The Sun. — London, England, 1866-04-11 00:00:00

DiONEYMARKEi AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE 0' CLOC K . The Money Market is in a rather unsettled con dition, the decline in the Foreign Exchanges yester day afternoon having assisted to give a firmer tone to the rates of discount. The price of gold here is now equal to that in Paris, and should the quota tion recede a fraction lower it may lead to an ex portation of the metal. The demand for discount accommodation is not active, but the rates are firm at si, and 6 per cent. for the best bills, although there is a good supply of capital afloat. There were no gold operations of importance at the Bank of England yesteriay. An intended issue has been notified of £2,207,300 paid-up ordinary stock of the Loudon, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company. The price of emission is to be £.27 10s. for each £lOO, payable in four instalments extending to June next. Sub scribers are to be allowed discount at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum on the last two payments. The loan has been introduced by Messrs. James Capel and Co. and Messrs. Foster and Braithwaite. Messrs. Coleman, Turquad, Youngs, and Co., accountants, presented a statement of accounts at a meeting of creditors held yesterday of Messrs. Puget, Bainbridges, and Co., bankers, of St. Paul's Churchyard, whieh showed that the amount due to unsecured creditors was £171,026, and the assets nearly £36,455. It was resolved that the estate should be wound up under inspection, and that a dividend of 3s. in the pound should be paid as soon as a sufficient number of creditors had given their assent thereto. Two o'CLocK. According to Reuter's telegram, this morning, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 35c. Flat. The English Stock Market has presented a steady appearance, but there have been very few dealings. What now tends to check an advance in prices is the state of monetary affairs, and the continued uncertainty of things in Germany. Consols are 861 for money, and 861 1 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 844 1 ; Ex chequer Bills for June, ss. dis. ; India 5 per Cents., 1021 i ; ditto Enfaced 5 per Cents., 101/ ; ditto 4 per Cent. Debentures, 101; and ditto 4 per Cent. Bonds, 15s. to 20s. prem. In the Foreign Stock Market several fractional variations have taken place. Mexican have ad vanced to 2011, and the New Loan to 18 1 ; Turkish 5 per Cents. are I lower at 341 1 ; Greek are weak at 12/ 131 ; and Spanish Passive at 26 1 ; the Certificates continue at 161 ; Italian are 561 1 ; the N ew L oan , 71/ 721 ; th e C on f e d era t e oan, 67 ; Chilian Loan Scrip, 11 prem. ; Bra zilian Scrip, 32 1 dis. ; Egyptian Railway Scrip, if die. ; ditto New Loan Scrip, / 11 prem. ; United States 5-20 Bonds, 711 3 ; Erie shares, 54 1 1 ; and Illinois, 801 1. Business in the Railway Share Market has been very inactive, and in most instances prices have ex hibited a downward movement. Great Northern A Stock and Lancashire and Yorkshire have each receded ss. ; Great Western and Midland each 10s. ; North Western, £1; and London, Chatham, and Dover, 34. The Foreign and Colonial lines generally are a Shade flatter. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain dull. English Joint Stock are dealt in at 7/, 8; Oriental Bank Corporation, at 74 ; Credit Foncier and Mo bilier of England, at 7, 1 ; Imperial Mercantile Credit, 23, 3 ; London Financial, 15/, 16 ; and Overend, Gurney, and Co., 161 4 ; and the Pasha of Egypt New Loan Scrip is quoted I 13 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GCVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 Der Cent. Consols - 1 i Do. Account, May 9 B6/ 3 ,per Cent. Reduced B4i 'N Ne w 3 per C en t B4/ ; 1 &Ne w 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — DO. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — A nnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 March. Juno. Ezol lf 3 quer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent. — Do. £5OO D o - £lOO and £2OO — 5 dis B ank of England Stock, 5 per Cent Do Account — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 14 per Cent., AprillB74 — DO. Account D 0.5 per Cent. July, 1870 ,Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Li% Certificates — D O. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent 1014 1.3, 10 :V l e. 5 per C en t Jan. 1872 . 5 Per Cent., May 1879 — ..-, '-',°. Deo. B ond b., ; 4 per 000 Cent., Aug. 1866 15 1 20 pm £l, bo• under £i,ooo FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. dgentine Republi c , 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pm Ail s • 13 Ulan Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 zilian 5 per Cent D °• per Cent., 18 52-58-60 Do. 1863 — , Do. 1865 Lk) Account mue ,„ Do nos Ayres 6 per £45 paid Cent 3 dis ad Do £lO Bonds Chi Do pe lian 6 1 r per Cent. (Deferred 3 per C en t ) Cent Do Scrip, £25 paid Pm Do. 41 per Ce n t Colombian 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. tallish 3 per Cent., 1825 allubian Principalities kDo. ador Account li Now Consolidated, 1 per Cent — 6 ' - ' O .l Provisional Land Warrant gYPtiatt 7 per Cent Do. ' Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds , Do. 1861 BB &o £lOO Bonds .1.10. Government Railway Debentures BB tz D o. £25 paid ree k 5 pe Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 121 0 Account Coupons ‘lltai pe r C ent 18 65 ua ia te ttnia 6 la 5 r Cent. 721 Do. Account 1 , Do. Xaremmana Railway — Kkoxican 3 per Cent D o. Account .. Do 1864 u e° 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — ullotevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid — C 0 rish Imperial 5 per Cent 'law Granada — DoDo 2 per Cent — D Deferred ( ? ) 3 o Land Warrants (Hectares) — _ r ; 6 yer Cent, 1864 p:'o Uuaranteed, 4 per Cent. — "„ ri lvian 5 per Cent., 1865 r-,° 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) 67 iio 4i per Cent., 1862 p f , D °. Account - r ," 4l iliese 3 per Cent., 1853 1 -, ) d per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, '-'O. Account Ru ssian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St D.,.,0 41 per Cent. 1850 'Jo 41 per Cent., 1860 i ., D ° 3 ex v Cent. 1859 ' - '-,.,e 5 per Cent. 1862 B9l 8 ' l- ' 5 per Cent. 1864 9lt a Ttnian 5 per Cent -l-1 : Account Spanish 3 per Cent -Do Account Do New Deferred — Do Account Do Passive — . Do Account — B.Da Cert. of Coup not funded l6l D 0 Account Wedish 4 per Cent. — D 0 41- urkish pernt Cent. 1854 Do Accou D 0 6 per Cent. 1858 o Account Do £ l . OO Bonds D,°o .A. ccount per Cent. 1862 4 - , 1 : 1 0 £lOO Bonds 6Bi* 6} Do 6 per Cent., 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip 35 41 I Do Ac coun t 35} Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed V enezuel a 3 por Cent. Ditto account ........... Do 6 per Cent., 18 . 6 . 2 ..... Do Account - , Do. 1864 ... 410 . 11. per Cent — Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2} per Cent., Ex. 12 Gnil F,. 13 ,, ilber Cent. Certificates ialell nentes 3 per Cent. i; lal l 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. '-'0 Account Co n ,Ficas for mono * UO . Account y TWO O'CLOCK. 8f f 1., Cotton Market. —TLis Day. market is rather more lively, but prices are .* Q(3l3 ing. Sales probably 5,000 balm SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. I Paid. ristol and szceter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Juno Dun„Perth, & Ab. June E. Lon don, r: cr ip Certi 90 92 127 128 55 65 13 15 3 5 87 70 70 72 Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2, Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock • • Do. B stock 20 15 d 115 117 40 4t 6 7 121 123 t 8 140 Do. New. is. at 25 po. GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Wester n -Original Do. S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.