The Sun. — London, England, 1861-05-11 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Sig; o'clock. AUSTRIA. The Sentinella Bresetana of the 7th describes the strictness of the passport system along the frontier of the Mincio as extremely inconvenient. The Aus trian authorities persist in not recognising the pass ports delivered in the name of the King of Italy. Travellers who are provided with them are subjected to the minutest scrutiny, and treated with rudeness by the officials. The passports are retained, and a provisional paper is delivered, only available for a short period. The same paper states that a few days ago, while musket practice was going on in the camp near Vicenza, au officer and three sergeants fell down mortally wounded. This created great alarm ; the strictest inquiry was instituted as to the cause of the disaster, but nothing was elicited. The camp has since been broken up. MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS, -41 , CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Bank of England return, completed to the Bth May, is not of so unsatisfactory a character as was generally anticipated. The Bullion shows a small increase, while there is also a slight addition to the Reserve of Notes. . The Public Deposits have been augmented by about half a million ster ling, while there is an increase of three-quarters of a million in the Private Balances. The augmented demand for money is perceptibly shown in the addition made to the Other Securities, viz., of about a million and a quarter. The other items of the balance-sheet, and the changes they present, are shown in the subjoined table. Active Circulation .. £20,174,685 Decrease 132,620 Stock of Bullion .. 12,873,619 Increase .. 34,971 Rest 3,214,842 increase 06 414, 00 es 54,669 Public Deposits 6 083 595 Increase .. . • 505,072 Other Deposits . •• 12 , 070 , 911 Increase .. • . 890,100 Seven Day and other Bills 636,172 Decrease .. • • .. 26,719 Government Securities 10,272,938 Other Securiti es No alteration... 19,141,648 Increase .. .. 1,255,531 Notes unemployed .. .. 11 Increase .. • 6 , 1 08,370 The On e id a w hi ch leaves to-morrow for Bombay will take out £142,044, and of this amount the Government remit £50,474 in silver. A general advance was exhibited in the foreign exchanges yesterday. There is still an active demand for money, but rather less pressure is experienced, and the rates are not quite so firm as they were during the early part of the week. Business ii the Liverpool Cotton Market yes terday was rather less active, but prices remained *without alteration. The sales.were 10,000 bales. The expectation that the Bank rate of discount will be speedily advanced has been strengthened by the recommencement of a large efflux of gold to New York, and 100,000 sovereigns have been with drawn from the establishment for that purpose. In the meantime small quantities of gold chiefly from Australia are disposed of to the authorities, £lO,OOO having been thus appropriated yesterday. An important undertaking, entitled the China and Japan Steam Navigation Company, with a capital of £300,000, of which the first issue will comprise £150,000 in 15,000 shares of £lO each, has just been announced. Its object is the establishment of a regular and speedy communication in the inner waters of China, and along its coast, thus supply ing a want that has long been felt by the mercantile community interested in that portion of the world. The Company propose to construct a fleet of steamers for the conveyance of passengers, mails, and general merchandise. The trade already existing, its certain expansion, and the necessity for the use of steam, warrant.,the expectation that the project, if judiciously arranged, will prove a great boon to the commercial public, and highly remune rative to the shareholders. There has been an absence of fluctuation in the English Stock Market to-day, but the tendency of values has continued unfavourable owing to the appearance of monetary affairs. Consols are 91 8 I for transfer, and 911 92 for the account. The New Threes and the Reduced are heavy at 89a ; India 5 per Cent. Loan 1011 ; and ditto 51 per Cent. Rupee Paper has receded to 100. Extreme quietude has prevailed in the Foreign Market, and prices show very little alteration. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 70/ to 711; ditto 1858, 55,-1 to 56; Mexican are firm, at 221 ; Portuguese, at 471 ; and Russian 43 per Cents. are steady at 911. The transactions in the Railway Share Market have been on a rather limited scale ; in some in stances, however, a slight advance has taken place in prices. Caledonians, Eastern Counties, Great Westerns, and Lancashire and Yorkshire have advanced ss. ; and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin.- c)ln, 10s. ; South Western have declined ss. ; and Great Northern, and Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have been very inactive, without any material change in prices. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are a shade flatter—Oriental Bank declined 10s. BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 894 1 3 per Cent. C onsols Annuities 91i New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock ......... .... "'Ditto S per Cent Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 pe r C ent. Ditto 5/ per Cent .. 100 Consols for Account, June 6 .. 92 1i FOREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. Mexican 3 per Cent ._. Ditto Ascount • • 22! Portuguese 3 p er C ent.. 1853. • Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St • • Ditto 4/ per Cent. hividends on the abov e p aya bl e in London. Consols, M TW O O'CLOCK. oney 911 Ditto Accou n t 9l 2 THE WEATHER. lETEOROLOGICAL REPORTS, This Day, between 8 and B. E. 9 a.m. M. D. F. c. I. S. -- -- Aberdeen .. .. 29'89 43 4) S. E. 2 1 b. 2 Leith. 2e•B9 j 471 42 E. 2 Ib. 2 Berwick 29'84 46 41 IV. 1 1 b. 3 Ardrossan 29138 45 42 N.E. 2 3 b. 2 Portr., sh libields Galway ... . 29 . 86 47 45 NE. 4 1 h. 2 Searboreugh Liverpool 29'81 46 40 N.E. 3 8 c. 2 Valentia Queenstown 29/2 47 46 N.E. • 4 8 0. 3 Yarmouth 29*69 46 45 E. 8 60. 7 London Dover 29.60 48 47 N.E. 6 9 r. I 5 Portsmouth P lymouth Pe nzance Jersey EXPLANATION.-B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (truc— nsot Magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12 —estimated). C. Cloud i' , l. 9 )• I. Initials :—b., blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ; overcast b., hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0., repeated salons —thus', r.r.,. muca rain, "t ul rain •s , snow ;t , thunder. A letter ance (1 to 9),S.Sea disturb- THE PALACE-o—-v----Ml• P THE ...ZYSEE —...,,.e works for enlarging this palace are rap . dl a y same time the old apartment: advancing, and at the undergoing a complete restoration. The renovation of trhee ground-floor rooms is nearly complete. The Empress's drawing-room the first floor iE being decorated with flo wers on gold a An adjoi n i ng room , of smaller dimensions, is adorned over the doors with three paintings, representing land scapes in the Campagna, and environs of R ome. Its other ornaments consist of paintings in the Louis XV. style. The in net with Empress's bedroom will have light blue han Paintings of flowers and arabesques. Her Majesty's cabi net, it is said, will be a marvellous specimen of st and artistic skill. The renovation of the old apartments will be finished in about two months, and the new buildings Will be completed in about six. Mrs. Augustus Peel's new novel " Retribution" evincesevents recorded are truthful and true to nature, and the acters are full of warmth and life. The language la graceful d flowing ; and the chapters show an °a • A and imagination of t, highest _ ptitu,4o for pottry us order. mottoes at the heads of acts le of raelf, ppeal whe w the con- ons I on. I in to con- °xi' es of ,--. Fhich back ad in pvhiell to be d the 100 100 PREFERENCE SHARES. Railways. Paid Closing Business Price. Done. ; rtlythe and Tyne 10 pet c. pref. (issued at £5( isris. & Exet.4 p.etstoels Do. do. do. Shares ICaledon £lO, 41 per cent Do. • Quar Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 51 P.C. ( Cornwall, 5 per cent Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun. Do Ist Class Pref E.Angrt.Class A 7 &sp.c Do. do. Class B 6 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Coun. Ex. 5 p. e. No. I Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 per ct. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per et. Do. 5 per cent. guar... Edin.