The Sun. — London, England, 1861-03-22 00:00:00

3 10N.Ey 212A J.A . .E2 iniD CITY REM'S. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The reduction in the Bank rate of discount has caused more animation in the markets for Foreign and Colonial Produce. Sugars are in better demand, and good and fine descriptions have advanced 6d. Per cwt., Coffee rose 3d. to 6d. per cwt., and a large business has been done in rice at an advance of 3d. p er cwt. Tea at public sa l e h as rea li se d steady prices. At the public sale of fruit and spices previous rates have been obtained. In salt petre a large business has been done on former terms, but the tallow market has continued fat. , on the spot is quoted 595. 6d. ; and last three Months, 565. per cwt. At the public sales of foreign arid colonial wool a slight advance has taken place in the value of the finer qualities of Australia and Cap e. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, con tinued activity prevailed, and prices were about per lb. higher. The sales amounted to 15,000 bales. There is an increased demand for money, a large Portion of the mercantile community having deferred their discount operations until after the weekly Meeting of the Bank of England directors. The supplies, however, are plentiful, and first-class securities are negotiated slightly under 7 per cent. There were no bullion operations of importance at the Bank of England yesterday. The Bank of France has reduced its rate of dis count from 6 to 5 per cent. The half-yearly dividend on 'Brazilian 5 per cent. Bonds will be paid on and after the Ist proximo. The Market for American Securities during the Week has shown no particular alteration. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. state that "In the Market for American Securities during the week there has been no particular change to report. Railroad shares have been moderately dealt in without material alteration in values." The traffic receipts of the South Austrian and L ombardo-Venetian Railway Company for the 'week ending 11th inst., exhibited an increase of £8,122 compared with the same period in 1860. Some excitement has been occasioned at the Stock Exchange to-day by the failure of one of its members, under rather unfavourable circumstances. The market for Public Securities has been very dull to-day, and the tendency of values has been rather unfavourable, although the actual fluctuation has been exeedingly limited. Cowls are 911 92 for transfer, and 921 s for the 10th proximo. India Stock remains at 220; ditto 5 per Cents. at 100 i; Exchequer Bills, 10. per diem, are heavy at 15s. dis. ; and ditto, 2d. per diem, at 7s. dis. Buainess has been moderately active in the Foreign market, and prices show little variation. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 741 75 ; ditto, 1858, 541 to 551 ; Mexican are steady at 241 f,-; Brazilian 41 per Cents. at 85f 86 ; Russian 41 per Cents. at 911 ; and Spanish at 491. Sardinians have receded to 8 2, Grenada Active are 161. Business in the Railway Share Market has con tinued moderately active, but prices have slid-cm rather less firmness. Great Western and North- Eastern (Berwick) have declined ss. ; and London and Blackwall, Brighton and South-Eastern, 10s.; Great Northern have advanced ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings are eat. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian realise 121; Grand Trunk of Canada have declined to 21; and Great Western of Canada realise 1 1; 111. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares fully maintain previous rates. English, Scottish, and A ustralian Chartered have improved ss. ; London Chartered of Australia, 55.; and f Union of London, 58. Canada Land advanced £l, and Electric Telegraph declined £l. BRITISH F UNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Console Annuities India Stock Ditto 6 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 1858 Ditto 1859 ......,... Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 3O die corksols for Account 11d. 12d. E xchequer Bills, £l,000 Ditto .f.ZOO l5 d Ditto, Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK Braailian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 & 1859 lOll Ditto 4f per Cent. 1860 Bsi 6 Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto Account New Grenada Active, 31 per Cent. Peruvian 41 per Cent 934 Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St — Ditto 4± per Cent. Sardinian 5 per Cent B2 Spanish 3 per Cent... Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK Consols, Money 914 92 Ditto Account 92/ 921 AQUA TICS. 71 1 E OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE ROWING MATCH. The Oxford crew have had a trial with eight of the 1 40IIdon watermen from Mortlake to Putney. The Watermen crew consisted of the following :—H. Phelp s , G. Driver, F. Kelly, T. Mackinney, J. Mackinney. T. Pocock, G. Hammertoe, H. Kelly (stroke), and John Phelp s , coxswain. The Watermen were given a start of a boat's length and a half, but before Hammersmith Bridge was reached the Oxford overhauled them, and, after a spirited contest, they reached Putney aqueduct a length in advance of the Watermen. In the event of fine calm weather to-morrow, a splendid race is anticipated. We have jest heard that the umpire's boat will leave London•bridge tomorrow morning at eight, instead of ten o'clock, as hitherto fixed. THIS DAY'S MARRETS. CORN EX 4 . ' 6HANGE. Very limited supplies of fresh English wheat were re ceived up to this morning's market, and the general quality of the samples was by no means first rate. All good and floe samples changed hands freely, at fully Monday's ad- Vance in the quotations of is to 2s per quarter. Inferior Parcels, however, were somew hat neglected. Nevertheless, Prices ruled firm. Nearly alt descriptions of foreign wheat were in good request, and in some instances fine qualities were disposed of at rath er more money. Floating cargoes of grain were very firm, and prices were on the advance. Fine qualities of barley moved off steadily, at full prices; otherwise the trade ruled extremely dull. Malt changed hands to a limited extent, at late rates. All good and fine oats were firm in value, but inferior samples were rather cheaper. The value of beans was well maintained, and nearly all descriptions were in good demand. Peas wore inactive, at late rates. The flour trade was very firm, and the quotations had ari upward tendency. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flow. English._ 670 1,260 3,910 ' 180 1 1,710 Irish. ( i - Foreign 8,150 1 ,670 7,290 1 300saelc . 4 3,900 brls. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of beef and mutton being somewhat exten sive, the demand for them rules inactive, at barely sta tionary prices. Veal and pork, however, move off steadily at extreme rates. Per 81bs by the carcase. g. d. a. d. Inferior beef .... 2 10 3 0 3 Middling d 0.... 3 6 3 8 Prime large do. • Do. small d 0.... 3 10 4 2 Large p or k * 3 8 4 4 inferior mutton 3 4 4 s. d. s. d. Middling mutton 4 2 4 4 Prime do ...... . 4 6 4 8 Veal ... . ...... 4 2 5 0 Small pork .. 4 6 5 0 Lamb.......... 0 0 0 0 BOROUGH HOP. Although the business doing in most kinds of hops has tot materially increased, compared with our previous re port, y e t t h ere i s d ec id e dly an improved feeling to notice It the m ar k e t, an d pr i ce s are fully supported. per cwt. 80s to 200 s 60s to 168 s 60s to 126 s 80s to 170 s Mid and East Kent pockets Wealth . • • . • Sussex • • • • • Yearlings .. .. . COLONIAL. TEA.—A moderate amount of business has been trans acted, and good and fine qualities fully support previous prices. SUGAR.—The transactions have not been large, but there 5 more disposition shown on the ~ ;art of the trade to do business, prices in some instances showing an upward ten• deney, C OFFEE.—There has been a better demand, and good and fine qualities of plantation Ceylon realise an advance of 6d Per Cwt. ; other descriptions sustain previous rates. ItrcE.—The dealings have been rather extensive, and a decided improvement has taken place in prices, East India descriptions having risen 3d to 6d per cwt. SevrprrrtE.