—Oxford co 92 59 60 53 80 40 12 31 31 10) iO2 120 122 ho. Newport Do. Hereford...... Lanctahire &Yorkshire 1...)nd0n and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New 91 96 34 36 43 15 121 :22 92 43 63 61 133 135 21 2ip 1 lip 94 96 Do. Extension...... Metropolitan District. Do do. do. Do. and St. John's - 1 1 rd Midland Do. £9 Share 123 1234 la 93 ~ es l. Do, Birmiu.. to Derby l id Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purchast, Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... 67 69 6 27 109 110 71 72 109 110 Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-6 l North London Do. do. 1884 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stank Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C . Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall 35 37 10 11p 122 121 11 2P 14 2p 73 75 108 112 150 152 67 70 112 114 50 s '• 74 75 8 9 140 143 3 p 100 102 51 53 IClosing I Business Price. dens. 120 i 911 5 2Si 121 I 61 21 133 1 1 i I 9 1 1 94A 31 123 } 21 57i I 1091 8f 731 4 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 100 Atlantic& St. Lawrence all 53 60 at Born.,Baroda, & Cen.ln. gu. 5 per nt... 20 Do. F shares lOO 102 103 cent... 8 P iP 101 Buffalo & Lake Huron all 61 7 10 Do. Preference all 10 11 100 I Buff:,Brant, &Goderich 6 p.c. i et Calcutta &S. E., lim lOO 96 98 st Cape Town & Dock, gm 100 65 70 ,00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pt all 100 102 st East. Bengal, gu. sdo 100 101 102 at East Indian, gu. 5 p.o. 100 103 104 1021 20 Do. J Extension st Grand Trunk of Canada 100 30 32 301 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c .. . 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 65 67 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 59 61 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock all 45 49 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock 100 Do. do. deferred at Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. 100 109 110 1:81 81 8 20 l'o. Gua. 5 per cent l6 16 2 p 20 Do. New gua. sp. c 6 16 2 p at Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent st Do. 41 per cent loo 91 93 at Do 201 Great Wil. of Canada all 18 S 7 16j 201 Da. New . 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 all 91 06 100 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 all 86 68 10 Indian Branch, limited 2 1 d st Madras, gua. 5 p.o 100 99 100 991 st Do. 41 do lOO 9 93 at Do. 46 do lOO 86 88 20 Do. Fifth Extension 5 at Uelb. Cor. 6p. c. 13nds. 100 50 Mel. & Hudson's day., all 62 64 at N.l3l.C'da,6pc lstpLbs. 100 8 82 at Scinde ion 99 100 sr Do. Delhi 20 Do. do f„-; 2 1 4 , ; at Do. Punjaub lOO 98 99 at Do.lndus St. Flo, 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SEC URIT I S. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1872.... 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-e1 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug l,O 90 I'4 Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 109 90 94 00. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 7i 80 Do. sp. e. inscribed ss 100 78 SO Capo (I.llope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 102 104 Do. Apt. &Oct 1890-1900 100 105 107 Do. do; 1880-9, 100 105 107 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-0 , 100 102 1(4 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 90 22 Ce_ylon, Nov. 1863, 6 p.t 1 00 1(2 1 0 1 Do. 1878, do.: 100 106 1 8 Mauritius, Ip. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.78 no. 1882, Afayls, Nov..t. 109 164 (06 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug l2O 1(2 /04 Natal qov. 6 per cent lOO 100 102 N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July 100 93 95 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p c.,1866 100 - - Do. 5 p.c. 183 to 187 e 100 90 95 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 100 87i R 8; New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 91 95 Do. 5 percent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 l9O 08 100 Queensland Gov. 6p. c 100 98 100 S. Aus. Gov. 6 p,o 1868-9 100 -- - - Do. 1878 & upwards lt 0 105 1 0 7 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 - - Do. do, April & Oct lOO 103 101 1031 3 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. ConsoL Gad, lim 1 Chiverton Clif f ord Amalgamated 3O 14 16 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 510 580 Drakewalls 2.1.0 1 I. East Bassett (Illogan) 291 21 23 East Caradon 2.14.6 8 9 East Carn Brea 3l 3 1 41 East Grenville 2.14.0 34 4 East Gunnislake .. 8.3.6 East Loved 3.9.0 7 9 E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 10.8.0 3 31 Gam.Bt StAubyn(G wen. 66 5 7 4 Great Lasey, limited all 20 21 Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 * 11 Great Wheal Busy 14.9.6 1 14 G. Wheal Vor (11.elsOD 40 26 27 Grenville 8.18.0 31 S. Herod's Foot .... 8.10.0 38 40 Hingston Downs 5.10.6 44 5 Margaret (Uny Lelant 13 . 17 . 6 4 6 Marke Valley 4.10.6 4 4i 4 M.wyndy Iron Ore, lim 2 1 24 101 New Sewn North Roskear S.Wh'l Bassett (Illogan +.4.0 1 N or th Wheal Crotty Prosper United.... • Pr..vldenee Uny Lvlant 10.6.7 32 34 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l} 390 410 j South Condurrow 3.2.0 14 1 S.liVheal Fran. (illogan 18.18.9 15 20 Stray Park . 45.15.6 9 11 Tin Croft 9 14 16 5 Vigra and Clogan, Urn all 1 6 West Bassett (Iltogan W. Caradon (Llskeard 9 8 10 West Chiverton ll 7 80 474 165 175 West Setou Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 51 821 871 Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 25 271 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 5 Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 7 14 16 ritEFEICENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent., 109 FOREIGN . RAILWAYS, Great Luxembourg, lit Sambre and Meuse, 8 San Paulo, lim., gua. 6 per cent., 1611 FOREIGN MINES. Washoe Gold, lim., Ditto (44), 3i BANKS. Agra and Misterman's, Um., 52 Aug tralasia, 70 Bank of Egypt, 31i Bank of New Zealand, 19} 19 Charles Laffitte and Co , 8 City, 19} Consolidated Bank. lira., 91 Eng.ish Joint Stock, lira., 8 71 European Bank, lim., 10 Hindustan, China, and ,Japan, ilm., 151 Ditto, issued at 2 pm., 15 Imperial Ottoman, 1I Ditto, new. 14 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 3; London Bank of Mexico and S. America. lim., 13k London Chartered Bank of Australia, 211 London and County, 77} London Joint Stock, 47} London and South African, 15 London and Westminster, 96 Merchant Bank, lira., 21 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lira., 151 Oriental Bank Corporation, 47 MISCELLANEOUS. City Offices, Um., 51. Ctedit Fonder and blobiller of England, 7j 7 Ditto, new. 61 . Ebbw Vale, 17f Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., 3 Gen. Credit and Finance of London. ima.. 41 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., Lim., 22 1 International Financial Society,:llm., 4i London Financial Association, lira , 151:16 London General Omnibus Company,:lirn, 31 Millwall Freehold Land and Dock, 71 7 National Discount Company, l Ottoman Financial Association, lim., 61 °reread, Gurney, and Co., lim., 16:1 1 Royal Mail Steam I 7 A LUNATIC AND HIS KEEPER DROWNED.—On Friday afternoon, while a number of the patients of the Abbey Lunatic Asylum were employed working in an adjoining field, it was discovered that a patient named Thomson, and one of the male attendants named Lachlan Vas, were missing. Search was immediately made, when the cap and wig of the keeper were discovered floating in. an old quarry hole partially filled with water. After a few hours spent in dragging the hole both of the bodies were brought up. It appears that Thomson (who was a danger ous and at some times almost ungovernable patient) had made an attempt to escape from the keeper, and being acquainted with the ground had leapt over a fence into the quarry. Vas followed with the intention of rescuing him, but not being aware of the depth of the water, they were both drowned. Vas was a native of Inverness, and was only appointed to a keeper's situation a few months ago.