The Sun. — London, England, 1861-04-02 00:00:00

3101VEY MARKET AND CITY Nl', TWes`. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The public markets for Foreign and Colonial Produce remain closed for the Easter holidays, but they will re-open to-morrow, the 3d inst. Private dealings have taken place in sugars at fully late rates. For coffee there has been a moderate in cluirY• Rice, rum, saltpetre, and tallow have been in very limited request, without any material change in 'value. P.Y.C. on the spot is now quoted 58s. 6d. ; April to June delivery, 575. 6d. ; and last three Months, 555. to 555. 3d. per cwt. About £40,000 in gold was sent into the Bank of England yesterday. The steamer La Plata, which left to-day for the West Indies, conveyed £12,386 in specie. A call of £2 108. per share, amounting to £105,527, became due to-day on the Glasgow and South Western Railway guaranteed £lO shares. A moderate amount of business was recorded in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices Were steady. The sales were about 7,000 bales. Although the demand for money continues active the supply is abundant, and the mercantile public, Who are now busily preparing for the 4th, are en abled to obtain the accommodation they require on previous terms. The following account of the number and ton nage of vessels now on the berth at the port of London, and loading for the Australian colonies, is extracted from the usual monthly list prepared by Mr. Miller, the manager of the Jerusalem Coffee Rouse : For)Launeeston 2 vessels 1,035 tons. 15 Hobart Town •• • 3 )5 1,626 „ ), Sydney and Moreton Bay 8 „ 6,855 „ ~ Melbourne and Geelong 221 „ 17,844 „ ~ Adelaide ... 8 „ 4,855 „ ~ Swan River .. 1 „ 281 „ „ New Zealand —lO „ 6,134 „ Total 53 38,630 „ Notwithstanding the expectation that the mar ket for public securities would have indicated an improvement, increased heaviness has been experi enced, Consols having declined to 911 1 for money to 911 for the 10th inst„ and 911 to 92 for the May account. India Stock is firmer at 2211, ditto 5 per Cent. Loan at 991 1001; ditto 4 per Cent. Enfaced Paper 18 77; ditto 5 per Cent. 932 94; and Exchequer are 13s. to Bs. die. Very little alteration has taken place in Foreign Securities, and the dealings have been limited. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 74 to 741 ; ditto, 1858, 63 ,1 541. Mexican is firm at 247 1 ; Peruvian 3 per Cents. at 731 ex div. Sardinian are heavy at 82 i, and Spanish Deferred at 411. In the Railway Share Market business has con tinued rather dull, and prices have shown a decidedly heavy tone, the decline in most instances being about 1, to 2 per cent. North Western, South Eastern, and Great Wesdern have receded 55.; Caledonians, and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 10s. ; and Midland, 15s. London and South Western have improved 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines have shown very little animation, and prices have been steady. San Paulo realise 2 , -; Great Luxemburg, 61 ; Recife and San Francisco, 10'4 ; Great Western of Canada have improved to 11 y, 1; and Bombay and Baroda, to 921. Joint Stock Banks and Miscellaneous shares have continued dull, without any material alteration in value. London and Westminster are dealt in at 6 41; Oriental Bank have declined to 49 ; Union of London to 24; Peninsular and Oriental Steam are steady at 68; and United Mexican Mining Shares have advanced to 6 and 611. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Cons.ls Annuities India Stock Ditto 45 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. 77 • Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditti, Bonds £l,OOO 37 dis Consols for Account . • 911 a India Stock for Account — Ditto 5 per Cent. , Ilachequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. Ditto £5OO l3 8 dis Ditto, Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Peruvian 4i per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent •••• Ditto Account Sardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cent •••• Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent .. 741 Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 2i per Cent 631 TWO O'CLOCK Consols, Money 9ll I Ditto Account THE WEATHER. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. This Day, between 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. I. 9 a.m. - 2, 1:1rn — 2996 46 45 E.N.E. 5 9 o. 7 Aberdeen Berwick 29/3 46 45 N. E. 6 7 m. 6 Portrush Shields Galway 29/8 46 45 E. 6 9 r. 4 Scarborough 29'65 43 42 E.N.E. 3 9 r. 4 Liverpool 29'71 43 42 S. 1 9 r. 1 Valentia q ueenstown 29'71 46 45 W.N.W. 2 6 r. 1 London 29/2 Yarmouth 29.84 3 7 44 42 S.S.W. 1 945 44 S.S.E. m f. . 3 Dover 29 72 48 45 S.W. 2 9 0. 1 Portsmouth 2974 50 47 S.W. 4 6 o. 2 Portland Plmouth Pen y zance 1 2 2 kyr, ITS A Trnrs _.-11 TiftromAter. corrected and reduced EXPLANATION.-B. Barometer, corrected and _ used to 32 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise Causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. xposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true-- hot magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud cl to 9 ). I. Initials blue sky ; c., clouds (detached) ; 1., fog. ; h., hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy), 0., overcast (dull) ; r., rain; a., snow; t., thunder. A letter repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb ance (1 to 9). WIND AND WEATHER ,EPORT, THIS DAY, 9 A.M. N.E. ; dull Birmingham, N.E.; dull Boston, S.W.; fine Bradford, N.W. ; wet Brighton, W. ; showery Bristol, S.W. ; fine Cardiff, E.; cloudy Chatham, S. ; cloudy Darlington, N. E. ; rain veal, S.W.; cloudy Doncaster, N.W.; wet N.E. ; rain Dundee, N.E. ; dull Rdinburgh, N.B. ; dull Falmouth, N.W.; cloudy Glasgow, E.; fine Goole, W. ; heavy rain Gravesend, S. ; cloudy Harrogate, N.E. ; rain Holyhead, E. ; fine Huddersfield, W. ; wet Hull, E.N.E. ; rain Inverness, N. ; rain Lowestoft, W.S.W. ; fine Middlesborough, N.E. ; rain Milford Haven, E. ; cloudy Newcastle on Tyne, N ; _ cloudy Stockton on Tees, N.W.; rain Sunderland, N.E. ; rain West Hartlepool, W. ; rain Whitehaven, N.E. ; rain CONTINENTAL ST. Barcelona, E. ; fine Brussels, S.; foggy Cherbourg, E.S,E.; foggy Copenh agen , E.N.E• ; foggy Dunkirk, I.; cloudy navre, S.S.E.; fine Leghorn, W. ; rain Leipsic, S. ; foggy Lisbon, N.; cloudy Lyons, S. foggy 'ATIONS, APRIL 1. Madrid, S.W. ; foggy Marseilles, N.W. ; fine Moscow, S. ; cloudy Paris, W. ; fine St. Petersburg, 3 ; foggy Strasbourg, S. S.E. ; rain Stockholm, E.N.E. ; foggy Turin, N. ; rain • Vienna, S.S.E. ; little foggy THE M 441 I, S. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .• Do. Brazil and Cape Verds .. • • Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &e. Cuba and Mexico .. • • ' • • • . • April 1. Canada &c. (via L'derry) .. Mach 27. .. April 3. C r ,ape of' Good Hope, &c. .. • • Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) April 4. Do Gibraltar ( • Southampton) (via Marseilles) Mar. 29. via.. • • Mar. 28. A ndia(Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) April 4. Do. (via Marseilles) Mar. 29. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. Mar. 28. Lisbo n Do. (via Marseilles) ~ Apr i l 4> • • • • • .. Apr 14l 1. alta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) ~ Mar. 28. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Mar. 29. and Oporto .. .. April 1. Aest a ;iited States, California, &c. Mar. 28. rn Coast of Atr Madeira, T .. April 10. hest Indies and Pacific, ica, Carthagena, eneriffe Cuba, &c. April 1. • • • • .. April 18 (via Marseilles) April 12. .. April 6. The suspension has been announced of Mr. B. de k,uadra, largely engaged in the Spanish trade. The house Was formerly Cuadra and Romero, and as it has lorig en i?Yed a resp ec t a bl e s t an di ng , th e li a bilities are thought likely to prove very extensive. Om cause of th , i difficulty i BuPposed to consist in losses by the recent failures in aVaimah. ARKET.