The Sun. — London, England, 1861-03-23 00:00:00

IFIONEY ALIREEFAib CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Bank of England return completed to the 20th March, shows some very favourable changes. The bullion, owing to the arrivals from the Con- ment, has been largely augmented, while there is an increase of upwards of half a million sterling in the reserve of notes. In the public deposits there is a large increase, while the private deposits show a dimination of about a quarter of a million. One of the chief features in the return, however, is the augmentation in the Government Securities. In the other items of the balance-sheet there is no alteration of importance. The changes will be seen in the subjoined table : Notes issued £26,304,620 Increase .. .. • . .. 385,645 Rest .. 3,825,441 Increase .. 8,657 Public Deposits .. 8,224,094 Increase .. .. • . .. 1,585,210 Other Deposits 11 45 9 254 Decrease .. .. 239,430 Seven Day and other Bills .. 576,812 Increase .. 7,606 Government Securities .. 10,599,072 Increase .. .. 1,119,343 Other Securities .. 19,707,299 Decrease .. 313 718 Reserve of Notes .. 7,453,425 Increase .. 569,780 Gold and Silver Coin .. 871,805 Decrease •• •• •• 1 , ,326 Stock of Bullion .. 12,701,425 Increase 372,283 Active Circulation .. • . .. 18,851,195 Decrease 184,135 There is a brisk inquiry for accommodation in the general discount market, at 61 to 7 per cent., and the Exchange Loans are also in increased demand. The favourable character of the Bank of England return has attracted attention, but the changes were fully anticipated in consequence of the reduction in the minimnm on Thursday last. About £20,006, in gold, was sent into the Bank of England yesterday. In the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon a decline was exhibited in the rates on Amster dam, Antwerp, Vienna, and Trieste. The America, which sailed to-day for Halifax and Boston, conveyed £86,700 in specie. There was rather less activity in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, but the recent advance Was maintained. The sales were 10,000 bales. A call of £1 per share, amounting to £46,154, is due on Monday on the London and Blackwall Railway, New, shares. _ _ Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £146,600, and the exports £2884000. A heavy tone has pervaded the market for Public Securities to-day, but very little business has been transacted either for money or account. Consols have been 911- for transfer, and 92 to 94- for the account. India Stock is firm at 221 and 222 ; ditto 5 per Cents. at 100 i; Exchequer Bills, 12d. per diem, at 7s. dis.; ditto 2d., remains 7s. to 2s. dis. Foreign Securities have been dealt in to a moderate extent, but prices generally are rather depressed. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 744 75 ; ditto, 1858, 541 to 55 ; and the 4 per Cents. have re ceded to 100, and Mexican to 244; Russian 5 per Cents. are 1011- and 102 ; Sardinian are firm at 821, and Spanish Deferred at 411 N. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been of a very moderate character, but a slight Improvement has taken place in prices. Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, and London and Brighton have advanced 10s. ; and Great Northern, Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, London and tlackwall, and Midlands, ss. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Norfolks, and South-Eastern declined 68, In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there has been very little business transacted, and prices have shown no change of importance. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been in fair request. London and Westminster have advanced 55.; London Chartered of A ustralia, 68 .; and Bank of Australisia Shares, 55.; National Discount Company have declined to 31; and Van biemen's Land brought 10. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Per Cent. Compile Annuities 92 11 1 India Stock .. . Ditto 4 per Cent . Ditto Debentures, 1858 Ditto 1859 Consols for Account 92 i ... 4. ila. 1 Exchequer Bills, £ l , OOO Ditto, Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St lO2 11 Ditto 4} per Cent. Sardinian 5 per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent... Ditto New Deferred 4lk a Turkish 6 per Cent .. Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 91,1 .1 1 Ditto Account 2E13 DAY'S SHIPPLYG. Westerly; March N.—Wind this slay at noon—South. moderate breeze, and line weather. TORBAY, March 22.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Enter- Pae, from Havre for Havannah. Sailed—Eugenie, for orto Rico. PALMOUTH, March 22.—Wind N.W.—A.rrived—Her eldes, from Baltimore; Eliza Jenkins, from Cardiff for Pernambuco. FOETSMOUTI, March 22.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived— Velose, from London for New Zealand ; Lucy, from Shields for St. Thomas. PEN zANcB, March 22.—Wind N.—Arrived—Effort, from Huelva for Liverpool. FOWEY, March 22.—Wind N,W.—Arrived—Arabia, from Rio Janeiro. COWES, March 22.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Eva, from Guayaquil. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Arrived, March 23—Courier, and =der, steamers, awn Jersey. Sailed.—Water Sprite, for Morlait ; Star, for Guernsey'; Alliance, steamer, for Havre; Dispatch, steamer, for Jer. seY; Dream, for Newport. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, March 23—Belgium, from Ostend; Mercury, from Boston. Sailed, March 23—Glance, steamer, for Canaries ; C. Garson and Son, for Lisbon ; Amelia, for Cardiff and Ha vannah. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed, March 22—Staghound, from New York; John Duncan, from Callao ; Cleveland, from Kong Kong—all for London. Anchored —Margaret, schooner, from London for Nantes; Solid, from Sunderland for Havannah. The Q eorge Marston, London, proceeded to Ramsgate to atop a leak. VICE• CHANCELLORS COURT.— Vice-Chancellor Stewart this morning dismissed the appeal of Kidd against the decision of Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque. Vice- Chancellor Kindersley delivered judgment in the case of Ila Ynes v. Haynes, he was of opinion that the land in question passed to several divisees under plaintift's will. PROTECTING ORDER.—Mr. Tyrwhitt, the magi strate at Marlborough-street Police Court, this morning, granted Mrs. Jane Touzery a protecting order on her goods as she had not seen her husband for the last three years. -- THREE FURIES.—Last night three women stole a piece of calico from the shop of Mr. Jones, of High street, Poplar. On his endeavouring to recover the property they attacked her most unmercifully, and only one of the women was captured by the police with the property in,her Possession. She pleaded guilty to the theft this morning at the Thames Police Court, and was sent to prison for four months. THE BAL MASQUE.—This morning two men named Thomas and Davis, and two women, Mary Ann Macdonald and Margaret Thompson, were charged with a ttempting to steal the watches of two g entlemen who had b een amusing themselves at the Bal Masque, at her Majesty' s Theatre, last night. They were remanded. CHARGE OF INDECENT AsSAULT.—PEARSON T. A NnßiEux.—At the Secondaries' Court , this morning, the damages sustained by the plaintiff in this case were assessed at the sum of £;5, and a verdict for that amount was returned, SCHOOL FOE THE BLIND, AVENUE ROAD, ST. j°Fill's-Woos.