The Sun. — London, England, 1865-04-27 00:00:00

;~_~' inceSS Lady drove. archill •inceSs uesdai of the ,o seek being ghnese brated Chape l P ea" i n the ad the A idge weelc XONEY - MARKET AND C UJIMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Bank of England directors have not made 4 ,! 3 •Y alteratio n i n t h e i r terms of d i scount to- d ay. kJut of d oors the rates remain easy at 3i per cent. There has been a fair demand for accommodation, , an d in the St oc k Exchange the applicat i ons f or loans have been rather numerous. The Scottish Chief, from Port Phillip, has brought 18,760 . A general meeting of shareholders of the Inter national Contract Company was held to-day. The report presented for adoption stated that the state- Meld of accounts shows a profit of £96,121 7s. 7d., th which, after deducting expenses amounting to £7,84 3 4s. Id., the directors propose to deal as ;----By recommending the payment of a dividend at the rate of £lO per cent. per annum, amounting to £30,000, inclusive of the interim dividend already paid ; by placing to a reserve fund th e slim of £60,000 ; by allocating £5,000 in dis c eharge in full for the preliminary expenses ; and ar rYing the balance forward to next account. Two O'CLOCK. talet Paris, this d a y, accor di ng t o M r . Reuter's grarn, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 35c. Inanimate. A g e neral recovery h as b een ex p er ienced in nearly an descriptions of Stock E xc h ange Securities to-day. Abet feeling prevail s i n th e E ng lish department, and Consols have advanced to 90/ 91 for money and account. The New Threes and Reduced An nuities are 881 89 ; Exchequer Bills, ss. to Bs. Prem. ; India 5 p er C ents., 1061 1 07 ; D e b en t ure s, 99 i ; and Bonds, 19s. For eign Stocks are generally at better prices. Consolides have improved to 54 ; Mexi can, ex all, to 26 1 ; the New Loan to 251 1 ; Greek, to 20/ 1 ; Spanish Passive, to 301 ; Cer tlficates to 16i at 14 15 . 1. The Confederate Loan is lower, b In the Railway Share Market the dealings have are °n a very moderate scale, but prices generally e buoyant. G rea t W es t ern an d Great Eastern have each Unproved 103., and London, Chatham, and Dover, and North Western each £l. The Foreign an d C o l on i a l li nes are dull, and without material cha nge i n values. Bank_ and Miscellaneous Shares are, in some instance s, a shade flatter. Affiance are dealt in at ;32 i ; Union of London at 531 54; Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England at 911 ; Plymouth Ship Budd ing Co., 11 11 prem. ; London and Mediter ranean Bank, 1 to 11 prem. ; South African Land and Finance, 1 11 prem. ; Anglo-Egyptian Navi gat,i°ll, 3 31 p rem . ; Ri o d e J ane i ro G as , 1 11 prem. ; a nd Russian (Vyksounsky) Iron Company, 2f 3 prem. The last wee k' s railway rece i pts, ascer t a i ne d up to th is ( lay, are in round figures as under : 1865. 1864 Great Western £71,898 £65,359 North Western ... 110,097 1 03 , 704 Bri ghton West ern ••• „. 26,166 22,148 fighton , ••• ••• ••• .• 25,074 19,292 • 45,743 45,428 ••• •.• s o eth Eastern • ... 23,707 19,679 Great Northern .. 34,437 32,172 Laaleashire and Yorkshire 39,580 37,320 B ristol and E xe t er •.• ... 6,938 • 6,692 North Eastern ... ••• ... 58,440 58,280 Ranchester Sheffield, andLincolnshire 17,083 16,759 G reat Eastern 32,253 30,705 . These returns, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, are generally of a satisfactory character. On the Great Western there is an increase of £6,039 ; on the North Western, of £6,393 ; on the South Western, of £4,018 ; on the Brighton of £5,782; on the Mid land, of £320 ; on the South Eastern, of £4,028 ; on the Great Northern, of £2,265 ; on the Lanca shire and Yorkshire, of £2,260 ; on the Bristol and Exeter, of £246 ; on the North Eastern, of £960 ; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, of £324 ; and on the Great Eastern, of £1,548. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. . GOVERNMENT FUNDS. o,,T)er Cent. Consols NDo. Account, May 9 9O I 1 eer Cent. Reduced BB4 9 3 per Cent BB 9 NewT 24 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Af°. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — -Lenuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — 1: Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — zehequer Bill; £l,OOO, 4 per Cent Do. £5OO — 1,4111 E of Do. £lOO and £2OO - England Stock, 54 per Cent 5 8 Do A ccount INt E r. i„, ...1.1 G OVERNMENT SECURITIES. Do. tAccount pec Stock,roelno t i . per jui April y C 7 e l n B t 7 ., 0 1064 7 .../ 0 . d. b o -„Per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. . uertificates — Enf 1) 05 —aced Paper 4 per Cent Do: P er Cent , Jan. 1872 Do. 54 p i er Cent , May 1879 4 991 Do. , t:Aug. 1866 0. Under Xl,OOO D -D°13.c1 . 9 7 £l,OOO — 19 pm Austri FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. B raz:ii . a- a e ti 805 p u e d r s, e s en p t er Cent — D 0.4100 4 Per Cent 1852-58-60 I Q DO ~ 81f 2 —ne • 1863 -,-,11, Ayres 6 per Cent c b ,? - 1 . Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) D0 ...A 6 per Cent di Col ' 1 Per Cent — ombian 6 i)er eeb 1:)al 6 per Celt Cent. . u,°o 5 Per Cent., 1864 _ • b.,..,_••,erip, £55 paid 1, 7 ' - ' 4 e 3 per Cent., 1825 — --/-)°• 4 , Per Cent., t c , —° .,_e Per Cent., 1773-77, X 25 paid 84--- ,1111°ien Principalities ° X B6 paid --leador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egy p t i an o. visional Land Warrant — D 0•, per Cent 96 I 951 .„ Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds 034 4 (.libee°kScsii°l:;, .ccs. paid 11886244 s ex Coupons z 207 per eats., - 7 Po. Coupons ,Account 214 '-materaala 5 per Cent. — I DDo. 1839 and 1850 — on 4 5 per Cent (laremmana Railway) 1865 72f 3 ig, eDo Scrip, £424 p a id — dis rican 3 per Cent. • Do. Account 264 i De. 1864 254 4 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French —Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c..... Monte.videan 6 per Cent. £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Ce n t New Granada 6l Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 41 per Cent. Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Omit, 1862 Do. A ccoun t Fortugeese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account - Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 481 71 Do Account Russian 5 p er C en t., 1822, X St., Do 4 4 per Cent., 1850 Do Do 1860 56 ri 3 per Cent. 1859 921 4 4 Do 5 per Cent ., 1862 Do 1864 _ _ Sardinian 5 per Cent _ Do. Account ° Panish 3 per Cent Do Account 4B Do New Deferred 4Ol Do Account _ Do Passive Do Account 3Ol / i Bparlish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account l6f " r e dish 4 per Cent. r r 3) ,_,°. q per Cent. 1864 Dish lkshce6oz ... Cent ... . 1854 — 91 .. 70 1 4 1 - n u 6 Per Cent. 1858 -,-,0 D o £lOO Account 714 D B onds - 76 Da 6 per Cent. 18 62 Do Account — Do. £lOO Bonds '73l 1 D o g nt. 1863 — Vetursn°ooe.ZGAupett anpeet t eed, 4 per Cent — r Cent. _ _ 11 • 6 Per Cent, 1862 404 --,0. Account , Dividends on the above payable in London. 