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

XONEY -MARKET AN D COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market is better snpplied with capital t n - day, and although the demand for accommodation Es not so large as it has been during the greater Part of the week, the best bills cannot be negotiated under the Bank of England minimum of 4 per Per cent. The Bank of England return is of an unfavour able character, the reserves of bullion and notes bei ng smaller, while the other securities have been increased. Subjoined are th e p ar ti cu l ars : Activ e Ci rculation Increas e .•• ••• ••• £21,603,400 ••• ••• ••• ••• 594,365 ••• ••• •.. 14,679,974 ••• ••• ••• 74,821 • 3,192,566 )311 Ilion Rest ecreaae ..• • • • ••• Pt blic Dlncreaseeposits ... asecre •• • Other Depolnsits ... Decrease • • • Seven Day and Other Bills •,--- Increase uovernruent Securities ... ... 391 ... 6,712,465 ... 414,803 ... 14,059,280 ... 94,010 ~. 468,611 ~, 39,269 10,984,441 No alteration. ... 20,274,907 1,206,939 Other Securities ... ... ••• Now ::. , t liner- Increase "• ..employed ;:: *** 6,902,605 Increase 648,795 •.• ..• ••• Notwithstanding an increase of £360,000 in the bullion, and of £850,000 in the current accounts, the Bank of France return furnishes several altera tions of an unsatisfactory character. The bills dis counted have been augmented £344,000, the ad vances £50,000, an d the notes i n c i rculation ' 850 ,000. The Treasury balances have been re duced £304,000. The coupons of the cer tifi ca t es o f d e b enture of the Atlantic and Great We s t ern R a il way, d ue May , 15 , will be paid a t th e Consolidated Bank, and mu s t be left two clear days for examination. Two o'CLocit. At Paris to-day, according to Mr. Reuter's tele grata, the French 3 per Cent Rentes were 67f. 40c. The Engli s h S toc k M arket has been very buoyant to-day, and a rise of 3-16ths per cent. has taken Place in the Funds. The dealings negotiated, how ever, have not been numerous, but a better feeling iS entertained, and there is an idea that no further advance in the value of money will be needed. Con sols for money and the 9th inst. are 94, and for th e Bth June, 90* 91. The New Threes and Re duced Annuities a re 881 f ; Exchequer Bills, 3s. to 6s. p rem. ; I nd i a 5 per Cents., 106 i ; and En laced 5 per Ce n t s., 10 2 g. In the Foreign Market there has been very little animation, and the only change of importance has been a rise in the Confederate Loan, viz., to 13 15. Turkish Consolidds are 521 ; Mexican, 26 / ; 30 40 . New, 251 ; Greek, 208 21; Spanish Passive, ; do. Certificates, 161- I n i ; and Italian, 648 bee the Railway Share Market to-day there has n rather more animation, and prices have shown 111 Ore mess.Xl Bristol a n d E xe t er h ave a d vanced la 10s. • ; Metropolitan, £1; North Western, Mid and South E as t ern, each 10s. ; and Great ast ern, Great Western, and Lancashire and York /shire, each ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without 411 y material alteration as regards prices. ',.:l3anic and Miscellaneous Shares are in moderat e ecplest, at ab out previous quotations. 3e ilbinined are th e current quotations for some of 3, P r innipal new projects, Russian Iron Works, 31 prem Imperial Ottoman 5 per Cent. Loan, 4 11. prem Imperial Estates Investment, prem. ; ..toor e Ottoman 1 Queen, and Co., 22f rem.:p PallY ) 4 14prena prem. ; Lio n B rewery c ompany, Loudon and • ; -L 'mouth Shipbuilding, 11 1i prem. ; Coloniaml m e d i terranean Bank, 11 1* p rem . ; 'South riancL General Land C re dit , 4 2 prem. ;. Anglo-E • Land and Fi nance , 1 4 prem. Rio de , ban Navi gat i on, 3f 31 prem. ; and 0 Gas, 1 prem. Go FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK . are c."):{SRENT FIINDS • ent. tDo, Ac onsols 901 1 !lPer c on l 4 : l `n May 9 e e; 3 „„.. ,"-Leenall.eed BBl t li . BB ID f , p ent.afti„P er 9 Jan. 1873 ............. : — 130. f or 30 Yrs, expire sth Jan., lBBO x pire sth April, 1885.., Sea Telegraph), Aug 1908 -- Dr 13ill 8, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent 6 3 tajr:/°• .£5OO - o f t , £lOO • and £2OO . b n A ' 0 0841(1. St COlnit oe '"7 5 1 per Cent 240 2 bik A , hAliart sioirpm4ribliorr SECURITIES. L, O : Ac coi ZCS per Cent., April 1874._ 215 b o. 5 A Per Cent . . . -061 raunt ......... . P e t: OA I / 1 ,4 . 6 . .• . • , ct • 888 D o . t eate s .... afacea D o. 5 paper 4 per Cent — N. ' , eat., Jan. 1872 N. 4 r C ent., May 1879 o . B rr Cent., Aug. 1866 Do 448 , X 1 00 • and er UUU i laiStri an FOB S FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. ' l3 razili aa 5 1 1 (1 3 5 per Cent pef:e„. Cent o 1)0. Cent., 1852-58-60 81 ~_eno o e „ 1863 ." I "e 8 Per Cent Chit Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per C en t.) 1) --- m o Per Cent eti l to2n - cL a Pe 6 r peCeinct. ............................ 1)):, Per Cent. r ... ti asish 3 405 aid Do, 4 „,r'rr,,Ceent. 1825 • 4 7er 1 863 - aanbf an , 3-77, £25 paid k, =-Filacipalities %lo ad ... Do, ew Consolidate or N E Pr ovi ,2__d, 1 per Cent ypti aii 7 pe 'l r oal Land Warrant 96 e ° ll € l . 4100 Bondsue 96 5-1 - ,„ Do. . 0 4100 1864 31 . ureeklrip, .+.;:5 Paid Per Cents. 1824-5, ex Coupons —D o 4,ecount ..... .., ouporta .................. T a ,la,: 5 Per Cent 1.416',._4850z, and 1850 ......... ........ . 137 18 ,, per Cent (Maremmana Railway) D o . .J..... id .. F_ pa.......... dis UO. D L ....... lio (,-)., per Cent..An_glo-.French reach Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c iluat9videan 6 pep , x. X3O paid oewV•oorish Imperial 5 per Cent Granada .. . ............. DDo 2 per Cent • o Deferred ......... . ..... . ... . Do Land Warrants (hectares) Peruvian 4i per Cent. ................... Do 3 per Cent. 1 ) ) 0 . 4i per Cent., 1862 Account , rm iguese 3 per Cent. 1853 Ac count...... 7 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, per t Cent.,........ 1822, • 'St — irfa ;i 1 5 . per Cent., 185 0 . ........... Do 1860 per Cent., 1859 ............ D.‘ ) per C, lent., 1862 9_oi 41,... 1864 _ 13CDo 5 per Cent _ ~,,;_°' tteconnt _ _ - r, -- "tu per Cent„ ........................... _47i "'-'0 Account 1; 0 New Deferred ....................... — ___ ~-'0 Account ................ 8•"„0 Passive I`-'o,Account j3° anish Cert. of Coup not funded 11 I 4cculuit l'C'',,e(ibill 4 per denl ::: ~,,o. 4.1 per Cent. 1864 I,,litish per Cent. 1854 D° Account ti _ll per Cnt. 1858 ................... _ 1)-, 4ecount ~, e a Per Cent: 1862 ................ . ..- 7:, ...ee imt 1)(3' 100—1i0nd5..........::::::::: 72p 3 '4 . 12 :n ° 6 Per Cent 18 . 6 .. ~ _.... 0 o.„, Doeue''tranteed, 4 per Cent -_—_. •Ife°la 3 per Cent 13-not _— b o * v. Per Cent, 1862 _9l D s ' k e 6 count _3U 3 b 1 per Cent., 1864 °. -- Per cent , . bividencis on the above payable in London. , s t It tla 4, A , 5 Per Cent; Ex, 10 Florins ueut'l4,'/ Per cent., EL 25f. -;1 Per Cent., EL 12 Gail — px,ehc)l:k Loer Cent Certifitea _ N-e'As'elltes, 3 per Cent. lian ee°ll4t ....... ... _._. ....... 1 )0 - '.• Per Cent., i 661, ix. 25f. Ac count ...................... TWO O'CLUIU Co nsol s .................................... _0 111)0' Ame4;unt ........................ 99 91 gile Settil3nlelli SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SELLERS AND STOCKS. II Railways. Bir.. Wol., Sz Str.Nal Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Corn wall Do. A et no div. til 1 6 g p.c. s p.ati.has Do. B been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. s tk Do. E. Angl. et. No. Great North of Scotland Great Northern D A stock Do. B ,o Do. New. Is. at 23 pm Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n 1) . S. Vi'. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.— Ox:ord Do. Newpo Do. Lano ,shire & Yorkshire L ndon and Blackwali Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat.. and Dover Lon. & orth Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shel., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. shares Metropolitan Do. New Mid and Do, Birmin & Derby Mid Gt. W., Ireland Do. i shares %lid Kent .. IN°. th British ... Do. Ed., Pth ;it Dun. Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. (i.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Po. Mock. & Darling. De. do. 1855-58 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 184 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Ctntral Scot. N. E , Aber. stock t 'o. Scot, Mid. stick.. 4 h.ews & Welchpool.. Shropshire Union .... South Devon -• • -onth E stern itaines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwell W.Hartlepool Har.& it Do. A irredeemable Do. A redeemable 100 100 100 100 10 100 10 1(0 10 'Co 47 67,- 74 3,1 Closing Business Price. done. 131 301 1214 ; 62, li 137/ 7 1 7f 134 3/ BRITISH P Atlantic & St. Lawrence Born., Baroda, •t Cen. In gu. 5 per cent Do. N' shares Buffalo & Lake Huron _ Do Preference Buff.,Brant, da Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aux.], 871, Do. do. July 1, 187;, Do. do. June 1, 14741 Calcutta & S. E., lim a e Town & Dock, gu Demera , a, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben.q.al, gu., 5 do East I Alan, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk ot Canad 4 Do. Equip. Mort. Bond 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr. f. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. :id Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pret. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (lim gua. 5 per cent D . 44 per cent Do Great W, s. of Canada.. D., New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Jo. 5, do. nay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited, Madras, gua. 5 p.c • •• • Do. 4f do Do. 43 do Do. Fifth Extensioi, Melb. Cor. 6 p. C. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and - B Y. R I.C'da, pc lstpf. bds Salado .. Do. Delhi Do. do m a Do. Puniaub Do.lndus St Flo COLONIAL GO PER: British Columbia,6 per' cent„ Dec.3l, 1872. Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja. & July 1877-S4 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug D sp. c. Mar. & Sept 1 )0. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p e. Inscribed sk Cape O.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-1 Do. do 7 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, A p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 'EIS Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. ,5 Natal qov. 6 per cent N. B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&.l uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 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 Sc tia Gov. 6 p. C sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 6. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 18r8-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vlo,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, n pril & Oct 94 16 130 131 ta 66 62 (6 16 17 90 92 106 1. 8 41 47i 7 8 130 132 145 147 131 33 F 6 $3 ;4 15 E 4 06 5: 54 46 49 102 tO4 121 t 12 874 68 - 106 108 4i 43 121472'2 97 98 61i 624 1371 133 3 31p 1341 13i 105 117 5t S 5 14 26 11) 111 68 69 102 1( 3 37 18 9 i 191 116 113 1 Vp 78 79 11 11 10 144 49 51 j 61 62 55 57 86 861 8i 9, 155 158 3 t:p 107 100- 48 49 75 78 SIONS. 55 *5B 1021 1030 pr oP 4 4 • to 91 65 70 99 301 75 85 1 , 1 101 102 103 101 105 41 3 18i 19, 55 88 64 66 54 56 55 .57 47 4.) 45 43 43 45 25 2' 25 26 104 105 P, 101 102 101 104 101 104 d 88 2 78 E 2 i id' 102 101 04 96 89 91 64 66 3 5 82 81 101 f 302 i lOU 102 d pr 101 i 102,. 94 97 7 SECUR 93 95 92 94 92 04 81 83 81 83 103 106 104 105 1(5 117 106 108 104 106 1(9 112 103 1(5 105 kO7 107 109 102 103 .92 95 99 101 93 95 91 93 104 106 88 90 94 08 103 105 107 108 IC7 108 1031 4 INES. 41 5i 30 SI, 575 585 BRITISH M. Cam. Consol. Gold, lim Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogani East Cara ton as c Carn Brea Mast Grenville Eae.t Love.l E. W'l Russell (Tavlstk Gam & StA übyn(G wen. Gr. at L xey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor heist GrenviLe lierod's Foot Ringston Downs Margaret Uny Lelant Marie Valley imwyndy Iron Ore, Nangiles New_ Se ton' North Downs.. North Roe kear N.Wh'lßassett(lllogan North Whe4l Crotty Prosper Pr vidence Uny "Mani S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft West i;assett (Mogan W. Caradon (L . skeard West C hi rerton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Buller (Redruth wiles. Ludoott Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelltwney (Lis Wheal ... 2.1.0 4.3.6 2.14.6 3.4.0 2.7.0 2.'3.6 9.10.6 601 all 1.1.0 7.873 8.13 4.18.0 21} 3 321 3.10.6 2.8.0 7.1.8 10.6.7 li t ] 18.18.9 30.17. 3.12.81 11 13 It 11 3 86 31 33 520 530 20 25 15 17 144 15 74 8; 8 $ 576 824 180 190 100. 103 30 35 11 13 20) 210 19 20 YILEFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 1, 107 Great Eastern, E. U., 4 per cent. gaa., 89j Great Northern 5 per cent., 113 Great Northern, 44 pt r cent.. red. at 10 per cent. pm., 103 Great Western (Berks and Hants Ext.) 5 per cent , Lancashire and Yorkshire, 6 per cent. stock. 1:13 I,, mcion. Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pre/44 North Eastergi. Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., 31} PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Metropolitan 5 per cent., lisi LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Lancaster and Carlisle, 215 ) A , a IL ua. WAYB; Antwer p ßecite Great a and Luxembourg, and t a ri Ro j4 t r t i O r m te l ai 3 EBi ej i FOREIGN rn R . 7 per cent., 14} FOREIGN MINES. Yudananiutana of S. Australia, lim., BAN Ks. Agra and 31 asterman's, lim., 122 21 Ditto, new,:6o A lliauce • 1111 l s. o2f Anglo Austrian, 71 Bank of British Columbia, 16 City, 116* Consolidated Bank, Um., 101 Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), Ditto, issued at 2 pm., 22* 1 Imperial Ottoman, 151 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 24 London and Comity, 774 London Joint Stock, 501 50 London and South African, 221 London and 11 estminster, 95 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 161 i t Oriental Bang Corporation, 53 . South Eastern, lim. 13 Union of London, el* MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, Um.. 10i City of Milan Improvements, lim., 81 Continental Union Gas, lim., Ditto (all), I / Commercial Union, Insurittne, 81 Contract t*orporation, lim., I/ Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 8 Ebbw Vale, 8 Egyptian Com. and Trading, lim., 3 1 Financial Corporation, I Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 6 lumber Iron Works, 4f Imperi4l Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 6 International Contract, 81 International Financial rociety, lim., 0/ Ocean Marine Insurance),:23i oriental Financial, lim., 2/ Pen nsula and Oriental Steam, 81151 Ditto, new, 89 Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining, lim., 4} Royal Mail Steam, 96; Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, lim., 21 Th le coarse of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 249 per cent., and the premium on gold 127 per cent. At these rates there is a small profit on the importation of go'd from the United States. OSSK THE MIN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 180. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before Sir John Stuart.) EMDEN V. WIGAN. Mr. Bacon and Mr. Wellington Cooper moved for an in junction to restrain Mr. Horace Wigan from representing at the Royal Olympic Theatre, or elsewhere in London, the drama called the " Ticket-of-Leave Man," and from in any way infringing the plaintiff's right of-representing the said piece in London. The Vice-Chancellor, after hearing both parties, dis missed the application with costs, but gave leave to amend. