The Sun. — London, England, 1861-05-07 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The markets for Foreign and Colonial Produce have shown little change of importance during the last few days. Tea has berm dull, and only limited dealings have taken place in sugar and coffee at about previous rates. For rice there has been a more active inquiry, and slightly enhanced prices have in some instances been obtained. Salt. Petro has continued in fair demand, but tallow has been neglected, P.Y.C. on the spot being marked 68s. per cwt. Continued activity prevailed in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices of all descrip tions advanced fully id. per lb, The sales amount ed to 20,000 bales. An active business is still negotiated in the dis count market, and full rates are paid for accommo dation. It has been notified that tenders will be received for a New Zealand loan of £159,000 in 6 per Cent. Debentures, redeemable in 30 years. A telegram has been received by the Chairman of the So!nde Railway Company, announcing the opening throughout of the railway, being the first complete line in India. There were no bullion operations of importance at the Bank of England yesterday. At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. James Crichton, merchant, of Dundee, it was resolved, after prolonged discussion, to adjourn, to enable Mr. Crichton to make an offer of composition. The liabilities were stated at £25,515, and assets at £8,520. The market for Public Securities is rather firmer, but the dealings have been very much restricted, and the settlement of the account now occupies the attention of the dealers and speculators. Con sols are 911 for money, and 921 for the June account. The New Threes and the Reduced are heavy at 891 901, and Exchequer Bills at Bs. to 4s. dis. Bank Stock has receded to 232. India Loan is 1011 I. A moderate amount of business has been reported in Foreign Securities. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 71 to 711; ditto 1858, 56 to 561 ; Sardinian are firm at 811 ; but Mexican have receded 221 a ; Chilian 41 per Cents. are 831; and Buenos Ayres lave advanced to 911. The Railway Share Market exhibited increased depression to-day, and prices have, in some in stances, given way to the extent of ito 1 per cent. in consequence of speculative sales. Caledo nian, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western, South Western, North Eastern (Berwick), and South Eastern have declined ss. ; Great Northern and Midlands, 10s. ; and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 15s. The Foreign lines have been in steady request. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian realise 13.1; ex. div. Dutch Rhenish are dealt in at 13} d ; and Recife and San Francisco, 10:. In the Colonial market Great Indian Peninsula have receded to 97 and 97/ ; and East Indian, to 991 100; Punjaubs have advanced to 181. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have shown no material variation in values, London Chartered of Australia, Canada Land, and Penin sular and Oriental Steam being at previous quota tions. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSINO PRICES Bank Stock .. 232 3 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9O a 89a 3 per Cent. Consils Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9Ol 891 India Stock .. .. Ditto 6 per Cent Ditto Scrip Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. — Ditto 6 per Cent. • Ditto 5} per Cent Ditto Bonds £l,OOO — Ditto under £l.000 Consols for Account, May 9.... India Stock for Account Ditto 6 per Cent. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 11d. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. llrazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent. 1852 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1860 BB Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent.......... o 9ll 1 Chilian 6 per Cent. — Ditto 4} per Cent. Equador New Consolidated Mexican 3 per Cent 221 Ditto Account Peruvian 41 per Cent — Ditto 3 per Cent •••• Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853. Russian .5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. Ditto 4f per Cent. Sardinian 5 per Cent Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded 5l Turkish 6 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Loan b.. Ditto Account Ditt o £lOO Bonds ' 69 13 ividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9ll a Ditto Account Oll a THIS DAYS MARKETS. HAY MARliv. S MITHFIELD.. --Meadow hay, £2 5s rs to £5 5s Od ; clover £3los to £slBs ; and straw, £1 153 t,o £2 Os per load. A slow trade. CUMBERLAND..--- Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 5s ; clover, £3 lOs to £5 18s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to P 2 2s per load. Both hay and straw were in moderate request, at our quotations. WHITECHAPEL. - Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 5s Od ; clover, £3 10s to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £1 15a to £2 Os per lead. Trade steady. COLONIAL. TEA. --The market has continued quiet, previous rates being obtained for most descriptions. SUGAR. —Only limited transactions have been reported, at about the rates previously current. CovrEn.—The dealings have been on a very restricted scale ; good and fine qualities of Plantation Ceylon, how ever, maintained previous quotations. RlCE.—Holders have shown a disposition to demand slightly higher rates, and only a small business has been transacted, without any material variation in prices. SALTPETRE.—There has been a steady demand for the fine qualities, and fully late quotations are maintained. TALLOW.—The market has continued dull ; prices, how ever, have been steadily supported. P.Y.C. on the spot, 58s, and last three months' delivery, 55s to 55s 6d per cwt. 8.11 RE MARKET.-(THIS DAY). CRDOARY SHARES AND' STOCKS. Paid. ; Closing Business Share Railways. Price. Done 50 I Be:1-..st and Ballymena ( all - - :?.14 Fir., Wol , and Str. Val. all 884 .tuck IBirk., La., and Ch June ; 100 81 83 25 813 th and Tyne 1 all - 10 Bost. Skaf. and 3lid.Co , all 6 7 stock Bristol and Exeter 100 98 100 stock' Caledonian 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all - 50 !Cork and Bandon al! - 20 Cork, Blrock., t Passage all - 10 Cornwall .• . IO D o A A gets no div. - until eran. 10 Do B e l ias been p. ( p l. toB - 60 Dublin & Belfast 1 unc all 41 43 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab..lunc all 8 85 stock East Anglian lOO 17 18 stock Eastern Counties lOO 49 50 stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 38 50 stcoic Do do B do 100 26i 275 25 Do Nw A, late Elnds. 131 - - stock East Suffolk - - stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 84 86 841 stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 284 231 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - stock Furness - - stock Glasg. and S. Western 100 112 114 10 Great Ntlin.of Scotland all 125 127 stock Great Northern i 100 111 112 111 1 0 1 1 stock Do do A stock stock Do do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 107 109 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val g•tia. stock 1 100 60 62 12 Irish South-eastern all - - stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 110 1105 1091 1 1 stock London and Blackwall 100 60 Cl stock Lon., Brig - ht. &S Coast 100 119 120 stock Lond.. Chat., and Dover 100 46 47 stock Lond. & Nth. Western 100 941 951 94 1 1 stock Lond. & , th. Western lOO 95 56 951 25 L'derry & Coleraine _ all - - 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 101 11 stock Iran. Shet & Lincoln lOO 421 43 411 1 50 naryport and Carlisle I all - - 121 Do do 4 shares all - - 10 lietropolitan I 71 34 24d stock midland 6.1.0. Do new. stock Do isirming. & Derby, 100 97 99 1 50 111 d. G. W. of Ireland all - - 25 Do 4 shares j = 1 - Rid Kent . all - - 10 Do, Cray Line ' all - 100 Xewcastle and Carlisle all - - 10 Newry & Armagh, def f 9 7 6 d 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros all - - stock Norfolk • 100 52 14 521 stock North British lOO 62/ 631 stock Nror.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoct , 100 - - stock D 3tk ; A recs no d. until 6pchas beenpd•B 100 - - stock Do B stock .. . - - stock Nth. Eastern - Berwick 100 103 1031 103 21 1 25 Dodo, 4.N.E. purchase 16134 4 In stock Do Leeds ....... stock Do York stock North London 10 Do new 5 19.16.4 North etaffordshire 174 41 31 1 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 91 les stock Not. &Grantham Rail lOO 75 17 10 Teebles - - 20 Portsmouth - - 10 Rhymney .