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

"-- XONEY - MARKET AN 1- GUAINERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, A quantity of bar silver was sold yesterday for Holland, at ss. O'd. per ounce standard, showing a n advance of htl. compared with the price last realised. Two o'CLocK. te At Pari s , t hi s day, according to Mr. Reuter's , le g em s ram, the 3 p er C ent. R entes were 67f . 45 c. Seldom i rms. within the recollection of the present generation has the Stock Exchange been the scene °f B 0 much commotion as the news from America Umorning has crea t e d . I n th e d epar t men t f or „ n . ited States Securities the excitement witnessed this morning can only be characterised as of the mildest character. The quotations have fallen and rise n in the most extraordinary and considerable anner. Erie Railway shares declined at one tlm e about 8i per cent. ; Illinois Central Railway .. shares, 6 per cen t . ; an d th e 52 0 Bond s 5 per cent. But these prices, however, are steady, compared with what they were in the early part of the morning. What assisted the ex citement was th e announcement o f t h e f a il ure o f Messrs, Gow an an d Marx, well known j o bb ers i n Fed eral Securities. Their stoppage has been occa !loned through the embarrassments of their agents N ew York, and now that a very heavy fall has taken place in prices here, the event is regarded with increased alarm. The consternation which the news created was not confined to the Stock Exchange, and in all d e p artments of business, and, in fact, i n . v erY plac e general alarm was depicted upon the 'aces of people, lest the deeds which have been per petrated may lead to still more detestable crimes, and perhaps end in a crisis similar to the one which prevailed in P ar i s d ur i ng the first revolution. As the day advanced more calmness has been apparent, andpriceshave been steadier. Consols have declined er ,„.eent., viz., to 90i for money and account. b e ew Threes and R e d uce d A nnu ities are 891 4 ; 4 _ R ed Sea Telegraph, 19k 20 ; Exchequer Bills, 58. 1 3 ° 88 . prem. ; I n di a 5 per Cents., 10 7 ; an d th e °lla s 15 s. prem. b A decided d rop took place in the Foreign Market, p ut a partial recovery has since Occurred. Turkish per n — ents•, 1862, are 731 1 ; ditto Consolides, Mexican, 26 + ; ditto New, 25/ 4. ; Greek, 16 ; Spanish Passive, 30i 4. ; ditto Certificates, ; and Russian, 92+ f. A,' heavy tone has prevailed in the Railway Share prices generally exhibit a downward lanvernent. London and North Western have l'ece ded £2 ; Gre a t N or th ern A Stock, Great I TV-ester; Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Metro- P cil itan, each II ; Midland, 4. ; and Great Eastern, +. The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit little variation, except Great Western of Canada, which have declined to 91. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have remained very inactive, and quotations are generally a shade 1 flatter. Russia n V y k souns ky I r o n shares are quoted 2 t prem. ; London and Mediterranean Bank,4. 11 prem. ; Plymouth Ship Building C0.,11 , prem. ; Colonial and General Land Credit, 1/ 2i I , Prem. ; South Af r ic an Land, 1 2 prem..; Anglo "4gYptian Navigatio n 3+ prem., and Rio Janeiro Goverment, 1 11. The following are the latest prices for United States securities :—The 5-20 bonds are better at 614. 62+; Erie shares continue heavy at 411 42 ; and Illinois Central Railway shares at 70i 71. The C onfederate Loan has risen 4 per cent., to 17 18. BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 per Cent. Consols 9 81 901 Do. Account, May 9 9l i 90-} ° per Cent. Reduced B9 9 84 New 3 per C en t B9 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — A nnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 2O 19i kxchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent — Do. £5OO 5 8 Do. £lOO and £2OO Ban D k of England Stock, 51 per Cent 5 8 o Accoimt 1 ilziAii GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. nel iao Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 217 Do Account D ,, 0 . 5 per Cent. July, 1870 4)0 . Account Do ' ~ 4 per Cent. Oct. Oct. 1888 DO. Certificates. 1;00. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent , • 5 13er Cent., Jan. 1872 -'°). 5 4 per Cent., May 1879 — ,' • 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — , I °. Bonds, £l,OOO — "0. under £l,000 All s t r i an FOßElG N FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. B Br ii• colds, 5 per Cent — az lan 5 per Cent DO. 41 " Per Cent., 1852-58-60 Rii„..... 1) ?' 1863 V°: apes 6 per Cent C,L I P, per ent . (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Do,!-"°°. 0 Cent Colo 4 4 Per Cent mb' la n. 6 ,„.. r, ................. Cuba, 6 Per Cent, "'"in ' Do 5 _ per Cent Do. Ser i ~, 1864 — Danish A £ O 5 paid Do 3 Per Cent Do 4 r eat., 1825 Do. _ Per Cent., 1863 Danubian r Cent., 1 773-77 £25 paid —B44 1, Principalities ' "0 £B6 p a id traor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — 8., Pro ,„_„ visional Land Warrant — 1 . /PLlan 7 per Cent Bo £lOO B onds Do s D°. 1864 931 0 r „,, i ,. e , 11 1 3 , £55 paid -`-` 0 per Cents 1824-5, ex Coupons 21/ 201 Do. Coupons " — , Do teraa la DAccount uma 5 per C en t . o • 18 39 and 1850 It It D o n 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) 69 4 1865 Do 'm R . „„ -er), g £42/ paid 4l dis A Do. "ean 3 unt per Cent. 264 6 cco D c 1864 251 Do 6 per Cent Anglo-French MD° French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c °tl teVidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish bnperial 5 per Cent Do Granada l2l Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Lan4l per C d Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do. Acco un t Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Accou n t Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 48 Do Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St~ Do 41 per Cent., 1850 Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do 1864 Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred 4Ol Do Account — Do Passive 314 1 304 301 o A SDa D nish Ceccount rt. of Coup not funded l6l Do Account Swedish 4 per Cent. Do. 4/ per Cent. 1864 TDo sh 6 per Cent. 1854 901 Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Ac coun t Do. 100 Bonds 731 1 1 Dos per Cent. 1863 ... Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. A ccount ... . Do. 6 per Cent, 186 ............... . Do. Account . DDo 6 per Cent., ..... o. 11 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., E x. 10 Florins Belgi an , 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent., E x. 12 Gui 1...... Do. 4 pe ntes, 3 per Cent.:r Cent. Certifi..4.tes French Re .......... Do. Account Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex 25f. •,.•., 64f Do. Account Consols ......................... o Account ..................... THREE O'CLOCK. 90i 901 iiverpool Cotton Market—This Day. be greatest consternation prevails on 'Change. The assassination of President Lincoln, and the an nounced death of Seward, has put a stop to all busi !less for a time, and it is at present useless to attempt I 0 arrive at any estimate of what will be the business 41 cotton, Railways. Bir., Wol., & Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall A gets no div Do. A Do. B till6p.c.p.an.has been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Wt stern Great Eastern, Ord. s k. Do. E. Angl. st No. Great Xorth of Scotland Great Northern D A stock Do. B o Do. cw, is. at 25 ptl , GtS, and W. of Ireland. Gt. Weste n I) . S. Val. Rail gua.l Do. South Wales Do W. Mid.— Ox:ord to. Newpo. t Po. He eford Lane -shire &Yorkshir L - ndon and Blackwali Lon., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryp'ort and Carlisle i)0. 