The Sun. — London, England, 1865-04-28 00:00:00

ONEi'' MARKET AND CuaIVIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market continues active and firm. The settlement at the Stock Exchange and the withdrawing of a l arge amount of gold to send to Turkey have occasioned symptoms of stringency. The rates for first class bills have been 3i, and 4 per cent. Loans- have also been in request in the Stock Exchange at 31 per cent. an The return from the Bank of England is not of encour aging nattily, the rese rves o f no t es an d bulli on having decreased. Annexed are the Particul ars Active Circulation Decrease R st Decreaso... I3 ullion ... £21,009,035 ... 7,025 ... 14,754,795 -• • ... •" ... ... Increas e ••• •• Public Deposits ... ••• ''' ... Increa se ... ••• ••• Other Deposits ... ••• •'' ... Decrease ... ••• Seven Day and Other Bills ••• ".: 00YernmentIncrea se ... ••• •.. S ecurities ... ••• . 219,215 3,192,175 8,983 6,298,382 • 267,393 —. 13,965,270.6. 734,950 ". 429,342••• 16,883 • 10,984,441 --- ** No alteration. Decrease Other Securities ... ... 19,057,968 Not e 219,501 3 Unemployed ::: . Increase ... •:••• ;:.. ::: 7,551,410 ••• ••• ~580 .• ••• ••• • • • Th e director s o f the Chartered. Mercantile 22s Bank of India, London, and China have issued their seventh annual report. It states that after provid ing for all bad and doubtful debts, and defraying expense of m anagement at all points, the net profit amounts to £126,082 Is. Id., to which has to be t ackl ed a sum of £75,831 11s. 2d. undivided profit total of brou ght forward from the preceding year, making a £201,913 12s. 3d. Out of the above total :136,153 5E3. has been paid in two half-yearly divi encb3, making together 20 per cent. on the paid-up C apital of the bank. The unappropriated balance of 5 65 ,760 7s. 3d. is carried forward to the profit and loss account of the current year. The last in stalinent of £ l 2los. per share, due 2d January last, 11 4 1:4 the, 10 ,000 new- shares issued Dec. 1, 1863, ar , bee n Paid. The Newera Ellia and Tuticorn -641eies have been closed, the results not answering cbgpeetatious, and for a similar reason the Mauritius ranc h Will be closed at the end of the current year. Two O'CLOCK. te legram, Paris, this day, according to Mr Rs Quiet. the 3 per Cent. Rentes we re . euter' 67f. 35c. nuiet. he Ile tnglish Stock Ma r k e t h as b een very dull and pr o fit avy to.day, con sequent upon some sales to take the ti , on the r ecent improvement. The members, ;°' have been engaged with the fortnightly settle (•,--ellt, and very li ttle business has been negotiated. settle out' have declined to 90/ * for money and accou nt The New Threes and Reduced An 4uities are 88 * 89* ; the 2f pe r C en t s., 7 3+; 4 . O letlequer Bills, ss. prem. ; India 5 per C ents., 6i. 107. Enlaced 5 per Cents., 102 f ; an d the 13° 08, 158. 19s. prem. 11 :1 th e F oreign Stock Market quotations show ll° inlportant change. Turkish Consolides are flat a f , t 63 i 5 4 1 1. ; Mexican, ex all, remain at 261 / ; ' r eek, at 24 I; Spanish Passive are b etter at 31 I 4114 the Ce r tifi cates at 17 I. Italian are 64f / the Confederate Loan is 12 14. ; and In th e R ailway Share Market there has been a fast ana in ostaunnteeosf, business tra nsac t e d , and prices, in show increased buoyancy. Metro politan have improved £1 10s. ; Great Northern, . Lancashire and Yorkshire, Brighton, North Wes tern, and South E astern each 10 s . ; an d L ondon, Chatham, and Dover and Midland each ss. , The F ore i gn and Colonial lines have bee n dull, but Great Western of Canada have advan f East I n di an 4. ced, and . Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have remained Inactive, and without any material change in values. 2Rlussian (Vyksounsky) Iron Shares are quoted A2i prem. ; A n Navigation, 3 3 + prem. • Medi Lion Brewery, 2i n prem. ; London and "ship terranean Bank, f to 1 prem. ; Plymouth and P Building Company, 4 n prem. ; Colonial General Land Credit, 1 li prem. ; South Afri -1111 Land, 1 1i prem. ; and Rio de Janeiro Gas, _i. prem. GAPERITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 NISLENT FUNDS. 911 901 tier Cent. Consols 911 r ., Do. Account, May 9 89* i 8 i NT - Per Ceot- Reduced -,e w 3 ,-.. 891 i at 1.4. e per cent 73i - 1 -, W 2 -1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 A ..-' 0 ' 5 per C ent. J 1873 — Do'-41111Uties, 30 ,-1.8., e ri tr • e sth Jan., 1880 klBB5 — for 30 yrs, expire sth April, ~ Do (Red Sea Tele ph), Aug., 1905. 4 chequer Bills. £llOO, 4 per Cent — be. " _ £5OO Do, Lam,- , £lOO and 4200 Cent 2401 .k...... of England Stock, 51 per Cen., ...... '''e Accoluit , Ist a , ititha‘c•- G r OVERNISLENT SECURITIES. .... . D o I s t° e l ; 4 per Cent., April 18‘4.. _ D°. 5 c count 1061 7 h Per Cent. lB7O -0 . Ace°July, Do. unt .. _ D 0 ' 4 Per Cent., Oct. 1888 -°' Certificat s D o - p, , eB • -tuuced Paper 4 per Cent — 1021 .„?.. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 `r'' \ ` .. '• 51 per Cent, May 1879 — .;,'°' 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 -.-,'o. Roads, £l,OOO l9 Do. nucler .Cl,OOO Ath,..., FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. )3 -4.-lau pars'B 5 . per Cent tazilian 5 Cent ***************** ;331 De ' 4 i Per Cent 18.5.2-.a.:60 ~ Be Do. 1863 911 2i t.,enos Ayres 6 per Cent rq,„'"? I Per Ceut..(Deferred 3 per Cont.) -,u-uan 6 per Cent Deferred D o. 41 per Cent 001hoinbian 6,per Ce11i..." - en i , - a, 6 Per Cent. Vo per Cent 1864 — uo Q • ” ' '—' X • 'crll3, $.55 paid typtian 7 per Cent Do., Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds ___ 93i D 0 Do. • 1864 h —0 OCriP, £sb paid 'l'eck per Cents., 1.824-5, ex Coupons —_ _ Do Account Do. Coupons Cillatemala andrCent. r bo. 1839 lB5O ............... - .._ 44 ,,1ian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) mexicuo 1865 .... ...... ............ . , Do Scrip, x 421 paid Doan 3 per Cent. . Account Dc i'66:i ........ — 't;te nch ,,,,, — 1.)o 6 per Cent. Anlo-- Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c - Montevidean 6.per Cent., £3O paid New Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent DoGranada Do 2 per Cent Deferred rs Do Land Warrants (Hectares) D r eru 41 per Cent. Do Saniper Cent. (Uribarren) Doo 4i per Cent., 1862 . Account . Portliguese 3 per Cent., 1.853 ,Do Account ........................... . - , v o 3 per Cent., 185'6, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, •uo Account . . ........... Russian per Cent., 1822, .£ St , Do 41 per Cent., 1850 D o 1860 1 ., 1) ° 3 per Cent., 1859 _-: _ i '-'° 6 per Cent., 1862 D o eardi„. 1864 All---.lan 5 per Cent -0. ACCOIUIt -P h alli sh 3 per Cenq °—j-,''° Account.. . -New Defe.rr-ed D ne Account ....... . ,0 Passive '-' 'Jo Account . ............. , ... • ; -I)ar\iliell Cert. of Coilp not fun . den —l7 -13 Account .................................. l'c'edis ti 4 Per Cent . . ~.. Do A . -- rt,,,,. =2 Per Cent 1864 .................... _ _ ..I.', ..40Lela 6 Per Cent. 1.854 Dr Account ! Per Ceni. ..... -13 D ° 'ccount 4160 Bond . . 73 B t , ° 6 Per Centslia2 ~,*-'l3 Account .. . '"0. £lOO Bon& D ...,one Per Cent. 1863 .. Q. ve uarante Ce n ter cent illeznela 3 pe D ° ' 'keecuut h o - .. b°• ' 6 Per Cent, 1862 130°. 6 ee°lllat ~1864 li Per Cent Per Cent... . ... 411s,,,.Dividends o te above payable in London. --14 1- p , ",, 6 , Per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins -- etit'73'l Per cent., Ex. 25L _ "1 Per C t E 12 Gail Do 4 en ' l. ..._ ,17,, , per Cent Certiti,es 961 ItDo rtes, 4t es, 3 per Cent.: ............ iqi„ , c ouut . ... .. .. . r,O-111- Per Cent., 1 861, Ex. 25f. ' Cot ......................... c otsei. . TWO O'CLOCK to 4,, . ....... , ~ ............................. SHARE ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS; :I Railways. Bit., Wol., & Str."Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledoni n Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A gets no div . tillf3p.c.p.an.has Do. B been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Wt stern Great Eastern, Ord. 8 I k Do. E. Angl. st No.'