The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-11 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMZHCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There was a further influx of £50,000 in gold at the Bank yesterday. .. _ The Baroda, which leaves to-morrow for Bombay, will convey £86,000 in gold and £31,800 in silver, making a total of £117,800. The City of Baltimore, from New York, has ar rived with £98,000. In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon there was a slightly downward tendency. The Mexican dollars by the last packet have been sold at ss. ltd. per oz. A respectably constituted undertaking has just been brought forward under the title of the Alliance National Land, Building, and Investment Company (Limited). It is proposed to develops and extend the business of the Alliance National Land, Build ing, and Investment Society, which was established in 1862, and has attained success. Under the ope ration of the Limited Liability Act, the company will always have the best opportunities for using its capital to advantage. The shares of the British Land Company (Limited) are now saleable at a premium of upwards of 50 per cent. Operations will be carried on both in England and Ireland. It is mentioned that no expense will attend the pro motion and establishment of this undertaking, with the exception of the cost of the usual preparation of the articles of association and registration. We shall advert to this important association at some length to-morrow. The shares of the Tavistock Iron Company were in demand to-day at 1} and 2 prem. The capital stock of this company is being rapidly absorbed. By a telegram from St. Nazaire we learn that the Transatlantic Company's steamer Floride has ar rived at that port with 226 passengers and 30,000 dollars in freight. She left Vera Cruz on the 14th ult., Santiago de Cuba on the 20th, and Martinique on the 26th. Two o' CLOCK. At Paris this morning, according to Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 75c. A quiet and heavy feeling has pervaded the Stock Exchangemarkets today. Little business has been negotiated, and a few sales have been sufficient to occasion a decline of about I per cent in the En glish Funds. Consols are 911 a for money, and 9011, less the dividend, for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 88/ 89k ; Exchequer Bills for March, 153. die. ; and for June, 4s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents. 1041 105, and ditto 4 per Cents. 996. India Stock is 217 219. In the Foreign Market, business is moderately active, and prices are a trifle flatter. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 70 . / 711 ; ditto Consolid4s, 601 51; Mexican, 43t 44; ditto New, die. par ; Greek, 221 23; Portuguese, 471 481-- ; Spanish Passive, 348 35 ; and the Confederate Loan, 65 67. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been on a very limited scale, and the few bargains recorded show in several instances a slight decline as regards prices. Metropolitan and South Eastern hava each receded 10s., and North Western, 6s. ; while London and Blackwell have improved 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit little change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in some in stances at slightly reduced quotations. British American Exchange zealise 41 ; Alliance Bank, 63 64 ; Imperial Ottoman, 204 ; London and County, 604; National Bank, 78; General Credit, 1; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 84t. The following are the current quotations of some of the principal new undertakings ;—lmperial Bank of China, 1 2 prem. ; Millwall Iron Works, lt 21 prem.; Thames Iron Works, 1 s 2 prem.; Provincial Bank Corporation, I I prem.; Interna tional Land Credit, 2 24 prem. ; Telegraph Con struction, 111 prem.; Sabloniere Hotel, lf prem.; and North Australian Company,l 1 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCX. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, May 8 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent B9b 8k New 2t per Cent. Jan. 1894.... — Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 .-- Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,oooper ,2i & 3 Cent. 15 4 die Ditto £5OO Ditto £lOO and £2OO Bank England Stk, 51 per Ct. Ditto Account.. Imo' irt GOTERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 219 17 41, Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Ditto Account Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 — Do Certificates Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. Ditto 5i per Cent., May, 1879 — ®Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 Ditto Bonds El,OOO — Ditto under £l,OOO fORRIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 1859 •• Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 t Ditto 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent --. Ditto Account — Chilian 6 per Cent. Ditto 41 pee Cent — Colombian 6 per Gent — Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1864 — Ditto Scrip £5O paid — Pm Equador New Co nso lid ate d , 1 per Cent l3 1 Egyptian 7 per Cent.. Ditto, Second Issue .. Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. Ditto Account .. Ditto Coupons Ditto Account Guatemala 5 per C ent. - Ditto, 1839 and 1859 — Italian 6 per Cent.(Maremwana Railway) Mexican 3 p er C ent— Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 6 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 41 per Cent Ditto Account... i)itto 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 .. Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account • • Ditto 3 pe r C en t ., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1860 Ditto 3 pe r C ent 1859 Ditto 5 pe r Cent,%1862 .. 531 . B 5l 651 Sardinian 5 per Cent .... -- Ditto Account„ . ........ Spanish 3 per Cent .................. Ditto Account .... ............. Ditto New Deferred.. ... . Ditto Acc0unt........... Ditto Passive .. Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Azeount ...... 111 Swedish, 4 per Cent Turkish. 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account — Ditto, i.:100 Bonds 72 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds 7li 1 Ditto : 1863 'Vene zue Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. 99 la 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 6 23 per Cent , 1862 Ditto Account . Ditto 6 pe r C ent, 1864 541 5 Ditto Scrip, xis Paid... Ditto 11 per C ent . — dis Dividends on the above payable in Lond .n. Austrian, 5 per Cent.. E x. 10 Florins. -- Belgian 41 per Cen t ., E x . 25f — Dutch 21 per Cent., .Ex. 12 Guil. • NiDitto 4 per Cent. Certificates ... Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account Oo nsols Money TWO O'CLOCK. 91/ I Ditto Account el ~ 901 i xi d The mercantile classes do not appear inclined to obtain more accommodation at 9 per cent. than necessity compels. The rate is a high one, and pre cedence as well as economy dictates the curtailment of business till less onerous terms for discounting shall prevail. The floating balances of bankers and brokers show no augmentation, and no change has therefore been made in the quotation for first-class bills, although six months' paper has been negotiated at 81 per cent. BEARE 'his day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. r Wok, and Str. Val, Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon IIinTIO • Cornwall Do A A gets no di‘ Do. B ti 11 Sp c.p an.has bn to B. Dublin & ee Belfas pai t d June. D un„Perth,&Ab. Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow. IGIRGg. and S. Western. G rea tEastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian at I GreatNorthot Scotland IGreat Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Irelan , Great Western Do Str Val gua. stool: Lancashite & Yorkshin 'London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat, and Dover Lon. & Nor , h Western Lon. & Scr.