• - - stock Scottish Central stock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 334 431 stock Do Scot. Mid. stock-. 100 86 88 stock Shropshire Union lOO 47 48 1 0 Sittin etourne & Sheer all - - stock South Devon . 25 S. -Durham & Lane. Un 221 - - stock South Eastern ..• lOO 811 82 81 1 801 14 1 stock South Wales ....- lOO 63 65 stock S. York. and River Dun 100 03 95 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 4 7 25 Stockton &Darlington all 391 401 40 25 Do do ll 91 10# p 25 Do New (1860) j 3 51 61 p stock Taff Vale - - stock Do Pref. No 1 lOO - - 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rall 22 - - 50 Ulster 25 Do 12 10 Do • 2 d p stock Vale of Neath 10 Victoria Sta. and Pim stock Waterford do Kilkenny' 100 - - 60 Waterford & Limerick , all - - 20 West Girnwall ' all 51 6 20 West London.. ••• • • ••I all - - 10 Do Ist class all - - 20 Do 2d class .. I all - - stock WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail .. 100 - - stock West Midland-Oxford 100 47 19 46 7 stock no. Newport 100 40 43 stock Do. Hereford 100 80 65 stock stock stock PREFERENCE SHARES. Share l Railway& Closing Business Paid I price. Done. THIS DA Y'S SHIPPING. it fined Had hout anon not this LONDON, May 7.—Wind this day at noon, North slight rain Easterly; moderate breeze, and c l ou dy wea th er , with A it, uiry, PORTSMOUTH, May 6.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—lndo nutable, from Hong Kong. Sailed—Flavio Gideo, for Zante. PLY74OIITIT, May 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her Ma jesty's steamer Geyser, from Gibraltar. OFF DARTMOUTH, May 6.—Arrived —Southampton, from Melbourne for London; Argus, from Rotterdam for St. Thomas. divi e are Lilted ry. CLYDE, May 6.—Wind E.—Arrived—Claudine, from Havanna ; Nautical, from New Orleans. Sailed—Wands worth, for Quebec. DEAL, May 7.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—King of Italy, from the River, and sailed for Port Phillip; Sylph, from the River, and sailed for Gibraltar. HULL, May s.—Wind N.—Sailed—Lady Sale, steamer, for Davis Straits. BELFAST, May 6.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Risk, from Baltimot e. NEWPORT, May s.—Wiha E.—Arrived—Energy, from Liverpool for Singapore. LIMERICK, May 6.—Wind W.E.—Qqiled—Marie, for for St. Thomas. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, May 6—George Town, from Barbadoes; Jeannie, and Sjofna, from Boston; Sazonia, from Hamburg. Arrived, May 7.—Pride of the Ocean, from Bombay; Janet, from Groningen ; Patrick, from Stralsund ; Benledi, from Bangkok. Sailed—Britain's Pride, for Barbadoes; Frans, for Stockholm. S. P DEAL, Tuesday Morning. fumed—Valeria, from Cagliari, for Norway. A. small schooner was observed on the Goodwin Sands 4 this morning at daylight. She now appears to have been 3 assisted off the S ands, and riding at anchor. 3 Sailed—Sjaden, S we di sh corvette, for Gothen b urg. 2 lueed I rise 311 10 ) (for rue-- ;low! lied) ; 0., letter iturb- It is stated that policies of insurance are now being opened here for £ 1 ,000,000 of Californian bullion from Panama to Landon, these consignments being diver ted from New York in consequence of the peril of capture. It is likewise montioned, in f urt h er corr oboration of the arguments regarding the adverse effect which must be pro duced in the American money-markets by the occurrence of actual war, that some moderate sums are already in course of remittance to this country to be lodged at the current rate of interest for deposits. - _ The Council of the Royal Society have resolved to recommend the following gentlemen for election at the ensuing annual meeting for the election of fellows s. Bate, Esq.; H. Debus, Esq. ; C. De Morgan, Esq.; T.A. Hirst, Esq. ; A, M a t t hi essen , E s q.; J. C. Maxwell, Esq. ; P. Muller, E sq . ; W. Nowniarch, Esq. ; E. A. Park es , M.D. ; W. Pole, Esq.; P. L. Sclater, Esq. ; C. F. A. Sbad well, Capt., It.N. ; H. J. S. Smith, Esq.; IV. Stokes, M.D. ; G. J. Stoney, Esq. rho total number a candidates this pear it; forty-eight, Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5( 'iris. Sr Exet.4 p.ct.stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon .£10,4i per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 5i p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent. Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun. Do Ist Class Pref E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.a Do. do. Class B 8 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.a F. Coun. Ex. 5 p. o. No.l Do. do. • No. 2 Do. New 8 per et. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per et. Do. 5 per cent. guar... lEdin.&Glas. 5p.0. shares Do. 4p. gua. S. & D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. Great Northern, 5 p. ct. iDo.sp.e.Redm., 10 p.e.prn Do. 41 p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm I Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pt Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) I 'Great We p st. re (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p. ct: to. Redeemable,44 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Do Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh Do. do. 5 p. et pref Do Birmg.fruar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan. & Carl. 43 p c. pref Lan.&York 6 pp c. stock Do.Barnsl.sti.,s 3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon.& Brig. 5 pc.gn. No.l Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 Do.gua.6p.C. Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 Do. do. 4 per cell , . .... Do. do. 4i p. c. shares.. Do. 7 p. et. Pref. stock. Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.I Do.4p.c.S.(div.dettil '65) Do. 4 per cent. PM Lon. Chat. and Dover Do.W. I'' A roe'. no div Ex.A til peispd on B B. & Brom ex. Do. Metropolitan Ex B Lon. and N.W. Cov. and Nuneaton, 5 p. ct Lon. Sc S.W, 7 p. et. stock Do. 44 per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns of 2s. fid..... ..... Londondy. & Cole. sh Londony. & Ennis. sh Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct , Do. Xs Do. 3 per on Do. redeem. 6 percent lary ort dr Car., 4 p. c Do. 4a per cent. Mid. Con. 6 p c. stock Do. Con.Bris. Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. 4 per cent Do. Lela & Bit. pref. et. Ncrflk 5 p. c. Ex. st, 1848 Do. 5?, p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWay. Val.Ex.st.lB47 North British, 5 p. o Do. New, gna. s p. 0 .. Do. Bor.Un. g. pf. she Do. do. do N t h.Dev.Rall. do Dek.Co. N-East. Cons. Pref. 4 p. c. Do. 4# p e. redeemable Do. G.N.E. 4 per c. pref. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire Ethyl:alley Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pf Scottish North-Eastern ii p. C. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen,zua..6p.c. Do. 7 p. C. piet. stock South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent. youth Eastern (Reading, Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 4i pei cent. i. o p i o l 1 4 ' W 1 4 x p a e ldeers cent. u P n . e t a t p c s Do. 5 per cent: S.-Yorkshire, 4 p, a qua Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6percent Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. W.Mid -Oxf Ist qua stk za do' Do. Newport 5 p.c.ptre c i. Do. Perpet. 6 p. c. IA 1886 Do. till 1869. Ist is. 99 101 20 21 51 6 99 101 [OB 113 [O5 108 [OB 110 [OB 108 122 124 80 82 09 111 90 92 75i 78} 13 115 [ll 113 [Ol 103 .06 108 97 99 93 100 89 91 90 92 100 102 9i 10 17 18 101 101 74 76 20 21 10 10i 15 15i [l4 116 [l4 118 [37 140 [l4 116 [Ol 103 ,50 155 [2B 13t 71 74 83 67 131 141 125 rz7 f 'fib 68 70 I 1 134 136 101 103 91 93 169 111 108 110 & hi r 91 93 99 101' tO2 103 P ' i d ip 22i 23 131 133 10 101 22 23j 99 100 99 100 98 100 85 87 26i 271 82 33 32 33 45 48 124 126 118 122 100 102 122 125 115 120 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. asing- Paid.) Le ---Closing Business Co.'s I - p-.. 4 -ce• Done. 100 Do „.•••• 6i Oil 100 D 0........ 53 5311 100 D 0....... 121 123 11:01001 14(D.a.0ui.e..1.0.En..:c... 11011059i12021161i 106 Gt. North. 132 131 all lE.Counts.' 4 * 41 Do. . • • • • • Gt. West. Yk.N..tßr Yk.N. Md. Do. Do. !Ln&N.W. S. Eastern D 0..... Peto &Co. !Norfolk.. Do. iL NWLtal Railways• Bedford and Blachlei Bu*lnghamshire . • • • Chester & Holyhead Do. 5a percent, Do. 5 „ Clydesdale Juno Colchester, Stour Val E. Lincolnsh. g 6 p-r E.Unlon,HarwichShs. Do. Woodbridge Gls.Barr.& Ncils. Drct Do. new Gloster & Dean Forest Hrtlp'l Dock .1 Rail.. Hull and Selby. Do. halves... Do. quarters........ l Lanc.&Carl.l - rua. 5 p.c. London & Greenwich. Do. Preference Lon.,Tilbury,& S -end Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. Do. 6 per cent Mnc., Bxtn ,&Matlock Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock .. 100 Midland.. Newmarkt,BuryEx. j 5 5 B.,E.Counts. gua. 5 percent..... Northn.&Eastn. sp. e. all iDo. Do. 6p. c. ; all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c..... all Do. North Western ... all Midland L& NW Preston and Wyre. 1 all ez L y k. Do. Shares A .I all Do. Uoystn. Hitch., & Shepi 100 Gt.Nortll Shrewsbry& Hereford' 100 T.Brassey Do. do. 1 Do. -Staffordshire all Irelean... Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. Winakledcm 4Grucla all Lei Brep IC9 111 ' 2OO 204 61 63 112 117 87 90 3 31 91 96 55 57 15 16 131 134 IC4 108 10i 1 i 1P 89 91 Si 2i .TITE -SUN, LONDON, TITE . SDAy VE XING, MAY I, 1.861. lusiness done OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) ROBBERY BY A SERVANT. 6376 90 i 6 CENTRAL CRIMINAL‘COORT—(ThisD4.) James Hogg and Caroline Hogg were indicted for steal• ing twelve handkerchiefs, value £2, and divers othergoods to the value of £2OO, the property of John Brocklebank. The male prisoner pleaded guilty. _ _ Mr. Sleigh said the prosecutor did not wish to press the charge against the female. The prisoner had been in the employ of the prosecutor, curing which time property was lost to the amount of £5OO. The Recorder asked if the property h td been given up. The officer said it was in Court, ready to be restored. The prisoner, on being asked why sentence should not be passed upon him, said he had been led• in by a friend to accept some bills, and he took the property to meet them when they became due. The Recorder said it was a very serious offence, as it appeared the prisoner had been ever since he had been in the prosecutor's employ systematically robbing him. He should, therefore, sentence him to three years' penal servi tude. BETIISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrence Born.,Baroda.t.Cent Ind GIL 5 per cent Do, Do. 13 Buffalo and Laze Huron f Do. New .Do. Preferonce Buffalo, Brant, &G odricl) 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 187: Do. do. July 1, 1878 Do. do. June 1, 187-i Clcutta. Ea s t n. (Lin Cape, Eas tn. Prov. (Lim ) CapeT own & Dock Scrii,, Ceylon G uarantd. fi p. c Demerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. ,East Indian, ;.ru. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p c. Debentrs Do. sp. c. Deb 1864 Do. 1865-1870 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. G per et Do. 6per et. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867 .. Do. do. 1872 Gt.lndiarenin.gua.sp.e.i Do. New gua. 5 p. c... IGt. South.of padia(Liml • guaranteed 5 per cent.' Do. do. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New .. Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. IDo. 5/ p. c. do. '77 d 0... stDo. p. c. do. '7B d 0... Madras, guar., 4/ p. 0... Do. do. 5 per cent .... Do. tt p. c. Extension Do. 5 Melb.Corp. 6 p. c. Bnds. 1 Ncwßrnnswick x Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.f3pc; Class A Capital Share' Do. do. Land ..... Do. do. B Capital do. Do. do. Land do. Oude (Limited) Scinde •.• .1 Do. Punjaub 4 Do. Do. .. • .. • • ac Do. Indus. St. Flo. gg., Trinidad (Lim.) F4crip.. 100 100 100 all 100 15 all [lOO 1 C losing Price. Paid. all 100 all all all all 66 69 FOREIGN RAIL 95 96 6 7 75 80 65 70 65 70 5 6} S 4 86 95 86 87 89 1 1 e 5 7 5 7 88i 991 1 11,1 I H 181 191 1 1 92 94 2 dill rAYS. 41 d 11 I d pr 14 141 O 9) 100 99/ 100 97# 98/I 99 100 091 100 20 21 65 68 • 55 0 37 39 45 48 37 40 37 40 961 D7# 1d 2 d 91 96 1 111 !If 9# v 6 100 88 P 2 97} 7 91 1 tsi 5i -1) 1 f 1 11 12 3} 211 2i 2: 23 14 61 7 7i Si 19 20 39 40 •8 9 374 384 53 55 41 3d H 15 51 6 8# ' 4 4 II II d 22j 2 3 j 6 6i 1 j 21 22 DANGEROUS RIFLE PRACTISING. Mr. James Beasley surrendered to an indictment for mis demeanour, charging him with unlawfully keeping an en closed ground for the purpose of practising rifle shooting, to the great danger and nuisance of the persons residing in the neighbourhood. Mr. Metcalf and Mr. Orridge prosecuted, and Mr. Lewis appeared for the defendant. Mr. Metcalf said the prosecution was instituted by the Government, and their object was to protect the public from injury. No one, of course, condemned the practice of rifle shooting, and he was certain everybody sympathised with the patriotic movement now on foot, but a line must be drawn with respect to the ground taken for rifle practice, it was thought the present was a proper course for Govern ment interference. Mr. Alfred Brett—l reside at 5, Albert•villas, Old Ford, Stratford-le-Bow. My, house is at the back of the butt erected by the defendant. It is an enclosure very near three highways—the Victoria-road, the Victoria-park-road, and the Albert-road. They all run along the back of the butt. I have been in the army for nine years. I know the whistle of a rifle bullet well. (Laughter.) On several occasions I have been outside the enclosure, and had what I consider very narrow escapes from the bullets fired at the butt erected by the defendant. I have frequently seen the bullets enter the public roadways. Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh—l have been an instruc tor of musketry. The flight of a rifle bullet would be about half a mile. My house is about 40 yards from the butt. I have known bullets come into the public thoroughfares on many occasions. I don't think the report of the rifle could, by any person familiar with the sound, be mistaken for the whistle of the bullet. There are sand bags and faggots about the butt. Re-examined--I have known bullets enter the houses in the Albert-road. There is nothing to prevent shots pass ing over the butt into the Victoria. park-road. The bullet would range 600 yards over the Victoria-park-road. The bullet would destroy life at about 800 or 1,000 yards. Samuel Bartholomew—l live at No. 8, Albert-villas, Old Ford. On the 3d of December, I heard the report of rifle-shooting at the butt erected by Mr. Beasley. The next morning a rifle bullet was picked up in my bed •room. I went to Mr. Beasley about it, and he returned to my house with me in company with another gentleman. The gentleman said the bullet had been thrown into his room, to which I replied that it was impossible for a person to throw a bullet through a venetian blind. There was also a circular hole through a pane of glass in the win dow at which the blind hung. Mrs. Batholomew, wife of the last witness, said—l heard the report of a rifle on the 3d of December, immediately after which I heard the breaking of glass. My son George afterwards picked up a rifle bullet in our bedroom. Cross-examined--I should think the bullet made a hole fa the wall about half an inch in depth. George Bartholomew proved he picked up the bullet, as described by his mother. Jonathan Butcher, a police sergeant, said that rifle shooing had been carried on in defendant's ground for some months previous to the 3d of Dec. He also said that he informed Mr. Beasley that a bullet had entered the bed room of Mr. Bartholomew. Bullets had often passed over his head, and on one occasion one entered the roadway a very short distance from his feet. He had found three bullets in all, but he had, since he had been before the magistrate lost two of them. He had known persons in a state of intoxication firing at the butts erected by Mr. Beasley. The Recorder—Whit made you think some of the men were drunk ? Witness—Well, because they could not walk straight. (Laughter.) Mr. Lewis—How many could not walk straight ? Witness—TwO or three. Mr. Lewis—How many were there at the ground in all ? Witness—l suppose about thirty. Mr. Lewis—Do you mean to say that some of the gentle. men in the rifle uniform were drunk ? Witness—Yes. Mr. Lewis—And your only reason for saying three were drunk was that they could not walk straight ? IxTitueb3—Yes. Inspector Hennesy said—l have complained to Mr. Beasley of the danger arising from firing at the rifle butt in his enclosure. In September I was standing in the Vie. toria-park-road when a bullet passed over my head. I went to the ground and found 30 or 40 persons firing at the short range, and drinking ale. On the 28th of the same month Mr. Beasley promised to make any alteration the police commis sioners desired, but I told him the commissioners would not take the responsibility of making any suggestion, but if Mr. Beasley would make his butt safe no proceedings would be taken against him. Abraham Quilter, Musketry Instructor to the Tower Hamlets' Militia—l some time rented the butt erected by Mr. Beasley. I gave it up because I did net consider it safe to the public.