The Sun. — London, England, 1867-05-24 00:00:00

NONEY MARKET AND aMIIERCIAL INTALLIGNNOR, TWELVE O'CLOCK. With steady arrivals of bullion from Australia and America, and silver from the East, the money market is made easier, although there is now more employment for the balances at command of the bill-broking community. The rates for first-cla , s bills ascend from the point of 2 per cent., and in the Stock Exchange the terms for loans are about 2 per cent. At the Bank of England there was a further influx of £3*),000 in gold. The return of the Bank of France for the past week shows the following changes in comparison with the former return. The cash in h incl. has increased £76,800 ; the notes have decreased £300,00p; the Treasury balance £260,000 ; the bills discounted £410,000 ; the advances £333,320; and the private account £160,000. It is understood that the forthcoming half-yearly report of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Corn deoY will not recommend th e usua l a d i n terim divi dend, the revenue of the company having been very considerably affected by the almost total cessation f °f specie shipments to the East, as well as by the ng off in the general commercial traffic conse quent on the crisis of last year. While the receipts h as experienced a diminution, the cost of working "as been increased by the high rates of coal and other necessaries. It The statement of Senor Barzanallana, the Spanish ~,, mis ter) with r egar d to h i s v i ews for the settle eat of the various classes of the Passive Debt 4 _ ll .at d the Certificate quest i on i s expec t e d imme :ely to b e made to the Cortes, and a telegram n the subject may now be received at any Itotnent. D The liq u id ators of the Scinde, Punjaub, and elhi 13311 k Corporation have notified a second re -11 of capital to the shareholders of 10E. per share, en which the sum of £5 or £lO has been paid. 111 ; , the Foreign an d C olon i al P ro d uce m arkets b n i t n g the last few days there has been very little news entered i nto, owing to the a b sence o f man y sugar the principal brokers, &c., at Epsom Races. ' r. , ll ,garl how ever, has generally maintained stea d y ve h es) while superior qualities of colonial co ff ee T he fo und ready b uyers at sl i ghtly en h ance d ra tes. ",e Public sales of tea have proceeded at steady 13 !" . ceii, but t a ll ow remained inactive, and prices show a acwnward tendency. rho return from the Bank of England for the r e Z a k en ding the 22d o f M ay g i ves th e following 1 34 te When compared with the previous week : Publ. * a ... £3,148,367 I ncre ase... £2,412 el -7r deposits deposit s 8 584 864 ... Increase 1,0.5_0,652 17'185'452 D e crease... 327 ,871 On the other s id e o f the account : a_ rlut ent securiti es £12,886,314 14 untie s . 19,122,322 ... Decrease change. ei en smployad 10,761,515 ... Increase... 8 P 8 l 3 " the a mount of notes i n c i rcu l a tion is £22,771,450, b ueinr, a d ecrease of Z 413,055 ; and the stock of aullion b oth departments is £19,664,068, showing 11 increase of £418,791 when compared with the Preceding return. of Subjoined is a comparison of the present position vithe Bank o f England and the price of Consols ti th e corresp on di ng wee k o f l ast year , w hen the Panic was still raging Same week At present. last year. Bank bull' £11,857,786 N otes . ion ▪ £19,664,068 830,865 No !ti reserve... ▪ 10,761,515 25,469,570 /448111 circulation 22,771,450 ... p ri of discount 10 per oent. ce 3 per oent. uf Consols •••—• 93i ••• 86i Two O'CLOCK. N .O increase of business can be reported in the market for the English Funds, but there are steady tran sactions, and the tendency of speculative deal ing is for a further improvement. The improve inent that has already taken place has been consi derable, the public at large again perceiving t he merits of State securities rather than those of companies, one year paying extraordinary dividends, and the next nil. Such result is shown in the last report and balance-sheets of many of the 4nancial companies and miscellaneous undertak ings of various kinds. Governmental Securities are therefore sought for, and, notwithstanding the 444 fluctuations, favourable or unfavourable, the general tendency of values is good ; whatever move nieut occurs in other departments of the house may be, it is satisfactory to notice that our home secu rities are at higher prices than for a considerable i . : 11°1 . But it mus t a l so b e not i ced that in the r elga railway and miscellaneus department the i nclin ation is to advance rather o c than recede at the l atest 91se Moment. Consols are 93* for money, and yefor the ac count, b e i ng the same as they were ,Rzterday afternoon. New Threes and Reduced Annuities are Cen Newq 2} pe r C en t s ., 74 75 ; I n di a 5 per ,e nt aed 1 11 i. 112 4 .1 ; E ditto Bonds, 555. 58s. prem., INT Ex chequer Bill s, 22 5. prem. ot Much business is officially recorded in the f t 7 - 10 'et for Foreign Bonds. With the exception of there tan, however, which have declined per cent., T ili( .llas been an improvement ; Greek, Spanish, Ci a li v il l. l , 5 per Cents, and Russian Scrip being spe "ncYalit. The following were some of the Ale'? quotations :—ltaliau 5 per Cents., 5 1 8 ; ,f; 2 Ile a; 17 ; Greek Bonds, 14* ; Spanish Passive, •d• c at° Certificates, 1311 ; and Turkish 5 per ents, 3 21 Americ an be e 4 - lerlcan Securities very little business has St atue tran sacted. Th e l a t est pr i ces are , Uuited sh 6-20 Bonds 72*; Illinois 75 761 ; and Erie tn t 4 e res ' 39 i ; Atlantic and Great Western Deben to:, ar e 28 30 ; and the Consolidated Mortgage ` ui l 2 1 22. little the Railway Share Market there has been very aeinaation, and prices generally show less ea c h eaL North W estern and M etropo li tan h ave aed T re _ ce ded I, Midl an d an d S out h-E astern eac h 11eashire and Yorkshire 1. of i e Foreign and Colonial lines show little change vurta nce S instances . I t k are dull, but in a few instances 16 greater firmness. Alliance are marked 151 Wes', 1 : - ' o nden. Joint Stock, 42i ; London and } Vest on 95 ; Ali. Union and of London, 41. d 'cellaneous and Finance Shares are very quiet, 4 4 11 1 3 , th e few dealings entered into have been at p er T . ,' Previous quotations. Atlantic Telegraph 8 93 1 , : - ' en tla• are at 85 87* ; Royal Mail Steam, at 74 1 72 4 . 411 Viceroy of Egypt's Mortgage Loan, at MINING MARKET. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. Th The %: I 'a to-da has been moderately active. Vales ar e - t ell ,, i , ef lY in y demand have been Prince of "verb Iti"tek, Chiverton Moor, and West Chi- Anchivert• nexed are the latest prices:— 41 4i ehntal" kro or .... 