The Sun. — London, England, 1861-04-25 00:00:00

ITS 11SDA a most ek , that was ntative . ind as the n the re e, on the Reformer , the Town of North 11SpietIOUS La to vot e ite, wer e , ere pelted Listandivi eighbour lodgion; ootedano the poll vhich had On th e y became ith with al l were also 1 by th e s readily presided, by frog/ nn some ers, were however, , said to court• I you be now to Vill you esterday working times to d work• poll is-- away herefore elected• hich the wned.) _ peaking ses and it wag irge to, and toting& it, how id amid n with- MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. li , CITY, Two o'CLocK. Continued firmness is reported in the money money, the shipments of gold to the Continent for the purchase of silver having induced the impres• sloe that the ratio of discount will advance rather than recede. Owing to the abundant supplies and the limited inquiries, the mercantile community are enabled to negotiate the best bills at about 4} per Cent., or 4. per cent. below the minimum at the Sank of England. A further sum of £31,000 in gold was withdrawn f rom the Bank of England yesterday for exporta tion. The directors of the Metropolitan Railway have made a call of £1 10s. per share, payable on or be fc're the 16. th proximo. Tenders will now be received for the unappro- Mated portion of the £83,000 Indus Steam Flotilla Debentures. A large amount of business was again transacted 111 the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and Prices tended upwards. The sales were intimated at 15,000 bales. It was announced yesterday afternoon that Mr. Thomas Vile had been elected a member of the committee of the Stock Exchange in the place of 4r• Thomas Gibbs, deceased. The following circular has just been issued by the directors of the Great Ship Company : The Great Ship Company (Limited), 90, Cannon street, London, E.C., April 23. Sir,---The decision of the Court of Common Pleas, con trary to the unanimous opinion of the Court of Queen's Ilench, in the case of Mr. John Scott Russell's claim, ren ders it necessary to be prepared to lodge about £19,000 in court before an appeal against that decision (with stay of execution meanwhile) is likely to be entertained. The directors think it all important to be thus prepared, as to prevent delay in the sailing of the ship For New York on the Ist May next. It is proposed to raise the sum of £3b,000 on debentures at six 11onths, bearing interest at 7 per cent. per annum, with *which to pay off the present mortgage, and deposit the amount of Mr. Russell's verdict, or to settle with him amicably if possible. The debentures to be further secured by a mortgage on the ship (with policy of insurance), to be given to frvro responsible persons in trust for the respective debenture-holders. The directors, and others, have already Subscribed for about £17,000, so that only £lB,OOO remains 6 3 be provided ; and I am instructed by the directors to request that you will favour me with an immediate reply, Stating the amount of such debentures for which you are Willing to subscribe.—l am, Bto., • J. H. YATES, Secretary. A meeting has just been held of the creditors of kr. D. Navone, commission merchant, when it was Kilted the liabilities amounted to £31,406 lls. 9d., and the assets to .£5,983 17s. Bd. ; but all the agent's accounts at Constantinople are not expected to be fully realised. After some discussion it was. resolved to wind up the estate under inspection. A meeting has been held to-day of the creditors of Messrs. Cook and Greenwood, wine and spirit merchants, &c., who recently suspended. Their "abilities were stated at £14,850, and the assets at 46,837. After a protracted discussion, a few of the creditors signed in favour of accepting a com- Position, while others threatened legal proceedings, and the estate will no doubt be sent into the Court of Bankruptcy. The English Stock Market, which opened firmly, Pre:flats now rather a heavy aspect, owing to a re 'xmption of speculative sales and a further decline hi the Rentee. Consols have been 91i 92i- for transfer and 92 for the account, but the pre lent quotations are 911 92 and 92 respectively. Th e New Threes and the Reduced are heavy at 90- 4 ; Long Annuities at 151 ; Exchequer Bills at 81 3s. dis. to par ; India 5 per Cent. Loan is steady at 102 ; and Bank Stock at 233 and 2341. Very few dealings have been reported in the Foreign Market, and prices are well supported. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 74 to 71 ; ditto, 1858, 53 1 to 541 ; Portuguese have improved to 461 1, and Russian 41 per Cents. to 911 ; Dutch 2 per tents. are steady. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report the market for American securites as very firm. The following are some of the prices : Redeemable. Prices * United States 6 per Cents 1867-1868 88 90 to. 5 per Cent Bonds Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds . 1868-72 84 88 Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 82 83 Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Illinois Central 6 per Cent. - 88 Do. shares, 80 dols. paid Michigan Central 8 per Cent 1869 87 89 120. do. shares 50 52 New York Central 6 per Ct., not convertible. lBB3 New York Central 7 per Ct., convertible, from June 15, 3,57-59 1864 Do. do. shares New York and Erie, 7 per Ct., Ist mortgage Do. do., 2d mortgage 1859 89 91 33 •• do., 3d mortgage lBB3 83 85 The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :- 1861. 1860. great Western North-Western ' 83,107 32,302 South-Western Britton 16,331 15,784 .11i and South-Eastern Great Northern 24,883 26,203 Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter 6,320 6,692 North-Eastern Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln South Wales Great Southern and Western of Ireland 8,200 8,185 Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,622 6,145 Glasgow and South-Western 7,919 7,717 Great Western of Canada These returns are for the most part of a satis factory character ; in one or two instances, how ever, a slight falling off is apparent. On the Great Western there is an increase of £259, on the north Western of £BO5, on the South Western of 41,254, on the Brighton of £547, on the Mid land of £BB2, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £1,042, on the North Eas tern of £1,662, the 'Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £747, the South Wales of £347, the Edinburgh and Glasgow of £477, and the Great Western of Canada of £649. On the South Eastern there is a decrease of £936, and on the Great Northern of £1,320. 85 87 92 94 TO TZ In the Railway Share Market business has been rather inactive, and prices have shown, in some in stances, a slight downward movement. Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western, Midlands, North Eastern, York, and South Eastern have declined s s-, and Great Western, 10s., Great Northern, how ever, have improved ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have been in a very limited request, and prices are also a shade flatter. Dutch Rhenish brought 13 to 131.; Great Luxemburg, 61 to 61 ; East Indian, 99/ ; Great Indian Peninsula, 95/ 96; Great Western of Canada, 111 ; and Grand Trunk of Canada 6 per Cent. Preference Bonds rose to 70. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares have remained dull at about previous quotations. Lon don and Westminster realise 671 ; Oriental Bank, 5 p1,; Union of Australia, 39 ; and Electrie Tele graph, 95t. B tIITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICEb Bank Ce Stock ' 3 per nt. Reduced Annuities 9O/ f 3 per Cent. Cons@ls Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9 o±2tei Annuities, 30 yrs, expire nth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.. ma India Stock .. -.•.. .......... ~ • • Ditto b per Cent ...., ................ 1028 2 i I,ltto Debentures, 1858 .............. 961 Ditto Bonds £ l,OOO 1 ( 6 die CIOIASOIS for Account , Ma y 9 Exchequer Bills, £ l,OOO, l i d. Ditto £5OO par FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent........ Ditto 48 per Cent., 186 0 B7/ Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent. ......... .... • Ditto Deferred 8/ 1 Greek . , ............. Mexican 3 per Cent .................... Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent , 1853. ........ . • Ditto Account ...................... 461 -8 Russian 5 per Ce n t. 1822, £ St .......... Ditto 44 per Cent, ................... 918 Spanish 3 per Cent ...... Ditto New Deferred .................. Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded 5l Turkish 8 per Cent • . Ditt o Account Ditto New Loan Ditt o Account Ditto £lOO Bonds er Cent. Ditt o Guaranteed, 4 p Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 48 per Cent. ' E. 25f. Dutch 28 per Cent., bxchange 12 Guil. • Ditto Account .................. H . 64 TREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money . Ditto Account .. i ....... 92 t '1 SRARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY). ORDINARY STIAtIES AND STOCKS. S 8i 81 83 6 7 98 100 97} 971 97 i Paid.' Cliporsic.ineg Business Done - 100 stk 18 20i 204 10 100 100 100 .34 116 .01 103 92 94 09 111 [os lio 01 93 99 101 iOO 102 f d fp i d in 22i 23 131 133 10 10! 221 23; 99 101 98i 99 08 100 85 87 24 271 314 321 31} 321 45 48 121 123 117 120 99 101 119 122 114 118 Railway s. Share 13.14 stock stock stock stock stock stock stce stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 'took stock stock stock [9.16.1 stock stock stock stock stock 'rock stock stock stock stock 'stock 12 10 stock itocK stock stock stock stock Belfast and Ballymena Bir., IVol , and Str. Val. Birk.; La., and Ch June Blyth and Tyne Bost. Slcaf. and Mid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen t C.ardigar , Cork and Bandon Cork, lilrock., kPassagr€ Cornwall no A f A gets no div ' until 6pc peran Do B hasbeen t d. toB Dublin ,t Belfast June Dun., Perth, &Ab. June East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stocl( Do do B do 5 6 Do Nw A, late EU3ds East Suffolk Eclinbur,zh dts Glasgow Edin. Perth, ds Dundee Forth ,t Clyde Junction Furness Glascr. and S. Western Great Nthn. of Scotland! Great North ern Do do A stock Do do B do Gt. S. .t W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Irish Sonth-eastern T aneashire & Torkshlr London and Blackwal' Lon., Kri ht.. & S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover T.ond. &Nth. Western Loud. & &th. Western L'derry & Coleraine ;.'perry & EnnisKillen fan. Shef. & 11aryport and Carlisle Do do shares Metropolitan Midland Do new _ _ . „ Do I, irming. A 5 Derby mi. Gt. W. of Ireland Do shares laid Kent., 41 43 8 84 17 18 49 50 38 40 26f 274 87 89 29 29i tl3 115 125 127 111 112 107 i 1084 130 la 106 108 714 72 80 82 Do, Cray Line Newerthtle and Cirlisle Newry & Armagh, def Newry, Warnpt. & Ros Norfolk .... • • • • 'North British.. 'con Dev.Rall &Dk.stoz: D • 4 Itk ; A recs no d. until apehas beenpd.ll Do R stock 'Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do do , G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York North London Do new North c taffordshire N. and S. W. Junction ot. & Grrantham Rail zebles _ Portsmouth Rhymney.....- Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union Sittingbourne do Sheer South Devon • • S.-Durham & I anc. South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok Stcckton k Darlington 100 100 100 16 131 100 100 100 Do do Do New (1860) Taff Vale • • • • • • Do Pref. No 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rall Ulster . •• Do Do: ....... Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall . West L0nd0n.......... Do Ist class ........ Do 2d class .. Westllartlepool Harbr and Rail West Midland—Oxford l)o. Newport Do. Hereford 1 01 111} 60 62 118 120 44 17 96i 97 95 06 104 114 44i 45i 3i WI 124} 1241 1 lt Illp 95 100 1 7 6d 52 64 621 631 1031 10311 Id ip 601 eq. 911 91i 97 99 4 3/ 1' 91 1O 75 77 114 115 33i ,344 86 88 47 49 9 0 42 82} 82i 53 60 03 95 4 7 40 41 10 11 1 , 1 5 i 6} PI 55 51 2 3 p 4 p __.. 76 79' 11} 12 5 6 44 45 30 41 70 bl PREFERENCE SHARES. Of & 1111 1 1071 107 71/ 1 111* 11 606 1196 * 95 i I 958 5 it 1241 11 1031 I 6O I P 9lf 401 821 68 9 94 3 Share' Railways Paid I Closing Business Price. Done. illythe and Tyne 10 per I C. pref. (issued at £s' isris. & Exet.4 p.ct.atock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £10,45 per cent Do. ()intr. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 55 p. a .Cornwall. 5 per cent Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun. Do Ist Clays Pref l E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c Do. do. Class B 6 p.c i Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Coun. EL 5 p. c. No.l Do. do. No. 2 I I io. New 6 per ct. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. guar... Edin.ArGlas. sp.d. shares Do. 4 p. c gua, S. & D. I Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. I Furness, 5 per cent .... ' Glas.t S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. Great Northern, 5 p. ct. ro.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.apm Do. 45 p. c. do. do. Do. !Sp.c. Redtft. 5 p.c. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf. c Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 ? p. ct pref. stock Great West. (Berke and Rants) Ext. 5 p. ct Co. Redeemable, 45 p.ct. Do. Redeemable. 4 p. ct. Do Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. n. firm Pref Shares. (It. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh I 10. do. sp. ct. pref .. Do Birmg.guar. stock.. Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan. & Carl. 45 pc. pref ILan.&York 6 p. c. stock Do.Barnslst.£s 313 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon. & Bri g. 5 pc.gn. No.l Do. 5 p. a No. 2 Do. gua. 6 p. c. Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 Do. do. 45 per cen.% .... Do. do. 45 p. c. shares.. Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock. Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.I Do.4p.e.S.(div.dettil '65) Do. 4 per cent. Pref..... [Lon. Chat. and Dover.. 'Do.Vir. (A rceiv. no div., Ex.Atil 6 p cis pd on ^o. 88. & Brom ex. Do. Metropolitan Ex 13 1 Lon. and N.W. COv. andl Nuneaton, 5 p. ct...._., Lon. & S.W, 7 p. ct. stoc k Do. 45 per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns. I of 2s. 6d .......... . • • • Londondy. & Cole. 4 sh Lon dony. & Ennis. i sh Ilan. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct Do. .£6 stock stock 99 101 20 21 5i 6 99 101 108 113 105 108 108 110 106 108 122 124 80 82 [O9 111 90 92 751 76 stock 50 113 115 11l 113 101 103 105 107 112 k 1021 3 an 1 100 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 10 10 stock 97 99 98 100 89 91 90 92 100 102 94 10 17 18 101 101 74 76 20 21 10 104 15 15 113 115 113 115 '137 140 113 115 101 103 OR Of stock stock 2s. 6d. 12i 12 stock 6 stock 150 155 128 131 71 74 Do. 3} per cent Do. redeem. 6 percent 7.laryrort & Car., 4 p. c Do. 4per cent I Mid. Con. 6 p c. stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 4i p. c. pref. stock Do. 4. per cent Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st. Norfik sp. c. Ex. at. 1841 Do. 5i p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWay. Val.Ex.st.lB47 North British, 5 p. e I Do. New, gur- 5 p. c Do. Bor. Un. g. pl. she Do. do. do Nth.Dev.R ail. & Dek.Co. - E ast.Con s.Pref. 4p. c. IDo. 41j p c. redeemable ,Do. O.N.E. 4 per c. pref. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. i Do. Leeds, 6 p. e„. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire.... lthymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pi !Scottish North-Eastern ai p. c. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c Do. 7 p. o. pref. stool: South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4i per cent. l '-'outh Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. per cent. Do. Fixed 14p.c. Ist is. -outh Wales, g - ua. 4 p. c. 1)o. 44 per cent. Do. 5 per cent' 5.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c gua Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c. Do. B 6 percent Do. C 6 percent %Vatrfd & liilkny, 6 p. e , W. Mid -Oxf lst G ua stkl Do. 2d do I I Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. Do.Perpet. 