The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-05 00:00:00

'7IIILI , - E SUN LONI - 9 &LONEY MAIIKET been very restricted, and in some instances prices BEARE MARKETS—This day. have slightly given way. Great Eastern, North- • ee ORDINARY SHARES AND STO Oh,S. AND Eastern (Berwick), and South-Eaztern have ea ch COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. declined 1, and London and Brighton -I; while sill,. 1 - Railways. .Faid.l Closing Business Price. done. - . Metropolitan have improved 1, and Great Northern . shared , CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. A Stock, 1. 13 • 14, Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val. all 8 8 / There is little if any di m i nu ti o n in the demand The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have 2,5 Blythe and Tyne. ...•• all - - for discounts but the supplies of money on offer are remained inactive, at about previous rates. 10 Bost,Sleaf.,and3lid.Co. all Si 9 eli st Bristol and Exeter .... 100 83 65 a little more extensive. Bank Shares have again been in active request, at Caledonian ............ 103 118 119 About 60,000 sovereigns were withdrawn from at enhanced prices in most instances. London and 50 Cork and Bandon all - - all 61 7 20 Cornwall the Bank yesterday for shipment to Alexandria. Brezilian realise 60; London and Westminster, 10 Do A The Essex has arrived from Port Philip, with 94 97 ; City Bank, 1 . 26 129. . 10 Do. B till 6p e.p an.has. ' been paid to B. all - A gets no div ) all 50 Dublin & Belfast June.l all 35 37 £92,956 in gold. In the Miscellaneous Market , there is rather . The commercial public are now anxiously await- more animation, and prices are in most instances 2 8 5 Don.,Perth,&Ab. June. all 16 17 st t Il a i s n o b u r i g; I d . & ‘, r'i a s Western.eo : lOO 1 0 0 0 i. 9 16 ing the forthcoming budget. A belief seems to be well sustained. st Grea a astern, Ord. stk 100 47 471 475 i at Ditto A stock - - generally entertained in quarters where reliable in- Subjoieed are the current rates of some of the st Ditto EastAnglian at 100 61 7 k formation ought to be obtained, that the Chancellor principal new undertakings : -Oriental Financial a at e Greatsalloorgioetr Scotland 1 . 00 0 .0 1 - 281 1 - 211 of the Exchequer will take a very bold course with Association, 21, -1-, prem. ; Port Augusta and ; B a t t Do Bdo st Do A stock .•• - 100 1311 1321' 100 110 132 132 i regard to the sugar duties, making at once such a Northern Railway of South Australia, 4- 11 prem. Gt.S.anl W. of Irelan: , 100 91 93 Flubs • 100 61/ 655 65 41 substantial reduction, instead of every year induc- Central Argentine Railway, par i prem.; Sable- at GrPtY , c . e: Do bu r Val tr gu . a. • . s . io . c . ' . & 100 - - in g fresh fiscal agitation, as will give a stimulus to niere Hotel Co., 1 prem. ; North Aestraiien Co., st t Lancashire & Yorkshire 1000 10 6 9 7 5 r 09.1 149 4 1 8 th is particular trade, and place it on a permanent t- to 1 prem. ; Ottoman Financial Association, 14 --e st L o o n n. d , o li a g n h d t., l3 &r. coact 100 103 h 1011 : 4 34 DaEi s• No alteration, it it, supposed, will be effected prem.; London and Liverpool Hotel, 17.- -a prem. ; atS L0 0n n.. , /2 11 N l o t. ; , h a Ve D s7e v r e n t i lgg INi 4 110 10:11 11 this session in the imposts on tea, nor is it at all con- Imperial Financial, 7L- prem. ; City Offices, 31- 4 st Lon. & Ser.th Western 100 95701 981 this 181 ii sidered probable that any change will be proposed prem. ; Credit Mobilier, 4-1 1 - 5 prem. ; Credit Foncier, l an - g' lt tr n 4 S o h rr a .' nl Lincoln.rlise. a o l ° l - - in the Customs charges upon spirits. Probably 6i prem. ; Thames Iron Shipbuilding Co., 31 t 12k st 31 l ei o r cp s ort r a e n s all 111 1161 1181 prem.; Queensland Sheep -1 dis. to par ; Financial and st Midland some concession will be made as regards the income Do New - - - P tag) Partly, it is thought, as a compromise to the Corporation, 31 1-, prem. ; and the Lemberg -stiot arid. ( 13 It ra w l . n 0 • Czernowitz Railway, il. 98 _lOO 99 PPosition for their deferring the question of the 25 Do. 1 shares g o . f e6 lr D el e an rb ei y 1 14 0 1 0 1 all - - Malt tax. 26 Mid Kent ..... all - - BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. little