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) COURT V. COURT. This was a petition for the disolution of marriage pre sented by the husband. The petitioner was a servant in a gentleman's family and it was alleged that during the absence of the petitioner adultery was committed in Birmingham. Evidence was given which fully bore out the allegations in the petition, and the learned Judge granted a decree HENRY T. HENRY AND REASON. This was a petition presented by the husband praying for a dissolution of marriage. The petitioner was a grocer, carrying on business in Derbyshire, and the respondent was the daughter of an innkeeper. The marriage took place in 1852, and until 186 Q the parties lived happily together, when the husband discovered that she was addicted to habits of intemperance. He made efforts to induce her to abstain from drink, but failing in that he separated from her. In 1864 he discovered she was carrying on an illicit intimacy with the co-respondent, and afterwards it came to his knowledge that she had been living with the co-respondent, a marriediman, for upwards of twelve months at Birmingham. Mrs. Reason caused her husband to be taken into custody for desertion, and afterwards the • petitioner commenced the present proceedings. The learned Judge granted a decree nisi, with costs. BAXTER V. BAXTER. In this case the petition for dissolution of marriage was presented by the wife. Evidence was given which not only proved the allega tions in the petition, but a case of bigamy against the respondent. His lordship granted a decree nisi, with costs. PROCTOR V. PROCTOR AND SMITH. This was a petition presented by the husband for a dis solution of marriage. The petitioner in this case was the son of a clergyman in the north of England, about 24 years of age, formerly a graduate at Cambridge. He, according to the statement of the learned counsel, had passed his examination with great credit, and eventually met with the person whom he after wards felt it his duty to make his wife. The petitioner and the respondent (then Susannah Stirling) afterwards came to London, and were married on the 13th June, 1863, at St. Pancras. Having no means but what his father allowed he was unable to keep his wife—he struggled on to do the best he could for her, until he was compelled to leave her at Cambridge. The unhappy marriage afterwards became known to petitioner's father, and, as the petitioner was about to be ordained, that, owing to the marriage, became for the time impossible; and the father, finding how mat ters stood, promised to allow her a certain sum—viz., £1 a week—if she would pledge herself for the fut . ure to lead a moral and proper life. A deed of separation was executed in 1863, but it was to become void in case of adultery being committed. A watch, however, was kept over the re spondent, who went back to Cambridge to reside, and her conduct there not being what she had promised, the pre sent suit was instituted. The marriage having been proved, The Rev. W. Proctor said he was incumbent of Dod dington, in Northumberland, and father of the petitioner. He did not become acquainted with the marriage of his son till October, 1863. In June of that year petitioner had no means of his own. He paid his college expenses, which were very moderate, in consequence of his having attained some scholarships by his examination. In June, 1863, he had taken his degree, and had just finished his university education to his (witness's) satisfaction when he became aware of the marriage or deed of separation. In answer to the learned Judge the witness said he first became aware of the marriage from a letter he received from Mr. Gunson, stating that his son had married a com mon woman in Cambridge, and one who was still following her avocation. His son had been at home since the day after marriage, and remained at home till the following October. with the exception of a very few days. He (witness) then wrote to Mr. Gunson for advice, and after that he consulted his attorney. His son was cognisant of what was going on, and anxious to be relieved from his position. His son had never seen his wife since he had made known the fact of his marriage. He had not been ordained, and was still a resident at home in Doddington. The case was not concluded when we went to press. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. NEWMARKET RACES—THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) MATCHES. Troublesome beat Connection Sidewind beat Provisor Scheldt beat Kinghorn £lOO PLATE. Lord Douglas Leoville Orloff Baraguo . Revenue. 1 Ten ran. SWEEPSTAKES. Koenig Kaloyer NEWMARKET STAKES Bst 71b ; the winner to be sold for £3OO if demanded, if for £lOO allowed 51b. Last half of R.M. ' Mr. J. Graham's Cairngorm, £3OO, Bst 71b ...(Challoner 1 Mr. Elphinstone's Belmontine, £3OO, Bst 101 b (Gorton 2 Mr. Hodgman's Venturous, £3OO, Bst 101 b '(Morris 3 Mr. Pardoe's Gossip, £lOO, Bst 21b (Fordham 4 Mr. G. A. Witt's General Lee, £3OO, Bst 101 b ...(Martin 5 Betting—Even on Cairngorm, 2 to 1 agst Venturous, and 5 to 1 agst Gossip. After a couple of failures they left the post in close com pany, but after running a few strides Cairngorm went to the front, and made the rest of the running, and won easily by two lengths. Belmontine defeated Venturous by three quarters of a length for second ; a bad fourth. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs, for 3-yr-olds and up- wards. Bretby Stakes Course. 3 subs. Lord Uxbridge's Durham, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (T. French) w. 0, BETTING AT MIDNIGHT. CHESTER CUP. 4to 1 agst Helen 9to 1 agSt Ackworth 100 to 8 agst Lion 100 to 8 agst Victorious 20 to 1 agst Gratitude THE DERBY. no 1 agst Gladiateur Bto 1 agst, Archimedes 20 to 1 agst Oppressor 33 to 1 agst Bedminster 40 to 1 agst Kangaroo 1000 to 10 agst Sibera 500 to 100 agst Mr. Merry's lot. The Clown was scratched out of the Chester Cup at 5 25 last evening. BATH AND SOMERSET MEETING—MAY 23. The Someisetshire Stakes of 25 sous each, 15ft, with 100 added ; the winner of any handicap amounting to 500 sovs after the weights are published (April 27, at 10 a.m.) to carry 71b, of any other handicap with public money added 51b extra ; penalties accumulative. Two miles and a distance. 82 subs, 48 paid. Yrs st lb Ely ... ... 4 8 13 East Lancashire ... 5 8 12 Planet ... 4 8 8 Oldwinster ... a 8 7 Spamander... ... 5 8 6 Gibraltar ... ... a 8 6 Knave ... 6 8 6 Gratitude ... 5 8 3 Bally Edmond. ... a 8 0 Change ... 5 7 10 Redcap ... ... 4 7 10 Nuneaton ... ... 4 7 5 Highflyer's dam c. 4 7 4 Battaglia ..; ... 4 7 3 Armagnac ... ... 5 7 2 Ellangowan ... 6 7 2 Buckfoot ... 4 7 2 Yrs at lb Verger ... ... 4 7 0 Claxton ... ... 4 7 0 Hopper ... ... 4 613 Guardsman ... 4 6 13 Hersey filly ... 4 6 6 Spring Gun ... 3 6 5 Auditor ... ... 3 6 0 R admire ... 3 5 11 Endsleigh ... 3 5 10 Little Goy... ... 4 5 10 Troubadour ... 3 5 10 Hetty ... 3 5 9 Scarborough ... 3 5 9 Indigestion ... 3 5 9 Dr. Swishtail ... 3 5 7 Rustic Beauty ... 3 5 7 My Cob ... 