The Sun. — London, England, 1856-03-26 00:00:00

nts Dm out ling ,her end .ed, [(se )re•; be fa- ed a' I ies ,he es end T mt MONEY MARKET AND C OrdIVIEIWIAL INTr.T.TJGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed with evident firmness. Compared with Friday's rates prices of all kinds were unchanged. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 were for export and 500 on speculation. The sales in clude 620 Pernam and Marauham, at 64d. to 7d. ; and 700 Surat, 4d. to 4a-d. The Railway Share Market was scarcely so firm as on Monday. Commercial accounts from Holland, state that trade generally throughout the country is steady, with a alight improvement in the prices of the chief articles of Colonial produce, but there are few large transactions taking place, either for home consumption, or on foreign account, so that the stocks on hand are greater than they usually are at this season of the year. At Amsterdam the sup ply of coffee is ample, but sales are limited to actual requirements. Good ordinary Java is 32c. per kilo., and Brazil 28 to 30c. for fine ordinary, 25 to 274 for middling and inferior sorts from 23c. but there is not much demand. In sugars the tendency of the market is to be easier. A sale of 3,000 kranjpgs of Java averaged 1 florin per kilo. Refined Sugaris firm in price, but purchasers are few at the present rates. A sale of 500,000 kilos. by auction, brought from 36i to 374 florins Per 50 kilos. The market in Rice is without much Variation. Sales of Arracan, of middling qualities have been effected at 3 florins to 61 florins, and in other kinds prices are firm. In Spises not many large transactions have taken place. Nutmegs are rather heavy, .at 156 c. per kilo. ; mace 140 c., and cloves at 39c.-to 40c. The Monitettr of yesterday publishes an imperial decree, which postpones the reduction of the duties on French Colonial Sugars imported into France, according to the ordinance of the 27th March, 1852, until a special law is promulgated fur the purpose. Accounts from Lisbon state that the new law proposed by the Goieifiment, which regulates - the import and export duties on grain and other cereals, upon free trade principles has met with the unanimous approbation of the country, ex cepting a few landed proprietors who adhere to the protection system. In all other commercial regu lations the Ministry of th• young King of Portugal shows the utmost degree of liberality, and especi ally in those departments relating to international treaties with the neighbouring kingdom of Spain. A complaint is made by a " Shropshire Farmer,' that the decline in the Corn market on Monday last was stated, under this head at 2s. only, where as in another column the full Mark-lane report save it at 4s. to ss. per quarter. This is explained, however, by the fact that the Money article con tains the earlier portion only of the day's business, and that the Mark-lane report is completed to the close of the market. On Monday morning last the decline was 2s. per quarter, but the market subse quently became still heavier, and the reduction was then 4s. to ss. per quarter. The rates of excha.nge for three months' bills on the principal cities of the Continent, were gene rally- at a slight advance yesterday afternoon. The denand for discount accommodation, during the last day or two, has sensibly in creased, and full rates are charged for the 4egociation of commercial paper. This has arisen in consequence of the preparations made for the payment on the 29th inst., of the 25 per Cent. on the English Loan and the 30 per Cent. on tba- Funding operation. At , the close of next week also the inquiry will be sustained, owing to the amount required for tho liquidation of the com tercial bills falling due on the 4th of the month, Which are known to represent a heavy amount. There is rather less firmness in the Market for public Securities, chiefly in consequence of the absence of any business of importance. The specu lators are evidently impatient at the delay in the declaration of peace, which many expected some days since, and this unfavourable feeling, together With the increasing stringency of the money market has a depressing influence. Consols for money have been 92} j and 924 to /.. The account prices have been 921 and 92i -11. The New Scrip has been seminal. The March Exchequer Bills afe 2s. to 46 . prem., being Is. lower, and the Bonds rule at 88 i to 98k. ,ludia Bonds haie been 10s. discount. tiet India Stock for account is 218. Foreign Stocks are in some instances depressed. Turkish Bonds are to per cent. lower, the Six Der Cents. being 97e and the Four per Cmts. 10 01 # for account. The money price for the lat ter, however, is quoted 100 x. Spanish Threes are 1 41, the Deferred 211, and the Certificates N. quador are si, Peruvian Active 78 to 781, and the Deferred, 57. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign to g :—Grenada Deferred Bondi, 6! 7i ; Mexi tlu, 20 t ; Peruvian, 78 79 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 6 6 57 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 48 50 ; Russian Per Centi., 103 105 ; ditto 44 per Conti., 93 93 ; 13 Panish 3 per Cents., 44 45' ; ditto DAerrel, 24 / 25 ; ditto Certificates, 51 to 6 ; ditto Passive, 7 7i. A. heavy tone pervades the Railway Share Mar ket, and a fair business has been done at a slight reduction in prices. The reaction, however, is not. generally of importance, being in most cases 1 to Pei share. The Foreign Lines are steady, and Altnahre and Meuse are 10s. to 11. higher. Mining and Banking Shares are quiet, and Ca nada Land have receded 2/. to 3/. kIIITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. t From► t 1 Ofteial Litt.; fna•n'. Anne. I Poi . Gent . Commis Annaitier ' I __ 92} 3 4 India Bonds ' £lOOO Ditto. under glOOO ll 6 d ~.zsahk Stock for Account 9lB I : , hßois :4' kccount eons& Scrip 2 : p &chequer Bills, 24d. • March. June. RlOOO " ... . 2I p I £5BO ` , mall Ditto Bonds, IRSB, 34 per Cent.. 984 3 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. c:lnador Bonds SA Ditto New Consolidated, Ditto Provisional Land Warrant Peruvian Bowls 4. per , Cent .. Ditto 3 per Cent ' — Ditto Accouat eardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Account .. ... ~........ ................... 911 4 4 4 3 Iln , rit•l Bowls, 3 ptalmaeAt — Ditto Account . . Ditto New Deferre4 ; 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto Passive Spanish 74 ll'aTlish Committee Cert. of Coup. nit fun. 5.4 p c lorki„h p,oodif. 6 par cent — Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cont. lOOl Ditto Account Y9nezuela Bonds, 4} per Cent — Ditto Deferred, 14 per Cent......... 123 Dividends on the above payable in tnOot, THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, money . . - 923 Ditto Account, ;pH' 10 923 6 5 20 10 20 5 rt 18 25 TIN MISSING STEAMER PACIFIC.—We are requested to state that the name of one of the vessels despatched by the Board of A.dmiralty in search of the Pacific is the Tartar, not the Tartarus. BAD Mims FOIL GOOD EARS.—Her Majesty, it is said, bas been pleased to sanction the Scots Fusilier Guards baying a corps of pipers, to consist cf one piper-major sad six pipers to each battalion. Their dress will be similar to that of the 42d Highlanders, but it will be some little time yet before they will appear in the front of the regiment, as it reqnires time to organise them. ?RION Or GOLD.—The qnotation of gold at Paris is litiftui 6 per mills premium (according to the last tariff), 'which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per oz. for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.32 ; and, t he exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.37 i, it follows that gold is about 0.22 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advises from Hamburg the Price of gold is 426/ per mark, which, at the English /dint price of 31. 