6 p. c. pt 1866 Do. till 1860, Ist is. 1.0.6 85 87 131 141 124 126 68 70 PI 4 P' too 100 100 all all 101 2 99 I Algerian Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes ........... Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Bekrian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiapo Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ... Eastern of France .... Grand Rue Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. - Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Junction Lierre & Turnhout Lyons & Geneva, Namur & Liege ...... • • Do. 6 p. s. Pref Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. l'aris,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & Orleans Recife & S. Fran. (Peru ) xua. 7 p. ct. Riga dr 11110unaburo• .. • • Royal Danish • • Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse . . ,Do. .5i per cent. Pref ' ESan Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c S.Aust&Lomb Vene tin ,Southern of France IS. East Portugal 7 p ct ' West Flandern . ..... Do. p. c. Preference, & N.W. of France West , rn of Austria.- WestLrn of Switzeiland Wiesbaden . Do. 8 per cent Pref. Zealand LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railway 3. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln &N•IV Bulkinghamshire .... 100 Do n 96 Chester & Holyhead... 100 Do.-- • • 0 . 5 Do. 54 percent 100 Do 1 Do. 5 „ • 100 Do. 1 0 2 91 1 1 2 1 3 1 Clydesdale June I 100 Caledon... 100 102 Colchester, Stour Val all E.U.&E.O 15i 1 6 1 1 E. LAncolnsh. gep. r e I 1C( Gt. North. 133 135 E.Union,HarwichSlis all E.Counts. 4i 41 Do. Woodbridge..., 100 Gls.Barr.&NeilALDret. 100 Caledon... Do. new ...... I 100 ,D 0... •. ••1 Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. West. Hrtlp'l Dock & Rail I a ll IYk . N . &B r I Hull and Selby. all ,Yk.N. Md. Do. halves. Du. quarters.-- • . all Do. Lanc.&Carl. gua. 5 p.c. 100 Im&N.W London & Greenwich. 100 S.Eastern Do. l'reterence ...I 100 Do Lon„Tilbury,& S -end' 100 Peto &Co.I Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk.. Do. per cent lOO Do Mnc., Bxtn ,&11atlock , all L NW&M Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Sock Newmarkt,BuryEx. gua. 5 percent.... j Northn.&Eastn. 5 p. c. Do. 6 P. c Do. Fixed 5 p. c 1 North Western Preston and Wyre. Do. Shares A .I R sh o litryeswtnst.lry&eh Hereford' Do. do: & ereSfloierPd S.-Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset Wimbledon &Croydn. 100 iNlidland.. 5. 5 6-lE.Counts. all 'D0....... all ,Do. .... all Do.. .. .. all Midland" all 4NN V] L.Yk. all !Do.. .. . 100 iGt.North. 100 T.Brassey, 1 i Do.: ali 111`elean... 1 100 IGt. West. alt Argtn 3 31 94 96 it IP 65 57 15} 16 1131 134 1101 103 104 p 89 91 84 202 Leasing Closingl Business Paid. Co.'s , Price. Done. 50 7 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1861. LAW INTELLIGENCE--(nri Day) Closing I Price. Paid. 'ulnas done HOUSE OF LORDS. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. 87 70 1 93 94 16 16} d 5 5/1 d (Peers present—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Cranworth, Lord Wensleydale, Lord Chelmsford, and other peers.) APPEAL.--JUDGMENT.-ALCHIBALD V. SCULLY. 93f 4 3/1 This was an appeal from :a decision of the Lord Chan cellor of Ireland, dismissing the appellant's claim to one fourth undivided moiety or share of the lands of Carrick cavantry and Batty Kilninery, demised 'to him by the will of the late Catherine Shee, under a lease for 999 years and renewal thereof by the Marquis of Waterford. Their lordships were unanimously of opinion that the appellant's claim to a fourth share of these demised lands, at a rent of £44 16s. ld., was not barred by prescription, nor by lathes, nor by acquiescence ; that his claim was good and should be sustained in equity. The Lord Chancellor reversed the decision of the Court of Chancery, and remitted the case back to the Court of Chancery in Ireland to take an account of the rents due with costs. 61 7/ 75 80 65 70 65 70 41 5 A gentleman appeared at their lordships' bar, and informed the Lord Chancellor that while coming to hear the judgments of their lordships in this case he had been taken into custody by an officer for contempt of the Court in Ireland. As the arrest was illegal, and a breach of the privilege of this house, he wanted to be discharged from custody. The Lord Chancellor said he could not interfere, and that he (the applicant) must apply to the Court which issued the writ, for redress, The parties executing it did it at their own risk. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed her for seven days. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he could do nothing for her. CR UST. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) CURIOUS CASE OF CHILD DESERTION.—AN Ihrcom mow "PLEDGE."—Susannah Renno was charged with deserting her illegitimate child, Amelia Renno, aged 11 months, by leaving it at the shop of Mr. Fleming, pawn broker, St. Martin's-lane. _ _ _ Brennan, the porter of St. Martin's Workhouse, said the prisoner was discharged on the 18th of this month at her own request, and she afterwards came back and wanted to be re-admitted, but was told that the case must go before the board. She then went away and left her child at Mr. Fleming's, the pawnbroker's, in St. Martin's-lane. Mr. Bowman, relieving officer of St. Martin's, said there were no witnesses from the pawnbroker's present. Mr. Tyrwhitt said that they must attend. He could not take hearsay evidence in parish cases any more than in others. George Hone, assistant to Mr, Fleming, pawnbroker, St. Martin's-lane, having been sent for, said that on Tuesday last hearing a child crying he went round and found a child in one of the boxes. It was afterwards taken to the work house. Sergeant Ward, 290 A, said prisoner came up to him last night and said she wanted to give herself up for leaving her child in a box at the pawnbroker's. She also said that she had been very unhappy ever since. The prisoner said she had nowhere to go with the child and no shelter, and in her agitation she put the child in the box (the prisoner seemed very affected). . _ Mr. Bowman said that she was to have been a casual till last Monday, and then she would have been admitted to the house. A HARD CASB.—A poor woman, with three little child ren, applied to know what she was to do. She had been to St. Martin's Workhouse, and they admitted her last night, and this morning she was turned out with hex children, a piece of bread only being given to her on her leaving. Mr. Bowman, relieving officer, said she was now receiv ing casual relief, and she could go before the board next Monday. Applicant—l always thought the workhouse to be for the poor. What am Ito do all day. I can't go back till night, and they have only given me this piece• of brad for me and my three children. _ _ _ The applicant, who of course has to wander about the streets all day, her only support for her and her children being a piece of bread she had in her hand, certainly less than a pound in weight, then left the court, complaining sadly. THAMES. STEALING WINE IN THE LONDON DOCK.