The Sun. — London, England, 1865-05-11 00:00:00

Ir l 3 10NEY MARKET AN D COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOC K. The expected alteration in the Bank rate of din- Count has not been realised. The resolution of the authorities to keep the value of money at its present Price has not created any surprise, although an ad vance had been generally anticipated. Capital is more abundant, and there is a belief that the weekly return to be published this evening will be of a more favourable character than most persons had been Induced to imagine. Bankers and brokers still charge 4 per cent. for the best three months' bills. A further sum of £37,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. It is understood that at the ensuing meeting of the Imperial Ottoman Bank the general committee will propose a further payment of £1 per share, making, with the ad interim distribution of 10s. on the Ist of January last, a total dividend for the year 1864 of 30s. per share, or at the rate of 15 per cent. Per annum. The sum of £24,200, being the statu tory amount of 10 per cent. on the net profit, is also to be carried to the reserve fund. The directors of the South African Mortgage and Investment Company have issued their annual re- Po, which states that the net profits, including the premium of £1 per share on 5,788 shares, amounted to £12,302 16s. 10d. ; and they recommend an ad ditional dividend for the remainder of the year at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, being, with the former sum paid, at the rate of 7 per cent. for the 12 months. The first ordinary general meeting of the share holders of the Otago and Southland Investment Company was held to-day. The report recom mended a dividend at the rate of six 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 to next account. Two o'CLocK. At Paris to-day, according to Mr. Reuter's tele gram, the French 3 per Cent Rentes were 67f. 70c. Heavy. The English Stock market has been quiet and heavy to-day. No alteration of importance has taken place in the Funds, and Consols for money, with the dividend, are again 901 I, and for the ac count, ex the dividend, 891 /. All descriptions of securities are depressed, little business having been transacted. The New Threes and Reduced Annui ties are 881 ; Exchequer Bills, 3s. prem. ; and India 5 per Cents., 1061 k. In the F ore i gn Market there is not much busi ness, but prices are tolerably steady. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 721 73 ; do. Consolides, 511 1 ; Mexican, 264 8 ; do. New, 2541; Greek, 201 21; Spanish. Passive, 298 308 ; do. Certificates, 151 j- ; Italian, 641 4 ; and Confederate Loan, 12 14. Business in the Railway Share Market has been dull, but in one or two instances prices are firmer. isl.Groelath te Great Eastern (Berwick), North Western, Metropolitan and (Berwick), have each improved 55., and Great Northern £l, while Great Western and South Western have each declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue inac tive, and without any great variation-in prices. An nexed are the curren t quo t a ti ons o f some of the Principal new projects :—lmperial Ottoman 5 Per cent. Loan, / 4 dis. ; Estates Investment Com pany, 2 21 prem. ; Russian Iron Works, 31 3/ 13r ein• Moore, M'Queen, and Co., 1/ 21 prem. ; Colonial and General Land Credit, 1 11 prem. ; ,S?uth African L an d an d Fi nance , 1 11 p rem . ; -1-41011 Brewery 21 prem. ; Anglo-Egyptian Navi g Co., ation , 41 to 4/ prem. ; Freehold and General il Ilavcstment, 1 1 p rem . ; Ott oman C o ., 1 prem. ; riti s h Mi ning and Smelting, 1 11 prem. ; Ply 412uth Shipbuilding Co., 1 11 prem. ; London and 70editerranean Bank, 11 2 _prem. ; Animal Char ilapireC:.., 1/ 2 prem.; and Rio de Janeiro Gas, 1 ZAITIET PUNDIII—UXI O'CLOCK. . GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 901 1 4 Der Cent. Consols • pc' Account, June 6 881 -R -11,11:er Cent. Reduced lie vy 3 per Cent' BB- } -,, N v 2 i per Cent. Jan. 1894 — .. 0 6 A • per Cent Jan. 1873 — b o us, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — k:, gted Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908.- (Bed Bill £1 000 4 Cent — r a, , ,per Do. £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO laOk of. England Stock, 5i per Cent Do Account bib ... d, / , -..4 tiOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 11.411 Stock, 10} Cent., April 1874 2lB 16} per Do Account 1061- 1 D e k • ~ Per Cent. July, 1870 AbUStriall Bonds, 5 per Cent — J3‘, .uPo°pUe:lCent ""liDS—°N35l Cra---7°l •••Jrazil . i.- u• 4 i per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do 1863 — B o litlenos A . yres 6 per Cent — D e Account Cl„ . I der Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont.) Do per Cent — .s . 41, per Cent — uolonabian 6 per Cent. — D°ellbal 6 per Cent. 5 -,, 0 Per Cent., 1864 — Danish '`'crip, £55 paid Ins 3 D per Cent., 1825 — 4 per Cent., 1863 1 - . )•"°. 5 per Cent 1773-77, £25 paid anultbian P rincipalities -° XB6 paid quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — B Do, Provisional Land Warrant — 96 gxt,tiati. 7 per Cent - u , Second Issue i D O £lOO B onds 92 DO. 1864 _ Grl)Dee°l B£cl s rl99 p p er £ Cn ßondss e s l 3 s aid D. Coupons " 1824-5, Do Account ex Coupons ___---- 1,- Quateinala 5 per Cen t. .. -1--)o. 18 39 and 1850 lta lion 5 p er C ent (Maremmana Railway) Do 1865 -. ............................. Scrip,-£572-2 paid Mexican 3 per Cent. Do. Account ... .... Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c . ........ Montevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent • New Granada .................................... oDDo 2 per Cent o Deferred PeruvianD Land Warrants (Hectares) • DDo 3 per Cent. (I.Tribarren) o 4 -1 per Cent., 1862 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account ............................. .. .. . -- Do 3 D per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, o per ...... ...... - .SI, . . lissian 5 per Cent., 1 . 1822, £ Do 41 per Cont., 850 Do D o 3 pe r Cent 1860 — D o ~ 1859 Da 5 per Cent., 1862 801 D _ 414 -ini . * an 5 per Cent lB" — , z , Do. Account • _ o Ponish 3 per Cent — -/)°• Account Deferred — De Account 1;10 Passive Dulaccount . 301 291 SDl:laol,s9ort. .... ................ t . . itui -- d .... ......... —____ sere—count ~.tush 4 per Cent . . — - , N rL , ° ' 4 , - 1 Per Cent. 1864 euse 6 per Cent. 1854 — .„0 Account ..... ." .. . D o s ° 6 per Cont. 1858 )0 Account... 7O 1 * 6 Per Cent . . 186 . i .................•...•••. 73 Do Acco 4. 72f b _ A ccount ••.... 73 1 100 Bonds Doe ~ per Cent. 1863 17.1-'° Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — 03.exuei, 3 - h. ,. . • per Cent. iii!. Account Do ° Per Cent, 1862 _ _ 0. Account bo per Cent., 1861 Do G 39i • lk per Cent ividends on the above payable in L- ondon. k tistr ia ' ,-, 5 11,1,. A , Per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins D D14 4 ,1; 1 :1 - Per cent., Ex. 25f. o , 4 4 1 Per Cent, Ex. 12 Gull 621 Pr 1 ,,• ' per CenL Certifi-Ates _ 1-60e.11 --Nutes, 3 per Cont. _ _ itaii_ ltr:CCOUnt MI b 1 bo A Per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. _ • ' -c count Cot, ois TWO O'CLOCK. Do. Accost ............... 80 ,f k ................................ v.... ow., ab Nr .•••••• ...........• a. , wmrs .• •••• , • This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid. Closing I Business Price. done. Sharel Railways. 13.14 st st st 50 20 10 10 Bir.,Wol„ & Str. Val. Do. B do Staines, Wok., it Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterfoid & Kilkenny West Cornwall _ W.Hartlepool Har.&R. Do. A irredeemable.. Do. A redeemable .. Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall / A gets no div Do. A till6p.e.p.an.has Do. B been paid to B 1 Dublin & Belfast June. Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow, Glasgow & S. We stern Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl: st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern DJ. A stock Do. New, Is. at 25 pm Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original D S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.— Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire &Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North 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. shares slid Bent ... North British Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun Nth. Eastern - Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. De. do. 1855-58 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New. .... Do. do. 1864 North Staffordshire N. dr S. W. Junction Scottish Central Soot. N. E . Aber. stock to. Scot, Mid. stxk Shrews & Welehpool Shropshire Union South Devon South E stern BRITISH P Atlantic & St.Lawreneel Bom.,Baroda. k Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent.. Do. it shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aug'. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 _ . Do. do. Jade 1,1474, Calcutta & b. E., lim.. 'a e Town & Dock, gu. Demera. a, 7 p.c. per. p East. 8en...a1, gu , 5 do East I❑dian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. Eitensiori Grand Trunk of Canad Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do do. deferred Do. 2d Prtt. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. :id Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deferred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. i'o Gua. 5 per cent.. • 1 . Do. New gua. 5 p. c., Gt. South of India (Lim. gua. 5 per cent D 4 per cent Do Great Wes. of Canada D. New . Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Do. 5 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gull- 5 p.c • • • • Do. 44 do Do. 44 do Do. Filth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B .1. I.C'da, pc Ist pf.bds Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do l6. Do. Punjaub Do. Indus St Flo `'" 94 06 130 131 ti 6i 62 (6 16 17 90 92 106 118 4 S 47 7 8 130 132 115 147 131 133 86 SS 53! 74 64 66 51 53 46 49 102 tO4 121 1214 88 90 105 107 4t 13 1214 122 98 99 62 6 137 133 3 3ip 131 134} IC4 106 54 55 t 4 26 1.9 110 67 68 101 112 37 38 - - 9i 10} P p 116 118 1 1.413 78 79 11 11A 140 194 49 51 J 0 61 55 57 85 531 86 94 155 158 3 4p 107 109 46 49 77 80 1211 f 981 7/ 135 k i 1331 I I 54} 24 1 ' 9 j f SIONS. 56 68 102 103 pr A p 4 4 ri i:) 0 70 9g )01 75 85 111 103 101 103 IC3 104 4P 18i 111, E 5 88 64 436 54 56 55 57 47 43 45 4; 43 15 25 2- 25 26 103 101 i 1p 3 IP 103 102 101 10i 101 10 d 88 t 2 78 62 101 102 83 95 89 91 64 66 3 5 82 84 1004 1014 100 i 101 1004 1014 94 97 10311 I } FT SECUR: 94 06 03 95 93 05 82 84 8! 84 103 106 104 106 115 107 106 108 105 107 109 112 103 105 105 107 107 109 102 103 92 95 99 101 93 95 91 93 104 108 88 90 94 98 103 105 107 109 1074 1081 INES. 64 5 29 81 575 685 18 20 1 135 14 I 65 71 3} 135 145 , 35 4 4 6 18 10 11 2 1304 314 31 4 3S 40 35 6 8 55 55 11 0 5 16 18 35 45 13 15 6 2 Li 21 84 32 34 510 520 176 22 13 15 164 17 74 8; 104 114 526 61e 180 190 90 95 50 60 11 13 203 205 18 20 COLONIAL GOVERNIVIEN' British Columbia. 6 pert cent„ Dec. 31, 1572: Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja. & July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug D.). 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5p e. Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-4 Do. do; 190-1 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, Mayls, N0v.16 Natal Gov. 6 per cent N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.lizJuly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,18C6 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 &Ala Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c.Ja & July Do. do, A pril & Oct BRITII Cam.Consol: ti old, lim Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Coos. (Tavist Drake wal is East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon • as t Cam Brea East Grenville East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk G am. & StA übyn(G wen. Great L ixey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (HelsOn Grenville Herod's Foot •••• Hingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley Mwyndy Iron Ore, Bin Nang' les .. New Se ton North Downs North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Pr,.vidence Uny Lalant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft West Bassett (Illogan W. Caradon (L , skeard West C hi verton . . West Seton Wheal Bassett (Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheat Ludoott Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis Wheal Union PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties x., No. 2. 105 G r eat Northern, 44 per cent., E red. at tO per cent. pm., 101 North Eastern, Cone. p ref., 4 per cent.,..— Ditto, 4 per o ne. p 99 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 4¢ per cent. pi., Ditto, 5 per cent. pl., Ditto, new, 5 per cent pf., 574 South Eastern, 5 per cent. Charing-cross, 1863, 100 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Lancaster and Carlisle, 214 London, Tilbury, and Southend, 10111 Nottngham and Grantham R. & G, 91} FOREIGN RAILWAYS; Bahia and San Francisco An.) gua. 7 per ant., 14) Great Luxembourg, 131 San Paulo (lim), gua. 7 per cent., 17) FOREIGN MINES, St. John dcl Rey (lim.), 57 6 BANKS. &gra and Miaterman's, lira., 1211 Alliance 314 2 Ditto, issued at 20 pm., 201 Bank of London. 145 British and Californian, Rm., 41 European Bank, Rm., ie Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), 22 Imperial Bank, lim., 201 Imperial Ottoman, 18, 1 Land Mortgage Bank of India. Rm., 4} London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, 1 f London Joint Stock, 49 po London and South African, 22k London and Westminster, 9521 Merchant Bank, Um , 28 Mercantile and Exchange. lim., 61 I Metropolitan n and k n r e o o v r i p n c o i r a a l t t o t an n k, 1im.,11 16 Ditto (.£lO 6 7( Provincial of Ireland, 89 South Eastern, lim.. 1 • Union of London, 531 3 1 MISCELLANEOUS. Ceylon Company, 10 91 City of Milan Improvements, Um., 91 City Offices, lim., 41 Commercial Union, Insurance, 8 1 Contract corporation, bin, 11 Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England,:B Credit Fonder of Mauritius, lim„ 8 71 Crystal Palace, 371 Fore-strc et Warehouse, lim., 101 Gen. Credit and Finance of London. 11m., 5 : Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 6 International Financial Society, HM., 5 k Italian Irrigation (C ana l C av our ) , — —9 l Ditto,6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 82; Joint Stock Discount, lim.. 813 OttomanLondonl rmenu L on do n ,noPeninsula uiiia C rani4 o i iadnuignnani Provincialan F i nanci al al Association, osa Association, Marine, tioin onen. Building , : 2 7 1: 11 Orientalan Co.,lSteam,im..liBll Royal Mail Steam, 100 f Smith, Trust and Loau Company (,f Upper Canada , 41 Universal Marine, Insurance, lint., 61 -••• awbrirmawairn SHARE MARKETS- OSSK :sll M. 2.14.6 3.4.0 2.7.0 2.t3.6 9.10.6 60 all 1.1.0 46 15] 61 134 1 1441 ITIES. rnu, suw. LON LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Bay). COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE JONATHAN MATTHEWS-TIM MULLER REWARD. This matte; which has been so often before the court, came on again this morning upon the application of the bankrupt for his order of discharge. Mr. Brough, for the assignee, said—l appear in this case en behalf of the assignee in this estate, and will call your honour's attention to the surrounding circumstances. The bankrupt applies now for his order of discharge, but I apprehend that this will not be granted in the present position of affairs. The assignee has since this bankruptcy had every obstacle placed in his way by the bankrupt, who has stopped a sum of £lOO due to the estate, and now in the hands of the North London Railway Company. We have had communications with the attorney to the North London Railway Company, and we believe from the answer received from the attorneys to the Railway Company that if an action wero brought the money now stopped will be paid over. Under all these circumstances wo ask that the court will grant us permission to proceed against the North London Railway Company. Bankrupt—l crave the attention of the Court. I was taken from this country ten months ago, and since then have been out of employment. I do think that the credi tors should allow me to have the .