The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-15 00:00:00

_ . _ ~............_______ RONEY MARKET SHARE MARKETS—This day' - ORDINARY SHARES SHARES AND STOCKS. AND COMMERCITAL INTELLIGENCE, ihare i Paid. l Railways. I Closing Business m done. ' p r i --- 4, .., '& 14 : Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 5 3/ .5 Blythe and Tyne. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. 10 . licst.,Sleat.,and3lid.o, all 6 8 ~ Fully 6 per cent., the minimum of the Bank of :t IBristol and Exeter 50 , Cti o l r e n dc tu n a ia ß n aa 65 841 4 100 118 119 119 181 En g l and, has boen required in the general discountall - Market to-day for negotiating the best short dated 20 'Cornwall andon all et 7} 6 1 Paper. . A 2 - eta no div .., l , _ The demand for monetary accommodation 10i 3 ° o. l'i till 6p ap an.litv all' _ continues very excessive, and bankers and brokers 50 Dublin ti:Vl6l)„asTruni-(!:, all F_ are showing less disposition to offer any concession 25 . t i l t d i i n n . b l u ' e r r o l i t 4: it r. Glasgow.) .lunc 100 t 16 02 1 under the official rate. at ,!Glasg. and S. Western. 100 10 1 tC6 Several u n f avoura bl e c h anges aro ex hibit e d i n at Grea Ditt tF o ' astcrn Ord. stk 1 00 47 i7 } 474 4 st ' A stock - - the ... return from the Bank of England, completed to a s t 0 D i t r t:) ,,, Egg tl4 Banat tan 10030 64 7 .. ! Wednesday last. The distribution of the April Gr re ea l .t - Ntrthern .. 100 138 139 128 at Do A stook div idends has occasioned a reduction in the Govern- at Do Bdo wen t deposits, and also in the other securities. The at (tl2ile g. of Ir.elan: ! 2 ,0, tgi :4 661 i 6 rn .... ivy _bullion and reserve of notes have also been trenched at Do Str Val , I . la. k st h och , 100 a GO 11 7 4 1 - 101 1101 4 u pon to a considerable extent. Sabjoined is our s a t ' an London ash l an e Ci . 131 ° a r e lfw ' all 100 137 t 9 68 Usual tthalySiS:- at Lon., Brlght.,& S. Coast 100 1024 1034, 1034 st Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 433 441 Active Circul a ti on .. .. .. 521256 220 st Lon. & North Western 100 1111 112 8 11 . i a st Lon. & See.th Western 100 9 11.0 01 9 , , Increase .. • .. 253,000 st Man., Shot, & Lincoln. 100 511 556 54a Bullion .. .. . ••• . 13,08,400 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all - Decrease .. • • • * • 536,363a1l - - Rest .. .. .... .... .... 3,161,157 124 Do t shares et Metropolitan all 1174 1184 I'Bl 18 Increase .. .. .. .. 19,978 at Midland Public Deposits .. .. .. 5,929,922 - Do New - - - p st Do Birming. & Derby 100 101 1(3 Decrease .. .. .. .. 3,888,958 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all - - Other Deposits.. .. .. .. 13,586,029 all - - 25 Do. A shares Increase .. .. .. .. 237,730 26 Mid Kent - - Seven Day and other Bills .. .. 529,377 10 Do Cray Line - - Increase .. .. .. .. 3,683 st North British G overnment Securities .. .. 11,022,267 st Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 241 `c4 at Nth. Eastern-Berwle 100 991 1t,03 1024 Decrease .. .. .. .. 250,789 25 D o, G.N.E. purchar, 16.13.1 - - O ther Securities .. .. .. 20,266,038 st Do Leeds lOO 56 67 57 Decrease .. .. .. .. 2,587,415 at Do York Notes U nem pl oye d .. .. .. 5,770,725 et Do Carlisle.. - 0 128 131 - Decrease .. .. .. .. 81 2,930 st North London 10 Do New The East India Financial Association, with a 1P.16.4 North Staffordshire ~ all 78 79 79 10 " and S W Junction all B 1 /it ca pital of £1,000,000 in shares of £5O each, of which atScottish 'Central it i 8 not ' too , too 41 43 intended to call up more than £2O, has been s s t t Scot o P! ,;. brought forward by the Imperial Financial Cm- 0 ` , Oot. , 32l b d e . r s . to ' ck lOO 98 100 10 Shrew ' s, and Welclipou all - - Pant, and for which the new undertaking is to act g a l z,outh Devon Shropshire Union 1 10 0 0 0 E 6 15 4 5 3 5 4 4 as the agent in the East. The objects proposed totoo 901 91 91 s o 1 SouthSouth Walesl:.:asern 100 - be carried out are strictly financial, and to be con- st S. York. and River Dur lOO 101 103 103 fined to India and the East. The association will 20 Zoaeltios'nW:kl.3aagnigVokr all SP 38 4 3 7 4 grant loans on mortgages, and negotiate the sale 1 : 6 DoNew, 180 G l7 94 10 a .) 10 8 84 ‘, and purchase of landed, house, and other property st - ruff Vale... lOLi 65 1 17) on commission. to Do B 8 5 7 I 10 Doc 3 3 tl' Vie directors of the St. John d'El Rey Mining ao Ulster - - 25 Do Company (Limited) have received-by telegram, 12.10 Do - - r I - - from Lisbon-the following report, d ated Morro :t t Zlteoorials's'etthand Pim lOO - - Velho, March :-Produce for February, 31,264 st Wvastetrt;oorrdntaffilkeuny igg nitavas; cost for do., 10,409; profit for do., £1,647. at ‘ ‘ , l , . Hartlepool Ilar.&R. 100 - - ?reduce for 11 days of March, 8,749 oitavas; yield, st West tt o idland isi O ew x p fo o r r d t. 10 0 0 0 1 : .._-_. at 4 . 5 96 oitavas per ton. Small hauling of stone this at Do I-Telefon] 100 1- - Aret division of March. • ....•••.••••••••• BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Two O'CLOCK. Closing Paid. Prioe. Business don. At Paris this morning, according to Reuter 's - telegrams . hare Railways too Atlantic &St Lawrene, all 59 ill the Three per Cent. Renter were [66f. 85c. s , I Bom. Baroda&Cent Inc 10e 1024 1034 1031 Firm . - ( Gu. ' 5 per cent... 20 Do. New . 8 4 i P _,Tehfere has been again an indisposition to specu- 20 Do. E. 5hare5......... 7 4 --, 64 1 .04 Buffalo and Laice Huron all 6 68 4 reely in the market for the English Funds, 10 Do. Preferanoe ...... all 910 but n otwithstanding the inactivity of business the , 00 I 3uflalo,Brant,&Godric_i. 10 ,, _ _ 5 p. ot. bds. Aug, 1, 18/ o quotations have been exceedingly firm. Consols Ir (0 0 L I LO . . do. y u u ,i ly , l l , ff. , Igg --- : are 1 ,, -- 91 1 41 for money, and 911 92 for the account. 'at Clcutta.&S.Eastn.(l.l, 100 10t (03 104 C peTown & Dock Seri: 100 99 101 10) ~u 8 New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 89:1 ; th e 2 } per Cents., 731 ; Exchequer Bill., 10s. 3s. ; s 6 t t m a O t e k k ,b; E a a a s ,t tn in ß d e i n an g . al g g u u . . 5 6 p p . . C , 1 10 0 0 U 1 10 0 4 5 1 106 3054 10 , 0 5 51 451454 4l Do. do. G Ext..... 15 i i P E nfaced 5 Per Cents., 105 1•; do. 4 per Cants., 99 ?, - I ; 20 20 Do. do. II do. .. 15 4 1 P 204 . , -Cinf aced 5 per Cents., 1041; and do. 51 per Cents., 113 a sigck Grand Trunk of Canada ail 7320 21 15 I 2 0 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 4. 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 60 63 100 Do. 2d Prel. Bonus.. all 63 65 In the. Foreign Market general depression is 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 51 53 apparent, and business is less active. Turkish 6 100 0 • Do. o 3 d d o. P d i e e f i e . r o r t e or ..... a l l 48 5 5 0 2 Per Cents., 1862, are 711 72 ; do., Cansolides, 531 1 ; too Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 2 22 675 a lexi can, 47! i; Greek, 25! -3; Spanish Passive, 1 0 0 0 k 0 t i2 i o n . d t p d e n e deferred...... r gii e d . a.5p .. :C too 105 105 1041 4 „ol c; Portuguese, 491 1; Italian, 68 1; Russian, 20 Do. itUr7M2o: 12 i I P uIL Z. Loan,2 8 ; Venezuelan, 59 1; and the Confederate stook Gt. souta.ottnaia(Lim 5 3 54. A •uaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1034 1044 104 20 Gt. W. ot Canada Shares all 1e 104 104 4 104 Do. New .. . ... ... . . 18 104 94 :1 In the Railway Share Market there has been 100 Do. 6 pro. '73 with't opt.. all 93 84 gather more animation, and in some instances prices (00 Puotiisa4aPtir°a'adoot;;Emlie;i all 82 sii p have shown a further upward tendency. Bristol stock Madras year., , 5 p. o. .. i, 100 r 6 l. 9 %3 103 21 and Exeter and North Eastern (Berwick) have each g ß tj. : 3 11 130 e: 4 4 4 4 p. o. .. i l o x . t . c . n . s if .. 100 . 100 92 94 a dvanced 151.; and Lancashire and Yorkshire and stockO n c ) ..N r ft ri j hE p x . ote.rtsni?ins. 102 -_ ,i.- - csttth Eastern, ss. ; while Great N orthern ( A 50 Melb. & Aobson'e Bay. all 57 53 Stock)'org. Bds. al, - - , r and Metropolitan have declined 55.; and iv ) N D ew o._7 p Br u . r.. c s . w ll ick a Cantu, - Manchester, ShEffieid, and Lincoln, 10s. Class Aana 11 all 3 5 N.lll.C'da6 po Ist pt bds 100 82 14 The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit no mate- 4to, i &nude .....• -• • (lot , 104 105 t i ll l alteration in prices. stock Du. Delhi-.. ..... 1 g i.: 1103 102 103 1024 et Do. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in rather st Do. Punjaub .... r; 5 1 all 1024 1e34 Do. Do. ......... ,f,•,' , 19U - -- a ctive request, at enhanced rates. English and Irish l - , , stock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) - ' 10 , 97 93 - - have improved to 191 ; Alliance, 60 ; London Bank of Scotland, 231 41 ; London and Brazilian, COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 634 ; Oriental Bank, 674; Hudson Bay Company, - ' ~. (..,,v.iiP .0.. b. ,td uly 20;1 aA. and Royal Mail Steam, 97 1 . - i 1677-81 ..........