The Sun. — London, England, 1861-05-29 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AIVD CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. A quiet tons still prevails in the discount market, where the terms for accommodation continue to range freely -7- per cent. below the Bank of England mini mum quotation. The immediate inquiry for money is moderate, but a temporary impulse will no doubt be given to business by the preparations which will soon have to be made for the liquidation of commercial accounts on the 6th prox. An average amount of business was reported in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were steadily maintained. The sales were about 8,000 bales. A further sum of about £90,000 in gold was sent into the Bank of England yesterday. The Foreign Exchanges, yesterday afternoon, exhibited a slight decline in the rates on Antwerp, Brusselq, Vienna, and Trieste. Gold is now about 4-10ths dearer here than in Paris, and 7-10ths higher than in Hamburgh. A call of £25 per share, amounting to £250,000, becomes due on Friday on the last East Indian 5 per Cent. Railway Debentures. The Stock Exchange Markets are very dull, and the City, as usual on Derby day, presents the appearance of a partial holiday. A small amount of business is reported in Consols, which are now quoted 914 4 for money, and 914 to 914 for the account, being heavy. The New Threes and the Reduced are steady at 89k 4; Exchequer Bills at 6s. to 2s. die.; Bank Stock is firm at 234; and India 6 per Cent. Loan remains at 1014 4. The dealings in the Foreign Stock Market have been of a moderate character, but prices, in some instances, have shown more firmness. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 71 to 711 ; ditto, 1858, 55t ; Mexican remain at 221; Spanish have improved to 611 ; and Russian 41 per Cents. to 911 ; Greek Bonds are marked 8; and Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents. 901. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been on an extremely limited scale, in con.,equence of the absence of most of the dealers at Epsom, and prices generally have not varied to any extent. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue very dull, without material alteration in values. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B9l 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities Now 3 per Cent. Annuities 8 9 3 /4 India Stock. Ditto 9 per Cent Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 por Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto 5i per Cent lOO Ditto Debentures, 1858 — Ditto, 1869 96 Console for Account, June 6 ... 9ll Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d — Ditto £6OO 0 die Ditto AdYertisod par FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent. 9ok Greek Mexican 3 per Cent .. 221 Peruvian 41 per Cent — Ditto 3 per Cent. Russian 6'pez Cent. 1822. £ St .. Ditto 41 per Cent., 1860 9ll Spanish 8 . per Cent. 5ll "furkieh 6 per Cent Ditto New Loan Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9lf 1 Ditto Account 9ll I 2.HIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, May 29.—Wind this day at noon, North- Easterly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, May 28.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived— Panes, from Alexandria. OFF HURST CASTLE May 28.—Arrived—Tasmania, steamer, from the West Indies. DEAL, May 28.--Wind N.W —Arrived—Salvia, from the River, and sailed for Algoa Bay. SHIELDS May 28.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Lizzie Tin dell, from Alexandria. OFF NEWHAVEN, May 28.—Arrived —Blondell, from Sunderland for Singapore. LABILA.SiI ' May 27.—Wind W.—Arrived—Sea Bride, from Troon for Trieste; John Fyfe, from the Clyde for New York. CARDIFF, May 28.—Wind E.—Sailed—Oceania, for Coquimbo ; Margaret, for Gibraltar; Morning Star, for St. Andrews. LONDONDERRY, May 27e--Wind S. W. —Arrived— Champion, from Porto Rico. BELPAST, May 28.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Hannah Crocker, from Philadelphia. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Fulton, steamer, from Havre, and sails to-day for New York; Lady Eglinton, steamer, from Dublin, and left for London. Sailed—lsabella Croll, steamer, for Cardiff, (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, May 29—Ann Jewitt, and Fanny, from Ostend; Emma, from Aakmaar ; Castor, fem Konigsberg. . Sailed, May 28.—Wave, for Sydney. Sailed, May 29.—Thames, for Bombay; Gibraltar, steamer, for Cadiz; Storm Bird, for Rio Janeiro. THE WEATHER. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. This Day. Letween 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S. 9 a.m. Nairn 29.89 63 50 S.S.W. 5 9 o. 2 Aberdeen Leith 2916 61 52 W. 2 5 e. 2 Berwick 2999 57 52 W. 2 3N. 1 Ardrossan..., 3011 65 53 W. 2 8 0. 2 Portrosh Shields- 2918 55 48 W.N.W. 3 2j b. 2 Galway 3019 80 69 W. 5 9 0. 4 Scarborough, 30•03 58 51 S.W. 1 1 b. 1 Liverpool 10 07 57 52 W.N.W. i 1 Im. 1 Valentia. BOl3 58 65 S.W. 1 9 0. 2 Queenstown 13018 65 53 N.E. 13 11 b. 1 Yarmouth 130.01 56 55 E.N.E. 5 2 0. 4 London 1 2918 58 53 N.E. 3 7 c. Cover 2993 54 53 E.N.E. 5 7 0. 4 Portsmouth Portland Plymouth 129 '99 59 54 N.N. IC, I 3 5 m. 2 Penzance 3015 62 60 N.N.E. 2 8 b. 3 Jersey 2 9 .99 51 49 N.E. 5 6 o. 5 EXPLANATION,—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deo at mean pea. level : each 10 feet of vertical rise EXPLANATION.--B. Barometer, correct and mood to 32 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true — not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud (I to 9). I. Initials :—b., blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ; Ir., fog. • h., hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0., overcast' (dull) ; r., rain ; s., snow ; t., thunder. A letter repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb ance (1 to 9). THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South- .. •• . June 18.' Of . M arse il le s) .. (via ine) J une 12. .. June 4. ampton) .• Do. Brazil and Cape Verds Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &o. Cuba and Mexico .. .. May `49. Canada, &c. (via L'derry) • • .. Ma y 29. Care of Good Hope, &c. .. • . .. J une 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via' S'ampton) June 1. Do (via Marseilles) May 27. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. June 2.E Itidia(Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampto n) June 2. Do. (via Marseilles) May 27. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) June 10. Do. (via Marseilles) .. June 4. Lisbon June 1. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. May 26. Do. (via Alamein* .. June 4. Vigo, and Oporto . .. June 1. 'United States Cal ifornia &a. . ; .. May 29. Western Coast of Atrica , Madeira, Teneriffe .. June 10 . West Indi es an d Pacific,Carthagena, Cuba, &o. May 29. BOAT ACCIDENT AT BRIGHTON.—On Sunday afternoon a boat containing a young man and two young women, was capsized when near the shore, owing mani festly to the incompetency of the party is charge of her, and to his not understanding the manoeuvring necessary to effect a safe landing. Fortunately the accident took place close in shore, and prompt assistance being rendered the parties were quickly rescued, though, the women being drawn under the boat, the lives were in evident danger. Considering how often the rowing boats at Brighton are let t o person s incapable of managing them properly, it h surprising that serious and fatal accidents do not more frequently occur; and the authorities might fitly bestow a little timely care on the subject, by making im- Perative the attendance of a qualified boatman. SECESSION FROU DISSENT. — Mr. Thomas Cart wright, an eminent minister of the New Connection of Methodists in the town of Nottingham, has forwarded his 48 ignation to the Conference, with a view to becoming a candidate for holy orders in the Church of England. Mr. Cartwright is said to be a good preacher and scholar. A Vienna letter says :—" Her Majesty the Em. 1514 " 3 is handsomer than ever, but she still looks delicate. The report that she will pass the summor at Ems is inacoatr -I,ect• If all goes well their Majesties Witt 4 crow "ague, in the month 9 ( #4 , 04,.4114 that with Te.l g reat 1301211) veretatcy." Share ! Railways. ;Paid Closing Business Price. Done. SHARE MARKET.