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do f shares.. Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. tit. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchas( Do Leeds Do York Do North London 8 14 Si 9 83 85 1171 1181 35 37 16 17 88 90 1- 106 47 Do New North Staffordshire .. N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Soot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid, stock Shrews. and Welchpooi Shropshire Union South Devon ...... South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok., an dWok Stockton tt Darlington Do Do New, 183 C Taff Va1e........... Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pint Watertbrd Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Ilar.&R , West Midland —Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford I 1 . Railways, P a id. Closing Business Prioe. done. 6 74 129 130 I 137} 134 130 i 32 91 93 C3i 64 IC9 1041 64 86 100 (01 40 41 1091 109/, 964 97i 53 34 f 1 1} 7141 130 130& 100 IC2 504 Sli 246 '454 991 1001 55i 661 88& 90 128 131 14 2i p 76 78 lof 1I 121 123 39 40 64 66 33 35 90 901 1104 107 7 6 361 37 1 91 10 8 8 165 17 0 p 5 7 p 3 4 p 95 97 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share 100 Sk i 20 Railways :Ltlantio & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cont... Do. New . .••• •• Do. E. Shares.....” Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant,&Godricli 6 p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 187's Do. do. June 1, 18;4 Cleutta.&S.Eastn.(ll, / ,,,' Cape Town t Doegcril pasta. Bengal gu, 5 p. East India;,, u. sp. c. Do. 00. G Ext Do. do. H do. GrPAd Trunk of Canada bo. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred,..,.. Do. 3d ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... IGLlndiaPentn.gua.sp.o Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1882 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim, guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. Wof Canada Shar es Do. New ....... Do. 6 p.c. '73 witlet opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras. guar., 5 p. 0. .. Do, 4} p. c. Extension Do. 4* Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnd, Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. Bds Newßrusswick Canda Class A and B N.lll.C'da3 po lat pf bds Soinde Do. Delhi Do. do. Do. Pnjaub Do. D u o. • , Do. Indus,.St. no ) COLONIAL GOVERN 20 10 100 100 100 stock stook stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stook stock stock B'ook - I t.,..(i0v. 6 p.c.) 1877-84 --.......... Do. a p. C. Feb. & Aug. Do. 6 p. C. Mar. & Sept. Do. 6 p. o. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock Cape G.Hope, 8 p 0,1870 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 Do. 189(2 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6 p c Mauritius 6 per cent ,Natal Gov. 6 per cent N.B.Gov. p.c. J a.&July 1)o. 6p. c.Ap. & Oot. N. S.W. Gov. 5p z..,18(it Do. 5 p. c.,18/1 to Id 2( Do. d0.,1888 &upwds !New Zealand 6 p cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. e. sterling, 1875... Queensland Gcv 6p. C. S. Aus G 6 p. 8 . 1- ,78.& up Vic. Gov. 6P. Ja.&July Do. io 6p a iii),,koct.. _i Paid. all 100 (100 1 100 2 all , 100 k 100 MEN 100 100 100 100 100 Closing Prioe. 58 66 104 iO2 Id 6 } 81 91 77 82 77 88 77 82 1(1) 402 98 ICO 103 105 1(2. 1031 I I 2u 206 71 13 60 .52 60 61 51 53 48 50 40 42 25 27 23 t 6 102 103 101 tO3 10 10a 10a 10 94 95 84 86 101} )02 tn i 94 06 90 94 58 GO 3 6 82 84 102 103 101 104 P IP tuo 102 03 95 1 SEC UItITIE.‘,,. 103 105 102 :04 102 104 90 82 89 91 106 108 107 109 1(8 110 110 112 105 107 106 108 16 108 102 104 99i 100 a 99 101 99 101 103 111 164 106 JO 112 1071 1081 f Od 32 34 550 660 67 70 Share,' 13.14 j BRITISH MI. Ambrian Consol. Gold ,;1111ord Amalgamated Devon G. Con, (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Clog - au Gold Ltd East Ca.radon ...... East Cam Brea.. E. W'l Russel (Tavistk ) Gam.,4StAtinyn(Gwen Great South Tolgus (i. Wheal Vor (Reis ton' !Grenville flercsd'a-Foot ilingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret ( tiny Lelant Clarke Valley.. Myndy Iron Oro (Lim New Seton .. North Downs N. WWI Baseet (Mogan North Wheal Crotty i Par Consols (St. Blazes Providence (Uny Lelnt.) South Caradon(St, Cleer, S. Carn Brea (Illogan) S.Wh eel Fran. (Illogan, !Stray Park .. . iramar Silv.tt Lead din I nn Crott West Basset (Illogan). • W Cr radon (Liskeard) West Seton ...... . Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller(ltedruth) Wheal Kitty (U.Lclstnt) 'WhealLudcott ...... ‘Vheal MaryAnni,:den ) Wheal Oeton ......... Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) Wheal Union =i 1.14.6 3.4.0 8.13.0 581 178 6.16. r 8.12 4.18.0 2.a 6 14- 1 4.3 0 1 2i 191 2j 3.1.0 2.6.9 10.0. 7 1} 18.18.9' ,30.17.6 2.0.6 3.5.8 8 581 7 3.17 41 43 450 170 2 lli 200 22 2 24 14 !05 24 24 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 1, Ditto, 6 per cent. pf., 123 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto, 4i per cent., Blackburn pur., 104 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London and Elackwall, 41 per cent stk., 9 9i liondon, Brighton, Am, 411 per cent., 1858, 99 LINES LEASED AI FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham, 4i per Cent., 881 Preston and Wyre, FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and RottP.tclara, gi Bahia and San Francisco (lint) gua. 7 per oent., Belgian Eastern Junction, 14 Recite and Sail Francisco (lim.), gua. 7:per cent., 16i San Paulo (I'm.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditt., (all), 191 FOREIGN MINES. Alamilloe, limited, Yudtnarautana of S. Australia, 1im.,134 BANKS. Agra and United Service (Urn.), 143 40 Alliance (Inn.), 64 3 Ditto, new, 63 Anglo Austrian,:7 Bank of London. 176 Bank of °tap, Urn., 4 Bank of Wales, Um., 17 Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 1341 ; British anil American Exchange (Um.), 41 British ^..nd Californian, Um., (in Chartr,red Bank of India, Australia. and China, 39 ChP.rtered her. of India, London, and China, Ditto, new, 954 Consolidated Bank, Urn., 114 11 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 21 Entopean Bank, lim., 122 Hindustan, China, and Japan (UM.), 34 Imperial Bank (11m.), 404 Imperial Ottoman, 214 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 61 Londo n L ondon, Bu enos Ayres, and River Plate, 50 _ Ditto, new, 54 L ondon and County, 61 6,1 London and Colonial (lim. o ) 154 Lond lia mburg, Cont. Exchange, Jim,, 181 o 4 Joint stock, 46 Lor:aon and South African, 26 i .ondon and South-Western,•,2s4 London and %' estminster, 91 Merchant Bank, lim , 21 b.( e M ercant il etropo al ht ar rovincial Banit, Urn., 29 39 Mexican, Jim., National Bank, 78 Ditto, new, 42 Provincial of Ireland. 