44Str -13,1 la n, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins ..• buttaal7 41 per cent, Ex. 25f. b e o g 2 1 Per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail _ prelleti iteprutCees,nat.pCeerralt,es .4 _ D o ~, . • Account - .74 E1 ,4 4 5 _ Do. P er Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. Account 641 f C otisol s THREE O'CLOCK. Do Acco., ti'_ . ::....„ ........................... 90 1 91 ................................. 91 Dli SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. ;I Railways. Bir.. Wol., & Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no div . tillap.c.p.an.has Do. B been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June. Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. s tk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern DJ. A stock Do. B .0 Do. 1\ ew, is. at 25 pm GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original, D-. S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.— Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford—. Lancßshire &Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. shares Sletropolitan Do. New Mid'and Do, Birmin.. & Derby Mid. Gt. W.. Ireland Do. 6 shares Hid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth , - tir Dun Nth. Eastern - Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle . . .. Do. Stock & Darling. De. do. 1855-58 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 1864 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock L'o. Scot, Mid. stick Sh•ews Sc Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall kW.Hartlepool Har.&R Do. A irredeemable Do. A redeemable 100 1(0 110 all all 1 Al all 100 100 100 100 lt 0 paid. l Closing I Business Price. •done. 62 E 6 16 17 90 92 106 1t 8 47 0 7 8 132 I:i3 147 149 131 ,33 86 V 3 74 25 65 67 5: 54 46 49 102 104 1211 122; 87 68 107 109 4t 13 122} 123 97 98 61 62 1361 137 f 21 3fp' 1351 136 106 103 51 15 t 5 26 110 111 69 70 103 IC4 37 88 11 12 p 9 10 p 115 118 1 141:. 78 79 11 HA 140 144 49 51 61 62 , 54 56 861 9 10 155 158 3 4p 107 109 46 49 94 5 46j 7} 75 78 121} 107 404 1 1213 97} 1351 1354 BRITISS r Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom., Baroda, k Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent.. Do. shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. AUX. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1374 Calcutta & S. E., lim Ca e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p , East. Benu.al, gu ' 5 do East ILdlan, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Eitensiori Grand Trunk of Canad Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge o p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prtf. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. Sd Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. .5 p. c Gt. South of India (hra. gua. 5 per cent o D .4.1 per cent.... Do Great IV. 8. of Canads.. 133. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 )o. 51 do. pay. 1 877-8 . • Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do, 41 do Do. 43 do Do. Fifth Extension Afelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel & Hudson's Bay ,New Brunswick & Can Class A and B I. ttl.C'da, pc Ist pf.Vds Scinde • Do. Delhi Do. do t . 4 Do. Paul aub Do.lndus St Flo " 94 96 132 133 fi ISSIONS. 54 67 102 h 1031 pr 4p 4 41 bj 9j 65 70 99 JOI 75 85 101 103 102 IC4 10+ 105 iP 181 1a F 5 88 6$ 67 51 55 55 57 47 50 45 50 44 46 26 2 , 25 26 1034 1044 P I P 101 102 10 10i 101 10}4 88 c 2 78 E 2 i i4l 102 10t , 134 96 ' 89 91 64 66 3 5 82 81 1014 302i;' 101 i 1021 td pr 101} 162; 94 97 100 too 2 100 flOO 1011 2 1) 1011 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec.3l, 1572. 100 - - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.dz July 1877-84 lOO 93 95 94 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug lOO 92 94 -- Da. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10) 92 94 1 /o. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 81 83 Do. 5p r. Inscribed sk 100 81 63 Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 103 108 Do. April & Oct. 1880-4 100 104 105 Do. do: 1890-1 100 105 107 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 106 108 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c 100 104 106 Do. 1878, do. 100 109 112 Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, Mayls, N0v.16 100 107 109 Natal Gov. 6 per cent lOO 102 103 N.B.Gov. p.o.Ja.&J uly 100 92 85 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p •c.,1866 100 99 101 Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 1876 100 93 95 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 100 91 93 921 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 104 108 Do. 6 per cent lOO 88 90 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 l9O 94 98 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 103 105 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 100 -- - - Do. 1878 & upwards P 0 107 109 Vic),Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 - - Do. do, A pril & Oct lOO 107 108 1071 8 BRITISH MINES. 2 tam. Como!. ti old, lim 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated — 30 SL Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst 1 575 585 Drakewalls 2.1.0 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 19 21 East Caradon 2.14.6 14 15 ras t Carn Brea 3.4.0 64 7 East Grenville 2.7.0 31 4 East Loved 2.13.6 10 11 E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 9.10.6 3} 41 Gam.& StAubyn(Gwen. 601 4 6 4 Great Laxey, limited all 161 171 Great South Tolg. us 1.1.0 14 2 1 G. Wheal Vor (Idelstm 40 301 311 Grenville 7.8.3 4 4i Herod's Foot .. 8.13 35 36 Hbagston Downs 4.18.0 31 4 Margaret lUny Lelant 94 5 7 Marke Valley 4.3.0 5 54 4 Niwyndy Iron Ore, lira 21 14 Of Nangiles • New Se ton North Downs - - North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan 3.10.6 6 I North Wheal Crotty - Prosper United—. 7.1.6 3 84 Pr. vidence Uny Lefant 10.6.7 31 33 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 520 530 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 20 25 Stray Park 30.17. 15 17 Tin Croft 9 14L 15 West l'assett (Mogan W. Caradon ( Ltskeard 9 6 8 West Chi verton ll 574 92' West Seton 471 180 190 Wheal Bassett (Mogan 54 100 103 Wheal Buller (Redruth 10 30 35 ‘Vhea. Ludoott 3.12.: Wheal Vary Ann (Men 8 11 13 Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 7 19 20 Wheal Unt 4 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern 5 per cent., 114 Great N orthern, 5 per cent.. red. at 5 per cent. pm., 107 Gt.. Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford 2d guaranteed stock. 