&Glas. sp.e. shares Do. 4 p. c gua. S. & D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. Great Northern, 5 p. et. ro.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm Do. 41 p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pt G tSn. & W (Ireland) 4 p. et. pref. stock West. (Berko and Hants) Ext. 5 p. et I; o. Redeemable, 44 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do Irredeemable, do no. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref Do. 13irm. Pref. Shares Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.e.pf.sh Do. do. sp. et. pref .. Do I3lrmg.zuar. stock.. Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan. & Carl. 4.i p c. pref Lan.tYork 6 p. c. stock Do.Barnsl.st.£s3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon.& Brig. 5 pc.gn. No.i Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 Do. gua. 6 p. c. Do. do. sf. c. No. 4 Do. do. 4 per cen' - . Do. do. 4 p. c. shares Do. 7 p. et. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) Do.4p.c.S.(div.dettil '65) Do. 4 per cent. Prep Lon. Chat. and Dover /' Do.W. A rceiv . no div Ex.A til 6p cis pd on I Do. B B. & Brom ex. I l Do. Metropolitan Ex B Lon. and N.W. Cov. and Nuneaton, 5 p. et .... Lon. ct S.W, 7 p. et. stock Do. per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns. of 2s. 6 d.............. Londondy. & Cole. sh Londony. & Ennis. sh Nan. Sh. &Lin. 6 per eIT Do. £6 Do. 3i per cent Do. redeem. 6 percent llaryport & Car., 4 p. c Do. 45 per cent. Mid. Con. 6 p c. stock Do. Con. Brie. & Bir. 6 p.c Do. 45 p. c. pref. stock 'Do. 4 per cent Do. Lek. t Hit. pref. st I Norific 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 55 p. c. Pref. do 1847 Do.sWay. Val. Ex.5t.1847 North British, 5 p. a. Do. New, gua. 5 p. c Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. she Do. do. do Nth. Dev. Rail. t Dck.Co. N-East.cons.Pref. 4 p. c. Do. 44 p e. redeemable Do. G.N.E. 4 per e. pref Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. I Do. do. Quarters, 1848 'Do. York, H. & S. Purch North Staffordshire Rhymney Guaranteed Scottish Central, new pi Scottish North-Eastern 35 p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,g - ua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock ! South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent. :South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 45 per cent. Do. Fixed sp.c.4st is. South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent...... Do. 5 per cent'...... . S. - Yorkshire, 4 p: a . gua Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c. Do. B 6 Der cent.... I Do. C 6 per cent Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c W.3lid -Oxt let Gua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. Do.PerPet• 611 t P i 1866 1 Do..till 1869, I st is. 1100 102 20 21 5i 6 99 101 108 113 105 108 108 110 108 103 122 124 80 82 109 111 90 92 75 17 113 115 to 112 101 103 106 108 97 99 98 100 89 91 90 92 [Ol 103 94 10 17 18 191 101 74 76 20 21 10 104 15 154 114 116 114 116 137 140 114 116 101 103 150 155 128 131 71 74 86 87 131 141 125 127 68 70 fP 134 136 101 103 91 93 IC9 111 108 110 1 1 I', 91 93 99 101 1001 1011 P ir) 22& i 23 131 133 10 101 221 231 99 100 99 100 08 100 85 87 26i 27i 32 33 32 33 45 48 124 126 120 122 100 102 120 122 115 120 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railway 3. ~„„; 4a'u.l Leasing !Closing! Co.'s i Bedford and Blotchley all Ln &N.W Bu3kinghamshire 100 Do ...... • 91 98 Chester & Holyhead... 100 D 0...... • • 53 (3.3 i Do. 5i percent 100 D 0....... 121 123 Do. 5 100 Do. .. •. . 110 111 Clydesdale Juno" lOO Caledon... 100 102 Colchester, Stour Val. all ,E.U.&E.O 154 Ai E.Lincolnsh. g 6 pPr c. ICC Gt. North. 1 0 132 E.l.lnion,HarwichShs. all 'E.Counts., 41 41 Do. Woodbridge.. 100 Gls.Barr.&Neils.DrC . t. 100 Caledon... Do. new lOO D0.......' Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. West. Hrtlp'l Dock & Rail— , all Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby. all Yk.N. Md. Do. h Do. quarttrs........l all D 0....... Lanc.&Carl. gua. 5 p.c., 100 Ln&N.W. London & Greenwich. , 100 S.Eastern Do. Preference ...., 100 Lon.,Tilbury,& S -end , 100 Peto &Co. Lowestoft gua. 4 p c..' 100 Norfolk Do. 6 per cent lOO 'Do. Mnc., Mtn ,& Matlock: all ,L NW&11 Mid. Bradford Prefer- ence Sock Nowmarkt,BuryEx. ,rrua. 5 percent....• Northn.lz Eastn. 5 p. C. Do. 6p. c Do. Fixed 5 p. North Western Preston and Wyre. Do. Shares A. Ro y s tn.Hitch.,& Shep Do. Shrewsbry& Hereford do. S.-Staffordshire Wi Wilts an Somnibledd erset ou 4Croydn 100 Iffidland '5. 5 6. E.Counts all Do 3 31, all iDo. all iDo. all iMidland all IL& NW all Do. 100 Gt.Nortli 100 IT.Brassey 1 Do. all ~ ,,1 4 1 ‘Clean 100 Gt. West 91 96 55 57 15i 18 130 132 115 120 1 2p 10i 11 89 91 90 Pi. fare' .13.11 stock stock stock ORDCSARY SHAKES AND STOCKS. Belfast and Ballymena Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. IBirk., La., and Ch June IBlyth and Tyne Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co Bristol and Exeter , Caledonian Carmarthen dr, Cardigai Cork and Bandon Cork, Illrock., ,Passage ,Cornwall.. 8 8i 81 8:": 8 7 98 100 96i 96; --, - 961 i TA gets no div. Do A until 6pc peran.' Do B r hasbeeni d. toB Dublin & Belfast June Dun., Perth, dzAb..lunc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do Do NW A, late EU3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow I Edin. Perth, 4z Dundee Forth k, Clyde Junction Furness .... Glass. and S. Western i Great Nthn. of Scotland! G reat Northern Do do A stock Do do 13 do Gt. S. & W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Irish South-eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.. & S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover Lond. Az Nth. Western Lond. 41; sth. Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry Az Ennisaillen Man. Shef. Az Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle , Do Jo shares ; Metropolitan Midland Do new .. Do Ilirming. & Derby Nfld. Gt. W. of Ireland Do shares Mid • • Do, Cray Line Newcastle and Ctrlisle Newry & Armazh, def Newry, Warnpt. & Roe Norfolk.. North British.. Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoo Dr , 4 ttk ; A recs no d. until 6pch as been pd.B Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick, Do do , G.N.E. purchase ' Do Leeds ....... •• • • Do York ....... North London . Do new North staffordshire N. and S. W. Junotion N ot. do Grantham Rail cebles „ •• • Portsmouth Rhymney . •• • • Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union .. ISitS outh Dtino tevo n ourne & Sheer. I I S.-Durham & Lane. Un. South Eastern ........ South \Vales .......... S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do do Do New (1.860) Taff Vale ' Do Pref. No I ThamesllavenDk&Rail ,Ulster . 25 Do ... Do .. ; Vale of ire;tiii. Victoria Sta. and Pim..; Waterford & Kilkennyl Waterford & Limerick j West Cornwall ..... 'West L0nd0n..........! Do Ist class Do 2d class .. WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail West Midland—Oxford Do. Newport; Do. Hereford) 'MARE MARKET)-•,THIS I Closing Business Railways. I Paid./ Price. Done 5 6 41 43 8 a: 16i 17! 48 49 37 39 28i 271 83 85 23 29 1110 111 125 127 109 i 1101 103 105 1130 132 1 104 106 70) 711 80 62 1 09 109 59 51 119 120 45 47 931 93} 94 451 104 11 41 42 4 3 d not 121 i lip 94 96 7 6(1 52 64 62 } 622 101, 102; :P 4u 584 594 891 00i 94 98 4} 4 i 91 10} 74 76 114 116 33 34 86 88 46 48 90 42 80 80f 63 65 9 4 4 96 7 39f 40} p 56 6 p 55 2 1 561 3 p d 80 82 111 111 5i 6 47 48 39 41 80 85 itOck 12i 10 stock 6.4.0. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 25 stock stock stock 10 19.16.4 to stock stock stock stock stock 10 stock 25 stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock 10 atom< stock stock stock stock 1091 71 701 108 f 91 119} 931 941 411 I 12% 1 I) 95 102 1 58t 411 80 all 1 100 'lO9 111 200 204 61 63 112 117 j 87 90 Business Done. THE SUN;LONDON, SATURDAY I '. EVENING, MAY: 11, 1861. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(7Ius Day). C losing Price. Paid. Insiness done COITnT OF EXCIIEQLTER. (Before the Lord Chief Baron.) HATCH V. LEWIS. SECOND DAY . The cross-examination of Mr. Hatch was proceeded with this morning by Mr. Sergeant Shee with respect to the in structions he gave to Mr. Lewis, who swore to the best of his recollection that he did not see him on the morning of the trial at the Central Criminal Court. The statement, which analysed the evidence of Mr. and Mrs. Plummer and others, gave directions as to the wit nesses that should be called for character and several other matters, having been read, He proceeded—l had one interview with Mr. Lewis at the gaol. I was committed on the 15th of November to Horsemonger-lane Gaol. Mr. George Lewis did not come to me the day after. I will swear he did not. He never suggested to me the propriety of making a full statement for counsel. lam not now quite so positive that Mr. Lewis did not come on the 16th, but I don't think it was as soon as that. Mr. Lewis, the other defendant, never made a suggestion about a full statement. I got the depo sitions from Mr. Onslow. I cannot recollect the date. I don't think it was as early as the 17th. I know I was sur prised I did not get them before. Mr. Sergeant Shee—Your surprise must have lasted a very short time. Is the letter I put into your hand in Mrs. Hatch's handwriting ? Yes. I will net swear I did not get them on the 17th. I had them before the trial. From the reading of that letter, I am positive I did not get it on the 17th. Lord Chief Baron—When did the trial take place ? On the Ist of December. I got them from the governor of the gaol. I thought they might have been provided by Mr. Onslow. I was in prison, and I could not tell who sent them. I never consulted with Mr. Lewis to talk about a full statement for trial. I had prepared some written statements, but as he did not come I told Mrs. Hatch that she had better take them to Mr. Lewis—that must be about the 20th or 22d. The documents put into my hand are the two I sent to Mr. Lewis by my wife. I don't know exactly when I first heard that Sergeant Ballantine was engaged for my defence. This document is in my handwriting. [lt was read, and intimated that he had sent a plan of the bedroom, and also gave directions to make inquiries re specting Mr. Pratt's character (the attorney for the Plum mere), as he had been told it did not stand very high. It also stated that there would be a great number of witnesses for character at the trial. The other paper was read, it contained further comments on the evidence, and, in allud ing to the offer of forgiveness that had been made provided he confessed his guilt and made an apology, said it ought t• have been made before the letter was sent to the bishop, and that it was only made after it was discovered that money could not be got from him.] MARLBOROUGH -STREET. On my trial a great many witnesses were examined, and a great many more were in attendance. The plan of the house and grounds at Wandsworth you hold in your hand was first used at the trial of Eugenia Plummer. Before I resigned Mr. Onslow urged me to consult a solicitor. I don't remember that he said " and other friends." I had a solicitor at that time, a Mr. Amsley. He was a personal friend of mine; but as I understood no solicitor was to be engaged on either side, I did not speak to him about the matter. There was a very large sum raised for me by sub scription after the trial, amounting to about £2,000, but I only got about £5, the rest was absorbed by printing, legal costs, and other things. I never complained to Mr. Lewis until after the conviction of Eugenia Plummer on the 6th May, 1860, relative to the conduct of my case. I did not do so until I found I could not proceed against the Plummers. I never said a word or wrote a word to him about it until the 12th of November, 1860, the day before I issued the writ. I did what I was advised by my solicitor. I believed £7O was paid to Mr. Lewis. lam aware that Mr. Lewis returned £5 when he eiaware was not aware that Mr. e of it b e f ore Miss Onslow had written a very compliment ary l etter to M r. Lewis ve till lately. balance of his Plum mer's trial—by lately, I mean before thi s t r i a l was recdth ely. I was not s 11. w com menced, but I don't quite remember th e d ay. Re-examined by Mr. Montague Chamb ers —lt was a b out bi a a week after I was convicted I got Sergeant Ballantine's brief, and I then complained to Mrs. Hatch of its insuffi ciency. I had experienced great loss from the fact of my conviction. It was about the middle of the time I was in prison, previous to trial, that I saw Mr. Lewis, jun. He then said everything was going on favourably. He did not stay more than three minutes. Mrs. Hatch was with me when he came, but she retired, I was alone with Mr. Lewis not more than the time I have stated. I did not, I think, see Mr. Lewis, sen., until the day before the trial. I was taken from the cell by the turnkey to the solicitor's room. I believe there is a book kept in which such visits are entered. The turnkey left the room, and I think he closed the door. The interview with Mr. Lewis, sen., did not last longer than three minutes. Mr. Lewis said I need not make myself at all uneasy, as no jury would convict me on the unsupported evidence of a child. He then told me Sergeant Ballantine had determined not to call evidence, and I replied I was sorry for it. If I had seen Mr. Lewis I could have told him much more informa tion than he possessed. lle never wrote down anything I said to him on paper. The reason I did not consult my friends was that I thought I could prove my innocence with out. Besides, it was a nasty thing to talk about. I did not like even to speak to my wife about it. It was the only secret I ever kept from my, wife. The statements I have made about getting another appointment are correct. The evidence of Mrs. Dillon at the trial of Mr. Hatch was then read from the notes taken by Baron Channell, one of the presiding judges. This course was adopted in consequence of that lady having gone abroad. Mr. Samuel Thomas Keene—l was the foreman of the jury at the trial of Mr. Hatch in 1859. Lord Chief Baron (to Mr. Garth, who was about to put a question to witness)—What are you going to ask ? Mr. Garth —I am going to ask the witness if he had heard the evidence given en this trial by the witnesses for Mr. Hatch, he would have come to the verdict that he did on the former trial. Lord Chief Baron —You can't do that. Mr. Garth —I am not going to ask— Lord Chief Baron —You are going to ask if something else would have made a difference in the verdict. You can't do that. Let me hear the exact question you wish to put. Mr. Garth —It is. Have you heard the evidence given by the witnesses in this court, and supposing you had heard that on the first trial would you have come to the verdict you did ? Lord Chief Baron —You can't do that, and I am astonished that you should attempt it. Mr. Montague Chambers said he proposed to call Sir G. Lewis, to ask his reasons for refusing to interfere in the first instance ; he wished to know the special reasons that led him to interfere on a succeeding occasion. Lord Chief Baron —Nothing that Sir G. Lewis can state could be used as evidence in that Court. Mr. Chambers contended that he had a right to call Sir G. Lewis. Lord Chief Baron —Very well you can call him, and some one else will object to questions being answered. The proceedings Were then adjourned for a quarter of an hour to enable Sir G. Lewis to attend. On his lordship's return he informed Mr. Chambers that he had consulted his brother judges, and they were unani mously of opinion that the questions could not be put to the right hon. gentleman, Mr. Chambers said that being the case he would bow to the decision of the Court. At this moment Sir G. C. Lewis entered the court and took his seat on the bench, when Mr. Chambers apologised for giving him the trouble of attending, and the right hon. gentleman immediately left. John Wood—l am clerk to Mr. Sergeant Ballantine. The brief put into my hand is the one he received. He was retained on the 23d of Nov., and the brief was delivered on the 26th, accompanied by a copy of the depositions This was the case for the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant Shee addressed the jury on behalf of the de fendants. He said, the Rev. Mr. Hatch, a gentleman well known to members of religious societies, was convicted on the evidence of two little girls and their mother, and oilier witnesses, of an offence of the most filthy, abominable,•and revolting description, and without he could succeed in re moving the conviction the result w ou ld b e ruin, total, in evitable, and irrecoverable; and not w ith standing the con no question re l at i ve to the manlier d for Mr. H atch was made until present ion ok n action was brou g ht aga i ns t h vNi iocrat N ov., viz., w hich. °6, the: Pr whene a c Le o ee v wi t e nh r i s y elB o as f c 9t d e' amages for