93 Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi, Um., South Eastern, Rm., 5,} Union Standardof Londo n , Brish 56 5 So uth Africa pima), 324 4 MISCELLANEOUS, Atlantic Royal Mail Steam, 21 204 City Offices, lim., 6 5 51 Commercial Union, Insurance, 84 Consolidated Discount, Jim., 84 Credit MobidEr, 94 Discount Corporation, 164 16 East India Irrigation and Canal, 65 Egyptian Cora. and Trading, Um, 6 5 13.4-pialt and Australian Copper, 14 trnireroal Marine, Insurance, I M') 64 6 7 47} 1 131 :9 1103 1 65 4/ 102 11 0 } 1 10 97 541 114 12i 100 all all all all 100 100 100 1001 561 90 i i i Business done 1031 151 0 62 3 1071 9 71 40 50 23 30 78 19 9 10 16 18 195 LOS 90 95 30 35 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 11, 1864. SHAKSPERE FOUNDATION SCHOOLS, Central C: This Day, OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Williams.) ALLRGED MANSLAUGHTER. John Stephens, carrying on the business of herbalist in Whitechapel, surrendered to an indictment charging him with the manslaughter of a boy named William Proby, aged 15. The father of the boy, a labouring man living at Eastfield street, Limehouse, finding his son very unwell, went to the defendant's shop and described the symptoms to the defen dant, and he gave him some pills and powders which were administered to the deceased. Some ointment was also given for outward application. The lad became very much worse., and ultimately died on March 20. Previously to his death he was attended by a regular medi cal practitioner, and from certain circumstances coming to the knowledge of the authorities an inquest was held, and the contents of the deceased's stomach was sent to Dr. Letheby for analysation. The report of Dr. Letheby stated that the deceased had been suffering from a diseased hip-joint, but in the stomach a large quantity of cayenne pepper was disco vered, which it was now sought to show was improperly administered by direction of the defendant, and had produced the inflammation of which the boy died; The trial was proceeding when we went to press. FOURTH COURT. The Recorder was occupied with the trial of three men named Heath, Ansel], and Brammond, who were indicted for stealing, and the latter with receiving some engravings, bat the case was one of not the least public interest. The New Court and Third Court were not sitting when our report left. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. 3 IARLBOROUGH STREET. UNPROVOKED ASSAIJI7;O;I7FEMALE. — Henry Hard ing, a powerfully-built young man, described as a carman, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with the following ruf fianly assault on a young woman named Ellen M'Carthy. The complainant, who is in an advanced stage of preg nancy, said she resided in York-place, Buckingham-street, Strand, and on the previona night was passing down Oxendon-street, Coventry -street, when she saw defendant beating a female. Some persons collected, and a gentle man cried out " Shame," upon which the defendant turned round and asked, " Who said that," and then, without her saying a word to him or giving him the least pro vocation, knocked her down. !The defendant, while she was lying on the ground, then set to kicking her in the side, till some persons lifted her up and gave him into custody. The defendant said that some girls wearing hats had annoyed him and knocked his hat off. The complainant said she neither touched nor spoke to she defendant. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a brutal assault on a female, especially in the condition of the complainant. The cool plainant had evidently stopped to see what the defendant was doing, and then the defendant .made an attack upon her, she having done him no harm. He should fine the defendant 205,, or a month in the House of Correction. and was ill ; but his sister caused them to take an emetic, which saved their lives. While Mrs Tregear was lodging at Tottenham her husband came over to Tottenham to his sister's, and from her lodgings Mrs Tregear went there to see him. He was greatly excited at the time, and Mrs Wheaton, his sister, induced his wife to leave him as she was sure he would be better with her away from him. He then remained ill in bed for two days without seeing her; but on Wednesday night, at a quarter-past ten, her landlady let him in after his wife had gone to bed. "He came into my bedroom," said Mrs Tregear, " and shut the door. He stood for a quarter of an hour without saying a word. He laid flowers on the table, and he put there also the first letter he ever received from me. He placed several portraits on the table. His sister came into the room and wanted him to leave. He ordered her out, saying he wished to speak to me. Sha stood with her husband outside the ' door. My husband looked very strange, and I asked his sister to come in again. He again ordered her out, and she left, saying, 'lf anything happens to him you shall be given into custody.' He then walked round to the opposite side of the bed. He pointed to the flowers which he had brought, and said that he had plucked them at Hampstead that day, :at the house where he had first met me. He pointed to his hat, on which there was a new black hat band, and asked me' Do you know what that means ?' I said I did not. He said that he had s3en my papa that day. (Her father had died before they were married, and he was aware of that.) Ho said he had waited long before he saw him, and that then he told him to go and see her. He said my papa told him he was married again. I do not recollect that he said anything else. I was terrified, and went to call Mrs Wheaten, who was outside. He said I will blow out my brains.' I ran to the door and called' Sarah,' but heard an explosion, and saw him fall onl to the bed. I found ho had shot himself through the head." Dr May gave evidence to the :effect that he died an hour afterwards from the pistol shot wound. Mrs Wheaton, in her evidence, said that her brother had not exactly forgiven his wife, but he was so fond of her that he said to her, " I will die, Georgians, in your sight." She treated him with the greatest pride and callousness. They had agreed to take poison together, but she had evidently no intention of doing so, The Coroner said it would have been truly diabolical if the wife had accompanied her husband up to London to purchase poison under an agreement to take it with Lim, when she had no intention that it should be fatal to more than one. Mrs Tregear repeated that she did take the poison with her husband. The Coroner having summed up, The jury returned a verdict, "That deceased died from a pistol shot, inflicted by his own right hand while in a etate of insanity, into which he had been driven by the infidelity and heartless conduct of his wife." It was stated that the unhappy lady was the daughter of parents that died seven years ago. She was then brought up in the family of an eminent surgeon practising in Hamp stead, at whose death, two years ago, she was left with no other protector than his aged widow. AMERICA. (Per the City of Baltimore.) NEW YORK, APRIL 29 (Evening). Letters from Admiral Porter represent Banks' expedition as a disastrous failure. He lust 4,000 prisoners, 30 guns, 1 first class gunboat, and 1,000,000 dollars in greenbacks. The latest advices state the Confederates are marching to attack Grand &ore. General Banks is str.mgly entrenched at that place. The City of Baltimore takes out 490,000 dollars in specie on freight. NEW YORK,APRIL 30 (Morning). The Confederates are paid to be marching on Grand Ecore. General Banks' losses in the late campaign are larger than was at first reported. No movement is expected to be made by General Grant fer several days. Yesterday General Burn. side visited Grant's headquarters. The Confederates are withdrawing troops from all quarters to reinforce General Lee. The Senate has passed the bill increasing the import duties 50 per cent. for 60 days. The Courier des Etats Unis states that there is no disagreement between• the Federal and the French Governments on the Richmond tobacco question. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, APRIL 30 (Morning). Money easier. Gold 79 per cent. prem. Ex. change on London—Bankers' Bills 197. Stocks dull. New York Centrals, 136; Illinois shares, 1271; Erie, 113 a ; Six per Cent. United States Bonds, 1134. PUBLIC MEETING.