The Sun. — London, England, 1865-04-26 00:00:00

~~- 1 I TONEY - MARKET nyH .CUIIIMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. quantity of bar silver was sold yesterday for Rolland, at ss. Oid. per ounce standard, showing an advance of id. compared with the price last Two o'CLocK. telegram the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 45c. Seld om Ir mness. • within the recollection of the present g ea eration h as t h e Stock Exchange been the scene ef . so much commotion as the news from America V is , ill erning has c rea t e d . I n th e d e p ar t men t for th l 'ned States' Securities the excitement witnessed morning can o n ly b e c h arac t er i se d as of the "'wild men character. Th e quotat i ons h ave f a ll en an d ea in the most extraordinary and considerable manner. Erie Railway shares declined at one Atime about 8i per cent. ; Illinois Central way shares, 6 per cent. ; and the 20 Bo nds 5 per cent. But these prices, however, are steady , comp are d w i t h w h at t h ey were i n th e early Part of the morning. What assisted the ex citement was th e announcement o f t h e f a il ure o f A le asrs. Gow an an d Marx, well known jobbers in Feder al Securities. Th e i r stoppage h as b een occa !toned through the embarrassments of their agents 1 1 . 1 , lel v York, and now that a very heavy fall has place in prices here, the event is regarded with Increased alarm. The consternation which the news created was not confined to the Stock Exchange, eand all departments of business, and, in fact, in in place general alarm was depicted upon the 'aces of p eople, lest the deeds which have been per petrated may lead to still more detestable crimes, a nd perhaps end in a crisis similar to the one which the day advanced more calmness has been apparent, litlier cent., allcl prices have been steadier. Consols have declined viz., to 90,i 6 for money and account. l e New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 891 ; ed Sea Telegraph, 19/ 20 ; Exchequer Bills, ss. 13 B s. prem. ,India 5 per Cents., 107 ; and the °lld s 15 s. prem. bu t A. d ecided drop t oo k p l ace i n th e F ore i gn M ar k e t, a Partial recovery has since occurred. Turkish 6 per c ents 1862, are 731 ; ditto Consolides, 4 3i. . 9n ale xiean, 26 1 ; ditto New, 24 8 ; Greek, - 16 1 1 ; Spanish Passive, 301 8 ; ditto Certificates, 4 t; a nd Russian, 921 'T ileavy tone has prevailed in the Railway Share arket and prices gene r ally exhibit a downward movement. London and North Western have receded • £2 . , Great Northern A Stock, Great Western, Lancashire an d Y or k s hire, and Metro politan, each £1 ; Midland, ;and Great Eastern, +. _ T he Foreig n an d C olonial l i nes ex hibi t li tt l e ,variati on, except G rea t W es t ern o f C ana d a , w hi c h have declined to 98. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have remained . er Y inactive,: an d quotations are generally a shade S atter. Russian Vyksounsky Iron shares are i- 4 quoted 9 prem. ; London and Medite r raneanß „ a nk, prem. ; Pl ymou th Shi p B u ildi ng C o., 4 2' pre m . ; Colonial and General Land Credit, 18 I, prem. ; South Af r i can L an d , 1 2 prem. ;, Anglo '4gYptian Navigation 31 prem., and Rio Janeiro Government, 1 18. The following are the latest prices for United States securities :—The 5-20 bonds are better at 61 4 62-k • Erie share s con ti nue h eavy at 41i 42 ; and Illinois Central Railway sh a r es a t 70k- 71. The C o C onfederate Loan has risen 4 per cent., to 17 18. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 8 GOVERNMENT FUNDS. Der Cent. Consols Do. Account, May 9 9lf 90 1 . Z.,Per Cont. Reduced B9l 9 81 89* 1 9 81 , 4 evi . 3 per Cent me N Nv 2t per Cent. Jan. 1894 dnn per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Q-raluities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — x, Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 2O 19i achequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent Do. £5OO 5 8 Do. t. £lO and £2O .3al;-• of England Stock, 51 per Cent 5 8 Do Account lan-. , t h ,_. —. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - * 4 Stock, 10* per Cent., AprillB74 217 Account Do Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Accou D°.4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Do. Certificates Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — , 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 D° -I °. 5 i per Cent., May 1879 .1 ,J, . Bonds, _ o . 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 £l,OOO _ _ -I'o. Under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. t A r7;,_ ustri a * A ustrian 13 0 Center Cent — .6-c;u44 ° Per —• 4 1 Per C t Buenos Ayres 6enpe.r, 11.088e65n32t-58-60 D : . Cpilioali4p6eprek; Cent Cent(Deferred 3 per Cent.) ~.. _ • i 1,,,,r C uolotab6iaf,-;_,peo..ez.. üba, per Uent. 13 ° 5 Per Ce n t ., ri• 6 :i ' Dan4B3eripPe'r XO5 e5ntp.,a114825 — 1 ).? . . 4 - Per Cent., 1863 upepr Cent., 17.73-77, £25 paid —B-4+ D'aii:lloll6 ..d cipauties Ec t i ade .n r ...taelw ........................ 1 ....... Cel ' i::: --- B o.,.rrovisional Land Warrant = g Ptlai l Per Cent —O. Second Issue — Do 100 Bonds , D o D o B • ' 1864 — O reek e rg), £sb paid D °. 5 per C ents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 211 201 04190.A. c To N un ils t ila sanpedrlBCseont. 4 j'alar,o 1.86 5 per Cent (Alaremmana Railway) ......,, Dan lilrlipe, £ 4 r Cent 26* 21iid 41 dis 0. Account i, Dc, 1864 251 , r," ) 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — k,..'-'0 French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — nontevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid — porish Imperial 5 per Cent e ,,w Granada — ." 0 2 per Cent — Do Deferred p e l) ° Land Warrants (Hectares) „ ri lvian 4* p er C ent. „ 4 .' 0 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) uo Do. Account Cent., 1862 POrtugueSe 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, 'B, Do Account 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 S panish 3 per Cent Do Account — Do N ew D e f erre d — Do Ac coun t — Do P ass i ve _„, Do Account ' ol 'anish Cert. of. Coup not funded l6l Ls Do Account - w yvedish 4 per Cent. — „, Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 9Ol Do Account D Acco De 6 per unt Cent. 1858 o Do £lOO B on d s i —_ Do 6 D o Ac co per unt Cent. 1862 Dogloo Bonds per Cent. 1863 .. - Do Guaranteed Cent. , 4 per Cen .......... . Venezuela 3 per Do. Account Do, 6 per Cent, 1862 Do. Account ... . - ................ . Do 6 p er Cent., ...... .. Do. 11 p er Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. 4 ustrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per C en t ., E x. 12 Guil Do. 4 per Cent. Certifi.....tes French Rentes, 3 per Cent.; ................ Do. Account Ita , R an 5 per Cent., 1861, E x . 25f . AA). Account Consols • - 1:10 Account TWO O'CLOCK. 901 90i I iverpool Cotton Market—This Day. g re atest consternation p reva il s on 'Ch ange. '"e assassination of President Lincoln, and the an 4(2'unced death of Seward, has put a stop to all busi tess f or a time, and it is at present useless to attempt . a rrive at a ny estimate of what will be the business In Caton. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. IRailways.' Bir., Wol., & Mr. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Ex eter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do. A tA. gets no div till.c.p.ahas Do. B bee 6p n paid t n. o B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, ()rd. ark. Do. E. Angi. st No. Great North of Scotland Great Northern D A stock Do. B Do. New. is. at 25 pry. Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n Original n . S. Vi!. Bail gua., Do. South Wales I Do IV. Mid.