-(TBIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHALIES AND STOCKS. Closing Busine Share. Railways. raid.' Prim Done 50 Be'tas' and Ballymena all 13.14 I Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. al l 884 stock Birk La. and Ch June. 100 81 83 . 25 Blyth and Tyne i all 10 Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co all 6 7 stock Bristol and Exeter lOO 97 99 gs stock 'Caledonian . 100 97 076 97f 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan, all 50 Cork and Bandon all -.- 20 Cork, Birock., tPassag,e 20 Cornwall all 5 6 10 Do A s lA gets no div. I all 10 Do B 1. un til 6 pc peran. hasbeen , d. toll all . 50 Dublin & Belfast June all 41 43 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. June all 8 di stock East Anglian lOO 17 174 stock Eastern Counties lOO 49 50 494 stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 38 40 306 stock Do do B do 100 27 29 25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds. 134 stock East Suffolk stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 82 94 stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 264 276 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all stock F urness stock Glasg. and S. Western 100 109 110 10 Great Nthn.of Scotland all 125 127 stock Great Northern lOO 109 110 109 4 stock Do do A stock stock Do do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 105 107 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val gun. stock 100 60 62 12 Irish South-eastern all stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1094 1091 stock London an 3 Blackwall 100 8 30 41 stock Lon., Bright_ & S Coast 100 118 120 stock Lond., Chat, and Dover 100 44 46 stock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 931 942 914 stock Lond. & gth. Western lOO 94 05 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'clerry & Enniskillen all 10 11 stock Man. Shet & Lincoln lOO 41 42 50 maryport and Carlisle all 124 Do do 1 shares all 10 Metropolitan 76 4 2 d stock Midland 6.4.0. Do new stock Do ttirming. & Derby 100 93 05 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland' all _ 25 Do 6 shares all 25 Mid Kent.. 10 Do, Cray Line . . all 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 10 Newry & Armagh, def.. 9 8 6 d 20 Newry, Warnpt. & nos. all stock Norfolk .. . . ... . stock North Britisfi.—. ... ~.. 100 624 63 624 stock Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 100 stock 1) , , 4 stk ; A recs no d. until 6pchas beenpd.B 100 __ 100 stock Do B stock stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1011 1024 102 1 25 Dodo, G.N.E. purchase 10 134 p op 4 p stock Do Leeds .............. 100 562 69 5 4 stock Do York stock North London 10 Do new 5 19.16.4 North staffordshire 176 4 44 i 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 9 104 stock Not. & Grantham Rail lOO 74 76 10 Peebles . ..... ~ 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney.............. all stock Scottish Central stock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 326 334 stock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 85 87 stock Shropshire Union lOO 46 48 10 Satin gbourne & Stiff - 2. all stock South Devon ...... _ 25 S.-Durham illt I.anc.Un 224 stock South Eastern stock South Wales ....... _ 100 62 64 stock S. York. and River Dun 100 93 05 95 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 4 7 25 Stockton & Darlington all 394 404 25 Do do ll 94 106 p 25 Do New (1860) , 3 52 6 p stock Taff Vale lOO stock Do Prof. No 1 lOO . 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rall 22 -- 50 Ulster .. *" , alt 55 561 25 D 0.......... 12 10 Do .. : ............ 2 4 p Mock Vale of Neath 10 Victoria Sta. and Pim ; all 112 112 Mock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 60 Waterford & Limerick I all 20 West Cornwall 20 West London 1 all 10 Do Ist class .... r all 20 Do 2d class . ._. .. 1 all 'took West Flartlepool Harbr l and Rail • • 100 dock West Midland—Oxford, 100 43 47 464 4 'took Do. Newport, 100 38 41 ;took Do. Hereford 100 83 85 stock stock 25 stock stock stock 10 19.18.4 stock stock stock stock stock 10 stock 25 stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock 10 stock: stook stock stock stock PREFERENCE SHARES. .Blythe and Tyne 10 per , c. pref. (issued at £5( (iris. & Exet.4 Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 4.4 per ceni Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. C. , Cornwall, 5 per cent. Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun Do Ist Class Pref E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c. Do. do. Class B 6 p.c.... Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.... E. Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No. I Do. do. No. Do. New 6 per ct. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. F.din.&G las. sp.e. shares Do. 4 p. c gua. S. & D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent .... las.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. Great Northern. 5 p. et. o.sp.e.Redm., 10 p.e.pm Do. 44 p. c. do. do. I Do. sp.c. Balm. 5 p.c. pm Gt. Nh. of Seotld. Ist pf 5 t.Sn. & W (Ireland). 1 p. et. pref. stock Great West. (Berke an e 11 ants) Ext. 5 p. ct. . Redeemable,4i p.ei Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. 03 Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref Do. Dim. Pref. Shares ot. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh Do. do. 6p. et. pref Do Birmg.euar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan. & Carl. 4i p c. pref Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock Do.Barnal.st.£s3Blo.l pe Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) L0n.41; Brig. 5 pc.gn. No.l Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 Do. zua. p. Do. do. 5 p. c. No. , Do. do. 4) per cenf'. 1120. do. 41 p. c. shares 1 If)o. 7 p. et. Pref. stock.] Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.` I)o.4p.c.S.(dtv.def.til 'tts ) Do. 4 per cent. Prot Lon. Chat. and Dover ]Do.W. (A rceiv. no div Ex.A til tip cispd on no. B B. & Brom ex. Do. Metropolitan Ex B Lon. and N.W. Coy. and] Nuneaton, 5 p. et..... Lon. & S.W, 7 p. ct. stock. Do. 44 per cent. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus. of 2s. 6d ..... _ . , Londondy. & Cole. sh Londony. & Ennis. 4 sh Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct' Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent )o. redeem. 6 percent Jaryoort & Car., 4 p. Do. 44 per cent . Nfld. Con. 6 p a stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bit. 6 p.c Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. 44 per cent Do. Leto. & Hit. pref. st Norfik sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do 1847 iDo.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 North British, 5 p. o Do. New, gua. 5 p. c. Do. Bor. trn. g. pf. ;he Do. do. do Nth. Dev.Rall. do Dck.Co . N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c. Do. 44 p c. redeemable Do. G.N.E. 4 per c. pref Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref Do. Leeds, 6 p. a No. I Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. 'York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire ;Rhymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new p 1 Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. a pref. ( stock. Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c. Do. 7 p. a pref. stock South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent. south Eastern (Iteadiin Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 4i per cent Do.Ffxed )ip.c. Ist is South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 4i per cent. Do. 5 per cent: S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c 3, gua Stook. 44 Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 ner cent Do. 0 6 percent. .„. I Watrid liilkny, 6p. -03Ellst Gua st Do. 2d do Do.7:lewpo rt 5 p.e.Pf.red. Do.Pgrpot. 6 p. a pf 186 e Do. till 1860, Ist is. 1135 137 1 101 103 90 92 109 111 108 110 1 1 1 1' 91 93 99 101 100 101 P 31:$ 22& ip 23 131 133 10 10} 221 231 99 100 99 100 98 100 85 87 264 274 32 33 311 324 45 48 124 126 120 125 100 102 120 122 113 116 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. --- Bedford andßletehley Bulkinghamshlre ... • Chester .t Holyhead... Do. 5i per cent Do. 5 „ ' Clydesdale June Colchester, Stour Val E. Lincolnsh. g 6 p'r c E.l.7nion,HarwichShs Do. Woodbridge Gl9.Barr.Jz Do. new Gloster & Dean Forest' Hrtlp'l Dock Hull and Selby Do. halves... bn, quarters........ lano.