-THIS DAY. A public meeting was held to-day at the Adelphi Theatre in aid of establishing a school in connection with the Royal Dramatic College, to be called the Shakspere Foundation School. At half-past one o'clock the ()hair was taken by CHARLES DICKENS, Esq. Amongst those present on the stage were : J. B. Buckatone, Esq., Col. De Bathe, B. Webster. Esq., E. Yates, Eeq., Sterling Coyne, Esq., Rev. J. Cox, C. Gruneisen, Esq., W. Bennett, Esq., Ger, Garwood, EFq., H. Compton, Esq., W. Webster, Esq., G. B. Childs, Nelson Lee, aq,, A. Mellon, Esq., T. Williams, Ecq., R. E. Phillips, Esq., D. Meadows, Esq., J. W. Anson, Esq., J. L. Toole, Esq., R. Roxby, Esq., J. Robins, E , q., J. H. Hol lingshed, Egq., W. H. Maxwell, Esq., T. Smith, Esq., Charles Kent, Esq., W. R. Crawford, Esq., Miss M. A. Braddon, Mrs. Childs, G. Bristow, Esq., G. Vining, Esq., Tom Taylor, Esq., Same] Phelps, Esq., and Paul Bedford. The CHAIRMAN said—Fortunately for the meeting and fortunately for himself, it was not his business to make a speech, as his duty, viz., was more like that of Falstaff, to be the cause of speech in others, and listen attentively to every gentleman who might address them. He believed it was the duty of the chairman of a public meeting to give a plain and concise outline of the objects for which they were assembled, They were not met that day to talk over the Shakesperian Tercentenary Festival— (laughter)—they were not assembled to commemo• rate the birth of Shakspere, although they intended in a short time, as humble worshippers, to take his name, and he hoped it would not be in vain. They were all aware that there was a very admir able institution in existence, viz., the Royal Dra matic College, which was a harbour of rest and re pose to the veterans of the dramatic art—(hear, hear)—and it was now proposed to carry out one of the objects which was a portion of the original idea, viz., the founding and endowing schools for the education of the children of actors and actresses; but in the project to be set afloat that day it was not proposed to be at all exclusive ; on the con trary, the schools would be open to all who proposed to select it as a place of education for their children. The proposition, which, when it was spoken of, re ceived the high approval of the late lamented Prince Consort, was to build a school in which forty children of actors —twenty boys and twenty:girls— would be placed upon the foundation, but it was not to be limited to that alone. The schools would be built upon the society's own land. It would, there fore, be free from debt in that particular, and this of itself was an object of the highest importance. Ob jection had been made to receiving sons of actors for education in some little snivelling private school— (hear, hear, and laughter)—but in a public school never. He, therefore, thought it wise that they should propose to throw the schools open to the public, for it would show that they were not desirous of founding mere hole and corner establish ments. But he would leave the matter in their hands. He had merely dealt with the subject, although a tempting one, as the owner of an entailed estate, and he hoped he had handed it down to the speakers that were to follow him in an unencumbered condition. He had perhaps cut a little timber, and had grubbed up a little brushwood here and there, but that was merely to clear the view of the gentleman who would move the first resolution, whom he hoped would thereby distinctly see his way. He would therefore call upon his friend near him to move the first resolution. Mr R. BELL said he had great pleasure in complying with the desire of the chairman, and he therefore moved— " That the Royal Dramatic College is now in a sufficiently advanced state to render it eesirable to proceed with the foundation of the schools set forth in a charter of that in stitution as a part of its original design." The actor had long desired to have a school like that which it was now sought to establish, and he felt certain the public would nobly second the efforts of those who had done so much to elevate the tastes, feelings, and desires of the public at large, (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then called upon Samuel Phelps, Esq., to second the resolution, and when that gentleman rose to do so, he was received with the loudest applause. Mr. PHELPS, however, resumed his seat by simply saying, " Mr. Chairman, I have great pleasure in seconding the resolution." The adoption of the resolution was then put to the meeting, and carried unanimously. Mr. A. TROLLOPE then moved the second rem lution, viz.:-- " That the schools shall be called the Shakspere Founda tion Schools, and shall be devoted to the sound and liberal education of pupils of both; sexes, not to be restricted to any profession or class, and that there shall be a certain number of foundation scholars, so many boys, and so many girls, according to the endowment; and that these founda tion scholars, receiving their education gratuitously, shall always be the ch ldren of actors, actresses, and dracnatio writers. He said he, for one, had to complain of the chairman, because in the remarks he had made to the meeting he had not only cut his timber and grabbed up all his brush wood, but his soil had been left entirely destitute; he had, in fact, so dealt with the matter now before the meeting that little else was left for those who followed him but to express their high admiration of his transcendent talents. (Cheers.) The resolution spoke plainly, and therefore he would resume hie seat by anticipating its unanimous adop tion. A GENTLEMAN in the stalls, who stated that be was a subscriber to the Dramatic College, suggested that the weal " poor" should be inserted before the conctluding words of the resolution— viz., actors and actresses, or dramatic writers. He 'was not anxious that that particu lar Word should be accepted, but he thought it absolutely necessary that, in order to avoid the course pursued in some other sohools, the uholars of such foundation should be the eons or daughters of decayed ce necessitous actors. Another gentleman in the body of the theatre said he would have great pleasure in seconding such an amendment. After a few remarks from the Chairman, who said that as the selection of the foundation scholars would always rest in the Council of the Royal Dramatic College, he thought the amendment was quite unnecessary. The amendment having been withdrawn, Mr, E. SOTHERN said he had great pleasure in seconding the resolution. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then submitted the proposition to the meeting, and declared it carried unani mously. Mr. Tom TAYLOR moved the third resolution, which was as follows ;-- "That a subscription be opened for the building of the schools and the endowment of the foundation of scholar ship, and the public support be entreated in behalf of the educational institution which addresses the whole com munity." Reverting VI the remark o f th e c h a i rman, he said he knew at least one gentleman whose son had bP.'e,n refused admission to one of those snivelling schools merely because his father was an actor. The:foundation and:establishment of the Shakspere School in connection with the Dramatic College would entirely prevent the repetition of such narrow and shallow minded actions; (Cheers.) The resolution having been seconded, was put to the meeting and carried unanimously. The following resolution was also carried ;-- " That Mr. Webster be requested to aot as treasurer, pro tem., and that a committee of gentlemen be appointed (with power to add to their number), to advance the above ob jects. A cordial vote of thanks was then proposedrto the Chairman for his kind, able, and valuable as sistance, and also for the manner in which he had presided over the meeting that day. The resolution was carried amidst great enthu. gum, and, after its acknowledgment by Mr. Dickens, the meeting separated. Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day, Extreme rates. Sales probably about 15,000 bales or more. Imports, 9,775; previously, 14,366. WESTMINSTER. WHOLESALE SHOPLIFTING.