—Last evening an entertainment was given at the E yre Arms, St. Johies-wood, in aid of the fund s of this valuable institution. The pupils of the school sang a selection of concerted pieces from Handel and Mozart, and performed on the piano -forte some of the compos i t i ons o f Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Benedict, in a manner alik e creditable to th em and to ' their energetic and able instruc tor, Mr* Edwin Barnes. Th e en t er t a i n ment was concluded by a lecture on China and the Chinese delivered by J. M. Croft, Esq. Th ere was a numerous attendance, and it is in . nl3ntem P l atim, we beli eve to give a series of such enter. ta . m ments in aid of th e f unds of this institution, the charitable object of which cannot be doubted, 13.14 stock Beltast and Ballymena ,Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. Birk., La., and Ch June Blyth and Tyne Bost. Steal. and Mid.Co i Bristol and Exeter , all all .1 100 stock stock 8 8i 80 82 5 6 98 100 95 95i Caledonian Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork and Bandon Cork, Blrock., t Passage Cornwall ..... A gets no div. Do A ( until 6 ran. Do B • hasbeen pc , d. pe toB Dublin & Belfast Junc. i Dun., Perth, &Ab..lunc ! East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stocki Do do B do Do Nw A, late Ell3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edit). Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junctionl Furness .... (Paso.. and S. Western I Great Nthn. of Scotland Great North ern Do do A stock 5i 6 stock stock stock stcog 25 stock stock stock 42 44 8 si 16i 17i 50 51 37 `s9 26 28 84 86 25i 26i 9Si i 17ii 17 50f 25i 6 stock stock stock stock 6.1.0. stock 110 i 1011 41 Do do TR do Gt. S. RE W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gin. stock Trish Sooth-eastern..., stock stock stock stock Lancashire & Yorkshire! London and Blackwall l Lon., liriErht.. &S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover IT,ond.& Nth. Western ILond.& sib. Western L'derry & Coleraine & Ennisaillea fl3Tan. She. & Lineoln IMaryport and Carlisle ; Do do A. shares Metropolitan Midland . Do new.... stock stock Do i!irminz. & Derby Mid. Gr. W. of Ireland stock stock stock 9.16.41 Do A- shares Mid Kent stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock Do, Cray Line ...... Newcatle and Carlisle Newry & Arrnazh, def.. Newry, Tirarnpt. do Roe. North British ... `Cor.Dev.llail&Dk.stoci• D , A stk ; A recs no d.; stock stock 12 10 stock StOCa 64 66 631 641 until (ipebas beenpd.B Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick , Do do , purchase l DoLeeds Do York 1 North London 100 100 100 16 13 4 100 100 100 5 174 all 1011 102 id kp 601 601 90i 91 98 100 Do new North Staffordshire N. an d S. W. Junction N ot. &Grantham Rail 1 - ebles Portsmouth Rhymney..... Scottish Central scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Slid. stock... Shropshire Union ...... ' Sittinrbourne & Sheer. South Devon N , hn. Counties Union .. S.-Durham & Lane. lJn. SJuth Eastern South Wales ..... • • • • • S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok Stockton & Darlington stock stock stock stock Do do IDo New (1860) Taff Vale ...... Do Pref. No 1 ThamesllavenTA&Rail Meter . D 0........... ho Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford At, Limerick West Cfirnwall West London . Do let class ........ Do 2d class . Westßartlepool }Tarbr and Rail . West Midland—Oxford Do. Newport; Do. Hereford 31 i loi 73 75 114 116 34 A 5 86 88 48 50 40 42 -- -d 831 841 59 M 94 97 4 7 404 414 104 114 0 6 64 p 551 551 2 3ly p l 77 80 I 111 11 56 66 44 45 40 43 79 81 PREFERENCE SHARES. 1111 I 4 614 1174 18 174 18 96 i 1 - 27 iiiii P 1011 541 4 102 1i d 83; I Sharel Railways. Paid Closing Business Price. Done. 25 illy the and Tyne 10 pert c. pref. (issued at £5 Ol all stk (Iris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 100 20 Do. do. do. Shares stock Caledon £10,45 per cent 100 99 101 stock 1)o. Quar. Shares, No. 2 100 64 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c all 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent all 20 21 6% Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun all 6 6% 14 !Do Ist Class Pref all stock ;E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c 100 99 101 stock Do. do. Class B 6 p.c lOO 108 113 stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c lOO 105 108 stock E. Colin. Ex. sp. c. No.l 100 108 110 stock Do. do. No. 2 100 106 108 stock Do. New 6 per et. stock. 100 121 123 stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct, 108 80 82 stock Do. 5 per cent. guar... 100 stock !Maim/it - Was 5p n sharp, 100 110 112 stock Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D. 100 90 92 stock ,Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 stock t Furness, 5 per cent. . ... 100 -- stock klins.Ar S. Nirest.g.a. sp.c. 100 stock Great Northern, sp. et 100 113 115 stock ro.sp.c.Retim., 10 p.c.pm 100 111 113 stock Do. 45 p. c. do. do. 100 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 80 83 8 5 8 34 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf all stock Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) -1 100 97 99 p. ct. pref. stock 50 'great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. sp. ct 6 stock Co. Redeemable, 45 p.ct. 100 97 99 974 stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. et. 100 89 91 stock Do Irredeemable, do lOO 90 92 stock Do. 5 p.et. Redeem. Pref, 100 100 102 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. all 95 10 9/ 10 1G t. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. all 17 18 1 0 I Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 104 101 stock 'Do Biring..guar. stock lOO 74 76 261 Do. Chester gua. shares all 20 21 134 Do. do. do. 20 Do. do. do. 100 Lan. & Carl. 45 pc. pref 4O sto-k Lan.&York 6p. c. stock lOO 135 137 stock Do.Barnsi.st.Es 3s 10d pc 100 stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.l stock Lon.&, Brig. 5 pc.gu. No.l 100 112 114 stock Do. sp. c. No. 2 100 112. 114 stock Do. gua. 6p. c stock Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 100 112 114 stock Do. do. 45- per cell , . 100 100 102 5 Do. do. 45 p. c. shares all stock Do. 7p. ct. Pref. stock lOO 148 153 stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) 100 128 131 stock Do.4p.c.S.(div.dettil '65) 100 '7O 73 stock , Do. 4 per cent. Pref lOO stock Lon. Chat. and Dover lOO 86 85 Do. W. A rceiv. no div. Ex.A til pcispd on all 'o. B B. & Brom ex. all 10 Do. Metropolitan Ex B 25 stock Lori. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, sp. ct... 100 stock Lon. &S.W, 7 p. ct. stock , 100 stock Do. 48 per cent .. 100 2s. 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns. of 2s. fid . all 125 Londondy. & Cole. sh all 125 Londony. & Ennis. 4sh all 131 144 stock ;Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct 100 126 128 6 Do. .£6 sto& IDo.3%percenoF 10 IDo. redeem. 6 percent 5 4 / p 124 Ilary ort & Car., 4p. 0 all 121 I Do. 44 per cent all stock Mid. Con. 6p C. stock lOO stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c lOO 134 186 stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock lOO 100 102 1005 6 Do. with option till 18601 3 stock Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st.' 100 91 93 stock Norflk sp. c. Ex. st. 1846! 100 stock Do. 55 p. c. Pref. do. 18471 100 stock I rf o .sW ay .Val.Ex.st.lB47 100 stock [North British, sp. c. 100 111 113 stock Do. New, gnu. sp. c lOO 109 111 10 I MI Bor. Un. g. pf. shs 3 5 15 p 10 Do. do. do all stock Nth. Dev. R all. & Dck.Co. 100 stock N-East.Cons.Pret. 4p. c.' 100 91 93 stock ,Do. 44 pc. redeemable lOO stock 11)o. Berwick, 4 p.c, Pref. 100 100 101 17 'Do. do. do c 13.4. Id 4p 20 , Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1 13 125 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 9 15 Do. York, .& S. Pure). 10 4d 4 p 20 North Staffordshire all 22 23 10 Rh yamey Guaranteed. all 84 Scottish Central, new pi all stock Scottish North-Eastern 35 p. c. pref. stock.... 100 stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c. 100 stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 130 132 10s, south Devon, Ann. 10s, i all 104 10/ 10 Do. Fixed 45 per cent all 1.0.6 South Eastern (Reading Ann~ 1.0.6) stock Do. 45 per cent lOO 9i 100 stock Do. Fixed 15p.c. Ist is lOO 98 100 stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c lOO 91 93 stock Do. 45 per cent. lOO 98 100 stock Do. 5 per cent' lOO stock S.-Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua lOO 85 87 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c all 265 275 • 25 j Do. B 6 ner cent all 315 325 25 Do. C 6 percent all 315 325 stock , Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p. c. 100 45 48 stock W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua stk 100 123 125 stock Do. 2d do 100 118 121 stock Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. 100 98 100 stock ,Do.Perpet. 6p. c. pl 1866 100 121 124 stock Do. till 1869, Ist is. 1100 114 116 125 ; Do. do. 2d is. 75 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. .100 Agra&UnitedService Bk, 50 73 81 40(Australasia all 63 65 64 25 ;Bank of Egypt all 184 194 ( 181 100 Bank of London 5O 51 s 3 52 20 Bank of Turkey 50 British North American all • 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c. all 201 211 21 204 25 ICh.Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 33. 34 100 City ... 50 70 73 100 Colonial 25 38 39 20'11 Corn. Bank of Canada.. all 100 ,Commercial of London. 20 - 20 !Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 151 151 154 20 'Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 224 23 221 3 50 ,London and County .. 20 335 344 344 50 London Joint Stock .. 10 20 London and S.Airican.. 10 21 11 100 'London & Westminster 20 63 64 644 4 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42 20 Do. new 12 50 !National Bank ........ 25 20 New South Wa1e5....,, all 25 lOrient. B. Corporation J all 50 52 20 'Ottoman Bank all 174 184 18 174 1 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 [Do. new. . t all 25 I South Australia . ... all 25 Union of Australia all 50 Union of London ..... 12 234 244 244 106 Unity Mutual...—. .• .. 60 ..- COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES 7 Can. Gov. 6 p.c.J a. & July 100 - - Do. 6p. cent 1879 100 - - Do. 6p. cent.lBBo-2 100 111 124 Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 1 .112 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 107 109 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 110 112 Do. 5 per cent lOO 1004 1001 1001 1 Cape G. Hope, 6 p 0,1880 100 1074 1084 Do. 1890 100 108 109 N.B.Gov. 6 pm. Ja.&July 100 1061 1074 1074 Do. 6 _p. c. Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 98 99 Do. sp. c., 1871 to 1876 100 98 99 Do. p.c., 1888 & upwds' 100 974 984 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 106 107 S. Aim G 6 p.c.1878 &up lOO Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 - - Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lOO 1071 1084 1084 74 8 DOCKS. stock Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.PretMin lOO stock East and West Ir .• 120 stock London stock St. Katharine..., lOO stock Southampton lOO stock Victoria . lOO 98 100 20 tDo , New.--- 2 1 id par MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 10 !Atlantic R. MI Stm (Id) _ 1000 \ Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 'Australian Agricultural 19 28 30 10 (Berlin Water (Limited) all 44 41 50 British American Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 34 36 20 Do. 13,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 124 144 324 'Canada Land all 116 120 10 Chanlslands Tel. (Lint) all stock Cop. Min.ofEng.&Siviltg. all 25 Do. Pref. 74 per cent all 20 22 stock Crystal Palace stock Do. Preference 20 E. India Irrign. & Canal 1 Icl d stock Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 5 English & Aus. Copper all 34 31 31 15 Gen. Steam Navigati )n 14 1 Great Ship Limited) all 1 Do. 174 pct Preference all 1 1 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 3 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 1 14 1 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 14 11 24 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 24 34 21 25 'National Dis. Co. (Lim ) 5 14 lid 34 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 1 old 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis. all .4 1 100 N. Br.&NovaScotiaLan d go 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 1 1 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.) . 'lss. I pr 10 Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.). • 8 4 34 stock PeelltLnd.&Min.(Lim.) 100 47 50 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam . all 68 70 50 Do. New 25 10 11 35 20 i itedSea&lnd.Tel.g.44p.e all 184 19 p 50 Rhymney Iron I all 164 17 15 I Do. New all 44 54 100 Royal Mail Steam BO 494 504 stock !Soot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) 100 123 128 25 'South Australian Land all 82 34 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip— all 4 t 1 Do. do, Registered 10 Ipf Do, do a ll 55 4 4 4 A 20 r. & Ln. Co.olUpr.Can 5 1 00.6 yam Dimon' 61, , and 284 94 'lO4 10 - - 9} •10i1 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Redford and Bletch ley all Ln & Brickinghmmshire .... 100 Ln & N.W 94 96 Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. Do. do. 56 per cent. 100 Do. 121 123 Do. do. 5 per cent. 100 Do. 109 111 Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonin 99 101 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.ALE C 156 16,1 E.Lincolnshire,g.6 .c. ICO Gt. North. 135 137 lilUnion,Harwich SIN all. 1 1 E.Counts. 41 4: Do. Woodbridge ... 100 Gls.Barr.&Neils,Dret. 100 Ca.ledorin Do. New .......... 100 Do. Gloster& Dean Forest, all Gt. West. Hartlpool.Dek.& Hail. all Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby ...... all Yk.N. Md. Do. Shares ....... all Do. Do. Shares ....• .. all Do. Lane.& Carl. gua.s p.c. 100 Ln.& N.W London & Greenwich 100 S. East Do. Preference ...• .. 100 Do. Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend. 100 Peto & Co. Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct. 100 iNorfolk Do. 6 per cent......... 100 Do. Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. all ,LNW&M Mid. Bradford Prefer ence 5t0ck.......... 100 ,Midland Newmarkt.,BuryEx 5. 5 6- E.Counts guaranteed 5 p. C. Nortlin.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. do. 6 per cent .... all North } h '. tixweedstsernper cent. all Preston and Wyre. all Do. # Shares A., all Roystn.llitch., Shepl 100 Shrewsbry& Herefor& 100 Do. Do. 1 I South Staffordshire ~ all AlTlean.. Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West. Wilolo9uez Croydn, all .L.eaimrta 109 111 201 204 61 63 112 117 87 90 3 3} 94 98 1 i iri 55 57 Do .. . Do. Do. Midland Uir NW L.Yk. Do. G t.North T.Brassey iii iii 1132 134 99 101 p - 4 p i 10i fl 89 91 Si Leasing I Closingl Business Paid., Co.'s. Price. Done. SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAT.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. P aid : Closing Business Price. I Doze. 111 113 110 11l tO3i 104} t 29 131 tO7 109 71 71} 60 62 .11k 11 11 81 f 2 .17 118 47 40 951 961 91j 92i 101 Ili 46i 47 3 /id 1274 1271 if ltp 100 102 7 6d 5 i 1 1 28'2'8 THE' 'SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY 'EVENING, MARCH 23, = -Tle6l. THIS DAY'S .MARK TS. THE VOLUNTEER RE VIEW I am, Sir, your obedient servant, March 22. THE GOVERNOR OF B.ER_JEUDA. On the 6th ult. his Excellency the Governor of Bermuda and Mrs. Freeman Murray were enter tained by the inhabitants of Hamilton at a ball and supper. The ball-room was tastefully decorated, an escutcheon charged with the armorial bearings of the guests of the evening being placed between por traits of her Majesty and the Princt3 Consort. Sup , per was served at half-past twelve. At the head of the room sat the Hon. Henry J. Tucker, the Mayor of Hamilton, and the guests of the evening were on the right and left. At this part of the table were also seated his Honour the Chief Justice and Mrs. Darrell, the Receiver-General, the Colonial Secretary and Mrs. Keon, Captain Hutton, R.N., and Mrs. Hutton, Captain Newland, R.N., Control ler of the Convict Department, the Members of Council who were present, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, and