•..... 1.Y., 102 104 1231 4 -- I D o . 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 101 I( 3 Subjoined are the current quotations of some •- 1 Do.s p.o.mar.ct sept. 100 1)4 1c , 4 '....- 1. ) )0 °. . Of the principal new undertakings :-Credit . l p fn e s . cr j t tnelsjtuoleYi 100 88 80 Poncier, 81 :prem. ; Credit Mobilier, 6 1 prem.; - d o P ct. c, 'ape .A°Ppel lB BB 7 o 100 ' l l O l 6 O 1 0 1 28 Millwall Iron Works, 3 1 prem.; City Offices, - pliooll. 1818, 100 111 113 'G l :j July, 1891.. 10J 110 112 2 4 3 prem. ; Thames Iron Works, 4 1 prem. ; Im• -- !Ceylon, Novab7B, 6p c 100 V ) : 1 1( 1 1 Penal Financial, 5 1 prem. ; Financial Corporation, - Natal t ry 6 6 pe p r er c cent.. 1 11 0 0 le.B 110 109 i 4 prem. ; City of London Real Property, 2 1 -- IN.B.Gov.op.o.Ja.dzJul) 100 102 104 Prim, - I 1,0. is p. e.Ap. & Oct. 100 . ' -.- 'N.DSu.N.VS.pGo6v.:ISBp,i i.e it. B ; .r i 1 10 00 0 gl 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 - Do. d0.,1888 &upwel4 100 99 100 994 : BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES.New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 11l .) GOVERNMENT FUNDS. - 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. C. u Per Cent. Consols ~ D itto Account, May 5 9 14 'l Y er Cent. Reduced - ;Queensland Gcv. 6 p. c. 100 - -_ b. Aus G6p.c.1678.& up.. 100 4 10 112 New 3 per Cent 895 14 1 ,VtaGov. 6 p.o, Ja.eauly 100 - - - ID lo 6 c.o. An..itOct.. 100 1081 1091 L 1081 9 ......_ A " 1 ? 25 per Cent. Jan. 1891... . - a --__ ' c uauities, 30 yrs expire 4th Jan., 1880 - BRITISH MINES. Ditto for 30 yre, expire sth April, 1885. 141 / 1 0. 2 Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. - 2 )Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 a Icl c hequer Bills, £l,OOO, 24 & 3 per Cent 3 10 di55365470 676 E 0 5 0 Ditto £SOO aavist., - 1 Ditto £lOO and £2OO - dis d Dank England Stk 45 per Ct. - East Bassett (Mogan .. 30 - East Clogau Gold Ltd. - - East Caradon •......... 1.14. e, 304 313 Ditto Account .. ' 3.4.0 64 7 4 - 41 - bast Carn Brea... INDIAN 0, 1„ . - IGam.&St.Auhyn(Gwen . 581 9 1(1 'ma Stock, 105 per Cent., April 1874 - - Great South Tolgus.... 17s 3 Sit Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1570 - 'G. Wheal Voraleiston 40 30 35 31 ni tto Account - - Grenville 6.16. t 101 114 Ditto 4 per Cent, 1883 991 I - Her:Ws-root 8,12 4 S 5 37 -; tl ingston Downs !4. 8. 0 3 1 Do Certificates - - I Lady Bertha Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 - - IMargaret (tiny Lelant 94 18 20 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent --- Marke Valley.. D itto 5 per Cent• Jan. 1872 .. 1044 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim., 2.i 14 „,!, d Ditto 54 per Cent., May, 187 9 - New ~,etun i 191 83 " Ditto liebentures,4 por Ct., April 1860 - -• North Downs , 24 la 2 - N.Wh'i liaueet(lllo.fau 1 3:1.0 2 24 . r , Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 --- North Wheal Crotty ; 2.13.9 4 5 5 uitto Bonds ELL .................. - i'ar Consoln(n Blazey I - - D itto under £l,OOO .......... 4 dis - i'rovidence(Uny Lelnt.); 10.6.7 41 43 - IB ou tliCaradon(St.Cleer I 14 480 170 FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. - ,S. earn Brea (1110,ran).. - - - Atlatrian Bonds, 5 per Cent - -18. Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 40 50 t r . Ditto 1859 - - 'Stray Park azillan 6 per Cent lOll - ' Turner Silv.& Lead Huhn. - • - - - ; Pin Croft 9 18 19 Ditto 45 per Cent., 1852-58-6 0 - West Basset ( C Mogan). 14 :0 11 • 13 Ditto 1863 BB 5 8 - I W ra don (Liskeard, 5 19 21 tl ettos Ayres 6 per Cent - - 'West Seton Dittoeli £lOO Bonds - - Wheal Basset (Illogan, 54 85 90 1, - ', heal Buller(Redruth) 10 35 40 1 -11 an 6 per Cent ... - - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 - - Ditto e _ 41 pet Cent - - I WhealLud, ott , 3.5.s 24 21 D u •onibian 6 per Cent Villador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent 14 41004 14 1 - Wheal Teton 584 200 210 '''gYptian 7 per Cent - ry heal Tretawney (Lts.)l 7 21 24 ~,, Ditto, Second Issue '-' l %.lek 6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. - 26 5/ fItEFERELWE SHARES. bitto Account - - ..,.__•_-. .-• Orilln f f PR_ Ext. No. 2,- Share; Railways. ' Paid. • Closing Business 1 3. 21:00: 11. ,I f Do.eßlißijoreilyrris l t ce. done. I 1 _ s • nt;B:.‘o 7 ve,c,.;a o aleiiil l ?dt , . and ,EaTnxydne S aite t e. r ird . Val,.<i 100 11 _ 5 84 . :i 83 65 so 4 at (Caledonian 10:1 118 119 119 184 50 a :orn and Bandon all all 6 1 7 4 6 1 10 Do A A gets no div all 10till6p c.p an.lias an been paid to B. 50 Dublin &Bellast June. all 35 37 25 Durn,Pertln&Ab. June. all 1 6 17 at Edinburgh & Glasgow.) 100 00 92G at :Glasg and S. Western. 100 10 1 116 at IGreatEastcrn,. Ord. otk 100 17 , 74 474 i at Ditto A stock - st Ditto East Anglian at 100 64 75 at GreatNorthof Scotland 103 at Great Northern ...... at Do A stock at Do Bdo at Gt. S. ant W. of Irelan - 100 91 93 at Great Western et Do Str Val gua. stool, 100 et Lancashire & Yorkahire 100 111 110/ 1101 } at London and B lackwa 11 100 67 t 9 68 at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 ' 1025 1034 103} at Lon., Chat., and Dover 10 0 433 445 st Lon. & North Western 100 1115 12 11'i } st Lon. & So•.th Western 100 19 11. 1 0 081 01 at Sian., Shei., & Lincoln. 100 515 556 54 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 125 Do } shares all et Metropolitan all 1175 114 FM 18 at Midland Do New 101 1(3 st Do Birming. & Derby 100 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. A shares 25 Slid ffer t 10 Do Cray Line at North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 2 4 4 05 4 at Nth. Eaatern—Berwto 100 991 MI 102} 25 Do, G.N.E. purehar , 16.13.1 o . at Do Leeds lOO 56 67 57 at Do York et Do Carlisle.. at North London 10 Do New t 9,18.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction all i It} 11} at Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stoc , 100 41 43 at Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 98 100 10 Shrews, and Welclipou all at Shropshire Union at south Devon lOO 33 15 31 at South Eastern at South Wales at S. York. and River Due 100 101 103 103 20 staines, Wok.,andWok all 84 95 25 Stockton & Darlingtor all 37 38 374 'l5 Do l7 95 10 i , at : Do Vale. New, 186 10 0 165 G 1 8 8 ‘, Taff 0 17 ) 10 Do B 8 5 7 10 Do C 3 3 4 p 50 Ulster 25 Do 2O i 12.10 Do 54 a t Vale of Neath st Victoria sta. and Pim lOO at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 et West Cornwall lOO at 5%. Hartlepool Flar.&R lOO at West slidland -Oxford 100 at Do . Newport 100 —-- at Do Rerelord 100 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing • hare Railways Paul. Price. Business don• luu Atlantic &St Lawrence all 59 dl Sk Bom.,Baroda&.Centhh l lop 1024 1034 103 4 Gu. 5 per cent... 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. 5hare5......... 74 <O4 Buffalo and Laue Huron all 664 61 10 Do. Prefersnoe ...... all 910 00 3uflalo,Brant,&Godricl. 10%. p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 187'2 100 Do. do. July 1, 1870 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 1079 100 'at Clcutta.4k S. Eastn. 100 10t 103 101 j at Cape Town t Dock Seri: 100 99 101 103 stock Eastn. Bengal go. bp. lOU 105 106 c 054 5 4 stock I,:ast Indian. gu. sp. c 100 1041 1051 105 41 54 44 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 15 1 I p 20 Do. do. II do. .. 15 6 1 p stock Grand Trunk of Canada Ivu 20 21 20 it I 100 Do. Ist Prot. Bonds.. all 73 15 100 Do. do. deterred...... all 60 63 100 Do. 2d Prel. Bonds.. all 63 65 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 51 53 100 • Do. 3d Pi ef. stock ... all 48 50 1 00 Do. do. deferred.. .... all 40 42 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 25 27 100 Do. do. deferred...... rll 22 C 5 stook Gt.lnelliarentli.gua. s p.o 100 10t 105 1044 4 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 p Do. January, 1862 .. stook Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1031 1041 104 80f Gt. W. of Canada Shares all lel 104 104 10i Do. New . ... . . 18 101 9; 4 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 93 94 100 Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.... all 82 84 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 fp stock Madras guar., 5p.0. .. 100 102 /03 103 24 stook Do. 41 p. 0. Extension 100 95 98 stock De. Is do 7 ... 100 92 94 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock slelb.Cor. p. c. Sods. 1 00 50 llelb. & ilobson's Bay. all 57 53 100 Do. 7p. c. Nlortg. Bds. al, 20 Newßrouswick Cantu, Class Aan a B all 3 5 N.lll.C'da6 po Ist pt bds 100 82 , to( Scinde • • (1(0' 104 105 stock Du. Delhi... • • ' 100 108 803 1021 to Do. do 5 1, . .