The Sun. — London, England, 1866-05-10 00:00:00

BIONEj"-MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The commercial public are awaiting in suspense the result of the weekly Court of Bank of E ng l an d Director s , w h ose meeting is delayed from 12 o'clock, the u sual hour, till 2 o'clock, in consequence of this beingit As cension Day, and in o r d er th at t h e autho ries may attend Divine service. The probability of an advance in the rate of discount induces the brokers to refuse all negotiations of bills, provided an extra one per cent. be accepted should the up ward movement take place. Business, however, in the open market i s mere l y nominal, and nearly all the co mmercial paper brought forward is, therefore, taken to the bank. sisted T gold operations a t th e Bank yesterday con he of 116 , 0 00 sent in, an d £l l,OOO withdrawn. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this date, are in round figures as under:- 1866. 1865. ... £71,744 £69,397 ... 117,131 111,827 Great Western North Western Bluth Western ;- .. 25,841 25,069 xi-Jr.dland ighton ••• ••• • : • • •• • •• • •• • 49,764 45,101 a 19,677 20,628 South Eastern ••• ••• ••• ••• 22437 23,619 Great North ••• •" 35 730 84,422 • ern ••• ••• • •• ••• ••• • neasture and Yorkshire 45,160 89,114 Bri stol and E xeter ••• 6,776 6,754 Great Eastern ••• ••• ••• 34,569 38,710 Nor th Eastern ••• •• • •*:: 71,027 65,957 Yanchester and Lincoln 19,819 17,614 London, Chatham, and Dover 9,681 8,928 These returns, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, are w ith a f ew ex ceptions of a favourable character. On the Great Western there is an increase of £2,347 ; on the North Western of £5,304 ; on the South Western of £772; on the Midland of £4,663; on the Great Northern of £1,308; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £6,046 ; on the Bristol and Exeter of £22 ; on the North Eastern of £5,370 ; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £2,205 ; and °l ' the London, Chatham, and Dover of £753 ; W hile the -Great Eastern shows a decrease of £4,141; the Brighton of £951 ; and the South Eastern of £1,179. A. further return of £1 per share is notified by t he directors of the Unity Joint Stock Mutual Banking Association. Two O'. No further alt era ti on h as been made in CLOCK the Bank Of England rate of discount, which continues at 8 per cent. The English Stock Market continues to denote extreme weakness in prices, and notwithstanding t he he avy fall at the close of business yesterday a f urther d ec li ne of per cent. has been recorded to day. Consols are no w 851 / for money, and 841 / ex div., for the account. The New Threes and Re duced Annuities are 83/ 841. Exchequer Bills f k or June, s s . die. t o par. India Stock, 212 ; ditto, uper C en t s, 1041 105; ditt9 4 per Cents, 95; and ditto Enfaced 51 per Ce n t s , 107. Poreigt Stocks are a little steadier to-day, and an a dvance is rep or t e d i n many of the pr i nc i pal de scriptions. Turkish 5 p er C en t s . are 381 39 ; S kezican, 16i ; th e N ew, 141 1; Greek, 101 11 ; Spanish Passive, 221 ; Certificates, 14/ 15 ; Italian, 38 1; B raz ili an S cr i p, 9 Bdie. ; United States 5-20 Bonds, 651; Erie, 46/ 47 ; Illinois, 76 fr 77. Li the Railway Share Market business has been moderately active, but prices in most instances have shown increased depression. Caledonian have de clined ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 2 ; N orth Western and South Eastern each 11 ; Lance- Shire and Yorkshire, Brighton, and Midland each 1; North Eastern (Berwick), 1; and Great Eastern, I. The Foreign and Colonial lines are also at slightly reduced rates. Great Luxembourg have declined 1, and Great Western of Canada 1. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in most in stances at reduced quotations. Alliance are marked 16 ; City Bank, 161 ; Consolidated Bank, 7 ; Im -IPerial Ottoman, 81 91; Union of London, 49 ; 111.Fiztpaenrciaiali, M ercantile i Credit, 81 91 ; London National Discount Co., 91 ; and Overend, Gurney, and Co. 11 I. T hc company of Overend, Gurney, and Co. have 70ppe.d Payment, and at the moment of our writing Fie.re.is a crowd within and without the well-known building in Birclain-lane. BRITISH F UNDS —CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT riTNDS. 8 ., 7 1 1 61 51 8 Der Cent. Consols O4 a „ 5 41 x Do Cent. Account, May 9 B4l :1 - t, I mew,,,,Per Cent. Reduced B4* 3 1,, 4 t 3 per Cent .. B 4l 1 6 i It ................. New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 — 4io. per C ent. Jan. 1873 — Annuitie 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 180 bo. for 30 yr epir e sth April, 18858 — Do (Red Sea s, Telx egraph), Aug, I°oB — o =c hequer Bil ls March. June. Do. £1 , ,000,3 per C en t . — dis .4500 Do £lOO and . .. 4200 Bank ,; of England Stock, 5 per Cent 11-10 Account .. z,,Tr,, r-, --AN u.OVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 er Cent., AprillB74 ▪ 212 bo• Account -1) D 0 .................... 105 4} 5 13 0. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 . 4 per Cent , Oct. 1888 Do. Certificate; • -- Do. Enfaced Paper 4 ent i Dn• 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5i per Cent., May 1879 lO7 Do. Deb, 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 o. Bonds .£lOOO .. n o• under 41,000 .... fl -FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. —„ rgentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — p m 4._ttstriau Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent 0, D0 .1 per Cent., 18 52-58-60 D O -D 1863 .„, 1865 _ • -uo Account,.. 66 D 2 ............... . 71 8 71 dis Buenos•ei.ip, £45 paid Ayres 6 per Cent — ° 1 Per Cent (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Chili art P e i' Cent I dis Do Scrip, £25 paid Do. 41 per Cent dis Cub Do. 6 per Cent I nbiari 6 Der Cent. _ ~al 6 per Cent. QB3rptian 7 per Cent i 1) ,°•, Second Issue _ .1-,0 £lOO B onds _ 82 801 Do. 1864 82 4 Do £lOO Bonds ,tO. Government Railway Debentures — dis ejeek.Xss° p p er ai C d ents, 1824-5, ex Coupons -- - D„ 0. Account 1,0. Coupons ,•00. Account knatitemala 5 per Cent. Italian 5 per Cent 1865 no Account Do. maremmana, Railway • n exican 3 per Cent Co. Ac coun t 131 ~.Do Do 1864 6 per Cent. Anglo-Frenh _ Lontevidean 6 per Cent., .£3o c paid tioorish Imperial 5 per Cent 111 ow Grana Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 13 ,o 3 per Cent, 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 41 2 3 „ 'Jo. Account Aluislan 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St .p. 4 i per Cent. 1850 -1 -'0 41 per Cent., 1860 ~,.D0 8 per Cent. 1859 80 11 .-, )0 5 per Cent. 1862 --- „ -uo 5 . per Cent. 1864 iNVinian 5 per Cent .UO. A - . ..CCOUIIt Panash 3 per Cent 381 9} Do Account 'C',l3 New Deferred — _ lin Account Do passive ... 22 1} 2 B I)° 4xeciunt oanish Cert. of Coup not funded — e_l3o Account 15 141 we dish 4 per Cent D o T ~,,.; 4 i per Cent. 1864 Ll T,' i sh 6 per Cent. 1854 14-'0 A ccount .. ... .) !._. ..... ,o 6 per Con t . * . 1858 .... "Jo A ccount .. . 56} bo 41.00 Bonds . ... Do 6 per Cent. 1862 "0 Account ... ~,, £lOO Bonds ....... 60 .1: () 6 per Cent. 1863 „0 6 Accountnt 1865, paid up Scrip— i -. 71 8 71 9 -.Jo ” Do A V • . per Cent. Guaranteed enezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto accou n t — •'-',,0 6 Accountt, 1862 — 4 -'0 29/ . 1864 Dutch ri:•7l.,plictss on the above payable in London. be : 4. 1' Pe" Cent., Ex. 12 Guil , *per Cent. C tiiicates — / l'en , ch Route' ipeerrCeni. hal' r a4 5 ie-, Cent•lB6l, Ex. 25f. -Jo Account *, 37 9 ......................... THREE O'CLOCK. Ck ) ns°lB . for m oney . .a. . t . . ............. . ......... 