—John Walter, a cooper, about 30 years of age, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with stealing a sample bcttle of Sherry wine, the property of the London Dock Company, from their premises. Mr. John George, a constable in the employ of the Dock Company, said that yesterday afternoon he saw the pri soner leaving the dock at the west gate, and suspecting him, he stopped him and asked him if he had anything about him belonging to the company. The prisoner re• , plied in the negative, He searched the prisoner and found in his coat pocket a sample bottle of sherry. He asked the prisoner where he obtained it, to which he answered that he obtained it at the No. 3 vault, and that a cooper named Wellbrook drew it for him. He made inquiries and ascertained that no such per son was employed in No. 3 vault as Wellbrook. The prisoner then said he found the bottle of wine secreted behind some wood. On making inquiries he discovered the bottle of sherry had been stolen from a truck which had contained a large number of samples of wino for transmis sion to merchants in the city. One numbered 178 was missing. The sample bottle taken from the prisoner was No. 178 and labelled in the usual manner. The prisoner, in defence, said ho found the sample bottle of wine concealed in a dust bin. Mr. Selfe—That won't do. You have taken that pint sample of wine from a truck, or some one in the dock gave it you to carry out. You are liable to two months impri sonment for this. You are fined 40s. for the unlawful pos session of the wine. THE TEMPERATURE ')F THE EARTH'S At a recent meeting of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society a paper was read by Mr. W. Fairbairn, LL.D., " On the Temperature of the Earth's Crust, as exhibited by Thermometrical Observations obtained during the sinking of the Deep Mine at Dukinfield." He says :—" During the prosecution of researches on the conductivity and fusion of various substances, an opportunity occurred of ascertaining by direct experiments, under favourable circumstances, the increase of temperature in the crust of the earth. This was obtained by means of thermometers place in bore holes, at various depths, during the sinking of one of the deepest mines in England—namely, the coal mine belonging to Mr. F. D. Astley, at Dukinfield, which has been sunk to a depth of 700 yards. The increase'of temperature in de scending shown by these observations is irregular; nor is this to be wondered at if we consider the difficulties of the inquiry, and the resources of error in assuming the temperature of a single bore-hole as the mean temperature of the stratum. At the same time, it is not probable that the tempera ture in the mine-shaft influenced the results. The rate of increase has been shown in previous expe riments to be directly as the depth, and this is confirmed by these experiments. The amount of increase is from 51 deg. F to 571 deg., as the depth increases from 5f deg. to 231 yards, or 1 deg. in 99 feet ; but, in this case, the higher temperature is not very accurately determined. From 231 to 685' yards, the temperature increases from 574 deg. F to 754 deg. This is a mean increase of 1 deg. in 76'8 feet, which does not widely differ from the results of other observers. Walferdin and Arago found an increase of 1 deg. in 59 feet ; at Rehme, in an Artesian well, 760 yards deep, the increase was 1 deg. in 54.7 feet; Be La Rive and Marcet found an increase of 1 deg. in 51 feet at Geneva. Other experiments have given 1 deg. in 71 feet. The observations are affected by the varying con ductivity of the rooks, and by the percolation of water." The author has exhibited upon a diagram, in which the ordinates are depths and the abscissas temperatures, the results obtained between depths of 531 and 717 yards. The strata of the mine are also shown in section. Additional to these, the author gives a table of similar results in another pit at the same colliery, taken between the depths of 1674 and 467 yards, and showing an increase of temperature of 1 deg. in 106 feet of descent. As suming, as an hypothesis, that the law thus found for a depth of 790 yards continues to operate at greater depths, we arrive at the conclusion that at 24 miles from the surface a 'temperature of 212 deg. would be reached, and at 40 miles a tempe rature of 3,000 deg., which we suppose sufficient to melt the hardest rock. Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Inc Gu. 5 per cent ...... Do, Do. Buffalo and LaKe Huror iDo. New ...... Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant,&Godricl 5 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 187 . . Do. do. July 1, 187: , Do. do. June 1, 187,'•. illcutta.,stS.E astn. Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim. , Cape Town & Dock Seri Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c Demerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. r. East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p c. Debentrs. Do. 5 p. e. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1870 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref ' Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 DC). do. 1872.. G t. IndiaPenin. gua. sp. c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.ol'lndla(Lim‘i , guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. IGt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do Do. 5i p. c. do. '7B do Madras, guar., 44 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 4t p. c. Extension Do. 5 Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßr unswick Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6Pc Class A Capital Sharc IDo. do. Land Do. iio: if6apital d 0... Do. do. Land do. .- .... Oude (Limited) ........ 1 Scinde ••••• • • • • • si 44 Do. Punjaub .... Ei . a , Do. Do. ........ Es, c . l? Do. Indus. St. Flo. .r ca t., Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. ss. (100 15 all 100 1 FOREIGN RAIL 131tITISE !A 1 fred Consols (Philack) British Iron :Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon IE. W'l Russel (Tavistk ) Gam.dSt.Aubyn(Gwen ) !Great South TolfTus 'G .Wheal Alfa. (Philackl Wheal Vor (Heleton) Grenville . llerod's-Foot jningston Downs !Lady Bertha Margaret (lJny Lelant)i North Downs North Frances (Mogan)! N.Wh'l, Basset (1110 ;an)! North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) l 'Providence (tiny Lelnt.) i Sortricif.te Cons. Min. Co. I South Caradon(St.Cleer)! S. Cam Brea (Illogan) ! IS. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim.l S.Wh ea I Fran. (Illogan)I !Stray Park Tamar Silv.Sc Lead Min. Tin Croft !Vale of Towey (Carm ) !West Basset (Illogan) IW. Caradon (liskeard), !West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth), !Wheal Edward (Cals.)! !Wheal Kitty (U.Lclant), Wheal Mary Ann (Men.)! I Wheal Trelawney (Lis.)! FOREIG 20 Australian 1 'BonAccord Copper,Lim. 20 Brazil St.J.del Rey,Lim 5 'Do.Land and Mining Co. 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo 40 Cobre Copper Copiapo .. 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co 2 Fortuna. 20 General 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr It Kapunda (Limited) 3 Linares 5 Lusitanian , 1 Mariquita 1 N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead, Minlng and Smelt _. 5 ort Philip 1 Soottish Austrin. (L.) 25.2•81 United Mexican . 1 Worthing (Limited) I Do. JOINT-STO all 128.6 d all 1 10s. all all B 100 Agra&UnitedS ervice Bk 40 Australasia 25 Bank of Egypt 100 Bank of London 20 Bank of Turkey 50 i British North American 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch 100 City 100 Colonial. .... Canada 100 Com. Bank of Canada 100 Commercial of London. 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. 20 Gen. Bk Switzerland, 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral 20 Do. new 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.Airican 1 100 London & Westminster' 100 Nat. Prov. of England 20 Do. new 50 National Bank 20 New South Wales 25 Orient. B. Corporation .1 20 Ottoman Bank 100'Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. new..... . 