—A rather large business has been trans acted, and previous rates have been well sustained for all qualities. TALLOW. — The market has continued very quiet, prices RI both present and forward delivery being lulaltered, aid I , ills ore des ma 20 Ore lia, SHARE .3T4IiKET.-(TELIS DAY.) ORDIARY SHAH Railways ao Beltast and Bailvmvna 12.1.4 fir., IVol , and Str. Val. stock !Birk., La., and Ch Juno 25 and Tynt , 10 116,7,n Slear. andMid.Co stock i Flristol and Exeter .. - • . stock;Caledonian 10 I f_',artnartliPn k CardiL-au 50 (Cork and Bandon It ork, Blrock., t Passage ,Cornwall Do A (A gets no div. Do B til 6 pc peran. h n asbeen !Dublin & Belfast •June. iDun., Perth, &A.b../unc ! ;East Anglian ;Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A. stock, Do do B do Do Nw A. late EU3ds ,East Suffolk Edinburcrh & Glasgow l Edin. Pe'rth, A. Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Fnrriess . ;Glaser. and S. Western 'Great Nthn. of Scotland Great Northern Do do A stock Do do 11 do Gt. S. & W. of Ireland , Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Trish South-eastern .1 Lancashire A. Yorkshire', Loudon and Blackwall Lon., Bright.. & S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover Lond. & Nth. Western Lond. & sth. Western L'derry & Coleraine L'rlerry & Enniszillen Man. Shef. & Lincoln , Maryport and Carlisle Do do shares Metropolitan Midland D0new......... Do nirming. & Derby; Mid. Gt. W, of Ireland Do shares Mid Kent ...... ••• • • • Do, Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry & Armagh, def Newry, Warnpt. & Ros Norfolk... North British. NonDev.Rall&Dk.sto& D-% A stk ; A recs no d•i until 'stock as beenpd.B Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick, Do do , G.N.E. purchases no Leeds . • •• • • •• • • Do Yore ... 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 Sittingbourne & Sheer. South Devon ..... NI hn. Counties Union S.-Durham A. I.anc.Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dnn [Staines, Wok,. and Wok !Stockton & Darlington I Do do I Do New (1860) Taff Vale Do Pref. No 1 ThamesHavenDk&ltail Ulster .... D 0....... ....... Do race of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & limerick West Cornwall West L0nd0n......... Do Ist class Do 2el class .. West Hartlepool liarlar and Rail West Midland—Oxford' Do. Newport, Do. Hereford - tii 6i 41 45 40 43 79 81 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share! Railways. Paid Closing Business Price. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £s'. stk fsris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stod, 20 Do. do. do. Shares stock Caledon £10,44 per cent, stock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2.1 64 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. l 20 Cornwall. 5 per cent 64 Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun. 14 Do Ist Class Pref stock E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c stock Do. do. Class B 6 p.c stock I Do. do. Class C 7 p.c stockE. Conn. Ex. 5 p. c. No.l I stock Do. do. No. 2 stock Do. New 6 pet et. stock. stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. stock I Do. 5 per cent. guar stock lEdin.kGlas. sp.c. sbaresl stock ; Do. 4p. c gua. S. & D.; stock lEdin. Perth& Duo. 4 p.c., ste.ae--e,..,,rresg, a per cent stock Glas.& R. West.g.a. 5 p.c stock Great Northern, 5 p. ct stock Vo.sp.c.Tictim., 10 p.c.pm stock Do. 48 p. c. do. do. 100 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pt 1 stock Gt.Sn• & W (Ireland), p. ct. pref. stock iGreat West. (Becks and ITants) Ext. 5 p. et stock ; Co. Redeemable,Vip.et stook Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. stock 1 Do Irredeemable, do stock I Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Prof. S I Do. Rirm. Pref. Shares. 10 1 (1t. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. 10 !Do. do. sp. ct. pref stock IDo Birmg.guar. stock 263 IDo. Chester gua. shares 131 Do. do. do. 20 Do. do. do. 100 Lan. & Carl. 45 pc. pref. stock IT,an.&York 6 p. c. stock.' stock IDo.ilarnsl.st.£s 30 10(1 pc stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) . • stock Lon.& Brig. 5 pc.gu. No.l stock I Do. 5 p. c No. 2 stock ; Do. gua. 6 p. C. stock Do. do. sf.c. No. 4 stock ;Do. do. 4 per cen'. 5 IDo. do. 4 p. c. shares stock Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P 1 stock Do.4p.c.S.(div.deftil '65) stock Do. 4 per cent. Pref stock ;Lon. ('hat, and Dover I 'Do.W. A rceiv. no div 10 Ex.A til pcispd on r ) o. B B. & Brom ex. 10 Do. Metropolitan Ex B stock I Lon. and N.W. Coy. and, Nuneaton, 5 p. ct Lou. & S.W, 7 p. ct. stock Do. 4.4 per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl inns. of 2s. 6d.............. Londondy. & Cole. 4 sh. Londony. & Ennis. 1 sh Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct Do. £6 Do. 11 per cent Do. redeem. 6 Ter cent 7.larv , ort & Car., 4 p. c Do. 41 per cent. Ind. Con. 6 p c. stock Do.Con.Bris. & I3ir. 6 p.c. I Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860; ; Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st. Norfik sp. c. Ex. st. 1840 ;Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.oWay. Val.Ex.st.lB47 North British, 5 p. 0 IDo. New, gua. .5 p. c Do. Bor. Un. g. pi. she Do. do. do Nth.Dev.Rail. &Dck.Co N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c. Do. 45 p c. redeemable Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. do. do Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, .& S. Punch. North Staffordshire Rhymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pt Scottish North-Eastern 35 p. c. pref. stock stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p c. stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 1(t. South Devon, Arm. 10s. 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent. 1.0.6 South Eastern (Reading 99 101 20 21 6 61 09 101 108 113 105 108 1 108 110 1106 108 1121 123 80 82 stock stock 2s. lid 7.5 1 tO to stock jl Ann., 1.0.6) stoex Do. 4i per cent. stock Do. Fixed i4p.c. Ist is. stock outh Wales, gua. 4 p.c. stock Do. 4i per cent. stock ' Po. 5 per cent' stock (S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. e qua 25 Stock. tt Dar. Asp. c 25 Do. B 6 ner cent 25 Do. C 6 percent stock Watrfd 6p. C. stock W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua stk . ' stock Do. 2d do stook ,Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. stock Do.Perpet. 6p. c. pf 1g66 stock Do. till 1869, Ist is. 124 , Do. do. 2d is. Commercial Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.Min East and West India London St. Katharine.. Southampton Victoria ........ Do New . 100 . 100 1 0 0 100 100 100 100 • 2 98 100 d par MISCELLANEOUS. 110 112 90 92 113 115 111 113 102 104 93 85 97 99 97 99 89 91 90 92 100 102 9; 10 17 18 10} 101 74 76 20 21 10 10i 15 155 135 137 112 114 1112 114 135 140 112 114 100 102 148 153 128 131 70 73 87 89 131 14 126 128 6 71 134 136 100 102 91 93 111 113 109 111 i 11 100 100 100 100 4.13.4. 91 93 100 tot id ip too 100 100 all all Id ip 22 23 130 132 10i 10] 221 231 94 100 100 91 93 08 100 85 87 264 274 314 324 314 324 45 48 123 125 118 121 98 100 'l2l 124 114 118 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock _ _ --....,. 12t , 130. uu. 4111, i igi.... - i 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint.. all 13 14 131 f 10 iAtlantic R. M 1 Stm (Id) ( _ 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) ! all LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 25 Australian Agriculturali 19 28 30 2R 4 1 10 ,Berlin Water (Limited) all 41 4/ . 50 British American Land 40 Leasing Closing Business Railways.so 1 13.&1.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all , 34 as 20 I Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all ' 18 20 Paid *, Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford aiialetchiey all Lii I ' &N.W .. .. 20 Do C. (Limited) all 121 14,1 BeckinOtamshire ...., 100 ,Ln &N.W 96 97 321 ,Canada Land all j 116 120 118 Chester & Holyhead. 1 lOO ,Do. Do. do. 51 per cent . . 100 ;Do. Do. do. 5 per cent., 100 !Do.. , lO9 111 25 Do. Pref. 71 per cent. .. all 20 22 Clydesdale Junction.: 100 Caledtnin, 99 101 stock Crystal Palace . ..... 