&Carl. gua. 5 p.c. London & Greer'Wich. Do. Preference Lon.,Tllbury,& S -end Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. Do. n per Bxtn ,&Matlock Md. Bradford Prefer- enoe Stock Newmarkt,fluryEx. Ism g p u t a h . n s .a p E er a c s e tn n . t. s p , I . Do. Fix p egl 5 p. c••• • • North Western., ~ • ? Preston and Wyre, Do. 4 S; A. Roystn.Pittch.,&shep Shrewsbry& Itereford Do. do. S. - Staffordshire Wilts and Ainmereet wiagikAna dicroirla Leasing iClosing Paid. Co.'s , Price. all Ix &N.W 100 Do 94 96 100 'Do... ..... 521 631 1 100 Do 121 123 100 Do.-- 110 111 100 Caledon... 100 102 all 14].U.&E.0 151 161 ICO Gt. North. 131 133 alt tE.Counta., 41 41 100 ' 100 ,Cale . don... 100 Tha. • • 'Vest. Gt. es . t. all , Yk.N.&Br all Ylc.N. all Do. all D 0.. .. 100 Ln&.W. 100 S.Eastern 100 D 0.. ...... 100 Tinto &Co., 100 Norfolk., 100 Do. all L NW&M 109 111 1 148 202 CO 62 112 117 87 90 si 31 91 96 it ii) 55 57 liid o hul un d te: Do. ,Do. . .. . Midland NW lea L.Yk. Do. IGt.North ,T.Brassey Do, MiClean , Gt. Weed I,443rigth - - 151 16 130 132 415 1 12( 1 l 101 11 ir 90 92 84 gl Business Done., 11l }lOO 100 102 20 21 51 6 99 101 108 112 105 108 108 110 108 109 122 124 80 82 [O9 111 90 92 75 77 [l3 115 [lO 112 102 104 .06 108 97 99 113 115 113 115 137 140 113 115 101 103 55 r 12 6° 8 1 131 71 74 86 87 all all 98 100 89 91 90 92 101 103 9i 10 17 18 10} 10} 74 76 20 21 10 l 0 15 156 131 141 68 70 vl I iF THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENINC4. MAY 29, 1861. tueinoes done BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Price. Paid. 61 68 95f 96} 6 7 75 80 65 70 65 70 5 6i 41 5 d Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent .- Do, Do. B Buffalo and L axe Huron' I /Do. New Do. Preference . Buffalo,Brant,/zGodrich p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Clcutta.atS.Eastn. (Lim) l Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim )1 Cape Town Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. e Demerara Eastn. Bengal gn. 5 p. East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 44 p c. Debcntra Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1855-1870 'Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et., Do. 6 per et. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867. Do. do. 1872. t.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c... [Gt. South.of India (Lim' guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. Gt. W. ofCanadaShares Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt Do. 5} p. c. do. '77 do Do. 5A p. c. do. '7B do Madras guar., 4i p. o Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 4 p. c. Extension Do. 5" - d0.... .... Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. INewßrunswick at Caudal Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pol Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land do. Do. do. B capital do. ..1 Do. do. Land do. Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. Punjaub Do. Do. ........ Do. Indus. St. Flo. Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip..( 11 li d I pr 1 #d 1001 1011 97 99 981 994 984 994 19 20 0 68 54 58 36 38 44 47 35 38 34 37 98 89 !did 91 96 d 10! 11 9f 944 05 98 90 12 85 87 95 46 88 90 5 7 5 7 99 100 1 d d 92 94 t Id rAYS. bf 6f ^ —P 2 Ild f 1 111 121 - - 3} 23 1 3 2i 22 23 71 7i It, 8, lul 204 884 3114 8 9 36 37 53 65 44 4 d 13 14 51 5/ 81 df 1/ ad ids 22 23 5 1 61 9i 91 20 21 4 gi 1 2 - 175 185 355 365 976 1026 26 27 5i 6 14 16 3 4 5 1 1 g 2 41 2 2* 11 16 49 41 41 41 36 4 4% 5 66 76 8 96 39 41 305 315 21 3} 130 135 35 37 14 2 41 1 5 184 194 63 65 815 355 924 974 105 115 11 21 9 10 11 13 14 16 d 1. 1 1 , _ 3.55 dim. 39 41 7 • 9 I I 24 3 23 25 ' P 7# } d r p 4 1 iti 3 5 ii i i ANKSJ 83 85 61. 62 18 19 _k? 65 Ni &d zoi 201 31 33 72 74 37 39 15 161 22 23 16 1 354 36 2 14 66 66 96 47 16 17 .- 38 39 241 25i T SECU: ,ITIES. 109 i 101 l I I 110 113 !OS 110 108 110 1014 pa 105 10E3 1054 1084 108 100 99 100 99 100 98i 09i 108 109 liosi 100 los; DOCKS. stock (Commercial lOO stock I Do. 4 per Cent.PretMin lOO stock ! East and West India stock London stock St. Katharine lOO 66 68 stock Southampton lOO stock Viaturia. •• • • 100 96 98 20 , Doi New .—..— ........, 2 lt par MISCELLANEOUS. .-... 10 'Anglo-Mexican Mint ! all 14 15 10 Atlantic It. MI. Stm (Id) -- 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) 1 all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 30 32 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 4 41 50 British American Land 40 2 5 0 0 D 0 .8.& 8 1.51 ,7p. at t T n e 11 1. 85 A 2 . ( (l i i m. m. ) ) all ) 20 Do. C. (Limited) 321 Canada Land 10 Chandslands Tel. (Lim' all aall 1 1 0 3 — 1311822 1 - 1121405 st. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg. all 25 Do. Pref. 7i per cent. at. Crystal Palace at. Do. Preference at. Do. 6 p et. Perpet. Deb. 100 106 108 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 id 1. d et. Electric Telegraph 26 Do. New l5 5 English & Aus. Copper all 31 31 15 Gen. Steam Navigate )I I 14 1 Great Ship Limited) all I I 1 Do. 171 pet Prefere nce all 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim. 3 4 L.G. Omnib us Co. (Lim.) ) al l l i t -20 ,51adras Irr. and Canal. 1 i 1 10 , Med. Exten. Tel. (Lima all 24 31 25 National Die. Co. (Lim.) 5 11 t d 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 6 1 04 10 Netherlands Land all 5 130.8 p.e-Pret.les.all dia. all 4 1 lop N. Br.&N ovaScotiaLand 80 510 1 N.B.Australaalan (Llna.) all 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all t 1 :11 1 Do. New Shares (I_Arn.). 15a. pr 1 10 Orbit]. In. Steam (Lim) 8 6 4 3 st. PeelE.Lnd.&Min.(Lirn) 100 51 53 50 Pen. & Oriental Stearn all 70 72 so Do. New 3O 12 13 :42 20 B e d Seatln.Tel.g.4lp.e all 17 18 SO [lnn" Iron all 161 171 New all 44 64 100 15 1 R oy t Mail Steam aAm ) 100 46 48 at. Scot. Auctln. Inv. 25 1 s souub t m h a A. ri u n s e tr T a e ll i a . Australian allil l 1 3 27 3 4 13 0 34 12 0 i gored 4 a 1 Do. fio• —e ° - d 0.... • • all • 5 7 10 D. 10 Trot and Agency ;:l 1 i 1 20 t_le T u r A t u_ 4, L gt n r m i . a d i , (l. a :; ll . i fi rl i ' l ea aint t kis 5 Id pr gB4 910 100 AA 1210111911 I &AU' I , L— _ ,_ LAW INTELLIGENCE—(gIass Day). COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor.) APPEAL.--JUDGMENT.-•BLYTH V. BLYTH. sir Hugh Cairns, Q.C., was heard for the appellant in this appeal from a decision of the Master of the Rolls in taking accounts in a partnership business between the par ties. Mr. Druse followed on the same side, and contended that in taking an account of the partnership assets, the covenants in the partnership articles were entirely over looked. Mr. Selwyn, Q.C., appeared for the executors and trustees of the late John Blyth, and supported the decree appealed against. Mr. Bovill followed on the same lido. Mr. R. Palmer Q.C., was h e ard for the defendants. The value of the pr o p er ty, as b e tween an i ncom i ng an d outgoing partner, is fairly represented at the sum of £23,209 Is. 6d., but if sold by public auction, it might not realise more than half that amount. The learned counsel submitted that the decision of the Court below should be reversed. Mr. Wickens followed on the same side. Sir Hugh Cairns, Q.C., was heard in reply. The Lord Chancellor, in delivering judgment, said— Having heard the case fully argued by counsel on both sides, I have come to the conclusion that it was for the benefit of the married woman and infant to accept of the offer made, and, therefore, the certificate of the Chief Clerk and decision of the Master of the Rolls must be affirmed, and the appeal dismissed, but without costs. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood.) NORTH V. TURNEY.--4UDOMENT. This was a competition between the indorsee of Bills of Exchange, Policy of Insurance, &c., and the bankrupt's assignee for the value of two cargoes of coals, £6,846 con signed to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 27th November, 1858. The coals were shipped at Newcastle under contract, and bills of exchange were transmitted to London, but before delivery and the price paid the owner became bankrupt, and the question raised was, whether the indorsee or assignee was preferable. His Honour the Vice-Chancellor was of opinion that the two cargoes of coals were in the order and disposition of the bankrupt at the time of his bankruptcy, and that his assignee was preferable to the indorsee for the price of the said coals, and ordered the money to be paid out of Court to the assignee, with costs, without prejudice to an equi- . table contribution of costs among the defendants. POLICE INTELLTGENCE.