25 South Australia 25 Union of Australia 50 Union of London 106 Unity Mutual COLONIAL GOVERNMEN' 11 li d i i 11 11 d 99 100 97/ 981 99 100 99 100 201 211 68 71 55 03 39 41 45 48 37 40 37 40 95 86 11d 1 d 92 93 d 111 111 9 81 95 98 90 83 83 85 93 04 86 68 2 i( 5 7 5 7 974 98a lf 18 10 d 90 92 'AYS. 51 51 -P 2 111 1 1 11i 12i 31 21 I 3 211 221 23f 6f 7 71 8 19 20 88 39 8 V 37i 38i 52 54 41 31c1 14 15 5/ 6 8 6 'l 20& 214- - 6 6} 9i 91 20 21 2 2i 1 t 175 185 340 350 974 1024 19 194 65 61 14 16 5 • 6 55 6 2 21 37 39 25 2/ 15 14 46 48 31 45 44 5 41 55 75 84 9 91 38 40 H 4 295 305 2 3 140 150 35 37 1/ 21 5 5} 17i 18i 72 74 315 355 95 100 110 120 11 2* 94 14 11 13 11 13 APPEAL- -- J UDGMENT-BAIRD V. PORTUNE. This was an appeal from a decision of the Court of Ses sion in Scotland, dismissing appellant's claim to the exclu sive right to take seaweed and sea drift opposite his lands, on the Firth of Forth. The respondent claimed the right to take seaweed and drift on the sea shore opposite his farm lands of North Muir Cambert, as " part and pertinent" of the lands of the barony. The Lord Ordinary decreed in favour of the appellant, and the First Division of the Court of Session decided in favour of the respondent. Their lordships were unanimous in opinion that the appellant had the exclusive right to teke the seaweed and seadrift opposite his lands of the barely on the seashore. The Lord Chancellor reversed the decision of the Court of Session, affirmed the decision of the Lord Ordinary, with costs, and remitted the case back to the Court of Session do be disposed of accordingly, COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Before Baron Channell and a Common Jury.) LAST V. DOWLING. This morning Mr. Montague Chambers replied en the part of the plaintiff, Last, and contended that the claim to the goods had been fully made out, and that the execution that had been put in the premises, in Savoy-street, by the defendant had been done merely to oust the plaintiff from that to which he was legally entitled. DIVORCE COURT. Before the Judge Ordinary and Justices Whiteman and Williams.) RIDER V. RYDER-RYDER V. RIDER AND WATSON. These were cross petitions. In the first case the Hon. Mrs. Dudley Ryder applied for a divorce from her husband, the brother of the Earl of Harrowby, on the ground of cruelty and adultery, which he denied and recriminated-in his petition. There was the greatest curiosity excited to hear the pro. ceedings, the court being instantly filled immediately the doors were opened. The counsel engaged were Sergeant Pigott, Mr. M'Queen, Q C., and Dr. Tristram, for the lion. Mrs. Ryder; Sir F Slade, Dr. Travers Twiss and Dr. Spinks, for the Hon. Mr. Ryder; and Sergeant Shee for the co-respondent. Previous to the judges taking their seat the leading coun sel, Sergeant Pigott and Sir F. Slade, left the court for a conference, and remained absent until about 20 minutes to 12; at that time the Judge Ordinary and Justices Williams and Whiteman took their seats on the bench, and desired that the counsel in the case of ‘, Ryder and Ryder" be informed that the court was waiting for them. Dr. Twiss immediately entered, and said his learned friends were at that moment drawing up terms in these two cases, which would lead to the records being withdrawn, and the jury discharged. Sir F. Slade having entered the court, said he had to apply to their lordships to withdraw the records in these cases, an arrangement having been come to which would prevent the necessity of a public nearing. The Judge Ordinary said the proper way would be to apply for the dismissal of the petitions. The Court could be no party to any arrangement between the parties, neither would it take upon itself the enfoning of any terms. Sergeant Pigott said a settlement had been arrived at in this matter, which he thought far preferable to making the details public. Counsel in such a matter had acted entirely on their own responsibility, and oa the part of Mrs. Ryder he should not trouble the court fwther than to ask permis.. sion to withdraw the record. The Judge Ordinary said if there was no opposition to the application for the dismissal of the petition, that could be done. Sergeant Shea said he appearei for the co-respondent, and he had no opposition to the dismissal of the petition, with costs. The Judge Ordinary said he could not order the costs of the co-respondent. If the parties agreed to pay them he did not see any objection. Counsel on both sides said there would be no opposition to the payment. The two petitions were then dismissed, and the special jurors that had been summoned were . informed their ser vices would not be required. The peaterst disappolutuieut V.ue manifested by the Per sons who crowded the court at such a result. WATTS V. WATTS. This was a motion on behalf of the petitioner, Mrs. Emma Julia Watts, for her three children to be committed to her care and custody. It appeared that on the 9th day of January last the petitioner presented her petition to this court for a dissolu tion of her marriage with the res/ondent, Henry Watts, then of No. 12, Brompton-crescent, but now residing with a female, under the names of Mr. tad Mrs. Stewart, at N. 13, Sussex-terrace,New Road, B a tter sea , on th e gro und of his adultery an d cruelty. Mr. Macqueen and Dr. Spi n k s appeared on behalf of the petitioner, and Mr. Macdonn e n ap rared for the respondent, and consented to an order being made in the. terms of the petitioner's motion. THIS DAY'S AfARKETS. CORN EXCH A NGE. IMF ERIAL WEEKLY Av EßA os.. Wheat, 56s 9d ; barley, 373 3d ; oats, 23s 6d ; r ye, 37s 10d ; beans, 42s 3d ; and peas, 39s 6d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAQSS. Wheat, 55s 6d ; barley, 37s lld ; oats, 23s 9d ; ry e , 35s 9d; beans, 41s ld ; peas, 40s 10d, ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST '`SEEK.—Wheat, 61,369; barley, 24,466 ; oats, 8,456 ; rye, 72; beans, 4,542 ; peas, 358 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKEL To• day's inarket was but m o lerately supplied with beasts ; nevertheless all kinds mood off slowly, and prices ; were barely supported. P r i me s iaep were scarce, and in good request, at full curr e n c i es otherwise the mutton trade was very inactive, at late r ates. Good and prime lambs sold briskly, at an improvement in value of 4d per per 81bs. Inferior lambs were a slow inquiry. Calves, the supply of which was limited, wee in good request, at an improvement in value of 2d per 81bs. Pigs and mulch cows were tolerably firm in price. Per Sib, to sink tho offal' s. d. s. d, s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 P r i r awrs-wool do. 4 8 5 6 Second quality do. 3 10 4 2 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 8 5 10 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8 Large arse. calves 4 8 5 2 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Prime small do 5 4 5 8 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 3 10 Large hogs 4 0 4 6 Second quality do. 4 0 4 4 Small porkers 4 8 5 0 Lambs, 6s Od to la Bd. Suckling calves, 18s to 223; and quarter-old store pigs, 22s to 30s. TOTAL SUPPLY. ' POREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs.... 7,63) ! Sheep 1,40 0 Calves Pigs. 29) ; Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWGITE AND LEADENHALL.^^OII the whole, a fair average business is doing in these Markets, as follows :- - Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4cl'; mutton, 3s Sd to 5s Od ; lamb, Os Od to 7s 9d ; voal, 4s 4d to Es 2d ; pork, 48 Od to 5s Od per 81bs. by the carcase. SOUTHALL, April 24.—T0-days market was seasonably supplied with stock, and the demand ruled inactive, as follows : Beef, 3s 8d to 4s bOd -, mutton, 4s Od to 5s 10d ; lamb, 6s 4d to 7s 2d; veal, 45 8d to bs 4d; pork, 4s 4d to 58 Od per Slbs to sink the offal. ROMFORD, April 24. —A. slow demand, as follows :- - Beef, from 3s 6d to 5s Od ; mutton, 4s Od to 6s Od ; lamb, 6s 4d to 7 5 4 d; veal , 4 s Bcl to 5s 4d ; and pork, 4s 4d to 4s 10d per 81bs ; suckling calves ' 148 to 20s ; quarter old store pigs, 2 2 s to 29 s each; and milch cows, £l4 Os to £lB 58 each. sister. This Day, between S and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S. 9 a.m. — -- Nairn 29•81 53 50 W. 5 7 0. 3 Aberdeen Leith Berwick 29.90 55 . 49 W. 4 5 C. 2 Ardrossan ... Portrush Shields Galway ... .. Scarborough 29'94 63 49 N.N.W. 3 3 b, 2 Liverpool - W.N.W. 4 9 o. 3 Valentia Queenstown 3017 f 54 53 N.N.W. 2 7 o 1 Y armouth..• London 30'07 52 48 N.W. 2 3 b Dover 3003 '56 53 N. 2 1 h 1 Portsmouth .• 3010 54 51 N. 3 5 m. 1 Portland Plymouth Penzance SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock•. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(Tins EVENING.) The LORD CRANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE MARRIAGE LAW. The Earl of CLARENDON presented a petition in favour of legalising the marriage with a deceased wife's PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Kilrush and Kilkee Railway and Pourtnasherry Retlamation, Kingston-upon-Thanes and Leatherhead Road, Oswostry and Newtown Railway (branches), Brecon and Merthyr Tydvil Junction Railway, Stratford-upon- Avon Railway, Inverness and Aberdeen Junction, and In verness and Nairn Railway Amalgamation, Ryde Water, and Huddersfield Gas bills were read a second time. The Wolverhampton New Water Bill was read a third time and passed. HAY MARKETS. SMITRFIELD.