100 29 80 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E C 151 161 stock Do. Preference E.Lincolushire,g.6p.c.l 1C(, ,Gt. North. 135 137 20 E.lndialrrign. & C ana l 1 ad d E.Union,Harwich She all ; E.Counts. 41 44 stock Electric Tele gra ph .. i lOO 97 100 98 Do. 'Woodbridge ..1 100 Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drc . t. 100 Caledonia -- 5 'English &A us . Copper ( all 31 31 Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West 1 Great Ship Limited)... all I I llartl pool.Dek.& Rail.l all Yk.N.&llr --- 1 Do. 175 pet Preference all Hull and Selby .... ..1 all Yk.N. Md. 109 111 109 1 5 i Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 3 • Do. f Shares ...... . a ll D o. ... . 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 41 1 Do. 1 Shares ....„, all Do. . 20 Madrasl Irr. and Canal.. 1 11 14 Lanc.& Carl. gua.s p .c. 100 Ln.&N.W 201 204 10 iMed. Eaten. Tel. (Lim.) all 21 31 Lodon & Greenwich , 100 S. East... 61 6.3 25 National Die. Co. (Lim.) 5 11 15c1 31 honereferene ... • ..; 100 Do. Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend., 100 Peto &Co 87 .90 871 10 Netherlands Land all Lowestoft, gua. 4 ..3. :: . ..c ti t... 1 1 , 1 111,!lgol :I s l, L a T rf iir ol . k ii .. i — 34 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl die all 7:lidland 9 - 4 96 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 — 5 — 1 D ; , ri o eal d . nri. 6 ce Be. per.BrsattidoNciceotkntri Stock.....- &.. . 1. ) refer-. _ . . 5. 5 5: E.Counts 1 1 1 N.B.Australasi an (Lim.) all 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 1 1 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). 15s. pr 10 Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.) 8 45 31 P stock Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim ) 100 47 50 tn 0 Ile. all Do.l Nortlin.& Eas . .... all ,' Do Do. do. o per cent , t lall iDo 5 per cen ~ . 20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4lp.c all 181 19 p Do. Fixed NeguwaMraanrktte.e,Bdusrypl:l 1 I& L N . z . I ..... _ 50 Rhymney Iron a al l l l Midland lat 151 15 Do. New all 41 51 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 491 501 .. A., all :Do. Do. 5 Shares .... , NproeratthoaWanestderwn ...... .. 1, 100 (lt.North. 132 134 25 South Australian Lan all 32 34 t & c 1 i le 4' r el l e ' e r P d l 1 1 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip.. all s it h o r y e s w t n s . b fl r ; , T.Brassey 99 101 P 3 P 1 Do. do. Registered .... all Do. Do. 10 Do. do. ~.. all 55 1 6 5 1 South Staffordshire .. all M c; t. `Cl, ,v e v a e n s . t . 8 10 9 1 9 11 1 Wilts and Somerset.. 100 _ . ~ Bmii. 4 V 4 I 20 Tr. & Ln. Co.oll/pr.Uan. 5 ' Wimbledon& Croydn. all L a 10 0,.. Van Diemen' el L and .. 285 94 1 0 1 - - - o 101 l ES AND STOCKS. PAid. Closing Price. 8 8i 80 82 5 8 98 99 95; 5i 4 42 44 8 8i 164 174 50 51 87 39 26 28 85 87 25} 26} 111 113 'lOO4 1101 103 104 129 131 107 109 71} 71; CO 62 111} 111! 61 f 2 117 118 46 49 951 95f 91f 02f 101 11i 47 48 3i ?id 127 i 128 11 11 p 100 102 7 6d 54 66 63t 641 1011021 id ip 604 61 90/ 911 98 100 31 3f 9t 1(4 73 75 114 116 34 .15 86 83 49 50 90 42 ___ -d 81 844 59 51 44 97 4 7 404 414 108 114 1, 6 64 p 55 56 2 i 3 p * pi 11: 11i Business Done. 95} i stock stock stock stc,:x stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 6.4.0. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 19.16.4: tock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock stock stock stock stock stock 100 100 100 16 13 4 100 100 100 5 174 all all ilOO THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1861. 'Business done all all all all all all all all all all 1 2.11.1 52- 62 - - P 11 li4 11 12 13 3a 31 21 F ' 23 24 61 7-1- 71. 19 20 87,1 8 9 37 38 55 57 4 3id 54 6 8 eii 14 lid 1 1 201 21i 6 61 91 1 21 22 3 8; 1 t 175 185 350 370 107; 1124 15 15; 6; 7 18 20 6,4 7 1; 11 1i 2i 21 36 ?8 2; 2f 46 48 7.4.0 17; 13.9.6, 5.14.6 8.12 4.10.6 1.8.6 9 i 2 11i 4s 9.18.9 31 4/ 46 61 0/ 86 7 9 96 37 39 li 10.6.7 300 3lO 11 41 all ~18.1~.5~ 2$ 31 ....i _ t 175 Igo 35 37 2 21 58 5k 6 17 18 77 79 dbs 265 105 110 12(3 130 21 23 12 13 17 19 12 13 113 s 6dl 7.5: 1.7.2 d 31 32 1 39 41 8 10 A 2 21 21 22 ip 1 i i 1 9 1 p S p # 4 r 6p id all 128.6 d all 1 10s. all all 4 6 Id 1 1 41 5 I I , ANKS. 73 81 63 0 19 20 51 53 14 lid 201 21 33 35 70 73 38 39 15i 16 22} 221 33i 34& 63 11 64 50 62 1 7 / 1 18i 24 25 'MEN' 100 100 100 100 'KS. Silli I 84 6 ii 41 6 631 4 I 191 T SECU :07 109 110 11'. 1001 1001 1074 1081 108 109 1064 1074 98 99 98 99 971 983 LI'fIES. RACING FlX''' . Al) Northampton Catterick Croxton Park Epsom Spring 11 Newmarket Craven 15 Chester 7 York l4 Malton l6 Salisbury l6 1106 107 1071 104 Chelmsford 5 Beverley Hungerford Ascot 11 Hampton l9 Newton 19 Newmarket Carlisle Worcester 4 Liverpool July Abingdon 9 Pontefract 11 AUG Lewes . 5 Brighton Brighton Club Wolverhampton Reading 14 SEPT: Devon and Exeter Stockton Derby War wick lO Lichfield Doncaster l7 NOTE: Worcester Autumn 5 Liverpool Autumn l3 LAW - 11T7ELL1GENCE—(Thls Day). COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) ATKINSON V. ATII.INSON• This was a petition presented by the wife against her husband for dissolution of marriage on the grouad of adul tery and cruelty. From the evidence it appeared the parties resided at Kirby, and very shortly after marriage the husband com menced ill•using and threatening to "do " for his wife. On one occasion, after a quarrel, the wife discovered a razor under the pillow in the bed in which theyused to sleep. The husband ultimately deserted her, and since that time he had been known to cohabit with two women, each of whom he introduced as his wife. He had since the presentation of the petition gone to America. Rule nisi granted. DOLLOP V. DOLLOP, This was a petition presented by Jesse Charlotte Gollop, praying for a dissolution' of marriage, on the ground of adultery and cruelty. Dr. Deane said this case was one of a mr st flagrant nature. The husband, after marrying the respondent at the age of 16, proceeded very shortly after to treat her with the greatest brutality. She was the daughter of a clergyman, and the respondent was the son of a gentleman residing at Stood House, Dorsetshire. The specific acts of which she complained took place in the years 1854, 1856, and 1857. During those years, not content with ill-using his wife, if the evidence was true, it would be seen he used their apart ments as a common brothel; and while his wife was confined to her bedroom, he actually committed adul tery with the washerwoman in the butler's pantry. When the citation was served the respondent did not deny the adultery, but he would not acknowledge the cruelty. While the petition was being read over to him, he said he had been so greatly affected by the shock, the institution of the proceedings, and the disturbances in St. George's-in-the-East, that he had been compelled to enter the Roman Catholic Church. The Judge—l suppose he wanted to get absolution. The learned counsel then called the following witnesses The brother of the petitioner proved that the marriage of his sister and respondent took place at the British Em bassy in 1852. Mary Ann White said—ln 1854 and 1855 I was living at Dorchester. I recollect Captain and Mrs. Gollop com ing to live in my mother's house. A woman named Best was hired as cook to wait upon them. They remained at her mother's house about three or four months. Best waited on them for about six or seven weeks. Mrs. Gol lop was occasionally absent. Best was frequently in the captain's bedroom. I have known her to have been there for upwards 'of a quarter of an hour. I knew she was there alone with him. She was also with him in the drawing-room for half hours at a time. One morning, missing the woman for a longer time than usual I went to look for her, and I found she had been in the captain's room ever since she had taken in his breakfast. The woman was forbidden to continue her in timacy with Captain Gollop. She was eventually sent away. The captain said she should not go. The woman was, however, sent away, and very shortly after the cap tain left also. Mrs. Sarah White, mother of the last witness, said she noticed that the woman Best was on too intimate terms with Captain Gollop. I know she was very often in his room. Edwin Edwards said—l was living as servant with Capt. Gollop, at Dorchester, while he was lodging at Mrs. White's. I know a servant was there named Best. I know master committed adultery with her in the hall pas sage. It was in the evening about half•past six or seven, in May, 1855. From Dorchester I went to Anglesey with Mr. and Mrs. Gollop. There was a garden at the back of the house in which they resided. There was a wall about four feet high that divided the houses. I have seen the captain commit adultery with a woman at the end of the gar den in the summer-house. There was a washerwoman used to call at our house. I have seen him commit adultery with the washerwoman in the butler's pantry. The captain used to act very badly to his wife. 1 lived in his service nearly five years; he usually, during that time, ill-treated his wife. By the Judge—Was Mrs. Gollop at home when this cir cumstance took place in the pantry Witness—Yes, my lord. (The case 41i's proceeding when we went to press.) POLICE INTELLIG.ENC.E.