4. si' Marke Valley Clifford 41 41 East 131 ' 5 s Gold ...... 21 31 North Crofty r. y 11 1 Mate 4 41 North Tres . k b bro.!,'set. .......... 15 17 Prince o f Wa . L e es i tts 0 .. d s_6s o___d East '6'..v_t•eConsols... Providence Caradon 3401 Ea l t L401..,1an ........ 51 51. South 340 14 35 1 0 5 El 3 t l , Yell ............ 8i 9 Tincroft lits, .I.7.Aussell ......... 21 21 West Caradon G,;,0 b healGretkvill West Seton 65 70 4t t L'axoY. ......... 01 71 7 1 - 8 - 1 West Chiverton Ur-. '‘etAlltek .... 3!- 41 Wheapasset 661 e4t Wheal Vor. . 174 2 181 Wheal Seton ll7} 1221 13RITiSTI FUNDS—T.WO O'CLOCK. 1 3 3 r • . °CVARNMENT FUNDS. 93i 3 k,ent. Consols uo• Account, June 6 914 - a• 91} # iloec:er Cent. Reduced 91i i it N a y ' 3 her Cent 74 5 . 'c' 2 1 per Cent. Jan. 1891 ...... A % . 4 Per C ent. Jan. 1873 htnuities,, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880_, _l— for 30 yrs, expire sth April 188 a ,„ (hod Sea Teleivaph An ~ ,4cliecitter Bills, £l,OOO, ) g aud'4 per Ct. - pm 22 pM D o .£5OO 22 pm att 1)% £lOO & £2OO hk of England Stock. oi per Cent "I:)(tioatt Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — • Account 1.1.1 t 12-1, D °. per Cent. July, 1880 D o h • 4 per Cent Oct. 1888 ',"°. Certificates.' "0. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent 1) 0. 5 per Cont., Jan. 1872 - _ b° . 0 i per Cent., May 1879 _ 0 . I) eb 5 per ' Aug.B73 Cent ug. ,-, ~ ~ 55 8 pm O. Bonds, per Cent., £l,OOO 55 pm Po. tinder 41,000 ................ FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent — Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 3razilian 5 per Cent — Do. 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 _ Do Account . 741 I i 5 Do. £lOO Bonds 7s} Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Da 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) °Allan 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent — tfo. 6 per Cent A . Do. 71 B Do. 77 1867 Do. „ Scrip, .£4O p a id 1 i dis OJI inbian, 6 per Cent. 'nba, 6 per Cent. D , nisli 3 per Cent., 1825 ... — D:). 5 pir Cent., 1864 .. D nnbian Prinfopaliti ,F, 7 per Cent ... . Do. Do. 8 o 1807 Do. Po. Scrip, £35 paid dis E luador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent... gyptiau 7 per Cent Bl tle. Second Issue Do. £lOO Bonds 00. 1)o. Do. .£loo Bottle B2} Do Government Railway Debenture- B3k 3reek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupon, -- _ 1861 _ Do. icjouut D.,. Coupons Do. Account G Intern:an 5 per Cent .. — 1 alian 5 per ('ea t 1865 Do, Account .. 721 Do. Marenunana Railway — Ai +xicar. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account n o , 1861 . • .... .. . Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — dontovideau C por Cent. ••••. Vtoorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Do Land viarrants (Hectares) Pomvian 5 per Cent 1865 Do Account __ 7O Do 41 per Cont., 1865 Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarron) Do 4 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pm Cent., 1859 — Do 5 per Cont., 1862 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 Dr. Anglo-Dutch, 1866 B6l i Do. do. £6O paid — pin Sardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cent ... — Do Account Do New Dotetied 34} Do. Account Do Passive — Do Acc.ant 221 i Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account Swedish 4 per Cont. — Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 Divideucts on the above payable in London. Austrian, o par Cent. Ex, 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2; per Cent. Ex. 12 Gui!.. — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italian 3 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 25f. — Do. Account 5l, t TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 93 f i Du. Account X ARKE TS.--This day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up, to-day, coastwise, and by land carriage, the arrivals of English wheat were very limited, and in but middling condition. Very few buyers were in attendance yet the demand for both red and white qualities ruled heavy, at quite Monday's decline in the quotations. There was a full average quantity of foreign wheat on the stands. Even the finest parcels were a dull inquiry at late rates. Floating cargoes changed hands slowly at about station ary prices. Scarcely any barley was brought forward. The trade therefore, was firm, at full quotations. Malt was in moderate supply and sluggish request, on rormer terms. Oats supported Monday's quotatio:s, with a moderate ,nqniry. Beans and peas were quite as dear as on Monday. Flour and seeds were very inactive. AREITALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 170 70 300 960 Irish Foreign 15,460 300 15,380 1,520 sacks Maize, 2100 qr, 100 brla NEWGATE AND LEADENBALL. Although the supplies of meat are moderately good, the :rade generally is steady at our quotations. _ . sdada d e (I Infer or beet 3 4 3 8 luterior mutton.... 3 d 4 2 5141,11ing do. 3 10 4 0 iliddlin4 muttoti..4 4 4 6 Prime large do I 4 4 6; ['rime do 4 8 4 10 ['rinse small d...... 4 6 4 8 Large pork 3 0 3 6 Veal 4 0 5 2 1 ornal I pork 3 8 4 4 Lamb. 68 Od to 7s"01 BOROUGH HOP. We have no change to notice in the value of nny kind of hops. The demand for all kinds, however, is heavy, as follows : Mid and East Kents Farnham and country Weald of Kent Sussex Yearlings loos to 130 s „ Olds 505 to 803 „ COLONIAL. TEA.—The public sales of China produce continuo to proceed with a fair amount of animation, and prices gene rally are well supported. SUGAR.— Only a moderate business has been done for home consumption, but there has been a fair inquiry for floating cat goes, and prices generally are well maintained, particularly for superior qualities of West India. COEFEE. — There has been a good demand for Plantation Ceylon, and saperior qualities have s o ld rea dil y at f u ll rates. Native descriptions were also in fair request at full values. Rica.—A very moderate amount of business has been entered into, and quotations remain unaltered. TALLOW.— The dealings have been ou a very limited scale, and quotations for both present and forward delivery remain inactive, P.Y.C. on the spot being 433. 3d., and last three month 453., 445. 3d. per cwt. GREEN FRUlT.—Market for oranges not so well sup ported, owing to the unfavourable change of weather. Some parcels Valencia and Sicily, sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, went at easier rates. Cold weather has checked the consumption of lemons. Nuts of all kinds in fair demand ; some parcels of Para are to hand, and likely to be offered at a figure to effect sales. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET—This Day. Market opens with a fair demand. Sales pro bably 10,000 bales. CONFLAGRATION IN CLERKENWELL. A very serious conflagration, attended with a great destruction of property, took place at a late hour last night in the extensive cabinet factory be longing to Mr. Harrision, and a cooperage belong ing to Mr. Hunt, and Mr. Cattle, an undertaker, situate in Brunswick-street, Northampton-square, Clerkenwell. The building was over 70 feet in length, and two floors high, and contained a vast amount of property. The discovery was made by Police-constable, 244 of the G division, who at once went off for proper assistance. In the course of a few minutes, Conductors Shaw and Greathead attended with the Royal Society's escapes. Aldersgate and St. John's-street stations followed by numerous land steamers, by Shand, Mason and Co. By the time this powerful force arrived the whole of the spacious manufacturing premises were encircled with flame, and the fire rose so high into the air as to illumi nate the whole district. Plenty of water having been procured from the mains of the New River Company, the steam engines were set to work, but the flames lapping round seven or eight houses let out in tenements to poor people, the inmates commenced removing their fur niture and children to a distant place for pro tection. The firemen eventually succeeded in extinguishing the flames, but not until the factory was entirely consumed, together with the val uable contents, and the seven or eight houses before alluded to considerably damaged by water and re moval. The origin of the fire is unknown. We learn from .Glasgow that Sir Archibald Alison, the historian, died last night at half-past eleven o'clock of bronchitis. " RODERICK RANDOM" COMPLETE FOR 6D.— The new volumes of Mr. Rotten's cheap "library of world-wide authors" are "Roderick Random," complete and unabridged; and Charles Lamb's " Essays of Elia," from the author's own edition of 1823, both at sixpence each. To the "Essays of Elia," Mr. Edmumd Oilier, the son of Lamb's first publisher, will oontribute some " Reminis eenoes of the Author and his Friends," now for the first time printed. It is a curious fact in the history of cheap popular literature that this last sixpenny volume was originally published at nine shillings—or just eighteen times the price at which it may now be obtained elegantly priuted. rILEFNILEN(II4 North Eastern, York. H. and Selby pucha fi e. Stockton and Darlington B, 5 per cent., 811 South Eastern ( [tending Auto., .£1.0,6), Ditto, 44 p.r cent., b 4 YREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, .Vc., 6 per cent. 2d pl., 28 London and S.- Western 43 per cent., kw LINES LEASED ItT _rum) 111CDITAL5. London and Blackwall, 81 ruttNIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9 FOREIGN MINKS. Anglo •Brazilian Gold, limited, 1 Ctiontalea (Jold and Silver Mining, a 2i Don Pedro, Nor h Del Rey, 2/ g pm Peatarenna Gold, 3 St. John del Rey, lim., 61 BANISB. Alliance, lim., 151 164 chartered 4cr. of India, London, and China, 31 ConsolidatQd, lim., Ditto, new, 4)1 English and Swedish, lira., 15 Imperial Bank, lim., :2i Imperial Ottoman, lim., 9 Lamol Mortgage [lank oh Inaba, him., 11 London Chartered uank of Australia, Loadon and Couuty, 56 London Joint Stook, 421 London and South African, 11* London and 11 estininster, 95 Oriental Bank Corporation, 431 Union of Loudon, 41 MISCELLAN NM b. Anglo-American Telegraph, 171 At antio Telegraph, Dit• o, 8 per cent., 831 61 City of 11loscow Gas, lira., lea Calla Vomiter of . 31 7-10 Crystal Palace. 21 3 Ebbw Vale, LI 3 le, •lectric and international Telegraph, 135 Fore-street IVaretioubc, lim., 123 Hudson's Bay, 153 International,Finaneial Society, lim.. 23 London General Omnibus company, tills , 3 4 Lon o.L ai.d I'rovincial Marine, 13 3 sI dras Irr gatlon and Canal (guaranteed.s per cent. by In. than Government). 191 THE ALTERATION OF THE EARTH'S AXIS OF ROTATION by tidal friction has by some physicists been assumed as a sufficient explanation of changes in the earth's climate. Mr. Stone, of the Greenwich Observatory, has investigated the question, and, in the "Monthly Notices" of the Royal Astronomical Society, has demon strated the failure of that theory to account for the phenomena. Geologists who have built up elaborate arguments on that asssumption will have to reconsider their conclusions. —AthenNunt. It is reported that an expedition is being orga nised at Peshawur for the purpose of chastising the lioo3sein Dail tribe, who have been for months plundering our mails and carrying off our police guard& THE SUN, LON VON, FRIDAY E V ENING, MAY 24, 1867. SHARE MARKETS.---This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. Paid* Closing I Business Prise. done. Xnatol andl xeter ;Caledonian 76 SO 10$ 110 40 46 :ambrlan Cork and 8and0n...... :Cornwall Dublin ez Belfast June., Dun„ Perth, AL nb.Junc. 4. London, zerip Certi. 4 45 05 83 70 72 (Hasp:Ow & S. Western' Great Eastern, Urd. stl.i Do. E. Augl. st. No. 2i Great N or t h ot Scot laud, G rim t Northern Ih. A stock ...... 103 05 31 3U 6 110 112 13 114 Do. B ntock Un. :New, is. at 25 pin , and W. of lrelandl 'lt, Wesderu -Original; I,u. s. Val. hail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxtortil Do. Newport s 1 P 1 43 43; 24 27 27 30 Lancashire ‘'‘L I orksh and Blackwaft Lou., Brigh.,&S Lou., Chat., and Dovet Do. Metrop. r;:t. A i Lull. at ,North I'Vestert 'Lou. & South Westeru, Shel., di, Lincoln I Metropolitan..... 12C IYi S 7 (0 17 18 IGO IVO 100 luv all 8 12 1 7 1 7 121 1111 7e 4n 4 20 121 --P I 103 ICS Do. New Do. Extension 31.etropolttan District Do. do. do. Do. and fit. John's W'o Nll,l;and Do. L 9 Sll:tre 100 7 100 all 100 100 100 ►613.4 lt9 110 Do, Biriniu...t Derby ‘iitt li ent . . North British 7d 81 Do. Ed., Pth., .11 Dun. N th. Eastern— Berwies Do. (i.N•141 purchas, Do. Leeds ...... Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... 