. _ _ Stuart Mill thought that several of the objections to Mr. Hare's plan arose from the gentleman who made those objections not having studied it. The great beauty and merit of Mr. Hare's system was that it would not leave the election to mere political opi nion—to the three shades of opinion, Whig, Tory, and Radical. The voters would have the choice of the whole country—of all the eminent men in the country. The clubs would no longer be able to send a mere booby with £3,000 or £4,000 in his pocket If they did not send down a man of merit, the elec- tom would choose a man of merit for themselves. At present the Liberals must vote for the Liberal candidate, and the Tories for the Tory candidate, though each of the two candidates might be nothing more than a booby. It was enough to put one out of temper to hear intelligent gentlemen say they could not understand Mr. Hare's plan. It was not anything like so difficult as the multiplication table. Mr. F. Hill said the plan was not a new one. It _ _ had been put in operation in a literary society 30 - - years ago by his late father, a n d h a d worked well. Lord Stanley did not think it would be wise• of any one to pronounce a final opinion on Mr. Hare's plan at present. It was new to the public mind, and required to be considered. With respect to the ex- penses of elections, he believed as long as there were wealthy men who desired a seat in Parliament, all the means likely to promote success would be used —all the means which the law allowed, and, he was afraid, all the means which the law did not allow. Simple and clear as the plan was to Mr. Mill, he confessed that he did not think it was either simple or clear to those who viewed it for the first time. He was afraid it would enormously increase the power of the great London political clubs, which now, to a certain extent, worked the elections throughout England. Mr. Hare having replied, the thanks of the meeting were given to him for hiA paper, which was ordered to be printed and circu lated among the members. A vote of thanks to Lord Stanley closed the proceedings 51f 24 102 j 3} 193} 101 i 4 ,IT I E S. 9.11 4i 2 82 1 8) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RACING FIXT AP] Newmarket Craven l7 Durham Canterbury Spring Abergavenny Newmarket Ist Spring 1 Chester 9 York Spring Salisbury lB St. Columb l6 Redditch Chelmsford Manchester Summer Ascot l3 Beverley l4 Liverpool Alexandra Park 2O Newmarket July Carlisle Worcester Abingdon Stamford l3 Winchester lB AUG JRES FOR 1865. Brighton 1 . . Hampton 2l Newton Newcastle Odiham Bidbury Stockbridge Nottingham lB Southampton l9 Chesterfield ...... 20 Good*ood Down Royal Corp r UST. York Brighton Club Lewes 4 Lichfield 2B Huntingdon Wolverhampton Reading Egham l5 Baden 3l Royal Windsor SEPTBMBEIt. 7 Monmouth 2l 12 Manchester Autumn ... 22 18 Newmarket Ist Oct 26 19 Walsall IiOTEMIER. Liverp00l Autumn Leicester . Doncaster Brecon ...., Richmond [ADVERTISEMENTS.] " 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 the Fleet-street office. Address, 13, Rolls buildings, Fetter-lane, London, E.C. _ _ G. R. °LEXIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, supplies the Latest Edition of " THE Surf " round the Royal Oak and Notting-hill by eight o'clock. Baily's Spring Turf Guide, this day, 2s. 6d. post free. , --- Commissions executed. Terrible Fire and Explosion in the Borough, This Day. NEARLY ONE HUNDRED PERSONS INJURED. Shortly after ten o'clock this forenoon the premises of Messrs. Tilleard and Sons, oilmen, Great Suffolk-street' Borough, took fire, and a series of explosions of gunpowder and saltpetre ensued, which resulted in the serious injury of nearly 100 persons, and the destruction of a large amount of property. The premises in which the disaster occurred was one of two warehouses in the tenure of Messrs. Tilleard and Sons, wholesale oilmen and drysalters, carrying on business in Suffolk-street, Borongh, within one door of the Winchester Music Hall. From the information obtained from personal observa- tion during the raging of the fearful conflagration, it ap pears that Mr. Tilleard, jun., was in the cellar pumping up some Bensone oil. Mr. Tilleard, his wife, the servant, and three other persons being in different upper rooms. All of a sudden a cry of "Fire" was raised, when Mr. Tilleard and his wife mado an attempt to descend by the staircase, but were met by fumes of burning sulphur and oils which prevented them from descending, and as a Bernier ressort Mr. Tilleard pulled his wife into one of the front rooms, and having closed the door, he opened the window, and a ladder being in readiness, Police constable McConnell, No. 35 M, and a young man named Cotterell, living in the Southwark-bridge-road, were car rying her down, when a fearful explosion, which shook every house in the vicinity to their foundations, and blew Mrs. Tilleard, the police-constable, and his assistant off the ladder—the first named falling violently upon her head. Such a scene which immediately ensued could scarcely be described with accuracy, but it may be stated that four or five other explosions of greater violence than the first took place, when the roof of the entire building was lifted high into the air. Heavy beams of timber were sent across Suffolk-street, and in their