The Sun. — London, England, 1861-05-24 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. , a~ , . CITY, Two o'CLocK. The dealings in the foreign and colonial pro duce markets have been of a rather limited cha racter during the last few days. Tea dt public sale realised about former prices. Sugars were in moderate favour, the superior qualities being dealt in at full rates ; and coffee has continued in active demand, at high prices. In rice, fruit, Spices, and saltpetre the transactions have been without any material change in values. Tallow has been dull. At the public sales of colonial wool the rates established at the commencement of the series have been fairly maintained for all descrip tions. A fair am oun t o f b us i ness was transacted i n t h e Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were well supported. The sales were 12,000 bales. A further small amount of gold, viz., £5,000, was sent into the Bank of England yesterday, but 60,000 sovereigns were withdrawn for America. The steamer Hibernian, which left Liverpool yesterday evening for Quebec, took £25,000 in specie for Montreal. A call, ss. per share, has been made by the direc tors of the Oriental Gas Company, payable on or before the Ist of July next. A slight improvement is perceptible in the im mediate appearance of the money market, a diminu tion in the demand having led to increased easiness, and business is now transacted on lower terms in private channels than at the Bank of England. The tendency of the rate, however, is still consi dered very uncertain, as the efflux of sovereigns to America is at present maintained, and unless it should be arrested affairs may yet assume an unsatis factory aspect. The English Stock Market has continued quiet, in the absence of speculation or operations for transfer. Consols, however, have remained at 911 for transfer, and 911 i for the account. The New Threes and the Reduced Annuities are 891 1. Bank Stock is steady at 232 and 2331 ; India ditto at 226 f ; ditto 5 per Cent. Loan at 101 i 7,-, ; ditto 5/ per Cent. Enfaced Paper at 93-1-; and ditto 51 per Cent. at 100. Very little change has taken place in Foreign Securities, and the dealings have been restricted. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 711 to 72 ; ditto, 1858, 561 to 57 ; Mexican are steady at 221, Russian 41 per Cents. at 911, and Dutch 4 per Cents. at 991 Spanish are firm at 511. Business in the Railway Share Market has con■ tinned very quiet, and the variations in prices have been unimportant. Eastern Counties, Lan cashire and Yorkshire, and North Westerns have declined 55., and Midlands, North Eastern (Ber 'Wick) improved ss. to 10s. The Foreign and Colonial Lines have been very dull, prices, however, continue steady, Dutch Rhenish realise 138 ; East Indian 101 to 1011 ; Great Indian Peninsula 981, and Great Western of Canada 104 11. Joirit Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have shown no change of importance in values. London and Westminster realise 66 ; East and West India Stock 115, and Red Sea Telegraph 17. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ssa i I 1 3 per Cent. Consels Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities B9/ / 1 1 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5/ India Stock .. .. Ditto 3 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. — Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto 51 per Cent .. 100 Croasols for Account, June 6 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid. Ditto £500 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 & 1859 97/ Mexican 3 per Cent - Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £St . Ditto 4I per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded... sl_ Turkish 6 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Btleian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Datth 21 per Cent., Exchangel2 Guil. Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. Consols M TWO O'CLOCK. oney oil 4 Ditto Account 9ll a TEE WEATHEE. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. This Day, between 8 and B. E. 31. D. F. C. iI. S. 9 a.m. Nairn 29'87 51 46 W.S.W. I 4 6 c. 3 Aberdeen Leith.... 2991 56 49 W. 3 5 c. 3 Berwick 29•90 54 49 W.N.W. 5 2 b. 1 Ardrossan 29'97 51 50 N. 2 4 c. 2 Shields Galway 30*12 57 56 W. 4 9I o. 2 Searborough Liverpool 30.07 55 50 W.N.W. 5 3I c. 3 Palentia Queenstown 3o'll 58 56 N.N.W. i 2 3, b. 1 Y armouth— 1 29'99 65 53 N. 5 6 C. 3 London • 130•01 56 49 N.W. 4 3 b. Dover 2o'ol 57 54 N.N N.N.W. 5 1I b. 4 ortsmouth — 1 30'04 62 57 N.E. 3 3 b. 1 Portland 1 30.08 58 51 N.E. 1 2I c. 1 Vrnouth 130•10 58 52 N.N. W. 1 3 1 c. 2 enzanee 30•14 59 57 N.E. I 3 2c. 2 dersey 80'09 59 55 N. 5 2 b. 2 I EXPLANATION:, to 32 deg at mean N causing about 1-100 t deg above 32 deg c zposed thermomet4 . evaporation and dew. riot magnetic). F. 1 (1 to 9). I. Initials f., fog. ; h., hail ; overcast (dull) ; r., repeated augments— %lice (1 to 9). B. Barometer, corrected and reduced Lea level; each 10 feet of vertical rise th of an inch diminution, and each 10 causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. ter in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for r-point). D. Direction of wind (true — Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0., ram ; s., snow ; t., thunder. A letter thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb- MAILS FOR NORWAY. The steam packet com munication between Denmark and Norway having been reestablished, the mails from the United Kingdom for Norway will be conveyed direct by sea from Denmark tot Norway instead of via Sweden, until further notice. The rate of postage to be taken on letters addressed to Norway will be ls. 4d. the half ounce, and so on, according to the scale in operation for charging inland letters. This rate comprises both the British and Foreign postage on the letters to the place of their destination, and it may be either paid in advance or the letters may be forwarded unpaid, at the option of the sender; except, however, in the case of registered letters, the postage upon which, as well as the registration fee, must be paid in advance.--By command of the Postmaster -General. ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. General Post-office, 24th May, 1861. _ _ THE GROUSE.—We have very favourable reports of :the grouse from Badenscoth. A correspondent there writes :—" The promise of grouse here this season appears to be very good. I have seen nests with 12 eggs ; and so far as my observation has gone, I might safely set the ave *rage down at eight to nine eggs per nest. There is as yet 310 appearance here of disease among the old birds."— Banffshire Journal. OXFORD, MAY 23.—DEATH OF THE PRINCIPAL OF ST. ALBAN HALL.—It is with much regret we have to announce the death of Edward Cardwell, D.D., F.R.S., Principal of St. Alban Hall, in this university, and uncle of the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, M.A., of Balliol College, and M.P. for the city of Oxford, which took place after a short but severe illness early this morning. Dr. Cardwell was highly esteemed throughout the university and city, and the poor of Oxford will have to deplore the loss of one of their greatest benefactors. A Fox CAUGHT IN LOMBARD-STREET.