— Ox:ord Do. Newpo t Po. He-eford Lanc shire &Yorkshire L ndon and Blackwali Lon., 8ri.:11., & S Coast. Lon., Chat., and Dover Lou. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle titri .sliares Metropolitan. Do. New Mid and Do, Birmin &De byl Mid Gt. W.. Ireland shares %lid Kent No th British Do. Ed., Pth ,-& Dun Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Po. Mock. & Darling. De. d... 1855-58 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 o. Scot, Mid. st sok ew s dt Weichpool Shropshire Union South Devon -outh E stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W.Hartlepool HarAti Do. A irredeemable Do. A redeemable , BRITISH P lAtlantic & St. Lawrence, Bom.,Baroda, Cen.ln. Du.. 5 percent... o. 1 shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff.,Brant,& Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aug". 1, 87 2 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1974 Calcutta & S. E., lim Ca e Town & Dock, gn Demera , a, 7 p.c. per. p: East. Ben, al, gu , 5 do East Icdian, g,u..5 p.c. Do .J Eitinsion Grand Trun k of Canad Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do do. deferred Do. 2d Pr, f. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock.. Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. ro. Gua. 5 per cent.. Do. New pia. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (lien gua. 5 per cent D . 4f per cent D o ;rest M.o. of Canada.. D 3. New .. .... . . Do. 6 p. c. lids. pay 1873 Po. 5 ) do. pay. 1877-6 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.O Do. 41 do Do. 4; do Do. Fifth Extension Meth. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. t Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can , Class A and B ttl.C'da, pc Istpf.bds Scindc Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjaub =4, Do.lndus Sc Flo " 100 100 IGO 100 1 0 100 10 110 1 1110 OSSK 66 68 6 17 00 02 106 1 , 8 47 48 7 8 .1:•3 147 149 131 33 F 6 S,S ;4i 73 65 67 5! t 4 46 414 iO2 IC4 1221 1231 86 68 107 109 41 13 122 12! 961 97 60 62 1321 133', 24 lip 135 1354 106 1(8 51 15 z 26 11)1 111 69 70 103 1(4 37 38 It 12 p 9 10 p 115 115 1 lip 78 79 11 11 • 140 144 48 50 61 62 55 5 Bt3 861 9 10 155 158 3 4 p 107 109 all 100 wo {lO 2 O 100 46 49 75 78 ISSIONS. 51 la 102; 1034 pr 4p 31 41 65 70 9g 301 75 85 V 1 103 102 104 10t 105 IP 17 28 104 i F 4 87 60 63 50 51 5i 55 45 50 44 48 41 44 21 26 23 25 104 105 I IP i IP 1011 102 9 91 11;11&d 85 to 75 78 Id 102 10 t 93 95 89 91 64 66 3 5 82 84 101 a 302,, 101 102 1021 I tel pr 1011 102, 94 97 I P a id . ' Closing I Business Price. done. 75 41- 123 11 los 42 1231 621 1! 1374 7 71 I 13 / 6 110} Et 78} 91 1031 21 10 I 91 94 96 132 133 fi 61 IT SECUR: 93 95 * 92. 94 92 04 81 83 81 83 10:3 106 104 105 105 107 106 108 104 106 109 112 103 lf 5 105 ►O7 107 109 102 103 91 93 92 101 93 95 91 93 IC4 106 88 90 94 08 103 105 107 103 IC7 108 ,IT 41 51 3U n 575 585 COLONIAL GO V ERNMEN British Columbia, 6 pert cent„ Dec. 31, 1872: Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-•4 Do 6 p. c. Feb & Au e r D .sp. c. Mar & Sept 1 :o. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p Inscribed sk Cape G.llope. 6 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1680-1 Do. IS9O-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.78 Do. 1882, Mayis, Nov. h Natal qov. 6 per cent N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja./c,July N. S.W. Gov. 5 p •c.,1866 Do. •spc. 18 1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent.... ... Nova Sc ,tia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18u8-9 Do. 1878 ez upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, 14 pril dz Oct BRITE Cam. Consol. bold, Bin Chiverton Clifford A malgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavi at Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Cara ion as t Carn Brea East Grenville East Love .l E. W'l Russell (Tavlstk i Gam. & StA übyn(G wen. Gnat L ixey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Heist it Grenville llerod's Foot [lingston Downs Margaret (Tiny Lelant Marke Valley Siwyndy Iron Ore, Nangiles Sew Se ton North D0wn5......... North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett ;Mogan North Whea Crotty Prosper United Pr vidence 'tiny IMant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S. Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft West Vassett (Mozart W. Caradon (L skeard West Chi rerton West Seton Wheal Bassett !Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth W hea• Ludo.,tt Wheal Mary Ann (Men, Wheal Setoff Wheal Trelawney (Lis. Wheal 11 13 6 1} 3 34 31 33 520 530 20 25 15 17 144 15 74 8, 6 574 ‘l2 180 190 100 103 30 35 11 13 20) 2W. 19 20 1311ARIGb. Great Northern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 per cent. pm., 106 n Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Di to. Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., Ditto, 44 per cent. pt. stOok - rd., 94 Waterford and Kilkenny, 6 per cent., 46 PREFEitENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Metropolitan 5 per cent., 105} LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham, 44 per Cent., Ditto, Corn. Fund stock 5 per cent., 100 FOREIGN RAIL WAYS. Dutch Rhenish, <3 rouEIGN MINES. St. John:del Rey Ohn.), 28 Agra and 3ltsterman's, Iim., BANKS 1141 . r 33 i t Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 261 llindustan, tahina, and Japan (limo, 2,14 19 Imperial Ottoman, 161 d. London Joint Stock, I 9 50 London and South African, 211 2 Merchant Bank, Aim , 25 Oriental Bang Corporation, 135 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, Union of Australia, 66 DOCKS. East and West India, 1351 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Land and Finance. Rm.. 3 Ceylon Company, Credit Fonder andMobilier of England, 9; ; Egyptian mom. and Trading, lim., 31 3 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, 11w., 6 Joint Stock Discount. hm.. 7k London General Omnibus Company, 31 :National Discount Company. lim., 1 )i North British and Mercantile Insurance, 13 Oriental Inland Steam, 2; SUPPOSED SHOCK OF AN EARTHQUAKE.—Between 3 and 4 o'clock on Monday morning last, a shock resembling that produced by a violent explosion was ex perienced simultaneously by many persons residing at Portsmouth, Chichester, and Bognor, and at spots lying between those towns. It awoke many from their sleep, and was supposed by some to be guns fired by a vessel in distress at sea (which, however, was perfectly calm), and by others is compared to the rolling of an empty cask over the hard road. In come cases it caused the windows to rattle. Persons near Portsmouth conjectured that the Edgar, about to leave, had taken her departure, and fired her farewell salute ; but such was not the case, the Edgar not sailing until Monday afternoon. In fact, there ap pears to be no ordinary cause to which the shock can be assigned, for the weather was perfectly calm and unusually it is the i mpress i on on the minds of many who felt is that it was a slight shock of an earthquake.—Surriy Standard. 100 i 00 10) 100 100 100 100 100 10 100 100 HM THE SUN - , LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 18654 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF INTENDED SUICIDE AT TUE BELGIAN EMBASSY.—Simeon Fougers, a Dutchman, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with intending to commit suicide at the Belgian Embassy, 21, Arlington-street. Mr. De Casteau, of 25, Mount-street, an attachd to the Belgian Legation, said—The prisoner came to the Belgian Minister's hQuse, 21, Arlington-street, yesterday, and gave the Minister some papers to read. The Belgian Minister said he could do nothing for him, and that he must go to his own Minister. The prisoner said he could not go there, and then said, " You will see who will be the victim of this," at the same time taking out a knife. I rushed to him and took the knife from him. Mr. Tyrwhitt—When he used the words did he seem to speak of himself or of the Minister ? M. De Casteau—l cannot tell. A constable was then sent for, and he was given into custody. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Did he speak English ? M. Do Casteau—No, French, I believe. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Had he ever applied to the Minister be fore ? M. De Casteau—He had written several letters to him ? Police-constable King, 52 C—l was called to the Belgian Ministry, and the Minister said he thought the prisoner was mad. I took him to the police-station. Sergeant Nathaniel Druscovich, of the Detective De partment, Scotland-yard, who has charge of the case, said —The document produced is the one presented by the pri soner to his Excellency, and sets forth the prisoner's grievances against the Dutch Government. It commences "In the presence of God, the last words of a dying man." Mr. Tyrwhitt, taking up the knife, a most formidable weapon (the blade shooting out from the handle by touch ing a spring)—You do not call this a knife, do you ? Sergeant Druscovich--It is a stiletto. I also found at the prisoner's lodgings a letter addressed to the landlord. The letter which was addressed, "Mr. J. H. Jones, 9, Finsbury-place, North," was handed to Mr. Tyrwhitt. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l will open the letter. It appears to be a letter to his landlord, and contains a telegram to be sent to his wife. The letter was as follows : "Dear Sir,—l pray you most mental send this telegram so soon as you have unclosed this letter. This is the wish of one who is dying. Most sincerely I hope you may be happy.—S. FOUGERS." The telegram, in Dutch, and which was as follows : "It is done. Adieu. Follow me." It was addressed to his wife, Haarlem, Holland. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l will remand the poor fellow for a week, and the sergeant can write to Hairlem to see if he can get any information respecting him. Mr. Albert, who had interpreted the evidence to the prisoner, and translated some of the documents, said the prisoner wished to make a statement. The prisoner then said—l wish to say that, when I took out the knife, I meant to imply that if nothing was done for me it might be the cause of my ending my existence. . Mr. Tyrwhitt—l am inclined to believe that was his intention. Ho will be remanded for a week. The prisoner, who is a man of respectable appearance, but very dejected, was then removed from the court. THAMES. HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND ASRATILT.—Patrick Donovan, a well known and desperate thief, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with assaulting Alfred Williams, and rob bing him of a purse containing £2 10s. The prosecutor, a little man, who gave his evidence in a very clear manner, said he was living at No. 5, Providence row, Rosemary-lane, Whitechapel. On Friday night last he was on his way home a little the worse for liquor, but knowing perfectly well what he was about, and was ac costed in Rosemary-lane by the prisoner, who was a perfect stranger to him, and who began to hustle him and pull him about. The prisoner also struck him on the cheek and tried to pull him down a narrow court. He asked the prisoner what he meant by such conduct, and he replied you must treat me with a glass of beer. He accompanied the prisoner into a public-house called the Blackmoor's Head, and treated the prisoner with a glass of beer to get rid of him. He was going home again, and the prisoner tried to push him down another street, called Cartwright -street. His wife then made her appearance, and he walked with her to his house. They had just reached their own door, when the prisoner came up and made a sudden snatch at his purse in his pocket and took it ,from him. The purse contained £2 10s. He fell down when the purse was snatched from him. He was very ill all night and the whole of Saturday. He was knocked about so much, and lost so much blood that he could not give any information to the police until Sunday`morning. He could not move on Saturday at all. Ellen Williams, a very respectable little woman, with a baby in her arms, said that at five minutes to 12 on Friday night, she saw her husband, whose face was marked, with the prfsoner. She asked the prisoner what he wanted with her husband, to which he said, "What have you to do with him ?" She said she was his wife. The prisoner then left them, but returned almost immediately with a woman, who turned her round. She asked the woman what she wanted with her husband, and at that moment the prisoner snatched the purse and money from her hus band and ran away. Her husband fell, his head and face were cut, and he was in a pool of blood. She obtained as sistance and took her husband indoors. He was insensible all night. Other evidence was given in confirmation, and the arrest of the prisoner last night by Archer, 101 H, who knew him as a thief for a long time. Mr. Paget remanded the prisoner until Tuesday next. The Alleged Murder of a Young Woman in the New River. Last evening Dr. Lankester held an inquiry at the Mitre Tavern, Upper-street, Islington, into the circum stances attending the death of Miss Matilda Coward, aged 16 years. Thos. Coward said that he lived in Shakspere-road, Stoke Newington, and was a house decorator. Deceased was his daughter, and he last saw her alive on Friday morning. She was then going to her place of business in the City to get mantles, which she was to bring home and make up. She did not return, and next day, in consequence of what he heard, he went to the Islington dead-house, and there saw the body of his daughter, which he identified. Alfred Bedford, 333, New North-road, said that on Satur day morning he was fishing in the New River, near Horn sey-park, when he saw the deceased in a piece of water off the river. He called two brickmakers and a policeman, and they got her out. John Charles Harme, 1, Lansdowne-terrace, Shakspere road, Stoke Newington, a solicitor's clerk, 17 years of age, was then sworn. He said-1 saw deceased at 20 minutes to 9 o'clock on Friday night last. I met her in the street. I told her that she had been backbiting me. She denied that ; and I called two young men to say what they had heard. She then said, "Yes ; am I not entitled to use the same words as you did ?" She then got into a great rage and swore. I then told secrets of her, the same as she did of me, and she went away. Albert Lawrence and Reilly went after her. She asked Albert Lawrence to take a par-, cel that she had with her. She then said to him, "I will go with you," meaning that she would keep company with him. He said, "I don't want to intrude my company on you; good night." She went away then. She had often said V A she was tired of her life, and had often threatened to make away with herself. She once wont to the River Lea to drown herself, and two young men had to run after her and bring her back. The next day she thanked them for doing so. George Bruckhurst, 111, Waterloo-road, Kingsland, said he was present at the quarrel described by last witness, and it took place at the corner of Kingsland-green. Charles Keats, 7, Spencer-road, said that at half-past nine o'clock on Friday night he saw the deceased in John street, Back-road, Kingsland, three-quarters of a mile from where she was found drowned. She was crying, and had her handkerchief up to her eyes and her head bent down. Dr. H. Billington said that when he was called to the deceased on Saturday morning she had been dead from three to four hours. There were no marks of violence as if a struggle had taken place. Her clothes