The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-14 00:00:00

ItIONEY MARKET AND COMMtROIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The inquiries for discount accommodation to-day are on a larger scale, and full rates are enforced. 43 no advantage can be obtained from the negotia tion of bills in the open market, the demand at the Bank has increased. The share list of the City of London Real Pro. [)er tY Company closes for London on Saturday, and 'or the county on Monday. The prospectus of the European Cattle Importing ° ° 3 Pany (Limited) has been this day issued, with t Proposed capital of V.:0,000, in 10,000 shares of £5 each, with power to increase. The company ) ropose to commence with a first issue of 5,000 ihares-10s. per share to be paid on application, Lad Li on allotment, and all future calls not to ex !eed £l, at intervals of not less than two months. the company has been started with a view to im• )ort into the English markets a supply of healthy ! Mlle, chiefly from the southern parts of Europe, to fleet the increasing demand for animal food ; and he directors are of opinion that a most pro fitable fiole is thus opened up for the safe Investment •of a large amount of capital. Phe directors advert to the late and existint mortality amongst cattle in this country, and are 'f opinion that the inefficient means of the rensport of cattle (which they propose to 'emedy entirely) is one of the principal I thees. They propose to engage practical men to elect and purchase their cattle, and to provide cor teges and trucks of an improved construction from he various ports of debarkation, with suitable , ePots, pasturage, &c., for stock. The directors 'Else their confidence in the success which they are anguine will follow the immediate operations of the ompany upon the immense importation of foreign attle into London in the ordinary course of com teree, and the large fortunes which have been salised by private enterprise. From close calcula ons which have been made, they are of opinion - tat from 20 to 2:5 per cent. of profit will be de. Ned from their operations on all capital invested. 'he practical knowledge possessed by the several 'ell-known names which Rill be found on the oard of directors Is a guarantee that the company 'ill have all the aid which a practical experience an give in the development of the object for which 3 e company is established, and the investors in the apital stock have ample grounds for confidence 1 its financial management. Two o'CLocs. At Paris this morning, according to Reuter's legrams, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 65c.; ery firm. The market for the English Funds presents a ttle more buoyancy this morning, a recovery of per cent, having taken place. Consols for money re 91 ;i I, and for the account 91i 92. The New hrees and Reduced Annuities are 891 i ; Annul ea, 1885, 14Z- ; Exchequer Bills, 7a. 2s. dis. ; l dia 5 per Cents., 105 a ; and do. Debentures, 99;,. In the Foreign Market business is moderately !five, and prices continue to improve. Turkish Per Cents., 1862, are 711 72 ; do., G)nsolides, 541; lexican, 47Z,- ; Spanish Passive, 351 2-; Greek, Portuguese, 48 . 1 49; and the Confederate oan, 53 55. Business in the Railway Share Market has been oderately active, and prices have shown an im noved tendency. Midland and North Eastern ierwiek) have improved £1; North Western, £1; rest Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 155. ; Id North Western and South Western, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain at almost rmer rates. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares generally exhibit creased buoyancy. European realise 141; Lon- In and Colonial, 161 ; London and Westminster, 3 ; and Hudson Bay Company, 201. Subjoined are the current quotations of some the principal new undertakings :—Lemberg ailway, s 1 prem.; International Land Credit, 3 prem. ; Telegraph Construction, 11 prem.; riental Financial Corporation, 12 prem.; Sab aiere Foreign Hotel, 211 prem.; North Austra. Lti Company, 7.1 1 prem.; Port Augusta, I 11 em. ; City Offices, 2/ 3 prem.; Imperial Bank of line, 3/ 41 prem. ; Thames Iron Works, 3 4 em.; Imperial Financial, 51 6 prem.; Credit .obilier, 5/ 61 prem. ; and Credit Foncier, 7i 8 .era. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. )er Cent. Console Ditto Account, May 5 92 ier Cent. Reduced ~,,, 3 per Cent. B9l 1 LW 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894... inuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4l I Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. :chequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. 7 2 dis Ditto £SOO Ditto £lOO and £200 nk England Stk, 41 per Ct. Ditto Account — [ NDUN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ( lia Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Ditto Account Ditto 4 per Cent, 1883 — Do Certificates Ditt o 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 — Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. , Ditto 6 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. Ditto 61 per Cent., May, 1879 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 991 Ditto bonds £l,OOO ... — die Ditto under £1,000...... FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. istrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 1859 'azilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 ...... Ditto 1863 .. £8 i lenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Ditto, £lOO Bonds — Lilian 6 per Cent — Ditto 41 pes Cent Vptian 7 per Cent.. lOl Ditto, Second Issue eek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 26 5i 6k Ditto Account Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account Llian b per Cent.(Maremmana Railway; ?,xican 3 per Cent Ditto Account mrish Imperial 5 per Cent iw Granada.. Ditto 2 per Cent. — Ditto Deferred ,-- Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — ruvian 41 per Cent .. Ditto Aocouni... . 5 — Ditto 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Ditto 4% per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account — Irtuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account .. 481 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 Ditto Account Ditto Scrip (1863) £3O paid — pm Itsian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 4% per Cent., 18 50 .. Ditto 8 - per Cent 1859 ...... — Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 .............. 91! i i .rdinian 5 per Cent .................. Ditto Account ... . ............. 801 41 flish. 3 per Cent .................. Ditto Account D itto New D e fe rre d ................ Ditto Account 46/ Ditto P assive - bitto Account 3511 i i ) ;,/ligh Ce r t. o f C oup no t f un d e d — Ditto Account l4 "cliah, per Cent — 1 , ish 6 per Cent. 1854 — D itto Account 9O Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 •.. 691 1) ittol k „, Ditto UM 691 Ditto 0 per Cent. 1862 Ditto!, 0 Account .. 712 £lOO Bonds.. 72 , Ditto 1863 Ditt o Guaranteed, 4 p er Cent. ,11f•uela 3 per Cent. i,!tto Account ~.!.I t , o 6 per Cent., 1862 ',',l.tto Account Ditto 11 per Cent a Dividends on the above payable in Lond • a ostrian,. 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. .--• l i h a n 4 1 per Cent., Ex. 25f... — b 1" 4 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — , tl t t io 4 per Cent. Certificates -- ,on e- 1 It entes, 4% per Cent., Ex. 25f — itto Account al ian f . Di tt ' cornent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — [e4 OA. .. „ „ 6B/ k k . o n .