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

ivour T the Pied t the by its fusil to us, ch so ions r rou. I em to ) con- , ori ges 0 1 whic t ,h i bacb- red ill: Nalco. , t o be 2d the MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS, 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 presem are shown in the subjoined table. Active Circulation .. Decrease .• 90 Stock of Bullion Increase .. Rest • .. • . . • Increase •• •• •• Public Deposits •• • • Increase •• •• Other Deposits • . • • Increase .. • • • Seven Day and other Bills .. Decrease . Government Securities .. £20,174,685 .. 132,620 • • 12 , 873,619 34,971 3,244,842 . 54,669 • 6,083,595 • • 505,072 . 12,070,911 ▪ 890,100 636,172 • • 26,719 .. 10,272,938 Other Securities .. • • I No alteration 9 , l4l , 6 . 48 Increase .. .. • . .. 1,255,531 Notes unemployed .. .. 6,316,015 Increase • • .. • • . 108,370 The Oneida which 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 in 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: for transfer, and 911 92 for the account. The New Threes and the Reduced are heavy at 891 i; India 5 per Cent. Loan 101Q7 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 70:1 to 711; ditto 1858, S5l to 56; Mexi can are fi rm, at 221 f Portuguese, at 47i ; and Russian 4i per Cent s . 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 Win prices. Caledonians, Eastern Counties, Great esterns, and Lancashire and Yorks have advanced ss. ; an d Manchester, Sheffield, hire and Lin fnln, 10s.; South Western have declined 55.; and Great Northern, and Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakingß have beevery in ac ti ve , w i thout any material change in P r Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are a shade flatter—Oriental Bank declined 10s. BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. 3 % per Cent. R e d uce d Annuities 89& per Cent. Cons.l s A nnu i t i es New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock .. .. Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Pap er , 4 per C ent. — Ditto 51 per Cent Consols for Account, June 6 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSINGF PRICES. Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto Aocount .. 221 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. •• • Ditto Account Bussia,u 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St — Ditto 4i per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Consols M TWO O'CLOCK. oney 9li 1 Ditto Account 9l± 2 COURSE OF EXCHANGE:—YESTERDIT. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 19 11 191 Antwerp Brussels ..• — 25 50 25 55 liamturgh e Paris MDitto arseille s .. _., VFrankfort on ......... Tienna rieste .. .. - 14 95 Petersburgh l5 0 33.1 Berlin ..... 33} ....... Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina 146 / 01 1 . Oporto Rio J ane i ro .. . New York )... Il• .per oz. £3 Foreig n G old in Bars (Standard Mexican D o ll ars " " iio 17 9 0 0 S ilver in Ba rs (S tandard) so uth American D ou bl ons ft 0 0 0 481 48 25 5 25 60 25 60 301- 117 k 117 62i 621 49 49k 25 75 25 65 25 65 391 118 118 52! 53 TEE WEATHER. :TEOROLOGIC. Tbie Day between 8 and 9 a.m. Aberdeen Leith. Lerwick Ardrossan Portrosh ••• • hhields •• •• Galway ... . Searborewrh— Liverpool' V alentia..:: • • Queenstown • Yarmouth ••• Lond on '• • • Dover ...... Portsmouth Portland • l'iYmonth ..• :•. Penzance Jersey N. E. N.E. N.N.E. N.E. E.N.E. N.E, E.N.E, S.S.E. i 1 I i EXP LANATION.—B. B arome t er , correcte d and reduced causingabout to 32 deg at mean sea level each 10 feet of vertical rise 1-100th o f an inch diminution, and each 10 d eg 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 (true— (ltmagnetic). F. Force (1 to 12--estimated). C. Cloud to 9). I. Initials :-13., blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ; 2_ r f e og. ; h., hail ; 1., lightning ; ni., misty (hazy) ; 0., Breast fiat (dull) ; r., rain • s snow • t , thunder. A letter repeated ugnienta _ th , ance (1 t o g) . ) • .) tts r r much rain. S. ea is ur - "2 . ' S cl• t b 1 Jih l'ALAc to i , a;11E ELYSEE.—The works for enlarging this palace artemernardly advancing, and at the same time the old apa rt areth undergoing a complete restoration. The renovation :f nearly complete. The Empressit'sewderaerwe ground-floor rooms is drawing - room on the first door ic being decorated with An adjoining room, of smaller dimennsnioansg, oilsd adorned Over representingtome land over the doors with three paintings, style.lts other "aPea in the Campagna, and environs of ang Thei ?nutmeats consist of paintings in the Louis Xv: . 1 33 press's bedroom will have light blue b. vr th net, paintingsit and a 4 of flowers and arabesques. Her Alajestcs' said,s will be a marvellous specimen of good taste _.~ .7_!!! bee completed in about two months, and the new buildings Will .ompleted in about six. eviu_r_s•.llgustus Peel's new novel " Retribution" ev ,7 r talent of the very best description, inasmuch as the t , 'ttaratet recorded are truthful and true to nature, and the 3 14 ers aredtfi'ull of warmth and life. The anguage 1 graceful chaptersshow imaginationhi re aPtitude for poetr d er, y an of REPORTS. RE. W. N. E. SRARE MARKET)-:THIS DAT.