? Great North of Scotland Great Northern D A stock Do. B o Do. N ew, ls. at 25 pm Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n Original I) . S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South \Vales Do W. Mid.— Oxford Do. Newport Po. Ae eford Lanctshire &Yorkshire L ,ndon and Blackwali Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon.' & South Western Man., Shelf., & Lincoln Maryporb and Carlisle Uo. # shares .. Metropolitan.... Do. New Mid and Do, Birmin & Derby I 'Mid Gt. W., Ireland 1)o. A shares `lid Kent . !No th British ... Do Ed., Pth ,"& Dun Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. U.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle .... Po. Stock & Darling. De. d... 1855- , 8. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do 18r4 North Staffordshire N. & S. W Junction Scottish C ntral Scot. N. E Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. st , ck.. . 4 h. ews & welchpool.. Shropshire Union .... youth Devon.. -math E stern .4aines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw :II • v'.flart lepool Dar& R. Do. A irredeemable.. Do. A redeemable .. 100 100 100 100 1 0 100 10 ICO 10 160 10i all 5 100 all I Paid, Closing Business done. 62 (6 16 17 10 92 106 1 8 47 48 7 8 132 1:43 147 119 131 33 86 SS :4 73 63 67 5: 64 46 49 02 1 04 1211 12% 87 fki 107 109 4i 13 1221 123 97 98 61 62 136) 137) np 135) 13t , 106 1(8 5f Z 5 „5 26 11.) 111 89 70 103 114 37 38 1t 12 pl 9 10 p 115 Ils j 1 14p 78 79 11 I 1 [49 144 49: - 51 61 62 64 56 so 661 9 10 155 3 4 p 107 109 4G 49 75 78 BRITISH I" et i 20 20i 10 100 1 Atlantic & St. Lawrence] Bom., Baroda, • Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent.. Do. 1 4 ' shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference . Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aug% 1,, 872 Do. do. J uly 1, 187$ Do. do. June I, 1574 Calcutta & s. E., lim a e Town & Dock, gn Demera a, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben al, gu , 5 do East I dia., gu. 5 p.c. Do J Extension Grand Trunkot Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist :'ref. Bonds Do do. deferred Do. 2d Pr. f. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. Fd Pref. stock Do: do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. 'P.c o. Gua.. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (Inn. gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cer Do rest W s. of Canada Dd. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 to. 5 • do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited !Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4i do ho. Fifth Extension Nelb Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel & Hudson's nay ,New Brunswick & Can Class A and B v.ltl.C'da, pc lst pf. bds Scindc Do. Delhi os Do. do ci Do. Pun!aub Do.lndus St Flo "() 94 96 132 133 6i 6 ,SIONS. 54 67 1024 1031 pr 4p 4 4 , to NI 65 70 99 )01 75 85 lil 10i 102 IC4 10' .105 SP 18} Iv 5 88 6) 67 51 55 55 57 47 50 44 50 44 46 26 2 25 26 1031 1041 P 101 102 10 101 101 lOid 88 2 78 E,2 4 Id 102 101 '94 96 89 91 64 66 3 5 82 81 101/3 3021 1013 102 d pr 101 i 102, 94 91 Share COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECU . British Columbia. 6 per cent„ Dec. 31,1472 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.&July 1877-t4 Do 6 p. c. Feb. & D ‘. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p 0. Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 1)0. April & Oct. 1880-i Do. Jan. & do July, 1891 Ce_ylon, Nov 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.78 Do. 1882, May .5, N0v..6 Natal 'ov. o per cent N. B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 ire., 1866 Do. .5pc.18 1 to 1870 Do. 5 P.c. 1888 to 1 . 8e2 New Zealand, 6 p. cent s Do. 6 per cent.... Nova Sc tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c Do. 1878& upwards Vic,Oov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, epril 8c Oct BRITI 100 00 10 100 100 190 100 100 10 100 100 X 93 95 9: .94 92 94 81 83 81 83 103 106 104 105 n 5 lu7 106 108 'lO4 106 11.9 112 103 Irs 105 ►O7 107 109 102 103 92 £5 19 101 93 95 91 93 104 105 88 90 INES. Cam Consol. bold, lim Chi verton Clifford ,malgamatecl. Devon G. Cons. (Tay.st Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Cara :on as. Carn Brea East Grenville Ea&.t Lovel E. W'i Russell (Tavlstk Gam .& StAubyn(Gwen. Great L .xey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor Heist Grenvil e Herod's Foot .... Hingston owns Margaret Tiny Lelant, Marke Valley wyndy Iron Ore, liw' Nangiles hew Sewn North Downs North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Whe , .l Crotty Prosper United Pr vidence UnyL daut S. Caradon (St. (leer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 'tray Park Tin Croft West assett (II .ozan W. Caradon L skeard West Chi rerton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wiles. Ludo ,tt Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seto,' Wheal elawney (Lis Wheal Uni n ['REFERENCE 81 Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. Ditto, 6 per cent. pf., 120) Great Western. 5 per cent., rd. pf., 1 'ARKS. . 1 1. - NI PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 44 per cent. pr., Ditto, 5 per Cent. pf., 97 FORE.IGN RAIL WAYS. A n twerp and Rotterdam. 101 Belgian Eastern Junction, Central Argentine, 3,1 Dutch Rhenish. 3 ~n eat Luxembourg, 134 i Namur and Liege gua. 14f. per annum, Si Sambre and Meuse, 54 per cent. pl., 9 1 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 21} BANKS.. Alliance (lim.). 33 A uglo Austrian, 71 Bank of Egypt, 3i Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 10i Chartered Bank of India. Australia, and China, 261 6 Cominercial Bank of India and the East, 03} Consolidated Liana, lira., 106 Imperial Ottoman, 161 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., London B..nk of Mext,o and S. America, lim.,:lo} London and Brazilian slim,), 46 London and County, 771 MISCELLANEOUS. City of London Real Property, lim., 4 Credit Fonder and Moblin r of hlnglano, 81 1 East Indian Financi lim., if Egyptian Com. and Trading, lim., 3 English and Foreign Credit, 41 Gen. Credit and finance of London, lim.; 6 51 Joint Stock Discount. Rm.. 8 74 London Financial Association, Slim.. 22 4 Lnndon General Omnibus Company, 34 Ottoman Financial a'ssociat.on, lirn., IL/ Pen nail's and Oriental Steam, 831 41 Royal Mail Steam, 911 A most important case under the Extradition Treaty with the United States was argued in the Court of Queen's Bench yesterday. A man named Charles Windsor, who had been employed as paying teller in the Mer cantile Bank of New York, absconded from there with a large sum of money. He made false entries in his books, and by the laws of New York State this was forgery. He was followed to this country and apprehended, and Sir Thomas Henry made an order for him to be given up to the United States authorities under the extradition treaty. He appealed to the Court of Queen's Bench, and the case was arglied yesterday. After hearing counsel the court held that the offence imputed did not amount to forgery in the sense of the extradition treaty, and that therefore Windsor must be set at liberty. SouniexproN, April 28.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Scine, steamer, from the West Indies. 94 98 103 105 107 109 IC7 108 4} 51 575 585 19 4 21 1 14 15 6. 7 31 4 10 11 3,1 41 4 6 161 174 11 24 304 314 4 41 35 36 3/ 4 S 7 5 51 15 Of 16 18 35 45 11 13 3 36 31 33 520 530 20 25 ►5 17 141 15 76 8) 6 9 574 180 190 100 103 30 35 11 13 20 , 2W 19 20 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1865 'his day. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OP DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde.) CLINTON V. CLINTON. 1221 3 2} 88 7k 108 42 123 21 3k MARLBOROUGH-S TREE T. 1374 9 74 136 1101 P 68i 103 i victed. THAMES. 104} 1(4 } lo 102 k i ITIES. 