The Sun. — London, England, 1861-04-03 00:00:00

CITY NEWS. 1 811.1. RE MiLRICET.-(7IHIS DAY). MONEY MA CITY, Two o'CLocx. There is an active demand for discount accommo dation, but it is readily supplied by the banks and discount firms who have ample means at their disposal, and the arrangements for to-morrow, the 4th of the month, are not attended by the slightest degree of pressure or stringency. In many instances provision has been made for some days past, and the applications at the last moment are proportionately reduced, but there is still a large supply of bills Which are negotiated on terms ranging from 61 per cent • and upwards, according to quality and the period they have to run. A large amount of Australian gold—viz., about £l4o,ooo—was sent into the Bank of England yesterday. The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon ex hibited a slight decline in the rates on Paris and Ratnburg; those on Vienna and Trieste, however, Were rather higher. Gold is now about 6-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris, and B.loths per cent. higher than in Hamburg. The Oneida has arrived at Lisbon from the )3 razils, with £24,636 in specie. The steamer Ceylon, which leaves to-morrow for India, China, &c., will take out £77,167 in silver and £14,449 in gold. Increased dullness was exhibited in the Liver- Pool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices tended downwards. The sales were about 5,000 bales. The advices from the manufacturing districts re- Port continued inactivity in most departments of trade, and a recovery is scarcely anticipated until Money becomes easier, and an improvement is exhi bited in foreign politics. At the annual meeting of the governor and com pany of copper miners in England, the balance sheet presented showed a balance against the com pany of £1,490 15s. 9d. Some discussion ensued, from which it appears that great hopes are enter tained that at a future period the undertaking will become remunerative, although now working at a l eas, in consequence of the depressed price of metals. Decreased depression has prevailed in the Market for Public Securities to-day, Consols having receded to 91k a for money, to 911 I for the 18th inst., and to 911 I for May. The principle cause of this decline is the apprehension felt with regard to continental affairs, especially in reference to Austria and Italy. The speculators have been encouraged to effect sales on this account, notwith- Standing the influx of gold into the Bank of Eng land, and the improved prospects of the money Market. India Stock has receded to 220, ditto 5 Per Cent, to 998 100; ditto 51 per Cent. Rupee Paper has improved to 1001, but Exchequer Bills are 12s, to 7s. dis. Business in the Foreign Market has been mode rately active, but prices show a downward tendency. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 731 to 74 ; ditto, 1858, 6 31 54. Mexican have receded to 241 ; Sardinian to 82, and Spanish to 481 ; Dutch 21 per Cent. are nrm at 631 64, Brazilian 5 per Cents. have declined to 981 ex div. Considerable heaviness has prevailed in the Rail way Share Market, and a further decline of about tog per cent. has taken place in the value of most of the principal British undertakings. Cale donians, Great Westerns, Lancashire and York shire, North Westerns, Midlands, and South ftsterns have receded 55.; North British, 10s.; 4114 1 North Eastern Berwick, 15s. In the Foreign Market scarcely any business has ue en,transicted, and prices are nominally a shade titter. The Colonial Lines are also depressed, .East Indian having declined to 981 99, and Great Indian P eninsula to 941 95. For Joint Stock Banks and Miscellaneous shares th ere have been a moderate inquiry, and quotations be ing slightly i m p rove d, L on d on an d W estm i nster b e ing dealt in at 654 ; Oriental Bank a t 481 49 ; nion of London, however, have declined to 234; g eneral Land steady at 114 to 1144 ; an d L on d on ‘leneral Omnibus Company at 1. NeerBRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. I ,Per Cent. Consels Annuities Vew 3 per Cent. A nnu iti es +tidis. Stock Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto 51 per Cent look Onto Debentures, 1858 951 b%ssolti for Account 9l} t 1 1 '''achequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d 7 12 die Ditto £5OO l2 dis Ditto, Small b FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Waailiau 5 per Cent I„.`'hilian 6 per Cent -,exiean 3 per Cent — 1, l ean t Ditto 41 per Cent — uitto (Uribarren), 4k per Cent. Portuguese 3 ~,, per Cent.. 1853. • 114,44 Account 48 Sian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St • • -- bate 4fl per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent. 1860 erclinian. 5 per Cent . .. Pauish 3 per Cent .. Ditto Account , Ditto Passive. Ttish Cert. of C ou p. no t f un d e d 5l 1 1rkish 6 per Cent. Ditto Account 73 Ditto New Loan • Ditto Account Dividends on the above p a y a bl e in London. Duch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 631 4 THREE O'CLOCK, Console, Money 9li a Ditto Account THE WEATHER. stock stock 12 10 stock 10 BtOCs stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 10 10' stock stock stock 25.6 d. 124 124 stock Share ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. p aid.l Closing Business Price. Done '.4.14 stock )Belfast and Ballym ena IBir., Wol , and Str. Val. Birk., La., and Ch June Blyth and Tyne Rost. Sleaf. and 3.11d.C0 Bristol and Exet,7 Caledonian , •- rarptat then c;;rdiv.als Cork and Bandon t'ork, ttlrock., t Passage Cornwall .... no A A gets no div /), B until 8 r• peran I hasbeen d. toßi Dublin & Belfast June Dun., Perth, &Ab..ltuic Fast Anglian. Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do Do Nw A, late PM& East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. Perth, , Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasg. and S. Western Great Nthn. of Scotlandi Great Northern Do do A stock _Podo B do stock stock stock stock stock stc-c,K stock stuck stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock Gt. S. It W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Trish South-eastern stock stock stock stock stock stock Lancashire & Torkshirt Loudon and Blackwall Lon., Bright.. & S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover Lond. & Nth. Western Loud. & Sill Western.. L'derry & Coleraine .. L'rierry & Tnnisßillen Man. Shef. & Lincoln.. stock 6.4.0. stock stock stock stock stock 8 4 80 82 NTaryport an d Carlisle Do do shares Nte t ropol i tan Midland • Do new Do lAirming. (4 Derby :Nfld. Gt. W. of Ireland Do 3 shares Mid Kent ........ Do, Cray Line Newcastle and Ctrlisle Newry & Armagh, def I Newry, Warnpt. & Fos , ,Norfolk. North British Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock DlAstk;A recent) rt. until opchas becnpd.B 10 0 Do R stock 100 'Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 Dodo, C.N.E. purchase 16 13 Do Leeds ......... 100 Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire 174 N. and S. W. Junction all Not. & Grantham Rail lOO Peebles Portsmouth all Scottish Central Scot N. E.. Aber. stock 100 Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer. all South Devon S.-Durham & Lanc. Un 224 South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun 100 Staines, Wok,. and Wok al: Stockton & Darlington all Do do ll Do New (1860) 3 'Taff Vale lOO Do Pref. No 1 lOO ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 Ulster Do Do. . ....... 2 Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim all Waterford & Kilkenny 100 Waterford & Limerick all West Cnrnwall West London all Do Ist class Do 2d class .. . all WestHartlepool Hat:br , and Rail lOO West Midland—Oxford 100 r , o. Newport 100 Do. Hereford 100 100 100 100 100 13a 100 100 100 100 - 1.4.0. 