During 10 Do Cray Line - - the last few days there has been very GOVERNMENT FUNDS. at North British eta e- i animation exhibited in- the markets for . foreign 3 per Cent. Consols et Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 25 26 255 and Ditto Account, April 8 colonial produce. As regards tea the dealers 3 per Cent. Reduced - - d ;1 have been principally occupied with the samples New 3 per Cent st Do York Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. - dis of the lots to be offered at public sale to day. et Do Carliele Ditto • £SOO Sugars hav e b ee n in some measure neglected, owing Ditto £lOO and £2OO to th e Sank England Stk, 41 per Ct. ... 2361 x d , e. 16.4 North Staffordshire .. an 78 79 78 uncertainty felt with regard to any alters-lv N. and S. W. Junction. all 111 115 111 Ditto Account.. - at Scottish Central lio n that may be effected in the duties. Coffee has INDItN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. at Scot N. E. Aber. stook 100 41 43 beep • In fair request, at full rates, while in rice, India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874.... - at Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 98 100 1 0 Shrews. and Welohpoo; all - - s ' ll pei re, and tallow, there has been little change of Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 . ...... . 1011 541 ' , i ,Shropshire Union Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 importance. it !South Devon ..... -... 100 33 85 34 Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. - st !South Eastern "he Lemberg-Czernowitz Riilway Company, in- Ditto 5 per Cent , Jan. 1872 .. . 1041 t Southi Wales - - trod DitLo 51 per Cent., May, 1879 need to the notice of the public by the Inter- N staines,Wok.,andWok. all 81 91 national Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 18 1 1 . -- 25 Stockton & Darlington all 37 38 Financial Society and the Anglo-Austrian Ditto ditto Aug., 1b66 - 17 91 10 o 13 ank, requires a capital of £1,250,000, in shares of II , Bonds 0.000 t 5 Do New, 1866 lO 8 81 (, Ditto under £l,OOO - die at Taff Vale.. . £2O each, under a guarantee from the Governmant 10 Do It 8 5 7 t , FORBIGI•eFUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. CE Vienna, producing a net minimum dividend of 7 Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent io Do C 3 3 4 p .. - Ulster - - Per cent., payable in silver. Provision is made for Ditto 1859.. ... - P Brazilian 5 per Cent .. .... 102 li 12. to Do 5l - - the payment by the contractor, Mr. Brassy, of in- 100 94 96 951 Ditto 41 per Con , . 1852-55-60 .... , , - - . Vale of Neath terest at 6 per cent. per annum during construction. Ditto 1863 per Cent.. - 881 ii 4 Victoria sta. and Pim.. 100 -- . .; Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - Equador New Consolidated, 1 This new line will form a continuation from Lem- ii West Cornwall , 100 - - Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) - .1 'vv. Hartlepool Har.&R I 100 - - - berg to n e ar the Moldavian frontier, entering into Ditto 6 per Cent, 1863 - A W es t Midland-Oxford 100 - the heart of the grain and cattle producing district, Egyptian 7 per Cent lOO 1004 •-t• Do Newport 100 - Ditto, Second Issue - - 'whence the Carl-Ludwig railway obtains its most, , important Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. - _ -------- traffic, and being constructed at a less cost Ditto Account Ditto Coupons - Promises to be more profitable than its neighbour. Closing , Ditto Account The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway, 71 .har. gailviaya Paid. Price. Business doni A eps.iitctlee Mantic &St Lawrenet all 59 61 Pri da3n the Bth April, a special settling-day in the - Bon Baroda&.Centlno ve 103 IC4 IC3 Account Cent 451 4,1 51 •,), 1 " shares Gu. 5 per Dent........ a o n per of the Ottoman Financial Association Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent - 20 Do. New (Limited '4 ), the Imperial Financial (Limited), the New Granada . 20 Do. E. Shares South Ditto 2 per Cent. 3OA zo4 Buffalo and Laae Boron all 54 6 Eastern Banking Company (Limited), and 9 to Do. Preference the Ditto Deferred . . 