1071 This was a suit instituted by. the wife, for judicial separation from her husband, Lord Charles Pelham Clinton (brother of the Duke of Newcastle), on the ground of adultery and desertion. The respondent entered no appearance or answer. The Queen's Advocate and Dr. Tristram were counsi for the petitioner. From the evidence it appeared that the parties were married at Christ Church, Marylebone, in 1843, and co habited until 1858, when Lord Clinton became a balikrupt. He went then to reside at Brighton, when he formed an improper intimacy with a young female named Mary Greenfield, the daughter of a labourer living in the neigh bourhood. He and this female subsequently went to Dieppe, where they lived together as man and wife. The respondent left the petitioner without any means of pro vision, and sho was for some time in a state of great pecuniary embarrassment, to an extent that prevented her from instituting these proceedings earlier. The case was fully proved, and the learned judge made the decree with costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day ROBBING A CHILD AND A CHURCH.—Ann Brooks, a woman of short stature, was chargedbefore Mr. Knox, with stealing a dress from a child, and also a book from St. Andrew's Church, Wells-street, Oxford-street. Wm. Moorcroft, 165 E, said that in consequence of what he was told he went to No. 21, Tower-street, and found the prisoner in a cupboard on the second floor. Before he could tell her what she was charged with she said that a crowd had followed her to the house, and accused her of taking the dress off a: child. The child said in the pri soner's presence that before she took her dress, she (the prisoner) offered her a farthing, and she made no reply. young man named Gillen, living at 37, King-street, Soho, said he saw the prisoner take the dress off the child, and offer it a farthing. The child said his mother would not let him take it, and the prisoner then put the dress under her shawl, and walked away with it. He followed the prisoner and she dropped the dress, and then went into the house where she was taken. Mrs. Mary Ann Blade; of 106, Drury-lane, said her little boy went out with the dress on. Moorcroft, 165 E, said that on searching prisoner's box he found the hymn-book produced. Mr. Charles Ellenton, verger of St. Andrews, Wells street, said the hymn-book produced was one of those sup plied for the use of the congregation, and belonged to Dr. Henry Lang and others, the trustees. As far as he knew, the Woks were never taken from the church. Moorcroft said the prisoner had been previously con. Henry Gray, 53 F, said the prisoner was convicted by Mr. Flowers, at Bow-street Police-court, in February last for felony, she having a number of books in her possession when taken into custody. Mr. Knox committed the prisoner for trial. DESTROYING THE TURF IN HYDE PARK.-T wo respect able lads, named James Hodgson and Alfred Salisbury, were charged with wilfully destroying the turf in Hyde park. Lyppett and Miller, two of the park constables, saw the lads busily engaged in pulling up the turf, the object being, as they stated, to procure worms for a blackbird. Mr. Knox, after cautioning them, ordered them to pay he damage, 2s. 6d , and a fine of 21s. each. ANOTHER LEICESTER-SQUARE.—Edward Herbert, aged 11 .last birthday, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with stealing five old bricks, value 2d., the property of John Nicholson, of King's Bench-walk, Temple. The circumstances which gave rise to this prosecution are these :—There is a large plot of ground called Trafal gar-square, in White Horse-lane, near the Rectory, Step ney. Three sides of this square are built upon, the fourth is open to the road. In the middle of the square, is, or rather was, a very pretty garden, and trees enclosed, with a dwarf wall and railings. The enclosure has been allowed to decay, part of the wall and many of the railings have been removed, the grass torn up, limbs of the trees pulled away and converted into firewood, and the place rendered as desolate as possible. It is now a miserable ruin, affording evidence only of the want of taste and the destructiveness of the lower classes of the population. The enclosure walls, railings, trees, shrubs, and grass seem likely to disappear altogether unless it is effectually repaired, and a good strong foundation of stone, with iron railings at the top, is constructed, and a gardener appointed to look after the place. _ _ Mrs. Ellen Ackermann, of 15, Trafalgar-square, wife of a Custom-house officer who is the agent of the square, said the square is in a most dilapidated state, and everything has been broken up by the boys and others. She had seen people taking the bricks away and stopped them, but she could not always have • her eyes on the enclosure and garden. James George Griffin, aged 12, and son of Mr. James Griffin, inspector of the K division of police, said he lived at No. 4, White Horse-lane, exactly opposite the square, and saw the prisoner take away five bricks which he pulled out of the loose wall from under the railings. He went and followed him home, and informed his father of what he had seen. George Lucas, No. 68 K, said he went to the dwelling of the prisoner's parents, No. 5, Henry-street, Stepney, and saw the five bricks now produced placed on a low wall two feet high. The boy said he took the bricks from Trafalgar-square. Inspector Griffin said that Trafalgar-square had been a source of great trouble to the police. He had done all in his power to stop the work of demolition and plunder there. Boys were continually breaking the trees, climbing the low wall and railings, and pulling everything to pieces. Dust-bins and hovels had been erected with the bricks and other materials taken from Trafalgar-square. He had set his own children to watch the boys, and ascertain where the bricks were taken to, and he should continue to do all in his power to stop the evil. Mr. Partridge was well satisfied with all Mr. Griffin had done to put a stop to the work of destruction. It was a natter of deep regret to hear of the destruction of an ornamental enclosure in a neighbourhood where there were so few open spaces. He should fine the boy ls. for wilful damage in taking bricks out of the wall, and 2d., the value of the bricks. •If any more cases of the kind were brought before him, he should punish the offenders with great severity. WESTMINSTER. ARSON.—Mary Ann Pallister, a servant girl between 15 and 16 years of age, was placed at the bar, charged with setting fire to some bedding at 65, Warwick-street, Pimlico. Mr. G. T. Poole, 65, Warwick-street, said—l am engaged by Mr. Mudie, in Oxford-street. The prisoner at the bar was my servant. On Wednesday, the 19th, there was a fire in my house, in the bedroom, at the top of it. I came home at half-past seven in the evening, and found the bed, bed furniture, and a quantity of wearing apparel had been burnt. The paper on the wall of the room was burnt in several places. I made inquiry in my family, but could not find out how it happened—it was altogether a mystery. Mr. Selfe—What time was it that it occurred? Prosecutor—ln the middle of the day ; about two o'clock. Mr. Selfe—Was there a fire in the grate in that room ? Prosecutor—None ; there had not been for some time. I made many inquiries, but nobody could give me any idea how it occurred. Mr. Selfe—Was she the only servant ? Prosecutor—She was. Her room was at the bottom of the house. She had no business in that room, and she subsequently admitted that she had been there, and had wilfully set the room on fire. It was four days after that she made the admission. She said she did it from feelings of spite. Mrs. Poole, sworn—Prisoner entered my service on the 11th of March. The fire took place on Wednesday the 19th inst., at two minutes past two in the afternoon. It was first discovered by the police: Sergeant Brooker told me smoke was coming from my house, which was on fire. I was very much alarmed when I first heard of it. I wb.s afraid my child was in the room, but it happily was not. The bed, bedding, and a great many things were consumed to ashes. There were five engines came, and if it had not been for the intrepidity of the police, I have no doubt that the house wauld have been consumed. The prisoner has admitted theft as well as having set fire to the house. She did it because she was not permitted to go out. Her family is very respectable. Mr. Selfe—Prisoner is remanded until Tuesday. Bank of England Eeturn.