course demolished the skylights and a portion of the roof of the Winchester Music Hall, and falling upon one of the great ornamental lamps in the Southwark-bridge-road, demolished it, and prostrated Mr. Ressitor, a gentleman connected with the Southwark Water Company, who was giving instructions to Pavor, one of the turncocks. Both these persons were thrown upon the ground, and a shower of slates followed, which forced in some of the windows of the opposite public house in Suffolk-street, and the embers were driven into Ann's-court and York-place, which so frightened the in mates that they rushed out into the open road in a state bordering upon frenzy. These persons had barely gained the street when a fifth explosion took place, which so frightened the horses in passing vehicles, and those taken out of the engines which now began to arrive, that they started off in all directions, plunging in a fearful manner amongst men, women, and children. By this time Mr. Superintendent Branford and Inspectors Manson and Wise had arrived, with a powerful body of the M division of police, and Acting-Inspector Pearce came up with a strong detachment of the detective force, and they at once barricaded the whole of the approaches to the scene of conflagration, so as to keep a space clear for the engines to get near. In the course of a few minutes the brigade engines with the land steamers, by Shand, Mason, and Co., the latter under the command of Mr. Hedgman, one of the members of the firm ; the land steamers from Hodges's distillery, at Lambeth, and one belonging to the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, under the personal direction of Mr. Saunders, the superintendent of the Blackfriars-road Station, came up, and plenty of the Lambeth and South .wark Company's water having been,procured, all hands went to work in their usual intrepid manner, but in spite of the great streams of water thrown upon the flames, they continued to spread, and every part of the great warehouse presented one broad sheet of flame, and another explosion supervening several persons were struck about various parts of the body and terribly cut and injured. Mr. Isaac Brittain, the proprietor of the Ship, Stones-end, Borough, was knocked down, and was removed to the house of Mr. Barnes, the Old Justice Tavern, in the Southwark Bridge road, where he was attended to by a surgeon. Dr. Donahoo, of the Westminster-road, and several other medical gentlemen, were sent for to attend to the various persons injured ; amongst the number was Mr. Gilleard himself, who was much burnt about the hands. A gentle man named Wilson, residing in the London-road, in pro ceeding along the street was knocked down by a horse that was frightened by the explosion, and upon removing him to the hospital it was found that his leg was broken. The firemen of the Brigade, under Head-Engineer Med calfe, and the Surrey Volunteers, by one o'clock had the satisfaction of finding that they had succeeded in getting the fire extinguished, but the warehouse of Mr. Gilleard, in which the disaster commenced, may be termed totally destroyed, for the front and back walls are so shaken by the force of the explosions, that the upper portions are some feet out of the perpendicular, and consequently must be pulled down. Respecting the origin of the fire nothing at present can be learned. In the cellar wore two flour casks filled with saltpetre ; and whether in pumping up the Benzoine oil it became ignited and fired the saltpetre it is impossible to tell. The exact number of persons in jured must take some time to learn. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. , Market unchanged. 5,000 bales. Sales probably 4,000 or SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, April 11.—Wind this day at noon—South- Easterly; moderate breeze and fine weather. DARTMOUTH, April 10.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—British Empire, for Quebec. NEWPORT, April 10.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—lbex, from France, for Seville. Sailed—Christabel, from Vera Cruz. OFF DARTMOUTH, April 9.—Wind N.W.—Arrived— The Great Victoria, screw steamer, from Melbourne, for London. QUEENSTOWN, April 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Novo Bromingen, from Matamoros. SUNDERLAND, April 7.—Wind N.W.--Sailed—Nate Kellock, and Maypole, for Bombay; Jessie and Madill for Quebec.' LAMLASH, April 9.—Wind S.W.—Arrived.—Washing ton, from the Clyde for Quobee ; Prince of Wales, from the Clyde for Bombay. SOUTHAMPTON, April 10.—Wind S.W.—Sailed Parma, for Brazils. V POOLE, April 10.—Wind W.—Sailed—Henry Duncan, for Quebec. TRADE OF CARDIFF. —During the Month of April the exports of coal from this port reached 139,725 tons, against 124,707 tons in February, and 125,529 tons in the corresponding month of last year. Coastwise the ship ments were 79,928 tons, as compared with 67,436 tons in the previous month, and 66,640 tons in March, 1864. The satisfactory increase in both the export and coasting trades is not attributable to any increased inquiry from particular markets, but there was a general increased demand. 