—( This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SCANDALOUS CRUELTY. William Henwood, cab driver, badge 11,638, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt at the instance of Mr. William Love, superintendent of the. Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with the following cruelty to a horse : From the evidence of Jabez Heifer, one of the officers of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani mals, Pall-mall, it appeared that this morning he saw the defendant at the bottom of Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, severely flogging his horse, which was drawing a four wheel cab. He told the defendant to desist and come down from his box, and on the defendant putting his hand under the horse's flanks, he withdrew it full of blood. He had previously seen the defendant lash the horse six times with severity. Its flanks were cut to pieces, and there were several bad sores, one about a foot long, and the horse was in a very weak condition. The horse belonged to a man named Richardson, in Gray's-inn-lane. He had brought the horse to the court for his worship's inspection, as he never saw a horse that presented a more shocking spectacle. Prisoner said it was a bad horse and he had had a bad night. Mr. Tyrwhitt having inspected the horse fined the defendant 40s. or a month, and said the next time it would be six months, and the officer should mention the ca se at Clerkenwell, so that, as the owner of the horse lived in that district, he might, if he took the horse out again, be taken before Mr. Barker, who would know how to deal with him. THAMES. " CLA.PPIN4."—The magistrate, Mr. Woolrych, was en gaged for two hours this morning in the investigation of a charge of fraud against two well-dressed fellows, na med Thomas Graves and Edmund Doyle, who had cheated a Sussex grocer, named Eason, of £2, yesterday afternoon, by a trick called " Clapping." The prisoners met the prosecutor on London.bridge, and invited him to some target shooting. After plying him with drink, an "old gentleman," a farmer, as he described himself, was introduced, who had lots of money, and wished to give it away. All the party adjourned to a public-house in Stepney, where the prisoners and the old gentle.. man tossed and betted with each other. The prosecutor was more cute than the prisoners gave him credit for, and although he was advised by the " old gentleman" to stake his watch on a bet, he refused to do so. Ultimately he put down two sovereigns on table, and they were picked up by the " old gentleman," who proposed to Graves to play at the game of " clapping," or " best two of three." The prosecutor was induced to back Graves, and the old gen tleman put down what purported to be a £5 note and a so vereign, and said, " I will bet you all round, but I won't bet unless you (prosecutor) join." There was a rood deal of talk, tossing of coppers, and other nonsense, and the prosecutor was declared to have lost his money. The pri soners disappeared, but they were followed by the prosecu tor, who gave them into custody. Flash notes and imita tion sovereigns were. found upon them, together with the iwo sovereigns of which they had defrauded the prosecutes. Committed for trial. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. Yesterday, to the surprise of both parties, after an expensive contest of some days, the committee, of which Mr. Cobbett is the chairman, threw out both the Mid-Devon and Cornwall and Devon Central Railway Bills, without assigning any spe cific reason beyond the intimation that the pre amble of neither bill had been proved to their satisfaction. The bill of the Great Western Rail way Company for a line from Lightmoor to Coal brookdale, with a branch to Wednesbury, and power to take additional lands at Wolverhamp ton, for the purchase of the Wellington and Severn Junction, arrangements with the Wenlock and Severn Canal, and confirmation of agreements with the Vale of Llangollen, was also passed in that committee. The committee on the comp eting railways in the Eastern Counties districts, of wlabhuicuhrsMbyr.pl‘alsosinwbg the e is chai r man, concluded its bil l o f the R way sund ry Company f or in tegrity in prefe rence to the Colne Valley and Hal stead Ralitway, and subsequently the other bills referred to them, consisting of the Bishop Stortford, Dunmow, and Braintree Railway, for a line of 17 miles between those points at an estimated cost of £160,000; the Ware . , Hadh am , an d B un ti ng f or d Deviations Bill, and the Lynn an d H u nsta n ton Rail way Bill. After hearing Mr. Denison, Q.C., in favour of the proposed line of the Hereford, Hay, and Brecon Railway, and Mr. Merewether, Q,C., and Mr. Venables for the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, against it, the committee of which Mr. Scholefield is chairman, passed the measure giving the Shrews bury and Hereford the facilities they required. The case of the Cleveland Railway, for several small rami fying railways in and about the coal and shipping districts of Guisburgh and the Tees, at a proposed cost of £120,000, was opened by Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, and continuous evidence was adduced in another committee, on new North Eastern Rail ways, in favour of the Newcastle, Derwent, i and and Mr. Holroyd, the secretary, of the London, were examined dur ingWeardale Railway. Lord Sondes, t a e chairman, Chatham, and Dover Railway ,. ex pediency of the proposed improvements and devia tions and the promoters of the m the day as to the desirableness and public in their system ; having closed their cases in . _Mr. In gham's committee, . their attention was occupied du ring the remainder rival railways between Cork, . Blarney, and I‘ , acroo opened by Mr. Webster, Q called the Lee Valley of the day with another compet ing_ o plan, which was project. PROPOSED ABOLITION OF SUNDAY FUNERALS.— Yesterday a deputation from the Clergy and ministers of various denominations, resident in the parish of St. Pan cras, waited upon the burial board of that parish, for the purpose of presenting a memorial, numerously signed, praying the board to take measures for the abolition of Sunday funerals at the St. Pancras Cemetery, at Finchley. Mr. R. F. Brettingham presided, and th e d eputat i on con sisted of the Rev. Dr. Hamilton, minister of the S c otch ndw Presbyterian resmbn in church, u e ßegent-square ; th e Rev. C. H. At of St. Luke's, a ce . The memorial, which bore the signature of the Rev. Canon Champneys, the vicar, and nearly the whole of the district clergy and dissenting ministers of the parish, set forth that in March, 18G0, a memorial was presented by the undertakers of the parish, praying for the closing of St. Pancras Cemetery at Finchley on Sundays, but that a motion to accede to the prayer of such petition was lost on a show of hands. The memorialists prayed a reconsideration of the subject, upon the following grounds :-Ist, That between 2,000 and 3,000 men engaged in the burial of the dead on Sundays, are ex iderably recommend it to I That the closing of the o c o lu ro d e e t d er f y rom on re s l u it a u y s s w w o o r u sh ld ip .o ; on 2 s d ; and thirdly, That the b th y e th p e a e tr x o t n ra ag r e e fr o e r s h t m h eenptasri m of a n e : r u s a expenses of funerals on Sundays are very much au g ment e d ntances, and that the decision of the board would tend to influence neighbouring parishes in their decision. After some questions as to whether the authorities of the Ci ty of London and other Cemeteries would also close them on Sundays, the board was ordered to be specially summoned to consider the subject. A bashful printer refused a situation in a print ing -office where females are employed, saying be never aed up with A girl is 14i§ life, i EPSoM RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) THE DERBY. KETTLEDRUM . Eighteen ran. TOWN PLATE. Wedding! Miss Emma Narcissus Six ran. LATEST BETTING. THE DERBY. 11 to 4 agit Dundee (taken) 13 to 4 agst Diophantus (taken) Bto 1 agst Klarikoff (taken) 8 to 1 agst Dictator (taken) 30 to 1 agst The Drake (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1861. JUNE. Chelmsford Beverley Hungerford .. .. 