-(TIII8 .DA 7). ORDINARY SHARES AND STCCKS. I Closing Business Railways. j Price. I Done Belfast and Ballymena Bir., Tol , and Str. Val. Birk., La., and Ch June Blyth and Tyne Boat. Sleaf. and Mid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen Cardigan ;Cork and Banclon Illork, Wreck., ,f,Passage, !Cornwall .... (Do A (A ;refs no div. 'Do B , until 6pc peran. hasbeen d. toB Dubliu & Belfast. June Dun., Perth, &Ab. dune !East Anglian 'Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do do. B do DO Nw A, late ELlds. East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness , Glasg. and S. Western 'Great Nthn. of Scotland Great Northern I Do do A stock Do do B do Gt. S. W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Trish South-eastern Lancashire dr Yorkshire Loudon and Blackwall ' Lon., S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover ILond. & Nth. Western T.ond..t ~t h. Western L'derry & Coleraine I.'derry Man. shot. t Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do do / shares IMetropolitan Midland . , D0new......., _ Do olrminv. Derby 3f id. Gt. W. of Ireland Do shares 3fid ...... Do, Cray Line . . Newcastle and Clrlisle Newry & Armagh, def.. Newry, Warnpt. 1a Ros North 'British rco - r.Dev.Rail&Dk.stocv , D , A stk ; A reefs no d.' until 6pclias beenpd.B' I Do B etock )Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do do , C.N.E. purchase fDo Leeds .... • • • • • • • • • • IDo York North London Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction 'Not. &Grantham Rail 'rzebles Portsmouth Rhymney ;Scottish Central ,Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock... Shropshire Union ...... ;Sittin vbourne & Sheer. ;South Devon .... S.-Durham & I,anc.Un. (South Eastern • • • • South Wales .. ........ S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do do Do New (1860) ITaff Vale • • Do Pref. No 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Ulster D 0.... ... ........ . .. Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall ;West London Do Ist class ........ Do 2d class .. IWestHaqlepool Harbr and Rail iWest Midland—Oxford no. Newport Do. Hereford. 8 8i 80 62 5i 6i 97 99 951 Mt 42 44 8 8i 17 18 19 60 37 39 26 23 83 85 25i 261 111 113 110 111 105 106 129 131 105 107 70i 71 60 62 114 111 61 412 118 119 44 48 951 951 91i 92 14 114 45 43 3i /id 1251 [251 1 $ liP 98 100 7 6d 54 66 621 521 101 f 104 1p 60 604 904 n 97 99 4 nil 91 10i 7i 78 113 115 34 35 4 88 7 49 9 0 42 83% 83! 59 61 04' 97 4 7 4(4 414 10i 11% p 6 6i p 55 2 3 5( d 1 p 75 78 p 111 IJ 5i 61 1125 41 98 43 45 40 43 79 81 PREFERENCE SHARES. ' I Closing Business Railways. 'Paid Done. Share Price. Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at 5...5 0 iiris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 4fr per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. lCork & Bandon, si p. 0. Cornwall. 5 per cent 1 Dun. Perth &Aber.Jun. Do Ist Class Prof E.AncoiClass A 7 &sp.c Do. do. Class B 6 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c I Coon. Ex. sp. c. No. I Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 per et. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. guar... IC din.& G las. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c gua. S. & D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent .... (Ilas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. 1 (3 rear Northern, 5 p. et. rn.sp.e.Redm., 10 p.c.pm Do. 41 p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.a. pm t. Nh. of Scotid. Ist pt. I G t.Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 1 p. et. pref. stock [Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p. ct... Co. Redeemable, 41 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct Do Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref Do. Pirm. Pref. Shares It. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh Do. do. sp. ct. pref Do Birm.9.•..guar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan. & Carl. 4i p c. pref f.an.&York fl p. c. stock Do.llarnsl.st£s 3s 10d pc Do. 6 per C. (E. Lam) Lon.& Bri g. 5 pawl. No.l Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 Do. gua. 6 p. c. Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 Do. do. 41 per cen'. Do. do. 41 p. c. shares T)o. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) ,Do.4p.c.S.(div.dettil '651 Do. 4 per cent. Pref Lon. Chat. and Dover Do.W. A rceiv. no div Ex.A tiler) cis pd on no. fl B. & Brom ex. Do. Metropolitan Ex B Lon. and N.W. Cox. and Nuneaton, 5 p. ct I.on. & S. W, 7 p. ct. stock Do. 44 per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl antis of 2s. 6d Londondy. & Cole. eh Lon d ony. & Ennis. eh :wan. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct I Do. .£6 Do. 3k per cent Do. redeem. 6 percent '.l - ary,ort k Car., 4 p. c Do. 41 per cent Mid. Con. 6 p c. stock , Do.Con.Bris. do Bir. 6 P.C Do. 4, p. c. pref. stock Do. 41 per cent. Do. Leic. At Hit. pref. st. l , Nortlk 5 p. c. Ex. st. 18461 ;Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 18471 Do.SM - ay. Val.Ex.st.lB47 North British, 5 p. e. Do. New, vu?.. a p. c Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. shs Do. do. do , Nth. Dev. R ail. At Dck.Co. N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c. ;Do. 41 p c. redeemable Do. G.N.E. 4 per c. pref.! Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref., Do. Leeds, 6 p. a. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 1 'Do. York, H. At S. Purch. l North Staffordshire Rhymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new p 1 Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. c. pref. stock:... LWAberdeen,guaMp.c. Do. 7 p. c. pief. stock South Devon, Ann. 10si Do. Fixed 4i per cent.: South Eastern (Reading; Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 4& per cent Do. Fixed , ip.c. Ist is south Wales, gua. 4 p. c 1 Do. 4 per cent. Do. 5 per cent' S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua 'Stock.'ez Dar. A 5 p. 0 1 Do. B 6 Der cent Do. C 6 per cent Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p.c W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. Do.Perpet. 6 p. c. pf 1866 Do. till 1869, Ist is. 100 102 20 21 6 6} 99 101 108 113 105 108 107 109 106 108 121 123 80 82 110 112 90 92 1113 115 111 113 102 104 83 • 85 97 99 97 99 89 01 90 92 100 102 91 101 17 18 10} 101 74 76 20 21 10 10} 15 15i 135 137 112 114 112 114 135 140 112 114 101 103 148 153 128 131 70 73 86 68 131 141 126 128 i AP! 68 70 i #PI 133 135 100 102 91 93 110 112 108 110 & I{ P 91 93 100 101 *dip 22i 23 130 132 lot lot 224 23 99 100 99 100 --I 08 100 85 87 266 276 316 324 314 324 45 48 122 124 118 121 98 100 121 124 114 US 1 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. . i ,, Leasing ;Closing Business Railways. P "'''' Co.'s I Price. i Done. Bedford and Bletchley allLn &N.W .. .. I Bu!kinghamshire .... 100 Do .. ..... 94 96 Chester & Holyhead... 100 D 0........ 153 534 54 Do. 56 percent 100 IDo. ,121 123 Do. 5 „ 1 100 iDo. ...... , 109 111 Clydesdale June .. . ... 1 100 ,Caledon...i 99 101 Colchester, Stour Val.l all ;E.U.&E.C, 15/ 161 E.Lincolnsh. g 6 per c. Ur.; Gt.North.'l32 134 E.Union,HarwichShs. all lE.Counts. 4j 4 Do. Woodbridge.... 100 1 „ Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct. 100 Caledon.., Do. new lOO D 0....... Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. West Hrtlp'l Dock & Rail.. all Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby Do. halves... all Do. ..... . Do. quarters all ,Do. - Lanc.&Carl. g - ua.s p.c. 100 , Ln&N.W 2Ol 204 London & Greenwich.! 100 S.Eastern 61 63 Do. Preference ... lOO Do ... Lon.,Tilbury,& S.-end 100 Ipeto &Co B7 90 Lowestoft ~ -, ua. 4 p c.