119 London and S.W., Portsmouth perpet. anus. of .s. 6d, PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 44 per cent. pi., Ditto, 5 per cent. pf., 97 Ditto, new, 5 per cent. pf., 95 London and South-Western, 4i per cent., 98 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Nottngham and Grantham 11. & Q, 91 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Southern of France, 231 FOREIGN MINER. Alamillos, limited, II United Mexican, Um., 4 Agra and Masterman's,'llin., 114 BANKS Ditto, new, t 6.1 7 Aill3nce (um.), 33k 2} ''• Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 15 is pd., 22 Anglo Austrian, 71 Australasia, Ditto, new, 67 City, 108 9 Consolidated Bank, lira., 101 Imperial Ottoman. 161 London and Brazilian (lim.), 41 London and County, 772 6 London Joint Stock, 491 Merchant Bank. lim., Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 1G New South Wales, 43i Oriental Bang Corporation. 53j 3 Union of Australia, 55 4} DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 68 7i S • 31ISCELI:kNEOU8. Berlin Water Works, lim., 101 City of Milan Improvements, Bin., 101 Credit Fonder and:Mobilier of England, 91 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 7i 8 National Discount Company, lim,, 15 National Financial, lim., 71 Peirnsula and Oriental Steam, Ditto, new, 691 " Advices from Turin," says the Presse, "inform us that M. Vegezzi has not gone to Rome charged with any political mission, but to examine the books of the public debt, in order to ascertain what part of the burden ought to be assumed by Italy." Two French artists, MM. Elias Robert, sculptor, and Gabriel Davioud, architect, have obtained the first prize in the international competition opened by the Portu guese Government for the erection of a monument in Lis bon to Don Pedro IV. No fewer than 85 plans were pre "uteci: among Which are 28 from France. niE SUN,: LONDON, THURSDAY SPORTING- INTELLIGENCE, 1,4 W INTE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, (Before Mr. Justice Crompton and a Common Jury.) SHEDLOCK V. WESTON-A FAIRY FOUNTAIN. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover from the defendant, Mr. Weston, the proprietor of a Music Hall in Holborn, the amount of bill for fitting up a fairy fountain at his establishment. The plaintiff said he entered into an agreement with a person of the name of Sylvester for the fitting up of the fountain, upon the clear understanding that the cost was to be £l2, but when the work was finished a bill was sent in by the plaintiff for £4O, which the defendant refused to pay. The plaintiff said he was engaged by Mr. Sylvester to erect the foun tain, but; that it was not for a moment imagined that the tank, &c., was not to be executed for the sum of £l2. The defendant refused to pay more than £l2, being of the opinion that that was quite sufficient, especially as the fountain, rather than proving a pleasure to his patrons, turned out quite the reverse. Mr. Corrie, Mr. Weston's manage; was examined, and said that, during the time the fountain was playing, many of the audience had to put up their umbrellas to keep the water off them. He, however, admitted that the fountain played nearly up to the ceiling, a considerable height, and that there of necessity must have been a great quantity of spray. Mr. Weaton's treasurer was also examined, and he stated that the charge for erecting the fountain was clearly un derstood to be £l2. The jury, after some deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff for .£33 4s. COURT OP BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Holroyd.) IN RE SIR JAMES JOHN RANDALL MACT,ENZIE, BART. This bankrupt was described as of Claridge's Hotel. To-day he came up to pass his last examination for the order of discharge. Mr. Bazley said he appeared for Lord Fitzwilliam, as executor to the late Earl Fitzwilliam. He (Mr. Bazley) asked that a claim might be inserted on behalf of his client. Lord Fitzwilliam had obtained a judgment for £33,000, moneys advanced upon landed property in Scotland. It was alleged that the bankrupt had mortgaged this property over and over again, and proceedings were now pending in the Scotch' courts to determine as to the right of Earl Fitzwilliam to this property. Pending the proceedings in Scotland, he now asked that the claim should be inserted in the schedule. Mr. Sargood (for the assignees) strongly objected to any such course. There was an attempt to saddle this estate with a debt of X 33,000, without any proof that the mort gage was not sufficiently protected by the property upon which the money was advanced. His Honour thought there could be no harm in letting he amount be inserted. Mr. Sargood said there was no dividend. Mr. Bazley—Then no harm can be done by the mention of the claim. The judgment obtained by Lord Fitzwilliam in the Court of Common Pleas was long before the bank ruptcy. I ask you to order the claim to be inserted, and also one by Mr. Brown for £7,000 for moneys advanced. His Honour ordered the sums to be entered on the pro ceedings. Mr. Sargood applied for an adjournment. The accounts were very voluminous, and the 'deficiency was £26,000, and required investigation. Mr. Lawrence (for the banizrupt)said that Sir James was quite prepared to go on, and objected to any adjournment. The accounts were all vouched, and the creditors had had plenty of time to examine them. After some further discussion, the case was adjourned. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) GRINDING DOWN THE POOR-EDNEY V. BUTTON. This was an action to recover si. for covering parasols, plaintiff being a poor workwoman, of 9, Underwood-street, Mile-end New-town, and defendant an umbrella maker, of 6, Monkwell-street, in the City. When plaintiff was sworn she stated that she had charged for covering six dozen parasols. His Honour—Well, but how is this—you have only claimed ss. ? Plaintiff—Yes, sir ; that is all. His Honour-ss. for covering six dozen parasols ! Why it is not Id. each. Plaintiff—l do not get ld. each. The price paid is 10d. per dozen. His Honour—Why do you not pay this money, defendant? Defendant—Because she soiled the parasols. His Honour—Soiled the parasols ! Why do you not pay proper prices ? You cannot expect to have them done properly for the price you pay. Defendant—But your Honour must remember that these ;hinge are done by a machine. His Honour—Well, machine or no machine, the price you pay is not sufficient. Defendant thought it would be rather hard upon him if he were ordered to pay for these goods when the plaintiff had spoiled them and spotted them with grease. His Honour said there was no hardship at all in the matter. If people would pay such prices as those admitted in this case, they must expect that the work would not be properly done. In this case the plaintiff would have a verdict with costs. Verdict for plaintiff, with costs. MARKETS—This Day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of beasts on sale at our market to-day was tolerably large, and the general quality of the stock was good. For all breeds the trade was very dull, and prices declined 2d per 81bs. Prime Scots, crosses, &c., sold at 4s 10d per 81bs. Most breeds of sheep were in moderate sup ply. Good and prime Downs and half-breeds changed hands at full prices, viz., at 5s 10d to 6s per 81bs. out of the wool ; but inferior breeds were somewhat lower in value than on Monday. All good and fine lambs sold at high prices, viz., at 7s 8d to Bs, tb, in some instances, 8s 4d per 81bs ; inferior lambs, however, moved off slowly, at late rates: Calves were in large supply and heavy re quest, at a decline in prices of 6d per 81bs—the top figure being 5s 2d per 81bs. Pigs met a slow sale, at late rates. There was a large supply of suckling calves. Per 81b to sink the offal. s ds d Cm. & inf. beasts... 