6 Ascot 11 Hampton l9 Newton 19 Odiham 25 Newcastle 25 Bibury Club, 26 Stockbridge Winchester 2B Newmarket ' 2 Carlisle Worcester 4 Liverpool July Abingdon 9 Pontefract ll Nottingham 16 Stamford lB Southampton 23 Hartlepool . 29 Goodwood AUG Lewes .... 5 Brighton Brighton Club 9 Wolverhampton I2I Reading 14 Radcliffe l9 Egham ... 2O Oxford York 28 Plymouth ~ 29 ;MBER. SEPT] Devon and Exeter Stockton Derby Warwick ...~ Lichfield Doncaster 17 Richmond 24 Lei@ester 25 Walsall 25 Monmouth 26 Manchester Autumn 27 OCTI ewmarket F 0 1 ewmarket S 0 14 IBERI I Newmarket H 2B NOVE: Worcester Autumn 5 Liverpool Autumn 13 IBER. Shrewsbury Autumn. . .. 19 IRELAND. JUNE. Wicklow JULY. Bellowdown 18 I Down Royal Corporation.. 24 AUGUST. Heath of Maryborongh .. 8 J Roscommon ... 22 ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB. The finest list of entries ever presented has just been made for the opening regatta of this great club next Mon.. day. The following will be read with interest by all yachtsmen : FIRST CLASS. Yachts. Tons. Owners. ' Christobel Osprey .. 62 Audax Glance Amazon Glimpse Maluna SECOND CLASS. Thought Phasina Psyche Phantom . 27 Queen .. 25 The course is from Erith to the Nore Light and back, and the Prince of Wales steamer, which has been char tered by the club, will leave London-bridge at ten in the morning. The prizes are very valuable. The smaller yachts will also have the usual time allowance from the larger in each class. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST AUGHT. TREASURY CHAMBERS, WHITEHALL, MAY 28. The Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury hereby give notice, that the Right Honourable Lord Monteagle, Comptroller-General of Her Majesty's Exchequer, and the Right Honourable Sir Edward Ryan, Assistant Comp troller, are authorised to sign the Exchequer Bills to be issued under the authority of the Act 24 Vict., cap. - 5. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. William Francis and James Hooper, leather factors, Bermondsey. BANKRUPTS. George Westbury Hall, merchant, Limo-street, City. James Lemere, oil and colourman, Old Ford North, Bow. Thomas Owens, grocer, Holyhead. Patrick Preston, boot and shoe manufacturer, Liverpool. James Clarke, Benjamin Clarke, and John Richard Clarke, cotton spinners, Worsley, Lancashire. Richard Jury Bayfield and Joseph Vernon Needham, gun manufacturers, Birmingham. William Whitthem, grocer, Meriden, Warwickshire. Benjamin Gadsby, grocer, Birmingham. Samuel Wilmott, lace manufacturer, Nottingham. Thomas Taylor Butterworth, coal dealer, Birmingham. George Simons, fancy hosier, Leicester. Emil A. Burger, merchant, Bristol. Robert Edmeston and Thomas Higham, stuff manufac turers, Birstal, Yorkshire. John Savile, jun., patent manure manufacturer, Leeds. William Seymour Marshall, cooper, Durham. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. James Ferguson, grocer, Glasgow. James Brownlie, hotel keeper, Wishaw. William Thompson, commission merchant, late of Man • sion-house-sitreet, London, now of Granton. James Watson, accountant, Hamilton. COURSB OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAT. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 01 12 1 Antwerp ' — ' 2s 60 25 65 Brussels — 25 60 25 65 Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 65 25 70 Frankfort on Maine — 1181 119 k Vienna Trieste - 14 15 14 30 Petersburgh — 331 33f Berlin — Madrid Cadiz — 48 48 Leghorn — 25 121 25 Milan — 25 70 25 76 Genoa — 25 671 25 75 Naples Palermo — 116/ 1171 Messina — 117 1171 Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro — • • .. .• New York •• •• Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)....per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) tt 0 5 0/ South American Doubloons AMALGAMATION OF HER MAJESTY'S GENERAL FORCES WITH THE EUROPEAN FORCES OF INDIA.—Last night's Gazette contains copies of general orders published by the Governor-General and the Commander-in •Chief in India relating to the formation of staff corps in each of the Presidencies of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay, and the an nouncement of the Queen's intention regarding the Euro pean officers and men belonging to the Indian forces, whereby the two armies will be united. MELANCHOLY AND FATAL BATHING ACCIDENT. —A case of drowning occurred on Monday about noon, on the beach opposite Cannon-place, Brighton, to a young man named James Henry Barber. What renders the occurrence more sad is the fact that the deceased was married as lately as Thursday last, and had come down to Brighton on Saturday with his wife, and taken lodgings at 45, Grenville place. Having engaged one of Campbell's machines, he went into the water, and as he said ho could not swim, the attendant directed his attention to a rope to take hold of, which he did not, it appears, avail himself of. After being in the water about a quarter of i n hour, he was seen by a young man, whose acquaintance he had made on the beach, when about up to his breast in the water, to turn over as if attempting in play 'it sort of summersault, and to disappear. As he did not come up again the alarm was given, and Campbell's son went in and tried to find him, but could not, and, as the water was thick, did not attempt to dive for him. A boat and nets were then procured, and search was made for the body, which was recovered in a lifeless state at the second cast of the net, and was conveyed to Hobden's baths and placed immediately in a hot bath. Mr. Pocock, surgeon, who arrived in a few minutes, used every means for a considerable time to restore animation, but in vain, as the body had been immersed in the water from 20 minutes to half an hour, thus rendering recovery perfectly hopeless. A thin piece of seaweed, about four inches long, was found to have been drawn into the wind pipe of deceased, and this was supposed by Mr. Pocock to have helped to produce suffocation. The greatest possible praise is due to the proprietors of Hobden's baths for the attention and kindness bestowed by them, not only on this, but on former similar occasions. An inquest was held in the evening, at the Lamb and Flag Inn, Cranboucn-street, when a verdict of Accidentally Prowned was returned.— Brighton Examiner. MORMON EMIGRATION. The emigration of Mormonists to the Salt Lake settlement via Liverpool, continues. Yesterday morning upwards of fifty of the " brethren " left London by the North Western Railway for the same destination, under the care of " Elder" Joseph Gibson, who stated his party would be augmented by a number of the " saints " at Peterborough, collected from the agricultural districts of Norfolk and Suffolk. Thirty years ago the " Prophet" Joseph Smith organised the Mormon ehurch with six members. At the present time the church in Utah consists of four presidents, nine apostles, 2,060 s:onites, 805 higlipriests, 1, 050 elders, 50l priests, 480 teachers, 946 deacons, besides the usual ratio of persons in training for the ministry, dainocl, tia4 650 wirmicizariog Or9s4d. but aot yet or- FOREIGN RAIL Algerian Antwerp & Rotterdam. Rah.&S.Fran-Limrl p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiapo Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern France .... Grand Rus Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luzern., Con. shs... Italian Junction ...... Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva •• • • Namur & Liege . • o. 6 p. c. Pref. .. orthern of France.... o. New Shares orweglan Trunk Pref. Parl.s,Lyons, & Medite:. Paris & Orleans .. .. Recife & S. Fran. (Peru.) -- gu — a- -- Fp..it. 1ini.....: Riga & Dunaburg...... Royal Danish . . Royal Swedish ........ Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse Do. 54 per cent. Pref..' San Paulo, lini,_g. 7 p. c. '.Aust.ttLomb Vene,,in outhern of Frazee S. East Portugal 7 p ct West Flandero . ..... o. 5i p. c. Preference . & N.W. of France 18.8. all all all all all rest , rn of Austria. %Vestern of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. 