were not torn. Death resulted from suffocation by drowning. John Dafter, 459 N, said he was present when the body was taken out of the water. Near her was a piece of paper on which was her name and the address of her employers in Wood-street. He thought the piece of paper had been torn out of something, for there were the words " to re turn to me again" on it. He had seen a man on the bridge at half-past 4 o'clock that morning. That man (the pri soner Young) asked the way to the Seven Sisters' railway station. Witness directed him to go across the field close to where the body was afterwards found, but the man asked if he could not go the other way, and did not ap pear to want to go through the field. He said, pointing to the river—" I had a tussle in there." His clothes were wet. He was not drunk ; he was sober ; but he had been drinking. The Coroner said—We will not go into this question with respect to the prisoner "now. If there was not the charge of murder against Young, the jury might have re turned a verdict of suicide on the evidence as it stood. But now it would be necessary to go further and investigate the case as regarded the prisoner. After a long deliberation by the jury, the inquiry was adjourned. REMISSION OF PUNISHMENT.--Sir George Grey having considered the representations of the borough justices for a remission of part of a sentence of 18 months' imprisonment passed upon Hugh /Math, at the Dover quarter sessions, in June last, for stealing clothes, ecc., has directed that the last six months of the term be remitted, in consideration of services rendered in the gaol. The ser vices referred to were M'Math's unwearied attention to the suffering prisoners when sickness was in the gaol, he having acted as nurse by day and night with much loss than the time allotted for rest in the prison. • THE THEATRES BILL.—Mr. Locke has post poned the second reading of this bill until the 10th of May at the request of the Government, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. THE WATERWORKS BILL. Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice that, on the second reading of this bill, he should move that it be referred to a select c )mmittee. EXHIBITION OF REFORMATORY CHILDREN. Mr. T. MILLER asked the Secretary for the Home De partment whether his attention had been called to a pro posed exhibition of Reformatory children to be held at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, on the 25th of May next, and whether it met with his sanction and approbation ? Sir G. GREY said his attention had not been directed to the matter until the hon. member placed his question on the paper. That morning he received by post a printed paper, which stated that it was to be an exhibition of the products of industrial schools ; and it stated further, that a thousand of these children would attend and perform nieces of music on successive days. He agreed with what he understood to be the feeling of the hon. member, that it was highly inexpedient that children should be exhibited in the way proposed. He had addressed a letter to Mr. Turner, one of the in spectors, who said that no children from the reformatory schools would be allowed to attend, and that only the chil dren of industrial schools were contemplated by the pro moters of the movement. Mr. MILLER—From the Middlesex Industrial Schools. Sir G. GREY said they were not reformatory schools under the control of the Government. OBSOLETE ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. In reply to Mr. HADFIELD, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he did not think he should be able to introduce a bill this session. GREENWICH HOSPITAL. Mr. CHILDERS moved for leave to bring in a bill to provide for the better government of the Greenwich Hos pital, and the more beneficial application of the revenues thereof. The hon. gentleman explained for the future the hospital would be devoted exclusively to the use of infirm seamen, and to those in want of temporary medi cal assistance. The income of the institution was about £154,000, and the management of that fund would be distinct from that of the management of the expenditure. The latter would be placed under the guardianship of the House of Commons, and a comptroller would be appointed to arrange the estates which would be vested in the Board of Admiralty. He estimated that there would be a surplus of £13,000 a year after the payment of expenses, pensions, dec., and that sum it was proposed should be allowed to accumulate. Mr. LIDDELL and Sir J. HAY gave their general approval of the scheme. After some observations from Admiral WALCOTT, 'leave was given to bring in the bill. Mr. E. P. BOUVERIE moved for leave to bring in!a bill to amend the Union of Benefices Act. After a short discussion, in which complaint was made that no application had been given of the specific objectof the bill. Mr. BOUVERIE gave an explanation which did not tend to conciliate opponents of his bfll, involving the taking down a particular church and the mode of disposing of the site. The motion was ultimately agreed to, and leave was given to bring in the bill. Mr. BARING moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the Salmon Fishery Act of 1861. explaining rea sons which rendered necessary an amending act and its main provisions. After a few observations by Mr. LYGON leave was given. Leave was likewise given to introduce a bill for conso lidating in one act provisions frequently inserted in acts relating to metropolitan and other railways. On the motion of Lcird ELCHO, the Roads and Bridges (Scotland) Bill was read a second time. Mr. HANKEY moved the second reading of the Charit able Trusts Fees Bill. He thought the notion should not bear charges which were a fair subject of a small taxation, so that the Commission should defray its own expenses, now amounting to £20,000, and which were increasing. Sir M. PETO moved to defer the second reading for six months. The question, he said, had been repeatedly be fore the house and the country, which was opposed to the taxing of charities. The amendment was seconded by Mr. SELWYN, who objected that the measure should have been introduced by the Government, and that the proposition to tax charities had been already distinctly negatived by the house. Mr. F. rowELL supported the amendment. Mr. H. BRUCE suggested objections to the details of the Bill, and hoped Mr. Hankey would withdraw it. The motion for the second reading was negatived, and the amendment was agreed to ; so the Bill is lost. The house then went into committee upon the Local Government Supplemental Bill, after some discussion upon a point of form. The clauses were agreed to, with amendments. The report of the Committee of Supply having been brought up, questions were asked as to the class of vessels to be built for the navy, the number of armour-clad ves sels, their armament, and other kindred matters, which were partially discussed, and to which detailed replies were given by Lord C. PAGET and Mr. CHILDERS. The report was ultimately agreed to. The Oxford University (Vinerian Foundation) Bill was read the second time. The house then went into committee upon the Mortgage Debentures Bill. After some further business, the house adjourned at 20 minutes to 9 o'clock. Conviction of Another Batch of Cock- Fighters. At a petty session of Cheshire magistrates held on Mon day morning at the Abbey Arms Hotel, Delamere Forest, no fewer than two dozen officers, squires, and sportsmen of less degree were summoned, at the instance of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for taking part in a cock-fighting match between English and Irish birds, at the Peel Hall farm, near Tarvin, on the 28th of last month. The case had excited considerable interest