17s. lOid. per oz. :'or standard gold, Rives ao exchange of 13.51 ; and, the exchange at Ham', burg nn London at short being 13.7 k, it follows that gold IS 0.87 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. LIOTTLICILAILERS' STRIKE.—SDNDERLAND, Monday.-- The bottlemakers employed at four out of the six bottle. ' w orks on the Wear struck work this morning. Their :weekly remuneration has hitherto been—finishers, 284,; elowers, 245. ; gatherers, 205., with dwelling-house and f ire added. The masters say they cannot cope with the r eanufactures in France and Belgium if they continue to Pay Inch wages, considering that coal and m , terials are at'a high figure, and they gave notice of a reduction of the above rates to 245., 205., and 16.. respectively, which t he men declined 'Co accept, and accordingly 250 of them have. turned out. The two houses at work continue to pay the SAM wages as formerly. Shr. t SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILW AYS. RAILWAY/. krobg. liottog. Boat ar.d. Eantn. Janet 1 faro, & ilitlymenA ginning. Wolvorb Stour Valley oilni. Lancsl.. fi cheshire Junot Cbegh. dt Birk. rind £25 Gate Do., $2O myth it Tyne originn £2.5 (istd.at £4f Iristol and Exeter.. laledonian . ;aim. and Car digat ;boater ri Holyhead !".,ork and Bandon Jork, Black, tk Pas , Cornwall Do. A Do. B Crio'f Junction..., Dub!in4l3olfastJnne , !Inn. P. 4 Ah-r. Jne, ir) East Avglian Eastern Conntios »*,,,fit. Tnion. I BO e., B. Sto.t Do., New A East Kent “:hgt. LAneashire ridinbargla dr alasgo - 'Edinb. and Peebles Prth 8c Dnnd Forth & Clyde Jni Furness Do. Extension Glasgow k. 3 West Great N. of Scotind, Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock it. 9th. &West.ar6 rat Western..,.. ., 3:1 D o o n . aStsotz V a l . B A :: Irish South-Easter , !Aneaster It Carlisle 0., Thirds Do. New Thirds...... i.aneash . and Yorks) , Do. Wst. Riding Tin likv:OrlihY.&Sonth.T ; t . London & Black wail `r,onil. Bright & %est. Loud. and N. West' , Do. Fifths Do.lol. 5it.,11.10 0 Do. Eighths ... ..... . 'London andS. Westn I Do., £5O Do., £4O Liiiindrry4Colerain , Lndndrr:-. & Enn:s2-, Aanch.Shef.k Lincl. Do., Man. k Lin. Un Metropolitan Midland - Jo, Birmug. & Dorh, Midi& G. West. (Ire. Do. Half Share• lowcastle tr. Carlisle Nwpt.Aborg. & Hrfd B 'evrrY & Enniskille• Newry Warrenpoin and Roatrovor 'iorfolk Vorth n.Cortuties Un North British ..., .. Nt h Devon Rail. & Deck Stock Do., A Stock .. . ' to., B Stock Do., h B Owtrnntoo , I N. Eastern—Bar wit , ' Do. do. Extongi on l i~Do. 0. 1 },N, u. Isurch Loods Do. York I North London &S.Wstrn.,Tiam:H stead, r.nd. City Jn..l '?‘•,rth Staffordshirf... Vorth Westorn N. & S. West rn. June Inneaton, Hinokley, and Leicester 4, Worn., WWI , . ,'(4-tAr.uouth Ceatral Acottishhiidland. Ibropshire i i‘rith Devon l'ionth Eastern ‘?oath Waloe Vrksh. dt Riv.Dul Slp 4tAine4, Wl k AclArol Stockton At Dull Awn 4 firtrtlep Pair Valo no. Pre., No. L._ t, gyxteß Hay. 'D.& R. .I.Tlveratone do Lam,. Vale o; Noath... Watertl. k ICU k (Inn I Waterfor ltaLiroor ' West Cornwall.. 'Wmat End of Lowl r. awl Crygal Palace.. D0..8 'West London—. tWimblecin &Croydor ntwer L•ar ,stt rd rn' Do. 5 p. c. Oblge. c on. in Sh. at par till '64 Ardennes ;oven Etotu. Junt, • trtzi ere to a rai se••eaa lamb y, Barod a, an neutral Indi a,S< ri Do. Den orant Rbenigh iimstern of Franco New Zast Indian, g. & p. )C. 7 •7 Do.di p.c.13nd5.,'57 [,‘,. do. do., '5:4, d Gee ong Melbowne guar. 5 per c nt. . Do., Lon. allot., do. Gd. Tk of CanatiaA.it, Do. ')o. Cert. of Doben. con. into Stk. De. Comp. 6p. 0., do Ctutral of Fran , Ot. Indian Poninani Great Lnvirobonr. COlntitt ted Sham. Do. Do. re-is. lorftd. Sh Cit. Westornof Cans( s gharpg Do. NoNi:.. 1)0. pe.yable's7, with option till '55,, Do. do., '62, p,'56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do, do., '73, withon l option riamilton & Tor•nt" l Do. 6 per cent. Lake aonet. k Thud , Lierro and Turnhout Lucca I, Pist. 5 p. c.p (Tons and Genova 'Lyons & Wediterran Madras, via•. 4 p.e Do. New 0., 6p. c Co. 44 p. c. Exton Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liege (.ritl) Interest) Do. (ea interest) Northern of France. 90.201.5h5. Do. 2nt. 3 p. o Bdr Tiffomrwy.e,,4lli..triA.m .nns.kSprohs. Paris and Lyons Ditto Ronde Paris and Orleans Rome and Frascati Royal ......... Do. Obligations Sambre and Mouso no. 5i p. mint Pref Seinde, guar. 5 p. c Do southern of France.. St._ tindrow's any 1 Quebec (A) . West Flanders Do 5A pm. c. Prof W. & N. W. of Franc+ West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand Closing Prices this day 26 27 4k - 48 1100 ....' r• 81 - 8i 17/ -- 17 15 - 1R 121 -- 121 -- 90 60i - CI 131 • 14i • *4. 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Bnk. of India, Australia, fg Chins City .. Colon;a1 Commercial of Lond Fing.Scot.&A.us.Cht Lond. Chan. Bk. of Australis Ditto Now To.ndon and County Eau. &E. Bnk g. Corp London Joint Stock London aid Paris L u nd. & Westminster !stational Pro. of Lug Do. Now.. lational of Ireland Vow South Wales.... Oriental Bank of Corporation ~- r Gvinaial of Irolaud 1)o. Now. Aus R Ge Im Cc Royal British ;oath Australia 96 ,8 65 - 67 ••• """ ... ••• par 2p ••Il ..".. M. ••••-- ...' « • ii : 44 43 - 94 •M "'"" ..- •N '''' ..... tinion of Anstrali;:... Do. Now. ......«...... Union f ....... 71 - 73 7i 8 3i 21 pr - p 1} 64 66 16 -1-6 i 16i - 3i - 30161 3 -- 2 d Business done this day. %11 '4 %11 '4 'ii _ LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING,. MARCH 1856. .1. FIXED KKNTA774. L Corrpan- COn t.l les VAS d y v‘r.:nets3 this Iv. w hi • 1;1= 4,41.4)1,4,,t0n SUN OFFICE,' Six o'Clock, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RACES. (This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. Siding Freddy BoLby Taft Twenty ran. A capital start—five or six false starts. STAND PLATE. Omer Pacha Eight ran. TRIAL STAKES. Fisherman Tame Deer WHITTLEBURY STAKES. Chevalier d'lndustrie 1 LATEST BETTING. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES 4to 1 agst Flatterer 10 to 1 agst Speed the Plough 10 to 1 agst Challow Boy 10 to 1 ago Winkfield 10 to 1 agst Little Davie 10 to 1 agst Paletot POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MANSION-HOUSE. EMBEZZLEMENT BY A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. James Mayland, traveller to Messrs. Coleman, mustard and starch manufacturcra, Cannon-street, City, was brought up for final examinatioti, charged with em bezzling various sums of money be had received on thtir account. Mr. Lewis, who appeared for the prisoner, complained that the statement made on a former occasion with re gard to the prisoner's defalcations .was an exaggeration, and asked that an opportunity might be given for an examination of the presecutors' . books, to ascertain the exsct amount. Mr. Wontner, for the prosecution, said the books should be examined and a list of the defalcations handed to the prisoner. At the first examination defalcations to the amount of 4001. were discovered, and, 4001. had since been discovered. No doubt other amounti would be found to have been received by the prisoner, and not s7.caunted for by him, when the books had been thoroughly examined. The prisoner was committed for trial. FORGERT.