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. , A Clo Share Railways. Pa l . '" I Price. sing Done 50 Belfast and Ballymena all 13.14 h r., Wol , and Str. Val. all 8 84 stock I Birk., La., and Ch June 100 81 83 25 Blyth and Tyne all 10 Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co all 6 7 stock Bristol and Exeter 100 98 100 stock Caledonian lOO 961 t6l 9131 1 10 Carmarthen & Cardigar all 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cork, ... Illrock., APassage all 20 Cornwall all 5 6 10 Do A t A gets no div. all 10 Do B untll6 c hasbeen p t p d. toB ( all 50 Dublin & Belfast, June all 41 43 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. June all 8 84 stock East Anglian lOO 161 174 stock Eastern Counties lOO 481 494 494 stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 37 39 stosx Do do Bdo 100 264 274 25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds. 134 stock East Suffolk i 100 stock Edinburgh & Glasgow i 100 83 85 stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 23 29 274 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all stock Furness stock Giant,. and S. ' Western 100 110 11l 10 Great Nthn. of Scotl an d all 125 127 stock Great Northern lOO 109/ 1104 1094 stock Do do A stock stock Do do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 104 106 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 60 62 12 Irish South-eastern all stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 09 1094 1081 94 stock London and Blackwall 100 59 41 stock Lon., Bright. & S Coast 100 1 1 9 120 119 4 stock Lond., Chat, and Dover 100 46 47 stock Loud. & Nth : Western 100 934 934 93 3 stock Lond. & Sth. Western lOO 944 054 044 4 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Ennisaillen all 104 11 stock Stan. Shef. & Lincoln lOO 41 42 41 4 4 50 Maryport and Carlisle all 12 4 Do do 4 shares all 10 Metropolitan 74 4 3 d stock Midland 6.4.0. Do new.... stock Do Birming. & Derby 100 94 96 95 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 2 5 Do 4 shares — a 5 Mid Kent . .. • • all 1 0 Do, Cray Line 100 Newcastle and C trlisle all 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros all stock Norfolk. stock North RAMO, stock Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoc 1r 100 stock D , , 4. 3tk ; A revs no d. until 6pchas beenpd.B 1 00 stock Do 11 stock • 1 00 stock Nth. Eastern — Berwiok 100 1014 1021 102 25 Dodo, 4.N. E. purchase 16134 :p in p stock Do Leeds . stock Do York ........ stock North London 10 Do new 5 9.16.4 North Qtaffordshire 174 41 4 i 1 ° N. and S. W. Junction ;took N ot. &(3 rantham Rail lOO 74 76 1 0 reebles all 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney all itock Scottish Central 'took Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 33 44 tock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 86 88 tock Shropshire Union . . 100 46 48 10 Slain gbourne & Sheer. all tock South Devon 100 40 42 404 25 S.-Durham & Lane. Un. 224 took South Eastern 100 80 804 80 took South Wales ......... 100 63 65 tock S. York. and River Dun 100 94 96 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok, all 4 7 25 Stockton & Darlington all 391 104 25 Do do ll 94 104 p 204 25 Do New (1860) 3 54 6 p took Taff Vale . tock Do Pref. No 1 lOO 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 --- 50 Ulster .. •• 25 Do . alO Do . ............ 2 d p lock Vale of Neath 10 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 114 114 LOCK Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford .k Limerick all 20 West Cornwall 20 West London all 10 Do Ist class 20 Do 2d class .. ock WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail .. 100 `ock West Midland —Oxford 100 47 48 474 ,ock Do. Newport 100 39 41 ,ock Do. Herelord 100 80 15 stock 6.4.0. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock (9.16.4 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock itocK stock stock stock stock PREFERENCE SHARES. Railways. ! CPlosrice ing BDoneusiness Share ! . . stock stock stock Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £.5( brie. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. (Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall. 5 per cent Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun. Do let Class Pref E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.e Do. do. Class B 6 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No. I Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 per et. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent guar... din.&G las. sp.e. shares Do. 4 p. c gua. S. & D. Edin.P , ,thaz Dun. 4 p.c Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas.& S. Westga. 