—About a week ago Mr. Phillips, proprietor of the Langbourne Coffee house, in Ball-court, Lombard-street, was aroused in the middle of the ni g ht b y a police-constable, who informe d him ther e were thieves in his kitchen. Mr. Phillips im mediately got 11 13, and , descending to the basement story, made a minu te examination ' of his premises, without, how ever, discovering any in tru d er or traces of anything be yond some disturbance of his cooking o ooking utensils, which at the time he attributed t o a cat , casional noises were heard during subsequent nights, bu "poor pussy" was pronounced the disturber, and no further notice was taken of the circumstance until Wednesday morning' g occasio n a g, to when one of Mr. Phillips's servants, havin go into I an unfrequented coal vault, started a fine dog-fox, which on being discovered gave chase, and, after creating alarm and consternation among the kitchenmaids, rim to earth under some of Allsopp's ale barrels in the beer cellar. It was some time before anybody could be found with the requisite courage to unearth " Reynard," but at length one more sturdy than his fellows got fast hold of the brush, and, dragging the " varmint" out from his beery quarters, car tied him (ff in triumph to Leadenhall-market, whence, on inquiry, the brute is said to have escaped about three weeks since. Where the creature has found cover during this long period i n th e heart of the city of London no one can tell, b ut t vir •Phillips propose s t o celebrate its capture in Lombard 41re t by preserving the skin in a glass case over his door- War% Share Railwags. iPa l d Closing Business Price. Done. Ifllythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £P `kris. & Exet.4 p.astocl; Do. do. do. Shares 'Caledon £lO, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall. 5 per cent Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun. Do Ist Class Pref E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c Do. do. Class B 8 p.c t Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No.l Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 per ct. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per et. Do. 5 per ceut. E di n. &G las. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c g-ua. S. & D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent .... ,C4las.& S. West.g.a. 5 P.C. Greht Northern, 5 p. ct. Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm Do. 44 p. c. do. do. . . I Do. sp.e. Redm. 5 p.c. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld. let pt. 5 Glt.Sn. & IV (Ireland) 1 I p. et. pref. stock Hants) Ext. 5 p. ct to. Redeemable, 44 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Do Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares ;Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. ptsh Dodo. 5 p. et. pref Do Rirmg.guar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. t Do. do. do. i Lan. & Carl. 4i p c. pref Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock IDo.Barnstst£s3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon. & Brig. 5 pa gm No.l Do. 5 p. C No. 2 Do. gma. 6 p. C. Do. do. 5( c. No. 4 Do. do. 4 per cen ~. Do. do. 4 p. c. shares Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock Do. 6p.e. do. (W.E.&C.P j Do.4p.c.S.(dlv.dettil 'B5) Do. 4 per cent. Pref I Lon. Chat, and Dover IDo.W. (A rceiv. no div Ex.A til 6p cispd on no. B B. & Brom ex. Do. Metropolitan Ex B Lon. and N.W. Cov. and Nuneaton, 5 p. et Lon. & S.W, 7 p. ot. stook Do. 44 per cent Do.(Prtsm. perpl anus of 2s. ...... .Londondy. & Cole. ;Londony. &Ennis. Shi &Lin. 6 per ct Do. VS Do. 3 per cent ipo. redeem. 6 percent '7raryoort & Car., 4 p. Do. 44 per cent 1 Mid. Con. 6 p c. stock 1 'Do.Con.Bris. Bir. 6 p.c I Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock ' : Do. 4 per cent Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st Norfik 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do 1847 00 . 5 Way.Va1.Ex.st.1847 North British, 5 p. 0. I Do. New, gua. 5 p. c Do. Do. Bor. Pit. g. pi. sh do s do. Nth.Dev.Rail. & Dck.Co. !N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c. ;Do. 44 p e. redeemable 'Do. G.N.E. 4 per c. pref. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pret. 8 Do. Leeds, 6 p. a. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. Tork, H. & S. Purch. 'North Staffordshire Rhymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pt . IScottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c. Do. 7 p. o. pref. stock South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent. South Eastern (Readin Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent Do. Fixed iip.c. Ist is 4 outh Wales, gua. 4 p. c Do. 14 per cent. Do. 5 per cent' S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. a gruft Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. 0 Do. B 6 Der cent Do. C 6 percent Watrf d & Kilkny, 6 p. -Oxf Ist Gua stiff Do. 2d do D O .Nerrport 5 p.c.pf.red. Do.Perpet. 6 p. a pt 1866 Do. till 1869, Ist is. [OO 102 20 21 51 0 99 101 108 112 105 108 108 110 106 108 122 124 80 82 109 111 90 92 75 77 1113 115 1110 112 102 104 iIQO 108 407 99 98 100 89 91 90 92 101 103 96 10 17 18 191 10! 74 78 20 21 10 106 15 158 13 115 13 115 [37 140 [l3 115 101 103 50 155 128 131 71 74 80 67 131 141 I BI 68 70 f fP' [35 137 101 103 90 92 109 111 108 110 1 11 91 93 99 101 too 101 P IP i d in 22i 23 100 100 100 all all 1.0.6 131 133 10 10i 221 23 99 100 99 100 98 100 85 87 2i 27 32 6 33 1 31} 32J 4 5 48 124 126 120 126 100 102 120 122 115 120 LINES LEASED AT FIXED 'RENTALS. --- I „, a‘i I Leasing Closing RailwayS. , Co.'s Prioe. , Ln SiN7l7 Do ....... D 0........ 94 96 gad D 0....... 121 123 Do. .•• .. 11 0 111 CaleCion... 100 102 E.U.ALE.C . 15i 16 Gt. North. 131 133 E.Counts.l 41 41 Bedford and Blinc Bualringhamshire 100 , Chester Holyhead 100 Do. 5i percent 100 Do. 5 „ 100 Clydesdale June lOO Colchester, Stour Val all E.Lincolnsh. g 6 per c lOO E.Union,HarwichShs all Do. Woodbridge lOO • Gls.BarrANcils.Drct 1 100 ,Caleclon... l Do. new ...... , 100 'Do. .... •• } Gloster &Dean Forest ; all Gt. West., Hrtlp'l Dock & Rail all (Irk.N.drßri Hull and Selby. allYlc.N. Md. I Do. halves all Do. Do. quarters........l all IDo. Lanc.&Carl. gua. 5 p.c., 100 Ln&N.W. London & Greenwich.l 100 S.Eastern Do. Preference 100 'Do Lon.,Tilbury,& S -end 100 iPeto &Co Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. I 100 ,Norfolk Do. i per cent lOO ilDoo. Mnc., Bxtn.,&Matlocki all IL NW&SI Mid. Bradford Prefer- ence Stock • Newmarkt Bury Ex. gua. 5 percent..... Northn.&Eastn. 5 p. c. Do. Fixed 5 p. c.... North Western Preston and Wyre. Do. Shares Roystn. H itch., & ep Shrewsbry& Hereford no. do. S.-Staff Wilts and SomeSoset..WintbDidoll4crOydn. E.Counts. I Do.. Do. Po. ..... . Midland NW j L.Yk. Do. Gt. North ;T.Brassey 109 11 '199 202 60 62 1 112 117 j 87 90 3/ 31 91 96 * I P 55 57 154 16 Do. M'Clean... iGt. West. L.& Drgtal !Iso 132 417 12! 1 11 111 101 11 80 91 811 gi 100 Atlantic &Si Lawrence stk Bom.,Baroda &Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent.. .. 18 Do, Do. 205 Buffalo and Lake Huron 205 [Do. New 10 Do. Preference 100 i3Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 Do. do. June ]. 187 i 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c 174 Demerara 20 .Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c stock .East Indian, gu. 5 p. 20 Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 44 p c. 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. do. 1872 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South. of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cont. Do. do. Gt. W. of Canada Shares , Do. New . Do. 6 p.c. '73 with' t opt Do. 55 p. c. do. '77 do Do. 55 p. c. do. '7B d 0... Madras guar., 44 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 4! p. c. Extension Do. 5 do Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßtnnswiok Canda Ry.lcLand(Lim.)g.6po Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land do.. Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. Oude (Limited) ........ Scinde Do. Punjaut) 4 9 Do. Do. •••• • • • • c , Do. Indus. St. Flo. ?„,,q ,Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 20 20 100 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock lf li Li } pr stock stock all 100 1 Id 1001 1011 97 99 986 996 986 996 19 20 65 68 55 60 36 38 44 47 35 38 3t 37 98 n idid 91 96 d 101 11 9a Of 95 98 91 04 84 86 94& 05i 88 90 5 7 5 7 99 100 Id id 92 94 4 # d FOREIGN RAIL' loot 1 Algerian ... Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes.... Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.e.l Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiapo ,....... Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ...- Eastern of France .... Grand Rue Guar. 6 p. 0. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction ...... Lierre & Turnhout .... 1 Lyons & Geneva. Namur & Liege ........ a o. 6 p. c. Pref. ........I orthern of France.... o. New Shares ....... orwegian Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & 0r1ean5........ Recife & S. Fran. (Pern.) xua. 7 p. et. 1im...... Iliga & Dunaburg...... Royal Dani5h.......... Royal Swedish ........ Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin "outhern of France .. East Portugal 7 p ct est Flanders ...... Do. l 5 p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France est , rn of Austria.