-ME4OW hay, £2 Os CO £5 53 Od ; clover do., £3 lOs to £6 Os; and straw, £1 113 to £2 Os per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND. •-•-• Meadow bay, £2 08 to £5 83 ; clover, £3 lOs to £5 18s 04 ; and straw, £1 16s to f 2 Os per load. A fair demand. WurrEcHArEL, Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 5s Od ; clover, £3 lOs to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £1 14s to £2 03 per lead. Trade dull. A meeting of some of the leading Greek firms was held in London yesterday afternoon, and it is said that two, persons have been sent to confer with the Bank of France. Meanwhile no difficulties have been reported on this side, and, should satisfactory accounts be received from Constantinople, there is a probability that all may go well. As regards the Greek firms generally, much confidence is felt in the soundness of their position, and this view is strengthened by the favourable balance-sheets exhibited even by those houses which have lately been compelled to PASS into liquidation, EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced 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 (1 to 9). I. Initials :—b , blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ; f., fog. • h., hail ; 1., lightning ; ra , mist y (hazy) ; 0., overcast ' (dull) ; r., rain; s., snow; t., thunder. A letter repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb ance (I to 9). APPRENTICED MARINERS.—A return has been prepared, on the motion of Mr. Henley, showing the num ber of apprentices bound and registered as mariners in the merchant service. For some years before 1849 there was a law obliging shipowners to maintain apprentices in propor don to the tonnage of their ships, and the number then rose at one time to 11,000 a year. Since the repeal of that law it has ranged between 5,000 and 8,000 a year, and in the last three years it has averaged 5,655, THE PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mine prem., and the short exchange on London is 25.15 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 175. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 4-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.5 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about the same prioa in London as in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 107 to 107/ per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange is against England, But, after making allowance for loss of interest and charges of transport, the present rate leaves no profit on sending gold to the United States. THE WEATHER. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. THIRD EDITION. in 111 '202 205 61 03 'll2 117 ; 87 90 18.8. all all all all all all 4 all all all 3.2. ] 0f 1.14.6 7.4.0 541 17i; 13.9 A 40 6.2.6 8.12 4.11.8 1.8.6 11i 1.4.0 9.18.9 li 10.6.7 4 2. 1 1 18.1' 4 .9 124.8.0 13s 1.7.2 MINES. f d # 31 32 I 1 dis. 39 41 8 10 1 I 2} 2/ 23 24 11 p 84 9 pr tP 1 id I ii a 6,1 3 I ANKS. 80 /32 61 63 18i 194 51 53 11 lid 214 21 12 3F 72 74 37 39 151 16 221 23 34i 35i 2 14 67 68 50 51 16 17 38 40 25 28 SECU ,Ifih Can.GOT. 6 p.c.Ja. &July' 1877-9 lOO 111 114 1125 115 Do. 6p. cent.lBBo-2 100 112 Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 108 110 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 108 110 1091 Do. 5 per cent lOO 1011 102 1011 2 Cape G. o llope, 6 p c,1188980 1 00 00 0 1 0 0 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 108 109 108 4 51 1066 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct.! 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 99 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 931 991 Do. p.c., 1888 & upwds 100 98 99 98 1 1 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up lOO Vic. Gov. 6p c. Ja.&Julyi 100 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct 1 100 1051 106 1054 6 DOCKS. stock Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min. 100 stock East and West India stock London lOO n 501 stock 'St. Katharine. lOO stock !Southampton lOO stook I Vietoria . 20 ,Do* New 2 id par MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint . ! all 14 15 10 Atlantic R. Ml. Stm (id) 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) 1 25 Australian Agricultural 19 29 31 10 Berlin Water (Limited)! all 45 41 44 50 British American Land 40 60 B.&T.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 34 36 20 Do. 1i,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 • 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 12 14 321 Canada Land all 113 115 10 Chandslands Tel. (Lim ' all st. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg all 1 25 Do. Pref. 71 per cent. st. Crystal Palace st. Do. Preference st. 'Do. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb. 100 106 108 20 %India Irrign. & Canal 1 4d 5 d et. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 5 , English & Aus. Copper all 3 35 15 !Gen. Steam Navigate Jn 11 26 1 !Great Ship I.imited) all 1 IDo. 171 p dt Preference all ; 5 Lon. District TeL (Lim.) 31 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 1 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 1 15 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 21 31 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim ) 5 11 1 d 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 1 01d 10 Netarlands Land all 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl die. all 1 1 100 N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 5 10 1 N.BAustralasian (Lim.) all 4 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 1 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). 15s. 1 pr 10 Orintl. In. Steam (I,im.) 8 6 4 31 st. Peel B.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 49 61 60 Pen. & Oriental. Steam all 70 72 701 50 Do. New 3O 91 101 80 1 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4lp.c all 171 185 p 50 Rhymney Iron all 161 174, 15 Do. New all 41 55 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 49 .61 st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 124 128 25 ! South Australian Land all 33 35 1 'Submarine Tel. Scrip all 4 1 Do. do. Registered 5 5 7 10 Do. do all 10 Trust and Agency of AllStriaSia (lirn)lrt is. 1 1 1 20 rr. & Ln.Co. ot Upr.Can. 5 5 U. K'dom Tel. Co. (lim.) 1 5d pr • 100 Van Diemen'a Land 13a a I 001 i 100 90,1 *oj 70 95; 6 111 t ICif i 13 k 6, 1; 121 i *I 15} 23 2; 6 301 1 67i I I soi 9 } THE BANKRUPTCY BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR laid on the table the two amendments he proposed making in the Bankruptcy and Insolvent Bill. The notice of his amendments might assist their lordships in their decision as to whether the bill should or should not be referred to a select committee. The other noble lords would give notice of any amendments they might feel disposed to move. Lord CHELMSFORD said, on the part of the Earl of Derby, he would adopt the course proposed at the earliest moment. He did not think he should be in a position to do so before Tuesday next. LEASES, &c., BY INCUMBENTS' RESTRICTION BILL. Lord LYT TELTON moved the second reading of this bill, which was one for restricting benefice holders of eccle siastical corporations from making long leases of certain lands, to the detriment of succeeding incumbents. The Bisbop of LINCOLN suggested that in committee certain amendments might be made which would mate rially improve the bill. After a few words from the Marquis of BATH, The bill was read a second time. POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Lord REDESDALE wished to know what provision was made for the depositors ascertaining the state of their accounts. The Earl of EGLINTON and Lord MONTEAGLE :also asked some questions relative t , the bill. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said it was proposcd to send the books up from the country for comparison to the central bank in London, and any depositor by letter could know, if he wished, the exact state of his account. With respect to the £lO clause for transferring the accounts from existing savings banks to the Post-office savings bank, or vice versa, it was in troduced for the convenience of the depositor, in order t 3 save him the trouble of drawing his account from one bank in order to place it in another. The accounts would be kept precisely as the money order accounts. Very little expense would be incurred in carrying the bill into effect. Lord REDESDALE was of opinion that the mode of transference at present in operation ought not to be inter fer,tel with. He thought when the bill became generally known it would be greatly ()Fleeted to. After a fe\v observations from the Marquis of CLAN RICARDE, the house went into committee on the bill. Clauses from 1 to 6 were agreed to. On clause 7 being proposed, A NOBLE LORD asked the reason for fixing the inte rest at £2 lOs ? Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said it was so set down in order to prevent coming into competition wit i the existing savings banks. Ti e rate of iuterest iu public :savings banks was £2 18s. This and the remaining clauses were agreed to without amendment. The bill was ordered to to read a third time on Monday. The Bills of Exchange and Promissory Nctes (Ireland) Bill was road a second time. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time :—Bishop's Castle Railway; Barton-upon •Trent Water; Great Northern Railway (Purchase of Hertford, &e. Railway) ; and Kil kenny Markets. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented in favour of the budget; for the abolition of the income tag; for the opening of the National Gallery and other public institutions on Sun days ; from tradesmen in the metropolis and Ireland, com plaining of the income tax, and praying for relief from the same ; from licensed victuallers against permission to wine vendors to sell cplart bottles of wine, as proposed by the budget; against the Poor Law Removal Scotland Bill, tc. WESTMINSTER AND GUILDHALL SPECIAL JURIES. Lord R. CECIL moved an address for return of persons liable to serve on special juries for any courts sitting at Westminster or Guildhall; distinguishing those who have bedu summoned during the year 1860 , the number of times each person so summoned has been summoned ; and stating the number of exemptions granted.—Ordered. LEINSTER TOLLS, &c. Mr. 11T , C ANN moved for rpfurn of all cities, boroughs, and market towns in the province of Leinsterin which toils, customs, or octroi duties were lovied on corn, cattle, poul try, or eggs on market days, since the first day of January, 1850.—Ordered. LICENSE OF SPEECH AT THE BAR. Mr. T. DUNCOM BE presented a petition of Mr. Thos. Clutterbuck, attorney-at• law, complaining that at the Worcester Assizes, under the license of speech claimed by the bar, false and injurious reflections were cast upon his character, for which he could obtain no redress, and pray ing for a revision of the law. The hon. gentleman read th• petition, which stated that Mr. Huddlestone was the learned gentleman alluded to, and he (Mr. Duncombe) said that the petitioner did not attribute any malice to Mr. Huddle ston e. The petition was ordered to lie on the table. YEOMANRY. Mr. GRIFFITH moved an address for a detailed state ment of the expenditure per regiment, and the items of which such expenditure is composed in each case, of the Yeomanry Cavalry, for the year 1860 ; and a detailed state ment, in the same manner, of the items of which the esti mate for 1861 on the same subject is composed.—Ordered. ALDERSHOT-CURRAGII OF KILDARE. On the motion of Mr. OSBORNE the following returns were ordered --Address for copy of the original esti mates for the purchase of land for the erec tion of permanent barracks, temporary huts, and for all other works and buildings, civil and mili tary, at Aldershot, and of the sums voted in each succeed ing year for the above services, including cost of draining, paving, and supply of water; return of the total expenses incurred on account of the abovo services up to the 3ist day of March, 1861, and of all expenses incurred for works, &c., at Aldershot, charged to" various stations," vote 14 ; and detail of the prospective expenditure at Aldershot, approved by the Government, whether as yet voted or not. Return of all expenses connected with the erection of per manent and temporary barracks, huts, stabling, &c., on the Curragh of Kildare, and for all other works and services in the formation of the camp there, including cost of draining, paving, and supply of water. SALE OF BEER. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER entered into some explanations relative to the resolutions which ho was about to move in Committee of Ways and Means, and said that there were houses in which small beer was retailed at lid. a quart, and which were of great convenience. However, these houses were illegal, and he proposed to impose a license of ss. on them. TREASURE TROVE. Sir J. C. JERVOISE asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the notice would be circulated which, on the 9th of January last, it was stated would pro bably be shortly issued, in regard to treasure trove, giving the public full information on the subject ; and whether it was intended to force the claim of the Crown to ancient coins, gold or silver ornaments, and objects of antiquity found in England and Wales, as part of the Royal revenue. Sir G. C. LEWIS explained that the Treasury was in the habit of purchasing gold coins and giving the value of them in bullion when they were of value as objects of an tiquity. They were melted down in the Mint, and the Treasury made no profit whatever out of these coins. A VSTRIAN OCCUPATION OF VENETIA. In reply to Mr. GRIFFITHS, Lord J. RUSSELL said that there were at present 3,000 troops of the late Duke of Modena, but the Government was in possession of inform..tion to the effect that there was no aggressive movement contemplated in Italy on the part of Austria. IRON-CASED VESSELS. Mr. KNIGHTLEY asked the Secretary to the Admi ralty whether, in the contracts for the iron .cased vessels ordered by the Government, and now in course of construc tion, any stipulation had been made as to the quality of the iron to be used ; and whether it was proposed to subject the plates to any, and, if any, what, test to prove their strength Lord C. PAGET said that this matter was under the careful consideration of the Admiralty, and a commission, including some most eminent scientific men, was appointed to inquire into the subject, and give Government every assistance. RAILWAY ENGINE-DRIVERS. Mr. BENTINCK asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he had lately received a deputation of rail way engine-drivers, the object of which deputation was to call his attention to the consequences of that class of rail way servants being overworked, and asking for the inter ference of the Board of Trade in the matter ; and, if so, whether any, and what, answer had been given? Mr. M. GIBSON said that he had received such a de putation, and confessed he was surprised to hear of the number of hours these men were employed. However, he informed them that Government could not interfere be tween them and their employers. THE BUDGET—ADJOURNED DEBATE. ' _ _ Mr. S. FITZGERALD, on resuming the adjourned debate on the motion for going into committee of Ways and Means, complained that the Chancellor of the Exche quer had not given any explanation in reply to the tem perate questions which proceeded from the Oppo sition benches. Several considered that the Chan cellor of the Exchequer over-estimated his re ceipts for the present year, and was sanguine in respect to certain sources of income on which he relied, but which it was believed he would never realise. It was also strongly objected to the financial scheme of the right hon. gentleman that he proposed to remove a tax which he could not replace, and which would have to be supplied by an addition to other taxes which were already unbearable. He believed that on both sides of the house it wee considered