•—Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, April 26, 1865. lESUB DEPARTMENT. Notes lamed 1...—..£28,793,055, Government Debt 211,015,10 Other Securities .. 3.634,90 t Goldeomet Bullion 13,910,145 Silver Bullion .... £28,50,415' BANKING I) .C 28,560,415 oprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 iit at u bile Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, COMMlts missioners of N a tional Debt, and • Dividend Ac- Government Semi rams (including Dead IV eightAn- nuity) .£10,981,441 Other Securities 19,057,96, Notes Gold and Silver 811,350 Ooin counts) 6,298362 Other Deposita— 13,9 6,270 Seven Lay and other Bills 429,312 £35,438,16g V 4 33,438,169 % MILLER, Chief Caehier. April 27, 1865. The French Academy of Sciences is, this year, to designate, in accordance with the decree of the 22d Dec., 1860, the work of discovery of the greatest importance, meriting the biennial prize of 2,000 fr. founded by the Emperor. SPORTING I. lE—This Day. CROYDON RACES-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. STAND PLATE. Dubious Done Brown Crucifix 1 3 Eight ran. CITY- BETTING—THIS DAT. TWO THOUSAND. 7to 2 agst Breadalbane 4to 1 agst Kangaroo (taken freely) 6to 1 agst Bedminster (taken and offered) 6to 1 agst Ariel (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Chattanooga (offered—take 100 to 6) 100 to 6 agst Archimedes (taken) 20 to 1 agst Gladiateur (offered) CHESTER CUB. 20 to 1 agst Helen (taken) ,25 to 1 agst. Leprochan (taken) DERBY. 14 to 1 agst Wild Charley (taken) 15 to 1 agst Ariel (offered —take 16 to 1) 16 to 1 agst Bedminster (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Chattanooga (wanted) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT T ERS ALL'S-THURSDAY. - - Notwithstanding the near approach of the First Spring Meeting, and the heavy importance attaching to the Two Thousand, speculation upon the latter grand event is some what sluggish. 'Tis true that this very day Breadalbane was most frequently inquired after both at the Victoria Club and at Knightsbridge ; but although certain indivi duals exhibited a strong desire to obtain the full market price, as they termed it, the horse was not backed for any considerable amount of money, layers being evidently chary about giving backers an opportunity. 100 even was accepted about Breadalbane being one of the first three, while 50 to 49 was laid against the two favourites. Vari ous flattering rumours were in circulation about Ariel, the effect of which was to speedily send this promising repre sentative of Lord Glasgow's to 100 to 15 (taken). On the Derby 7 to 1 was accepted to some money about Breadalbane, and after 1800 to 100 had been booked about Ariel, 1000 to 60 was noted, the taker of odds wishing to go on. Will this Chattanooga over disappear from the betting horizon, or will he not ? Mr. Naylor would do well to pronounce upon hiS merits, and give him preferment or repudiate his claims at once and for ever for both the Two Thousand and Derby. There are still to be found a few believers in the Criterion running being verified at Epsom, and one of the number took 1000 to 30 that Mr. Naylor's beats anything. Closing prices:— TWO THOUSAND. 7to 2 agst Breadalbane (taken freely) 7to 2 agst Kangaroo (taken) HO to 15 agst Ariel (taken) 10 to 1 agst Archimedes (offered) 100 to 6 agst Chattanooga (taken) 100 to 8 agst Bedminster (taken) THE DERBY. 7to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken) Bto 1 agst The Duke (offered) 1000 to 60 agst Ariel (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Chattanooga (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Christmas Carol (taken) CHESTER CUP. 9 to 1 agst Ackworth 10 to 1 agst Victorious 13 to 1 agst La Toucques 14 to 1 agst Lord Zetland 25 to 1 agst Leprochaun 25 to 1 agst Chocolate The Subscription Room will be opened on Saturday next for settling on Epsom, comparing on the Two Thousand, and the transaction of business as usual. - CROYDON SPRING MILITARY AND OPEN STEEPLEOHASES.-THURSDAY. The Innkeepers' Plate (Handicap) of 50 sovs ; winners 71b extra. About two miles and a half. Mr. Micawber's Marble Hill,. 6 yrs, 12 s t ... (M r. Ed war d s ) 1 Count A. de Dampierre's Oliver Twist, aged, __llst _ _ (C. Boyce) 2 The following also ran : — Simpleton, Careless Boy, The Lee, Pam, and Done Brown. Betting-6 to 4on Marble Hill, sto 1 agst Oliver Twist, 7 to 1 agst The Lee, and 10 to 1 agst any other. A Selling Steeplechase of 3 sous each, with 25 added ; weight for age, with selling allowances. About two miles. 9 subs. Mr. Green's Cantab, aged, list 71b C. Boyce) 1 Mr. B. Land's Ace of Trumps, 6 yrs, li s t 71b ...(States) 2 Mr. Saunders's Caledonian, aged, list 71b (Knott) 3 The following also ran :—The Idiot, Ingestre, Diploma, Duke of Gresham, and Strike. The Croydon Cup, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, for 4-yr-olds and upwards ; certain penalties and allowances. About th re e mil es . 13 su b s. _ _ Mr. Reeves's Aggresso r , 6 yrs, ll st 31b - (B. Land) NV.O, for the forfeit& A Military Handicap Steeplechase of 15 sovs each, 12 ft, with 50 added. About three miles. 8 subs, two of whom declared. Mr. Hutchinson's Best Man, aged, lOst 41b (Mr. Harford) 1 Mr. Annesley's Bachelor of Arts, 5 yrs, list 21b (Mr. Knox) 2 Merrimac and The Weed also ran. Betting-7 to 4on Bachelor of Arts, 3to 1 each agst Best Man and The Weed, 20 to 1 (at first 5 to 4) agst Merrimac. Merrimac made play, followed by Bachelor of Arts and Best Man ; The Weed, having refused the first fence, walked across the fields to the enclosure. Merrimac con tinued in front for half the distance, when he was delibe rately pulled up in the middle of the field, his owner at once dismounting, alleging that the horse had hit his leg, but there were no visible signs of lameness. Afterwards Capt. Shaw, the owner and rider of Merrimac, was sum moned before the Stewards, who reserved their decision to this day (Friday). A Selling Handicap Steeplechase Plate of 40 sous; the winner to be sold for 50 soya. About two miles and a half. 7 subs. Mr. H. Wright's Betsy Baker, aged, lOst 71b.....(Pickett 1 Mr. Fitz's Irish Boy, aged, lOst 101 b (B. Land) 2 Mr. Crome's Deception, aged, list 71b (J. States 0 Beiting---6 to 4 on Deception, 5 to 2 agst Betsy Baker. Deception made play for a mile, but having broken a blood vessel was pulled up. The other two alternately led, and after a fine race Betsy Baker won by a short head. Match, £5O. About one mile and a half. Mr. J. James's The Nipper, list 71b (C. Searle) 1 Mr. Fletcher's Busy Bee, list 71b (J. Steggles) 0 Betting -2 to lon the Nipper, who won in a canter. Busy Bee fell. if Gibraltar 11) Miner liialaibadyaini ß unturn ioe.aaf A ed.rTit tr. : T arasaard itHniendsrAND O.y24aa44 ,4ldeclared, SOMERSET BBBBBB9subs.976BB33 COUNTY MEETING. 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Baily's Spring Turf Guide, this day, 2s. 6d. post free.— Commissions executed. Newspapers sent to any part of the world. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This day. -- it...- - - - - -- LONDON, April 28.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather. PORTSMOUTH, April 27.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Geyser, from Plymouth; her Majesty's ship Fox, from the Eastward. By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. PLYMOUTH, Friday Morning. While practising at the targot at Mount Batten this morning, a soldier belonging to Captain Wilson's Com pany, 6th Regiment, was accidentally shot in the neck, and is not expected to recover. GRATESIND, Friday Morning. Arrived, April 27.—Radiant, from Lisbon ; Earl of Auckland, steamer, from Rotterdam ; Douglas, from Guernsey. Arrived, April 28.—Phoenix, from Sannesund. Sailed, April 27.