—A. fashionably dressed young man, with an abundance of moustache, named Stout, was charged before the Lord Mayor with forging the acceptance to a bill of exchange for 251., with intent to defraud hie em ployer Mr. Judkine, agent for the sale of sowing ma chines. _ The prisoner was ordered by his employer to go to , in July, 1854, with a sowing machine. Shortly after that the prosecutor when in Manchester received a letter containing the bill in question, and endorst-d in the name of Mr. Cross, of Milbay, Plymouth, to whom the sowing machine was sold. The bill was paid in with others to the prosecutors' bankers, and on its be coming due it was returned, on the ground that the ac ceptance was a forgery. Shortly before that the prisoner left the prosecutor, and although he knew the prisoner was engaged at the Paris exhibition, he did not write to him respecting the bill, nor take steps to have him ap prehended on account of the expense. The prosecutor and his- witnesses were unable to identify any of the writing on the bill as that of the prisoner's. Mr. Cross, in whose name the bill was accepted, pur chased a machine of the prisoner in July, 1854, paying hits 101. on account ; 51. more was to be paid at the end of three months, and the balance by arrrangement. The acceptance on the bill in question was not in wit ness's handwriting, nor written by his authority. In October following witness paid the prisoner at Plymouth the balance of the account. That was before the bill became due. The prisoner bad not accounted to his employer for the money received as above, but he handed to Mr. Dresser, for the prosecution, a bill of exchange similar to the one produced, which that gentleman forwarded to the prosecutor. at' Manchester. He wax, however, unable to identify the bill ari being the same. The prisoner was committed for trial on the charge of forgery, and also that of embezzlement. Bail was ten dered, but refused. Bedford and Blot zbloy Mickel Clydosd al o Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. R. Lin. rr.6 pc E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neil% Direct Do. New Glstr.dt Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Rail way Hall & Selby Do. Sham. Do.{Sharer. Lon.& Grown Do.Prefcren2e Lon., Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Batn. and Matlock Middlosbro' & Redcar London N. NI/8:A L.&N. W. i. Un. E. C Nrcon. E. Count. Celdonism 94 - 96 94 - 115 11 - 13 4j ... 41 ... .... • • IDo Gt. Wow - Yk. New. ht Borw. Y. &Nil Do Do I • ,103 106 S. Easton Do Peto It Ca 12 -- IS 23; -24 i 1071 -112 i Norfolk.. N. Nv & Midid. htekton & Darßust. 2i - 4 Midld.Bra.ll , l Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N 4 Est.& p.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p e Brest. & R y: Do.. Shr,.. A Roystn.& Hit. Stief.Rotit n Gooleg.sp.e Shrews. &H er S. Staffordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent Do WiltskzoTurst 92 - 93 En. Conn. E. Count. r to 5D - 7 `Do L. &N W. Do ON ..... ••• Gt North,. taancash & York sh. T. Brassoy K. MClean IStockt. k Darlingt 132 - 134 31 1 • - 33 1 OtWes tn . PREFERENCE MIAlt Km, Aberdeen Do. N0,.2, 7 p. 0. . Do. Darentnree .9ythanciTyn , 19p c. pref. (issd...t. Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. Do. 4 p. c. Shares •Jalcdonian £lO, 'Thee. & Flo. On. 56 Do. do. Pref. No. 2. Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork Bandons6p.c Dun. Prth .4r. A her.i. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. Os. B 6 p. C. Do. do Cls. C 7 p. c. gm. Go.Ex,spoNo. Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 F . e. St Mast tin., G. 6 p. c De. 6/. 10 per cont Do. 161. Dchcntr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent bla4t Lanca,k. 6 p. et. kW. York. J. sth- & Gl. 5 p.c. oh. M. Prth.&Dun.4p c Furness Dias. &5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northu. 5 p. Do. 5 p. a. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prom Do. 46 p. e . D 0.5 p.c. Scrip, Red. at 5 p. c. Ot.N. of Seot.l Pre S.4W. (Ireland Do. 4per 0. Prat'. S It. W.(13. ALB. xipo Do. con. red. 46 p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. e. Do. irrod. 4p. c. . Do. 5 p. c. red. prof Do. do. do. Do. firm. Prof. - 5h Do. Chester 8 p. c. P. , Do. do. 5 p. c. do 'Do. Birm. Qua. Stk Do. Chos. Qua. Sh.. De. do. do Do. do. d 0...... ...... r.an. & York. F.1:2• Do. 6'p. c. Stock Lon.&Wrigh.G.sp.c. Do. Prof., 5 p. e. St. Do. Now Onar.6 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent . Lon. &N. W., Gov. et Nuneaton p. et. S. W. 7 per ct 'Loudy. & Color. 6 Sit Londy. & Ennis. 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Cont. ,New Pre ! . .v'auoth Devon Do. fized,44 per cent Eastern (Readlo:: .nn.) of ,C 1 Os. 6d, Do. 4 1 , per cent Do. Fixed 4i peep I -1. Wales Gus. 4 p. C Do. do. 4i p. 0...... i. York eh .4 p.c.Guar. • , tock .& Dar., 5 p• c. Do. de. do. stock. k Hartl. g. I p. c. till July 1, VI %intend. & Kilk. 6 pd. 1•• ....•id .... •• • ••• - 4 1•• I t i 100 100 100 all ell all 22 cl 7 99 9i ... -•- 1 ap •• • 2i - d.INFAk. 1 ail kgi.B. eria ............. ... ... 1 1 all knglo A umtrin Gold ... ... lOs •11 A:iglo Californian ... i i 20 7 kustralian 1 sil Instraliau Cord'llora ... - ... 1 ill XTO Maria . ... 1. all F3a•len (Gcl.Dnehy of „. ... 50 all litlronar. Iron & cot •• • -- 20 14 British Iron 3 5 35 26 'kazilianlmp.(issno.' at P.,5 pm.) ...... .. 11 21 30 all ;)o. Comee , Culab 21 —2/ 21 20 15 Do. St. Johi , Del Ito. 24 26 1 I ; 'ilarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica * 1 dp 40 all iobre Copper 66 69 5 1 'klonial Gold ... ... St. all Copper Min. of Eni.7 35 33 - 25 all Do. Prof. 74 p.oen. 26 27 ... le Oopiapo 2O 22 2 I 14 Fortuna i id 30 j all lenc.eal l4 16 1 , all lt.NnggotVeiußeg. 1 i 41 ail Great rolcooth 5 all Gt Wheal Vor United 1 . id i. all Liberty... . . . • - ••• 3 i all Linares f 1 71 64 5' 11 Lusitanian - t i 1 1 all lariquita. I 1 all Vow Granada 1 all Nouveau Monde 20 all Pontgi.Sll.& Lo. Min. 11 13 5 1 Port Philip A t 1 all quarts Rock i 2 50 all Rhyrnnoy Iron l9 21 191 15 all Do. New 5 7 z d 30 130 Santiago de Cuba.. 31 3 31 ts. Sort. Cows. Min. Co. 24 3 3 1 all south Australian.. 4 -- 4 1 all Do. Scrip i - 0 1 4 Do. 10 per cent Pref ... a.. ... 4/ Tam. S. & L.'Min. Co. 2 # 2 T 10 ' 9 rin Croft 3 -- 41 3/ 284 all United Mexican ...... 34 4 1 all araller 2 1 all vest Mariposa i t 1 128. Worthing Mining o' Australia 1 all Yuba.. IaI.I.3OELLANISoUts. 25 19 Australian Agricult. 251 26/ le all . Amaraln. Royal Mail . It, all Berlin Water Works 61 74 50 40 Brit. American Land . . 48 7 'OO 34. Canada 140 •-• 145 140 1 qt .- 0 0 .610.6p.e..fan&:n1y 1081 - 1091 1091 1 9 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Ang 107 109 St. 100 Do. 6p. e. Mar & Sept 106 103 6 4,1 Crystal Palace 21 3 1121 I 5 all Do. Preference 54 54 4 ~ il Crystal Pal. of France ... ... 1 4 Duston Iron Ore ... .. . 20 1 Eastern Steam ..... - 5 all En.&Aus Cop Sin Co 1 11 25 • all Electric Telegraph 2l 22 21 1 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir ... ••• 5 all Gen. Iron So Collier ... - ••• 15 14 GOD. Steam Navigat. ... ... • 18 all General Screw Stoain .„ ... 161 N 10 Irish Beetroot Swar ... ... 4 all Loud. Gen. Ozazibus 31 --:.- 31 31 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig ... ... 10 all Wediteran. Elec. Tel. 8 -- 10 10 9 llezican&S.Americn. 51 6 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... ... Do. 1 10 0 1 all s D'ioot.horlands 'And 1 1 2 31 5 2 Do.SpePiss at 1 d 1 id 100 80 New B. & N.S Lend 18 1 all N. B. Australasian . 22. 20 15 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam ... ... , 1 all Oriental Ga 5.......... 11 11 1 28. Do. "New Shares" ... ... ► pm b all Peel nr. Ld. & Miurl. 21 21 2 1 50 all Peninsular& Oriental ... ... 50 10 Do. New 2 all Portland Iron Co ... —•-• tOO 60 Royal Mail Steam ••• ... --- 7 9 1 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 1 3 / 4 -- 1 1 4 Ditto New „.... 25 all 'South Austral• Land 35 3 • , al Submar. Tel. Scrip / 1 1.0 all Do. Regiatereh / 1 v. 5 rrust& L. Co.ll.Can ..... 100 2 8 / 1 V" Dlimm i ° ( And 1 141 •,..' 151 ' n. llllll I Vllo°ll6rec.JanagJUlT ( . .mt ....... lie . . Sporting Intelligence. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-TunDAT. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 7to 1 agst Flatterer (taken) Bto 1 apt Winkfield (taken) 9 to 1 agst Paletot (taken) 10 to 1 agst Besika (taken) 11 to 1 apt Ariosto (taken) 15 to 1 aget Speed the Plough ALTHORPE PARE STAKES. 4 to 1 offered on the fiel , l—Rohallion the favourite. EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. 6to 1 agst Flacrow (taken) ,7 to 1 &gat La Victims (taken) 7to 1 agst Posthorse (taken) Bto 1 agst Coal Black Rose (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 2to 1 art Fly-by Night (taken) sto 2 agst Yellow Jack (taken) 10 to 1 agst Enchanter (taken) No betting on any other race. COVENTRY SPRING MEETING.—TIIESDAT. The Coventry Handicap, of 10 soya each, 3 ft, with 50 added ; the second to save his stake. Oue mile and a half. (20 subs.) Mr. Henderson's Bolton, by Barnton, 4 yrs Bat flih (Ducker) 1 Mr. Hope's Omer Pacha. 3 yrs, 5 , 4 t 21b...(Shakspeare) 2 Mr. William's Lough Dawn, aged, 7st 4th (carried Tat 81h (Wakefield) 3 . _ The followina also ran :—Wbalebone, Joshua, Roving Betmy, Lucy Locket, Lord Derztentwater, Typhon, anti Cur:ous. Betting-5 to 2 agst Omer Paella, 3to 1 agst Bolton, 8 to 1 agst Joshua, 7 to 1 agst Lucy Locket, 8 to 1 agst Curious, 9 to 1 art Roving Betsy, Won easily by a neck ; bad third ; Lucy Locket was fourth ; Typhon and Joshua were next, close together ; Roving Betsy Waq seventh—the others beaten off. The Tavo•year-old Stakes of 5 cove each, with 25 added; colts, 8-4 21b ; fillies, 7st 131 b. Five furlongs. (9 subs ) Mr. Wilkins's Oak Ball, by Melbourne, 84 21b (I'. Cliff) Mr.-W. Day's Companion, 84 21h (J. Goater) 2 Mr: G. Drewe's The Dupe, 84 21b (Wells) 3 Gitina, Imperatrice, and Peeress also ran. Betting-7 to 4on The Dupe, sto 1 agst Oak Ball, 7 to 1 each eget Gitina and Companion. Won by a length and a half ; a neck between the se cond and third ; bad fourth. Peereua was beaten off. A. Handicap Plate of 20f. One mile. Mr. Land's Englemere, by Van Tromp, 4 yrs, 64 71b (J. Land) 1 Mr. Itickard'e Miss Hatch, 4 yrs, 64 41b (J. Walter)) 2 Mr. Elwes'e Flageolet, 4 yrs, 74 3ib (Coventry) 3 The following also ran :—The Assayer, Lady . Godiva, Freckle, and Philip. Betting-2 to 1 each agst Flageolet and Englemere. Won cleverly by a neck ; two lengths between the second and third. The Assayer was fourth. The Craven Steeplechase, Handicap, of 16 sows each, 5 ft, with 100 added ; the second to save his stake. Four miles. (22 subs.) Mr. Buchanan's E•cape, aged, 10et 121 b (Thrift) 1 Mr. Thorp's Tom Gurney, steed, 104 10ib...(Keridall) 2 Mr. Cowper's Omer Paella, 6 yrs, Bst 1211) (R. Archer) 3 The Billowing also ran Emigrant, General Evans, Franc Picard, St. Hilary, Bluebeard, and Legatee. Bettin2-3 to 1 a;st E.cape, 7 to 2 agst Emigrant, 6 to 1 aget Omer Pacha, 7 to 1 agst Bluebeard, 8 to 1 agst Tom Garrey, 10 to 1 a;st Franc Picard. • Won by six lengths ; had third ; General Evans was fourth, Franc fifth, and E nigrant sixth. Legatee was pulled up. St. Hilary fell at the brook the first time ronnd, and Blueheard's sirrup-leather broke and hii "saddle gave way soon after starting. CATTE RICK RACES.—TUESDAT. Speculation Plate. One mile. Fronz/ Exmouth Won by half a length. Four ran. The Ifornby Handicap. Mile and a half King of the Gipsies Gsthereole • Blueskin Won by half a length. T'ue Oran Stakes. Three-quar;ers of a mile. Matilda Won by a length. Six ran. Telegraph despatches differ respecting this race. One correspondent gives Remedy secimd ; another, Augury second. They agree, however, in the most important particular —the placing of the winning horse. EMBEZZLEMENT BY A BANKRUPT.—Yesterday after. noon information was communicated to the various police stations, as well as placards extensively circulated in the mftropoli , , for the detention and apprehension of Mr. Alfred Rain, wholesale druzgist, of Liverpool, who has absconded with considerable •prep'2.rty. A reward of 1001. is offered. EXAMINATION OF CLASSES IN INSTITUTIS.—At a meeting of the committee of the Hants and Wilts Adult Education Rlciety, held at Basingstoke, on the 19th March, 1356, it was resolved,—That a sum, not exceed ing 11., be allowed f r travelling eptenses to members of institutions in union with this so - .:iety, who may be desirous of presenting themselves for examination at the Society of Arts in June next. _ Tort AMERICAN MAILS, &O.—LIVERPOOL, Tuesday, 5 p.m.—No tidings have yet been received of the Cunard Royal Mail steam-ship America, Captain Wickman, with the mails from the United States and Canada, and advises from New York to the llth, Baton to the 12th, and Halifax to the 14th inst. From the caution always evinced by the Cunard commanders no uneasiness is felt at her non-arrival, it being believed that Captain Wick man has ran far to the southward, to avoid ice. The Cambria steamer will take the place of the America, and carry the mails on Saturday next to Boston and Halifax. The United States mail steamer Baltic is not expected till Thursday. A.TLANTIO STEAMING.—LIVERPOOS, TllBBlay.—The Cunard Company's new screw steamship Etna arrived this morning from Havre, after a remarkably rapid pas sage of ab ,, ut 43 hours. This is the quickest passage on record. She ran from Havre to the Sinalle,—a distance of *silent 335 24 hours. This steamer left Havre direct for New York as one of the Cunard line on that route on the sth of February, and, notwith !deeding the fearful weather encountered, she made a most satisfactory run. The Etna left New York on her return direct to Havre on the 7th inst., and arrived at the latter port on Thursday, the 20th, accomplishing the voyage in 12 days some hours. This is the more re markable, as the Arago, United States' mail paddle steamer, left Nev York on the Bth, and reached Havre (calling at Southampton) early on Saturday, the 22d. The Cunard Company intend to run vessels regularly on the Havre and New York line, the probability of an early peace favouring the prospect of a sufficient supply of their vessels, paddle and screw, being released from the transport service. THE LATE EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE OF CONVICTS FROM THE MODEL PRISON.—The police authorities ,of the metropolis, notwithstanding the most diligent search during the last few days, have net been able to trace the whereabouts of the two convicts who made their a-cape on Thursday morning last from the Model Prison, Pentonville, under very extraordinary circumstances. It appears that the prisoners were notorious eharac• tors on the Surrey side of the water, and both bad been summarily convicted several times far daring burglaries in the south parte of London. Their names are Peter Simpson, aged 21, and Henry Nicholls, aged 23. They were committed some time since from the Sonthwark Police-oourt to Horsemonger-lane Gaol, for burglarionsly entering a dwelling•house, and subsequently they were tried and convicted at the Surrey Sessions, where they were sentenced to penal servitude in the Model Prison, to which place they were removed in due form. The prisoners were employed at shoemaking, and it is gene rally supposed that they succeeded in making a ladder of their twine and waxende, which they roust have secreted in their dress by day, and employed themselves at night time in completing the article with which they effected their miraculous escape, which has thrown the whole of the prison authorities into a state of be wilderment. A reward has been offered for the ap prehension of the fugitives, who are well known by many of the detective officers in the boroughs of Southwark and Lambeth ; but at present the prisoners have eluded their most active exertions. A full description of the delinquents has been inserted in the Hue axd Cr? , . and no doubt, from information gleaned yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon, the men will loon be in the custody of the police. BOW-STREET. ROBBERY BY A FOREMAN. -A respectably-attired man, name.' Lambert, was placed at the bar on remand, charged with robbing the Messrs. Cuff, the saddlers, of Cockepur•etreet, of severaLsums -of money, in whose service he was in-the capacity of foreman. From the evidence of Mr. Christopher Cuff it appeared that the prisoner had been in the employ of their fires for many years as foreman, and early in the present month Ito presented a book purporting to be the account book f a workman named Sylvester, in which a number of entries were made of sums due for work done for the firm. On the 13th of January he paid the prisoner two guineas ; on the 20th of the same month he paid 11. Bs. ; on the 27th, 2/. ; on the 9th of Feb., 21. 