The Sun. — London, England, 1867-04-30 00:00:00

DIONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCIi, TWELVE O'CLOCK. A moderate amount of business is reported in the discount market, and the quotations are firm. A withdrawal of £60,000 iu gold took place at t he Bank of England yesterday. The silver market remains very quiet. BY the mail from Guayaquil a remittance has neon received of £725 ls. 11d. on account of the dividends on the debt of Ecuador. T he General Credit and Discount Company (Limited) are in receipt of advices from their agents, Ale ssrs. 11. L . B oulton and Co., dated La Gua i ra, 4111 April, 1867, of duties collected and remitted on L cee unt of th e V enezuela Six per Cent. Loan, 1864, ° the amount of $161.94. Messrs. Boulton and Wri kl This small collection was made before n ews of thi s l ast suspension of payments h a I r eached Ci udad Bolivar. We have to-day nothing hew to c ommunicate in regard to export duties." The official returns relating to the trade and navigation of the United Kingdoin for the three mont hs ended 31 st March have just been publishe d , frem which it appears that the total declared value of the exports duringthat period was £42,381,621, Rainst £46,991,165 in the corresponding period 6, and s h ow i ng a decrease of £4,609, 544 . The Principal decrease has been in beer and ale, Coalsnd calm, cotton yarn, cotton manufactures, Waruwares and cutlery, linen manufactures, nn wrought iron and steel, silk manufactures, and ollen and worsted manufactures. ,The impor tationss of the principal articles have been , s illall er as regards raw cotton, petroleum, Itiviins, tallow, timber, coffee, flour, rum, e 'o r Z eo, and wine ; while there is an in b hi r aw silk, sheep and lambs' wool, wheat, ar-ey, currants, brandy, rum, sugar, and tea. The aa l iP 2 in g accounts exhibit a slight decrease on the j a c a t of tonnage employed for both the entries l er -a : 11 a and the clearances outwards as regards the foreign trade, as also as respects the coasting trade. 411 43 a meeting, held to day, of the Chontales Gold d Silver Mining Company, the report of the Tutreeters was presented, which stated that Mr. l a ril h rah ) who is s till at the mines, shr i n k s f rom no a t s ° . llr in his determination to make everything h a l 4 ght, but that the accounts previous to August Zbeen found much complicated. th e meeti ng was held t o -d a y o f th e proprietors of co Tele graph Construction and Maintenance si„ llll3a nY, Whe n th e report was subm i tte d , w hi c h .7_oeu t hat the di rectors proposed to pay to t h e titierrprieto rs the balance of interest on capital at 5 5 13 ,: ent. £ 1 5,264 155., and a further dividend at p e — t „ c ent• per annum £30,529 10s., making up 10 Of „ ea ht• Per annum (free of income-tax), and out credit"`e balance of £63,418 3s. sd. to place to the of the reserved fund a sum of £35,328 19s. 4d. magi I ' i ch Will at once increase that fund to the 8 of amount of £50,000, mentioned in Article £ 2B the arti c l es of association ; and to carry e eut ;, oB9 14 8. Id. t o next year's profit and loss ac- A call o f £ 5 per share has been made, £3 aya;, a Ule s th of May, and £2 on the 15th August In the f oreign - dur and colonial produce markets 11,1 the last f ew days there has been only a moderate °li ra of b us i ness transacted ; the dealings i n Sugar, S however, were at fu ll y prev i ous rates fo urPerior des criptions of coffee met a ready sale on Zer terms, For rice th er e has been a moderate tall o 117 ) and late prices are fully supported. In eat en the operations have only been to a limited tl ea t , and chiefly of a speculative character, quota- Aatt:Lor present and forward delivery being a shade Two o'CLocx. da 4ce ,? rdi ng to Reuter's telegram from Paris to r' "ue French Rentes were 67f. 85c. L a the English Stock Market increased firmness fo: Prevailed. Consols have improved Ito 911 j4:l°lle lcnd the 9th instant, and to 911 I for the A e setment. The New Threes and Reduced T i es are 891 ; Bank Stock 251, 2521, pe t . ;,' Lld ia 5 per Cents., 1101 ; ditto Enfaced 5 ‘,ents. 1021 ; and ditto Bonds, 525. prem. • 4 ,1 °re ign Stock are generally firm. Italian have ,t o to 481 ; Mexican 1, to 15/ 16 ; G ree k 5 14 , ; 0 Spanish Passive 1, to 201 ; Turkish ciirr -1 Cents. 1, to 281 a ; Chilian Scrip /, to 5 4 h o ; and Da nu bi an 2, at 6 4 clis. ; Russian Scrip, wei ' er l declined 1 , to 2 1 dis. ; and Spanish ertifieates continued steady, at 131 i• bee dealings in the Railway Share Market have e O a very mo d erate scale, and prices generally a hlhibtt less firmness. Midl a nd an d S out h Eastern ve each d ec li ned 1 ; Lancashire and Y or k s hi re, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Li nco l n, each 1 ; ( .. 11. : 5 t Eastern, ; and Gre a t W es t ern, Brighton, and North Western, each 1. Foreign and Colonial Railway Shares exhibit Very little variation. Groat Luxembourg are ha rked 9i 1 ; Antwerp and Rotterdam, 91 ; South strian and Lombardo-Venetian, 151 ; East Indian, 107/ 1081 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 107/ 1081 ; and Madras 5 per Cents., 104 102. In American Securities a fair amount of business has been transacted principally on continental account. Illinois have advanced 1, to 76 77 ; Erie Shares 1, to 41 1 ; and United States 5-20 Bonds I) to 71 s 1. Bank Shares have remained very quiet, but with nut material change as regards values. Union of 1-45°ndon are steady at 41 411 ; L on d on and County 4t 6 i ; and Imperial Ottoman at 8 1 1- 1. Mi scellaneous an d Fi nance Sh ares are in a few instances a shade firmer. Anglo-American Tele gjaPh remain at 1 81 ; Atlantic Telegraph 8 p er P ts • are marked 93/ ; Electric and International 4. Ph, 137 ; Const ruc ti on an d M a i ntenance, t 0 11 13 1 ; and Berlin waterworks have declined MININIG MARKET. TUESDAY* AFTERNOON. b e operations in the Mining Exchange have only Inehtl aye to a limited extent. Th e s h ares chiefly dealt ',-hivert; " been N orth Crofty, Great Retallick, West s o n, and C'niverton Moor; while Clifford, 1 , 4 ", and E ast Basset are a shade flatter. An ere are the l atest prices : t rYil Glviog C;A li or ffci t 0 a Moor ::: :: : 5 1 1 4 zi• t nv i 4rna lganiate 4i si. t aii s t c set ............ 16 18 1113 t o a t% Brea .. 21 2 , Jara c i ou .... Ea st Lovell ............... := —7 Be Bt k ssell ............ 2a 2-1- gre at i °alGretprille 2i 2i Great axey. ......... 17i ch.eltt %1 741 lick ...... 31 18i 4 Vor... 17i 188 i Marke Valley North Crofty North Treskerby ll 2 N. Wheal Chiverton Princoof Wales 52s Od 54s0d South Caradon — Stray Park West Seton 132} 137} West Chiverton Wheal Basset — Wheal Grenville Wheal Setou B5 90 ~ %lIIIITISH FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. vv., vDe —..NI4ENT rUNDB. T tj eu , ~.., 91 I t) . .• tic:4;18018 a P er ° „/,kceount, May a 9l+ it 1,3.C0nt. ea B9f i Ne w d Por Cent, B9l } ur 2 An:h i per Cont. Jan. 1894 _ ,;. 5 . Per Cont. Jan. 1873 _ t, Itlf' 12):for'," yrs, napire sth Jan 1880 .(1- i , 4 yrs, expire sth April ' lBB5 ---- ici i. s'" e ' Bna Tole f raph), Au.,, 1998 — Naor Bills, .Cl,OOO, a .ud 4 por Ct — D o 4:500 — 11,4 4k 1)° ' .£lOO & £2OO —pm 1 ° nglatul. Stock, 6i per Cent in,i,t;l":ll4-11 GOVERNMENT SECURITIE.S. De." Stoelc 101 per Cont., April 1874 — D o.: Ae • ' 13 ' 0 . 1 ) "r °nut. July, 1880 O. Oet:1888 bo ertifientAs t) • ~ttfaced Paper 4 per Cent 102 k 't; ) , ) : ',lan• Cont., Jan. 1872 Do, '3 Per Cent., May 1879 . Do. Deb, 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 5 9 pm „ tends, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO '''D. under .