5 p.c Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c.Redm. 5 p.c. pm Gt. Nh. of Scone!. Ist pf 1 Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) , p. ref. stock Great West. (Berke and limits) Ext. 6 p. et to. Redeemable, 44 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Da Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref Do. firm. Pref. Shares Ut. W. Ches. 8 p.c. ptsh Do. do. 5 p. et. pref Do Birmg.guar. stock.. Do. Chester gm shares Do. do. do . Do. do. do. Lan. & Carl. 4i p c. pref Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock Do.Barnst.stXs3B 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon. d 6 Brig. 5 pc.gu. No.l Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 Do. g - ua. 6 p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Do. do. 41 per cell'. Do. do. 4 p. c. shares Do. 7 p. et. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.SzC.P ' Do.4p.c.S.(div.def.til '6s\ Do. 4 per cent. Pref Lon. Chat. and Dover f Do.W. A rceiv. no div Ex.A til Bpcis pd on Do. B B. &,. Brom ex. Do. Metropolitan Ex B Lon. and N.W. Cov. and .. Nuneaton, 5 p. et.. Lon. & S.W , 7 p. et. stock Do. 44 per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus.' of 2s. 6d........•• •• Londondy. & Cole. 4 sh Londony. & Ennis. sh Sh. &Lin. 6 per of Do. X 6 Do. 31 per cent Do. redeem. 6 percent qaryoort & Car., 4 p. c Do. 44 per cent. Md. Con. 6 pc. stock. .1 Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 44 p. c. pref. stook. • Do. 44 per cent Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. et Norffk 5 p. c. lix. et. 1846 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do 1847 Do.sWay. Val.Ex.stlB47 North British, 5 p. e. Do. New, gua. 5 p. e. Do. Bor. Ult. g. pf. sh do. do Nth.Dev.Rail. & Dck.Co. N-East.Cons.pret 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. 8. No. I Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, H. & S. Pureh North Staffordshire lithymney Guaranteed Scottish Central, new p 1 !Scottish North-Eastern Ist- p. c. prer. Do.Aberdeen,gus..6p.c. Do. 7 p. 0. pref. stock South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent Do.Fixed4b.c. let is South Wales, gua. 4 p. c Do. 44 per cent Do. 5 per cent:— S.-Yorkshire, p. a . gus Stook. & Dar. A 5 p. 0 Do. B 6 uer cent Do. C 6 percent... .. Watrfd Az Kilkny, 6 p. W.Mid -Oxf let Gua stk Do. 2d do _ __ . _ no. Newport 5 papf.red. Do.Perpet. 6 p• c. pt 1866 1 Do. till 1869, Ist 16.1 1100 102 20 21 5i 6 99 101 108 113 105 108 108 110 106 103 122 124 80 82 109 111 90 92 75 77 113 115 110 112 101 103 ,106 108 97 99 93 100 89 91 90 92 101 103 94 10 17 18 10} 101 74 76 20 21 10 104 15 15i 114 116 114 116 137 140 114 115 101 103 150 155 128 131 71 74 85 67 131 141 125 127 I hp' 68 70 i fp 134 196 101 103 stock stock stock stock stock stock 10 101 91 93 IG9 111 108 110 Ir 11 1, 91 93 99 101 1100 i 101 i P 190 100 100 all all 1.0.6 i d ip 22i 23 131 333 10 104 221 231 99 100 99 100 98 100 85 87 24 274 32 33 32 33 45 48 124 126 120 122 100 102 120 in 115 120 ____ LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. raid. ' Leasing Closing Business ' Railways. Co.'s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all , Ln &N.W Buckinghamshire.... 100 Do ...•• • • 91 96 Chester & Holyhead... 100 D 0... 53 631 Do. 5i percent 100 Do 121 123 Do. 5 , , 100 Do 110 211 Clydesdale June lOO Caledon... 100 102 Colchester, Stour Val all E.U.&E.O 151 161 E. Lincolnsh. g 6 per C ICC Gt. North. 150 132 E.Union,HarwichShs all 'E.Counts.' 41 4, Do. Woodbridge.... Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct. Do. new Gloster & Dean Forest Hrtlp'l Dock t Hull and Selby Do. halves Do. quarters Lano.&Carl. gua. 5 p.c.: London & Greenwich. 100 1 . 100 Caleclon." , 100 Do. ...• •• 1 all 'Gt. West.: all :Yk.N.&Br! all 1Yk.N.3.1d. all Do. all Do. -- 100 .LnZIV.W. 100 S.Eastern' Peto &Co. Norfolk.. Do. L NVP&M Do. T'reference lOO Lon.,Tilbury,& S -end 100 Lowestoft gua. 4 p cl. 100 Do. h per cent 1100 Uric., Bxtn o tMatlock , all Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock Newmarkt,BuryEx. .. 100 5. 5 6. E.Counts. gua. 5 percent.... i (Midland.. Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. an Do. ... Do. 6p. C all , Do. I NorthPreston Fixed lv ae ns tde rn s l s p , 1 . :. .. .. 1 all IDo. . all Midlandi all IL& NWI I s t . ° Y st n.Hitch.,,tShe A p . O. 4 Shares l a o o l I & G D t o l : . nrewsbry& Hereford 100 IT.Brassey q I-I c a' _ do. 1 Do. r lir a dS me set. 100 11 kG 'ili t. 'Cl W ean esT '. llo l g rd hi re,., INT .Y o k rt . h ) . Wir*/*INCIZ dtcroid.u. all iLoki3rEti 3 33 94 96 111: 1 1 55 57 15} 16 130 132 115 120 1 2p 10 11 89 91 0 N stock stock stock stook stock stock stock stock stock stock 10' stock stock stock 2s. 12i 12i stock stock 12i Stock stock stock N.E. all 100 169 111 200 204 61 63 112 117 j 87 90 THE SUN, Railways. Paid. Atlantic & St Lawrence' Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind GU. 5 per cent.. ...... Do, Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Do. Preference Buffalo,Bran t, &Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1. 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim; Cape,Eastn.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. 