several civil and military officers. The toast of "Her Majesty the Queen" having been drunk, the Chief Justice proposed the healths of " His Excellency the Governor and Mrs. Freeman Murray," feelingly alluding to their ap proaching departure from the island. His Excel lency, on behalf of Mrs. Murray and himself, re sponded with manifest emotion, acknowleding the warmth of the interest which upwards of six years of intimate acquaintance with Bermuda had created in his mind, and pledging himself at the same time that this interest would not fade when his actual connection as Governor should cease. His Excel lency's remarks were received with hearty applause. Several other toasts of a local character were then given and responded to, after which the company returned to the ball-room, when deicing was kept up to a late hour to the music of the band of the 39th Regiment. His Excellency was entertained on the Bth ult. at dinner by the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club of Hamilton, under the presidency of the commodore, Captain Hutton, R.N. After the health of her Majesty bad been proposed by the commodore, and enthusiastically drunk, the health of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, patron of the club,!with the rest of Royal Family, was given with all the honours. The health of his Excel lency was proposed by Captain Hutton, and re sponded to by the Governor. Several other toasts were then given, and the company separated. The following letters have been addressed to the editor of the Times : Sir,—As my name is mentioned in your article on the proposed review at Brighton, in the Vines of to-day, perhaps you will allow me to say a few words in reply. You argue justly that if all the metropolitan com manding officers pull different ways the result must be prejudicial to the Volunteer force. I answer that there is no antagonism between us. We have the best possible understanding among ourselves. I am very sorry that any should fancy they see dis union where none exists, and for my own part I most emphatically say there is no " opposition" in tended between Brighton and Wimbledon. The circumstances of each corps are different. Many find it inconvenient to go as far as Brighton. But Easter Monday is a holyday, and it would be hard to say that because we do not go to Brighton we are to stay at home, or to infer disunion because we go somewhere else. Of the names you mention this morning as opposing the Brighton sham fight, Lord Elcho is not going out at all on Easter Monday; Lord Grosvenor is to march out independently with the Queen's ; part of Lord Truro's corps go with him to Wimbledon and part go to Brighton ; the City Rifle Brigade have their parade on Easter Saturday ; Sir John Shelley marches on Easter Monday to Richmond. It has been long agreed that we should thus move independently for the very purpose of avoiding even the ap• pearance of opposition to Lord Ranelagh. - - The Civil Service and others whose destination is ~r uourse, in proper Wimbledon gn military formation, because large bodies of men must do so to avoid confusion. Our principal object is, however, a march out; and although we shall after reaching Wimbledon perform a few brigade movements, we shall not, I assure you, Sir, attempt a rival review. Your anticipations of the inconvenience of Wim bledon Station will not be felt, as we are going to march. BURY, Lieutenant-Colonel Civil Service Reg. Sir,—Under the heading of " The Proposed Review at Brighton," it is stated that " great dissension and ill-feeling upon this subject prevail among the officers and men of the metropolitan force, which will, perhaps, eventually lead to the retirement of some of the ablest commandingofficers;" and it is further stated that "Earl Grosvenor, Viscount Bury, Lord Elcho, and Lord Truro support the intended review at Wimbledon, or, at least, will not attend with their regiments at Brighton." As this is not the first time my name has thus been brought forward in connection with this subject, and as I have not, and never had, the slightest intention of taking part with my corps either in the sham fight at Brighton or in any review at Wimbledon-common on Easter Monday, you will perhaps allow me space for a few words of explanation. In November last I was asked by Lord Ranelagh to take the London Scottish to a sham fight on Easter Monday. lat once declined to do so. To thg refusal I then gave I have steadily adhered, in the belief that it would be better for my corps, a great portion of which consists of recruits, to work steadily at their squad, company, and battalion drill through the winter and spring, so as to be fit for inspection in the month of May or June, than to take them to a sham fight, for which, by Easter Monday, they would be manifestly un fit. Of the fitness of the place selected, and of the reasons assigned for its selection, I say nothing ; but I am anxious to say a word on the general question. The Volunteer force is greatly indebted to Lord Ranelagh for all he has done in connection with it. He wrote upon it years ago, long before most men had even thought of it. His corps is the 2d Middlesex, thus showing that he was among the first who took part in the movement, and that he did so at a time when it was not popular, as it now is. He has done all in his power to promote it in every way ; it was at his suggestion that we had brigade field-days last year, which, I hope, will be resumed this summer; and it is in the same spirit that he is actively engaged in organizing this sham fight: It appears to me, however, that a line should be drawn by the War-office authorities somewhere. The Volunteers should, I think, be allowed brigade field-days among themselves to the extent of 3,000 or even 4,000 men, the maximum of a brigade, the sanction of the authorities being previously obtained ; but everything beyond this, whether it be a review or a sham fight, should, I venture to think, be organised by the proper authorities, as was the case last year at the reviews in Hyde Park, and at Edinburgh, Newtown, and Knowsley. If a review of even 8,000 or 10,000 Volunteers, at which the manoeuvres are confined to marching past, takes place, a General and competent staff are appointed, to guard against the risk of failure, and it seems somewhat inconsistent and hazardous to allow the. Volunteers themselves to organize sham fights to an unlimited extent, without any intervention by or assistance from the authori ties. As to the review on Wimbledon-common, I have declined to take any part in anything which might be construed as a counter-move ment to Lord Ranelagh's sham fight, and my corps does not even parade on Easter Monday. I am not, however, aware of any arrangements hav ing been made for a review on Wimbledon-commo n on that day. Lord Grosvenor, I know, only goes there for a march out and for an ordinary regi mental field-day, and, although it cannot be denied that there are on the subject of the sham fight some differences of opinion, I am sure there is no disunion or ill-feeling among us, and I am confident that any forebodings as to the retirement of some of our ablest commanding-officers will not be realised. Apologising for the length of this letter, I remain your obedient servant, ELCHO. st. Jamea'a-place, March 22. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. , 1 Railways. (Atlantic & S - Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent........ Do, Do. B Buffalo an d Huron iDo. New Do. Preference ...... Buffalo,Brant4Godrich 16 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 'Do. do. Juno 1, 1879 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) I CapeTown ez Dock Scrip ICeylon Guarantd. 6 p. c IDemerara lEastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c rEast Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. pc. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 ; Do. 18G5-1870 Grand Trunk of Canada) Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et Do. 6 per et. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872.. G t. IndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c...' Gt. South. of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. I iGt. W. of Canada Shares' Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do Do. 54 p. c. do. '7B do Madras, guar., 4i p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. 5 do Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Buds. Newßrunewlck Canda Ry.S;Land(Lim.)g•.6pc Class A Capital Share IDo. do. Land do.. Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... Oude (Limited) 1 Scinde . ..... ,i ..z Do. Punjaub .... 4F, Do. Do. ........ ca c? Do. Indus. St. Flo. pqgl Trinidad (Lim.) Scrlp.. f 100 15 all 100 1 Paid, Closing Price. 6770 92 93 16 161 d 44 5 d all all all 100 6 7 75 80 66 70 65 '4O 41 5 i f I di li I d 99 994 97 98 99i 1001 3 20} 214 67 70 57 60 40 42 48 52 38 42 38 42 95 96 lid 1 d, 2 1 d Ili 11f 94 91 d V 5 98 90 V 3 82 84 92 93 86 88 2 it d 5 7 5 7 97j 98i i 2 d 11d 90 92 _I TLWAYS. FOREIGN Antwerp & Rotterdam Baii.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Ca* - neaux Mine & Rail Copiapo „ (Ado Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France .... Grand Rua Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. IGreat Central of France Gt.j..uxem., Con. shs... 'ltalian Junction ...... Lierre Turnhout .... Lyons dz Geneva Namur & Liege , Do. 6 p. e. Pref. Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Paris,Lyons, & Mediter Parts & Orleans Recife & S. Fran. (Pern ) gua. 7p. et. lira Riga & Dunaburg . . Royal Dani5h...:.... .. Royal Swedish ... . Do. 7 per ce.,t. Sambre & Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref San Paulo, lim, v. 7 p. c 'S. A ust. &Lomb Venetin Southern of France S. East PorAgal 7 p et. West Flanders ...... Do. 5i p. c. Preference..', W. 36 N.W. of France .. West , rn of Austria.... Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden ...... Do. 8 per cent Pref.... Zealand . . MUTTS' Alfred Consols (Mack; 'British Iron 'Clifford Devon G. Cons: (Taoist ) East Bassett (Illogan) 1 'East Caradon E. W'lßussel (Tavistk ); Gam.eSt.Aubyn(Gwen ); ;Great South Tolgus G.Wheal Alfa. (Philack) G. Wheal Vor (llelston)1 ;Grenville 'Herod's- Foot 1 Hingston Downs ;Lady Bertha ;Margaret ( Uny Lelant) i North Downs !North Frances (Mogan) N.Wh'l Basset (1110 ~ an). ;North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey); Providence (Uny Lelnt4 Sortridge Cons. Min.Coj South Caradon(St.Cleer) iS. Carn Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron ttGen., Lim j S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan)1 Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min i Tin. Crort ;Vale of Towey (Carm ) West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset ((Illogan) ! Wheal Buller(Redruth)l iWheal Edward (Cals.)l 'Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant)l i Wheal Mary Ann (Men.)i Wheal Treiawney FOREIGis Australian ,BonAccord Copper, L m. Brazil St.J.del Rey,Lim Do. Land and Miningeo. Clarendon Cons.MinCo Cobre Copper Copiapo ,DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co Fortuna. General IGt N. Cop. of S. Austr Kapunda (Limited) Linares Lusitanian IMariquita N. Rh ineCepoi S. Aus. L I Pontgibaud Silver,Lead l Mining and Smelt (Port Philip (Scottish Austrin. (L.) United Mexican ',Worthing (Limited) Do Business done COVENT GARDEN. Somewhat increased supplies of vegetables have been on sale to-day, but the show of fruit is still very moderate. Generally speaking, the demand rules steady, as follows : FRUIT. s. d. a. d. Pine apples, perlb 6 0 to 12 0 Colonial do., each 1 6 to 2 0 (}rapes, per lb 8 0 to 16 0 Foreign do 1 6 to 3 0 Illelons, each Peaches, perdoz 6 0 to 12 Nectarines, per dz 2 0 to 6 0 Apples, per hf. sv. 2 0 to 4 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 5 0 to 15 0 Lemons, per 100 4 0 to 10 0 Apricots, per doz 2 0 to 4 0 s. d. s. d Cherries, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 1 6to 2 0 Cobouts, per lb 16to 2 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Walauts, per 100 1 oto 2 0 Figs per doz 2 oto 4 6 Strawberries ,oz. 1 6 to 2 0 Gooseberries hi sv 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries, prptlo oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 6 0 to 7 a Cabbages, pr doz. 1 6 to 1 9 Savoy do., pr do. 1 6 to 1 9 Cauliflowers, p dz 0 8 to 3 0 Brocoli, per dz. 0 0 to 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 100 to 170 0 New ditto, pr pun. 1 0 to 0 0 Peas, per sieve 20 0 to 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 3 6 to 5 6 Carrots, pr do 7 0 to 8 0 Cucumbers 2 0 to 3 6 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Spinach, hf. -sv 2 0 to 2 6 Brus. sprouts, h. s 1 3 to 2 0 Old onions, hf. sv. 1 6 to 1 9 Do., dz bun French beans, 100 3 0 to 0 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 0 to 0 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 IHorseradish, 13 bn 1 oto 3 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 2to 0 4 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 6 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad. p. pn, 0 2to 8 0 Alushrooms,p pun 1 oto 1 6 Artichokes, pr_dz 4 oto 6 0 Cabbage lett,score 1 oto 2 0 Endive, per score 1 oto 2 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 6to 0 0 Tomatoes, hf eve 4 oto 6 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 2to 0 8 Asparagus, pr do. 5 oto 8 0 Seakale. per pun. 1 oto 2 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to lOs Od ; poults, 4s Od to 7s Od each ; geese, 4s Od to 8s Od ; goslings, 6s Od to 8s Od ; ducklings, 2s Od to 3s Od ; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each ; wild do., 8d to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 6d to is Od each ; large Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 15s Od ; chickens, 6s Od to 8s Od; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 7s Od ; capons, 4s Od ; hares, 2s 6d to 38 Od ; grouse, is 6d to 2s Od each; pheasants, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; ptarmigan, 2s Od to Os ; woodcocks, 3s Od to 4s Od; snipes, is 6d to 2s Od • teal, Os 9s to is Od ; wild ducks, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; widgeons, is Od to is 6d; plovers, Os 9d to is Od each; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, 6s Od to 9s Od each; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is 2d ; English, is 2d to is 6d per lb ; English eggs, 7s Od to 8s Od ; French do., 6s 6d to 7s 6d per 120; leverets, 2s 6d to Os Od each. NEWPORT: Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Od; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per Blbs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 24 to 4s 6d ; veal, as 10d to 4s 104 ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per Blbs. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 2s Gd to 3s Od ; trout, Os Od to Os ; eels, 8d to is ; prawns, 5s Od to Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d pel lb. Turbots, 2s 6d to 20s ; cod, 2s Od to lOs Od ; brills, Is Od to 7s Od ; doreys, is Od 4o lOs Od ; mullets, Os Gd to is 6d ; lobsters, 6d to 2s Gd ; crabs, Gd to 2s Gd ; plaice and gurnets, 4d to is Od each; soles, 6d to 3s Od per pair; common oysters, 16s to 20s ; natives, 40s to 6:s per bushel ; whitings, 4s Od to 12s Od ; haddocks, 5s to 20s Od ; smelts, is Od ; flounders, is 6d to 2s Gd per dozen ; mackerel, 50s ; fresh herrings, 5s ; bloaters, Gs to 8s per 100 ; carp and tench, is Od to 3s per brace. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9d to 91d, •f household do., 7d to Eid per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market bides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d to :.4d ; 641 b to 721 b, 31d to 3fd ; 721 b to 801 b, 31d to 341; sotb to 881 b, 3tcl to 4d ; 881 b to 61b, 4d to 42d; 961 b to 1041 b, 41d to qd. Horse hides, 8s 6d to lOs ; calf skins, light 2s Od to 3s 6d ; do. full, 6s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 8s Od to lOs Od ; half-breds, 7s Od to 8s 3d; Downs, 5s 6d to 7s Od; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, is Od to is ld. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 5s Od ; clover do., £3 Os to £slsa ; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 18s per load. Trade heavy. CUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, £2 213 to £5 5s ; clover, £3 Os to £5 158 Od ; and straw, £1 104 to £1 18s per load. Trade dull. WHITECRAPEL. Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 5e Od ; clover, £3 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 10s to £1 161 per load. A slow trade. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGLIT. GENERAL ORDER. HORSE GUARDS, S.W., MARCH 22. Her Majesty does not require that the Officers of the Army shall wear any other mourning, on the present me lancholy occasion of the death of her late Royal Highness th• Duchess of Kent, than a black crape round the left arm, with their uniforms. By command of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, General Commanding-in-Chief. JAMES YORKE SCARLET; Adjutant-General. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 22. Her Majesty does not require that the Officers of the Fleet or Royal Marines should wear any other mourning, on the present melancholy occasion of the death of her late Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, than a black crape round the left arm with their uniforms. a, r .a .r. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. John Giffith, bookseller, Hanway-street, Oxford-street, Henry Payne, tailor, Strand. BANKRUPTS. Alfred Wilson, draper, High-street, Kensington, to sur render April 4 and May 9, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. James Fielding, cotton-spinner, Macclesfield, April 9 and 30, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. William Bowen, victualler, Swansea, April 9 and May 7, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court, William West, bookseller, Upper Arcade, Bristol, April 8 and Nay 6, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. John Wreford Hunt, lamp manufactirer, Liverpool, April 4 and 24, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Thomas Dewick Hunt, innkeeper, Bootle, near Liver pool, April 5 and 24, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Samuel William Potter Steward, brick maker, Fordham, Cambridgeshire, April 3, at half-past twelve, and May 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Griffin, grocer, Walsall, Staffordshire, April 4 and 25, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Samuel Salomonson, bill broker, Abchurch-lane, City, April 4, at half-past twelve, and May 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Stevens, merchant, Great Saint Helens, City, April 9, at one, and May 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Henry Thomas, builder, Dawlish, Devonshire, April 3, at one, and May 1, at twelve, at the Exeter Dis trict Court. William Simpson, corn dealer, Pickering, Yorkshire, April 8 and May 6, at eleven, at the IReds District Court. Edward Kirkby and Company, salt proprietors, North wich, Cheshire, April 4 and 24, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. _ _ William Scotson, car proprietor, Liverpool, April 5 and 24, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Charles Frederick Young, chemist aad druggist, Notting ham, April 4 and 25, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Augustus William Voigt, pianoforte dealer, Cheltenham, April 8, at one, and May 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy for the Bristol District. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Murray and Walker, ironmongers, Glasgow. Colin Faulds, baker, Lennoxtown, Campsie. Robert Kay Kinninmont, merchant, Edinburgh. James M'Arly, commission agent, Glasgow. John Alexander and Co., iron manufasturers, Glasgow. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 20th day of March, 1861: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ......X26,304,6201 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 10,981,258 Silver Bullion .... 848,362 X 26,304,8201 £26,304,620 BANKING Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- PARTMENT. Government Seen- rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £10,599,072 Other .Securities 19,707,29‘ Notes Gold and Silver Coin 871,805 counts) 8,224,091 Other Deposits :11,452,254 Seven Day and other Bills 576, Sl2 £38,631,601 141.] £38,631,60' ,RSITALL, Chief Cashier. Dated March 21,1861. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week ending the 19th day of March, 1861, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : Muscovado, the produce of the British pos. PER CWT. sessions in America Muscovado, the produce:of the Mauritius Muscovado, the produce of the East,lndies 24s 24d Average price of the foregoing .. 24s 4d COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTMAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 1 12 1 3 / 4 Antwerp Brussels — . 25 62 1 25 67/ Hamturgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 70 25 75 Frankfort on Maine Vienna Trieste 1191 15 40 15 40 48i 481 26 5 25 90 25 90 Mli ; 2.11.10 t 14.6 7.4.0 541 17s 13.9.6 91 5.14.3 8.12 C 10.6 1.8.6 114 4s 9.18.9 10.117 lls 4 all 118.1941 124.8.0 ~.se sad 4 1 I 51 '5 11i i fif 61 11 li4 11 12 13 3% 211 3 3 23 24 61 71 71 71 19 20 871 381 - - 8 9 37 38 55 57 4 3d 51 6 81 rif If lid 11 11(1 20} 211 6 6} 9} 91 21i 22} iES. 3 3i 1 175 185 350 370 1074 1124 15i 151 64 7 18 20 6 64 _ _ 11 11 2. 21 36 18 21 2f 11 46 48 A - 41 44 5 C 64 71 84 9 91 37 39 300 310 .21 3 170 180 35 37 2 21 6 17 18 77 70 355 365 105 110 120 130 2 3 12 13 16 18 , 11 13 all all all all all 107/1 7.5 1.7.2 MINES. t d 31 32 4 1 dig. 39 41 8 10 2 , 21 22 - P 1 1i p 86 96 pr 4p id 4 8 41 5 4 t i all 128.6 d. a 11 1 10s. all all 1182 15 30 15 35 Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York .• .• Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard),....per oz. 13 17 9 Mexican Dollars o •.•• 21 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) it 0 0 0 South American Doublows ••• • • • „ 00 0 48i 414 25 95 25 85 25 85 117 117 52i 521 59k 1171 117 i 521- _RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the _lllustrated London Eezes.) The will of Dr. Baly, M.D., F.R.S., physician extraordinary to her Majesty, of Queen Anne-street, Cavendish- square, has just been proved in the prin cipal registry by the executors, Robert Martin, Esq., M.D., of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and Charles St. Clare Bedford, Esq., solicitor, the Sanctuary, Westminster. The personalty was sworn under £7,000. This gentleman's death, which arose from a frightful accident whilst tra velling by railway, is no doubt fresh in the recol lection of our readers. He was unmarried, and in the flower of his age at the time of this dreadful occurrence. Dr. Baly made his will on Nov. 29, 1859, which was attested by Charles S. C. Bedford, Esq., solicitor, and H. Dutton, his clerk. The dis positions are as follow :—He bequeaths to his cousin, Marie Josephine Fauvell, a policy on his own life in the Crown Insurance Office, so recently effected as the Bth of April, 1859, directing that the amount arising therefrom should be invested, and the dividends applied to her education and maintenance, and the principal sum handed over to her on her attaining maturity. The doctor be queaths any other policy that lie may have effected to his sister, Elizabeth Baly. The deceased pos sessed a third part of a freehold estate left him by the will of his late father. This he has given be tween his two sisters, Mrs. Shipp and Miss Baly, Mrs. Shipp to hold her portion for life, with the power of disposition by will, and