3s. Gil. ; and on the Bth of March, 11. 145., all of which sums he paid him, believing they were due to Sylvester. The book was signed by the prisoner in his capacity of foreman, and that being the usual way of paying the workmen their wages no suspicion was entertained but that the money was actually due to Sylvester. On the 20th of March, from cireumstances that came to the knowledge of the Messrs. Cuff, the prisoner was given into cu-tody on the present charge. James Sylvester, a saddler in the Land Transport C,rpe, stationed at Horfield Barracks, Bristol, stated that he formerly had been in the employ of Messrs. Cuff. The last work he did for them was on the 17th of November last. It amounted to 11. 145., which sum he received, and had not done anything for them since. He knew nothing of the entry made in the book he had just seen, neither had he received any of the monies alleged to have been paid to him. [Aocempanying the book was a note authorising the prisoner to receive the money.] It was impossible for him to have male either the entries in the book or to have written the note duceil, as he could not write. Serjeant Williamson Mated that he took the prisoner nto custody for obtaining money , under false pretence*. Mr. Jardine committed the prisoner to the eeseions for trial. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) I,rwric* . ;, March 26. —Wind this - day at noon, E. to N.E. ; strong breeze and cloudy. PORTSMOUTIL, March 25. Wind E.N.E.—Arriv , 4— Oscar, from Buenos Ayres, for Hamburg ; Maria Key, Blierms Ayres, for Antwerp. H.H.'s gun-boat Skylark in entering the harbour this morning run foul of the brig Vectis, from Newport, and lost her main and mizen masts, the brig bad bowsprit carried away. FALMOUT/S, March 25.—Wind E., strong gales,--Ar rived—Northumbrian, front Calcutta ; Skimmer of, the Sea, Patos ; Charles Kean, Rio Graade, with sails split. Off tbo port.—A.njer, from Batierith; .Wablemar, Ssra,6 s ,. The Dutch vessel Alexandre, from Amsterdam to Alexan- driA, which grounded here and filled, has been raised and brought alongside the wharf. PENZANCE March 24.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived— S. An dero, from Trinidad de Cuba, leaky and with damage. LOWESTOFT, March 25.—The Henry has been ardsted off Kesaincland. leaky. The Sarah, of and for Sp•alding, from Loudon, has been assisted off the Newcombe Sand, leaky. HoLYffRID, March 25.—wind E.—Arrived —Spartan, from Mobile. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wodnesday Morning. Arrived—Mary Ann, fiorn Leith; Petit Lewis, Liver pool ; Allinnee, steamer, Havre ; Le Coq and Georges. steamers, Cherbourg ; Edward, Newport ; Mary Ann, Shields. Sailed—South Western steamer, fnr Jersey. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind E. Arrived—lkstonian, from Manilla ; Crimea, Now Or leans ; [dampen°, St. John's, New Brunswick ; R.clwoo 1, Mobile ; Clio, Lisbon ; Shamrock,,Now Orleans ; Oswega, Charlestown ; Hy. Clay, New York ; Lana, Mazano ; Maria y Juanna, Havannah. OfT—Prineeza, from 31auritins; Spartan, Mobile;,lmlia, Charlestown; America, New York; Hillwann &Manta; Alexandria. Sal,ed—Water Lilly, for Cibraltar; Victory, Bordeaux; Rescue Dieppe; ludustiie, Ostend. QUEEN TOWN, March 24. Wind E.S.E. Arrived Hercules, from Sierra Leone) ' - Naomi, Islay; Blanche, Callao ; Jane Sawyer, Syra ; Catherine Pem berton. Sew York; Radius, Malta; Congress, Coquimbo; Walter Baines, Paraiba. HOLYHEAD, March 25 Wind E. Arrived—Spartan, Mobile; Albion, Palermo; Mary and Jauo, Marseilles. CROOKHAVEN. March 25 The Cana(lian, serew-stoamer, from New York to Liver• pool, has pot into Long Island Channel through stress of weather, All well. ( 3I SUBMAIIIICEI AND 1311ITISH TELEGRAPTI3 GRAVF.SEND, Wednesday, 9.55 A.M. Wind N.E. ; tide last hour's ebb ; strong, and cloudy. Arrived.—Princess Royal, from Dordt ; Lynx, Guern sey ; Krageroe, Christiansand ; Concord, Seville ; Regina, Tarragona. Sailo(l.—Junine, for Sydney ;• Mary Jane, St. John's, Newfoundland ; Agatnenanon, Calcutta. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.35 a.m. Wind E. by N., strong. Passeil, March 25.—Fanny. for Salcombe ; Fairy, Lis bon; William, Constantinople; Goldfioder, Port Philip; and Blue Jacket, Madras, nll from London ; Speedy, packet, from North, for Westward ; Dane (s.s.) from Lon don, for Malta ; her Majesty's- gun-boat, from Sheerness, for Portscoonth. Sailed.—Bradore and Wilhelenina, for London. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCITA.NGE. Althovigh a very limited supply of English wheat was on sale in to-day's market the demand for all kinds ruled heavy, at prices barely equal to those realised on Monday. Over 14,003 quarters of foreign wheat have come fresh to hand. Even the finest parcels wero very dull, and in ferior qualities might have been purchased on easier terms. There was only a hunted inquiry for barley at late rates. Malt moved off slowly at Monday's currency. We had a dull sale for oats at barely stationary prices. Beans, peas, and flour met a very dull inquiry at about previous currencies. ARRIVALS Tllif WEEK. I Wheat. I Barley. t n osh .. 1,620 2,360 Irish.... — Foreign } 1 14,570 1 930 our Malt. I Oata. 1 1 1 6,090 910 t 2,080 4,110 i 12,110 [ HOP. kinds of , hope, in which late rates. BOROUG We are well supplied with all Tory little businesa4a doing, at L WHITECFIAPEL. The trade rnloi firm, tie follows :—Beef, from 39 21 to 4e 4d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 49 6 1 ; lamb, 69 4d to 7s; veal, 4a 2a to 53 4d ; pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81h9. by the car case. WORTHY OF IMITATION—P. C. 'Tibbs, of the Cardiff police force, greatly distinguished himself on Saturday last by the fearless manner in which he captured a man who had recently broken into the house of Mr. Bevan, a Ras collector at Cardiff. It appears that the burglar had made his escape and taken refuge in an ice-house in Lord Bute's Park close to the town, when Hibbs com menced his search Upon the officer entering the ice house, which is a iarge dark mound, he thought he heard something breathing. He groped his way in the dark until he came to a well about fire feet deep in the centre of the place. The constable, nothing daunted. descended this well, and putting his hand - on the lo west step, felt some substance which he thought moved about as he extended his hand. At last, with a vigorous grasp, Hibbs had the satisfaction of beholding the object of his search, who made but little resistance on his way to the police station. He v:as brought before the magistrates on Monday la't, and committed to take his trial at the next assizes. THE SUN 1,1:4T8 I.n.t.SE sAl7,'a►AXt. all $1 10.► 100 601- I 131 141 91151 15 91 3;:q 80 1211 105 621 f 84 f f i 103 f 100 i 711 I 43i 3 ,49i 50 151 i 151 55 100 all 101► 100 100 sc: sL 100 sli SII 10 all all to 1(o ino l3i 11 16 110 12 110 6f 33 i 21 3 61 6 7 ii pm i f pm 12A 1 a -; THE PROTESTANT Fl RE AND LIFE IN SURANCE COMPANY v. BEAU If ONT: (Before Mr. Baran Alderson and a special jury.) • - - - - KINGSTON, MAncu 25.