— Scetemun, THE SUN, LONDOIN, ,WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1866. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE MEINAHANDT This bankrupt was described as a banker of Berlin, and to-day he applied for his release frem custody. Mr. Bagley opposed and Mr. Reed supported. It appeared that the bankrupt had been arrested under a capias grantedby Mr. Justice Willes, before whom it had been stated that the bankrupt intended to leave the country. Upon this arrest the bankrupt DZed his petition in this court, alleging as the cause of his failure losses in business as a banker in Berlin. . The debts are about £15,000, and his Honour said that as no assignees had boen chosen the application mus stand over. Application refused. CRIMINAL COURT—This Day. OLD COURT.) (Before Mr. Justice Smith.) THE PADDINGTON MURDER. Alfred Elmore was indicted for the manslaughter of his wife. The grand jury having ignored the bill for murder, he pleaded guilty. Several witnesses gave the prisoner a good character, and Mr. Justice Lush said he would defer sentence. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. CHELMSFORD RACES.--THIS DAY. BOREHAM PLATE. Court Card 1 La Sorrentina...— 2 Maesgwatha, ELECTION COMMITTEE —Tlai s Day. The members of this committee re-assembled this morning. Thomas Hawley (examined by Mr. Rodve all)—He was in business as a shoemaker at Nottingham., and was ac quainted with a man named Tombs, who kept a shop in High-street, Nottingham. He had a cow; - ersation with him, which induced him on the day of the election to go to a man named Elijah Holroyd respecting Inle vote. Mr. Mundell objected to any evidence. refipecting Hol royd, as the only person on the register ce - voters for Not- tingham at the last election of the name , 'of Holroyd was described as Matthew Holroyd. The witness explained that this was a r nistalce, and that Elijah was the name of the voter. After some discussion between the e_tounsel, the com mittee decided that the error was fatal to any evidence re lative to Holroyd. The witness, in continuation, said--.that on the barna morning he went to Holroyd, he called on a man named George Hudson at his shop. Ho had a. Conversation with him, in consequence of which he went to Mr. Beecroft, at Morley and Paget's Pavement Ward Committee-room. it was between eight and nine in the morning, and he saw Mr. Beecroft and told him that Hudson wanted to know how much he would give him for his vote. Mr. Beecroft said that he would give him 14 days' pay. That would be £4165., which was the rate at which commissions were paid. He then brought Hudson to Mr. Beecroft, who said to him, " I will see you all right." The Saturday after the election they called on Mr. Bee croft, who gave them a card, which was to be deli vered to lawyer Heath, upon] which ho wrote a few lines. They saw Mr. Heath, but were unable to get any settlement from either him or Mr. Beecroft. Hudson re ceived no money, and if he had been paid, was to have shared in it. ______ In cross-examination by Mr. Mundell, the witness said that he lived in Manner's-street, and employed six men. He never went to Mr. Beecroft before the polling day. It was quite untrue that he had seen him three days before the election. The card on which Mr. Beecroft wrote to lawyer Heath was at Nottingham. George Hudson corroborated the evidence of the last witness as to what had passed between thee and Messrs. Beecroft and Heath. Other evidence was adduced in support of the allega- tions of bribery against Mr. Morley, the sitting member, and Mr. Paget, the petitioner against Sir Robert Clifton's return. The committee will re-assemble to-morrow at the usual hour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. THE RUBBL&N BANK FRAUDS. Vincent Jankowski, 38, a Pole, was charged with un lawfully conspiring with Phineas Koche, feloniously and without having lawful authority, to engrave upon certain metal plates parts of divers undertakings for the payment of money to wit, 25 roubles of the empire of Russia. The prisoner was further charged with having in his possession 46 forged notes of the Imperial Bank of Russia for 25 roubles each. The evidence produced was to the effect that the pri soner was supposed to be connected with the persons who ware tried and convicted of the same offence some short time ago. Ile, however, said he had come into possession of the notes in an honest manner during the Polish rebel lion, and the circumstance that led to his apprehension was his endeavouring to sell the notes for a price much below the value they represented. The prisoner was found not guilty. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Lush.) THE CASE OF THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY'S STEWARD. Upon his lordship taking his seat in this Court, Mr. Cole made application, upon the part of Earl Shaftesbury, that the charge preferred by the noble earl against his steward, Mr. Waters, for embezzlement, might stand over until the November sessions, as there was certain pro ceedings now pending which rendered it advisable the case should be postponed. Mr. F. H. Lewis, for the defendant Waters, did not oppose the application, as the proceedings in Chancery as far as they had now gone , were in Waters' favour, but trusted that he would be let out on his His lordship said he did not see any necessity for alter ing the bail, and directed that the case should stand over until November, and that the bail of £4,000 should re main, the defendant himself in ..£2,C00, and two sureties in £2,000. Joseph Ward, a bargeman, was indicted for feloniously shooting a lad named Joseph Lefley, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner on the evening in question was quarrelling with some persons when the boy made some observation from the canal bridge at Lock-road, Paddington, and the prisoner being highly incensed at the conduct of the boy went and armed him self with a gun, and fired in the direction of where the boy was standing. The shot took effect in the face of the boy, by which he has lost his sight. The learned Judge, in summing up the case, said the question for the jury was whether the prisoner intention ally fired the gun with intent to injure the boy or merely frighten him. The jury found the prisoner gu ilt y . The learned Judge said it was muc h to be re gretted that a person of good character should so le t hi s passion get the better of his judgment, and then inflict the grievous injury he had inflicted upon the poor boy. He thought it was a very savage act, and for which provocation was no excuse. He sliould not be doing his duty in sentencing the prisoner to a less punishment than seven years' penal servitude. SPORTING NOUS. The Epsom meeting commences to-morrow. In the City and Suburban Handicap, one mile and a quarter course, 78 horses originally accepted, but since the declaration of for feits Victorious, Alerte, Merry Hart, Crown Prince, Bigote, Sidewind, Renfrew, and Roland have been struck out. Although operations were commenced by the bookmakers several weeks since on this handicap, the 'betting has been very bad, and not more than six or eight horses have been really backed. Nevertheless, there , will be a large field, and the runners will be selected from Copenhagen, Ostreger, Muezzin, Zambesi, Billet Dona, Out-and-Outer, Xi, Skirmish, The Buck, Wild Poppy, Provisor, La Valasse, Vandervelde, Nukuhova, Contra band, Morris Dancer, Le Magician, Dubiety, Lochiol, The Czar, Mephistopheles, and Delight. The " doubtfuls" are Archimedes, Breadalbano, Auditor, Sandal, Brahma,Elastic, Pepper's Ghost, the colt by Rattle by Amata, Haarlem, Hawthorn, Isis, Custaloga, and Basquine. Copenhagen has been backed within the last two or three days, but if the Lincoln running is correct he can have no chance. Ostreger, Bst 11b, is one of the finest horses in training, and as weight tells less on the City and Suburban