The Sun. — London, England, 1861-04-06 00:00:00

being John mdan. un t of tribes dries. them I from to the art of ice of n the 7 was uglish tional MONEY MARKET AND CUT NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Bank of England return, completed to the 3d inst., shows some rather important alterations. The bullion, notwithstanding the large arrivals from the continent and the West Indies and Pacific, only shows a slight addition, in consequence of the augmented circulation of coin. In the reserve of notes there is a diminution to a small extent, while the other securities show a moderate increase. The Public deposits, owing to official disbursements, have been diminished by about half a million, while the private deposits show nearly an equal augmen tation. In the other items of the balance-sheet the changes are not of much importance. They are shown in the subjoined table : Notes issued .. £26.668,460 Increase .. .. 291,395 Rest 3,858,803 Increase • • • 17.928 Public Deposits 7 2 23,6"i9 Decrease 592.175 Other Deposits 11,635,480 Increase .. t;30.150 sevei,iiEW;.nd other 606,295 Increase 33,063 Government Securities .. 10,6 8.024 Increase .. 8,952 Other Securities .. .. 20,218,063 Increase .. .. 250,535 Reserve of Notes .. 6,844,490 Decrease .. 123,500 Gold and Silver Coin • • • • 806,970 Decrease 146,721 Stock of Bullion .. 13,000,130 Increase .. .. 144,674 Aotive Circulation .. 19,823,970 Increase 414,895 About £130,000 in gold was sent into the Bank of England yesterday. The bar silver, by the Tasmanian, has been sold at ss. f a d. per oz. standard, being an advance of id. per oz. The royal mail steamship Niagara, which sailed to-day from Liverpool for New York, took out £35,052 in specie. The Foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon exhibited a decline in the rates on Antwerp, Ramburg, Vienna, and Trieste. _ _ _ A fair amount of business was recorded in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices Were well supported. The sales were about 1 0,000 bales. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £559,250, and the exports £154,690. The market for Public securities, to-day, has Presented a dull and heavy appearance, the Bask return being rather less satisfactory than :.tiatici• Pate& Consols have, therefore, declined nearly per cent., Consols being 911 t for money and the 10th instant, and to 911 91; for May. The New Threes and the Reduced are 901. ex div. ; Bank Stock is 229 ex div.; India. 5 per. Cents. remains at 120 k, a ; ditto 5 per Cent. En faced paper 94 ; and Exchequer Bills are 7s. to si. a's Very few dealings have been recorded in Foreig❑ Securities, but prices are fire. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 731,- to 741; ditto 1858. 531 to 541; Mexican are steady at 24-Z ; Chilian 44 per Cents. at 8.2}; Spanish Deferred at 411; and Brazilian 44 per Cents. at 86. Increased buoyancy has prevailed in the Rail Way Shsto Market today, and a fair amount of business was transacted at sligntly enhanced rates. Eastern Counties, Great Northerns, South Wes tern, and Midlands have improved as, ; and Great * Westerns, Lancashire and Yotkshire, and No.th Westerns, IN. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings th. dealings have been rather timited. but prices have Awn an upward tendency. Grand Trunk of Canada, Great Western of Canada, and East Indian each advanced about .X per cunt. Joint Stock Bank and Mit , cOlaneous Shares continue steady at about previous values. ---, B;: i Tim. I? UNI/S—CLOSI N(; I'' i( T` Ilithk`stock .. d. ' , per Cent. Reduced Annuities . fO6- 90 tx div. ...° pt .r Cent. Cons.ls Annuities tol ew 3 per Cent. Annuities • . • 90 i ex div 4 adia Stt•ck Ditto 6 per Cent • . 104 i Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent....... — Ditto 6 per Cent. Ditto Bonds 11,000 . )itto under £l,000 Consols for Account 9ll 1 4 1 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d 6 7 5 die Ditto, Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent. 1860 .. ..... 86 Chili= 6 per Cent Ditto 4i per Cent, Mexican 3 per Cent • • Ditto Account .. 241 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred 4lf Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded... si Turkish 6 per Cent .. Ditto Account . Ditto £lOO Bonds Dividends on the above payable in LOndon. TWO O'CLOCK Consols ' M one y Ditto Account May Account THE WEATHER. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. This Day, , between 8 and B. E. M. 1 D. F. IC. I. iB. • 9 a.m. . ---- Nairn 30•10 43 42 S.W. 2 4 c. i 2 Aberdeen Leith 3o'lB 46 43 E.x.E. 3 a c. I 2 Berwick 30'14 46 43 N.N.E. I 3b. 2 Ardrossan Portrush Shields Galway 3 l, 02 44 41 S.E. 161 5 c. 4 Searborough Liverpool BOl9 44 41 S.S E. , 7 ai l Palentia Queenstown._ 29'98 49 47 E.L. , .E. 5 ? e r. 3 Y armouth 30'16 41 43 .N. 3 6 in. 3 London 3Ol i 6 42 40 N.E. 2 9 0. o 'ver 3 0 .13 48 44 N.N.E. 5 i 6 0. 4 I:ortsmouth ortiax i d _o3o'll 48 46 ' E. 4, 0 o. 3 P lYmonth l3O 0. 49 46 E. 7i 7 0 . 4 Penzance ..• • 130'01 47 46 S.S.E. 2; 9 r. ' 3 I _ ___ EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and redt,e..d to 32 (1,,,g at mean sea level ; each 10 teat of vertical tiie causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-10oths increase. E. Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true — tot - magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloul (lt to 9). I. Initials :—b , blue sky; c., clouds (detached) i. 7 fog.; h„ hail; 1., lightning; m., misty (hazy), 0., overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; s , snow ; t., thunder. A 'atm 4 Peated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb anon (1 to 9). THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LoNDoN, April 6.—Wind this day at noon, East; uf;ht breeze, and fine weather. CARDIFF, April 6.—Wind N.—Arrived—Robert Burns, 'torn Quebec. LOUGH FOYLE, April s.—Wind N.W.—Arrived— Palestine, screw steamer, from Portland, U.S.; experi enced strong east winds. DEAL, April s.—Wind S.W —Arrived—Genghams, from Bombay ; Genii, from the kiiver, and sailed for Mel bourne. SWANSEA, April s.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Cunco more, from Spain. FOWEY, April s.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Charlotte Har rison, for Quebec. CLYDE, April s.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Lord Byron, for Quebec. LOWESTOFT, April 3.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Eliza beth, from Shields, leaky, and with her crew refusing to proceed. FLEETWOOD, April s.—Wind N.B.—Arrived—Philan thropist, from Boston. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, April s—DevonPort, from Guernsey; Zebra, from St. Michael's ; Diana, screw steamer, from Amster dam; Emma Elise, from ; Catherina, from Gro ningen. Arrived, April 6—Fidelia, from Rostock; Swallow, steamer, from Tonning. Sailed—Jabez, for Gibraltar and Malta; Dolphin, for Rs taburg. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed, April s—Suasannah, and Balmoral, from Pon tray f crLondon. . The discount houses and joint-stock banks have reduced their allowance on deposits a half per cent., the Present terms of the discount houses being 41 per cent. for money at call, and 5 per cent. with seven dad s' notice, and of the joint-stock banks an uniform rate of 41 per cent. The London and Westminster, however. continue as usual to give 1 per cent. less for sums below Mr. William Searle, the great favourite of the City- of London Theatre, where he has so long and so ably tilled the post of staL4e-mluager, has been el - l A-aged ex- Ber , sly to pl a y th e par t o f D ann y Man, in " The Colleen " 11 ," with Mr. and Mrs. Bouxicault, at Dublin, and on Nlond ay la s t he appeared, and largely shared iu the applause 130 liberally betowed ctutiaz the evening.