— N. •• 'vs°, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f 'nazi Dollar Bonds, 4% per Ct. Ex. 4s. THREE O'CLOCK. )ols Money ''tto A ccount iiverpool Cotton Market—This Day. -wlarket quiet, but firm. Sales about 8,000 bales. Ports 9,446; previoualy i 86,484 bales. bEARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOLA.S. { Closing Paid. price. 8 114 Si 9 83 $5 118 119 ei 71 35 37 16 17 90 92 10t IC6 17 47A 61 71 130 (31 133 f'4o ln 91 93 651 66.1 119} 1101 67 0 1024 103 f 434 446 111 k 112 99 190 544 554 1174 7181 131 k 132 i 101 IC3 51 52 244 254 99f 1(,04 - -a 56 67 884 59 128 131 11 2i p l 78 79 1c 11} 121 123 41 43 98 100 63 64 13 1 30 2 1::81 * 72 8/ 651 6 61 6 1091 101 103/ 44/ lilt I / 991 55 a } 1171 18$ 1312 2 1$ 101 lon a 33 35 901 91, 101 103 Bf Of 87 38 01 10 01 8 B}p 165 170 5 7 t• 3 4 p 94 96 Railway& Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. liost.,Sleat.,and Bristol and Exeter Caledonian t2ork and 8and0n...... Cornwal , Do A(A iets no div D o. B /, till 6p c.p an.has (been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun ~Perth,& Ab. Juno. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western., Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland Gceat Western ...... Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Nor'h Western Lon. & So'ith Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do # shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do krmlng. ,t Derby Mid. (It. W. of Ireland, Do. q shares Mid Kat _ ~ Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwic Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle... North London Do New North StatTordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stook Shrews. and Welolipool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,an d Wok. Stockton & Darlington) Do Do New, 186 G Taff Vale- --••••• Do B Do C• • • ......... Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria eta. and Pim Waterford do Kilkenny! West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&K West Do Midland Newport -Oxford Do Hereford BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Paid, all 100 Closing Prioe. 59 61i 104 103 P Railways -hare LA) 6k 1 to 00 ,00 too stock d trek stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stook stook 204 20 100 100 stock stock stock 20 sOck 50 100 u motto & Lawrenut Bon.,Barodacs.Cent Inc Go. 5 per oent... Do. New . .•••• Do. E. Shares 13uilalo and Luxe Huron - 150. Preterance Buffalo,Brant,&Godriel; p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 lA. do. July 1, 187., Do. do. June 1, 18:-; Clout ta.aS.Eastn. (lAD Cape Town Z., - Dock Sori Eastn. Bengal gu. 6 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. 11 do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Fret. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pief. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th I'ref. stook... Do. do. deferred...... GLlncharenfu.gua.sp.e Do. N ew gua; - 5 p. 6... Do. January, 1882 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per oent. (it. W. of Canada Shares bo. New • Do. 8 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 51 p. 0. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. c. .. Do. It p. c. Exteusim , Dc. 4A do Do. Fifth Extension. Alelb.Corp. A p. c. Buds. Melt). & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Blortg. Bds. N e wßruts - swicit Canda Claes A and B. ,I.lthe'das pa Ist t bds scinde • • • • •• • • Du. Delhi Do. do •• • Du. Punjaub 00. Do. .—..... , T,„; Do. (ndus.St. Flo.) 4trx stock [OO 100 100 100 100 100 all ' 100 (100 1 100 2 all 1 100 Business done 103 i } 101 ICO 104, 105 104) 2 1041 si 41 102 I £8 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. iau.Gl or. 6 p.c.J a &July 1877-St ... 160 102 104 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 150 102 ' Do. 6p. o. Mar. & Sept. 100 100 102 Do. 6p. c. Jan.&July. 10c 89 81 901 90 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 88 90 Cape G.Hope, 8 p 6,187:3 100 106 108 Do.Ap Oct.& 1880 100 110 112 Do. 189( 100 111 113 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 103 110 112 1101 ,Ceylon N0v.1378, 6 c 100 112 114 [Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 1 06 108 —.'Natal Gov. 6 per cent 100 109 111 1101 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c../ a.&July 100 102 104 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S.W. (i ov. 5 p 18,4' 100 991 1001 Du. sp. 048(1 to L 7( 100 99 103 Do. d0.,1888 & upwds 100 99 150 - New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. sterling, 1875 lOO 104 106 Queensland Gcv. 6p. a 100 a. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 100 111 1101 Via Gov. 8 P.c. Ja.&,July 100 Do. lo p.o. A mat Oot. 100 — 108 109 1081 9 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 Id LAU:lord Amalgamated , 36 17 Devon G. Cone. (Tavist ; 1 550 660 East Bassett (Mogan) 3O 67 70 -- East Clog - au 13 old Ltd — . East Caradon ...... 1.14.8 30 31 East Carn Brea... 3.4.0 61 74 E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 3/ 44 41 Gam..StSt.Aubyn(Gwen , 581 9 1.0 Great South Tolgus l7s 3 84 G. Wheal Vor (Helston' 40 30 35 341 Grenville 6.16.‘ 10 10/ 104 fler:A's-Foot 8.12 15 37 - 11ingston Downs 4.18.0 31 4 31 Lady Bertha Margaret (LJny Lelant oh 18 20 Marke Valley.. 4 Ilyndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 2/ 14 New Setun l9l 85 95 North Downs 2l 14 2 N. Wh't Basset(lllNan 3.1.0 2 21 North Wheal Crotty ear Consols (St. Blazey) - erovidenoe(UnyLelnt.) 10.6.7 41 43 Sciuth Caradon(St.Cleer, OD 470 S. Carn Brea (Illogan)„. - v. W heal Fran. (Illogan 18.18.9 40 50 Stray Park 30.17.6 31 1 , 3 - amarSilv.& Lead Min — - fin Crott 9 18 19 West Basset (Illogan) lO 11 - W Cs radon (Liskeard, 5 19 21 West Soton 471 205 215 Wheel Basset (11logan) 54 85 90 Wheal Buller(Redruth), 10 35 40 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)! 2.0.6 WhealLuchott 1 3.5. s 21 21 Wheal MaryAnngden )' 8 131 144 Wheal 3eton 5Bl 210 210 Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) 7 22 24 Wheal Union 3.17 21 21 PREFERENCE SHARES. Caledonian Quarters, No. 2, 112 Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 2, 106 Great Western:Orig. 44 per cent. pf., 99 Great Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref., 102} • London and Brighton 7 per cent. pt. stock, 156} 5 PREFERENCE SHARES AND !STOCKS Great Eastern, p 5 er cent., pf., 100 i Ditto, 4i per cent. pf., Metropolitan 5 per cent., 106 i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 96 Lancaster and Carlisle, 215 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. San Paulo (Hui.), gua. 7 per cent., 81 Ditto (all), 21 21 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 221 FOREIGN Linares, Jim., 61 Port Philip, I St. John dcl Rey (lim.), 471 Yudanamutana of S. Australia, 1im.,',31 DOCKS. 0..00 London, 72 St. Katharine, 70& BANKS. IVgra and United Service (Urn.), 160 45 n 50 Alliance (lim.), 581 91 Ditto, new, 49 Anglo Austrian, 71 Anglo-Italian, limited, 61 1 Bank of otago, lim., 5i 4 Brazilian and Portuguese, Jim., 9 British and Californian, Inn., 71 1 a Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 421 Chartered ..ter. of India, London, and China, 71 City, 124 5 Consolidated Bank, lim., 111 1 Continental, Urn., 18* t East London, lim.. 91 English and Irish, lim., 18 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 211 English and Swedish, Jim., Ist a. and Japan (lim.), lim., 14 I H u in io d p u: a ta n n l , 3 ,b an ii k u.i , Ditto, new, issued at a pm., 191 181 Imperial Bank (lim.), 43 Ditto, new, 27 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 4 Imperial Ottoman, 201 1 London Bank of Scotland, lim., 22 11 London and Brazilian aim.), 61 t London, Birm., and S. Staffordshire, Bin., 26 7 61 London and Colonial (lim.), 16:1 17 London and Comity, 63 21 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exch lim., 19 London Joint Stock, 4 3 1 6 London and Northern, lim., 211 London and South African, 28 77 i London and South American, Jiur., 10 11i London and %% estminster, 91 90 3 2 Merchant Bank, lim., 171 Mercantile and Exchange. lim., 18 1 . Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Um., 3 - 4 2 Mexican, lim., Oriental Baru Corporation. 67 ei ,`Scind?, Punjab, and Delhi, Jim., 121 Litto, new, 11i South 1411 :stern , Ihn 31 1 Standard of British South Africa (Jim ), 3 0 1 Ulll o 4t of Australia, 56 T 6 64 9 10 101 (C 3 09 101 IC4. 1051 1047 205 P if Ir, 20 21 70 /5 60 63 63 65 51 63 48 60 40 f 2 25 27 22 65 10t 105 103 104 10} lel 10f 10i. 93 94 82 84 * IP 10! 103 93 98 92 94 57 53 3 5 82 74 1011 1051 104 IC3 it 5P 102/ 10311 97 9J stook Business done. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1864. MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Ttlexican Mint, 211 Australian Agricultural, 191 10 Commercial Union, Icsurawe, 9 Contract corporation, lirn., 64 Credit Fonder, 13 Discount Corporation, 11 / 1 East India Irrigation and Canal, 6; Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lirn., 61 / Financial Corporation, 5/ Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Um., 10 91 Hudson's Bay, 201 Imperial Financial, lim., 11/ 10 f Indian Carrying, lirn., 11 International Financial society, lim., Joint Stock Discount, rim., 71 London and Caledonian Marine, Um., 51 London. Financial Association, lim., Ditto, new, 151 London Provincial Marine, 41 51 Marine Investment, lim , 3 / Mercantile Credit Association, lim., 17 / National Discount Company, lim., H Ocean marine (Insurance), 191 20 Oriental Inland Steam, 31 2 Ottoman Financi .1 sscciat'on, lim., 51 6 Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining, Rm., 3 Royal Mail Steam, lid Societe Financicre d'Fgypte, lira., 5; Universal Marine, Insurance, lim., 51 Meeting of Middlesex Magistrates. THIS DAY. A very full meeting of Middlesex magistrates was held to-day at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell- green. ADMISSION OF CATHOLIC MINISTERS TO PRISONS. Mr. P. N. LAURIE moved the fellowing resolu tion:-- " That it appearing from the returns presented by the Visiting Justices of the three county prisons to the court, on the 18th February, 1864, that, at the date of such re turns, the number of Roman Catholic prisoners is the House of Correction was 391, in the Westminster Bridewell 223, and in the House of Detention 35, making an aggregate number of 639, this court is of opinion that it is expedient to provide for the regular ministration of a minister or ministers of the Roman Catholic Church, or persuasion, for the prisoners of that Church, or persuasion, who shall receive a reasonable sum as recompence for his, or their services, under the provisions of the ' Prison Ministers' Act, 1863.' " He thought it was the moral duty of the magis trates to do that far the Catholics what the law compelled them to do for the Protestants, and that it was unjust to deprive a prisoner of that consola tion of which he stood so much in need. The magistrates would do well to imitate the example set mankind by the apostle Paul, and give to every one that which is right and proper. Viscount ENFIELD seconded the motion. Mr. E. W. Cox moved, as an amendment, the following : "That the Visiting Justices of the Houses of Correction at Coldbath-fields and Westminster be requested to carry into effect so much of the 2d section of the 26 and 27 Vic., cap. 79, as relates to permitting a minister of the Church or persuasion to which prisoners belong, to visit such prisoners at proper and reasonable times, under such regulations as they deem to be necessary to the preservation of the discip line of the respective prisoners. That the salary of the minister for Coldbath-fields Prison be £l5O per annum, and the House of Correction £lOO per annum." After some discussion, Mr. Sergeant PAYNE moved a negative, both to the motion and amendment, to the effect that, " To allow Roman Catholic priests to attend at the prisons on ail occasions, whether their ministrations are required or not, would be unnecessary and im proper." A division then took place on the amendment of Mr. Cos, the members being— For the amendment Against it This division left Mr. Laurie's still the original motion, when a division was again taken on the amendment of Mr. Payne, and the numbers were — For Mr. Payne's amendment 7O Against it . The result being that the motion of Mr. Laurie was lost by a majority of 46. THE WAR IN DENMARK. (From the Times' Second Edition.) ULKEBOL, April 9. The siege of Dybbol has become a very earngt game, and ought to be drawing to an end, whatever the issue may be. The cannonade for nearly the whole of yesterday and part of this morning can only be described by one word—it was " terrific." e shots and shells thrown by the Prussians ave raged 10 in the minute, and of these no less than 1,500 were aimed at Bastion No. 4. For their own part the Danes were by no means idle, and towards . evening they had well nigh exhausted their stores of ammunition. The Dybbol bastions are encompassed all round by a fiery line of no less than 14 German batteries, and all of these were plied yesterday with untiring activity: The night passed off quietly nevertheless; and this morning, after 10 or 11, the cannonade began to abate, and we have now perfect silence, a fact for which the darkness of the day may account; possibly, also, the lack of powder and shell in the Prussian camp. It must never be for gotten that the Danish position is close and 'com pact ; fresh supplies are always at hand to replenish the empty magazines, and the open communication by sea secures both Alsen and Dybbol egainst any want. It may be that even the railway from Ham burg to Flensburg, and the road from the latter place to Nybol Broager cannot display the same activity in behalf of the Germans. Possibly, also, the too frequent and rapid discharge of breach loading cannon has a tendency to render the German artillerymen less chary of their ammuni tion ; so that if their fire is lively, it is at the some time comparatively inefficient. This is the case also with their infantry, who it is notorious are not so particular hi their aim as they would be were they armed with lees handy and convenient weapons than their touch-and-go zundnadelgetvehr. Experience would seem to establish that the sol- dier is apt to be too lavish of a shot that casts him too little trouble. The Tyrolese sharp-shooter, in the late Italian wars, who had to toil for minutes with mallet and ramrod to load his piece, was aware that he had an enemy's life at the bottom of his barrel, and never gave fire till he felt sure that his game was as good as bagged. Notwithstanding this kind of nervous and spas- modic fidgettiness of the Prussian fire, it would be idle to assert that all this vast amount of gunpowder is burnt in vain, or that the mere noise has not a stunning and bewildering effect. Artillery officers who have been for the whole of one day and night in the Danish trenches come back to us in the morning black, as well as pale, in the faces, jaded, done up. Their own strength, and that of their men, is tasked to the utmost, and the Danish army begins to suffer from over exhaustion nearly as much as it did when it was deemed expedient to remove it from the D ►nnewerk. The weather, though milder, is hardly more favourable to their health, and since the bombardment of Sanderborg, the exposure of some of their detachments to the inclemeneies of the weather at night is attended with no cheering results. Fever has broken out with some virulence in the Augustenburg hospitals, and