neglect. This step was taken pl a intiff against th e defendants, who were men of b mi most extensive practice. He could c h arac t er i se it as noth eyn the ence in their profe ss i on, and engaged in the noth ing more than an attempt on the part of Mr. Hatch to take money out of their pockets to patch up certain little points in his damaged character. There could be no doubt about that, because if the Messrs. Lewis succeeded in gaining a Hatch the whole of the expensive could not p a y a s hilli ng . a t vi O etr go into th e evidence to prove the guilt Y proceedings,7er Happilyd iettheyhe had would because not h guilt of Mr. Hatch, but his duty was simply to show the state of mind of Mr. Hatch) and how Mr. Lewis had to act. He did not say Mr. Hatch was guilty of the charge that had been imputed to him —he hoped for the sake of his cloth—he hoped for the sake of common society that he was innocent. He (Sergeant Shee) was not going to enter into suggestions and surmises, for even with the knowledge he had of the painful proceedings from first to last, if he was put upon his oath he should not know what to say. One thing was quite certain, that Mr. Lewis did not at the co mmencement of the proceed ings go to Mr. Hatch. Mrs. Hatch told the court the reason that she selected the Messrs. Lewis for defence of her husband from the charge made against him was entirely through the eminence which they had attained. The first charge made by the prosecution was that on the first occa sion he did not ask when Mr. Hatch was first examined on the serious charge that he might be admitted to bail. Mr. Lewis had no alternative than to act precisely as he did. He attended at the police-court, examined the witnesses most minutely, did everything that a careful legal advisor would do, and his conduct throughout, as far as he could form an opinion, wao paarke4 by that caution and Ore that had rendered the firm eminent. The learned gentleman then proceeded to rebut the evidence that had been given at the Wandsworth Police-court by Eugenie Plummer, and said her evidence was the most astounding and sur prising deception, such as was calculated to create the deepest feelings in the minds of all who heard it ; but, not withstanding all was known to Mr. Hatch, Mr. Lewis was nevar supplied with the slightest evidence to meet it, in fact, with nothing at all to contradict this detestable charge. The case was proceeding when we went fo press. It is not at all likely to conclude before Monday evening at the earliest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTlTY.—Margaret Keating, a young woman, was charged with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of Mrs. Wilson, the wife of a coachman, living in King-street, Soho, Castell, 129 F, said he wished the prisoner discharged, as, since she had been given into custody, he had found that she was not the person that stole the articles. She was then discharged, and Sarah llaycroft, the real thief, placed in the dock ; and evidence was given that she left the parcel with Mr. Honeyball, a coffee-house keeper, and that, not calling for it, he opened it, and finding table linen inside, he gave the bundle to a constable. Mrs. Wilson identified the articles, and said the prisoner came to her from the Servants' Home, but had been very unsteady. Fitzgerald, 58 G, said prisoner admitted leaving the bundle at Mr. Honeyball's, and that she had a key that opened the prosecutrix's door. The magistrate said that through the prisoner's conduct an innocent person had been locked up all night. She would be committed for four months' hard labour. Castell, 129 F, explained that on learning that the articles had been stolen from Mrs. Wilson ho took Keating be Mr. Honeyball's to see if she could identify the things, and Mr. Honeyball stating that Keating had left the bundle he took her into custody. The magistrate having remarked that Keating was given into custody through the blundering of Mr. Honeyball, said that Keating left the court without a stain on her cha racter, and ordered her a s wereign from the poor-locc, and recommended Mr. Honeyball to be liberal to her. Subsequently Mr. Honeyball gave her a half sovereign. AN UNFORTUNATE FLAINTIFF.—This morning Mrs. Billing, greengrocer, of Berwick-street, and who, it may be remembered, a few weeks since was the plaintiff in an action for breach of promise of marriage, recovering ao damages, on returning from market discovered that some person had entered her parlour and stolen £164, £5O being in gold and £lOO-note, of Messrs Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.'s, Pall mall, payment of which has been stopped. In addition to the above a watch and chain were also taken. THAMES. PLUNDERING STABLES.—THE THIEF AND RECEIVER. —William Conchman, a labourer, who is well known to the police, mad William Manning, a marine store dealer, of 8, White Horse street, Ratcliff, were brought before Mr. Woolrych, the first charged with breaking and entering the stables of Mr. Saul, butcher and omnibus proprietor, of 28, Three Colt-street, Limehouse, Mr. Robert Passmore, South street, Limehouse, and Mr. George Barnett, omnibus pro prietor, of 7, Hume -terrace, St. Leonard's-road, Bromley, and the other with feloniously receiving the property know ing it to be stolen. It appeared that the premises of the parties named had been forcibly entered in the course of the last week, much damage done to their property and brass tenets and other horse fittings, the brass work and fittings of an omnibus, likewise the cushion of an om nibus, and various other property stolen. In one instance, the burglar or burglars had wantonly destroyed property which could not be removed. Yesterday a police constable named Moses Nichol!, No. 97 K, ar rested the prisoner in bed, at Bass's coffee-shop, in Old road, Stepney, and some of the stolen property was found to have been in his possession. Manning was afterwards taken into custody at his own shop, and some of the brass tenets stolen from Mr. Barnett's and Mr. Passmore's stables were found there. Manning also delivered tl police ser geant Nunn, 12 K, the cushion of an omnibus, stolen from Mr. Saul's stable. The value of it was stated to be worth 20s. Manning said he gave ls. for it, and sold it to a butcher, his opposite neighbour, for 2s. Manning obtained the cushion from the butcher, and delivered it to Nunn. A good deal of evidence was gone into affecting both priso • ners, one as a thief and the other as a receiver of the stolen property at very low prices. Mr. Woolrych remanded the prisoners for a week. THE ABSENTEES FR 0111 THE LATE DIVISION (From the Elector.) Our readers will remember the nursery rhyme which preserves the memory of " The Old Man of Madeira," and the toast he daily proposed over a bottle of the wine of his own island: " Absent friends, and I wish they were nearer," This sentiment of the venerable native of the wine-producing island was, no doubt, felt by many of our readers last week on perusing the names of the absent friends of the ballot in Table IV. of our analysis of the division of the 23d ultimo. For the absence of Mr. Brocklehurst, Mr. Cobden, and Sir G. Dashwood there was in each case a valid ex cuse. Why Sir J. Arnott, Sir G. Bowyer, and Mr. Buchanan were not present, we trust they may be able satisfactorily to explain to their constituents. We have no such feelings in regard to Viscount Bury. This young nobleman, when member for Norwich, announced to a public meeting in St. Andrew's Hall, that " he had promised to vote, for the Ballot, and by —, he would vote for it !" It will be remembered that in the storms of the last general election Lord Bury was driven from his moorings at Norwich, and found a harbour of refuge in the Wick Burghs : in return for which shelter he promised the inhabitants of that re mote constituency to do all in his power to pro vide for them a similar place of refuge, only of a real, and not an a ll egor i cal nature. Pending the Wick election, a person in Edinburgh, con nected with the press, on behalf of Lord Bury —though whether with the noble lord's know ledge or consent we cannot say—applied to toe ballot society to promote the viscount's return, be e ause he was such a tho roug h supporter of the ballot. Lord Bury was returned without opposi tion, and was applied to to second Mr. Berkeley's motion. He declined, saying, "he should not vote for it, as his people did not want him to vote for it." It is to the influence of the Duke of Sutherland that Lord