--Era. THE INDIAN FAMINE 11u,ILF FUND --Yester day her Majesty the Qteen presented a donation oc . VOO, and his Roy a l Hi g h ness the Prince Consort one o f nOO, to this fund. The total am( Rua of the fund at the close of the day 'was about £25'200 . %14 :t ock stock stock dud Ballymens I Wol , and Str. Val. Birk., La., and Ch Juno Blyth and Tyne Boat. Sleaf. and Mid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen fi Cardigan Cork and Bandon Cork, (Brock., fil'assage Cornwall Do A (A gets no div. no B until 6pc peran. fhasheen d.toP & Belfast !tme Dun., Perth, & A b..' une East Anglian -.. Eastern Count e 5 Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do Do Nw A, late EU3ds East Sign - )lk Edinburgh & Glasgow Fdin. Perfn, Du lee vortk Ar Clyde Jun ctioi: Furnes, - - . Gina,. and S. Western Great Nth ti. of Scotland Great ?Vorth ern `o do A stock Po do B do Gt. G. & W. of Ireland Great Western 8 811 80 82 5i 6i 97 99 941 95} 5 6 42 44 8 84 17 18 49 EO 37 39 26 28 83 85 251 251 951 I 49 i £ not Do Str Val gus. stock Irish South-eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright. & S Coast Lond., Chat, and Dover Lond. &Nth. Western Lond. & Western rderry & Coleraine L'derry & Ennisaillen Man. Shef. & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do do inheres !Metropolitan 'Midland . Do new Do Tirming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do shares Mid Kent 10ff 7t4 4 stock 111iiii 951 6 921 3 stock 6.4.0. stock stock stock stock stock Do, Cray Line I all Newcastle and C‘rlisle all Newry & Armagh, def 9 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros all Norfolk ........... lOO North British.. Tor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoe 100 D A stk ; A rocs no d. until 6pchas beenpd.B 100 Do B stock ..... Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 Do do , gr.N.E. purchase 16 13 4 no Leeds Do York stock +took 45f f I stock stock stock 1251 4f P 19.16.4 stock 4tock stock stock stock titock itoek Stock om'k i4rtlT London lOO Do new 5 vorth Staffordshire 174 V. and S. W. Junction all 1\ nt. tiGrantham Rail.. I ICO -I nl!k :2 10 4tt,f:k 00C, reebles stack 4tnek stock stock ...........1 all all all 100 Scottish 'Con tral IScot N. E., Aber. stock 100 Do Scot. Mid. stock... 100 Shropshire Union 100 ISittinctourne & Sheer. I _alt South Devon 100 S.-Durham & lane. Un. 224 Eastern 100 , oath Wales 100 York. and 11 iver Dim 100 'tames. Wok.. and 'wok 41: Stockton ct Darlinzton all no do ll Do New (1860) 3 TafT Val• ...... Do Tflamesti avPn 4;&13ail 22 Ulster . Do Vale of Neath Victoria Ata. and Pito all Waterford Kilkenny 100 Waterford & Limerick all Wnst C rnwall West London all Do Ist class all Do 2d clogs all WvstlTartlepool Harbr and Rail ,West Midland—o)xtord 100 no. Newport 100 Do. Hereford, 100 56. 6i 41 45 39 42 78 80 PREFERENCE SHARES. 62 11 i 1011 21 60 e 831 3 e 41 40i Closing Businesp ,Thre l tf at 'ways Paid Price. Done 25 p be nod Tyne 10 pet ^ Bret. (iss•fcd at £J i. - - stock Cis , & Exet.4 r,.ct.ston!. - 20 ')o. do. do. Shares - - stock caledon .£10,45 percent 100 00 102 stock 10. soar. shares, No. 2. 10 0 - 61 cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all - - 20 ,rornwall. 5 per cent.., all 20 21 61 II ten. Perth &Aber.Jun. 14 IDo Ist Cla , s Pref all - - -to•dt lE.Angn.Closs A 7 Rtsp.c 1 0 0 00 101 A•nr` {Do. dn. Ckss 100 108 113 sto-s. Inn. do. 'lase C 7 p.c lOO 105 108 1 Coon. Ex. sp. c. No, ! 100 IV 109 cool: i Do. do. No... 100 106 109 stn 'k Do. New 6pm ct. stock. 100 121 123 stock ,F.astern Union, 4 per ct. 108 80 82 stock ; Do. 5 percent. guar_ 100 - - stock jP:din.&Glas. sp.c. shares 100 110 112 stock ' Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D. 100 90 92 stock F.din. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 1 00 - - stock Furness, a per cent 100 - - stock Celas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. 100. - - stock Great Northern, sp. ct. 100 113 115 stock ITho.sp.c.Redm.,lop.c.pm 100 111 113 stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 100 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 80 104 106 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf. all - - Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 1 100 97 99 stock p. ct. pref. stock 50 Great West (Berke and Hants) Ext sp. et - - stock Co. Redeemable, 44 p.ct lOO 97 99 stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct lOO 89 91 stock Do Irredeemable, do lOO 90 92 stock Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref lOO 100 102 161 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares, all 94 101 94 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. ptsh. all 17 18 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 104 101 • stock Do Birmg.guar. stock lOO 74 76 261 no. Chester gua. shares all 20 21 131 Do. do. do. 20 Do. do. do. 100 Lan. & Carl. 45 pc. pref 4O - - smelt Lan.&York Rp. c. stock lOO - - stock no.Tiarnsl.st£s 3s 10d pc 100 - stoca Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) 100 - - stock Lon.& Brig. 5 pc.gu. No.l 100 112 114 stock Do. sp. c. No. 2 100 112 114 stock Do. gua. 6 P. 0 stock Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 100 112 114 stock Dn. do. 44 per cm+. 6 Do. do. 4 p. c. shares all - stock Do. 7p. of. Pref. stock lOO 148 153 stock Do. 6p.c. ,10. (W.E.&C. P ' 100 128 131 stomz 'B5 100 70 73 D I , 0 „ . 4 ( p l e , r e c . pent. and P D T n t.' v p r llOOOO 8-688 BB s a th to c e k k ( Do. W. IA rceiv. no div. 10 Ex.A til pcispd on tall - - "o. B B. & Brom ex. all - - 10 no. Metropolitan Ex B 25 - - -cock Lon. and N.W. Coy. stir , Nuneaton, sp. ct lOO - .tack t.on. & s.W, 7”. et. stock 100 - stock no. 4; per cent lOO ,;(1. nn. (Prtsm. perpl ann. of 2s. ' ...... 12. Londondy. & Cole. 1 sit all - ordon v. & Ennis.. si• all t:3l 144 , toci• , Jan. Sh. &Lin. A per e I 100 125 I•. , 8 6 1 no. SS +toe , Do. 31 per nen" , 10 no. redeem. 6 percent 5 1 . 125 lery ort & Car., 4p. c all -- ro. 43 per cent all - - •ccel. yid. con. r, pc. stock lOO - no.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6pc 100 1 133 05 stoek Do. 45 pe. stock lOO 99 101 1 0 1 1 0 01 6 Do. 41 per cent 3 - , vock )-0. Lem Ar Hit pref. st 1 , 10 91 93 stock 'Zorn sp. c. Ex. st. 1840 . 100 - - stock On. 55 p. c. Prot do. 1847 100 - - stock , Do,sWay.Val.Ex.st.P47 100 - - stock North British, sp. o lOO 110 112 -cock no. New, srua..") p. c 100" 108 110 1 0 Do. Bor. Tin. a. pi. sh , 3 1 1 11 1 0 Do. do. do all - - et Nth. f tev. R ail. & nck.oo 100 - at -Eastrong, Pret 4p. c 100 91 43 st Do. 41 pe. redeemable lOO - at Do. G N.E. 4 per c. pref. 100 100 101 17 Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 8.13.4. id 1p 20 no. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1 13 - - 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1848. 9 - - 25 Do. York, H. &S. Purch: 10 id 4 p 20 'North Staffordshire all 22i 23 10 Bhytnney Guaranteed. all - - Bis scottish Central, new p 1 all - - at -q.ottish North-Eastern p. pref. stock.... 100 - at Do.Aberdeen.2ma.6p.c 100 - - at Do. 7p. c. pref. stoc! 100 130 132 10s. -zouth Devon, Ann. 10s all 101 104 1' Do. Fixod 41 per cent all - - 1.0.6 -nuth Eastern (Rendip!. Ann., 1.0.6) st Do. 41 per cent lOO 94 100 st Do. Fixed 1 p.c. Ist is 100 98 100 at , • , outh Wales, F. , ,ua. 4 p.c. 100 - - st Do. 14 Per cent at Po. 5 per cent' lOO at IS.-Yorkshire, 4p. e gua lOO 85 87 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c all 26 27 25 Do. B 6 Per cent all 31 32 25 Do. C 6 percent all 31 32 at Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p.c. 100 45 48 at W.Mld -Oxf Ist Guastk 100 121 123 at Do. 2d do 100 116 121 at ,Do. Newport sp.c.pf.red. 100 98 100 at Do.Perpet. 6p.c. pt 1866 100 12 0 122 Ist Do. till 1869. Ist is. 100 114 116 SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY). ORDINARY SHAKES AND STOCKS. Railways. Paid.l Closing Business Price. Done 111 113 1091 1104 05 106 128 11,0 104 106 701 71} 60 62 liOf 1111 801 Alf 118 120 45 48 95 95i 914 924 loi 11 45 454 34 Lid 1241 124 k if lip 96 98 7 6d 53 55 62 621 1013 1011 ip 69} 60 90 906 97 95 I 4 31 1 91 tui 74 76 112 114 33 44i 85 87 47 49 40 42 R 3 R3i 53 60 f.)3 96 4 7 • 40 41 10 /1 51 61 pi 554 511 2f 41 74 76 114 12 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid Leasing Closing Railways. Co.'s Price. Bedford and Bletchley Bulkinghamshirc Chester St Holyhead... Do. Do. 554 per cent Clydesdale June „ Colchester, Stour Vai. l E.Lineolnsh. g Bpr , r c. E.Unlon,HarwichShs. Do. Woodbridge Gls.Barr.& Nells:Drct. Do. new . Gloater & Dean Forest Hrtlp'l Dock & Rail.. Hull snd Selby Do. h,tives.. Do. quarters ' Lane.&Csrl. gna. p e London & Greenwich O. 11•te , •erc , Lon..T ilbury,& S.-end Lowestoft p e Do. per cent \lnc., Bxtn .IzlTbtlock Mid. Bradford Prefer ence S ock ...... • N ewm arkt,BuryEx. MIL 5 per cent..... Northn.