- It was afterwards raised some feet, but it has since sunk, and is now about the same height it was when I rented it. Cross-examined—A skilled person could not fire at the butt with any degree of certainty. Mr. Lewis —Do you mean to say you could not hit the target ? Witness—l have great doubt about it. Mr. Lewis—.l should not like to be a target for you to fire at. Witness—Oh, no ; you would stand a very awkward chance of getting the shot. (Laughter.) Mr. Lewis—Yes, I should think so. What, do you think General Hay would do if he saw persons practising at the butt ? Witness—General Hay I Why he'd run away and never stop until! he got to Hythe agaio. (Laughter.) Capt. Boden said he had been employed examining the butts erected for the practice of rifle shooting by the volunteers. The butt in its present condition was no safe. The danger could only be prevented by the range being completely roofed over by a bullet proof material. Mr. Swiss made a technics' objection to the form of the indictment which was overruled. Counsel then ret.red to arrange the matter, as the only thing they sought by the present proceelings was the pro tection of the public. After an absence of about a quarter of an hour Mr. Sleigh said he had arranged with his learned friend, that his client should plead guilty, and be allowed to be dis charged on his own recognisances to appear when called upon: He desired to take that opportunity of publicly denying in the most positive terms on the part of several gentlemen who were present, that there had ever been any volunteers drunk While firing at the butt. Mr. Metcalfe said it appeared to him that his learned friend was now fixing it upon the volunteers. The witness said there were other persons there as well. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The Recorder directed the defendant to enter into hie recognisances to appear when called upon, at the same time informing him, that if he made the place safe, he would not be called up for judgment. POLICE . 11 VTELLIGENCE.—( This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CHARGE OF FRAUD AGAINST THE SECRETARY OF A BENEFIT SOCIETY. —James Munn, of 6, Blenheim-street, Secretary to the West-end Boot-closers' Provident Society, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with defrauding Charles Glover and others of various sums of money to the amount of £2O, received by him for and on their account. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap peared for the defendant. Mr. Charles 'Glover, of 57, Castle-street, said defendant was the Secretary of the "West -end Boot-closers' Provident Society (unenrolled), and witness was a member. Defendant was secretary of the society from July 1858 till March 5, when he was dismissed. During the whole time defend -zit was so employed the books of the society were not examined ; but after he was dismissed they were examined, and a deficiency was found to the amount of more tnan L 29. nu wished to state that, on the 13th February, 1858 ; £lll6s. balance being in hand, it was cilityof acting as ho had done. agreed to lend it in small sums to the members, and it was lent, arid it was through this the aisf a there was any deficiency, to pay very complicated affair, and de fendantdefendantaAidi r . back Lew w h ai and s a d s wti saidhl l ei againni ftga it back. At a meeting the previous night it was agreed that - six weeks should be given for the books to be gone through, and yet the defendant had been given into cus • tody. _ Tyrwhitt said he should remand the defendant for a week, and the books in the meantime could be looked over. He would, however, take bail for the prisoner's reappear ance. Bail was accepted. We regret to hear that Mrs. Wollidge, after an arduous and lengthened career in the theatrical profession, is, in consequence of a severe attack of paralysis, compelled in her declining years to apply for the benefits of that ox.. cellent institution, the Dramatic College, to which, by her talents as an actress for upwards of 48 years, we consider her justly entitled. An inquiry was opened at the Town Hall, Ash ton, yesterday, before Dr. Holland, appointed by the Home ,Secretary, to investigate certain allega tions which have latterly been made of gross irregularities in the parochial burial grounds, and particularly in that attached to the parish church, and in the ground belonging to the cemetery, in Stalybridge Road. The order of July 1, 1855, it seems, provides " that only one body is to be buried in each grave in the new cemetery, and no burials to take place without a covering of earth 41 feet in depth, at the least, measuring from the upper surface of the coffin." The parish, churchyard had been closed from the Ist of October, 1855 ; and by an order dated the 13th November, 1858, the incumbent and churchwardens were required to adopt the fol. lowing measure as to the cemetery :—" That the said cemetery be effectually drained, so that water may not accumulate in any grave." The allega tions were that these orders had been systematically set at defiance.—Mr. Hugh Mason, ex-mayor of Ashton, who attended in support of the allegations, said this inquiry had been promoted by the Town Council, but he was also there in his individual character to make certain statements.—A long dis cussion here took place, the question being whether , the charges should be made backed by the authority of the Town Council or by an individual.—The Rev. Mr. Parkes, the Rev. Mr. Radley, Mr. Alderman G. Hegiubottom, Mr. Mellor, Dr. Lees, and other gentle men, not wishing to submit to the Town Council the question in dispute, Mr. Railey said he required that the statements should be taken in the name of Mr. Mason.—Mr. Mason agreed to this course. —Mr. Mason then read a statement containing the allegations referred to. He asserted that four cof fins had been put into one grave in the cemetery during the last twelve months ; that in other graves the covering of earth was not more than three feet, Or three feet two inches in depth ; ;that coffins had . been placed in actual contact, or that only one inch of soil lay between them ; that the cemetery had not been effectually drained, water having been lifted out of the graves, and coffins having been seen floating ' that graves had been kept open until four or five coffins had been put in, covered with boards, and not filled up with parth until the last coffin was put in ; that in Janu ary last, Thomas Moss was buried in a com mon grave in the parish churchyard, and that a coffin was taken out of the grave belonging to another person, and removed elsewhere; also that Moss's coffin was not at a sufficient depth. Mr. Mason said he was prepared to prove the strict truth of these charges ; but his witnesses were poor men and ought not to be brought forward. The Rev. Mr. Parkes said he denied the general statement of Mr. Mason. Mr. Mason then demanded a per. sonal investigation, It was denied that the allega tions as to Moss's grave were true ' • but it was ad mitted that the cemetery h a d on ly been partially drained. It was also admitted that the late sexton, Thomas Newton, had acted in an irregular manner; but it was urged that since the present sexton had become acquainted with the orders in council, no irregularities had occurred. Mr. Mason, in reply, said the orders had been grossly violated since Thomas Newton had been discharged. Samuel Lomas, the sexton, in answer to Dr. Holland, admitted 'that there might be coffins in the cemetery something like four feet from the surface ; but he was certain not one within three [feet. No coffins were put within an inch of each other; there was the depth of a spade be tween them. Mr. Mason asked Lomas if, on a rough Saturday, there were coffins put in a grave and boarded over, and put in actual contact ? Mr. Lomas denied that they were put in contact. --Mr. Mason : I say they were. I will bring a man who was at the funeral and saw it.—Dr. Hol land then asked as to the coffins seen floating. Several persons present exclaimed, " It is not true." Mr. Mason : hay it is the strict truth.—Dr. Holland then put the question as to graves being left open four and five days.—Lomas : It is not true.—Mr. Mason : I say it has been done. I wish to ask Mr. Lomas, on his solemn oath, if graves had not been filled up after several coffins had been put in P Mr. Lomas said he gave orders for the grave diggers to fill them up ; and Mr. Parkes explained that the ground sank.