3 5 7 The Coldstream Murder. At the Jedburgh Circuit Court on Wednesday, before Lord Ardmillan and Lord Jerviawoode, Alexander Thom son, lately residing in Church-lane, Coldstream, was placed at the bar charged with the murder of his wife in his own house on the 4th or sth December last. The prisoner had given himself into custody on the morning of the sth De cember, to the sheriff-officer at Coldstream, who on re pairing to the house found the deceased Margaret Dickson or Thomson barbarously murdered, 11 of her ribs being fractured and her body showing many frightful injuries. The panel pleaded " Not Guilty," and a special defence was put in to the effect that he was insane at the time the act was committed. The medical witnesses called for the defence were allowed to sit in court to hear the evidence. It was proved that the prisoner was usually a person of very quiet and inoffensive temper, and that he and his wife usually lived happily together, but that he took to great fits of drinking, which gave rise to acts of violence bordering on, if not producing, insanity. Sometimes he had been chained to the bed to prevent him getting out of the house to satisfy his craving for drink, and altogether he ap peared to have been a pitiable victim of that propensity. On the night in question there had evidently been a great conflict, and the woman, who was spoken of as a very quiet person, would appear to have used either poker or tongs in her defence. She had, however, been overpowered by the husband's fury, and the medical witnesses who exa mined the body expressed their opinion that several of the wounds separately were sufficient to cause death. The evidence of the murder was quite conclusive, and the con test of evidence related rather to the question of the pri soner's responsibility as a sane person for the act. The local medical witnesses deposed that several times he had suffered from delirium tremens, and on one occasion, at least, had showed symptoms of acute mania. On the night before the murder Dr. Turnbull had advised restraint, on account of old symptoms reappearing, but Mrs. Thomson expressed confidence in being able to manage him. The doctor, not quite satisfied, had applied for the use of leg-irons, but the constable declined to lend them. The professional wit nesses examined for the defence thought the prisoner's violence was attributable to an attack of acute mania, followed by a gradual return in the morning to con sciousness. After hearing counsel and the Judge's charge, the jury returned the following verdict :—" Not Guilty, in respect that at the timo of his committing the act he was tempo rarily insane." There was an influx of £61,000 in bar gold at the Bank yesterday. The Anglo-Austrian Bank will be prepared to pay, on and after May 9,6 s. sd. per share, being a total payment for interest and dividend at the rate of sir per cent. per annum for the year 1864. The committee of the Stock Exchange have ap pointed Tuesday, the 9th May, a special settling day in the shares of the Darjeeling Company (Limited), which are to be marked in the daily lists. The committee have also ordered the shares of Bolckon, Vaughan, and Co. (Limited), and of the London and Lisbon Cork Wood Company (Limited), to be officially quoted, the former in the daily and the latter in the twice a-week lists. In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days there has been a moderate amount of business entered into. Sugars have fully sustained former rates, while slightly higher prices have been paid for superior qualities of coffee. Rice has been in steady request at full values ; while in cocoa, fruit, and spices the operations have been to an average extent, without any ma terial change to note in prices. Tallow has been in rather more request for both present and future delivery, and quotations tend upwards. WEDGWOOD'S SCHOOL DAYS.— In the same school as young Josiah were many of his future contemporaries, as the Mayers of Newcastle, the lienshalls, the Taylors of Burslem, the Booths, • the Daniels, and others. Sprightly and yet grave, the little Josiah was a general favourite. Among his companions, he was dis tinguished for uncommon vivacity and humour. They were attached to him by his warm and generous temper ; and his reputed sagacity marked him out as a leaderin their boyish sports. It is handed down that he thus early be trayed his extraordinary eye for construction by his use of the scissors. Borrowing a pair from his sister or the other girls, and with paper torn from a copybook, or brought by the lads for the purpose, he would cut out the most sur prising things : as an array at combat, a fleet at sea, a house and garden, or a whole pot-work, and the shapes of the ware made in it. These cuttings when wetted were stuck the whole length of the sloping desks, to the exquisite delight of the scholars, but often to the great wrath of the severe pedagogue.-11feteyard's Life of Wedgwood. By advica from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.81 per £1 stcrlin,. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about -10 the per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Scheldt... Warrior Bavarde . LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. THE CHESTER CUP. 100 to 30 agst Helen (offered) 100 to 7 agst Ilighfiyer, (taken) 20 to 1 agst Grinder (taken) 40 to 1 agst Macbeth (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Sidewind (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Tartar (offered) THE DERBY. 40 to 1 agst Kangaroo (taken freely) 40 to 1 agst Koenig (offered) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SPRING MEETING. The welcome rain, never so anxiously longed•for as in this week, when the Heath has been a perfect Sahara, came this morning, and we have been enabled to enjoy the racing without the annoyance of dust and wind. The One Thousand does not, of course, boast the great features of interest that last Tuesday's event exhibited. It is, indeed, rarely mentioned in the racing world until the evening before its decision, and this year there was no exception to the rule. Gardevisure, Siberia, and White Duck were the fillies from whom by their public performances last year it seemed reasonable to expect the winner would come. Nukuheva and La Fortune were both mentioned in the betting "last night, but the former is in the same stable as Siberia, and it seemed too much to believe that Count de Lagrange would add another score to the list of French successes with the latter. There was not much in the other events on the card calling for remark. Warrior found the hill at the end of the Rowley mile did not suit a roarer, and Tomato had not much difficulty in disposing of the class of animals she met in the Handicap Plate, A. F. Mr. Naylor, who has been singularly unfoi tunate lately, saw his colours in the van in the Handicap Sweepstakes over the T. Y. C., Fiancée overthrowing a great favourite in Mr. Heathcote's Skir mish, said to have been tried with Gemma, so that he could not lose. Judging by the betting, nothing was in the great race but Gardevisure and Siberia, the shouts of "10 to 1 bar two" being the cry most heard from the ring. Mr. Sutton's filly was the actual favourite out of the 11 who came to the post, but the result proved that, speedy though she is, she can't stay. Looking very formidable at one time she gave way before reaching the distance, where Siberia took the lead and, shaking off White Duck and La Fortune, landed the popular colours of the Duke of Beaufort very easily. The attendance to-day was an average one as regards numbers, though most of the leading habitues were present. Plate of £lOO for 3-yr-olds and upwards, weight for age. R.M.. Mr. York's Lytham, Bst 101 b (Custance 1 Mr. W. Morris's Warrior, Bst 101 b , . (Lynch 2 Mr. Brayley's Viceroy, 7st (H. Covey 3 Baron Rothschild's May Bloom, Bst 101 b (Wells 4 Mr. E. C. Clayton's Creslow, Bst 101 b . . ..(A. Edwards 5 Lord Wilton's Isabel, ist (carried 7st 11b) ....,,(Morris 6 Betting-5 to 4on Wai:ior, sto 2 agst Lytham, and 6to 1 agst Viceroy. - - Lytham, in the centre, made the running, followed by Creslow, May Bloom, and the favourite to the bushes, where Creslow dropped back, and his place was taken by Warrior as they entered the Abingdon Mile bottom. Half way in the cords, Lytham was joined by the grey and Viceroy, the three finishing a good race home, Lytham winning by three parts of a length; a length between the second and third ; a bad fourth. Handicap Plate of £5O ; for three-yr-olds and upwards. A.F. Baron Rothschild's Tomato, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (J. Grimshaw 1 Mr. Hodgman's Verdant, 3 yrs, 6st llb (lleartfield 2 Count Batthyany's Tusculanum, 3 yrs, sst7lb (Goodwin 3 Mr. Perry's Fantail, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (H. Covey) 4 Mr. P. Wilk'nson's Target, 3 yrs, sst 111 b (carr ( ied 6st Mordan 5 Mr. E. Brayley's Antoinette, 4 yrs, 7st llb ...