8 por cent Pref Zealand A 1 frerl Consols (PitfradE) IBritish Iron 'Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) !East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon ...... ;E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) Gam.liSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus .Wheal Alfd. (Phil ack; G. Wheal Vor (Helston) Grenville Herod's-Foot Hingaton Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant) 'North Downs 'North Frances (Mogan) IN.Wh'l Basset (1110 4an) North Wheal Crotty Par ConOols (St. Blazey) I Providence (Uny Lelnt.) I Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 'South Caradon(St.Cleer) 'S. Cam Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron .kGen., Lim I S.Wheal Fran. (Mogen) • (Stray Park iTamar SilvA Lead MM ! Tin Croit Vale of Towey (Carm ) ' West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan), Wheal Buller (Redruth), Wheal Edward (Cals.) ; 'Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) Wheal Mary Ann (Men.)' Wheal Treiawney (UFO' FOREIGN- BRITISH MID poi 21:1 Australian 1 IBonAceord Conper,Lim. 20 IBrazil St.J.del Rey,Lim' 5 IDo.Land and MiningCo.l 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo ' 40 ICobre Copper Copiapo 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co 2 'Fortuna... 20 i General 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr Kapunda (Limited) I 'Linares 5 I Lusitanian 1 'Mariquita 1 N.RhineCopolS.Aus.L ' 20 :Pontgibaud Silver,Lead: 5 I Mining and Smelt I Port Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) 213•2•81 United Mexican 1 ,Woril o ing (Limited) D JOINT-STOI 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 40 lAustralasia 25 Bank of Egypt 100 Bank of London 20 (Bank of Turkey 50 !British North American 20 Chtd.Bank of India, Arc. 25 ,Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.dz Ch. 100 City 100 Colonial. . 2011 Corn. Bank of Canada 100 Commercial of London 20 Eng.. Scot., Aus. Ch 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral 20 ' Do. new 50 (London and County 50 (London Joint Stock 20 'London and S.Alrican 100 London & Westminster 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 20 'Do. new 50 National Bank ........ 2C New South Wales 25 Orient. B. Corporation 20'Ottoman Bank ...... 100 Provincial of Ireland .. 10 'llo.new 25 I South Australia ....••1 25 Itin ion of Australia .... 50 !Union of London 100 ( Unity Mutual •• COLONIAL GOVERN Can. Gov. 6 p.c.J asJuly 1877-9 Do 6 p. cent.lBBo-2 Do. 6 p. cent 188.3-4 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. ,Sz Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 per cent Cape G. Hope, 6 p 0,1880 Do. 1890 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July Do. Bp. c.Ap. St Oct. N. S.W. Gov. 5 p. (1,1866 Do. 5 p. 04871 to 1876 Do. p.c., 1888 & upwdv Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. 0 sterling, 1875 S. Aus,G6p.c.lB7B.dc up Via Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct 7.4.0 Mt 17s 13.9.6 8.2.61 8.12 4.11.6 1.10.6 3 11i 1.4.0 9.18.9 li 10.6.7 11 4 a 1 18.14. S 24.8.0 13s Cd! 61 Si II 'MEN' UST. EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIi2Y. ANNUAL MEETING. The annual gene•al meeting of the share and policy holders in this ociety was held yesterday at the offices, No. 2, Waterloo-place, Pall-Mall, for the purpose of re ceiving the directors' report of the past year, and for the re-election of the directors who retire according to the deed of settlement. Esq., M.P., occupied the c h a i r . H. IV. Wickham, The usual routine business having been transacted, the chairman called upon the secretary to read the report, which was as follows : Your directors, in presenting their report for the yea r 1860, beg to lay before the shareholders and members %he following statements relative to the society's progress and position— During the year 1860, the society have issued 814 new life policies, the ann ua l premiums upon which amount to .. £ l O,lOB 7 8 3 And. 824 new guarantee policies, yielding r in annual premiums 13,639 10 5 The revenue acquired through amalgama tions during the year amounts to Making the total new premium revenue ac quired during the year 1860 £24,100 2 10 The -gross revenue from premiums within the year was The premium revenue of the society from premiums re ceived during the past five years has keen-1856, £16,142 2s. 2d. ; 1857, £55,095 12s. 9d. ; 1858, £67,207 4s. 11d. ; 1859, £103,451 Os. ld. ; 186 C, £119,526 Bs. 6d. The diminution of revenue arising from lapsed or sur rendered policies, or policies under which claims have arisen within the year, amounted to £8,765 Os. 11d. The life and guarantee claims paid during the year amounted to £72,382 10s. 11d., which is not in excess of your actuary's expectations. The working expenditure (exclusive of commission and medical fees) for the past year amounted to £9,753, and the balance at the credit of the guarantee branch, after payment of losses, was £8,275. The balance of the year of income over expenditure was £30,200 16s. 4d. The sum at the credit of the guarantee branch, after the payment of losses, during each of the undermentioned years, has been as follows-1856, £4,314 83. lld ' • 1857, £1,658 18s. 3d. ; 1858, £5,536 19s. Il d . ; 1859, £6,212 Is. sd. ; 1860, £8,276 10s. 3d. Your directors have the satisfaction to announce that during the past year policies of guarantee have been issued to the Treasury (County Courts), Admiralty, Board of Trade, General Post-office, Inland Revenue, and Poor-law Boards. The Customs, Home, Colonial, India, and other Departments of State have approved the society's guarantee policies, and your directors therefore feel confident that the steady increase which has been observable in this branch of business since the beginning of the current year will be maintained. A more satisfactory class of guarantee business has lately been obtained from the agencies. in Edinburgh and Glasgow, in consequence of the banks and other public bodies availing themselves of the society's guarantee poli cies, and an increase of this class of business may therefore be looked for; and your directors have made such arrange ments in connection with the Scottish branch as may be expected still further to extend the society's business in Scotland. In conformity with the deed of settlement of this society, Charles Forster, M.P., Richard Francis George, James Edward McConnell, and Charles William Reynolds, Esqs., directors, and John Parker, Esq., auditor, will retire from office, but, being eligible, offer themselves for re election. In conformity also with the deed of settlement, which provides for a valuation of the assets and liabilities of the society as existing on the 31st December, 1860, your actuary has been and still is engaged in that investigation, the result of which he expects to be able to report early in the month of August. A special meeting of the share holders will then be called to receive his report. By order of the board. W. CLELAND, Secretary. 2, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London, May 27. The CHAIRMAN said he had very great pleasure in meet ing the share and policy holders on that occasion, because he had the satisfactory duty of informing them that the society was in a prosperous and sound stet% (Hear, hear.) The directors, he could assure them, looked very carefully at every assurance before it was fully completed ; and although they might have done more than they had in the way of extending the business, had such not been the case, the great object of the board was to do a business that would yield a profit to the shareholders and secure them from loss. The revenue of the society had for the last five years been increasing, and that fact was an unerring test that all things were going on prosperously. The persons interested in the society amounted to the large number of 16,000, and the success of their operations would be almost unlimited if each of those would only do a little to enlarge the business of the society. (Hear.) While their in come had been increasing the directors had made the greatest efforts to reduce their expenditure—(hear)—and the manner in which they had succeeded would be satin• factory to every one present. Their expenses in the year 1856 had been 13 1-3 d per cent. of their income; in 1857 it fell to 8 3.4ths per cent, ;in 1858 it was 9 1-sth per cent. ; in 1859 it stood at 4 2-sths ; and in 1860 it was only per sent. (Cheers.) Another very satisfactory announcement he had to make was, that in a year or two it was fully ex pected that the profits of the guarantee branch would en- tirely pay the expenses of the life assurance department, so that their prospects were as good as their best friends could wish. Mr. Neison had not yet