* I 2 4 1p st Do. Punjaub •• 1 all 1021 1034 Do. Do. 10U BtoC , k Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 10 , 2 97 93 FREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties. Ext. No. 2, — Ditto, 6 p r cent. pf., 123 Great Northern, b per cent., 112 Great • orthern, 4, per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm., 104 Great Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref., 104 London and South-Western, Ditto, Portsmouth perpet. ans. of 28. Gd., South Devon, Anns., 108., 10 _ Ditto - coupons 11 Ditto Account .. Italian 6 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 76 481 7 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account (1. h o rish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada :Ditto 2 per Cent. — Ditto Deferred Ditto Land W a rrants (Hectares) reruvian 41 per Cent .. Ditto Account..' Ditto 3 per Cent. c(iTribFren) , — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 , Ditto Account .......... .......... .t." ortuguese 3 per Cent., 180 Ditto Account... . .......... ;6.0., 62, ... • • '3 49} Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7) ' 9 l .. 491 i Ditto Account ................ ... . ..• _ _ , Ditto Scrip (1863) £3O paid ........ ..... pm iV uesian 6 per Cent., 1822, £ 5t........ -Ditto 44 per Cent., 1850 .............. _ Ditto 3 - per Cent 1859 ...... „... 1 kDitto s per Cent, 1862 .............. 111 1 . . . Anion. 6 per Cent ............ -- 'Oitto Account --- ...... P atil°ll 8 per Cent ...... _Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Passive Ditto Account 351 P„atlish C er t. o f C oup no t f un d e d — Ditto Account T t edsh, 4 p er C en t Ditto urkish 6 per Cent. 1854 .. 90/ b Account itto 6 per Cent. 1858 . Ditto A-ccount I)Ltto 6 p er C ent . 1862 1) ' , to Account .. 72 1/ Dit to ;0100 Bonds — ~,i Ditto 1563 .. Vlto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. ',ll7,uela 3 per Cent. - 1) !tto Acco un t 231 1 , )'!Lto 6 per Cent., 1862 -,,;. , 0 Account A Dividends on the above payable in Lond , u. iillatria n, 6 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. -- D et tati 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f — th 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — i per Cent. Certificates Fre nch Relates, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f.... 66f 750 Itiitto Account — I ) 4 ' l > 5 per C en t., 1361, E x . 25 francs — p i itto Account ........ ....... 6Bk I) e el rannteso, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 25f Nvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. PRE FE MENCE SIIARES AND STOCKS Great Eastern, 5 per cent, pt, 100 London and S.-Western ti per cent., 102} LINES LEASED A' FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 96 London, Tilbury, and; Southend, 102 Nottingham and Grantham R. & (1, 94 _ _ FO REIGN RAIL WAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9i 10 San Paulo (lint.), vua. 7 per cent., Dittojall),.2ol 1 BANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 149 5 9 51 Alliance (Um.), 59% 60 Ditto, new, 496 Anglo Austrian, 71 f Anglo-Italian, limited, G 7 Australasia, 756 3 4, Bank of utago. Um., 5 i 44 Bank of Queensland (11m), 22 11 24 Brazilian and Portuguese, Rm., 96 9 British and American Exchange (lim.), 21f 2 British and Californian, Ilm., 76 7 British North American. 5u Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 121 111 Chartered Bank 01 India, Australia, and China, 424 Colonial, lim., 41 Consolidated Bank, 1im.,111 6 Continental, lim., 181 Ll 4 East;London, lira., 91 8% English and Irish, Um., 181 191 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 224 European Bank, lim., 15 14 Ilindustan, china, and Japan (11m.), 37 Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm., 186 imperial Bank (Him), 131 34 Ditto, new, 29 Imperial Ottoman, 217 1 Laud Mortgage Bank of India, 44. London Bank of Scotland, lim., 23 36 London and Brazilian slim,), 63 4 London, Birm,, and S. Staffordshire, lim., 276 f Loudon Chartered Bank of Australia, 274 London and Colonial (lim.), 161 3lira74 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exch ~ 20 Loudon Joint Stock, 461 7 London and Nortnern, lien., 224 London and South African, 28 London and South American, l 2 ,11 10i London and 11 estminster, 934 2 Merchant Bank, iim., 17i Mercantile and Exchange. lira., 184 Si e(ropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 33 Mexican, lira., 74 Midland Bank (Um), 151 3k 4 Szd n a: i lk i o r f e Ditto, new, Ili 6outh Oriental Bank Corpo ration. a E • stern, Um , §oinde, Punj a b, and Delhi, hip., 121 Union of A ustralia, 57 Union Britishu2tlh Africa (11m 304 I ThliOn f -- Loudon, 54 2 3 4 2 THREE O'CLOCR, ea zsols Money Ditto A comut„ „„, , , , 1011 9ll THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDA Y EVE 15, 1864 FOREIGN MINES. Port Philip, II Yudanantutana of S. Australia, 11m.;3} MISCELLANEOUS. • Bombay Gas, lira., 516 Canadian Loan and Investment, lira., 21 Commercial Union, Insurance, 91 Company of African Merchants, lira., 2/ Contract Corporation, lira., 6/ 6 Crystal Palace, 35} f 5 Discount Corporation, 111 Egyptian Com, and T r ading, lira., 51 Financial Corporation, 51 61 Gen. Credit and Finalize of London, lira., 91 10 Hudson's Bay, 201 f Imperial Financial, lira.. 101 10 / International Financial society, lira., 121 1 1 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cav our , Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 87 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 7 London Financial Association, lint., 273 7 Ditto, new, 16 London General Omnibus Company, 2: London Mercantile Discount, lira., London Provincial Marine, 5i 5 Marine Investmeot, lim , 36 Mauritius Land, Credit. and Agency, lim., 2i Mercantile Credit Association, lim , 12A 1/ Nattuaal Discount Company, lira , 14i Ditto, new, 61 Ocean M arine (Insurance), 20} Ottoman Gas, lira., Peninsula and Oriental Steam, Si Royal Mail Steam, e 5 71 Scottish Australian Investment, Jim., 146 Societe Fina;•ciere d' Egypte, lira., 51 k 6 South Australian Land, 314 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lira., 6,7 United Kingdom Telegraph Co., lim., 2} Universal Marine, Insurance, lira., 5k West India and Pacific Steam, lim., 7E COMMENCEMENT OF TERM---This Day, To day being the commencement of Easter term, the business of the superior courts of law at Westminster was resumed. As usual, her Majesty's Judges breakfasted with the Lord Chancellor at his pr vate residence, in company with the leading members of the bar. At the conclusion of the entertainment the Lord Chan cellor's visitors took their departure for their respective courts in Westminster Hall, where a large body of persons had assembled to view the arrival of the State procession of the Judges. CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) NE\V COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) THE ALLEGED ABDUCTION. Thomas Howard, the keeper of a refreshment house in the Haymarket, was indicted for the abduction of a young woman, named Wilson. The facts of the case have already been fully reported. The jury then retired, and, after a short absence, re turned a verdict of "guilty." Sentence—two years' imprisonment. POLICE INTELLIGENCE — This Day, THAMES. A STRANGE CASE—ATTEMPTING TO STRANGLE A FATHER.—Margaret Fife, a masculine looking woman, aged 30, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with being drunk and disorderly, and attempting to strangle George Fife, her father, with a piece of rope. The complainant, a respectable and venerable looking man, who is well connected, is labouring under a defective vision, and wears front and side glasses. Ho is dwelling at 5, Grove-place, Lady Lake's-grove, Stepney, and his prin cipal maintenance is derived from his eldest son, who allows him £2 per month. The prisoner is by profession a seam stress, dwelling with her father, and unfortunately is a great drunkard. At 10 o'clock last night Mr. Fife was seated by his fireside and began to smoke his pipe, when his daughter, who was intoxicated, and very noisy, threw a rope over his neck, and said " I'll strangle you." She made the cord tight and twisted it. He struggled and was choking when a woman who heard the noise came into the room and released him. In answer to the magistrate, Mr. Fife said he was choked a little. Mrs. Eliza Goldsworthy said the prisoner was choking her father with the rope, and he was getting black in the face. The prisoner was very drunk. Mr. Fife was really in:danger, he could not speak, and would have been strangled if witness had not gone to his asssistance. Mr. Fife was recalled and said his daughter had not ill used him,before. It was the drink which caused all the mischief. A police constable produced a large dagger which he found in a box uuder a bed. Mr, Fife—That has been in my house ten years: It belongs to my son. Mr. Pyer, the chief clerk, asked why the dagger was imported into the case. The policeman—lt was iu the house. Mr, Partridge—Nothing was done with it. You might as well produce all the knives and forks and the fireirons in the house. The !Amer, in defence, said she threw the rope over her father in joke, without intending to injure him, and she was very sorry for what she had done. Mr. Fife—lt was the strong drink which did it, Mr. Partridge advised the prisoner to abstain from strong drinks in future, and ordered her to enter into her own re cognisances in the sum of £lO to keep the peace sad be of good behaviour for the next twelve months. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to• day the arrivals of English wheat were very moderate. Both for red and white qua lities the demand ruled inactive, and Monday's currency was with difficulty supported. With foreign wheat the market was but moderately sup plied. Sales, however, progressed slowly in all descriptions, yet prices were without quotable change from Monday last. Floating cargoes of grain were in limited request, at late rates. The supply of barley on sale was seasonably good. Malting qualities were dull, at fully the late decline in the quotations. Grinding and distilling qualities ruled sta tionary in price. For malt the trade was in a sluggish state, on former terms. The supply of oats on sale was moderately good. Gene rally ep , aking, the demand ruled heavy, and prices had a drooping tendency. Beans and peas, with which the market was moderately supplied, were steady in price. Flour changed hands to a limited extent, at late rates. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.. Wheat. Barley. I.lalt, Oats. Flout. English.— 590 410 I 8:,0 1, 54) 660 Irish.. - Foreign...— 4,240 1,267 9,490 1 00 ska, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. THURSDAY. There was a better, or, at all events, a fuller, programme this morning, which, coupled with the same magnificent weather, gave a rather more crowded appearance to the Heath than on the three preceding days. We may mention, apropos of racing matters, that at a meeting of the Jockey Club held last night his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was proposed as a member by Lord Coventry. and we need scarcely add ;elected by acclamation. This step, in all probability the forerunner of a greater interest to be taken by the Heir Apparent in the notional sport, has been received with the warmest satisfaction here. Though the card was full, the fields were reduced to twos and threes, and the several items possessed no particular features of interest, if we except the Claret Stakes, for which Lord Clifden was to oho v. There was a very mode rate lot for the Biennial, with the exception of Blue Mantle, whose uncertain temper made him a hez trdous horse to trust; but Sea King, with the best of the weights, being elected the favourite, landed the Stakes for the Duke of St. Albans, Blue Mantle declining it some yards from home. Lord Coventry's promising 2-yr-old, Tennyson, had no difficulty in disposing of the very moderate form behind him, and Wicket, in the Maiden Plate, very cleverly snatched the race from Sante Ruisseau:on the post. Rapid Rhone and Woldga were the only competitors with Lord Clifden in the Claret. The Leger winner looked magnifi• cent—of a different mould from some we had been lately eseing, recalling the days of the Flying Dutchman, West Australian, and other heroes of past years. But the race on this occasion was not to the swift. He was beaten after mounting the hill, and Lord Glasgow's colours came first past the chair, 10 lengths in E Ivance of the favourite, amid tremendous cheering and excitement. Second year of the Fifth Newmarket Biennial Stakes of 10 sever each, with 100 added; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 61b, Winners extra, with certain allowances. The owner of the secf nd horse to receive a sum equal to 10 per cent. on the whole stake, and the owner of the third horse a suns equal to 5 per cent. D.I. 74 subs. l 'like of St. Albans' Sea King, Bst 61b (S. Rogers) 1 Ceptain D. Line's Blue Mantle, Sat 101 b ....(Fordham) 2 Count F. de Lagrange's Jarnicoton, Bst 10lb (A. Edwards) 3 Count Batthvany's Turcos, Bst 101 b (W. Boyce) 4 Sir H. Des Yceux's Warhorse, Bst 31b (Custance) b Mr J. H. C. Wyndham'a The Flower Safety, Bst 61b (J. Goatee) 6 Mr Saxon's Sweet Willie, Bst 101 b (Midgley) 7 Betting-7 to 4 agst Sea King, sto 2 agst Blue Mantle, 4 to 1 agst Sweet Willie, and 5 to 1 agst Jarnicoton. Sea King, in the centre, made play, followed by Blue Mantle, Sweet Willie, and Jarnicoton across the flat, but as they made the turn of the lands the lot closed up, and ran nearly in a line to the Duke's Stand,where Blue Mantle gave way to Sweet Willie, but who shortly after was beaten, and his place was taken by Jarniooton, who followed the favourite to the brow of the hill, where Fordham brought up Blue Mantle, and headed the Frenchman in the next few strides, but was unable to reach Sea King, who won by six lengths; bad third. Handicap Plate of 50 sous, for 3-yr•old and upwards. A.F. Mr H. L. Wigram's Melrose, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b (Loates) I Mr Naylor's Faretra, 3 yrs, sst 1011 (payers) 2 Mr Perry's Principal, 5 yrs, Set 41b (W. Boyce) 3 Mr G. Angell's Dunkeld, 4 yrs, Bst .„ (Perry) 4 Mr W. E. Jones's Zrloo, 4 yrs, let 21b (Keates) 5 Count Batthyany's Prince Plausible, 6 yrs, 9st (Custance) 6 Belting-2 to 1 agat Dunkeld, and 4to 1 each agst Prin cipal, Prince Plausible, and Melrose. Melrose, on the lower side, jumped away with a clear lead of Faretra and Principal, and made the running at a strong pace into the Abingdon mile bottom, where the three closed and ran together a few strides up the hill, when Loates called upon Metros', who quitted his horses without an effort, and won in a canter ty tour lengths, two lengths between the second and third, a bad fourth; the others beaten off. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds; colts Bat 101 b, and fillies Bst 51b, winners extra; maidens at starting allowed 51b. R.M, 7 subs. . Mr Gubelie's Bel Demonio (late Harvest Melt), Bst 101 b (I'. French) 1 Mr Naylor's The B ea ver, Bst 101 b (Challoner) 2 Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip filly, Bst (Fordham) 3 Sardinia also ran. Betting—Even on Sardinia, 2 to 1 agst Bel Bemonie, and 4 to 1 agat the Miss Whip filly. When in the act of starting the favourite jumped round and struck in the heels of The Beaver, which sent her to the ground with great violence, most seriously injuring little S. Adams. On settling into their places The Beaver took a clear lead, which he retained to the Abingdon mile Vottote, where he was headed by Bel Demonio, who won cleverly by a length; a bad third. A. Sweepstakes of 20 sovereigns each, h ft; 4-yr-olds Bst 101 b, 5-yr-olds and upwards 9st, mares and geldings al lowed 31h ; the winner to be sold for 200 soya. Bretby Stakes Course, 4 subs. Mr Ten Broeck's Peignoir, 5 yrs, 9st .... (Fordham) w.o, Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, for 2-yr-olds, colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst fib. Last half of R.M. 7 subs. Lord Coventry's Tennyson, Bst 101 b... . (J. Adams) 1 Mr South's Rattle filly, Bst 51b Mr Perry's Crippiegate, Set 101 b Mr Mansfield's Princess Dagmar, Bst slb (Perry) 4 Betting-2 to lon Tennyson, 9to 4 agat the Rattle filly and 12 to 1 agat Princess Dagmar. The favourite, with listtle in close attendance, made the running into the bottom, where he drew in advance, and won with hands down by ten lengths. A similar distance separated tho second and third. Maiden Plate of £5O, for 2-yr-olds; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b. Last half of Ab. M. Lord Westmoreland's Wicket, Bst 71b .. (J. Goater) 1 Count F. de Lagrange's Sante Ruisseau, Bst 101 b (A. Edwards) 2 Betting-7 to 4 on Wicket. The non-favourite cut out the work to the top of the hill, where he was joined by the favourite, who headed him in a few strides, and won very cleverly. Subscription Plate of 50 sovs, for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; weight for age. The winner to be sold for 300 sovs if demanded, &e. Horses entered to be sold for 150 80111 S allowed 71b. D.M. Mr R. Ten Broeck's Peignoir, 6 yrs (£300), get 41b (Fordham) 1 Mr J. °Anne's Mantrap, 3 yrs (£300), let Sib (Whiteley) 2 Mr J. Wood's Custard Castle, 3 yrs (£150), 6st 12Ib (Boxall) 3 Betting-6 to 4 agst Mantrap, and 2to 1 age Peignoir. The favourite, in company with Custard Castle, made play into the coi&, where Pordham brought up Peignoir, and won a fine race by half a length; a bad third. Second Year of the Tenth Aske Produce Stakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for the produce of mares covered in 1860 ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Sat 41b ; those got by untried stallions or out of untried mares allowed 31b, but only one allowance. D.M. Seven subs. Mr John Osborne's Dr. Hooke (alb) (Whiteley) 1 Capt. Christie's Preacrip ion, bib) ..