- , Westvrn of Switzerland iesbaden 90. 8 per cent Pref I,ealand 18.8. all all all all all "AY& 5i 55 2 It-4 111 12i 3i 2f ak 21 22 23 di 7 84 n 194 204 864 374 8 9 36i 37i 53 55 4i 4 d 13 11 51 51 8f 11 21 , f pr 22 23 BRITISE - tAI fred Consols (Philaa), 20 British Iron I Clifford 'Devon G. Cons. (Taoist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) •Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.), ,Great South Tolgus G.Wheal Alid.(Philack)! — ; G. Wheal Vor (Helston) :Grenville !Herod's-Foot • • Hingston Downs - ILady Bertha (Margaret (Uny Lelant)l , North Downs .North Frances (Illogan . ) 1 , 'N.Wh'I Basset (Illo4any 'North Wheal Crofty ,Par Consols (St. Blazey), 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) , Sortridge Cons. 111in.Co.' 'South Caradon(St.o leer) 'S. Carn Brea (Illogan).. 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan)' Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 10 ,Tin Crort I Vale of Towey (Carm ) 'West Basset (Illogan) I W. Caradon (Liskeard)' 3.2.]'01 _ West Soton Wheal Basset (Illog•an); Wheal Buller (Redruth), ,Wheal Edward (Cale.): 'Wheal Kitty (11.Lelant): Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Tretawney (Lie.) FOREIG: 20 ,Australian 1 ißonAccordCopper,Lim.i 20 1 Brazil St.J.del Rey,Lirn Do. Land and Almingco. 1 Chu cation laolll7.2alliGth 40 Cobre Copper Copiapo 1 DunMonn.Cop.Ming.Co 2 Fortuna. 20 General 2 'Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1} Kapunda (Limited) 3 Linares 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquira 1 N.RhineCopoiS.Aus.L 1 20 , PontKibaud Silver,Leadi i Minin and Smelt 5 Port Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) 18113/ United Mexican 1 Worthing (Limited) Do. t 14.6 7.4.0 541 17s 13.9.6 40 6.2.6 8.12 1.11.6 1.10.61 18.18.9 j 24.8.01 13s fict 1.72 li all 28.6 d all 1 10a. all all 5/ 6} 20 t 21 4 11 25 t 170 180 355 365 974 1025 255 264 51 65 14 16 3 4 51 6 25 21 39 41 2 25 15 15 49 41 4 45 4, 41 5 75 85 9 94 39 41 1 1 295 305 2 3 - I - I 130 135 35 37 11 2# 5 5# _ 4 i 174 18 4 70 72 315 355 95 100 105 115 1{ 2j 9 10 11 13 154 17* I 5s s'4 -- 39 41 7 9 241 3 23 25 lia iP l i If f p 8 0 Id ip Aj td 3 5 I k I Id 5! 61 1 2 5 i I 341 5 5i 6 51 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 82 ,34. 40 I Australasia I all 61 62 25 IBank of Egypt all 18 19 100 Bank of London 20 Bank of Turkey 150 British North American all 524 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 201 201 • 25 Cli.Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 131 33 100 City 100 Colonial .. 20'11 Com. Bank of Canada.. all 100 'Commercial of London. 2 0 20 lEng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 151 161 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all —• 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 23 231 20 Do. new 5 11 1! 6! 50 'London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S. African lO 2 11 100 London & Westminster 20 65 66 66 100 INat. Prov. of England , 42 20 I Do. new l2 50 National Bank ...... . 25 20 New South Wales.. • all 25 Orient . B. Corporation: all 46 47 20 Ottoman Bank 100 Prov Imolai of Ireland . 25 10 Do. new.... •.... 25 South Australia 25 Union of Australia 50 Union of London 100 Unity Miltual 6O I COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - ICan.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-9 lOO 110 113 Do 6p. cent.lBBo-2 100 Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 - - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 ;08 110 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 108 110 Do. 5 per cent lOO 1011 1021 1011 Cape G. Hope, o p c,lBBO 100 1051 1061 Do. 1890 100 1051 1061 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 107/ 1084 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c.,1866 100 99 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 99 100 Do. p.c., 1888 & upwella 100 981 991 94 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling:, 1875 lOO 108 109 S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up lOO Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Jti. &July 100 - - Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lOO 1051 106 105 i DOCKS. 100 ._- stock East and West India g st to o c c k a t Do.om 4m per er cl O a e l nt.Pret.Min. 100 stock London stock St. Katharine lOO 56 58 stock 'Southampton lOO - stock , Victoria .. ........ 20 ,Do• New . - ......... •.- 2 l4 par 1111 10 15 14f Mexican 10-11 : ic l% a l n IS im e int L . L .1 A a N ll EOU:. 10 Atlantic It. Ml. Stm (14 - - - • 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) F all - - 25 Australian Agricultural 19 30 32 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 4 44 50 British American Land 40 • - - 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.)! all 32 35 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lira.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (limited) all 12 14 324 Canada Land all 110 113 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim 1 al.: - - et. Cop. ll lin.ofEng.&Sniltg. all - - 25 Do. Pref. 74 per cept. - - at. Crystal Pain?. , lOO 81 33 st. Do. Prefeonce st. Da. 6 p et. Perpet. Deb. 100 106 108 20 E.lnd a Irrign. & Canal 1 4d id i at. Electric Telegraph . 25 , Do. New .... . 15 - - 1222001505005 1 , , NNationall,;Madras o.oean.Greatsbr.r.peu District S secliN. s h alop:ro t ar ip p rrvdie. 5 lEnglish & Ans. Copper, all 34 3 11 15 IGen. Steam Navigati in 14 - - 1 Do. 174 pet Preference all t 4 ,L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.); all i . 1 - a a Bl l s ol l 1 5 , 1 4) 1 : ci 10 Med. Exton, Tel. (Lim.) all 24 5 2 1 N.llAustralaslan (Lim.) all 1 ,Oriental Gas (Limited), all 4 1 1 ' Do. New Shares (Lim.). 15s. 4pr 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) 8 5 4 st. • peentLnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 61 63 calstast l sn ,I. T ' ci i reds m ottoesotnneL i i. a t daa((( t e :Lni d h ninta i mm : ni 8d ))),II a 3151 :t ::. 0 50 l'en. & Oriental Steam all 71 73 5 0 Do. New 3O 1 2 13 Bed Sea&ln.Tel.g.44p.c. all 171 171 1 7 20 50 Rhymney Iron all 164 17t 15 I Do. New. • all 44 6 60 46 43 1 v (Lim ) 100 127 130 ~ .f Aust in. n . . et. IS- Land all 33 q ,4 South Australian, 25 ' TeL Scrip all 1 Submarine Registered 1 Do. dc: do all 5 7 10 DO. a Ag enc y of 10 ; Trust an . (lim)lst is, 1 4 . 100 - IRoya.l3lail Steam I Austrlasia 1 i d 5 11 J. E'dom Tel. Uo• Ulm no , ,‘ jp 1,411C1 •• wil . !' , °.. Pi too vAll Diemoo - 20 ITr.& Ln.oo. of Ujar.,Cau.)l. 5 --: I' SHARE MARKET.)-THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHAttES AND STOCKS. I Closing I Business Price. Done d 7 97 99 96 97. 41 43 8 8 17 171 0 50 38 40 27 29 82 84 27 28 109 110 125 127 1084 1094 102 IC4 130 132 105 107 711 721 60 82 ,09 109 i co 18 120 44 06 93i 94 94 05 10 11 41 42 4 3 d 1191 120 1* Ip 93 95 1 8 8d 52 64 624 63 102 1021 P oP 56,E 69 90 90f 95 97 4; 4 1 9/ 10f 74 76 114 116 32i .13i 85 87 46 48 39 41 791 Ffi 63 a 93 95 4 7 39a 40a 9a 10a p 5a b p 55 el p 561 2 3 p 80 82 11 11! 45 47 38 41 83 85 Railways. I Paid. Beitast and Ballymena Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. Birk., La., and Ch June Blyth and Tyne Bost. Sleat: and MicLCo all all ' 100 all all 100 100 Bristol and Exeter :Caledonian Carmarthen di Cardigan Cork and Bandon Cork, Blrock., trassage Cornwall ..... Do A (A gets no div. ' until pc peran. Do B rhasbeent d. toB, Dublin ds Belfast June Dun., Perth, &Ab. June I East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock ; Do do B do I Do Nw A, late EU3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. Perth, &Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction IFurness Glascr. and S. Western Great Ntlin. of Scotland Great Northern Do do A stock Do do Ft do Gt. S. & W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Irish South-eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Clackwall Lon., Brig,ht.. & S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover Lond. & Nth. Western Lond. do Sth. Western. L'derry & Coleraine & Ennisaillen Man. Shef. & Lincoln 'llaryport and Carlisle Do do shares Metropolitan Midland Do new......... Do Firming. & Derby, )rid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do shares Rid Kent ...... Do, Cray Line Newcastle and C trlisie Armagh, def.. Newry, Warnpt. & Ros. Norfolk . ........ North British. sCor.Dey.Rail&Dk.stoet I) , ;tk ; A rees no d. until 6pelias beenpd.B Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick' Do do , 6.N.E. purchase DoLeeds ...... ........ Do York North London Do new North qtaffordshire N. and S. W. Junction \sot. Grantham Rail.. fzebles •• • • Portsmouth Rhymney - ••• • • • Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock... Shropshire Union ..... Sittingbourne & Sheer. South Devon S.-Durham & Lane. Un. South Eastern ........ South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok I Stockton & Darlington Do do Do New (1860) Taff Vale • • • . • Do Pref. No 1 ThamesHavenDlE&Rail Ulster . Do.•••••••••• ..... •• Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim all Waterford & Kilkennyi 100 Waterford & Limerick all West Cornwall all West London ' all Do Ist class all Do 2d class all Westllartlepool Harbr and Rail .l 100 West Midland—Oxford 100 Do. Newport 100 Do. Hereford' 100 PREFERENCE SHARES. ill 1 100 Share 1091 I 118 k 19 1191 20 102 } 2 P 901 90 THE SUN, LONDON;- BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. C losing Price. Paid, all 100 all all all all 6t 68 90 97 4.1 5,1 de 100 100 100 all 6 7 75 80 65 70 65 70 5 5* 'E'S. lusiness done FRI►Y EVENING, MAY 24, 1861, LAW INTELLIGENCE—(2hts Day). COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor and Lords Justices o: Appeal.) THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA V. KOSSUTH AND DAY. The further hearing of these part heard appeals were resumed this morning, and the defendants' counsel have been fully heard. Mr. Roundell Palmer, Q.C., is now being heard in reply for the plaintiff, the Emperor of Austria. The court is densely crowded. ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls Sir John Romilly.) JUDONIENT -TATHAM V. VERNON. His Honour, the Master of the Rolls, in delivering judg ment said—The question here is, whether under the settle ment made by the testator his children take an estate of inheritance in the real property settled thereby or whether there was in the settlement such words of limitation as limits the right of the children to the inheritance. The testator had two classes of property, freehold and copyhold. His will was executed on the 23d April, 1824, by which he undoubtedly disposed of his freehold, but then there was a settlement made at a subsequent date, and the question raised is whether its provisions supersede or release the provisions in the will. The settlement was voluntary, and disposes of the freehold, copyhold, and leasehold. It is dated 24th and 25th June, 1825. The will and settlement were both executed by the late John Miller Vernon to two trus tees, disposing of his freehold, copyhold, and leasehold pro. perty in favour of his wife, son, and daughter. His Hon our, on considering the terms of the devise contained in the settlement, was of opinion that the freehold estates remain entire and go to his heir. But his copyhold estates stand on a different footing; they go to his wife and children, subject to the directions and limitations con tained in the will, and that the will and settlement should be read together. And, being of this opinion, a third ques tion is raised—whether under the will the children take absolutely ? His Honour, on reading the word " issue," contained in the will, was of opinion that the children were entitled to take on the death of their mother, or on attaining the age of 21, and if not divided the interest was to be paid till they arrived at the age of 25, or were married. His honour declared that the son took absolutely, but the daughter took a vested interest in her lifetime, and it re turned to her children in the events stated. Costs properly incurred to be paid out of the respective estates. MARSH Y. KEITH.-JUDGMENT. His Honour, the Master of the Rolls, said—ln this case the testator, Joseph Marsh, created a charge on his real estate of £20,000. I have appointed new trustees; and the only question before me is, whether the devisee or owner of the estate is entitled under this sort of charge to receive the money before the amount devised becomes actually devise able among the persons entitled to it. His Honour con sidered that the result of the decided cases, and the opinions of Lord St.Leonards, establish that in a question of intention, the whole of the settlement must be taken as a charge on the testator's estate. And alter expressing his views on the matter, and appointing new trustees who would act accord ing as they thought fit, his Honour declined to make any declaraiion at this stage of the proceedings. His Honour's decision was in favour of the devisee. £20,628, deducting legacy duty, wag to be brought into court. Costs to be paid out of the trtst fund. COURT OF PROBATE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) SMETHURST V. TOMLINS-THE WILL UP ISABELLA BANKS. Dr. Phillimore this mot ning appeared on the part of Dr. Thomas Smethurst to support the demurrer that had been entered to pleas of the respondent. The will of Miss Isa bella Banks, whom, it will be remembered, died under very peculiar circumstances at Richmond in the spring of the year 1859, and Dr. Smethurst was accused of causing the death of the unfortunate lady by poison. After a very long trial Smethurst was convicted of wilful murder and sentenced to be hanged in front of the county gaol. Owing to the doubtful nature of the medical evidence, a free pardon was granted to Dr. Smethurst, but as he had also committed bigamy by feloniously intermarrying Miss Isabella Banks, his first wife being then alive, an indict ment for that offence was preferred against him, upon which he was found guilty, and sentenced to one year's imprisonment. Previous to her death, Miss Banks had exec.Vg4 a will, bequeathing the whole of her property, with fhe exception of a brooch to one of her female friends, to Dr. Smethurst. At the expiration of the term of imprisonment, Dr. Smethurst applied for probate of the will of the testatrix. The learned gentle man said his client propounded the will of Miss Banks on the 31st of May, 1860, but the respondents, Mr. and Mrs. Tomlins and Miss Louisa Banks, appeared by counsel and objected to probate being granted on the ground that the will was not executed according to the Act of 1856 ; that it was obtained by undue influence and control ; that the testatrix at the time she executed the will was not in a sound state of mind ; and also the special plea that the conviction fur the bigamy disqualified him from all interest in the will of the deceased lady. To these pleas Dr. Smethurst had demurred, and he now appeared to support that demurrer. His contention would be, that although the cases were not many and the authorities few, they were sufficient to esta blish the proposition that a person being convicted of felony c -- --sro discharging the duty of an exe ,;.tor. it must be °lase. .cat the urown. dia 1104 ap pear in this case, but the next of kin, and this proved too much ; for if Dr. Smethurst's right was gone by reason of his having committed felony, that of the next of kin was gone also, and the right reverted to the Crown, and the Crown was not on the present occasion represented in the case. The learned doctor then quoted from the Crown cases a decision of Mr. Justice Williams to the effect that there were but few crimes that would prevent a person from acting as an executor. The judgment set out several offences, amongst which were outlawry and bankruptcy, but felony was not included. The Judge Ordinary—The question is, does the convic tion bar the right to appl y f or probate. Dr. Phillimore agreed th at that was the question, and, according to his opini on , D r. Smethurst was not precluded, by the law of the land, from acting in such a position. Dr. Swabey followed on the same side. Dr. Deane, for Mr. Tomlins and other respondents, ar gued that the conviction for felony was a total and effectual bar to the right of Dr. Smethurst to probate of the will of Miss Banks, Every case bearing on the point was a support used o fth b a y t view , refu and sing the Co ur t h a d a r i g ht to exercise to grant probate of the will. Dr. a discretion, and that i n t h is case it could be most bene ficiallySmethurst was here s ee ki ng to secure no interest but his own, which had in f act ceased to exist, because by reason of his felony he h a d f orfeited his rights. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Mereweather followed on the same side. Dr. Phillimore, in reply, con t ended that w h atever dis abilities Dr. S met h urst might have laboured under, if they had ever existed, h a d now ceased to exist, and, looking to the judgment of Mr. Justice Williams, he thought Dr. Smethurs: was in a good position to ask for probate of the will in question, and was quite competent to act as an executor. The Judge Ordinary —Can a convicted felon make a will and appoint an executor ? Dr. Phillimore--I recollect hearing my LordChelmsford say it was ajudge's privilege to ask questions, and a coun sel's privilege to refuse to answer. I will not go that length, my lord; but I must say I am not at•the present moment prepared to answer the question. The Judge O rdinary—Theref ore the court is to be left in ignorance on a point on which it requires information. (Laughter.) Dr. Phillimore--I am very sorry, my lord, but I cannot answer the question at this moment. The learned gentleman having concluded his reply, The Judge Ordinary said he was not prepared to give his decision in the present case without some considera tion. He must, therefore, take time before he delivered judgment. MANCHESTER R A CES.—(This Day.) - - BY•ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. WILTON STAKES. Marignan 1 Egyptian North Pole 3 Three ran. LATEST BEI:TING. SALFORD BOROUGH CUP. 2to 1 agst Wildman (taken) 2to 1 agst Cramond (taken) Cape Flyaway scratched. HARPENDEN RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HARPENDEN HANDICAP. Eskdale Ambush Dorking Ten ran. ROTHAMPSTEAD STAKES. , • . Calytte Little Fawn Eight ran. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET, 808 TRAVERS AND THE POLICE.—Bob Travers, the well-known pugilist, was charged before Yardley, as follows : Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap• peared for the defendant. Fitch, 186 0, said that about two this morning he heard the defendant hallooing and singing, in Leicester-square. He told him to go away, and as he would not he took him into custody. The defendant was drunk. Mr. Lewis put several questions to the constable with the view of showing that he turned his bull's-eye on him, and said, " Oh, it's you, Travers; you are not among your pals now, calling for brandy and water and making me pay for it;" that he had been drinking with Bob Travers, and fell out with him because he (Bob Travers) would not pay for it, at Alec Keene's ; that he had never told the Inspector (Mr. IN ebb) that the defendant had used obscene language ; and that he had told the defendant he was a better man than he was, and that he was a -- black; but the constable denidd the questions entirely. Mr. Yaz dley asked Mr. Lewis if he was prepared with witnesses to support the defence, and Mr. Lewis replied that he was not. Inspector Webb said the defendant was drunk, but that he had known him to assist the police on several occasions. Ms. Lewis, having addressed the magistrate at some length, ptating that he should be prepared with witnesses to support his case, if adjourned, Mr. Yardley said he did not consider the defence at all supported as it might have been, but he should only im pose a nominal fine of ls. At the same time he must say that he did not believe the insinuations thrown out against the constable, unsupported as they were by witnesses. Mr. Lewis said he had simply acted according to his in structions. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING,. LONDON, May 24.—Wind this day at noon, North- Westerly ; light breeze, and fine weather. PLYMOUTH, May 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—lower Hamlets, from Belize; Ella, from St. John's, Newfound land. PILL, May 23.—Wind W. — Arrived—Glasgow, from New York. SWANSEA, May 23.—Wind S.l,V,—Arrived—Louise, from Camillas. OFF HURST CASTLE, May 24 . — Arrived—Delta, screw steamer, from Alexandria. QUEENSTOWN, May 22.—Wind N.N.W.—A rr i ve d — George A. Holt, from New Orleans; Indian, from San Francisco. SUNDERLAND, May 23.—Wind N. V . — Sailed — Tiber, for Alexandria. (BY ELECTE,IC TELPORAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived—Agenoria, and Fox, from Cardiff; Delta, steamer, from Alexandria; Edward B arnett, f rom N ewport. Sailed—Pierre, l, am for Bordeaux ; fordeaux; Tonni ng , s t eamer , f or cocaret tan. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESRIID, Friday Morning. Arrived, May 23.—Lebra, from Revell ; Hannah, from Guernsey; Adjutor, from Konigsberg ; Catherine, from Gothenburg; Aigle, from San Sebastian ; General von Mangell, from Gergenti; Eva, from Santander; Hemi sphere, from New York ; Arvid, from Stockholm ; Bellon from Sannes ; Antipodes, from Launceston ; Argus, from St. Übes ; Donna, from Stettin; James R. Henderson, from Dantsic ; Fairy Rock, from Berbice. Arrived, May 24.—William Edwards. from Catania ; Pilot, from St. Vallery. Sailed, May 24—Elba steamer, for Hamburg ; Lord J. Russell, steamer, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed, May 23 (in tow)—Aura, from Penang, for London. Passed—Adelaide, screw steamer, from Hong Kong, for London ; Coreya, brig, from the ncrthward, for the west ward ; W. J. Morris and Mercury, for Cardiff ; Brilliant, for St. Kitt's ; Dorothy, for Richibuctoa—all from London ; Regina of Dartmouth, from the northward, for the west wad ; Sir James Melville , from Etrimoby, for Calcutta. THAMES. ROBBING A SAILOR IN THE STREET.—Margaret Max well, a strong and masculine dark woman, who has been often in custody, and is one of the most desperate of her class, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with steaFng a purse containing £4 from the person of Charles Peterson, a sailor boy about 16 years of age. The only evidence that could be given by the lad was that he was in liquor last night, that he was assaulted by some women and much hurt, and that he was robbed of his purse containing four sovereigns. George Winslow, a seaman, stated that he saw t e pri soner and two other women pull the last witness out of the Mercers' Arms public-house, in Shadwell, and treat him very roughly. One of the women seized him by the throat, while the prisoner took a purse from his pocket, opened 4, and said there is £4 in it by -. The woman then ran away, and went into a house in Mercer-street. He followed them and called for a police-constable. The prisoner and her companions afterwards retreated to Elbow-lane, Shad• well. David Rowbotham, a police-constable, No. 489 A, said he took the prisoner into custody ; and after she was locked up in the King David-lane station-house she called to him and said, " If you go to No. 2, Elbow-lane, and look up the chimney of the second-floor, you will find the sailor boy's purse." He went to the house, a most infamous one, and found an empty purse in the chimney, which the lad Pater son identified as his property. The prisoner, in defence, said I'll say nothing. I know I am innocent. Mr. Woolrych committed the prisoner for trial. A STREET ROBBERY.—Catherine Collins and Johanna Heffernan, two notorious Whitechapel thieves, were brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with stealing a silk handkerchief, value 7s. Gd., from the person of Carl Som merfelt, a German clerk, dwelling at No. 17, Buckle-street, Whitechapel. The prosecutor said he was standing at the corner of Leman-street, Whitechapel, last night, and, while talking to a lady -- • • - - `" a right in front of him. The lady he was talking to called his attention to his handkerchief being taken out of his pocket. He turned round, and saw one of the girls hand his silk handkerchief to the other. He seized them both, and gave the prisoners into custody. He then identified a silk handkerchief produced, a common one, and in answer to a question by the magistrate, said the value of it was 7s. Gd. Mr. Woolrych—That is a very high price for a silk pocket handkerchief. The prosecutor—l bought it in Berlin. Police-constable Patrick Welch, 123 11, said he found the prosecutor's handkerchief upon Hoffman. He took it from under her dress. She was about to pass it to Collins, when he took it from her. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and said, " Pray, settle it here, sir." Mr. Woolrych—You are two most impudent thieves. I sentence you to be imprisoned in the House of Correction and kept to hard labour for two calendar months. NEWSVENDERS' BENEVOLENT AND PROVIDENT INSTITUTION. The annual meeting of this society was held last evening at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen street; Mr. Terry in the chair, who stated that one of the objects of the meeting was to elect a pen sioner, and another was to elect two trustees in the room of Mr. Wild, deceased, and Mr. C. Woodward, resigned. He begged on this occasion to appeal to the trade generally, and to ask how it happened that so small a number of those who were engaged in the trade were subscribers to the society, when they were entitled to the same benefits for their ss. per annum as those who paid down three guineas at one payment. It was extraordinary that so few of the trade contributed to the society. It was, after all, a penny a week, or a fraction over. To the press the society was under the greatest obli gations, and from gentlemen unconnected with the press they had received the most generous support. The report of the committee was read, which showed that the subscriptions for the year amounted to £46 9s. 6d., being an increase on the preceding year of £7 Os. 6d., the donations during the same period amounted to £65 9s. 6d. The committee called attention to the decreased expenditure in curred during the last year, so that instead of being loaded with a debt to the treasurer they had the pleasure of stating that these was a balance in hand of £3B 9s. Bd. Since the last meet ing of the institution an application had been re ceived from Mr. H. Hindley, of Giltspur-street, to be elected a pensioner. Mr. Hindley had been a subscriber to the institution since 1839 ; he was now upwards of 70 years of age. The committee expressed their deep regret that the funds at their disposal would not at present admit of their in creasing the number of pensioners. The committee trusted the result of the festival would enable them to elect a widow of a former liberal contributor to the pension. During the last year two vacancies have occurred in the office of trustees, caused by the death of Mr. Wild and the retirement of Mr. Woodward, and as their successors they begged to recommend Mr. Edward Hall, 223, Strand, and Mr. H. T. Standfast, of Little George-street, West minster. In conclusion, the committee could not but express their regret that comparatively so few of the members of the trade had enrolled them selves as members, when the small subscription of ss. entitled them to the benefits of the institution. Mr. BAKER, who moved the adoption of the report, suggested that much good might be done by the committee being enlarged and a regular canvass being undertaken. Efforts should be mado, not only in London, but in the country also Mr. WOOD observed that the chief supporters of thiEi institution were those persons who were in a position in the world which made them men of note. Now he objected to the committee putting forward two members of their own body, and pro posed that they should elect two gentlemen whom he begged to propose—Mr. M'Murray, a great paper maker and a newspaper proprietor, and Mr. Mark Lemon ; the latter gentleman especially was known popularly to the world. The amendment of Mr. Wood having been seconded, a long discussion followed, which resulted in the report being adopted and Messrs. E. Hall and H. T. Standfast being elected trustees. Mr. Terry was re-elected treasurer, and the auditors having been re-elected, the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman. n the The festival was held at half-past eight i evening. In the absence of Charles Dickens, E B Cl* , from an attack of neuralgia, Mr. Wilkie Collins took the chair. About 160 gentlemen s at down to very substantial dinner Crr supper, which was pro vided with the liberality which characterises the firm of Elkington and Co. The CHAIRMAN gave the usual loyal toasts of "Her Majesty the Queen," "His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family," and " The Army and Navy and the Volunteers." The CHAIRMAN said they had now arrived at the toast or the evening. He explained that Mr. Dickens had requested him to preside in his absence, He had not the vanity to suppose he could represent adequately the greatest novelist of the day, but he assured the company that he felt the deepest inte rest in the welfare of the society. The hon. gentle man proceeded to draw a very graphic description of the newsvender's boy, who was a personage of great importance. He might be 4 feet E inches high —his name might be John, who whistled many tunes, who jumped over posts, but he was an im portant public functionary. At No. 1 he left his papers for a member of Parliament who anxiously awaited his arrival; at No. 4 some young ladies awaited the intelligence proclaiming the namas of the bridesmaids at some fashionable marriage ; at No. 40 some anxious artist was watching to see the paper to know whether his fortune was made by a kind notice or criticism. The hon. gentleman proceeded to show the importance of the news vender's trade, and concluded by giving "Prospe rity to the Newsvenders' Provident Institution." (Cheers.) Mr. B. WEBSTER, in eloquent terms, gave " The Health of the President, Mr. Charles Dickens." Other toasts followed, and the amount of dona tions and subscriptions announced was nearly £lOO. The musical arrangements were under the direc tion of Mr. J. J. Burgess, assisted by Messrs. George Genge, Edwin Gray, Walton Smith, and Mr. G. Ford. Many ladies were present, and the entertainment gave general satisfoction. Mr. Spencer was the toastmaster. ME DUCHIES OF SCHLESWIG AND HOLSTEIN, Yesterday morning a blue-book of 162 peges, con taining correspondence relative to the affairs of the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, and including letters from the representatives of Great Britain at the different German %rid Danish courts, together with a variety of enclosures throwing light upon the proceedings both in Denmark and Prussia, and also in the Germanic Diet, was issued from the par liamentary printing-office. The course taken by our Government in this dispute has been fully ex plained by Lord J. Russell in his place in Parlia ment, and the publication of many of these documents iii our columns would afford but little additional information to the public as regards the main fea tures of the English policy. The following despatch from Lord John Russell to Lord Cowley, written in February last, will show the principles by which our Foreign Minister was guided, and the policy of which he urged the adoption : _ _ " Foreign-office, Feb. 23. " My Lord,—The Count de Flahault has asked me, in the name of his Government, to furnish him with an outline of the views of her Majesty's Go vernment in reference to the affairs of Holstein- Lauenberg. At the request of the French Ambas s'ador, I proceed to communicate to you the general views of her Majesty's Government on this intri cate question. As a broad principle, they consider that Denmark is in honour bound to redeem the pledges she gave in 1852. In the present stage of the negotiation the German confederation requires that the taxes and the expenditure of Holstein should be voted by the states of Holstein. Whether this has always been the rule of the German confe deration may well b 2 questioned. The German states of Austria, for instance, have never apparently been brought under the operation of this rule, and other Ger man states have complied with it rather in name than in reality. The principle, however, appears to her Majesty's Government to be one which may fairly be applied to all the States of the Confederation. A representative assembly is, ac cording to our ideas, the proper authority for sanc tioning a budget of taxes and expenditure, nor in the opinion of her Majesty's Government would Denmark have any casus belli against Germany should the Confederation bring Holstein under the operation of this rule, even by a federal execution. But a practical difficulty occurs on the point often