The Sun. — London, England, 1866-04-26 00:00:00

NONEY MARKET _,~... AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The usual weekly meeting of the Bank of Eng land directors has taken place, and an announce ment has been made that the minimum is to remain for the present at 6 per cent. This resolution was generally anticipated, notwithstanding the abun dant supply of floating capital, and the very limited demand for accommodation. In the open market the quotations are 5i- and 6 per cent. for the best bills. No gold operations of importance took place at the Bank yesterday. By a telegram received from Madrid, it is stated that the Minister of Finance yesterday made a de claration in the Cortes that the Stock Exchange once opened he will immediately propose a settle ment of the Passive and Certificate debts. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this date, are in round figures as under:— 1866. 1865. Great Western ... £71,217 North W es t ern ... 1.13,248 110,097 South Western. ... 24 , 915 26,166 Midland 20:151 25,074 Autiland 50,728 45,748 South Eastern ... 22,781 23,707 Great Northern ... 37,031 34,437 ancashire and Yorkshire 41,210 39,580 -Bristol and Exeter ... ... 7,087 6,938 North Eastern 67,649 63,122 ltanchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln ... 19,900 17,083 Great Eastern 36,832 34,312 London, Ch a tha m , and Dover ~. 9,490 9,308 These returns, when compared with those of the corresponding year, in some instances exhibit a Blight falling off consequent upon the pleasure traffic during the Easter holidays, being earlier in the year this season than last. On the North Western there is an increase of £3,151; Midland, £4,980 ; Great Northern, £2,594; Lancashire and Yorkshire, £4,630 ; Bristo and Exeter, £149 ; North Eastern, £4,527 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, £2,817 ; Great Eastern, £2,520 ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, £lB2 ; while on the Great Western there is a decrease of £715 ; South Western, £1,701 ; Brighton, £4,923 ; and South Eastern, £923. Two O'CLOCK. In the English Stock Market there has been very little variation in the prices of the Funds. During the earlier hours of business a slight improvement was observable, but subsequently there has been more buoyancy. Consols are 871 for money, and 87 1 for the account. The New Threes and Re duced Annuities are 859 ; New 2i per Cents, 69 ; tank of England Stock, 243, 244 ; India 5 per Cents., 1069 f ; ditto Enfaced bi per Cents., 1079 108. Some active dealing has taken place in the Fo reign Stock Market, consequent upon the advicss from Madrid respecting the settlement of the fo reign debts. Spanish Passive have risen +, viz., to 25 i ; and the Certificates I, to 15} /. Turkish 5 per Cents. are buoyant at 34 ; Mexican, 201 ; do• New, 18 k; Greek, 121 ; Italian, 52k t ; Brazilian Scrip, 3 2/ dis. ; and the New Egyptian Loan, 1i 2 prem. United States 5-20 Bonds, 70} ; Erie Shares, 52 ; and Illinois, 80 The operations in the Railway Share Market have been very restricted, but a firmer tone has prevailed. Lancashire and Yorkshire and And land have each improved I. North Western and South Eastern each k, and Great Northern A Mock The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull. Alliance are dealt in at 231 ; Hindustan, China, and Japan at 111 to 121 ; London and West minster at 951 to 61 ; Credit Foncier and Mobi lier of England at 61 to 61 ; Imperial Mercantile Credit at lj 2 ; and Overend, Gurney, and Co. at 14i f, 13E1TISII FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK GCTERNMENT FUNDS. . Der Cent. Consols . Do. Account May 9 B7l 0 per Cent. Reduced B5 + 4 N ll r per Cent B5l I 1 I ew 321 per Cent. Jan. 1894 69 1)0 . 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Atinuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. fo r 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — March. June. Elellequer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent. — Do. £5OO — p DO £lOO and £2OO '''ank of E ng l an d Stock, 5 per Cent Do Account — Indian GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. '4,,,,ian Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB 74 — -uo. Account 10 .5 per Cent. July, 1870 uo. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 1)0 . Certificates -Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — D 5 pm Cent" Jan. 1872 '-' ~ 1 ' )o• . 5 i per Cent., May 1879 lOB 71 O. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 ~iO. Bonds £l,OOO — I ' o - unde r , £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. argentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pm t list rian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 r a n ziliatt 5 per Cent — °. V- per Cent., 1852-58-60 o. 1863 Do. 1865 Do Account — 13 Do. Scrip, £45 paid 'h e llos Ayres 6 per Cent — Chilies-° Per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) DO 6 per Cent — , Scrip, £25 paid — pm - 1 -',O. 41 per Cent . per r, u °. 6 Cent 0 -( s:in:Liman 6 per Cent. — 1P i ,,, u t, 6 ,10er Cent. b '''''‘. 3 per Cent., 1825 anubian Principalities ~ b O . Account 'Vador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — isProvisional Land Warrant gYptian ' 7 per Cent . — 0 . Second Issue — Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 BB± D O £lOO Bonds Do. Government Railway Debentures — ti Do. £35 paid k 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account o. Cou txn th Da tenaala s po per Cent. — ' H an 5 per Cent 1865 Do. Account . L exicon 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 ~,,.Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French i t onteridean 6 per Cent., £3O p a id New Imperial 5 per Cent "ew Granada Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred 1 , Do Land Warrants (Hectares) 4 ' o . 6 per Cent, 1864 „ Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent . — reruvian 5 per Cent, 1865 Do Account Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — 13 D C' 41 per Cent., 1862 °rtlignese 3 per Cent., 1853 D Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 451 rs App n4ussian 5 per Cont., 1822, £ St Po 41 per Cent. 1850 D° 41 per Cent., 1860 I} o 3 5 per Cent. 1859 1:)o per Cent. 1862 44 41 5 ia P u er 5 Ce per ntCent. 1864 — De. Account " I rish 3 per Cent Do New D e f erred DO Account Do Passive t D a o Acc oun iPish Cert. t of Coup not funded l5l Sw edish o count l5l i b 4 per C en t. — 1 1 , ,,,,Zi . 4 i per Cent. 1864 I, ' lll 6 per C en t. 1854 B9 Doece°Uri t B o u A Per Cent. 1858 D ° 4 "ecount 0 4100 Bonds b 6 per Cent. 1862 ,0 Account D° 4100 Bonds DO 6 per Cent., 1863 if 5 per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip 341 00 Account v et ° . 4 per Cent. Guaranteed ezue ' .pi.:tp account g 0 _ 6 per C ent, 1862 — ..-' Account Do. 1864 — Ditch Dividends on the above payable in London. b` : * o l -' per Cent., Ex. 12 G uil _ Pre o , i i per Cent. Certificates — Ital t, t Lentos 3 per .b i an 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. . Consols f or money TWO O'CLOCK. 87 ,} 9. Accomat , ...... 1... 111111111111 l otiviltessu, 67 6 -I. SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. I Railways. i r a i d. l Closing I Business Price. done. BFistol aial Lt Exeter . Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June, un„Perth, & A b.Junal E.London, bcrip Certi.' Do. Glasgow & S. Western' Great Eastern, Ord. a tkl Do. E. Angl. at. No.' Great North of Scotland Great Northern D-,. A stock ...... Do. B etock Do. hew, ts. at 25 prni GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original l s. Val. Rail gua., Do. South Wales . Do. W. Mid.