2 shares Metropolitan.... Do. New Mid and Birmin & Derby Mid Gt. W.. lielandi Do. A shares ti id Kent No-th British Do. Ed., Pth Dun Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N •E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1855-!.8 Do. do. 1860-61 North Londou Do. New Do. do. 1864 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Ctntral Scot. N. E . Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. st.ck 4 h• ews & Welchpool Shropshire Union south Devon -ouch E stern itsines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwell W. Hartlepool Har.& It Do. A irredeemable: Do. A redeemable BRITISH r Atlantic & St. Lawrence, Bom.,Baroda, h Cen.ln. u.'s percent... I Do. shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aug. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1674 Calcutta & s. E., lim 'a e Town & Dock, gu Demera-a, 7 p.c. per. p East. Betrzal, gu, 5 do East L. dian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunkof Canadi Do. Equip. Mort, Bomb 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr, t. Bonds DoNdo. deferred Do. 2d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Prat. stock .. Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. pm. sp.c. 1 o Gua. 5 per cent.. • Do. New pia. 5 p. c Gt. Sout h of India (lim gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do Great Wi s. of Canada.. D.J. New Do. 6 p. e. Bds. pay. 1873 Po. 5 • do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4; do 130. Fifth EXten/dOil Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick Sz Can Class A and B v. tn. C'da, pc Ist pf.bds Sclndc Do. Delhi Do. do Do. PuWaub Do.lndus St Flo COLONIAL GO VERNIIENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec. 31, 1872 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-54 Do. fi p. c. Feb. & Auk lc° 92 94 D‘.sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10' 92 04 1)o. bp. e. Jan. & July 100 81 B3 Do. 5p _ Inscribed sk 100 81 83 Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 103 108 Do. April & Oct. 1880-1 100 104 105 Do. do!. 1.‘..-90-1 100 105 107 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 106 108 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c 100 101 106 Do. 1878, do. 100 109 112 Mauritius, Gp. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.78 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. ;1 - 103 107 109 Natal L;ov. b per cent lOO 102 103 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&J uly 100 92 95 93 N. S.W. Gov. 5 rc., 18E6 00 99 101 Do. 5 p.c. 18,1 to 1876 100 93 95 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189! 100 91 93 935 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 104 106 Do. 6 per cent lOO 88 90 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. C sterling, 1875 lBO ," 94 98 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 103 105 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 100 - - Do. 1878 & upwards 1 0 107 109 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July 100 - - Do. do, A pril & Oct lOO 107 108 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam Consol.tiold, lim 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated — 30 51, Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst 1 575 585 Drakewalls 2.1.0 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 19 21 East Cara lon 2.14.6 14 15 list Cam Brea 3.1.0 64 7 East Grenville 2.7.0 34 4 East Loved 2.13.6 10 11 E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 9.10.6 31 4} Gam.& StAubyn(Gwen. 60% 4 6 4 Great L ixey, limited all 165 174 Great South Tolgus 1.1.0 11 2 4 G. Wheal Vor (Heist )1, 40 :305 314 Grenvil.e 7.8.3 4 43 Hcrod's Foot . 8.13 35 36 Hingston Downs 1.18.0 34 4 Margaret (Uny Lelant 94 5 7 Marke Valley 4.3.0 5 54 4 NI wyndy Iron Ore, lin, 25 1} Of Nangl les New Se ton North Downs 3 - - North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan 3.10.6 4 North Wheal Crofty 2.8.0 I} 14 - - Prosper United.... Pr vidence UnylAlant 10.6.7 31 33 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l5 520 530 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 20 25 Stray Park 40 17 6 15 17 Tin Croft 9 144 15 • West Iraasett (Illogan 11 74 8; W. Caradun skeard 9 6 8 West Chiverton ll 574 62, West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 54 100 103 Wheal Buller (Redruth 10 30 35 'Vhea LudoAt 3.12.8 Wheal Mary Ann (Men 8 11 13 Wheal Setoa 585 201 210 2024 Whc.l Tt elawney 7 19 20 Wheal Uni 4 ARES, PREFERENCE SI Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. Ditto, 6 per cent, pt., 1201 Great orthero, 5 per cent.. red. at 5 per cent. pm., 106 7} Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Di to, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., Ditto, 4 9 per cent. pt. stock rd., 941$ Waterford and Kilkenny, 6 per cent., 46 - PREFEttENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Metropolitan 5 per cent., 105} LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham, 4 per Cent., Ditto, Corn. fund stock 5 per cent., 100 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, t 3 Great Luxembourg, 121 roa EIGN MINES. St. John del Rey (Rm.), 28 Vallausas3a Gold, Urn., la Washoe Gold, lim., Ditto (.£3 ,141 a BANKS. Agra and Masterman's, Um., 1143 131 14 llisnce tit.. 1. 381 13 British and Californian, lim., 4} Chartered Bank of India. Australia. and China 26,1 6 Hindustan. Uhina, and Japan (lim.), 201 19 Imperial Ottoman. 161 6 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 41 London Joint Stock, 491 50 London and South African, 211 2 Merchant Bank, Jim , 25 Midland Bank,:lim., 18 Oriental Bank Corporation. 031 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi. lim., Union of A ustralia,' 551 Union of London, 51 1 3] 41 DOCKS. East and West India. 1351 London and St. Katharine, 68 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Lar.d and Finance, lira., 3 Ceylon Company, 91 City of Milan Improvements, lira., I 1 Commercial Union, Insurance. 8} Contract Corporation, lira., It Credit Fonder andllobilier of England, 91:1 10 01 Ditto, new, 91 Egyptian Com. and Trading, Rm., 31 3 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 6 51 Hudson's Bay, 15 4 Humber Iron Woks, Imperil mercantile Credit A sso., lira., 6 Intern ational. Contract, 8 74 Joint Stock Discount, bra. 7; London G enera! Omnibus 'Company, 3j Milwali Iron Works, 61 National Discount Company, Um., North British and Mercantile Insurance, 13 Oriental Inland Steam, 2 Peninsula and Oriental Stcam,:B3 Ditto, new, 57 Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining, Um., 41 IthYmiley Iron. 20 Ditto. new, 231 1 1 0 741 bittil Steam, 1031 SHAME MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 133 21 Closing i Business Paid.l Price. done. Al 86 132 133 ti 63 66 68 6 17 40 92 106 1. 8 47 48. 7 6 132 1: , 3 147 149 131 :33 €6 $S :4 75 65 87 5 54 46 4'.4 -02 'C4 1201 1211 86 4,8 107 109 4 13 111 2214 97 98 61 62 135 f 1361 3IP 135 not, 106 1(8 51 35 15 26 11 , 4 111 69 70 103 1(4 37 38 11 12 p 9 10 p 115 lls 1 tip 78 79 11 Ili 140 144 48 50 61 62 54 56 i 86} 662 9 30 155 158 3 4p 107 109 46 49 75 78 541 4 1101 11 p 69t 13 781 91 8i ISIONS. 54 67 1021 1031 pr ip 31 41 65 70 9g 101 75 85 1( , 1 101 101 103 101 105 18 19 E 4 87 64 66 5i 55 55 57 47 SO 44 48 41 14 26 2 7 23 25 104 yICS 11) 1 1014 1021 9 9, 11f llid 85 LO 75 78 102 101 93 or) 89 91 64 66 3 5 82 84 1011 1024 101 102 id pr 1011 102 i 94 97 OSSE THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 18654 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF INTENDED SUICIDE AT TILE BELGIAN EMBASSY.