100 stock stock 25 stock stock stock 10 19.16.4 stock 55 65 97 99 945 95 5 6 42 44 8 8i 17 18 484 49i 37 39 26 28 83 85 25i 26 111 113 1 0 9 i 110, [O4 105 [29 131 [O4 105 601 TO 60 02 [O4 1091 61 61 [lB 120 45 48 94, 951 914 024 10/ 114 44 45 33 z4d [234 124 1 4 1 4P 98 98 7 6d, 53 f 5 61} M stock stock stock stock 10 stock 25 stock stock stock I Share rOli 101 id 1p 591 591 891 84 97 99 4i4 91 10} 7E 76 [l3 115 13i A 44 S 5 87 47 49 90 42 481 9 110 9 1041 70 601 1094 I 61 604 9& 41 92 1 5 ti i [2i 4i 81 I ll P 100 i 1 60 59f 60 Ma a 824 83 68 60 94 97 4 7 40 41 tO 11 p 54 6 1 13 55r1 , 2 3 p d p 75 78 111 12 i- i I - i i 83 * 2j ; 4' 45 39 42 :9 SO PREFERENCE SHARES. Paid Closing Business Railways Prise. Done. 00 102 all 1100 20 21 5} 6 100 100 100 100 100 all all 99 101 108 113 105 108 107 109 106 108 121 123 80 82 114 111 i METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS s , 1 ' t ween 8 Day, and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S. kra ........ 29'81 43 42 E. 4 9 o. 4 Be th .... 29•86 42 41 S.E. 3 7 c. 2 . . .... 29'85 44 43 1% .E. 5 9 r. 4 ,p wick 29182 45 44 E.S.E. 2 8 o. 4 gh t °l t.rugh 1:1 41 "Ida Nit r Wit Y . 2918 4.5 44 E. 6 Ib. 4 tiv borough . .. 29/9 44 43 E.N.E. 2 8 0. 4 m et el lr i.. l .... 29/9 47 45 N N.E. 2 9 o. 1 lit e * ?4,j 3 (itown 29 73 49 48 • N.W. 4 5 0. 2 t 'mouth . 29/5 44 -13 S.S.E. 4 8 r. 4 b— cl don .—29 73 46 43 S.W. 1 9m. r ° 0 7,:r Ao„fillouth Ai'`otild 1 , ,J,.50nth ... 29 711.176 36 45 N.N.E. 1 8 0. 2 $p t o 0,, P LANATION.—B. Baromete r , correc t e d an d reduced tit u4 deg at mean sea l eve l ; eac h 10 f eet of vertical rise 1 4 14 1ng aut 1-10th of an inch d iminution and eac 10 above 32 deg o causing nearly 3-100ths z increase. h E. tb Posed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for ICPoration and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true— (f,bitgnetio). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud t 9 ). I. Initials :—b , blue sky ; c., clouds (detached) ; op er ' ° • h hail 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy), 0., • , k,,east (dull) ; r., ram; s., snow ; t., thunder. A Jetter ki (I rtted au 9) gments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb ce to . ir) AND WEATHER N.N.E. • fine 11 0 ": 111 gliam,'N.W. ; dull 11 'up; 6.E. S.W.fine eldford, W ; dull )1:11Chton, N.W. ; dull t`t 4 tol, N.E._,• fine ( t rcliff, N.; fine t t qr, S.S.W.; fine W.S.W., moderate bMn, N.N.E. ; dull ! c p.dee, E. dull E N E • rain ‘tr il • • • qi.__outh, S.W.; cloudy Zgour, E.; wet chs4e, S.E. ; dull Gtr e .,_elend, S.W. ; fine A N E • showery • • °gate, W.; dull I.EPORT, THIS DAY, 9 A.M. 'Hartlepool, S.S.E. ; fine Holyhead, E. ; fine Hull, W. ; fine Inverness, N.E. ; fine Kingstown, N.N.E. ; fine Leeds, N.W. ; dull Limerick, calm ; dull Lowestoft, S.W.; rain Manchester, E.N.E. ; fine Milford Haven, N.W. ; rain Newcastle on Tyne, N.N.E.; cloudy Sheffield, S.W. ; dull Sunderland, S.E. ; fine Waterford, N.N.W. ; dull Whitehaven, S.W. ; damp Wolverton, N. ; cloudy CONTTANTAL Sr. t_i)18,1401161118,..8.E..; cloudy elpeth `g, S.W.; foggy 0 1 1 1 4ki n Zgtn, S.; dull ; rain ; fine .E E.; cloudy "10 1 , 4 '),..W - .; cloudy fine ' ;fine ILTIONS, APRIL 2. Marseilles, E. ; cloudy Montpellier, N.E. ; fine Moscow, S.W. ; fine Paris, S. ; very foggy St. Petersburg, W. ; cloudy; Strasbourg, N. ; little foggy Toulon, E.N.E. ; clear Turin, N. ; foggy Vienna, W.N.W.; cloudy THE PRICE OF GOLD. h, - - 44,, qUotation of gold at Paris is about 2 per mule pram., ~ , th e %h i ,„, snort exchange on London is 25.371 per £1 sterling. 118,7,41 Paring these rates with the English Mint price of £3 Itbo i ;:kt Der ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is " 6-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. ty „., kt 4 4 -4 , vices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4251 per mark, t,,,_.1e Short exchange on London is 13.7 per £1 sterling. 2 Lidard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about -l ot 11. 1(8 Der cent dearer in London than in Hamburg. go t ; a e co, urge of exchange at New York on London for billsat sh o js sight is 10151 tolos for first-class bills. Although this l ilt " 6 the exchange to be against England, the high rate of , ol e ci test in both countries, and the loss of time before the tioubtlB_,l;eceived back from the American Mints, render it t 4d , tu if any profit can be made at the present rates by , 441 g ROW to the Matted states. 110 112 90 92 113 115 111 113 101 103 104 106 97 99 97 99 89 91 90 92 100 102 14 101 17 18 101 101 74 78 20 21 10 101 15 15 135 137 112 114 112 114 135 140 112 114 101 103 148 153 128 131 70 73 86 58 1 131 141 126 128 68 70 tP 133 135 90 101 stock stock stock stock stock stock 10 91 93 110 112 108 110 i li p 91 93 100 101 Id ip 100 100 100 all all 1.0.6 idip 221 23 130 132 101 22& 23 93 100 98 100 98 100 85 87 28 27 31 32 31 32 45 48 121 123 118 121 98 100 120 122 114 116 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. ' Paid. Co.'s , Price. Done. Leasing Closing Business I Bedford and Bletclilei — iii Ln &N.W -.. 95 f 1 Buckinghamshire ..... 100 Do 94 Chester & Holyhead ...', 100 D 0... ' • 531 ISM , Do. 5k percent 100 Do l2l 123 Do. 5 l100 ,Do. Clydesdale Juno ~ 100 cale . cion„. I 99 101 Colchester, Stour Val ' all 'Ex.&E,c 14 14 E. Lincolnsh. g 6 per c Ha :Gt.North. 132 134 all l E.Counts.l 4 1 1 4 E.l.Tnion,HarwichShs.' Do. Woodbridge.. 100 1 I _ Gls.Barr.& Neila.Drcl. 100 Calidon... l Do. new lOO Do. Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. West) Hrtlp'l Dock & Rail.. all Yk.N.&llr Hull and Selby. all Yk.N. Md. 109 111 Do. halves. Do. - quarters.. Lanc.&Carl. eve:s p.c. 100 I Ln&N.W 2Ol 204 London & Greenwich. 100 'S.Eastern; 61 63 Do. Preference .... 100 D 0..... ,112 117 Lon.,Tilbury,& S.-end 100 IPeto &Co j 87 90 Lowestoft qua. 4 p c.. 100 ; Norfolk — Do. 6 per cent lOO IDo. .. ._ . ... Mile., Bxtn.,Olatlock all 'L NIV&Il 8 4 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence S ock ...... Newmarkt,BuryEx. i 5. 56. E.Counts. p i p pia. 5 percent .. • . 55 57 all ;Do.. all 1110. - No p rt o h . n. ( c i la p E . a c stn. 5 p. c Do. Fixed sp. c....• all Do. North Western all (Midland 151 151 IBt N Preston and Wyre. f all & L L.Yk.WI Do. k Shares A all Do. — Hereford 100 IT.Brassey 60 Itoystn.llitch., & Sher 100 Gt. North. 1 132 134 Shrewsbry& 102 Do. do. I I Do. trP S.-Staffordshire all 151.C1ean... 10 i k 11 Wilts and Somerset lOO )Gt. West. 89 91 Wimbledon 4Croyft all 'Lean* eli 2 'llythP and Tyne 10 per C. pref. (issued at .£5 ,- Iris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock ' no. do. do. Shares r!aledon .£lO, 4i per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Pork & Bandon, 54. p. c. Cornwall. 5 per cent Dun. Perth &Aber.Jun. , Do Ist Class Pref E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c Do. do. Class B 6 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pet et. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. guar... Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p.c gua. S. & D. !Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 1 Furness, s per cent .... GIRL& S. Weet.g.a. 5 p.c. IGreht Northern, 5 p. ot. Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm Do. 4} p. c. do. do. Do. 513. e. Redm. 5 p.c. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld. let pf. f Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 1 p. et. pref. stook great West. (Berke and /rants) Ext. 5 p. ct. in. Redeemable, 4i, p.ct Dn. Redeemable, - 4 p. et Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref 'Do. Sirm. Pref. Shares Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh Do. do. sp. et. pref Do Birmg.guar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan. dc Carl. 4i p c. pref ' Lan.&York 8 p. c. stock Do.Barnsl.st£s 3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon.& Brig. 5 pc.gn. No.l Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 1 Do. gua. 6 p. c. Do. do. 5 p.c No. 4 ,Do. do. 41 per cen' , . Do. do. 41 p. c. shares.. Do. 7 p. of. Pref. stock. Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) Do. 4 p.c.S.