—Oxfoici l Do. Newport. Do. II ereford ........ Lanolshire &Yorkshire I,,,ridon and Blackwalli Lon., S Coast] Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lun. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., do Lincoln, Metropolitan Do. New 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. & 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' Do. Scot, Mid. vtDck Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., dt Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath ;Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall BRITISH POSS Atlantic St. Lawrence Born. ,Baroda,,t Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent.: . Do. F shares Buffalo .:Cz Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 1 872-3- 4 Calcutta & S. E., Um Cape Town & Dock, gil 1 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. De. J Extension G rand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pref. Bonus Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do: 4th Pref. stock :: Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c t'o. Gus. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do Great Wes. of Canada Do. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 56 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N.lll. O'do, 6pc Ist pf.bs Seinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjaub.... Do.lndus 100 100 100 all 100 100 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 Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. inscribed sk Cape G.llope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&Oct 1890-1900 Do. do: 1880-9 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 Do. s , per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1:400 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.cl Do. 1878, do Slauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. IS7B Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov 15 Do. 1895, Feb. tt Aug.. Natal qov. IS per cent.. N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1861 , Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1871 Do. 5 P.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Jo. &July Do. do, A pril lz Oct 80 '27 128 55 65 13 15 4 6 87 70 70 72 20 15 d 114 118 40 41 6 7 122 124 137 )39 r,s 69 57 59 39 41 34 3,1 101 'O2 121 121 i 9q 27 29 121 124 92i 43!1 61 63 1334 134 2& 3kr 1* lb., 92 95 123 1231 2 p 93 05 L 7 68 6 27 10) 110 71 72 109 110 36 ni l 10 11 p 122 121 1 2p 1 2p 74 76 108 112 119 351 66 68 49 61 75} 7(3 8 9 140 143 21 3/0 100 103 52 el SSIONS 54 56 1021 1031 I $n if 1 9 10 78 80 96 98 65 70 100 102 101 102 102 i 1031 23 25 85 87 63 66 55 60 57 59 50 55 42 45 40 44 26 28 25 23 1094 1 tOi 14 2 p 14 2 p 99 101 91 93 15; S 5) 5i 41d 84 9,6 83 e. 5 100 1 91 83 86 88 P 3 85 8 82 99 100 93 99 1 1 97 99 1091. 10 V SECUR: S 3 95 90 14 90 94 74 SO 77 SO 102 104 105 107 105 107 102 IC4 90 ?2 1(2 104 106 1 8 102 104 101 106 104 106 162 104 100 102 93 95 90 95 87& 88; 92 95 79 81 138 100 98 100 105 107 ITIES. 103 104 BRITISH MINES. Cam. Consol. Gold, Rm Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Taoist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Carn Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake .. East Loved E. WI Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. Great L4XCy, limited Great South Tolgus •• Great Wheal Busy._ G. Wheal Vor (Heist in Grenville Ilerod's Foot •••• llingston Downs )l argar et (Uny Lelant Marie Valley Viwyndy Iron Ore, lim Ne-v Sewn North Roskear N .Wh' I Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crof ty . • Prosper United.... • • • • Pruvidence Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan Stray Park . Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan, lim West Bassett (Illogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chiverton . . %Vest Seton....-... Wheal Bassett (Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men I Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis, 6 7 H 16 540 580 1 18 20 8 9 31 41 3i 4 2.1.0 29i 2.14.0 3/ 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8.0 8 - 3 3a 5 7 21 22 14 1 1} 25 26 2i 3 33 40 44 5 4 6 4 44 2i 14d 35 40 13 15 t 1.4.0 2.13.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 1i 3.2.0 18.18.9 32 34 375 400 II 2 15 20 4 6 13 15 3 5 1 2 8 9 721 7711 130 140 80 85 20 22 1 1 3 5 203 201 13 15 t'KEFEktEN(IN SHARES. Great Western Orig. 47 per cent pf., 91 Gt. Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford Ist guaranteed stook, 119 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Belgian Eastern Junction, 1 1 1. Recife and San Francisco, Rm., gua. 7 per cent, 121 14 San Paulo, lim., gua. 6 per cent., 151 FOREIGN MINE& Washoe Gold, lira., 21 BANK& Alliance, lim., 231 Bank or Queensland, lim, 10 91 Consolidated Bank, lim., 91 European Bank, lira., 8 Hindustan, China, and Japan, ilm., 11 121 Ditto, issued at 2 pm., Ditto, new, 12 Imperial Bank, lim., 231 Imperial Ottoman, 111 Ditto. new, let 1 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 221 London and 1‘ estminster, 96/ 51 National Provincial of England, Ditto, 2d and 3d issue, 461 Provincial Banking Corporation, lim., 5/ Provincial of Ireland, 84 1 Union of London, 531 3 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Royal Mail Steam, 10 Credit 1' oncier and nobilier of England, Credit Fonder of Mauritius, lim., 7 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., 3} if Pore-street Warehouse, lim., Imperial Land Company or Marseilles, lien., if London Financial Association, lim., 151 2 Lon on and Provincial Marine, 21 National Discount C.ompany, 13} owgong Tea, lien., Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., Viccroy of Egypt, Mortgage, Loan, 17 WILBERFORCE AND THE CARTERS !—ln one of his last visits to Bath, the little dwarfish figure, twisted now into a strange conformation, was wending its way up ono of the steep streets by which loaded carts bring coals to the inhabitants of Bath from the port on the Avon. Two rough carters were urging their feeble horses up one of the steepest of these streets, when one of the horses slipped and fell. The man to whom the cart belonged, a burly specimen of a savage race, infuriated by the stoppage, rained blows and kicks, mingled with hoarse curses, on the prostrate animal. Wilberforce, who was near, and who forgot everything in his sympathy, rushed forward, when the giant bad raised his hand for a further blow, and inter fered, pouring upon him at the same time a torrent of elo quent rebuke. The fellow, arrested in the very height of passion, and furious at the language used, stood with his face like a thunder-cloud, as if meditating to turn his stroke on the puny elf who appeared before him. At this moment his companion, who bad recognized Wilberforce, stepped up to him and whispered his name. The word acted like a charm. In an instant the lowering face cleared, and from rage and 'sullen hatred the look passed at once into wondering reverence ; as if, in the midst of his brutal passions and debasement, there was suddenly presented to him an object that awakened the better feelings of his na ture, and drew forth his slumbering sympathies. Celquhrun'o book about Win. Wilberforce and M: Friend:. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 1866. ELECTION COMMITTEES.