4} p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1870 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per 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 g - ua. 5 p. C... Gt. South.of India (Lim', guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 d 0... Do. 56 p. c. do. '7B d 0... Madras, guar., 4& p. c... Do. do. 5 per cent..... Do. 41 p. o. Extension Do. 5 Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßrunswick. Canda Ry..46Land(Lim.)g.6po Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land do.: Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... Oude (Limited) ........ Scinde ...... • • 1 4 Do. Punjaub .... rs ., g Do. Do. ..... • . 0 g Do. Indus. .St. Flo. , g o g Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. BRTIISH POSSESSIONS. C losing Price. 65 68 941 951 41 61 d 6 7 75 BO 65 70 65 70 5 5i 11 I d I pr it fd 99 100 97f 981 99 100 99 100 19 21 65 68 55 60 36 38 44 47 36 39 36 39 98 e 7 1d f d 93 95 d 11 11} 9f 91d 96 100 88 92 ; 84 86 94j 054 87 89 6 7 5 7 98} 1:49i lid 1 92 94 FOREIGN Algerian Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardenne5...........• .. Bah.erS.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. aeigian East. Juno,ton Beziers to Graissessae.. "Csrmeau:._ Mine it Rai, Copiapo_ ................ Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France .... _ _ IGrand Rue Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction ...... Lierre 415 Turnhout .... Lyons 415 Geneva ...... LNamur 415 Liege ........ Po. 6p. 0. Pref. ..... Northern of France.... \To o ; ee n New Shares Pref. Paris & 0r1ean5........ aris,y a o, & Mediter: ns Recife & S. Fran. (Perm) „Ina. 7 p. ct. Rm.. .... Riga & Dunaburg Royal Danish — oyal Swedish ........ o. 7 per cent. Pref.... 'ambre & Meuse ...... Do. 5} per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, Um, g. 7p. c. S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin Southern of France ..1 S. East Portugal 7 p et. l West Flanders Do. 5 p. c. Preference.. W. & N.W. of Prance .. West'rn of Austria.... Wes krn of Switzerland Wiesbaden ..... ._ ... Do. 8 per cent Pier. .. Zealand i 5 all all 18.8. all all all all all "AYS. 5i 4 i Iv 11 12 3 2f , 1 3i l 2/. 223 234 6f 61 71 81 19 20 281 39e 8 9 36 37 53 65 41 4 d 13 14 5, 6 82 84 I t 22 23 6 6i gi 91 20 21 all I BRITISH MINES. 20 - lk ßri iii tish Iron Teic — onsols(PWlWZk)' 3.216 1 3 .10 25 25 Clifford nil 175 185 Devon G. Cons. (Taoist ) 1 340 350 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 975 1025 i East Caradon . ... 2.14.6 23 26 245 4 ▪ fE. W'l Russel (Tavistk.); 7.4.0 6 65 !Gam.nz'St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 545 15 17 Great South Tolgus l7s 4 5 G, Wheal Alfd. (Philack) 13.9. 5 6 ,G. Wheal For (Relston) ! 40 5 4 6 iGrenville ! 6.2.6 2 25 ITerod's-Foot 18.12 38 .40 ,Hingsbon Downs 4.11.6 2 24 - (Lady Bertha - Margaret (o . ny Lelant) 95 52 45 'North Downs 24 4 45 North Frances (Illogan)i 114 45 44 Baseet (Illo4an) 1.4.0 44 55 North Wheal Crofty 9.18.9 75 85 Par Consols (St. Blazey)! 14 9 95 20 Providence (Uny Lelnto 10.6.7 40 42 ;Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 1 'SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 11 295 305 IS. Cam Brea (Illo,gan) ' 4 2 3 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim a 1 'S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 130 135 ;Stray Park 24.8.0 35 37 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead 111 in 44 10 Tin Croft 9 54 5 I Vale of Towey (Carm.) 13s ed i West Basset (Illogan) l4 17.4 184 IW. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 67 69 West Seton • ; !Wheal Basset (Mogan) 55 95 100 - 'Wheal Buller(Redruth), 5 105 115 Wheal Edward (Cale.) 71 15 2 IWheal Kitty (U.Lelant), 1.7.2 94 104 IWheal Mary Ann (rden.)' 8 13 14 Wheal Treiawney (Lis,) 7 l 13i 144 FOREIGN MINES. 20. Australian 1 BonAccordCopper,Lim. 17.6 4 d 20 'Brazil St.J.del Itey,Lim 15 324 334 331 5 iDo.Land and Miningeo. all 14 1 'Clarendon Cons.MinCo. ; tits. 40 ,Cobre Copper all 39 41 ,Copiapo 16 7 9 1 Dunlloun.Cop.Ming.Co ail 2 ,Fortuna. 20 General all 24 28 • 2 ,Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 1p 14 'Kapunda (Limited) 1 1* 14 p 3 Linares all 84 9 6 Lusitanian 2 id 4p 1 , Hariqulta all 4 1 , N.RhineCepofS.Aus.L l2s.6d I d 20 I Pontgibaud Silver,Leadl Mining and Smelt all 3 5 5 !Port Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) d 211.2.81 United Mexican all 54 54 54 1 Worthing (Limited) all Do . • — JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 190 Agra&UnitedService Bk 60 81 83 ;8 3 40 Australasia all 81 62 1 614 25 Bank of Egypt all 18 19 184 100 Bank of London 20 Bank of Turkey 50 ;British North American all 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &a. all 204 21 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 100 (City 100 Colonial ......- 20 . 11 Corn. Bank of Canada.. all 100 Commercial of London. 20 -- 20 I Eng.. Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 154 161 161 18 20 Gen. Bk .ot Switzerland all 20 'Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 23 234 234 21 20 I Do. new 5 14 1/ 50 'London and County 20 35 36 50 'London Joint Stock :•. 10 314 20 London and S. African lO 2 14 100 ILonden & Westminster 20 65 67 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42 -- 20 !Do. new l2 50 National Bank ...... 