(div.deftil '6s\ Do. 4 per cent. Pref Lon. Chat. and Dover Do.W. A reeiv. no div Ex.A til6p cis pd on Do. B B. & Brom ex. Do. Metropolitan Ex B Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. et Lon. & 5.W,7 p. ot. stock Do. 46 per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus of 2e. Londondy. & Cole. eh. Londony. & Ennis. 4 eh 'Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct' Do. £6 Do. 31 per cemt Do. redeem. 6 per oent 1 ',laryoort & Car., 4 p. Do. 4.4 per cent Mid. Con. 6 p c. stock Do. Con. Brio. & Bit 6 p.O 1 Do. 4r p. c. pref. stock Do. 4h per cent Do. Leic. k Hit, pref. at Norlik sp. c. Ex. st 18461 D. 5 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sway. Va1.Ex.5t.1847 North Britt'sh, 5 p. a Do. New, gua. i p. c Do. rlor. lln. g. pf. she, do. do Nrt h. Dev. Rail. k Dck.Co. N - Eastron e. Pref. 4 p. c. Do. 44 p a. redeemable Do. G.N.E. 4 per c. pref Do. Berwick. 4 p.c. Pref Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, H. At S. Purch North Staffordshire Ithymney Guaranteed qcotti.h Central, new p 1 ''zcottish North-Eastern p. e. pref. stock Do.AberdeelLZULBPA Do. 7 p. C. pret. stock south Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent. , outh Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent. Do. Fixed ,ip.c. Ist is. outh Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. i per cent. Do. 5 per cent: S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c gua Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 per cent 1 1 Do. C 6 per cent Watrfd et Kilkny, 6 p. c NV. Mid -Oaf Ist Gua stki Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf. red. Do.Perpet. 6 p. c. pf 1866 Do. till 1869, let is. sa. flOO 15 all 100 I FOREIGN RAILWAYS, Algerian Antwerp clz Rotterdam. Nrdenne5............ .. Bah.&S. Fran Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Car - neaux Mine tIZ Nat'l Copiapo Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ l Eastern of France Grand Rus quar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. atm .. Italian Junction ...... Lierre & : Lyons & Geneva ..... Namur & Liege Do. 6 p. C. Pref. ....... Northern of France... Do. New Shares Norwean Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & Orleans Recife & S. Fran. (Fern ) gua. 7 p. ct. lirn Riga & Dunaburg Royal Danish.... Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin Southern of France S. East Portugal 7 p ct West_ Flandern ..... Do. 61p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France West , rn of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden .... Do. 8 per cent Pref Zealand Alfred Consols (Phllack) - British Iron Clifford 'Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Camden ...... 'E. WI Russel (Tavistk.): , Gam.deSt.Aubyn(Gwen.), , Great South Tolgus I G. Wheal Alfa. (Philack); G. Wheal Vor (llelston)1 , Grenville Herod's- Foot Hingsbon Downs (Lady Bertha Margaret Lelant) !North Downs North Frances (Illogan) N. Wh'l Bastmt (1110 ,an) l North Wheal Crotty !Par Consols (St. Blazev) l Providence (tiny Lelni.), Sortridge Cons. Miu.Co.f South Caradon(St.Cleer) , iS. Caro. Brea (Illogan) 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim 1 S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan)! Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Mind Tin Croit Vale of Towey (Carm.) West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) West Seton 2.7.4 Wheal 'Basset (Illoganli ;Wheal Buller (Redruth); i Wheal Edward (Cale.)! I Wheal Kitty (U.Lelan7 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 1 ;Wheal Trelawney (Lie . 61 61 - 11 11.1 1 1 12 13 21.1 311 q 22i 23} 61 61 BRITISH MINES. FOREIG 20 Australian 1 IBonAccord Copper,Lim. 20 IBrazil St.J.del Ttey,Lim' 5 IDo.Land and Minineo.l 1 Clarendon Cons. MinCo 1 40 Cobre Copper • Copiapo .. 1 'DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co, 2 Fortuna. .. 20 General 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr I} Kapunda (Limited) 3 Linares 5 ILusitanian 1 Mariquira 1 IN.RhineCopoiS.Aus.L ' 20 Pontgribaud Silver,Leadi Mining and Smelt 5 ,Port Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) 18 0 2131 United ➢Zexican . 1 Worthing (Limited) Do JOINT-STOP Agra&UnitedService Bk Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Bank of Turkey British North American Chtd.Bank of India, &c. Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.t Ch. City Colonial ........ ...... Com. Bank of Canada Commercial of London ,Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch Gen. Bk .01 Switzerland Lon. Char.Bkof Austral Do. new London and County London Joint Stook 'London and S.Atrican Londen & Westminster Nat. Prov. of England !Do. new National Bank .. 'New South Wal es !Orient. B. Corporation [Ottoman Bank .. I Provi-noial of Ireland !Do. new .....• • , • ...... South Australia ,Union of Australia • ;Union of London • !Unity Mutua1........ COLONIAL GOVERN Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 187i-9 Do. 6p. cent 1880-2 Do. 6p. cent 1883-4 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 per cent Cape G. Hope, 6 p alBBO Do. 1890 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. 5 p. c., 1866 Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1876 Do. p.c., 1888 & upwile Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 S. A us,thip.c.lB7B.Bc up Vic. Gov 6 p c. Js. &July l Do. do. 6 p.a Ap.&Oct, 1108 108 1108 108 100* lein leB 108* 108 109 108} 1071 98 99 98 99 97i 98a 100 100 100 100 106 107 4C4f 105} 1061 4& 6 DOCKS. stock Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.Prel.Min lOO stock East and West India stock London stock St. Katharine. stock Southampton lOO stock Vietoria ........ 100 97 99 20 !Do , New . 2 5d par MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 1 all 13 14 10 Atlantic R. Ml. Stm (Id)! 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 28 30 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 45 41 50 British American Land 40 50 B.&LMag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 34 36 20 Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) ' all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 121 144 325 Canada Land all 113 117 1141 14 10 Chan.lslands Tcl. (Lim ) all . at. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg all 25 Do. Pref. 75 per cent. at. Crystal Palace at. Do. Preference pt. Do. 6 n ct. Perpet. Deb lOO 106 108 . 20 E.lncha Irrign. & Canal 1 id 4 d et. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 5 English & Aim Copper all 35 31 15 l ' Gen ' Steam Navigati m 14 1 Great Ship Limited) all I I 1 I Do. 174 p ct Preference all 5 I Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 34 4 'L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 6. 15 1 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 1 11 10 Med. Extcn. Tel. (Lim ) all 24 34 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim ) 5 15 I.ld 314 5 1 20 Nerbu.Coal& Iron (Lim ) 5 1 0 4 d 44 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p,c.Pref..iss.atl dis all 4 1 100 N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand 88 1 N. B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 1 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). 15s. pr 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) 8 4i l 33 at. Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 47 5 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 67 69 50 Do. New 25 10 11 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4sp.e all 18 184 p 50 Rhymney Iron all 165 171 15 Do. New all 41 5 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 50 51 st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim.) 100 124 128 25 South Australian Land all 32 34 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip.. all 1 Do. do. Registered .... all tt I 10 Do. d 0...... all 5 7 10 Trust and Agency of Austriasia (lim)lrt is. 5 5 1 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 5 5 5 U. Kdom Tel. Co. (lim.) 1 d 10 0 ` ' DIUIIOIOS 1.1311 d r, 285 94 10 p 100 100 20'11 100 TEM`SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY ',EVENING, APRIL 3, 1861. THIRD EDITION. Closing Price. Paid, lusiness done 65 70 Ili 42i 16 164 d 4i 5 d SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. NORTHAMPTON RACES.