Bury owes his seat for Wick. The Duke certainly does not want the ballot, against which, while in the Commons, ha always voted. The ducal person, in Lord Bury's eyes, absorbs the 657 electors of Wick • and, viewing th em i n th e duke, he says—" My people do not want me to vote for the Ballot !" To those who remember the profanity of St. Andrew's Hall, this is suf ficiently disgusting. Mr. Divett, Mr. C. Fitz william, Sir J. Hanmer, Mr. More O'Ferrall, Mr. G. P. Scrope, repeat, this year, their un explained absence of last year, which we trust will not be forgotten. The general fidelity to the Ballot of Mr. Lannigan, Dr. Lyons, Sir I. Ogilvy, Mr. R. B. Sherid a n, Mr. W. 0. Stanley, Mr. M. Sullivan, Sir Y. Trelawny, Coi, Tynte, Col. Watkins, and Mr. H. W. Wickham, leads us to believe that their absence was unintentional, and in justice to these gentlemen the suddenness of the division should be borne in mind. We are sorry that the list of absent friends includes Mr. W. Fox ; his state of health we know to be precarious, but he was well enough to be at the house on the evening of the 22d, as well as on a subsequent occasion, Mr. Horsman and his tail, Sir J. Ramsden, were of course absent ; but we commend to our West Riding readers the fact that Sir John Ramsden was, to our certain knowledge, in the house imme diately after the division ; his absence, therefore, was, in legal phraseology, of " malice aforethought." The same may be said of Col. Lingscote, who being written to by his constituents to fulfil his pledge of voting for the Ballot, deliberately walked out of the house, as soon as the division was called. Our energetic fellow-labourers of " The Northern Reform Union" will note the fact that Newcastle on-Tyne was wholly unrepresented in the division, Mr. T. E. Headlam having apparently forgotten that in 1859 he publicly confessed that the Ballot would have been very useful at his election ; but on the 23d he absented himself unpaired, as did his colleague Mr. S. A. Beaumont. Default on the part of members of the Government is especially to be guarded against. Friends in Stroud will note that that constituency was also wholly unrepresented on the 23d, Mr. Scrope repeating his absence without pairing, as he did also in 1860. The Austrian tendencies of Mr. Roebuck prevented, for the first time, his giving a vote for the ballot. The absence of Mr. Potts, M.P. for Barnstaple, one of the few Con servatives who support the ballot, looks as if party ties were stronger with him than the love of purity and freedom of election. We have good friends in Barnstaple, and to them we leave Mr. Potts. If there is one of the 36 absentees whom we would specially point out far reprobation, it is Mr. J. A. Turner; he stands committed to the Ballot; not he says frankly that he likes it himself, but because his constituents wish him to vote for it. Looking at the Conference lately held in Manchester, whose petition for, the _ Ballot Mr. Turner presented t o th e H ous e of _un v mons, he cannot plead any c h ange i n the rel th ": his constituents in . justification of his absence, le , w ave out a pair, both in 1860 an d 1861; and w him and the friends of the Ballot in Manchester to settle the potion between thew. Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrence' Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent.. Do, Do. 13 Buffalo and Lake Huron! Do. New Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant o Wo d rich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872; Do. do. July 1, 18731 Do. do. June I, 1879 Cleutta.ctS.Eastn. (Lim) Cape, Eas tn. Prov. (Lim. Cape Town & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c. Demerara. . Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c : East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 44 p c. 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 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c ' Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South.of India (Lim) I guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. - - iGt. W. of Canada Shares, Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do Do. 5i p. c. do. '7B do Madras, guar., 4f p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41p. c. Extension Do. 5 d 0.... -• •• Melb.Corp. 6 p. c. Brads.', INewßrunswick at Caudal Ity.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. .- .... Oude (Limited) ........ 1 Scinde ..•.• • . • • • ,i +.l Do. Punjaub .... Fa El Do. Do. ........ cO. Do. Indus. St. Flo. Trinidad (Lim.) Scrlp..l FOREIGN !Algerian I Antwerp & Rotterdam. iArdennes •• • • • Bah. ACS . Fran .. Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & Bait Copiapo ................ Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France Grand Rue Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction ...... Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva ...... Namur & Liege ........ Do. 6 p. e. Pref. ........ Northern of France...., bo. New Shares ..... Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & Orleans..... Recife & S. Fran. (Pern.) 7jo. et. 1im...... Riga do Dunaburg...... Royal Dani5h.......... Royal Swedish ........ po. 7 per cent. Pref.... ( Sambre & Meuse ...... bo. 5i per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, Um, g. 7p. c. S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin Southern of France.... 8. East Portugal 7 pet. West Flandero Do. 5i p. c. Preerence.. W. N.W. of France .. West"rn of Austria.... Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. 8 per cent Pref Zealand BRITISH MI A 1 fred Cons ols (ilriliidli), 3.2.10 !British Iron 1 16 'Clifford nil Devon G. Cons. (ravist )1 1 30 '114.6 7.4.0 541 17s 13.0.6 40 6.2.6 8.12 4.11.6 1.10.6 3 114 1.4.0 9.18.9 10.6.7 1 1 4 AI 18.18.5 24.8.0 4i 9 p igs ei 71 1.7.2 BonAccord Copp er,Lim. Brazil St.J.del lley,tim Do. Land and Mining Co. Clarendon Cons.MinCo iCobre Copper Copiapo 'DunMoun.Cop.Ming Co Fortuna. ...... General 2 20 2 $ 5 1 r: 1 20 5 { G t N. Cop. of S. Austr. Kapunda (Limited)..... Linares Lusitanian Mariquica N. RhineCepof S. Aus. L rontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt 'Port Philip Scottish Austrin. (L.) United Meßican . Worthing (Limited) Do. *B4 1 JOINT-STO , 100 AgTa&UnitedService Bk 40 Australasia 25 I Bank of Egypt 100 ,Bank of London 20 Bank of Turkey 60 British North American 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. 25 Ch. Men of In. Lon.& 100 [City 100 Colonial 20•11 Corn. Bank of Canada ••1 100 Commercial of London., 20 I Eng.. Scot., & Aus. Ch.. 20 ,Gen. Bk .of Switzerland 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral 20 I Do. new. 50 London and County .. 50 London Joint Stock .. 20 London and S.Africin.. 100 London & Westminster 100 Nat. Prov. of England 20 'Do. new 50 National Bank . 2C New South Waies...... 25 Orient. B. Corporation . 20 Ottoman Bank 100 Provincial of Ireland . 10 Do. new 25 South Australia .. 25 Union of Australia .... 50 Union of London . 100 Unity Mutua1.......... ES. ~# z; 175 185 340 350 976 102 23 2! 6 66 15 17 4 5 56 1 6 2 21 38 40 2 24 —is. (Tar. • East Bassett (Illogan).. • East Caradon E. vri Russel (Tavistk.) Gam.deSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South T01gu5....1 G.Wheal Alfd. (Philack); IG. Wheal For (Helston)l Grenville !Herod's-Foot • • Hingsbon Downs Lady Bertha !Margaret (tiny Lelant), North Downs North Frances (Illogan)1 N.Wh'l Basset(Illo;an)l North Wheal Crotty ;Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) • Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Carn Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) Stray Park !Tamar Silv.& Lead Min Tin Croft j Vale of Towey (Carm.) !West Basset (Illogan) IW. Caradon. (Liskeard) IWest Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth), Wheal Edward (Cats.) : Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)l Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) , Wheal Treiawney (Lisp! FOREIGN MINES. Australian I 1 11 - if 52 05 4 41 41 41 41 51 71 81 0 94 40 42 295 30 1 5 2 3 I 130 135 35 37 11 21 51 al * 174 1861 67 69 335 315 95 100 105 115 11 2 96 106 13 14 13§ 146 1 105 i 106 241 4 ... 1 1 11 m. 17.6 1 d Im 15 321 331 331 30. all 1 11 30. ; ~. all 39 41 .. 16 7 9 Co all 1 all 21 21 all 24 26 tr. 1p ~. 1 1 ll 11 p .. all 84 9 .. 2 1d 1p 12s a . l e l d 1 4 8 ad .. all 3 5 1 1 / 10s. * 1 d ~. all 51 51 51 all ,1 'OCK BANKS. Bk 50 ,81 83 83 .. all 61 62 ! 61i all 18 19 1 181 .. 50 82 54 .. 