- 100 Norfolk — -- Do. 6 per cent lOO Do. ... . -1- 31nc., Bxtn ,& Matlock all L NW&ii 3 31 Mid. Bradford-Prefer 5. 56. E.C OMi t e. p i p ence Stock . 100 Midland.. 91 9 6 95 Northm&Eastn. s p. c. all 'Do.. ...... 55 57 Ne g N u v a in . a s r p k e t 'r ß c u enl E x ... I Do. 6 P. c" - .... . Do. Fixed sp. c all Do. all !Midland North Western !Lic NW 151 1s Preston and Wyre. I all ILiz L. y k. 1 ..... If't North. 1'32 all IDo. 00 T.Prassey 100 102 101 R4,tn i m. . , ... .... ...... 100 . . 134 Shrewsbry& liereford 1 1 . 1 I o. ii 1 Do. do. all M'Clean lOl 13 P S.-Staffordshire....., Wilts and Somerset.. 100 :Gt. West. 89 91 Wimbledon &Croydn. all L. Wu Si 7 95: 5 17i I 49 i } all }lOO stock 701 i 64 701 110 1 91 95 41 51 921 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. lAl2erian 10 'Antwerp & Rotterdam all 11 51 20 Ardenne5........... 20 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c 2O 11 114 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 14 20 Beziers to Graissessac all Ca• - neaux Mine & Rail 30 12 13 100 Copiaro ........& all 10 oitto Extension all 3; 21 20 Dutch Rhenish 20 Eastern of France 20 Grand Rue Guar. 6p. c lO -- 20 Do. do. All 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs all 6; 71 6/ 20 Italian Junction 20 Lierre & Turnhout 20 Lyons & Geneva 20 Namur & Liege all 71 7/ 20 Do. 6p. e. Pref all 19 20 16 Northern of France all 17; 38; 16 Do. New Shares 15 - 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 8 9 • 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 36; 37; 20 Paris & Orleans all 55 57 20 Recife &S. Fran. (Pern ) gun. 7_p. et. lim l5 41 311 104 20 Riga & Dunaburg l6 20 Royal Danish all 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref all I 20 Sambre & Meuse 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref all 81 l 4 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c 4 1; 111 21 20 S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin 14 11 10 20 Southern of France all I 20; 21; 20 S. East Portugal 7p et 4 I - 81 West Flanders 10 Do. 5; p. c. Preference all 91 91 At 20 W.,41r N.W. of France 20 West , rn of Austria 6 20 Westyrn of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref all 20 Zealand all -- BRITISH MINES. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.7.4 21 31 20 'British Iron !Clifford nil 180 190 IDevon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 345 355 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 107; 1124 !East Caradon 12.14.6 19; 20 194 lE. W'l Russel (Tavistk )! 7.4.0 61 6 'Gam.dSt.Aubyn(Gwen ) 541 17 10 ,Great South Tolgus l7s 6 6; IG.Wheal Alfci. (Philack) 13.9.6 1 ,G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 10 1 i Grenville . I 6.2.6 2 21 ,Herod's-Foot , 8.12 36 18 Hingston Downs ' 4.11.6 2; 21 -a Lady Bertha ,Margaret (Crny Lelant) 9; 46 48 North Downs 2; 31 41 , North Frances (Mogan) 114 41 51 ,N.Wh'l Basset (Illo4an) 1.4.0. 51 61 - 'North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St. Blazey) 1; 9 95 20 'Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 37 39 - ,Sortrid,c,re Cons. Min. Co. 1 4 1 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 11 295 305 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 4 21 31 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. a 1 ,S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.1A.9 1 150 160 Stray Park 24.8.0 35 37 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 45 2 21 10 'Tin Croft , 9 54 51 I Vale of Towey (Carm )1.3s 6d 6 West Basset (Illogan) 1 1; 17 18 jW. Caradon (Liskeard), 5 75 77 [West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan), 5; 105 110 ',Wheal Buller (Redruth), 5 115 125 Wheal Edward (Cals.) 71 21 21 21 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) l 1.7.2 12 13 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men.)' 8 15 17 ,Wheal Trelawney (Lis.)i 5; 11 13 FOREIG: ES. 20 1 I. 20 5 1 II 40 'Australian IBonAccord Copper,Lim. Brazil St.J.del Rey,Lim i Do.Land and Mining:Co.,' 'Clarendon Cons.MinCo ;Cobra Copper Copt apo punMoun.Cop.Ming Co d 1 1 30i 31 i 1 dig. 39 41 8 10 I t 2 2i 22 23 Al} ii), 9 96 Fortuna. General ;Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr liapunda Linares Lusitanian, lq'ttlqui(a p l r 1p * id 4 6 IN.lthineCopofS.Aus.L..! IPontgibaud Silver,Lead I_Mlning . 9.nd Smelt.... 5 !Port Philip 1 'Scottish Austen. (L.) 211.214 United Mexican .. 1 ' Worthing (Limited) ' Do all 1 10s. ail all lii 5 5j i i 6161 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 78 80 40 .Australasia all 62 63 25 . Bank of Egypt all 184 194 100 Bank of London ..... 50 51 53 20 Bank of Turkey ... 50 British North American all 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all i 205 215 25 Chiller. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 33 3 i 100 City 100 Colonial .. ........ 25 138 39 20•11 Com. Bank . of Canada.. all 100 Commercial of London. 20 - 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 155 155 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 I Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 225 23 20 Do. new 5 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S. African lO 25 15 85 100 London & Westminster 20 83 65 645 100 Nat. Prov. of England 42 20 Do. new 50 'National Bank 20 New South Wales all 335 25 'Orient. B. Corporation all 50 62 49 ' 20 Ottoman Bank all 165 17 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 r. 10 Do. new 25 South Australia all 25 Union of Australia 50 Union of London. 100 Unity Mutual 6O — COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-9 lOO - - Do. 6p. cent.lBBo-2 100 - - Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 - - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 :07 109 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 110 112 Do. 5 per cent lOO 1005 101 1005 5 Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 108 1085 Do. 1890 100 108 109 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1065 1074 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. GOT. sp. c., 1866 100 98 99 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 98 99 Do. p.c., 1888 & upwde 100 975 085 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 106. 107 S. Aus,Gop.c.lB7B.& up lOO Vic. Gov. 6p c. Je. &July 100 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lOO 1075 1085 105 DOCKS. stock Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pretlifin. 100 stock East and West India 1 150 stock London stock St. Katharine.. lOO stock Southampton ' 100 stock Victoria.. ..... , 100 97 d p 20 Do New _ _ . - 2 5d par MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 13 14 10 Atlantic R. MI. Stm (1c1)! -- 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 28 30 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 45 45 45 50 British American Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Urn.) all 34 36 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim,) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) , an 125 145 325 Canada Land all 1 114 118 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) all Cop.Min.ofEng&Smltg. 25 Do. Prof. 75 per cent. st. Crystal Palace st. Do. Preference st. Do. 5 p ct. Perpet. Deb lOO _ 20 E.lndia. Irrign. & Canai 1 fd 5 d st. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 5 English &Aus. Copper all 35 35 35 15 Gen. Steam Navigate in 14 1 Great Ship limited) all 1 Do. 174 pct Preference all 5 Lon. District TeL (Lim.) 35 . 4 .L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 5 15 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 1 15 25 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 25 35 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim ) 5 15 15d 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 15 Ofd 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis all 5 1 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 88 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 5 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited), all 5 1 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). 