—(This Day.) 6 7 75 80 65 70 65 70 41 5 BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. DELAPRE HANDICAP. Liberality Lord of the Tees Mountebank Nine ran. RACING STAKES. 'mans Kildonan Strike Three ran. ST. LIZ HANDICAP. Atherstono Wombat .. Sawcutter Seventeen ran. ALTHORP PARK STAKES. King of Hearts Duke Rolla Man Friday's dam Ten ran. EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. 1 3 Fra,vola _ _ Twenty ran. LATEST BETTING. EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. 2to 1 agst Spanish Fly (taken) Bto 1 agst Lupellua (taken) 10 to 1 agst Spicebox (taken) 12 to 1 agst Bluestone (taken) 20 to 1 agst Icarus (taken) Seclusion scratched. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. Bto 1 agst Matador (taken) 17 to 2 agst Kettledrum (taken) 9to 1 agst Klarikoff (taken) 12 to 1 agst Sweet Hawthorn (taken) 12 to 1 agst Diophantus (offered) 13 to 1 agst Knight of the Thistle (offered) 14 to 1 agst Neighbour (taken) 25 to 1 agst Conqueror (taken) 50 to 1 agst Will o' the Wisp (offered) 50 to 1 agst Imaus (offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 11 to 1 agst First Lord (offered) 12 to 1 agst Pancake (taken) 16 to 1 agst Thunderbolt (taken) 1000 to 35 agst Gabriel D'Estreea CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 aget Butterfly (taken) 40 to 1 agat First Lord (taken) THE DERBY. 9to 2 agst Dundee (taken) 20 to 1 agst King of Kent (taken) 100 to 3 agst Kildonan LA TV _INTELLIGENCE—(mutt Day). COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. The court reopened to-day, and Mr. Commissioner Fon blanque was the sitting commissioner, but there were a few unimportant cases. IN RE BRIDGER. This bankrupt was described as of Hazlemere, Surrey, and Siphook, Hants, coal merchant, and came up for his certificate. The accounts, by Mr. G. Butler, King-street, Cheapside, show debts to creditors, £1,988; assets, £1,221. There was no opposition. and the bankrupt was awarded a certificate of the second class. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,--(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY ♦T A JEWELLER'S BY AN APPRENTICE.— Edward Maine, an apprentice to Mr. Baylis, jeweller, of 9, Upper Rupert-street, was charged before Mr. Mansfield with stealing three gold rings, a gold chain, &c., of the value of about £l5, and also the sum of £1 18s., from his master. The prisoner was taken into custody this morn big at his lodgings, 3, Henry-street, Pentonville, by Ser. - geant Joy, 9 C, having absconded from his employ on Sun day, March 3. It appears that after absconding two duplicates relating to the property and two rings were sent back to the prose cutor by the prisoner, but not the money. He had not been seen again since the 3d of March by the prosecutor till ho saw him in custody at Vine-street, notice having been given to the police. The prisoner during the time he has been in Mr. Bayha's employ has exhibited a very un satisfactory feeling, so much so that he had on one occasion been brought before the magistrate at this court. Some evidence having been given, Sergeant Joy asked for a remand, as the pawnbrokers with whom some of the property had been pledged were not in attendance. Mr. Mansfield remanded the prisoner. Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrence f Bom.,Baroda.t. Cent Ind t Gu. 5 per cent Do, Do. Buffalo and L axe Huron ;Do. New Do. Preference ...... Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1875 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c Demerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. e East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 186.5-1870 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 G t.lndlaPenin.g,ua.sp.c i Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. _ _ IGt. W. of Canada.haresl Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. o. do. '77 d 0... Do. 5A p. c. do. '7B d 0... Madras, guar., 4i p. c... Do. do. 5 per cent .... Do. 4/ p. o. Extension Do. 5 Atelb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßrunswick et Canda Ry..tLand(Lim.)g.6pe Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0.... • • .. Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... Oude Scinde (Limited) ........ Do. Punjaub Le El Do. Do. • . (? Do. Indus. St. Flo. Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. all 100 .1 all 14 14 d' 1 li d 98 99 97 98 99i 1001 21 21, 85 68 39 41 45 50 38 42 38 42 94 15 lid I}d 2 1# d Ili 11# 95 98 90 93 82 84 92 03 86 88 2 14d, 6 7 5 7 97 98 2 41 lid 90 92 # d THAMES. JUVENILE DELINQUENOY.—Three boys named John Wesley, Alfred Stite, and Edward Holds worth, the youngest 11, the eldest 15 years of age, were brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with stealing. two sovereigns, and 20s. worth of silver, the monies of John Wesley, the elder, a fish salesman, of No. 2, York-street, Commercial-road, east. The prosecutor and his wife, a very industrious and thrifty couple, keep a small shop in York-street, and a stall at the Commercial-road end of the street. They have lately suffered a bereavement by the death of one of their children, which is not yet buried. On Wednesday morning last Mrs. Wesley missed two sovereigns from a drawer in her shop. She suspected her son John who had often plundered his parents at the instigation of Holds worth and Stite . On Good Friday they'went into the country and spent 12s. 6d. of the stolen money in what Mrs. Wesley described as " donkey racing, horse racing, and cock shy ing. On Sunday morning Mrs. Wesley missed 20s. worth of silver, which she had reserved for the purpose of buying mourning. Last night the police were called to arrest the three boys, and they all confessed to the robbery—Wesley stole the gold on Wednesday, gave it to Starte to take care of until the following day, and then invested a portion of the money in the purchase of a new suit of clothes for Holdsworth, who was previously in a very miserable con dition. It was proved that Sti to and Holdsworth had been in the practice of receiving wine, provis ons, money, and other things from Wesley, and that they had instigated him to rob his parents. Mr. Woolrych sentenced Stite to two months' hard labour, and the others to fourteen days' imprisonment and three years detention in a Reformatory School. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 30. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Md. Andre Jean Baptiste Villamus as Consul-General at Malta for his Majesty the Emperor of the French. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 2. 12th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Major-General George Henry Lockwood, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant- General Sir Lovell B. Lovell, K.C.8., deceased. 6th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir Charles Gore, K,C.8., from the 91st Regiment, to be Colonel, vice General Henry James Riddell, K.H., de• ceased. 