—This Day. WAKEFIELD. The case for the petitioner against the return of Mr. W. 11. Leathern (Liberal) having closed yesterday, Mr. Gifford, Q.C., opened the case for the sitting mem ber. He said that after the statement made by the chair man, on the part of the committee, that bribery had been proved to their satisfaction, be would not attempt to dis prove that fact. Tho learned counsel directed his argu ments entirely to establish the fact that there was no complicity on the part of the sitting member with what had been done by persons acting on his behalf. Several witnesses were then called who, denied in the most emphatic manner the statements of some of the most material witnesses in support of the petition. _ Tho proceedings are not likely Co terminate until late to-morrow. HUDDERSFIELD. Tho members of the 'committee re-assembled this morning at 11 o'clock (Lord Naas in the chair.) Tho case for the petitioner was proceeded with, and several witnesses were examined, whose testimony tended to corroborate the evidence of preceding witnesses as to the corrupt practices alleged. One witness said that his prin cipal duty was similar to that of a witness examined yes terday, namely, to see that voters whom he had bribed voted for the right man, and is discharging this duty he had much difficulty. (Laughter.) The New Factory Act. The Factory Inspectors report most favourably of the first year's working of the Act of 1864, plac ing under the Factory Act regulations several manu factures which till then had been a law to themselves. Some master potters, indeed, are desirous that "full time" should begin at an earlier age than the Act will allow ; but, says Mr. Baker, " I have seen so many masters recant their objections to the Factory Act system. There are some few who even in this trade, in which art is everything, do not seem to appreciate thoroughly the value of an educated class of artisans." Young hands may be scarce at pot tery wages ; coal and iron works compete more and more for them every year ; but immigration is taking place to some extent, and machinery is likely to be adopted more rapidly than was an ticipated. The old system, with its reckless expenditure of life and disregard of morals, will give place to a more extended and less costly method of production. There is alreaCy a visible improve ment in workrooms. The Act has the effect of making more regularity necessary. Mr. Campbell, of the firm of Minto and Co., states that the qua lity of their ware has been improved ; they have less spoilt ware since the greater regularity of work has put a stop to hurried produCtion. Masters find that the men come earlier and lose less time, and as much work is produced as before. Mr. Baker hopes that we are on the eve of great sanitary improve ments in the Potteries. The workshops, in which 28,000 artisans are employed, have been white washed and cleansed, which in some instances have not been done for 20 years ; the means of ventila tion have been greatly multiplied, the hours of child labour have been diminished without diminishing production ; 1,600 children, most of them never at day school before, have been placed in good schools, where they sit side by side with children of the upper working classes and of tradesmen ; and the effect is seen in the altered tone of conversation in the workshop, in greater tractability, more cleanliness, less preco ciousness, streets quieter at unseasonable hours, and homes with more of domestic enjoyment. Masters are stirred up to make improvements as the workers become more respectable. Stoves are being ventilated, and the heated chamber cut off from the workshop, and this with a great economy of fuel. So in the manufacture of lucifer matches, of which such sad disclosures were made, we are told of a firm who have the dipping of the matches, the most unhealthy part of the employment, done by machinery. Here again some manufacturers complain of the limitation of the hours of work and the consequent hindrance ; but, as a sub-inspector says, " there's a certain amount of work in a person, and when that's out it's all he can do ;" and were it otherwise, children should not be subjected to an amount of labour which destroys their health and strength. Of the percussion-cap manufacturers, one of the largest manufacturers at Birmingham says that the cap fillers earn as good wages and do as much work as before, and all are away at 6 p.m., instead of being kept late at night from the desultory manner in which the work used to be done. He observes a great improvement. Paper-stainers also declare that they find no decrease of production, and this with out additional hands being employed ; the work is done with more energy than when the hours were irregular and unrestricted. " The young folks are not so wearied as with the former long hours, and more work is produced in the same time." The fustian cutters also with factory hours cut as much as they were ever required to do ; " the hands stick at work, knowing they will have to give over at a certain hour." " The character of the trade is raised." The prices of the work have been raised greatly ; the earnings of a fustian cutter used to be the earnings of a child, as child and man had the same amount of daily labour ; but, under the new Act, the child is forbidden to work until fully equal to it, and the man earns a fair day's wages. Un fortunately the Act applies only to work for hire, and parents may work their own children, therefore, as long as they please ; young workers go home from the factory when it closes, tobe compelled to work foe their parents. But the result of the act is nothing but a series of gains. It is true that children prohibited from working full time in these manufactures may be, and are, sent by their parents to other employments not less injurious, where they may work full time ; but Parliament will before long consider the condition of these trades also. Three or four firms in Bir mingham, engaged in manufactures, reported upon but not yet made the subject of legislation, have already in anticipation of it begun to work Factory Act hours. Mr. Baker gives the following as the result of his long knowledge of factory life:—" Com merce seems to be growing faster than the popula tion, and as the power of wages strengthens we may be certain of what the result will be without the controlling influence of education. My belief is that factory labour may be as pure, and as excel lent, and as obedient as domestic labour, and per haps more so, where the master wills a discipline and enforces it. I have known many such examples." lIORRIBLE TRAGEDY : SEVEN PERSONS MUR DERED.—A horrible butchery has been committed on a farm near Philadelphia—the victims being a man, named Christopher Dearing, his wife, his four children, and his neice, a young woman about 23 years old. The Philadelphia Ledger, of April 11, says:—" Yesterday a friend of Mr. Dearing went to the house and found it fas tened up. He raised one of the sashes and entered. No ono was within, and while the interior was not entirely in order it did not exhibit such unusual disorder as to create suspicion of foul play. The barn and stable were then visited, and in the former the foot of a man was seen protruding from under a pile of hay. The hay was re moved, and not only was the murdered body of Mr. Dear ing uncovered, but that of his niece also. Both wore in full dress, he having even his gloves on, and both had their heads nearly severed from their bodies. The pockets of his pantaloons had been turned inside out, and his body seemed to have been searched, as if for a money belt They had doubtless been carried there and the hay piled over them to prevent immediate discovery. The bodies of the mother and children were found in a corn crib attached to the barn, and all, as Mr. Dearing and niece were, with their throats cut and their bodies concealed under a pile of hay. The mother had, in addition, the top of her head crushed in. One of the children was a mere babe, less than two years old. The police found• an axe which was bloody, and which had evidently been used by the mur derer. The wounds upon some of the victims show that the throat& had been cut with an axe. A careful conside ration of all the facts and circumstances led to the conclu sion that the wife and children were murdered before the husband and niece got home. On what part of the pre mises the slaughter took place could not be determined. The supposition was that all the victims had been carried to the place whore they were discovered. The disappear ance of the hired man andof the boy Cornelius led to suspicion against them, and a reward has been offered for their apprehension." STEAM SHIPBUILDING IN FRANCE.