(llibberd) 6 . ___ Betting-6 to 4 agst Tomato, 3to 1 agst Verdant, 4to 1 agst Tusculanum, and 6 to 1 agst any other. They got away in close company, but after running a short distance Tomato on the right took a slight lead, fol lowed wide on her left by Verdant ; two lengths in the rear of the pair were Fantail, Tusculanum, and Target, Antoinette lying off. With little or no alteration they ran thus to the bushes, when the leaders drew away and came into the cords together, but shortly after Fantail gave way and was headed by Tusculanum; the latter, however, was never enabled to reach the leaders, who finished a close race home, Tomato running the longest,winning by a neck ; a bad third. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. T.Y.C. 17 subs. The highest weight ac cepting being Bst 71b, it was raised to Bst 101 b, and the others in proportion. Mr. Naylor's Fiancee, 5 yrs, ist 131 b (Challoner) 1 Mr. A. Heathcote's Slermish, 3 yrs, Sat 121 b (Heartfield) 2 Mr. Payne's Senorita colt, 4 6rs, 6st 131 b (J. Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—Dolphin, Yamuna, Hope, Fox holes, and Denmark. Betting—Even on Skirmish, 6 to 1 agst Senorita colt, 7 to 1 agst Dolphin, 12 to 1 agst Yamuna, 100 to 8 agst Rose of Denmark, Hope, and Foxhole; and 100 to 7 agst Fiancée. Foxholes, in the centre of the course, got away with a slight lead of the favourite; the Senorita colt, Hope, and Yamuna, Fiancée lying off. On entering the dip a quarter of a mile from home, the leader gave way, and Mr. Naylor's mare joined the leaders, the three finishing a close race home. Fiancée, who got up on the last stride, won by a neck from the favourite, who broke his stirrup leather ; half a length separated the second and third. Foxholes was fourth, Hope fifth, and Rose of Denmark and Yamuna next. Dolphin last. The One Thousand Guineas Stakes, a subscription of 1 sovs each, h ft, for 3-yr-old fillies, Bst 101 b each. '1 owner of the second filly to receive back her stake. D. 64 subs. Duke of Beaufort's Siberia (Fordham Lord Glasgow's White Duck (Ashmalr . Count F. de Lagrange's La Fortune ......(H. Grimshaw, Mr. R. W. Cameron's Peeress Mr. Hemy's C0nt ract.................................... (Morris Mr. J. Morris's Nukuheva (Boyle: Mr. Naylor's Biondina .............................. (Challoner Mr. J. Palmer's Kate Hampton (Norman Mr. R. - -'- el- - Ar. —. Sutton's Gardevisure (dustance 0 Mr. T. Valentine's Reginella (T. French 0 Mr. Robinson's Miss Robbie (Osborne 0 Betting --6 to 4 agst Gardevisure, 3to 1 agst Siberia, 10 to 1 agst Contract, 100 to 7 agst La Fortune, and 100 to 6 agst White Duck. With a slight delay at the post a most satisfactoly start was effected, wh en K ate Hampton on the upper ground got away with a s li g h t lead of Siberia, the pair being attended on the left by G ar d ev i sure, La Fortune, Nukuheva, White Duck, and Miss H o bbl e, and on the extreme right by Regi nella, Contract, Peeres s , and Biondina. They came on in these positions to the first half of the Abingdon Mile end ing post, where Siberia headed Kate Hampton and came on in advance, having Gardevisure wide on her left, with Kate Hampton, La Fortune, and White Duck lying up, but as they reached the cords Mr. Sutton's filly, who appeared full of running, suddenly shot up, followed in a few strides further, by Kate Hampton. These retirements left La Fortune in attendance upon the Danebury favourite, but half-way in the cords Ashmall brought up White Duck, and heading the French filly he challenged Siberia a dozen strides from the chair, but failed to get up, and was beaten very easily by a length and a half, White Duck defeating La Fortune by a head only for second ; Gardevisure finished a bad fourth ; Miss Hobbie fifth, Nukuheva sixth, and Kate Hampton next. Then came at wide intervals Reginella, Peeress, Contract, and Bionchna in the order we have given them. Sweepstakes of 25 sous each, 10 ft, for 3-yr-old colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b ; maidens at the time of running allowed 71b. The winner to be sold for 150 sous. T.Y.C. 6 subs. Admiral Rous's Saffron, Bst ........................ (J. Mann 1 Mr. Thellusson's Foxholes, B st 101 b .......... (Fordham 2 Mr. Woolcott's Kill-'em and Eat-'em, Bst 31b (Challoner 3 Betting-6 to 4on Foxholes, 3to 1 agst Kill-'em and Eat-'em, and 4 to 1 agst Saffron. Foxholes slipped his horses immediately the flag was lowered, and held a clear lead into the cords, where he was headed by Saffron, who won. Sweepstakes of 10 soya Mich ; 3-3 T-olds, 7st 121 b ; four, Bst 101 b ; five and upwards, Bst 131 b ; mares and geld ings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs if demanded. T.Y.C. 6 subs. ----•- -- i Mr. W. Morris's Antidote, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b ...... (S. Adams 1 Mr. C. Bradley's Thais, 4 y r s , Bst 71b ......... (H. Bradley 2 Mr. Naylor's Quarantine, 4 yrs, Bst 7st ........ (Challoner 3 Mr. Hughes's Juliet, aged, Bst 101 b ............ (1). Hughes 4 Mr. Beadman's Nebula, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b ............ (Ileslol-) 5 Betting-6 to 4 agst Juliet, and 2tol, at first 6to 4, agst Antidote. - Antidote, with Thais and Quarantine lying up, made play, with Juliet and Nebula last. They ran thus to the cords, when the former drew away and won in a canter by three lengths ; a neck between the second and third. The others beaten off. Mr. Bradley claimed the winner, and Mr. Morris claimed Juliet. Plate of 450 for maiden 2/r -old colts Bst 101 b, and fillies HORSES STRUCK OUT 0 THEIR ENGAGEMENTS. April 26, at 7 p.m. Persuasion out of the Chester Cup. April 28, Scarf out of the Two-year-old Plate at New market. April 29, at 9 a.m. Advance out of the Prince of Wales Stake; Newmarket, and Desiree out of the 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket, and Chesterfield Stakes at Chester ; at 8 p.m. Racer out of all engagements ; and 8.55 p.m. Strath spey out of the Derby. May 1, at 9 a.m. Inca out of the 2,000 Guineas, and Cadeau out of Chester engagements. May 2, at 9 a.m., Skeffington out of Ell handicaps ; at 9.11 a.m. Chattanooga out of the 2,000 Guinea Stakes ; and at 6 p.m. Stirrup Cup and Sweet Margery out of Ches ter engagements. Rothomago (dead) out of all engage ments. May 3, at 7.10 p.m. Pampa out of all engagements ; and at 8.55 p.m. Marco Spada out of Chester engagements. The forfeits of Killigrew and Dick Andrews have been paid. SHREWSBURY AUTUMN MEETING, 1864.—The dispute for the Hurdle Race was yesterday decided at Newmarket by the Stewards of the meeting in favour of Ossian. The Stewards of the late Cardiff races having been in formed by Admiral Rous (to whom the matter was referred) that their decision on the Prince of Wales Stakes was con trary to Rule 38, and consequently in violation of racing law, have annulled their former decision, and declare Heurlys entitled to the stakes. ES FOR 1865. North Herts Yeomanry 19 Cork 22 Bath 23 Harpenden 26 Epsom 3O Hampton 2l Newton • 2l Newcastle Curragh Odiham Bibury Stockbridge , New Forest Hunt l4 Winchester ' lB Nottingham Southampton l9 Chesterfield Cambridge 2O Goodwood Down Royal Corp 25 [UST. Oxford l7 York Yarmouth Plymouth Lichfield 2B Devon and Exeter 29 Derby Summer 3O Ipswich Weymouth 3l :MBEIL "TIES. RACING FIXY Chester 9 Howth and Baldoyle l5 York Spring St. Columb l6 Salisbury lB Redditch Chelmsford 7 Manchester Summer Maid tone Ascot l3 Beverley l4 Liverpool Newmarket July Carlisle Jersey 5 Worcester Pontefract Abingdon Hungerford l3 Stamford l3 AUG Brighton 1 Brighton Club Knutsford 3 Lewes 4 Huntingdon Wolverhampton Reading Radcliffe. l4 Egham l5 Stockton l5 SEPTE Warwick Curragh 5 Dover 7 Hereford Leicester 7 Doncaster ocro: Bedford Royal Caledonian Hunt 4 Northallerton 5 Newmarket 2d Oct 9 Brecon Richmond Monmouth 2l Manchester Autumn Newmarket Ist Oct 26 Walsall Curragh l7 Newmarket Ho. M 23 Worcester Bank of England Return•—Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to tl cap. 32, for the week ending ISSUE DEP he Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, May 3, 1865. P v RTMENT. Notes i55ued:........