£lOO now in dispute and divide the £2OO still.in hand. All these adjournments are got up for the purpose of keeping both creditors and my self out of the reward, which will all be swamped in costs. I have been cruelly treated by Mr. Beard and the German League Society in London and have been threatened. I hope I shall have an allowancemade to me. I cannot con sent that the North London Railway Company should pay the money to a man not worth fourpence. Mr. Brough—You should not make reflections. Bankrupt—Have not I been reflected upon ? His Honour said that the money ought to be paid in to the Bank of England. Mr. Brougham (the registrar) said he had repeatedly told tho assignee to pay in the money, but he had neglected to do so. It was ultimately arranged that:Matthews should allow tho Railway Company to pay over the £lOO to an officer of the Court, and tho order of discharge was adjourned once more. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day, OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.) PERJURY. Josiah Arrowsmith was indicted with having committed wilful and corrupt perjury. Tho proceedings were instituted in consequence of what had taken place in the Bankruptcy Court. By one of the clauses of the Act it is provided that any person in debt may enter into a deed of arrangement with his creditors, and if three-fourths in number and amount agree to accept a compromise the other fourth must come in to that arrangement. The allegation against the pri soner is that he made out a false statement of his affairs and that the names of such persons were set down in the list produced - by the prisoner for the approbation of his creditors were fictitious. Tho name of William Frost, his father-in-law, was put down for £650. This witness was called, and he stated that he had never lent the prisoner any money, but that he signed the statement at the time not knowing the amount set against his name. Another witness, named Proudman, also stated that he had signed the deed, but the amount set against his name had been altered from £l7 to £27. Ho did not, howover, owe the prisoner any money, but signed the paper to oblige him. The jury found the prisoner guilty. Baron Bramwell, in sentencing the prisoner, told him that a more barefaced, outrageous piece of roguery :had never come before him, and for which there was neither excuse nor justification. Tho law usually dealt leniently with prisoners, but where it was shown that that circum stance had been taken into consideration, he felt that the Court ought, on proof of that, to deal very severely with the prisoner guitly of such an offence. In the present in stance there was no haste, no anger, all had been done with the utmost coolness and deliberation, and ho should sentence him to two years' imprisonment with hard labour. SHOOTING WITH INTENT, drc. Win. Corderoy was indicted with shooting at his wife, Mary Corderoy, with intent to do her grievous bodily harm. The prisoner, it appeared, came homo one night in a stato of intoxication, and when ho entered his room ho callod out to his wife to look round, and he then discharged a pistol in her face. She was conveyed to St. Bartholo mew's Hospital, and her injuries were dressed. A police-constable took prisoner into custody. When he asked him for the pistol he said ho had not used one, but that the injury had been done with an old bone. Mr. Peerless, the house-surgeon of tho hospital, said the injuries were slight, the forehead of the prosecutor was blistered, and gunpowder was under the skin. He should not, however, consider the injury could, in surgical-lan guage, bo called a wound. Baron Bramwell, in summing up, told the jury they could either find the :,:lisoner guilty of the offence for which he was indicted, or of a common assault. Tho jury found the prisoner guilty of the latter offence. Baron Bramwell sentenced him to 12 months' imprison ment with hard labour. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Two men, named Semple and . Dinan, were indicted for stealing a portmanteau from ono of the stations of the South Eastern Railway. Tho jury acquitted Semple, but found Dinan guilty. The learned Judge sentenced him to eight months' im prisonment with hard labour. _ The trial of the throe young men, Thompson, Weston, and Bishop, on a charge of setting fire to certain premises in Commercial-street, Whitochapel, in the occupation of the Messrs. Defries, was postponed until next session. THIRD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) The Court was occupied tho whole of the day with the hearing of evidence relative to other indictments against the prisoners standing charged with stealing a large quan tity of sugar sweepings, the property of Mr. Hunt, from Brewer's Quay. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ESCAPE OF A PRISONER FROM TILE POLICE COURT.—This morning a man named Robert Lewis, an upholsterer re siding in King-street, Soho, and who was charged with outraging two or three little girls, succeeded in effecting his escape from custody. It appears that the fellow was in charge of a police constable in tho prisoners' waiting room, preparatory to going before the magistrate, and the constable having loft him for a moment he made his way through a passage at the rear adjoining the stables, and leading to the Marlborough-mews, the passage being kept open for the workmen to bring materials, through some building operations going on in the yard attached to the police-court. DESERTING A CHlLD.—Christopher Lewis was brought before Mr. Yardley on a warrant charging him with leav ing his child Ann, about 12 years of age, chargeable to the parish of St. George, Hanover-square. The evidence of Lires, the task-master of the house, showed that the prisoner absconded from tho workhouse, taking a suit of clothes away with him, and leaving his child chargeable to the parish. Mr. Yardley said he considered it a bad case, and com mitted the prisoner for two months with hard labour. WESTMINSTER. THE DISGRACEFUL PRACTICE OF TEACHING YOUNG CHILDREN TO BEG.—Thomas Costello, a miserable-looking child, apparently not more than seven years of age, and Catherine Macdonald, alias Conway, a woman of dissipated appaarance, were charged with begging. Alfred Matthews, a detective officer, said that at half past five last evening ho was in the Cornwall-road, when he saw the boy bogging of a gentleman. Ho had previously been in conversation with her, and left her to accost the gentleman, during which time she solicited alms of a lady and gentleman. They also solicited other persons. Mr. Arnold (to the female)—What have you to say to begging, and teaching this child to beg ? Female defendant—l only spoke to him as I passed. He sweeps a crossing. _ _ _ Policeman—He had no broom, and was begging. Inspector Horton, B division—This child has been brought in twice charged with begging, and I have both times given him over to his mother, with a caution.. Tho Mother—l sent him out with a broom. Mr. Arnold—Ho had no broom, and was bogging, and you must know what ho is doing. What is known of 3l'Donald. ? Peter Smith, a detective—l have known her as a beggar and thief since 1859. She has boon twice convicted of felony, and has also boon cover ti times sent to prison for begging. Her real name id Conway. Mr. Arnold—This is a nico character. What have yon to say to it? Female defendant—Nothing. Mr. Arnold—You are a notorious thief and beggar, and you aro bringing up this child in tho same course. You are committed to hard labour for a month. I discharge the little boy, but pray understand, Mrs. Castello, that I cau tion you if ho is found again begging in the streets, which I have no doubt be habitually does with your perfect knowledge, I shall hold you to be the guilty person, and shall immediately have you apprehended and sent to jail. THAMES. A BRUTAL LOVER.