(J. Orimshaw) 2 B e tting-6 to 4on Dr. Hook e , w h o ma d e a ll the running and won in a canter by three length s . The Claret Stakes, a subscription of 200 soya each, h ft, for 4-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; finjoi, Bst 51b. The owner of the second horse to withdraw his stakes. D.I. 7 subs. _ _ Lord Glasgow's Rapid Rhone, Bst 10Ib....(Fordham) 1 Lord Sc. Vincent's Lord Cli!den, Bst 101 b (J. Osborne) 2 Sir J. Hawley's Woldga, Bst 101 h Betting-4 to lon Lord Clifden, and 9to 2 agst Rapid Rhone. - - They ran abreast for the first quarter of a mile, when Rapid I and made the running at an a w c e e n t t o to th t e he on o f l r dD t uke's Stand, when Woldga was beaten, leaving the favourite in attendance upon Lord imp Rhone roved p Glasgow's colt. Half way up the hill Osborne made an effort to get up, but failed, and was beaten easily by ten lengths; bad third. Sweepstakes of 100 sous each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds; colts, Bst bOlb ; and fillies, Bst 61b; Winners extra. D.M. Three subs. Mr Merry's Effie, Bst Gib Sweepstakes of 100 sous each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; and fillies, Bst Gib. D.M. 3 subs. Lord Stamford's Leicester, Bst 101 b ...... J. Mann) w,o. won easily by Tony Lumpkin, the property of Colonel Forster, who has long been attached to the Staff of Lord Carlisle. The Downshire Cup, the cther great feature of the afternoon, furnished a magnificent contest between Cameo, Lottery, and Montpelier, there being only three heads between them. The winner is the property of Mr. M‘Denongh, the celebrated steeplechase rider of former days, kind vas steadily ridden by Captain Ricardo, whose efforts to finish were much warred by his horse's saddle turning round in the race. The Welter Stakes was another fine race; but the accident which occurred to Forager and his jockey, Captain M'Craik, rendered the issue one of the chances of war. The weather was lovely, the attendance very great, and the appeal to the local hunts for support so successful that a great increase will be made to the stakes for next year, and the programme will be entirely revised. The company included the Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford, the Marquis and Marchioness of Drogheda, tht Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis of Conyngham, the Marquis of Downshire, Lords Dunkellic, CLncurry, Clon brock, Huntington, Hastings, Earlsfort, Clarina, St. Laurence, Clanmorris, and Donerailo; Baron arid Baro ness de Ilobeck, the Hon. E. Lascelles, the Hon. F. Cal thorpe, the Hon. Colonel Cotton, Sir Watkins 'Wynne, Su John Power, Sir Thomas Bourke, &c. The Naas Plato of £lOO (a handicap), with selling allow- antes. Two miles and a•-half. Captain Beresford's Signal, 5 3 rs, 9st 31b.... (Murphey) 1 Mr M , nahan's Topsy, 5 yrs, lOst 71b (Owner) '2 Mr Hanlon's Fairy King, 6 yrs, 9st 311) The following also ran :—Miss Forrest, Spider, ana Dieppe. Betting-6 to 4 agst Signal, 2to 1 agst Topsy, and 4to 1 agst Fairy King. The Int got away in a cluster, and upon passing the Stand Miss Forrest held a slight lead, closely waited upon by Topsy and the favourite. Upon reaching the next fence Miss Forrest refused, which threw out Topsy. The lead was then assumed by Signal, who went on with the running to the wall, whet e Topsy again headed him. The pair, closely followed by Spider, cleared the three last fences together, and half way up the distance Murphey called upon the favourite, who answering very gamely won easily by four lengths, two lengths between second and third. The win ner was bought in fur 110 guineas. The Grand Military Steeplechase of £3OO, added to a sweep stakes of £5 each, for horses the property of officers OD foil pay in the army or navy, or on the Staff in the United Kingdom, and in their possession six weeks before the race. The winner cf a handicap steeplechame value 10() excluded. Weight for age. About 31 miles. Col. Forster's (4th Dragoon Guards) Tony Lumpkin, aged aged (Mr. Laurence) 1 Capt. W. Cunningham's (11th Hussau) Stilton, aged, llat 61b (Owner) 2 Mr Ainslie's (Ist Dragoons) Mies Arthur, 5 yre, 12st 21b (Captain Smith) 3 The following also ran :—Charity Boy, Lady Douglas, St. George, Katie, Dark Lurker, The Fizzer, lronsides, Vesper, Nora, Duster, Spatchcock, and Charlie. Betting-2 to 1 each agst Tony Lumpkin and Miss Arthur, 6 to 1 sgst Charity Boy, and 8 to 1 each &gat Ves per and Dark Lurker. . . - The start was an excellent one, all getting off on terms of perfect equality. Miss Arthur and Charity Boy were the first to show in front, having for their neighbours Vesper, Spatchcock, and Tony Lumpkin. In 'this order they streamed along the meadows, exciting the admiration of tht spectators from the admirable manner in which they took their fences. No alteration of any importance occurred until going down the far aide of the stand, where Ironsides went through his horses and led, his immediate followers being now Tony Lumpkin, Spatchcock, and Vesper. The brook being safely got over, Ironsides, alter going some dis tance; bolted, and Spatchcock went on with the running, and Tony Lumpkin, who had stopped at the wall, taking it afterwards, made up his lost ground very quickly. Three fences from home Stilton had drawn into the front rank, which closed up, and a slashing race home ensued, Ton) Lumpkin winning very easily by three lengths; a length separated second third; Lady Douglas was fourth, and Spatchcock fifth, The Downshire Cup, a piece of plate value £lOO, pre sented by the Marquis of Downshire, with £2OO added to a sweepstakes of 10 soya. each; winners extra. About 31 miles. Captain Williams' Cameo, 5 yrs, 12st 121 b (Captain Ricardo) 1 Mr C. T. Couper's, jun., Lottery, aged, 13st (Mr Knox) 2 Mr M'Grane's Montpelier, aged, 12st 131 b.. (Mr Blake) 3 The following also ran:—The Fawn, Yellow Leaf, Con Cregan, and Wood Bird. Betting.-6 to 4 agst Con Cregan, 3to 1 agst Montpelier, 4 to 1 agst Yellow Leaf, 5 to 1 each agst Lottery and Sate nella, and 10 to 1 agst Cameo. Yellow leaf took a strong lead, Lottery lying second, and Cameo third The wall was taken in capital style, and nu change occurred until they came to the back of the Stand, where Cameo took up the running, followed by Montpelier to the brook, with Satanella and Con Crgan at their quar ters. In this way they reached the double bank, the same order continuing to the wall, where Wood Bird was beaten. No change occurred until two fields from home, when Cameo, Montpelier, and Lottery joined issue, and a magnifi cent race resulted in the victory of Cameo by a head, a like distance separating the other two. Handicap Plate of £3O, presented by Lord Otho Fitzgerald, for horses the property of farmers of the county of Kildare. Winners extra. 2i miles. Mr Jackson's The Nigger. 6 yrs, list 71b .... (Brady) 1 Mr Meallie's b ul, by Wanderer, 6 yrs list 71b (Murphey) 2 Mr Russell's Fitzjames, 4 yrs, lOst 71b, carried lOst 131 h. (Owner) 3 The following also ran :—Suuth Green, Brown Plover, and Rosewood. Betting-5 to 4 eget Brown Plover, 3to 1 eget South Green, and 5 to 1 eget Wanderer. Rosewood made play, with Fit zjames and Wanderer in close attendance ; the former made the running for three quarters of a mile, where she gave way to Fitzjames, who then held a commanding lead until within three fences of home, where he Was collared by Wanderer and The Nigger, the latter coming with a wet sail halfway up the distance overhauled the leaders, and won very cleverly by three lengths, Fitzjames being beaten a like distance for second place. _ _ _ The Welter Stakes of 4100, added to a Sweepstakes of 6 soya each. Weight for age. About three miles over the Downshire Course, including the 4ift wall. Mr Nixon's Pyrites, h b, 5 yrs, 13st 71b (Capt. Tempest) 1 Mr Sartoriii's Sultan, aged, 14st (Owner) 2 The following s.lso ran :—Arab Boy, Muswell Hill, Tht Tanner, Madcap, Hard Times, Arthur g, Red Rubin, Gra) Plover, Vulture, Strongbow, Trapper's Daughter, and Forager. _ _ Betting—Even on Forager, 5 to 1 agst Hard Times, 7 to 1 eget Pyrites, and 10 to 1 agst any other. Immediately the flag fell Hard Times rushed to the front, but after the first fence he was passed by Sultan, the favourite lying third. Next to these came Trapper's Daughter and Vulture, the rest, with the exception of Mus well Hill (outpaced), being well np. The lot cleared the wall in fine style, Gray Plover alone making a mistake, bui being quickly caught and remounted, he again joined the body of horses. Passing the Stand, Sultan led, with Trap per's Daughter, Hard Times, and Forager at his quarters. In this order they travelled to the double bank, which was jumped without any mistake, and the wall was taken equally well. On entering the straight the race was left to these four. The contest looked like ending in a match between Forager and Hard Times, but owing to the crowd closing in Forager bore down upon Hard Times and drove him over the ropes, for tunately without causing the rider any injury ; but Forager fell, and rolling over him, gave him so severe a fall that great excitement for some time prevailed relative to his recovery, Pending this mishap Pyrites came with a rush, and, passing Sultan, won cleverly by a length and a half, Medical aid was immediately called in to the assist ance of Captain M'Craith, who after the delay of an hour ras removed to his hotel, and pronounced, although seyfir,:dy shook, to have no bones broken. YORK, SPRING MEETING. TUESDAY, MAY 10, The Flying Dutchman's Handicap. One mile and a quarter. Ago st lb Limosina Flirtation My Mary Borealis o 4 8 2 Brighton Berkeley The Monk a 8 1 D onn ybrook 4 8 0 Prince Plausible Anfield Tourist O nes ander Dunkeld Fantaron Fantail Early Purl ..,.