course than any other in the kingdom, I expect to see Ostreger run well, if, indeed, he does not win, as Mr. Bovill has backed him for a heavy stake, and he is no mean judge of what a race horse should be. Muezzin, Bst,, is inferior to Zambesi at even weights, and Mr. Merry's colt will, I think, beat both Muezzin and Redmire, 71b 121 b, though the latter is not destitute of racing qualities. Of the French pair Billet Doux, ist tjlb, and La Valasse, Est 121 b —I prefer La Valasse, though Billet Doux has showed rare form on the Continent, and must be classed as dangerous. Out - and - Outer, 7st 51b, has steadily maintained the position of first favourite until Friday last, when he was deposed from the premiership by De light. That William Day's colt is well in there is no denying, but I fear ho will not quite stay the course, though he is bound to take a deal of beating. Xi, 7st, has too much weight; and Skirmish, 7st, will again succumb to Ostreger. The Buck, 7st, although in the same stable as Mephistopheles, will, I believe, run on his merits ; but what they are I do not pretend to know, as the form of The Buck is nil in public. Wild Poppy, ist, has little chance to beat Provisor, 6st 121 b ; and though the latter is somewhat un certain, he has only to run up to his Croxton Park form with Miss Harriette to finish in the first flight for this race. Vandervelde, Est 131 b, after being sent to 100 to 1, has again joined the front ranks, and as he is very favourably weighted, has been well tried, and is thoroughly fit, I ap prehend the horse that beats him will win this handicap. Contraband, Est 41b ; Morris Dancer, Est 21b ; and Dubiety, 6st, have outside chances ; but not one of this trio appears so tempting as Vandervelde. Lochiel, sst 131 b, and The Czar sst 121 b, will be defeated by Mephistopheles, sst 111 b, and Delight, sst 91b, or the high trials of the last-named pair will prove "a delusion and a snare." Both Mephistopheles and Delight are strongly fancied by their respective train ers, and if Mephistopheles is better than Gretna at level weights, and Delight equal to Saccharometer at 2st, their partisans have reliable reasons for their confidence. The winner, I expect, will be either VANDERVELDE or DELIGHT. The Half Mile Two-year-old Stakes has a capita! entry of 51, the most notable names being Hermit, Knight of the Garter, Cellina, Whirligig, Nemea, Novice, Verulam,Hippia, Moleskin, The Assinobrine, Bounceaway, the colt by Lord of the Isles from Lady Lurewell, and the filly by The Duke from Lady Blanche. Mr. Chaplin's handsome Derby colt, Hermit, it is stated, will not be sent to Epsom, and in his absence KNIGHT OF THE GARTER and CELLINA, are the most attractive names. The Half-mile Inkerman Plate may be won by HAVANNAR or PHANTOM SAIL ; and the six furlongs Heathcote Plate ought to be secured by Lord Westmorland's representative, seeing that his Lordship has Ulphus, Indian Star, Lady Sophie, and Rama engaged. The Great Metropolitan Stake; two miles and a quarter course, will probably bring out twelve or fourteen runners. Eltham, Bst 121 b and Brown Bread, Bst 101 b are the best of the heavy weights ; Scandal, Bst 21b and Grapeshot, Est 121 b of the middle ; and Lucifer, Est 11b ; Farce, Est ; Treasure Trove, Est (including 51b. extra); Eakring, sst. 121 b. (including 51b. extra) ; Staghound, sst. 121 b., and Treasure Trove, of the lighter weights. As public form is invariably the best guide to go by I shall look to EAXItING or TREASURE TROVE to supply the winner. The six furlongs New Two year-old Stakes will, in the absence of Hermit, be won by the Rake, though he is penalised 51b. for his Althorp-park Stakes victory ; and either of Mr. Chaplin's pair (Satyr or Vespasiau), probably Satyr, appears capable of winni ng the six furlongs Walton Stakes. A FRESHMAN. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Monday the schooner Ebenezer, 76 tons register, captain and owner Robert Wat son, of Leith, was discharging Scotch potatoes at the Bar bican Wharf, Plymouth, when a bulkhead gave way, and eight Irishwomen who were at work in the hold were im mediately buried. It appears that the schooner's cargo consisted of 120 tons in all, of which 40 tons were rocks, and 80 tons were regents, and that they were separated by a temporary bulkhead. The regents, from the main hold, were nearly all out, and as on their removal no support was placed against the bulkhead it gave way through the pres sure from the rocks in the fore hold, which burst in on the unfortunate women. Two were removed immediately, but two hours elapsed before all the others could be extricated. Six are more or less injured, and are now in the Devon and Cornwall Hospital ; one has a broken leg, and another a broken collar-bone. The last three removed (Catherine and Margaret Daley and Johanna Murphy) were in a state of great exhaustion. The names of the others are Mary O'Brien, Catherine Connely, Mary Ann Dannevan, and Mary Bulliyan. Twelve ran. Won in a canter. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tnis DAY. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 7to 4 agst Delight (offered -2 to 1 wanted) 100 to 15 agst Vandervelde (taken and offered) 100 to 1 agst The Czar (taken and offered) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 6 agst Delight (offered) 20 to 1 agst Harry Brailsford (offered-25 to 1 t.) 50 to 1 agst Saladin (taken and offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. • 5t04 on Lord Lyon (offered -6 to 4 taken) 10 to 1 agst Lord Cilasgew's lot (taken) 28 to 1 agst Auguste (offered-33 to 1 taken) 3 to on Lord Lyon (1, 2, 3 offered) 75 to 25 agst Student (,1, 2, 3 taken) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHELISISFORD SPRING MEETING.-TUESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 40 added, for two- Sr-olds and upwards ; weight for age, with selling and other allowances, Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. R. Ton Broeck's Miller's Maid, 2 yrs, Est 71b (£300) (Evans) 1 Mr. England's Battle Axe, 2 yrs, Est (MOO) (A. Reeves 2 Mr. Hodgman's Veracity, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (£lOO (Heartfield 3 Pelerin also ran. Betting-65 to 40 on Miller's Maid, 4 to 1 agst Pelerin, and 5 to 1 agst Battle Axe. The Abbots Stakes of 10 sovs each, 3 ft, with 25 added; for two-yr-olds, 7st ; three, 9st 21b ; maiden allowances ; the winner to be sold for 300 sovs. Five furlongs. 7 subs. Mr. Maund's Maid of Usk, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (Payne) 1 Captain Gray's Warwick, 3 yrs, 9st 21b (J. Daley) 2 Betting-7 to 4on Maid of Usk, who led throughout, and won cleverly by a length and a half. The Two-year-old Plate of 100 sovs; for colts, Bst 101 b fillies, Bst 71b ; winners extra. Half a mile. Prince D. Soltykoff's Bounceaway, Bst 121 b (inc. 51b ex.) (J. Mann) 1 Mr. J. Jennings's Sweet Home, Bst 71b...(H. Gritushaw) 2 Mr. H. Bird's Rose Leaf (h b), Bst 71b (E. Sharp) 3 The following also ran:—Battle Axe, Variation, Ambi tion, and c by Frogmore—Perfume. Betting-7 to 4 each agst Sweet Home and Bounceaway, and 4 to 1 agst Rose Leaf and 10 to 1 bar three. The Chelmer Handicap of 20 sovs each, h ft, with 100 added ; winners extra. One mile. 49 subs, 28 of whom pay 2 sovs each. Mr. York's Kingmaker, 3 yrs , ast 31b (Kenyon) 1 Mr. Bevill's Ethelred, 5 yrs, st (H. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. J. Buller's Killarney, 3 yrs, sst 101b...(T. Goodwin) 3 The following also ran :—Effervescence, Advance, Tus culanum, Contraband, and Hurrah. Betting-2 to 1 agst Kingmaker, 9to 4 agst Ethelred, 5 to 1 agst Effervescence, and 10 to 1 agst any other. The Belhus Selling Race of 5 sous each, with 40 added, for 2-yr-olds and upwards ; weight for age, with selling allowances. Half a mile. Mr. Hartley's Eugenie, 4 yrs, Bst 4lb (£5O) (Payne 1 Mr. Hughes's Dolphin, 6 yrs, B st 71 b (.