00, 1 Builalo,Brant,&Godricji iO . O _ , Imperial Bank (Limited), all of which are to Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) -I up. ot. bds. Aug. 1, lb: •2 oe - marked in the daily lists; also in the 'hares of E' v i l t v t i o an. 41 per i Cent :00 Do. do. July 1, 187:1 100 - - the 3 per Cent. - too Do. do. Jun. 1, Ib:4 100 - - Wallachian Petroleum Company (Limited), and Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 - st Clcutta.&S.Eastn., Li 1,,,, 100 101 1(3 In the Charing-cross Hotel Company (Limited), Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,' 3 - at Capo Town & Dock eri' , 100 99 101 whic Ditto Account ... 495 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. Sp. c 100 1041 1051 h are to be marked in the bi- weekly list. The Ditto Scrip (1863) £3O paid -pm stock Cast Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 1C45 1041 1041 8420 Do. do. G Ext..- 15 4 1 p shares of the Marine Investment Company have Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £St - 20 Do. do. H do. •• 15 4 1 p al so Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 .. - stock Grand Trunk of Canada ilAt 191 201 been ordered to be quoted in the official lists. 100 Do. Ist Prel. Bonds.. all 74 16 T Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 The directors of the British and Californian Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 - 911 100 Do. do. deferred...-. all 58 62 • 100 Do. 2d Pref. Benda.. all 66 68 anking Company has announced that they have Sardinian 5 per Cent , .... _ 100 Do. do. deferred...-. all 51 53 Ditto Account - 100 Do. 3d Pi ef. stock. ... all 48 50 Concluded an arrangement with the firm of Messrs. Spanish 3 per Cent - 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 40 42 Pa ulkner, Bell, and Co., of San Francisco, for the Ditto Account Itequisit' ion of their banking and exchange business. Ditto New Deferred - 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 22 t 5 1 1 11 Ditto Account 465 stook Gt.lndtaPenin.gua.sp.o. 100 103 104 1031 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 44 I r• James Bell, of that house, will be a local direc- Ditto Passive - to Ditto Account 35! i - Do. January, 18i32 .. - - r at San Francisco, and Mr. Henry D. Harrison, stook Gt. South.of India (Lim Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded - guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 103 104 of the same firm, will join the London board. Ditto Account - 20 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 94 10 ,,,, alO _ 204 Do. New .. .. . .... ... 18 1(i 10 8 , The subscription list of the west Worthing In- 7 ,w a e k d i is h h, 6 4 p , e r r e C e e n n t t. lBs4 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 92 94 - 0 'vestment Company (Limited) will close on Thurs- ' Ditto Account pt- - 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 81 83 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 1 p 21 day next, the 7th inst., at 4 o'clock. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 - stock Madras guar., 5p.0. .. 100 lot 103 1024 The prospectus of the Clarence Hotel Company, inttoAapinit Ditto, L.OO Bonds 69! - stook Do. 41 p. o. Extension 100 97 99 stock De. 14 d 0........ 100 92 94 D oper (Limited), has been issued, with a proposed Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 - 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- - 711 2 stock Melb.Corp. 6p. D. Buds. 100 - - Capitali,.. of L 75,000 in 7,500 shares of £ lO each. Ditto 1 1 100 u l r 3 i o t nds .. 7 24 50 Slab. & Hobson's Bay. all 55 58 100 Do. 7p. C. Hoeg. Bds. all - - The deposit on application is to be 10s., and .£1 10s. Ditto 1863 .. - 20 Newßronswick a Cando f urther on allotment. The calls are not to exceed Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent - Class A. and B all 3 5 Venezuela 3 per Cent. 2 per share. The board of directors is eminently Ditto Account - stock Soinde ...• .... •• (100 104 105 1044 r espectable, being composed of gentlemen whose Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 - stock Do. Delhi B4 - ,' 1100 1014 1024 to Do. do kt. ~9 1 2 4 iP ha ilitto Account rues are a guarantee that the objects of the a . , .... 60 st Do. Tonjaub .... r73C; 1 all 102 103 Ditto 1 2 per Cent - Do. Do. ........ , .!