raised, how is Holstein to be charged with the proper proportion of the general expenses of the Danish monarchy ? It has been proposed that the sums necessary for this purpose should be voted by an assembly in which Denmark, with 1,500,000 population, Holstein, with 500,000, Schleswig, with 430,000, and Lauenburg with 80,000, should each have an equal number of members. But this scheme, though it may have a show of justice, is evidently unfair to the people of Denmark. Another plan, which was put forward in Holstein, would give the diets of Holstein, Schles wig, and Lauenburg equal power with Denmark to " pctimatea of t',.. year. But this plan is so cumbrous and uncertain that, if ever put into operation, it would only serve to paralyse the Danish menarchy. The principle put forward by the Danish Government that the diets of Holstein and Denmark should each contri bute a fixed sum for the general expenses of army, navy, and civil list, leaving the remainder to be voted according to the discretion of each as sembly, seems far more reasonable. It would be necessary, indeed, to restrict the sum within narrow limits, perhaps not more than two-thirds of the amount proposed by Den mark ; to have the accounts submitted to the diet of Holstein as well as to that of Denmark; and to give equal rights to each assembly to rduse any sums which might be asked for, exceeding the stipulated contigent. This is a rough outline of the terms upon which Germany and Holstein might agree, if they wished for aureement. Nothing is here said of Schleswig. The duchy of Schleswig is a Danish duchy, and although both the honour and the interest of Denmark require that Schleswig should be equitably treated, the King of Denmark could not without danger treat with Germany re specting the terms to be given to that duchy, since this despatch was written, it has been stated that the states of Holstein have been summoned to meet on the 6th of March, so that some time for deliberation will be obtained. Your excellency may read this despatch to I. Thouvenel, and say that it has been written in consequence of M. de Flahault's inquiry.—l am, &c., (Signed) " J. RUSSELL." On the 11th of March Mr. Paget transmitted from Copenhagen translations of the King's notifi cation to the Holstein States, the draft of a provi sional arrangement to take effect on the Ist April, 1861, and the draft of a special constitution for Holstein. " The special constitution for the duchy," says Mr. Paget, " appears to be drawn up in entire accordance with the wishes expressed by the States of Holstein in their report of March, 1859, and to give every security to both civil and religious liberty." With the documents referred to by Mr. Paget the correspondence closes. LETTER .FROM THE HON. MRS. TEL MERTON. (From the Eastern Counties Herald.) The following letter has been received by Miss Johnston from the Hon. Mrs. Yelverton, in reply to the transmission of £55, as first instalment of the Yelverton Fund from Cavan : " My dear Miss Johnston,—lt is almost impossible to convey to you in a note of thanks all that I have felt towards you since the occasion of a short meeting at the Gresham. At that time, the few words you said and your quiet demeanour contrasted forcibly to my mind with the excited demonstrations around me, and the subsequent time has but served to make you stand out in still clearer relief as one of the foremost of the earnest workers. Your indefatigable zeal, your constant energy, your determined courage, and disregard of minor obstacles (whose name I too well know is legion'), must rank you in my opinion and estimation as one of the truest friends whom my sor rows have raised up for me. I leave it to you to convoy to all those kind friends who have assisted me the deep appreciation I feel for this timely help. It has now become the cause of money versus justice. The appeal to over throw the verdict will be heard the latter end of May or June next. If it be properly met we have very little fear, but their efforts are now turned to overwhelm me in the ex pense of a Scottish suit of .the most unheard-of character. More ' Biddy Coles' have been given their lesson, and no one knows, save those who have suffered, how much money it takes to unmask one calumny. In conclusion, yourself, to say that I think your efforts have been crowned unusual success, and the result I must attributelishod but a as none else, however willing, has. sincerely yPours, comparative success.—Believe ei,,EsRmEsA YELVERTON." naleldowwith Bank, the Ad. o f her Majesty, business b in u s s p in e e c s ti s on , waosf HER MAJESTY'S BIRTIJDAY.--This day being the anniversary of the birth wholly suspended at the Custom-house, .the Excise, th e and 10 o'clock, lint y a[ rt i oa o ie u t,y s a, dock and partially a iG d itlay b o ra zid s , e t d hoe w r daprnoeashnto-cuoefas.eocsfhe Post-office . h e , e omerset the Household Brigade of Infantry took place, on the Parade, in St. James's-park, by his Royal Hi g h ness t h e Duke of Cambr i dge , Commander-in -Chief. The directors of the Subma • /w ay have undertaken to lay d Submarine Telegraph Com pany Beachy Head and Di own immediately the cable The inquest on the body eppe. who was killed in a prize fight, of the youth Thorpe, in a verdict of manslaughter ght, near Sheffield, has resulted laud, ughter ag w e t il ia antagonist, Nol- For a IiVIPERIAL PAtiLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Ihe Lords' amendments to the Neath Water Bill were considered and agreed to. The following bills were read a third time an d passed :—Cockermouth, Keswick, and Pen rith Railway; Dublin and Antrim Junction Railway ; Henley-in-Arden Railway; London and North Western Railway (Additional Powers) ; Southampton and Netley Railway; and West Cheshire Railways (Verbal Amend ments to be proposed). The following bills were considered and ordered for third reading :—Dartmouth and Torbay Railway, Galashiels and Peebles Railway, Northampton Water, Ramsey Railway, Thames Haven Dock (Abandonment), Uxbridge Gas,West Cornwall Railway, and IVorkington Tidal Basin and Railway. The following bills were read a second time :—Grand Junction Water, Leigh District Gas, North London Rail way (Branch to the City), and North Landon Railway (Widening). PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented praying for the adoption of measures to develope the agricultural and commercial resources of India, for a mere equitable arrangement with reference to the exercise of their religious worship by Roman Catholics in workhouses, and for increased facili ties for the religious education of Roman Catholic children, for an alteration in the mode of levying the income tax, 3:e. PROVIDENT SOCIETIES. Mr. SLANEY gave notice that on Tuesday next ha would move for leave to bring in a bill to amend anti extrntt the act relating to provident societies. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. Lord J. RUSSELL, in the absence of Lord Palmerston moved that the house would immediately resolve itself into committee of supply, and stated that the motion had be come necessary in consequence of the house having been counted out one night preceding the recess. DOCKYARD MANAGEMENT. On the motion that the Speaker do leave the chair, Sir F. SMITH rose to call the attention of the house to the report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the control and management of her Ma jesty's naval yards, and to move, "that it is expe dient that such reforms should he made in the eontrot and management of her Majesty's naval yards as will tend to promote greater efficiency, and consequently to insure greater economy in those establishments." He said the Commission to which he wished to call attention was com posed of very able men; it sat a considerable time; it ex amined 72 witnesses, and asked about 11,000 questions ; and he ventured to assert that not one of those witnesses said that the management of the dockyards was other than inefficient; the evidence accumulated proofs of all that was stated in the report of the Commission. It appeared that there was no harmony of action between the leading officers of this department; that the Controller of the Navy could exercise no effective power, though he had the responsibility; between him and the storekeeper