in the neighbourhood, and the small court was crowded to excess. Mr. Thompson, in opening the case, said that on the 28th of March several constables, acting under the orders of Cap tain Smith, chief constable, went out to Peel Hall, and there found a large number of people assembled in an orchard which was enclosed with a wall nine feet high, with only one entrance, They entered and witnessed fifteen cock fights during the day. The scene which they witnessed was of the most harrowing description. It was well known that about Easter time this sort of cruel sport was practised, and probably the Bench would be aware that a few days ago a number of persons were brought before Mr. Knox, at the Marlborough -street police court, charged with en gaging in it. He was sorry to find that one or two of the defendants on that occasion were also defendants in the present case. After detailing the facts which would be proved against each individual defendant, and commenting on the impropriety of the remark made to one of the officers by Mr. Walker—a magistrate appointed as a guardian of the peace—that the officer had no business there, and that he would be better at home looking after felons, he called wit nesses who described the scene of the cock-fighting, the circumstances being of peculiar brutality. A consultation took place between the legal gentlemen, the result of which was that the defendants agreed to plead guilty to one information on condition that the other three were withdrawn; Mr. Thompson stating on behalf of the society that under those circumstances ho should not press for a heavy penalty. The magistrates then retired, and on their return into court after a short absence, The Chairman announced that they were unanimously of opinion that the following fines must be inflicted:— Harry Booth, Thomas Davis, Captain Goff, J. P. Smith, Captain Hero; E. C. Walker (a magistrate for Chester), Harry Owens, P. H. Keay, Captain Dillon, St. Clair Smith, Joseph Becket, Edward Jones, Wm. Gilliver, Geo. Wildes, and James Parker Yates, each .£s . and costs ; and John Taylor, John Milling, John Fletcher, Peter M‘Gill,.Edward Evans, James M'Cubbin, Charles Moulton, Wm. Moulton, and Wm. Yearsley, each £2 10s. and costs, or one month's imprisonment in default. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tms DAY. The SPWEER took the chair at twelve o'clock. INNS OP COURT BILL. Sir G. BOWYER, in moving the second reading of this bill, explained the present state of the law, and the remedy he proposed to apply. Benchers of the inns of court exer cised a very important jurisdiction of a criminal nature, could refuse to call a student to the bar after he had kept all the regulations, and could disbar a man even though he were a Queen's counsel. He thought the benchers were too numerous a body to deal satisfactorily with such matters, and it was his object to provide a more satisfactory tribunal. He proposed, instead of cases being heard by the whole body the benchers should have the power to select judicial committees for the determination of all cases, and to those committees he proposed to give all the powers of a court of record. He proposed by the measure to prevent the exercise of the high penal powers they now possessed ex cept at the instance of one of these judicial committees. He also altered the present mode of hearing cases, and he (Sir J. Bowyer) thought that the case of the late Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey showed most conclusively that some alteration was• necessary. That case, it would be recollected, was heard in private ; there might, however, be cases where such a proceeding might be necessary, but the bill provided that if both parties concur the inquiry might be heard in private, but if this arrange ment was not assented on both sides, then the case was to be heard in open court. Such an enactment he had em bodied in his bill, and, feeling certain that the measure would be highly effective, he confidently moved its second reading. Mr. ROEBUCK seconded the motion because he consi dered the bill a good one, and One that would meet with public approval. Mr. LOCKE said no case had been made out calling for the passing of this bill. It was admitted that everything had gone on right up to the present time, but it was thought that some day something might occur when somebody might be dissatisfied. He considered the object of the bill was in effect to refer the power at present exercised by the benchers to a select committee. (Hear, hear.) The third clause he thought highly objectionable. There had been no petitions pre . sented in favour of the bill, and the two hon. members who had spoken in praise of the measure were the only voices he had ever heard in reference to the bill. He should therefore move that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. NEATE seconded the amendment. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, as far as his per sonal feeling was concerned, he was not disposed to offer any opposition to the bill passing the stage of a second reading, but he must reserve to himself the right of moving amendments to it in committee. He thought that some other day than a Wednesday should be selected for the next stage of the bill, because many of those who could give assistance to the house were unable to attend. He did not think the case of Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey was at all an argument in favour of the introduction of this bill. Sir J. BGTTYER• said he should be quite ready in com mittee to assent to the alterations his hon. and learned friend the Attorney-General might think it desirable to make. The amendment was by leave withdrawn, and the bill was road a second time and ordered to be committed to-morrow. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat were very moderate, and most samples were received in good condition. There was no activity in the demand, however, either for red or white samples ; never theless, Monday's advance in the quotations was supported, a fair clearance having been effected at that day's cur rency. The supply of foreign wheat on sale was somewhat re stricted. Holders and importers both of American and continental produce were firm in their demands, and late rates were well supported. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair average request, at fully late rates. The market was very moderately supplied with barley, the trade for which ruled firm, at full currencies. Malt was in slow request, yel prices were supported. There was a good supply of oats on offer. Most de scriptions moved off steadily, at full quotations. Beans and peas—with both of which articles the market was scantily supplied—changed hands at fully late rates. The flour tract(' was steady, at full prices. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 650 670 1,760 510 590 Irish — Foreign 7,150 2,890 48,570 1,4 - 10 sks. brls COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OP GRAIN for the Week ending April 22, 1865:—Wheat, qrs., 62,003; average 39s 7d barley, 19,049 • 30s Od—oats ' 3,145 ; 22s 7d. Corresponding week in 1864 :—Wheat, 74,164 ; 40s Id— barley, 25,652 ; 30s 10d—oats, 8,069 ; 19s. 3d. BOROUGH HOP. Although the demand for hops is by no means active, the trade is firm for all qualities, at full currencies. WHIT EgHAPEL. The supply of meat on sale is moderate, and the trade rules firm, as follows : Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 4s 4d to 5s 10d ; lamb, 6s 4d to 7s 8d; veal, 4s 43 to 5s 4d; and pork, 3s 8d to 5s 2d per 81bs, by the carcase. Organic Chemistry, At the Royal Institution, yesterday afternoon, Dr. Frankland commenced a course of twelve lec tures on organic chemistry, which relates to that class of compounds usually produced by the action of the vitrl principle in plants and animals. The elementary constituents of organic substances are limited to four, viz., hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen, and of these four elementary bodies, com bined together in different proportions, there are formed the innumerable class of compounds called organic. In some of these, as in water, only two of the elements are combined--hydrogen and oxygen ; in others, as in wax and paraffin, oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon are combined together ; while in such substances as the white of egg, which more closely approach the products of animal life, nitro gen is added to the three other elements. Extremely simple as the constituent composition of organic substances is, when they are resolved into their ultimate elements, yet the different proportions in which they specifically combine, or the definite pro portions in which the atoms chemically unite, are so numerous that the nomenclature of organic che mistry has become almost a mass of confusion. Dr. Franklanddid:not proceed far into the consideration of the radicles which constitute secondary elemen tary bodies, but he contented himself in the intro ductory lecture with showing, by movable diagrams, the combination of some of the atoms of hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon, and with exhibiting a-few of the remafkable changes produced in a com pound body by the addition or abstraction of an atom. of one of the elements of which it is composed. Thus the gaseous compound of oxygen and carbon produced by the perfect combustion of charcoal is carbonic acid, which extinguishes flame ; but the abstraction of one atom of oxygen converts the compound into an inflammable gas that burns with a beautiful blue flame. The altered condition of hydrogen was also shown in compounds that possess different atoms of that element ; and in noticing the organic hydrogens—methyl, ethyl, and anyl—Dr. Frankland exhibited several brilliant experiments, showing that hydrogen, which, when mixed with carbon in the proportion to form the inflammable gas of coal mines, requires a high temperature for its inflammation, becomes in some combinations with carbon so highly inflammable that it bursts into flame the instant it comes in contact with the atmosphere. The sparks from the steel mill, which instrument was used in coal mines before the inven tion of the i)avy lamp, will: not ignite the carbu retted hydrogen that abounds in those mines ; but it was shown that the sparks would readily set fire to hydrogen when united with carbon in other pro portions. Numerous other interesting experiments were exhibited to illustrate the changes produced by combinations in various proportions of the same simple elements. Among the subjects to be noticed in the next lecture will be the production of the artificial flavour of fruits by the same means. In discount circles to-day the favourable tone of the produce markets has continued to make progress. The brokers, who have a large supply of capital at their command, appear now disposed to accept low rates, and first-class bills have been negotiated at 34 s per cent. HER MAJESTY APISCICULTURIST.—Some months since General Seymour, ranger of Windsor-park, sent for Mr. Frank Buckland, by her Majesty's command, to ask him to superintend the laying down of ova in the royal demesne. Mr. Buckland has accordingly had a num ber of boxes containing eggs of several thousands of the great lake trout, etc., placed in the waters in Windsor-park, under the care of Mr. Menzies, and he hopes ere long to breed salmon in these waters, whence they will be turned into the Thames. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, April 25.—Wind this day at noon—South- Easterly; moderate breeze and fine weather. MUMBLES, April 24.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Polar Star, from Caldeira. OFF THE LIZARD, April 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived.— Flying Fish, from Barbadoes. LIVERPOOL, April 24.—Wind E.—Sailed—The Emerald Isle, for Havannah ; General E. Lee, for Sydney; Cecilia, for San Francisco. FOWEY, April 25.—Wind , S.E.—Sailed—Bessie, for Trinidad. OFF PORTSMOUTH, April 24.—Wind S.E.—Arrived— Yorktown, from London for —. CARDIFF, April 25.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Tangier, for Romberg; Ida Jardine, for Callao; Lucie and Harriet, for Bombay ; Annie Monroe, for Mauritius ; Psyche, for Rio Janeiro. Sir James and Lady Matheson have arrived at their mansion in Cleveland-row, St. James's, from a tour in Italy. The Hon. G. F. Boyle, M.P., and Mrs. Boyle have arrived at Farrance's Hotel, from Scotland. POST-OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS.----At the close of the year 1864 the deposits in the Post-office savings-banks, with the interest due upon them, had risen to the large sum of £4,993,123. To meet this there was £4,995,663 at the National Debt-office, and £18,546 cash in the hands of the Postmaster-General remaining to be paid over for in vestment. The charges and expenses of these savings banks for the year 1864 amounted t0£45,856, and that sum is stated to have been recovered from the National Debt Commissioners, and all but £13,024 of it before the 31st of December, 1864. LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening. • LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 24. Orders for the Court's going into mourning on Thurs day next, the 27th instant, for her late Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, viz. : The ladies to wear black dresses, white gloves, black or white shoes, feathers, and fans, pearls, diamonds, or plain gold or silver ornaments. The gentlemen to wear black court dress, with black swords and buckles. The Court to change the mourning on Sunday next, the 30th inst.. viz. : The ladies to wear black dresses, with coloured ribbons, flowers, feathers, and ornaments, or grey or white dresses, with black ribbons, flowers, feathers, and ornaments. The gentlemen to continue the same mourning. And on Thursday, the 4th of May next, the Court to go out of mourning. . CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 22. MEMBER TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Combined Counties of Clackmannan and Kinross —Wil liam Patrick Adam, Esq., one of the Commissioners for executing the office of Treasurer of the Exchequer of Great Britain and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland. WAR-O - FFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 21. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lieutenant Cecil R. St. John Ives to be Captain, by purchase, vice Richard Mostyn Lewis Williams-Bulkeley, who retires; Cornet Henry Emerson Westcar to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ives. 4th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant George Ramsay Alured Denne, from 16th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Morrison, who exchanges. 11th Hussars—Staff Surgeon Dudley Hanley, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Surgeon Major' John Burton St. Croix Crosse, whoszchanges. Royal Artillery—Surgeon James Mee, having completed twenty-years' full-pay Service, to be Surgeon-Major, under the Royal Warrant of Ist October, 1858. Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant J o h n - hite Turnbull, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice George Hall, who retires upon temporary half- pay. 7th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Frederick Powell, from 13th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Penrose, who ex changes. 13th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Francis Keane Penrose, from 7th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Powell, who ex changes. 