&Eastn. 5 p. C. Do. Fix p ed 5 p. C. • North Western Preston and Wyre. Do. 4 Shares A Roystn. H itch., t Si tep Shrewsbry&liereford Do. do. 4,-Staffordshire Wilts and Snmerset..l Wimbledon 4Croydn. 100 5. 5 6- all Ln &N.W .. • . 100 Do 94 96 100 Do 53163 i 100 Do l2l 123 100 Do lO9 111 100 Caledon 99 101 all E.11.&E.0 151 16* I ICO Gt North. 132 134 alt E.Counts.' 4* 4 100 , z 10 0 Caledon — 100 100... all 'Gt. We;t all IYIc.N.&Br all Yk.N.ll.Td. 119 111 all D o. n ra , Lt , & . Isl.W 200 203 all . . 0 S.lastern 3 11)0 Do ... . . 112 117 100 Pet) JeCo 87 90 160 'Norfolk. 100 Do. all I L N ki E.Counts. l D 0........ Do. ATidland IL& NW L.Yk. Do. T. North ! T. Bra esey 3 3! 91 96 P it) 55 57 ]s} 1541 Do. IGt. liTesl. l 'L.4 Drgtu 132 134 400 102 I lO4 1 1 89 91 81 21 Business Done. , • TfiE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY', - EVENING, APRIL 6, 1861. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. • Railways. l Attantic & it Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent.. Do, Do. Buffalo and Laxe Huron Do, New Do. Preference Buffalo,BrantAGodrich a p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1871 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (LiW I Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) ICapeTown & 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. 1865-1870 Grand Trunk of Canada' Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. t.lndtaPenin.g,na.sp.c. Do. :New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South. of In dia (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. iGt, W. of Canada Shares'. I Do. New ....... IDo. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 d 0... Do. 5* p. c. do. '7B d 0... Madras, guar., 4i p. c... Do. do. 5 per cent .... Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. 5 d 0... Ilielb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßrunswick & Canda R_y.ttLand(Lim.)_g.6pe Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ......I Oude (Limited) ........ Scinde .......... f a. ; Do. Punjaub .... ,!, g Do. Do. ........ d g Do. indus.St. Flo. g„,?.,, Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. C (100 15 all 100 Paid. all 100 all all all all 100 j Closing Price. 65 70 N 93 16 166 d 46 5 d 6 7 75 80 65 70 65 70 41 5 It d d 981 99i 97 98 991 1004 Ji 21 211 65 68 39 41 45 50 38 42 38 42 9* 95 10 10 2 1a d 11; tit 9k 4/5 98 90 83 82 84 92 0 86 88 2 d 5 7 5 7 97 98 1/d 111 —d 90 92 II Id ,AILWAYS. FOREIGN Algerian Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes... • . Bah.&S.Fran-Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & Rail] Copiapo & Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France .... Grand Rue Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. she... Italian Junction Lierre & Turnhout Lyons & Geneva Namur & Liege Do. 6 p. e. Pref Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Paris,Lyons, & Mediter Paris & Orleans... Recife & S. Fran. (Fern.) gua. 7 p. ct. Riga & Dunaburg Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c S. Aust. &Lomb Yenetin Southern of France s. East Portugal 7 p et West Flanden Do. 5A p. c. Prc "oronce N. W. of France Wesi , rn of Austria ‘Veskrn of Switzet land Viesbaden i)c). 8 por cent Pref.... Zealind BRTTTSH ,A If re • Consols (Ph Hack) !Itr!tis!, Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.j] ;East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon ...... IE. WI Russel (Tavistk.) Gam.dSt.Aubyn(Gwen.)! 'Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Alfd. (Philack), G. Wheal %Tor (Helston)! Grenville • Herod's- I IHingston Downs ! Lady Bertha !Margaret (tiny Lelant); North Downs !North Frances (MOi n ran)! BasePt (1110 an)! !North Wheal Crotty 1 I Par Consols (St. Blazey)! Providence (Uny Lelnt.); isortride-e Cons. Min.Co.l !South Uaradon(St.Cleer) ! ! S. Carn Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lirn S.Wheal Fran. (IllogaW 'Stray Park Trim tr Si lv.ft Lead Nlin 1 , Tin Croft Vale of Towey (Carm.) , West Basset (Illogan).. (W. Caradon (Liskeard). West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan)! Wheal Buller (Redruth)! Wheal Edward (Cals.); Wheal Kitty . (U.Lelanti Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) FOR EIG: 20 Australian 1 BonAccordCopper,Lim 17.6 1 d t • 20 Brazil St.J. del Rey,Lim 15 304 311 5 Do.L an d and Miningeo. all 1 1 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. 4 dis, 40 ICobrc Copper all 39 41 591 ICopiapo . 16 8 10 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co ail 3 2 'Fortuna. 20 General all 22 23 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr ll 1 1p 11 Rapunda (Limited) 1 11 11 p 3 Linares all 9 91 5 , Lusitanian 2 pr 4 p 1 Mariquita all 1 N.RhineCopof S.Aus.L 128.6d. 1 id 20 IPontg - iband Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt..., all 4 6 5 ,Port Philip 1 / 1 'Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. d 14 28.2 United Mexican . ail 54 64 5•1 64 1 Worthing (Limit ed)... , all • Do— JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 110 A gra&UnitedService Bk 50 78 S 0 40 Australasia all 62 64 25 Bank of Egypt all 184 194 100 Bank of London 20 Bank of Turkey 50 British North American all 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 20 201 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 32 31 100 'City 100 Colonial ...... . ... ... 25 37 39 20•11 Com. Bank of Cana da., all 100 Commercial of London . 20 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 154 16 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all - 20 , Lou. Char. Bkof Austra all 221 23 224 20 I Do. new 5 14 11 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S. African_ 10 1; 1 81 I 100 ILondou Westm.nster 20 85 67 100 INat. rrov. of England 42 - - 20 Do new ' . ... 12 50 National Bank 20 New South Wales all 25 ji . Orient. B. Corporation 20 iOttoman Bank .. .. 100 Prov , ticial of Ireland 25 10 'Do. new all 25 South Australia all 25 Union of Australia 50 Union o London 100 I Unity Mutual 6O COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 187;-9 lOO - - Do. 6p. cent.lBBo-2 100 112/ Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 1134 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. DO :06 108 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 106 108 Do. 6 per cent lOO 1001 101 Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 108 1081 Do. 1890 100 108 109 N.B.G ov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1061 1071 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. 0., 1866 100 98 99 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 98 99 Do. p.c., 1888 &upwds 100 98 99 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 1061 107/ 1064 7 S. Au4,G , p.c.1878.& up lOO Vic. Gov 6p c. Jo. &July 100 - - Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lOO 1041 1051 1051 5 1 1C41 1051 105 k 5 DOCK S. stock Commercial ivy i -. stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min. 100 stock East and West India .. 100 1154 stock London . . 100 ' 504 * 1 stock St. Katharine.. stock Southampton lOO stock I Victoria . ~,. ., ,,I 100 97 99 20 I Do' New . —.......,-4 , 2 id par MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint I all 135 145 10 Atlantic R. Ml. St m (1d) --- 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) I all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 28 30 284 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 41 4f 50 British American Land 40 50 a&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 34 86 20 Do. 8,7p.e.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 124 14 1 1 325 Canada Land all 113 117 10 ,Chan.lslands Tel. (Lirn ) all st. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Sraltg. all _ 25 I Do. Pref. 75 per cent. at. Crystal Palace st. ' Do. Preference at. Do. 6 p et. Perpet. Deb. 100 106 108 20 E. India Irrign. & Canal 1 fd d i st. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 5 English & Aus. Copper all 35 31 15 Gen. Steam Navigate m 11 _ 1 Great Ship 1 ,imited) all i I 1 Do. 171 pct Preference all 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 34 _ ._ 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all i I i 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 1 14 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 24 3} 25 'National Dia. Co. (Lim ) 5 1.1 tid 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 1 o§d 10 Netherlands Land all 5 D 0 . ,, p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis. all i 1 100 N.llr.