91st Regiment of Foot—Major-General Charles Murray Hay to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General the Hen. Sir Charles Gore, K.C.8., transferred to the 6th Foot. BANKRUPTS. Jacob Isenberg and Daniel Myers, boot and shoe ware housemen, Skinner-street, City, to surrender April 12, at two, and May 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Rogerson, linen draper, East Hartlepool, April 18, at one, and May 15, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon- Tyne District Court. Charles Kitchen Ashley, common brewer, Sheffield, April 13 and May 18, at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield. John Melchior Hagenbuck, trimming dealer and agent, 8, Addle-street, Aldermanbury, City, April 25, at half past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Freeman, builder, Belper, Derbyshire, April 18 and May 9, at half-past eleven, at the Shirehall, Not tingham. John Edwards, draper, Cwm !niscoy, M onmouthsh i re, April 16 and May 14, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. _ _ James Benjamin Copeland, wine merchant, Manchester, April 17 and May 16, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. • _________ SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Thomas and Jas. Boslull, hardware merchant, Hellens burgh. Robert Clarke, innkeeper, Wishaw. Hugh Reid, auctioneer, Glasgow. Patrick Hall, newspaper proprietor, Glasgow. THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE AND GARIBALDI. —The Liverpool Mercury says :—" A letter has been ad dressed by General Garibaldi to Sir Culling E. Eardley, Bart., president of the Evangelical Alliance, in reference to the proposed presentation to him of a copy of Baxter's Polyglot Bible by the Alliance, whose wish is also to dis tribute the New Testament among the soldiers of Italy. The following translation has been sent to a gentleman in Nottingham by one of the London secretaries :—'Ense et Calamo (By the sword and the pen), Caprera, Feb. 17, 1861. Sir,—l am very grateful for all that the Christians of Eng land have done for the welfare of man and the rights" of nations. The Evangelical Alliance, over which you pre side, is a good work. I shall receive with pleasure, by post, the offer which you have made me of a Bible in many tongues, and I do not consent that a deputation of members of your society should put themselves to inconvenience for the purpose. The great majority of the people among us, if not Protestant in name, are very Protestant in fact, as is proved by the indifference—nay, even the contempt—with which they receive the anathemas of the Papacy, and the public ridicule which the miracles excite. Be persuaded, sir, that the Italian people are much less Popish than has been said. As for me, be good enough to believe me the irreconcileable g enemy of hypocrisy and of all despotiorn,and at the same your affectionate " THE SWEARING IN OF THE NEW LORD WARDEN. At a meeting of the Dover Town Council the other day, some discussion took place with reference to the swearing in of Lord Palmerston as Lard Warden of the Cinque Ports. The TOWN CLERK said that all Lord Wardens in former days used to be sworn somewhere in the neigh bourhood of Hythe, but for the last two or three cen turies it had been customary for those who were appointed to this office to be sworn in at a place bearing the euphonious title of "The Devil's Drop." That place was where the Drop Redoubt now stands on the summit of the Western Heights, and there was once on the spot an old Roman pharos similar to that which now occupies a pro • minent position within the precincts of the castle. It seemed to have fallen into a state of dilapida tion. He had in his possession a plate of the Devil's Drop in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, showing what was its condition in those days; and he had been credibly informed that, when the Drop Redoubt was in course of construc tion, the labourers, not knowing what to do with this mass of concrete materials, buried it in some of the embankments which were then being formed. Probably some members of -the council might have seen the picture or plate of the pro cession that was formed when the Duke of Dorset was sworn in in 1780, or thereabouts. The painting hung up in the largo hall at the then Duke of Dorset's mansion of Knole, near Sevenoaks. The artist had portrayed the proces sion in the act of going up Castle-hill, after the duke had been sworn in, and a very imposing cavalcade, and a great deal of fuss and show, were circumstances indicating that the event was then regarded as one of great importance. Perhaps the council would feel it expedient to revive the old custom. They might not feel it necessary that they should appear in scarlet robes and cocked hats —(laughter)--(The Mayor—And mounted) but they might deem it desirable to take advantage of the present opportunity to invite the general co-operation of the Cinque Ports, with the view of giving an air of solemnity to the inauguration ceremony. Alderman AITLEY—Do you recollect where the Duke of Wellington's appointment as Lord Warden was inaugurated ? The TOWN CLERK—I am not quite certain; but I have an idea that it was at the Admiralty. Alderman ASTLEY—It is clear Lord Dalhousie was not appointed at the Devil's Drop. (Laughter.) Mr. TERRY said the Dover Harbour Commis sioners would hold a meeting at Dover in the course of a month, and that it was expected Lord Palmerston would be there to take part iu the busi ness. (A laugh.) If so, he thought that would be a very favourable occasion for celebrating his lord ship'6 appointment. THE SHIP JUNIATA. Yesterday the Board of Trade received from the receiver of wreck the sworn deposition of the only surviving officer, Mr. Louis Scott, of the unfortunate ship Juniata, 834 tons, which was in collision with the American chip Joseph Fish, on the morning of the 15th ult., in the St. George's Channel, and im mediately foundered, her captain, chief officer, and ten of her crew meeting with a watery grave. Mr. Scott's statement is as follows :—" The Juniata sailed from Liverpool to Baltimore on the 13th ult., with a crew of 24 hands, and one passenger; her cargo consisting of salt and iron. All went on well until the 15th, at midnight, a heavy squall came on from the N.%V., the 'Adler light bearing about 12 miles. The watch was under his charge, and it was ordered to stand by the fore and main halliards. At that time he observed a ship's red light on the lee beam, and he called out to the man at the wheel to keep the ship close. Captain Wilson, the master, who was on deck, asked him what the light was on the lee bow, for there were two. He replied that the light on the beam was a ship's light, and the other was the Tuskar. Captain Wilson then asked,:" Will the ship go clear ?" He replied she would by keeping her close. Captain Wilson then jumped up into the lee rigging and immediately cried out, " She will not go clear," and ordered the helm to be put hard up. The Juniata paid off about three points, when the strange ship, which proved to be the American ship Joseph Fish, 900 tons, Capt. Young, also outward bound, from Liverpool for Key West, came stem on to the Juniata, striking her between the cathead and the fore rigging, and in less than three minutes afterwards she went down. Copt. Wilson ordered all hands to clear away the boats, which was done. He and 11 of the crew got into one boat, and the chief officer and 11 hands into the other. Captain Wilson never left his ship, He was left alone on board, and frequently hailed the Joseph Fish to heave to, and to send assistance. She did heave to after some time, but sent no boats. When he got alongside the Joseph Fish the Juniata had disappeared, as also the other boat. When he got on board the Joseph Fish he begged the master to render assistance, but he at first refused, but afterwards sent two of his men into the boat alongside. They did not, however, suc ceed in rescuing any of his unhappy comrades." THE CONSCIENCE OF A CHIMNEY SWEEP. At the vestry meeting at St. Paul's, Knights bridge, held yesterday, for the election of church wardens, Groves, a chimney sweep,. claimed the right to speak ; he said he had resided for 30 years within the parish, and had had the privilege of hearing the Rev. Mr. Ashdall, a kind and consi derate man, preach the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. When the late Bishop of London conse crated St. Barnabas church he went down to see it, thinking it was to he done upon Protestant prin ciples—(hear, hear) —but the ceremony was one with which he did not at all hold. Standing by his Protestant principles he had accordingly left the church—(eheers)—but Mr. '[rower, of Victoria street, a barrister-at-law they called him, came down to him and sought to show him that he was in error. I