—Fortuna, steamer, for Genoa ; St. Lawrence, steamer, for Quebec. Letter from the Hon. J• M. Mason, The Index publishes the following : " TO THE EDITOR OF TILE INDEX. " Sir,—Time will develope the mystery as yet attending the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States, and the attempted assassination of Mr. Seward, his Secretary of State. I desire only to repel at once the calumnious assertion of Edwin M. Stanton, the Secre tary of War, in his letter to Mr. Adams, printed in the London journals of this morning, that these acts were 'planned and set on foot by rebels, under pretence of avenging the South and aiding the rebel Cause,' and of which he says there is evidence obtained.' "Mr. Stanton's letter is dated on the 15th April, and states that Mr. Lincoln was assassinated in the theatre at half-past 10 the previous night, and died at 20 minutes past seven on the morning of the day that ho wrote. I adduce this to show how unlikely it is, in the hurried excitement, and the necessary occupations attending such events, that any but the wildest theories would prevail in regard to the cause of the event, or the objects of the perpetrators. Mr. Stanton adopts that which he deemed would be the most useful before the public of his country. Should the 'evidence' to which he refers to support his calumny ever see the light, it will be scanned with the experience de rived in regard to other evidence, unscrupulously fabricated in the same quarter, during the present war, for base political effect. It is the crudest conception, too, that the murder of Abraham Lincoln was planned and executed for the purpose of ' aiding the rebel cause ;' but I can well understand that it may have material influence in aiding the cause of that overpowering party in the United States of which Mr. Stanton is the type, and Andrew Johnson, who succeeds as President, with Butler of the notorious prefix, are the exponents and leaders—a party in whose path the late President and his Secretary were acknowledged obstacles in their projected schemes of plunder and rapine to follow their dominion over the Southern States. "For the rest, 1 learn from a well-informed source in London that Wilkes Booth,' who is accused of the deed, is a son of the celebrated English actor of that name, was of his father's profession, which he pursued principally in the Northern States, and was generally understood as in heriting those traits significant of his father's name, Junius Brutus Booth, by whom ho was named John Wilkes, after the great English Radical—an origin and mental training little likely to engender the slightest sympathy with the great cause of the Conservative South. As to the crime which has been committed, none will view it with more abhorrence than the people of the South, but they will know, as will equally all well balanced minds, that it is the necessary offspring of those scenes of bloodshed and mur der in every form of unbridled license, which have sig nalised the invasion of the South by Northern armies, unrebuked certainly, and therefore instigated, by their leaders, and those over them. "Pardon the length of this note. I desired only in stantly to repel the atrocious calumnies in the letter of Mr, Stanton. " Very respectfully yours, "J. M. MASON. "24, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square, London, April 27, 1865." MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The arrivals of the home-grown wheat fresh up to our market to-day were moderate, and the condition of the pro duce was good. As compared with Monday, very little change took place in prices, and although the demand was by no means active, that day's currency was steadily sup ported. Only a moderate supply of foreign wheat was on the stands. Holders of all descriptions were firm in their de mands, and Monday's prices were well supported. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair average request, at full currencies. The supply of barley on sale was very moderate, and the trade was firm, at quite previous rates. Malt was in slow request, at late prices. With oats, the market was well supplied. Most de scriptions were in fair average request, at full quotations. Beans and peas were in short supply, and Monday's currency was well maintained. A fair business was transacted in flour, at full prices. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch. 1,490 850 2,730 540 830 Irish — 590 Foreign 7,150 2,890 49,180 1,410 sks. brls NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Very moderate supplies of meat are on sale at these markets. Generally speaking, sales progress slowly, at the annexed quotations : Per 81b by the carcase. ad ad Inferior beef 3 2 3 4 Middling do. 3 6 3 10 Prime large do 4 0 4 2 Prime small do 4 2 4 4 Large pork 3 8 4 8 Lamb, 6s ad sd Inferior mutton.... 4 6 5 0 mutton..s 2 5 6 Prime do .5 8 5 10 Veal 4 0 5 0 Small pork. 4 10 5 4 fd to 7,a Bd. BOROUGH HOP. Our market continues to be very moderately supplied with English hops. All descriptions, although in by no means active request, are firm is price. Good and fine foreign hops move off steadily, at full currencies ; but in ferior qualities are a slow sale. Mld and East Kent ..... llos to 200 s per cwt. Weald of Kent Sussex . .... 100 s to 145 s Yearlings llos to i3us Bavarian —s to a American —s 10 —l3 COLONIAL. TEA.—A moderate amount of business has been done in the private market, and prices generally are well main tained. S UGAR.—The market has been rather animated, and some rather large dealings have taken place in West India at fully previous quotations. Other descriptions have maintained their former values. In the refined market common lumps are in fair request at 435. per cwt. COFFEE.—There has been a moderate demand for Colonial descriptions, and Plantation Ceylon may be quoted a shade dearer. In most other qualities there is no particular change as regards values. RICE.—The demand for East India has continued active, and good soft grain descriptions have brought enhanced prices. TALLOW.—The market has shown rather less firmness, and quotations for both present and forward delivery have been a shade flatter. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 425. ; June delivery, 425. 6d. ; and last three months, 425. 6d. to 425. per cwt. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market continues steady at the advance of yes terday. Sales probably 10,000 or 12,000 bales. The Bank of France return presents several satis factory and important movements. The bullion has been increased £467,000, and the current ac counts £728,000. The discounts have been reduced £27,000, the notes in circulation £120,000, and the Treasury balances £27,000. The progress of business in the Foreign and Colo nial Produce Markets during the last few days has been more animated. Sugars have fully maintained previous rates, while in coffee the operations have been to a fair extent at steady prices. Rice has been in more request, at enhanced values, but salt petre has been neglected, and there has been less' inquiry for tallow, with a slight downward tendency in prices for both present and forward delivery. ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Ointment.— Painless Cures.—Sores, wounds, ulcerations, and other diseases affecting the skin, are amendable by this cooling and heal ing unguent. It has called forth the loudest praise from persons who had suffered for years from bad legs, abscesses, and chronic ulcers, after every hope of cure had long passed away. None but those who have experienced the sooth ing effect of this Ointment can form an idea of the comfort it bestows by restraining inflammation and allaying pain. Whenever this Ointment has been once used it has esta blished its own worfh, and has again been eagerly sought for as the easiest and safest remedy for all ulcerous com plaints. In neuralgia, rheumatism, and gout the same application, properly used, gives wonderful relief. Births. BARNARDISTON.—On the 26th inst., at The Ryes, near ,Sudbury, Suffolk, the Lady Florence Barnardiston, of a daughter. CAnicAnT.