—Ann and Elizabeth Smith, mother and daughter, were charged with stealing three dress pieces, valued at upwards of £2, from the shop of Henry and William Rowels, linendrapers, Nos, n and 12, Warwick-street, Pimlico. Mr William Howele said that at about half-past eight on the previous evening the prisoners came into the shop while he was at supper, and, from information received from one of the shopmen, he went into the shop, when he saw the prisoners, and before saying anything observed the end of a robs protruding from under the younger prisoner's shawl. As they were about to leave the shop, witness asked the prisoners what they had got under their shawls, upon which the younger prisoner let fall two robes, the elder prisoner one. They were five yards from the counter when they dropped the things, mad about a foot from the door of the shop. In reply to the magistrate, witness said that as the pri soners stood together the younger dropped two dresses on her right, and the elder one on her left. Allan Shorter, assistant at the shop, said that the pri soners came into the shop and asked for some linen, with which they were served, and then wanted some caps. *Witness perceived the younger prisoner put something under her shawl, and went to inform his mister, who came out, and upon taxing the prisoners with the robbery, they dropped the articles stolen. Police -constable 238 A said that he was celed to take the prisoners into custody. They both said they know nothing about the dresses. - • The elder prisoner, in answer to charge, said that she never had anything, and the younger said that her mother had taken nothing, but that she had got all the dresses and dropped them all. Mr. Arnold remanded the prisoners for a week. THAMES, A VERY DANGEROUS CUSTOMER.—Catherine Moore, a very turbulent and drunken woman, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with being intoxicated, disorderly, assault, and wilful damage. Mrs. Sarah Machin; a respectable widow, said she was the landlady of the Charles Napier beer and wine house, in the Commercial-road, Limehouse. Yesterday moraine, at 11 o'clock, the prisoner came to the bar inebriated, and called for a pint of porter. She refused to serve her. on which the prisoner said "if you don't serve me I'll serve you out," and took up a tumbler, which she hurled at her head. It glanced by her face and struck the back of the shop. Her daughter then commenced removing the glasses and pots off the counter, and before she could, do so the prisoner swept away everything off the counter, including pots and glass. All the glasses were broken. Before a police-constable could be fetched the prisoner took up threw it at th e d aughter of witness. I t m i ssed her and a pint pot f r om behind the engi ne an d went through an embossed window, the value of which was 225. Besides that the prisoner broke a tumbler and four glasses, abused her vilely, and made a great disturbance. Fanny Fox, the daughter of Mrs Maclaren, confirmed the statement of her mother. The prisoner, who had scarce ly recovered f r o m yester day's dissipation, said §he had no recollection of what happened. Mr Paget sentenoed the prisoner to one month'lll imprison. went and herd labour. Shocking Tragedy at Tottenham, p v r e e 1,1 respecting a in thedeath of Mr. Gb r y On Monday en was held a t l Teg'3a a civil eng i neer. The following letter, signed by hbyirmallarrd'Hhilismbys i 66 wife, was found after his death. From it will be gathered hie statement as to the cause he had for com mitting suicide FeIIOW.COUn trym en,--W e h ave drawn up the statement that you might k now why we have agreed to die together, and the villany that drove us to do it. We were married on the 6th of July last; and we met for the first time only a year ago. We slept together the first three months, and nothing disturbed our happiness; but then we took the house in Bedford-terrace, and as we had only a very small income, to increase our means we let rooms. One of these lodgers was Mr. Cowen, bandmaster and secretary to the London Irish Volunteers. In February I received a va lentine, intimating that my wife had an adulterous inter course Cowen, I gave Mr. Cowen notice, and he removed to Mr. Rod's ho use nex t door, giving out as h up so n ear that he did it to show hid con t e mpt for the slander i n question. I no ti ce d th a t a ft er this wife's health fail ed, and four weeks ago I sent her down his reason so n with for Mr. putting lodgings in a hi ghly respectable place three mi nutes' walk from m y sist er's, at Mate Cottage, Tottenham. I received a letter fro m my sister, saying that she had dis covered a letter writ ten in slang terms to my wife, and she said I ought to put a sto p to any such clandestine corre spondence. I suspec ted C owen and I called at Mr Rod's, m t y o but Cowen was not in. I said to Rod I had got the letter, but Rod repudiated the imputation on Cowen, and said that he suspected some one ; that it was the same person that sent the valentine, and he would pledge his honour that Cowen ot giv o w . e n s not pected, whose name he could n always spoke of m y w if e w ith re spect and esteem, and as a father would of a daughter. But on Thursday I rece ived a letter, stopped by my orders at the post•office, addressed to my wife, at Tottenham, s t a t i hem an Cowen h esus cautioning her not to leave her letters about, as she was watched and one of them was found, The letter was signed had mentioned the affair to, knew at once that the c a ution " A Wellwisher," but as M r R od was the only one that I came from Rod's house. I had an interview with my wife, and she admitted the intrigue. She was my adored idol. I had only seen her first 12 months ago, and I could not survive the blow. I had for her an undying love. She im plored pardon, and I forgave h er. I took laudanum. She called my sister. and I was forced to take an emetic. "Let me say that my wife was o n ly s i x mont h s past 16 years of age when we married, and she was then pure as a babe. Now I call on you, fellow -countrymen, to root out from society the man who infamously prostituted her to his lust. He is 43 years of age, and is m arr i e d, b ut i s not li v i ng with his wife. He committed a rape on my wife's person, and then.by threats compelled her to keep the dreadful secret, and so made her subservient to him, and by threats frightened her into secresy. Her health was dragged down by the state o f h er m ind. All you that have daughters, sisters!, or wives, punish this wretch. I cannot wish for life. W e canno t li ve , and two young and shattered hearts we dedicate ourselves to death, [He has letters which she wrote to -him, but they were written to him because he made her do so by frightening her with the secret.) My love was so groat that I never would spars any expense for my wife. I cannot now bear that she should be made an exhibition of to punish that man. I hope you will all punish that diabolical wretch, who has crushed two young hearts in the spring of their life. "GEORGIANA TREGEAR. "GABRiEL TREGEAE." The first witness examined was hie wife. Mre Tregear. She said she was 17 years of age, ar.d had been married ton months. She said she went to London s :ith her husband, and bought laudanum at several shops, and L *co took some, STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, May 10.