men are often sent there labouring under no other ailment than excessive fatigue. On the other hand, the losses of the Danes from the mere casualties of battle are by no means considerable. The Prussian shell is anything but murderous, and seems to spend its fury against mere trenches and breastworks. No less than four cannon were dismounted in one of them yesterday, between sunrise and meet, and the whole battery, breastwork, traverse, blockhouse, &c., presented a rather jammed and mashed appear ance. The mischief is no sooner done than it is repaired truly, but the energies of the mcn inces santly busy at that kind of Sisyphwan work must be strained almost beyond endurance. No man in the Danish camp can be induced to despond for all that. The dismantling of a part of a bastion does not, in their opinion, interfere with the free working of the other part; nor, were even a whole fort to be altogether blotted out of the row of 10, would the fire from the remaining nine be insufficient for the defence of the whole position ; nay, were even three or four, or all and each of the batteries to be s ilent, the natural ad vantages of the line would still offer a very strenuous resistance to the onset of the foe. Behind the heavy batteries of the bastions the Danes have numerous field-pieces, and, besides these they have a goodly lot of those espingardes, which did such excellent work both here and at Fredericia in 1849. So long as the war resolves itself into a mere play at cannon-balls, an doubt the Prussians have it all their own way, because they have a more numerous and more powerful artillery, and almost any amount of men to handle it. Bat when the cannon has done its utmost, when the signal is given for an assault, the besiegers must come face to face with their foe, and then it must indeed go hard with the Danes if the smaller artillery of their second line is not more than a match for mere masses of unprotected infantry. There is an evil quarter of an hour for storming columns in which hundreds of eannons in their rear can afford no support—in which the whole fire of the besieged is to be en dured without the chance of returning a single shot. Desperate resolution, great rapidity of motion, and overwhelming numbers may overcome this and other obstacles, wh en th a t meeting of Danes with Prussians takes place which is to be the real tug of war. In a close engagement with small arms and the bayonet the Prussians have the benefit of the bigger battalions; but the Danish line is but one mile and a quarter long. The Danes are on their own ground, and they have bulk and weight, and the their side. What the en n n s ci t i o n f c i t t t a o l l m i a s s t s o tog e , e f h e sv r a , r o ni suffered to proceed to will the last extremities, time show. The only thing that is quite sure is that the storming of Dybbol must needs cost a sea of blood, and that even the fall of Dybbol would not decide the fate of Alsen or bring about the close of the war. All this, however, sup poses on the part of the Danes a power of endur ance hardly to be expected of mere men . I mix with the soldiers at every hour of th e d a y and night, and can bear witness to their firm and patient bearing. I see no sign of discontent or discourage ment. Oat they march to outposts in the morning, back they come to night quarters in the evening; shirk no duty, shrink from no danger. The mere march to cht i in h l rou t g h h e rtureinncedhess, hammer on at their barracks, derborg, the crossing of the bridges, the ascent to —ybbol-hill, the muster Ts at the barracks, all they have to do, must be done fire from shell. The cross Broagerland to Rage bol is so harassing, that staff officers and orderlies f e r r o t m he th s e ho l w 4 e b r at o t f er t i h e e s f e ro n m erny , alight from their horses and walk to avoid unneces sary exposure. Diogenes placed himself right before the target at which a clumsy archer aimed his ar rows, that being the only spot where he ran no chance of being hit. In the same manner the Danish soldier is hardly anywhere so safe as within the very forts at which the Prussians are so furiously blazing away all day long ; not so much because the Prus sian practice is bad as because everything in the fort is calculated to afford shelter to its defenders, while outside there is the danger of a projectile straying ever so little from its aim, or even of the fragments of one bursting ever so near its aim, and of the earth and stones and splinters flying about in the air, whether the shot is a hit or a miss. That the Danes have borne and will bear a great deal those who have read my foregoing corres pondence will readily believe. Yet it is too often a mere featherweight that breaks the camel's back, and the courage that cannot be daunted may in the long run be worn out. I see no symptoms of drooping spirits among the men, as I said, but some of the wisest as well as bravest officers look grave, and evince some degree of uneasiness. As I know them to be the very men who wilt do their duty to the last, I have no hesitation in making myself the interpreter of their apprehensions, because I believe them to be grounded on a correct knowledge of the situation. The position of Dybbol, they always said, is strong, but by no means impregnable, and a fortress the garrison of which has ceased to ven ture on a sortie can, indeed, ward off for a long time, but hardly avert, its fate. I do not believe that by a candid statement of the difficulties with which the Danish army has to contend I make my self guilty of indiscretion, or compromise the safety of my Danish friends. Were the worst to come to the worst it will be well for the Danes that no false expectations should have been raised in Europe as to their absolute invincibility. Indeed, it may be just as well if public opinion is prepared for all contingencies. Whatever may happen the Danes will be found to have done all that duty re quired of them. No stroke of adversity can deprive them of the glory of a long. and heroic defence, Whatever may be the result of the unequal struggle, the world will take the odds into account, and pay them a tribute of admiration merely for engaging in it; as it will always turn the very success of their enemies to gall and wormwood by merely throwing the taunt of "four to one" into their teeth. U;:on that understanding, that the Danes are but men, and can only achieve what lies within the limits of human power, let us wait and see what a very few weeks—perhaps only a few days —may bring. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY AT A Music PVBLiSHEß's.