there was scarcely any communication that could lead to accuracy of proceeding ; the accounts were minute, but mystified and irregular, and, for practical purposes, of little or no value. To show how true these statements were, and how long the system they describe had existed, he would quote some of the evidence given before the Commission ; among others, that of the right hon. baronet the member for Carlisle (Sir J. Graham). He stated that so little control was there over the appro priation of money, that when he was First Lord of the Ad miralty a large building was erected, for which no vote was passed by the House of Commons, and of which tho house had no information. Then there was the evi dence to the same effect of Sir R. Bromley, the Accountant- General. There were numerous small items in the ac counts, £lOO and £2OO, or £l,OOO and £2,000; there was abundance of minute detail ; but whether a line-of-battle ship cost £120,000 or £200,000 the house could not ascer tain. With such a system any mercantile firm would be ruined. In the evidence of the Controller of the Navy there was also this startling fact, that at various times after a plan and programme had been drawn up by the Board of Admiralty and sent down to the dockyards it was discovered that the materials required were not in store. On several occasions for the want of seasoned timber work had been stopped, on others unseasoned timber had been used. This was a state of things to be deeply regretted and deplored. He did not know what answer the noble lord the Secretary of the Admiralty might make to his motion. He might say that the evidence did not bear out the recommendations of the Commission ; he might state that another committee was then sitting upstairs on the Board of Admiralty itself; or he might say that it was the intention of the Government to carry out many of the recommendations of the Commis sion. This he should be very glad to hear, but as to the committee upstairs it had not much to do with the question before the house. If the noble lord disputed the report of the Commission on the ground that it was not borne out by the evidence, on teat point he would join issue with the noble lord. He should be very reluctant to bring forward a blue-book containing 11,229 questions, or to quote much from it ; but there were a few answers that he should like to read to the house. Not many members had time to r6.(1 the whole of the evidence and the report. Probably thenoble Secretary of the Admiralty had not been able to examine it, minutely. But, it was a question of such importance to the country, to the taxpayers, and to the House of Commons, that it ought to be thorougly sifted and examined—(hear)— „„." few minutes, while he brought forward some of the recommendations of the Commission. One change was re commended by the Secretary of the Admiralty himself ; it was that another Lord of the Admiralty should be ap pointed, who should be specially charged with the manage ment of the dockyards. It was recommended that the store - keeper should be placed under the Controller -General. Perhaps the noble lord would say the Controller would be sorry to take that charge. He certainly had a good deal to do already; but by appointing another Lord of the Admiralty, with the entire charge of the dockyard manage ment, that difficulty would be overcome. In a case of so much importance the house would not begrudge one or two , additional lords of the Admiralty. It wished the public money to be well spent, and to know how it was spent. That was not the case at present. For instance, take the manner in which contracts were made ; it was done in a very slovenly manner. There was the case of the Warrior. She was a vessel of entirely new construction. The draw ings were prepared by the Surveyor of the Navy, and sent to different builders; on those drawings they were to make tenders. With everything connected with the vessel diffe rent to what had been used before i how long did the house suppose the builders were allowed to make up their minds as to the plan and its cost ? A month? No. A week ? No; just four clear days. That was the time allowed them to make all their calculations. And the correspondence showed that alteration after alteration was made in the Warrior, with increase of cost as the consequence ; all because suffi cient time was not allowed at first. It was impossible for any man iu four or five days, or a week, to make an accu rate estimate and tender for such a work ; and surely, be fore any tender was accepted by the Admiralty, it had formed some calculation of its own. In this case the lowest tender was not accepted because the contractors required 16 or 18 months to complete the ship. The tender at £2 10s. more per ton was accepted, because the parties who obtained the contract undertook to build the ship in 11 months. It was quite clear that this could not be done, for the ship was to be a model for others ; and the contractors were com pelled to take the timber from one particular company. Then take the case of the gunboats. Of 276 gunboats there were only 27 that did not require alterations that added to the cost. (Hear, hear.) He would now read to the house the first and most stringent paragraph of the report. The Commissioners regretted to state that, "in their opinion, the control and management of the dockyards are ineffi cient." That inefficiency they attribute to the following causes—" the constitution of the Board of Admiralty, the defective organization of the subordinate departments, and the want of clear and well-defined responsibility." The re port also noticed the contradictory orders that were. given causing delay and prejudice to the public service. It also stated that the constitution of the Board of Admiralty was incompatible with effective and economical manageme n nt s f the dockyards. Sir B. Walker stated that he had seen changeo r seven causingcha nges differentin the a l r 3 r y ar ear ge s m h en e had ts a ü b d e e a n ibt: i in rr alterations. ot o nh e se p . it appeared from the evidence that one member and two members could alter a contrexplace, board d could give an order without the knowledge t wo n i th tt s e uur F t e ir aluy s t t hi L to o wr r iat d y: from the board. If these things t too k shortly... With some of should be established,and. ganizeon th sey e vse c e immiesroners he could not time some well or that a Minister for the Navy De partmentha theg re trusteder ee. recommendations mhmi eteynwsdo d uaugt i l'fd:ensbsteesuggested done appointed, to be entirely responsible for management of the dockyards; that the be looked on as large manufacturing estab- Ming an re airing her Majesty's ships ; i t s h he dockyards meoenn tt Br id o fsls i oh n bu should should fo r the d N r e a v y Department should have of appointing the Co ler' should select the s uperintendents of the dif ferentntroller-G Controller-General, and that ttthj iheea tCptooh d vine o te c rro k yards. This suggestion, if adopted, would be likely to saddle the country with an unnecessary number of officers. The report stated that "the system of accounts was elaborate and minute, but as far as we can judge its re sults are not to be relied on for any practical purpose." The Acco untant-General, Sir R. Bromley, in his evidence said, if he had been permitted, he could have put the accounts en a better system, but for that purpose he must have a greater number of clerks. But how many had he already ? No less than 177. He did not see how he could manage that number ; it was their number made the difficulty; he believed if the 100 were struck off, and only the 77 retained, the work would be better done. In the different departments there was a whole army of clerks; if the clerks in the Admiralty and the War-office alone were armed with rifles, and sent to the outskirts of London, they would form a small army. There were 600 of them. It appeared that the audit at present instituted was of an imperfect kind, being an internal audit only, whereas to be really effective it ought to be an external audit also. The opinion had been re peatedly expressed that large retrenchments might be effected in the present dockyard expenditure. He hoped his noble friend (Lord C. 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