85- } i —0 eco unt 9th in•s. ........................... 84 4 iex div. .........._ Wtto's ',vVR DPCTQR ?-MORISON' PILLS SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. Share/ Railways. gristsl and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian. Cork and Bandon Corn wall Dublin & Belfast June, Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc • & Lon don, i crip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Weste Great Eastern, Ord. stk.' Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pm, Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original Do. S. V4l. Rail gua. Do. South %Vales • Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshir • ,London and Blackwali ,Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. A.Y. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., net., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New 89 91 125 127 55 65 13 15 3 5 67 70 70 72 20 15 (1 1 111 113 37} 38,, 6 7 120 122 1 1 3 i 2316, 63i 54 57 0 33 40 31 85 Do. Extension...... Metropolitan District. Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Midland Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby Mid Kent . . North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock' uo. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon Nmttt E:-.stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do .0 Vale of death Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. eO6 125 21 133 21 127 8 i I 1061 691 100 I p a id.l Closing I Business Price. done. 1181 18 93; 2 2t6 4 lug 17 18 9t# 6987 123} # noi 20 19 1 6 1 It BRITISH Atlantic & SiLawrence Bom.,Baroda, 4 Cen.ln.l gu. 5 per cent.. • o. F eharee Ruffalo Az Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff:,Brant,&Goderichi 6 p.c. 871-3- a • Calcutta itB. E., lim.. ;ape Town A; Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p, East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Icslian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Eitensiori Grand Trunk of Canad a) Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds I charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pref. Bongs Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stook Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c to. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 4} per cent Do Great Wes. of Canada ) Da. New .. ...... Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 50 do. pay. 1877-8 [ndian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 4f do Do. 4' do Do. Filth Extension %lelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. 1 11.C'da,6pc letpf.bs Scinde ..... Do. Delhi Do. do trs Do. Panjaub...• Do.lndus St. Flo. COLONIAL GO VER British Columbia, 6 per' cent., Dec. 31, 1872 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja. & July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 00. 5 p. c. Jan. 4z July Do. 5 p. C. Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl. &Oct 1890-1900 Do. do: 1880-90 Do. Jan. &July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April an ct 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 00. 1882, Mayls, Nov.:' Do. 1805, Feb. dr Aug Natal 4 40 v. 6 per cent N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&J uly N. S. WY. Gov. 5 p•c., 186 e Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1870 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1894 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 181584. Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,(iov. 6 p.c. Is &July Do. do, A pril & Oct MUTIB. 118 120 93 95 21 26 116/ 1..7} 91 43 59 6O 124 125 2 261.) 11 92 95 122 1221 1i 21 92 04 87 58 ,6 27 109 109 71 72 109 110 36 36i 10 111, 120 121 1 2p, 1 2p 74 76 108 112 149 151 6d 63 48 60 73 74 9 140 143 1 3 PI 100 103 62 54 IESSIONS. 54 66 103 104 i IP 41 5 8 9 76 80 96 98 62 67 100 102 101 102 1031 1011 9 1 23 85 87 83 66 55 60 55 57 50 55 41 41 40 41 25 27 25 27 1096 1106 16 2 p 16 2 p 99 101 91 93 151 16 5 4id 91 ed 83 R 5 100 101 91 93 86 88 R 1 63 8 i 82 99 100 98 99 97 99 101 I } [T SECUR 92 94 90 93 90 93 71 80 76 79 102 104 162 101 142 104 102 104 86 8) 102 104 1(5 1 7 103 105 107 109 104 108 104 108 99 101 90 93 90 95 874 gB4 94 95 72 73 V 8 100 98 100 105 107 102 103 'Cam. Consol. Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Taoist Drake walls. East Bassett (Mogan). • East Carad on East Cam Brea Nast Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gain.& StAubyn(G wen. Great L ocey, limited Great South Tolgus Great heal i G. Wheal Vor (Heist Grenville Herod's Foot ..... . Hino•ston Downs Lelant Al li a ar rr e r V et alle U y nY n ew wyn s d e y wn lron Ore, Bin N North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United.... • • . • P d r v a i r d a en o e n e ( U s tn. cylar l a ) n . t S. South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park . Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan, lim West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Llskeard West Chiverton West Seton. .... . Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Aedruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis ! 6 7 8 10 52J 540 2.1.0 294 2.14.6 31 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 18 19 6i 74 3 84 3i 4 t 8 9 3 3A 5 7 21 22 { 1; 1 1} 18 21) x 4 3 38 40 44 5 4 8 31 pi PREFERENCE Western, Chester gua. stock, Ito, ditto, 5 per cent. pt stock, 108 Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., itto 4i per cent., rd., 93 PREFErtENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London and S.-Westorn 4i per cent., 91 3 Midland A and B pf, 10* xg 1 . t . (l 35 40 13 15 32 34 375 400 11 2 ,5 20 4 6 13 15 3 5 1 2 7 8 674 72i 100 140 80 85 20 22 3 5 20) 2 0 13 15 Great North FOREIGN RAILWAYS. ci r Baeat Luxembourg, hia and San 11 11. n., gut. 7 per cent., 121 131 Imperial Mexican, lim., 10 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, lla 12 FOUEIGN Cape Copper, Jim., 91 Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 21 / Fortuna (lim.), 2a 3 Frontino and Bolivia Gold, lira., I United Mexican, lim„ 1/ Washoe Gold, lira., BANES.. Agra and Masterman's, lira., 32 30 2 Alliance, lirn.. 17/ 10 17 1 Australasia, C7l 51 Bank of London, 171 151 17 Brazilian and Portuguese, lira., 71 Charles Laffitte and Co , 8) Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. lct 18 Chartered Iler. of India, London, and. China, 34 2 11 City, 101 Consolidated Bank, Um., 7i 7 English and American, Um., 3 Eng ish Joint Stock, Urn., 2 4 European Bank, lira., 61 1 Imperial Bank, 11rn., 23 1 1 4 Imperial Ottoman, r 11 Ditto, new, 8 * 71 8i Lard Mortgage Bank or India, lira., 31 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 21i London and County, 74 70 London Joint Stock, 441 London and %1 estminster, 90 3 Midland Bank, Urn., 18 Oriental Bank Corporation, 41 Union of London, 10 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 21 ; Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim., 4 1 it Commercial Union, Insurance, 6 Credit oncler and Rainer of England, 2} 11 ; 1 2 12 ; Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., 21 2 12 Electric Telegraph, 133 6 4 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim.. 12 2 / Hudson's Bay, 14; 2 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 8; 9 8} 9j 71 International Financial :iociety, Um., London Financial Association, lint., 10 si 101 London General Omnibus Company, lira, 32 National Discount Company, n 10; Ditto, issued at 5 prem., of which 31 is to pay, 22:2 North British Australasian, 45 Ocean Marine Insurance), 19 o,rerend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 121 11; 1 11; 10; 1 12 11 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, Ditto new, 49 Royal Mail Steam , 108/ 8 Thames and Mersey Marine, Insurance, 31m., C .OTICE TO TRAVELLERS.