£28,506,6151 Government Debt £11,015,1t0 Other Securities 3.631,90 t Gold Coin Sr Bullion 13,b56,015 Silver Bullion .... .C 28,505,01 51 £28,506,015 BANKING D oprietors' Capi tal £14.553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ao- , EPA.RTMENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £10,981,441 Other Securities 20,274,907 Notes Gold and Silver 823,959 Coin counts) ~ &MASS Other Deposits.... 14,059,280 seven Day and other Bills 468,511 £35,935, 922 V I A 83,985,922 '. MILLER, Chief Cashier. May 4, 1865. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market continues steady. Sales probably 7,000 or 8,000 bales. CRYSTAL PALACE. —The first of the series of ten grand opera concerts takes place to-morrow. Mdlle. Car lotta Patti, Mdlle. de • Edelsburg, Signor Ronconi, Signor Medini, and Signor Wachtel are the principal artistes. The concert will take place on the great Handel orchestra, and the band will be considerably enlarged, with an efficient chorus. The new guinea season ticket will admit. One Shilling Day, Thursday, May 4—Admissions on payment, 1,697; ditto by season tickets, 861; total visitors, 2,558. ALLEGED ILL-TREATMENT OF PAUPERS IN ST. GEORGE'S WORK H USE.--At the usual weekly meeting of the directors and governors of the poor of the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, on Wednesday, two communications from the Poor-law Board were considered, relative to the above subject. It appeared that on the 18th of April a late inmate, named John Hussey, wrote to the President of the Poor-law Board complaining of the con duct of the nurse- and of the taskmaster towards him as a sick pauper at Mount-street workhouse. On coming to the doctor, that gentleman ordered him out of the estab lishment, he not being cured at the time. About the same time another pauper, named Thomas Fennell, also wrote to the Poor-law Board as to what occurred to one of the other inmates named Robert John Levy. On a particular Tuesday night the taskmaster and trampmaster came to that person's ward demanding him to get up, as they wanted him to sit up all night with a pauper in the sick ward. He refused, alleging that he had had no notice of it, and been hard working all day. The two officials then, without more ado, were stated to have dragged him out of bed in a shameful manner on to the floor, then through the ward, intending to take him down stairs along the pas sages and across the yard to the tramp cell. He also pre ferred other charges to the same effect. The subject had been very carefully investigated by the directors, and the statements in the two letters were considered by them to be wholly without foundation. The following resolution was unanimously agreed to after some discussion :—" That the directors and governors of the poor entirely exonerate the officers implicated in the charges brought against them by John Hussey and Robert John Levy, as contained in their letters to the Poor-law Board, there being no truth whatever in the same. The directors are fully satisfied with the conduct of the officers of the establishment i gene rally." The o ffi cials complained of were then called n and informed of the decision of the board. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS —LAST EVENING. The LORD OnitNcELLon took his seat on the woolsack at the usual hour. PUBLIC SCHOOLS BILL. Earl POWIS presented a petition from the mayor and corporation of Shrewsbury praying to be heard by counsel before a select committee on this bill ; and also a petition from Cambridge to the same effect. THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. Viscount SYDNEY, in his cap ac it y o f Lord Chamber lain, presented to their lordships her Majesty' s most gracious reply to the address moved by the house. The text was as follows :—" I have entirely participated in your address to me as to the assassination of the. President of the United States. I have given directions to my Minister at Washington to make known to the Government of that country the feelings which you have entertained in common with myself and my whole people in regard to this deplor able event." Lord RAVENSWORTH asked the Earl of Derby if he understood his expression clearly, the other evening, when he said, as he understood, that if the Confederates had any participation in the crime of the assassination of the President of the United States, they were guilty of what was worse than a crime, namely, a blunder. That expression was not a novel one to him or other noble lords, no doubt, for that eminent man, Tal leyrand, had said that a political blunder was often a greater mistake than a political crime. The Earl of DERBY said, in explanation of the observa tions he had made last week, he did not intend to convey any impression other than that the Confederate States diselaim any connection with the foul murder of the Pre sident. RECORD CF TITLES (IRELAND) BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of the bill. He said that the object of the bill was to re medy a defect that existed in the Encumbered Estates Court Act. It was proposed by this bill that a record should be kept of the titles to estates, so that a transfer of bath estates should be rendered more easy. Lord ST. LEONARDS objected to details of the bill, as well as its principle. After a few words from the Earl of Donougbmore, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Earl of Belmore, the bill was read a second time, as was also the Sheep and Cattle Bill, and the Married Women's Property (Ireland) Bill. The Common Law Courts' Fees Bill passed through committee. On the Public Schools Bill it was agreed that the peti tioners alleging that their interests would be injuriously affected by the bill be allowed to appear by their euuu...i and witnesses before the committee. Lord LYVEDEN opposed this course, as likely to delay the passing of the bill, while the Earl of ELLENBOROUGH supported it. Lord WROTTESLEY strongly urged the benefits that would be derived from more cultivation of science as a great branch of education. He feared, however, that some time must elapse before science became naturalised in the curriculum of our great schools. The motion that petitioners be heard by counsel before the committee was then agreed to. _ _ _ The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and their lordships adjourned at seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. KENNEDY took the oaths and his seat for the county of Louth. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Bury St. Edmunds and Thetford Railway, Deal and Dover Railway, Gainsborough Water, Mellis and •Eye Railway, Northampton and Banbury Junction Railway (Deviation, &c.), Okehampton Railway (No. 1), South Northumber land Railway, and Surrey and Sussex Junction Railways. The following bi7s were fr' :ter considered and ordered to be read a thi-d twee :—Caledonian Railway (Balerno Branch) ; Great Eastern and London and Blackwall Rail ways; and London, Chatham, and Dover Railway (No. 2.) NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. BRAND, a new writ for the elec tion of a member for the borough of Lambeth was issued. REMOVAL OF EXECUTIONS. Mr. HANBURY asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department 4 f he had received a memorial from the Court of Common Council in the City, request"ig his sane Lion to the removal of executions from Newgate to within the wails of the City Prison in Camden-road. _ Sir G. GREY said he had received no such memorial, neither did he think he should, as the Secretary of State had no power to comply with such a request. EDUCATION GRANTS. Sir S. NORTHCOTE asked the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education whether an inspectorwas justified ;n threatening to recommend that one tenth of the grant earned by a school in respect of the proficiency of the children in reading, writing, and arithmetic should be withheld in caso grammar, history, or geography are not taught therein. Mr. BRUCE said the inspector was justified in giving the warning he did in the case referred to, because certain necessary articles were not provided. To-morrow be should lay on the table a minute connected with the mat ter, and he should avail himself of the opportunity of making a statement on the subject. THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT. Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer whether it had come under his observation that one particular morning paper was enabled to publish the substance of his intended Budget on the morning before its communication to that house ; and whether it was in .accordance with his intention that such anticipation of his statement had taken place. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the matter had certainly come under b;s observation, and it was not his m:sh that the financial statement should be anticipated. It would only be an act of justice to the civil servants of the Crown, and to every one of the nine gentlemen with whom he was officially connected, to say that he believed it impossible for them to commit a breach of confidence. FACTORIES ACT. Mr. HEYGATE asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether, in consequence of the report of Mr. Baker, inspector of factories, as to the employ ment of children and young girls in the clay-yards of South Staffordshire, it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to propose the further extension of the Facto ries Act, or other legislation with reference thereto in the present session, with a view to the prevention of the exces sive labour and demoralising scenes described in such re port. . Sir G. GREY said an inquiry was now in progress, and he thought it better that such steps should be completed before proceeding with legislation on the matter. THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION. In reply to Mr. HENNESSY, Sir It PEEL said he believed it had been thought de desirable, by the committee, that selections from the works of Mozart and Handel should not be mixed up with " Garryowen" and " St. Patrick's Day." FIRE INSURANCE. Mr. WYLD asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the allowance paid to the fire insurance companies of the United Kingdom for collecting the existing duty was to be abolished; and if not, whether the present rate of allowance was to be revised, with a view of altering the same to meet the reduction of duty proposed by the Go vernment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the per tentage allowed for the collection of the fi:a insurance duty would remain the same under the new duty as it had been under the old. THE CRYPT. Mr. NEWDEGATE asked the First Commissioner of Works what sum had been expended upon the Crypt con nected with that house, under what heading of the esti mates that sum was voted, and to what use or purpose it was intended to apply the Crypt as now embellished. Mr. W. COWPER said the restoration of the crypt formed a portion of the original contract for restoring the houses of Parliament, entered into many years ago, and the money that had been expended on it had been paid out of the vote annually taken to meet the expenses of rebuilding the Houses of Parliament. There was one item, however, on which he could give the hon. member some information, viz., the decorative painting and gilding contract was £630. No doubt hon. members were surprised at the smallness of the cost, but then he must tell them that it cost a little more than that sum in consequence of Mr. Crace being a man of taste, and desirous of carrying out the work in the best manner. As to the uses of the crypt, he thought the house would agree with him that as there was now a great taste for architecture it would be exceedingly useful and desirable that one of the best specimens of the architecture of the 13th century should be presented for contemplation and instruction. (Hear, hear.) It was not intended to turn it to the use it was made in the days of King Stephen, but it had been thought it would be very convenient if persons could attend public worship in it as the chapel of the Palace at Westminster. (Hear, hear.) THE BOROUGH FRANCHISE BILL. Sir G. GREY said it would perhaps be convenient if he now proposed that the debate on the Borough Franchise Bill be fixed for Monday next, provided the resolutions with respect to the Budget were disposed of that evening. (Hear, hear.) It was highly desirable that a decision should be taken on the bill one way or the other at the earliest period of time. Mr. BAINES expressed his approbation at the arrange ment. THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. HER MAJESTY'S REPLY TO THE ADDRESS. Lord PROBYN, Controller of her Majesty's Household, brought up her Majesty's answer to the address voted by the house on Monday last. [Her Majesty's answer was much the same as that in the Lords' report.] THE BUDGET. —THE TEA DITTIES. The house then went into committee of ways and means for the purpose of considering the proposals of the Chan. cellor of the ExchNuer. Mr. MOFFATT rose and moved the amendment of th.o resolution relative to the tea duties by omitting the words " 6th of May," and inserting the words "Ist day of June." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER defended, the course he had pursued, but said he would not oppe, a , that which appeared to be the general desire of the ho use. He therefore, as the tea duties would expire on the Ist of August, would agree to the date being struck out altogether, and then he should not object to the hon. member moving a resolution making the day for the new duties coming into effect on the first of June, because the reasons could then be stated which led to a departure from the general principle. The amendment on that understanding was then wit', .. drawn. THE INCOME TAX The CHAIRMAN then put the following resolution:_ " That, towards raising the supply granted to her Majesty, there shall be charged, collected, and paid for one year, commencing on the 6th day of April, 1865, for and in re spect of all property, profits, and gains mentioned or de scribed as chargeable in the Act passed in the 16th r.nd 17th years of her Majesty's reign, chapter . 34, for granting to her Majesty duties on profits arising from property,pro fessions, trades, and offices, the following rates and duties (that is to say)—For every 20s. of the annual value or amount of all such property, profits,and gains (except those chargeable under Schedule B of the said Act), the rate or duty of 4d. And for and in respect of the occupation of lands, tenements, hereditament; and heritages chargeable under Schedule B of the said act, for every 20s. of the annual value thereof—in England, the rate or duty of 2d..; and in Scotland and Ireland respectively, the rate or th A t y of 11d. Subject to the provisions contained in section, 3of the Act 26 Viet., chap. 22, for the exemption of rersons whose whole income from every source is under £lOO a year, and relief to those whose in come i s unfler . c . 