£l,000 .A, , retiti l'Omirmi yr/NIA—TWO O'CLOCK. no Repbli, 6 per Cent_ . " - tistr* 1 4h .1.411 Bonds 5 per Cent, 1809 e ll ' 4l l 5 per ' Cent — °' 4 1 Per Cent 1852-58-60 ~ b o 1863 1 • - per Cent 1865 1) Account .)0 , • 7 1). 0. 4100 Bonds 72} } 3 .3nen, . 79 Ir , -) Gyros 6 per Cent o.:tha.n 6 . ? 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent. ) D per Cent — n 41 per Cent — ,P. G per C ent A 139, n B Do. „ 1867 Do. „ Scrip, £2O paid — dis C ilnmbian, 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. D 'nisi). 3 per Cent., 1825 — Di. 5 per Cent., 1861 — D nubian Principalities, 7 per Cent Do. Do. 8 „ 1867 Do. Do. Scrip, £2O paid dis E parlor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — egyptian 7 per Cent — Do. Second Issue Do. £lOO Bonds Do. Do 1864 791 i90..£100 Bowls 8 94 Do Government Railway Debentures 79i 80 79 9rt , ok 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons - Do. Account Coupons Do. Account G iatemala 5 per Cent I.4;ian 5 per Cert 1865 Do, Account ._ — Do. Maronunana Hallway — 1 •vicar. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account De. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — lentevideau a per Cent. . — ktoorish Imperial 5 per Ceut We A• Granada l3 Do 3 per Con Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Pe •uvian 5 per Cent 1865 Do Account — Do 41 per Cent., 1865 Do 45 per Cent•. (Uribarren) Do 45 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portaguese;3 por Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 40 1 391 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, .£ St — Do 41 por Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pm Cent., 1859 54 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 B7 5 Do. 5 per Cont., 1864 — D. Anglo-Dutch, 1866 B5l Do. do. £6O paid 1 die Sardinian 5 per Cent t3panish 3 per Cent .... — Do Acc/Junt ~,,,-..... Do New Detei►ed — Do. Account Do Passive — Do Acc.ant 2Ol 1 Spanish Cort. of Coup not funded — Do Account Swedish 4 per Ceut. — Do. 41 p©r Cent. 1864 Do. Scrip, £6O paid Nrkish 6 per Cont. 1854 — Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cont. 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1863 Do 5 per Cent, 1865 Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent., 1865 Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Do. 6 per Cent, 1862 . _ 15iviiencis on the above payable in London. Austruso, n per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins .„ Belgian. Ex. 25f . s „ t - ...-ogian, per cent., Dutch 2:t per Cent. Ex. 12 Quit„ — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Rentes, 3 per Cont., Ex. 25f. — Italian 3 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 25f. Do. Account — TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9ll Do. Account Do. June 94 i RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER :7 THis DAY. A meeting of the shareholders of this company was held at the board-room, Victoria Station, this day. Lord Harris occupied the chair, and stated that this was a meeting adjourned from one held on the 25th February until the present date, the 30th April. It was now proposed that in consequence of the company having a bill coining before Par liament, and advertisements to that effect having appeared in the newspapers, that there should be a further adjournment made till the 17th of June next. A SHAREHOLDER asked whether it was contem plated, as was usual, that there should be a Wharncliffe meeting in the meantime. The CHAIRMAN replied that there would not be. Another Shareholder, who described himself as a lawyer, stated that until the whole of the shares had been paid up the company ought not to have taken down a single house, and they were obtaining them under false pretences Then they did so. The adjournment was then agreed to, and the meeting broke up. The Buckhurst HIII Tragedy. for The prisoner W a tki ns was b roug ht u p b e f ore th e magistrates at W a lth am t hi s morning Bow-stre3t, appear e d f or t h e pr i soner . examina tion. M r . Ab rams, f rom the o ffi ce o f M r . G oa tl ey , The only witness examined was Mr. Edward Home. He said—l am a surgeon res idi ng a t Buck hurst-hill, in the p ar i s h of Chigwell, an d on t h e morning of Wednesday, the 24th inst., about half past five o'clock, ho was called up by the young woman's father, and went with him to his house. He went up stairs and saw the young woman lying on the bed. He proceeded to examine her, and found that she was covered with blood, and on washing that away a number of wounds appeared. They were across th e upper part of her back, on her breast, and also tw o wounds on her head. The latter appeared to be do ne w i th some blunt instrument, and the wounds on her body with a pointed instru ment. There were altogether 13 wounds-11 on the body and 2 on the head — ou t o f t h e l arges t wound on the back h e took out the point of the dagger sheath, now produced. (The dagger was also produc e d and examined by the bench.) lle believed that most of the wounds would be caused by such a weapon. Ile th ought on Thursday morn but she h a d s i nce beening that th e lif e of the young woman was i n danger, and he had no d oubt g r adually gaini ng s t r e n gth, w ld recover. ou By Mr. Abra m— The wounds on the h ea d might have been caused by her falling o n stones. O ut o f the eleven other wounds two at least were danger ous to life. The others were not merely superfi cial ; they had entered into the body, although not any vital part. The prisoner was then remanded. The girl is much better to-day. A confident hope is now en tertained of her ultimate recovery. A general court-martial assembled on Saturday morning at the Royal Barracks, under the presi dency of Col. Mackirdy, of the 69th Regiment, for the trial of Private Leonard, of the Military Train, on a charge of complicity with the Fenian move ment. The prisoner pleaded guilty. Other trials will follow during the week. SOUTHAMPTON, Monday.l—The North German Lloyd screw steamship Hermann, Capt. W. Wenke; which left Now York ou the 18th inst., arrived off Cowos early this morning, and after transhipping mails, die., for this port, wont on to Bremen. Sho brings 22 passengers for Southampton and Havre, $119,422 in specie for Eng land, 167 passengers and 1,500 tons of tobacco, cotton, &c., for Bremen. Light easterly winds and fine weather were experienced during the voyage. On the 26th inst., at 1 30 p.m., in lat. 48 54 N., long. 20 1 W., the Hermann spoke the same company's steamer Union, bound from South ampton to New York. The steamship Now York, Capt. G. Ernst, arrived here this morning from Bremen, and sails hence at 1 p.m. on Tuesday for New York, with Eng lish, French, and German mails. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Nyanza, Capt. J. Weeks, left to-day for Marseilles, to take the place of the Pere, disabled. THE OVERLAND MAILS.---A Malta correspon dent, on the 23d inst., writes ea follows:—" The Penin sular and Oriental Company's steamer Pera, due yesterday morning, arriVed here this evening, at 8 o'clock, in tow of the Ceylon, having broken her main shaft a day after leaving Alexandria. The Ceylon, which left Malta for Alexandria on Sunday evening fell ih With her on Mon day, about neon: The 6yria, which was to have left for Gibraltar a eti Olotlthampton yesterday, was detained until to -, dtt,r ttlid will start to-night with the overland malls brought by the Pera. The passegers and ettrCo will bo transferred to the Massilia on her ttrri , .