155. pr 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Urn.) 8 44 35 st. Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 47 60 • 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 67 69 68 50 Do. New 25 10 11 495 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4sp.o all 18 185 p 50 Rhymney Iron all 165 175 15 Do. New all 44 54 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 50 51 st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 121 128 25 South Australian Land all 32 34 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip,, all 1 Do. do. Registered 10 Do. do . . all 55 0 10 Trust and Agency of Austrlasia (lim) irt is. 5 # 5 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 5 5 U. K'dom Tel. Co. (lint.) 1 5 d 4 too Vau Diernon's Land 284 9 4 1 4 • 1011 2 11 1 d 83i 21 3 THE SUM LONDON, TUESDAY FEVENING, APRIL 2, MI, BRIT ISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. Paid. Closing Price. Business done Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind N 70 92 93 Gu: 5 per cent.. Do, Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do.. New Do. Preference ...... Buffalo,BrantAGodrich p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 [Do. do. June 1, 1874 IClcutta..tS.Eastn. (Lim' i Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) ICapeTown & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c.I ;Demerara. 16 16} d 4f 5 d 6 7 75 80 65 70 65 70 41 5 lEastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1876 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct 1 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr ' Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 . Gt.lndlaPentn.gua.sp.c., Do. New gua. 5 p. Gt. South.ofpadia(Lim)l guaranteed 5 per cent. 'Do. do. IGt. W. of Canada Shares l Do. New , Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt IDo. 5 p. c. do. '77 do iDo. 56 p. c. do. '7B do Madras, guar., 4i p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. 5 Melb.Corp. 6 p. a Bnds. Newßrunswick t Candal Ry.&L an d(Lim.)g.dpel Class A Capital Snare ; ,Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. Oude (Limited.) ........ Scinde Do. Punjaub Do. Du. * • • • Do. Indus. St. Flo. e r ,g , l Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip_ 58. (100 15 all 100 1 all 128.6 d li 7}d 1 1 II d 99 100 97 98 99i 1001 14 3 , 204 214 39 41 45 50 33 42 38 42 94 95 lid 2 li d 92 Ai d Cl 5 98 90 03 82 84 92 93 86 88 '2 1 d 5 7 5 7 974 984 2 d —d 90 92 I pd 99i 9 I} 81 111 & POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(7Sz's Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DESPERATE ASSAULT ON A SISTER BY A BROTHER.-- A YOUNG RUFFIAN.—Henry Clements, a ruffianly young fellow, was charged with assaulting his sister, Harriet Clements, with a poker. It appears the complainant was having a few words with her mother about a pair of boots, when the prisoner, jump ing out of the bed and seizing a poker, said, " I'll boots you," and struck her several blows on the head with it, rendering her insensible, and causing a great loss of blood, at the same time saying he would " corpse her." The mother confirmed her daughter's statement, and said that when she went to her daughter's assistance the blood spirted over her from her daughter's head. She was in danger of her life. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the mother said the prisoner was a music printer by trade, and could earn plenty of money, but his conduct was very bad. He did his utmost to break up their home, and had assaulted at different times every one of the family in the most violent manner. The prisoner, whose conduct had been very disgraceful while in the dock, here entered into a long tirade of abuse against his mother, ending by cursing her in the most vehe ment manner. Tyrwhitt animadverted in severe terms on the pri soner's conduct, and committed him for four months, with hard labour, ordering him to find two sureties at the end of that time for six months. Prisoner—That's as good as ten months. 14'0.RTH4.MPTON Bl4CES.—(Th': 7 s Pay.) EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. TRIAL STAKES. Malta Crater 2 J Ten ran. LATEST BETTING. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 9 to 2 agst Merrimac (taken) 6to 1 agst King of Kent (taken) 7to 1 agst Danae (taken) 10 to 1 agst Horror (taken freely) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 100 to 8 agst Pancake (offered) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ►STASES.—TiIe following horses paid forfeit :—Benbow, Barb Pigeon, Billy Dwindles, Molly filly, Man-at-Arms, Rapture, Red Pole, and Black Sultan. Gallus . SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALLS-YESTERD NORTHAMPTON STAKES. 9to 2 agst Merrimac (taken) Bto 1 agst Danae (offered) 9to 1 agst Horror (taken) 10 to 1 agat King of Kent (taken) 100 to 8 agat Avalanche (taken) 100 to 8 agst Moorhen (taken) 100 to 6 agat Promotion (taken) EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. 4to 1 agat Spanish Fly (taken) 7to 1 agst Lupellus (taken) 12 to 1 agst Touch-me-Not (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 10 to 1 agst First Lord (take 11 to 1) 12 to 1 agst Pancake (offered) 20 to 1 agat Physician (taken) CHESTER CUP. 9to 1 agst Chere Arnie (take 10 to 1) 10 to 1 agst Man. at-Arms (offered) 20 to 1 agst Killigrew (take 25 to 1) 40 to 1 agat Schism (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 7to 1 agst Kettledrum (taken and offered) 7to 1 agat Klarikoff (offered) 9to 1 agst Matador (taken freely) 10 to 1 agst Sweet Hawthorn (taken) 11 to 1 agst Knight of the Thistle (taken) 12 to 1 agst Overton (taken) THE DERBY. 4to 1 agst Dundee (taken) 15 to 1 agst Rouge Dragon (taken) 100• to 6 agst Big Ben (taken) 20 to 1 agst Kettledrum (offered) 33 to 1 agst Robin Hood (taken) 40 to 1 agst King of Kent (taken) 50 to 1 agst Sweet Hawthorn (taken) 50 to 1 agst Nautilus. (offered) 1000 to 10 agst The Roe (taken) LATEST CITY BETTING. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE lITAKES. sto 1 agst Merrimac 6to 1 agst Danae 12 to 1 agst Horror 12 to 1 agst Avalanche 12 to 1 agst King of Diamonds 12 to 1 agst King of Kent (taken) 100 to 7 agst Moorhen 100 to 6 agst Lady Tresspass 20 to 1 agst Bevis 25 to 1 agst Plumper 25:t0 1 agst Moorcock 50 to 1 agst The Rap (offered) RACING FIXTI AP Northampton Catterick Croxton Park Epsom Spring 11 Newmarket Craven 15 Chester 7 York l4 Melton l6 Salisbury l6 RES FOR 1861. IL. I Llanboidy 16 { Thirsk lB Liverpool Hunt Club 20 Doncaster Spring 23 i Newmarket F S 29 AY. Bath .. 21 Manche , ••• 22 Harpendea 24 Epsom 2B JTJ Chelmsford Beverley Hungerford Ascot ll Hampton l9 Newton 19 JU Newmarket Carlisle Worcester 4 Liverpool Ju ly Abingdon .. D 9 Pontefract 11 AUG Lewes .... Brighton Brighton Club 9 Wolverhampton l2 Reading 14 Odiham 25 Newcastle 25 Bibury Club 26 Stockbridge Winchester 2B Nottingham 16 Stamford- lB Southampton 23 Hartlepool Goodwood 3O R a dcliffe l9 I Egham 20 1 Oxford York 28 Plymouth .. 29 ;MBER. SEPT. Devon and Exeter Stockton Derby Warwick lO Lichfield Doncaster 17 Richmond 1 24 Leicester Walsall 26 Monmouth ...26 Manchester Autumn.... 27 OCT( Newmarket F 0 Newmarket S 0 14 IBER. 1 Newmarket H 2$ NOME] ,BER. Shrewsbury Autumn....l9 Worcester Autumn 5 Liverpool Autumn 13 IRELAND. APRIL. C urragh JUNE. Wicklow JULY. Bellewatown 18 I Down Royal Corporation.• 24 AUGUST. Heath of Maryborough .. 8 I Roscommon 22 THIS DAY'S MARKETS.* ----- • HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 5s Od ; clover do., £3 Os to £5 15s ; and straw, £1 108 to £1 18s per load. Supply moderate. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, £2 2s to £5 5a ; clover, £3 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 12a to £2 Os per load. A slew demand. ---- WHITECHAPEL. - Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 6s Od ; clove,, £3 5s to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 108 to £1 188 per load. A. slow trade. ET—APRIL 1. the close of the market Walls End. s. d. Wharncliffe 15 9 Tunstall Brsddyll's Hetton 17 0 Framwellgate 16 3 Keiper Grange.... l7 0 Hartlepool.... l7 •9 Kelloe . Harton l5 6 Heugh Hall 16 3 Cassop l7 0 South Hetton lB 6 Hedley 15 6 Acorn Close 16 3 Eden 16 3 135; sold, 77. THAMES. A MARINE SWINDLER.—WiIIiam Walter Wallace, a seaman, was brought before Mr. Woolrych charged with obtaining a cap, value 205., under false and fraudulent pre tences, from Messrs. Christie and Hamilton, extensive out fitters and clothiers, of No. 3, Grosvenor-place, Commercial road, Stepney. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, stated that the prisoner called upon Mr. Christie in his shop, on the 13th of last month, and stated that he was second officer of the ship William Stewart, which had arrived in the port of London that very day, and that he wanted a suit of the best black clothes and other things. Mr. Christie measured the pri soner, and while doing so his customer said that the ship belonged to Messrs. T. and W. Smith, of the City, that he was to be paid off on the following day, and. that he had £64 to receive as wages. The prisoner also selected other things to the amount in all of £9_, and said he was very anxious that the said clothes should be made by the end of the week, as he was going up to the Board of Ex aminers to be passed as chief officer. The prisoner then put on his head a very excellent gold laced cap, and rouud his waist a belt, and selected another smart cap with Messrs. Smith's flag upon it. After the prisoner had left the shop, Messrs. Christie and Hamilton made inquiries and ascertained that the prisoner never belonged to the William Stewart, and that the ship sailed on the very day the prisoner represented she had arrived in the port of Lon don. The clothes were, of course, not made, the case was put into the hands of the police, and the pri soner was apprehended last night in Stepney fair, which the Magistrates was asked to suppress, and which had in this one instance done some good. Mr. Christie would state that he trusted the prisoner with the cap and belt on the faith of his representation that he came home in the William Stewart as second officer and .had £64 to receive. Mr. Christie was examined at length, and confirmed the statement of his solicitor. The prisoner gave his address No. 13, Bonner-street, Commercial-road, and ordered the clothes to be sent there. Abraham Casper, messenger at Dunbar's shipping-office, Limehouse, said no ship named the William Stewart had been paid off there in the month of March. He knew nothing of the ship. Mr. Young—There are two other cases against the pri soner. A lodging-house keeper—He has done me out of board lodging, and money. Mr. Woolrych remanded the prisoner for a week. TRAVBLS IN SOUTI3 AFRICA. The Cape papers publish the following summary of the researches of Mr. Baldwin, who, in the esti mation of the colonists, rivals Dr. Livingstone in activity and enterprise : The arrival of Mr. Baldwin, the indefatigable traveller and hunter from Zambezi en route to Natal, places much interesting information within our reach. We will premise by stating that Mr. Baldwin has the honour of being the first white man who has penetrated to the Zambezi from this coast, and is the second white man who over * saw the celebrated Victoria Falls Dr. Livingstone discovered five years ago. Mr. Baldwin, after a most eventful and suc cessful hunt as far as Mozilikatze's country, left his waggons on account of the fly, and his people having refused to accompany him, he gallantly started, unaccompanied, on foot, with that stenifast friend—his gun, and a pocket compass ; ho struck for the Victoria Falls ; he had no guide but a map, and Dr. Livingstone's description. After much distress, owing to the scarcity of water and ignorance of the country, interruption from wild animals, &c., he, to his own great astonishment, hit the river not three miles above the Falls. He was obliged to remain by the river two days before any Kaffirs would come over in their canoes. The river was in this place at least 4,000 yards wide with an immense number of islands, some of large extent. At length a canoe crossed, and as Mr. Baldwin had shot a rhinoceros, he regaled the Kaffirs and sent some meat to the chief. The next day other boats came to bring him over; it had been a sultry day, and Mr. Baldwin could not resist the tempting appearance of the cool clear water, and with the impulse plunged in : he got out again, fortunately without accident. He was not aware that the river was swarming with alligators, and the natives considered it dan gerous even to put their hand into the water. A few days after Mr. Baldwin saw a Kaffir in the act of taking water out of the river, when one of these monsters sprung on him, swam about 500 yards with the poor fellow, and then sank to devour him. Mr. Baldwin was introduced to the petty captain of the Bitokas, who asked him who he was? Answer : An Englishman. How did youfind your way here ? Showed them the compass. This was considered a poor answer, so Mr. Baldwin explained to them as well as he could that Livingstone told him to come. At the name of Livingstone they showed much interest ; where he had seen him ? He had never seen him. Then how could Livingstone tell him to come if he never saw him ? &c., &c., till our friend got quite bewildered. As soon as possible Mr. Baldwin was off to the far-famed Falls, the roar of which was fearful even at three miles distance. Mr. Baldwin was lost in amazement at these wonderful works of nature, and the de scription given of them by Livingstone is tame and under drawn, for the reason that words cannot describe the wild and fearful grandeur of the scene. On his return to the Kaffir village he was summarily taken prisoner, and the most unpleasant part of the busi ness was, he had no idea for what offence. He describes this part of his adventures as causing him a great deal of uneasiness ; with the river before him, deprived of his gun, his enthusiasm waned, but not his pluck. He remained in this position several days, when most opportunely and unexpectedly, Dr. Livingstone arrived, accompanied by his brother Charles and Dr. Kirk, with a retinue of 70 Makololos, all armed with double-barrelled guns. The doctor was on his way from Tete to Linyant, 76 days on foot from Tete, The only animals they had with them were two donkeys, the use of which Dr. Kirk and Mr. C. Livingstone were often glad to avail themselves of, but Dr. Livingstone had footed it the whole distance. He was in good health and excellent mettle. The Livingstone party were not a little astonished at finding Mr. Baldwin there. A favour that Mr. Baldwin asked, was Dr. Livingstone's good services to get him out of quandary, when the explanations were singularly amusing. The Kaflirs said, this man comes here in a most wonderful manner, and the first thing he does is to jump into the river, which is like death. Next he goes to the Falls and attempts to go where a monkey would not dare venture. We were sure he would kill himself, and then some one would not believe he killed himself, but would say we killed him. So we took care of him, as he was seeking his death. The Doctor told Mr. Baldwin that he had penetrated to lat. 14.1 S. ; and discovered Lake Shirwe, ninety miles long, and another lake which, from description, must be more than three hun dred miles long. MIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, April 2.—Wind this day at noon, South- Westerly ; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with showers of rain. CARDIFF, April I.