finished the task of calculating the Bonus, but immediately on its completion the policyholders would have it laid before them, and the directors anticipated that it would be highly satisfac tory. (Hear, bear.) He would not det sin them further, hut, if he had omitted to mention anything on which any gentleman required information, he should be most happy to give an answer to any question that might be put to him. He begged to move that the report just read be received and adopted. (Cheers.) Mr. HILL said he had very great pleasure in seconding the motion of the Chairman for the recep'..ion of the report. The fact of a decreasing expenditure and an increasing business showed most clearly that they possessed a wise and prudent board of directors. The resolution was put to the meeting and carried una nimously. The CHAIRMAN informed the meeting that the next duty was to elect directors for the ensuing year. According to the deed of settlement, the gentlemen retiring from office, viz., Charles Forster, M.P., Richard Francis George, James Edward M'Connell, and Charles William Reynolds, Esqrs., were eligible for re-election, and offered themselves accordingly. Resolutions re-electing the whole of the retiring direc tors were carried unanimously. The retiring auditor, Charles Parker, Esq., was also unanimously re-elected. Mr. REYNOLDS said, after the very satisfactory report which had been submitted to them, he felt it a privilege to move the following resolution :—" That the cordial and unanimous thanks of this meeting be and ara hereby given to the directors for their able and judicious management of the society's business during the past year." The resolution having been seconded was carried unani mously. Mr. WESTHEAD, M.P., acknowledged the compliment on the part of the Board of Directors. Mr. FORSTER, M.P., said, as his name stood foremost amongst those gentlemen who had been re-elected direc tors, he rose to thank the meeting for the confidence re posed in them. He assured them they would grudge neither time nor trouble to promote the interests of the so ciety. (Cheers.) Mr. HILL moved a resolution to the effect that the divi dend on shares hitherto paid annually should for the future be paid half-yearly. Mr. GROSVENOR thought it would be advisable to adopt the resolution, and that being his opinion, be begged to second it. There being no opposition on the part of the directors, the resolution wan agreed to unanimously. Mr. FIELD said before the meeting terminated he thought the best thanks were due to their energetic and untiring manager and secretary, Mr. Cleland. (Cheers.) To his exertions much of their prosperity was due, and that be ing the case, ho had very great pleasure in moving that the cordial thanks of the meeting be presented to him for his exertions. Mr. SPOONER, M.P., said he was delighted to second such a resolution. (Cheers.) Everything depended on management, and their present success showed that they had got the management in good hands. The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. CLELAND said he felt grateful for the mark of con fidence and respect passed upon him, It was his pride and pleasure to see the society progressing so successfully, and no exertion of his should be wanting to further extend its popularity. (Cheers.) A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro ceedings. SHANGHAE.—The report of the inspector of cus toms for the half-year ending Dec. 31, 1860, has beenissued, from which it appears that the foreign imports from all parts have been of the value of £5,063,250 for general cargo, £2,866,580 for treasure, and £2,722,250 for opium; and of exports, £6,040,120 for general cargo, and £139,300 for treasure. The duties paid on imports amount to £62,000, and on exports to £lso,ooo.—London and China TelegraPk• SINGULAR MARRIAGE.—At Hexham a marriage_ recently took place between Miss Pannel Harriet love, daughter of the late IV. J. D. Waddi Clennell, love Grange, Hexham, and Mr. Percival Fenwick Harbottlo Castle, in this county. 3fr. t ort Cslehnnll is deaf and the opening dumb. The officiating clergyman c_u The causes for Bcon r ea d portion of the service, concluding . which matrimony was established aro too obvious to need the clergyman pointed to t h e passages ho was readin g , th e and ni, bowing his assent a t th e enumeration." In the portio ns addressed to the bridegroom bridegroom following hi n' , three po rtions " commen cing respectively, "Wiltoncu thoun. have this woman, &c. ; ''M., tak e th ee, conclusion. N.. ,, i s m ; With this ring I thee wed," & c., were written and 1,1 2,3, respectively'onthebridegroom delivered to separate slips of paper, and nu m b ere d the clergyman seria tim, duly signed Percival Fenwick Clennell." After reading No. 1, as described above, the rev, gentleman said "I declare to this congregation that ho (the bridegroom) has notified to my comprehension that he will,' having followed me in the reading, and having written, signed, and delivered the same with his own hand." The same form of announcement (with the necessary variation) was made gftor reeding li9a, 2 Alld 31—Livcrpoq Clironft*. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-YESTERDAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. Lord LYI TELTON presented a petition in favour of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition praying that the sale of spirituous liquors might be prohibited on Sun days. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Sir John Simeen's (leasing) Estate, Westminster Im provement, Tyne Improvement, and Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bills were read a second time. The Cornwall Railway, Liverpool Improvement, New castle-under-Lyme Marsh Lands, Nantwich and Market Drayton,Universal Private Telegraph, and Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction (Amendment) Bills were read a third time and passed. THE GROWTH OF COTTON. Lord BROUGHAM begged to call the attention of the noble duke opposite to the important subject of the growth of cotton. He trusted the Government would pro mote by every means i n the i r power, and the Colonial -office would also encourage the same object. He had received several specimens of cotton raised in Ja maica, and having submitted them to the best authorities, they had fixed the value at very high prices. Even. at 6d. per lb. a great profit could be made, growing Caton in Jamaica, for it had been calculated that an acre of ground there would yield 6001 b., which would be worth £l5, and the cost of raising the article would only amount to £B. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said the noble and learned lord had not given notice of his question, but he was in a position to give him an answer. the Government had not neglected the consideration of the important subject, but the real difficulty was not the country in which it might be grown but the amount and the price of labour. If the noble lord meant by encouraging the growth of cotton that the Government was to offer a bounty then he must inform him that there was no such intention. t If the profit en cott on gro wn in Jamaica was as large as noble lord said, it did seem to him totally unneces sary for the Government to interfere, as many individual* would only be too r ea dy t o engage i n it s p r oduce. The Government, however, would give every encouragement to the object, and with that view he was in communication withthe Indian Government to withdraw the restriction!' upon the introduction of coolie labour. THE ATLANTIC MAIL CONTRACT. The Marquis of NORMANBY gave notice that on Thursday next he should move for the production of the correspondence between the Government and the Lord- Lieutenant relating to the Atlantic Royal Mail Contract., NEW PROVINCES (NEW ZEALAND) BILL. On the order for the second reading of this bill, The Duke of NEWCASTLE said thatin the Constitution Act passed some years ago for the colony of New Zealand there were certain provisions by which provinces —Canter.. bury and others—were established, and there was a provi sion to the effect that the general assembly should be the representative body for the whole colony, and that the as sembly might divide the provinces into separate provinces with the approbation of the Queen. In 1857 an act was passed by which many of the restrictions which had been imposed upon the general assembly