25 2G New South Wales all 25 Orient. B. Corporation 20 'Ottoman Bank ...... all 16 17 Hi 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 'Do. new. I all 25 South Australia all 25 Union of Australia I all 38 40 50 Union of London 100 Unity Mutual 6 O COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-9 lOO 111 114 Do 6p. cent.lBBo-2 100 - - Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 - - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 :09 111 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 109 111 Do. 5 per cent lOO 1014 1024 1011 Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 1054 1064 Do. 1890 1100 1054 1064 N. B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1074 1084 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. 0.4865 100 99 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 99 100 99* Do. DA 1888 &ulowds 100 98 99 984 Nova . cotut %Jaw. ep. sterling, 1875 lOO 1074 1084 S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up lOO Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&.July 100 Do. do. 6 p.c.A.p.&Oct lOO 1054 106 105 i 1 llosi 106 1051 f DOCKS. stock Commercial lOO _ stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min. 100 stock East and West India stock ILondor - I stock :St. Katharine. stock F Southampton ! 100 stock , Victoria .... 100 96 98 20 Doi New . .........,.. 2 id par MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint ..I all ' 14 15 10' Atla n ti c It. Ml. Stm (1d)I -- 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) 1 all 2 5 Australian Agricultural 19 30 32 10 Berlin ,Water (Limited) all 4 44 50 British American Land 40 —-- 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 32 sg 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Li m. ) a ll 18 2 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 12 14 324 Canada Land all 112 116 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) all st. Cop. 3l in.ofEng&Sraltg all 2 5 - Do. Pref. 7 per cent. St. Crystal Palace st. Do. Preference st. Do. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb lOO 106 108 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Carla] 1 id i d st. Electric Telegraph 2 5 Do. New l5 English & Aus. Copp er a ll 34 35 Si 15 Gen. 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Austrlasia upr.Can 5 _ .... 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of ‘„._.,, . d 5 13. K'dom Tel. CO. kT"..) 284 i ip SI 19 .. 100 'Vim Moan's LAN 10 I Trust and. Agency of i o s i . 1 i LONDON, SATURDAY' EVENING, MAY!, ii, 1861. - Z - AIrrNTELITGENCE—(7IIIg DayT. lusinees done COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Before the Lord Chief Baron.) HATCH V. LEWIS. SECOND D.Y. 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 not 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 let 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 2elh 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 an euiruns 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 to 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.) 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 friend solicitor at t e h ; a t butHe was a p ersona l n a d of m no solicitor was to b e g don either side, I did not speak to him about th e engaged ge i ntime,as a I Mr . A understoodm s ley, . matter. There was a very large sum raised for me ley 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 rtturned £5 when he received the balance of his bill. I was not aware that Mr. Onslow had written a very complimentary letter to Mr. Lewis till lately. I was not aware of it before Miss Plum mer's trial—by lately, I mean before this trial was com menced, but I don't quite remember the day. Re-examined by Mr. Montague C hambers—lt was about a week after I was convicted I got Se rgeant Ballantine ' s brief, and I then complained to Mrs. Hatch of its insuffi cieney. I had experienced great loss f rom the fact of my conviction. It was about the middle of the time I was in prison, previous to trial, that I saw Mr. L ew i s, j un. H e 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 ha 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 rail oviclonoo, onrl T roplioa T varo 0c.02 1 . fnt. It. Ir I 1...<1 seen Mr. Lewis I could have told him much more informa tion than he possessed. He 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 Ba ron ( to Mr. Garth, who was about to put a question to wit ness) —What are you going to ask ? Mr. Garth --I am going to ask the witness if he had heard the evidence given on 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—l 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. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. 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 lam 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 Ba ron —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 ho 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 brier put i nto m y nand is the one he ~,e.vea. 