„f`, , lao - - c ompany shall be fully carried out. The company Dividends on the above payable in Loud .tt stook Do. indus.St. Flo.) ! k W) 98 100 is now erecting a first-class family hotel upon the Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. freehold formerly belonging to the Clarence. house, Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f... - st 12 G il Dutch 21 per Cent., E.... a .. - - k .e.euae. 5 p.c.J a ,t,l al; Which has just seen purchased bY the directors, - 1877-84 Th e Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates - •• • - - Do. 6 p.c. Feb. & Aug. 100 lao 102 grounds occupy a most eligible position French Rentes, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f - -- Do. 6p. c.llar. it Sept. 100 99 101 in the M'rlue Parade, facing the sea. The Ditto Account - - Do. sp. o. Jan.&July. 10C 89 91 90 Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs - - Do. 6 Inscribed stock 100 88 90 directors are of opinion that from the exist- Ditto Account - - Cape G.liope. 6 p (3,1873 100 106 108 ing want of hotel accommodation the Ciar- Piedmontese 5 per Cent.. Ex. 25f - - Do.Ap &Oct 188 0 1 00 110 112 ' once will command a large share of support, Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 4- 1 per Ct . E x. 4s . - Do. 1891 1 00 11l 113 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 109 111 TWO O'CLOCK. - ,Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 112 114 and enable them to declare large dividends from - !Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 108 Consols Money ti me to time. The building of the hotel is in Ditto April Account - 'N.B.Gov.Op.o.Ja.atJuly 100 102 101 102 the hands of Mr. Glenton, the enterprising con- .oo. 6p. u.Ap. & Oct. 100 --, tractor Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. —N. S.W. Gov. 5p 1, 18,( 100 992 100 i , and is rapidly progressing to corn- De. sp. c.,1811 to Lit 100 99 tOJ pletion. The first stone of the Clarence was laid -4- - Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 100 994 100 last No change in market, Sales about 4,000 bales. - New Zealand 6p cent. 100 109 111 t autumn by the chairman of the London Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. a • C ' Import, 14,919. Previouely, 23.775. - sterling, 1875 lOO 1.04 106 hatham, and Dover Railway. A considerable --- .-- Queensland (ley. 6p. 0. 100 - - IS. Aus G6p.c. 1878 .& up.. 100 109 111 Portion of the capital has been already subscribed SOUTHERN RUSSIA. i Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - f or • and the project is recommended to all who de - - !Do. to 6p.0. An &n(36. . lOO /084 109 i lOBl # -- - --- Si re a safe and profitable investment. A letter dated Odessa, March 18, says :- BRITISH MINES. The prospectus of the National Financial Com- " Prince Simon Woronzoff, the recently appointed 2 , Jambrian Consul. Gold 1 4 id pang ISM be found in another column. It is pro- Ma) or, returned here lately, and is already occu- - enflore Amalgamatfcl t . I. s Ni o r o t Posed, in the first instance, to start with a capital pied in considering the propositions for the harbour :- V,caysnaG'sCelZl:Sorgaavnse.i. 30 674 72 4 of d Gold Ltd. , £ 5 00,000, in 10,000 shares of £5O each. Per- improvements. Some important orders have been -_ last ( C ,a lo rt u n u n " - 14 . • I, 31 3 - 2 b aps there is no class of institutions to which the received from St. Petersburg for the regulation of - Eats Cam Brea... ' 3.4.0 7 74 Principle- W'lltussel (Tavistk ) 8.9.0 45 1 of limited liability has been more success- the judicial and municipal councils in Southern - Gam.&St. Aubyn(Gwen 581 10: 1.1 full Y applied than the financial companies, and Russia, and it is to be hoped that some good will - Great South Tolg - us l 7s 8 1 4 although - G. Wheal Vor (11elsten 40 large capitals have been subscribed, it result, as these institutions, as constituted at - Grenville... .. 0.16. iBl 01 Ca - Hemel's-Foot 8.12 85 37 °net be denied that there still remains a wide present, are far from being satisfactory to - iiingston D0wn5...... 4.18.0 4 41 sold open for the profitable employment of capital the public, I doubt, however, that any fa- - Lady Bertha both in nargaret (Guy Lelant 94. 19 21 , English and foreign enterprises. The Na'Na• vourable change will be carried out for come - Starke Valley. ; ....... 