• 4 7 10 Mantred Forfeits to be on t published Ap Ago at lb Newmarket Alice Dualla Bonny Bell Stockman .. 4 7 0 Count Cavour .... 4 6 9 Merry Maid 6 6 9 Guardgiman Little Stag Bradamante 3 6 6 Loafer Gondola 3 6 2 Mahometan Goldylocks Vacuna colt Sea 80y,... Lytham 3 5 12 he 19th of April. Weights Ord 13, 10 a.m. The last week's raitway receipts, atcertained up to this day, are, in round figures, as under :- 1864. 1863. North-Western Great Northern Great Eastern 10,205 27,895 L.aneashire and Yorkshire 36,050 32,530 youth- Western Brighton . Nlidland .................... South- Esstei n North Eastern Bristol and Exeter West Hartlepool Gl asg ow end South •NVesteru 8,849 8,373 Great South-Western (Ireland) These returns compared with those 0 the same period of last year aro with few exceptions of a favourable character. The North Western shows an :increase of £6,182; Great Northern, £9,786; Great Eastern, £`2,310; Lancashire and Yorkshire, £3,520; South Western, £1,091 ; Midland, £4,561 ; South Eastern, £62; North Eastern, £5,768; and the Great Southern Western of Ireland, £976. The Brighton, however, has fallen off £3,158 ; the West Hartlepool, £403 ; and the Great South 1 and Westeru.of Iteltind, 4813. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. NEWMARKE C RACES.—TaTs DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) QUEEN'S PLATE. Wingrave Harlequin Tourist Six ran. £5O HANDICAP PLATE. Antoinette Chip of the Old Block Bosh Thirteen ran. PORT STAKES. Girnffa colt Jarnicoton Anfield HANDICAP S WEE PSTAKES. Amber Zoutive Junior Five ran. BENNINGTON STAKES, Tomato.... Privateer Crisis NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale is moderate. On the whole, the trade is steady, and scarcely any change has taken place in the quotations, compared with our previous report. Per 81b. by the carcase. s ii s d Inferior beef .. 2 10 3 2 Nliddling do. .. 3 4 3 8 Erline large do. 3 10 4 0 Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 Large pork .... 3 2 3 10 Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 10 ad s 6 Middlingmutton 4 0 4 4 Prime do .. 4 4 4 6 Veal Small pork Lamb BOROUGH HOP. The supply of hops on sale continues very moderate. The demand, however, both for English and foreign qua lities, rules inactive ; nevertheless, previous quotations are steadily supported. Mid and East Kents £5 Os to £9 lOs per cwt. Weald of Kents 5 Os to 7 7s „ Sussex Yearlings .. 3 Os to 5 Os „ Bavarian 5 5s to 8 8s „ Belgian American COLONIAL. TEA.—Business has been moderately active. The publio sales of Caine closed without any material change in prices. Susan.—The market has been very dull ; no public sales of any importance having been held. In the private mar ket prices generally are firm for good grocery descriptions, and in the refined market full rates are demanded. COFFEE. —The demand for colonial descriptions has been rather limited, and in some instances have given way about is per cwt. RlCE.—Only a moderate amount of business has been reported, without material change in quotations. TALLOW.—The market has continued very dull, and the tendency of prices is towards a decline. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 41s, and last three months' delivery 44s to 44s 3d per cwt. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, April 15.—Wind this day at noon—East; moderate breeze and fine weather. FALMOUTH, April 14.—Wind IsT,E.—Arrived—Young Machinr.ie, from Callao for Havre. CARDIFF, April 14.—. Wind N,W,—Sailed—Longdale, for Hong Kong. SWANSEA, April H.—Wind S.U.—Sailed—Fanny, for Coqui►nbo, NEWFOE.T, April 13.—Wind N.Y..—Arrived—Foeng, from Demerara. OFF FALMOUTH, April 14,—Arrived—Brilliant, from Port Elizabeth. EY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived—Thisted, from Thisted ; Ora and Labora, tram Hangesund ; Gem, from Bruges ; Asterope, from Welling ton, New Zealand; Tre Broders, from Sheepsick; New Prince of Walt's, from Amsterdam; Morelen, from Aalborg; Fapona, from Enos; Caspian, from Calcutta; from Fredericktadt; Courier, from Antwerp. Sailed—Camilla, for Oporto; City of Hamburg, for Havre; Sir R. Peel, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed in Tow—Jurciner, from Calcutta, and Jovellanos, from Barcelona, both for London ; Susan Bland, for Car diff; Old England, for Ascension ; Susan Vinery, for Car diff—all from Loudon, MEETING OF THE JOCKEY CLUB. The annual general meeting of the Jockey Club was held at Newmarket on Wednesday in the Craven meeting. Present—Lord Coventry, the Hon. Admiral Rous, and Mr. Alexander (stewards) ; Lord Annesley, Count liatthy any, Mr. Batson, Lord Courtenay, Mr. W. G. Craven, the Marquis of Hastings, Captain D. Lane, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Payne, Mr. Savile, the Duke of St. Albans, Lord West moreland, and Lord Wilton. Lord COVENTRY, the chairman, informed the meeting that his Royal Highness the Prince of 'Wales had done them the honour to express a wish to become a member of the Jockey Club. His lordship then moved that his Royal Highness be forthwith elected without ballot. the motion was seconded by Admiral Rous, and carried by acclamation. A ballot afterwards took place, and Viscount St. Vincent was elected a member of the Jockey Club. The accounts for the year ending December 31, 1863, having been presented and passed, Mr. W. G. Craven was appointed a steward in the place of the Earl of Coventry, wtio retired by rotation. Mr. George Payne was appointed a member of the Ben tinek Fund Committee, in place of the Duke of Richmond, who retired by rotation. The members now are—the Hon. Admiral Reny, Mr. C. Alexander, and Mr. W. G. Craven (stewards of the Jockey Club) ; the Earl of Chesterfield, the Duke of Beaufort, the Earl of Portsmouth, and Mr. G, Payne. THE NATIONAL HUNT AND KILDARE HUNT RACES.-IVEDNESDA.Y. This brilliant meeting of the Irish sporting nobility and gentry was concluded this afternoon, having furnished such an amount of sport as has never before been wit, nessei in one day in Ireland, and which elicited a uni versal desire for the perpetuation of the meeting in its pristine integrity. The Grand Military Steeplechase created immense interest among the officers quartered in the garrisons of Dublin and its vicinity, but was SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 O'CLOCK. £5O PLATE. Hurrah 1 Sister to Breeze Eight ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 25 SOVS. War Dance LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 3to 1 agat Fille de l'Air (taken) 9to 2 agst Lord Glasgow's lot (taken) 20 to 1 agst Paris (offered) CHESTER CUP. 9to 1 agat Change (taken) THE DERBY. 14 to 1 aget Catnnusean (taken) 11 to 1 agst Coastguard (token) 9to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's lot (offered, take 10) 1000 to 30 aget Paris (offered) 40 to 1 agst Blair Athol (offered) 15 to 1 aget Blair Athol being let, 2d, or 3d THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—This Evening. The LORD CHANCELLOR took hie seat on the woolsack at the usual hour. PETITIONS. Earl DE GREY and RIPON presented a petition from the grand jury of the county and the town of Drogheda in favour of a bill for t he registration of titles to land in Ireland. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from Bucking hamshire and Hampshire in favour of a repeal of the malt r.ax. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time : —Aber brothwick Harbour, Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway, and South Yorkshire Railway. • The Chertsey Gas Bill was road a third limo and passed. HE REbERVE FORCE. The Earl of LUCAN moved for a return of the strength of the reserve force. The noble earl referred to the discus sion which had taken place a few evenings ago on the sub ject, and said it was of the greatest importance that the matter should not be lost sight of. In the year 1854, owing to the Crimean war, about 33,000 recruits entered the :army, and, according to the terms of enlistment, a very large number of these men would be entitled to their discharge. He had heard it said, and he believed there was foundation for the statement, that upwards of 10,000 men intended to take their discharge, and not, as had been stated, that 10,000 men were merely entitled to their dis charge. Now that he thought a very serious state of things. Again, in the year 1555, there were 29,000 men entered, and next year between 7,000 and 8,000 men would be entitled to their discharge, and this would go on year after year until things were brought to a very alarming point. The army of the country amounted to over 210,000 men, out then a very large portion of that force was in India, and the casualties cf course would be very great. He must confess that he had heard with alarm the Secretary for War state that the Government did not intend to take any steps in the matter. It was said there was to be a lowering of the standard, but he thought that v. culd be a very unwise proceeding, because a man of Sit. sin. had not the strength and muscular power of a man stt. 6in. Then, with respect to the army of reserve, in his opinion the whole thing ;lad been a failure, and the beet thing the Government could do was to break it up altogether, and to get the officers to join the Militia, The Limited Enlistment Bill had been productive of nothing but bad results, and the only thing it bad done up to the present was to drive men out of the army in order to save the pension which the Government had after all to pay in the shape of eat ra expense incurred in inducing men to serve for an in creased term. The act was looked upon as one of unadul terated mischief without one single redeeming point to re commend it. Whatever might have been the object in view of those who framed that act it was not in consonance with the opinion of the late Duke of Wellington, who always laid it down as a principle to keep the old soldier in the army as long as he choose to serve, and certainly not to drive him from the service before he was 40 years old. Earl DE GREY said, from the best information he had been enabled to receive from the Horse Guards, 10,000 men would be entitled to their discharge, but only about 4,000 men, it was estimated, would leave the service during the present year. The question, therefore, they would have to consider was how to supply the loss of that 4,000 men. What he had done was to hold out extra in ducements to old soldiers to re-enlist, and the Government were not at all disposed to buy out the effects of the Act of 1847, the Government were quite ready to meet and accept its consequences. He did not think the act of 1847 was a failure. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—This Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. PENNSMK took the oaths and his seat on his elec ion for the borough of L Ancestor. PRIVATE• BUSINESS. - The Hamilton and Strathaven and Caledonian Railway Companies Bill, and the Llanidloes and Newton Railway Bill were read a third tin e and passed. THE BOROUGH OF BELFAST. Sir H. CAIRNS moved that the copy of the report of •he commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of the affairs of the borough of Belfast, with the minutes of the evidence be referred to the committee on the Belfast Im provement (No. 2) Bill. Jr.f MAGUIRE objected to any such reference. He said that for some time the corporation of Belfast had been charged with a malversation of the funds entrusted to their care, not for the purpose of peculation, but io exclude Liberals from the corporation and from the representation of the borough. They now wanted to obtain indemnity from their responsibility to the Court of Chancery in their administrative character, but their claims had been twice rejected by Parliament. Using the infiu encg they possessed with the then Government, they ob lained a commission to ii quire into the circumstances con• ❑ected with their position, but it was of a limited character. Sir IL CAIRNS, in eupport of his motion, contended that the hon. and learned member (Mr. Maguire) was not acquainted with all the foots of the case. Mr. BUTT supported the amendment, and Colonel W. PATTEN the original motion, which was agreed to. LONDON UNDERGROUND RAILWAY. Mr AYRTON moved that it be an instruction to the committee on group 1 of railway bills to allow the promo ters of the London Main Trunk Underground Railway Bill (ordered not to be proceeded with in the present session) to be heard upon petition against the following bills,with which such bill would, if proceeded with, have been in competition: Metropolitan Railway (Trinity•square Extension), East London Railway, Great Eastern Railway (Metropolitan Station and Railways), Metropolitan District Railways (No. 2), Metropolitan Ciraad Union Bailway (No. 2); pro vided that such petition shall have been deposited within the time prescribed by the standing orders for depositing petitions against private bills. Colonel W. PATTEN moved an amendment to the effect that the motion be negatived, but after some observa tion from Mr MASSEY in support of the motion, and Lord J. MANNERS for the amendment, the latter was withdrawn, and the motion was agreed to. TILE BARNSTAPLE ELECTION. Mr. HOWES, the chairman of the committee appointed to try the merits of the petition against the return of Mr. Thomas Lloyd, presented the report of the com mittee to the effect that, in some cases instances of bribery had been traced to the agents of the sitting mem ber, some of the electors having been proved to have ac cepted bribes of £5. They therefore decided that Mr. Lloyd was not duly elected, and that Mr. Bremridge was returned. At the same time, the committee did not con sider that bribery to any considerable extent prevailed at the election in question. (Laughter.) NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. BRAND, a writ was ordered to issue for the election of a member for the borough of Pon tefract, Mr. Childers, the member, having been appointed one of the Civil Lords of the Admiralty. POLAND. Mr, HENNESSY gave notice that, on going into corn , mittee of supply, he would move that the negotiati ons relative to Poland had not given satisfaction, and that th e conditions on which the dominion of Russia over Poland was agreed to had not been complied (He tr,hear.) TIIE SCELESWIG-HOLSTEIN Ql3 Mr. KINGLAKE gave notice that he would move as an amendment to the motion of which the hon. member for Liskeard had . given notice on this subject, to the effect that the treaty in regard to that matter had not been carried out, and that the Fttst Lord of the Treasury had, in the statetnent he had made on this subject, gone further than the circumstances of the c!so wamnte,t. PENAL SERVI I UDE (IRELAND.) Mr. MAGUIItE asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether ho was aware of the fact that the operation of one of the provisions of the Penal Servitude Bill would be to abolish the refuges for female convicts in Ireland ; and, if so, whether the Irish Government had been consulted upon the matter, and had approved or other wise of the abolition of said probationary institutions? G. GREY said there was no intention to make any alteration in the system in operation in Ireland, which worked very advantageously. NEW MUSEUMS AT SOUTH KENSINGTON. Sir S. NORTHCOTE asked the First Commissioner of Works what number of plans had been sent in for the pro posed N 917 Museums at South liensiDgton ; where, and when, he intends to exhibit them ; and who are to be the judges to decide upon them. Mr. COWPER, in reply' to this and some otherZque's_ tions, said that there had been no decision come to as t o the actual use to which the building should be appr o _ priated, and the subject could be brougt forward by an hon. member. THE ARMSTRONG GUNS. Mr, BERKELEY—As the Armstrong breech-loading guns, constructed by Sir William Armstrong, and now under trial at Shoeburyness, are made chiefly of solid blocks of mild steel (tempered in oil), and consequently totally different from the service guns which they are con sidered to represent, asked the Under Secretary of State for War whether it was the intention of the War-office to in stitute any and what trial of the Armstrong guns as at pre sent employed i n h er Mrjesty's ser vice, it being evident, from Ac'mirul K.uper's report, that come trial is urgently needed. The Marquis of lIARTINGTON said that, when he proceeded wi t h th e army estimates he wou ld b e i n a position to make a