—(This Day). (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, March 21.—Celia, from St. Michael's. Arrived, March 21—Concordia, steamer, from Rotter dam ; Diana, steamer, from Amsterdam; Beaver, steamer, from Harlingen ; Eva, steamer, from Malta. DEALT., Friday Morning. Anchored .L-Lisboneuse, for Whydah ; Neptune, for Porto Riso ; Mary Banfield, for Marseilles ; Wish for Cardiff; Backers for Trinidad (and not Jamaica)—all from London. IRES FOR 1861. Llanboidy l6 Thirsk lB Liverpool Hunt Club 20 Doncaster Spring 23 Newmarket F S ' 29 Y. Bath 2l Manchest • 22 Harpenciea Epsom 2B 'IINE. Odiham Newcastle 25 Bibury Club 26 Stockbridge 27 Winchester 2B Nottingham 16 Stamford Southampton 23 Hartlepool Goodwood 30 Radcliffe l9 Egham 2O Oxford 22 York 28 Plymouth :MB ER. Richmond 24 Leicester 25 Walsall .... 25 Monmouth Manchester Autumn 27 OCTOBER: Newmarket F 0 1 Newmarket S 0 ....14 Newmarket H 28 :MBER. Shrewsbury Autumn....l9 IRELAND. APRIL. Curragh JUNE. 'Wicklow JULY. Bellewstown 18 I Down Royal Corporation. 24 AUGUST. Heath of Maryborough . • 8 1 Ronommou sz ,„ ,„.,22. THE BISHOP OF ORLEANS. To be Pope in one's own dominions is, no doubt, a fine thing, and. the Emperor of the French has in his own way commenced his imitation of Henry VIII. The most delicious power to an episcopal mind is probably that of excommunication ; so Napoleon has sent for bell, book, and candle, and solmenly passed sentence on a Bishop. It is not the redoubtable Prelate of Poitiers, whose compa rison of the Emperor and Empress to Pilate and his wife is the happiest piece of impudence that has amused the French people since they have been for bidden to satirize their rulers ; it is the Bishop of Orleans, a man of some learning, but as fana tical and intemperate as his brethren, and bolder than any of them, since he originated the war against the Government, and has carried it on with vigour ever since Napoleon gave the first signs of falling away from grace by recommending reforms to the Pope in 1858. The sword has long been hanging over M. Dupanloup's head, and now it has fallen. The Bishop is officially ostracized. No functionary in the department of the Loiret is to associate with the Church's chief pastor under pain of the Government's deepest displeasure. The Pre fect publishes a document which, if not as terrible in sound as the roll of maledictions which the Church pours forth on such occasions, is a genuine excommunication. The offence is, that " the attitude of the Bishop of Orleans appears by the clearest evidence as marked with political hostility." " The Bishop places himself in the field of political passions and offers himself as a rallying point for the discontented. These military similes must be taken to mean that the Government looks upon the quarrel between the Church and itself as having ended in open war, and that all further temporising is at an end. The first step, then, is to take away all official countenance from the offending Prelate. The functionaries are forbidden even to visit him. " The sentiment of duty prevails over every other and indicates a new attitude." Even the Bishop's old friends must give him up. " Some persons, having had relations with the Prelate, hesitate to separate from him," but the Emperor's Government counts on .their exclusive devotedness and cannot admit slick hesitations. As air instance of interference with social life, this Circular of the Prefect of the Loiret is in structive. A mayor or an inspector of octroi now knows what is expected of him, as long as he bolds office in that political edifice which Liberty is to crown. He has many advantages. He has a salary; he has a social position ; he can talk with the comfortable pride of prosperity about the virus of revolution and the necessity of defending society against hostile and blind passions. He has the con sciousness of belonging to the dominant party. If he be a functionary of the highest rank he may as pire to wear a piece of red riband at his button hole, and to excite the envy of all those virtuous Oppositionists who are incorruptible because no man bids for them. Sleek is the coat, full the stomach, easy the slumbers of the well-fed watchdog, who looks with disdain on the lean and hungry republican wolf, But the mark of the collar is about his neck. Rich Imperialist vine growers looking for a step in the Legion of Hon our,—humble clerks expecting the extra thousand francs which are to change a maintenance into a com petence, must all have the fear of the Prefect before their eyes, and place it also conspicuously before the eyes of their wives and daughters. The com pleteness of the servitude is evidenced by the incre dulity and wonder with which we cannot help re garding it. The whole Imperialist society of a de partment is forbidden to associate with the most highly placed personage in their neighbourhood, a. prelate of the Church, and a leader of the most power ful party which now exists in France. Will they obey? It is possible that they will; for, if party feeling be dead, yet the study of self-interest is strong among officials of the Second Empire. " The Frenchman will give his life for his country—never his place," said one who knew them well. M. Du panloup may count on the averted eyes and the stammering, sheepish salutations of those who have been his friends for half his lifetime. But, as taking an interest in the character of the French Emperor, we much wish we could see his object in suffering the publication of this singular manifesto. Mankind create ideals for themselves, and the popular ideal of our ally's character is that he is a wise, crafty, pertinacious, inscrutable Prince. Posterity may not ratify this opinion. A few years may suffice to overthrow it among ourselves. Two great Sovereigns of our day have outlived their reputation. Louis Philippe went off in a flacre from the Tuileries in 1848; Nicholas lost army, navy, fortresses, protectorates, diplomatic influence, dynastic prestige, a few years later. But for the present it is pleasant to refer all that Napoleon 111. does to some faculty with which the popular voice has endowed him. We a- 'f want it to be proved by able criticism that Hamlet was short and stout, with light hair and rosy cheeks. It is not our conception, and we reject it with that intellectual obstinacy which goes by the name of faith. So, we must believe that in banishing the Bishop of Orleans from official society the Emperor has in view some far-seen object. But what it is it is not easy to discern. One must know little of provincial France who thinks that a Bishop is dependent on official fav our or that socially he cares a stra w f or t he smiles of Prefects and their satellites. Far from needing social support, he is in a position to afford it. The France of country towns and dull agricultural villages is a realm where clerical influence reigns supreme. The Church has suffered too much to be unpopular. It has satisfied with its blood the animosities of its old enemies. The priests are too poor to be envied, too earnest to be sneered at, too humbly born to be hated by the multitude. In the little towns where the same families have existed since the Middle Ages, and where everybody but the young gentleman just returned from Paris for his vacation fasts rigidly on Friday, and gathers his knowledge of men and things from the .2fonde newspaper, the strength of the Bishops and their 40,000 priests lies. And not only these, but the great people of the province, whenever they deign to visit their terres, are eccle siastical to the last degree. It is a mark of high ' fashion now to uphold the Pope and everything connected with him, while to advocate the views of Piedmont and England is commonplace and vulgar. The Government has consequently made the Bishop of Orleans more than the pivot of hostile demonstra tions. Nothing could be more fortunate for the Church than alittle easy martyrdom, and the Bishop I will take care that it shall not be wanting.