—Telegrams from Liver pool during the day announce an excited cotton market, with sales of 20,000 bales at id. per lb. advance. Such advices have naturally stimulated he yarn market, though it has rather acted as a check than otherwise upon the sales of cloth. In shipping yarns there has been a large business for all kinds, at an advance of Id. to ld. per lb. The baying has been very general for all markets, more especially those of India, Germany, and the Medi. terranean. The home trade have also bought freely where they could get anything under extreme rates. This branch of the market has been rather excited, and owing to the great advance in cotton spinners have been almost afraid to name a price. For th( business done an advance is reported of id. to id. upon these as well as shipping yarns. The market closes with a decided upward tendency. In the cloth market, since Tuesday last and up to yester day, we had very little basines,s doing, Buyers appeared indisposed to do anything, as manufac turers still held firmly to their preciously ad vanced quotations. The turn which Continental affairs have taken, as indicated by the report of a suspension of hostilities having been agre,sd to, and the upward movement of prices (coupled with great activity) in cotton and yarn, have rather strengthened than otherwise the hands of sellers to-day, and we have had t 301119 little excite ment, manufacturers having considerably raised their demands to cover the increased cost of mate rial. Buyers still seem to be quite willing to ope rate, especially for goods .in stock, at the old rates, or even at a moderate advant:'" upon them, but they appear to be quite indisposed to sive anything like the increased rates now demanded bj manufacturers. In fact, the very much advanced prict:s demanded have put a check on business, and although a much !letter feeling exists in the market, and there on' s e iderable inquiry, especially for shirting cloths, the operations of the day have been on a limited soak:. Messrs. Pender at:(1 Co., in their semi-monthly cir cular for the overland !nail, represents the business for Calcutta and Bombay as limited during the last fortnight, but say wide shirtings were more easily saleable up to a week ago, and, that low qualities of T cloths have been taken to a smail amount. LEEDS, 10th.—The woollen cloth markets have been of a rather quiet character to-day, but consider ing the quantity of new goods brought to the balls, a satisfactory bulk changed hands. The heavier kinds of goods are going more into requisition by the wholesale houses, but there are still some sales of light fabrics, including cloakings, as well as coating and trouserio gs. Canadian and American buyers are mak ing moderate purchases of low and medium cloths for the fall trade, and other branches of the export business are tolerably active. The manufacturers • are well employed, especially those engaged in heavy goods. As to prices, the market is very firm as regards both wool and cloth. The fax trade is steady, but not brisk, and prices of flax, tow, yarns, and threads are firm. NOTTINGHAM, 10.—There was a numerous at tendance on 'Change to-day, and the demand for lace yarns commenced pretty fairly. Sellers asked an advance of ld. to 2d. per lb., but this checked sales, and business was eventually done at extreme prices. In hosiery yarns a limited trade was done at fully late rates. In silks there was not much change. Brown nets were about the same as last week. ROCHDALE, 9.—There was a fair attendance of buyers in the flannel trade to-day, and a good average business was done at full prices. The demand for heavy flannels was the least brisk, but there was nothing like slackness in any descrip tion. The manufacturers keep well employed, and they are not anxious to take large orders in ad vance at the present rates. The very high price of wool induce caution, and till larger supplies of the new clip are brought to market manufacturers will continue to make purchases for immediate rather than for prospective wants, LONDON GAZETTE.—Last Evening, The Queen has been pleased to appoint Commander John Hawley Glover, R.N., to be Colonial Secretory for the settle ment of Lagos. CROWN OFFICE, MAY 10. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRE SENT PAR LIAMENT. Borough of Stockport—Edward William Watkin, of Northenden, in the county of Chester, Esq., in the room of James Kershaw, Esq., deceased. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MAY 9. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Piivy Council for Trade have received information from the Secretary of State for Foreign Anile, that the port of Hel singfors and the adjacent coast is free from ice. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 10. 27th Regiment of Foot—Lieut.-Gen. James Robertson Craufurd to be Colonel, vice Lieut.-Gen. John Geddes, deceased. 7th Dragoon Guards—Captain George E. F. Kauntzs to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieut.-Col. John Wycliffe Thompson, who retires—Lieut. Wm. Chaine to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Kauntze—Cornet Samuel James Dakin to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Chaine— Cornet Wm, Henry Thompson, from 13th Hussars, to be Cornet, vice Dakin. Ist Dragoons—Richard Mark Synnot Maunsell, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Wm. Watt, transferred to the 17th Lancers. 7th Hussars—Captain the Honourable Francis Algernon James Chichester, from the 94th Foot, to be Contain, vice H. J. Wilkin, who exchanges, receiving a portion of the former difference between Cavalry and Infantry—Lieut. the Honourable 'Walter Harbord to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Brevet-Major Alfred Eastfield Wilkinson, who retires—Lieut. Altred Hutton, from 79th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice A. Jones, who exchanges—Cornet William Langan Forsyth to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Honourable W. Harbord—William Frederick Bennett, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Forsyth, 10th Hussars—Lieutenant Arthur Barthorpe to he Captai n by purchase, vice Gurney Hanbury, who retires—Cornet Herbert Davies Evans to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Barthorp—Arthur, Viscount Valentia, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Evans. 13th Hussars—Gentleman Cadet William Henry Thomp son, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice George John Woods, transterred to the 81st Foot. [6th Lancers—Lieutenant William Alexander Battine to be Captain, by purchase vice Thomas Francis Agg, who retires—Cornet David George Sandeman to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Battine— Lieutenant Robert Thirkhill Maillard to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant tiat tine, promoted. Scots Fusilier Guards— Barrington Buckley Douglas Campbell, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice William Robert Maurice Wynne, who retires, 2nd Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Reginald Thoresby Gwyn to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Henry Waring, promoted. 11th Foot—Baptain John William Green, from 30th Foot, to be Captain, vice W. H. Clarkson, who exchanges. 15th Foot—Henry Nicholas Monck, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Elliston, transferred to the 54th Feet. 16th Foot—Ensign Norman Cameron Griffith to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice James Dunlop Knox, deceased. 26th Foot—Lieutenant Oswald Cresswell to be Instructor , of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Kempson, promoted. 30th Foot—Captain William Henry Clarkson, from 11th Faot, to be Captain, vice J. W. Green, who exchanges. 38th Foot—The Commission as Adjutant of Lieutenant Alfred Stokes has been anteth-ted to 24th February, 1864. .Ith Foot—Ensign Edmund Charles Elliston, from 15th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Farrand Haig, who retires. 55th Foot—Lieutenant Mark M. Gillies to be Captain, without purchase, vice E. Fortescue Twysden, deceased —Ensign Joseph Harrison Evans to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Gillies. 57th Foot—Ensign Robert Lawrence, from the 2d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Henry Melvin Matthews, whose transfer from the 2d Foot on 12th April, 1861, has been cancelled. 61st Foot—Ensign Henry Tomkinson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice James Graham Hamilton, who retires— Owen Wynne, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Tomkinson. 65th Foot—John Lloyd Dickin, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Henry Oliver, who retires. 