—This was an action brought to recover from the defendant, who is the managing• director ,of the _County. Fire Office, the sum of 2,300/. upon two policieS of fire insurance for the respective sums of 1,3001. and 1;000E, effected in the Protestant office; . and which, it was alleged, tlre defendant was, bound to pay under an .agreement made between the parties. • • . . , The defendant, artiong -.a number of other, pleas put upon the record, pleaded that. no such agreement as the One specified was ever made, and also that the plain tiffs had been guilty olfraud in the transaction. Mr. •Eovill, Q.C., and Mr. }loneyman were counsel for the plaintiffs. Mi. E. James, Q.C., Mr. Lueb, and Mr. 13.awl:ins were for the dvrendant. It appeared from the speech of Mr. Bovill, that the Pro tystant Insurance Company was started' three or four years ago, and that although they issued fire policies their business was more connected with life insurance, and it was their . custora to tran , frr all their fire policies to other offices paying them the premiums, and merely receiving a sort of ceturniAsion on the amount they paid. In NOvember, 1854:an arrangtiment of this description was ent«red into with the County Fire Office, but it seemed that the basis of all the transactions was a letter wr:tten by Mr. Beaumont, the defendant, in which be expressed his readiness to accept of such policies as bad been effected in the Protestant Office as his . agent should select, and to become responsible for any loss that might accrue in respect of those policies. Accordingly, it ap peared a number of polieis were transferred from Vie Protestant office to the County, and among them the two in question which were effected by a gentleman named Middleton upon his stock-in-trade and a building at Hull. The whole of the property was destroyed by I fire on the 18th of December last, and it appeared 'that upon the defendant being called upon to pay the pr. hcies as it was contended he was bound to do under his agreement, he declared that h•e was not liablt;, and the present action was therefore brought ,to try the question. There were a good many technical points in the case, be, the substantial question to be de cided was whether under the letter that had been written by the defendant the County Fire Mee was legally bound to pay the policies in question. Mr. G.'Dain, who stated that he was a Parliamentary agent, and one of the board of directors of the Protestant Fire and Life Office, and that he generally acted as chairman, was called as a-witness. He Said it was the custom of the company to re-insure in other offices all their fire risks, and before the arrangement with' the County they elid.so with - the London- and Liverpool. The defendant was the manager of the County Fire Office, and, in OCtober, 1845, he had an interview with him upen the subject of transferring their'fire policies to that office, and ()tithe 4th of November, he received letter from the defendant, in which he consented to take the policies that should he selected by his agent upon cer tain is inditions. (The letter was put in and read.) He did not know whether any answer was sent, but he saw Mr. Beaumont afterwards, and understood that the arrange ment contained in the letter was to be carried out, and that the County was to be responsible fir all the risks their agent selected. Mr. Middleton's policies were among those that wore transferred from the Protestant' Office to the County. Cross•eaamined by Mr. James—l never beard that the matter had been submitted to counsel, and that an opinion had been given that the agreement on the form contained in the letter was not legal and could not be carried out. Several applications were made by the de fendant in the year 1855 for the amount of the premiums that were dns upon the policies transferwed to the County. I did not say to Mr. Candy, the solicitor to the, County, that the Protestant had no money to pay the premiums with. In August there were 401. or 501. due to the County. The reason the money had not been paid before was that there was a dispute respect:ng the amount of allowance that was due to our company. . . Mr. James—Upon your oath, had you the money to pay with ? Witness—l think we had. I could - have paid it mygrlf, I will swear that the Protestant Company had as much as 80/. at their bankers at the time. Ido not recollect telling Mr. Candy that we had not got the money to pay with. I believe Mr. Curdy told me that if the premiums were not paid immediately; the County would have nothing to do with the aff3tr. He did not say that gt he County would not pay any of the policies if the pre-, miurne were not handed over ; bat he did say that they would not accept any fresh policies. In August I re ceived a letter from Mr. Cundy, in which he detnauded 591. 33. for premium"; and said that if the amount were not paid immediately he should be compelled to take proceedings to recover: it, and he honed the Protestant Company would spare him the necessity of being com piled to adopt such a disagreeable proceeding. The secretary of the County also wrote to us asking for the money due, and'requesting that a sum of 491. to which they were clearly etotitlfd might be at once transmitted; leaving tle balance to be a subject for after disctu-sion. Sent a cheque for the amount on the 21st of December. I am not aware whether thie was after the fire at Hull. Mr. James—Now, I ask you upon youroath, sir, and I ask you to bo cautkuv, whether you sent that cheque until after you 'had heard of the fire ?. Witness—l had not seen any letttr from Mr. Middle ton, but I think.l had beard of the fire before I rent the chequefur the amount of the premiums that were due. Crosi-examination continued—l thick I:heard the fire at Mr. Middleton's talked about in the office ; but it , was not cin'aecount of tbe fire happening that I pent the cheque. Tiie money ought to bare been paid before, but people did not always pay accounts. the nytinev . t, they were doe, and thief wa4 the only reason he coul d give far the , delay. The tiro at 'Mr. Middleton's *as mentioned in the etfice, and then it was pr.posed . that. he shotild send a cheque for 491; to the Giunty. It 'was his own private cheque that he sent, and the amount was Old nut of his own iunds, butle.was the treasurer of the company at well as.the chairman, and it was all the same thing. • Mr. Jaines—As you were the treasurer, perhaps you can give - sus some idea what amount of funds the com pany possessed at this time ? Witness—No, I can Lot,. indeed. I have not got the books, Mr. James—Surely you can give us some idea what amount the company had at their bankers' ? Witnese- , -No, I cannot. Mr. James—Had they 49/. ? Witness—Ye ,, , I will swear they hal 491, but I cannot say how much more. Cross-examined—l know that an action was tried at York last week, in which Mr. Middleton sought td re cover the amount of hie, policies from the company, but I am not aware that the company pleaded that they had no money to pay bun with. I have heard there was such a plea. I cannot say whether a claim for 121. arising out of a fire at Plymouth was mad) upon the office, and they were unable to pay it. lam not certain about it. Boron Alderson (to the witness)—Tio you mean to Fay that you, as chairman of this coMpany, do not know whether a claim %as made upon it f ! q. the sum of 12/., and whether it was paid or not ? All I can say iyif it be so, it i+ a very, singular state of things. Cross-Examination continued—l cannot now Fay how much money the company have at' their bankers'. I know that they have PomOint I cannot say how much. No Money was paid to the County under the agreement until the cheque for 491. was sent in on the 21st of De cember, which was two days after the fire happened. Mr. James—Hive* you issued any fresh policies to the public after pleading that you bad no money to pay Mr. Middloton' ti policies with ? Witness—Yes. I believe that fresh policies hiye btsit issued within the last few days. Jaines—To what amount? Witness-4 cannot say.