should she fail in doing, it is to devolve upon her sister, Miss Baly, if living, but if deceased, it is then to revert to the testator's cousin, the before-named Miss Fauvell. The residue of his property is to be divided in the same manner for the benefit of his sisters as the freehold property is left. There is no other disposition in the will. The will of the Very Rev. Thomas Hill Lowe, D.D., Dean and Canon of Exeter, was proved in the London Court on the 11th of this month by the two executors nominated therein, namely, his brother, Colonel Arthur Charles Lowe, and the testator's son, the Rev. George Lowe, Vicar of Upper Ottrey, Devon. The personalty was sworn under £25,000. The will is entirely a family disposition. The doctor's eldest son inherits by succession the freehold property; the funded property the dean bequeaths between his sons and daughters in different sums, and the residue of his personal property, including the leasehold estates, he distributes in equal proportions amongst his four unmarried daughters. The will bears date the 31st of May, 1858. Dr. Low passed the whole period of his life as a minister of the Established Church, and filled the various clerical grades of deacon, priest, vicar, and rector, having held successively two livings. He was made canon in 1832, and in 1839 attained the deanery of Exeter. Dr. Lowe died on the 17th of January last, at the Cathedral close, Exeter, at the advanced age of 80. The will of Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Charles AlexanderWrottesley was proved in London on the 13th of this month. The executors nominated are the Hon. Edward Bennett Wrottesley, the brother, and the Honourable Arthur Wrottesley, the nephew. The personalty was sworn under £3,000. Colonel Wrottesley entered the army in 1817, and, served in India under Lord Combermere, and was present at the . siege of Bhurtpore. He became lieut.-colonel in 1838, and retired from the military service in 1848. His will bears date the 20th of August, 1860, and is very brief, the bequests being all confined to the colonel's family. The real estate he had devised to his brother, Lord Wrottesley, but who is since deceased. There is a legacy of £4,000, as also other bequests, to the testator's nephew, the Hon. Arthur Wrottesley ; and the colonel has appointed his two sisters, the Hon. Maria and the Hon. Mary Wrottesley, residuary legatees. Colonel Wrottesley was a bachelor, and died on the 24th of February last at the age of 61. He was the second son of the late Lord Wrottesley, and 'grandson of Charles, fourth Earl of Tanker ville. TIIE APPROACHING BUDGET. Subjoined is a letter regarding some points which may probably be dealt with in the approaching Budget. It appears that the small Custom-house charges introduced into the last Budget, and which were estimated to produce more than £400,000, have not thus far yielded at the rate of half that total. The writer, therefore, considers they are likely to be abolished on account of the great an noyance they occasion, and that a charge of a quarter per cent. on the declared value of all goods imported and exported may be substituted. It is doubtful, however, if the annoyance is really so great as is represented, and as the principle of these taxes is good some stronger proof of the dissatisfaction of the shipping and import houses must be given be _ _ fore the Chancellor of the Exchequer will be likely to surrender the £200,000 of revenue thus acquired. The suggestion that a tax of a quarter per cent. upon imports and exports would, if honestly com plied with, produce £790,000 is tempting, but such an impost would have the ineradicable defect which is the opprobrium of the income tax, of offering a premium to falsehood " Sir,—Conjectures are rife, as usual, pending the financial statement of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, with regard to the changes likely to be proposed in our fiscal arrangements. That a defi ciency exists all know, but how it is to be met is known to Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues only. Among the many rumours now afloat, however, the most probable are those pointing to the abolition of the penny stamps on all packages imported and exported, of the stamp duty on dock warrants and bills of lading, and the readjustment of the duty on coffee and chicory. With regard to the penny stamps on imported and exported packages, as well as the stamp duty on bills of lading and dock war rants, there can be no doubt of the whole thing being a failure. Never has there been so much annoyance inflicted on the commercial world for so poor a return. It appears, by a statement just presented to the House of Commons, that from the 16th of May last up to the 31st of December ' the amount received for stamps on packages was £82,868 ; on shipping bills, 1;30,254 ; and on dock warrants, £8,595 ; making in all, £121,717. This is not much for so long a period, and, had it been anticipated that the tax would have proved so un profitable, it is scarcely to be supposed the public would have been exposed to the annoyance of its imposition, But it is believed that, consequent upon the abolition of those stamp duties, another will be imposed, in the shape of an ad valorem rate upon all goods imported and exported. It will be remembered that the penny stamp was to be at the rate of about per cent., and this is to be the maximum of the new ad valorem rate should it be imposed, the values to be taken on the importers' and exporters' declaration. The total declared value of the imports and exports for the last year was, in round figures, about £316,000,000; so that per cent. upon this amount would give an annual return of £790,000. It is doubtful, however, whether people would declare so liberal a value as they do now that such declarations entail no charge. As to the change in the duty upon chicory, it is thought that in justice to the public it should be equalised with that on coffee. The charge now upon chicory only £6 per ton, while that upon coffee is £2B. But the retail price of each is, as a rule, the same. The consumption of chicory is now very large. As yet the accounts for the past year are not pub lished, but for the year 1859 the total quantity of chicory imported was 13,345 tons, while that of coffee entered for home use did not exceed 15,398 tons. An eaual duty of 2d per lb. all round would therefore not only be fair to all, but would giv e an increased revenue to the Chancellor of the Exchequer." THE LATE CONFERENCE AT BIRMINGHAM.— The proceedings at the late Conference on Ragged Schools, held in Birmingham, under the presidency of Sir John Pakington, has, through the instrumentality of the philan thropic and charitable gentleman who filled the post of honorary secretary, and who was one of the originators of the meeting, Mr. Charles Ratcliff, been published in a scompact form. The report is one of great interest to those who have at heart the improvement of the condition of the distressed, starving, and neglected children of the Unit e d Kingdom ; and many of the speeches, those, for instance, delivered by Sir John Pakington, M. D. Hill, V, —sq., and the Rey. Dr. Guthrie, will be read with great interest. We trust the benevolent thoughts will not be merely read, but that they will be vigorously acted on by all Who have the means of assisting in carrying out the objects of conference. With a strong and united determination to accomplish any particular object success is almost certain, and success in so good a cause would be more than sufficient to compen sate for any amount of trouble or exertion, IREL A ND. 1) ÜBLIN, FRIDAY MORNING. The celebrated case of " Pulpit Jurisdiction" was decided in the Consistorial Court yesterday by Dr. Radcliffe, Vicar-General. It has excited extraor dinary interest for several reasons. There is no re ported ease in which the precise question at issue was determined. It brought into