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 other witnesses, of an offence of the most filthy, abominable, and revolting description, and without he could succeed in re moving the conviction the result would be ruin, total, in evitable, and irrecoverable; and n otwithstanding the con viction took place in 1859, no question relative to the manner in which Mr. Lewis acted for Mr. Hatch was made until Nov., 1860, when the present action was brought against him, viz., the recovery of damages for neglect. This step was taken by the plaintiff against the defendants, who were men of eminence in their profession, and engaged in the most extensive practice. He could characterise it as 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 hisdamaged character. There could be no doubt about that, because if the Messrs. Lewis succeeded in gaining a verdict they would have to pay the whole of the expensive proceedings, because Mr. Hatch could not pay a shilling. Happily he had not to go into the evidence to prove the 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 commencement 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 had attained. The fir s t was that on the first occa sioncthhraorsugehgreeihomd u theias charge d d not by theot eminence thatkprosecution when which he M might h r i g. they t ° Hatch wa s fi rs t exam i ne d on the 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 adviser would do, and his conduct throughout, as far as he cbuld form au opinion, was marked by that °autism and care that had rendered the firm eminent. The jearned 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 withstandiig all was known to Mr. Hatch, Mr. Lewis was never 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 to 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. Castel], 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 Haycroft, 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 he took Keating to 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 sover.;ty” +ho r.nr-bas, and recommended Mr. Honeyball to be liberal to her. Subsequently Mr. Honeyball gave her a half sovereign. AN 'UNFORTUNATE PLAINTIFF.--This morning Mrs. Billing, greengrocer, of Berwick-street, and who, it may lie 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, end 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 to 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 Is. 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. Woolryeh remanded the prisoners for a week. THE ABSENTEES FROM THE LATE _DIVISION (From the _Elector.) Our readers will remember the nursery rhyme prDsHrves 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 allegorical 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 the ballot society to promote the viscount's return, be e ause he was such a thorough 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 them i n th e duke, ha says—" Ay 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 J. Ogilvy, Mr. R. B. Sheridan, Mr. W. O. Stanley, Mr. M. Sullivan, Sir J. Trelawny, Coi, Tynte, Col. Watkins, and Mr. H. W. Wickham, leads us to believe that their a hgenee Wan 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. Kingscote, 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 a pp arent l y 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, is 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 ,ervatives 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 f,,r 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 Mancherter, whose petition for the Ballot Mr. Turner presented to the House of Com mons, he cannot plead any change in the view9of his constituents in justification of his absence, leave him , wive out v: out a pair, both in 1860 and 1861 ; and fo bim and the friends of the B a ll o t i n Manchester gettiQ the qingti9l2 between OM. 99f 19j 66 5j VITAL STA2ISTICS OF SCOTLAND. The Registrar-General for Scotland, who has hitherto issued no detailed annual reports, has just commenced the series, beginning with his first year of office, 1855, Taking al s firstautehnet attention , thethe i s r u c p u e m r : intendcnt of statistics stance that the proportion . o f boys born to girls is greater in the rural districts than in the towns, in which, indeed, in that yearthe illegitimate boys born indeed, in fewe r • 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 desir e ma l e progeny." With reference to incontinence the report states that it is found most preva i - lent in those districts in which farm w or k s done by unmarried young men and women, who sleep i n the farmhouse, or sometimes in bothies set apart 1 for that purpose. It is contended that in many of 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 inducements to the unsettled bachelor, 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, 283 ; 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 than 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 diarrhoeal 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 MARKETS. 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. B. d. s. d. Pine apples, perlb 8 oto 12 0 Colonial do., each 1 6to 2 01 Grapes, per 8 oto 12 0 Foreign do ... 2 oto 3 0 nelons, each .... 2 oto 4 0 Peaches, per doz.. 6 oto 12 0 Nectarines, per dz 2 oto 6 0 Apples, per hf. sv. 2 6to 5 0 Pears, per do .... 