- The learned Judge said that he thought the examina tion was verging towards a criminal charge, and he thought he Should caution the witness that he was not bound to ans wer any questions that he thought would criminate him. _ _ The witness then said that no fresh policies had been issued—they were life policies. - Mr. James—And supposing any. of the parties should die, what money have you got to pay them with t Have you got 59/.. Witness—Yes. We have 501. or 1001.; but I won't go beyond that. Re-examined—They would have paid Mr. Middleton's policies with the money obtained from the County, who they considered were liable. Their own company wss completely registered according to Act of Parliament, .' and they bad a great many responsible shareholders. Mr.' R. Elderton ' the secretary t' the Protestant Com pany, proved that be saw Mr. Beaumont upon the sub ject of the management referred to in his letter, and that he told him it was quite sufficient, and that it was not ne cessary to have any formal agreement. He also said that • a gentleman connected with the County went through their list of fire policies, and accepted those only he thought proper,. and among. tben2-Were those fM. • Middleton. The 491. that was paid included the pre miums for those policies. He - believed he hi and of the fire on the 19th. Dec., and the ebeqUe was eint iti on tbe :lat. It was not accepted at fiat, but eventually are ceipt was sent for the amount. Cross.exarnined — Bilieied he heatd of the fire on the 19th December. It was . the usual course for Mr. Bain to sign cheques as treasurer. He asked him to sign the cheque for 491., principally on account of his having heard of the fire. He believed that at this time the com pany had funds to the amount of 2001. Could not say how much money they had at the present time. Mo ne y was continually going out and coming in. Before tiny made the arrangement with the County. they had endow. voured to make a similar one with the United Kingdom Office. A fire bad not to his knowledge happen e d on the day the proposal was made, but he believed it turned out that this was the case. He believed a claim had been recently made upon'the company from Plymouth 'for the sum of 191., and be had given instructious to their agent there to pay it, and he trusted he had done so. He had given hint orders to pay the amount, but he had re ceived no answer, and had not been to inquire for any letters. He had 200/. of the company's money in his hands, and he supposed . he would pay the amount that was claimed. In answer to further questions put by Mr. James, the witness admitted that be beard of the fire on the Igth of Dec., that the cheque was sent on the 21st, and that it was not until the 24th that he wrote to the County to inform them of the fire, and requeste4 them to send their surveyor to investigate the matter, as it was one of , the cases in which they were interested. Mr. James then addressed the jury for the defends& He said that although he should not trouble them with any remark upon the point of law,.which would more properly be decided by his lordship, yet he would state that the substantial defence to the present. action_ was , that the County Fire Office had never made any such I agreement as that which was sought to be made out by the plaintiff, -Alt that Mr. Beaumont intended wag, that there should be an honourable arrangement between two the companies, and that would have been carried out but for the disgraceful and fraudulent'con duct of the Protestant Company, as it was called. The fact was, that the County could not obtain to sixpence of the premiums they were entitled to from this miserable insolvent company ; and he submitted that it was pretty plain that they never „intended to pay a farthing, and would not have done so if it had not been .for the fire ; and thus, they thought, by the trick of sending the cheque for 49/., to saddle the county with this heavy loss. He should she - iv them by the deed' of settlement of the company, that the County could not legally enter into such an agreement as the ono that had been suggested ; and they had the opinion of a high legal authority to that effect, and Mr. Beaumant.weald be called to prove that the persons - connected with the Protestant Company were perfectly well aware of the fact. Mr. Beaumont was willing to receive the busi ness froin the Protestant, and to run the ti3ks, pro vided the premiums were paid, but it was clear that not a sixpence could be ebtaieed from this insolvent corn piny, and .that the payment of the 491., after the tire had happened, was a mere trick to entrap the County and render them liable. The learned counsel comment( d in indignant terns upon the conduct pursued by the Pro testant Company in issuing fresh policies, after their own admission that they had no funds in their posses sion, and he said be had no hesitation in expressing hie opinion that this company was neither inure nor less than a public swindle ; and he tad that although they had the audacity toylace at the top of their policies an open Bible, it appeared to him that the sooner their Bible, and their eiffiee too, was closed, the better it would be for the public. The deed of settlement of the County Company was then put in, and p rtions of it were read, and Mr. Beau.. mont was called as a witnerw, and be stated most dis tinctly that nothing was ever intended more than an honourable arrangement between the two companies; and be al.o. said that the solicitor to-the Protest-+nt•offioe was aware That the original agreement that bad been proposed was submitted to counsel for consideration s and an opinion given that it could not legally be car. ried out. The learned Judge expressed his opinion that ne agreement, such as was contended for by the plaintiffs, had been made out, and, after the evidence that had now been given, he thought there was an end of the case, The Jury said they were of opinion that no legal agrve►nent had been made out. A verdict was then entered for the defendant upon the plea relating to the agreement, which was the sub• Stan tial question in the cause. Upon the plea of fraud Mr. James consented that the jury should be discharged from expressing any opinion ; and some of the formal pleas were entered for the plaintiff, the verdict in effect being fur the defendant TEE SOLICITOR-GENERAUS TESTAMEN TARY JURISDICTION BILL. The following are the principal clauses of the bill its trodUced by the Solicitor General for establishing a new testamentary jurisdiction. See. 3 provides that the bill shall not extend to Scotland and Ireland, except where expressly mentioned. :The last section of the bill, how ever; does expressly mention that probate granted in Eng land shall be valid in Ireland and Scotland, and vies versa. Sec. 4 abolishes the existing testamentiry juris diction of all ecclesiastical and other Courts, and sec. 5 vests the same in a new court, to be called "Her Ma jesty's Court of Probate and Administration," whisk court (by sec. 6) is to have the same jurisdiction as the Court of 'Chancery in the construction of wills and the administration of asSets,. Sec. 9 provides that the sitttngs of this court shall be in London, Middlesex ; or else where, as the Queen in Council may appoint,. The following sections, from 16 to 19, relate to the appointment, qualification, duties, and salary of the judge of the court thus constituted. He is to be an ad vocate of ten, or a barrister of fifteen, years' standing ; his salary is to be 5,0001. a-year, with a retiring pension, the proposed