3 in all 1 1 ;d_ cc. all 201 21 h. all 50 72 74 25 37 39 all n. 20 -- all 151 161 161 16 ad all •al all 23 234 4 234 2/ 5 11 1 20 35 36 .. 10 314 n.. 10 2 11 er 20 65 67 . 42 .. 12 25 all a . all 47 48 471 7 .. all 16 17 _l6l •: 1 2 1 5 1 .. all ▪ all ;38 40 • 12 j 25 26 251 g 01... ..... LNMEN'r SECURITIES. lyl . 100 111 114 1.2 100 -- -- A 100 g. 100 :09 111 )t. 100 109 111 100 1014 1021 1011 10 100 1054 1061 10 100 1051 1064 13 100 1(.74 1084 'll 100 99 100 76 100 99 100 991 Is 100 98 99 98 .. 100 1071 1084 0.. 100 100 ... y lOO 1051 106 1051 105 I COLONIAL GOVER. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-9 Do 6 p. cent.lBBo-2 Do. 6p. cent 1883-4 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 per cent Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,lBBO Do. 1890 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. 5 p. c., 1866 Do. 5 p. 0.,1871 to 1876 Do. p.c., 1888 & upwds Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct DOCKS. stock 'Commercial lOO stock I Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min lOO stock East and West India stock Londo- ~ , lOO 49 50 491 stock ISt. Katharine lOO 56 58 . - stock ISouthampton 1 100 • stock ;Vittoria .. ........ 20 2 id par 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 1 all 14 15 10 Atlantic R. Ml. Stm (1d), Do' New • —ATIWEiLIANEOUS. 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 30 32 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 4 41 50 British American Land 40 50 BALMag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 32 35 20 Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) all 18 2C 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 12 14 321 Canada Land all 112 116 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) all St. Cop.Min.ofEng,.&Smlig all 25 Do. Pref. 71 per cent. et. Crystal Palace st. Do. Preference st Do. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb lOO 106 108 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 id { d St Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 15 English & Ans. Copper all 3/ 3} 31 Gen. Steam Navigate )n 14 1200 , NI Madras ..I nr rd. Netherlands Land..,, oCda n. .......... I Great Ship I,imited) all i 1 ~ 1 Do. 174 pct Preference all 1 t Z 5 Lon. District Tel (Lim.) 31 - 4 ,L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.!. all I 1 100 IN.„,BrANovaScuiraLl 10 Med. Eaten. Tel (Limaall 24 31 25 National Dis. Co. Li • I tii 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (L•al.) 5 1- 0 5 I Do,B p.c. Pref..iss t 1 l 1 IN. KAustralaslan (1.1 m) all 1 1 (Oriental Gas (Limited) all 1 i Do. New Shares (Lim): 158 10 I Winn. In. Steam (Lim.) 8 . 5i r st. Ireelß.Lnd.&lllin.(Lim) 100 50 62 50 ; Pen. & Oriental Steam all 71 73 50 i Do. New 20 ; Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.44p.c all l 7 18} 50 ,Rhymney Iron 100 , Royal Mail Steam st. IScot. Austin. inv.(l4m.) 100 126 130 25 South Australian Land all 32 34 Tel. Scrip.. all 1 ISubmarine . . 1 i Registered •• • all 1 Do. do. 2 d 0.... • • all 5 7 10 I Do. Agency of 10 I Trust and)l sia oirn st is. 1 i i Austria t Upr.Can. 5 _ 20 Tr. st Ln. Co. o , ..21._ _ 5 ILL K'dom Tel. Co. (II .: J., id ID 109 tvaa picameo Lark •. 401 8/0 acin• sd. :8150 __s _ I_l 0; d all 100 all all all all 100 100 100 all 2s. 65 68 941 95a 41 5} d 6 7 75 80 65 70 65 70 5 5i 11 1 d pr 1} 1 d 99 100 976 913 i 99 100 99 100 19 21 65 88 55 60 36 33 44 47 36 39 66 39 96 67 1 d d 93 95 11 111 Eli 91d 96 100 88 n 84 86 94i 954 87 69 6 7 5 7 981 99} lid 1 d - -d 92 94 ,WAYS. 5i 5i -P 2 If,l 1 11 12 31259 3 2i 221 'a§ 6a 6/ 7/ Si 19 20 38i ni - - 8 9 36 87 53 65 4} 4 d 13 11 51 6 8 1 1 1 t 4 d 22 23 6 tit 9 1 gt 20 21 99f 191 66 6, ,AIL 18.8. all all all all all VITAL STATISTIC'S OF SCOTLAND. The Registrar-General for Scotland, who has hitherto issued no detailed annual reports, has just commenced th.3series, beginning with his first year of office, 1855. of statistics Taking calls a firstilat attention ibirths,the the super intendent circum stance that the proportion of bo ys born to girls is greater in the rural districts than in the towns, in born which, indeed, in that y e year the illegitimate boys were absolutgly fewer in number than the girls. This is attributed to a residence in towns weakening the physical strength of parents, and it is considered a rule so establi s h ed as to " afford a valuable hint to those who desire male progeny." With reference to in • contmence, the report states that it is found most preva lent in those districts in which farm work is done by unmarried young men and women, wh o Sleep in the farmhouse, or sometimes in bothies set apart for that purpose. It is contended that in many o f the irregular connexions which too often in Scot land are substituted for marriage, the parties are true to each other, and that, indeed, the vice of un chastity seems greatly owing to the excess of a Scottish virtue, for the proportion of illegitimate births is highest where the test of signature of the marriage register indicates the greatest prevalence of education, and where, therefore, it may be sup posed that the prudential check operates most to prevent improvident marriages. It would appear from the year's returns, that though marriages are much fewer in Scotland than in England, yet when Scotchwomen do marry they are more prolific than the English. Some rather curious matrimonial statistics are supplied. It is remarked that widows marrying bachelors, selected, as a general rule, husbands younger than themselves ; "the status which the widow had acquired by her former mar riage presented induc emen t s t o th e unsettled bacelor, which gave the widow a great advantage over her unmarried sisters; and as power is dear to every heart, a younger member of the opposite sex was selected, 'as more likely to leave that power in her hand than if the chosen second husband had been her senior in years." The Scotch stand the educational test well ; 88 . 6 per cent. of the men who married, and 77.2 of the women, signed their names. In England, in the same year, the proportions were 70.5 and 58.8. The deaths in the year (a year of more than average mortality) were only 206 in 10,000 persons, showing Scot land to be one of the very healthiest countries on the face of the globe. The annual percentage of deaths to population is stated thus :—Scotland, 2.06; England, 2.21 ; France, 2.36 ; Belgium, 2.52 ; Holland, 2 . 76 ; Prussia, 2 . 83 ; Spain, 2.85 ; Sardinia, 2.91. Some points of interest in relation to disease and mortality are noticed. Including the secondary diseases, twice as many women died from childbirth as in England. This is thought not much attributable to distance from medical aid, and the question is raised whether it is not owing to certain anatomical conformations. It may seem strange to speak of Scotland as a place for the con sumptive, but Argyll and the Western Isles enjoy a remarkable immunity from consumption ; those islands have a mild winter climate, with a more humid atmosphere then the mainland when the arid easterly winds prevail in spring. Of the in fluence of weather we learn that in Scotland, with the single exception of diarrheeal complaints, all the ordinary epidemics of the country increase with the increase of cold, and it is the cold that kills. The diseases induced by heat seldom prevail anywhere until the mean monthly temperature rises above 60- deg., and that is a rare occurrence in Scot land. THIS DAY'S ALIREETS. COVENT GARDEN. -- - Very moderate supplies of home -grown produce have been on sale here to-day, and the trade generally has con tinued firm, at' our quotations : FRUIT. s. d. s. d.' s. d. s. d Pine apples, perlb 8 oto 12 0, Cherries, per box 8 oto 0 0 Colonial do., each 1 6to 2 0 Filberts, per lb .. 1 oto 1 6 Grapes,per lb 8 otol2 0 Cobnuts, per lb 1 6to 2 0 Foreign do 2 oto 3 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Nrelons, each Peaches, perdoz 6 oto 12 s i Figs, per doz 2 oto 4 6 Nectarines, per dz 2 oto 6 01 Strawberries oz. 0 6 to 1 0 Apples, per hf. sv. 2 6to 5 0 Gooseberries hf sv 0 oto 0 0 Pears, per do .... 2 oto 6 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Oranges, per 100 6 otols 0 Plums, per do. Lemons, per 100.. 