—The largest of the Transatlantic packet-boats built in France was launched on Thursday last at the Chantier de Penhouet, St.; Nazaire. This vessel is named the St. Laurent, and having been originally intended for a paddle wheel steamer has been lengthened, to provide space in tho stern for a screw propeller. She is the largest craft of her class ever built in France, and will compare favourably with any of length ise d 3 w s i G t f h t. ; a four-bladed screw breadth, 43ft. Gin. ; the finest vessels of the Transatlantic o r an y o th er com pany's fl o ee. He , ft. t Bin. She liesisfitted propeller of 19ft. diameter and 23 ft pitch. Th e spar d ec k , which occupies her whole length, gives he r an a p pearance S of great height in the water, while it increases the internal accommodations. The latter aro calculated for a company of 300 passengers. Since the establishment of the Trans atlantic Company's agency at St. Nazaire, and of the ship building yard of 3,1 r. John Scott, nearly four years ago, the population of that town has in crease d from 8,000 to 20,000 inhabitants. __ HORRIBLE ACClDENT. — Yesterday, &[r. C. St. Clair Bedford, coroner for Westminster, held an inquest at St. George's Hospital, on the body of Charles Congdon, a painter, aged .33 years. James Collis, a painter, who had been working at Lady Truro's, E. 3, Eaton-square, stated that deceased, who had also been working there as a painter, ascended a ladder with a pot of colour in his band. He was in excellent health and perfectly sober at the time, he being generally a sober and steady man. He fell a depth of 14 feet and was caught on the sp,kes of the area railings. He stuck there firmly, and it required some force to lift him off. One spike was driven deeply in the fleshy part of the thigh. James Lintott, of Winchester -street, Pimlico, upon the pavement, he said he went up j a o n i d ne o r n , s a a s i k d in h g e h f i o m un h d ow de h ee e as c e ara d elytiorg fall, the ladder, and having got to the top of the cornice his foot slipped and he fell en a spike. Giffard Randsford, house surgeon at St. George's llosrital, said deceased was conscious when admitted. He had a large wound in his back and an incised wound in the thigh. He suffered great pain, sank gradually, and expired on Sunday, the 22d inst. A verdict of " Accidental death " 1146 returned. THE MURDER IN CANNON STREET. RE-EXAMINATION OF THE SUPPOSED MUR DERER AT THE MANSION -HOUSE THIS DAY. This afternoon the man named William Smith, appre hended at Eton on suspicion of being the murderer of the unfortunate woman Sarah Millson, the housekeeper to Messrs. Bevington, No. 2, Cannon-stroot, was placed be fore the Lord Mayor for re-examination. Colonel Fraser, Chief-superintendent Foster, Inspector Hamilton, chief of the detective department, and Sergeant Moss of the detective force, watched the case for the police authorities. Mr.Wontner appeared for the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Searth. The evidence was in fact a repetition of that given at the coroner's inquest yesterday, and which will be found iu another column. Mrs. Robins, iu her cross-examination, adhered to the evidence she had given with respect to the prisoner being the man she saw leave the door of Messrs. Bevington's ou the night of the mu: der. She did not know the prisoner was blind in his left eye, which must have boon towards her when the prisoner passed her in Cannon-street. The young woman Collins also repeated her evidence. George Terry was next examined, but nothing in addi tion to that which ho deposed yesterday was elicited. In cross-examination, he said the prisoner wrote a letter, which was found in Mrs. Millsoru's desk, for him in the George public house. He road a :portion of it over to her. He didn't go to her for the money himself from Mrs. Millsom because she had told him to send some one better dressed than himself. Ho had hoard that Messrs. Bevington had been robbed, but never proposed to the prisoner to mention the fact of the robbery in the letter. He had been in trouble for illegally pawning a carpet, but he had only been in prison 21 days. On the night of the 11th of April he was in bed in St. Olave's Union Workhouse from eight o'clock in the evening until eight in the morning. Sarah Webber said the deceased had borrowed £33 15s. from her. She had lent the money through Mrs. Terry. The deceased had paid her about .£8 of the amount, by instalments of 10s. a week. She never authorised Terry to send any person to Mrs. Millsom. About two months ago Mrs. Millsom called upon her and said that some one had called upon her for some money, but she (witness) told her she had done wrong in paying any to any person. Police-constable 34 M, said he knew deceased, and a short time ago she showed him a letter she had received (the one that has been so often referred to), and she ap peared to be in very great fear. And on the Wednesday following ho went with her to see if it was possible to find the writer. Deceased showed him two receipts for certain instalments, signed "W. Denton." In cross-examination witness said he first saw the letter on the 4th of February. Ho could not find out the writer or Terry. By the Lord Mayor—Mrs. Millsom said the person whom she was in fear of was Denton, who represented himself as a solicitor. Henry Child said he lived in Brocas-lane, Eton, and knew the prisoner, and saw him in the Jolly Miller beer shop one evening in the early part of the month, but he •ould not say whether it was the 11th or the 12th. He wa■ dressed in a black suit. He was asked if he would make one at dominoes. Prisoner replied that he couldn't, as he had got 40 miles to go. Witness said, " You can't go 40 miles to-night ;" to which he said, "Suppose I get to London to-night—that will be 40 miles ? He (witness) said, " Well, yes, but you are not going to London." Pri son•r said "Yes, he was," at which remark he called the prisoner a I—r, and left the house. (We shall continue the report in a later edition.) The following appeared in our late edition of last even. Ing:— The adjourned inquiry by the coroner for the City of London into the circumstances connected with the death of Mrs. Sarah Millson, who was found murdered in the premises occupied by Messrs. Bevington, wholesale leather dealers, No. 2, Cannon-street, was resumed this afternoon. The accused man William Smith was not present. Mr. Scarth asked whether he might interrogate the wit ness on the part of the accused man Smith ? Mr. Payne told him he had no right to do so, aid there fore he must refrain from doing so. Mr. Scaith considered the decision extremely unfair, especially as he should bo able to show that the accused man had no more to do with the murder than the man in the moon. The first witness examined was Mrs. Robins, of No. 1, Cannon-street, West, widow — She said she knew Messrs. Bevington's premises. Had seen a man in custody, and