&NovaScotiaLand 80 1 N.l3.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all I. 1 i 1 1 Do New Shares (Lim.). 15s. 5 pr 10 Orintl. In. Steam(] im. 8 4 31 at. Peel 11.Lmi.& Miu.(Lim) 100 47 50 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 68 70 50 Do. New 25 10 11 401 4 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4lp.c all 18 181 p 50 Rhymney Iron all 165 174 15 Do. New..,. all 41 54 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 50 61 ' at. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 124 128 25 South Australian Land all 32 34 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip., all it i 1 Do. do. Registered ..,, all 4 10 Do. do all 5 7 10 Trust and Agency of Austrlasia (lint) Ist is. 5 1 i 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 5 5 U. K'dom Tel. Co. (Um.) 1 } d i p 100 VAIL Diemeu's Land 'Business done POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(2'his Day.) BOW-STREET. THE COMMERCIAL BANK FRAUDS.—The prisoners Durdan and Holcroft, in accordance with the remand, were placed at the bar again this morning, but the appear ance of the prisoners was merely formal, as the magistrate has not power to remand a prisoner for a longer period than eight days at a time. It is expected that all the charges will be completed next week. The trial, on the committal of the prisoner to the Old Bailey, will not take place until the May sessions of the Central Criminal Court. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. COMMITTAL OF A CONSTABLE FOR ASSAULTING A LADY.—Robert Wayman, 140 E, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting Mrs. Eliza Lambert, a widow lady, residing at the house of Mr. Soden, 18, Langham street, vestryman of Marylebone. Mr. Sleigh (instructed by Mr. Horsley, of Staples-inn) appeared to prosecute; Mr. Edmund Lewis, of Great Marl borough-street, defended; and Mr. Garforth, inspector of the E Division, attended to watch the case, the proceedings being instituted by the Commissioners of Police. Mr. Sleigh, in opening the case, said the charge against the constable took the form of an aggravated assault on a widow lady named Lambert, and he felt great regret to see any member of the police charged with such an offence, but if he was properly instructed, the constable had been guilty of as gross an outrage as could well be conceived, and if con victed it was impossible he could any longer remain in the police force. The lady resided at the house of a valued friend, and who was much respected in Marylebone, Mr. Soden. It might be said, perhaps, the constable was mis taken, but he (Mr. Sleigh) would ask, was conduct such as he should prove against him to be tolerated even towards the most unfortunate ? He would call before them wit nesses to show that she was a lady of temperate habits. So grave did he consider the case, that he should ask that it might be sent before another tribunal. In conclusion, he would state that Mr. Lambert (complainant's son) was too happy to bear witness to the good conduct of the police in general. Mrs. Eliza Lambert, a widow lady, said she resided at her friend, Mr. Sedan's, 18, Langham-street, and had done so for six years. On Monday night last she called at her son's home in Poland-street, he having a private house, as well as the Wheatsheaf tavern in Oxford-street. As there were some friends there, she stayed till a quarter to four next morning, and then left for the purpose of proceeding to her residence. In Great Portland-street, within a few doors of where she resided, the constable came and looked under her bonnet, first on one side and then on the other. She asked him what he was looking at her for, and he replied, " I'll tell you—Pm looking to see if you are the girl I saw a short time ago near All Soul' Church." It was dark, but there was a gaslight behind me, She said—" You are mistaken," when he replied— "Am I ? Go on"—in a ferocious tone, and at that instant she received a severe kick or blow at the lower part of her back, which prostrated her on the pavement, and seriously injured her head and face—(Mrs. Lambert's face bore testi mony to the force with which she had been used). He did not offer to assist her up, and she had suffered severe pains in the back ever since. She got up and proceeded to her house, the constable continuing to follow her and call ing out "Go on, go on." She got to her home, and the constable stood there till she opened the door, and he then said, ". Mind I have warned you of this for three months, go on, if you don't I'll take you to the station now." She afterwards informed Mr. Soden and her son of what had occurred. Mr. Spencer Lambert, of the Wheatsheaf Tavern, Ox ford- street, and 35 Poland-street, said that when his mother left his house there was no pretence whatever for saying that she was in liquor. Mr. Soden said Mrs. Lambert was a friend of his, and a Lady of temperate habits. Mr. Tucker, of 54, Great Marlborough-street, surgeon, said he examined Mrs. Lambert on Wednesday, and found she had contusions about the face, most probably caused by a fall. Her face was much swollen, and she was nearly blind on one side. To a lady of her age such a shock might have been serious. Mr. Lewis said he had been instructed to appear for the constable, and he felt that he should best serve his interest by reserving anything he might have to say. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the constable for trial, offer ing to take two bails in £2O each for his appearance at the sessions. THAMES. A REFORMATORY FOR BAD HUSBANDS WANTING.—A respectable and intelligent middle-aged woman, who ap peared to be labouring under much anxiety and grief, pre sented herself among the applicants for advice and assistance this morning, and asked Mr. Selfe if he could interfere on her behalf. She had been married 20 years to her husband, and had given birth to eight children, six of whom were alive. Her husband's business was a very prosperous one while he only paid moderate atteni: to i j to it, and she had a comfortable home, paid her way ai,d raced no debts, saved a little money, and was enabled give her children a good education. Now all was changed. Her husband, for seve ral years past, had given way to intemperate habits, his business had declined, a great portion of his stock was dis posed of from time to time to satisfy his propensity for strong drinks. Her savings were exhausted, her children in rags, debtors had become clamorous and pressing in their demands, the rent was in arrear, and rate collectors were unsatisfied. She could not say her husband had offered her any personal violence, but he was continually morose and ill-tempered, insisted on her contracting debts which could never be paid, spent the greater time in pub lic-houses, and set his children a bad example by the curses, blasphemy, and horrible language he frequently used in their presence and hearing. If something was not speedily done to arrest her husband in his evil courses the ruin of herself and children would be consummated, and a union workhouse would be their portion. Mr. Selfe said this was a painful case, and he sincerely pitied the unfortunate wife and mother, but he could not interfere. If the husband hal struck his wife, threatened her, or if she feared that he would ill-use her, he could then exercise his authority and issue his warrant or summons. The deplorable facts which the respectable woman before him had depicted was too often the result of intemperance, and the utter ruin and degradation of fami lies beyond the hope of redemption. The curse of drink was the cause of three-fourths of the crime' and pauperism of this country. The applicant said that her husband had been to five houses this week, and taken measurements of work which ought to have been done immediately, but he was inebriated every night, and other tradesmen were sent for to execute these erders. She ?ould carry on the busi ness better without her husband than with him, by means of a trustworthy foreman. She was afraid her husband would proceed from bad to wore, and asked if there was any asylum