—The following notifi cation Was yesterday issued from the Foreign-office : " English travellers intending to enter the Austrian States, either by the Tyrol or auy part of the Italian frontier, are recommended to have their passports viAd at oithor the At/s4i? ' 4l "bassY i 4 Loud= or Farie." rOSS: 531 4 ;ITiif;S. THE SUE, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAX 10, 1866. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. IN RE FRIEDLANDER .AND BERGER. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) These bankrupts are described as clothierfi of Addle street, Aldermanbury, and to-day they applied for an order of discharge. Mr. Treherne, of the firm of Treherne and Wolferstan, 75, Aldermanbury, on the part of the assignees, applied that there might be an adjournment. It was necessary that the assignees should make inquiries as to the £2,000 worth of consignments to foreign countries. The bank rupts owed over £5,000, the debts being contracted within a year, and the property in the hands of the assignee had only realised some £2O. Under these circumstances he (Mr. Treherne) applied that the case might be again adjourned. Mr. Reed, in support of the bankrupts, urged that his clients had been before the Court now twelve months, and ought to have their orders of discharge. The assignee hadplenty of opportunity to make inquiries during the past ten months. The bankrupts were young men, who commenced with a capital of £5OO, and they had lost every farthing of it. His Honour considered that the application made by the assignee was not unreasonable, and adjourned the case as requested. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARL BOROUGH-S TRE ET. A GANG OP SHOP-ROBBERS COMMITTED. —T homas Thorpe, Nathaniel Loder, John Daniels, and Thomas Burnley, lads, were charged with cutting the window of Mr. John Belond, tobacconist, Old Compton-street, and with stealing a quantity of cigars. Only two of the prisoners were in custody when the case was brought before the magistrates. Cheney, 87 C, on the night of the Ist saw the prisoner near Mr. Belond's window. Thorpe went up to the win dow and cut the putty from a pane of glass, and broke the glass, and then Loder pulled the piece of glass out with something and took out a quantity of cigars—Rumley and Daniels stabding round keeping a look out. The prisoners then all ran away, and he followed them and took hold of all of them, but in consequence of one of them biting his thumb, he was obliged to let them go, and they all got away but Thorpe, whom ho took to the station. He subse quently took Loder, who, on his telling him the charge, said it was all right, and that he was there. Shrives, 82 0, said that on taking Bromley into custody he admitted being with the others, but that he did not know what they were going to do. He found on Burnley £7 6s. 6d., and at his lodgings a life preserver (a novel kind of one, it being only about half the usual size, but evidently quito as formidable.) Mr. Beloud proved that his window was broken, and a quantity of cigars stolen. George Madgott, 74 S, said that Daniels had been three times convicted of felony, the last time at the Marylebone Police-court. The prisoners, who declined saying anything, were com mitted for trial. THAMES. MENDICANCY. —DanieI Twobig and Johanna Twobig were brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with soliciting alms. The male prisoner, about 50 years of age, an Irish man, is quite blind. His child, a delicate-looking little creature by his side, is seven years of age. William Bur, 106 K, saw the prisoners last night stand ing against the London Dock wall, in Old Gravel-lane, Ratcliffe-highway. There was a large printed card on the man's breast, with the following inscription on it :—" Kind feeling for this poor man, who is blind through an acci dent." He saw a woman put something in the blind man's hat, which he took out and gave to the child. He found sd. upon her. The prisoners had been in custody in the City, and were not allowed to beg there. Mr. Partridge—Nor can it be permitted in the county of Middlesex. The elder prisoner, in te strong Munster brogue, said that he had five children to maintain, besides the little one by his side, and that his wife worked very hard for them all. He went out occasionally with matches and other things for sale. He could not help people giving him money. Mr. Partridge was reluctant to send a man who was deprived of his sight to prison, but he could not allow him to beg. The worst part of the case was the bringing up a child to vagrancy. The girl ought to be at school. Ile asked the male prisoner who his priest was, and whether he attended his chapel. The prisoner said that Father Kelly was his priest, and he went to chapel sometimes. Mr. Partridge said the prisoner should consult his priest and send his child to school. If ever the prisoner was brought before him again he would send him to prison and to hard labour. A blind man was entitled to parochial relief, and the prisoner must not take his children into the streets and make vagrants of them. He discharged the prisoners. Bur—What am I to do with the money ? Mr. Partridge—Give it to the blind man and destroy that begglug card. STATE OF TRADE. LEICESTER, 9th.—The hosiery trade continues active in most departments. Cotton goods are in demand, as also are most sorts of regular goods. Manufacturers are well engaged in the ware houses with orders on hand, and the operatives are fully employed. In the rural districts business con- tinues in a satisfactory state. Worsted yarns are quiet, without material change in price. Cotton yarns are lower. The wool market is flat. NOTTINGHAM, 9th.—There is a shade of improve ment in the demand for lace goods. In the cotton branch there is rather more doing. Still the busi ness transacting is not an average. The plain trade continues quiet. In the silk department black laces remain in limited demand, while the plain mechlin trade remains active, future prospects being also good. Narrow edgings are dull. The hosiery trade is extremely brisk. The home demand keeps up to a full average. There are plenty of orders on hand, both for shipping and for the home market, and the workpeople are fully employed. Yarns are dull, and prices are receding T 'RIAL FOR MURDER.---The Court of Assizes of the Hante-Marne has just tried a farm-servant named Pornot, aged 27, and a lad named Protoy, IG, charged with having murdered the father of the last-named prisoner, a woodman residing at Consigny. The murdered man's wife had also been arrested as an accomplice in the crime, but she committed suicide almost immediately after by taking poison. It appears from the indictment that Protoy and his wife had long lived very unhappily together, owing to the misconduct of the latter. In May last she formed an adulterous connection with Pernot, and kept him for some days concealed in the house unknown to her husband. The pre sence of her paramour was at last discovered, and he was obliged to leave, but he frequently returned, and at last the wife and he determined to murder the hus band and then got married. The son was also induced by his mother to take part in the plot against his father's life, which was carried into execution on the 10th October. On that day Pernot went to the house and con c eal e d him self in was the going llar. ow Y had some s us pi c i on o f thi s , andthe stops to see, w h en h i s w if e ce d P n o dealt him a blow on the head which caused him t o . Protoy fall to the bottom, and he was murdered there by Pernot and the son. During the night the three re moved the body from the cellar and threw it into a well. Pornot then left, intending to remain away for some weeks, but previously sent a letter to his mother in which he admitted having killed Protoy in a quarrel. This fact having come to the knowledge of the police the three were arrested, and, when pressed with quest i ons, confessed the particulars o f the crime as above given, but after the woman's death the other two pretended that she alone had struck the fatal blows. In Court they repeated this last story, but the collateral evidence proved th e truth of their first confess ion ; the jury co nsequently brought in a verdict of guilty against both, but with ex tenuating circumstances in favour of the younger prisoner, who was condemned to hard labour for life, while the other was sentenced to death. TIIE CATTLE PLAGUE.