to the best of her recollection she first saw him come from the street door of Messrs. Bevington on the night of the murder. The violent slam ming of the door first attracted her attention. It was at 10 minutes past 10. The noise quite frightened her, and as she turned she saw the man leave the steps of the door. Mr. Scarth—There are two doors. The Coroner—There was only one at the time of the murder. I know about the additional door now in use. I must make you remain quiet, or I shall order you to quit the room. Witness continued—He got as far as the end of the pavement, and then turned in the direction of Budge-row. In doing this he had to pass by her. He averted his face a little as he passed, but she caught his eye. Coroner—You say his face? Mr. Scarth—She says she only caught his eye. Coroner—Will you be quiet, sir. Mr. Scarth—l only wish to have matters fairly-- Coroner—Bo quiet, sir, or I will have you put out of the room. Mr. Scarth still persisted in addressing the Coroner, when Mr. Payne called in the officer, and told him to re move Mr. Scarth, the Coroner threatening him with com mitment if he further interrupted the proceedings. Mr. Scarth—l will leave the room. There is no need of violence. Witness continued—She believed the man she had seen at the Mansion House to be the person she saw leave Mr. Bevington's door. She saw a number of men in a kind of dark passage in the Mansion House. About 14 other persons passed. Vv hen she first saw the man she felt it was the person she had seen in Cannon-street. She did not say so until they repassed before her. He was the third man in the 14. She did not feel any doubt in her own mind that he was the man she saw in Cannon-street. Sho thought she had seen the man about Cannon-street, but of that she would not be certain. By a Juror—She did not know of the inquest until after it was held last Friday week. Tho Coroner said with respect to the interruption which had taken place, the jury were simply sitting as grand jurors ; they were not trying any person, and his motive for preventing the gentleman from putting ques tions to the witnesses was that he felt it could be better done to-morrow at the Mansion-house, when the accused would be present. Inspector Shelford proved the finding in the writing desk of the deceased the letter of George Terry, which led to the apprehension of Smith. John Moss, a detective sergeant in the City police, re peated the evidence he gave at the Mansion -house relative to the arrest of Smith at his mother's house at Eton. The Coroner said the spots spoken to on the clothes of the prisoner found at Eton were not those of blood. They had been examined closely by one of the greatest scientific authorities of the day, and pronounced not blood. Moss said he was present when Mrs. Robins saw the prisoner Smith at the Mansion House on Wednesday, the 18th. She was placed in a room, and about 14 or 15 per sons were got together, some as near the height of Smith as could be procured, and then they all passed her. Smith was the third man. After they walked past they returned in the same order when Mrs. Roberts pointed out the pri soner Smith saying, " That's the man." Coroner—What was done then ? Moss—Nothing as far as Smith was concerned. The recognition took place after the examination at the Mansion-house. Coroner—Have you any witness who saw the accused in London on the night of the murder ? Moss—No, sir. We have witnesses who heard him say he was going to London on the night of the murder, and also some people who saw him near Slough on tho night in question. They are not in attendance to-day. The Coroner said Dr. Letheby was present, but all he wished to say was that the spots on the clothes found by the police were not blood. This fact had only been arrived at of for the most minute examination ; and Dr. Letheby wished it to be known that the spots so resembled blood in appearance that the most practised eye might have been deceived by their appearance. - - - Catherine Collins, servant to Mrs. Robins, said she saw the prisoner Smith at the Mansion-house. About two months ago she saw him come out of Bevington's. She had seen him again a short time after come out of the same house, but she could not say who let him out. The door was shut after him. On both occasions she had seen the man Smith it was after 9 o'clock. When Mrs. Robins came in she remarked she had just seen some one leave Bevington's, which called forth from her (wit ness) the remark, "How late." Wm. Bettinson, a warehouseman to Messrs. Bevington, said he had seen the prisoner Smith in Messrs. Bevington's house. He was on the second floor. It was not customary for strangers to be seen in that part of the house, and therefore he took particular notice of him. George Terry said he was now an inmate of St. °lave's Workhouse. About a year ago he lived in Fair-street, He knew the deceased Mrs. Millson when she lived next door to him in Neckinger. He know the man in custody. He was known as "Bill." He became acquainted with him nine months ago. He lived at 3, Dencey-street, Redcross street. He told Smith that he had some money owing to him, and Smith replied "I will get it for you." He told "Bill" the particulars of the affair, how the money had been had, and mentioned Mrs. Webber's and Mrs. Mill son's names. After that they both swat to a public-house, and "Bill" wrote two notes, but the one found in the de ceased's desk was not one of the two. He went with "Bill" on one occasion to Bevington's, and waited while he went in. It was too early to see her, and he was told to call at 3 in the afternoon. They then went to No. 10, 4.l4ermaatu - s, and_ Omith Trout in, and after he had seen two or three persons there they both returned to Bevington's, and Smith went iu. After waiting some time Smith came out, and said " What do you think I've got ? " Witness said "Two pounds," to which he replied " No ; this is all," pulling out about 12s. He thought he was deceiving him, and he told him ho should go back and see Mrs.Millson. Smith replied, "it's all right, leave it to me. I've got to go again on Wednesday. We then went to a public-house, and Smith got drunk. It afterwards came to his knowledge that Smith had had £2 when he told him he had only got 12s. ; and Mrs. Kelsey blamed him (Terry) for employing Smith in his affairs. He afterwards told Smith he was a - rogue. The Coroner said the jury would now say whether they were in a condition to return their verdict. They could postpone their decision in the hope of getting more evi dence, but he thought the evidence of Mrs. Robins was important, as she spoke very positively as to seeing the prisoner Smith leave the house of Mr. Bevington on the night of the murder ; and, taken with the other facts, he thought the jury quite in a position to return a verdict. However, he would adjourn the inquiry again if it was the wish of the jury he should do so. The inquiry was, however, adjourned until the 2d of May. Li werpod. Cotton Market. —Ttis Day. The Market opens quiet, and prices are in favour of buyers. Sales probably 6,000 or 7,000 bales. Foreign Mail Packet List M ll:SD s U ou E t . harap Australia and New Zealan d A via Ditto, via Mars e ill es ton 3fay 20 Brazil and Cape Vmds. by B r i ll May 14 Ditto, by French pack e t .. sh packet May 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension ....... s . Map 2 , . China, Penang, and Singapor e , vi a 8— Helena May 25. Ditto, via Marseilles ....... outhampton May 3. Falkland Islands ........................... April 27 Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Sontha April 23. Ditto, via Marseilles ........ India (Bombay), via Southampton. ............ . • ...April 27 Ditto, via Marseilles .. ..... May 8 Malta. Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton ..,,,,April 28. Ditto, via Marseilles April 27. Mauritius, via Southampton May 14 Ditto, via Marseil:e 3 May 8. Newfoundland .......................... ... , May g. Portugal • .................. • . • • • May t Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon United States and British North A merica, by Bri tish packet ...• • May 3 Ditto, by United States packet, via BOuthamp- ton Ditto, via Cork ... Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. April 27. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and Honduras) ...April 28. Cuba and Mexico Bahamas, via New York. May 3. Bermuda, via Halifax May 9. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife May 13 TAE PRINCESS ALICE'S BlRTHDAY.—Yesterday was the anniversary of the birthday of the Princess Alice. Her Royal Highness was born on the 25th of April, 1843, and was married on the Ist of July, 1862, to his Royal Highness Prince Louis of Hesse, K.G. At Windsor and London the usual loyal demonstrations were made. PIPER TO PRINCE ALFRED.—Mr. Colin Cameron, at present piper to Mr. Wm. Malcolm, of Glenmoraig, Ar gyllshire, has been appointed piper to Prince Alfred, and enters upon his duties next month at Windsor Castle, where he has already played before her Majesty. Mr. Cameron is a nephew of the champion piper of Scotland, Mr. Alexander Cameron. PUBLIC-HOUSE POLITICIANS.-Ist Costermonger: Vell, I calls this ere Reform Bill a half-and-half measure. —2d Costermonger: Sitch half-and-half as I never heer'd on.-Ist Costermonger : Didn't yer ?-2d Costermonger : No. All the half-and-half as ever I drinked was mixed together. I never know'd nobody drink his half-and-half swallerin' one half first and the tother arterwards. Punch. A NEW USE FOR RAILWAY ARCHES.--The Duke of Wellington, colonel of the Victoria Rifles, has approved the use of an arch at the Ludgate-hill Station, which has been lent by the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, and parades of the corps now take place there every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday night. WHEN THE WORLD WILL END.—M. Delaunay, at the last meeting of the Academy of Sciences, Paris, read a communication on the nocturnal growth of plants, in the course of which certain facts were advanced tending to prove that the earth's motion is gradually slackening. M. Delaunay's facts show this by proving that the days are insensibly lengthening to the extent of a second in 100,000 years, and that at this rate in eight thousand six hundred and forty millions of years it will stop altogether, sup posing its destruction not to have been brought about before that period has elapsed.—English Mechanic and Mirror of Science. PHYSICAL CONSTITUTION OF THE SUN.—Father Secchi of Rome halting offered some objections to the re sults at which M. Raye has arrived by calculation in the question of the physical constitution of the sun, M. Faye replied at last week's sitting of the Academy of Sciences. As the nature of the objections may be guessed from the answers,he will at once proceed toM.Faye's communication. He denies that the measures taken by M. Carrington (of whose long and patient observations of the sun our readers aro well aware) are in any way insufficient, M. Faye hav ing been quite surprised at their general precision. H e states that, far from believing them to be anything but mere approximations to truth, he had treated them as such, until he became convinced of their exactness by a more minute scrutiny ; and it was thus he was enabled to dis cover the existence of two periodical inequalities which, added to the diurnal variation of velocity from one parallel of the sun to another, complete the theory of the motion of the spots, from which alone the rotation of the photosphere can be determined. In speaking of the deformation of the image, Father Secchi must mean the Kew photographs and not Mr. Carrington's methods. When the sun is pro jected on a sensitive plate through an objective only, there is no deformation but an enormous focal length is necessary in order to get at once proofs of large dimensions At Key, on tha contrary, where a very short telescope is used, some additional enlargement must be obtained by means of the eye-piece, and then there may be some suspicion of a defect of proportionality between the en larged image and the focal one. But this cause of error cannot have influenced Mr. Carrington's results. Father Secchi thinks that M. Faye attributes to the photosphere a depth three times greater than it has. To this M. Faye replies that the learned Jesuit has measured the thickness of the penumbra of a spot when the latter had reached the margin of the solar disc ; but that in such an extreme position, in which the effect of perspective reduces one of the dimensions enormously, it is impossible to be quite cer tain that the bottom of the spot is-still visible, and conse quently the measure obtained is liable to the same uncer tainty. M. Faye's calculations, on the contrary, are based on the exclusion of those extreme positions, and therefore in his opinion more reliable. ETHER.—The dispute still going on between the Academies of Medicine of Paris and Lyons as to the relative advantages of choloroform and ether as anms thetic agents, and which our readers wore well acquainted with, gives peculiar interest to Dr. Richardson's new apparatus for producing local antesthasia by means of either. The apparatus is exceedingly simple. An India rubber ball attached to a tube of the same material communicating with the interior of a bottle con taining ether, will, by a squeeze of the hand, force air enough into the bottle to exercise a strong pressure on the ether, which is consequently ejected from a thin tube tapered off at the outer end. The jet of ether thus formed will, on being directed to the particular spot to be rendered insensible, produce that effect by means of the intense cold occasioned by the rapid evaporation of the ether. On this subject the Revue Medicate says : —"At a recent sitting of the Societe do Chirurgie a discussion arose touching the in convenience arising from the vaporisation of ,ether in the place whore the operation is conducted, it being urged that both the patient and physician were liable to be seized with a very inconvenient feeling of intoxi cation. Knowing that Mr. George, an English dentist long settled in Paris, and always well acquainted with all the improvements introduced into his art, was in the habit of using Dr. Richardson's apparatus, we con sulted him on the subject, and learnt from him that he had often extracted teeth without giving pain, by means of local anwsthesia induced by ether, and had never met with any case in which general ansesthesia was caused by that process. We question whether chloroform could be used with equal safety in such operations. Mr. George's experience on this subject is certainly of considerable weight, since, with laudable liberality, ho operates gra tuitously on the poor, and has therefore ample o pportunity of testing the advantages and disadvantages a the An important archacoloiCardisco v just s t a tion some e y been made in Egypt at Chalo uf, leagues north of Suez, prtmuc ss. n e ity o Persian origin has long been knownscriptions found there that gentleman xist. having been sent to copy of someld. Marietta, inwherea monumentA cuneiform l of nildriecinataioinnshetlhoawt thea portion e in hieroglyphics must inferred from certain de Lesseps, who ordered excavations of the soil. He accordingly communicated his con jecture to M. to be made, which brought to light a tr ans l at i on of the cuneiform writing in Egyptian hi eroglyphics. Th e stone bearing t hi s bilingual inscription, whi c h belongs to the reign of Darius, will shortly be con veyed to the museum of Boulac. The Algerian papers state that immense clouds of locusts have arrived from the South and com mitted great ravages. Every exertion is being made by the inhabit an t s to destroy them, and in order to stimulate those efforts the authorities have, 11104 4 offered rewards. • NORTHAMPTON. Th© Committee reassembled this mornfng at 11 o'clock, and additional evidence was adduced tending to prove the bribery and treating alleged, and to show that the sitting member was directly implicated in the same. WINDSOR. The committee decided that Sir H. Hoare and Mr. La bouchere were not duly elected in consequence of the bribery of their agents, of which, however, there was no proof that they authorised. BRIDGEWATER. The committee decided that Mr. Kinglake was duly elected, but that the election of Mr. Westropp was null and void. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.) IN RE SANDERS.-A LATE CONFEDERATE CONTRACTOR. This bankrupt was described as formerly of Kentucky, then of New York, then of Charing-cross, London, again of Richmond, America, then of Pimlico, then of Paris, then of Canada, and late of Fitzroy-square, contractor with the Confederate Government of America for the building and running of iron-plated postal vessels, and to-day he came up for his order of discharge. The accounts show debts £10,955, of which £6,100 due to creditors secured. The deficiency is set down at only £490. The bankrupt has a ninth share in a patent for projectiles, taken out by Captain Blakeley, of Pall-mall, agreeably to an oral agreement in 1860, value doubtful and ho had a contract with the Hudson's Bay Company in 1848 which expired in 1849, by which he was to have a commission upon the sale of their possessing rights in the United States, but it was not effected. It was understood that an arrangement would be made in the case. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Lefroy.) A MODEL INFA:s.iT AND HIS TAILOR.—MEIN V. DOUCE. This was an action to receive the balance of a tailor's bill, the amount being £3 15s. Defendant pleaded infancy, and that he only owed £3 7s. His Honour—Then you admit, defendant, that you have had the plaintiff's clothes ? Defendant—Oh, yes. Ido not deny it. His Honour—l do not think it is a very creditable plea, and I shall insist upon its being proved. Defendant—My mother can prove it. Defendant's mother said she was a widow, and the de fendant, her son, was born on the 3d January, 1817. Plaintiff—Would not your honour hold that clothes are necessaries for an infant? His Honour—Yes, I certainly shall do so. Defendant—Some of the clothes were for my brother who paid me for them, and I handed the money to the plaintiff. Tho clothes were charged at a long price. The coat I am now wearing was ono of the articles supplied by the plaintiff. His Honour was clearly of opinion that the plaintiff was entitled to recover, and thought that defendant's mother. was not setting a very good example to her children, by coming forward in support of such a plea as had been set up in this case. Verdict for the plaintiff. TRUSTING TO PROVIDENCE. In a case which came before the Court, the plaintiff said the defendant was a clergyman who had admitted owing the money. His Honour—What did the defendant say when you asked him for the money ? Plaintiff—Ho said that " God must pay for it, for he could not." His Honour—Well, he must try to pay you. Rule accordingly. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SENDING A CHILD OUT TO BEG.—Ellen Carroll, a little girl about eight years old, not wearing any shoes, was charged before Mr. Knox by the Marquis Townshend with begging. The Marquis said that on the previous afternoon, about half-past 5 o'clock, he saw the poor little girl begging of persons in Pall-Mall. He spoke to a constable and she then ran away. The child had evidently been disgracefully neglected. She said she lived with her aunt, who did no work, but sent her out begging. The child, whose appearance was much improved by her having passed the night in the workhouse, said she was sent out begging, and her father knew it. Lloyd, 320 A, said the child told him that her aunt sent her out to get a few pence. • Mr. Knox ordered the constable to take the child to the workhouse for a week, and to look up the parents, and then report on the matter. THAMES. JACK AGROUND.—John Sullivan, a rough-looking fellow ag. 26 years, was charged with stealing a coat, value 205.,' from a sailor named Roderick Gilles. The prosecutor said that ho belonged to the ship Sea Belle. Last night he was out on a cruise and got taut. He was asked for au explanation, which he gave by saying "he was three sheets in the wind." Ho did not know anything more, but when he came to himself he found that he was in the care of the police. Mr. Inspector Major, of the Thames police, said that he saw the sailor last night all aground in Cable-street, Whitechapel, and the prisoner standing over him and taking his coat off. He asked the prisoner what he meant to which ho replied " I am taking care of him," and then ran away with the coat. He pursued the prisoner, and took him into custody with the coat on him. The prisoner said that he had been drinking with the sailor, and got drunk with him. The prosecutor disclaimed all knowledge of the prisoner. lie never saw him beforo with his " oyo-sight." The prisoner was sentenced to four months' imprison ment with hard labour. The prosecutor, who was badly beaten about the face, had his coat restored to him. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. LONDON, April 2G.—Wind this day at noon—South- Easterly; moderato breeze, and fine weather. LivEnrooL, April 24.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Jason, from New York ; Sefia, screw steamer, from Barcelona ; Golden Age, from Moulmein. Sailed—Queen of England for Shanghai; M‘Gregor, for Africa. April 25 . —Arrived —City of Paris, steamer, frOrn New York; Hugh Black, from Monte Video. DARTMOUTH, April 25.—Wind W.—Sailed —Mystery, :or Bermuda. FALMOUTH, April 25.—Sailed—Wind for Singapore. SOUTHAMPTON, April 25.—Wind S.7.—Arrivod.—Syria, steamer, from Alexandria. CARDIFF, April 25.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived—Besse Indre, from Carthagena ; Mary and Ann, from Montreal and Quebec. BRISTOL, April 24.—Wind S.V.—Sailed—Demerara, OFF KINSALE, April 25. Arrived—Erromanga, from the West Coast of Africa. Sailed—Alice, for Valparaiso Homo, for Barcelona. QUEENSTOWN, April 25.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Specu lator, from Callao ; Conjuror, from Barbadoes. Sailed— Arbitrator, for Miramichi. YARMOUTH, April 25.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Th e Gloriana, from Trinidad. LBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, April 26—Neptune, from Rostock ; Christiana, from Christiana ; Lizzie, from Trinidad ; Mystery and Reindeer, from Dunkirk ; Familiar, from Prasteo ; Ceres, from Sonncsund ; Maria Wehelmina, from Wismar. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed, April 25—Martha and Jane, from London for the west. Passed, April 26—Bedewell, from New York for Lon don; Fides, for Athens; Point, for Jamaica; Oleander, for the Cape of Good Hope Bajalava, for Cardiff—all from London. DESIDERATUM IN A HEATED REFORM MEETING. —The cold shade of the aristocracy. THE FLOWER OF MR. BRIGHT'S ELOQUENCE.