`al troth horseflies to-morrow night, and she Will turn back and proceed with them to lttt seilles , after transferring her outward mails, parneugers, and cargo to the Ceylon, which will be kept here for that purpose. The Pera will leave most probably in a few days with one engine for Southampton. In the month of December last two private gen tlemen who had obtained permission to open excavations in the Trastevere quarter of Rome discovered, at a depth of eight or ten metres, a mosaic in white line, surrounded with ruined walls, and representing tritons, nymphs, and fishes. From investigations of, and. further discoveries made by, M. Visconti, professor of archaeology and ancient history at the Roman University, it appears the re mains are those of a barrack of the 7th cohort of firemen of ancient Rome. THE DISCOVERER OF THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. —Her Majesty has been pleased to grant the Spoke family permission to ' th , corporate iu their arms au emblematic re preseLlililA 2; the disoovery of the source of the Nile. twa 111 79 61 33 34 4 18 101 IU2 59 61 91 93 33 35 9 10 p 112 115 1 2p 70 72 Lll Ili 148 152 44 46 65 654 8 94 153 58 2) at BRITISH rossicssioxs. Atlantic. St. LAWICIIOC Horn., Baroda, •a Cen.ln. gu. 6 per cent... Do. I' oftarca Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Butt.,Brant,&Groderich 6 p.c. :872-3-1......•• Ualcutta & S. E., Bin vas e Town .t Dock, gu.. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p Gast. Bengal, gu., 5 do, East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension .. rand frunkot Canads Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.o Do. bit Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred , Do. 2d Prd. Bonds Du. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Figtts took .. Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India ren. gua. sp.c. 1.0. Gus. 5 per cent.. Do. New pia. 5 2. o ki t. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do great Wue. of Canada Do. New .. Do. 6p. a lic,s. pay. 1873 00.51 du. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.O .... Do. 41 do Do. 4a do Do. Filth Extension elb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. el. & Hudatin's Bay.. .111.C'da,apolatpf.ba 6cindc • • • 1 I g Do. Delhi Do. do . U 4 Do. Punjaub.... F 2., Do..lndusSt.Flot "° COLONIAL GOVER: British Columbia, 6 per cent., De 0.31, 1872. Can.Crov.6p.o.Ja.SzJuly 1877-84 - Do. 6 g. o. Feb. do Aug.. D. 5 p. o. Mar. & Sept 00. 5 p. c. J an. & July Do. 5 p. e. Inscribed a k Cape li.nope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&Oct 1810-1: 1 00 Do. do 1880-90 Do. Jan.&July, 18100-ch Do. 5 per Dent . 15 April 57 60 100 102 id ep 4 4e 7i $ 50 55 10t 103 101 IC3 106 107 20 22 85 88 57 51l 53 54 52 51 37 tO 23 25 100 LOG I 10 i 1r 100 102 91 . 93 12i 13i 12 126 t 2 81 84 - If 111 1 100 102 92 01 1 85 90 82 65 97 9g 97 98 1 I 97 .98 kililNT SICCUK WWI - 15 Oct., 'POO, Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 Do. 1878, do flaurltius, B p. C, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 , 78 ... 'o. 1882, 316115, Nov. Do. 1805, Feb. Jz Aug atal ':or. 6 per cent N. S. W. Gov. 5 p 188 s, Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 18711 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. S per cent.... Nova Soitia Goy. 6 p. o sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o. 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,Uov. 8 p.c. &July Do. do. lipril tt Oct BRIT'S Cam. Consol. Gold, Um Chiver ton Clifford -Amalgamated Devon G. Cone. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Cam BrPa Nast Grenville East Gunuislake .. East Loved .. E. (Tavintlr StAubyn(Ci wen. Unat L.txey, limited U teat South Tolgue. - ii rent Wheal Body. U. Wheal Vor (Heist.o Grenvilie ticrod's Foot Ilingeton Downs Margaret tUny Lclan Marie Vnllev Iwyndy Iron Ore, A CW Sewn North Roakear N. Wh'll3assett (Mogan Sort!' Wheal Crotty ~ Prosper United I'ruvideuoe Uny L.•lant '. Caradon (St. Cleer) 'outh Coudurrow '.Wheal Iran. (Mogul tray Park . *ln Croft- ..... ..., 'Vigra and Clogan, lirn Vest Bassett (Illogan V. Caradon (Liskeard Vest Chlyerton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 'Wheal Buller (ftedrutu Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 107 100 LINES LEASED AT FIXED it EbiTALh. Chester and llolyhead, South Staffordshire, 834 FOREMN RAILWAyg. nt werp and Itotterdatn. Belgian Eastern Junction, 1} Dutch Rhenish, 7 ',at Luxembourg'. 94 Paris and Orleans, 33 Sambre and Meuse, fol South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 151 Ft/Mr:tom atiN Don Pedro, Nor h Del !ley, 1 pm United Mexican, ltro., 2* DOCKS. East and %Vest India, 121 Southampton, CO/ BANKS. Consolidated, lim., 41 . _ . Ditto, new, 3 Imperial ottoman, lim., 81 1 London and Count y, 51.1 Ditto, new, 211 London Joint Btock, 43/ Union of London, 414 mrstmLLANicous. Anglo-American Telegraph, 181 1 Atlantic Telegraph, t 3 2 Dit o, 8 per cent., ell if Berlin Water Works, lint., 111 Ditto, new. 6 Ceylon Company, 9 City of Moscow Gas, lira., 151 City Offices, lira., 5) Credit r'oncler of England. lim . 2 3-16 Crystal Palace, 26i Kant India Irrigation and Canal, 14 Ebbw Vale, Electric awl International Teleb - fraph, 137 International Financial .-ociety,llm.. 21 lodadou Financial Atisociation. lim., 21 o.eati Marine Insurance), .9 l'ait,ma New Ze iland, and Aus it. Mail, 61 Tee raph Cons rue. and Maintlri., Ditto, .3j 1 4 OC•iiiiciiii, — kireit Th e Ittoitmer Pareora, of Glasgow, official number 56,161, Captain William Graham, put in here on the Ist instt She left the port of Greenock on October last l bound for Dunedin, New Isoaland, hat from the bad steerage Way of the leosel and the fdithiesS df the bottorti with seaweed, eho Was tittito itnalanageablO, and hbethiling dhoti of pro. *isiona the taptain Was obliged td put into the nearest and safest port he eottid reach With the 'Vessel. PARIS ANTI-SLAVERY CONFERENCE.—The united committees of the British and Foreig❑ Anti-Slavery So ciety, the Spanish Abolitionist Society (La Sociedad Abol icionista Espanola), and the Comite Francais d'Emancipa tion have agreed to postpone the holding of the Interna tional Anti-Slavery Conference in Paris until the 26th of August next. The period originally fixed was the third week in June. It is stated that four Japanese appeared at Dover on Easter Monday as volunteers in the ral44§ of the Artists Volunteers. They aro students in the Londuu Vniyersity, and have been out several times—once at the Harrow gilts They appeared thoroughly to enjoy the day, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVE.NING, APRIL 80, 1867. SHARE MARKETS.—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing r i Business Railways. I raid. Frioe. dene. tfrteiot and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and Bandon ;Cornwall . Dublin St Belfast June. I Dun„Perth, Sz Ab.Junc.l s;. London, bull) Certi., DO. Glasgow .it S. Western Great Eastern, t ?rd. 8 tk.' Do. E. Augl. et. No. 21 lircat North of Scotland. Great Northern Do. A stock • • Do. B stock. Do. New, is. at 25 prnl MS, and \V. of Ireland , Gt. Western -Origina i Du. 5. V4l. Rail gua.l Do. South %Vales ....I Do. W. Mid. —Oxtordi Do. Newport Do. Hereford......„ Lancashire& York,thirci London and Blackwal; Lon., Itrh;ll.,it S Coatol Lon., chat., and Dove' , Do. Metrop. Ex. A 1 Lon. Az North ‘Vestertij Lou. Az South I'Vttterul Man., Shel., Lincoln' Aletropolitan..„. Do. New Extension Nletropohtan District Po. do. do. 00. and St. John's IN .Ilid;and Do. £9 Share Do, tfirmin.. Derby It .] 'd Kent .. . . North British Do. NM., l'th., & :Nth. Eastern—lierwioiv Do. &.N•E purohast Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Stook,tt Darling Do. do. 1860-til North London .. Do. do. 180 5 . . Do. do. 1856 North Stattordnhire N. & S. W. J unction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aher. stock 1)0. Scot, Mid. stJok Shropshire Union South Devon south E.stern Staines, Wok., & Wok L'atT Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whltelia i t Went Cornwall 100 1100 10 100 100 190 100 100 110 100 100 77 80 108 110 40 16 4 8 e 5 83 70 72 105 107 27 28 5 7 112 111 115 Ili R 9 II 40 41 t,O 55 24 27 25 30 1211 142} S 8 CO 17 Is 8 II 77 71, 44 :7 4.511.6 105 107 V 9 101 98 100 100 102 83 90 b 7 6J DP 104 105 107 104 106 102 101 91 iP3 101 103 1(6 i 6 102 104 103 iO5 103 106 too 107 08 06 t 8 91 93 85 h 7 101 102 64 86 98 98 91 43 2.1.0 294 2.11.0 2.14.01 8.3.6 3.9.0 all 0.14.0 11.4. E 13 17.0 1.10.6 13! 