16th Foot—Lieutenant Riddall Morrison, from the 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Denne, who exchanges. 22d Foot—Ensign Henley Oxford Magra to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Alexander Cumming Gow, who retires ; John George Kb kpatrick Young, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Magra. 29th Foot—Lieutenant John Charles Douglas to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Kenrick Verulam Bacon, who retires ; Ensign Charles Henry Monck Paget to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Douglas ; James Ogilvy Dalgleish, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Paget. 31st Foot—Lieut. Arthur Jebb to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thomas Christian Rycroft, who retires ; Ensign Thomas Stanier to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jebb; Wm. Adolphus Beamish, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stanier. 41st Foot—Lieut. Edward Francis Brown Brooke to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieut.-Col. George Hyde Page, promoted, by purchase, to a Half-pay Ma jority; Ensign Francis David Webb to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brooke; Henry Eliot James, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Webb. 50th Foot—Ensign Aichibald Scott Campbell to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Oliver Goldsmith, promoted, by purchase, to a half-pay company; James Powrie Soote, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice A. S. Campbell. 81st Foot—Lieutenant Henry Roberts Young, from 106th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Stuart-Menteth, who ex changes. 84th Foot—Lieutenant Wm. Atcherley Atcherley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Egbert Charles S. Hely, who retires ; Ensign Frederick Augustus Gore to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice William Kemmis, who retires ; Ensign Andrew George Saunders to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Walter Selby Cookson, who retires ; En sign Charles L. Maitland Kirwan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Atcherley ; George Edward Bythesea Baker, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gore ; Daniel Thomas Alleard, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Saunders ; Gilbert John Smallpeice, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kirwan. 85th Foot—Lieut. Wm. Galbraith to be Captain, by pur chase, vice James Aytoun, promoted, by purchase, to a half-pay Majority ; Ensign Frederick Chaloner Lewin to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Galbraith ; Edward Harry Goring Ravenhill, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Lewin. 91st Foot—Lieut. Wm. Grant to be Adjutant, vice Lieut. Walter Overbeck Wade, who has resigned the appoint ment. 102 d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Water John Morse, from the Royal Military College, to be• Ensign, vice Sydney Drummond Turnbull, transferred to 21st Hussars. 105th Foot—Gentleman Cadet John Abercrombie, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice William George Craigie Halkett, transferred to the 104th Foot. 106th Foot—Lieut. W. Augustus Claude Stuart-Menteth, from 81st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Young, who ex- changes. 107th Fool—Gentleman Cadet William Frederick Cavaye, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice _ Edward Augustus Down, promoted. 108th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Harrison Francis Spencer Neill, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,vice Frederick William Graham, promoted. DEPOT BATTALION.—Capt. William Henry Haul, half pay, late Depot Battalion, to be heructor of Musketry, vice Capt. H. S. G. S. Knight, 19th Foot, who has held the appointment the regulated period. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Surgeon-Major John Burton St. Croix Crosse, from 11th Hussars, to be Staff-Surgeon- Major, vice Surgeon D. Hanley, M.D., who exchanges. HALF-PAY. Major Alex. Cockburn MTarnet, from 79th Foot, to be Liout.-Colonel, by purchase. TO BE MAJORS, BY PURCHASE. Captain and Brevet Lieut.-Colonel George Hyde Page from 41st Foot. Captain William Alex. Bailie from 82d Foot. Captain James Aytoun from 85th Foot. Captain Andrew Cathcart Bogle from 10th Foot. TO BE CAPTAINS, BY PURCHASE. Lieut. Oliver Goldsmith from 50th Foot. Lieut. Arthur William Leigh Mirehouse from 64th Foot. BREVET. Major-General Sir John Michel, K.C.8., to have the local rank of Lieutenant-General in British North America. The undermentioned promotions to take place in Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, consequent on the de cease of General Richard Collyer Andr6, Bengal Infan try :—General Mossem Boyd, Bengal Infantry. Lieutenant-General Sir . Scudamore Winde Steele, K.C.8., Madras Infantry, on 11th March, 1865 ; and Major-General James Matthie, Bengal Infantry. TO BE GENERALS. Lieutenant-General Frederick,Young, Bengal Infantry. Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Monteath Douglas, K.C.8., Bengal Infantry. TO BE LIEUTENANT-GENERALS. Major-General Christopher Dixon Wilkinson, C. 8., Bengal Infantry. Major-General William Taylor, Madras Infantry. Major-General Westrop Watkins, Madras Infantry. TO BE MAJOR-GENERALS. Colonel John Edmondstone Landers, Bengal Infantry. Colonel Edward Rowland Mainwaring, Bengal Infantry. Colonel Richard Cornwallis Moore, C. 8., Royal (late Madras) Artillery. Colonel Auchmuty Tucker, C. 8., Bengal Cavalry. The undermentioned Officers, who have retired upon full-pay, to have a step of honorary rank as follows : TO BE COLONELS. To be Colonels—Lieut.-Colonel Samuel Richard Tickell, Bengal Staff Corps. Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew , John Kelso, Madras Cavalry, Lieutenant-Colonel Richard John Edgell, Bengal In fantry. TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLOSEL. Major Wm. Hornridge, Madras Infantry. TO BE MAJOR. Captain Arthur Crawford, Bengal Infantry. MEMORANDUM.—The exchange between Quartermaster James Edwin Tripp, 12th Foot, and Quartermaster Michael Lyne, 107th Foot, which was notified in the Gazette of the 4th instant has been cancelled, the former officer having died on the 13th of February. ADMIRALTY, APRIL 22. Mr. George James Weeks has this day been promoted to the rank of Assistant Engineer of the First Class. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 16} 11 17 Ditto 3 Months. 11 19 11 19k Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 45 25 50 Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 15 25 221 Ditto 3 Months. 25 40 25 45 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 1201 1204 Vienna — 11 10 11 15 Trieste — 11. 10 11 15 Petersburgh - - 301- 30i Berlin ••• •••. Madrid .— 4/ 1 474 Cadiz Leghorn Milan , Genoa Naples — 25 55 25 60 Palermo Messina Lisbon — 51 2 L 60 I -11 Oporto — 51, 51, Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) per oz. ~. £3 17 9 The first report of the Otago and Southland In vestment Company has been issued in anticipation of the general meeting of the shareholders, and a dividend is recommended at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum for six months, being the period during which the company has been in operation in the colony, free of income tax, which will absorb £1,117 9s. 2d., leaving a balance of £197 9s. 9d. to be carried forward to next account. The directors of the Cape Town Railway and Dock Company have issued their fourteenth report to the shareholders. It states that for the half year ending Dec. 31 last, 38,484 passengers and 9,688 tons of goods were carried on the main line, and 10,700 passengers on the Wynberg Branch, during the first fortnight of its being opened to public traffic, with a gross receipt of £14,458 10s. Bd., and a profit of £770 in addition to the proportion of guaranteed interest pay able by the Colonial Government. From the accounts as now stated it results that the sum of £8,755 7s. 9d. is available for dividend for the half-year ending Dec. 31 last ; and the directors therefore recommend that a dividend be declared on the capital stock of the company for that period at the rate of 3f per cent. per annum. ,SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. ..., EPSOM RACES—THrs DAY, BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. METROPOLITAN STAKES. sto 2 agst Verger (taken) Bto 1 agst Breeze (taken) 10 to 1 agst Blackdown (taken). 