4.3.0 65 61 . t 2 °B al Financial proposes to commence business time to come. The Fifth Army Corps is on a war 4 lZw ild eL ro n n ° c (la. 191 I 9 g 6 provisional very favourable circumstance, and a footing, and the civil authorities will not trouble : , I ' ,. oga l . i pllw as n e s ei • f iiij;7... n .• 3. 2 1 4 .0 li 4 agreement has been entered into for themselves with reforms while the country is in such - laorth Wheal Croft) .. 2.6.9 41 Si --I Par Consols (St Blaze),) - the acquiring a valuable railway concession with a a disturbed state. - ) a . rovidenee (Uny Lelnt., 10.6., 41 43 00 I ve rnment guarantee, and negotiations are also "By a return published exports from Odessa - I.louthUaradoOLCleer, 15 440 160 1 cl* Brea (Illogan).. - pen ding for securing several undertakings which for 1863 are estimated at 28,210,349 roubles. --- l.‘t.W a he%l Fran. (Illog,an 18.18.9 50 ,55 Cann - IStray Park 30.17.6, 32 84 Cannot but be beneficial to the company. The Wheat figures for more than half the amount, In- ....., 1 r,rnarSilv.& Lead Min - - eae • , 9. ' 19 20 , e ntlVe is composed of active business men, and dian corn and other cereals, flour, &e., for 4,000,000, - Pl es erolt 40 E l , l t Basset (Illogan) -11 'A 11 how their faith in the matter they have declined wool for 7,000,000, the rest is made up by various - We cr oohr (Liskeard) 5 2 2 1 0 5 .• '' g hope any remuneration until the shareholders articles. Imports are set down at 9,500,000 roubles. - Wheal st '' lI re s et(11.10 - &a . n ) 47 5 4 4 871 921 L' n ve received 5 per cent. upon their investments. Tobacco and oil are set down at 2,000,000; -__ wheal Buller ettedratte 10 35 40 411 0 re than half the capital, we are informed, has tea, 594,906 ; coffee, 599,287 ; dried fruits, 800,00 0 ; Wheal Kitty (O.Lelant) 2.0.8 - - - __ heat .. a 3 i0.8 1 3 L i been, subscribed, and business wilt commence imme- manufactures, 1,000,000; coals, 325,000 ; various - Wheal a 1 ; l i :t r . o Y n A s en ) 584 1904 200 tliatelv .f,.,... 4i-, .11,,i",.-,nt ~f the shares. which. merchandises, 3,3o3,4BBagriculturalandother - ; - , Wheal Union 3.17 25 24 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing San gailviays Paid. Prioe. Business done I.tiantio &St Lawrenct all 59 41 Bom.,Baroda&.Centlno loc 103 114 113 six 1 Gu. 5 per cent........ 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares zOi Buffalo and Laae Huron all 5i 6i 10 Do. Preference 00l Builalo,Brant,&Godrich o p. ot. bds. Aug. 1,1872 :00 Do. do. J uly 1 , 187:1 100 100 Do. do. J uu..; 1, 18:1 100 st Clcutta.,2 100 101. 113 st CapcTown u Dock Seri' , 100 99 101 stock Eastu. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 IC4I 1051 stock East Indian. go. s p. 100 lott 104 i 20 Do. do. G Ext..— 15 # p 20 Do. do. H do. 15 6 1 P stock Grand Trunk of Canada hu 19i 20i 100 Do. Ist Prel. Bonds all 74 16 100 Do. do. deferred all 58 62 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 66 68 100 Do. do. deferred-- all 51 53 100 Do. 3d PI ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred all 40 t 2 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 25 27 100 Do. do. deferred a1122 (5 stook Gt.lndtaPeniu.gua.sp.o. 100 103 104 103/ 20 Do. New gua. sp. c l2 1 I Do. January, 1862 stook Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 103 104 sq. Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 9 } 10 9 i 10 20 Do. New . .. . . 18 1( 108:; 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 92 94 100 Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-8 all 81 83 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 ip 21 stock Madras guar., 5p.0. .. 100 101 103 1021 stock Do. 41 p. o. Extension 100 97 99 stock Dc. 14 do lOO 92 94 20 Do. Fifth Extension, 2 -- stock Melb.Corp. 6p. 0. Buds. 100 50 Uelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 55 58 100 Do. 7p. C. Hoeg. Bds. all 20 Newßrunswiok t Canda Class A. and B. all 3 5 N.lll.C'da6 po lat f bds 100 82 14 stock Scinde .