10,146 tons of iron were exported during the month, against 8,318 tons in February, and 7,027 tons in January. New York only took 1,000 tons, while the shipments to Sweden ex ceeded 2,000 tons. A considerable quantity was also sent to South American ports. The exports of patent fue reached 4,122 tons. • Thirsk 2l Cardiff 25 Epsom Spring Salisbury lB Noi th Herta Yeomanry 19 Bath 23 Harpenden 26 Epsom 3O THIRD Enfrithi-. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. COURSE OF EXCHANGE -This Evening, Amsterdam Short. 11 161, - c Ditto 3 Months. 11 19 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 45 Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 15 Ditto 3 Months. 25 40 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 1201 Vienna — 11 30 Trieste — 11 30 Petersburg li 30 3 . 4 Berlin Madrid ~ Cadiz .. Leghorn Milan 11 171 11 19 11 19 25 50 25 50 13 9i 25 25 :.5 45 . 121 ) 11:35 11. V 35 `~3l • 47f . 4-71 -- 474 481 25 b2} 25 571 25 52f 25 57 Genoa • — 25 52 25 57f Naples — 25 52f 25 57f Palermo Messina Lisbon — 511 51f Oporto —51 f Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) per oz. ... 43 17 9 FOURTH EDITION SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 7 o'CLocK. LONDON GAZETTE —This Evening. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APnrx, 11. 53d Regiment of Foot—Major-General Charles 'William C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant -General Frederick Maunsell, transferred to 85th Foot. 85th Foot—Lieutenant-General Frederick Maunsell, from 53d Foot, to be Colonel, vice General Sir John Wright Guise, Bart., G.C.8., deceased. 21st Hussars—Captain and. Brevet-Major Edmund Armi-- tage Hardy to be Major, vice Henry Robert Grindlay, who retires upon half-pay. Ist Regiment of Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon William Snowdon Hedley, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Wm. White, appointed to the Military Train. 2d Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Bernard James Finegan to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Frederick Murray Chalk, deceased. 4th Foot—Quartermaster Cornelius Godfrey, from a Depot Battalion, to be Quartermaster, vice John Newey, de ceased. 11th Foot—Captain Alex. Gordon, from the 14th Foot, to be Captain, vice A. F. De B. Dixon, who exchanges. 13th Foot—Lieutenant Anthony Edmund Donelan, from the late sth West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Wm. Lea Smith, who retires upon temporary half-pay. 14th Foot—Captain and Brevet-Major Charles Marshall Foster, from 32d Foot, to be Captain, vice A. Perry, who. exchanges ; Captain Augustus Frederick De B. Dixon , from 11th Foot, to be Captain, vice A. Gordon, who ex changes. 20th Foot—The Commission, as Instructor of Musketry, of Lieutenant George Frederic Harris, to be antedated to 6th April, 1864. 26th Foot—Lieulpnant Charles H. D oug h erty, from the 74th Foot, to be - Lieutenant, vice Hardy, who exchanges. 32d Foot—Captain Adam Perry, from 14th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major C. M. Foster, who ex changes ; Ensign the Hon. James Bruce Ogilvy to be. Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Walter Philip Walshe, who retires ; Wm. Henry Iremonger, Gent., to be En sign, by purchise, vice the Hon. J. B. Ogilvy. 35th Foot—Quaitermaster John Robertson, from a Depot Battalion, to be Quartermaster, vice Michael M`Lough lin, who retires upon half-pay. 50th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Owen Owen to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice George Frederick Davis, who resigns. 60th Foot—Arthur Pepys, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice the Hon. Augustus W. C. Ellis, who retires. 73rd Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon William Sparks, Mar tin Price to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Francis Henry Macfadin, appointed to the Military Train. 74th Foot—Lieutenant Simeon Harrison Hardy, from 26th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Dougherty, who ex. changes. BANKRUPTS, That portion of the Gazette containing the Bankrupts had not arrived when we went to press. AN UNFORTUNATE CONSTITUENCY.—The London derry Journal draws attention to the continued absence of Mr. Conolly, one of the members for Doneg al from his parliamentary duties, and sympathises with the electors on the fact of their being represented by the hon. member and Viscount Hamilton. Lord Hamilton, the eldest son of the Marquis of Abercorn, was returned for Donegal. in 1860, when something over 21; and the news:, paper sarcastically remarks, that, notwithstanding all the trumpeting of the noble lord's precocious ability, his greatest feat since he became a member of Par liament was his going out to India on a shooting ex cursion with somebody else. Viscount Hamilton stayed in the jungle a year or so, "attending to the interests of his Donegal constituents." Shortly after his lordship returned to Europe, Mr. Conolly, the other member, "thought there was no way in which he could serve the Donegal people so much as by going out to America as a blockade runner. He will soon be away a twelvemonth, as nearly as we can recollect. Nobody appears to be quite sure of Mr. Conolly's whereabouts ; and, in the meantime, the free and independent county of Donegal mourns its absent member." "To us," says the article, in conclusion, " it seems a pity that the county of Donegal cannot afford to grant both members perm:runt leave of absence." ELOPE3IENTS TO AMERICA.