£5O) (T. Challoner 2 Mr. H. Wright's Usher, 5 yrs, B st 101 b (X 5O ) (J.N ightiugall 3 The following also ran :—Vesper's dam filly, Ethelred, The Little Princess, and La Sorrentina. Betting-6 to son Dolphin, sto 2 agst Usher, and 6to 1 agst Eugenie. The Hyde Plato of 25 sovs, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b ; the winner to bo sold for 100 sovs ; if for 50, allowed 71b. Five furlongs. Mr. C. Blanton's Adamanthea, Bst (X 100) (J. Mann) 1 Mr. T. Stevens's Laura, Bst (.£5O) Mr. Hodgman's g, by Warlock—Slut, Bst 31b (X 00) (Norman) 3 The following also ran :--Battle Axe and Pelerin. Betting-5 to 4on Adamanthea, 2to 1 agt Laura, sto 1 agst The Slut gelding, and 100 to 15 agst any other. BETTING ON THE COURSE. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 2to 1 agst Delight (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Mephistopheles (taken and offered) THIRSK SPRING MEETING.-TUESDAY. The Sowerby Plato (Handicap) of 25 sovs for all ages; winners extm. T.Y.C. Mr. Calder's The Count, 5 yrs, 7st 71b (Carrol 1 Mr. Jackson's Miss William s, 3 yrs , 7st 71b ( Norris ) 2 Mr. Fobert's Risk, 4 yrs, B st 31b (inc. 31b ex.) ....(Bates3 The following also ran : —Pat Bob, Poetess, Lightheart, Miss Thyra, Outcast (late Major), Dusty Miller, and Archery. Betting-6 to 4on Miss Williams, sto 1 agst The Count, 7 to 1 agst Risk, and 10 to 1 agst any other. The Mowbray Stakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 ; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b ; second to save his stake; winners extra; allowances. T.Y.C. Mr. Mackenzie's Thermometer (late Barometer), Bst 71b (Morris) 1 Mr. Gordon's Bracken, 9st 41b (inc. 81b ex.) (J. Snowdon) 2 Mr. Masterman's Ladylike, Bst 71b (Dixon) 8 The following also ran :—Deceit, Tycoon, Little Trea• sure, and Tidy. - Betting-6 to 4 on Bracken, 4 to 1 agst Thermometer, and 5 to 1 agst Tidy. Match, 50 sues. Throe-quarters of a mile. Mr. Simi toe's Bedale, aged, 10st 101b...(Mr. C. Boynton) 1 Hon. C. L. Fox's Necromancer, aged, lUst 71b (Owner) 2 Betting-5 to 4on Bedale. Won by six lengths. The Members' Plate of 3 sows each, with 25 added ; 3-yr olds, Bst ; four, 9st 41b; five, 9st 101 b; six and aged, iost.• About one mile. Mr. G. Simpson's Nelly Gray (h b), 4 yrs, ist 41b (Lawrence) w.o. The Hambleton Plate (Handicap) of 100 sovs, for 3-yr• olds and upwards; winners extra. One mile. Mr. Masterman's Lozenge, 4 yrs, Bst (Dixon 1 Mr. Goodlass's Begum, 3 yrs, 91b (J. Edwards 2 Mr. Johnstone's Rococo, 3 yrs, bst 181 b (Cameron 3 The following also ran :—Sundeelah, Greville, Roderick Random, Malta, Lady Vane, Duty Free, Punster, Caith ness, and Blackband. Betting— 7 to 4 agst Rococo, 4 to 1 each agst Caithness and Lozenge, and 10 to 1 agst any other. The Hunt Cup, a piece of plate of the value of 100 sovs, for half-bred hunters only; 4-yr-ulds, 10st 101 b ; five, list 71b ; six and aged, 12st 31b ; winners extra ; allow- ances; second to receive 10 sovs ; gentlemen riders. About two miles and a. half. Mr. R. Calder's Marksmant yrs, 12sf 3lb (Mr.O.Boynton) 1 Sir G. Chomley's Highflyer, 6 yrs,l2st3lb (Mr. Leighton) 2 Mr. J. Atkinson's Barrister, 5 yrs, list 121 b (Mr. Miller) 3 The following also ran :—Maid of Kent, The Witch, Prince, Bolero, Harlequin, Rosslyn, Miss Menken, Bonnets o'Blue, and Byfield. Betting-6 to 4on Marksman, 6to 1 each agst High flyer and Byfield, 6 to 1 agst Miss Menken, and 10 to 1 each agst Maid of Kent and Harlequin. CREWKERNE RACES.-YESTERDAY. HASLEBURY HANDICAP. Sir Bobby Eheu 2 Benazet Eight ran. Won by 10 lengths. SOUTH-WESTERN STAKES. Beverley Bon Maza Beeswing Seven ran. Won by six length. NATIONAL HUNT. 1 2 Shangarry , Golden Drop Foster Fourteen ran. Won in a canter. HUNTERS' STAKES. Rosalie Rufus ' 2 Six ran. Won by eleven lengths. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. LoNDoN, April 11.—Wind this day at noon—South- Easterly; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with rain. _ _ . M CLYDE, April 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Soahorse, from Trinidad. _ ___ ..-. LIVERPOOL, April 10.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Ranger, from Matanzas. PORTSMOUTH, April 10.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Hor Majesty's ship Industry, for Woolwich. PILL, April 10.—Wind S.S.E.—Sailed—Home, for Quebec. MARGATE, April 10.—Sailed—Harriet, for St. Valery, after repairing. SOUTHAMPTON, April 10 . — Arrived--America, steamer, for Bremen. CARDIFF, April I.o.—Wind S.E.—Sailed- Artibus, for Rio Grande. HAuwicit, April 10.—The barque, which was fouled here on the 6th by the Alpha, was the Holly, bound for Sunderland. YARMOUTH, April 10.—The Isabella, from Elie to Ports mouth, which got ashore at Cromer yesterday, has been towed in her without her cargo. LEY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIL I GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—George, from Danne ; Asshar, from Bus- Borah ; United, from Mauritius ; Vigilant, from Caen ; Thought, from Baltimore. DILI; Wednesday Morning. Passed—Seaton, of Sunderland, screw steamer, from Bordeaux, fer Sunderland; Mary, from Nassau, for Lon don. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 107 1 to 108 per cent. At these rates there _ S is ta n t. no profit on the importation of go 'd f rom t h e United By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.4 k per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the Eng lish Mint price is, therefore, at about the name price in LOllOll and Hamburg. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. FOREIGN MENDICANTS.—Three lads, named Guiseppi Germano, Vito Michell, and Antonio Porelti, who are in the practice of going about the streets, one playing, while the others jump about, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with begging. Worraker, an officer of the Mendicity Society, proved seeing the lads on the pavement in Oxford-street, follow ing ladies and begging of them, by holding out their hands and saying something he could not understand. The lads then went into Norfolk-street and Brook-street and did the same thing, and he then took them into custody, having seen them receive money. _ _ Signor Luciano, the secretary to the Italian Benevolent Society, now attended at the request of Mr. Tyrwhitt. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked whether the lads wished to say anything. One of thorn, through Sig. Luciano, said he was playing his pipe. Signor Luciano said there was a man in attendance, he had just found out, who would send them away if they would go. The lads refused to go back to their native place (Parma it was understood). Signor Luciano said the lads might go somewhere else, perhaps to France. The lads still declined leaving England. Mr. Tyrwhitt said as it was well known the lads came over here with the avowed intention of begging it would be his duty to send them to prison for a month. They were sent from a great distance to infect us, and if some thing was not done more would be sent over. The man spoken of above stepped forward, and said he lived in Engine-street-hill, and would send the lads away, but he did not say where he would send them to. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the man talked of sending the lads away, but ho would probably merely send them into the provinces, and tot to their own country. After some further conversation between the magistrate and Signor Luciano, Mr. Tyrwhitt said, as it was the first time he had had to deal with the prisoners, he would deal leniently with them. He would discharge them, but if they were brought before him again he would send them for a month, and he hoped the case would be noticed by the press, as if not during the next six weeks they would be having a num ber of these lads sent over from Parma. SYSTEMATIC SHOPLIFTING BY A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER. —Mary Meking and Mary Meking, mother and daughter, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with the following rob beries, there being little•doubt that the elder prisoner has been bringing up her daughter as a regular shoplifter. Mary Ann Buck, assistant to Mrs. Charlotte Watkins, of 47, Wardour-street, shoemaker, said the prisoners came into the shop and looked at some boots. The boots did not fit and the prisoners were leaving, when she saw the younger prisoner take a pair of boots and put them under her arm. The elder prisoner, seeing that her daughter had been noticed, took the boots from her and gave her a slap. She then sent for a constable, and gave the prisoner into custody. Wm. Parson, 121 C, said that when he took the prisoner into custody the elder prisoner had a bag, and in it were a pair of new boots, five yards of mohair, a pair of drawers, and a night-dress. He went to the address the prisoner gave, and there found 13 handkerchiefs (silk and cotton), some of them in a piece, a brush, a pair of stays, a quan tity of flannel, a leather bag, four bracelets, and other articles. The elder prisoner said that her husband gave her the boots, but the husband, who appeared to be a re spectable man, denied all knowledge of them and also of the other things. Emily Winter, assistant to Mr. Mundy, of No. 15, Old Compton-street, trimming dealer, identified the mohair. She remembered the prisoners coming to the shop to look at some shirts, and the mohair was taken from the back of the shop where the prisoners had been. The prisoners, who reserved their defence, were com mitted for trial. THAMES, ATTEMPTED BURGLARY.—Sarah Smith, a woman of the town, well known to the police, who has been repeatedly in custody for disorderly conduct, and once for felony and acquitted, was brought before Mr. Knox, charged with at tempting to commit a burglary. Mr. William Andrew; a joiner, of No. 66, Brunswick road, Poplar, stated that last night he was about to retire to rest when ho heard the breaking of glass in the parlour window, and the catch forced back. He rushed into the street, and saw the prisoner in custody. Ho made fast the window and the catch before he went to his bed-room. Mr. John Henry Price, of No. 67, Brunswick-road, heard a noise between a quarter-past and half-past 11 o'clock last night, and distinctly saw the prisoner and a man running across the road. He went in pursuit of them, and caught the prisoner. Her companion escaped. Police-constable Elton, No. 253 K, said that the prisoner was well known to him, and that he was not aware she had ever been convicted of felony. When he arrested her she said—l did not break the window or put back the catch ; I came here to get my living. The prisoner made no defence, and Mr. Knox committed her for trial. • WESTMINSTER. ENCOURAGEMENT OF CRlME.—Edward Beechen aged 15, was placed at the bar charged with robbing his employer of a great number of articles. Mr. Thomas Phipps, of 9, Brompton-row, hosier, said that prisoner had been in his service seven weeks as er rand-boy. During the last few days he missed a number of articles from the shop, including two large parcels of stockings. He watched the prisoner last night and saw him proceed under the shop among the stores, where he lit a 'candle, and reaching upwards, placed some money on a shelf. After the prisoner had left the stores, the prosecu tor went to the spot and found 4s. in a box, and afterwards discovered a paper in which some of the stockings had been supplied. He then arrested the prisoner, who admitted that he had robbed him of a great number of articles, and had sold and pawned them. Elizabeth Hall, IA, North-street, Chelsea, said that the prisoner came into her shop to buy some fried fish and sold her three pair of stockings. Mr. Selfe—What did you give for them? Witness - S ixpence. Mr. Selfe—For all three pair ? Witness—Yes. They were small. My daughter wanted stockings very badly. Prosecutor—The price of these stockings is is. 9d. per pair. They are Angola. Mr. Selfe (to witness) -So you gave 6d. for three pair stockings worth about ss. Witness-I did not know they were worth so much. The boy told me he had picked them up in the park. Mr. Selfe—Did you know him ? Witness - No, I did not. _ _ . Mr. Selfe—You had better be careful for the future, Mrs. Hall, or you will get into trouble. Don't let me see you here again under such circumstances, or you will find there are two doors by which people leave here. A pawnbroker next produced three pair of stockings pledged for is., and it came out that a woman had been pawning goods for the boy. The mother, a very respectable woman, proved that prisoner was a very bad boy. Mr. Selfe said he must see the woman who had received thins from thin hoy, and remanded hia fox that purpo§, The Mysteries of the Stock Exchange. From a Correspondent of the Money llarkci Review.] The long-continued and increasing depression in the more hazardous securities, and the existing panic with reference to some of them, which has caused so much loss to investors as well as to specu lators, induces me to trouble you with a few re marks, founded on my own experience, showing how and why speculation on the Stock Exchange, and even investments on speculative securities, are necessarily peculiarly dangerous and ruinous. The uninitiated and inexperienced are apt to suppose that, buying and selling securities is much the same as buying and selling produce, and that the operation of the higgling of the market is to fix with sufficient exactness the value of each of these commodities ; but, though there is a certain amount of speculative dealing in produce, and, more espe cially of late years, in cotton, it is obvious that the comparatively stationary character of the value of produce, and the limited number of persons who deal wholesale in such articles as tea, sugar, &c., restricts the speculation in them within compara tively narrow limits. It is not very usual for an outsider to purchase chests of tea or hogsheads of sugar, about the value of which he is far less able to judge than about Stock Exchange securities, and the greater comparative elasticity of these impels the principal current of speculation into this chan nel. In Paris and on the other Continental Exchanges, i a n s well s ec a r a i s t i le n s o t u a r k e placeprovincialt hr e o x u el ,:cr a h ng t brokers, who are th e mere agents the e f t t mr h ac e ncils' o au u emt t i s o id n i public, and the seller receives the market value of his security from the purchaser, the only expense being the broker's commission, which is usually in England per cent. on stocks, and from Gd. to ss. i on shares of £1 to £5O, or from to 2 per cent. ; and from one-half to one-third these rates on the Continent. On the London Stock Exchange, how ever, and there only, there exists the class of job bers who only buy what they are sure to be able immediately to resell, the result of whose operati ons is to foster, increase, and aggravate spe cu l at i on, and to entail an enormous tax, which is continually increasing and probably amounts to upwards of a million a-year on investors and speculators. It is more especially heavy on the light shares of ,the Finance and Marine Companies. If I want to sell, for instance, Union Marine Shares with £2 paid, , at Liverpool, the last price being, say to 1 pre m., my broker there seeks out another broker employed by a purchaser, and deals probably at the middle price, or 15-16ths prem. ; whilst, if I sell in Lon don, I lose the " jobber's turn," and have to sell at loss to me, and a gain to the " jobber " of 2 per cent., whilst: on reselling he makes a similar profit ; and if he only makes one such operation in the shares in each fortnightly account his profit will be upwards of 100 per cent. in the year. This, however, is but a small portion of the " job ber's" gain ; and if the " jobber" were merely like the retail dealer, who bought shares wholesale, and resold them, without " banging," " rigging," or other trickery, at a profit, the public would not be such considerable