5 oto 10 OlGreengages,pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Apricots, per doz 2 oto 4 0 Raspberries, pr ptlo oto 0 0 VEGETABLER. Greens, dz bunch 10 oto 12 01 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Cabbages, pr doz. 1 Bto 2 3 Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 3 0 Savby do., pr do. 1 6to 1 9 I Parsley, per ditto 0 2to 0 4 Cauliflowers, pdz 0 Bto 3 0 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 6 Brocoli, per bush. 1 2to 1 4 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Potatoes, per ton 100 to 180 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr 1b... 0 4to 1 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 3 Peas, per sieve 10 oto 0 , Alushrooms,p pun 1 ot o 1 6 Turnips, dz bunch 3 oto 5 0 ' Artichokes, pr dz 4 oto 6 0 Carrots, pr do 6 oto 7 0 Cabbage lett,score 1 oto 2 0 Cucumbers 1 oto 3 0 Endive, per score 1 oto 2 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, hi' sve 4 oto 6 0 Spinach, hf.-sv 0 6to 0 8 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Brus. sprouts, li.s. 1 6to 1 9' Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, hf. sv 16to 2 0 Capsicums, per do 00to 0 0 D. dz bun _ 0 oto 0 0 k Rhubarb. ne r b un 0 2 to 0 6 French beans, 100 0 9to 1 6 Asparagus, pr do. 4 oto 8 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 0 Seakale, per pun. 1 0 to I 9 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 5s Od to lOs Od ; poults, 4s Od to 7s Od each ; geese, 6s Od to 8s Od ; goslings, 8s Od to lOs Od ; ducklings, 3s Od to 5s Od ; rabbits, is Od to 2s 6d each ; wild do., 8d to is 2d ' • pigeons, Os 7d to 10d each ; large S urrey f ow l s, Os Od to 18s ; chickens,Bs Od to lOs Od; barn-door fowls, 5s Od to lOs Od ; capons, 4s Od • hares, 3s Od to Os Od ; grouse, is 6d to 2s Od each; pheasants, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; ptarmigan, 2s Od to Os ; woodcocks, 2s 6d to 3s Od; snipes, is 6d to 2s Od; teal, Os 9s to is Od ; wild ducks, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; widgeons, is 6d to Os Od; plovers, Os 9d to is Od each; guinea fowls, 9s Od to lOs Od ; roasting pigs, 6s Od to lOs Od each; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is 2d ; English, is Od to Is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 7s Od to 78 6d ; French do., 6s Od to Gs Gd per 120; leverets, 2s Gd to Os Od each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 10d ; lamb, 5s 8d to 6s Sd; veal, 4s 2d to 5s 4d ; and pork, 4s Od to 5s 2d per 81bs. WIIITECHATEL. Beef from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 10d ; lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 8d; veal, 4s 2d to 58 4d; and pork, 4s Od to 5s 2d per Sibs. by the carcase. BILLING SGATE. Salmon, is 6d to 2s Od ; trout, Os Od to Os ; eels, 6d to is ; prawns, 5s Od to Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d pei lb. Turbots, 2s 6d to 15s ; cod, 2 s Od to 5s Od ; brills, is Od to lOs Od ; doreys, is Od t.o 6s Od ; mullets, Os 4d to is 6d ; lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, 4d to Is Od each ; soles, 4d to 2s 6d per pair; common oysters, 16s to 20s ; natives, 44s to —s per bushel ; whitings, 3s Od to lOs Od ; haddocks, 4s to 12s Od ; smelts, 3s 6d ; flounders, is 6d to 2s 6d per dozen ; mackerel, 40s ; fresh herrings, 6s ; bloaters, Os to 8 s p er 100 ; carp an d tench, is Od to 3s per brace. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 81d to 9d, of household do., 61d to 8d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d to 31d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3id ; 721 b to 801 b, 3jd to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 4d to 4id ; 881 b to 961 b, 4id to 5d ; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to —d. Horse hides, 8s to 9s 6d; calf skins, light 2s 6d to 4s Od ; do. full, 68 Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, Os Od to —s Od ; half-breds, 9s Od to 10s 6d ; Downs, 6s Od to 8s Od ; lambs, 2s 6d to 4s Od; shcarlings, is ld to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 5s Od ; clover do., £3los to £5 18s ; and straw, £1 155 to £2 Os per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 5s ; clover, £3 lOs to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £1 15s to £2 Os per load. A heavy demand. WHITECHAPEL. - Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 5s Od ; clover, £3 lOs to £5 18s Od ; and straw, £1 15s to £2 Os per lead. Both hay and straw moved of heavily, at our quotations. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, May 11.—Wind this day at noon, North- Easterly; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with heavy rain. PLYMOUTH, May 10.—Wind E.—Arrived—Wellesley, from London for Melbourne ; Sea Star, from London for Adelaide, S.A. Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Cressy, for Sheerness. CARDIFF, May 9.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Peter, for New York; Endymion, for St. Andrews, N.B. ; Africus, for Gibraltar. DEAL, May 10.—Wind E.—Anived—Zimyana, from Sunderland, and sailed for King George's Sound ; Gautal der, from the north for the west. BRISTOL, May 10.—Wind E.—Arrived—Jones Amalie, from Havannah. OPP PENZANCE, May 10.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Wil• Liam Brown, from Mauritius. NEWPORT, May 10.—Wind E.—Sailed—R. M. Mills, for Rio Janeiro ; George A. Phill;ps, for the Cape de Verds. TRALEE, May 9.—Wind E.—Sailed—Anne and Isabel, for Buttworth, N.B. Orr THE NEEDLEs,May 10.—Arrived—E nxine, steamer, from Marseilles. -- _s s led SUNDERLAND, May 10.—Wind W.N.Vi r • ,briNave earredone, for Caldera ; Caroliese Baumgastnery York. (Ey ELECTRIC TELEGBAPOO _• Heavy rain all night, with easterly wind' .Vorning. vr steamer, f rom Arrived—lno, from Newport; SOUTIAMIO, Seiatt:rday Havre. — D — o r b t ; No sailings. (BY SUBMARINE AND ACAONETIC TELE __ Ax el) and Remedy, GRAPIL) Go ,rEsErrn, Saturday M orn' , Arrived, May 11 froth Azorian, from St• Illiohae's. Sailed, May Lt"—Calder, for Valparaiso. DEAL, Saturday passed-4vlargaret Edwards, f r o , Morn' olt London, mg. Bay. for Al mn . • +a ‘.14. VESSEL P ,S IN A MERICAN PORTS.—The priva O te n l E e l tt G e N rs received in. Liverpool from New York are contradictory in respect to the position of foreign vessels in American ports. It is stated that at New Orleans vessels would not be interfered with, and that no letters of marque would be issued by President Davis before the meeting of the Southern Congress. On the otter hand, tho Bremen ship Ad m i ral, loading for Liverpool at Baltimore, b a d been Atop seized, N o explau4tionis given of the reasons for tha t! THE NATIONAL GALLERY: The National Gallery, after an interval of eight months, will be opened to the public this day. The changes it has und ergone are great b oth as regards the building and the arrangement of the pictures. Sir C. Eastlake has added three new purchases to the collection all valuable, tho ug h o f an ant i quar i an character. They are in tempera—viz., a predella in five compartments, by Fra Angelico, which was for merly in the Church of San Domenico at Fiesole ; an " Entombment," by Roger Vander Weyden the elder ; and the "Baptism of Christ," by Pietro della Francesca, recently purchased at the Uzielli sale. The five beautiful and perfectly-preserved Fra An gelicos bought at Rome, and for which the Papal Government exacted an exportation fine of £7OO, being 20 per cent. of the purchase money, are among the most valuable acquisitions made during Sir Charles Eastlake's administration. The subject ap pears to be " Christ Assembling the Blessed, after the Last Judgment." Mr. Pen nethorne's alterations of the building have been very successful. About 170 feet in length of the centre Portion of the building has been recon structed, the old spacious but dark and useless hall has been converted into two commodious saloons, the one on th e l o level r being eons t tn tina appropriated th e new e to w the Royal Academy, for the annual exhibition of sculpture, that o n the is now by a side d oor on the e o s t e o d , t h a e n A d e t a n d e e m e en trance old approanlcegrhytohathse beneetrnanccl room of the National G a ll ery. The new hall i s small compared with otwrnea sntt he the eee otro roet otherhs ld pe , osGui h ada u eil t . is light and neat ; on the right hand in going in is the well of the dome, which, by means of a partition wall, has been converted into a stick and umbrella depository for both institutions, immediately in front is a handsome flight of steps, which lead at once into what was formerly the small South Room, now papered crimson, and con taining some early Italian pictures and the Kruger collection, the place of hoaour being given to Paolo Uccello's " Battle of St. Egidio." From this room, by two spacious doorways, you pass either straight on into the old