3 4 3 8 Second quality do ..3 1U 4 2 Prime large oxen ..4 4 4 6 Prime Scots, &c.... 4 8 4 10 Crse. and inf. sheep. 4 0 4 8 Second quality do ..4.10 5 2 e de d Pmecrs-wool sheep 5 4 5 8 Prime 81hdown d 0.5 10 6 0 La*ge coarse cialves 4 2 4 8 Prime small do 4 10 5 2 Large hogs ....3 6 4 4 Small porkers 4 6 4 10 Lambs....6s 8d to fis Od. Suckling calves, 18s to 21s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 201 ,o 25s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply Foreign supply. Bea sts 1 . ,18) Beasts .....• Cows Sheep and lambs ...... 5,850 Sheep and lambs 1 230 Calves 59) Ca yes 350 Pigs 2lO Pigs — MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADE NHALL.— The supplies of met 4 are moderate, and th e t ra d e is slow, a t high quotations. Beef, from 3 s Od t o 4s 4d • mutton, 4s 6d t o 5 s 10d ; vea l, 4s Od to 5s Od ; l am b , 6s 6d ' to 8s; pork, 81b by the ca rcase . Although the dem an d f or hops i s by no means active, • the trade is fi rm f or all qualities, at full currenc i es. 38 4d to 58 Od per SOUTHALL, April 26 . —Th e t ra d e is firm : Beef, from 3s 2d t o 5 s Od ; mutton, 4s Od to 6s Od; lamb, 7s Od to 8s Od ; vea l , 4 s 2d to 5s 2d Od per 81b to s i n k t h e offal. ' ROMFORD, April 26 . —T rade quiet. M os t ki n d s o f s t oc k and pork, 3s 4d to 5s are firm in price :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; mutton, 43 2d to Gs Od ; lamb, 7s Od to 8s ; veal, 48 4d to 5s 2d ; pork, 3s 10d to 4s 10d per 81bs. Sucklingcalves, 17s to 20s ; quarter old store pigs, 20s to 255; and mulch cows, £l4 to .£l9 each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £5 108 Od ; clover, £5 lOs to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load. Trade slow. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 15s to £5 15s ; clover, £5 lOs to £6 108 ; and straw, £1:10s to £1 18s per load. A slow sale. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 10s to £5 10s ; clover, £5 lOs to £6 10s ; and straw, £1 83 to £1 15s per lead. Trade inactive. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. B. d. Holywell Main l6 6 Byass's Bebside West Carway and Duffryn Hartley l6 9 Malting 22 0 Walker:Primrose l3 0 Heugh Hall l7 9 West Hartley Ships at market, 39; sold, 24. s. d. Foreign Mail Packet List. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton May 19. Ditto, via Marseilles May 13. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British patliet May 4. Ditto, by French packet •• Blay 22. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena May 25. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton May 2. Ditto, via Marseilles April 26 Faikland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton ....May 2 Ditto, via Marseilles .......... India (Bombay), via Southampton. April 26. Ditto, via Marsei ties Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil el . .. May G. Newfoundland May 10. Portugal • • Li b *** •..... " Ma Y l • Ditto, by private ship to 8 on. United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp- ton ....... . • • .. Ditto, via C )rk Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry—April 28. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe May 13. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico 4.pril 28. Bahamas, via New Y ork. May 4. Bermuda, ditto ...................... . May 10. Cuba and Mexico April 23. EPSOM SPRING MEETING.--WEDNESDAY. The day on which "the Metrop.," as the Cockney fond ness for abbreviation terms the great Handicap, is decided is the day par excellence of the Spring Meeting, and the attendance far exceeded on this occasion anything we re member of late years. We could -not help recalling the time, now 16 years_ ago, as we basked in the midsummer heat this afternoon, when a Great Metropolitan had to be postponed on account of the heavy fall of snow—a striking commentary on our changeable climate. The race, as a betting one, has been almost a dead letter and only this morning can it be said to have commanded the attention of speculators. Verger and Blackdown were the two on whom probably the most money was laid, but the public had each a pick of its own, and Breeze, Dollar, Planet, and Welcome all found eager supporters at their quoted prices. In their preliminary canter nothing un questionably looked better than those we have mentioned, and Mr. Bowes's horse was perhaps the most admired of all. A good start was soon effected, and Onesander mak ing play for the favourite soon took a clear lead, which he retained until, his task accomplished, he yielded place to Verger, who looked formidable before reaching the dis tance, where he dropped back beaten,•and Planet, who had been lying well up, came to the front with Sandal and Blackdown only near him, and won with great ease by a length. The truth of the Northamptonshire running, though overlooked by most of the knowing division, has thus been confirmed. Full details of the other events will be found below. A Sweepstakes of 200 sovs each, h ft. Five furlongs. 3 subs. Mr. Brayley's Viceroy, 3 yrs, Bst llb Mr. Barnard's Discretion, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b (Fordham) 2 Betting-7 to 4on Viceroy, who waited upon the non favourite to half-way in the distance, when he went up and won by half a length. The Waterloo Plate of 50 sovs, added to a Handicap Sweep stakes of 5 soya each, for all ages; winners extra. Three- quarters of a mile. 14 subs. Prince Soltykoff's Nip, 3 yrs, 6st (Carroll) 1 Mr. B. E. Dunbar's Advance, 3 yrs, 6•t 41b • - • (J. Grimshaw) 2 Lord Wilton's Approver, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b ...(Tomlinson) 3 The following also ran :—Suramerside; Danaus, and Roseneath. Betting-6 to 4on Advance, 100 to 15 agst Summerside, 10 to 1 each agst Danus and Approver, and 100 to 8 agst Nip. After one failure the lot left the post in close company, but after running a few strides the lead was taken by Ad vance, closely followed by Summerside and Nip, who ran nearly abreast to the distance, where Roseneath joined them ; but after crossing the road Nip joined the leader, and raced with him to the stand, when, getting slightly the best of it, Carroll bided his time, and won in the last stride by a head. The favourite, who ran gamely throughout, finished three lengths in advance of Approver, who headed Summerside at the enclosure. Rosenetth was fifth. Match-50 sovs. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. F. Santly's Rosina, 5 yrs, 9st (Potter) 1 Mr. R. Filmer's Duchess of Kent, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Fordhain) 2 Betting-2 to lon Rosina. Rosina got away in advance, was never after approached, and won easily by half a length. The Walton Stakes of 10 sous each, 5 ft, with 50 SOTS added ; for 2-yr-olds to carry 6st 101 b ; and 3-yr-olds, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b ; winners ex tra, with maiden allowances. T.Y.C. Three quarters of a mile. 15 subs. Mr. G. Angell's'Attache, 3 yrs, 9st llb (Perry) 1 Marquis of Hastings's Catalogue, 3 yrs, Bst 121b(Fordham) 2 Count Lagrange's Plutus, 2 yrs, Est 101 b (Barker) 3 Mr. Saxon's Monitress, 2 yrs, Est 71b (H. Sharp) 4 Lord St. Vincent's Brimstone, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (J. Grimshaw) 5 Betting-6 to 4 agst Attache, 7to 4 agst Catalogue, 7to 1 each agst Monitress and Brimstone. Plutus got away in front, and made play, closely attended by Catalogue and Attache into the straight, where the latter obtained the second place, and followed the French man to the enclosure, where he was beaten, and left the issue with the two. Attache, who always had the best of it, won cleverly at last by a neck. A length separated the second and third ; a bad fourth. The Great Metropolitan Stakes (handicap) of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5 sovs if declared, with 100 added ; the owner of the second horse to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes; winners extra. Great Metropolitan Stakes Course (two miles and a quarter). 94 subs., 42 of whom pay 5 sovs. each. Mr. W. G. Craven's Planet, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (T. French) 1 Lord Wilton's Sandal, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (51b extra) (Challoner) 2 Mr. R. Drewitt's Blackdown, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Water) 3 Mr. Pardoe's Verger, 4 yrs, 7st (Morris) 4 The following also ran :—Dollar, Breeze, Onesander, Welcome, Beatrix, Claxton, Barchettina, Auricula, Pixie, Madame Walton, Friday, Jeannette, Athelstane, Renfrew, and Ceres. Betting-3 to 1 agst Verger, 6to 1 agst Blackdown, Bto 1 agst Planet, 100 to 12 agst Breeze, 100 to 6 agst Renfrew, 25 to 1 agst Sandal, Madame Walton, and Onesander, 30 to 1 each agst Jeannette and Ceres, and 50 to 1 agst Athel stane, Pixie, and Friday. Precisely at the time set down the horses left the paddock, and having taken their preliminary canters with more or less satisfaction to their respective backers, the flag was lowered after one failure to an excellent start. OU settling into their places Onesander on the lower side next the rails immediately rushed to the front to insure a pace for his stable companion Verger, closely attended by Ceres, Madame Walton, Renfrew, Planet, Athelstane, Sandal, and Verger, who formed the advance body, who were followed at an interval of a couple of lengths by Breeze,Welcome, Black down, Beatrix, Claxton, Auricula, and Pixie, nearly abreast, whipped in by Friday and Jeannette. On making the turn out of the straight, Onesander considerably increased his lead, and proceeded up the hill some lengths in advance of Ceres, who was followed into the old course by Verger, Madame Walton, Dollar, Breeze, Beatrix, Welcome, Black down, Planet, Sandal, and Friday, at whose heels were ob served Renfrew and Claxton. Descending the hill the leaders closed up, and came round the bend into the straight in close company, but on crossing the road Onesander having performed his allotted task suddenly disappeared from the front, and his position was taken by Madame Walton, who only held it for a few strides, when she was added to the list of the beaten division, and Verger then emerged from the centre of his field and assumed a clear lead, which he retained to half-way in the distance, where Planet, who had hitherto kept his place with the leaders, came to the front on the upper ground, and, heading the favourite in a few strides, appeared conspicuously in ad vance followed by Sandal and Blackdown, to which three the race was now confined. Mr. Craven's colt improved his position as he proceeded, and won with great ease by a length, which might have been increased. There were two lengths between the second and a head only between Blackdown and Verger. Breeze was fifth, Friday sixth, and Beatrix next. The near lot were whipped in by Renfrew, Athelstane, Onesander, and Barchettina. The Balaclava Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 save added, for 2-yr-olds and upwards ; weight for ago, with selling allowances. Half a mile. • Mr. Heathcote's Balornock, 8 yrs (£3O), 9st 31b (Reeves) 1 Mr. Cowper's filly by Costrel, 2 yrs (x 39, sst 91b (Cartwright) 2 Lord St. Vincent's Shamrock, 2 yrs (£5O), 6st llb (3. Grimehaw) 3 The following also ran :—Mysterious Lady, Rapid, Hawkestone, Sylph, Blackbird, Little Jess, and Joss Stick. Betting-7 to 4 agst Shamrock, 4to 1 agst Costrel filly, 5 to 1 agst Balornock, and 6 to 1 agst Sylph. Balornock, Joss Stick, the Costrel filly, and Rapid made the running, followed by Mysterious Lady, Blackbird, and Shamrock. Rapid was soon outpaced, and Mr. lieathcote's horse went on with the lead, attended by the Costrel filly, whom he soon headed, and won by half a length. Sham rock finished a length and a half behind fhe Costrel filly ; Blackbird was fourth, Joss Stick fifth, and Mysterious Lady sixth. The Durdan Stakes (a free handicap) of 10 sous each, 5 ft, with 50 sous added ; the winner to be sold for 500 sous ; • winners extra. One mile. Mr. York's Lytham, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Custancl 1 Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Idler, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (Fordham 2 Mr. J. Smith's Queen of Spain, 6 yrs, Bst 7113...(Clement 3 The following also ran :—Rapture, Alabama, and Con federate. Betting-6 to 4on Idler, 3to 1 agst Queen of Spain, and 7 to 1 agst Lytham. Queen of ipain was the first away, and made the running for some few strides, when Rapture took it up and led into the distance, where the pair were headed by Idler, who came on in advance to the stand, where Lytham, who had been gradually drawing forward, joined him, and having the best of the finish won easily by half a length. Twice that dis tance separated the second and third, Rapture was fourth, and Alabama next. The New Two-year-old Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added for two-year-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b. Winners extra. T.Y.O. Three-quarters of a mile. 36 subs. Count Batthyany's b c Mazeppa, by Wild I)ayrell, Bst 131 b (including 31b extra) (Custance) 1 Count Lagrange's br f Fleurette, Bst 71b (H. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. T. Parr's ch c Lochiel, Bst 101 b (A. Edwards) 3 The following also ran :—Fu y, Gold Pen, Rebecca f., The Naiad, Vexatious, and Bismarck. Betting—Even on Alazeppa, and 4 to 1 each agst Fleu rette and Lochiel. Fury, on the outside, got away with a clear lead, followed by Vexatious, and the favourite ran in company to half the distance, where the two first-named gave way, leaving Ma zeppa in possession of the lead; but as they approached the stand, Fleurette, who had been lying off, joined him, but being unable to get up, was defeated, after a fine race, by a neck ; a length separated the second and third ; Fury was a bad fourth, Gold Pon fifth, and Bismark next. 1041 31 •EVENING, APRIL 1865. (This Day). POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A " BETTING MAN" IN TROUBLE.—Joseph Blanche, de scribing himself as a "betting man," of 66, Dudley-street, was charged before Mr. Knox with loitering in Tichborne street for the purpose of committing a felony. Philip Shrives, 82 C, said that about a quarter past one that morning, while in Tichborne-street, he saw the prisoner, who was followed by some companions pushing up against different gentlemen. He watched the prisoner and saw him make a grab at a gentleman's watch, the gen tleman immediately giving him a blow in the eye. After watching the prisoner a little longer, and seeing him inter fere with other gentlemen, he took him into custody. In answer to Mr. Knox the constable said he kneiv the prisoner as the associate of thieves. The prisoner said he had just come from Epsom, and got into an altercation with the gentleman who struck him in the eye. The constable first charged him with felony and then with loitering. In his opinion the evidence was not sufficiently conclusive for him to have been locked up. Gordon, 33 C, corroborated Shrives, and said the pri soner was convicted about 18 months' ago for stealing a sovereign. • The prisoner said he suffered the penalty for stealing the sovereign, but he was not a thief. He got a few shillings by betting, but did not thieve. Mr. Knox committed the prisoner for three months with hard labour. THE PROSTITUTE NUISANCE IN REGENT-STREET.—EIiza Smith, a stylishly attired and impudent prostitute, was charged before Mr. Knox with loitering in Regent-street, to the annoyance of the inhabitants. The case was proved by Mr. Henry Dolby, engraver of Regent's-quadrant, who proved seeing the prisoner be tween half-past nine and eleven last night accost several gentlemen in front of and near his house. She was in the habit of standing with other women about his house, causing an obstruction and great annoyance. Dutton, 337 A, 'deposed to seeing the prisoner accost several gentlemen last night before he was spoken to by Mr. Dolby. Mr. Knox fined the prisoner 40s. or a month. As she was leaving the court the - prisoner made use of very insulting language towards Mr. Dolby. MARYLEBONE. OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT IN A THEATRE. Robert Smith, a labourer, was charged with the following outrageous conduct in the Marylebone Theatre. Mr. Wilding, solicitor, atttendod to prosecute on behalf of Mr. Cave, the lessee. Henry Ireland, attendant at the Marylebone Theatre, said—Last night the . prisoner, with another young man, was in the gallery, and during the performance his com panion kept up an incessant annoyance by shouting and whistling. Three or four times he was requested to desist, and as he refused to do so, witness took hold of him to eject him. The prisoner jumped up and struck him, and knocked him down. The prisoner then struck him again, and put his (witness's) thumb out of joint. He was very violent and kicked about. The prisoner was sentenced to one month's hard labour. THAMES. SINGULAR ROBBERY.—CHASE AND CAPTURE.—Thomas Olive, a well-dressed lad, aged 15, and who was described as a gunsmith, was brought up on rem - aid, charged with stealing a gold watch and chain and a silver watch, value £l3. Mrs. Eliza Pincher, greengrocer and coal dealer, of No. 14, Canal-road, Stepney, stated that the prisoner was for merly in her employ, and carried out coals. Ho robbed her most " awfully," and she discharged him. On Wed nesday in last week she went into her bed-room to ascer tain the time, and missed two watches, a gold and a silver one, which were hanging to a nail over a sideboard an hour previous. At the same time she saw that some one was secreted under her bed, and noticed the prsoner's feet. She was very much frightened, and thought if she raised alarm she should be injured. She ran down stairs to the street door and called for assistance ; while she was doing so the prisoner jumped out of the window of her bedroom into the street and ran away. James White, a police-sergeant, 63 B, stated that ho saw the prisoner running along the Mile-end-road, and people were calling out "Stop thief." The prisoner jumped over the parapet of the bridge of the Regent's-canal, and fell upon the towing path below. He jumped after the pri soner and fell a depth of about twenty feet. The prisoner ran along the towing path, and he gave chase to him, and after a smart run of 300 or 400 yards overtook him and secured him. The missing watches were not found on the prisoner, but he had plenty of time and opportunity to throw them into the canal. He asked the prisoner what he had been doing, to which ho replied, " Nothing." He said to the prisoner, " You must have been doing some thing or you would not have been running." The prisoner then said, " You can't do anything to me, for I S have nothing upon me. The prisoner—l did not say anything of the kind abolr finding nothing on me. The prisoner was committed for trial. EXPOSING GOODS FOR SALE AT SHOP DOORlL—William Donavan, an Irish boy, was charged with stealing one dozen of cotton handkerchiefs from the shop door of Mr. Cossington, draper, in Ponnyfields, Poplar. The handkerchiefs were exposed for sale at the shop door of the prosecutor. The prisoner unfastened thorn read took them away. He was caught i n fl agrante d e li cto b y a young man who gave him into the custody of a police-con stable named Dowle, 470 A, who produced the property. Mr. Partridge said goods ought not to be exposed for sale at shop doors. It was a premium on crime. He com mitted the prisoner for trial. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. TAT TERSALLS'.---This Evening. - 111 , TWO THOUSAND. 7to 2 agst Breadalbane (taken freely) 7 to 2 agst Kangaroo (taken) 100 to 15 agst Ariel (taken) 11 to 1 agst Archimedes (offered) 100 to G agst Chattanooga (taken) 100 to 8 agst Bedminster (taken) THE DERBY. 7to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken) 8 to 1 agst The Duke (offered) 15 to 1 agst Ariel (taken) 100 to 6 agst Archimedes (taken) 33 to 1 agst Chattanooga (taken) 33 to 1 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 A very thin attendance and little betting, Ariel being the only one in force for Guineas and Derby. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. CROYDON RACES--THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. INNKEEPER'S PLATE. Marble Hill 1 Oliver Twist 2 Simpleton Seven ran. CROYDON CUP. Aggressor MILITARY STEEPLECHASE. Best Man 1 Bachelor of Arts 2 Four ran. SELLING HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. Betsy Baker 1 Irish Boy 2 Deception SELLING STEEPLECHASE. Cantab l Ace of Trumps Caledonian 3 [ADVERTISEMENTS.] " TA.TTERSALLS' TlSSUE."—Commission Agency. —James Hopkins executes Commissions on all Races throughout the year. Place-betting and double ()tents. Cheques to be crossed National Bank, and Post-office orders payable at the Fleet-street office. Address, 13, Rolls buildings, Fetter-lane, London, E.C. G. R. GLENIE, 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. 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. LONDON, April 27.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather. OFF THE LIZARD, April 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived.— Flying Fish, from Barbadoes. FALMOUTH, April 26.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Scottish Chief, from Melbourne. FOWEY ' April 25.—Wind S.E . — Sa i led—Besaie, for Trinidad. PORTSMOUTH, April 26.—Wind N.E.LArrived—Rox burgh Castle, from Sydney. CARDIFF, April 2 5.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Tangier, for Romberg; lda Jardine, for Callao; Lucie and Harriet, for Bombay ; Annie Monroe, for Mauritius ; Psyche, for Rio Janeiro. NEWPORT, April 26.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Orion, for Vera Cruz. MUMBLES, April 25.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Polar Star, , rom Caldeira. SWANSEA, April 26.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—William Jackson, for Valparaiso. (BT MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, April 26.—Wilholmina, from Porto Rico. Arrived, April 27.—Carl Frederick, steamer, from Demo 7ara ; Earl of Auckland, steamer, from Rotterdam ; Pan ther, steamer, from Boulogne. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Henry, for Quebec ; John Gilspick, for Boston ; Palawan, for Sydney—all from London. "NOT AT HOME." --Suppose, then, instead of these three words expressing all they do and just what you desire they should express —out of the house, engaged, indisposed to receive visitors generally, or indisposed to receive that special visitor in particular—at any rate a six foot bar put up between you and the street door which not the most pushing can very well force open, you were obliged to tell the exact truth, and tell it too by Mary Maid's lips. " Oh, sir, missis is having her new wig tried on, and please she can't see you." " Please, ma'am, missis is at home, but she says as how you are so unpleasant to her she can't abear to see you, and you do so run on about yourself, and you have such a bonnet as gave her the jaundice to look at." "Yes, sir, master and missis is both at home, but master's in the dining-room a-blowing up missis awful, and missis's eyes they are as red as red, and she'd rather you did not see her look such a fright !" "Yes, sir, they're all at home, but there's young Mr. Sparrowhawk in the drawing-room aloig with Miss Em'ly he is, and they are looking out for him to say something like a gentleman to-day, for they've all slinked down stairs and left them alone !" These are only a few of the possible features of a perfectly unveiled and honest truth ; and pretty possibilities they are ; lovely features, certainly, to have handed round to all the gossips of your set ! Duns ; it may be bailiffs (I have known such things happen before now) ; poor relations whom you love and value,and of whose sensitive pride you are tenderly careful, but whose gowns and bonnets are unmistakably shabby, and your visitors a purse-proud couple, who will weigh them only according to the,money worth of their appearance ; washing day and everything pervaded by a smell of soap and steam and soda; your teeth at the dentist's—no one suspecting they are " den tists' triumphs" at all; the off-day of the hair dyeing, when you are a mixture of purple and grey ; Christmas bills and papa in a state of fury and effervescence ; a case of mild scarlet fever in the nursery, and you anxious to con ceal the fact yet not subject any one to danger; we can imagine hundreds of instances in which no one would like to tell the naked truth, and where the naked truth would be quite unnecessary, and indeed do more harm than good. Yet my friends and combatants used to gravely assert that " not at home" was an untruth utterly inadmissible, and that " engaged" was the nearest approach to a subterfuge possible to be allowed. Engaged ! I wonder how many people would take that for an answer ?—Dickens's " All the Year Round." THE g.LORENCE NIGHTINGALE LIFEBOAT.—The people of Derby on the 22d inst. witnessed a most interesting sight in the launch of their lifeboat-in the river Derwent. The lifeboat was christened by Miss Wilmot " The Florence Nightingale," after the distinguished lady of that name, who is a native of Derbyshire. The banks of the river were thronged by thousands of spectators who heartily cheered as the boat glided into the water. The cost of the lifeboat has been collected by the people of Derby and presented to the National Lifeboat Institution. The boat is to be stationed at Sunderland, where she arrived on the 25th instant. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—THIS EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 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 he 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 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 believed 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 movedthe 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, us 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--TGIS EVENING. The Srai.imt 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 OP PRESIDENT LINCOLN. Sir G. GREY said, in order to give the house an oppor tunity of expressing an opinion on 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 States, 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 bone 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 a of the twelve chiefs were British subjects. Mr. LAY"ARD said he had na reason to believe that t he 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 committee of ways and means, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose amid loud cries of " hear, hear," to make his annual financial statement. In commencing his observations he referred to the Chinese war, and said the clouds had passed westward, and the latest trouble that bad become known was t h at w hi c h yesterday arrived from America, and which created one general thrill of horror throughout the country. He was thankful that this country had been tranquil, and he might say that on the whole its trade and commerce and general condition bad been prosperous and satisfac tory. Its income during the past k n y o e w a n r had been greater