or reformatory to which he could be trans ferred, Mr. Selfe said there was no reformatory for bad hus bands; if there was it would, he feared, be soon filled. The applicant then retired from the witness box with the tears streaming down her cheeks, and lingered about the Court for some time afterwards. THE CABMAN AND THE CORK LEG—Mr. Daniel Brooks, a tradesman, carrying on business at No. 153, High-street, Poplar, appeared before Mr. Selfe to answer the complaint of a cab driver, named Charles Dawson, who said he was called off the "rank" at Epping-place, Mile end-gate, and took up the defendant and three other persons at No. 4, Wellington-place, near the Thames Police-court, Stepney, and drove them to the defendant's house in High street, Poplar. There were also two parcels outside. His fare was 3s. 4d., and the defendant only paid 2s. Mr. Selfe—How do you make out 3s. 4d. from this place to High-street, Poplar ? Dawson—Three miles is Is. 6d., one mile out of the radias is 6d. more, two extra persons 6d. each, and 2d. each paccel—total, sir, 3s. 4d., according to Cocker. (A laugh.) Mr. Selfe—Well, I believe you are right. Defendant—The distance, sir, is only 21 miles. Mr. Selfe—The cabman is entitled to charge 6d. for every fraction of a mile, whether it is a quarter, half, or three quarters of a mile, and ls. per mile out of the radius. Now, what say you to the pai eels ? Mr. Brooks—They were small parcels. One was my friend's leg. Mr. Selfe—Your friend's leg. That was part of another person. As we can't decide fractions of miles—how can we decide fraotions of persons. (Laughter.) Mr. Brooks—lt was a cork leg, sir. It was not my leg. I have two real ones. Mr. Selfe—l am glad to hear it. The cabman has car ries your friend's lect, safely, and you must pay 2d. for that. Mr. Brooks—l could have carried the leg under my arm. Mr. Selfe—That is a curious place to carry a leg—carry your friend's leg under your arm. I think you must pay the cabman ls. 4d. more., Mr. Brooks—Very well, sir. H ere it is. Mr. Selfe—Stop Mr. Brooks, you must also pay; 2s. for the summons, and 2s. for the cabman's loss of time. At other police courts more is allowed, and I am afraid our tariff is too low for the cab-drivers. Mr. Brooks paid the money directly, and with great cheerfulness. A county court bailiff, named John Sheridan, has been found guilty of manslaughter by a coroner's jury at Liverpool. The v ictim IVAq Shoridan'g own wife. he stbazdinaess quarrel had taken place in t w e e n whom consequence oafn his t h husband u e nf aih Advices from Rio, by telegram via Lisbon, an nounce a change of Ministry in Brazil. The new Cabinet had not been entirely completed at the departure of the mail, but the appointments thus far comprised the Marquis Caxais, President of the Council and Minister of War; Senor Silva Paranhas, Finance Minister; Senor Joaquim Jose Ignacio, Minister of Marine; and Senor Sayao Lobato, Minister of Justice. The department of Foreign Affairs would be temporarily conducted by the Finance Minister, and for the first time there is to be a Minister for Public Works—a post to be temporarily held by the Minister of Marine. The latter circumstance is considered satisfactory, and favourable anticipations are entertained with regard to the entire Cabinet. THIRD EDITION. BUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. POLAND. A communication from Cracow has the follow ing :--- "The agitation prevalent here, owing to the elections and the events at Warsaw, is unfortunately increased by the despotic proceedings of ,M. Pau mann, Director of the Police :—This official, well known for his administration at Prague, manages affairs in a most deplorable manner. After seizing the Czas of the 28th, he ordered the police to close the printing office on the following day, which they did, but previously broke up all the articles com posed, upset the compositors' cases, and threw the whole establishment into disorder. The number ready to appear on that day was also seized. It is impossible that this man should act according to the wishes of the Government, for his inopportune violence might be attended with the most serious consequences. M. Kirschmeger, and two other notable citizens of the town, have left this morning for Vienna, to inform the Government of what is taking place." TEE ROAD MURDER. There is now no room to hope that this myste rious crime will be discovered—at any rate, through ordinary means. The small number of persons who composed the household on the fatal night are fast being separated. Elizabeth Gough is at her home in the suburbs of London, Miss Constance Kent is on the point of leaving for a school in France, her brother William is already from home, and the rest of the family will leave Road Hill House in a day or two, whither is not generally known ; but it is- believed they intend travelling for some time. The contents of the now celebrated house will shortly be offered for public sale, and doubtless the public will avail themselves of the privileges of an auction day to gratify a curiosity so much felt to view the scene of the mysterious murder. The cot, from which the ill-fated child was taken to his cruel death, will not be sold. The house and grounds are for sale, but thQre does not seem to be much disposition on the part of any one to occupy so famous a residence. As to the crime itself, we believe it is now given up as being among the things which are too mysterious to be inquired into. ~4NTIIROPOLOGY. The Revue des Deux-Mondes pablishes an article by M. de Quatrefages, in which that distinguished member of the institute examines the question of the origin of mankind. Those philosophers who are of opinion that the Bible is no authority in scientific matters, reject the legend of Adam and Eve as contrary to fact, and maintain that the creation of man took place not at one period only, nor on one single point of the globe, but at different periods and at different places; whence the various species of the genus man— viz., the white, black, red, etc. This view of the question, first advocated by La Peyriere in 16.55, has been embraced in our time, and reduced to a definite scientific theory by the celebrated American naturalist, Agassiz, who has found numerous partisans especially in France and Germany, forming a school }mown under the name of polygenists, while those who hold an opinion more in ac cordance with Scripture are cal td monogenists. M. de Qua • trefages belongs to this latter class, and adduces many scientific arguments to disprove those of Agassiz. He ad mits, as all modern zoologists do, several centres of crea tion for the different brute species ; the marsupialia (such as the kangaroo, opposum, &c.) exclusively belong to New Holland ; the edentate (having no fore-teeth) exclusively to America ; but the same does not hold good in the case of man. If man be only a more developed species of the ape family, how, he asks, can the fact be explained that man is found in countries where there is not a single kind of ape ? Again, the red man, whom Agassiz con siders to be a peculiar American type, inhabits North America, where the European fox and beaver are found. In South America, on the contrary, there is a yellow race of men, who resemble • the Asiatics so much, that they at once become aware of it, and the Prince of Neu , wied states that they call the Chinese their uncles. There are also in the New We - rid other races which, without being so white as the English or Germans, still are fairer than, generally speaking, the Italians or Spaniards. Colour, therefore, is no sufficient reason for supposing that the different races of men have not descen ded from a common stock ; since climate exercises a strong influence on the human frame and the colour of the skin ; but a still more stringent argument in favour of unity of descent is analogy of [language, the evidence of which Agassiz does not accept. As to the difficulties which the Ocean opposed to tile spreading of the human race F M. de Quatrefages naturally points to Behring's Straits, and to the belt of islands which seems to link Asia with America across the Pacific islands, inha bited by races all speaking dialects of the same parent tongue, while it is notorious that with their rude canoes they perform long voyages by sea, visiting distant islands for purposes either of traffic or war. May not this chain of islands have presented so many stepping-stones across the ocean to an enterprising race. We may therefore conclude," says our author, " not only that man belongs to a single species, but also that it springs from a single district of the globe, probably a district of small extent. Everything points to Central Asia as the first cradle of man. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. 11 , COVENT GARDEN. To•day's market was very moderately supplied with fruit, but the arrivals of most kinds of vegetables were tolerably extensive. Although the demand was by no means active, a fair business was transacted, as follows : FRUIT. s. d. s: c 1: a. d. s. d Pine apples, perlb 8 oto 12 0 Cherries, per lb.. 0 oto 0 0 Colonial do., each 1 6to 2 0 Filberts, per lb .. 1 6to 2 0 Grapes,per lb 80to 14 0 Cobnuts, per lb 1 6to 2 0 Foreign do 2 oto 3 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Melons, each Peaches, perdoz 6oto 12 0 Figs, per doz . 2 oto 4 6 Nectarines, per dz 2 oto 6 0 Strawberries, oz. 1 6 to 2 0 Apples, per hf. sv. 2 oto 4 0 , Gooseberries hf av 0 oto 0 0 Pears, per do .... 2 oto 6 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Oranges, per 100 5 oto 15 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Lemons, per 100.. 4 oto 10 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Apricots, per doz 2 oto 4 0 Raspberries, pr ptlo oto 0 0 YE GETABLE s. Greens, dz bunch 4 6to 6 6 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Cabbages, pr doz. 1 6to 1 9 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 dz... 0 oto 0 0 Beet, per doz. .. 1 oto 2 0 Potatoes, per ton 100 to 170 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr pun. 1 oto 2 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 0 Peas, per i sieve 18 oto 0 0 Mushrooms,p pun 1 oto 1 6 Turnips, dz bunch 3 6to 5 6 Artichokes, pr dz 4 oto 6 0 Carrots, pr d 0.... 6 6to 8 6 , Cabbage lett,score 1 oto 2 0 Cucumbers 2 oto 3 0 1 Endive, per score 1 oto 2 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, hf sve 4 oto 6 0 Spinazh,hf.-sv 2 oto 2 6 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Brus. sprouts, h.s. 1 6to 1 9 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Old onions, hf. sy. 1 6to 1 9 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Do., dz bun French beans, 100 3 oto 0 01 Asparagus, pr do. 5 oto 8 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 01 Seakale, per pun. 1 0 to 2 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 45 Od to 105 Od ; poults, 4s Od to 7s Od each ; geese, 6s Od to 8s Od ; goslings, 6s Od to 8s Od ; ducklings, is 6d to 2s 6d ; rabbits, is Od to 2s Od each ; wild do., 8d to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 10d each ; large Surrey fowls, 6s Od to 14s Od ; chickens, 6s Od to 108 Od; barn-door fowls, 3s 6d to 6s 6d ; capons, 4s Od ; hares, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; grouse, is 6d to 2s Od each; pheasants, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; ptarmigan, 2s Od to Os ; woodcocks, 3s 6d to 4s Od; snipes, is Id to 2s Od ; teal, Os 9s to is Od ; wild ducks, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; widgeons, is Od to is 6d ; plovers, Os 9d to is Od each ; guinea fowls, 6s Od to 7s Od ; roasting pigs, 6s Od to 8s Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is 2d ; English, is Od to is 5d per lb ; English eggs, 7A Od to 8s Od ; French do., 6s Od to 7s Od per 120 ; leverets, 2s 6d to Os Od each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; lamb, 5s 6d to 6s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per 81bs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; lamb, 5s 6d to 6s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per 81bs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; trout, Os Od to Os ; eels, 8d to is ; prawns, 5s Od to Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d pm lb. Turbots, 2s 6to 18s ; cod, 2s Od to 10s Od ; brills, is Od to 8s Od ; doreys, is Od to 10s Od ; mullets, Os 8d to is 6d ; lobsters, 6d to 3s Od ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnet4 2 4d to is Od each; soles, 3d to 2s 6d per pair; common oysters, 16s to 20s; natives, 44s to —s per bushel ; whitings. 4s Od to 12s Od ; haddocks, 5s to 15s Od ; smelts, is 6d ; flounders, is 6d to 2s 6d per dozen ; mackerel, 50s ; fresh herrings, 5s ; 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 9d to 9id , of household do., 7d to 81d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d to 31c1,; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3id ; 721 b to 801 b, 32el to 3id ; 801 b to 881 b, 3ld to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 44d to 41d ; 961 b to 1041 b, gd to sd. Horse hides, 8s to 9s 6d; calf skins, light 2s Od to 4s Od ; do. full, 6s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 9s Od to lis Od ; half. breds, 7s 6d to 9s 64 ; Downs, 5s 9d to 7s 3d ; lambs, 2s 6d to 4s Od; shearlings, is Id to Is 2d. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow ha £2 5s to sOd • clover y, £5 4 do., £3 Os to £5 15s ; and straw, £1 163 to £2 4s Oar 1 " --- Trade steady. CUMBERLAND..— Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 5s ; clover, £3 Os to £5 158 Od ; and straw, £1 163 to £2 4s per lead. Trade firm. WHITECHAPEL. Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 Ss Od ; clover, £3 Os to £5 15 s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 213 per load. A steady demand. The last number of the Courrier d' (.)ran says " The submarine cable between Algiers and the Balearic Islands has broken. That which unites Bona and Cagliari being also defective, there is now no telegraphic communi cation, between Algeria and France." all 124,8.0 24 8 2 31. f jl3s 6dl NES. i 180 190 340 350 100 106 19 19i 6i 7 17 19 54 6 t 6 64 24 21 36 18 21 21 t 1 46 48 31 44 4f 51 5 6 74 84 9 94 37 SO i I 295 305 156 160 35 37 • 2 21 5i 51 17 18 74 76 350 360 105 110 1111 125 12 21 15 17 12 13 981 9} 5i 51 —P , if lid 1 12 13 31 2,1 3f W I 22 23 6 1 6i 7f 7; 19 20 87 38 8 9 364 374 55 57 4i 4 d 14 15 511 8/ '* I 1 11 204 tll 6 6i 9i 91 21 22 MINES. A NEW VIEW OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Guildhall Assembly-rooms, Walsall, were crowded to excess on Wednesday night by an audi ence composed of tradesmen and working men, who met at the invitation of the Reform Association. Mr. S. Cox presided, and there were also present Mr. C. Forster, M.P., Mr. H. B. Sheridan, M.P, &c. Mr. H. B. SHERIDAN, M.P. for Dudley, said he felt very much flattered by the invitation to be pre sent that evening, and he supposed he was invited because he felt a sincere and deep interest in the question of Reform. (Hear.) It was a deadly-lively question they all knew, and it was scarcely possible to say whether it was an interesting subject or not. A tranquil even surface was presented just then, and therefore some contended there was no desire for any alteration, but he believed such tranquillity was dangerous. " Still waters run deep," and the day might come when such tranquillity might swell into tempestuous and troublous waves ; and doubt less it would come unless the rights of the people were regarded more than they had been lately. (Cheers.) When he entered the House of Com mons he went as the representative of a commu nity not in the habit of sending members, and he entered it with the same curiosity as they would if they had been in his position. He -went to repre sent the great community of Dudley, and the whole of the inhabitants naturally had their eyes upon him; but he did not know the difficulties that would beset him and Burrowed his path. He had read the history of the house, and the political struggles that had taken place in it for civil and political freedom, but beyond that he was comparatively a stranger to the charmed circle en closed in the area of the House of Commons ; but still—notwithstanding that he was charged with being a person with no political views of his own, no fixed ideas, and only a professing Liberal—he thought he might, with an earnest and strong de sire to advocate the views of those who sent him, eventually win his way in the assembly of which he was a member. He pledged himself to none of the great