• •• (100 104 105 1041 stock Do. Delhi z i4z • 100 101 i 102* to Do. L: 2 iP st Do. Punjaub 1 all 102 103 Do. Do. Stook Do. indus.St. F'lo ) ! k W ( ) 98 100 " By a return just published exports from Odessa for 1863 are estimated at 28,210,349 roubles. Wheat figures for more than half the amount, In dian corn and other cereals, flour, &e., for 4,000,000, wool for 7,000,000, the rest is made up by various articles. Imports are set down at 9,500,000 roubles. Tobacco and oil are set down at 2,000,000; tea, 594,906 ; coffee, 599,287 ; dried fruits, 800,000; manufactures, 1,000,000; coals, 325,000 ; various merchandises, 3,303,488 ; agricultural and other implements, 278,910; the rest colonials. This return shows a very small increase in the exports and a considerable falling off in imports in comparison with the previous year. The Polish insurrection may account for the falling off in the imports. The gene ral opinion, however, is that trade will maks rapid strides here when the railways now being con structed are completed, through the reduction of the cost of transport, which at pi esent is so excessive. " The Grand Duke Michael, in command of the army of the Caucasus, I understand lately informed the Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Army, Count Luders, that he could send him 15,000 in fantry and 2,000 cavalry, as he did not require them. Steamers have alreAdy been sent to Poti for these troops." re ceiving any remuneration until the shareholders h ave received 5 per cent. upon their investments. Vlore than half the capital, we are informed, has n een subscribed, and business will commence imme diately after the allotment of the shares, which, according to present arrangements, will take place about the Bth or 9th of the month. It has transpired that arrangements have been c oncluded by the directors of the Home and Colonial Assurance Company with the directors of the Eastern Marine Insurance Company for an absorption of that undertaking upon equitab terms, subject to the confirmation of the shareholders in the latter company. The directors of the Eastern Marine and some of the most influential shareholders will join the board of the Home and Colonial. A meeting of the shareholders of the Warrant B anking Compauy is called for the 13th April, at th e London Tavern, when resolutions will be pro posed to change the name of the company to that c)f the Warrant FinPnce Company, and to a mend certain clauses in the articles of association. It a ?Pears that the directors have received an intima tion from very influential persons that the word 114n killg" is liable to be misunderstood, and it ' o es bee n conbidered desirable, before commencing Peratio ns , to convene a meeting to make the sug gested alteration in the title of the company. wlee subscription list of the Atlantic and Great e 'tern Railway (Second Mortgage Bonds, payable to London), will close to-morrow, the 6th inst. It is rounderstood that the applications are very nume mins' e d. end greatly in excess of the amount to be They are quoted at 2 prem. i ‘ oitt k r * E. D. Pass, of Fenchurch - street , has joined the "eard of direction of the National Financial ci alP an PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 per cent. pm., 106 Great Western Orig. per cent. pl., 98 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred., 87i Lancashire and Yorkshire S per cent. stock. -- Ditto, 4i per cent., Blackburn pur., 100 i North British 5 per cent., 105,; PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS London, Chatham, &c , 6 per cent. 2d pf., 71 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Wilts and Somerset. 91i FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 17 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., Si FOREIGN MINES. Alamillos, limited, Cape Copper, Rm., 13i 14k Fortuna (lim), 3; Yudauauitutana of S. Australia, 1im.,'31 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance aim.). 