'RES FOR 1865. Salisbury lB Noith Herts Yeomanry 19 Cork 22 Bath 93 Harpenden 96 Epsom 3O Hampton 9l Newton Newcastle Curragh Odiham Bibury Stockbridge New Forest Hunt 1 4 Winchester lB Nottingham , 18 Southampton i9 Chesterfield Cambridge Goodwood Down Royal Corp 25 UST. Oxford l7 York ..... Yarmouth .... 28 2 Plymouth Lichfield. ........ . ..... Delon and Exeter ... 29 Derby Sunlmor Ipswich Weymouth RACING FIXT Newmarket Ist Spring... 1 Llanboidy 2 Chester 9 Ifowth and Baldoyle l5 York Spring St. Columb . l6 TIT Redditch Chelmsford 7 Manchester Sumner 7 Maid tone 8 A5c0 t........................ 13 everley Liverpool Newmarket J u l y 11.1 4 Carlisle 4 Jersey ........................... Worcester 6 Pontefract lO Abingdon ll Hungerford l3 Stamford l3 AVG' Brighton 1 Brighton Club Knutsford 3 Lewes 4 Huntingdon Wolverhampton Reading Radcliffe l4 Egham l5 Stockton l5 •BPTEMBBB, Warwick Curragh 5 Richmond Dover 7 Monmouth 2l Hereford Leicester 7 Newmarket Ist Oct 26 Doncaster OCTOBER. Bedford 3 I Curragh Royal Caledonian Hunt 4 Newmarket Ho. Di Northallerton 5 Worcester Newmarket 2d Oct 9 Lincoln Autumn Liverpool Autumn Shrewsbury :BER. Warwickshire and Leamington Hunt ,21 [ADVERTISEMENTS.] G. R. OLzsrs, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terracte, Hyde-park, supplies the Latest Edition of " THE SUN " round tho Royal Oak and Notting-hill by eight o'clock. Baily's Spring Turf Guide, this day, 2s. 6d. post free.— Commissions executed. Newspapers sent to any part of the world. The Health of the King of the Belgians. BRUSSELS, April 25. Notwithstanding a slight return of the cough during the night, the state of the King's health is satisfactory. THE NEW MEXICAN LOAN. • PARIS, April 25. The subscription to the New Mefican Loan closed this afternoon. THE ROAD MURDER. CONFESSION OF THIS MURDERESS BOW-STREET POLICE COURT. The following appeared in our late Edition of yesterday evening : The great mystery which has surrounded this dreadful murder ever since its perpetration in 1860 has at length been dispelled by the confession of the murderess, who proves to be no other than Miss Constance Emile Kent, half-sister of the murdered child. At four o'clock this afternoon, Miss Constance Emile Kent was placed before Sir Thomas Henry, the chief magistrate, charged, on her own confession, with the wil ful murder of Francis Saville Kent. She was attired entirely in black, and wore such a thickly-worked veil that her features were nearly entirely concealed. She made the confession at Brighton, and without resorting to the police authorities in that town she decided at once on proceeding to London, and there undergoing the first ex amination. She was accompanied to town by the Roy. Mr. Douglas. Superintendent Durkin of the F division, and Inspector Williamson, of the detective department, Scotland-yard, were present during the examination. Mr. Burnaby, having read over the charge to the priso ner, asked her whether her name was spelt Emily or Emile. Miss Kent (in a low and faltering voice)—lt does not matter which. Mr. Burnaby—you are charged on your own confession with the wilful murder of Francis Kent. The prisoner merely bowed her head slightly. The following evidence was then given : The Rev. Mr. Wagner Douglas said—l am perpetual curate of St. Paul's Church, Brighton. I have known Constance Kent for nearly two years. She was first intro duced to me for the purpose of being admitted into St. Mary's Hospital, at Brighton. She entered the institution about eighteen or twenty months ago, and has resided there ever since. Sir Thomas Henry—Has any persuasion been used to induce the confession ? Mr. Douglas—None whatever. I offered no inducement for her to make the confession to me. Sir Thomas Henry—Then I take it that none was made ? Mr. Douglas—Quito so. So far from any inducement, I may say that, to the best of my belief, tho confession she has made has been entirely of her own free will. It first came to my knowledge about a fortnight ago, and it was entirely her own proposition. She wished to confess and give herself up. It was at her own proposition that we came to London to enable her to surrender herself to the law. She stated to me that she, alone and unaided, on the night of the 29th of June, 1860, murdered, at Road hill House, Wiltshire, one Francis Saville Kent. I never said anything to the prisoner to persuade her from confessing. She did everything of her own free will. I have been perfectly passive in the matter, feeling that she was doing-the right thing. It is certainly her own free act. She thought of it herself, without any suggestions. This was all the evidence offered on this occasion Sir Thomas Henry then cautioned the prisoner in the usual manner, and told her that whatever she said would be taken down in writing and used against her at her Constance Kent, in replying, said—l wish it to be heard that I have done all of my own free will. I have been actuated by no persuasion. The piece of paper I now de liver is in my own handwriting. The paper was read by Mr. Burnaby, the chief clerk, and was as follows : "I, Constance Emile Kent, alone and unaided, on the night of the 29th of June, 1860, murdered, at Road-hill House, Wiltshire, one Francis, Saville Kent. Before the deed was don e no one knew m y intenti on, nor after of my guilt." Sir Th o mas Henry—Did any one assist y ou ? Prisoner —No. None assisted me in the crime. Sir Thomas Henry—Or assist you afterwards ? Prisoner—Nobody assisted me in the evasion of my dis covery. Sir Thomas Henry --I shall, on the evidence now before me, direct that you be taken to Wiltshire, in order that your final examination may be taken before the magistrates of that county. Sir Thomas Henry then directed Inspector Williamson to take charge of the prisoner and convey her that night to the Wiltshire gaol. On hearing the magistrate's decision the prisoner heated a sigh and fell back in her chair, as if greatly relieved at the termination of this part of the proceedings. She was then led into an adjoining room, and having solicited a glass of water, with which she was supplied, a cab was drawn up to the door of the private entrance of the Court, into which she stepped, and, in company with Inspector Williamson, drove off to the railway station en route to Wiltshire. The examination took place in the magistrate's private room. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE THAMES EMBANKMENT. —Yesterday afternoon, shortly before four o'clock, a man named John Miller,, while walking along the framework above the caissons, suddenly slipped and fell into one of the caissons, by which his skull was frightfully fractured. He was conveyed to Westminster Hospital, and promptly attended to by Mr. Hawker, but expired shortly after his arrival. Shard 13.14 kOi 10 100 1 100 100 2.1.0 2.14.6' 3.4.0 2.7.0 2.13.6 9.10.6 601 all 1.1.0 7.8.3 8.13 1.18.1 4.3.6 321 3.19.6 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 1 & 1 1 1 6 19 10.17. 3.12.81 :NES. ~:~