34i 351 14 16 102 11:3 60 61 v 4 931 Do. Stook,& Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London .. Do. do. 188 t 5 . Do. do. 1866 `North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central 'scot. N. E , Abcr. stockl 1)0. Scot, Mid. atJoit Shropshire Union South Devon -iouth ELoatern . Staines, Wok., ,Sz Wok I'alt Vale Do. Vale of Neath Waterford ,c Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall 33 4 73 / 4 8 11) 112 115 ' lip 68 7u 112 115 63 57 46 48 66 67 8 91 160 .54 21 33 112 112 i 102 127 61 544 8 lo iii 131 47k 12Z 1 107} 7 1041 10 9110 9A 681 } LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) JONES V. SHARP. This was an action to recover wages actually earned, plaintiff being a domestic servant. It appeared from her evidence that one evening she went to fetch some beer, and upon her return her mistress said she should leave the house that nigh c. Plaintiff went up stairs for her clothes, and when she camed.iwn she found the door locked so that she could net g e t ou t, and was compelled to remain until the next morn i n g, when she left. In cross-examination by Mr. Buchanan, plaintiff said that she was quite sure her mistress desired her to quit the house. Plaintiff (lid not say she would go whether defendant liked it or not. Mr. Buchanan said he should call witnesses to prove that, plaintiff wished to leave the house at an unreasonably sudden thee, and against the desire of the defendant. Defendant said that when plaintiff returned with the supper beer defendant went into the kitchen, and was very much abused by plaintiff, who said she would not stop in the house any longer. To prevent plaintiff leaving defendant locked the street door. His Honour—Your client is making out a very good case of false imprisonment, Mr. Buchanan, for she had no right to lock the door. Defendant—Plaintiff was under notice to leave, and when she said she would go, I insisted upon her completing her term. I only want to know what we are to do. Have I not a right to lock the door to detain her ? His Honour—Certainly not. It is clear that it is a case of false imprisonment. I will give plaintiff a verdict for 355. Mr. Buchanan—Will your. Honour give us time to bring an action against pitintiff for not complet ing her term ? His Honour —I think this verdict should settle it all. Defendant—Whatever your Honour thinks I should do I will. Verdict for the plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. _~- MANSION-HOUSE. THE STOLEN SPANISH BONDS.—I - lenry Forrester, the son of Forrester, the late detective officer attached to the Mansion-house, was placed in n t the his bar possession on remand, twnSpanish Bond s o f charged with h av i ng the value of £421, which had been stolen from a lady whilst she was in one of the city banking houses in November last. • The prisoner, it would be recollected, went to Paris in company with a person named Foote, who changed the bonds into money, and ultimately they returned to England. On the bonds coming back to this country they were stopped, and inquiries made which led to the discovery of Foote, who told all ho had to do with the bonds. Forrester was taken into custody, but he resolutely declined to give any information as to how the bonds came into his possession. Hancock said since the last examination he had been to Paris, and he found the statement made by Foote true in nearly every particular. He had not been able to get the certain witnesses to Englaud, but he thought he should be able to do so in about a week. Foote, however, was not now to be found, and he had heard he had been provided with money to get ou of the way. Mr. M. Williams, who prosecuted, said if Foote was not in attendance at the next examination, he should apply for a warrant for his apprehension, when he would be placed beside the prisoner at the bar. The Lord Mayor said there appeared to be an attempt to frustrate justice, but as long as ho sat there, he would do all he could to prevent it. The prisoner was remanded for a week. Gustave Stovin was placed at the bar charged with being concerned in the uttering of a forged bill of exchange. Mrs. Goldstand, of Albert-terrace, the wife of a commission agent who is in custody for uttering a forged note, said—On the occasion of my husband's first examination on Saturday last, the prisoner came to me and asked me how my husband was taken, and what Mr. Simpson had said, and I was about to reply when I was told I must not talk, and the prisoner walked away. I did not sec him again until Monday morning, when I met him in Bishops gate-street with Mr. Striiinner. I said to prisoner, "It is a very serious affair," and he asked me if my husband had a warrant against him, when I replied, " How can he have a warrant against you when he is in custody ?" Prisoner said, "Because if he has, I must not appear in the open street. If your husband had not said I had given him the bill, I would have come forward. A man named Ebo gave me the bills, which I gave to Mr. Goldstand." I asked him if he would go up and make a statement at the Mansion • house, but he declined. I saw him the next day at the Ship publichouse, when he said he would have come forward if my husband had not mentioned him as the person who gave him the bill. lie also said if he came forward my husband would be let out and ho would be detained, and for the few shillings he had received for the bills he would not like that. Ultimately he said he would attend, but he was not present. He said he knew persons who saw Ebo write similar names as those in the forged bills and give them to different parties to get rid of. Prisoner told me if I would be at the Ship as yesterday, he would have the man there. I went, but he was not-there, and, after waiting some time, he came, and I then wished him to go to a solicitor to make his statement, but he refused, saying, " This child don't see it right to be put in that position." On cross-examination witness said she never promised the prisoner two pounds if he would come forward and give evidence to clear her husband. Police-constable 868 said he took the prisoner into custody yesterday at the Ship public-house in Worm wood-street. The Lord Mayor remanded the prisoner, and re , fused to admit him to bail. pany at the marquee, and he carried the spoons with him in his hand. The policeman, recalled, said the spoons were in the prisoner's hands when he stopped him. Mr. Paget said he would give the prisoner the benefit of the doubt on his mind and discharge him, but he would earnestly advise him to be very cautious in future and not take away spoons in his hands from a public festival. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ATTEMPT TO H ANTI A MAN.