55K6 5i SHIPPING—This Day. Ditto, new, 46k Anglo Austrian, 71 Anglo-Italian, limited, 74 61 Australasia, 754 Bank of Egypt, 31i 24 Bank of Gtago, line., 44 Bank of Queensland:(lim), 214 2 14 Bank of Wales, lim., 20 19) Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 81 4 9 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 1211 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 44 ""Ditto, new, 30 Chartered of India, London, and China, 72 1 City, 127 9 6 Ditto, new, 100 Consolidated Bank, lim., 11:4 Continental, Urn., 16 East London, lira.. 9 Ditto, new, issued at 14 - pm., 64 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 22 English and Swedish, hm., 14 European Bank, lim., 124 4 Hindustan, china, and J span (11m.), 374 7 8 Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm., 20 Imperial Bank (Urn.), 43 Imperial Ottoman, 191 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Rm., 49 1 London Bank of Scotland, lim., 19i 19 London and Brazilian klim.), 60 Union of London, 50 1 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Land and Finance, line., 34 Boerbay Gas, limited, 54 4 British American Land. 31 Contract Corporation. lien., 61 4 Credit loncierall 4 Discount Corporation, limited, 111 12 agyptian Commercial and Trading, line., 54 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira., 101 Hudson's Bay, 19 International Financial Society, 121 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 86 Joint •stock Discount, Rm., 71 Laud Securities, lim., 5 44 London Financial Association, lim., tsla Ditto, new, issued at 4 pm, 161 Londn Provincial Marine, Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, H 111421 Mercantile Credit Association, Jim., 15 1 Royal Mail Steam, 90 4 U nivenal Marine (Insurance), lint, 54 LONDON, April this day at noon—. fresh breeze and cloudy weather, with rain. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. PLYMOUTH, Tuesday Morning. The ship La Hogue, 1,331 tons, Captain John Williams, belonging to Messrs. Moore, of Billiter-street, was 35 miles south of this port at 4 p.m. yesterday, bound to London; wind northerly, light. She brings over 50 passengers, and a cargo, including 2,632 bales of wool, 31 tons of lihauri guru, 16 casks of tallow, and 15 tons of new copper. La Hogue left Sydney Jan. 12, rounded Cape Horn. Feb, 16, and crossed the line March 9. On the 9th and 10th of February, between 51 and 52 S. lat. and 107 30 to 104 W. long., immense quantities of ice were passed. She spoke, March 2, lat. 21 2 S., lon. 28 50 W., the ship Colombo, 51 days from Liverpool, for Bombay, and Ame rican ship, showing third pendant 8249, from Gothenburg, for Melbourne ; an English ship, showing third pendant 9746, 54 days from London, for Bombay; Norwegian bark Triton, 54 days from Gothenburg ; and the brig Unre.. stricted, 18 days from Montevideo, for Falmouth. 3d, lat. 17 51 S., lon. 28 48 W., the Austrian brig Soberano, 19 days from Montevideo, for Barcelona; 30th, lat. 46 EP N., lon. 'lB 7 W., a British ship, showing third pendant 8634, 86 days from Shanghai, for Liverpool; and the schooner Itburiel, 34 days from Berbice, for London. The ship Philosopher, from Calcutta, for London, passed up Channel yesterday. She has on board the crew ot the schooner Burger, abandoned in a sinking state off the Western Llands. Two o'CLocK. 4 t Paris thi s d a y, according to Mr. Renter's tele g r am, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 6c. nEtnimate. /re T 413 English F u nds remain without any appa• 4 " im provement, Consols being 91 I for money Bpd account. The New Threes and Reduced An are 89 Q 6 ; Exchequer Bill s , 7s. to 2s. die. ; Z l . i a 5 per C ents., 1041 105 ; do. 4 per Cents., 99; 11 . t., "leed 6 Per Cents., 104 i ; and the Bonds , 3 s. dis. or t ,i 6 Securities are a little firmer. Turkish 6 P ci el ‘ Cents., 1802, are 71S 72 ; do. Clnsolides, 54 I.; bi re6l l2sl ; Mexican, 441.51 ; and Spanish Pas. 35 1 ; do., Certificates, 131 ; Portuguese, and the Confederate Loan, 52 54. Ttie tr lulsaotions in the Railway Shares have BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, April 4.—Corporation, from Oporto—Gustav Adolph, from Kiel—Esterphanca, from St. Michael's—her Majesty's ship Pekin, from Shanghai. Arrived, April s—Alnwick Castle, from Trindad. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed—Alfred, of Scarborough, from Sunderland, for Jamaica—Sunbeauh from London, for Quebec—Brunette, screw steamer, from West, fur London—Emerald, of Dart mouth, from West, for North. :ast ; THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1864. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A YOUNG RUFFlAN.