—The third and final re port of the Cattle Plague Commission has just been issued. It considers scientifically the symptoms, nature, origin, method of propagation, and treatment of the disease. As was stated in their second report the commis sioners requested some of the most eminent physicians, veterinary surgeons, and chemists of the day to investi gate the cattle plague from various scientific points of view. The reports made by these gentlemen are printed in the Appendix to the Report of the Commissioners. So me o f them represent that their investigations might with advan tage be carried still further, and the commissioners recom mend these suggestions to the consideration of the Govern ment. But enough has already been ascertained to supply us with some valuable results. They renew the recom mendation for the slaughter or quarantine of cattle at the ports of disembarkation, and urge that advantage should be taken of the present opportunity to render permanent those alterations in the supply of meat to large towns which it has been proved could be effected with such little com parative inconvenience. From the opinions of the com missioners that the disease is purely contagious, and that no method of treatment or disinfection can be relied on, the conclusion is obvious that our measures must be almost entirely directed towards preventing contagion, and that such measures should bo both stringent and continuous. A KIND CONTRIBUTION.—The scholars of Nichol street, Spitalfields, Ragged School have contributed, in pence and half-pence, the handsome sum of £4, in aid of the Lifeboat Fund now being raised in many of the Sun day Schools in London for the purchase of a lifeboat, to be presented to tilt National Lifoboat lastittltion: RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. BRISTOL AND EXETER. Yesterday a special meeting of this company was held at Bristol—Mr. M. Castle in the chair. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the meeting agreed to a bill for transferring the Brean Down Railway at Weston-super-Mare to the company ; to convert a horse tramway at Bridgwater into a loco motive line, in order to connect the Bristol and Exe ter Railway with the Corporation wharf; and to lay down the narrow gauge between Bridgwater and Yeovil, and to make a junction with the narrow gauge Central Somerset line at Highbridge; to raise £125,000 on shares and to borrow £41,500. Mr. ELLIS, on the part of the shareholders, ap proved the narrow gauge being laid down on one section of the system, and he hoped before long they would obtain powers to lay it down over the whole system. The meeting next approved a bill for the transfer to the company of the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal for £64,000 4 per cent. preference stock ; and also approved the Bristol Harbour Railway Bill to enable the city to contribute £50,000 towards the construction of a wharf ; and the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Companies to expend £115,000 in making a junction line between it and the Bristol terminus. The proceedings terminated with thanks to the chairman. - BRISTOL AND PORTISHEAD. A special meeting of this company was held yes terday at Bristol —Mr. J. Ford in the chair. The meeting agreed to a bill for the alteration o. their pier at Portishead. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to a shareholder, said that the railway would be finished and opened for traffic before the pier was completed. The Cholera at Liverpool. We regret to state that notwithstanding the very effective measures which had been taken to prevent any further outbreak of cholera on board the hospi tal ships War Cloud and Jessie Munn, three more deaths have taken place on board thelast-named ship. As soon as it became known to the workhouse au thorities that there were three more deaths on board the Jessie Munn, the bodies were at once removed to shore, when they were placed in a hearse and con veyed to Walton Cemetery, where they were interred with all possible - haste, On Tuesday evening three more of the people on board the same vessel in which the deaths occurred were attacked with cholera, and Dr. Trench, the medical officer of health for the .borough, believes that additional medical aid will be required, and also states that the crew and officers on board the Jessie Munn are almost paralysed with fear. Several extra nurses and four men have been sent on board the infected vessel, to assist those already in attendance on the sick. The work of fumi gating the Helvetia is stillproceeded with, and every thing is being done to clear the ship of the slightest taint of the disease. The healthy German passen gers which have been transferred to the Government Emigration Depot at Birkenhead continue compara tively well ; the use of " sauer-kraut" Las been abo lished, and a better acquaintance with the wash-tub and skin-brush has been insisted on. Last night a body of about 200 emigrants, in charge of an in spector of lodging-houses, were taken to the work house, they having been removed from several Ger man lodging-houses, to prevent overcrowding. They were accommodated for the night, and went away early yesterday morning. About 10 o'clock yesterday morning 20 additional beds were sent on board the Jessie Munn, so that she has now accom modation for 32 patients. Since the above was written we hear that another death has occurred on board the Jessie Munn, and that several other cases have broken out. Iu spite of every precaution the cholera has broken out amongst the Germans in the depot at Birkenead ; and yesterday afternoon three of the emigrants were attacked with cholera, and one of them, a female, is not expected to survive. Medical assist ance and nurses have been sent, and precautions taken to stop the spread of this dreadful disease. FURTHER DEATHS AMONG GERMAN EMIGRANTS. (From the Liverpool Alfercury of yesterday.) The news received from the Helvetia yesterday is, we regret to say, not of reassuring character. The frightful disease appears still to linger among the German emigrants, and seems to baffie the skill of the medical men to eradicate it. Late on Mon day night, Mr. Carr, the governor of the work house, received information that three more deaths had occurred among the emigrants on board the Jessie Munn, the ship lashed alongside the Helvetia for the reception of cholera patients, and that the bodies were required to be brought on shore. Mr. Carr at once directed that the hearse should be in readiness to meet the tender—and at two o'clock the bodies were brought on shore and transferred to Walton for interment. The