-llumphrey Thornton, a tailor out on strike, was charged before Mr. K^oz with assaulting Israel Woodstang, a travelling glazier living in Vincent-street, Goodman-buildings. The Genii-lainaut said —Yesterday afternoon I was doing a job at the Green Dragon public-lions?, King-street, Regent-street,. when the prisoner calm) up and 4,thered him and then broke his glass and rule, and after wards came up to him with a piece of string, which he put round Lis neck, saying, "I will hang you, ,, and he hurt my neck so much that I could not sleep all night. Inspector Harrison—The mark of the string is still per ceptible on the complainant's neck. The Complainant—My neck is very bad. Le prisoner's paid the amount of the damage. Mr. Kuox—Was the prisoner drunk A friend of Complainant—No, I think ho was sober. The prisoner was a little bit in drink, and did not know what I was doing. Mr. Knox—You have done a very serious thing. Police-constable Alfred Burroughs, 100 0, said yester day afternoon the prisoner came to me at the close of the police court, and said ho wanted to see the magistrate, as he had been assaulted, and that a man had put a string round his neck, and attempted to hang him. I noticed a mark on his neck, showing that there had been great pres sure. I then went with him to the Green Dragon public house, and he pointed out the prisoner as tho person who had assaulted him, and I took him into custody, he being drunk at the time. _ Mr. Knox—lt is a serious case. You might have cut into the arteries of the man's neck. It is a most unjustifi able assault, and you might have injured the man for life. The Prisoner—l did not know what I was doing. I was drunk at the time. Mr. Knox—Drunkenness is no excuse whatever. You will have to pay a- fine of £5, or be committed for a month. 13E,ITISII POSSESSIONS. wu st 1 Atlanta & 6t.l.awrence Rom., Baroda, 4 Cen.ln. gu. 6 per cent... Do. le sharer; Buffalo tt Lake Huron :oa to too 1 Do. Preference Butl.,Brant &Goderich 6 p.c. 187:t-3- Calcutta & S. E., lira.. ..;fq e Town di Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p, East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East I udian, gu. 5 p.o. Do. J Eitiasion i rand Trunk of Canad Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds' I charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Bonds Du. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stook Do. do. deferred Du. 4th Pref. stook 100 100 100 all 100 100 67 60 100 102 id ap 4 4i 74 19 60 55 101 103 101 IG3 108 10',1 20 22 Do. do. deterred .... t. India Pen. gua. sp.e. • 'o. Gua. 5 per cent.. . 85 88 67 59 53 54 52 •54 Do. New gua. 5 2. 0 Sou..h ot India gua. 5 per cent per cent Do ‘;reat W 4.6. of Canada Do. New .. Do. 6p. c Bus. pay. 1873, Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited' Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4a do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 8 p. c. Buds. Mel. do Hudson's Bay.. N. Itl.C'da, 6pc Ist pf. bs Scinde .. Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Puujaub.... 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Caradon ( L iskeard 1: 1) • n n e n v ( 5.51 8 874.0 1V v West l h i e ea a l i S e it t a°sn Buller.e .t . t ( :r e i d fo r 41 1 6 1 West Chi verton 130 2 ( : 1 0 0 l 113 Whhteee Wh l eal s , S r l e7t e o l y i a i 11 13 °lO5 THAMES.' h stealin g S ING ULAR CHARGE OF FELONt—William Reed, a waiter, about 30 years of 110, *as brought before o Mr. 0 n Paget, h t, e charged pp g seven nick e l silver p ert w y it of i\eiarli.n Benjami n Phillips, china, glass, and carthern ware dealer, of Nc. 112, spoons, t e ro lligh-street, Poplar. J o hn M'Cracken, a police - constable, No. 460 K, stated that he took the prisoner into custody, at half-past four o'clock yesterday afternoon, in Bloomfield-street, Poplar, a mile from the Poplar new park opened yesterday. Ile searched the pri soner, and found seven dessert spoons upon him, which he took away. The Prisoner—No, he did not take them from he offered me the spoons. me. He did not search me. I gave him the spoons. They were in my hand. - and when I refused to take Mr. Paget—How is that, policeman ? • them he C h " : ear t ee h k r ie e lli a l i t s : r e : n : l 'n on d' the grouud. Mr. Paget—You were altogether wrong before— why nut state the facts exactly as they were? • Mr. Pyer (the chief clerk)—l must take another deposition ; the policeman's first statement i s a lt o gether erroneous. l\ of No. 112, Hi g h- street, Pop lr. lar, Bnjm identified P dth h e il s li p p o s Ons as his property. They were worth 7s. He supplied several dozens of spoons to Mr. Hocking, who provided the dinner in the marquee on the opening of the Poplar recreation grounds yesterday. He did not know how many more might be missing. The prisoner said he took the spoons away from the marquee, where he was employed yesterday, by mistake. He had been in the practice of " work ing" the spoons at public festivals by carrying them about in his hands or pockets. There were no side buffets in the marquee yesterday, and no place for the deposit of the spoons in use for the QOM. Society for Teaching the Blind. The 29th anniversary meeting of the London Society for Teaching the Blind to read, and for training them in industrial occupations, was held yesterday at the Hanover-square Rooms. The Bishop of Ely presided, and there were present on the platform, besides others, the Revs. Joshirt Kirkman, C. B. Mayhew, J. B. Coles, and W. Wright ; Mr. J. G. Avery, Mr. F. P. Ward, Mr. J. Gale, Mr. E. P. C. Hanson, pro hon. secretary, and Mr. J. H. Wright, treasurer. The objects of the society are to instruct the blind in reading by Mr. Lucas's method, and in such other useful branches of education as may qualify them for in dustrial or professional occupations, and to assist such schools as may be established for any of the same purposes within five miles of St. Paul's. The school is situate in Upper Avenue-road, Re gent's-park, but the committee complain of the very serious nature of the evils arising from the inade quacy of the existing buildings, and appeal to the public for donations to enable them to complete the entire sCheme for the enlargement of the premise; the more costly part of which has already been ac complished by the addition of new wings to the building. The Chairman, in opening the proceed ings of the day, said he believed that no portion of the Gospel struck Christians more forcibly than the accounts given of the miracles of their Saviour in restoring sight to the blind. Since that day sight had never been miraculously restored to the blind, but no work could come much nearer to that blessed work of their Saviour while upon earth than the work of those who taught the blind, as it were, to see without their eyes. To work without vision, to teach them to read for themselves, was something approaching as nearly as any human act could ap proach that wonderful deed of restoring sight to the blind. They would all recollect the words of the Saviour after having p_lforrned one of these miracles —" A greater work than this shall you do, because Igo to the Father." This was a very remarkable saying of our Lord, and he always thought that what the Saviour meant was that the working upo❑ the human mind—the spiritual working upon the human soul—was even greater than the physic 11 work which he himself had wrought upon the human body. This society in first teaching the blind chil dren to supply their want of sight by reading with their fingers, and then