said, he continued, ' show me where I am in error.' He said, Have you a Prayer-book P' and I said ' Yes.' He then took my Prayer-hook and I took his—(laughter)—but on looking over it I found his had not the Articles. Look here,' said I, yours hip not got the Articles.' Oh,' says he, mine is the Oxford edition.' Then,' said I, mine is the Cambridge.' (Loud laughter.) If,' said I, you are a Protestant, there can be no difference between us, for I am a Protestant ; but if you show mo I am in error I will acknowledge my fault. What more could any man do P' (Great laughter.) Are you back in your rent, Groves ?' said he. Yes,' said I, lam I owe £lo.' He then said, If you wish to hold with us we will pay your rent for you.' Do you see that shelf ?' said I ; I would sooner nail up a penny loaf there and nibble it off bit by hit than sell my conscience.' (Loud cheers.) Oh,' said he then, I take my church from t ra diti on ." Do you ?' said I ; i then it s you who are in error, and not I.' After that the great God who is above took me to Mr. Westerton, and in him I found a father and a friend. I have nine in family to feed with this one pair of hands, but Mr. Westerton came down with me and paid my rent for me, as a man—(hear, hear, and laughter)—and I now come forward to help him for the benefit of the Protestant Church of England. (Hear.) THE NEW LORD LIEUTENANT OF CARMARTHEN SHIRE.—The lord lieutenantcy of Carmarthenshire, which has been vacant since the death of the Earl of Cawdor, in the middle of November last, has at length been conferred upon his son and successor. The Earl of Cawdor, heretofore known as Viscount Emlyn, was born June 'll, 1817, was educatel at Eton School, and graduated at Christ Church, Oxford, 8.A., 1838, M.A., 1840. He was for some time precis writer to the Earl of Aberdeen, Secretary for Foreign Affairs under Sir R. Peel's Government. ODD FELLOWSHIP.—Last night the sixteenth anniversary dinner of the Loyal Belgravo Lodge (No. 3965) of Odd Fellows was celebrated at St. James's Hall,—H. B. Sheridan, Esq,, M.P., in the chair. The usual loyal toasts were given and responded to with the utmost enthusiasm, and in proposing the toast of the evening, " Success to the Belgrave Lodge," the Chairman delivered a very excellent address on the benefits of the order. The health of the Chairman was proposed and received with great enthu siasm; and in acknowledging the compliment, Mr. Sheridan remarked that he had seldom passed a more pleasant even ing than in presiding over the Belgravians at their six teenth anniversary. RAILWAYS IN ALGERIA.—The railway works commenced between Algiers and Blidah have been tempo.• rarily suspended. The company promoting the construction of railway lines in Algeria endeavoured to raise a capital of £2,200,000 in 110,000 shares, the State guaranteeing an interest of 5 per cent. Having obtained this guarantee, the company proceeded to treat with Sir Moreton Peto for the construction of the lines comprised in the concession, Sir Morton engaging to take the shares not subscribed for. Of the 110,000 shares offered to the public it appears that only 45,000 have been taken, and the further inquiries made in duce the conclusion that the proposed capital of £2,200,000 will not be sufficient to meet the engagements undertaken by the company. Sir Morton Peto also denies that his pro mise to take up the unsubscribed-for shares could possibly apply to such a proportion as the 65,000 remaining dispos able. In this critical state of the company's affairs a con ference has been held, at which the Emperor Napoleon him self presided ; and it has been determined to submit to the Corps Legislatif a measure modifying and completing the conditions of- the original concession. Some more advan• tageous stipulations will be accorded to the company, who will, it is stated, be authorised to realise an issue of obliga tion@ guaranteed by the State. all all all all all '114.6 7.4.0 541 17s 13.9.61 6.2.6 8.12 4.11.6 1.8.6 lli 1.4.0 9.18.0 10.6.7 41 all , 24.8.0 !1.3s 6dl 1.7.2 K B. MEN' 1:99f 9 8i 95 4} f 7f 71 19 21) 27 s 38 8 9 36i 87i 55 51 41 31d 14 15 bf 51 B}. if 111 2 ild 20j 211 B ti 9} A 21 22 I 180 190 340 350 100 196 174 184 7 71 17 19 6 64 26i 7 21 36 /8 2 2, 1i 46 48 155 160 34 36 2 5* 52 4 17 18 74 76 350 360 105 110 115 125 21 2f 11 12 15 17 11; 121 ES. I d f 1 811 I dls. 39 41 8 10 2 21 22 23 * iP 11 11 p 9 96 pr 4p 6 Id 4 6 Zia 64 6i i I - - I' ANKS. 20 20} 33 31 70 73 38 39 151 151 22 23 1 11 331 341 2 11 84 68 47 49 1611 17 38 40 234 244 SECU 711.8fi i f 14 14 ~6* 6}i ao i 654 484 • 244 ITIES. 1081 9 110 100) } 93 I MEMOIRS OF THE MARQUIS DE PDXPONNE. A letter from Paris says :—The memoirs of the Marquis de PoTponne, Minister of Foreign . Affairs under Louis XIV., have been lately published in Paris. They were written by himself, and are given to the world from an unpublished manuscript in the library of the Legislative Corps. They are put in order and furnished with an introduction by M. J. Madival. The Marquis de Pomponne, a man of much ability, had successively filled the offices of Intendant of the Royal Armies at Naples and in Catalonia. He was Ambassador in Sweden and in Holland, and was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1671 to 1679. He was driven into retirement by the influence of Colbert and Louvois, but was re instated in his post some years later, and retained it until his death in 1699. He was nephew of the celebrated Jansenist, Antoine Arnauld, and took a considerable part in the affairs of Rome. After the first audi ence w hi c h P ort l an d h a d w i t h L ou i s ,XIV. at Versailles, Pomponne was associated with lorcy in the difficult task of sounding the English Envoy on William's intentions respecting the Spanish succession. In looking over the volume one cannot help being struck by the analogy w hi c h appears between thee principal questions treated in it and those which now occupy, and have for some time occupied, pub lic attention. For instance, we find Switzerland protesting in 1793 against the conquest of Franche Comte,effected by Spain during a winter of uncommon severity, and the Catholic cantons, not content with pro testing, but taking up arms in favour of Spain. The rapid successes of Louis XIV. disconcerted these hostile projects, and material opposition was silenced by commercial concessions. The conduct of the Helvetic Confederation was somewhat simi lar during the recent annexation of Savoy. As Savoy is mentioned, I may observe that in 1860 the royal house of that name was com pletely bound over to the Court of Versailles, which commanded it on the two slopes of the Alps—on one side by Dauphine, and on the other by Pignerel ; and the Dak-es of Savoy acted as the vanguard of France, and watched from Turin the manoeuvres of Austria in Italy. On the Danube Louis XIV. openly supported the periodical insurrections of Hungary against the Emperor. His relations were frequent and close with the malcontents, and in 1677 ho sent them a small army recruited in Poland, and commanded by a French general and French officers. These troops, mustering from 7,000 to 8,000 men, joined the insurgents, beat the imperialists, advanced their standards to the walls of Vienna, and effected a useful diversion during the invasion of the Low Countries. The diplomatic complications existing in our day in Europe are numerous. It may be that t he Emperor Napoleon 111. seeks rather to diminish than to extend them; it may be that his intentions are good, and that he has no wish to urge the Magyars to open revolt ; but it is impossible not to see that the old policy of France may be revived with a chance of success, and that in the event of a general conflagration in Europe that policy would have a formidable auxiliary in Hungary. Not for a day during his long wars did Louis XIV. lose sight of the Rhine, which he undertook to make the frontier of his States. He desired to solve in his favour the problem of natural frontiers, and to satisfy