—Simeon Fougers, a Dutchman, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with intending to commit' suicide at the Belgian Embassy, 21, Arlington-street. Mr. De Casteau, of 25, Mount-street, an attachd to the Belgian Legation, said—The prisoner came to the Belgian Minister's house, 21, Arlington-street, yesterday, and gave the Minister some papers to read. The Belgian Minister said he could do nothing for him, and that he must go to his own Minister. The prisoner said he could not go there, and then said, " You will see who will be the victim of this," at the same time taking - out a knife. I rushed to him and took the knife from him. . - Mr. Tyrwhitt—When he used the words did he seem to speak of himself or of the Minister ? M. De Casteau—l cannot tell. A constable was then sent for, and he was given into custody. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Did he speak En_lish ? M. Do Casteau—No, French, I believe. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Had he ever applied to the Minister be fore ? M. De Casteau—He had written several letters to him ? Police-constable King, 52 C—l was called to the Belgian Ministry, and the Minister said he thought the prisoner was mad. I took him to the police-station. Sergeant Nathaniel Druscovicb, of the Detective De partment, Scotland-yard, who has charge of the case, said —The document produced is the one presented by the pri soner to his Excellency, and sets forth the prisoner's grievances against the Dutch Government. It commences " In the presence of God, the last words of a dying man." Mr. Tyrwhitt, taking up the knife, a most formidable weapon (the blade shooting out from the handle by touch ing a spring)—You do not call this a knife, do you ? Sergeant Druscovich—lt is a stiletto. I also found at the prisoner's lodgings a letter addressed to the landlord. The letter which was addressed, "Mr. J. H. Jones, 9, Finsbury-place, North," was handed to Mr. Tyrwhitt. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l will open the letter. It appears to be a letter to his landlord, and contains a telegram to be sent to his wife. The letter was as follows "Dear Sir,—l pray you most mental send this telegram so soon as you have unclosed this letter. This is the wish of one who is dying. Most sincerely I hope you may be happy.—S. FOUGERS." The telegram, in Dutch, and which was as follows : "It is done. Adieu. Follow me." It was addressed to his wife, Haarlem, Holland. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l will remand the poor fellow for a week, and the sergeant can write to Haarlem to see if he can get any information respecting him. Mr. Albert, who had interpreted the evidence to the prisoner, and translated some of the documents, said the prisoner wished to make a statement. The prisoner then said—l wish to say that, when I took out the knife, I meant to imply that if nothing was done for me it might . be the cause of my ending my existence. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l am inclined to believe that was his intention. He will be remanded for a week. The prisoner, who is a man of respectable appearance, but very dejected, was then removed from the court. THAMES. HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND ASSAULT.—Patrick Donovan, a well known and desperate thief, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with assaulting Alfred Williams, and rob bing him of a purse containing £2 10s. The prosecutor, a little man, who gave his evidence in a very clear manner, said he was living at No. 5, Providence row, Rosemary-lane, Whitechapel. On Friday night last he was on his way home a little the worse for liquor, but knowing perfectly well what he was about, and was ac costed in Rosemary-lane by the prisoner, who was a perfect stranger to him, and who began to hustl e hi m an d pu ll h i m about. The prisoner also struck him on the cheek and tried to pull him down a narrow court. He asked the prisoner what he meant by such conduct, and he replied you must treat me with a glass of beer. He accompanied the prisoner into a public-house called the Blackmoor's Head, and treated the prisoner with a glass of beer to get rid of him. He was going home again, and the prisoner tried to push him down another street, called Cartwright -street. His wife then made her appearance, and he walked with her to his house. They had just reached their own door, when the prisoner came up and made a sudden snatch at his purse in his pocket and took it from him. The purse contained £2 10s. He fell down when the purse was snatched from him. He was very ill all night and the whole of Saturday. He was knocked about so much, and lost so much blood that he could not give any information to the police until Sunday morning. lie could not move on Saturday at all. Ellen Williams, a very respectable little woman, with a baby in her arms, said that at five minutes to 12 on Friday night, she saw her husband, whose face was marked, with the prfsoner. She asked the prisoner what he wanted with her husband, to which he said, " What have you to do with him ?" She said she was his wife. The prisoner then left them, but returned almost immediately with a woman, who turned her round. She asked the woman what she wanted with her husband, and at that moment the prisoner snatched the purse and money from her hus band and ran away. Her husband fell, his head and face were cut, and he was in a pool of blood. She obtained as sistance and took her husband indoors. He was insensible all night. Other evidence was given in confirmation, and the arrest of the prisoner last night by Archer, 101 H, who knew him as a thief for a long time. Mr. Paget remanded the prisoner until Tuesday next. The Alleged Murder of a Young Woman in the New River. Last evening Dr. Lankester held an inquiry at the Mitre Tavern, Upper-street, Islington, into the circum stances attending the death of Miss Matilda Coward, aged 16 years. Thos. Coward saidthat he lived in Shakspere-road, Stoke Newington, and was a house decorator. Deceased was his daughter, and he last saw .her alive on Friday morning. She was then going to her place of business in the City to get mantles, which she was to bring home and make up. She did not return, and next day, in consequence of what he heard, he went to the Islington dead-house, and there saw the body of his daughter, which he identified. Alfred Bedford, 333, New North-road, said that on Satur day morning he was fishing in the New River, near Horn iey-park, when ho saw the deceased in a piece of water off the river. He called two brickmakers and a policeman, and they got her out. John Charles Harme, 1, Lansdowne-terrace, Shakspere road, Stoke Newington, a solicitor's clerk, 17 years of age, was then sworn. He said—l saw deceased at 20 minutes to 9 o'clock on Friday night last. I met her in the street. I told her that she had been backbiting me. She denied that ; and I called two young men to say what they had heard. She then said, " Yes ; am I not entitled to use the same words as you did ?" She then got into a great rage and swore. I then told secrets of her, the same as she did of me, and she went away. Albert Lawrence and Reilly went after her. She asked Albert Lawrence to take a par cel that she had with her. She then said to him, "I will go with you," meaning that she would keep company with him. He said, " I don't want to intrude my company on you ; good night." She went away then. She had often said that she was tired of her life, and had often threatened to make away with herself. She once went to the River Lea to drown herself, and two young men had to run after her and bring her back. The next day she thanked them for doing so. George Bruckhurst, 111, Waterloo-road, Kingsland, said he was present at the quarrel described by last witness, and it took place at the corner of Singsland-green. Charles Keats, 7, Spencer-road, said that at half-past nine o'clock on Friday night he saw the deceased in John street, Back-road, Kingsland, three-quarters of a mile from where she was found drowned. She was crying, and had her handkerchief