38; 1.4. n 2.13. 7.1. n 10.6.; 3.2.0 18.18.9 ,35.15.6 554 106 108 111 113 12 7 8 7 9 370 390 1 1} 22 24 5 6 3 34 2 3 I 4 9 10 31 3t 4 5 la 17 2C 22 I} li 3e 31 22 31 7 i 1 31 11 21 1t 35 15 11 13 5i 6 21 21 26 28 310 s3O if 3i 4i 12 14 1 6 9 •1 118 70 130 :40 6i 70 23 25 11 13 105 115 10 12 Ong I 57 6 a 1111 14 75 61 iG 1161 16 1101 10 801 &St I 103 72 81 108 i 71 11& 2 li ITIE6. HI i 104} f } LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Mr. Baron Channell and a Common Jury.) WARREN V. ELLIOTT.-TILE RESULT OF LOOKING AFTER A HOUSE. This was an action to recover compensation in damages for an alleged false imprisonment. Sir Geo. Honeyman, Q.C., and Mr. Thrupp represented the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Robinson the defendant. It appeared from the opening statement of Sir George Honeyman that the plaintiff in this case had been house keeper in the service of the defendant, who kept a lodging house at No. 4, Chapel-street West, Grosvenor-square, in town, but who held a situation about the Court at Windsor Castle. The plaintiff had been in the service of the wife of defendant, but at her death she became manager of the lodging-house, receiving all the rent from the lodgers. In October last, in consequence of the defendant having got some ideas into his head that he was losing some of his property, he gave the plaintiff in charge, accusing her of having stolen one towell, one chair-cover, one fall, and one roll of embroidery, value 14s. She was taken to the Vine street station, and walked the next morning with the charges to Marlborough-street. When she got there the representative of Mr. Bear:l, solicitor, appeared and said that in consequence of something that had occurred the charge was withdrawn. Plaintiff was discharged. She had not been able to obtain a situation since. The Plaintiff, in cross-examination, said that the defen dant had allowed her to take the best of his wife's clothes. Mr. Sergeant Robinson— Did not the defendant lose a set of his wife's false teeth, value £l4? Witness—No. When his wife died he said, "Put those things away." Mr. Sergeant Robinson—And you did put them away, (Laughter.) But how about the gold nugget ? Witness—The nugget was given to me by my brother in Australia, and I had it made into a brooch and gave it to Mrs. Elliott, and when she died I asked Mr. Elliott for it back, and ho said he had lost it. All the things she was accused of taking were found in her box. They were all Mr. Elliott's with the exception of the veil,which was hers. She considered that by the general gift of Mr. Elliott all the best of his wife's things were hers. As the policeman was taking her away she gave Elliott a push. The ser vant (Gaymer) wont down on hor knees, and protested she was innocent ; witness could have done the same. There were two lodgers in the house, gentlemen, Mr. Miles and Mr. Sydney Joyce. Sh 3 was to have the house for one year to see what she could do with it, and she was £53 out of pocket. Susan Gaymer said that in October last she was servant at the house in Chapel-street, West. She had boon there from the 12th October, 1865. There were only her and Mrs. Warren there. Sho was in the kitchen shortly after Mrs. Elliott's death, and the plaintiff and defendant were there, and defendant said that Mrs. Warren was to have the best of Mrs. Elliot's clothes, and the remainder were to be sent to his sister in the country, and what she could not wear herself she was to cut up for the niece. Mrs. Warren said, " Thank you," and Mr. Elliott said "Would Mrs. Warren do for him the same as sh• had for his wife, for she was the only friend he had, and if she left him he should have no ono." She remembered Sunday, October 28. The defendant called the plaintiff up stairs as well as witness. He asked the latter, " Did she damage Mrs. Elliott's clothes?" and she answered, "No." The policeman then asked for Mrs. Warren's keys. She replied, "She had no keys to her box." She gave him the key of the door. The latter was locked. The police never opened the box. Ho did not take anything then, but came back about two o'clock, and took the things away. The case was proceeding when we went to press. POLICE INTELLIGESCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CURIOUS CASE OF ROBBERY.—Caroline Williams, a well dressed young woman, an unfortunate, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing four sovereigns from the per son of Charles Finch, a cabinet porter, No. 10, Leicester square. The prosecutor said that last night about 10 o'clock ho had just left the station in the Portland-road when the prisoner accosted him, and after some conversation he agreed to treat her with a glass of ale, and did so. On leaving the public-house he stood talking to her about ten minutes when she immediately ran away. Thinking her conduct rather suspicious he felt in his pocket and missed four sovereigns. He went in the direction the prisoner went, and spoke to a constable, giving him a description of the prisoner and her dress, and some time after she was seen by the constable coming out of a public-house and taken into custody, when she denied having seen him (prosecutor) before. Police-constable Morrow, 135 E, said that last night the prosecutor told him in Cirencester-place that he had been robbed of four sovereigns by a female, and he described the female as wearing a black and white striped dress, a velvet jacket, and an oyster shell hat. While with the pro secutor he saw the prisoner come out of a public-house, and directly the prosecutor saw her he said " That's her," and he (Morrow) then took her into custody. Observing she had her hand down by her side he seized it, and found a sovereign and a half sovereign and one shilling in it. As she had entered the public-house with a cabman, he asked the cabman if he was going to take her anywhere, and he said he was not, but that she had treated him to some rum. The prisoner afterwards asked him (Morrow) to put a word in for her, and ho told her that he was neither for her nor against her, but could only tell the truth, asking her what it was possible he could do for her. She then said that she would give him a sovereign if he would tell the inspector at the station that the prosecutor had given a different description of her, and that then the inspector would refuse to take the charge. He told the prisoner that he would do nothing of the sort. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the constable could not have acted better than he had done. The prisoner said she would plead guilty, and asked the Magistrate to settle the case. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for two months with hard labour. 211 E LIQUEFACTION OF STONE. 