—A very respectable and pretty girl, about 17 years of ago, applied to Mr. Partridge, for a sum mons against a young man who had struck her. The swain had been paying his addresses to her, and they agreed to be married, but ho turned out to bo a thorough blackguard, his general conduct bad, and his language N, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 11. 1F65. very gross. She determined to break off the intended match, and told him that she would not have him, and sho could not be happy with him, on which be struck her and swore at her. She was afraid of more violence from her discarded lover. Mr. Partridge said the applicant had made a wise resolve not to marry a blackguard, and ho would grant a sum mons. The applicant said that the mother of the young man had detained her box and things in it. Mr. Partridge—What is the value of the property she has detained ? Applicant—About £5, sir. Mr. Partridge—You shall have a summons against the mother of the young man for detaining the property. THE LOST CHILD POllND.—Police-sergeant Prior, of the II division, came beforo Mr. Partridge with a young woman named Priscilla Carson, who lost her little daughter in Whitechapel, on Monday afternoon, and made an applica tion to Mr. Paget for relief yesterday afternoon. Ilor child was found in Homert on Workhouse, whether it had boon brought by a stranger, who found the child in the street bewailing the loss of her mother. Mr. Partridge said ho v as very glad tho afflicted woman had recovered hor child, and gave directions to Prior, who had behaved so humanely, to pay her railway fare to Bishop's Stortford, in Hertfordshire, where her husband was employed. _ _ _ Mrs. Carson tendered her grateful thanks to the police for the assistance rendered to her, to the magistrates for their kindness, and to the press for the notice taken of her case. MARKETS—This Day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. To-day's market was well supplied with beasts, and the condition of the stock was, on the whole, good. The beef trade ruled quiet, at about Monday's currency. Prime Scots and crosses realised 4s 8d to 4s 10d per 81bs. Sheep, the supply of which on sale was moderate, moved off slowly, at late rates. The top figure was 6s per Blbs. The market was but moderately supplied with lambs. Good and fine qualities sold readily, at full prices ; otherwise, the lamb trade was quiet. There was a fair demand for calves, at late rates. The pork trade was quiet, on former terms. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. -+ - HAMMERSMITH AND CITY. A special general meeting of this company was hold yes terday at the offices, Bedford-street, Strand, Mr. E. Foakes in the chair. Mr. A. L. Jenkins, the secretary, road the notice con vening the meeting to consider three bills now before Par liament. The CHAIRMAN said tho first bill he had to submit was a bill to authorise the company to alter some of the works connected with the railway, and to purchase additional lances, 'and to lease or transfer their undertaking to the Great Western and Metropolitan Railway Companies. It authorised the company to raise £lOO,OOO additional capital on shares, and to borrow £33,000. The new capital was re quired for making the necessary alterations and improve ments in their line, the station at Hammersmith, and also a new road. These powers were sought for at the instance and with the consent of the Great Western Company. There was also authority, with the assent of the share holders, to transfer the company's undertaking to the two companies, the latter paying them dividends for the first year at 5 per cent. per annum, and gradually increasing each year one-eighth per cent to 51 per cent. per annum. The lease was now in operation, commencing as from the Ist of January last. The Solicitor having read the heads of the bill, a formal resolution approving it was carried unanimously. The CRAIRBIAN said the next was a bill to confer fur ther powers upon the Metropolitan Railway Company with reference to certain works and lands and the regulation of their undertaking, and to authorise the lease or transfer of the undertaking of the Hammersmith and • City Railway, ant l arrangements with other companies and parties. It authorised the Metropolitan Company to lease and accept a transfer of the line in conjunction with the Great Western Company. The bill was then approved. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Colonel WARD, a bill, promoted by an independent company, for making railwaysfrom the Hammersmith and City Railway, through Fulham, to the north side of the river Thames, was approved. It was stated that the new line would be something less than two miles in length, and terminate near the new Wandsworth-bridge. Per 81b to sink the offal. s ds d s d s d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 4 3 s Pme crs-wool sheep 5 2 5 6 Second quality do ..3 10 4 2 Pri me n'thdown do 5 8 6 0 Prime large oxen ..4 4 4 6 Large coarse calves 4 2 4 8 Prime Scots. &.c....4 8 4 10 Prime small do 4 10 5 2 Crse. and inf. sheep. 3 10 4 6 Large hogs .3 6 4 4 Second quality do ..4 8 5 0 Small porkers 4 6 4 .10 Lambs....6s 8d to 8s Od. Suckling calves, 16s to 228 ; and quarter-old store pigs, 21s to 25s each. Total supply. Beasts ... 1,^ 3 ..... Foreign supply. Beasts • • ... 670 Cows. Sheep and lambs 3 3O Ca ves .. • 260 Pigs _ Cows. l3O Sheep and lambs 8,370 Calves 440 Pigs 3lO MEAT MARKETS. NEwOATE AND LEADENHALL.—Fair supplies of meat are . on sale. The trade is slow, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 8d; lamb, 6s Od to 7s 8d; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; and pork, 3s 6d to 58 Od per 81b by the carcase. ROMFORD, May 10.—The trade is quiet, at the fol lowing prices. Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 10d; mutton, 4s 4d to 68 • 0 d ; lamb, 7s 4d to 8s ; veal, 4s 2d to 5s 2d; pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs. Suckling calves, —s to —s ; quarter old store pigs, —s to —s; and mulch cows, £0 to £0 each. SOUTHALL, May 10.—Sales, generally speaking, progress slowly. Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 10d; mutton, 4s 4d to 6s 2d ; lamb, 7s 4d to 8s Od ; veal, 4s Od to 5s 3d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10d per 81b to sink the offal. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 5s Od ; clover, £5 5s to £6 6s Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 13s per load. Trade dull. CumBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £slos Od; clover, £5 lOs to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 16s per load. A slow demand. WHIITCHAPEL. — Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 5s Od; clove; £5 5s to £6 Gs Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 13s per load. Trade very inactive. IN THE NAME OF THE PROFIT—FIGS !—Mr. Velardi was far too cautious a man to trust messages of importance to the telegraph—that is to the telegraph in the Levant—where what is intended to be the most private becomes generally the most public. Before I left London he handed me a cypher, which was to be used between us upon all business matters of any importance. Accordingly I one day received from him a telegram to the following effect :—" FIGS 109 SHIP 10,000 BOXES SMYRNA TO Lox- DON, 5000 ODESSA." Almost beforo I had read this tele gram it was reported all over Smyrna that figs had risen greatly in price in London, and that the house of Velardi had received a telegram to ship ten thousand boxes of the fruit to London. This report served our purpose in two ways. In the first place, it concealed the real meaning of the message ; in tho second, it served to raise tho price of figs, of which he had lately bought a largo stock, and which we were now able to sell at a considerablo profit. To me, who read the telegram according to the cypher I had by me, the message ran thus : "Draw bills on London, at exchange of 109 piastres to the amount of £lO,OOO, and remit half here and half at Odessa." These directions I followed out to the letter, and by the next steamer both amounts were duly remitted to the respective firms. A few days later the post brought me Mr. Velardi's letter, in which his reasons for directing me to draw these bills were explained in substance as follows :—A company had been formed to run steamers between London and various ports on the Black Sea. As the agency of this company would be both useful and profitable to our firm, and as Mr. Velardi wished very much to obtain it, when he applied for it he gave, as references of the respectability of our house, our London bankers, as well as the bankers in Odessa with whom wo did business. To have a good answer given by any banker to whom you refer, it is necessary to have a good balance in his hands ; for this reason my partner wished that in each of his banker's hands there should be at least five thousand pounds.