—I Bright (Eye-bright). Question : " I say, Brand, do you know your Numbers ?" Answer: " Not yot. I am studying the Book of Exodus." —Th e Owl. 121 1 622 2 62 1331 gi i 103 a f SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] CHESTER RACES.—THIS DAY. lIANDICAP PLATE of 50 sovs for three-year-olds and up, wards ; winners 101 b extra. Five furlongs. Professor Anderson 1 Grapeshot .. 2 Pantaloon .... 3 Five ran. All Lord Dateman'v horses and Mr. Wadlow's Were struck out of Chester engagements at 1.45 this day. Per suasioa out of Cestrian Handicap at 11 20 this day. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. MAY. Ascot Spring ...... 1 Salisbury .. 3 Uatb S Harpenden lO York Spring Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge ................... 21 Manchester Ascot 5ummer........ .... ...... 2223 Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton 7 Odiham l3ibury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 Liverpool l9 Beverley 2O Ipswich Hungerford '.d Newcastle on-Tyne 26 Curragh .. 28 Worcester ,... 29 'L Y. Carlisla - 3 Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Reading Nottingham Down Royal Corp lB Stamford . l9 Radcliffe Winchester . 24 Southampton, 25 Huntingdon Goodwood 3l Brighton 7 Brighton Club Lewes lO Eghain l4 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings 2l SEPTI Warwick September 4 Curragh Leicester 6 Doncaster Brecon l7 Canterbury lB York August 2l Plymouth Lichfield Devon and Ex e t er ...... Tunbridge , 28 Derby Summer .......,.M. 29 Weymouth ..... 30 dBER. Richmond Hendon Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2l Newmarket lst October 25 Walsall . *2B OCTOBER. Northampton 2 Newmarket Houghton. 22 I Newmarket 2d O c t o b er 8 'Worcester Lincoln 6 Curr agi 1 . .................... ? VIE. 1 30 Liverpool .................. 5 BER. Shrewsbury Leamington Hunt l9 , Il RACING FIXTURES. APRIL. Cork ........................ 25 MAY. 1, 2, 3 Athlone 15 Curragh • 8 9 Bahloyle spr i ng JUNE. Curragh ....................... JULY. ............... 26, 27, 28, 29 Carlow ..................... 4, 5 I Downßoy a l C orporation 18 SETEMBER. Curragh ....................00T08ER...................................... 4,5, 6 Curragh l6, 17 18 FRENCH RACING FIXTURES. MAY. Bruxelles 3, 6 Vissembourg 2l Chantilly (Derby) 6, 10, 13 Paris (Summer) 2 6, 27 La Marche 2l JUNE. Vincennes 3 I T ou l ou se 24, 28 Montaüban JULY. Toulouse St. Omer Rouen Metz B, 9 Salutes 2B, 29 Amiens AUGUST. Deauville.... 4, 5, 6 Le Mans Rochefort 5 Laon l9, 20 Bourges... Valenciennes Moulins Cherbourg l9 Baden-Baden 3l SEPT. Baden-Baden 3, 5, 7 Chantilly OCT, MBER. Paris (Autumn) 23, 30 IBER. Vincennes Paris Chantilly l4, 1 . 8 1 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAsT EVENING. The Deputy Speaker (Mr. DoDsos) took the chair at 12 o'clock. HANAULT FOREST. Mr. MILL asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Inclosure Commissioners had finally signed and sealed their award for the inclosure of the newly created common set out for the ratepayers of the parish of Chigwell ? If he was aware that the timber on the fifty acres of recreation ground, granted by Parlia ment in 1862 for the use of the Metropolitan public, was being cut down, thereby destroying the forestal appear ance of the spot, which the intention of the Legislature was to keep unenclosed and preserved in its natural wild ness. And, if the destruction of the timber had been sanctioned by the Inclosure Commissioners ? Sir G. GREY said the award had not been yet finally sealed Ind settled, and that if the timber (other than that which belonged to the manor) was being cut down, it was without their knowledge and sanction. FELLOWS OF COLLEGES DECLARATION BILL. On the motion for the house going into committee an this bill, Mr. BOUVERIE, said, in proceedini• with this bill, it was not his intention to occupy the house for any length of time, as he had fully declared the object of the bill, which was to allow those who were not mem bers of the Church of England to become fellows of Cambridge and Oxford. He plainly said his object was to allow Nonconformists to become fellows of colleges ; and the great difficulty that he had to contend with was the position of matters at Cambridge, because there were some colleges there which, by their statute; required that all candidates should be called upon to de clare they were members of the Church of England. There were, however, six colleges in Cambridge which did not demand such a rigid declaration, and in that position of matters he had determined to ask Parliament whether they wore willing to repeal the prohibitory statutes, and to declare that conformity to the Liturgy of the Church of England was no longer necessary. He had groat hope that, in the event of the house agreeing to his bill, the measure would receive tho sanction of the other branch of the Legislature. Mr. WALPOLE moved as an amendment that the house go into committee that day six months. He objected to this bill, in the first place, because it disturbed a just and reasonable arrangement made by the University Act a few years ago. That act gave to Dissenters a university edu cation, but secured to the Church of England the govern ment of these colleges. He objected to the bill, secondly, because it was a permissive measure ; thirdly, because it introduced a novel principle into what he admitted, in ono sense, to be national institutions, by giving a voice in their government to those who wou ld not b e bound by th© principles on which they had been founded. Mr. FAWCETT maintained that a large number of the heads and governing bodies of the Universities were in favour of the bill. Mr. B. HOPE opposed the bill, and Mr. J. GOLDSMID sup ported it. Mr. SCHREIBER adverted to the non-existence of any passing one grievance on the part of the Universities, and objected to the proposed change, as it would inspire a want of confi dence in the heads of families, who would be deterred from sending their sons to the colleges. Mr. NEATE supported the bill, on the ground that tho changes which had taken place since th e the law, in the time of Charles IL, made it imperatively e sary that some modification sho uld be nut d The house then divided — For the motion ... 208 For the amendment ". ••• 186 Majority .** '• • --- --22 This announcement was received With o w _ , Ministerial side of the house. " 3 Dy the The other orders of the day having b een h ou se adjourne d. uisposed of, the AUSTRIA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) VIENNA, April 25. An Imperial rescript has been issued to-day pro. roguing the sittings of the Croatian Diet sine the. The Minister of Police has notified that tho Austrian visa will again be necessary for the passports of persons crossing the Austro-Italian frontiers. The official Wiener Zeitung of to-day confirms tho denial already given to the alleged violation of Austrian territory by Italian volunteers. The Vienna Cabinet has, it is said, addr essed a circular despatch to Prussia and the oth er Euro p ean Powers, are rendered necessary rs,informing n t e h c e e mt ry hat the Austrian arma ments by the proceedings o f the Italian Government. The despatch at the same time declares that Austria, relying upon the word of the Prussian King, considers any measures of defence against Prussia to be unnecessary. The Morgenpst publishes a telegram, according to which the Emperor Napoleon has declared to the Italian Cabinet that he will in no way assist Italy n case she should attack Austria. The Morgenpst adds that the news cometi iron au authentic wuree. US T. 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