the traditional tendency of France to claim the inheritance of old Gaul. In his chapter on England the Marquis de Pomponne describes by what caresses, by what courtesies, and by what sacrifices the great King sought to lull the vigilance of England, which was the great, the only obstacle to his designs. Such a project may have slight analogy with what passes now, inasmuch as the creation of the kingdom of Belgium gives to France security for the northern frontier; but this part of Pomponne's memoirs is not the less interesting. Finally, the chapter on Denmark relates the origin of the complicated and almost inexplicable question of the Dano-German duchies ; and those on Rome, Bavaria, Poland, &c., also possess much historical interest. How annexations used then to be brought about may be seen in the chapter on Mantua respecting the Count Mathioli, whose romantic career excited so much curiosity in the 17th century. Mathioli, who expiated in the dungeons of Pignerol the crime of having outwitted Louis XIV., and who passed among his contemporaries for the Man with the Iron. Mask, had been secretly conducted to Ver sailles and presented to Louis at midnight, in the corridor leading to the apartment of Madame de Mon tespan. Mathioli announced himself as autho rised by the Duke of Mantua to negotiate the cession of the fortress of Casale, and a treaty to that effect was actually signed by the pretended envoy. The Duke, the moment he heard of the fact, promptly denounced Mathioli as an impostor. Louis XIV. persisted, however, in considering his mission as in duo and proper form, and at once took possession of the fortress. The details of this singular adventure, which ended so u n f or t una t e ly f or th e nego ti a t or , arc curious. TILE KOSSUTH NOTES CASE. Yesterday afternoon a small but influentially attended meeting was held in the Committee•room of the Free Trade Hall, Manchester—Mr. George Wilson in the chair—for the purpose of co-operating with the gentlemen in London who are raising a subscription to defray M. Kossuth's expenses in the case of " The Emperor of Austria v. Kossuth," now in course of trial before the English Court of Chancery. The CHAIRMAN gave a history of the printing of the notes and the application for an injunction to the Court of Chancery, and said the object of the subscription was merely to hold M. Kossuth free from legal expenses in the trial. Nobody alleged that the case was anything but a civil one; there was nothing criminal in it; but the❑ it must be remembered that the Austrian Govern ment was powerful, and might crush an individual if it had the chance. The commitee in London did not offer any opinion upon the case, but merely wished that Louis Kossuth might be able to stand upon the defensive, and that an expression of opi nion should be given in this country that Kossuth was not to be destroyed by the pecuniary power in the hands of the Austrian Government. (Hear, hear.) It was possible the action might be given up ; for if the Emperor of Austria bad to disprove the affidavit of Kossuth, ho would be compelled to prove his title to the eni?ire of Hungary, which ho (Mr. Wilson) believed he could not do. Mr. BAILEY, M.P., proposed— " That this meeting highly approves of the proceedings taken by the Kossuth Defence Fund Committee in London, and hereby promises to co-operate with that body in their endeavour to secure a full and fair hearing of the case, without pre-judging the question between the parties concerned." He was quite sure an appeal would not be made in vain to the citizens of Manchester whenever per sonal liberty was concerned. He believed that in the British Courts, justice would be done to Kos• suth, and that he would be acquitted of any desire to put himself in a false position. Seeing the suc cess that Kossuth might anticipate, he would not blame him for pre-arranging matters which he knew would be a necessity if success rewarded his efforts. (Hear, hear.) Mr. R. N. PHILIPS seconded the motion, cordially cgreeing with the remarks of the previous speakers. The motion was carried unanimously. Councillor RYDER moved that a committee be formed to co-operate with the committee in London. Mr. W. T. BLACKLOCK seconded the motion ; and remarked that the question was not so much a political one, as one which interested every English man—the question of the liberty, not only of the subject in this country, but of the stranger who might come amongst us. (Hear, hear.) He be lieved there was scarcely a man in Manchester who would not be desirous of seeing that justice was done to the man whose name had called them toge ther. (Hear, hear.) The motion was carried; and a vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. THIS _DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of English wheat on sale in to-day's market was very small, and without improvement in quality. Fine and dry parcels met a free sale at extreme rates, otherwise theArade ruled heavy at about Monday's currency. The show of foreign wheat was large, and the business doing was mostly in retail at full prices. Floating cargoes of grain were firm in value, although the demand for them was by no means active. Fine barley maintained its value, but all other kinds were dull in the extreme. Malt changed hands to a limited extent at late rates. The oat trade was heavy, and prices had a drooping ten dency. • Beans were in moderate request at full currencies. Peas, however, moved off slowly on former terms. Flour met a fair sale at previous quotations. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. F A .„ °nr ' English •••• • • • • 280 30 2,850 — '— trial Foreign •••• • • • • 14,130 7,690 10,32° '2OO brls. BOROUGH HOP. Generally speaking, the market is steady, and Prices are well supported. WHITECHAPE L. The supplies of meat on sale h ere are seasonabl y g ood, and the trade generally rules inactive, as follows . Beef from 2s 10d to 45 Od ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 6s 6d to 76 6d; veal, 4s 2d to 50 2 d; and pork, 36 8 d to 4 11 10d per 81be, by the carcass. FANATICAL OUTRAGE AT PISA. ti The city of Pisa was, it appears, the scene of a violent riot on the 24th ult. The fact that the Italian Evangelical community is there rapidly increasing on the one hand, and the intrigues of the priests ever since the arrest of Cardinal Corsi (the Archbishop of Pisa) on the other, have contributed to create a state of exasperatiou amongst the lower orders of the people, and this has been artfully turned to account by the grand-ducal and papal emissaries. The circumstances which gave rise to the disturbance are thus narrated in the llionitore Toscano : On the morning of last Sunday, the 24th of March, a deplorable act of violence disturbed the public tranquillity in the city o f Pi sa. A certain Lorenzo Poggi, an artisan belonging to the suburb of Porta a Mare, was going in a carriage with a male child, born two days previously, to the church of vhe Evangelical Christians in order to have the child there baptised according to the rites of the Wal densian worship. No sooner was the carriage on the middle o f the bridge of Poi ta a Mare than it was suddenly surrounded by a number of persons, and whilst some of them seized the reins of the horse, shoutimg "To the cathedral ! to the cathedral !" and s.d. dressed menaces to the father and the other persons who were with him, the carriage was violmtly driven in that direction. The baby was brought into the church of San John, and baptised accord ing to the rites of the Catholic Church. The mob collected on the square of the cathedral, then took the direction of the Waldensian church, where the Evangelical Christians are wont to as semble on their holy days, and winced the intention of committing acts of violence. Various persons were assembled at the moment when the crowd burst upon them, and attempted to make their way into the church, of which the gate had been already closed and barricaded by those within. Then