three persons—a man, woman, and child—who have succumbed to the disease, are Germans. Yesterday afternoon information was given to the parochial authorities that another German emigrant had died on board the Jessie Munn. There are now three Germans on board the Jessie Munn suffering from cholera. They are in charge of the nurses sent from the workhouse ; but we understand that Dr. Trench has intimated that there is great want of additional me dical aid. The crew and officers seemed to be panic struck, and in consequence considerable difficulty is found in dealing with the cases under treat ment. In view of this state of affairs, Mr. Carr offered the assistance of eight men from the work house, who at once volunteered to go un board the Jessie Munn to render what assistance they could in carrying the sick, &c., and in helping to disin fect the Helvetia. These volunteers went on board last night. Arrangements have been made for the reception of those German emigrants who are well, and who were on board the Helvetia at the emigration depot at Birkenhead. The work of cleaning and fumi gating the Helvetia will be commenced to-day (Wednesday). A number of Germans still continue at the work house ; and we regret to say that, notwithstanding the precautions which have been taken, cholera has broken out amongst them. Several lodging-houses in the town resorted to by Germans are still very much crowded. The health officers are keeping a strict supervision over them, and in many cases where more than the proper number is located steps are being taken to clear the houses. Large numbers of German emigrants still con tinue to arrive in town. On Monday night 191 Germans arrived at Lime-street station from Ham burg, via Hull, and late same night about 200 arrived at Tithebarn-street station from the same place. SUNNINGDALE AND CAMBRIDGE TOWN. In the account of the proceedings at the meeting of this company which appeared in The Sun of Tuesday it was stated " that some dissatisfaction was expressed at the delay in the commencement of the works," it should have been "at the delay in the completion of the works." SMYRNA AND CASSABA (LIMITED.) A special general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern—Mr. J. W. Larking in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said the object of the meeting was to confirm a certain resolution passed at the general meeting held on the 17th of last month authorising alterations in the Articles of Association. The alterations were in clauses 12, 33, 34, 41, 59; 61, and 62. He then read the verbal alterations in the clauses, the principal ones being in clause 33, which, after omitting certain words, the following were to stand in lieu thereof :—. " A director shall be deemed to have vacated his office if he ceases to hold at least 50 shares in the company. If he holds any _other office or place of profit under the company, if he becomes bankrupt or insolvent, if he is concerned or participates in the profit of any contract with the company ; except that no director shall be deemed to have vacated his office by reason of his being a shareholder in any incorporated company which has entered into contracts with or done any work with this company, nevertheless he shall not vote as director of this company in respect of such contract or work." He concluded by moving a formal resolution con firming those and the other alterations embodied in the resolution passed at the general meeting on the 18th April last. The motion was seconded and carried unani mously. The CHAIRMAN said that the receipts on the line were progtessing very satisfactorily. The four last weeks they had an account which amounted to £748, £906, £1,579, and £9o9—together, £4,142, or above £l,OOO a week. Mr. BURCHELL said that some objections had been made to his observations Eat the last meeting re specting the security the company had to give the bondholders. They had a guarantee from the Turk ish Government of £40,000 a year ; but it was not upon that he relied so much as upon the chair man and directors, who received the money for the traffic every week, and, after paying the working expenses, placed the surplus at the bankers to pay the interest when due. The line had been opened throughout in March last, and they were now in receipt of £l,OOO a week on the average, so that they would have ample money in hand to meet the interest when due, and he could not understand any difference between the security of this company, although the railway was in Turkey, and that of an English railway of similar extent. He thought, therefore, that he was fully justified in the remarks he had made. He preferred the hard cash in the hands of the company every week to the guarantee of any foreign Government. Mr. PRICE said the railway had been opened throughout on March 15 last, and the passenger traffic had already exceeded their expectations. The line, rolling stock, and staff were as good as those of any company in England, and he was at present quite satisfied with the receipts, which he felt con fident would soon show a considerable increase. The proceedings then terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday in the House of Commons Committee, Group 1, the preamble of the Edgware, Highgate, and London was proved ; the preamble was not proved in the case of the Great Northern (Potter's Bar, Barnet, and Hendon) ; nor was the preamble proved of the Barnet, Hendon, and Midland Junc tion. The following were proceeded with and ad journed :—The Hounslow and Metropolitan ; the Great Eastern (Alexandra-park Branches); and the Muswell-hill Estate and Railways. In Group 10 the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Cen tral Station and Lines) was proceeded with and ad journed ; and also that of the Shrewsbury and North Wales (Meifod Valley Extension, &c). In Group 16 the Bute Docks, Cardiff, was further proceeded with and adjourned, In Group 19 appearances were taken in the following bills,which were proceeded with and adjourned :—The Caledonian (Greenock and Gourock Extension) ; the Glasgow and South- Western (Ayrshire, &c., Lines) ; and the Greenock and Ayrshire. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills.—Enjoyment of Life.—When the blood is pure, its circulation perfect, and the nerves in good order, we are w e ll. Th ese p i lls possess marvellous power in securing these grea t secrets of health, by purifying, Holloway's rifying ti to all porsois suffering from diso r d ere d di gestion, or worried by nervous fancies or neuralgic pains. Th e y cor rect acidity and heartburn, dispel headache, q u i c k en th e regul regulating, pills ng, and stren g th en i ng the fluids and can be c on fid ent l y recommended action of the liver, and act as alteratives and gentle aperi ents. The weak and delicate may take thorn without fear. Holloway's pills are eminently serviceable to invalids of irritable constitution, as they raise the action of every organ to its natural standard, and universally exercise a calming and sedative influence. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —That the fearful annual mortality of 6'),0( ,0 young children and delicate persons of all ages may be arrested, if, instead of flying blindly to pills and medicines, which, though apparently relieving the patient, have in reality no other tendency than that of increasing debility, and with it the danger of life, we were simply to study how to increase the vital force by imparting new and pure blood, upon which the harmonious development of the whole frame depends, has been successfully proved by Du Barry's Inva lids' and Infants' Food, the Revalenta Arabica, and its thousands of cures annually. It yields three times as much easily assimilated nourishment as the best meat, and for children it is the best substitute for h uman milk. Dr. Routh, physician to the Samaritan Hospit a l f or Women and Children—the best authority on such m a tt ers —in his admir able a n c publication sh t is, without doubt, Du Barry's Revalenta A ra bi ca Food, con taining both phosphoric acid in abunda nce and chloride of tt which comes says—Amongstclosestto milk in its composition the vegetable sub stances, potassium ; it also includes casein, the same principle which is found in milk in its constituent part.. No wonder, there fore, that under its influence many children affected with atrophy (wasting away of the body), and marked deb' i'y, have completely recovered. I have given it with the greatest advantage in such cases ; and sa far as I may judge from my own experience, practice fully carries out what theory, from a knowledge of its composition, led us to anticipate,— In tins, 11b, 29 9d; 21b, 4s 6d ; Mb, lls ; 121 b, 22s ; 241 b, 40s.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London ; also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, King William -street ; likewise at 61, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bishopsgate street 'Within ; 63, 15 0 , and 298, Oxford -street ; 330, Strand; 54, Upper Baker-street ; 103, Tot tenham -court-road ; 96, upper -street, Islington, N.; Harvey, Notting-hill; Close Brothers, 65, Iligh-street ; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace, St. John's-wood, London; and all respectable grocers and che mists,—Beware o 1 opurious The Sunday Trading Bill. Last evening a crowded meeting of the retail dealers and traders of Whitechapel and neighbour hood was held at the Exhibition Clothes Exchange, lioundsditch, " To protest" (as stated by the cir cular convening the meeting), " against the unjust and arbitrary bill now before the House of Lords as affecting trade and hawking." —Mr. Moss in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said the bill introduced by Lord Chelmsford was a most unfair measure, inasmuch as it did not at all affect the interest of the well-to do tradesman at the West-end, but extinguished the business of some hundreds of small tradesmen, who supplied thousands of the poorer classes with the necessaries of life. It was true that the Fran chise Bill of Mr. Gladstone proposed to give the working classes a vote, but he would ask them what was the use of giving them political advantages when they had no chance of providing for the neces sities of their own families by honest industry ? and no chance some thousands would have if the bill of Lord Chelmsford was carried. Political liberty under these circumstances was a farce, more than a farce, when a section, and not a small section, of the community was thrown into a state of starva tion by the action of its legislators. This was the first of a series of meetings, and he hoped that they would combine to defeat the measure, which he de nounced as unfair, one-sided, and partial. Mr. LEVY was sure that although the meeting was composed of representatives of the humbler classes, if it was made known that they would labour under an injustice Parliament would not refuse to listen to their prayer. (Hear.) He moved—" That the bill introduced into the House of Lords in ref e.; rence to selling and hawking on Sundays is most unjust and arbitrary, favouring many tradesmen, oppressing others, and deeply affecting many thou sands of the poorer classes." Mr. ROHALI, said this was not an honest bill. It was introduced for the purpose of getting the thin end of the wedge in, as the bill was one of excep- tions, falling on the working classes only. If it was a question affecting the observance of the Sab. bath equally throughout the metropolis they would not oppose it ; but it was not so. The West -end tradesmen could do without Sunday trading, and he was sure that the tradesmen of the East-end of the metropolis would not keep open their shops unless for the necessities of thousands of the very poorest of the working classes. Mr. MEDLEY supported the motion, and said the existing laws were quite sufficient to put down Sunday trading. On one occasion ho was fined £2 for supplying a poor woman with bread, her husband at the time being almost dead. The motion was carried, as was also a petition to Parliament in opposition to the bill. A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the meeting, which had been of a very enthu siastic character, then terminated. MISSING SHIPS.—The Erndth, from Helsingborg to Hull, which sailed on Dec. 23, and now appears to have put into Osterrisoer, and sailed thence on Jan. 30 ; the Margaret, of Port Madoc, which sailed from London for Haverfordwest on March 15 ; and the Speedwell, from Plymouth to Courtown, near Wexford, which put into Falmouth March 10, and sailed thence on the 21st, have not since peen heard of. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. YORK RACES—THIS DAY. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] CRAVEN STAKES. Mr. Haigh'sCranmore (Dunbar) 1 Mr. Fobert's Wise Man (Bates) 2 Lord Zetland's Pedant (Kenyon) 3 Betting -5 to 4on Pedant, 3to 1 agst Wise Man, 4 to 1 agst Cranmore. Won by ten lengths ; four lengths between second and third. ZETLAND STAKES. . Mr. M as t erman ' s Honestish _ (Dixon) 1 Mr. C. Peck's Manuella (Carroll) 2 Mr. Mackenzie's Thermometer (Morris) 3 Pea Blossom also ran. Betting -3 to lon Manuella, 4to 1 bar one. Won by a length ; two lengths between second and third. STAND STAKES. Mr. Mackenzie's Gentian (Cameron) 1 Lord Westmorland's Lady Betty f (Kenyon) 2 Mr. Robert's Vagrant .................. (Ch a ll on e r ) 3 Nun and Moneymusk al so ra n. Betting-2 to 1 agst Gentian, 4to 1 agst Va grant. Won by two lengths ; three lengths between second and third. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. Captain Gray's Windham ............ (Challoner) 1 ~,,,,,,,,,,,'::'(Osborne)..(Kenyon) 3 Mr. W. Hudson's Cathedral ....... 2 Mr. Singleton's Fitzroy The following also ran :—Regalia, Redcap, Miss Haworth, El Cid, Duty Free, Dolan, and Friday. Betting-5 to 2 agst Regalia, sto 1 agst Cathedral, 7 to 1 agst Windham. Won by two lengths ; length between second and third. KNAYESMIRE PLATE. Mexico Treasure Trove Lady Estor Nine ran, Won by two lengths YORKSHIRE HUNT PLATE Lady Sykes 1 Comus 9 . . Bandana 3 Ten ran. Won by a neck. ELECTION ThITELLIGENCE.—Th's Day (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) NOTTINGHAM—CLOSE OF POLL. Osborne Amberley 2435 Jenkinson 2295 Cossham NORTHALLERTON-11 30 A.M. Lascelles (C.) 202 Wrightson (L.) l7l MITITARY CONFERENCE OF GERMAN SOVEREIGNS. DARMSTADT, MAY 10. The reigning Sovereigns of Wirtemberg, Hesse Darmstadt, Nassau, and Baden, and Plenipoten tiaries from five other German States, including Bavaria, held a conference on the Bth inst. in the village of Muhlacker (Wirtemberg) respecting the concentration of their respective contingents, and the strategic positions to be taken up by them. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS.—THIS EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tins EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. _ _ Mr. Capper took the oath and his seat for Sandwich Mr. Edwards and Mr. Eykyn for Windsor; and Sir S Northeote for Devon. NEW WRIT. I On the motion of Colonel TAYLOR, a new writ was ordered to issue for the county of Kildare, in the room of Lord Fitzgerald, who has accepted the office of Vice- Chamberlain in her Majesty's Household. WAR DEPARTMENT. In reply to Mr. O'REILLY, The Marquis of HARTINGTON said it was quite true that a department to codify and revise warrants and re gulations was issued by tho War-office, and Mr.Lockyerand other gentlemen had been applied to to discharge the fresh duties at an expense of £350 a-year. The duties were not part of those lately discharged by Mr. Marshall. He could not state the precise economy to be gained by the arrangement, but the saving went into the general fund. He should, if it was thought desirable, be able to give a more detailed statement on going into committee of supply. RATEABLE PROPERTY (IRELAND.) Lord J. BROWNE asked the Chief Secretary of Ire land whether he was able to state the estimated cost of the revaluation of rateable property in Ireland, which it was proposed by the Rateable Property Bill to carry out every 14 years ? Mr. C. FORTESCUE said the sum amounted to 416,000. CHARITABLE LOTTERIES. Mr. WHALLEY, with reference to a lottery publicly advertised to be drawn for on Saturday, the 12th inst., at Edinburgh for the benefit of St. Vincent Roman Catholic School, asked the Lord Advocate whether his attention had been drawn thereto as being a violation of the law respecting lotteries; and what, if any, steps had been or would be taken by him to give effect to the law in that behalf ? The LORD ADVOCATE said the lottery in question was ono within the power of a public informer to prose cute, and although the public prosecutor could undoubtedly take action in the matter, yet it was not thought proper to take proceedings where those lotteries were devoted to charitable purposes, and not for private gain. The lot teries took place in aid of the charities of all denomina tions, yet iu all the cases that had been brought under his attention the Roman Catholics were the onlyparties against which it was asked to proceed. He did not see why such a distinction should be made. (Hear, hear.) LOANS (IRELAND). Sir 1 1 . HEYGATE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the Government intended to adopt the recom mendation in the report of the committee on Irish taxation (1865), to the effect that "the advances for land improve ment, &c., should not be limited to the sum of .£B,OOO upon any one estate ; that the repayment of loans should be ex tended over a longer period t ha n 22 years ; and that it should not be compulsory, when a loan is granted for a farm building, upon the proprietor to provide A house at a cost of £200. " Mr. C. FORTESCUE said the Government bad adopted the first recommendation of the committee, and for the future there would be no limit to the Lord of the Treasury in respect to the repayment of loans. It was proposed to extend the time to 35 years, and for the future loans would be granted for the erection of farm houses as well as farm buildings. LAND TENURE (IRELAND). Mr. CORRY asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether it was tho intention of the Government to proceed with the Tenure and Improvement of Land (Ireland) Bill before Whitsuntide ? Mr. C. FORTESdUE said if it was possible he should like to proceed with it before Whitsuntide. COUNTY PRISONS (IRELAND). Sir R. PEEL asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the Inspectors General of Prisons had made any representation to the Irish Government with a view to the consolidation and amendment of the laws relating to county prisons in Ireland ; and, if so, whether the Go vernment proposed to legislate on the subject? Mr. C. FORTESCUE said such a recommendation had been made, and a bill had been prepared on the subject. He did not think it would bo possible to pass the measure this session, but it would be introduced and read a first time, so that it could be fully considered by the grand juries before the next session of Parliament. THE SUPPLY OF COAL. Sir R. PEEL asked the Secretary of State for thellcra Department whether it would not be desirable to instruct_ni the Director -General of the institution chaarigdedlrweli ducting the geological survey of Great Britain and and published, which mineral statistics aro annually collectednus s ystem of to collect evidence bearing on the carbtohef coal fields, the the United Kingdom, the extent of nd consumption of all thickness and quality, produce, atbnde,uby would issue tho beds of coal, and to report thereonne;ouoaansad,ryif the eordingly ? ment had anticipa ted vern last he had " '--- • - President of the R• Murchison, ~ addressed a letter to Sir right Sr h G o . n G . b R a E r o Y n e s t a , i c a l u t h . a . asking . A favourable reply had Geological Society, f rniation. the 26th ward the required in o t he could not state the nature of that whether that society could been - been returned, communication as CATTLE PLAGUE. THE -- - -- asked the Secretary of State for the Home = A n.. READbu was still pending. the sale of cattle at markets, fairs, and to allow Department if it was the intention of her Majesty's Go vernment Sir G. GREY said d that three weeks had yet to elapse auctions in Great Britain. after the Ist day of June. before the order expired; and therefore the Privy Council ha d not yet determined upon the steps to be taken. Ho thought it extremely improbable that at the expiration of that order unrestricted sales would be allowed to take place. What was to be done he could not say at that moment. BANKRUPTCY LAW AMENDMENT MIL. 0 f A ptli, instructionswhe the r ac- Government The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the second read ing of this bill. In doing so the hon. and learned gentle man referred to the present state of the law, and said that it was in such a complicated and uncertain state that an amend • ment was urgently required. The bill he had now the honour of submitting to the house proposed to abolish altogether imprikmment for debt, but it was not proposed to take away the power given to county court judges where, to their satisfaction, there was ability to pay, and wilful non-payment. The bill would further prevent a debtor from wilfully making himself a bankrupt. That no bankrupt should obtain his discharge for six years without he has paid a dividend of 6.i. 8d in the pound, thus giving the creditors power over the bankrupt's estate for that period. [LEFT SPEAKING.] Bank of England Iteturns e —This Evening. An Account, pursuant to cap. 32, for the week ending ,he Act 7th and Sith Victoria l Wednesday, May 9, 1866. - • ISSUE DEP ARTMENT. • .. Notes issued ....,C27,294,720 Goverumt. Debt..£11,0.:15,100 Other Securities.. a,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion ........ . 12,294,720 Silver Bullion ...._ £ 2 7,294,720 £27,294,720 BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Di♦ Accounts) 5,781,827 Other Deposits 13,515,537 Seven Day and other bills ... 462,265 Governmt. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) .... £10,894,254 Other Securities 20,844,217 Notes 4,950,225 Gold and Silver Coin £37,550,216 3fay 10, 186 G. £37,550,214 -. Mu,LER, Chief Cashier, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BATH AND SOMERSET MEETING—WEnsEsuAr. The DODDINGTON STAKES (Handicap) of 5 Boys, with 50 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards; the winner to be sold for £5O. T.Y.C. Thirteen subs. Colonel Martyu's h b Harlequins, by Fandango—Colum- Mr b . ln E e . 