up to her eyes and her head bent down. Dr. H. Billington said that when he was called to the deceased on Saturday morning she had been dead from three to four hours. There were no marks of violence as if a struggle had taken place. Her clothes were not torn. Death resulted from suffocation by drowning. John Dafter, 459 N, said he was present when the body was taken out of the water. Near her was a piece of paper on which was her name and the address of her employers in Wood-street. He thought the piece of paper had been torn out of something, for there were the words " to re turn to me again" on it. He had seen a man on the bridge at half-past 4 o'clock that morning. That man (the pri soner Young) asked the way to the Seven Sisters' railway station. Witness directed him to go across the field close to where the body was afterwards found, but the man asked if he could not go the other way, and did not ap pear to want to go through the field. He said, pointing to the river—" I had a tussle in there." His clothes were wet. He was not - drunk ; he was sober ; but he had been drinking. The Coroner said—We will not go into this question with respect to the prisoner now. If there was not the charge of murder against Young, the jury might have re turned a verdict of suicide en the evidence as it stood. But now it would be necessary to go further and investigate the case as regarded the prisoner. After a long deliberation by the jury, the inquiry was adjourned. REMISSION OF PUNISHMENT.--Sir George Grey having considered the representations of the borough justices for a remission of part of a sentence of 18 months' imprisonment passed upon Hugh M'Math, at the Dover quarter sessions, in June last, for stealing clothes, &c., has directed that the last six months of the term be remitted, in consideration of services rendered in the gaol. The ser vices referred to were M'Math's unwearied attention to the suffering prisoners when sickness was in the gaol, he having acted as nurse by day and night with much less than the time allotted for rest in the prison. THE THEATRES BILL.—Mr. Locke has post poned the second reading of this bill until the 10th of May at the request of the Goverumeut, Organic Chemistry, At the Royal Institution, yesterday afternoon, Dr. Frankland commenced a course of twelve lec tures on organic chemistry, which relates to that class of compounds usually produced by the action of the vitrl principle in plants and animals. The elementary constituents of organic substances are limited to four, viz., hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen, and of these four elementary bodies, com bined together in different proportions, there are formed the innumerable class of compounds called organic. In some of these, as in water; only two of the elements are combined--hydrogen and oxygen ; in others, as in wax and paraffin, oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon are combined together ; while in such substances as the white of egg, which more closely approach the products of animal life, nitro gen is added to the three other elements. Extremely simple as the constituent composition of organic substances is, when they are resolved into their ultimate elementsoret the different proportions in which they specifically combine, or the definite pro portions in which the atoms chemically unite, are so numerous that the nomenclature of organic che mistry has become almost a mass of confusion. Dr. Frankland didnot proceed far into the consideration of the radicles which constitute secondarydlemen tary bodies, but he contented himself in tire intro ductory lecture with showing, by movable diagrams, the combination of some of the atoms of hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon, and with exhibiting a few of the remarkable changes produced in a com pound body by the addition or abstraction of an atom of one of the elements of which it is composed. Thus the gaseous compound of oxygen and carbon produced by the perfect combustion of charcoal is carbonic acid, which extinguishes flame ; but the abstraction of one atom of oxygen converts the compound into an inflammable gas that burns with a beautiful blue flame. The altered condition of hydrogen was also shown in compounds that possess different atoms of that element ; and in noticing the organic hydrogens —methyl, ethyl, and anyl—Dr. Frankland exhibited several brilliant experiments, showing that hydrozen, which, when mixed with carbon in the proportion to form the inflammable gas of coal mines, requires a high temperature for its inflammation, becomes in some combinations with carbon so highly inflammable that it bursts into flame the instant it comes in contact with the atmosphere. The sparks from the steel mill, which instrument was used in coal mines before the inven tion of the Davy lamp, will: not ignite the carbu retted hydrogen that abounds in those mines ; but it was shown that the sparks would readily set fire to hydrogen when united with carbon in other pro portions. Numerous other interesting experiments were exhibited to illustrate the changes produced by combinations in various proportions of the same simple elements. Among the subjects to be noticed in the next lecture will be the production of the artificial flavour of fruits by the same means. MARKETS—This Day MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat were very moderate, and most samples were received in good condition. There was no activity in the demand, however, either for red or white samples; never theless, Monday's advance in the quotations was supported, a fair clearance having been effected at that day's cur rency. The supply of foreign wheat on sale was somewhat re stricted. Holders and importers both of American and continental produce were firm in their demands, and late rates were well supported. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair average request, at fully late rates. The market was very moderately supplied with barley, the trade for which ruled firm, at full currencies. Malt was in slow request, yet prices were supported. There was a good supply of oats on offer. Most de scriptions moved off steadily, at full quotations. Beans and peas—with both of which articles the market was scantily supplied—changed hands at fully late rates. The flour trade was steady, at full prices. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat.Barley.Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 650 670 1,760 540 590 Irish — Foreign 7,150 2,890 48,570 1,410 sks. brls COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OF GRAIN for the Week ending April 22, 1865:—Wheat, qrs., 62,003; average 39s 7d barley, 19,049 ; 30s Od--oats, 3,145 ; 22s 7d. Corresponding week in 1864 :—Wheat, 74,164 ; 40s id— barley, 25,652 ; 30s 10d—oats, 8,069 ; 19s. 3d. BOROUGH HOP. Although the demand for hops is by no means active, the trade is firm for all qualities, at full currencies. WIIITECHAPEL. The supply of meat on'sale is moderate, and the trade rules firm, as follows : Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 4s 4d to 5s 10d ; lamb, 6s 4d to 7s 8d; veal, 4s 4l to 5s 4d; and pork, as 8d to 5s 2d per 81bs, by the carcase. THE PRITCHARD CASE.