'rhe dissolving of quartz and flint in water is the subject (says the Day) of a curious paper lately read before a Boston Scientific Society, by Professor Fleury, of New York. The object of all processes of this kind is to produce by economical means a colourless liquid possessing permanent petrefying qualities, and holding fluid in solution. The uses to which such a liquid, supposing it to be perfect, could be applied are numerous. It may be used like the so-called water-glass invented by Professor Fuchs, of Munich, in producing fresh and durable frescoes, and, indeed, this experiment has been tried with some success in our Houses of Parliament. Arti ficial stones and cornices for building purposes might be made if this petrifying liquid could only be produced cheaply enough, and it might also, of course, be used in cementing stones together. Cast statuary, tombstones, baths, tables, mantelpieces, and ornaments of every description, could be made far cheaper from this flint-marble than by the present laborious processes. The liquid might also be used to render wood non-inflammable and waterproof by impregnating it with pro perly prepared solution ; and railway sleepers, tele graph posts, and all wood in exposed places, could be rendered weather-proof, and much more durable. It could be mixed with paper pulp and various vegetable fibres, and a variety of useful and orna mental articles could be manufactured from it. Old monuments, and buildings where the stone was decaying, could easily be restored by liquid silica ; and it is possible even that it might be made to serve for the preservation of fruit, meat, eggs, vegetables, &c. Metallurgy would gain much, as Professor Fleury points out, by a process by which quartz could be cheaply and speedily dissolved in water, for gold quartz could then be taken, and the gold obtained as a precipitate from the solu tion of the quartz. The liquid silica_ s ob tained- would, of course, have a distinct and fixed market value ; and the price paid for extract ing the gold would be more than covered by the profit arising from its sale. Many eminent scientific men have tried their hands at making this liquid stone, and with varied success. Experiments have been made in which a solution has been procured that could be cast cold without pressure, and har dening from the centre outwards became a snow white flint of greater hardness and durability even than natural marble. Professor Fuchs, of Munich, Kuhlman, of Lille, Fresny, of Paris, Graham, of London, Hardinge, of New York, and Mr. Ran some, of Ipswich, have all applied themselves to this interesting problem; and it is most likely that we shall soon be familiar with the qualities and uses of this liquid stone. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (By Telegraph.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, April 29.—City of London, from Colombo; Virulam, from Adelaide ; Knight Errant, from Calcutta ; Elida Sarah, from Warberg ; Naparimo, from Trinidad; Vera, from Jamaica; John Kendal, from Cape of Good Hope ; Love Bird, steamer, from Ibrail. Arrived, April 30.—Rhine, steamer, from Boulogne Forth, steamer, from Hamburg ; Agnes Banfield, from Sydney. Sailed, April 30.—Marquis of Argyle, from Adelaide Constantine, for Soderham. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed.—Mosquito and Flora, Prussian brigs-of-war, from Toulon, for Kiel ; H.M. yacht Enchantress, from West, for River ; Bridgetown, from S wan River, for Lon don ; Jano Frances, from Alexandria, for London ; Austra lian, from Sydney, for London; Georgetown, ship, from Barbadoes, for London; George, schooner, from Cardiff for Drammen. On the 27th of April, 1667, exactly 200 years ago, Milton received £5 for the poem of " Paradise Lost." This curious little fact may be interesting to our literary readers. ADMIRAL BENBOW'S PROVISIONS.—Benbow is first heard of in command of a well-armed merchantman in the Mediterranean, and the earliest anecdote we have of him would hardly be credible on any loss authority than that of his son-in-law, Paul Calton, Esq., who lived to tell it to Campbell, author of "Lives of the Admirals." It seems that Benbow was attacked by a Sallee rover, which he captured; and that he cut off the Moors' heads and put them into a tub of pork-pickle. Going ashore at Cadiz, with a man following him who carried these pickled heads in a sack, ho naturally attracted the atten tion of a- customs' officer, who demanded a sight of the sack's contents. This Benbow would not grant: so he was taken b3fore the magistrates of the city, where, having described his property as " provisions for my own use," ho sternly exposed it to view on the table. Tho astonishment of the Spaniards was accompanied by keen admiration. The story was carried to the King of Spain, who recommended Benbow to the attention of James IL ; and the grim nautical wag got the command of a man-of war.—British Admirals and their Biographers, in the " Corn hill Magazine" for May. THE FOOD OF HUMMING-BIRDS.—The following interesting account of the food of humming-birds appeared a short time since in Wilkes' Spirit, a New York paper : "In June I happened to be visiting at a house in Pleasant Valley, Erie county, Pa. One fine morning I was sitting in his doorway, looking out upon a neat flower-garden when I noticed a number of beautiful humming-birds, flitting from flower to flower, busy at their breakfast. Calling my host's attention to them, I remarked that I bad seen the question of their food made a disputed point somewhere in print. It was denied that they took honey from the flowers, and asserted that they found in them minute insects, on which they fed. My friend, though a close observer, was not certain on the point, and it was proposed to satisfy ourselves, if possible, by offering them honey. Ho stated that he had caught humming birds often, and thought he could do eo again. It may be well to observe that the morning is still, and that a heavy dew lay upon the ground. Some honey was taken upon, a case-knife, and we walked out upon the boarded paths between the flower-beds. Very soon one of the little fellows, a perfect beauty, one of those with the many-coloured, changeable throat, which sparkles so like a jewel, perched himself upon a board's edge, seemed much fatigued. My friend observed that he was wet and hoary with the dew, andcould not fly so long at a time as usual. We neared him once or twice, when he flew away, but at last ho suffered us to g et near enough to thrust the honey into his face. His bill touched it, but he was apparently perfectly ignorant of the nature of the substance. Again and again did we press our kind attentions ; his little eye was seemingly on the coast of Greenland,' and a very speculative eye it was too, clear and knowing. His black and shining bill was shaped like a cobbler's peg ging-awl. We wore about to acknowledge that a hum ming-bird did not know or care anything about honey, when it occurred to ono or the other of us to offer him some on a stick, instead of a knife. We had scarcely done so when' his eye changed its far off look, and running out from his bill something which looked like an exceedingly fine and narrow piece of white tape, he inserted it into the tempting fluid, and sucked away more like a hungry little pig than anything else we could think of. The tongue was put out from the bill nearly, if not quite, the length of the bill itself. It was a pretty sight. The little fellow worked with a will, and seemed perfectly at home. He satisfied himself, and assuming an air of comfort that would have done credit to an alderman, spent a few seconds in composin g t thoughts, then away he wont without so much as a h hat you. We went into the house perfectly convinced t humming birds do feed on honey." MARINE DISASTERS. —The Bureau Veritas,ostf Paris, shows that the total nu mber of ships reporte d lo during the month of March was 257, of which 134 were English, 42 American, 33 French, 11 Norwegian , 7 Prussian, 4 Dutch, 4 Italia n, 4 Russian, and 18 bear ing va rious flags. The total number of vessels lost during the first three months of the present year is 902, a decrease of 45, as compared with the disasters of the corresponding period of 1866. Aux CAYES, March .20.