—Wind S.W. — Sailed—Selina, for St. Jago de Cuba. DEAL, April I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Black Prince, from San Francisco; Mary Bradford, from the itiver, and sailed for Melbourne. OFF HURST CASTLE, April I . — Arrived—Ceylon, screw steamer, from Alexandria. DARTMOUTH, April I.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—rMazat lan, from Madras; Duguay Tronin, from St. Peter's, New foundland. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.) SOUTHAMPTON' Tuesday Morning. Arrived, April I—Mary Arm and Endeavour, from Port Madock ' • Excel, from Swansea ; Rainbo w an d C ornu bi a, from Cardiff; George and Fanny, Alhambra, steamer, from Lisbon ; Southampton, steamer, from Jersey ; Star, from Guernsey ; Britannia, from Portsmouth ; Prince, from Jersey. Sailed—Red Star, for Middlesborough; Dispatch, steamer, for Jersey; Alliance, steamer, for Havre; Firefly, for Cardiff; Beulah Castle, for Newcastle; Ran Gusto, for Swansea. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, April I—Coaster, from Gothenburg; Suez, from Sparsburg. , from. Hamburg; Pe e a r ck Prince, fron San Arrived, Asteamer,pr April 2—Bruiser, Francisco. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed—Our Union, from London, for Cardiff; Black Eagle, barque, from Boston, for London ; Comet, from Madeira, for London ; George, from Hamburg, for Pernam buco; Anna Jane, from Bombay, for Hull. Anchored—John Bull, from London, for Quebec; Snowdrop, from St, Michaels, for Odessa, COAL MARK . (Prices of Coal per Ton at s. d. Davison's West Hart- ley Carway and Duffryn Malting 24 0 Tanfield Moor 13 0 Tanfield Moor Butes 13 0 Bell's Primrose l3 0 Howard's West Hart- ley Byass's Beb side West Hartley Holywell.. ..15 6 West Hartley 16 6 Wylam l5 6 Lambert's West Hart- ley Ships at m.arkei COUNTRY MARKETS. COLCHESTER-MARCH 30. The wheat supply was small. Best samples realised the full prices of last week. Barley is again a dull sale, and is to 2s lower. Beans and peas not much in demand, at late rates. Wheat, white 60s to 68s I Beans, Mazagan..32s to 36s red 44s to 60s I Middle & small 38s to 460 Barley ...... 40s to 48s I White peas 444 to 48 s Oats CHELMSFORD-MARCH 28. A fair sulpply of wheat to-day; but business was flat. Best samples; firm, at is per qr advance on late prices, and inferior paro els still diffiicult of sale. All Spring corn the same as last week. Wheat. whifte 390 to 655 Peas, Partridge.. 44s to 45s red. 4Bs to 62s White 43s to 46s Barley ..... 29s to 42s Boiling 43s to 47s Chevalier ....32s to 45s Dun 39s to 42s Grinding, 26s to 37s Beans, Tick ....36s to 44s Malt , Gls to 67s Harrow Ticks 378 to 47s Chevalier Us to 69s Mazagan 30s to 4i Oats .. STAMF ORD-MARCH 29. A fair supply of whe; tt at market yesterday, which sold at is to 2s per qr. advance on late quotations. Barley was dull, and prices as before, Wheat ...........56s to. 62s I Oats.. 26s to 31s White do.. 60s to. 66s I Beans 4os to 45s Barley . ..30s to 44s I Ditto, old sBs to 60s KIRKALDY—MARCH 30. We had small supplieg to-day of wheat, oats, and barley, Sales quick, in favour of the seller. N Vheat Barley Oats I First, ... 30s Od SOs Od 24s Od Secon d.. 668 Od 403 Od I 28s Od Third. .. 69s Oct 43s Od 33s Od GRATUIICOUS MARRIAGEEL—The Rev. J. W. Laughlin, ix icumbent of. St. Peter's, Great Saffron-hill, lately armour iced that du ring Easter week marriages at that church would be performed free of all charges, and yester day about 20 couples attfinded the church for the purpose of being imrirried on thoe le terms, and more, whose banns have been. published, wi 11 avail themselves of the offer of the rev. gra ntleman withi in the next few days. Most of the parties app ear to be of ti tie poorer classes, residing in. the densely poi misted and pc iverty-stricken neighbourhood. UST. MR. LAING. The reply of the Great Western of Canada Com pany to the recent report of the committee of in vestigation will be read with satisfaction not only as regards the conduct of the directors, but also with reference to the accusations made against Mr. Laing. Those accusations have already been eagerly seized by foreign journals, and such was the vague and angry manner in which they were made, that a leading New York paper has held them up as a complete set-off against the latest and most noto rious example of financial delinquency in the United States. " The Finance Minister to India," it is observed, " is accused of pocketing one million ster ling by dishonest means. Mires and Laing in whole sale swindling are the counterparts of Mr. Floyd." The gentlemen who by attacking an English public servant in a spirit that could be made thus to subserve hostile views'of the national character should be pre pared to support their charges to the very letter. Yet it has always been pointed out that their re port did not contain a single tangible point against Mr. Laing that would, in the state in which it was presented, be received with consideration by any body of persons or judicial Court accustomed to an impartial examination of evidence; and the Direc tors of the company now furnish materials to con firm the opinion thus expressed. Although the present Directors were not in office at the distant period of the events which have been dragged up with regard to Mr. Laing, they have the means of testing the allegations in question, and very.properly feel it their duty to do so, as he is no longer in Europe to defend himself. An explanation is given of each charge, and in some instances the answer to matters on which the indignation of the committee was most excessive is so simple and complete as to be almost ludicrous, if the sense of the ludicrous were not overpowered by the stronger feeling which the occasion merits. As regards the charges against the directors, so far as can be estimated from an ordinary perusal, the answer on all main points are equally fatal to the judgment, and it must also be observed, the scrupulousness of the committee. It is to be assumed that they have not intended, in any instance, to deviate from truth, but the number of cases in which direct, proof is furnished of the hastiness of their state ments appears to be too great to adm t of much reliance being placed upon their inferences in ge neral. Among other extraordinary things cited by the directors is the circumstance that a certain loan to the Detroit and Milwaukie Railway, which is a subject of especially severe remarks by the committee, was declared at the time by Mr. Robt. Kaye, of Glasgow, one of the members of the com mittee, to be absolutely " imperative." Mr. Kaye had just travelled over the line, and therefore had had better opportunities even than the London directors for estimating the requirements of the case. Under date of the 26th of September, 1857, he wrote from New York, urging the trans action, and saying, " I feel a confidence in this line greater than I dare express to you." He will, consequently, at the meeting to be held on the 11th inst., find it a duty to bring his past con victions into harmony with " his present state ments. Meantime, not only the reply of the directors, but the charges of the committee should be carefully read by the public in general. The affair is one political and national no less than of private interest, and it is dangerous to attempt to summarise statements bearing on the conduct of a body like this committee of investigation, who have shown themselves ready to fling against all who differ from them, charges of dishonesty and of wailful " garbling," which they hesitate to substan tiate when invited. Fortunately the interval is short to the day when all parties will have the opportutaity of fall discussion and justification. The shareholders will attend with the facts before them, and can do what is necessary if the committee have been unintentionally misrepresented. The only caution to be suggested is that they should insist upon every charge being put in a concise and specific form, and dismiss as utterly without value all intimations of disclosures which the committee intend to make at some future period. It is intoler able that the character of a large number of indivi duals should be held up to odium by a practice like that adopted in the report of the committee, of stating that proofs of delinquency exist, which for the sake of ulterior proceedings it is not thought proper promptly to produce.