—Tirnea THE WEATHER. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. 1 This Day, , between 8 and B. E. M. D. F. 0. I. IS. 9 a.m. ...,-- .--- ----, ---- Nairn 2914 40 87 W. 2 1 b. Aberdeen Leith 2949 44 40 S.W. 3 6 c. Berwick 29•43 44 43 N.W. 3 1 b. Portrush Shields Galway... . Searborsugh.... 2942 43 40 N. N. W. II 5 c. Liverpool 29•65 43 41 W.N.W. 6 5 C. Valentia Queenstown 29•80 43 42 W. 1 4 0. Yarmouth 29'49 38 37 W.N.W. 5 4 c. London 2 9 .65 42 38 N.W. 6 1 b. - DOTer 29•66 43 40 W. 5 1 b. Portsmouth Portland Plymouth - 2 I b . Penzance i 29 . 88 46 44 N.N.W. 1 3 b. Jersey I 2953 44 42 N.W. 4 4 m . ! ____ EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 dog at moan sea level; each 10 feet of vertical rise causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 deg above 32 deg /musing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for evaporation and d.w-point). D. Direction of wind (true — not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud (1 to 9). I. Initials :—b., blue sky; e., clouds (detached) ; f., fog. ; h., hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0., overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; s., snow ; t., thunder. A letter repeated augments—thus, r.r., mueh rain. 8. Sea disturb ance (1 to 9). WIND AND WEATHER B Bradford, W. ; fine , Birmingham W. ; dull Boston, S.W. • fine Brighton, N.W. ; fine, cold Bristol, N.E. ' • fine Cardiff, W.N.W. ; fine Chatham, N.W.; fine Deal, W.N.W. ; ffne Doncaster, W. ; fine Dublin, W.S.W. ; fine Dundee, S.W. ; damp Edinburgh, W.N.W. ; fine Falmouth, N.W. • fine Glasgow, W. ; fine, cold Goole, W. ; fine Gravesend, W.; fine Greenock, W. • fine Harrogate, N.W. • fine Holyhead, ; stormy C ONTTNENTAL STA' Barcelona, S.S.E. ; foggy Cherbourg, W.N,W.; foggy Copenhagen, S.; snow Dunkirk, N..W. ; foggy Floronce, S.E. ; fine Havre, N.W. ; rain Leghorn, S.S.E.; fog Leipsic, S. ; foggy Lisbon, N. ' • cloudy Lyons, S.; foggy IEPOET, nits DAY, 9 A.M Hull, S.E. ; fins Inverness, N.W. ; fine Lowestoft, W.N.W.; blow. ing hard Milford Haven, W. ; fine Newcastle on Tyne, W.N.W. fine Perth, N. ; fine Port Glasgow, W.N.W.; fine Sheffield, N.W. ; fine Stockton on Tees, W. ; fine Sunderland, N.W. ; fine Wakefield, N.W. ; fine West Hartlepool, N.N,W. fine Whitehaven, W.N.W. ; fine Wolverton, S.W. ; flue, cold .TIONS, MARCH 21. Madrid, E. ; fine Marseilles, W. fine Moscow, S.E.; snow Paris, W.S.W. ; cloudy St. Petersburg, E. ; cloudy Strasbourg, 5.5. W.; cloud' Toulon, IV.N.W. ; fine Turin, N.W.; fine Vienna, S.; foggy - - THE COMMERCIAL BANS FRAUDS. The prisGners Durden and Holcroft were this afternoon again placed before Mr. Henry, at Bow-street Police-court, and a number of witnesses were examined, and each at the close of the evidence was bound over in the sum of £lOO to appear at the trial of the primprs. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. I Railways. At lantic & it Lawrence' Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind i (lu. 5 per cent..... Do, Do. 11 Buffalo and LaKe Huron jDo. New ... Do. Preference Bufralo,Brant,tGodricb 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 18721 Do. do. July 1. 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1874. CleuttadtS.Eastn. (Lim7 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town sir Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c Demerara lEastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c ,East Indian, gu. 5 p. Do. F Shares Ext....., Do. Jubbulpore Do. pc. Debentrs, Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1870 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. DO: (TO: 1872..1 G t. In di aPenin, gu a.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.oflndia (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. • do. iGt. W. of Canada Sharesi Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till '6O 'Do. do. '73 till '80......, Do. do. '73 without opt De. 54 p. c. do. '77 d 0... Do. 5i p. c. do. '7B d 0... Madras, guar., 44 p. c... Do. do. 5 per cent .... Do. 44 p. c. Extension Do. 5 .- - do ........ Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßrunswick et Canda, Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc; 1 Class A Capital Share IDo. do. Land d0........1 Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. .... lOude (Limited) ..... ri ... { Scinde .......... 4 Do. Punjaub .... Le, g IDo. Do. ........ ce 0 , Do. Indus. St. Flo. ?,' Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. FOREIGN 58. flOO 15 all 100 1 Paid. Closing Price. 92 93 16 16i d 4i 5 d 6 7 75 SO 100 100 100 all 65 70 65 70 41 5 It d 1i 1 d 98i 99i 97 98 991 1004 21 22 68 72 58 62 40 42 48 52 3S 42 38 42 95 96 lid 1 d 2 li d 111 lli 98 Pi d 95 100 90 93 ,ATL . 82 84 92 93 86 88 2 1 5 7 5 7 97i 98i' 2 d —d 90 92 MAYS. Antwerp & Rotterdam `Ardennes Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belf.,rian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Ca" - neaux Mine dz Rail Copiapo ^ Sr-- °lac. Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ ;Eastern of France .... Grand Rus Guar. 6 p. Do. do. Great Central of France ( - ;t.Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction Lierre & Turnhout Lyons & Geneva ...... Namur Az Liege ........ Do. 6 p. c. Pref. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares ..... Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & 0r1ean5........ Recife & S. Fran. (Peru.) gua. 7 p. ct. 1ira...... Riga & Dunaburg...... Royal Dani5h.......... Royal Swedish ........ Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & ➢ieuse Do. 5} per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, Um, g. 7p. c. S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin Southern of France.... S. East Portugal 7 p ct. ,West Flanders► Do. 51 p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France West , rn of Austria Westurn of Switzerland Wiesbaden ...... Do. 8 per cent Pref.... Zealand .. BRITISH MI Alfred Consols (Philack) ' British Iron 'Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon ...... E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) i Gam,&'St.Aubyn(Gwen.); Great South Tolgus 1 G.Wheal Alfa. (Philack)! G. Wheal Vor (Helston) Grenville Herod's- Foot Hingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (Cny Lelant)t North Downs 'North Frances (Mogan); N. Wh'l Basset (1110 4an), North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St. Blazey) 'Providence (tiny Lelnt.) Sortridge Cons. Min.Co.l South Caradon(St.Cleer); S. Carn Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim , S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan); Stray Park , Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 1 Tin Crott 'Vale of Towey (Carm ) 1 West Basset (Illop,;an) IV. Caradon (Liakeard) jLVnor C 1.6012 Wheal Basset (illogan)f Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cals.) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) --1 Mary Ann I Wheal Ma6Ann (Men.; I Wheal Treiawney (Lit: FOREIG 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim. 20 !Brazil St.J.del Itey,Lim 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. 1 Clarendon Cons.AlinCo i 40 Cobre Copper Copiapo . 1 r Duntqoun.Cop.Ming Co. 2 ;Fortuna. 20 :General 2 !Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr !Kapunda (Limited) 3 Linares 5 'Lusitanian 1 iMariquita 1 IN.RhineCopotS.Aus.L 20 Tontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt 5 Port Philip 1 'Scottish Austrin. (L.) 282•81 United Mexican 1 , Worthing (Limited) Do ES. ES, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ;~: ROBBING THE CHINESE JUGGLER AT THE ADELAIDE GALLERY AND WEBTON'S.—James Stuart, a respectable looking man, described as a mariner, and Catherine and Susan Carrique, servants, 8, Princes-row West, Pimlico, were charged with stealing a dice cottage of the value of £5, the property of Albert Arrhee, of Rose-court, Newing.. ton Butts, and who exhibits his art as a juggler at the Adelaide Gallery and Weston's Music-hall. A gentleman, having apolcoa. shmsa-4 , da atha. ratter, and one of the females having stated that she took the box, Mr. Tyrwhitt discharged the females, but fined Mr. Stuart 20s. for the unlawful possession. One of the females was then charged with assaulting Mr. Arrhee, and she was fined `2os. or a month. IBIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, March 22.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly ; fresh breeze, and fine weather. TORBAY, March 20.—Wind W.N.IV., blowing hard. — Arrived—Wild Rover, from London for Port Philip ; Eliza Corry, from London for the West Coast of Africa; Alex ander, from Shields for Gibraltar. FAIMOUTII, March 21.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Prince Arthur, from Pensacola, with pumps choked. Sailed — Voyageur de la Mer, Egyptian war steamer, for Alex andria. WATERFORD ' March 20.—Arrivod—W. A. Brown, from New York. • SHIELDS, March 20.—Wind N.W.—Sailod—Leighton, for Bilboa. PORTSMOUTH, March 21.---Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Shalemine, from Havre for New Orleans; Cinderella, from London for Sydney. DEAL, March 22.—Wind N.W.—Arrivad—Neptune, from the River for Porto Rico. RAMSGATE, March 21.—Wind N.W., squally—Arriv.ed —Carl Frederick, from Colberg for Gibraltar, with loss of anchor and chain. KINGROAD, March 21.—Put back—Arab, with loss of bulwarks and stanchions. LERWTOi, March 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Lady Frauklin froni Aberdeen for Davis Straits. Sailed—Abra ham, for Davis Straits. (EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived, March 21.—Water Sprite, from Guernsey, ; Temora, steamer, from London. Sailed.—Adler, steamer, for Bremen ; Kate, for London ; 'W onder, steamer, for Jersey ; Temorn, steamer, fbrDublin; Deptford, steamer, for Cardiff. Arrived, March 22.—Atalanta, steamer, from Jersey. 174 20 stock 100 100 100 stock stock stock 205 20 100 100 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock ,20 504 f 1101 104 130 1111 f 61* 118 17* 6 48 7 95t 61 461 7 127 f f i I P stock stork 641 4 1011 d 90604 t 1 84/ 13/ Ag - raetUnitedService Bk, ,Australasia 25 ißank of Egypt 100 (Bank of London 20 Bank of Turkey 50 British North American 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. 25 Ch.lller. of In. Lon.& Ch 100 City 100 'Colonial 20'11 i Cora. Bank of Canada.. 100 Commercial of London. 20 Eng., Scot., tis Aus. Ch.. 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland 20 ,Lon. Char.Bkof Austral 50 'London and County .. 50 , London Joint Stock .. 20 'London and S. African.. 100 London .4L Westminster 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 20 Do. new 50 National Bank 20 'New South Wales... 25 Orient. B. Corporation . 20 Ottoman Bank ..... 100 Provincial of Ireland • . 10 Do. new. 25 South Australia 25 Union of Australia 50 (Union of London 108 (Unity Mutual..... COLONIAL GOVER: Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July Do. 6p. cant. 1879 Do. 6p. cent.lBBo-2 Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 per cent Cape G.Hope, 6p c,lBBO DO. 1890 IN.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct N. S.W. G ov. 5 p. c., 1866 Do. 5 p. c., 1871 to An Do. p.c., 1888 & upwds Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c., sterling, 1875. S. Aus. G 6 p.c.1878 & up Tic. Gov. 6 p. c. Ja &July Do. do. G p.c. Ap.&Oct JOINT-STOCK B. UST. ADTENTURES ANON( THE GORILLAS. At a special meeting of the members of the Royal Institution on Monday, M. du Chaillu narrated his adventures in the equatorial region of Western Africa, where the monster ape, the gorilla - , has its habitation. M. du Chaillu, who is an American citizen, though a Frenchman by birth, is a natura list ; and was ' seized with a desire to hunt the gorilla in its native forests. He first landed about three degrees north of the equator, and passed some time among the negro tribes who occupy the tracts of country extending thence to the equator, where the chimpanze is found. He described in an ani mated manner, his life among those savages—by some he was regarded as a king, whilst among another tribe who are cannibals he was in daily fear of their longing to taste white flesh. He gave an interesting account of some hut-building chimpanzees, which tie the leaves of trees together to form a roof to protect them from the rain, and reside on the branches under cover, One of the young of these creatures he tamed, and it lived with him in his tent five months, exhibiting many signs of intelligence. Having escaped from the cannibals, M. du Chaillu crossed the equatorial line and pene trated into the interior, where, among wild forests and luxuriant tropical vegetation, the gorilla roams. The full-grown animal is very formidable. It stands nearly as high as a man, and its body is as large as that of a giant. Its head is most ferocious•look ing, having large projecting jaws and teeth like tusks, and its arms are long and extremely muscu lar. Were the legs of the gorilla proportioned in size to its body, it would be at least seven feet high when erect. A deadly feud subsists between these creatures and the negroes, who have strange superstitions respecting them. The first time M. du Chaillu encountered one he saw it coming towards him in a menacing manner, making a roar ing noise and beating its hands against its breast. He allowed it to approach within a few yards, and then shot it dead. On another occasion he saw a negro who had been mortally wounded by a large gorilla, which M. du Chaillu afterwards shot, but the negroes would not believe it was the same one, for they have a belief that when a man is killed by a gorilla he immediately becomes a gorilla himself, and cannot be killed, Though the gorilla has a greater aptitude for standing erect than any other of the monkey tribe, it does not walk steadily in that position, and a thick horny substance on its hands indicates that it is accustomed to use its hands in locomotion. The roar of the gorillas in the forests may be heard at a great distance ; and the sound they make as they approach, added to their ferocious appearance, is most appalling. M. du Chaillu hunted these creatures with great activity, and in the course of his adventures among them he killed no fewer than 21. Two of these were exhi bited in the lecture-room, in the attitudes in which they approach their enemies. The body of one was stated by Professor Owen, on a previous occasion, when they were shown at the Royal Geographical Society, to be equal in size to that of the Irish giant, whose skeleton is now in the museum of the College of Surgeons, and who was upwards of eight feet in height. M. du Chaillu captured a young gorilla alive, but it was so wild that it ,could not be tamed. In his African researches he-penetrated 600 miles into the interior, along a chain of moun tains covered with trees, where rain was very abundant, though within two or three degrees of the equator. There was suspended in the lecture room draw ings of the skeletons of man and of the gorilla, contributed by Professor Owen; and yesterday afternoon, at the conclusion of his lecture on fossil fishes, the professor pointed out on the drawings which still remained there, the characteristic dif ferences between the anatomy of man and of the gorilla. The immense chest with an additional pair of ribs, the long and strong bones of the arm, the form of the skull, and the large size of the jaws, presented a striking contrast to the well-propor tioned skeleton of man ; but in the form of the great toe and in the comparative size and form of the skull the most distinctive