amount of which is not indicated. Besides presiding in his own court, he is, in case of their illness or absence, to assist the. Master of the Roils and the Vice-Chancellors, by presiding in theirs. The staff of the court, in addition to the judge, and a secretary at 3001. ayear, is, by sec. 24, to consist of the following officer, :-1 principal registrar, at 2,5001. a-year ; 4 registrars, at 1,8001. each ; 16 official proctors, at 1,0001. each ; 2 commissioners for administering oaths, a t 6001.., each ; and a variety of clerks and subordinate attend ants. By sec. 24, the principal registrar and thS bulk of the other officers are to be appointed by the Leed Chancellor. By sec. 23, no one can be appointed a re gistrar or an official proctor wbo is not, er has not, been,. an advdca,te, firrister, proctor, solicitor, or attorney. Sc.e 31 provides tLat. all advocates in Doctors' Coin moes shall at once be a linitted to practise in all courts as barristers ; sec. 32, that all proctors shall, in like manner, be privileged to act as attorneys or solicitors and sec. 33, that the articled clerks of proctors shall be adinltled as attornqs or solicitors on .the same condi tions as ;hough before the commencement of the act they had been serving as the articled clerks of Solicitors or attorney's. By sec. 34 attorneys and solicitors may practise in the new court. sec. 38 constitutes the Appellate Tribunal, providing . that " from all orders or decrees of the oonrt an appeal s,hail lie to the House of Lords." • nesids the "C,itirt of Prob.tte,' the bill, by see. 21, creates a " Testamentary-office " in which all the "com mon form" business of the court will virtually be. trans neted. Toe sections from :39 to 44,' both hincl: r u a a r iv m. e, , r b e l l ) a bi t n e ee zt the Mode of 'transacting this ,4 c in other words, of obtaining prob a t e an d a d min i strat i eu in undisputed cite's.. Persons desirous of obtaining pro bate or administration are to apply at the Testainen- tary , offise - and leave there the %ill and a copy 'of the will, together with a printed form of affidavit, jotted by the registrar and sold at the stationers', which they are to fill up as.the case requ rrs, Persons residing beyond the limits of the London district post may trensutit these documents through the General Post.office. Probate and administration is to he grantee by the registrar, who is to cause copies of all wills sent into the office to be printed, and transmitted f purpose of deposit to the Metropo litan Register-office of BirthsiAnd Deaths in tondon,.to the corresponding office of the district where the deceased. died, to the. PrtCrogative•office in Dublin, and the Corns rnissary's-office in E linbargh, such printed copies to be inspected on payment of a fee of sixpence. Probate or administration is, as a general rule, to be taken out within two months of the death of the &ceas e d ; say person desirous of renouncing I , robate or a iministra si(m may do so by filiing`up and transmitting to the re gistrar a siniple printt forms The practice of the court under its cmitentiouskrrisdic tion is t , ) be regulated in a great degree by rules here afteeto .be published ; we shall notice a few of the more important points provided for by the. bill. The court is empowered t tappeint, and direct the remuneration of, a pereon authorised to Act, as administrator during the pen dency of a suit (es. 74 asd 75). It is to have the rams p , wQrover wills that is now posseeeed by the Preroga tive Court (s. 30), a n d ma y or d er t h e rem oval 'from the registry of a forged will, or the re-toration of one that has been tampered with (s. 81). It may older the pro duction of any instrument purporting to be tenementary (S. 82) may direct issues to be tried before itself, either by special or common juries (s. 83) ; may examine wit nesees rica,voce, compel the production of deed., & ; r. 81) ; and require the attesting witnesses to be interro gated in open court (s. 86). It may also direct issues concerning the validity of a nil! to be tried in the Se pea nCourte of Common Law, either in town or at the assizes (s. 85), and if-dissatisfied with the verdict, may Order a new trial eithsr ( a fore itself, or where the for mer trial took place (4. 87). r on . • giving jurisdict in cm Lain cases C el L u r s t e s s . By bee. 88 if the personal estate t o Then tteC County Courts. is under the value of 2006. the County Court of the dis trict in which the deceased died shall have plenary powers to decide all disputed questions whatever. Where the real and personal property do not collectively exceed 3001., the County Cobrt sball have the same powers of adnunittration and distribution as are possessed by the importance relate to the de- Ne l w ie Co n u ex rt of P t proy r i o s h io a t t ig e (s. ot 8 i 9 m ). p posit and custody of wills. Ou the requisition of the registrar, all judges, registrars, &c., under a penalty of 1001., are to transmit t o the "Testamentary-office, to be tthere deptedted'nnd'arranged so as to be easy of refer ence, all wills and instruments relating to causes testa- Inentary." (s. 100, 101.) In the same office is to be pro vided a sate and convenient depository for all wills of such living persons ae choose to place them there, (e. 102.) We now come to the question of fees. Section 118 provides that a table of lees shall be prepared by the Lord Chancellor before the bill becomes an act. Section 114 prohibits, under a penalty of 50014 any officer from accepting any gratuity, or taking any fees to his own use. Sections 116, 117, 118, direct that fees, so a . general rule, shall be paid, not in money, but by stamps into an account to be opened with the Bank of Enlace to the credit of the Accountant-General, and-to be called " The Testamentary• Fee Fund Account." These provi sions relate .to the general and permanent fees to be t o a f k t e e n tn i i l ry t a h r enew courk; but besides these a certain table fees is appended to the bill, to be taken in lieu of the present proctorial fees, for the purpose of nos ing a temporary fund in order to pay off the vast amoun of compensation contemplated. These fees range in the case of probates, from ls. 6d. on property under Mi., up t0,41/,.55. on property under 100,000/, ; in the case of administrations, from ls. .6d. on 501, to 581. 2s. 6d. on 100,0001. The stamp fees on theiviame amounts are given in a separate column. They rise in the case of: probates, from 16s. to 1,3501. on the amounts of property before mentioned ; •and in the case of a dministrations, from 10s. to 2,0251. The list of compensations is some thing very formidable. In the first place corns the "Judges, • deputy judges,. registrars, and deputy regis trars ; ' these parties, if they have h eld o f fi ce for th ree years before the bill becomes law, are to receive as a compensation annuity h a lf"the amount received by t hem on an average of the last five years (8. 123 )_ Pr? 9 are in like manner to have half of the net profits of t heir proctorial incomes similarly calculated on an average of five years (s. 127.) Articled clerks and juvior proc tors are to rec3ver back one-third of the fee paid by them on entering into articles (s. 129.) The Judite of the Prerogative Court is to be paid off in full ('. 130.) Viscount Canterbury is to receive what vrill make up a clear annual income of 3,0001. a year for his life (8.132.1 The Rev. Robert Moore is to receive a sum to be set tled by arbitration as an equivalent for the inter nn est he 1101(181a :the public registry of thy Premotive 1. 188 : 3.3 is 185.) ~~ ~= f ~.~: in • an ne ed ;t. of of Xe be- tore ben not try cf, ow ng th nd ati 1.11 20 1 [OO 100 t) 100 1.0(l all 100 3, 100 100 100 20 FOR. lox. 94 31 27 I 46 f 13 68i I 89 7 4J 85 31, 21k 6 i it 25i I 61 7b 16 k