endeavouring to impress upon their souls the spiritual truths necessary for their salvation, appeared to him to be following the steps of the Saviour in his great work of restoring sight to the blind, and to be also carrying out his promises to his disciples that they would do even greater works than he himself had done. Mr. Hanson then read the report, which stated that the institution had gradually advanced in prosperity during the past year, the income had maintained its average, and the number ofsubscribers had considerably increased. The number of pupils at present resident in the school amounted to 52—boys, 27 ; girls, 25 ; there were also 13 blind persons reviving instruction as day scholars. The report spoke very highly of Lucas's system of embossed characters, and stated that the committee had adopted the use of stereotyped plates for all their principal publications in place of the movable type hitherto employed. The Gospel of St.. John had been thus printed. The commit tee had during the past year gratuitously distribu ted upwards of 80 copies of portions of the Bible and devotional books to deserving persons. Pupils' concerts and evening lectures on scientific and other popular subjects are given at frequent intervals at the school. The total sum that came to the hand s of the treasurer for the year ending the 31st of De cember, 1866, was £2,531 14s. Id, and the amount disbursed by him for the same period was £2,416 145. Bd., leaving a balance in hand of £ll4 19s. 4d. Various addresses were then deli vered in support of the institution, and the pupils read and sang at intervals during the meeting, and performed on the pianoforte pieces from Beethoven, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Meyerbeer, and Costa, under the direction of their professional instructor, Mr. E. Barnes, and the proceedings closed as usual by singing the National Anthem. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, May 21. —Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly ; moderate breeze, and rather cloudy weather, and cold. . . . FORT§MOUT.H., Wind N.E.—Arrived—Ma rietta, from Catauia for Antwerp. May 23—Arrived— Sir Jamestjee, from Bombay. FALMOUTH, May 22.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Fulton, steamer, from New York. May 23—Sailed—Englishman, for Hong Kong. LivEarooL, May 22.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Helvetia, screw steamer, for Now York; North American, screw steamer, for Quebec ; Francis B. Cuthing for New York; Isabella, for Singapore. May 23—Arrived—Buautiful Star, from Rio Grande. CLYDE, May 22.—Wind N.W—Arrived—Margaret, from Havannah ; Charles Watt, from Huelva. Sailed — Hibernia, screw steamer, for New York; Caban, for Ha vannah. May 23—Sailed—Fleetwood, for Mauritius; Margaret Smith, for Havannah. NEWPORT, May 23.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Alice Todd, from London for St. Thomas ; Sailor Prince, from London for St. Thomas. Sailed—Wild Hunter, fur Calcutta. SWANSEA, May 22.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Columba, fOr Guayaquil. May 23—Sailed—Koningen, for Monte Video. SHIELDS, May 23. —Wind N.E. 7 -Sailed—Asia, for San Francisco. OFF PORTLAND, May 24.—Arrived—Harvest Queen, from Buenos Ayres OFF FALMOUTH, May 21.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived— Elvira, from Valparaiso. (By Electrie Telegraph.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, May 24—Pioneer, from Alexaueria; Earl of Aberdeen, steamer, from Hamburg; Sarah Jane, from Dautzic; Grace Robert, from Memel; Citizen, steamer, from Bordeaux; Seine, steamer, from Boulogne ; from Memel, _ ----- - Sailed—Great Victoria, for Bombay. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed, May 23—William, from London for Honolulu; Stamboul, from Shields for Genoa; Teaser, of Jersey, from the west for the north. Arrived, May 24—Arrived —Cornucopia, froze st. Vin cent; Caprera, from New York. Share THE ATTEMPT TO BRTBE A CHAIRMAN OF _MAGISTRATES. George Edward Gurney, landlord of the " Earl of . Cardigan " beershop, Marlborough road, Chelsea, appeared in discharge of his bail, yesterday, at the Bow-street police-court, to answer the charge of attempting to corrupt Robt. Stubbs,Esq., Middlesex magistrate, and chairman of the bench of magistrates for the Kensington dis trict of the said county, in the exercise of his duty as such nrigistrate, by offering him a sum of £4O as a btibe, to induce him wrongfully to grant to the defendant or assist him iii obtaining a publichouse license for he, sii l beershop. The prosecution was conductel, as before, by Mr. Poland, instructed by Mr. Pollard, from the office of the Treasury solicitors. The prisoner Was dc . - fended by Mr. Lewis. Mr. Barnaby, chi,l clerk of the court, read over the depositions, which were substantially identical with the info:ination already publiThed. Mr. Poland said that after the statement made by the prisoner to the constable who apprehended him (the summoning officer Buck), he did not wish to trouble the Court with any further evidence as to the main facts of the case. lle must, however, examine Mr. Cornell, clerk to the bench of maxis- trates fur the Kensington division, to give evidence as to certain matters of form. Mr. Samuel Cornell, clerk to the magistrates of the Kensington division, deposed that the General Licensing Meeting of the magistrates for that divi sion was held on the sth March last, when it was adjourned to the 19th of the same month. It was then again adjourned to the 26th. A petition had been presented by the prisoner in the usual form for ' a license to sell spirits. According to the practice of the special sessions, applications for new licenses were heard at the adjourned meeting, which in this instance would have been on the 19th, but in con sequence of the great number of applications they were not able to get through the business on that day, and so it was postponed to that day week. On that day (the 26th) the defendant appeared and made his application personally, proving the service of the required notices in the usual way. He was also heard by his attorney in support of the applica tion, which, however, was ultimately refused. Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis--Mr. Tubbs did not vote in favour of the license., No magistrate voted for it ; it was rejected unanimously. Nothing was mentioned, to witness's knowledge, about " this affair." But as he was at some dis tance from the magistrates he did not hear what conversation passed between them. Mr. Poland said that upon this evidence he should ask the learned magistrate to commit the prisoner for trial to the Central Criminal Court. Consider ing the position of Mr. Tubbs as chairman of a bench of magistrates, it was not a case to be sent to the Middlesex Sessions. Mr. Lewis, before the case was closed, would ask that an order might be made for the restoration of the £4O, in order that the prisoner might be placed in a position to pay for his defence. He did not ask for the identical notes. Mr. Tubbs' cheque for the amount would equally answer the purpose, As to the merits of the case, the letter produced did not contain any actual offer to bribe. Mr. Flowers—There is the £4O. Mr. Lewis said the mere fact of a man acting foolishly and indiscreetly by sending the money was not sufficient to show that he had committed a legal offence. It was not evidence of an offer to bribe. The first letter, evidently the writing of an ignorant man, was quite consistent with his declaration when apprehended that he did not know that he was doing anything wrong. He could not have supposed that the paltry offer of £4O could influence Mr. Tubbs, who indeed had acted in the only way that could be expected of a gentleman, by communicating the matter to his brother magistrates. They refused to grant the licence, and no doubt what the de fendant had done would be suilicinit ground for refusing the licence, but that did not make it a legal offence. He (Nlr. Lewis) had looked into all the authorities, and found no case applicable to the present charge. Wherever bribery was a misde meanor it was always made a statutory offence, as in the case of bribery of a Custom-house officer, bribery to obtain Indian appointments, &c. But why were these made statutable offences? If they were misdemeanors before, what coal be the object of making them misdemeanors by statute ? It was clearly because they were not offences at common law that statutes were made creating these offences. Mr. Lewis then read over the first letter, and con tended that it did not show any design on the part of the prisoner that the money he enclosed should operate as an inducement to Mr. Tubbs, and that he should receive it by way of a bribe. The sessions opened on the sth of the month, and the letter was not written until the 9th. If it had been intended to influence the proceedings of the magistrates, it would no doubt have been forwarded before the day on which the case was expected to come on, and would have been heard but for some circumstances which led to an adjournment. Then with regard to the second letter, enclosing a stamped and directed envelope for a reply, it might have been suggested that the object was that the money should be re turned. Of this, however, there was no intimation in:the letter itself, a fact that showed that the pri soner had no such meaning, but merely sent a directed envelope to give less trouble to the worthy magistrate in replying. Ile himself (Mr. Lewis) received every week scores of letters asking for re plies, and enclosing stamped directed envelopes. If the prisoner had intended the money as a bribe, and i.ad found it unsuccessful, would he not in the second letter have expressly demanded the return of his money, avowing, perhaps, that it was an illegal contract, but a contract mifulfilled ? Ile thought that the Treasury having instituted this pro secution, and continued it to its present stage, had sufficiently vindicated public justice, and had afforded a sufficient warning to persons in the pri soner's position. They would show a proper respect to this Court, and extend a mercy to the prisoner by allowing the proceedings to terminate at this point. • Mr. Poland rose to reply -Mr. Floivers observed that he had no doubt upon the question. Mr. Poland was quite sure of that, but after the .suggestion which had fallen from his friend Mr. Lewis, it might be convenient for his information, and fair to the prisoner, to point out what was the state of the law. In " Russell on Crimes," Book 1., cap. 4, sec. 47, was the following passage :—"lt was held indictable to attempt . , to bribe a Cabinet Minister and a member of Council to give the de fendant an office in the colonies; and an informa tionwas granted against a man for promising money to a Member of a corporation to induce him to vote for the election of a mayor. An information also appears to have been exhibited against a person for attempting by bribery to influence. a jurytnan in giving his verdict • and it is laid down generally that if a party offers a bribe to a judge meaning to corrupt him in the cause depending before him, and the judge takes it not, yet this is an offence punish able by law in the party that offers it." Again in the same work, Book 11., cap. 16, sec. 151 :—" The law abhors the least tendency to corruption, and upon the principle, which has been already men tioned, of an attempt to commit even a misde meanour, being itself a misdemeanour, attempts to bribe though unsuccessful have iu several cases been held to be criminal." Mr. Lewis said these quotations applied entirely to statutable bribes. Mr. Poland said that was not so. These autho rities did not relate to statutable offences, but en entirely applied to the common law. Other refer ences were to be found in the pleas of the. Crown and in the 3d institute, in which it was held that this was an offence at common law. Mr. Flowers said the only point ou which he re quired further to hear Mr. l'oland was as to the re quest if the money should be returned. Mr. Poland should ask themagistrate not to make any order, because he did not know what view the superior court might take. Perhaps it might be held that the money offered for an illegal purpose should be forfeited to the Crown. Mr. Tubbs observed that he could not, under any circumstances, give a cheque for the amount. He had, in fact, nothing to do with it, having handed the money over to the Treasury. The prisoner was committed for trial, the s ame bail-being taken as upon the remand. ~PORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. EPSOM RACES-THIS DAY. (By ELECTRIC TELE(iRAPH.) MATCH. Little Ben 1 Ammunition 2 GLASGOW PLATE. Tho Glasgow Plate of 100 sovs (handicap), for all ages ; winner of any raoo after the publication of the weights slb extra ; half a mile. Goodfellow 1 Gretna 2 Knight of St. Micliaol 3 Sixteen ran. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. OAKS. 3to 1 on Aeltievetnent (taken) 8 to 1 agtst 1111,01. (t•tken) 100 to 8 mg,t Iluntb!ekito (taken) 25 to 1 ag6t others NOTICE.