—On the 26th inst., at Thornton-le-street, Yorkshire, the Countess Cathcart, of a daughter. DICKENSON.—On the 24th inst., at Berkley House, near Frome, the Hon. Mrs. Edmund Dickenson, of a daugh- ter. TALBOT.—On the 27th inst., at 10, Great George-street, Westminster, the Hon. Mrs. John G. Talbot, of a son. Marriages. BROWN—CAINE—On the 26th inst., at Liscard, the Rev. Hugh Stowell Brown, Liverpool, to Phoebe, the eldest daughter of Nathaniel Caine, Esq., of Egremont, Che shire. Low—MonisoN.—On the 26th inst., at Trinity Church, Westbourne-terrace, Alexander W. Low, Esq., Captain Royal Regt., to Fanny Isabel, eldest daughter of John Morison, Esq., of Gloster-terrace, Hyde-park. Deaths. BIRCH.—On the 25th inst., at Hertford, Major Henry Birch, aged 35. Dem.—At Roehampton, Surrey, Thomas Richard Davis, Esq., formerly of the Nth Regiment, and of Lewknor, Oxon. GUY.—On the 25th ilia . at Prospect-place, Bow-road, Robert Guy, of 128, Leadenhall-street, aged 68. HEYWARD.—On the 24th inst., at Aylesbury, Henry Hey ward, Esq., aged 79. LASCELLES.—On the 25th inst., at Wighill Park, Yorkshire the Hon. Edwin Lascelles, su ddenly, aged 64. NAPIER.—On the 22d inst., at St. Helier's, Jersey, Colonel Duncan Campbell Napier, aged 77. TOYNBEE.—On the 25th inst., in the Minster Close, Lin coln, George Toynbee, Esq., aged 82. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS. -LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack it five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Bolton Improvement Bill, the Leicester Lunatic Asylum Bill, the Limerick Embankment and Reclamation Bill, and the West Worthing Improvement Bill were read a second time. The Dublin Metropolitan Junction Railway Bill, the Belfast and County Down, and Belfast and Holywood and Bangor Railway Companies, and Mestley, Thorpe, and Walton Railway Bills, were read a third time and passed. ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. Earl RUSSELL gave notice that on Monday next ho would move an humble address to her Majesty, expressive of commiseration in the feelings she must experience in reference to the assassination of the President of the United I States. Earl DERBY said he only hoped there was nothing in formal in the course proposed by the noble earl. With regard to the substance of the motion he entirely agreed, as he believ'ed every member of that house, as well as the public generally, viewed with sorrow and indignation the atrocious act which had been committed in the United States. (Hear, hear.) Earl RUSSELL said that he believed there was nothing informal in the motion of which he had given notice. DISTRICT CHURCH TITHES BILL. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH moved the second read ing of this bill, which was agreed to. EAST 'INDIA GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S POWERS, &c., BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. THE TREATMENT OF A BRITISH CONSUL. Lord. CHELMSFORD called the attention of the house to the imprisonment and severe treatment to which a British consul and other British subjects had been exposed by the orders of the Emperor of Abyssinia, and asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps had been taken to relieve our fellow countrymen from the severities to which they had been subjected, and were still sub ject, and he moved for certain papers on the subject. The noble lord entered into some details to show that the Emperor of Abyssinia exhibited a hostile disposition to wards Europeans, and that his conduct towards British subjects, under circumstances which have already been before the public, was most unjustifiable. He condemned the conduct of the Government in allowing the letter from the Emperor of Abyssinia to remain un answered from February, 1863, to June 1864. He thought, also, that the autograph letter, with the sign manual of her Majesty, should have been presented to the King of Abyssinia by some person of position ; and, al though intrusted to a person of respectability, he was un fortunately the very person to whom it should not have been entrusted. He read a letter from one of the parties who was suffering from the severities of the imprisonment and ill treatment they had to endure and were still enduring in Abyssinia. Earl RUSSELL said that the noble lord was under a false impression if he supposed it was so easy to have replied immediately to the letter in question, as the kingdom of Abyssinia was in a very unsettled state. He contended that the gentleman selected to deliver the letter of the Queen was a person in every way qualified for the dis charge of that mission. (Hear, hear.) The King of Abyssinia was engaged in constant war with neigh bouring chieftains, and unfortunately there were persons who took advantage of his position to poison his mind against French and English subjects. Her Majesty's Go vernment had done all in their power to effect the liberation of the parties imprisoned, but the matter was surrounded with difficulties, and he hoped the noble lord would not press for the production of papers, as that would tend to increase those difficulties. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAsT EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Buckfastleigh Totnes, and South Devon Railway ; Edg ware, Highgate, and London Railway ; Glasgow and South Western Railway (City of Glasgow Union) ; Great Torrington Roads ; London, Blackwall, and Mill wall Extension Railway; Scottish North Eastern Rail way ; Sunningdale and Cambridge Town Railway; and Whitehaven Junction Railway. THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. Sir G. GREY said, in order to give the house an oppor tunity of expressing an opinion oa the assassination of the President of the United States, his noble friend Lord Palmerston, on Monday next, intended to move an humble address to her Majesty expressing its sorrow and indigna tion at the assassination of the President of the United State; and also for conveying its sympathy to the Go vernment and the people of the United States under the lamentable calamity. CROWN DEBTS. Mr. HADFIELD asked the Attorney-General whether he intended to bring in a bill to amend the law respecting the registering of Crown debts, so as to render it unneces sary for bona fide purchasers of real estate to make searches, at considerable expense, before they could safely complete purchases from persons who were the apparent owners thereof. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it was not the in tention of the Government to introduce any such measure during the present session. MOROCCO. Mr. H. B. SHERIDAN asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether It was true that the Emperor of Morocco had withdrawn the firman, delivered last year to Sir Moses Montefiore, promising to the Jews in Morocco the security and protection of regular justice ? Whether any information had reached the Go vernment of the imprisonment of twelve chiefs of the Jewish community of Tetuan for the alleged non-payment of a Moorish guard at the gates of the Jewish quarters ; and whether any steps had been taken to ascertain whether any of the twelve chiefs were British subjects. Mr. LAYARD said he had no reason to believe that the firman referred to had been withdrawn. On the contrary, he believed it was the wish of the Emperor that it might be carried out. No official information of its withdrawal had been received by the Government. THE BUDGET. The house having resolved itself into a Commttteo of Ways and Means, Mr. DODSON in the chair, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose to make his financial statement, and was received with cheers. He said,—Mr. Dodson,—There is, Sir, upon the whole, a some what remarkable contrast between the opening and the closing circumstances of the present Parliament. When the Parliament_met we had been involved, although we did not know it at the time, in a costly and difficult war with China. The harvest of the year which succeeded was the worst that had been known for half