—Times' City Article. TILE .EASTER BANQUET' AT TILE MANSION HOUSE. Yesterday evening, according to ancient custom, the Lord Mayor s and Lady Mayoress entertained a numerous party at dinner at the Mansion-house. There were about 253 guests, and the entertainment was of the most sumptuous character. Mr. CHARLES DICKENS, in proposing the health of " The Lady Mayoress," observed that, having n u r e of t o t h e r i e r m h a o r s k t t b o ee p n ro h p o e n se ou a red tha w e i t t , h he th w e o p u e ld rin v is e s n io t that since he had been seated at the table he had found it pleasant to consider (referring as men naturally did to their own pursuits), how ill English literature could afford to part with its Lord Mayors of London. The literature of Eng lish history losing its lord mayors would lose some of its most noted characters among the sturdy, brave, adventurous, and high-minded of its good old citizens east of Temple-bar. The literature of English romance would lose its wealthiest London merchant, its most beautiful merchant's daughter, its crossest cook, its best known foreign adventure, the most profitable investment on record, and its most wonderful cat. (Laughter.) In like manner English biography losing its lord mayors would lose some of the most notable examples of the reward of perseverance and integrity, and the nobility of self-made men. (Hear.) Even the great English satirist, of whom it was well said his pictures required to be read like works, could no more have dispensed with his lord mayor than any of the rest, for without him he could not have committed his idle appren tice, under circumstances of very touching and powerful contrast, nor could he have rewariled his industrious one by presenting him at court at the height of his grandeur and fame. In his mind— and he was sure in the minds of all who heard him —the Lord Mayor of London never was and could not be complete without a Lady Mayoress—(hear, hear) —and the Lady Mayoress was the theme of the very few words which he had to add. Within the walls of the Mansion-house the English custom of separating the lords of the creation from the ladies was happily not known ; and he believed that if the sterner sex were polled on the ques tion, they would arrive at the unanimous conclusion that they were never so wearisome to themselves or uninteresting to one another as when they were conventionally supposed to be left quite at their ease. • (Laughter.) In venturing to propose the health of the Lady Mayoress, if he were to depart from state and ceremony, and to say that he had the privilege of long and intimate personal friend ship with her when widely diffusing her influence in another capital, it would be merely for the purpose of saying that as the liberality and princely hospitality of the chief magistrate of London could find no fitter female representative in the Mansion house, so the most wholesome influence of an Eng lish lady could find no better representative in the capital to which he referred. DIELANCEOLY ACCIDENT. On the afternoon of Wednesday last a melancholy accident occurred between Gourock Bay and the Roseneath shore, which has resulted in the drowning of two gentlemen. About three o'clock on the afternoon in question, Mr. Main, of the post office at Gourock, and Mr. John M'Laughlan, pawn broker, Abercrombie-street, Glasgow, left Gourock in a small boat for a pleasure sail to the Gareloeh. On their way they intended to land at Roseneath Point and obtain a few mussels for bait. When they left Gourock the sea was quite calm, and there was no wind to cause the slightest uneasiness, and the gentlemen only took with them a small pleasure boat which they could rig with a small lug sail. It would appear that they had succeeded in reaching the Roseneath shore safely, as they were noticed on the beach there. About six o'clock in the evening the gamekeeper's wife at Roseneath heard a cry of distress from the water, but she could observe nothing. The boat not returning to Gourock at night, some anxiety, was felt for the safety of those in it, but as it was known that Mr. Main was inti mately acquainted with the captain of the City of Canton, which sailed from the Tail of the Bank on the same day, it was thought very probable that he and M'Laughlin had gone on board with the view of returning with the tug. On Friday some of Mr. M'Laughlan's relatives arrived at Gourock with the view of spending the day with him, and as no fur ther intelligence had been obtained of the missing boat, inquiries were instantly set on foo had At Greenock it was ascertained that the tug not only returned without any word of the missing gen tlemen, but also that the boat in which they were had been found bottom up near to the shoal buoy, off Gourock Bay, and that the oars had been washed 1 ashore between Gourock and Greenock. This intel ligence realised the worst fears of theme anxiouos rela tives, and left little doubt of the melancholy fate which had befallen Messrs. Alain and M'Laughlin. Neither of the bodies have yet been recovered. Mr. Main was about 52 years of age, while Mr.lll‘Laugh -1 lin was only 22.—Nora b '27r1684 ITALY AND BUNGARY. OPINIONS OF THE FRENCH PRESS. The late discussion in the Italian Parliament on the Roman question is highly pr4ised by the Liberal Journals of Paris for the tone of moderation which characterised the carious speakers. 'The following passages are from the Patric : " All the deputies who spoke on this important question expressed themselves with a moderation and gravity worthy of the subject under discussion, but none showed more composure, serenity, and confidence than Co - ant Cavour. His speech was remarkable not only for the oratorical ability derived from long experience in Parliamentary de bate, but was especially appropriate, because it represented things as they really are, and admirably epressed the general feeling of the Italians. Compare his calm and dig nified language with that of certain fiery defenders of the Pope's temporal power. In it there is no recrimination, nor bitter expression, nor attempt at oratorical effect : the stateman evidently considers the struggle as terminated, aid he declares, without passion or violence, the 'conse quences which, in his opinion, must inevitably result from it." The precise meaning of the order of the d a y w hi c h has been adopted is thus explained "Row and when will this law be executed, if, indeed, it ever can be 1' Those are questions which belong t o th e future ; for if the Italians were entitled to proclaim their right, the exercise of that right, as Count Cavour acknow ledged, is subordinate to certain conditions which do not depend on them alone. Italy will never forget what she owes to France ; she will not imitate the ingratitude of Austria towards Russia, and as long as France shall oppose her taking possession of Rome, she will not seek to do so by force. Italy on the other hand wishes to see the dignity and independence of the Pope guaranteed, as well as the complete liberty of the Church. That she wishes sincerely and absolutely, and will spare no pains to enlighten and reassure consciences by a frank declaration of her prin ciples. On the way to Rome, new Italy meets with two obstacles, which, even if she