—The Glasgow Herald says :—The prisoner retains the same amount of self-possession that he has exhibited since the night of his apprehension. It may be mentioned that on that occasion, after having been conveyed from the railway station to Mr. Superintendent M'Call's apartment, the doctor, previous to retiring to rest, and before the room was vacated by the officers, engaged in prayer. His subsequent behaviour, we have reason to believe, has been of the calmest possible description. A day or two after his incarceration iu the North Prison he seemed to feel a little annoyed that he could not bo favoured with a supply of pomatum for the trimming of his beard and hair. The prison regimen has not at all suited his taste, but he does not seem to have lost flesh, and his pale appearance may be ascribed to the con finement, which in the case of a person occupying the position he did, and taking much exercise, must in a very short time produce some palpable effect. In fact, so far as we learn, Dr. Pritchard has all along taken matters very coolly. It is said that on the day when his wife died the prisoner talked in a sort of off-hand, way to persons whom he met regarding that melancholy event. We are told that to a lady whom he met in the street shortly after Mrs. Pritchard died he remarked "that his beloved wife was gone, that her death had resulted from an attack of typhoid fever, that he had called in three doctors to visit her on the day prior to her death, but. that it had been of no use." " Too many cooks," he added, " spoil the broth." In point of fact, only one doctor, viz., Dr. Paterson, saw Mrs. Prit chard on the day prior to her death. PAUPERIS3I IN ST. GlLES'S.—Yesterday Dr. Lan kester held an inquest at the Oporto Stores, Blooms bury, on the body of a pauper who had been found dead in St. Giles's Workhouse. From the testimony of Henry Cannon, an inmate of the workhouse, it appeared that the deceased was 75 years of age, and that on Monday morn ing,• at half-past seven, when he went to call him to his breakfast, he found he was dead. He went to bed about 8 o'clock the previous night. He had gruel, with bread and salt in it, in the afternoon. The coroner asked the medical officer how it was that the paupers were allowed nothing to eat between 4 o'clock in the afternoon and 8 o'clock in the morning, to which Dr. Bennett replied that ho con sidered it a bad arrangement. The " wardsman," himself a pauper, said that ho had beer on account of the labour he performed, but the deceased had none. The coroner re marked that it seemed very hard that an able-bodied man of 75 years of age should not have beer, a remark in which the jury expressed their hearty concurrence. After a very lengthened examination of witnesses with regard to the food supplied to the paupers, the Coroner said—l think, as I said on a former occasion, the general dietry is too low, and, although it may not produce disease, it shortens the life of the inmates, and that ought not to be done. I may perhaps be allowed to remark that they dare not treat pri inners in the same way they do our paupers. Addressing Dr. Bennett, the Coroner said—Do you think a man of irre proachable character, and 75 years of age, should be de prived of his beer because he feels well enough to be in the body of the house ? I am asking your opinion as a medical man. Dr. Bennett replied that he thought he might have ordered him a little beer if he had been in the infirmary, but he had nothing to do with the body of the house. He did not think the man's death was accelerated by the dietary, but he did not think it wise to deprive such a man of beer. The Coroner said a case like this showed how ne cessary it was that deaths occurring in workhouses should be inquired into by the Coroner's Court, for he felt that if a supervision of this sort were exercised the lamentable ex posures which had occurred in that parish would never re cur, Several of the jury said they thought that deaths in workhouses were treated as they were in lunatic asylums and prisons, but the coroner told them it was not so; at the same time an inquest might be hold if any one communi cated with the coroner. Moreover, a jury, once within the walls of a workhouse, had the power to examine all the wards as in a prison. The jury returned as their verdict, " That on the 20th of April Thomas Wright was found dead in St. Giles's workhouse, and that the said death Was caused from effusion of serum on the brain, and that the said death arose from natural causes." To that verdict the jury appended the following remarks, which were recorded by the coroner :—" That in their opinion the aged poor of St. Giles's should have a more nourishing diet than the deceased had, that they should have more stimulants if necessary, and, when requisite, a little beer." A juryman suggested that they should occasionally have cocoa instead of tea, The Coroner said, " That is a very valuable sug gestion," The proceedings then terminated. Conviction of Another Batch of Cock- Fighters. At a petty session of Cheshire magistrates held on Mon day morning at the Abbey Arms Hotel, Delamere Forest, no fewer than two dozen officers, squires, and sportsmen of less degree were summoned, at the instance of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for taking part in a cock-fighting match between English and Irish birds, at the Peel Hall farm, near Tarvin, on the 28th of last month. The case had excited considerable interest in the neighbourhood, and the small court was crowded to excess. Mr. Thompson, in opening the case, said that on the 28th of March several constables, acting under the orders of Cap tain Smith, chief constable, went out to Peel Hall, and there found a large number of people assembled in an orchard which was enclosed with a wall nino feet high, with only one entrance, They entered and witnessed fifteen cock fights during the day. The scene which they witnessed was of the most harrowing description. It was well known that about Easter time this sort of cruel sport was practised, and probably the Bench would be aware that a few days ago a number of persons were brought before Mr. Knox, at the Marlborough-street police court, charged with en gaging in it. He was sorry to find that one or two of the defendants on that occasion were also defendants in the present case. After detailing the facts which would be proved against each individual defendant, and commenting on the impropriety of the remark made to one of the officers by Mr. Walker—a magistrate appointed as a guardian of the peace—that the officer had no business there, and that he would be better at home looking after felons, he called wit nesses who described the scene of the cock-fighting, the circumstances being of peculiar brutality. A consultation took place between the legal gentlemen, the result of which was that the defendants agreed to plead guilty to ono information on condition that the other three were withdrawn; Mr. Thompson stating on behalf of the society that under those circumstances he should not press for a heavy penalty. The magistrates then retired, and on their return into court after a short absence, The Chairman announced that they were unanimously of opinion that the following fines must be inflicted:— Harry Booth, Thomas Davis, Captain Goff, J. P. Smith, Captain Heron, E. C. Walker (a magistrate for Chester), Harry Owen; P. H. Keay, Captain Dillon, St. Clair Smith, Joseph Becket, Edward Jones, Wm. Gulliver, Geo. Wildes, and James Parker Yates, each .Z 3 and costs ; and John Taylor, John Milling, John Fletcher, Peter M'Gill, Edward Evans, James M'Cubbin, Charles Moulton, Wm. Moulton, and Wm. Yearsley, each £2 10s. and costs, or one month's imprisonment in default. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, April 25.—Wind this day at noon—South- Easterly; moderate breeze and fine weather. MUMBLES; April 24.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Polar Star, from Caldeira. OFF THE LIZARD, April 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived.— Flying Fish, from Barbadoes. LIVERPOOL, April 24.—Wind E.—Sailed—The Emerald Isle, for Havannah ; General E. Lee, for Sydney ; for San Francisco. FOIVEY, April 25.—Wind S.E.—Sailod—Bessie, for Trinidad. OFF PORTSMOUTH, April 24.—Wind S.E.—Arrived— Yorktown, from London for CARDIFF, April 25.