2 oto 6 0 Oranges, per 100 6 oto 15 0 Lemons, per 100.. 5 oto 10 0 Apricots, per doz 2 oto 4 0 s. d. s. d Cherries, per box 8 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb . , 1 oto 1 6 Cobnuts, per lb 16to 2 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0 Figs, per d0z..... 2 oto 4 6 Strawberries oz. 0 6 to 1 0 Gooseberries hi sv 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries, pr ptlo oto 0 0 - - VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 10 oto 12 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Cabbages, pr doz. 1 Bto 2 3 Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 3 0 Savoy do., pr do. 1 6to 1 9 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 04to 1 0 Small salad. p. pn, 02to 0 3 Peas, per sieve 10 to to 0 Mushrooms,p pun 1 oto 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 Boiicl, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 To.uuvtv,z, hf owe * 010 0 0 Spinach, hf.-sv 0 6to 0 8 i Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Brus. sprouts,h.s. 1 6to 1 01 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, hf. sv . 1 6to 2 0 j Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Do., dz bun 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 o NEWGATE AND LEADENTIALL. Turkeys, 5s Od to 10a 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, 1 8 Od t o 2s 6d each; wild do., bBd to is 2d ' • pigeons, Os 7d to 10d each ; l arge S urrey f owls, 9s Od to 18s 01; chickens,Bs Od to lOs Od; barn-door fowls, 5s Od to 10s 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 l ls 2d ; English, Is Od to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 7s Od to 7s 6d ; French do., Os Od to 6s 6d per 120; leverets, 2s 6d to Os Od each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 38 6d to 4s 10d ; lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 8d; veal, 4s 2d to 5s 4d ; and pork, 4s Od to 5s 2d per 81bs. WHITECHA.PEL. Beef from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 10d ; lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 8d; veal, 4s 2d to 5s 4d; and pork, 4s Od to 5s 2d per Blbs. by the carcase. BILLING SGATE. Salmon, is 6d to 2s Od ; trout, Os Od to Os ; eels, 6d to Is ; prawns, 58 Od to Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d pei lb. Turbots, 2s 6d to 15s ; cod, 2s Od to 5s Od ; brills, is Od to lOs Od ; doreys, is Od to 6s Od ; mullets, Os 4d to is 6d ; lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and garnets, 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, 6s to 8s per 100; carp and tench, is Od to 3s per brace. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 81d to 9d , of household do., Cid to 8d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND .SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d to 3'd ; 641 b to 721 b, 3fd to 3;cl ; 721 b to 801 b, 31d to 4d; 80lb to 881 b, 4d to 4}d; 881 b to 961 b, 4fd to sd; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to —d. Horse hides, 8s to 9s 6d; calf skins, light 2s Od to 4s Od ; do. full, 6s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, Os Od to —s Od ; half-breds, 9s Od to lOs 6d ; Downs, 6s Od to 8s Od ; lambs, 2s Gd to 4s Od; ehearlings, is id to Os Od. HAY MARKETS . SmmirrELD.—Meadow hay, £2 5a to £5 5s Od ; clover do., £3los to £5 18s ; and straw, £1 15s to £2 Os per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND...-. Meadow hay, £2 58 to £5 55 ; clover, £3 108 to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £1 155 to £2 Os per load. A heavy demand. WHITECRAPEL• -- Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 5s Od ; clover, £3 10$ to £5 18s Od ; and straw, £1 15s to £2 Os per lead. Both hay and straw moved of heavily, at our quotations. MIS 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.—Arrived—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 Amalia, from Havannah. OFP 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. Phillips, for the Cape de Verds. TRA LEE, May 9.—Wind E.—Sailed—Anne and Isabel, for Buttworth, OFF THE NEEDLES,May 10.—Arrived—Euxine, steamer, from Marseilles. SUNDERLAND, May 10.—Wind Carredone, for Caldera; Caroliese Bauwgustner, for New. York. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) • g, SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday limo Heavy rain all night, with easterly win ct aNg uner, from Arrived—lno, from Newport; krav re ? Havre. josNo satirduaoyn,MolllJiolrgcltoa; No railings. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNBric TELEGRAPH.) Arrived, May 11—Arr ald Remedy, from Do Azorian, from St. Nielow Sailed, Nay 11—Cidder' for VaiparaiSO. DEAL, SatUrd M orning, passed_margard Edwards, from Bay. IgraN VESSELS IN AXERICAN PORTS.