political parties in the house, and there fore, being unfettered, he thought that his evidence would be considered as unprejudiced. If the meet ing asked him, as an unprejudiced and impartial witness, what his opinion of the house was, he should answer that he found it composed of two great fac tions—the Conservatives, as they termed themselves, and the Liberals ; but both were struggling for power and place, and both were to a great extent insensible to the interests of those who sent them there. (Hear.) The independent party he found a very narrow and small party, and he found even among them corruption and discontented followers of faction, who thought by their defiant speeches to intimidate those in office to make provision for them. Therefore, seeing all these things,he thought he might say there was a great deal of mockery in the House of Commons. He found, as Mr. Bright hall told them, that the house called the house of the people of England did not represent the people of England at all. (Cheers.) One half was filled with colonels and captains, and the other half by nobles and cadets ; and but few, to his mind, im partial, uncorrupted, and independent. Such being the case, he felt the force of what had been said about the difficulty of independent men making themselves heard in the house, or enforcing the views they were sent to advocate. If they turned from the members of the house to the Administra tion, they found that matters were no better, for the Cabinet so little represented the people of the coun try that they would be puzzled to put their finger upon a name which had not some distinguishing appellation, or agnomen, different from that which might be supposed to belong to the Cabinet osten sibly representing the people. (Hear, hear.) So they found that in the first place the house was not in accordance with the views of the people, and the Cabinet was totally at variance with them. But, it might be asked, did not the two result in one harmonious whole, and were not Acts of Par liament framed with wisdom, and carried out with such regularity that the anomalies he had referred to were not noticed P The answer to such a ques tion must be " No;" for it was said that the prin cipal gladiators who took part in the combats of the house were those who had some handle or prefix to their names, which showed unmistakably that they did not belorg to the great body of the people. (Hear.) The circumstance that struck him the most forcibly, however, was the fact that when a great grievance 'suggested itself to the mind of an independent member, or made itself known throrgh the papers of the day and came before the House of Commons, a committee was appointed to investigate it, and they found that the committee was the shallowest mockery of the whole system ; for, although the members of it were supposed to be nominated by the men asking for it, it was in reality nominated by the political chiefs on both sides of the house. He had felt the effect of the evil and spoken about it ; but it was an awkward thing to speak disagreeably plain truths in the House of Commons. If a man valued the opinions of his constituency, he dare not make himself a knight-errant, as it were, unless he had a handle to his name. Mr. Sheridan went on to say that the first consideration was, was reform in the House of Commons necessary ? He thought he had shown some reason why it was, for they had Cabinets composed of Lords, and the House of Commons half filled with lords, and a species of corruption in almost every one of the details of that assembly and an insufficient representation of the masses of the country. (Hear.) After alluding to the lordly influence exercised by the Sergeant-at- Arms, who met members at the entrance to the house, and seemed to look down upon the represen tatives of the people with the utmost disdain and contempt, Mr. Sheridan went on to allude to the Speaker and his influence, remarking that his office of keeping order seemed to consist in wearing spectacles when it was necessary to see his friends, and having them off when independent members presented themselves to his notice. (Laughter and cheers.) That was the way in which the privileges of the House of Commons were trifled with and frittered away, bartered with and sold for political purposes. (Shame.) The house no more repre sented the people of England than that meeting of the people of England. He had thus gone into • detail, because it was seldom that the people of the sort ho belonged to went into particulars ; and he would remark another circumstance which struck him, and which was perhaps the greatest job of ell —only 20 or 30 members out of 658 were chosen to sit on committees, and they were shuffled like a pack of cards, and dealt out into almost every com mittee that sat. Those 20 or 30 were well known and trusted men, but they were not taken indiscri minately ; they would not take the member for Dudley upon one; he had never sat upon a com mittee yet. (Laughter.) They were, no doubt, men of honour and strict impartiality, but they might not represent constituencies who were in clined to look with such a lynx eye upon the ques tion before them as some of the independent con stituencies were, and thus the Government purpose was served. (Hear.) He also found that legisla 'L tion was affected to a great extent by strong party interest, and that there was a large number of members of the house who seemed to have a happy knack of knowing their own friends. The Conser vatives had a great many friends among the agri cultural classes, and so the Conservatives attempted, ' as soon as possible, to relieve the agriculturists from taxation. He did not blame them for serving their friends; but why should they do so to the exclusion of a consideration of the general interests of the ' country ? The first duty of a member of Parliament ' was to seek the interests of the whole of the coun try, and that sacured, the particular isate , -se"' s of his constituents. (Ch eers , TS the proposition he had made we As;s l -tu, why did the Conser vatives saatade the agricultural classes from fire insur ance duty, while th e y did not •exclude t he com mercial class ; or why should the latt er class p a y half the impositions made ? The next question was —was the country desirous of a c h a nge, and was the new Reform Bill, so mu ch talked about, due ? Why should it not be due? Those who could remensber the know how great had been the increase of p o palas pass i n g of the last Reform Bill would tion, commerce, and trade since that period,.and [ what gigantic figures now represented our exports and imports. If these facts were compared to the circumstances under which the last Reform Bill was passed, they would see that there was no reason for saying that a new Reform Bill was not wanted. To say so would be the grossest affront that could be offered to those whose intelligence said it was due. (Cheers,) The men who sent members to Parliament bore no fair numerical proportion to the population of the country, and the number of voters was no fair criterion of the intelligence of the country. The hon. member illustrated this point sh b referenceoooo nl y layn Bdoaos outrbou9hroibosa own suburban optoe boroughrpsunlogautl aitpopulation ondf 0( withfDa a u b d o l 1,1 populationyo h , ao i n e oo h dof more. After contrasting inquiring whether this country, which had always been supposed to be in the van of progress, was to be behind Italy, which had at last struck an effectual blow for freedom, or less wise than the Czar of Russia, who, wiser in his generation than some others, had liberated the serfs, the speaker went on to express his opinion that between the "chattels or things" called serfs in Russia and the unrepre sented people of England there was in reality no difference. (Cries of " Bravo," and cheers.) An other reason why there was not so much agitation now as in 1832 was that when the first Reform Bill was passed there was no telegraphic com munication to call members of Parliament to their constituents, no penny post, no such extensive system of education as they now had, no domi nant and all-potent power of the press in existence, the latter of which, as it lived upon popular favour, must express popular demands: They had none of those advantages