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Tangier, for Romberg; lda Jardine, for Callao; Lucie and Harriet, for Bombay; Annie Monroe, for Mauritius; Psyche, for Rio Janeiro. In discount circles to-day the favourable tone of the produce markets has continued to make progress. The brokers, who have a large supply of capital at their command, appear now disposed to accept low rates, and first-class bills have been negotiated at 3/ per cent. The first report of the Otago and Southland In vestment Company has been issued in anticipation of the general meeting of the shareholders, and a dividend is recommended at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum for six months, being the period during which the company has been in operation in the colony, free of income tax, which will absorb £1,117 9s. 2d., leaving a balance of £197 9s. 9d. to be carried forward to next account. The directors of the Cape Town Railway and Dock Company have issued their fourteenth report to the shareholders. It states that for the half year ending Dec. 31 last, 38,484 passengers and 9,688 tons of goods were carried on the main line, and 10,700 passengers on the Wynberg Branch, during the first fortnight of its being opened to public traffic, with a gross receipt of £14,458 10s. Bd., and a profit of £770 in addition to the proportion of guaranteed interest payable by the Colonial Government. From the accounts as now stated it results that the sum of £8,755 7s. 9d. is available for dividend for the half-year ending Pec. 31 last ; and the difectors therefore recommend that a dividend be declared on the capital stock of the company for that period at the rate of 3k per cent. per annum. SUPPOSED SHOCK OF AN EARTHQUAKE.—Between 3 and 4 o'clock on Monday morning last, a shock resembling that produced by a violent explosion was ex perienced simultaneously by many persons residing at Portsmouth, Chichester, and Bognor, and at spots lying between those towns. It awoke many from their sleep, and was supposed by some to be guns fired by a vessel in distress at sea (which, however, was perfectly calm), and by others is compared to the rolling of an empty cask over the hard road. In come cases it caused the windows to rattle. Persons near Portsmouth conjectured that the Edgai, about to leave, had taken her departure, and fired her farewell salute ; but such was not the case, the Edgar not sailing until Monday afternoon. In fact, there ap pears to be no ordinary cause to which the shock can be assigned, for the weather was perfectly calm and unusually close, and the impression on the minds of many who felt it is that it was a slight shock of an earthquake.—Surrey Standard. CATECHISM OF THE INCOME-TAX.—The assessors of income-tax in the Federal States of America are instructed to ask the following questions :—" Had your wife any income last year ? Did any minor child of yours re ceive any salary last year ? Have you included in this re turn the income of your wife and salary received by minor children ? Have you any stocks, and what are they ? Is your report made on the basis of gold ? Have you bought or sold stocks or other property ? Have you any United States' securities ? Do you return the premium on gold paid you as interest on United States securities ? Have you kept any book account ? Is your income estimated or taken from your book ? Have not the expenses, &c., claimed as deductions already been taken out of the amount reported as profits ? Did you estimate any portion of your profits in making your returns for 1863 ? Was any portion treated as worthless, and, if since paid, have you included it in this return ?" DANIEL DANCER THE MISER.--The readers of " Our Mutual Friend" may be interested to read the following particulars in regard to one of the chief objects of Mr. Boffin's admiration :—Daniel Dancer was the son of a miser, and seems to have fully followed out his example. His sister was quite of a congenial cha racter. On Sunday they boiled a sticking of beef with 14 hard dumplings, which lasted for a whole week But once he found on the common (Harrow Weald) a sheep which had died of disease. This Miss Dancer cut up and made into pies, on which they feasted for a long time. When his sister died, an elder brother claimed her fortune, £2,000, but Dancer set up a claim at law for her board and lodging during thirty years, at £3O per annum, and £lOO for the last two years, in which, as he said, she had done nothing but eat and lie in bed. On this claim he recovered £1,040. Ho scarcely ever changed his linen or cleansed his skin. When he performed his ablutions, he used sand instead of soap, and dried him self in the sun. He was fond of snuff, but would never buy any, contenting himself with occasionally begging a pinch. Nor would he always use this cheap luxury, which he kept in a gallipot, and would exchange for a rushlight at the chandler's shop. He lived quite alone, and was often robbed by burglars, who forced him to point out his hoards by great cruelty, sometimes suspending him by the neck before he would make confessions where he kept his money. Lady Temple had been very kind to him, and to her he left his whole property. An objection being taken to his will, because he had made no provision for his brothers, he replied, "If I were of an ancient family I would not disinherit the male heirs, it would be unjust; but I have long meant to leave my pro perty to a stranger, who is entitled to my gratitude. My brothers are old, have more than they can spend or use properly, and they have no children. I am ashamed of myself, and of them. I have not even improved my pro perty, and were I to live my time over again I would not do as I have done." In his house, after his death, bowls were found buried in the garden, filled with guineas and half-guineas, parcels of bank-notes were stuffed under the covers of old chairs, jugs of dollars and shillings were found in the stables; the cow-house dungheap contained £2,500, a tattered jacket, nailed to the manger, was padded with £5OO in gold ; in the chimney £2OO was hidden, a cracked teapot contained £6OO, and it was labelled "not to be hastily looked over." He died in 1794. He passed the greater portion of his life at Harrow, but frequently spent a few days in London, when his usual in associate was Mr. Taylor. They were both well known and about the Bank of England, the Exchang e , and Stock Market. Business brought them together at short inter vals, but it was a source of much pleasure to , both h to feast their eyes on the heaps of coins constantly changing ands on the counters of the Rotunda. They were frequently the prey of pickpockets, who knew and waylaid them, but quite as often being mistaken for . mendicants, they would receive even pence from the charitable,—city prom 132 147 9 123 II 2 1081 7 42 1,, 12% 11 I P7l 621 11 1 2 117 k 7 6 7 ; It 13 6 103} 2/ 104 i 1 191 181 10 i 9i f 1021 I 2 91j • THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT lIOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS DAY. The SPEIXER took the chair at twelve o'clock. INNS OF COURT BILL. Sir G. BOWYER, in moving the second reading of this bill, explained the present state of the law, and the remedy he proposed to apply. Benchers of the inns of court exer cised a very important jurisdiction of a criminal nature, could refuse to call a student to the bar after he had kept all the regulations, and could debar a man even though he were a Queen's counsel. He thought the benchers were too numerous a body to deal satisfactorily with such matters, and it was his object to provide a more satisfactory tribunal. He proposed, instead of cases being heard by the whole body, the benchers should have the power to select judicial committees for the determination of all cases, and to those committees he proposed to give all the powers of a court of record. He proposed by the measure to prevent the exercise of the