—0 n the sth inst. the French brig Cassard, Captain Cholet, bound fr om Jutcmel for Havre, with 3,3 00 bag s of coffee, struck on the Folli reefs, and was totally lost. On the 7th the . British bf or rig Progress, of Newport, fro m St. Thomas, in baas Manzanilla de Cuba, struck close to the same t autspo her,l) the Cassard was lost, and h as likewise proved ta wreck, only a few sails being saved. SISTERLY AFFECTION.—Two maiden ladies named Hinde, one aged 70, the other 75, daughters of the late Major II hide, were last week buried in one grave at Epping. One of them died a few years ago, and the other had the body enclosed in a leaden coffin and kept it in the house till her own decease. She was accustomed every day to place fresh flowers on the coffin. THE VOLUNTEERS. ---Vll Saturday the Ist Ad ministrative Brigade of West Riding of Yorkshire Artil lery Volunteers dined together iu celebration of the open ing of the Volunteer Artillery Barracks at Heckmondwike. The founder of the feast and the donor of the building was Lieutenant Colonel Firth. He had upon this occasion 600 guests, including the Lord-Lieutenant (Earl Fitzwilliam), Lord F. Cavendish, M.P., Inspector-General Erskine, and Sir H. Edwards, M.P. the course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 100 per cent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold from the United Stt.ter. THAMES. SAVAGE ASSAULT ET A CUSTOM-11oUsE OFFICER.— and violently as sau l t i ng Johanna W an t, Robert Francis Baker, a Custom-house officer , was brought before Mr. Pag e t, c h arged with be i ng d ru nk and disorderly , a poor and feeble Irishwoman, who i s very ill . Mr. Henry All en, the prosecut i ng o fficer of the Asso ciate Instituti o n f or E nforcing an d I m proving the Laws for the Protecti on of Women and Children, watched the case for that useful society. The complainant stated that yesterday afternoon she was passing along Leman-street, Whitechapol, with a bottle of medicine just prescribed for her at the Dispensary in one hand, and leading her little girl with the other, when the prisoner accosted her, and said, " The boys are very wicked ;" to which she replied, "Yes, they are, sir." He asked her where she lived, and she replied in Goulstou court, close by here, and said, " I must make haste home, my time is not Nay own." Sho was hurrying away from him with her little girl, and he ran after her, and swore at her and knocked the bottle of medicine out of her hand. She then called for a police-constable, and he struck her on the shoulder and about the body several times, and knocked her into a draper's shop. The prisoner —She asked me to treat her. The complainant—No, I did not. Do you think I would suffer a man I never saw before to treat me ? Porter William Dunaw;;,p7,lice-constable 11 H, said — Yesterday afternoon I was at the corner of Leman-street and High-street, Whitechapel, and I saw the woman run ning away from the' prisoner: He knocked a bottle of medicine out of her hand, and then followed her and struck her three times. She was knocked into a draper's shop and fell. The prisoner used the most fearful language and aelmB)ripasto:nelrto the stationhouse. threats towards the poor woman. I collared the prisoner, and said to him, " I've a good mind most t the do greater gr n er o aa c te k eerf y up o l o u trh d t ii o on w r ig not. to beat ' Mr. Wilson, a tradesman in the Whitechapel-road, who was aat hiswoman. d w e On the way there he took a sample bottle, containing port its contents nfrtoenmtshiosn the ground.- The prisoner had been on duty in ono of the docks. The prisoner, in defence, said he was drunk yesterday afternoon. Mr. Paget—l cannot for one moment doubt the truthful ness of the charge. Hero is a poor feeble sick woman going along the street with a bottle of medicine, given to her at a charitable institution, and you abuse her and attack her in this brutal manner. The streets would not be endur able for women if I did not punish you severely. You are sentenced to two months' inTrisournent and hard labour. 410111,1 in our Hou se o f C ommons, who have T FATItERS.—We, a pugilist in their Congresq. Put M r, Gull y was a very different sort seenedh l t I t i n t t oE l g nE h d at the tprize IA fighter m i ericans for havin g of person from Mr, Iktorrissen who lately, as one deputy or another rose to address the Assembly, Is said to have in terrupted them with coarse professional slang. When the Hone() becattis angry at this conduct, "Morrissey roared out that lie would Dot be interfered will, by any cuss in Congress,' and appealed to the Speaker to prevent his being crowded to the ropes.' After a protracted wrangle, during Which the prize-fighting legislator declared that he did not care it straw for the rules of Congress, lie handed up to the Speaker a copy of the rules of tho Prize-ring, which he vowed were much more to the purpose, and insisted that the clerk should read aloud from an old copy of Bells Life the details of a mill between the Staleybridge Infant and the Brummagem Chicken. This proved too much even for Congress, and the drunken blackguard was forced from the House by the Sergeant -at-Arms and his men." Wo aro glad, though wo are also surprised, that th,i House was capable of so much self-respect. We trust it will henceforth imitate its own example, and hand over to the Sergeant-at-Arms members who, without Morris soy's excuse, are guilty of similar misconduct.—,London Review. 14 MINNS. INPERIAL PARLIAIY[ENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at foßr o'clock. THE BANDA PRIZE MONEY. Mr. G. DENMAN gave notice that on Thursday he should ask the Government how much of the Banda and Kirwee prize money had been distributed; and if not the whole, what had occasioned the delay. THE REFORM BILL. Mr. LAING gave notice that, in committee on the Re form Bill, he should move an amendment to the effect that no borough with less than 10,000 population, according to the last census, should return more than one member to Parliament. EDUCATION. Mr. COGAN asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether it was the fact, as reported in the newsplpors, that the Solicitor-General for Ireland, at a meeting of the Church Education Society held in Dublin on the 10th of April, proposed a resolution, which he stated "expressed the positive principles of the Church Education Society as a scriptural institution, and also its position as an antago nist of the national system ;" and, whether the Govern ment participate in this condemnation of the National sys tem of Education as compared with that of the Church Education Society, and intended to propose any alterations in it with a view to substitute in its steads system of edu - cation founded on the principles of the Church Education Society. _ _ Lord NAAS said in the speech of his right hon. friend referred to there was no condemnation of the National system, and With respect to the last part of •the inquiry, the Government had no intention to make any alteration ip the national system. THE LUXEIIBURG QUESTION—FRANCE AND PRUSSIA. Mr. HORSMAN asked the noble lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs if he could state to the house whether any arrangement had been made for a conference in Lon don to consider the matters in dispute between Franco and Prussia ? Lord STANLEY said he had reason to believe that the nd interested tthhee statement isiio al t i et in- eayrtt proposition 4w : o t completed.ep . 