had the power, she would not overthrow—the French flag and the gross. One covers the other. But, in claiming Rome as her capital, she openly professes, in the fare of the world and of all Catholics, that France, the object of all her sympa hies, has not to defend against her efforts the Sovereign Pontiff's independence— the object of all her respect. Such is the meaning of the order of the day adopted by the Italian Parliament." A pamphlet has just been published in Germany by, M. Ludvigh, formerly Secretary of the National Assembly of Hungary, and which contains the text of the laws concern ing the coronation of the Kings of that country. The difficulties raised up against the manner in which the Emperor Francis-Joseph intends pro• ceeding for his coronation as King of Hungary imparts a certain interest to the publication in question, and the Constitutionnel enumerates in tho. Moving terms the enactments which the pam phlet sets forth as applicable to the Emperor '3 present. situation : " Succession replaces election ; but in the same manner that election alone would be insufficient, so succession alone does not confer the royalty. The King who has not had his head girt by the sacred diadem, has no right either to the title of Royal Majesty or to that of Apostolic Majesty, and consequently cannot exercise the rights inherent in the Crown. The coronation of the new King may take place during the lifetime of his predecessor, but the latter must himself present to the Diet his natural and legitimate successor. The Diet must be convoked by the King him self for the coronation of his successor. If the Diet is com plete—that is to say, if all the Comitats of Hungary, as well as of Croatia and Transylvania, are there represented it constitutes itself by the nomination of its presidents and secretaries, and then proceeds to the election of the Palatin and other vacant dignities, and particu larly of the guardians of the sacred crown. Then only it is that the Diet, sitting at Pesth and not at Buda, can enter on the discussion of the conditions of the coronation compact or 'sacred diploma.' Without the diploma there is no coronation, and without the latter no royalty. What is still more serious is, that the newly crowned monarch cannot, during the lifetime of the reign ing King, exercise any royal power. He only obtains by his coronation the royal and apostolic title which mere suc cession does not give him, and he guarantees himself against the embarrassments of an interregnum or against the con sequences of a fortuitous omission of the coronation. In spite of our respect for the national traditions of States, we allow ourselves to hope that the Hungarians will not think themselves obliged to follow those provisions to the letter. Never, in fact, has there been seen so many legal obstacles to the accomplishment of an act so legitimate and simile in itself. In the first place, the Diet has been convoked, not by the reigning King, who, in the eyes of the Hungarian law, would be no other than Ferdinand V., uncle of the Emperor Francis Joseph ; secondly, the Comitats of Croatia and of Transylvania have announced their intention of not having themselves represented in the Diet ; thirdly, it is convoked at Buda and not at Pesth; and fourthly, there is nothing to indicate that it would be possible to have the new King presented to the Diet by his still living predecessor. It must, thereforv, - of - alt necessity, be, either that the Emperor Francis-Joseph must. content himself with being de facto King of Hungary, or that the Hungarians must have the good sense to put right in accord with fact, by some compromise conformable to the exigences of the situation and the true interests of the country." The same subject is referred to by the bebats, which expresses its surprise at serious journals or political writers laying stress on the matters of mere form, particularly in the present day, when States pay but little attention to the form, provided they have the substance. Our contemporary says : "We certainly do not belong to those who despise lonr, traditions or the symbols which nations venerate for their antiquity. But who would not wonder to hear the singular revolutionists of the present time talk of the sacred diadem' with the same superstitious terror as an Egyptian of the time of Sesostris might have spoken of the divine croco diles ? Who would not be amazed at beholding this astound ing union of veneration for the Phyrgian cap, and of blind faith in the ampulla ? We every clay read in certain journals that a formidable and final struggle is about to ensue be tween the right of past times and that of the modern day, between the principle of legitimacy and that of Rational sovereignty. They are mistaken; nations now viewith their Governments in ardour for legitimacy; from Schleswig to the Danube nations and Governments are striving which can cite the most ancient precedents; and there are States which have the advantage of their Governments in that, respect. If King Victor Emmanuel reads the journals which speak of the necessities existing for the coronation. in Hungary, he will hardly think himself Sovereign of Lombardy, for he has no other claim to that title than pos session and a treaty, whereas the more fortunate Francis Joseph has kept in his baggage the ' sacred diadem,' the in vincible talisman—the Iron Crown." The Ultramontane journals having found great fault with the translation of the Pope's allocution, sent round from the office of M. Havas, the Siecle admits that there were many inaccuracies in it, but affirms that such slight blots do not in any way affect the general character of the document. " What," it asks, " do such details really signify ? Is not the allocution, taken altogether, a violent requisitory against contemporary civilisation, considered as false and detestable? The Arni de la Religion, which is in an insulting vein, pretends that this document makes ' impiety raise a savage roar,' and accuses several of the journals of being guilty of an odious falsification of the text, by affirming that the Pope complains of seeing unbelievers receive7public appointments. Does not the text, however, permit that interpretation ? Our readers can easily understand that errors must slip into the correspondence of Havas's agency, which is hastily u us r e it t t h en e laanndoutraange of transmitted A ; but m what ide l a wasreally ' odious,' to Religion, is to repre sent journals which copy, under all reserve, a translation of a document of which they do not possess the original, as intentionally guilty of falsification and forgery." SCIENTIFIC JOTTINGS. —M. Brettiger recom mends chemists to use gun - cotton for filtering concentra ted) acids and liquids which are subject to decomposition by o ther organic substances. Gun-cotton, when t _Prel'e r. y prepared, can only be decomposed by acetic her . M. Boettiger employs it successfully in !Herin g cr : n ic acid, theoncentrated nitric acid, white smoking sulphuric :wild, ted permanganate of potash, aqua regiat and centra stew method for oil. It t h e peroxide of manga nese tions of potash. M. Leclaire prol e° consists in shak ing drying linseed ing up the oil, when boiling, ' l. " latter becomes eminently peroxide ride has thus been chemi cally ' s to thicken ; by a longer ex it acquires colour by being i o n om po h w in d e e d r. w iNtVhh;te,hle ttehirl,e. oxydizable--that is, exposed to the air, a and becomes still thicker, and at it loses colour, posure It may be advantageously used for coating length solid. . • articles, which are generally protected by india rubbervarious • h —The Haltica, or turnip-flea, a well-known varnis . . us insect, is one of the most destructive enemies coleoptero of cabbages, c n a dbegm sunflowers, turnips, &c. M. 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