—After a long and angry discussion, Mr. Mason called Mr. William Wood, a town missionary, who proved that he had assisted Mr. Lomas to put two coffins upon each other without any soil between them in a grave in the cemetery yard. Witness acknowledged the day was a very rough one, and that they were glad to get the coffin anywhere.—Dr. Holland and a great part of the audience then proceeded to the cemetery, and the ground was probbed. It was quite evident that this had been previously done, as there were numerous holes, and a great deal of indignation was expressed by the Church party. One place was probed, and it was admit ted on all hands that there was a coffin 3ft. 4iin. from the surface. Dr. Holland and Mr. Mason then took a coach for the purpose of examining the latter gentleman's witness, Wm. Bradbury, an inmate of the workhouse. Bradbury said : I have dug graves at the cemetery this year. I have assisted to put four coffins in one grave. There would be l fin. or 2in. between the coffins. I recollect digging a grave, and when one coffin was put in the grave was not filled up. The coffin was just covered, and it was left until the grave was filled:up. Until about two or three months ago it was the custom to cover graves with planks and leave them until they .s.ere filled up. When the fourth coffin was put into the grave, it would be rather better than two feet from the surface. I have seen water in dgrave, and had to ladle it out. I dug a part of Moss's grave. We found a very big coffin in the grave, about a foot from the top. The coffin was put in the next grave. It was dark. It was not taken out of the grave, but the wall of the next grave was cut down to a level, and it was pushed into the other grave. Lomas helped to shift it. Dr. Holland having re ceived a good character of the witness from the Governor of the Workhouse, closed his inquiries, and will make his report to the Secretary of State. DEATH OF SIR GEORGE JACKSON, K.C.H.—One of the oldest diplomatic servants of the Crown, in the per son of Sir George Jackson, died on Thursday last, at Bou logne. The late Sir George, who was son of the Rev. Dr. Jackson, canon of St. Paul's, accompanied his brother, Mr. Francis J. Jackson, to Paris, it being the first mission to France after the French Revolution. He was attached to the mission to Berlin from October, 1802;to 1806, and was afterwards sent on a special mission to that country at the end of the latter year. In 1807 he was ap pointed Secretary of Legation and Charge d'Affaires, but returned home in consequence of the peace of Tilsit, having in the meantime been selected to bring home the treaty of peace with Prussia, and s übsequenily the account of the surrender of Copenhagen to the King's forces. In October, 1808, ho was appointed Secretary to the spe cial mission to Spain, and was ordered home in the succeeding year in order to repair in the same capacity to the United States, but did not go, in consequence of the suspension of diplomatic relations between the two coun tries. Early in the spring of 1813 he was appointed Secretary of Legation and Charge d'Affaires at Berlin, and remained with the army and at Berlin till after the Battle of Waterloo. In 1816 he was appointed Secre tary to the Embassy at St. Petersburg. While at Berlin he attested the marriage of the late King of Have"-, awn Duke of Cumberland. In 1899 ts. sent on special ser vice to macula, am ui April the following year was ap pointed Commissioner at Washington, under the Ist Article of the Treaty of Ghent, which appointment he filled till 1827. The late Sir George was appointed Commissary Judge at Sierra Leone in January, 1828; at Rio Janeiro, in July, 1832 ; at Surianam, in August, 1841 ; and at Loanda, in D,cember, 1845. For his diplomatic services he was, in 1832, made a Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, by William IV. A DORSETSHIRE COTTAGE.—At the Dorset County Petty Sessions, held at Dorchester on Saturday, April 20, Jessie Phillips, of 0 wermoigne, near 'Weymouth, was summoned by his employer, Mr. Thomas Masters, for refusing to fulfil his agreement. It appealed that defendant had made a yearly agreement for Bs. a week, potato ground, house and garden, and wheat at ss. per bushel ; but when he saw the house, he refused to enter it, took away his goods, and had not been there since. Defendant said the cottage was not tenantable ; the water came up to the doors. His wife had only been confined a month; he was agreeable to go if he had a good cottage, but this was a disgrace to put a man into. Joseph Hall, a waggoner, said the front door was only three feet from the sea. He could not call it a cottage at all; it was merely a hole dug in the cliff; it had one room upstairs, and one down, and it was rot plas tered, He was a farmer himself, and his cows had a better stall. He had seen the sea fly all over it. Plaintiff said the place, though not a very good cottage, was, certainly tenantable; it was stone built, thatched, and well plas tered and whitewashed. Defendant said a gentleman far mer would not put his hackney horse in there. The case was adjourned till the BenCh should make further in quirid. At the petty sessions of May, Mr. William's, the presiding magistrate, read a letter from the surveyor who had been appointed by the Bench to examine the cottage, stating that he found the cottage in a dilapidated state, and scarcely tenantable. The Bench decided that the cottage was not fit for habitation, and held that the contract was , void. - Tenders have been invited for a New Zealand loan of £150,000 with interest at 6 per cent. from the Ist of July, redeemable in 30 years. The adjudication is to be made at the Union Bank of Australia on the 20th inst. The instalments are to consist of 10 per cent. at the time of contract, 20 per cent, respectively ou tile .20th of July and the 20th of August, 25 per cent. on the 20th of Sep tember; and the bane° e A the 21st 01 October, SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. IMPERIAL. PAHLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CILANCELLOR took his seat on the wooLsack at five o'clock, -- Earl ST. GERMANS presented petitions in favour of legalising marriage tvi'll a deceased wife's slate.% Lord HATHERTON presented a petition in favour of vote by ballot. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Dewsbury, Batley, and Reckmondwicke Water, Bishopscastle Railway, Great Northern Railway (purchase ailw and of Hertford, &c. Railway), Kilkenny Market Llantressant and Taff Vale Junction Railway, and Midland (new line) bills were read a second time. The South`Essex Water, Caledonian Railway (Ruther glen and Coatbridge b ra nches) Alva Railw,y, Clifton Durdham Downs, Kilrash and Kilkee Railway and Poul nasherry Reclamation, Bradford and Leeds Railway, time and a a n n a d Morayshire Railway bills were read a passed. WILLS OF PERSONALTY BY BRITISH SUB JECTS BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Lord LYNDHURSTrose and said he regrettednot being present at the second reading of thi s bill. He thought the measure was one of great importance, and therefore he should offer a few remarks to their lordships respecting the bill. The decision, that had been come to in the case of Freeman and Freeman, in which the question of domicile was involved, had produced a very great im pression on the other side of the channel, and if a noble friend who was now in the south of France was present, he could confirm that assertion. In the caso he had referred to, he believed the amount of money involved was about £IO,OOO, but the cost in the case could not have been much less than 5,000. Again there was another case which had lately been decided. It was simply a question of whe ther the domicile was in England or Scotland, The evidence in the case amounted to 15,000 closely printed pages, the arguments of counsel in Scotland lasted ten days, and then it was brought to the House of Lords upon appeal and was continued at much the same amount of days in that court, and the cost must have been enor mous. He thought some alteration was absolutely necessary. The bill was one that was much required, and the misapprehensions that existed with respect to it were because its provisions were not fully known. It did not at all alter the provisions of a will. It only related to the form in which it should be made for the future. He knew that the noble lord (St. Leopards) below him had made some objections to this bill, but then the bill of which he had been the parent relative or, of the most complicated pieces or legislation that had ever been before their lordships. He thought if this was adopted a most laudable and noble object would be accomplished. Lord ST. LEONARDS denied that he was responsible for the bill to which the noble lord had referred. He had no more to do with it than any agent out of their lordships' house. He had, however, been instrumental in carrying a bill of which he felt proud, because since it had been in existence not a single Englishman's will which came within its provisions had ever been questioned. lie did not object to the pi inciples of the bill, but what he objected to was the manner in which domiciles were settled. He looked ca the law of domicile as the law of nations, and unless we could get other nations to agree with us we could not alter the law. ALLEGED IMPROPER INT.EI?MENTS AT ASll2Olr. Aleerian Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardenne5............ Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 Belgian East. Juncticmi Beziers to Graissessac.. Cormeaux Mine & Rail Cupiapo . Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish . ..... `Eastern of France .... Grand Ens Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. - Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction .. Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva .. •• • • Namur & Liege •••• •• • • Do. 6 p. e. Pref. ....•• •• Northern of France.... , Do. New Shares ....! !Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, Mediter. Paris & Orleans Recife do S. Fran. (Pern.) gua. 7p. et. lirn.. • Riga dc Dunaburg•—• • • . _ ito - yal Danish —7.... • Royal Swedish o. 7 per cent. Pref . ambre & Meuse o. 5 per cent. Pref an Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c S. A u s t. & Lomb Venetin Southern of Prance I IS. East Portugal 7 p ct 1 ;West Flanders Do. 5 p. c. Preference IW. & N.W. of France West , rn of Austria ,Wes turn of Switzer land 'Wiesbaden .......... . . Do. 8 per cent Pref.... ✓_ealand . BRTTIS Al frerit'onsors7hir ac - British Iron 'Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavi Bt.) East Bassett (Illogan).. East Caradon ..... E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) Gam.eSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South T010n5.... G .Wheal Alfa. IG. Wheal For ( elston) Grenville Herod's- Foot Illingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret Lelant), North Downs 'North Frances (Illo,gan) N. WWI Basset (1110 ;an) , North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St. Blazey), Providence (Uny Lelnt.), Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. I South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. S.Wheal Fran. (Illoge,n) 'Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min ,Tin Croit t riloga (Ca n rm )21 Vale o West t Tw o Basset W. Caradon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 'Wheal Buller (Redruth) I Wheal Edward (Cals.) Wheal Kitty (11.14elant) Wheal Mary Ann (Men.)' Virheal Tratawney (LW' FOR E ES. 2.1 21 175 185' 340 350 974 1024 19 194 6 64 15 17 54 7.4.0 17i 13.9.6 40 6.2.6 8.12 4.11.8 1.8.6 5i 6 2i 3 38 40 2 24, 11 52 55 1 f 6 31 4 3 / 4 4 3 / 4 7 3 / 4 41 8 3} 9 9 3 / 4 40 42 1 1 295 305 2 3 I 1 130 135 35 37 14 21 5 1 61 174 18 3 / 4 67 70 335 315 95 100 105 115 11 2 94 10 3 / 4 13 14 13 14 114 1.4.0 9.18.0 li 10.6.7 11 4f , all ,18.18.9 24.8.0 13e CO 1.7.2 MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim 17.6 d R 20 Brazil St.J.del Rey,Lim 15 321 335 33 421 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 4 14 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. dis. 40 Cobre Copper al 39 41 405 Copiapo l6 7 9 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 2 Fortuna. .. all 24 21 20 General all 24 26 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 * 4p 11 14 Kapunda (Limited) 1 15 11 p 25 3 Linares all 84 9 5 Lusitanian 2 pr 4p 1 Marigold all 5 1 N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L 1211.6d I d 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt 1 all 4 6 5 Port Philip 1 1 4* 1 Scottish Austrin. 10s. I 1 (1 88.2-81 United Mexican .. all 6 65 6 1 .Worthing (Limite(l)..::l all 1 1 Do — . • JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 190 Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 80 c 2 40 Australasia all 61 63 615 25 Bank of Egypt all 184 191 100 Bank of London 20 Bank of Turkey 50 IBritish North American all 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 205 21 21 201 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 100 'City 100 C010nia1..... 20•11 Corn. Bank of Canada.. all 100 Commercial of London . 20 -- 20 'Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 151 164 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char. Bkof Austral all 221 231 23 20 Do. new 5 11 1 4 50 'London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 'London and S. African lO 2 14 100 'London & %V e stm i nster 20 66 68 661 7 100 Nat. Prov. of England 42 20 'Do. new 50 National Bank ........ 25 20 New South Wales__ „ all 48 474 1 25 Orient. B. Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank 100 Prov :octal of rreland 10 'Do. new ‘ll 25 'South Australia . all 321 25 Union of Australia ' 50 Union o London . l2 25 26 toe 'Unity Mutual 6O COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July! • 1877-9 1 100 111 114 111 12 111 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 1094 Do. 5 per cent lOO 1014 1024 1024 1 Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 1054 1061 106 Do. 18901 100 1051 1064 LN.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Julyl 100 108 109 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct.: 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c., 18661 100 99 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 984 904 99 Do. p.c., 1888 &upwds 100 98 99 985 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 108 109 S. Aus,Glip.c.lB7B.& up lOO Vic. Gov. 6p c. Jr. &July 100 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lOO 1051 106 1054 DOCKS. stock Commercial luu stock IDo. 4 per Cent.Pret Min. 100 stock East and IVest India stock London stock St. Katharine , 100 56 56 stock 'Southampton ' 100 stock , Victoria 20 'Do New . 2 1 old par MISCELLANEOUS. 14 15 30 32 4 4ii 30j 30 32 35 18 20- 12 14 112 116 31 33 1.05 1(7 106 108 fd d at ov 31 31 i I 4 1 I 1 2i 3i 11 1 d 1 Old 1 5 10 Ang - Jo-Mexican Mint Atlantic it. MI. Stm (1d) Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Berlin Water (Limited) British American Land B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) Do. C. (Limited) Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ' Cop. Min. ofEng.& Stung - Do. Pref. 74 per cent. Crystal Palace Do. Preference D.- 4 V, et. Perpet. Deb E, India imp, el. 0.. al Electric Telegraph Do. New "6 I English &Aus. Copper. 15 'Gen. Steam Navigati oi 1 Great Ship I .imited) 1 Do. 17i pct Preference 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) 20 ,Madras Irr. and Canal 10 lied. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) 25 National Die. Co. (Lirn , 20 Nerbn.Coal&lron (Lim ) 10 Netherlands Land fli Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis 00 N. Rr.&NovaScotiaLand 1 N.t.Australasian (Lim.) 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). I Do. New Shares (Lim.). 10 Orintl. In. Steani (Lim.) it. reel R.Lnd.&3lln,(Lim) 50 ' Pen. & Oriental Steam 50 I Do. New. .. . ... .. 20 fleici Sea&ln.Tel.g.4ip.c 50 IthYmneY Iron Do. New 5te.......... 15 oc 'South Australian Land -- rine Tel Scrip . 0 0 .ilZCOoyta. l A ll u l s a t i l l n. in a v m . 4 . , i m . ) 1 stibula A. Registered ...• • I 'Do. us,. do • DO. •11 •• •. 10 ,TrAuuststrainacdsoi 10 a Ao,ency of ., (lina) IA is 20 Tr.AL Lm. Co. Co. (lim.y, 5 U. li'c r n s Land , 109 au D 0104 , L i, .of Upr.Cart; ___ _ - - " ' 1000 99i 14 i 14 13 1 1 1 18.8. all all all all all id 9 0 iD . 2 THIRD EDITION. CIIESTER RACES,--(This Day.) EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. THE GROSVENOR STAKES, General Hess Cosmopolite Twilight • Six ran. THE AIOSTYN STAKES Tolurno Barricade 2 Egyptian 3 Ten ran. Express scratched at 1.30 p.m. PALATINE CUP STAKES. Optimist Lupus Faultless Seven ran. CHESTERFIELD STAKES. Pancake .................. 1 Sawcutter Shepherdess ... Four ran. WYNNSTAY HANDICAP. Underhand - - - - Misty Morn Brassey 2 Fourteen ran. £5O HA ND ICAP PLATE. Miss Julia .......................... 