were removed, and it was intended thereby to remove those restrictions which prevented the constitution of new provintes in the manner then provided, and giving the legislature permission to do it by an act of the ordinary character. In making those alterations the imperial parliament made this mistake, that it repealed the 6ith clause of the constitution act, which it obviously had intended should be done. Since that period the general assembly of New Zealand had separated one of toe provinces into two, by an act of the colonial. legislature, and that act was in the usual way confirmed at home, no doubt existing that the course pursued was regular and the act valid. Subsequently doubts arose and the matter was referred to the law officers of the Crown, and they were of opinion that it was not competent to the colonial legislature to separate the province in the manner which he had stated. This bill was merely for the purpose of correcting the mistake, and to render valid the act of the colonial legislature. He begged, therefore, to move the second reading of the bill. Earl GREY said this bill was ono to which there could be no possible objection. But he could not allow the second reading to pass without stating that in the pres)nt critiml and distracted state of New Zealand he was sur prised this should be the only measure submitted by the Government to Parliament in reference to that colony. They knew from the papers on the table and from more recent accounts that for more than two years war had been raging in New Zealand; and that in that unhappy war 60 officers and men of the European force there had been killed and 140 men wounded, a vast amount of property destroyed, and one settlement laid waste. Ha thought the enormous expense incurred would greatly dis arrange the calculations of the Chancellor of the Exche quer as to his surplus at the end of the financial year. He felt persuaded that this unhappy contest would not be brought to a close by war, unless it were intended to exter minato the race of Maories ; but that would be an end at the war to which he could not look forward without feelings of horror, and which he felt sure would be shared by all right-thinking persons in this country, and such a course of proceeding would not only be a calamity but a disgrace to this country. When they considered all the circum stances of the war, they mast see that, if the Maories were driven to desperation; they would, before they would yield, inflict a large amount of suffering upon the Europeans. It. would not be enough to send out additional troops, but the Government ought to make some attempt to bring about peace by conciliatory measures, and thus endeavour to gain the confidence of the Maories. (Hear.) If under the circum stances which had arisen the assistance of Parliament was necessary, that assistance ought already to have been asked for. The war had been produced by errors on the part of the Government of New Zealand—errors which it might not be too late to correct. Their lordships were aware that this war began by an attempt on the part of the Government of New Zealand to take forcible possession of a piece of land acquired by purchase, which was disputed by one of the native chiefs. Much had been said whether that purchase was valid, and he • should abstain from entering into that part of the subject. It would be sufficient for him to say that. some high authorities were against the validity of the pur chase, which showed at least that it was of doubtful validity. In the first place there was the authority of the Bishop of New Zealand, and a great number of the missionaries. (Hear, hear.) He knew that an attempt had been made to lower their authority because they were sup-- posed to have sympathy with the natives. The validity of the purchise was also denied by Mr. Clark, protector of the aborigines under Sir G. Grey ; by Mr. Swainson, for merly attorney-general; and above all, by Sir W. Martin, who had been formerly chief justice of New Zealand, and had attained the highest reputation in that position. These were some of the quoted authorities ; and if a shadow of doubt could rest upon this transaction both justice and ho nesty required that the Government of New Zealand should have abstained from making that purchase. Considering the extreme jealousy and sensitiveness of the natives on questions relating to land, this was a subject on which great care out to exercised. It ought to have been understood that no advantage likely to be derived from the possession of an insignificant plot of land could be compared with the danger likely to result from the excitement which might be supposed to follow such a transaction. Of course that po licy was adopted in forgetfulness of the wise advice of Sir G. Grey a few years ago, when great excitement existed among the Maories. When an act was passed for esta blishing a constitution, Sir G. Grey pointed out that war at that time was scarcely over, and that by the proposed con stitution the entire power of the revenue would be vested in the represensatives of the settlers to the exclusion of the natives, and that in his opinion an attempt to enforce that constitution would lead to armed resistance. It was his (Earl Grey's) duty as Colonial Secretary at that time to ask their lordships to suspend that constitution, and the result, he believed, showed that that was sound advice- Sir G. Grey adopted the principle of repression with respect to anything like violence or disturbance ; but at the t ss o Te o time his policy was one of kindness and consideratiwonere dot well -disposed. Sir G. Grey understood that men Spero minds, and be governed by mere laws but by attaching their and he believed satiofeanwd complete peace was and especially among a barbarous people ; he t minds of a high mindedimpressions could be rapidly made on h barbarous people s secured, and Now Zealan that d yfeau .: s pr . and generous, even t o lre ry g . In a short time do—wson os th pec e h t iwghoui.oldad He ht°avebecCi: The result was most disturbances were put had expired Sir G. Grey fiveßyreerreoreno of the noble earl opposite a t at it a ut fi iO uns :niust be put in force, reserving a G t re n y o ) di be sta li n ev t e p d eri thns o t for thehimrigtstackome ni th un a . t i w ty as . stated Crown the sole power of purchasing land. In 1852, afterwardsi to the r c e o a m li m se i th d tte i :l f t . i t t he co during the short administration (Lord Derby), a bill was passed much in accordance with the views of Sir G. Grey ; but unfortunately that bill contained one provision which led to great misfortunes. It was de cided by that measur e th at a chief executive officer should be elected, inst ea d of being appointed by the Crown. That was in acc or d ance with the advice of Sir G. Grey ; but though he wa s a most able man, on whom genera l re li ance could be placed, he could not claim to be infallible, and in this matter he (Earl Grey) thought it was clear then and still clearer now that Sir G. Grey was wrong. He (Earl Grey) had given that clause his most earnest oppositi on i n that house, but he had not succeeded in securing its omis sion. The clause was passed in the shape in which it was proposed, and the result had been the fulfilment of his worst anticipations. With respect to party government, he had always thought it little suited to a colony, and th a t the evils resulting from it were considerable. In Australia the evils of this system were insignificant compared with those of New Z ea l a nd. It was impossible that a few thousand Bri tish settlers could be placed in junta-position with a larger number of natives, sensitive of their rights and jealous of their liberties, and who could not see all power placed in the hands of a European minority without creating in the minds of the native majority deep discontent. It modest from the papers which had been placed upon the table that such was the result. As long as the governor possessed authority to Support UN logo represeatatiya of the WM- ',II stock 20 stock stock stock 60 stock stock stock stock 10 s stock stock stock 26.6 d 12 12 stoc stock 103. 10 1.0.6 100 100 100 all all 1021 1151 Share' lt.to stk 1 18 201 204 100 i 100 100 174 20 stock 20i 20 100 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock stock stook flOO 15 all 100 I all 128.6 d a 11 1 108. all all a B. ist" l it II gf 15j 1 60h I