—Charles Clarke, a porter in the employ of Messrs. Cocks, music publishers, 6, New Burlington-street, was charged with stealing 13 pieces of music, the property of his employers, and Wm. Phillips, 11, Carnaby-street, was charged with receiving the same with a guilty knowledge. Mr. Stroud L. Cocks said from information he received from one of their assistants he had reason to suspect a boy in their employ of hiding music for the purpose of carrying it away. The boy on being taxed admitted that he had, and had taken it to the prisoner Phillips on several occa sions by direction of Clarke. He then called Clarke into the counting-house, and told him that he suspected him of taking music off the premises and disposing of it to some person. Clarke at first denied it, but afterwards admitted he had done so. He (Mr. Cocks) subsequently gave both prisoners into custody. Charles Conway, errand boy to Messrs. Cocks, said he took a parcel containing pieces of music to Phillips's house by direction of Clarke. He would have informed his em ployers, but thought it was all right. Mr. Vassi, warehouseman to Messrs. Cocks, said that seeing a parcel in a part of the establishment where it should not have been, he opened it and found it to contain some pieces of music. He left it in the same place, telling some of his fellow-assistants to keep their eyes on it, but it was subsequently taken away. He then informed Mr. Cocks of what he had seen. Thomas Weale, 204 C, proved taking Clarke into cus tody. He did not deny the charge, but said he was sorry. Brinstead Webb, a detective of the C division, said that 'en telling Phillips the charge, he at first denied receiving any music, but afterwards said he had, and that he had givai it to the steward of a ship who had sailed the same day. _ _ _ Clarke made no defence, but Phillips said the music was given to him by Clarke. The prisoners were committed for trial, but bail was offered to be taken for Phillips. ROBBING AN EMPLOYER.,—Robert Phillips, a young man in the employ of Mr John Comley Tubbs, brush manufacturer, of 14 and 92, Berwick-street, Soho, was charged before Mr Knox with stealing some chamois leathers, the property of Mr Tubbs. Mr Tubbs deposed that, having missed a number of chamois leathers, and suspecting the prisoner, he called him to him yesterday evening, as if to send him out, and then told him to take off his coat and waistcoat. The prisoner did so, and two chamois leathers were found secreted upon him. In answer to Mr Knox, The prosecutor said he had been missing proporty for some time, and suspected the prisoner, as ho often got drunk. William Loosley, 4G C, said the prisoner admitted taking the leathers. Mr Knox said there was no doubt the prisoner stole the leathers, an 4 he had no doubt he had been stealing things for some time past. Committed for three months with hard labour. John Androws Pellew, gentleman, of LlandilisVicarage, Wales, was fined ss. fer being drunk and disorderly in the Haymarket the previous night, the charge being proved by Sergeant Brown, 6 C. CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day.) OLD COURT. Sarah Robinson, 24, was indicted with feloniously cut tins and wounding Mary Ann llardcastle, with intent to do her grievous bodily harm, It appeared there was a feeling of jealousy between the prosecutrix and prisoner, which led to a quarrel that arose between them. The prisoner, on being called on for her defence, said she threw herself upon the mercy of the Court. The jury acquitted the prisoner of the charge of felony, but found her guilty of unlawfully wounding. The learned Judge, in passing sentence, said there was no doubt the prisoner had received great provocation, and sentenced her to be imprisoned with hard labour for six months. THIRD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) BURGLARY. John Manghem and Alexander Smith were indicted for a burglary in the d welling-house of Joseph Wells, and stealing therefrom a brace of pistols, a quantity of other articles, with about £l9 in money. The jury found both prisoners guilty. The learned Judge sentenced each of them to four years' penal servitude. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AYKRAGES.—Wheat, 40s ld; barley, 30s 91; oats, 18s Ild ; rye, 29s (id ; beans, 32s 8d ; and peas, 32s Bd. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 40s Od ; barley, 31s 2d ; oats, 19s 4d ; rye, 29s 3d ; beans, 32s 9d ; peas, 328 Ild. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 89,987; barley, 35,746; oats, 8,765; rye, 97; beans, 4,189; peas, 684 quarlers. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. - - - -- - Although only a limited supply of beasts was on offer in our market to-day, all breeds moved off slowly at Monday's currency, The best Scots sold at 4s 10d per 81b. With sheep we were bit moderately supplied, yet the mutton trade was heavy, at fully the late decline in the quotations. The best Downs, in the wool, realised 6s; out of the wool, 4s 8d per 81b. Lambs—the show of which was by no means extensive—were inactive, at from 6s to 7s per 81b. A few very inferior Down lambs produced 7s 4d per 81b. Calves were a dull inquiry at late rates—viz., from 4s 4d to as 4d per 81b. rigs and mulch cows were dull, but not lower in price. _ _ _ Per 81bs.to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Second quality do. 3 10 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 4 Second qualitydo. 4 8 5 2 Lambs...., s. d. s, d. Primecrs-wool d 0.5 4 5 8 Pme. S' thdown d 0.5 10 6 0 Largo orse. calves 4 4 5 0 Prime small do 5 2 5 4 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Small porkers ... , 4 2 4 6 is Od to 7s Od. Suckling calves, 168 to 225; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 26s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts ... 9BO Cows l3O Sheep and lambs 6,800 Calves 2lO Pigs 320 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 3lO Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATiI AND LEADENHALL.—These markets are mo derately supplied with meat, and the demand is inactive, as follows :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 6cl; lamb, 5s 8 , 1 to 6s 10d ; veal, 4s Od to 48 8d ; and pork, 3s 2d to 4s 8d per 81bs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, April 13.—Our market was well supplied with stock, and the trade, generally, ruled heavy, as follows : Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 4s to 6s ; lamb, 6s to Ss 10d ; veal, 4s 8d to 5s d; and pork, 3s 8d to 48 Gd per tilbs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, April 13.—Prime beasts and sheep were in fair request, at full prices. Otherwise, the trade ruled heavy, on lower terms. Beat; from 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; mutton, 38 8d to 6s Od ; lamb, 6s 4d to 7s Od ; veal, 48 4d to 5s Od ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per 81bs; sucklinZ calves, 14s to 20s; quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 265; and milch cows, £l4 to £lB each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 2s to £1 10s par load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND..—Mettiow hay, £3 Os to £4los Od ; clover, £4 Os to £4 10s Od ; and straw, £1 43 to £1 lOs per load. Supply moderate. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4103 ; clover. £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 2s to £1 10s per load, Trade inactive. THE COLLEGE OF ORGANISTS.—We are glad to report the satisfactory progress of this undertaking, and believe we are accurate in stating that two prizes of ten guineas each will be shortly announced for the best speci mens of anthem and organ composition. Many new mem bers have been admitted, and an inaugural lecture is to be shortly arranged for. A public dinner would be an interest ing feature amongst the preliminary steps.