than h a d ever ben either during a time of peace or war, whilst the expenditure for the same period had never before reached such an amount either in troubled o tranquil times. The expenditure for the year 1864-5 was estimated at £66,890,000 the Appropriation Bill was for £67,730,000, whilst the actual expenditure was £66,40,000, which was less than the estimate by no less a sum than £611,000. (Hear.) The right hon. gentleman then proceeded to compare the expenditure of the country with the revenue for the last year, and said that the total revenue for the year amounted to £70,313,000, showing a surplus over the whole of the expendi ture of £3,851,000. (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") With respect to source of revenue, the Customs had considerably increased, and the revenue derived from the Excise had increased up wards of £1,000,000, showing most clearly that general prosperity had been the cause of general im provement. There had also been a great increase in both malt and spirits, both of which had yielded more than was estimated. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. gentleman then compared the position and condition of the country in the years 1840 and 1852, the outbreak of the war with Russia, and the year of great expenditure, 1859, and compared the revenue with the expenditure of the present year. no H oo e utn s bt a y said satisfactory as the financial position of the deficient safelywas at r harvestet h i e e d wouldon presentefnort entirely y e s yet itunpgsl ee upset andr year, prosperity e ,s eb r i t e t ao y sai couldubecause eaa calculation. (Hear, hear.) The national debt had been reduced during the pre ear to by d ednuoctiolnem sum the th s a um n is v , o 3 te 4o d ,oo fo O r , f a or s au en b t jec y t fortifications, while the reduction of that debt for the last six years had amounted to the goodly sum of, in round numbers, £17,000,000 —(hear, hear)—which was, on an average, £3,000,000 a year. (Hear, hear.) He looked favourably on the results of the reduction of the paper duty, but it was a source of great gratifica tion that the trade of this country with France, both in imports and exports, continued steadily to increase, and he would take that opportunity of saying that the impression that prevailed in some quarters that the expenditure of France was greater than England, such an impression was altogether erro neoui—(hear, hear)—and the fact was easily apparent because the French accounts were kept with a clear nesS and precision worthy of the highest admiration. The imports for the past yearhad been £294,000,000; the exports, £212,000,000 ; making a total of £489,000,000, or an increase of £219,000,000 since 1854. The right hon. gentleman then proceeded to argue that the comparison of the trade of England with that of France, was not a fair one, but the countries most subject to such rates, such as Belgium and Holland, were the best tests for comparison, and comparing it with either of these countries, the trade of Eng land would be found to have increased rather than diminished. He then passed a glowing eulogium upon the late Mr. Cobden, and said a more devoted public servant never existed, and alo that the result of his brilliant genius had yet to be fully felt in order to enable us to put a just appreciation on his transcendant abilities. Having read over the different sums estimated for the present year, he said he now come to the difficult task of dispos ing of the surplus. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He proposed to charge the duty on transfer of shares and conveyances by a different mode of stamp. The duty on agreements on small tenements would be reduced from 6d. to id., and the tax of appraise ments would be reduced naturally to 3d. Special pleaders could have a licence for three years. He also proposed to reduce the duties on charter par ties from ss. to 6d. ; and he also , proposed to reduce the charge now made on time policies on marine insurances, and the duty on the Railway Assurance Company, the Acci dental Death Company, and Plate Glass In surance Company would be modified. He now came to the consideration of the argu ments that have been put forward for the reduction of the malt tax, which, according to some people, although it only brought the country £6,000,000, cost the consumer £20,000,000. If the malt tax was repealed, he was of opinion that that would be the death-warrant to our system of indirect taxation. But reduction was not repeal, and that was the point to which he should invite their attention, in order to ascertain at which point reduction should commence so as sensibly to lower the price of beer to the consumer. After the most careful calculation he had come to the conclusion that the taxation on a barrel of beer, that is the beer within the barrel, amounted to 20 per cent. (We shall give the conclusion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's speech in a later Edition.] Letter from the Hon. J• N. Mason, The Index publishes the following TO THE EDITOR 01' THE 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 he 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 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 he 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 l abhorrence than the people of the South, bu h t ,t th it ey is w ti l le know, as will equally all well balanced min d s, ds e t necessary offspring of those have Eng der in every form of unbridled of the South by Northern armies, nalised the invasion eenelsiceofusbe,lo w h ichh (.1 ‘ and mu.r luonardeebrus,kaendd ctehioisaeinolyv,eratnhdemt.berefore instigated, by their "Pardon the length of this note. I desired only in stantly to repel the atrocious calumnies in the letter of Mr. Stanton. 4, v e ry respectfully yours, "3- M. MAsox. "24, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square, London, April 27, 1865." Bank of England Return,.—Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending Wednesday, April 26, 1865. ISSUE DZPLETMENT. Notes Issued 1.e....428,793,055 Government Debt £11,015,1C 0 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 13,910,445 Silver Bullion .... £28,560,415 £28,560,415 , EPARTMINT. Government Semi- ri ties (including Dead Weigh tAn nutty) .£10,081441 Other Securities 19,057,1 Notes Gold and Silver 81050 Coin 3 J,435,189 MILLER, Chief Cashit r. BAN HMG D oprletors' Capi tal £14.5153.000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- counts) 6,293,382 Other Deposits 13,9,5,270 Seven Day and other Bills 929,312 R 33,438,189 April 27, 1865. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 11 per mill pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.175 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 105 d. per ounce for s tandard gold, it appeal' that gold is rather mere than 1-10th per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. 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