the church itself was visited by a shower of stones which broke the windows. The ordinary police form; though always ready and present where the tumult and the danger were at their height, did not suffice to stop these serious excesses. The inter vention of the National Guards, therefore, became necessary, and these were no sooner summoned than they hastened in great numbers to the scene of the disorder, displaying a zeal and an enthusiasm highly honourable to them. The words of the prefect, who, distinguished by the insignia of his office, hastened to the crowd, and the display of public force contributed efficaciously to disperse the mob of ill-advised persons, and to re-establish order and tranquillity. The police meanwhile are proceeding in their researches in order that justice may be fully exercised. While we deplore such blameworthy acts of intolerance and of violence, we are pleased to learn that the political authorities, the police force, and the Na tional Guards have vied with one another in zeal and in activity on this occasion, all, without dis tinction, performing their duty. THE PROPOSED COMPROMISE WITH TEE WESTERN BANK DIRECTORS. The public are generally aware already of the terms of the proposed compromise between the liquidators and the directors of the Western Bank. That proposal is, that on payment of the sum of £200,000, the shareholders will abandon their im pending prosecution, and the postponement of the action set down for trial this week is but one indi cation of the general expectation that this sugges tion of the liquidators will be approved by the shareholders. The latter have suffered enough already by the disaster which overtook them, and are becoming less and less disposed to sacrifice their own interests still further for the gratification of their natural feelings of resentment against the directors, or even for the sake of what many con sider to be the interests of public justice. The division of £200,000 among the solvent shareholders would yield about £l4 a share, which added to the £36 or so of assets yet expected to be realised and distributed, would make in round numbers a return of £5O upon each share. Taking the original value of the shares at £75, and the calls at £125, there is a loss of £2OO on each share, which would be reduced to £l5O, if the proposed compromise is entered into. Of course these figures may be somewhat altered when the question comes to be considered how far those who purchased shares immediately before the failure of the bank are entitled to a preference. But the above may be taken as an approximation to the general ' result of the proposed arrangement. The issue,. Ave hope, may turn out to be even more favourable. The Messrs. Baird are not parties to the proposed arrangement ; but though we do not speak by authority we believe it has been too hastily assumed that they are resolutely opposed to a compromise. The Messrs. Baird hold among them the large num ber of upwards of 1,500 shares, and if some amicable arrangement could be made by which these gentle men should also have a part in the compromise, it ought to enhance the satisfaction with which the prospect of a peaceful settlement of this harassing business is now generally regarded by the share holders, and the more moderate section of the com munity. It is for the shareholders themselves, however, to determine whether even the compro mise already arranged will be agreed to, and a meeting is to be immediately convened to consider the question in connection with a report which is to be drawn up by the liquidators.—Edinburgh L ally Review. 21118 DAY'S SIIIITINU. LONDON, April 3.—Wind this day at noon, Westerly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather. FALMOUTH, April I.—Wind E.S.E.--Sailed—Lines, for Jamaica. April 2.—Wind S.E.--Sailed—Rifie, for Kur rachee. LEITH, April I.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Monarch, for Quebec. GLOUCESTER, April L—Wind S.S.E.—Sailed—Eliza Olive, for Quebec. DEAL, April 2.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Comet, from Shields for Montreal; J. C. Lockhart, from the itiver, and sailed for Halifax'. BRISTOL, April I.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Eva, from Demerara. Sailed—H. T. Vemaud, for Havannah; El er green, for Quebec. BRIIIGEWATER, April 2.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Para gon, from. Quebec. DUBLIN, April I.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Lady Agnes, from Whampoa; Vigingen, from Philadelphia; Gaspar Wild, from New York. rLTMOITTII, April 2.—Wind S.—Arrived—Deantanita, steamer, from Sydney. Sailed—Radnajore, for Mel bourne. COWES, April I.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived—Mercator, from Calloo. Sailed—Professor Baume, for Bilboa. QuEmxsT OWN, April 2.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Niagara, staamer, from Boston (left March 20), and p rocee d e d for Liverpool. DOVER, April I.—Wind W., ealm.—Sailed—Jenny, for Rio Janeiro. LISBON, April 2.—Arrived—Oneida, steamer, from Brazils. PORTSMOUTH, April 2.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived— Mauritius, screw steamer, from Hong Kong. Sailed— Janona, for Lisbon. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, April 2—Brilliant, from Jersey; Alice, from Portsmouth ; Lady Eglinton, steamer, from Dublin ; John Wesley, from Sunderland; Edward and Mary, from Jersey; Louisa, from Cowes; Havre, steamer, from Havre; Atalanta, steamer, from Jersey; Isabella, from Sunder land. Sailed—Columbia, steamer, for Galway ; John Clements, for Sunderland ; Prince, Brilliant, Edward and Mary, and Leader, for Jersey; La Plata, steamer, for St. Thomas; Lady Eglinton, steamer, for London ; Charlotte, for Guern sey; Catherine, for Hayle. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morningl,_ Arrived, April 2.—Black Eagle, from New Y ork; No One, from Ibrail ; Knud, from Nibe ; Dougl i ta h u t l„, Guernsey ; Providence, from Gravelines ; Mi ss lookiftll4 gale, from New York; Alma, from Christianik ean from Helsingborg ; Cambrian; from Jamaica; v from Colombo. _,.. es; Envoy, from il.rrived, April 3.—A nea , from Gravt ar dh, from Mel- Caen; Mermaid, from liuernsey T on i cs ; Peter, from bourne ; Louise Bossemman, from t , from Callao. Bremen ; Line, from Moss; Contiptt -; d Negotiator, for Sailed—Broad water, for Aucl i ..a. Bombay ; Great Britain, fo DE r Mo AL, Wednesday Morning. Swansea for London ; Arrow, Passed—Filey, brig: schooner, from St. Mich ael from London, for Cape Coast Castle; Anchored► Mai do e n for Quebec. Hector, from Lon n, for Sydney. Sailed—Stnstlido brig, frog for Hull. POLAND. The present number of the _Revue Confemporaine contains an a r ti c l e b y M. de Calonne, its e ditor, on Poland and the consequences of the treaties of Vienna. The writer, who expresses great sympathy for the Anglo-French alliance, earnestly advocates the reconstitu tion of the kingdom of Poland by England and France. - "The question of Poland," he says, "is more pressing than that of Italy, or that of Greece. It would go a great way to remove the difficulty of the Eastern question. It is urgent, and if it is not meant that it should become com plicated it must be promptly treated, with a view to a p l rar fleet and sa ti sfactory conc l us i on . Th e com p ro mise of s has not succeeded. The system of assimilat ion has ° may generated great dangers. Poland refuses sidered as extinct. Her existence may be usefu l . I. jju t; it is that blood shall necessary. What do we wait furl' al _ here P Frane, flew, and that war shall break out tsk e in hand this noble have the te gr , e ; atelt into. and Englan d _ th e ha e v th e ar all ere the e t re t W, 4. tidy rams . rest in ktgabg ta a cigle sits, r on nd" ich ng, stock 12i 121 stock stock stock Share 100 etk zoi t 20i io ioo 100 100 174 20 stock stock 20 20 100 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock stock ;took I. 20 i all 128.6 d. all 1 10s. ail all