—In referring to the emigration from Cork —during the past week it amounted to fully a thousand persons —_a local journal mentions a new phase of the passenger trade. Elopements to Ame rica have become, it would seem, a leading feature of the national " exodus." We are informed t hat this week's emigration "includes a fair proportion of runaways, the motive in most of these cases being of a tender nature. Indeed, the increased facility for elopements which this ready means of flight affords promises to become alarm ing. Three cases of the kind are known to have occurred within a fortnight, and how many may have remained undiscovered we can only surmise. The last of those re ferred to was a runaway match between a well-to-do farmer's' son and the fair daughter of another still better off, both being from Maryborough. The young woman had provided herself with the respectable sum of £BO of her father's money, and brought a maid-servant with her. The pair were traced to Queenstown by their respective fathers, and were surprised in their preparations for embarkation. Romeo had a sound thrashing from his indignant parent; he was deprived of his passage ticket, and was torn from the arms of his Juliet, the latter being permitted to proceed with her female companion. Another somewhat similar case, in which the parties were from Tullamore, King's County, had a s i m il ar t erm i nat i on. " The Wexford People . announces a discovery of treasure trove. Some children, playing on the sands at Saline, coast of Wexford, found an earthenware vessel which contained about 600 silver coins. The vessel was embedded in a small declivity about a stone's throw from the ancient ruins of Kilgorman Church. The coins aresaid to be Roman. A local numismatist, however, has inferred from the circumstance of " VIII." being dibcernible on seve ral of them, that th e en ti re co ll ec ti on i s English, and be longs to the period of Henry VIII. SOUTH SHROPSHIRE.—The writ for the election of a member for South Shropshire, in the room of Viscount Newport, who is elevated to the Upper House, through the death of his father, the Earl of Bradford, has been received, and the election will take place next week. At present there are no indications of a contest, the only candidate being Colonel the Hon. Percy E. Herbert, C.B. formerly M.P. for Ludlow. The hon. candidate in his ad dress to the electors refers them to his votes when member for Ludlow as the best indication of the general line of politics which he should pursue if elected. He adds : " Should you favour me with your confidence I shall en dhe a a n v ohuarstoofsleacteurebefeonr athlleotatgeidictuoltiut in tinhteerreesmt iassfitotinrearnsdharree duction of taxation. I shall support such measures as are necessary for the maintenanceofourna and military es tablishments in a state of efficiency as one of the b es t secur ities for peace. At the same ti me I shall be opposed to ex t ra vagant and unnecessary expenditure." WORRIED BY DOGS. —A few mornings since a shocking affair, which terminated almost fatally, occurred to a man named Etherington,who keeps the post office at St. Catherine's, a village situated a short distance from Guildford. It appears that shortly after 7 o'clock on the morning in question Etherington started to deliver letters at the various houses in the village, and on entering a yard adjoining the residence of Mrs. Pope he was attacked by a large mastiff, aided by a retriever, which knocked him down and lacerated his hands, arms, and other portions of his body in a frightful manner. In addition to other in juries the poor fellow receiveda compound fracture of the right leg, which was attended with very serious symptoms. Several of the female servants went to the assistance of the unfortunate postman, and with great difficulty succeeded in beating the dogs off; but had they been left to themselves a few moments longer the animals would most certainly have killed their victim. The services of Messrs. Butler and Schollick, surgeons, were obtained, but in spite of every attention the poor fellow is not yet out of danger. The ex planation given is that it was usual to allow these large dogs to wander about the premises during the night, and that' the boy whose duty it was to fasten them up had not arrived when the postman called. The dogs were notorious in the neighbourhood, and were never allowed out of the grounds without a keeper. THE LATE MR. COBDEN.—Among those present at the funeral of Mr. Cobden was M. Auguste Visschere, who postponed his departure from London in orde r t o pay a last tribute of respect to one admired and esteemed by so many Belgians. THE CONVICT HAMILTON.—It was reported for the magistrates this (Monday) morning at the New Bailey` Quarter Sessions, that the sentence on William Hamilton, condemned to death at the last assizes for murdering Mr. Taylor Tilley, has been commuted to penal servitude for life.—Manchester Examiner. ;land edge, aced )t on goal of rd's, Lnt's ssful tain nor fac s do nfe- I by ►int, d to ned that this l-- the or id- In - nd 31'S Sham 2.1.0 2.14.6 3.4.0 2.7.0 2.13.6 9.10.6 all' 1.1.0 7.8.3 8.13 4.18.0 4.3.6 214 3 32, 3.10.6 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 1011 4 6k 6/ ,O2i 2