the*, in re'l?rence to this.particular tax, the right hon. gentleman had been influenced only by a desire to conciliate the member for Birmingham (Mr. Bright), a course which should not be pursued by any dis tinguished statesman. The right hon. gentleman had not been candid in his statement with respect to the year 1860-61, for he said that the deficiency in income as com pared with expenditure was only £2,270,000. But it ap peared that there was a further deficiency of £750,000, which would have to be provided for out of the current year. With reference to 1861-62, he repeated that the Chancellor of the Eichequer was too sanguine in his expectations. In support of that assertion he would ask if any one acquainted with the state of things in China was satisfied that the sum of £1,000,000 voted for the expenses relative to that country would be found suffi cient ? The right hon. gentleman went onthe assumption that there was to be no failur e in the harvest, and that peace was to prevail on th e continent, but could any statesman be sanguine on either o f th ese points? (Hear.) The Foreign Secretary stated the other e ven i ng that an indemnity to t h e amount of £650,000 had bee n received from the Chinese authorities, but it turned out the sum really received was only £212,000. He contended that the Chancellor of the Exchequer could not realise by January next the amount which he anticipated from China, for of the £550,000 that would be in the hands of the Government from Chinese cuetems not one farthing would come into the possession of the right hon. gentleman. Notwithstanding this the Chan cellor of the Exchequer took credit for that money. He believed that Mr. Bruce had already fole lowed the example of the French and American GoVernments, and paid the British merchants in full, and therefore not one farthing of that money would be avail able for the purposes of the Chancellor of the Ex.chcquer. (Hear, hear.) Another objection to the budget was the re peal of the duty on paper, and with an admitten deficiency on the income last year, and a probable deficiency for the current year. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had spoken in support of repealing this duty of unbroken pledges, but he believed there was no member of that house, so overburthened with broken pledges of the right hon. gentleman. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He denied that the house was pledged to the repeal of this tax, though they were with regard to other taxes. How many members of the house were there who, at the last election, did not express an opinion that the income tax should be repealed? lie said those who agreed with him (Mr. S. Fitzgerald) considered that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had understated their expenditure, and exaggerated their receipts for the current year. If after the statements thrt would be made on his (Mr. Fitzgerald's) side of the house, the Government still said this was a surplus, they must be responsible for that assertion. But if there were such surplus he and those who agreed with him would not consent to the remission of a t rx which could not be replaced, and, as he previously stated, could only be supplied in the event of a deficiency from other intolerable imposts. (Hear, hear.) Mr. M. GIBSON defended the budget, which he said he believed was founded on the most honest estimates, and he disclaimed the imputation that the Government would act in conspiracy with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to de . ceive the country and the house. He believed that they had adequately provided for the public service, and in the remissions proposed they were of a nature that would prove of benefit to the country. (Hear, and cries of " No.") With regard to China he preferred relying on the statement of Lord Elgin and Baron Gros than thatof the hon. gentleman (Mr. S. Fitzgerald), and their estimate was that £1,000,000 would be received from China this year. (Hear, hear.) Supposing that they might not have been strictly accurate in the amount stated, but taking a moderate estimate he was satisfied that at at least COO,OOO would be received by the Exchequer from China during the current financial year. [LEFT SPEAKING.] AQUA TICS. CLASPER OF NEWCASTLE AND POCOCK OF LAMBETH FOR £5O A-SIDE. The above event took place this afternoon over the usual course, from Putney to Mortlake. Owing to the fineness of the weather there was a large concourse of spectators. Mr. Casaymer was referee. ' Clasper having won the choice of station took the Middlesex side. He was piloted by Driver. Precisely at twenty minutes past two a very even start was effected. When off the Duke's Head a barge moored off there caused a slight inter ruption. They rowed scull and scull for fully half a mile, when Clasper gained - a few feet ad vantage over his opponent, but this was only tempo.. rary, as Pocock again drew himself level. They then rowed scull and scull till they reached Hammersmith Bridge, Pocock going under first with a lead of two or three feet. When they reached Chiswick Eyot, Clasper put on a spurt, and drew himself clear of his antagonist. At the end of the Eyot, Clasper was two lengths ahead. In crossing again at that place he gained another length, which virtually decided the match. Clasper increased his advantage, and arrived at the ship at Mortlake in 26 min. 10 sec., full a dozen lengths ahead of Pocock. Though Pocock has been' defeated, his friends ought not to desert him, as he rowed the finest and gamest race, without oxcep 4 ion, that has been rowed on the Thames for the last fifty years. Previous to the race he had under went a careful preparation by Mr. Robert Bain, of Lambeth. Betting at starting-2 to lon Clasper to any amount. TATTERSALLS'-(THIS EVENING). TWO THOUSAND, 9to 2 agst li(ttledrure (take sto 1) 9 to 2 agst Kiarikoff (take 6to 1) 10 to 1 agst Prec€ptress (taken) 10 to 1 age Overton (taken) 14 to 1 agst Luaus (taken) 100 to 6 agst Russley (offered) 100 to 6 agst Diophantus (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Sweet Hevthorn (taken) 100 to 6 agst Neighbour (taken) 33 to 1 agst Knight of St. Patrick (taken) 50 to .1 agst Copernicus (taken) 50 to 1 agst Elborus (taken and offered) CHESTER CUP. 7to 1 agst Chere Arnie (taken) 7to 1 agst Wallace (take 8) 10 to 1 agst Man at Arms (taken) 12 to 1 agst Ban Webster (taken) 25 to 1 agst Schism (taken) THE DERBY. , 7 to 2 agst Dundee (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Imam; (taken) THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. ------- - . Australia, a, Ceylon, and Mautv-dius (via South- May la am Do. .. ** (via Marseilles)) M ay 13 . Brazil arc] Cape Vercis .. .. .. .. May 4. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. .. .. Cuba and Mexico .. .. .. .. .. April 1.9. Canada, &o. (vial 'derry) .. .. .. April 24. Care of Good Hope, &o. .. .. .. .. May 2. China, Penang - , and Singapore (via S'ampton) May 2. Do (via Marseilles) April 26. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. • • • . May 2. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) May 2. Do. (via Marseilles) April 26. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. • . May 11. Do. (via Marseilles) .. .. May 5. Lisbon .. .. .. .. .. .. May 1. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Soutba . m c p u t b on: sere .. (via Marseilles) .. A p ir it `, 4 , & Do. Vigo, and Oporto .. • • • . .. United States, California, &c. .. . . Alay 1 . l A l p al ril : V . . • • I\llv I Western Coast of A fr ica, Madeira, Teneriffe . , May iii West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena The operations for erecting three lighthouses in the Red Sea are temporarily suspended, partly on account of the approach of the hot season, ome difficulty has been found in erecting one of the lighthouses which was intended to be placed on a dangerous shoal in the Red Sea, on accet of the foundation bei ng f ound to be of sand, The Penin sular and Oriental C ompany contribute a very han dsome sum towards the undertakings. 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