76th Foot—Captain Charles B. Marshall, from the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Captain, vice J. N. Colthurst, appointed Adjutant of a Depot Battalion—Staff-Surgeon Major John William Mostyn, M.D.. to be Surgeon, vice James Jopp, M.D., who retires upon half-pay. 79th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Jones, from 7th Hussars, to be Lieutenant, vice A. Hutton, who exchanges—Lieute nant Charles Edward M'Murdo to be Instructor of Mus ketry, vice Lieutenant A. Hutton, who has resigned the appointment. 83d Foot—James Homy Robeson, Esq., late Captain Ist West India Regiment, to be Paymaster, vice Paymaster, with honorary rank of Major, J. D. winburne, trans ferred to a Depot Battalion. 94th Foot—Captain Henry John Wilkin, from the 7th Hussars, to be Captain, vice the Hon. F. A, Chichester, who exchanges, 97th Foot—Lieut. Angus P. Martin to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Ensign A. Lynch, who has resigned the appointment. 98th Foot—Captain and Brevet Major Edward John Ellerman to bo Major, without purchase, vice Brevet Lieut.-Col. W. Bell, who retires upon half-pay—Lieut. Kingston Brett to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Ellerman—Ensign Chas. Frederick Sharp to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Brett—Ensign Balser:Alt, from the Ist; West India Regiment, vice Sharp. 99th Foot—Ensign Robert George Davis Tosswell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charles Finnerty, who re tires—Octavius Tyndale Cooch, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Tosswell. Rifle Brigade—Ensign Henry Nicholas Monck, from the 15th Foot, to he Ensign. Ist West India Regiment—Guy Wm. FrederickL' Estrange, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Balser Alt, transferred to the 98th Foot. 4th West India Regiment—Lieut. Thos. Francis Beamish to be Captain, without purchase, vice David Baker, Gabb, deceased—Ensign Claude Osbert Bulger to be Lieute nant, without purchase, vice Beamish—Quartermaster- Sergeant William McKean to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bulger, DEPOT BATTALIONS.—Major Robert J. Hughes, from half-pay, late Depot Battalion, to be Major, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George Mein, promoted to an unat tached Lieutenant- Colonelcy, without purchase—Captain James N. Colthurst, from 76th Foot, to be Adjutant, vice captain R. J. Hughes, promoted to an unattached majority, without purchase. UNATTACHED.—Captain Robert J. Hughes, from Adju tant Depot Battalion, to be Major, without purchase. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Andrew Knox Drysdale to be Staff-Surgeon, vice Surgeon. Major J. W. Mostyn, M.D., appointed to the 76th Foot—John Joseph Verdon, Gent., to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon. BREVET. Major and Brevet Lieut.. Col. William 8011, retired, half pay, late 98th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Colonel. Surgeon-Major James Jopp, M.D., who retires upon half-pay, late of the 76th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals. The undermentioned promotions to take place conse quent on the decease of Lieutenant-General John Geddes, Colonel of the 27th Foot, on 28th April, 1864 : Major-General Henry Aitchison Hankey to be Lieute na):t-General. Liottenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel William Gusta vus Brown, from half-pay, late 24th Foot, to be Major- Generald Captain and Brevet-Major Valentine F. Story, half-pay, Unattached, and Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Lieute nant-Colonel. Captain Grantham, 98th Foot, to be Major. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only ,bankrupts of commercial im• portance in the Gazette: — William Lee, general dealer, Manchester John Crossley, paperhanger, Burnley John Owen, tailor, Birmingham Charles H. Hambleton, licensed victualler, Whitechapel Harris Israel, shoe manufacturer, Birmingham Alfred Holsey, cab driver, Birmingham John Jolley, clothier, Whitechapel, Liverpool Samuel Drury, farmer, Redbourne, Hertford Thomas Parker, blacksmith, Eardisly, Hereford shire Thomas Cope, boot and shoemaker, Manchester Bulmer, hay dealer, Marsden Art L s ur Hughes, harness maker, Aylesbury Charles' Slater, baker, Cambridge-road, Bethnal-green John SlaCk, publican, Sheffield John G ee L :tne, shopkeeper, Sheffield COOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Paterson, cucer, Rothesay Thomas Trench, joi:er3 Glasgow Hugh Paris, contracte:' John G. Gifford, clerk, Bishopmill, Elgin Robert Win , Davidson,k-nerleithen, Peeblesshire p or :obello David Mason, coal agent, Ediu.burgh George Anderson, horse dealer, Andrew Dykes, grain dealer, Glasge Course of the Exchange._yeterday. 11 ln 12 1 12 1 25 85 25 85 13 101 25 37/ 25 871 25 871 121 11 95 11 95 3i2 Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam .. 12 Of nntwerp — 25 80 Brusoels — 25 80 Hamburjb — 13 101 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine,o 123$ Vienna . 11 90 Trieste - 11 90 Petersburgh — 32± Berlin — 43 Madrid 45 C a di z Leghorn .. 25 80 25 98} Milan — 25 971 2t Genoa 2 5 go 25 th; Naples Palermo .. .. 25 9 0 26 96 25 90 26 95 Messina — 611 511 Lisbon —.. 611 Oporto...- - 511 Foreign Gold in Bars ( er 0z.... St an dard), p n 17 f, M ex i ca n Dollars ........... . Silver in Bars (Standard) ........ Lord and LadY Harriet Ashley arrived in town yesterday from St. Giles's, Dorsetshire. PRINTERS' ALMSHOUSE SOCIETY.—Mr Mark reading of his d rama ti c s t ory , " Mi n d your o L w e rßusiness," gvaea on Monday eveni n g at the Whittington C l u b, for the oenefit of the Printers' Almshouse Society. A large audience assembled to listen to the " reading," whieby there can be little doubt, will add materially to the funds of the society. WHITEHALL, APRIL 26. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Henry Austin Bruce to be Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education. MAY 7. _ _ The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Henry Austin Bruce to be the Fourth Charity Commis sioner for England and Wales. MAY 9. The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Right Hon. Robert Montgomery, Lord Belhaven, K.T., to be her Majesty's High Commissioner to the General As sembly of the Church of Scotland. DOWNING STREET, MAY 9. MPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day, YORK RACES.—Tms DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. EGLINTON STAKES. Spring Gun Ego Bouquet ...... 2 Benanoar • THE FLYING DUTCHMAN'S HANDICAP. The Monk ...... 1 Little Stag .. Nine ran. RACING FIX 'T ItES FOR 1864. Salisbury 12 Blaydon Radcliffe l6 Redditch l6 Bath 31a.nehester (Summer .. 18 Harpenden Epsom SPORTING NOTES. The defeat of the favourites in the Great Northern Han, dicap was a sad blow for the sporting writers, with the exception of " The Fresh Man." In The Sun of last Motility I pointed out particularly the claims of East Lancashire. I should not have referred to the subject again, had I not noticed the following pitiful lamentation by " Augur" in to•day's Sporting Life:— '‘ Thus was another disastrous blow d ea lt at the prestr:gd of the prophets, who were ' floored to a man,' although one or two of the unscrupulous of the fraternity are tiroEl to assert that they sent the winner.' " No doubt when he penned the above remarks about the prophets being " floored to a man," he forgot to add the usual magic words " with the exception of ' The Fresl4 Man' of The Sun," The following was the selection for the Great Northern Handicap which appeared at the conclusion of my notes:, " The winner, I anticipate, will be found in Wig, GRATE, MAJOR, Or EAST LANCASHIRE." East Lancashire at starting was at 100 to 6. A FRESH MAN. lEPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—This Day, The SPEAkt tt took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed:-- Liverpool Improvement —Liverpool Sanitary—London and North Western Railway (Traffic Arrangements) —Metro