high penal powers they now possessed ex cept at the instance of one of these judicial committees. He also altered the present mode of hearing cases, and he (Sir J. Bowyer) thought that the case of the late Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey showed most conclusively that somo alteration was necessary. That case, it would be recollected, was heard in private ; there might, however, be cases where such a proceeding might be necessary, but the bill provided that if both parties concur the inquiry might be heard in private, but if this arrange ment was•not assented to on both sides, then the case was to be heard in open court. Such an enactment he had em bodied in his bill, and, feeling certain that the measure would be highly effective, he confidently moved its second reading. Mr. ROEBUCK seconded the motion, because he consi dered the bill a good one, and one that would meet with public approval. Mr. LOCKE said no case had been 'made out calling for the passing of this bill. It was admitted that everything had gone on right up to the present time, but it was thought that some day something might occur when somebody 'might be dissatisfied. He considered the object of the bill was in effect to refer the power at present exercised by the benchers to a select committee. (Hear, hear.) The third clause he thought highly objectionable. There had been no petitions presented in favour of the bill, and the two hon. members who had spoken in praise of the measure were the only voices he had ever heard in reference to the bill. He should therefore move that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. NEATE seconded the amendment. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, as far as his per sonal feeling was concerned, he was not disposed to offer any opposition to the bill passing the stage of a second reading, but he must reserve to himself the right of moving amendments to it in committee. He thought that some other day than a Wednesday should be selected for the next stage of the bill, because many of those who could give assistance to the hohse were unable to attend. He did not think the case of Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey was at all an argument in favour of the introduction of this bill. Sir J. BOWYER said he should be quite ready in com mittee to assent to the alterations his hon. and learned friend the Attorney-General might think it desirable to make. The amendment was by leave withdrawn, and the bill was read a second timo and ordered to be committed to-morrow. METROPOLITAN TOLL BRIDGES. Alderman SALOMONS moved the second reading of this bill, and said it was intended to refer the measure to a select committee. The bill proposed to give the Metro politan Board of Works power to treat for the throwing open to the public the bridges of Waterloo, Vauxhall, and Southwark. It was absolutely necessary that something should be done, because the increased value of property on the north side of the Thames rendered the task of obtaining lodgings by the working classes extremely difficult. The throwing open of these bridges would enable those classes to seek homes in the southern part of London, and that something effectual would result from the deliberation of the committee, because nothing could confer greater faci lities and advantages on the working classes than allowing them free access to the south of the river. Sir G. GREY said the object sought to be attained by the bill was very desirable, namely, the throwing open, toll free, the bridges in the metropolis, but the great question was who was to pay for such an arrangement ? He should not object to the second reading of the bill on the under standing that the bill be thoroughly investigated in com mittee. Mr. LOCKE said he objected to the measure as it present stood, because his constituents were selected for increased tax. He dissented from the bill, as it proposed not only to levy a tax of a penny per ton on coals, to gether with a general rate throughout the metropolis, but the extra provision that the parishes situated in close proximity to the bridges should pay an extra rate. There were other matters in the bill that he very much objected to, but he should not oppose the bill going to a select committee. After a few remarks from Mr. JACKSON, the bill was read a second time and referred to a select committee. LOCOMOTIVES ON ROADS BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. A lengthy discussion ensued, which resulted in Mr. Holland undertaking to make provisions for the regula tion of the locomotives in the metropolis and other large towns, such as Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool. The bill passed through committee with amendments, and was ordered to be reported. LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPPLEMENTAL (No. 2) BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill, and the whole of the clauses were agreed to without amendments. POLICh SUPERANNUATION BILL. This bill passed through committee. LAND DRAINAGE SUPPLEMENTAL BILL. This bill passed through committee. The reports on the Mortgage Debentures (Stamps) Bill and the Land Debentures Bill were brought up and agreed to. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. THE WATERWORKS BILL. Mr. 110EBVCK gave notice that, on the second reading of this bill, he should move that it be referred to a select • committee. EXHIBITION OF REFORMATORY CHILDREN. Mr. T. MILLER asked the Secretary for the Home De partment whether his attention had been called to a pro posed exhibition of Reformatory children to be held at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, on the 25th of May next, and whether it met with his sanction and approbation ? Sir G. GREY said his attention had not been directed to the matter until the hon. member placed his question on the paper. That morning he received by post a printed paper, which stated that it was to be an exhibition of the products of industrial schools ; and it stated further, that a thousand of these children would attend and perform pieces of music on successive days. Ho agreed with what he understood to be the feeling of the hon. member, that it was highlykinexpedient that children should be exhibited in the way proposed. He had addressed a letter to Mr. Turner, one of the in spectors, who said that no children from the reformatory schools would be allowed to attend, and that only the chil dren of industrial schools were contemplated by the pro moters of the movement. Mr. MILLER—From the Middlesex Industrial Schools. Sir G. GREY said they were not reformatory schools under the control of the Government. OBSOLETE ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. In reply to Mr. HADFIELD, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he did not think he should be able to introduce a bill this session. GREENWICH HOSPITAL. Mr. CHILDERS moved for leave to bring in a bill to provide for the better government of the Greenwich Hos pital, and the more beneficial application of the revenues thereof. The hon. gentleman explained for the future the hospital would be devoted exclusively to the use of infirm seamen, and to those in want of temporary medi cal assistance. The income of the institution was about £154,000, and the management of that fund would be distinct from that of the management of the expenditure. The latter would be placed under the guardianship of the House of Commons, and a comptroller would be appointed to arrange the estates which would be vested in the Board of Admiralty. He estimated that there would be a surplus of £13,000 a year after the payment of expenses, pensions, ex., and that stun it was proposed should be allowed to accumulate. Mr. LIDDELL and Sir J . HAY gave their general approval of the scheme. After some observations from