200 a Mr. HUBBARD remarked that the inco•.n e tax was now entering upon a new phase, and the time had arrived when the house ought to consider with the utmost deliberation, whether it ought to be retained as a part of the permanent system of the taxation of the country.. The house should consider whether it were desirable to go on gradually di minishing the direct taxes, and it ought to be constantly borne in mind that personal property was at present only reached by the legacy duty and the income tax. The latter tax, however, as it was now levied, was so excessively un just in its action that it demoralised the community and created a general feeling of abhorrence. He believed, how eyer, that if his right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer would heartily apply his thoughts to the con struction of a just tax upon income, he would find that one_ ne (Mr. Hubbard) did not intend to move an amendment to the resolution. The resolution was then agreed to. FIRE INSURANCE DUTIES. The CHAIRMAN next put the following resolution : " That, towards raising the supply granted to her Majesty, and in lieu of the duties now payable in respect of insur ances against loss or damage by fire only, there shall be charged, collected, and paid for the use of her Majesty, her heirs and successors, the following duties (that is to say), for and upon every policy of assurance or insurance, or other instrument by whatever name the same shall be called, whereby any insurance shall, on or before the 25th of June, 1865, be made of or upon any building, goods, wares, mer chandise, or other property from loss or damage by fire only, the duty of ld. And for and upon any note or memorandum given as a receipt on the deposit of any sum of money, preparatory to the making out or issuing of any such policy as aforesaid, the duty of Id. And for and in respect of every such insurance as aforesaid, which shall be made, or continued or renewed, on or after the said 25th day of June, 1865, a duty of ls. 6d. for every £lOO insured for a year, and at and after that rate for any fractional part of £lOO insured, and for any fractional part of a year, as well as for any number of years for which the insurance shall be made, or continued, or renewed, but no fraction of a penny shall be charged ; and when any such insurance as aforesaid shall be made or renewed at any time between the 27th day of April, 1865, and the said 25th day of June, for any period of time extending beyond the said last-men tioned day, there shall be charged and paid for and in re spect of the time intervening between the making or re newing of the said insurance and the said 25th of June the yearly per-tentage duty at and after the rate chargeable on the said 27th day of April, and for and in respect of any subsequent period including the said 25th day of June, the rate of duty chargeable according to this resolution ; and no return or allowance of duty, etcept at and after the last-mentioned rate, shall be made in respect of time un expired or otherwise, on any such insurance as aforesaid which shall have been made or renewed before the said 27th day of April, 1865." Sir J. FERGUSSON moved as an amendment that the reduced duties be levied on the 15th May instead of the 25th of June, as the latter date would cause great inconve nience in Scotland. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was totally beyond his power to accede to the proposal of the hon. baronet. Mr. SHERIDAN said he understoodthat all persons who had paid their insurances on the 25th March for the whole year would, under this resolution, be entitled to claim from the insurance offices, after the 25th June, the excess of the duty which they had paid. Now, in many instances, the duty had been already paid over to the Government, who collected the duty quarterly, and he, therefore, wished to ask the right hon. gentleman if he proposed to return the money paid under such circumstances ? Some persons, he might observe, had effected insurances five and even seven years in advance. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he proposed to follow the regulations of last year, otherwise various questions which were then settled would again be raised. Mr. HUBBARD, while admitting that the Chancellor of the Exchequer could not have been reasonably expected to make a larger reduction in the fire insurance duty than he had done for the present year, said it was obvious that ulti mately the whole duty must be taken off. It was impos sible to maintain a tax which discouraged the exercise of prudence, and allowed exemptions in favour of persons with large property. Mr. F. POWELL pronounced the tax upon fire insurance a blot upon our fiscal system, and a contradiction to the enlightened principles of recent legislation. He hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer would soon see his way to the entire removal of the tax. Mr. AYRTON had often observed, that, while the wealthier classes were remarkably astute in devising the means of escaping from taxation, they were not equally astute in discovering how the burden of taxation might be more fairly adjusted. Ho believed the mass of the people would after all be scarcely satisfied that the budget of this year extended to them a fair share of remission from taxation. To his view the remissions had been too much in favour of property. And here he must confess that the passage in the budget speech which gratified him most was that in which the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced, as the growing conviction of his mind, that the idea that the income tax was not to become a part of the permanent revenue of the country must be flung to the winds. Sir F..CROSSLEY supported the budget, as he believed it to be on the whole a good one ; but he thought that the fire insurance duty would still be left a heavy tax, and that the matter should not be considered as settled. Mr. SHERIDAN, in reply to the hon. member for the Tower Hamlets, held that the tax was no more a tax upon property than was a bet on the Derby. It was a wager between the insurer and the company, ls. 6d. to £lOO, and though the event might never come off, it was not the less a wager. Mr. VANSIT TART asked whether those who paid the duty at Christmas and Lady-day past would be entitled to any return on the renewal of their policies ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER —No. The amendment was negatived without a division. The original motion was then carried, and the Chairman was ordered, amid the cheers of the committee, to report the resolutions of the house. . -------- CONSTABULARY FORCE (IRELAND) ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This bill was read a second time. The main object of the bill is to provide a constabulary for the city of Belfastju place of the present local police. Mr. CARDWELL obtained leave to bring in a bill securing to colonial governors retiring pensions, a an— placing them in this respect on the footing of other officers in the civil service. — Tilelsle of Man Disafforestation Bill was read a third time and passed. In committee on the Tories, Robbers, and Rapparees (Ireland) Bill, an amendment to the first clause, moved by Mr. HENNEssy, was agreed to. The other business on the paper was disposed of, and the house adjourned at 10 minutes past 11. FOREIGN ARRIVALS.--The recent change of wind from east to south-west has brought a large number of ves sels into the English Channel, in proof of Which on Tuesday last there arrived in Falmouth no less than 112 ships from foreign ports, the greatest number which has ever occurred in a single day since it I?its been a port of call. They com prised no fewer than 16 different flags—viz., 35 English, Austrian 15, Dutch 8, Bremen 5, Russian 4, Danish 5, Mecklenburg 2, Norwegian 8, Swedish 2, Italian'lo, Hano verian 7, Prussian 3, Spanish 3, Hamburg 2, Portuguese 2, and Greek 1. POTTER, THE MURDERER.—As at the time of the reprieve of the convict, James Potter, it was thought by some that the aberration of mind was only temporary owing to the excitement of the trial, and the sentence of death following thereon ; and that, with the quiet of an asylum, he might come into his normal state again ; it may not be uninteresting to our readers to hear the opinion of the Superintendent Physician of the Broadmoo! - Crimi nal Lunatic Asylum, just now expressed in writing to a gentleman in this neighbourhood :—" In his mental state there is very little chan ge—if anything he r equires per haps now less watching than on admission. His condition is that of muttering, incoherent imbecility—he is not likely to recover from t his condition."—Derby Mercury. Jed igh for g ot Ile Of of Share 13.14 et of et 50 20 10 10 100 100 2 100 {lOO MEN 100 100 10) 100 100 100 100 100 1 , 0 100 100 1031 4 954 5 92; 2 108 71 - 1