politan Railway (Additional Powers)—and Stockport and Ashton Roads. The Great Northern and Western (of Ireland) Railway (No. 2) Bill was read a second time. INCOME AND PROPERTY TAX. Lord R. MONTAGU moved for a return showing the annual value of all real property (including railways and canals) rated under schedule A of the income and property tax act for the year ending March 31, 1862, in all parlia mentary cities and boroughs in the United Kingdom, and in all counties or parliamentary divisions of counties exclu sive of cities and boroughs ; and also for a similar return for the earliest year subsequent to the imposition of the income tax in 1842 for which the return can be given, The return was ordered. BOROUGH FRANCHISE BILL. Mr E. BAINES moved the second reading of this bill. In doing so he asked the forbearance of the house, which was considered to be an aristocratic assembly, while he brought forward a measure which sought to confer a benefit on the working classes, the great bulk of whom were totally unrepresented in the house. His bill differed essentially from that of the hon. member for Surrey, because that measure only sought to extend the sphere of representation, whilst his object was to extend the range of representation, and so take in, not an excessive number, those who were now practically excluded from the exercise of the elective franchise—viz., the working classes. He argued that this was a suitable time for introducing such a measure, inasmuch as it was a time of political quietness, it would be well for the house to act at such a time than under a state of great excitement. It had been said that the people were careless on the subject of parliamentary reform ; but if that were true, it was not morally impossible that they could long continue in that state. The spirit of the age was in favour of reform, representative institutions were spreading all over the world, and he did not think it was wise on the part of our legislators to resist that spirit of liberty at home, which they so much condemned in others. The hon. gen tleman having quoted the opinions of a large number of Conservative members, who had declared in favour of an extension of a borough franchise, said he thought those gentlemen ought to support his bill, which conferred a £6 franchise on boroughs. The hon. member proceeded to refer to the raFid advances which had been made in mechanics and general literary institutions during the last _ _ few years as a proof of the necessity of an exten sion of the franchise. He would not weary the house by again going through those details. Re ferring to the great argument supplied in favour of an extension of the franchise by the increased circulation of the newspaper press, he remarked that in 1831 there was a circulation of 38 millions, whereas in 1864 the total was 576 millions. All sorts of useful literary magazines had also greatly increased, while the free-thinking publications had decreased. Those results had been most satisfactory. It had been argued that sweeping away the taxes of know ledge would bring on the country a flood of immoral liters. ture, but the contrary had been the case ; and, instead of a flood of immorality, there had been a flood of useful publications, while immoral publications had decreased. So it would, he believed, be with an extension of the franchise, and instead of evil results flowing from it, it would be productive of the greatest possible advantage to the working classes. The hon. gentleman read extracts from a letter by Mr. Guest, a publisher, of Birmingham, bearing on that point, and also from a letter by Mr. Alder man Heywood, of Manchester, both those gentlemen showed that every advantage conceded to the working classes, tended to their benefit, and that as a body they entirely appreciated every privilege, political or otherwise, which was extended to them. He (Mr Baines) believed that the more Parliament trusted the people, the more it would be proved they deserved to bo trusted. It had been said that if the franchise had been extended the working classes would be dependent upon their masters, but he believed there was no ground for such an apprehensicn. A more independent set of men than the working classes never existed, while a master who should endeavour to coerce his workmen in this way, would become the scorn of his fellow-men. The bill would create 728,309 additional borough voters, and the result was this, that whereas only one in five in boroughs was now represented, under this measure one in three would have the franchise. By the extension into counties only one in five or six out of those who were unrepresented, would be added to the electoral body. He believed that if the pro posal he made were adopted, England would add to her strength in war and her prosperity in peace, and that by it the constitution would lengthen her cords and strengthen her stakes. (Cheers.) He moved the second reading of the bill. Mr. CAVE, in moving as an amendfnent "the previous question," said he had no hostility to the general principle that working men should have some share in the representation of the country, but he thought the pre sent was not a convenient time to introduce such a measure, He contended that all previous prophecies on this question had failed, and there had been no indignation meetings to protest against the rejection of previous reform bills. Thera had been great mass meetings of late in this country, but one of these had been for the innocent purpose of p lantin g an oak to the memory of Shakspere, while a nother ct,uld find no other object than regretting the premature departure of an illustrious stranger from the shores of England. .to any class, and he (Hear, hear.) He had seen the house on one occasion act like an infuriated mob, and with any meeting of the much more violence than preserved. The hon. gentle working classes. (Laughter and cheers.) He Would not trust the preponderance of p ower thought that in the present state of things the balance was man nylength to quote from writers on the should remember the epitaph on a their arguments were fella. question,reform cious and that they had no f ai th in their own principles. carefully proceededa and a t d e o s j : u m te d neicdli:eiltY I wanted to be better s ) and here I am." (i.EPT SITTING.) O H O Il e n t t h r o y il t g O h n I t b E ti t n o gnl Laug ht er.al'd" I Was well, ~_____ Arrival of Garibaldi at Caprera, The Ijochuss of S ut h er l an d , Countess o f C ro . martie, has received a telegram from the Duke stating that Ge,neral Garibaldi landed at Caprem at two o'clock on .t;!onday. Their Royal Highnes.ses the Duchess of o=4 bridge and Princess Mary, anti the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Meeklenbnrg-Strelitz, will arrive at St. James's Palace to-day from Cambridge Cottage, Kew, and their royal highnesses will remain in town until Saturday. His Royal Highness the Prince of \Tales will take the chair at the royal United Service Institution, on Friday afteinoon, when a lecture will be delivered by Capt. H. W. Tyler, L?.E., on the subject of " Railways Strategi cally Considered.' The Marquis of Sa lisbury came to town y esterday from doing duty w ith his militia regiment, the South Herts. The review took place on Monday, when the regiment, 750 strong, passed a most creditable inspection. The Mar chioness of Salisbury and family are on the eve of leaving town for a tour in Germany. The Earl Cowley has returned to Paris from tt short visit to London, The Earl and Countess of Hopetoun have left Long's Hotel for a tour on the Continent. the mat can lin. tin. em -0.9 ew• leg. 80, The It of tter, the this the the Un- nds, veil, ght, , lace to Drd the the a nd .d in the osed , for °`e' 1 . 112 e. 'low the !um" ove' d be one' wing h ore 1 i li a ' f 1 5 ' 0 1° clin g 001' ,tor ° ' fro ° evo . Den (9.16.4 1 12.10