losers. But, in aid of the " jobber's" schemes, there comes into play the ope ration of the fortnightly settlement ; and as the outside public are usually " bulls," or speculators for the rise, when this term approaches, the " job bers," who are usually " bears, or speculators for the fall, by means of inventing and circulating false or exaggerated reports, and by " banging " the shares, produce, if they can, a depreciation in secu rities, or, at least, prevent them from rising ; and, as the outside investors or speculators seldom buy at the end of an account, and as the expense of taking up registered shares is 10s. per cent. for stamps, besides transfer fees, the " jobbers" are able to make a further enormous profit in " job bing in contangoes." This is the penalty paid for " continuing " the shares for a fortnight, and this charge varies on the light shares from Gd. to 2s. Gd., or from the rate of 10 to that of 50 per cent. per annum. If a rise does not take place within a few " accounts," the needy speculator is obliged to sell, and put up with his loss; but the wealthier operator who goes in for large profits and slow returns, which is his only chance, and who thus saves " contangoes" and brokers' commissions on " continuation," borrows money for from three to six months from his banker or broker, at 1 per cent. above the Bank rate, on deposit of a sufficient cover, and stipulates that he shall pay but one commission on buying and another on selling. If the tendency of the market is upwards, and discount is low, the " jobbers" immediately set agoing all sorts of reports of a probable decrease in the Bank rate of discount, of enormous dividends, colossal additions to reserves, prodigious sums to be carried forward, great names to be added to boards of direction, advantageous amalgamations to take place, large transactions entered into likely to be profitable ; that Rothschild, Baring, Peabody, or the directors are buying largely, and they then gradually " bull " th e market by a tacit and com mon understanding, and raise the quotation by de grees ; and the outside public, as a matter of course, urged by th e i r brokers, rush in and buy on the rising market. I Will suppose the quotation of certain shares to be to 1, when the " jobbers" see that the chances arc favourable for " bulling." One or two of the more influential, wealthy, and daring, whom all the rest follow like sheep, call them 1 to 11, feeling their way gradually as to how many they will sell at that price, and thus only risking their " turn" if sellers appear, whilst, if buyers preponderate, they then advance the quotation to 1,1 to li, and so on, their leaders, perhaps, even risking somewhat more than the " turn" if the current is obviously strong in favour of the rise, whilst, at the bi-monthly " ac count," they may, perhaps, call the " contango" " even," or 3d. " back," in order still further to encourage the outside " bulls" by the idea that it is a " bear" account. As soon as an opportunity ocecurs, or can be made, for turning round, such as a real or supposed rise in the rate of discount, or something disastrous or ominous in the affairs of one or more companies, then are set going rumours of failures and calls, re ports of losses, surmises of diminished dividends, or of the withdrawal or bankruptcy of directors, or as sertions that Rothschild, Baring, Peabody, or the directors are large sellers; and then the " jobbers" turn round, and become " bears," or sellers, with all the additional leverage which it is so much easier to establish on the fears than on the hopes of speculators. By reversing the operation above described, but risking the " turn," and, perhaps, somewhat more, and thus " banging" the shares, a heavy and profitable fall takes place, which, besides benefiting the " bear," stimulates and increases the business of all the dealers. There is another rock on which specUlators usually split, namely, that when money is easy bankers and brokers will lend almost any amount with a very small cover, but the moment there is a rise in the rate of discount and a fall in shares the cover is doubled or trebled, or the loan is called in, and the shares must be sacrificed at any cost in a falling market. Brokers are notoriously afraid of incurring the of " jobbers" (for whom they have a touching but, to outsiders, a costly sym pathy), by endeavouring to deal at toolow a " turn" —say 1-32nd, which is considered shabby, or by dealing with other brokers and thus depriving them of their " turn," to the advantage of their clients, or by opposing stratagem to stratagem, and saddling the " jobbers" with shares when they suppose the principal is a buyer, instead of allowing them to find out, as they usually do, that he is a frightened or forced seller, and then to " bang" the shares in order to enhance the " turn" to the utmost possible ex tent. I may add that, in my experience, brokers are the very worst advisers either as to buying or sell ing, and usually make a "mull" of their own private investments. Independently, however, of the dangers which speculators and investors incur from the causes I have already named, they run the risk of enor mous losses from Continental complications, revo lutions or rebellions, failures of cotton or corn t crops, cattle disease, over-speculation in other parts of of the world, from the market being glutted Lap foreign loans or other schemes, pening in other companies, -from extensive I death of „ the directors who see danger ahead, from of shares to from disastersby large holders causing a large ntunb i intrinsic rotten be thrown on the market, from . the incapacity of ness of many of these companito-17 don of promoters and othcfrs, brokers, who from the extor tion or the treaehertyrezle their usual rsome times receive double o r j2ew schemes. In short, the brokerage for puffingspeculator is infinitely greater :„ t i le gd -table in Germany, and the risk without a tithe of t ‘ h ‘p a u n ll a " t against g a e than on the turf, in spi te of spi e of loss "welshing,erabl 7, Of "leg gi ' tor I conclude by ' • the amusement excitement . e giving ism,no.,r,e and considerable s ! t o persons about to speculate the sam e a d v i ce as Punch does to those about to marry , t D on ' t ,' A VICTIM. WINDSOR CASTLE. --The State Apartments of Windsor Castle will be open to the public on and after Thursday next, under the usual regulations. Tne quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.25 per LI sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of L 3 128.104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is near'y 39,0t1is per cent. dearer in Loud= than in Paris, IMPERIAL PARLIAMETiT HOUSE OF COMMONS---THIS DAY. Mr. DODSON, the Deputy Speaker, took the chair at 12 o'clock. POSTMASTER-GENERAL BILL. Mr. D. GRIFFITHS moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to remove- the difficulty which existed with respect to the Postmaster-General sitting in the House of Commons. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said hr i understood the bill did not lay down any rule with respect to the Postmaster -General sitting in the House of Com mons, but only removed a certain difficulty which existed with respect to that subject, . and therefore ho should 'ot diet any objection to the motion of the hon. gen-. [eman opposite. The bill was then read a second time. Earl Grosvenor and th 3 Government. A feeling of curiosity and surprise was created in the house at this point of the sitting in consequence of the following little scene taking place : D:trl GROSVENOR (who, it will be recollected, is thq mover of the amendment to the Franchise Bill, whicli threatens the existence of the Government) rose, evidently labouring under some embarrassment, and said he wished, to know whether he might be allowed to put a question, on a subject of the greatest importance- Mr. DODSON, the Deputy-Speaker, here interposed, on the point of order, and the noble earl at once resumed hia seat, again asking, as he did so, whether he was not allowed, to put the question ? The DEPUTY-SPEAKER took no further notice of the request of the noble Earl, but proceeded at once to '.!,a.11 on the clerk at the table to read the next order of the day, when the noble earl immediately rose from his seat and left the house. The above trifling incident seemed to give rise to much conv ersation amongst the sprinkling of members present when the matter occurred, and rumour in a very short time after was rife that the noble earl intended either to withdraw or greatly modify his amendment had he been, allowed to put his question. VALUATION OF LANDS AND HERITAGES SCOTLAND (BILL). Mr. DUNLOP moved the second reading of this bill. The LORD ADVOCATE, on the part of the Govern ment, objected to the motion, on the ground that the mea sure was no improvement on the law as it existed, whilst, be regarded it as a retrograde step in the way of progre [LEFT SPEAKING.] LONDON GAZE r I'E—Last Evening. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S. OFFICE, ST. JAMES'S appointed by her Majesty,N iee is to hereby have given,been heldthat atn e kingham Palace, on o'clock. to Satin , . PALACE, MARCH is u C c o 2 u B r . t Thursday, the 12th of April next, day, the sth of May next, at three WAR-OFFICE, Arum 7 . . The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Abraham Carlton Cliinberba Esq., late her Majesty's Consul-General at Constantin°t e l e h ' to be an Ordinary Mem ber of the Civil Divisio n of the Third Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath Arum 9. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give criers for the appointment of Assistant Commissary-General James Bailey to an Ordinary Member of t he Militar y 112 Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. WHITEHALL, APRIL 7. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, constituting and appointing the most noble Edward Adolphus, Duke of Somerset, K.G. ; Admiral the Hon. Sir Frederick William Grey, G.C.B. ; Vice-Admiral Charles Eden, C.B. ; Rear-Admiral Edward Gennys Fanshawe, C.B. ; Rear-Admiral the Hon. James Robert Drummond, C.B. ; and Captain John Hay, C.B. (commonly called Lord John Hay), to be her Majesty's Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the said United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the dominions, islands, and territories thereunto belonging. WHITEHALL, APRIL 9. _ _ The Queen has been please'd to present the Reverend James Skinner Mackenzie to the church and parish of Little Dunkeld, in the presbytery of Dunkeld and county of Perth, vacant by the death of the Reverend Daniel Macbride. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Arum 10. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lieutenant Thomas Charles D. Whitmore to be Captain, by purchase, vice Mylles Bagnall Bowyer Adderley, who retires ; Cornet Henry Herbert Wombwell to be Lieutenant by pur chase, vice Whitmore. Royal Artillery— Second Captain Francis Swanson, on the Supernumerary List, to be Captain ; Se cond Captain Thomas Bridges lleathurn to be Captain, vice John Henry Porter Malcolmson, transferred to the Bombay Staff Corps ; Second. Captain Sir William Hamilton, Bart., to be Cap tain, vice Hungerfoid Merer Boddam, transferred to the Bengal Staff Corps; Lieutenant Eldred Thomas Pot tinger to be Second Captain, vice Heathoru ; Lieutenant Henry De Grey Warter to be Second Captain, vice Sir William Hamilton; Lieutenant Brabazon Henry Pot- Unger to be Second Captain, vice Henry Charles Bas kerville Tanner, transferred to the Bombay Staff Corps. Coast Brigade of Artillery—Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Major, Edward George Cubitt, from a Recruiting District, to be Pa.yni..t.r,.vice_PAyreaster, with _ the honorary rank of Major, Howland Webster, placed upon the half-pay list as a Lieutenant, without half-pay.i Royal Engineers—Lieutenant Henry Wathen Watson has been permitted to resign his commission. Coldstream Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant John Barton Sterling to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant and Captain Henry Arthur Herbert, who has retired. 2d Regiment of Foot—Richard Salisbury Simpson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Neill Roger, who retires on appointment as Deputy-Assistant Commissary- Genera-1. sth Foot— Ensign Frederic Richard Carleton to be Instruc tor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant George A. Shogog, who has resigned the appointment. 32d Foot—Ensign Arthur Elebank Havelock to bo Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Timothy morns, NvLo retires; Albert Clarke, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Havelock. . . 391 . Foot—Captain Henry Charles Mansergh, from the 4th West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Hutto; who exchanges. 69th Foot—Henry Stephen Swingy, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice William Newman, who retires on appointment as Deputy-Assistant Commissary-General. 86th Foot—Captain John Jerome to be Major, without purchase, vice Frederick Stuckeley Savage, deceased ; Lieutenant Gilbert Sidney Jackson to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Jerome ; Ensign Richard O'Shaugh nessy Brooke to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Jackson; Gentleman Cadet William Henry Seed, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensigli, without pur- chase, vice Brooke. _ 91st Foot—Lieutenant Charles Hollwa,y to be Captain, by purchase, vice Henry Auburey Bond, who retires ; En sign William Salmon Mills to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Hollway ; Eris Willoughby Osborne, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mills. 91th Foot—Charles Warren Humpage, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice F. Buckley Campbell, pro- lOath Foot—Major John Robert Mackenzie to be Lieute nant-Colonel, vice William Gordon Stoll, deceased ; Captain Henry Adolphus Graham to be Major, vice Mackenzie ; Lieutenant Henry Griffith to be Captain, vice Graham; Ensign A. G. Clavering Power to be Lieutenant, vice Griffith ; Gentleman Cadet Henry opie Woodhouse, from the Royal Military College, to be En sign, vice ower. 2d West India Regiment—Ensign John Angus Lushington Hamilton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Archibald Hamilton Duthie, who retires. 4th West India Regiment—Capt. Thomas Bruce Hutton, from the 39th Foot, to be Captain, vice Mansergh, who exchanges. BREVET. The following promotions to take place in succession to General Henry Shadforth, who died on 30th March, 1866 : Lieutenant-General Sir James Charles Chatterton, Bart., K.C.8., Colonel of the sth Lancers, to be General. Major-General Richard Connop, Major, on half-pay; Unattached, to have the rank of Lieutenant-General. Major-General Thomas Molyneux William, Major en half-pay, Unattached, to, have the rank of- Lieutenant- General. Major-General George Thomas, Earl of ibernarle, Lieu- Major on half-pay, Unattached, to have the rant: : of tenant-General. General. Maj C. 8., C.D., from Lieut.- Brevet-Colonel Henry 74th Foot, t C o h b a e rl m es Brevet-Colonel Henry Darby . Grle_e,rai. Lieut.- Major-General George Thomas Colomb to be Lieut.- Colonel 2d Dragoons, to be MaJor - u - u Captain and Brevet M ato 0 b Lieutenant-Colonel. Gordon, Royal Engineers, Captain Angustus COURSE OXIANGE-LaSt Evening, ____ Amsterdam • 3 Short. 11 17 11 18 p Vienna i :tr.eiDitto Ditto tisob. u r. . .. ............. ....... .. .. .. .. .. .. .3 1 I smi l lo_ n on_r ls 8 . . 2122225555 45410 i Rotterdam 12 1 Brussels 2 2 2 2 1 5 4 2 59 : 5 51 T ElAir r : a na I l i ri t e t' i si r k:b t i ifett e a lllr .. 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This lamented and truly estimable gentleman died in his sixty-eighth year. AO ITafa ottiOlaed tQ the Society Qf Friends,Friends, 59 8i Share,