then, but now they possessed them all, and so the people spoke through different channels, by means of different organs and in different ways; but the influence was still the same, and the feeling upon the subject was still as great, inasmuch as the eternal principles of human nature must necessarily always be the same, and the desire for freedom and just representation always as powerful. (Cheers.) The hon. member, after alluding to the struggle for liberty in Poland, stated that all the rights and privileges the people now enjoyed had been7wrung, by dint of great coast . and labour, from the titled inhabitants of the land, who would not allow them to breathe the air without taxation if they could help it, and therefore it behoved the people of the country to stand with their heads erect and say, " We have a right to a recognition of our political existence, and nothing short of that will satisfy us." (Cheers.) The broken promises of statesmen in connexion with the subject of reform, the effi ciency of the Volunteer force for defence, and the necessity for keeping an army and navy, consider ing the present disturbed state of Europe, were the next subjects touched upon—Mr. Sheridan remark ing that he could not go to the length the members for some neighbouring places had, and call the immense expenditure of the country the result of profligacy, as the people had delegated some of their best gifts to those who had naturally made use of them to their own advantage. The late election for Dudley was then adduced as an exem plification of the fact that noble lords, in addition to the exercise of their own rights, sought to exercise the rights of others; and Mr. Sheridan went on to allude to the extravagance which made iron ships cost three times as much here as they did in France ; to the anomaly of Mr. Rowcliffe, a a constituent of Lord Palmerston, being ridiculed by some portions of the press for daring to interro gate his representative; to the fact that Lord John Russell had disappointed the country by his treat ment of the question of reform ; and concluded a lengthy speech amid loud and protracted cheers. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of the Right Hon. and Rev. Francis North, Earl of Guildford, late of Waldershare-park, Kent, and of Grosvenor •street, St. George's, Hano ver-square, was proved in the principal registry on the 20th of last month by his relict, the Countess of Guildford, and the Right Hon. Lord Walsingham, the nephew, the executors. The personalty was sworn under £200,000. The will is dated the Bth June, 1857, and a codicil in 1860. These documents are somewhat voluminous. The late earl died pos sessed of a large fortune, both real and personal, which he has bequeathed entirely amongst the mem bers of his family. To his relict, who possesses considerable funded property, he leaves an imme diate legacy of £3OO, together with his town resi dence, furniture, carriages, and other effects. To his grandson, now Earl of Guildford, and who suc ceeds to the family estates, he has left the principal part of his property, having appointed him residuary legatee. To his son, the Right Hon. Frederick North, he bequeaths the sum of £16,000, and the sum of £lO,OOO to each of his other children. The late earl directs that the sum of 1:75,000 shall form an accumulating fund for the period of 21 years, for the benefit of the heir to the title and estates. All letters and papers are directed to be inspected and perused by the testator's widow only, and re tained or destroyed at her discretion. This noble man, who passed nearly the whole of his life in various clerical functions, attained to the great age 1 of 89. - -- - - - The will of the Hon. Lady Matilda Butler, of Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, who died on the 16th of last month, was proved in the London court on the 27th of the same month by the Dow ager Countess of Glengall, the mother and sole executrix. "Dip personalty was sworn under £12,000. Lady Butler is the daughter of the late Earl of Glen gall, and resided with the Dowager Countess. Her ladyship has bequeathed all her property, except some small legacies, to her mother. These legacies which do not exceed £l,OOO, are given in various amounts to her ladyship's personal friends and others. Lady Butler also requests her mother to disburse the sum of £lOO, according to her discretion, amongst several persons who had been the recipients of the testatrix's benevolence. The will is exceedingly brief, and was only exe cuted the day prior to Lady Butler's decease. Her ladyship was unmarried, and died at the premature age of twenty-five. The will of the Venerable Archdeacon W. Gun ning, D.C.L., Archdeacon of Bath, Prebendary of Wells, Rural Dean and Vicar of Buckland Newton with Plush, in Dorset, was proved in London on the 23d of last month by his relict, and Samuel B. Merriman, Esq. The archdeacon possessed both real and personal property, which he has bequeath ed, with the exception of a few legacies, entirely amongst his family. He bequeaths to his relict a life interest in his entire property, which, upon her decease, is to devolve to their two daughters, and to them he also leaves his presentation plate, on the decease of his widow, with the exception of a por tion which he leaves to a nephew. There is a legacy of £5OO between his nieces, the daughters of his late brother, as well as a legacy to his execu tor, and several bequests to hi servants. The will of William Spence, Esq. of Lower Say mour-street, Portman-square, F.R.S., has been proved in her Majesty's Court of Probate in London by his executors. The personal property was sworn under £lOO,OOO. Mr. Sp ence was - joint author with the late Rev. Mr. Kirby of that pop u l ar wor k known as an "Introduction to Entomology; or El eme nts of the Natural History of Insects," published a cheap beforee o d f it w io h n ic s h hor w tl o y rklr i Spencehisdeath, to bring it (to use his own words) within reach of all desirous of be corning acquainted with the natural history of --Illustrated object branch sc o th f r a t o b t fe e ds a c u i et Londonnheo e sw—h News, chehtt they h o , f introducing others to i nse cts, and thus carryin g ou t more effectually the eAypfroiuln6 d ., so delightful. ha l a ti e a r n d d d i G et in .s. Thisat n bTanhkurswdaasy,esitnattlhieshEeddinj; the protracted litigation law EDINBURGH AND GLAwnsso: r , th ß in e A E N : s K in s T eh f r g e Edin burgh Court of Sessio • 100 00 • gow Bank case was arrived .n 1844, tamed heavy losses during - the railway crisis of 1847 and . of 1 857. In 1858 the directors made a re the money Bat" s i ng that, in consequence of these losses, the capi tal should be reduced to £500,000. At the same time they with a c apital of X . ~ 0,0 ex pressed a belief that this amount rem a i ne d i ntact , an d that they would henceforth be able to pay 7 to 8 per cent. upon it. Iu the fallowing year, howes:er, the concern broke down, and the liquidation showed a less, not only of the entire capital, but of £22,000 besides. Several suits were then instituted against the Directors by persons who had bought shares under the influence of the published re ports, which were now charged to have been false and fraudulent, and the present is the first of these suits that has been decided. The Judge's charge, the general scope of which was favourable to the defendants, occupied four hours. The jury retired, and had been absent three hours, when they were called into court and stated that they were divided in opinion. Subsequently they r eturned with a special verdict, finding that the complainant purchased the shares under false representations, but that those represen tations were not fraudulently ma de b y the defendants. This verdict will come before Court ne xt session for legal interpretation; but, the Judge h a ying distinctly laid down that fraud must be proved , it appears to be a verdict for the defendants. pta ;ha Dr- Share 1001 I 11 Share) 20 .1 204 10 100 { 100 100 174 20 stook 100 stock 100 100 100 100 stock 20 stock 20i 204 100 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock stook stock 100 10. all all all all all t 14.6 7.4.0 17; 13.9.6 4) 6.z.6 8.12 4.11.6 1.8.6 9/ 2/ 11/ 1.4.0 9.18.9 I* 10.6.7 1.7.2 21} I 6761 61 94} I lit f 101 1 191 t