a century. The recent experience of war had led to extensive, costly, and some what uncertain reconstructions ; and clouds hung over the Continent of Europe, although the Italian War had termi nated in such a manner as to create vague but serious alarm. in the public mind. Since that period, Sir, those clouds have moved westwards across the Atlantic, and have burst in a tempest perhaps the wildest that ever devas tated a civilised country—a tempest of war, distinguished, indeed, by the exhibition of many most marvellous and ex traordinary qualities, by valour, heroism, and perseverance; and of which perhaps no scene has been so entirely painful as that of which the intelligence has last reached us— (hear, hear)—intelligence which now causes one thrill of horror throughout Europe. (Cheers.) But as far, Sir, as this country is concerned, we have been mercifully spared. We see the state of the public mind tranquil and reassured end the condition of the country generally prosperous and satisfactory. The history, the financial history of this Parliament is a remarkable one. It has raised a larger re venue than I believe ever at any period of peace or of war was raised by taxation, after taking into account the changes in the value of money, within an equal space of time. The expenditure of the same period has been upon a scale thkt has never before been reached in time of peace (Hear.) The amount and variety of the changes introduced into our financial legislabion have been greater than within a like number of years at any former period ; and, lastly, it has enjoyed this distinction, that, although no Parliament ever completes the full term of its legal existence, yet this is the seventh time on which it has been called upon to make provision for the financial exigencies of the State. I pro ceed, sir, to state the features of the case as it relates to the year that.has just expired. The expenditure of the year 1864-65 was estimated at £66,890,000. The Appropriation Bill, which has not materially varied it, stood at £67,073,000, and the actual expenditure has been £66,462,000, or less than the estimate by the sum of votes £611,000. (Hear, tqhueenficneaalsfaras accounts A of rni the the H actual l h results ear notvariations o f el7 betw een grea t conse quence n t s e h °- yet, and will not be for a considerable time,. h madeup.But heanedxpNenyituarree fworntcheernyeeda7r because n u o se t the miscellaneous civil expenditure,whic was estimated at say, only reached £7,257 000. I am glad to , £7,638,000, has, which may be takenthaes committee m fin it a t l ee re t s o ul e t. omp A ar n a d th it at mayb of some interest to miscel laneous expenditure with what it has been in former years, adding to it, however, items which properly make up our civil expenditure, viz„ what may be called the Consoli dated Fund charges, which do not form the subject of an nual votes by this house, the packet services, and an occa sional payment made last year for the redemption of the Scheldt Toll, amounting to £174,000. The total expendi ture of the country under the four heads which may be said to represent the civil eivil expenditure, was £10,203,000. In 1859-60, that is to say in the first' year of the present Parliament, it was £10,820,000. Therefore, it shows a reduction of £617,000. In 1858-59 it was less—it only amounted to £10,040,000, being apparently less by £167,000 than in the year that has just expired. But as the expen diture of the year which has just expired was aug mented by the payment of the sum of £174,000 under no ordinary head of charge, but for the special purpose of re deeming the Scheldt Toll, the estimate on a fair compari son of the accounts should be £10,027,000, or about the sum at which it stood in the last year of the preceding Parlia- ment. So that this House;of Commons is in a condition to state that the civil expenditure of the country has not been increased during the' term of its existence. If we look to the total expenditure of the country, and compare it with the expenditure of former years, in order to make the comparison a fair one it is necessary to make several changes in the figures as they appear in the accounts of the Exchequer. It is necessary to add the special charge in-. curred under special Acts of Parliament for the erection of fortifications. It is necessary to deduct all those charg es which, as compared with former years, do not appear in the first of the years that we compare together, but which do appear in the last ; that is to say, the charges which swell the total on both sides, but which neutralise one another, and which it is requisite to withdraw in order to make a just comparison. It is necessary, also, 1 think, with a view to judge fairly of what we have been about, that we should bear in mind the great relief which we obtained in 1860 by the lapse of the Long, and other Annuities, amounting to no less a sum than £2,149,000. If we take then what I may term the true expenditure of the country, and if we like wise, besides the other charges which I have named, strike out from all these years the items of miscellaneous receipt would tend rather to mislead than to instruct when we are 1859a-g6eoinamounts, expenditurean like this, the expenditure of the last year, 186 4-65, will b e f ound to amount to £65,957,000. when oftherecfirtifisted in year theof stamheePmaahritemrentto, £67,471,000 ; so that there is a reduction since the year 1859-60, without charging naccountumhe numbers e o f one ee million Annuities and thleBnsh9aa-bi6of 0, about t w ot i ro t h emx the pori roe s ,upmerr in e s eis paid el.ey u n o o n df £1,514,000. If we go to 1860-61, which was the year of our highest expenditure, we show undoubtedly a very large decrease, amounting to £6,547,000. (Hear, hear.) If we look to the year 1858-59, the year befor the extensive operations connectedwith the military and naval departments commenced, then we arrive at a different result, and instead of showing a reduction, we find an increase of expenditure, amounting to nearly 31 millions, or £3,442,000. And if we recede one stage further, that is to say, to the very different scale of expenditure which prevailed before the Russian war, we find then, on comparing the expenditure of that period with that of the year which has just elapsed, that the total increase that has taken place in the annual charges of the country amounts to £12,459,000, or very nearly 121 mil lions. That, sir, is the state of the expenditure as compared with what it has been in former years, both in the civil branch alone, and likewise when regarded as a whole ; and I venture to say, speaking in a country of popular institu tions, that although the expenditure of the period has been a large one, yet. I do not believe that there has been any period of our history when the expenditure, whether small or great, has been more entirely in consonance with the general views, wishes, and feelings of the nation at large. (Hear, hear.) Sir, I come now to close the account for the year by comparing its expenditure with its revenue—a very simple and very satisfactory operation. The expenditure, according to the Exchequer account,made up to March 31, 1865, wa5£66,462,000, and the revenue for the year ending on the same day was £70,313,000, showing a surplus of revenue over expenditure, according to the usual and esta blished method of statement, of £3,851,000. (Cheers.) If, however, we take into view, as we ought, perhaps, to take into view, and as the sheet I have laid on the table does take into account, the expenditure on fortifications provided for in a special manner by Parliamentary annuities, we must then add the sum of £620,000 to the expenditure,which would then raise it t0£67,082,000 and deducting that from the revenue as I stated it the surplus of revenue over charge upon the least favourable showing still amounts to £3,231,0Q0. Now, sir, passing to another branch of the subject, and comparing the revenue with the estimates of the year, the result is also satisfactory. The revenue, as