0 i t n r e f Et n i en t igp f l o tta r tne conference Tbn uh ttec:ol proposal, nrtf oeh p oreet nc c o: ownwa and p n o om u s a l ai d r tt r i t eabo arrangement g d. he had every wawa to believe that it would be ' ac cepted both by France and Prussia. (Hear, hear.) He could also say that he had every reason to hope and believe that the question of Luxemburg, which had disturbed all England, was in a fair way of being amicably settled. (Hear, hear.) Ho could not state the whole of what had passed on the subject, be cause other Governments were concerned in the matter, and he had no right to make these affairs known without their consent, but he would take that opportunity of con tradicting a statement that had been made to the effect that England had expressed a strong opinion on the question of right between the Governments of England and France. Ou the contrary England had expressed a very decided opinion both to the Govern ments of France and Prussia that the question in dispute should bo settled by amicable means ; and further he had stated in plain language that if hostilities should unfortu nately arise the position England would assume would be one of strict and impartial neutrality. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) MR. OSBORNE'S " MARE'S NEST." Mr. DILLWYN said he had put a question on the paper referring to the hon. member for Nottingham, as to certain papers which he read to the house on the 12th of April, purporting to be the copy of a memorandum made by the member for Swansea; and to ask that gentleman by what means he obtained such papers. He had received a letter from that gentleman, dated April 29, and written from Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, stating that it would not be convenient for him to attend in his place in Parliament before Thursday next. He bad told the hon. gentleman that he should certainly mention the matter in the house that evening, and he could not refrain at the moment from saying that he considered it a great want of courtesy that the hon. gentleman who occupied a seat so close to him (Mr. Dillwyn) should bring forward such a matter without giving notice both to himself and the hon. member for Anglesey. The memorandum he (Mr.Dillwyn) had shown to the hon. member for the Anglesey Boroughs (Mr. 0. Stanley) was not a private document, but the copy of the memorandum between himself and the hon. member for Dublin (Ccl. Taylor), which the hon. member for Not tingham had road, was incorrect in many particulars. He felt bound, in justice to the hon. and gallant gentleman the member for Dublin, to say that Lord Derby's name was never mentioned as an approver of Mr. Hibbert's amendment. Mr. 0. STANLEY said he was glad the hon. gentle man had stated that the document he had shown him was not a private one. He believed it was shown for the pur pose of influencing the votes of honourable members, and in all that he had done in the matter he felt he had done no more than any other gentleman would have done placed in his position. (Hear, hear.) Sup posing the version of the document he had given to his hon. friend was incorrect, the hon. member for Swansea could easily produce the original document, which would speak for itself. (Hear, hear.) The hon. gentleman did not appear inclined to comply with the suggestion of Mr. Stanley, and the subject dropped. METROPOLITAN GAS BILL. In reply to Mr. CRAWFORD, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Metropolitan Gas Bill was fixed for Thursday next. With respect to the Factories Bill, when that would be taken would depend on the progress made with other matters. The Government measure for the prevention of corrupt practices at elections stood third oa the orders of that evening for a second reading, but he could not say at what hour that order would be taken. Mr. BRIGHT suggested that before the bill was con sidered in detail by the house it would be well if it was considered by a select committee, as he felt it could by that means be rendered more acceptable. Mr. LOCKE asked when the Traffic Regulation Metro polis Bill would be considered ? Tho CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it stood No. 25 on the order for that evening, but ho must say that it did not look very promising of its being taken that night. TENANTS' IMPROVEMENT (IRELAND) BILL. Lord NAAS moved that this bill be read a second time. Mr. GREGORY moved as an amendment to leave out all the words after the word " That," in order to add the words "without prejudging the second reading of this bill this house is of opinion that no enactment for the settle ment of the landlord and tenant question in rreland can be deemed satisfactory which does not provide for the encou ragement of leases in that country." Mr. BRYAN, in secon din g the amendment, dwelt upon the meagreness of the attempt to settle a long agitated and important question, especially as there was a studious and careful avoidance of what was the real want of the country namely, stability for the tenant in possession. The remedy for what was termed the "Irish grievance" was something in the nature of security for the tenant, and until that was given he would not put capital in the land, nor would ho feel an interest in preserving the institutions of the country. Mr. SANDFORD contended that no property should be charged with the repayment of loans advanced for the pur pose of making improvements, unless such improvements were made with the consent of the landlord, and that it would be far better to leave the landlords and tenants of Ireland to settle their own differences in their own way, and not to make them subjects of exceptional Captain WHITE pointed out that half measures like the present would never put an end to the chronic agitation which prevailed in Ireland on the land question, and de clared that the Tory landlords who were now supporting the Government refused to give leases, because they de sired to exercise political influence over their tenants. Mr. M'KENNA was prepared to support the bill on its merits, in the hope that objectionable portions would be eliminated in committee. Mr. BAGWELL insisted that the people of Ireland did not want either English capital or English settlers, and that they were quite able to bring the land to the highest state of cultivation if they had an assurance that they would not be turned out of their farms without compensa tion. Mr. SYNAN expressed dissatisfaction at the measure. Mr. POLLARD-URQUIIART was disposed to support it on the ground that it would be unwise to reject a mea sure containing some elements of good because it had not been brought forward by his own political friends, or was not so good as it might be. It was, ho thought, a great concession that any improvements might be made without the consent of the landlord. Mr. PEEL-DAWSON was willing to give a genera support to the measure, but suggested that it might be im proved in committee. The O'DONOGIIUE characterised the bill as vicious in principle, and predicted that it would be insufficient in practice. To tell the tenants of Ireland that they might borrow money of the Government et interest in order to invest it in land of which they had only a sit months' tenure was absurd. Mr. PIM recommended the extension of the lapsed Montgomery Act" of Scotland to Ireland, but, failing that, would support the bill, believing that it might do some partial good. Sir F. W. HEYGATE urged the Government to with draw the bill, as it was objectionable in principle, lm ,practicable iu detail, and, if passed into law, would become a dead letter. Ireland wanted manufactures similar to those of Ulster, and if the present bill were passed it would neither check emigration nor attract capital to the country. Mr. MONSELL thought it would be far better for the Government to persist with their bill, but to accept the amendment of Mr. Gregory, which had nothing whatever revolutionary in it,, and which would in no way trench upon the rights of property. He warned the House that if some concession were not now made the landlords of Ireland