—Musical Standard. The Memorial of Amiens states that a financial disaster has just taken place in that town which has caused the greatest emotion, as numerous families there and in the neighbourhood may probably be severe sufferers. A. A.me dee Guerin, agent do change, being arrested and put into prison, has been declared a bankrupt. " Strong suspicions of fraud," says the above named journal, "are entertained against him, but no exact account of his assets or liabilities has yet been made out, so that no correct idea of the effect of this calamity can be formed." WESTMINSTER. FORTUNATE APPREHENSION OP A NOTORIOUS THIEF. —Thomas Gilling was placed at the bar charged with being found in a gentleman's house for the purpose of committing felony. and with having removed a quantity of silver plate to carry it away. James Phillips, the butler to Mr. Hubbard, of 24, Prince's-gate, said " I caught this man in our pantry yes terday afternoon. At about three o'clock as I was passing through the passage on the basement story, I met the pri soner coming out of the pantry-door. He said to me I have come to see whether you have any glass that is broken and wants mending.' At that moment I saw one of the drawers, in which plate was kept, open in the pantry, and I asked prisoner to stop, but ho immediately ran off. I pursued and brought him back, and then I found that a robbery had been attempted." Mr. Selfe—What had been done ? Witness—A quantity of plate had been taken out of one of the drawers, and wrapped up in a cloth, which was placed on a table near the pantry-door. Mr Solfe—When had you last seen the plate'safe in the drawer ? Witness—Only a short time before the drawer was safe, and shut. Mr Selfe—How do you suppose the prisoner got in P Witness—By the area gate, Mr Selfe—What is known of the prisoner ? Dennis (the gaoler]—He has been here for all manner of things, for picking pockets, for assaulting the police, and with being an aroa sneak, for which he was committed. Mr Selfe—l remember—he was found afterwards con cealed in a dung heap. Is there any previous convictions against him for felony ? Dennis—As a juvenile offender, and as a rogue and vaga bond I am certain there is, and I believe there is a convic • tion for felony. Prisoner was remanded. TIIAMES. A MOST COWARDLY Act—George Grant, a seaman, was brought before Mr, Partridge, charged with assaulting John Murray, a boiler maker, whose nose was strapped up with surgical plaisters, and who was in a weakly condition from loss of blood. A medical certificate was put:in stating that Murray had been wounded, and the nasal artery divided. The complainant stated that he mat the prisoner, who was an old acquaintance, yesterday afternoon, at the Market House public-house, in Poplar. They were drink ing together, and the prisoner paid him a debt of 25., and then began larking with him, and said, " I'll pay you again," and struck him. He returned the blow and went into the parlour, and was followed by the prisoner. They became good friends again, and shook hands, About four or five hours afterwards they met again in front of the bar of the same public-house, and were drinking stout. The prisoner began larking again, and took a large glass tumbler off the counter and threw it at his head. He fell insensible and bled a good deal, The glass struck him on the middle of the nose, and broke it. The prisoner said, he and his friend were hitting each other. At last Murray commenced abusing him, and he threw a glass at him. Mr. , Partridge—lt was a cowardly act, indeed. You threw the glass with considerable violence, and have wounded your friend. You were both intoxicated. I fine you 20s. The money was paid. THE ACCIDENT AT CAMBERWELL STATlON.—Yes terday Mr. Carter, the coroner for Surrey, held an inquest at the Prince of Wales Tavern, Brunswick-road, Camberwell, on the body of Mr. George Christopher Stewart, aged 20, acting stationmaster in the Camberwell New-road Railway station, who was killed on Saturday last, as re ported in The Sun of the 11th inst. A lad named Walter Noels said that on Saturday, about 12 o'clock, he was on the staircase of the Camberwell station to see the trains come in, when he noticed the deceased on the platform going to meet a train coming from the Victoria station. While the train was coming along swiftly the deceased ran to it, caught hold of the handle of a carriage, and tried to get on the step. He missed his footing, and ran rapidly for an instant by the side of the carriage, when he fell down. His leg was caught by the train, and he was dragged in under the carriages. The train went past him, and left him on the gravel quite dead. Joseph Mortlock, guard of the train in question, said the train had left the Victoria station at 11 20, and arrived at the Camberwell station at 11 56, its proper time. The deceased was standing near the end of the platform, and consequently at some distance from the place where the train would atop, and no doubt to get carried, instead of having to walk to the place of stopping, he tried to get on the stop of the carriage in which the witness was. He did not attempt to hand anything to the witness. He suddenly swung round as if from a sudden lutch of the train, end fell between the two carriages. When the train stopped the witness ran back, and found that two wheels had passed over deceased's back and arms. Ile was much mutilated, and was perfectly dead. The carriage went oil the metals. Mr. Sauudei a, superinten dent of the railway, said the deceased was six months in the employ of the company. It was against the rules for auy one in the employ of the company to get on the trains while in motion. The witness would have fined any one so offending. Only a fortnight ago the wit ness had spoken to the deceased about getting on to the m oving carriages, and pointed out the danger of such an ac t. The coroner said that for its own protection from blame as well from regard to its servants, the company. ought even to dismiss any one guilty of such a reckless act. Mr. Saunders said that for a second offence he should deem it his duty to dismiss the offender. The managers of the company deeply regretted this occurrence, Mr. %V. Stewart, Quarterrnastei of the 6th brigade Royal Artillery, identified the deceased as his son. It appeared that the deceased had frequently ridden on the steps of trains leaving the platform while talsing to some one, but that he had never before attempted to get upon a train in motion coming up to the platform. The coroner having summed up, the jury re turned a verdict of accidental death. SECOND E lITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—Tbis Day, NEWMARKET RACES. —Tars DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) FIFTH BIENNIAL STAKES, Sea King Blue Mantle Jarnicoton. Seven ran. .4250 HANDICAP PLATE. nelroEe Faretra Principal Six ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOPS. Bel Domani° . 1 Beaver . Miss Whip flay 3 SWEEPSTAKES OF 20 SOPS. Peignoir w.o SWEEPSTAKES OF 25 SOVS. Tennyson Rattle filly 2 Cripplegate 3 Five ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SOWS. Leicester w.o SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SOVS. Effie w.o MAIDEN PLATE. Wicket Sante Ruiseeau SUBSCRIPTION PLATE. Peignor Mantrap Custard Castle TENTH ASKE PRODUCE STAKES. Doctor Rooke Prescription CLARET STAKES. Rapid Rhone.. Lord Clifden Woldga LATEST BETTING. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 100 to 40 agst Fillo de l'Air (taken) 7to 1 agst Sir Roger (cffered) 10 to 1 agst Historian (taken) 100 to 7 agst Paris (offered) 6to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's lot (taken) THE DERBY. 14 to 1 apt Catnnuscan (taken) 100 to 6 agat Forager (offered—take 20 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Paris (offered) THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. Bank of England Return,•—This Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Sth Victoria, cap. 32, fur the week ending on Wednesday, the 13th day of April, ISC4 ISSUE DEP A.RTAIENT. rotes issued .......£27,026,9.5 Government Debt .£11,015,1(0 Other Securities .. 3.831,9e0 Gold Coin & Bullion 12,3 6,945 Silver Bullion .... £27,026,915 £27,026,91 DAN KIN D Proprietors' Capi tal .£14.553.000 Rest Public Deposits :PARTMENT. Government Seca- rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £11,022,267 Other Securities 20,260,038 Notes Gold and Silver 703,455 Coin eluding' Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis- misaionera of Na tional Debt, and Dividend counts) 5,929,922 Other Deposits— 13,586,0•:9 Seven Day and other Bills 629,377 £37,762 485 m. £37,762,485 RSUALL, Chief Cashier. April 14, 1861. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS---This Evening. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his scat on the woolsack at the usual hcur. PETITIONS. Lord DARNLEY presented a i_etition praying for an amendment of the Iliathway Act. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time :—Lea Bridge District Gas—Northfleet District Gas—Tunbridge Wells Gas—Huntingdon Gas—Ashton-under-Lyne—and Stfoybridge Water. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Shrewsbury Bridges—Llaneliy Railway and Dock Corn • pany—Newry and Gremore Railway—Sonthwark Park— Folkestone Water—Matlock Bath Water—Marple New Mills and Hayfield Junction Railway. SETTLED ESTATES ACT AMENDMENT BILL (HAMPSTEAD-HEATH ENCLOSURE.) This bill pagsed through committee with amendments. VESTRY CESS ABOLITION (IRELAND) BILL. This bill passed through committee and was reported. PUNISHMENT OF RAPE BILL. On the motion of the Marquis of WESTMEATH the house went into committee on this bill. On clause 1, _ Lord WENSLEYDALE moved that instead of the word " may," the word "shall" be inserted, in order to make the punishment of whipping compulsory, instead of optional. Lord RAVENSWORTII did not object to the punish • ment of whipping in reference to other crimes, but as the crime of rape was seldom or ever committed with premedi tation, he did not think it would be advisable to resort to whipping as a part of the punishment (1 EFT S ITTIN G.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—This Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Andover and Chilton Pond—Downs (the) Docks—Oke hampton Railway—South Yorkshire Railway and River Dun Company—Stirling Water—Stockport District Water —and Thornset Road. THE MALT DUTY. A very large number of petitions was presented in favour of the repeal of tho malt duty. CANDIDATES FOR THE MEDICAL DEPART- MENT OF INDIA. Mr. BAZLEY asked the Secretary for India, how many candidates for employment in the medical depart ment for India were presented, and how many were the vacancies at the time of the competitive examination in January last, and again how many at the recent examina tion ? Sir CHAS. WOOD said there has been no competitive examination for the department in question for the last three or four years. STREET DEALERS IN THE CITY OF LONDON. Mr. Alderman SALO MONS asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he had yet approved the pro posed bye-laws for the City of London, and especially if he intended to sanction bye-law No. 12, which virtually pro • posed to withhold the common law right of way through the principal streets of the City from dealers in fruit, fish, and vegetables. Sir di GREY said that these bye-laws had not yet been sanctioned, and he considered the question of such import ance that he had referred it to the law officers of the Crown. MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL HIGHWAY BOARD. Mr. R. LONG asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Magistrates, resident in places which are exempted from the operation of the Highway Act, are or aro not ex-officio members of the General Highway Board of the district in which they reside. Sir G. GREY replied in the negative. THE IRISH CONSTABULARY. Capt. ARCHDALL asked the Chief Secretary for Ire land if the Irish Government had directed the Inspector- General of Constabulary to recall the instructions issued to the police on the 27th of October, 1862, with reference to the Act 25 and 26 Vic., c. 114, and to issue fresh instruc tions in conformity with the provisions of the said act. Sir R. PE EL said the subject had been referred to the Isiah Crown law officers. LIGHTS FOR VESSELS. Mr. BENTINCK asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any penalty attached to vessels not carry ing the proper lights prescribed by the Merchant Seamen's Act ; and it' vessels infringing those regulations were sub ject to penalties, what those penalties ware, and what was the proper course to take for recovering them ? Mr. M. GIBSON said that, by the Merchant Seamen's Act, any infringement of the regulations relating to the placing of these lights in vessels subjected parties so offend ing to indictment. HARBOUR OF HOLYHEAD._ Mr. STANLEY asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps were being taken to mark more distinctly the Platter Rocks in the Refuge harbour of Holyhead? Mr. M.IGIDSON said that buoys would be placed so as to mark distinctly the situation of these rocks, but there was no decision as to any plan respecting the placing of lights in the harbour. VOLUNTEER DRILL INSTRUCTORS. General BUCKLEY asked the Under Secretary of State for lirta whether it was in contemplation to provide the dri►l instructors of volunteer corps clothing and accoutre • ments in the same manner as if they were in a ogiment of the line ? The Marquis of lIARTINGTON explained that if, in addition to the pay which i these inspe c t ors received, they were also to get clothing, t would pl ace t h em in a better position than sergeants of the regiments of the line, which was not intended. ELECTION DISTURBANCES AT LISBURN. Mr. WHITESIDE asked the Chiet Secretary for Ire land, by whose directions, az.d whether ury.n the recom mendation of any local magistrate, and whether upon any representations of brea c h es of the peace comnatted or apprehended, IGO additional police were recently ordered to proceed to the town of Lisburn, and there to remain ? Sir R. PEEL said that in consequence of the report of a magistarts of the n e i g hb our h ood it was apprehended that political feeing was so strong in Lisburn that disturb. ances would tako place. This magistrate stated that there were placards posted in the town bearing the inscrip tion of "Verney for ever, and down with the petitioner," and that the town was paraded by persons with guns and sticks, and 107 policemen were sent to preserve order, a course which was approved by another magistrate in the neighbourlacod. THE INCOME-TAX Mr, HUBB A.IZD asked the Chancellor of the Exche quer, whether he proposes to re-enact the income-tax as it stood at the close of 1b63, or whether Le proposes any and, if any, what change in its provisions. The CkiANCEOR of the EXCHEQUER answered the first part of the question in tho affirmative, and the latter in the negative. THE DANISH QUESTION. In reply to Mr. B. OSBORNE, Mr. LAYARD said the French despatch on this subject was not officially communicated to the Government. - THE MALT DUTY. On the motion lor going into committee of ways and means, the Colonel duties uponisqu'Eg sugar ObTe postponentov c d th d a t u t n h t e i l th,, house consideration h a o a f the opportunity or considering the expediency of the reduction of the duty on malt. He contended that beer was an indispensable beverage to the agri• culiural labourer in this country, and that it was de sit able that a p:,rtion of the surplus revenue at the disposal of the Chancellor of the Etch tquer should be applied to the remission of the malt duty. Mr. COBBETT seconded the motion, and argued that the duty on malt operated most injuriously on the agricul tural class, and in many cases led them into the consump rural districts good tion of ardent spirits bekr. from being unabl e t o o b ta i n i n many Mr. SIJItTEES also supported the motion, and as the representative of an agricultural district said that he had hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer would have an nounced, in conformity with the wishes of the house, that he intended, at all events to make some reduction in the malt duty, and that any future surplus of the revenue should be applied to its total