differences are observed. In the foot of the gorilla the great toe is a thumb, placed nearly at right angles to the other toes ; and the brain, as contrasted with that of a negro, presented an immense difference. The cerebellum, from which the nerves of sensation emanate, is large in the gorilla, and the cerebral hemispheres are small, whilst in man that portion of the brain which is the organ of the intellectual faculties is very large, and not only covers but laps over the cere bellum. Professor Owen said that the brain of the gorilla is well developed as compared with the brain of animals inferior to it. but there is a gradually descending scale of inferiority. There is, indeed, a greater difference between the brain of a gorilla and of some of the lo west orders of animals than there is between the negro and the gorilla, yet the difference in the former case is gradual, whilst between man and the gorilla there is a large hiatus that is not bridged over by any connecting links. SHOCKING DEATH OF A POACHER. On Wednesday afternoon an inquest was held before Dr. Birt Davies, at the Grand Turk, Lud gate-hill, Birmingham, on the body of James Will cox, by trade a pearl button maker, 39 years of age, residing in Sheep-street, who received severe injuries whilst poaching at Erdington; on the 16th instant, and died in consequence, at the General Hospital. Mr. W. S. Perkins, clerk to the county magis trates, appeared to watch the proceedings on behalf of John Palmer, an officer belonging to the Warwick county constabulary ; and Mr. Reeves for the friends of the deceased. The first witness called was Sarah Willcox, who said that the deceased was her husband. He left home well on Saturday afternoon, the 16th, in com pany with a man named Charles Bailey, in order to catch some birds that had been ordered by a party. The deceased and Bailey had on three previous occasions been out on a similar errand. The next morning she saw the deceased at the General Hos pital. He appeared to be injured, and was in an insensible state. He continued unconscious until his death, which occurred on the 18th. Charles Bailey, after being cautioned by the coroner, deposed that about five o'clock on Saturday afternoon he called for the deceased, at his own house. and they walked to Bromford and back. They had about three quarts of beer each at the Royal Exchange, at the top of the Rocky-lane. About 11 o'clock they proceeded to a field belong ing to Squire Wheelwright, in the hamlet of Erdington, in search of a few larks. They caught a lark and another bird, and were about walking out of the field, when a man ran up to the deceased and struck him a violent blow on the head, which knocked hint down. Witness walked away, but heard the man " laying on" the deceased. He then proceeded home, but before doing so he went and informed the deceased's wife of the circumstance. He would not know the man that struck the de ceased again. Neither of them had any weapon in his hands. Witness added that the deceased was carrying a net at the time he was struck, for the purpose of catching the birds. Police-constable John Palmer said that on the night of the 16th he was on duty near Mr. Wheel wright's farm, when he heard a number of sheep bleating. Suspecting that there was something wrong he immediately proceeded across a field, and had proceeded about 50 yards over another meadow when he saw the figure of a man about 20 yards in advance. He " flashed" his lantern, and the man ran away. He was, however, stopped by a young Newfoundland dog that accompanied witness, and proved to be the deceased. Witness caught hold of him, and a severe struggle occurred between them, during which time the deceased called for help to a companion, who replied, "Put it into him." On hearing this witness succeeded in obtaining possession of a loaded cane he carried with him, and which he had dropped during the encounter, and commenced to defend himself with it from the blows the deceased ane his companion attempted to give him with two sticks. Witness struck several times with the cane, and at length the deceased fell to the ground, and the other man immediately made off. He examined the deceased, and finding him to be bleeding he sent for a surgeon, and with assistance conveyed him to the Birming ham General Hospital. Two witnesses were then called, who produced a large clasp knife and a stick the dece ased carried. , Mr. Goodall, house surgeon a t the above institu !ion, proved the admission of the deceased to the hospital about four o'clock compound eudbs tianncaen oufn unconscious ne o s ft i ro h a a uis t nswt bone, aates througho h n a Sduandwaeyumudorennintgh.e leftHe parietal bone, and a was then quite insensible; fracture n, when he expired f rom the which esc aping. the enrt nino uo s effects of the in j ur y . After de ath witness foun d a un til Monday afternoon, circular aperture in the parietUl bone about an inch square, and the bone from the aperture was deeply embedded in the brain. The coroner summed up the evidence at some length, and the jury, after half an hour's delibera tion, returned a verdict of homicide in self-defence. EXECUTION IN FRANCE.—The man Bourgois, who was condemned to death last month by the Court of Assizes of the Seine, for the murder at Courbevoie of M. Davin, a watchmaker, underwent his sentence yesterday moaning. At an early hour h e was informed that his last hour was come, and he rece ived the announcement with great calmness. After th e ceremony of the toil e tt e h a d been gone through, he w alked with firmness from the prison to the scaffold, and thanking the chaplain for his attention, delivered himself into the hands of the executioners, Imme diately after all was over ! _ IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CItANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. CHURCH RATES. A number of petitions were presented against the aboli tion of church rates. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. The Marquis of NORMANBY said he had some time ago given notice to the noble duke at the Colonial-office privately of his intention to put a question to him relative to the state of affairs in the lonian Islands. Hearing that Government had no information on thesubject he abstained from putting the question. Later information trom that part had arrived, And it induced him to recur to the matter. He considered the resolution passed in the lonian Par liament was only another instance of the revolutionary pro pagandism which was so rife at present, but he considered it most important that the house should be acquainted with the policy of the Government on the subject. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said despatches had reached the Colonial Office yesterday. The address from the Lord High Commissioner had been delivered as usual, and ho thought every one would agree with him in thinking that there was nothing unfit to come from such a person in so high a position. The address voted in reply was of such a nature that he could only characterise it as a bill of indictment against the policy of the Government. The whole document was so at variance with truth in every way, and the allegations contained in it were so absurd, that he could scarcely consider it seriously. Having enumerated the allegations in question, the noble duke proceeded to say that the lonian Assembly put upon its orders of the day two resolutions, the first requiring that the Government should ascertain the feelings of the population of the islands with respect to annexation to Greece, by means of vote by ballot. The second was of a vague character, appealing to the Christian philanthropy of Europe. When Sir Henry Storkes heard of these resolutions he sent a message to the Assembly pointing out that the resolutions in question were contrary to the constitution and could not be discussed. He also appealed to the good feeling of the house to apply itself to the proper functions of legisla tion, and to discharge the resolutions from the orders of the day. This the assembly had declined, and in consequence of this Sir IL Storkes had prorogued it at •nee. He trusted their lordships would believe that Sir