conflict the authority of the bishop and the rights of the incumbent, " the liberty of the pulpit," and the power of the Ordinary to control it. In this re spect it was a matter of deep interest to the bishops clergy, while it excited the m a s ses o f h populati on genera ll y , P res b yter i an the Protestant o t and est a nt as well as Episcopalian, by the political element with which it *vas pervaded. The Rev. Dr. Millar is the vicar of the parish of Shankhill, which em braces nearly the whole of the town of Belfast. He became personally liable for a debt on a small church erected in an outlying district of that parish. In order to raise the amount by a public collection, he invited the Rev. S. G. Potter to preach in the parish church on the 12th of August last. Mr. Potter is the -incumbent of a parish in the county of Wicklow, but was well known in Belfast, and was very popular among the Orange portion of the Protestants and those who sympathise with them in political sentiment. He was a leading member of a " Protestant Association" in Dublin, a fre quent and not very moderate speaker on poli tical topics, not sparing in his strictures of public men who did not take his view of political questions. He had preached to the Orangemen at Downpatrick on the 12th of July, and published a letter subsequently, to which the bishop seriously objected ; and "No doubt," said the judge, " a preacher may do more harm than good by injudi cious violence, though his views be orthodox." The Bishop of Dowu and Connor thought so, and ex pressed his objections to the vicar, who did not think proper to communicate them to Mr. Potter, who was announced to preach, notwithstanding. The bishop wrote to Dr. Millar intimating his view on the Bth of August. Dr. Millar wrote an answer expressing his dissent from the bishop's view of the sermon of the 12th of July, which he had himself heard. The inhibition was consequently issued on the 11th, and Mr. Potter, in defiance of it, preached on the 12th, as announed, the contest with the bishop swelling very much the attendance on the occasion and the amount of the collections. The question, as stated by the judge, was not whether the bishop acted wisely or unwisely in issuing the inhibition, but whether he had a right to issue it. In order to ascertain this, Dr. Radcliffe reviewed the history of episcopal juris diction from the earliest times, and as the result, he said, " I cannot find a trace of any practice or usage or even a dictum in any reported ease going to the extent that a bishop could not, at his mere will and pleasure, without assigning any reason, have prevented any particular stranger from preach ing or officiating in his dioeess." The fact that the strange clergyman is beneficed and licensed in another diocess does not affect the case ; for as one bishop has no right to preach in the diocess of another bishop, without the permission of the latter, he cannot give authority to do so to one of his clergy. "On the whole, then," said the judge, "it appears to have been the clear and settled com mon law of the Church, that no clergyman could have lawfully preached in any diocess without the sanction of the bishop thereof, unless privileged, as already mentioned ; and this law is not only not contrarient to the laws of the realm, but was adopted by the Legislature as the basis of several important enactments." The judge pointed out the great in convenience that might result from the liberty claimed by the incumbent. If every incumbent should be at liberty as he pleased to admit any other clergyman to preach or officiate in his church, in defiance of the bishop, leaving the bishop the mere power of punishing the stranger for un orthodox opinions, when proved to have been deli vered, very great abuses might arise, and ministers objectionable in many respects, both in doctrine and uharaucer, anvil ne able to officiate almost perma nently in the diocess because of the difficulty and cost of proving their unfitness, in the ecclesiastical courts. For example, an incumbent might differ from his bishop about the " Essays and Reviews," and might allow one of the authors to preach in his pulpit, though that volume is condemned by the whole of the bishops. The right claimed, therefore, is subversive of episcopal authority and of the order established in the Church. It is true that this right vested in the bishop might be made the instrument of tyranny and oppression, as had been strongly urged ; but there is a visitor in the metropolitan ordinary, who might provide a remedy for the wrong ; besides, there are powers in the Crown which might be brought into operation. But as different opinions had been given on the question by ecclesiastical lawyers; as the circum stances were novel, peculiar, and irritating; as Dr. Millar and Mr. Potter did not, in the jlidge's opinion, intend deliberate defiance of the authority of the bishop ; and es the prohibition was felt as an insult by Mr. Potter, the decision of the Court was that each party should pay his own costs, no punishment having been sought on the part of the bishop. The judgment concludes in these terms : "I decree and declare that said Rev. W. Millar be admonished and prohibited from permitting the Rev. S. Potter to perform Divine service, or admi nister the sacraments, or preach in the parish church of Shankhill, near Belfast, or elsewhere in the said parish mentioned or referred to in the article exhibited on the part of the promoter of the office, until licensed or duly authorised thereto. And let the parties respectively abide their own costs in this case. I decree and declare that the Rev. S. Potter be admonished and prohibited to abstain from performing Divine service, or administering the sacraments, or preaching in the parish church of Shankhill, near Belfast, mentioned or referred to in the articles exhibited on the part of the pro moter of the office, or elsewhere in the diocess of Connor, until licensed or duly authorised thereto. Aud let the parties respectively abide their own costs in this suit." HARBOURS BILL. This bill begins with giving power to the Publi Works Loan Commissioners to make advances for the construction or improvement of harbours " or for carrying into effect any other shipping purpose," to be repaid within 50 years with 31-, per cent. interest, a higher rate to be charged on. all sums over £lOO,OOO. The bill then proceeds to abolish passing tolls, debts now charged on, them to be paid by the State. Shipping dues (except pilotage rates), levied by charitable autho rities named in a schedule are also to cease, except so far as may be requisite for payment of now existing pensions, and of compensation to be granted under this bill, or for the execution of such. shipping purposes as have hitherto been executed paid o out ae of e out of such dues a s are f or the benefit of t he shi p . ping and good s on w h ich they are levied . Differen years (savingpay payable the to ti a l dues are to cease in five Increased rates ff may there. rights of creditors), but compensations are not pai p u blic moneys for diff eren tial d until the expi ra ti on o i f nc t r e e ten afterc compensation private prop r i e t ors . ebnesalteiovn paid iedb to them for diff erent i al dues isy the local authoriti es w h ere the m p applied to the s hipping or oth er pu b l i c purposes, or where debts have been contracted for such pur poses. Special taxes at the port of Dublin are abolished. Ramsgate harbour is transferred to h which authority may levy 3d. a ton t e Tri onv n e it s Yl°u selsat s t e ending the harbour, except Rams. gate fishing boats and vessels using it as a harbour of refuge), 6d. a ton on cargoes, aid 3d. on every passenger embarking or landing at the pier. Atiy deficiency of income for the harbour purposes i s to be supplied from a Parliamentary vote; the town dues on coal are to cease. 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