would have to submit to much less advantageous terms hereafter. Lord CLAIM HAMILTON supported, and the O ' CONOR DON opposed the bill. Mr. READ, as pa; truant farmer, regarded the bill with favour, believing it to bi) a substantial boon, and assured the Government that if they would only extend it to England it would be receive& -with general satisfaction. After some observations from Mr. KENNEDY against the bill, the ATTORNEY-GEnERAL for Ireland de fended it, contending that it was a good and practical measure, which wi)uld confer much bene fit upon the Irish tenantry; whilst it would not interfere with the rights of tale landlords. As fo the amendment of Mr. Geegory, he* hold it was not germane to the question at issue. Mr. SULLIVAN condemned the bill on the ground that it would deal with the gulerion in an illusory manner, and in a narrow and niggardly Er?irit. He contended that compensation and tenure were antimately connected, and that one could not be settled n•i:thout the other. Mr. GRAVES having made n ineffectual attempt to get the debate adjourned, Lord NAAS said that altheaigh he did not think the question of tenure and compel'ss tion ought to be mixed up in the same bill, still, if the atnondment were carried he would not drop the bill, but would regard the division as an instruction to the committee to treat the two subjects together. After a few words from Mr. COOLLY and Sir R. KNIGHTLEY, the latter of whom. thought the amendment of Mr. Gregory ought to have been moved in committee, the. house was cleared for a division, but none took place, and the motion that the bill be " new" road a second time was negatived. The amendment of Mr. Gregory haVing thus become the original motion, Mr. SANDFORD moved " That, in the opinion of this house, so property should be charged with the repayment of loans advanced for the purpose of making improvements except such improvements be made with consent of the landlord." The house having divided, Mr. Gregory's motion was rejected by 108 to 104. On the question that Mr. Sandford's amendment bo agreed to, Lord NAAS said that it opened up an entirely new question which had not received consideration in the course of the debate. The bill, however, provided a ma— chinery that effectually guarded the landlord against auz injury. He should therefore meet the amendment with. a negative. Mr. C. FORT ESCUE complained of tho manner in which the Government had " manipulated" the division, so that the house had been unable to give its unfettered opinion upon the first amendment submitted to it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER denied the manipulation, and suggested that the better course would be to adjourn tho debate; and a motion having been mach) to that effect it was carried by 115 to 97. The debate, therefore, stands adjourned. Tho Vico-President of the Board of Trade Bill passed through committee. The Customs and Inland Revenue Bill, the object of which is to continue the income tax and tea duties at their present rate for the current. financial year, and to reduce the duty on marine insurances, was road a second time, as was the Local Government Supplemental Bill. The other business on the paper was disposed of, and the house adjourned at 20 minutes past one o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, CHESTER RACES--THIS DAT. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) GROSVENOR STAKES. Moulsey llonestish Regalia 3 BETTING ON THE COURSE. CHESTER CUP. 4 to 1 agst Lecturer (taken) Bto 1 agst Miss Havelock (taken) 10 to 1 agst Rama (taken) 100 to 6 agst The Rescue (taken) 25 to 1 agst Weather Star (taken) TATTERSALL'S—Last Evening. CHESTER CUP. 4to 1 agst Lecturer (taken) Bto 1 agst Miss Havelock (taken and offered) 9 to 1 agst Rama (taken) 9to 1 agst Archimedes (taken) 100 to 7 agst Beeswing (taken) 100 to 7 agst Lucifer (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Leap Year (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Clown (taken) All the Duke of Beaufort's horses are struck out of their Chester engagements. DERBY• 7 to 2 agst The Rake (taken) 7 to '2 agst Vauban (taken) 1000 to 40 agst Palmer (taken and offered) NOTICE.—CHANGE OF ADDRESS.—JOHN STIRS, late Of Beaufort Buildings, Strand, returns his best thanks for the patronage he has received during the past year, and begs to inform his friends that he has removed to 25, Wel-. lington-street, Strand, London, where commissions will be executed to any amount. Price Lists as usual. ---- T. and G. LEE, of the Wheatsheaf, Worship-street, Shorediteh ; at Three King-court, Lombard-street; and at Ono S wan-yard, Bishopsgate-street. W. Horxms rend JORII AMBROSE (member of Tattersall's, Victoria, and other Clubs) Execute Commissions on all races throughout the year. Address-33, °RENDER STREET, ILLICILLUKET. 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 Ileum's Brewery. THE HAVELOCK 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, Walwortli road, three doors from the Elephant and Castle. RACING FIXT RES FOR 1867. Ascot Spring York Spring Doncaster Spring Salisbury Bath .Y. 17 Harpenden 21 Epsoin Croydon Newton 29 - JU Ascot Summer 4 Windsor Summer Manchester Summer 12 Hampton l3 B O u h i a y m Club lB B ev erley I Stockbridge l9 'Chelmsford Summer 1 NeVrcastle .. 25 Ipssvice 27 I Worcester Summer 27 'LY Down Royal Cox poratn l7 Stamford Radcliffe Huntingdon 23 Winchester Southampton GJod wood Carlisle 2 Newmarket July '2 Pontefract Reading Liverpool July Meeting 10 Hungerford Nottingham l6 AUGUST. Ripon Brighton .. .. 6 Brighton Cluo 8 Lewes EFlittin Wolverhampton l3 Stockton Oxford liastings York August Dover West Drayton 22 Plymouth.. . 22 Canterbury Derby Lichfield Yarmouth 27 Weymouth Tunbridge .13:tden13aden SEPTEMBER, Margate Warwick Spring 3 I lienaon l9 A.biugtion 5 Monmouth Leicester Doncaster Drown OCTOBER , Northampton Autumn. 1 I Newmarket 2d October. 7 Edinburgh Bedford 3 1 Newmarket Lloughton . 21 NOVIMBER. Liverpool Autumn 5 I Leamington Hunt shrewsbury Autumn... 11 COURSING. COURSING . MEETINGS TO COME. SEPTEMBER. Name. Judge. Days of Running Brampton, Cumberland Mr. Warwick OCTOBER. Ancaster and Willoughby, r Spy (Toni Lincolnshire M ___ __....---_. is _The dispute THE TAILORS' STRIKE IN 1 A . RIS. considered as almost at an end.. Two insertion. The corninimic,tted to the Paris . between the muster tailors and r 11"-°tiners"ltvavneowbeebne d which has already ree.eived the adhesion . ?f 1„a m oues, 'tans invites their coin_ liberty, adding that a part their demands having been acceded to, they had better f ° U f a s.itistied with the concession obtained, as they would r fw m 3 h t :s f L ou r ' e a su n in n e in t b e r t their V rr i k d °tj' u ° a by the ruin of the trade on which they de.- i g e a t i i n d . rhe second is from the committee of employ-ers, declaring that the increase of 10 per cent. in the wages has been accepted by a large number of the men, who have agreed teresume work on such terms, and that the strike being thus de Ado at an end, the masters in general aro invited to reopen their workshops. Hum PRICE OF FOXHOUNDS.—The Bedale fox hounds were sold by auction last week at the kennels, near Northallerton, Yorkshire, and the pack comprised 40 couples of dogs of celebrated blood, and out of which four couples of hounds of good reputation in the hunting field realised 120g5., and other four coupled fetched 100 gs., and were bought by Mr. Booth, of Catterick, who succeeds Lord Feversham, as master of hounds. The Marquis o Hastings purchased eight couple of dogs at 165g5., whic will join the Quorn pack. The whole of this pack sold under the hammer produced 5620., sucl the arena price of each hound WAS 47 se, Share 20 et St 100 .t LO4 to too .~'"~ fl 1,41 4