—Diekerts's " All the Year Round." EDMUNDS AND WESTBURY.—The report of the select committee appointed to investigate the Edmunds scandal amounts to this —that the conduct of Mr. Edmunds, in using the public money, has been too bad, and that of the Lord Chancellor, in not exposing him, has been too good.—Puncli. THE LATE ADMIRAL FITZROY, F.R.S.—At the last meeting of the National Lifeboat Institution— Earl Percy, M.P., president of the society, in the chair—the following resolution relative to the late Admiral Fitzroy was unanimously passed-- , 4 That the committee desire to express their sincere regret at the death of their distin guished colleague, Admiral Fitzroy, F.R.S., who had so cordially and zealously co-operated with them in carrying out the important and national objects of the institution in the preservation of life from shipwreck on the coasts of the United Kingdom. That the committee also desire to express their unfeigned sympathy and condolence to Mrs. Fitzroy and other members of _the late much lamented ad miral's family on the occasion of their great bereavement." A LATE MEMBER FOR MARYLEBONE IN A NEW CHARACTER. —Mr. Edwin James, ex-Q.C., of Lon don, has appeared at the Winter Garden Theatre, New York, as Friar Lawrence, in "Romeo and Juliet." THE SALMON -PRODUCING RIVERS of Great Britain can be counted on the fingers. There is not one, barring the Thames, between the lichen and .the Humber, or nearly one-third of the seaboard of the island. 6,000 sheep are sold every week at Islington, and mutton averages Bd. per lb. all round. The Tay, which is our largest salmon river, annually produces about 900,000 lbs. of salmon, equivalent to 18,000 sheep and lambs, or a three weeks' supply for London alone. Is, then, salmon ever likely to be cheaper than lamb, say is. per pound ?—Once a Week. THE LATE ADMIRAL FITZROY.—A little book is announced for immediate publication on a subject of painful interest, awakened by the recent melancholy deaths of Admiral Fitzroy and Mr. Prescott,—" Mental Exertion : its Influence on Health." Tho work is more anecdotal than scientific, although it has been edited by Dr. Arthur Leared, of the Great Northern Hospital. One chapter is on the education of sci en tifi c and literary men, the excitement they live in, their health, and the age they usually attain ; another is devoted to a consideration of the cause and treatment of a very general trouble, indigestion in literary men.—Reader. REPRESENTATION OF COVENTRY. --Mr, Osborne Stock, merchant, of London, has been announced as one of the Liberal candidates for Coventry at the ap nrowhing general election. In his address ho says :—" I am, and ever have been, a constant reformer, and I am pre pared to support all measures founded upon really liberal ideas. lam in favour of a considerable extension of the suffrage, and I would advocate any reasonable proposition directed towards this object. I am myself a conscientious member of the Church of England, but I am desirous of seeing perfect freedom in religious maters conceded to all other denominations, and with that view I should sup port the entire abolition of church rates. The exten sion of trade, caused by the abolition of protective duties, and the changes in various descriptions of manufac tures consequent thereon, have led to frequent differences between the representatives of capital and labour. To ob viate those differences for the future it is most desirable that courts of conciliation and arbitration should b e esta blished in this country upon equitable bases. To this re quirre- quirementto have ent Igiv an e my most serious con s id erat i on, and Ishall be opportunity of bringing it before the legislature." It is not yet decided who will be the other candidate brought forward in the liberal interest. The committee appointed by the liberal electors, a t a l argo meeting, held a few days since, are anxious to secure Mr. b A o r i t .o h u u g r hD.tu kt Wellesleyheeal last ttsdPt election,eel Duchess of Buccleuch and Lady a little m ere th an a year ago. The , who unsuccessfully con t es t e d th e Margaret Scott wereixpected to arrive in course of yester day at the temporary family residence in Belgrave-square. SOUTH DEVON. _ • _ _ An adjourned meeting of this company was held at Plymouth on Tuesday, Mr. T. Woollcombe in the chair, to consider a bill now (before Parliament empowering the South Devon . Railway Company to make a branch rail way at Exeter, and to confer upon thorn other powers in relation to the undertakings of other companies, and to raise £lBO,OOO additional capital. The approval of the bill having been moved by the CHAIRMAN, and seconded by the DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN, The following amendment was moved by Mr. Emas, and seconded by Mr. CLARKE : " That inasmuch as the associated companies hold only one-third part of the stock of the company, and now nomi nate six of the 11 directors, it is undesirable to increase the capital of the company as proposed in the bill unless pro vision be made for the shareholders to elect a larger num ber of the directors." On a show of hands the CHAIRMAN declared the amend ment lost and the original motion carried; but in conse quence of the oppo4tion to the bill it was necessary to count the proxies, which gave the directors a large majority. Mr. ELLis explained that ho brought forward the amend ment chiefly as a protest against so largo a sum as £480,000 additional capital being raised by the company without adequate power being given to the shareholders, indepen dent of the associated companies. ROYAL SARDINIAN. The report of the directors states that the objects they have in view are to raise sufficient capital for the comple tion of distinct and entire portions of the railway, and thereby to utilise the money already expended; to relieve as far as possible from further payments the holders of shares who are unable to fulfil their obligations ; and to create a stock in the company commanding a market. The estimated cost of completing section A, 125 milesin length, is £663,317, and the amount of Government guarantee thereon £72,720 per annum ; of section B, 94 miles in length, £472,182, and amount of guarantee £54,520 per annum ; and of section C, 811 miles, £391,829, and the amount of guarantee £47,415 per annum, making together 3001 miles, requiring £1,527,328, and the amount of guarantee £174,655 per annum. Having regard to the contract with Messrs. Smith, Knight, and Co., and to the fact that the works have been commenced on all the portions classed under letter A, it would seem desirable to consider how the £663,317 can be raised. The directors recommend that £600,000 be raised by the creation of 60,000 10 per cent. preference shares of £lO each; that all arrears of calls be paid up, and that a further call of £1 per share be made on the 39,828 existing £2O shares, so that £lO per share be paid upon them, mak ing together £673,233. Of the 60,000 preference £lO shares 20,172 have been provisionally placed, so that 39,828 re main for distribution among the holders of the existing £2O shares. In the event of the whole of the 60,000 preference shares being issued, the holders of the existing £2O shares who shall before a certain day pay to the company such further amount as with the sum already paid will make up £lO per share are to be relieved from all liability to further calls and from forfeiture, and such shares are thenceforth to be considered as fully paid up ordinary shares of £lO each. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. - - LONDON, May 11.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; moderato breeze and cloudy weather, with heavy rain. CLYDE, May 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrived.—Runnymede, from Pernambuco. Sailed—Michael Goorplo, for Bom bay. SWANSEA, May 9.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Atwisa, from Caldera. PLYMOUTH, May 10.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Cambrian. screw steamer, for the Cape of Good Hope; Marsal Castle, for South Australfa. HOLYHEAD, May 9.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived—Echo, from Nassau, and sailed for Liverpool. Sailed—Royal Adelaide, for Bombay. FALMOUTH, May 11.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Bunsen, from Rangoon. PORTSMOUTH, May 10.—Wind N.W.—Arrivod—Rich mond, from London for Portland. CARDIFF, May 9.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—John Houston, for Shanghai; Alexandria; for New York; Victory, for Bilboa ; Betty, for Bahia. LIMERICK, May 10.—Wind S.Vir.—Arrived—Cecilo, from Bilboa. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday, in Court A, the case of the South Wales and Great Western Direct Bill,. which has been before tho re ferees since the Court resumed its sittings after Easter, was concluded. The chief feature in this bill is a proposed high level bridge across the Severn. In Court B the case of the North British and Edinburgh and Glasgow (Bridge of Forth)Bill was continued. The object is to construct a high level bridge 2} miles in length from Blackness to near Charleston, to obviate the necessity of crossing the Forth by steamers, and to diminish the distance between Perth and Edinburgh by many miles. It is opposed by the Forth and Clyde Canal and the Scottish Central Railway Companies. The Leeds, North Yorkshire, and Durham Bill was rejected, and the case of the North-Eastern (Gilling, Helmsley, and Pickering branch) was opened. In group 10 the case of the Midland (new lines, &c.) Bill was continued. In group 11 the cases of the Wrexham and Miners, and of the Wrex ham, Mold, and Connah's Quay (new lines) Bills were pro ceeded with. In group 12 the Wolverhampton and Bridge north Bill was thrown out, and the case of the North Staf fordshire Bill was proceeded with. In group 14 the case of the Great Western Bill was opened. In group 19 the case of the Aberystwith and Welsh Coast was proceeded with. In group 23 the case of the Greenock (recommitted) Bill was continued. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, MAY 9. Mr. C. R. Hutchins, from Blackheath Proprietary School, has been elected Blount Scholar of Trinity College. There will be an.olection of two Fellows in Trinity Col lege on Thursday, Juno 15. Candidates must have passed all the examinations required by the University for the degree of 8.A., and not possess any benefice or property which would disqualify after election. No person will be eligible who shall not at the time of election be a priest or deacon of the United Church of England and Ireland, or shall not declare that he intends to take Holy Orders in tho said church, in default of which ho must vacate his fellowship after two years from the day of elec tion. Satisfactory testimonials will be required, and in the case of those who have not yet graduated, the testamur of the public examiners in the final schools, also the letters of orders if any, if not, an attested copy of the register of baptism. These papers must be presented by the candidates in person to the president, at his lodgings, on Thursday, Juno 8, between the hours of 1 and 3 p.m. The examina tion will begin the following morning. - CAMBRIDGE, MAY 9. The Vice-Chancellor requests that the names of any gentlemen who are desirous of becoming candidates for the Hongkong cadetships (notices respecting which have been sent to the several college halls) may be forwarded to him by their respective tutors on or before Friday, the 19th inst. In a Convocation to be holden on Thursday, the 18th inst., at ten o'clock, it will be proposed that the Rev. Alfred Barrett, M.A., of Worcester College, be permitted to proceed to the degrees of B.D. and D.D. by accumulation. The Regius Professor of Divinity proposes to begin a course of public lectures on Wednesday, the 17th of May, at twelve o'clock, at Christ Church. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week, The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under : 1865. 1864 Great Western ... £69,548 £68,381 North Western ... • 111,827 108,309 South-Westeru • 25,069 22,775 Brighton ... ... 20,628 18,519 Midland 45,101 44,439 South Eastern ... ... 23,616 20,896 Great Northern ... ... 34,422 29,971 Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 39,114 38,090 Bristol and Exeter 7,754 6,561 North Eastern ... ... 60,927 57,888 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 17,614 16,854 Great Eastern ... 36,795 31,112 These returns, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, exhibit some very favourable features. On the Great Western there is an increase of £1,167 ; on the North Western of £3,578 ; on the South Western of £2,294 ; on the Brighton of £2,109 ; on the Midland of £664 ; on the South Eastern of £2,720 ; on the Great North ern of £4,451; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £1,024 ; on the Bristol and Exeter of £193 ; on the North Eastern of £3,039; ou the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £760 ; and on the Great Eastern of £5,683. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRATESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, May 10—Catherine, from Terceira ; Triumfo, from St. Jago de Cuba; Lady Gordon Canning, from Dantzic ; Gowrie, from Malmo. Arrived, May 11—Two Brothers, from Kragoroe. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed—Her Majesty's ship Deo, from the west tor the river ; Exeter, for Genoa ; Hellenis, screw steamer, fur Malta—both from London. Foreign Mail Packet List. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton May 19. Ditto, via Marseilles May 18. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet June 6. Ditto, by French packet . May 22. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena May 25. China, Penang, and Singqp ere, via Sou: hampton May 10. Ditto, via Marseilles May 13 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton May 19. Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. May 12. Ditto, via Marseilles May 26. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via 31arseire3 May 6. Newfoundland May 10. Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Ditto. by United States packet, via Southamp ton . Ditto, via Cark O • • • Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry May 12. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and TaLeriffe May 13. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico May 15. Bahamas, via New York. June 1. Bermuda, ditto May 10. Cuba and Mexico • May 29. WEDGWOOD'S IMPROVE 3IENTS.