estimated on the 7th of April, 1864, was £67,128,000. The actual revenue has been not less than £70,313,000 (cheers) showing a surplus beyond the estimate of £3,185,000, and that surplus extends, I will say, to every material head of the revenue. It extends even to the Miscellaneous, but the difference on that head has little to do with the actual condition of the country. It runs through the heads of Customs, Excise, Stamps, Taxes, Income-tax, and Post-office. The most remarkable of these augmenta tions of revenue, as compared with estimate, is the augmen tation in the case of the Customs, which shows an excess of £752,000 over the estimate. In the case of the Excise the excess is £1,538,000. In the instance of the Customs there has been a rather general increase, and the only important article of decrease has been one upon which I, for one, always look on a decrease with great satisfaction—l mean the duty received on the import of foreign corn. (Hear, hear.) The decrease of the revenue from foreign corn, which is the test of the goodness and abundance of the home supply—the decrease on the year just expired, as compared with the preceding year, is no less than £184,000. The wine duty increased by £75,000. It appears to have a pretty steady increase from year to year ; but the most important item, in which the greatest interest will be felt, is that of sugar, on which Parliament operated by the legislation of last year. The legislation of last year was calculated to give the consumer of sugar a relief to the extent of £1,719,000. That relief, partially compensated by the recovery, it was calculated would entail upon the Exchequer for the year a loss of £1,330,000. But the circumstances have been favourable. The prices of sugar have fallen in combination with the operation of the reduced duty, and the actual loss has only been £926,000, showing a recovery of no less than £404,000 beyond the recovery on which I had calculated in the esti mates of last year. (Hear, hear.) If next we look to the remarkable case of the Excise, the Committee will doubtless be struck with the excess of receipts over the estimate. And it is well that the Committee should always bear in mind that a new element of uncertainty has of late been intro duced into the estimates of revenue from the Exiee, as a result of the change which for a very important purpose has been made ; the shortening of the malt credits and re ceiving the duty for malt within a less period after the charge is incurred than at former times has had the effect of including within the current year a large portion of the malt revenue of the year, and therefore subjecting the esti mate of the revenue to a portion of the uncertainty attendant on the produce of the harvest and the fitness of the barley for the production of malt. The sum of £1,500,000 of excess under the head of Excise may be thus accounted for. The general prosperity has led to a general increase of the items included under the head of Excise; but the two important items in which the mass of increase has occurred are malt and spirits. Malt was estimated to produce £5,800,000 ; it has yielded £6,377,000, or an excess of £577,000 beyond the estimate. British spirits were estimated at £9,650,000; they have yielded £10,173,000, an increase beyond the esti mate of £523,000. The increase of the receipt from the spirit duty over the estimate and over the receipt of the preceding year i5:£432,000 under the head of British spirits, and £309,000 under the head of spirits imported from abroad, making together a total increase in the receipts under the head of Excise from the article of spirits of £741,000 within the year. Nov, looking to the comparison between the revenue of the year and that of the preceding one, we had estimated for a loss of £3,080,000 ; but in lieu of that we have a small gain, which, 'according as it is stated, may be put at either £105,000 or £147,000 in favour of 1864-5 as compared with last year. That is not very material or significant, but what is material and significant is what I am desirous to bring under the notice of the committee, inasmuch as it has a wide and important bearing on the gradual growth—the rate of in crease in the revenue of the country. It is a matter which cannot be stated with mathematical precision, inasmuch as the statements that are made in the tables of the Board of Trade with regard to the gain of new taxes and loss from the repeal of old ones partake iu a certain degree of the i s co m paret betweenhi e. them ' nature of an estimate. Still, Ido not think, in comparing one period with another, there is any great apprehension of serious error ; and, for the information of the committee, I have endeavoured to estimate the annual rate of the growth of the revenue of the country at three periods. I begin, with the period of 1840 and come down to 1852, the year imme diately preceding the difficulties with Russia and the noeuxtt break of the Russian war, which occurred before l t t h a e k e the it with the financial year closed. The mode I adopt revenuerevenue o of f the th e first las t, year and find of that the period, difference posed, and take the di h e i m provement in the revenue, I fi n d t h e then I take the amounifteorfentreebes r t e w p e e e a n led th an es d e t t h w e ota;xaedsdiming tthe balrue eaanscuereto of t the real improvement of the revenue-- supposing thesou e r f ce th s e to p h re av gre e caonntoifnutehde puetrhoedsamtiev,ethat powerl the true measure of the country. Between 1840 and 1852 there were imposed taxes to the amount of £ 6 , 2 85,793, and there were taxes re duced to the amount of £13,597,858. The balance of taxes reduced over taxes imposed was £7,312,065. During the sam e period the revenue, after deducting the item of Mis cellaneous, showed an improvement of £5,051,026. Adding these two items together, we get £12,363,091, showing that during that period the revenue of the country, pre suming the sources to have remained the same, really grew at the rate of nearly 1,030,000 a year. I then take the pe riod of the Russian war, ending before the considerable in crease of our expenditure which took place in 1859—the period from 1853 to 1859. I will not trouble the committee with details. The balance of taxes repealed in that period over taxes imposed is very small—only about £1,000,000. The improvement in the revenue was between £6,000,000 and £7,000,000, and, as nearly as the calculation can be made, that sum would mark on the period from 1853 to 1859 an average annual growth in the income of the country from the same sources of £1,240,000. I take the s o in l o B6s th , e th e e em t ni im it e tee t a wh pe ic r h iod l h ne av x e t p th eri e ' o htno f u ro r m of l a B d s dl 9 -es t during which very large changes have taken place. Th balance of taxes repealed over taxes imposed in that period e amounts to £6,137,000, and adding to that the taxes repeai d e in 1858, but which did not take effect till 1859-60, and e_ ducting from it certain taxes repealed in 1864 , but t he re p eat of which only took effect in 1865 - 6, the real and true h a lance is £6,713,000. lance of taxes repealed over taxes imposed At the same time the increase of the revenue is v,968, 000, and the country from the rate same o fou annual reee growth having been forcniethe of efirst period £1,030,000, for the second period £1,240,000, was for th e third period £1,780,000. Now, having represented a s t a t e the sources in the satisfactory as bearing testi vigour of the country, I of things which is evide ntl y mony to the increasing power and must, of course, re mind t h e commi ttee that the annual ed u growth is not a growth which can at any time be safely .re lied prospectively for a single year; because at any - with Du )rn- the assa- lions serial was hose ater the ;aye for bed ton- ved and• I at 13.14 et at at 60 20 10 10 OSSK 100 {lOO 2 100 100 2.1.0 2.14.8 3.4.0 2.7.0 2..3.6 9.10.6 601 all 1.1.0 7.8.3 8.13 1.18.1) 4.3.6 214 3 321 3.10.6 2.8.0 7.1.8 10.6.7 I II 18.18 a. 17. 3. - 12.