full explanation on the subject. He might - , how ever, then state that there was very little tlifference between the guns on trial at Shoeburyness and those which have been in use in the service, but they were undergoing a practical trial. LABOURERS AND PUBLIC DOCKYA.P.,r , S. Sir A. BULLER. asked the Secretary to the Admiralty whether the Government inten4 doing- anything towards the relief of the labourers in the several public dockyards, who are at present paid at a rato considerably below the ordinary market value of labour. Lord C. PAGET said that it was not proposed to make any alterations in reference to this subject. By the prac tice in operation in the public dockyards shipwrights em ployed there could earn very good wages, and the labourers STATE, &c. benefi o t F s. could participa t e SECRETARIES i n t he i r Mr DISRAELI drew the attention of the house to the fact that the (Bees of Principal Secretaries of State and Under Secretaries of State had been given to no less than five sitting members of the house, in contravention of the provisions of the existing statue which limited the number to four. This was a constitutional question in re spect to which he wished for some information. Lord PA LMERSON said that the distribution of the officers referred to was at present the same as it had been for some time, and the question was too important to be discussed off-hand. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DISRAELI wished to be informed by the Speaker, whether this question was not one of privilege, and whether as such, it cuuld not be brought on at any time. The question of the right hon. member elicited no reply, and the subject dropped. TRADE WITH FOREIGN NATIONS. On the motion for going into committee of supply, Mr NV. FORSTER called the attention of the house to the arrangement between the Foreign Office and the Board of Trade in reference to trade with foreign nations, moved for a select committee thereon, and was [LEFT SPEARING.] LONDON GAZETTE.—Thies Evening, FOREIGN OFFICE, APRIL 6. The Queeu has been graciously pb-aced to appoint the Hon. Frederic Henry North, now Attache to her Majesty's Embassy at Berlin, to be a Third Secretary in her Majesty's diplomatic service. FOREIGN OFFICE, APRIL 12. , The Queea has been pleased to approve of 'Mr. ;fames H. Hunt as Consul at Falmouth for his Majesty the King of Denmark. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. C. F Burch as Consul at Cardiff for the United States of America CROWN OFFICE, APRIL 15. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PAR_ LIAMENT. Borough of Lancaster—Edward Matthew Fenwick, of Burrow Hall, in the county 0+ Lancaster, Esq., in the room of William James Garnett, Esq., who has accepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of her Majesty's manor of Northstead, in the county of York. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 15. BRLVET. Second Captain Henry Clement Swinnerton Dyer, Royal Artillery, to be Major. COMMISSIARIAT DE£ART:WENT.—Acting Deputy As sistant Commissary-General William J. J. Warnetord to be Deputy Assistant Commissary-General. HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY OF LONDON. Second Lieutenant Edward Moses to be First Lieutenant, vice Dawes, relieved.—The Commission held by Captain Frederick Riviere is renewed for a farther period of fivo years from 4th March, 1864. BANKRUPTS. The following sre the only bankrupts of commercial im .portance in the tiazette : • Charles Bowman, jeweller, St. John-street-road Thomas Wood, licensed victualler, Great Tower street Henry Phillip Lyon, house agent, Gloucester-st., Pimlico John Ricketts, builder, Everson, Lancashire Joseph Swaine, tailor, Macclesfield Joseph Redford, leather merchant, Bermondsey George Cushen. butcher, Hammersmith Benjamin Abrahams, watchmaker, Norwich John Washbourn, corn dealer, Hungerford Thomas Freeman, timber merchant, Bermondsey John Marshal Dykes, hatter, Stourbridge David Markes, boot and shoe manufacturer, Birmingham Francis Trepess, coal .lealer, 'Warwick Abraham Fitth, beer seller, Halifax BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Rev. Robert W. Belt, Brompton George Barnes, corn dealer, Macclesfield George Mason, farm bailiff, North Somercotes SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Runcie, tinsmith, Aberdeen Daniel Moriscn, painter, Glasgow James Young, saw maker. Glasgow Alex. Mather, dairyman, Edinburgh J. itombach and Co., clock makers, Edinburgh Alevander Campbell, painter, Glasgow Henderson and Forgie, general merchants, Glasgcw William Jardine, farmer, Upper Cleugh, Dumfriesshire James Swan, farmer, Smailholm Mains, Roxburghshire John Breckenridge, shoemaker, Glasgow William Mashieson, c,owfeeder, Elgin Course of the Exchange.—This Day. .msterdam Ditto .. 3 Month, 11 194 11 194 Rotterdam .. 11 14 11 194 Antwerp — 25 45 25 60 Brussels — 25 45 25 60 Hamburgh — 13 a 13 8 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine --. 119 k 119 k Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 321 33k Berlin Madrid ladiz Leghorn 48i 48 25 62f 4SI 4St :5 671 __ __ Milan — 25 62i 25 67j Genoa .— 25 62i 25 67f Naples l'alernio .— 25 65 25 70 Messina — 25 65 26 70 Lisbon — 52 62* 0p0rt0.... Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z.... £3 17 fp Mexican Dollars . Silver in Bars (Standard) The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about der raille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.171 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold in about the same price in London and Paris. By advices irumHamburg the price of gold is 423} per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per £1 sterling. -tandard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. fhe nourse of exchange at New York on London for bills at GO days' sight is 1771 to 178/ per cent., and the premium on gol , l is about 3/ percent. At these rates there is no profit on the importationof gold from the United States. COST OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS.—The Civil Service Estimates for the current year, relat ing to the cost of public works and buildings, have just been published. Our readers may be interested by some of the items. The maintenance and repair of Royal Palaces, wholly or partly in the occupation of the Queen, absorb £35,291, other palaces, &c., in England, £16,967. There is a sum of £1,656 required for the restoration of the windows of St. John's Chapel, White Tower, and the ex terior of the eastern and southern sides of St. Thomas's Tower—Public Buildings in Scotland take £15,365; this includes Holyrood Palace, preservation of Haddington Abbey, Glasgow Cathedral, Cloister of St. Andrews, &c.— Public Parks near London, and Holyrood-park, £97,952, of which New Botanic and Pleasure Gardens take £19,981 Houses of Parliament, £32,144, including gas, ventilation, clock, police, fuel, &c. ; add to this for pictures and statues £3,800 —New Foreign-office instalment, £7 s ,ooo—Edin.: burgh Industrial Museum, £6,7so—Aberdeen University, £3,355 --Public Record Itf-p,isitory, £26,ooo—Westminster Bridge Approaches, £2o,ooo—New Westminster Bridge, cost £lo of 930t —Nelson is Column,n given at £ 'Trafalgar-square, quaren, efol;..od 00 (theßuild ings, Dublin, £ lB ,ooo—National Gallery, Dublin, buildings, £l,3oo—Purchase of land &c., at Kensington Gore, £53,000. We understand that the office of Junior Lord o the Admiralty, vacated by Mr. Stansfeld and de dined by Mr Baxter, has b:en offered to Mr. Childers, M.P. for Pontefract, and has been accepted by that gentle man. An election for Pontefract may therefore bs expected to occur witnia a few days. It is stated that Mr. Lowe, the Vice-President of the Committee of the Privy Council on Educa 'ion, has tendered his resignation in consequence of the vote of Tuesday night; but wo are not positively informed whether his resignation has been accepted. The friends of the right hon. gentleman not iu the Government, it is said, are of opinion that he cannot retain office after the adverse vote of Tuesday. TUE ALEXANDRA. —Although the officers of customs at Liverpool still retain possession of the Alex andra serew c am , it is understood that an intimation has been ccniveyecl to the owners that the Crown is ready to deliver her over to them on their lodging the usual ap plication. • HENRY IRETON AND DRIDG ET er.OMW ELL. — The following extract from the ancient register of marriages in the parish of Holton, near Oxford, is an historical memo randum which has never been publicly noticed before: — cc 1646. —Weddings. Henry Ireton, Commissary General to Sir Thomas Fairfax, and Bridget . ~ daughter to Oliver Cromwell, Leftenaunt general' of the horse to the said Sir Thomas I' airefax, were married by Mr. Dell in the Lady Whet wood her house in Holton, Jane 15, 1615," "IS