H. Storkes was quite competent to deal with any emer gency that might arise ; and in conclusion, rebutted the supposition hinted at by the noble marquis, that the agita tion in the lonian Islands was in any way consequent upon the despatch of Lord John Russell relative to the conquest of Naples. The Marquis of NORMANBY explained. Earl GREY thought the protectorate of this country was the greatest blessing possessed by the lonian Islands, and if they could succeed in getting it off, they would speedily regret the step. He believed that our power over these islands was simply a burden and an expense to this country. if the people wished the protectorate removed, he thought it would be very injudicious in forcing them ta retain it. THE DEATH OF THE DUCHESS OF KENT. The Earl of ST. GERMANS brought up her Majesty's gracious answer to the address their lordships voted to her on the occasion of ,the death of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. SIR B. WALKER. In reply to the Earl of HARDWICK; The Duke of SOMERSET said he was glad of the op-. portunity of offering some explanation on this subject, because a very great misconception prevailed on it. For the appointment of Sir B. Walker to the Cape station he alone was responsible. He was simply removed from his appointment at home because his heatth was not good. It was his own wish that he was sent away, but at the request of himself (the Duke of Somerset) ha postponed the departure for some time longer than he otherwise would have done, in order to afford the Govern meat information relative to the framing of the estimates. When Sir Baldwin sailed he believed that the House of Commons did not want him. The night he sailed, however, a telegram was sent down to the port admiral at Plymouth from the House of Commons, requesting him to telegraph to the Narcissus and order her back. This pro ceeding the port admiral thought irregular, and he declined to act upon it. In the morning he consulted him (the Duke of Somerset), and he consulted the noble lord at the head of the Government, and then sent down word to stop Sir Baldwin Walker. He had never at any time, directly or indirectly, given any direction or hint to the Port Admiral that he did not wish Sir B. Walker detained. FLOGGING IN HOUSES OF CORRECTION. Lord STRATFORD DE REDULIFFE moved the adoption of an address for the production of copies of papers relating to the administration of corporal punishment in houses of correction, which had been laid on the table of the House of Commons.—Agreed to. METROPOLITAN HOTEL BILL. The Earl of SIIELBURNE moved the second reading of this bill, which he considered, amongst other recommen dations, would lead to the removal of Wych and Holywell streets—localities perhaps not known to their lordships— (laughter)—but which were amongst the most objection able portion of the metropolis. Lord REDESDALE opposed the bill, as violating a principle which had been established in the previous ses sion in the case of a similar proposition. He would have agreed to the bill had the promoters consented that none of the property which was required to be removed should be taken by compulsion. They had declined, and he was, there fore, under the necessity of moving that it be read a second time that day six months. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY supported the bill as being calculated, although a private speculation, to produce considerable advantage to the public by clearing away some of the worst parts of the metropolis. Lord EVERSLEY opposed the bill, and he hoped their lordships would pause before they sanctioned this hill, be cause it would be a precedent for many others of the same description, Earl GRANVILLE said he was not convinced by the arguments which the house had heard from the two noble lords, who were great authorities in that house, and who opposed this measure. He saw no objection to such a scheme if it were connected with public utility. The title of the bill did not contain all the information which was to be found in its provisions. He understood from the Chief Commissioners of the Board of Works that he considered this bill of great importance in its furtherance of metropo litan improvements,, and it would widen the streets in the locality of the new courts of law. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and preparations were made for a division, when The Earl of DERBY rose and said that in all his experi ence in that house he had never known a question brought forward in which two Cabinet Ministers had successively taken an active part in promoting a private bill, and that had been done on this extraordinary occasion, against the opinions given upon public grounds of authorities so high as their chairman of committees and the noble viscount the late Speaker of the House of Commons. He hoped the prac tice of bringing the support of the Government to bear upon these private schemes would be condemned by their lord ships. (Hear.) The LORD CHANCELLOR said he was another Cabi net Minister who supported this bill; but if he had consi dered it a private bill he should not have taken any part in the discussion. This bill was, in fact, one of a public nature, upon which the health and comfort of many of the inhabi tants of the metropolis would depend. He entirely agreed with the principle laid down by the noble chairman of com mittees and the noble viscount on the cross benches (Lord Eversley), but though this bill was of a private nature it would provide great public advantages. It would not merely widen the Strand, but it would purify the locality in the neighbourhood of the contemplated new courts of law. Lord TAUNTON said he thought the question wag pri marily and essentially one in reference to a private sp ecula. tion. (Hear.) He had not the least doubt tha t the bill w as of a private character, to promote a private speculation, and under those circumstances he thought it would be danger ous to sanction the second reading. (Hear.) The Marquis of C LANRICARDE said he came down to the house to vote against the bill because he agreed with the principle which had been laid down by their nobl e c h a i rman of committees, but havi n g looked into the provisions of the bill he found they would confer public advantages towards which not one shilling of public money would be requirad new ovs courts He should therefore vote for th e secon d rea di ng of the bill. Earl GREY said if this bill were really i m p r ovement and wideni ng o f th e streets , for f the by ho the i m p r ovement purposeotrtsee who were resp ons ibl e f or t h ose courts' amore convenie nt beenproposed access to par liam ent to l o a f w o , b i t t ain ou i g n h g t to have If th e ornnien of t or the local authorities had brought the measure forward the house would have been ready t o grant the req u i re d powers, but were they to a llow a joint-stock company to have these compulsory Powers to take private property ? He could not undertake to grant such powers until they had received evidence that . there would . be some publio advan tages.sanctioned this If they bill, it might lead to most. dangerous c onsequences hereafter. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of SHELBURNE replied. Ther lordships divided-- Contents Non-Contents Majority The bill was consequently rejected. The North London Railway (Widening) Bill, aiad the West London Extension Railway Bill, were severs.lly read a third time and passed. THE NORTH LONDON RAILWAY (BRA..NCH TO THE CITY) BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, who had a notice on the paper to move a resolution, with a view to its becoming a standing order, " that the committee on any bill respecting which a statement had been deposited in the office of the Clerk of the Parliaments in pursuance of Standing OH No. 191, should inquire into and report uponthe niamber Of houses and of inhabitants likely to be removed by the works proposed by any such bill, and whether utny provi sion had been made or was required to be =de , for provid ing other dwellings for the Vi6bitant4 49 to be displaced," nd be !ea !on the rt, :he vn, im ray ere ler Da 3d i3ir er Share stk 18 20i 20i 10 100 1 100 100