abolition. (Hear, hear.) [LEFT SPEAKING.j ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. LANCASTER. The election of a member for this borough in place of Mr. W. J. Garnett, who has resigned, took place yesterday. There were two candidates for the vacancy, Mr. Fenwick, Liberal, and Mr. Saunders, Conservative. Mr. Somerville Head, of London, was nominated on the previous day, but it was an nounced that this was only formal, and that he did not intend to come forward till the general dissolu- tion. The polling commenced yesterday morning at eight o'clock. Great excitement prevailed in the to wn, and all the principal streets were thronged from morning till late at night. It is said that each party bribed pretty extensively, and the prices ranged from £5 to £lO and £l5 per vote. The Conservatives were out-generalled by the Liberals. It is remarkable that nearly all the Roman Catho lics of the town voted for the Liberal candidate. About five o'clock the Mayor declared the result of the voting. Several thousand persons were assem bled in front of the hustings. The result of the voting at the close of the poll was thus announced by the Mayor : For Mr. Fenwiek For Mr. Saunders The MAYOR declared that Mr. Fenwick had been duly elected. Mr. FEN WICK then returned thanks, and said he should ever support the great principles of liberality. Mr. SAUNDERS also returned thanks. For about ten minutes he could not be heard, the uproar being perfectly terrific. Eventually he returned thanks to his supporters, and said it was probable before long that he and Mr. Fen wiek would be before them again. Mr. Saunders then insinuated that the in fluence end friends of Mr. Gregsou, the sitting member, had been brought to bear against him. (A tremendous row here ensued; the screams, shouts, and uproar were deafening.) Mr. Saunders, amid all this uproar, said, Gentlemen, why the devil do you interrupt me? It is not decent, it's disgrace ful. you, the Liberal gentlemen, ought to be ashamed of yourselves; it is devilish unhandsome. You have made the mob twice as bad as it would have otherwise been." Mr. Saunders then proposed a vote of thanks to the Mayor; after which he and the Conservative party left the hustings amid hisses. Mr. FENWICK seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. The proceedings ended amid uproar, FIFE. DUNFERMLINE, Wednesday, 4 p.m. At a meeting of the electors of . Dunfermline held this afternoon, Ciptain Thomson, the Conservative candidate, announced his retirement from tha con test. Ile stated that the odds were so decidedly against him that there was no prospect of success. University Intelligence, OXFORD, April 13. A Congregation will be holden on Tuesday next, the 19th inst.. at 2 o'clock, for the election of two delegates of the Museum, in the room of Dr. Daubeny and Professor Raw linson, whose period of office has expired. Votes will be received from 2 until half-past 2 o'clock. In a Convocation to be holden on Thursday, the 21st inst., at 2 o'clock, it will be proposed that the Vice-Chan cellor be emppwered to expend the sum of £285 from the University chest, being the estimated cost of a wall and iron railing on the south side of St. Mary's Church. The Deputy Professor of Experimental Physics will de liver a course of lectures on heat on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at 12 o'clock, during the present term. The Chichele Professor of International Law and Diplo macy will be happy to see those who may wish for assist ance in theft reading on Mondays and Fridays during the te:m at 10 o'clock. The Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon will be at home from 12 to 1 o'clock on Wednesdays and Thursdays during Easter and Trinity Terms, to receive those gentle men who have attended his lectures and who wish for instruction "in its qua) melius sine ulla solennitate tradi possunt," The teacher of the French language in the Taylor Insti tution will begin his lectures for this term on Monday, the 18th of April. The teacher of the German language in the Taylor Insti tution will begin his lectures for this term on Tuesday, the 19th of April, THE ATLANTIC CABLE.—The Great Eastern has been taken up by the contractors, Messrs. Glass, Elliot, and Co., for the purpose of laying the cable. She is to be handed over on the Ist of May, and when the cable is laid the proprietors of the Great Eastern are to receive £50,000 in paid-up shares of the Atlantic Telegraph Company. The laying of the cable will not, however, be commenced before next spring. The cost of the new Atlantic cable will be £700,000. It will be heavier than the old Atlantic cable. COUNTY COURTS COMMITMENTS.—In the years 1862 and 1863 the annual number of .plaints in the County Courts of England averaged 822,172. The number ofjudg ment summonses that came on for hearing averaged 61,973 in a year, the warrants of commit men t i ssue d, 27,309, and the number of persons actually taken to prison. 8,989. Two of the persons committed in the two years were sent to prison for refusing to be sworn, and 11 far refusing to an swer questions to the satisfaction of the judge, and those persons remained in gaol upon an average for three weeks. But the bulk of the commitments wore for not satisfy ing the judgment, though having sufficient means so to do, and the imprisonment of these persons averaged a fortnight —the debt remaining due on the judgment was generally of small amount, averaging less than £3 10s. A. few persons, 116 in all, were sent to prison for fraudulent conduct, or contracting debt without reasonable expectation of being able to pay, and those persons were imprisoned for longer periods, averaging 25 or 30 days—the debt remaining cun paid was commonly more consid era b le in these cases. THE CONDEMNED C RIMINAL CLITHEROR. A c.ecommunicationfiuileicaotinss, consideration rsat f et r iro o dn m a s h atl e al t i t i e a tS ffi i r e George e was Grey,st r, a n Sa rtoafter a circumstances of the receiveda af had come to the con c l us i on that there are no grounds on i which he could recommend her Majesty to extend a reprieve to Clitheree, and consequently the law will have to take its course. Saturday is fixed for the execution. A meeting of shareholders of the L o ndon and Middlesex Bank was held to day to consider the position of the establishment and the proceedings in Chancery recently instituted for the winding-up of atiairs._Dr. Cooke occupied the chair, and stated that seven months had passed away without the directors affJrding the Proprietors any statement of their accounts, and hoped the mee ting would adopt the most efficlent and speedy manner for arranging as full a settlement of their accounts as possible. A motion was proposed, appoint ing a committee of shareho:ders to wind up the affairs under the supervision of the Court of Chancery. Mr. Begin opposed this proceeding, and moved an amendment to the tffeet that, with the view of giving the directors an opportunity of holding an extraordinary general meeting of share ' holders for the purpose of taking their opinion in relation to the propriety of electing the of f icers of the bank, the Master of the Rolls be solicited to order the petition to stand over for 21 days. After some discussion the amendment was carried by a very large majority. The quotation of gold at Paris is about i per milk pm., and the short exchange on Landoll is 25.1.71 per .CI sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 loieL per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about the same price in London and Farb. ••• 1 ... 2 ... 1 ... 2 ". 3 ... 2 2 .. 3 Share' ( 3.14.' it.1t3.4 ti.lo 100 all all all all 100 100 100 t&13,4, 84i 4 118} 78j i 34 4 94 s