—thiANGE OF ADDRESS. —JOHN STINK, IPA° of Beaufort Buildings, Strand, returns his l_mst thanks kor th© patronag . c he has received durir.g the past year, nad bogs to inform his friends that ho has removed to 25, IVel - Strand, London, where commissions will n izi executed to any amount. Price Lists as usual. T. and G. LEE, of the \Vheatsheaf, Worship-street Shoreditch; at Three King-court, Lombard-street; and at Ono S wan-yard, Bishopsgate-street. Mr. GEORGE WEBB has lists posted on all forthcoming events daily from ten till two at the City Arches ; also in George-yard, and through his agent, Mr. Frank Butler, near Meux's Brewery. THE HAVELOCI► Turf Agency's Representative can be seen daily in Talbot-court, Gracechurch-street, from Eleven till Three. N.B.—lf you want a good foreign, cigar call at the Havelock Cigar Stores, 10, Walwortll_ road, three doors from the Elephant and Castle. JOE NASH, No. 1, King Edward-street, Westrninater road, London, has his List at the Post in George -yard Snow-hill, and at the Back of the Arches, Farriugdon street. J. N. will attend all the Principal Meetiags, and has no represeutativt out of London. All letters to be addressed as above. RACING FIXT 'RES FOR 1867. Y. Newton 29 Epsom Croydon Ascot Summer Beverley Windsor Summer Manchester Summer Stockbridge l9 Chelmsford Summer Hampton l3 Odiham l7 Bibury Club lB No wcastle .. 25 Ipswich 27 Worcoater Summer...." 27 Carlisle 2 Down Royal Coiporat.n. 17 Newmarket July 2 I Stamford Pontefract Reading ..... 9 Huntingdon `,g 3l Liverpool July Meeting 10 Winchester Hungerford I Nottingham l6 Goodwood AUGUST. Ripon Brighton • 6 Brighton Cluu 8 Lowes Egham ... . l3 Wolverhampton l3 14 Stockton Oxford •• .441 15 Hastings 21 York August Dover West Drayton 22 Plymouth. . 22 Canterbury Derby Lichfield Yarmouth 27 Weymouth Tunbridge Baden Baden 'AMBER. ..SEPT] Margate War wick Spring 3 Abingdon 5 5 Leicester Doncaster Brecon OCT, Richmond l7 'Tendon l9 Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2O Newmarket Ist October 24 Northampton Autumn 1 Edinburgh Bedford 3 NOV] )BER. I Newmarket 2d October 7 1 Cheltenham l5 Newmarket Houghton !,MBE It I Leamington Hunt Liverpool Autumn 5 Shrewsbury Autumn ll Bank of England Returns,—Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to t' cap. 32, for the week ending 1 ISSUE ur.r Notes issued —.X33,532,935 ;he Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, May 22, 1867. rAItTMs:s - T. Governint. Debt.Xll,ols,loo Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold G and Bullion 18,532,965 Silver Bullion £33,532,965 X33,532,9'53 BANKING D. i'roprie tors' Capi tal £l4, 553,000 Re ,t Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Say ings' Banks, Gononissiouers of National Debt, and Div - Accounts) 8,584,861 Other Deposits 17,195,45'.'• Seven Day and other hill 3 429,571 £43,901,251 .£43,901,254 The Compound Householder. The following are the amendments to clause 34 of the Reform Bill which the Chancellor of the Ex chequer played upon the table last night, and the object of which is to give effect to the proviso pro posed by Mr. Hodgkinson for abolishing the com pound householder : " Clause 34, page 11, line 29, after (' Where') omit to the eud of the clause, and insert :—The owner is rated at the time of the passing of this act to the poor rate instead of the occupier in respect of a dwelling-house or other tenement situate in a parish wholly or partly in a borough, his liability to be rated iu any future poor rate shall cease, and the following enactments shall take effect with respect to rating in all boroughs : " 1. After the passing of this Act no owner of any dwelling- house or other tenement situate in a parish either wholly or partly within a borough shall be rated to the poor rate instead of the occupier, except as hereinafter mentioned : "2. The full rateable value of every dwelling house or other separate tenement, and the full rate in the pound payable by the occupier, and the name of the occupier, shall be entered in the rate book : "3. With the joint consent of the owner and occupier given in the form marked in the sche• dule hereto, the overseers or other authority em powered by law to make the poor rate shall rate the owner instead of the occupier, and may com pound with the owner for the rates, in confor mity with the provisions of any statute for rating the owners instead of the occupiers in force in the parish at the time of passing this act, or in con formity with the provisions of the act of the session of the 13th and 14th years of the reign of her pre sent Majesty, intituled An act for the better assess ing and collecting the poor-rates and highway-rates iu respect of small tenements,' where the same shall have already been or may hereafter be adopted by the vestry; but no occupier.of any dwelling-house or other tenement, the owner of which is rated with the consent of such occupier as aforesaid, shall be entitled to be registered as a voter for-any borough. "4. Any arrangement made in pursuance of this section for rating the owner or compounding with him with such consent as aforesaid, shall determine on the 19th day of July in every year, but may be renewed with such consent aforesaid ; nevertheless, the determination of such arrangement shall not affect the recovery of any rate made previously to the determination thereof. " Provided as follows : " 1. That nothing in this act contained shall affect any composition existing at the time of the parsing of this act, so nevertheless that no such composition shall remain in force beyond the period of 12 months composition powerso sinferr ed from the time of pass in g of this act : 2. Thut nothing herein contained shall affect any rate made previous l y to the passing of this forexisting th e the ompti on co entered purpose of collecticollecti ng b ian y ctt; a n o y asr sluaabsnstyi s aforesaid,actand and recovering a poor rate shall rem • atn and con tinue in force for the collection and recovery of any such rate or comi.osition : "3. That where the occupier under a tenancy subsisting at the time of th e passing of this any dwelling-house or o th er t act of been let to him free from tenement w hi c h h as rates, is rated paid rates, in pursuance and has of this act, h de duct from any r en t d ue or e may accruing in respect of th e sa id d • due from him dwelling-house any amo un t e or other tene mentpaid by him on account of the rates to which h e may be rendered liable by this act. Nothing in this sectionliability shall affect the of any owner to be rated instead of the occupier under any act in respect to any dwelling-house wholly let out in separate apartments or in lodgings. :PARTMENT. Governint. Secu- 1 r ities(ineladiug i . ! i Dead \Veiglit Annuity) :...£12,886,314 i Other Sveurities 19,122,323 • Notes 10,761,515 Gold and Silver Coin ..., 1,131,103 1. % I - - -- - ------- • - --- --- - - .....______ • . ________ . T•T ~...__ , _ ~ .-sA._ _ _ .„. ______ __ ---7--" ilk . ._ :_. _ 20 et st 100