--The received in Liverpool from New York are ry ers in respect to the position of foreign vessels in orts. It is stated that at New Orleans vessels e interfered with, and that no letters of marque sued by President Davis before the meeting of thelle would private 2P Fe rdr o uednbsantioelheetteit°l3sbtrn Congress. on the other hand, the Bremen ship Admiral, loading for Liverpocl at Baltimore, had been seized. Ng explgiativil is given of the room for ttisto step, THIS NATIONAL GALLERY. The National Gallery, after an interval of eight months, will be opened to the public this day. The changes it has undergone are great both as regards the building and the arrangement of the pictures. Sir C. Eastlake has added three new purchases to the collection, all valuable, though of an antiquarian 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 the L as t J udgment. " be "r. Pennethorn e's alterations of the building haveen vne Successful . f A b obul i t l l d 7 . n 0 feet in b e l e e e n g re th een structed, th e old o has been s pacioms the bu l t da l rk g and useless hall converted lowerinto been by closed, a nsidetit and on th• the one on thetwo commodious saloon s , level e c) nng door h the Royal Academy, for the annual exhibiti o n o f sculpture, that on the upper room of the National G a ll ery. Thethe te n e e n w . to d th a e G ppr e o l a l c er h y h i a s s now west, corresponding to the entranc e t o the Academy on the other side. The new hall is small compared trance with the old, hut 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 hoiour 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 Room into one. In thic roozu 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 eas t wa ll are the new Fra Angelicos. From this room you pass through a small vestibule, which contains Gibson's group of " Hylas 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 groand glass, while the sides are p er f ora t e d f or vent i lation, 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 pictures 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 lo which it contains are chefs d'eeuvre of the greatest masters of the 16th century: On the south wall are represented Masaccio, Bor gognone, Mantegna, Moretto, Perugino, Correggio, Paul Veronese, Bronzino, Francia, 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, Romaninoc Girolamo da Treviso, Pordenone, &c. When we consider that nearly all these pictures were painted within the space of about 60 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 cann o t 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 Wrest 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. NEEDLE WO2I.IE2PS IN BTITUTIO N. - Last evening a •conversazione was held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Alers Hankey, 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 an d 300, i no l u d ed 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 yea rs b een th e subject of public com miseration. The Earl of Shaftesbury, the Bishops of London and Oxford, Miss Burdett Coutts, Lady Londonderry, Lady Glasgow, Lady Dude, the lion. 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-superintendent, 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 London. About 400 women are now receiving employment, and the amount a l rea dy rece i ve d or i n course of , E : payment from Government on the contract ' f ion , upwards of £770. Of the needlewomen ~- ' don, estimated at some 30,000, the maeag i where the benefit all, but by opening places com mittee state that it would be fatile out c meet well-conducted and respeetafthout the fear to hope to dishonest means for regular emplo yment, o w f it la h ck h h ° o „ es -oar-slop-work, with a living, they trust that ettteedant misery, will not its starvation pay and w ho deserve encouragement fall to the lot of those . vi ngt ii, a the same time ' and that the society d work and good operate as an incentive t.ongue dependence of the behaviour in others. The mai n work, which institution is n Government is of a coarse de to th e scrip, . an d suited eco scriptien , „ m ay distributed to themmen Workers. It is principally " these parishes in populous districts w here workers abound, and given out to them to do at their o ' NMhomes. If, -how large the society Can - be placed on a sufficiently large footing, there are various other kinds of Go vernment work it willapply for, and the larger the contract that can be received, the higher will be the wages given to the n ee dlewo men . But among the Women the in s tit u ti on d es i res t o relieve a large number present themselves whe work far too well to be employed on Government work, and to meet their case ornployment is provided for them from shops and private sources. WALMER CASTLE.—The intended sale of the f urn it ure and effects at Walmer Castle, which. has been advertised for the 13th inst., will not, we understand, take place, e in consequence of the p urc h ase b y Lord Palmerston of the entire property f rom th e executors of the late Mar quist of Dalhousie. - The 111oniteur 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 ie made to persuade the public that a persecution Wee k when the fats ~llY justify t 14.9 moans adopted." lor pill 3W. me uld [ar- km the Ilan pro licy the tch, pis last. this c, it and ions opi a of to." 1011 Share) 100 j ptk { 201 204 10 100 100 100 17i 20 stock 100 100 100 stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stock 20i 20 100 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock stock stook