--The manufac ture of white ware, relief tiles, and small ornamen tal articles, were carried on at the new works. But Wedg wood saw clearly that it was not these classes of ware which would either open or secure a new and great mar ket. What was wanting was a ware of a superior descrip tion, so excellent in all respects as to be suited to the tables of the upper classes ; and which, when improvements and facility in production should enable the manufacturer to sell it at a cheaper rate, might reach those of the middle classes. He had for a considerable period, as we have seen, turned his attention towards the improvement of the ordi nary cream coloured ware, manufactured at various pot tery works in Burslem and itsneighbourhood. But his ex periments had been desultory : rather directed to future pur poses than immediate results. Ho now, however, concen trated all his energies for a period in this one direction. Every essential of body, glaze, form, and ornament was alike the object of his care. But through the various ne cessary processes his patience was often sorely tried, his repeated failures most disheartening. One kiln after an other was pulled down in order to correct some defect or effect some necessary improvements. His losses from this source alone were at this period very heavy, and the ware itself was often destroyed before he could bring his firing processes to the requisite degree of perfection. His chemi cal combinations often baffled him, and his experiments both in body and glaze would, after the greatest pains, turn out entire failures. Yet, unwearied and indomitable in spirit, he persevered, and success came. He had to in , vent, and, if not that, to improve almost every tool, in strument, and apparatus ; and to seek for smiths and ma chinists to work under his guidance. Lathes, whirlers, punches, gravers, models, moulds, drying-pans, and many other things were all variously improved. He often passed the whole day at the bench beside his men,•and in many cases instructed them individually. Tho first pattern of each original piece he almost always made himself; and though no great draughtsman, the enamellers could work from his designs.—Meteaard's Life of Wedgwood. THE MAIN DRAINAGE WORKS AND THE ENGI NEER OF TILE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.—At the meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works to-morrow a report will be brought up from the Main Drainage Com mittee, recommending "that the sum of £lO,OOO be granted to the engineer and his three assistants, in recognition of their services in connexion with the erection of the /Wu Drainage Works—the sum of £6,000 being awarded to the engineer, and the sum of £4,000 to his assistants, in pro portion to the amount of the works executed under their superintendence." ABLE-BODIED PAUPERS.-LA return made by the I Poor Law Board shows that there were in the union workhouses of England on the Ist of March, 1865, 4,426 men and 10,334 women who were not disqualified by any mental or physical infirmity from earning the fair average wages of able-bodied persons in the class to which they belong. Birmingham Workhouse had as many as 93 of such able-bodied men in it, Bristol 92, and Clifton 0 ; Sheffield, 121 ; Manchester, 129 ; Liverpool, 233. On the other hand, in all Wales there were only 32 such able bodied men in the workhouse ; in the North Riding of Yorkshire only 9 ; in Derbyshire only 7 ; in Cornwall only 11, and nine of them were in ono workhouse, that of Truro. ALGERIA A LA FRANcAISE !—The Place du Gouvernement might be the principal square of a French provincial town of the first class. There are big hotels, cafes, counting-houses, and shops ; the names are French, the green blinds are French, the merchandise is French. You may buy Paris chocolate, and pectoral paste, and pills, and sham jewellery, and crinolines. You may dine a la carte or au prix Axe; you may buy the latest scrofulous French novel at the bookstalls, and read the same etiolated little newspapers, with their timid murmur ings of news a fortnight old, and their leading article devoted to a puff on a corncutter or a juggler fresh come to town. In a word, you are in a little Paris. The "pst" of the consumer sounds shrilly through the air, and the " v'la 31'sr " of the gargon is audibly responsive. The itinerant musicians of Gaul, the wheezy flute, the rachitic fiddle, and the harp dying of atrophy strum and tootle feeble music at the street corner ; the commissionaire slumbers on his trunk in the sun ; the shoeblack plies his trade ; the bonne parades the same elaborately-laced babies ; the little girls in Hessian boots and frilled trousers go through competitive exhibitions with skipping ropes ; a real French poodle, shaven and shorn, crosses your path ; groups of red-trousored soldiers lounge by, their mouths agape, and their hands thrust in their pockets ; the roguish little milliner flits by with her handbook ; the tremendous oftier superieur aiguilletted and epauletted, strolls out of the cafe where ho has been breakfasting, picking his teeth ; the orderly trots by with his leathern satchel on his hip; the gamin makes faces at you, flees behind a corner if you threaten him with your cane, and when you are at a convenient distance flings a stone at you ; the snowy-vested, night capped cook emerges into the morning and leans against the door jamb to inhale the fresh air, all hot and hot though it be, until it is time for him to dive into his burning tomb of pots and pans again ; Adolphe, in curly-brimmed hat and turn=down collar preposterously vandykod, and cravat in a gigantic true-lover's-knot, leers under the bonnet of Ma dame the spouse of the employe of the administration, taking her walks abroad, and attired in tho height of Parisian fashion, to cheapen leathery artichokes and skinny chickens in the market ; whilst Jules is humming " R le l n'est sacre pour un Sapeur," and puffing his halfpe , nn aj yc a i d g or i as superbly as though it were a half-crown bunches Wan eh iledfrefinewpreerse ; sy h ou rig to ht bu i y n c t ig he ar sliiigehgtshattnecti. tthhere.geilsd_oeuds signs of the photographers and theclen s— of industry which appear at present t t i o st abs t e w rh o t b h l e an i e n h o e s s t energetic of Frencdhfancullitnies: th t e h r o e iscalaecdhiseta-durtivseolusnd are trumpeting and ruing asleep in th e i r boxesa t s h u e s r u t a h l h ; eh an e d ef cr th op e p L in e g gi u e. p n Lik sa e ,t; pop pies in a cornfield are the Telegraph. ALARMING ACCIDENT ON THE HOLYHEAD LINE.— THREE PASSENGERS SERIOUSLY INJURED.—About 9 o'clock on 'Tuesday e vening two passenger train; the one from Bangot-toCarnarvon, and the other from Carnarvon to Bangor, came into violent collision at the Menai-bridge cross ing, and as the result three passengers were seriously hurt ; both engines were smashed to pieces ; a few seconds more and the locomotives must have gone right through the passenger carriages, as they were running in a cros direction. The debris was such as to block the line for several hours. CRYSTAL PALACE. --In consequence of the very unfavourable state of the weather many thousands of per sons were prevented from attending the Great Choral Concert of the Metropolitan Schools of 5,000 voices; con ducted by Mr. G. W. Martin. It has boon arranged with the directors of the Crystal Palace that the performance shall be repeated on Wednesday week, tlO 24th Mny, the Queen's Birthday. Several pieces appropriate to ttie day will be added to the programme. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. CHESTER RACES—THIS DAY. MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER'S PLATE. Sidewind 1 Filbert Nu Grappler Four ran. LADTEATISEMENT.] " TATTERSALLS' TISSITE."--Conimission Agency. —James Hopkins executes Commissions on all Races throughout the year. Place-betting and double events. Cheques to be crossed National Bank, and Post-office orders payable at the Fleet-street office. Address, 13, Rolls buildings, Fetter-lane, London, E.C. SPORTING NOTES. Several of the " knowing" bookmakers have got up a quibble about Buckfoot having carried 51b. over the proper weight for the Chester Cup. He won the Willoughby Handicap at Warwick: to that race there was 19 sub-. scribers, 10 of whom paid £5 each, which makes £5O. Four ran for the race at 15 sous each which made £6O. There was £4O of added money. The five that did not run paid £lO each, which exactly brought the stakes up to £2OO, and thus the penalty was incurred. The following sum in simple addition makes the above easier understood : Four mu at fifteen soya each £6O Ten paid forfeit at five sous each Five non-starters paid ten sous each 5O Forty sovs were added .40 Total value of tho stakes ............ X2OO There is not the slightest justification in the bookmakers not paying for a place over Buckfoot. A FRESHMAN. IMPERIAL PARLIAIYIENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. CHURCH RATES COMMUTATION BILL. Mr. NEWDEGATE moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to throw the payment of church-rates upon the landlord instead of the occu pier ; in fact to render the owner of property liable for the rate when the occupier had conscien tious objections to the payment of church-rates. He could not see that there could be any valid objection to the principle of his bill, except from some parties who de sired to make the constitution of this country in this par ticular respect like to that of the United States, where there was no form of Christianity recognised by the State. When they looked for a moment at the condition of affairs in that country, where the President had been murdered and the life of the Prime Minister attempted, he did think there would be some hesitation before they adopted the proposals of those whose distinct object was to remove the chtiracter of the constitution of this country. The object he sought to effect by his bill was by no means now. Ho had last year endeavoured to obtain the sanction of Parliament to the principle of his bill, which was to substitute a charge of 2d. in the pound on real. property in lieu of existing church rates. The bill was only to extend to property at present assessed to church rates within the last seven years, and not to places where church rates had been opposed and a poll taken for three successive years. The tax he proposed was to be levied as laid down in schedule A of the income tax, which he thought more equitable and convenient than the system at present pursued. He felt the best result would follow from the passing of the bill, as it would remove that bitterness which prevailed for so long a period. He only sought to enact that which the Poor Law Commissioners recom mended in 1843—viz., that the burden of church rates be treated as a charge upon property instead of on the per son. He hoped his motion would not be rejected, especially as he only asked the house to assent to the principle of the bill by reading it a second time, in order that it might be re ferred to a select committee, who would make it the basis of inquiry. Sir C. DO UGLAS moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. The objection ho urged last year against the bill he offered on the present occasion. The reeling of the house appeared to be, after the repeated discussions that had taken place, that the question of church rates should be submitted to the next general elec tion on the hustings, and for that purpose ho took the course he did. Sir G. GREY advised the hon. member not to press tho house to a division. He thought the same course should be adopted by the house as on a former occasion, that the matter should rest until after the general election. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD supported, and Mr. KisortAwr, objected to the bill. Mr. COLLINS hoped his hon. friend would adopt the course recommended to him, and withdraw the bill. Ho would by that means receive the support of both sides of the house. (Laughter.) If he pressed it to a division ho hoped it would b© rejected by a-largo majority. After a few words from Mr. NEALE, Mr. WITALTARY, and Mr. lIEYQATE, Lord JOHN MANNERS advised the hon. member for North Warwickshire not to press his motion to a division. Mr. GILPIN said no measure would be acceptable to a great number of persons in this country which did not en tirely abolish compulsory church rates. Mr. Alderman ROSE thought there was no sincerity in the advocacy of the parties opposite with respect to the abolition of church rates. They used it as a convenient hustings cry, and there the matter ended. Ho objected to a minority in the country dictating to a majority on the subject of the abolition of church rates. . _ The house then divided, when theaTT:appeared— For the second reading 42 Against it Majority —B4 The bill was consequently rejected. COUNTY VOTERS REGISTRATION BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. HUNT moved that it bo an instruction to tho committee that they have power to extend the provisions of the bill relating to the powers and duties of revising barristers to the cases of registration in cities and boroughs with reference to the ordering the immediate payment of costs, and in having the power to commit persons for con tempt of court. The motion was agreed to, and the house went into com mittee on tho bill. Clauses 1 to 9 were agreed to. On clause 10, Mr. C. WYNN moved that instead of the sum stated in the bill, viz. £3, that the sum ordered to bo paid for costs should not upon any one vote exceed the sum of £5. The Committee divided, when there appeared— For the amendment lll Against it Majority A long discussion took place upon the proposition to introduce a clause allowing persons claiming or omitted from the list of voters, persons objected to, and persons changing their place of abode, to make a declaration before any justice of the peace or other person authorised to ad minister oaths in place of personally attending before tho revising barrister. Ultimately the house divided, when there appeared— For the clause Against it . 99 Majority —ll The clause was then ordered to bo added to the bill. The remaining clauses were then agreed to, and the bill was ordered to be reprinted and reported on Mon day next. . THEATRES, &c., BILL. Mr. LOCKE moved the second reading of this bill. Ho said one of the objections to the measure was that it did not go far enough, but ho thought if the house agreed to the motion the bill would be found a ro very work able one. Ho should have no objection pvided it was the desire of the house to send the bill to a select committee, where, with little labour, it might be made to alsoo theatres, to the "players," meet the wishes of those who ob j ected to it. The hon . member then and toth that regulations 0 acts g u l a t i o o f n sP underarliafpemlr ra e wce n eha t d ,i w , t i t t h tahhe e respect akcatoowfuloasththofe a pa e t o e . n i t i t . licii i t e he re t s,wel r . ne referred position of the minor thea tres previous to the passing of the 6 and 7 Victoria , and to the clamour that was made by the managers of those theatres for p leg iti ma te drama. The hon. member permission to act the h o use at a quarter to six, w h en in accordance with s t an ding order the debate was the wer e w disposedas addressing a nd h i adjourned. The other orders of the day house adjourned. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Alarket Opens quiet. Sales, probably 7,000 or 8,000 bales. lIIPORTANT LIFEBOAT SE RVI CE . —WU ITBY, Wed nesday Night.—This morning the barque Maria Somes of London, George Lambton, master, bound from Sunderland to Alexandria, with a cargo of coal and coke, went on Whitby Rock, and became a total wreck. The crow of the vessel, 18 in number, and a North Sea pilot, were brought ashore by the Lucy lifeboat belonging to the National In stitution. Tho lifeboat behaved remarkably well on the occasion. The weather is very bad, and the sea making fast. EXETER HALL. •--fir. Costa's new Oratorio, " Nauman," which excited so much attention and attracted so large an audience at the Birmingham Musical Festival in September last, will be performed for Escthe rst time in Lo.idon, by the Sacred Harmonic Soci et y , atExeter Hall, to-morrow evening, under the direction of the composer. Madame Rudersdorff, Madame Sainton Dolby, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Cummings, and Mr. Santley, will support the parts originally allotted to them at Birmingham. Tho character of Adah, the young captive maiden, will be sus tained by Miss Edmonds, a youthful debutante. The officers and ship's company of her Majesty's ship Petrel, at present on the North American and West Indian station, have sent to the National Lifeboat institu tion a contribution of £6 10s. or° ,auto tboi of 11 0 ' ff itti . 1 ,0 lii° 5 11 °, 4 icw • it e tj ' w , • Pre ss t'l Cal ) nl e 10' Lack' 0, lofD or bet oa''' otter" -~:~ 100 100 100 100 lt 0 all 10,3 100 {lOO 2 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 190 100 100 1( 0 100 100 2.1.0 7.8:3 8.13 1.18.0 4.3.6 21i 3 321 3.10.6 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 11 18.18.91 3.12.81 124 12t i 891 78 I 1021 MI 1 95 94 2