1 Lord of the Manor 2 Harriet Seven ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 5 SOVS. Stanton Zulieka Ph lomeli Six ran. LATEST BETTING. CHESTER CUP. 10 to 3 agst Chere Arnie (taken) sto 1 agst Man-at-Arms (taken) 7to 1 agst Wallace (taken) 7to 1 agst Ben Webster (taken) 100 to 6 agst Herne (taken) 100 to 6 agst Optimist (taken) 40 to 1 agst Satellite (taken) LONDON GAZETTE-(TRIS EVENING). LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MAY 7. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty's birthday will be kept on Wednesday, the 10th of July next. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 4. The following addresses of condolence to the Queen, on the occasion of the death of her late Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, having been transmitted to hio Grace the Duke of Newcastle, K.G., her Majesty's Principal Secre tary of State for the Colonies, for presentation, have been presented accordingly to her Majesty, who was pleased to receive them very graciously : From the Legislative Council and Commons of the pro vince of Canada. The Legislative Council of the province of Nova Scotia. The House of Assembly of Nova Scotia. WHITEHALL, MAY 6. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Most Noble George Granville William, Duke of Sutherland, to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of the county of Suther land. DOWNING STREET, MAT 4, 1861. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Branch Pollard, Esq., to be Auditor-General for the Colony of British Guiana ; and Henry Alexander Fitt, Esq., to be Registrar-General for the Island of Trinidad. _ DOWNING-STREET, MAY 6, 1861. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Dias, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Ceylon ; and Samuel Brownlow Gray. Esq., to be Attorney-General for the Bermudas or Somers' Island. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 6, 1861. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Niebuhr as Consul at Rangoon for his Majesty the King of Prussia. CRO WN •OFFICE, MAY 6. 31EMBER'RETURNED TO ennva IN THE'RESENT. PQRLIA ALENT. Borough of Montgomery—Tohn Samuel Wiles 'John son, Captain R.N., in the room of David Pugh, Esq., de ceased. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MAY 7. The Right Hon. the Lords of thje Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Ambassador at St. Petersburg, enclosing a copy of a Rus sian Imperial ukase, permitting from the - 13th April, 1862, the importation of tea by the sea ports of the Empire, and by the European land frontiers, at the following rates of duty:— By the European land frontiers and into Poland 30 copecks per lb. ordinary teas, and 60 copecks per lb flowery, black, green, and yellow teas. By the Russian sea ports 35 copecks per lb. ordinary teas, and 65 copecks per lb. flowery, black, green, and yellow teas. The same ukase provides that the duties upon tea im ported by the Asiatic frontier of Russia shall be as follows, from the let October next : Per lb. copecks. Flowery, black, green, and yellow tea 4O Ordinary teas (the de qualite marchaude) Tea in bricks, slabs, teas denominated louganes, and tea of low qualities WA R orrloE, PALL-MALL, MAY 7. CuMMISSARIAT DEPARTAIENT.—Deputy-Assistant Com missary-General Latham Win. Blacker, to be Assistant- Commissary-General, vice Thos. Forsyth Moore, placed upon half-pay. CHAPLAINS' DEPARTMENT.—The Rev. L. Parsly, Chap lain of the 4th Class to be Chaplain of the 3d Class. The Hon. Artillery Company of London—Sergeant Francis Fairlie to be Ensign. [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIs EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Shrewsbury and Welch pool Railway Bill were considered and agreed to, and the bill was ordered for third reading. The A baystwith and Welch Coast Railway Bill was read a third time. The following bills were considered and ordered for third reading :—Blyth and Tyne Railway, Clitheroe Gas, Cole ford, Monmouth, Usk, and Pontypool Railway, Greetwell District Drainage, Leeds and Ealand Road, Limerick and Foynes Railway, and Ross and Monmouth Railway. The Macclesfield Gas and Thames Embankment bills were read a second time. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented praying that affirmation may, in certain cases, be substituted for oaths in law courts, for and . against the repeal of the paper duty; against the abolition of the church rates, in favour of legis lation on the subject• of the Batmen fisheries; against the Parochial Assessment Bill •; in favour of the - training of schoolmasters for middle-class schools ; from the inhabi tants of the town of Aberdeen againq the bill before the house relative t , ) the subject of fishery. &c. THE PAPER DUTY. The CHANCELLOR of theIEXCHEQUER begged to give notice that instead of including the paper duty in the financial bill, he would, in order to be more regular, move the repeal of that duty in a preliminary resolution to morrow in committee of ways and means, and thus it would be compressed in the financial bill. ARMY AMALGAMATION (INDIA). In reply to Mr. H. SEYMOUR, Sir C. WOOThsaid he - was expecting despatches from India by the next mail relative to the progress of army amalgamation in India. ASCENSION THURSDAY. Mr. S. ESTCOURT asked the noble lord at the head of the Government whether he intended to bring on the usual motion for committees of the house not meeting till two o'clock on Thursday next, being Ascension-day ? Lord PALMERSTON answered in the affirmative, and moved a resolution to that effect. The motion was then agreed to. THE FORTS AT SPITHEAD. Sir M. PETO asked the Secretary of &Ate for War if the GuNernment intended t ) proceed with the forts in the road stead of Spithead ? Mr. BARING said that the works in question would be )roceeded with, and the papers mc,r.a by the non. )aronet last week would be Lid shortly on the table. RAILWAYS IN INDIA. Sir M. PETO asked the Secretary of State for India what steps the Government intended to take consequent on despatch from India, dated the 22d February last, in which it was stated that " a state of things is possible, or rather probable, in which, in the event of funds not being sup plied from home, in anticipation, to carry on the railway works, the Government of India would have no alternative but to order their abrupt and complete suspension?" Sir C. WOOD said that the apprehensions entertained relative to this subject were totally unfounded. He had not the slightest intention to allow the railway works in India to be stopped. They had been carried on fully last year, and there had been expended on them that year £8,300,000" Mr. H. SEYMOUR inquired if the right hoa. gentle man (Sir C. Wood) proposed to carry out the railway to the cotton districts in India. Sir C. WOOD said that such was his intention. BELLIGERENT RIGHTS. Mr. WALPOLE expressed a wish that his hon. friend the member for Liverpool would postpone the following motion, which he had on the paper:— That, in the opi nion of this house, the subject of belligerent rights at sea is at present in an unsatisfactory state, and deserving of the serious attention of her Majesty's Government!' He considered that after what had been stated by the Go vernment it would not be advisable to bring forward this question at present. Lord PALMERSTON said he entirely concurred with the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Walpole) in the view he had taken of the inexpediency of discussing this question at the present moment. The house would bear in mind what the noble lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs stated last night, namely, that the question involved in this mo tion was one of a very grave and complicated character, and that it was under the consideration of the Government, and therefore they could not enter on it at the present time. If the motion was persevered in, it would be impossible to make any other reply than that the Government could not afford any information on the subject. Mr. HORSFALL said that, agreeing entirely in what had fallen from the right hon. gentleman and the noble lord, he would postpone his motion t 3 a future occasion. BARON DE BODE. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL appealed to his ho. friend (Mr. Denman) to postpone his motion, w hic n de was on the paper, for a committeeselectofßaron to consi der the matters alleged in the petition the consideration s l id t e w r a o t u io l would b o e f ntheocessokisareyot.for him to prepare himself for Mr. DENMAN said that he was very reluctant to postpone this motion. He considered this sub ject could be best considered in a select com mittee instead of in a full House of Commons. He agreed, however, on the personal grounds stated by his hon. and learned friend, for he admitted that it was neces • sary that that hon. and learned member should be in a position to watch carefully anything that he (Mr. Denman) said on the subject. He would, therefore, Lne postponement of the motion. ItTrx,---,;;""" _ Mr. Ti L.. 1 u IRE moved an address for copy of papers correspondence relative to the mission of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone to the lonian Islands, as Lord High Commissioner Extraordinary, in Nov., 1858. The learned member entered into different details relative to the present political position of the lonian Islands, and con demned the conduct pursued by this country towards these islands. He asserted that the result of our policy, instead of attaching the people of these islands to British rule had quite the opposite effect. He cited different authorities to show that the inhabitants of these islands were desirous of being annexed to Greece. He did not believe that the Government of the day had done anything wrong in sending Mr. Gladstone, as Lord High Commissioner, to these islands to institute an inquiry into the state of those islands, and to report thereupon. What he wanted to know was the character of that inquiry, the manner in which it had been conducted, the reportthat was made, and the recommendations which that report contained. The right hon. gentleman - was hailed with en thusiasm by the islanders of all classes. He now asked, was not the desire for nationality universal amongst the community F_ That statement had been denied, and it had been asserted that that feeling was not general but he referred to the manifestations which had emanated from the different islands in support of what he alleged alleged as to the strong feeling that prevailed for the re covery of national independence. The hon. member next adverted to some of the replies of Mr. Gladstone to certain addresses from the inhabitants of those islands, in which he rebuked them for their desire for nationality. The right hon. gentleman objected to the form in which they expressll that desire, and they then addressed a most respectr e memorial to her Majesty setting forth theirsh wies v . ubl i ic th also alluded to a speech attributed to him in 6 - why journals. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQTTEE denied that he had made the speech in question: the house u 3 s l e A sh O o u li l l d ß b E e r s l a a ic c l ed th i a n t taken place. possessi on e a a n s a o d i a d o t f t o w il j : a l t r ehaasao reallyn LLEFT 3PEAXING•] BURNS. —Messrs. Put tickof Lola er square, have just con eluded a sale of autographs and manuscripts which em werel°ablitut°eniEghittT songs and other composi tions highly interesting articles. Prominent braced some 4 of • 5 in the ban Robert Burns, which were keenly tion ,and b r ought contended were amongst the most remarkable of the lots :—Lot 79, a amongst them Letter of Isaac Watts, £4 ioa. Lot 84, a Letter of Cotton M Mather, £5 6s. L o t 171, the orig nal S. of Burns' song, “Scots, wha lute," £35. Lot 203, a Common Place Book of Burns, 43 pages folio, £36. Lot 201, another P o etical Commonl Place Book of Durum, Zit). other autograph coutpueitiou s or Burns in the catalogue sold at Price° leon varying. from £1 to £lO. Lot 430, signature of Napo I. wh en commandant of art i llery, to an order for disarm jug the sections ) 44 176. 6cle BANKRUPTS. Samuel Wood, broker, Liverpool, to surrender, May 17, and June 10, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Charles Armstrong, hotel-keeper, Salford, May 17, and Juno 5, at twelve, at the Manchester Disfrict Court. George Elliott, blacksmith, Farnham, May 17, at half past twelve, and June 21, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Morgan Morgan, grocer, Gelligaled, Glamorganshire, May 27 and June 18, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. John Hickson, builder, Sheffield, May 18 and June 15, at [en, at the Leeds District (;oust, William Matthias Bruster, letter press printer, Swansea, Glamorgan, May 16, at eleven, and June 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Henry Carter, painter and plumber, Saint Clements, Oxford, May 21, at two, and June 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Robert Pratt, bricklayer, Great Yarmouth, May 21, at twelve, and June 12, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Charles Bailey and Henry John Hunt Skinner, chemists, Colchester, May 17 and June 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Pheby, dealer in Hams, New North-road, Middle sex, May 17, 91 half-past eleven, and June 21, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Todd, jun., builder, Cheyne-walk, Chelsea, May 17, at half-past one, and June 19, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Henry Blake, brewer, Newport, Isle of Wight, May 14, tactyAo.useb,ury, engineer, Birmingham, May 17 and at Georgetss,o, an d it .r oy u ce ne , I m B, il a le t r r p e, u a d t d l n h gt e Court of o o f rt ß ha _ Bankruptcy. and June 26, at twelve, at the Court of T is C phi H nonu: B re, A faT N eitio K i tre ß ,oclu tT ilta P lys T g.o S w . J BM u aa n nVy e kilr2 6 l i ami' at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. John Vicars, Buchanan, 8 w C o O o WilliamJoh James Jamieson, straw hat manufacturer, Glasgow. COURSE OF EXCHANGE..—Tms DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 19 11 191 Antwerp Brussels — 16 421 25 521 Hamburgh - Paris n• 44..., garseilles — 25 50 25 55 Frankfort on Maine — 118 118 k Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 331 331 Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan 49 - 49i 25 65 25 75 25 621 25 6n SALE AT THE EAST INDIA HOUSE- Yesterday there was a gi ant asiaht hug erte_oolnegbhutbehiY: ed ainuah other articles furniture, fittings, and thousands o f m i na/7 to the at the East India House, gcot Majesty'sit o et s n l doi i n sale on a future day of the i the spacious From an early hour in the mesa° n of " the rooms in which the bul or depart ments" was carried on P e ision of the East India. P e osB sp . Lious th eatre in which, Government taking tnhindiang direction and transfern g. Were pronounced eulo ia Governors and con here the grievances of unfortunate Victoria-stre et, i u n peu past d i t s ifi i n g discussed, Were filled with Hebrew Rajahs and others, Who ea ge rl y scrutin ized gentlemen, . querom_s e s re d w on the articles arranged for their inspection, with a v iew to securing good bargains. Mr. Thomas Fox was the auctioneer, and in the discharge of his duties_ he made som e pertinent remarks on the ant i qu i ty o f the articles - which he was offering for competition and the useful purposes they had served i n t h e ir room ux generation. The rostrum was transferred new to room as necessity required, and s i t n i e n a cham ber which was visited new intere sting articles were case meeting 'with s e . "- Se y veral hours having further proceedings exhibited ready buyers for and sale , g in nn nearly e p a r r i lf e been spent in g, wh en the sale will be continued, terminating on Thursday even ing, so that at the close of the present week all that were adjourned until i' this m y :ornin will be left of the once thriving and populous esta blishment in Leadenhall-street will be the walls of the deserted house. At present it is impossible to guess what 'will be the fate of the old house itself. In the course of a week or two it will be knocked down to the highest bidder, who will be able to apply it to the extension of Leadenhall Market (whichhas been sugg es t e d a s p ro babl e ), t o c onvert it into a railway station, chambers, offices, or any thing else he plea ses . The East India - house „ was built in 1726, and th e p resen t p or ti c o was ad ded om`o ° c cu : pany'l surveyor. it in 1797 f rom the designs a Mr. Juni' , t ae ba ba ►od CEO ch. be In. ion. )3 , a Lnce, jests ;bato dor's ,ee to .took stock stock stock stock stock ( 10{ f 10' stock stock stock 2s. 6d. 124 124 stock 6 stoc t 2 A tock stock stock 6 stock stock stock stock stock stock 1:0.6 au 1100 100 100 100 all all 22$ 3 Share) lt,t) stk 18 20 tog lU No 100 100 174 20 stock 20i 20 100 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock all all 15s. 8 100 all 100 all all all all 1 5 1 28i i 3 101 i 131 i 23} 3