7 B 3 r Y ay rn fey 6s 's t M 7l o b ngrel, 4 yrs, Bst Sit, LAl M or r i.. . ds C ßea h . a o p u l d ; s s b D c ol b p y hi S n t : Alban's, Rosaline, 3 yrs C , C 7 ea s nn t y 4 no i n o nnl ?.4 ((111(,H.. Sadler) 0 3 0 5 yrs, Bst 61b Mr. Hughes's Dayrell, 3 yrs, ist 71b (Clement) 0 n eshara's Preferment, 3 yrs, ist 41b Mr. King's Mrs. Stratton, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (H. Day) 0 Betting -7 to 4 agst Harlequins , 2to 1 agst Mongre:i, and 8 to 1 agst Dolphin. in for Iphin.A 2 V 4 o o n g e u as in il e Y as b . Th ee winner two lengths. he ii e W EST Or v EWas bought ON STAKE S Of 10 sous each, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colt s , B st 10Ib ; fl allowan n c i e e sa.and geldings, Bst 71b ; with penalties an d Straight half mile. by Chevalie r d'l ndustrie Fifty-five subs. Mr. Pryor's Friponnier, Teuison, Bst 71b ............... Lord Stamford's Arundel, Bst ......... :: (Loates . ) 1 Lord Ailesbury's Captain Kidd, Bst 511; * ....(.. Edwards) 2 Mr. E. Brayley's Stokeley, Bst 71b .... ..... (Challon.er) 3 Mr. Brayley's Dick Turpin, Bst 51b ............. c lf ,_, urray) 0 Mr. Chaplin's Satyr, Bst 101 b ......... kuowlej-) 0 Mr. Smith's Stapenhill, Bst 51b (II• Ciovfy . 9 0 Mr. J. B. Starky's Land Tax, Bst 71b CS. Adams) 0 Mr. R. Sutton's The General, Bst 71b (I:ribber d) 0 Mr. Hugh Smith's Seville, Bst 91b (Cannon) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Friponnier, 2to 1 agst Arundel, 6 to 1 agst Selville, 100 to 7 each agst Captain Kidd and Satyr, and 20 to 1 agst any other. Won cleverly by two lengths. The SOMERSETSIIIRE STARES of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, an d 5 only if declared, with 100 added; the second hors.) to recover 50 sovs; and the third to save stake; winners extra. Two miles and a distance. Sixty-four subs, 41 of whom paid 5 sovs each. Lord Portsmouth's Whalebone, by Vengeance—An dover's dam, 3 yrs, sst 91b (Kenyon) 1 Mr. G. Payne's Pintail, 5 yrs, 7st 111 b (in. 71b ex.) (Challoner) 2 Mr. Brayley's Endsleigh. 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Murray) 3 Mr. Launde's Miner, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b (Osborne) 0 Mr. W. G. Bennett's Buckfoot, 5 yrs, B st 41 b (Hibbercl) 0 Mr. R. Sutton's Nightwatch, 4 yrs, Bst llb (Payne) 0 Lord Wilton's Sandal, 5 yrs, ist 111 b (Cannon) 0 Mr. Merry's Watchbox, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (H. Covey) 0 Duke of Beaufort's Lord Zetland, 5 yrs, 7st ...(H. Day) 0 Lord Uxbridge's Life Guardsman, 3 yrs, Est 91b (Carver) Q Marquis of Hastings's Black Prince, 8 yrs, Get 4lb (2hillipa) 0 Mr. T. J. Rose's School Girl, 4 yrs, Est (H. Clarke) 0 Betting-9 to 4 agst Sandal, 100 to 30 agst Lord Zetland, 7 to 1 agst Pintail, 10 to 1 agst Whalebone, 100 to 8 agst Nightwatch, and 100 to 7 each agst School Girl and Buck foot. Won, after an interesting race, by half a length. The DRYHAM PARK HANDICAP of 100 sovs, winners mtra. About a mile and a half. 25 subs. Mr. Payne's Staghound, by Windhound—Plush, 3 yrs, 6st 81b Cait. Day's Stinger, 3 yrs, Est (in. 71b ex.) ...(Kenycri) Mr. E. Brayley's Bitter Sweet , 3 yrs , sst 71b ...(Sa,dler) Mr. E. Brayley's Pearl Diver, 6 yrs, Bst 71b ...(Caiman) Mr. E. Edwyn's Elegance, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (car. 6st Bopp) 0 Mr. J. R. Starky's Beckhampton, 3 yrs, sst 91b (car. sst 111 b) • • ...((:astle) 0 Prangle weighed for Rattler, 3 yrs, sst 101 b, and H. Day for Lecturer, 3 yrs, ist 31b (Inc 71b extra), but neither reached the post in time to start. Betting-6 to 4on Lecturer, 100 to 30 agst Stringer, 4 to 1 agst Staghound, and 10 to 1 agst any other. Won by half a length. The KEL;TON STAKES of 5 sous each, with 40 added ; for three-yr-olds and upwards ; weight for age, with ssll - and other allowances. Straight half mile. Seven subs. Mr. Chaplin's c by St. Alban's—Rosaline, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (.£3O) (Kenyon) 1 Sir C. Rushout's Fat Jack, 6 yrs, List 131 b (.£3O) (H. Clarke) 2 Lord Westmoreland's Idle, 5 yrs, ist (car 7st 21b (.£3O) Mr. Hughes's Dolphin, 6 yrs, E s t 111 b (.£3O (Hibbard)rd) 3 ) ...Murray) 4 Betting-7 to 4on Idler, 3to 1 agst the Rosaline colt, and 4to 1 agst Dolphin. Won by a neck. The BADMINTON STAKES of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 added; for two-yr-olds and upwards ; weight for age, with penalties and allowances. Straight half-mile. 20 subs. Mr. Pryor's Priponnier, 2 yrs, 7st llb (inc 51b extra) (11. Covey) 1 Mr. R. Sutton's Lady Audley, 3 yrs, ist 101 b (Hibbard) 2 Mr. T. Stevens's Cranbury, 5 yrs, 9st Mb (Payne) 3 Marquis of Hastings's King Hal, 3 yrs, Bst Blb (Cannon) 0 Mr. Smith's Ozone, 3 yrs, Bst Mb (Doolan) 0 Mr. E. Edwyn's Princess Dagmar, 4 yrs, Bst 91b (G. Sopp) 0 Betting-9 to 4on Priponnier, and 6to 1 bar one. Won in a canter by two lengths. The WELTER STAKES (handicap) of 5 sous each, with 50 added, for three-yr-olds and upwards ; winners extra ; gentlemen riders ; jockeys 61b extra. About a mile and a half. 12 subs. Mr. Bevill's Ethelred, by Ethelbert—How-d'-ye-Do, 5 yrs, list 12Ib (Mr. W. Bevill) 1 Duke of Beaufort's Lord Z.tland, 5 yrs, lOst 12Ib (car ried lOst 131 b) (Captain Little) 2 Mr. Halford's Love Letter, 4 yrs, 9st 81b...(Mr. Josephs) 3 Betting-6 to 4on Ethelred, sto 2 agst Love Letter, and sto 1 agst Lord Zetland. Won by 20 lengths. BETTING ON THE COURSE. THE DERBY. 6 to 4on the field (offered) 5000 to 20 agst Lecturer (take') 1000 to 5 agst Ceylon (offered) GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 9 to 4 agst Regalia (taken) 5 to 1 agst Redcap (taken) 6to 1 agst Dolan (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Cathedral (taken) Bto 1 agst Windham (taken) SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. LONDON, May 10.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. Arrived—Lancas- LITERPOOL, May 9. Wind SN.— trian, from Bombay; City of Boston, screw s t e amer, front , front New York ; City o f Washington, ocrew New York. May 9.—Wind B.E.—Arrive d—Paul, from K I NGROAD, Kustendjie. May 9.—wind N.B.—Arrived—lrene, OFF L IVI ILPOOL, from Calabar. FALMOTJTA May 9._ Wind S , fain Porto Rico. L"Teci—Alge, VA' ELECTRIC TELEGRAIIII I GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrive-" m a y 9.—Susann a h, f rom Faro ; Tynedale, from Nov York ; Contest, f rom Guernsey ; Donald a l y v Melbourne. y ilo.—Frederi c k, r.frl,from e me roi ge from Dunkirk ; Oceanica, „ a i m ; Grace, from Laranche ; Lobelia, from Amsterdam ; ki ador ; Salvadore, from Ter- Onward, from Dunkirk ; Bessie, from Bangkok ; Danube, from Guernsey ; Nancy, from Dantsic ; Bengollyan, from Calcutta ; Queen of Ceylon, Colombo,_ fromUjkaerrikCavYaelldflo°2; DAL, - y M. Passed, May 10 —Cliebucto, f r om Thursda Jamaica ; Olive or r nin Crogm well, from Colombo ; Chariot of Fame, from Melbourne ; Alonsoon, ship, from Manilla ; Queen of Ceylon, from Ceylon ; Southern Belle, from Ceylon. THE CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE. —As pre viously announced, the works of Disraeli having been transferred to Messrs. F. Warne and C o., these enterpris ing publishers have now issued ~The C rature" in parts, edited, with notes, ,to-, I j u y ri t o h ? it e i s gh of t L n i o te n - . B. Disraeli. MR. HODGSON, M.P.—While driving into Carlisle iansaezugscaaretciydeesntetrtdharyouggri; hisW . N h 0 . !.sa Hodgson, M.P., met with taking fright on the steep hill to the north of Edenbridge, near the city % ; The animal ran away and dashed the vehicle against the para pet of the bridge. Mr. Hodgson was thrown out, and fell heavily on his head upon the edge of the flagged footway, sustaining an extensive scalp wound which bled profusely ; he also had a rib broken. He remained insensible for more than an hour, but rallied a little at night. His conditian, is still dangerous. ~~ rdaY , c 1 by lock• , o of d the aced [ the ales sty's a nd f her 1. 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