Admiral WALcoTT, leave was given to bring in the bill. Mr. E. P. BOUVERIE moved for leave to bring i n :, bill to amend the Union of Benefices Act. After a short discussion, in which complaint was made that no application had been given of the specific object of the bill. Mr. BOUVERIE gave an explanation which did not tend to conciliate opponents of his bfll, involving the taking down a part i c ular church an d the mode of disposing of the site. . _ The motion was ultimately agreed to, and leave was given to bring in the bill. Mr. BARING moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the . Salmon Fishery Act o f 1861 , explaining rea sons which rendered necessary an amending act and its main provisions. After a few observations by Mr. LYGON leave was given. Leave was likewise given to introduce a bill for conso lidating in one act provisions frequently inserted in acts relating to metropolitan and other railways. On the motion of Lord am), the Roads and Bridges (Scotland) Bill was read a second time. Mr, 1141iEBY moved the second reeding of the Charit- ~~5 _e` t-~;`C ;-4~'' able Trusts Fees Bill. Ile thought the notion should not, bear charges which were a fair subject of a small taxatio n , so that the Commission should defray its own exper,s es , now amounting to £20,000, and which were increasing, Sir M. PETO moved to defer the second reading for six months. The question, he said, had been repeatedly be fore the house and the country, which was opposed to the taxing of charities. The amendment was seconded by Mr. SELWYN, who objected that the measure should have been introduce , :( by the Government, and that the proposition to t charities had been already distinctly negatived by th e house. Mr. F. POWELL supported the amendment. Mr. H. BRUCE suggested objections to the details of the Bill, and hoped Mr. Hankey would withdraw it! The motion for the second reading was negatived, and the amendment was agreed to ; so the Bill is lost. rho house then went into committee upon . the Local Government Supplemental Bill, after some discussion upon, a point of form: The clauses were agreed to, with amendments. The report of the Committee of Supply having been brought up, questions were asked as to the class of vess,els to be built for the navy, the number of armour-clad ves sels, their armament, and other kindred matters, - which were partially disc . ussed, and to which detailed replies were given by Lord C. PAGET and Mr. CHILDERS. The report was ultimately agreed to. The Oxford University (Vinerian Foundation) Bill was read the second time. The house then went into committee upon the Mortgag e Debentures Bill. After some further business, the house adjourned at 20 minutes to 9 o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE _This Day. EPSOM RACES—Tars DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SWEEPSTAKES. Viceroy Discretion ... 2 MATCH—Rosina beat Duchess of Kent. WATERLOO PLATE. Nip Advance Approver Six ran. WALT ON STAKES. Attache Catalogue Plutus %lb 1 Five ran. METROPOLITAN. Planet Sandal Blackdown 3 Nineteen ran. BALARLAVA STAKES. Balornock Costrel filly Shamrock filly Eleven ran. DURDANS STAKES. Lytham Idler Queen of Spain Six ran. TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES. Mazeppa Fleurett . Loehiel.. 3 Nine ran. [ADVERTISEMENTS.] G. R. GEEmE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, supplies the Latest Edition of " THE SUN " round the Royal Oak and Notting-hill by eight o'clock. Bally's Spring Turf Guide, this day, 2s. Gd. post free.— Commissions executed. Newspapers sent to any part of the world. JRES FOR 1865. Salisbury lB Noi th Herts Yeomanry 19 Cork 22 Bath 23 Harpenden 26 Epsom 3O Hampton 2l Newton Newcastle Curragh Odiham Bibury Stockbridge New Forest Hunt l4 - Winchester li Nottingham Southampton 1(.1 Chesterfield Cambridge Goodwood Down Royal Corp 25 Oxford l7 York Yarmouth Plymouth Lichfield 2B Devon and Exeter 29 Derby Summer 3O Ipswich Weymouth 3l :➢iBER. Brecon Richmond l9 Monmouth 2l Manchester Autumn Newmarket Ist Oct 26 WaLsall IBER. Curragh Newmarket Ho. M Worcester NOVEMBER. Lincoln Autumn Liverpool Autumn Shrewsbury M. GUSTAVE DORE is at work on an illustrated Shakspere. Sir James and Lady Matheson have arrived at their mansion in Cleveland-row, St. James's, from a tour in Italy. The Hon. G. F. Boyle, M.P., and Mrs. Boyle have arrived at Farra,nco's Hotel, from Scotland. HER MAJESTY A PISCICULTURIST.—Sorne months since General Seymour, ranger of Windsor-park, sent for Mr. Frank Buckland, by her Majesty's command, to ask him to superintend the laying down of ova in the royal demesne. Mr. Buckland has accordingly had a num ber of boxes containing eggs of several thousands of the great lake trout, &c., placed in the waters in Windsor-park, under the care of Mr. Menzies, and he hopes ere long to breed salmon in these waters, whence they will be turned into the Thames. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE THAMES EMBANKMENT. —Yesterday afternoon, shortly before four o'clock, a man named John Miller, while walking along the frame work above the caissons, suddenly slipped and fell into one of the caissons, by which his skull was frightfully fractured. He was conveyed to Westminster Hospital, and promptly attended to by Mr. Hawker, but expired shortly after his arrival. POST-OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS.—At the close of the year 1864 the deposits in the Post-office savings-banks, with the interest due upon them, had risen to the large sum of £4,993,123. To meet this thorn was £4,995,663 at the National Debt-office, and £18,546 cash in the hands of the Postmaster-General remaining to be paid over for in vestment. The charges and expenses of these savings.. banks for the year 1864 amounted t0 , £45,856, and that sum cisomstmatiesdsiotnoers,havanedbaelel bnruetcrafroof it beforemtheNa the National Debt of December, 1864. Er,Dwl Uith a S via A w T _ nrg N et m G o: f L rhm. E S a b. zs a Is:pli.pa s.BALLADd:rsithe,s neat nexdt OPERA h m e o r v s e is ß a te nnounced is the e „ operas in which a Stephens, a goe A fno s eg r T rr,a r xesglvibeEy: before oe E n . Braham, an Incledon, delighted the generation of play the poem, was thought of. THE ROMAN AND TURKISH BATH.—From what we have said above, our readers will already have concluded that what is now so generally known as the Turkish Bath i s, i n reality, but a revival of the ancient Roman Bath ; and when Captain B-- and Colonel are enjoying the luxuries of Mr. D. Urquhart in Jerrnyn-street, they are undergoing the same process which 1,500 or 1,600 years ago, Captain Balbus, or Flavius, or Claudius, of the —th Roman legion, was en joying in the Strand. But so it is ! It is not a little singular, as Dr. Woolaston remarks, that " a practice so ancient as that of the Roman bath, which was in com mon use for many hundred years in all the most civilised countries of Europe, and still very extensively practised by all Mahometan nations, has been almost entirely abandoned by Western Europe." The Turks and other Oriental nations still adhere to the customs of their forefathers, bequeathed to them by the descendants of the Greeks and Romans: no small legacy to bequeath and no small boon to the people which had the good seas to adopt, almost as national, so valuable an inheritance Among the Turks, the bath has been the great means o cleanliness, and of cultivating the enjoyments of socia life, and almost answered the purposes of hospitals.—Once a Week. A JOKE ABOUT A COUPLE OF SOVEREIGNS ! In an old French caricature, dated 1814—A John Bull appears on all fours, with the head of Louis XVIII., and the subscription :—" Un gros cochon, 61eve en Angleterre, qui passe pour dix-huit Louis, mail qui ne vaut pas 1. 14 Napoleon." 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