rooms, or by turning to the right, into a new square room, painted green, formed by combining the old passage and the small North Roora into one. In this room is a grand display of early Italian pictures, dazzling in their rich gilt Gothic frames ; they are chiefly from the Lombardi collection, and here on the east wall are the new Fra Angelicos. From this room you pass through a small vestibule, which contains Gibson's group of " Ilylas and the Nymphs," into the new gallery, the great gain by the alteration, and now the great feature of the National Gallery as regards its archi tectural arrangement and its contents; the dimen sions are noble, the room being 75 feet long, 30 wide, and 33 high. Instead of a lantern, as in the other rooms, the architect has uniformly coved the ceiling, three great bays being opened in the centre for light, and glazed with ground glass, while the sides are perforat e d f or vent il at i on, and the whole is delicately tinted. The wall is surmounted by a handsome cornice, enriched by a broad gold mould ing, which separates it from the paper, here maroon. The pictu' es in this room give a display of Italian painting of the Cinque-cento period which it would be difficult to parallel in the whole of Europe ; half of the 60 works or so which it contains are cheft d' ceuvre of the greatest masters of the 16th century.. Ou the south wall are represented Masaccio, Bor gognone, Mantegna, Moretto, Perugino, Correggio, Paul Veronese, Bronzino, Francis, Titian, Tin toretto, Giulio Romano, and some others ; on the opposite wall Giorgione, Basaiti Mazzolini, Leon ardo da Vinci, Raphael, Correggio, Sebastian del Piombo, Titian, Paris Bordone, Bassano, Pontormo, John Bellini, Cima da Conegliano, &c.; on the end walls Paul Veronese again, Parmegiano, Romanimi: Girolamo da Treviso, Pordenone, &c. When we consider that nearly all these pictures were painted within the space of about 50 years in the same country, the room conveys an overwhelming im pression of the unqualified and varied excellence of the Cinque-cento schools of Italy. Our own im mense wealth also in the art of this period is now thoroughly seen for the first time, and we cannot help feeling that our national collection, though still comparatively small, is yet quite worthy of the nation, The addition of this single room shows what might be accomplished by adequate space for a proper classification of all the schools, whether ancient or modern. The three remaining rooms of the gallery have undergone no material change beyond painting and papering. In what was formerly the first large room, now crimson, and approached by two two side doors, instead of one in the centre, and which contained the Claudes and Turners, are hung the Bolognese and other later Italian pie. turer, with some few of the earlier for which there is no space in the new room. In the middle room are the French and Spanish pictures, with the two Turners between the Claudes, better placed now than they have ever been. Finally, in the large We 4 Room, formerly containing the choice Italian pictures, now papered crimson, are dis posed all the Dutch and Flemish pictures; and the improved arrangement here also tells upon the impression made by the collection. The more suitable hanging shows that the country is far richer in pictures of these schools than we have hitherto been disposed to admit or imagine. On the whole, the new arrangement and judicious hanging of the pictures reflects the greatest credit on Mr. Warnum, to whose taste and judgment this difficult task has been confided. NEEDLEWOMEN , S INSTITUTION. Last evening a conversazione was held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Alers Mulkey, in Harley-street, in aid of the Institution for the Em ployment of Needlewomen, which was set on foot about a year ago in premises in Lamb's Conduit street, and has now its head-quarters in a more com modious building in Hinde-street, Manchester square. The company, principally ladies, number ing between 200 and 300, included several members of the nobility and many persons of station and in fluence who take an interest in the unfortunate class for whose benefit. the society . has been esta blished, and whose unhappy lot in the metro polis has for years b ee n th e s u bject of public com miseration. The the Bishops Earl of Shaftesbury, . of London and Oxford, Miss Burdett Coutts, Lady Londonderry, Lady Glasgow, Lady Ducie, the Hon. H. Byng, Col. Daubeny, and several members of Parliament, and many of the metropolitan clergy were present. A report, prepared by Miss Ellen Bar lee, the secretary and lady•sup er i ntendent, and read by the Hon. Mr. Byng, stated that the objects of the society are to improve the condition of needle women by providing for as many as its means will allow constant employment and a higher rate of remuneration, which it seeks to attain by stand ing between them and the first employer, instead of the usual middleman, and by receiving work from Government, from shops, and from private sources. The institution, as first started in the beginning of last year, was placed on a footing to employ about 100 needlewomen, but during the year about 250 women received work, some for a brief period, and others as permanent members of it. The work done was worth more than £6OO, and the current expenditure was about £350. In January last a Government contract for 46,000 shirts was obtained, and since then between 7,000 and 8,000 shirts have been made, principally at branch establishments, which have been opened in different districts of L on d on . Abo:tl , ay driving se employment, themh 0 deserve encouragement, 400 women are now receiving emploY il ln e ..e and the amount already received or in couz of payment from Government on the means for upwards of £770. Of the needlewo:weeCo_alin:ovrf: th Lon don, estimated at some 30,000, the managing °IP futile to hope to com mittee state that it would be I u meet butwbeenlehfictondaulle,ted andby openingre without the fear r o e f g w u o la r r kp that the regular - slop-work, with owfitlahckP t o e cwr.a. Places blue dishonest attendant misery, W ill not its s l iving,th starvationey trust and _ fall to the lot of those . sovietY - wi , 11 at the same • time, operate and that the ood work and incentive tog good behaviour in as an The main dependence of the others. Govern ment work, whi c h i institution is ' upr an d suited to the commons of a coarse de scription, workers. It is princiP alldistributed to the • parishes in populous districts w h ere these Workers abound, and given out to them to do at their own homes. If, how ever, the society can be placed on a sufficiently large footing, there are •othe r kinds of Go.• vernment work it will various larger the can apply for, and the contract that can be received, the higher will be the war.6es given to the needlewo men . B u t among the women the institution desires to relieve a large number present themselves who work far too well to be employed on Government work, and to meet their case omployment is provided for them from shops and private sources. WALMER CASTLE.—The intended sale of the furniture and effects at Widmer Castle, which has been advertised for the 13th inst., will not, we understand, take place, in consequence of the purchase by Lord Palmerston of the entire property from the executors of the late Mar quis of Dalhousie. - The Nondeur has the following :—" Several journals have published a letter concerning the prisoner Mires, pretending that his confinement was particularly severe. The truth is, that the regulations have been ap plied in this case exactly as in any other; and it is altoge ther without any good reason that the attempt is wade to persuade the public that a persecution ea" when the *Us fullY juotify the manures a(loptEl." uc uld ar- the Lm the ian ►ro [icy the tch, Luis ast. this and 'nns )pi of na hat ;ory Fish for• the iiclx iant the re 'hey ma• • the used due L ter the gain st us ' tho nder rord, y to F ac• ions, oler )eror mred ated :orae your 7 the 3ied the ly its 7usil ) us, h so stock stock stock stock stock 10 stock stock 2s. 6d, Share! stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 20i 13} 20 100 stock stock stocx stock stock stock stock stock 10' stock 12i 12i stock stock 12# stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 10 10 10s. 10 1.0.8 100 100 100 all all 101 i Share l stk 18 204 204 10 100 100 100 17i 20 stock 20 20 100 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock stock 1 stook