—Bartholomew Prendergast, a boy was charged as follows : Police constable James Aldridge, 205 C, said that on the previous evening he heard the prisoner quarrelling with a female in Husband-street. He told the prisoner to fo away, bat he refused, and set to kicking him about the leis, and then gave him a violent blow on the nose, causing it to bleed a good deal. Inspector Bowles, of the C division, said the prisoner vas one of a number of boys who hang about Husband-street, and were the terror of the neighbourhood. Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the prisoner 10s. or 14 days ; and cautioned him that, if he came to the court again fcr as saulting the police, he would send him for a month without a fine. THAMES. REFUSAL TO RECEIVE PRISONERS BY THE QOIrRNOR OF THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION.—PoIice Sergeant Baker, of the K division, who has charge of one of the vans which conveys prisoners to and. from the varicus gaols end this court, returned to Mr. Paget two commitments signed by the magistrate yesterday afternoon, sentencing two men, named Henry Bowra and Charles Juniper, to threc months' imprisonment and hard labour for non-payment of arrears on orders of bastardy. Roche, the gaoler of the court, inti mated to the magistrates yesterday that the prisoners would not be received in consequence of an order from the Middlesex justices, who have the regulations of the gaol not to receive prisoners committed on civil processes. An order was issued. by the justices for prisoners on civil process to be removed to the debtor's prison in Whitecross-street, who, acting on the opinion of the City solicitor, refused to receive any prisoners committeeby the magistrates of the Metropolitan police courts. Mr. Paget asked what had become of the prisoners Bowra and Juniper ? Sergeant Baker said when the Governor of the House of Correction refused to receive them, he bad no alternative but to release them. Mr. Paget expressed his astonishment at the state of things which existed in the county, aad said he should write to the Home-office on the subject and forward the two commitments to the Secretary of State. A youllg woman made application for a warrant against a man who had not paid the arrears on a bastardy order for an illegitimate child for six months. She was informed it would be useless at present to issue a commitment for the imprisonment of a man for non-payment of bastardy arrears, The young woman very properly postponed her application for a warrant until the law was settled on the subject. An application is to be made to the Court of Queen's Bench on the first day of Easter Term for a mandamus against the Governor of Whitecrose-street Prison, and upon the decision of the Judges will depend whether prisoners on civil process from the police-courts are to be confined in the House of Correction or Whitecross-street Prison. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. • SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 108 Od; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od; and straw, £1 4s to £1 108 per load. Trade slow. CUMBERLAND.—MewIow hay, £3 Os to £4los Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £l4s to £1 108 per load. A slow sale. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3os to £4loa ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £l4s to £1 108 per load. Trade inactive. COLONIAL. TEA.—A fair amount of business has been done in the late arrivals of the new season's crop, and full rates are cur rent, particularly for fine qualities of greens. A rather large quantity of China is announced for public sale this day. SUGAR.—The market has been dull, the operations having only been to supply immediate requirements. Good grocery qualities, however, maintain full rates. In the refined market there is little change of importance to report. COFFEE.—There has been a steady demand for Colonial descriptions, and good and superior qualities maintain former rates. Rim—The operations have been on a very limited scale without any material change in quotations. TALLpw.—Business has been less active, and in some instances a slight decline has taken place for sorts. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 41s 9d ; June delivery, 42s 3d to 42s 9d, and last three months 45s per cwt. THE SEA FISHERIES. The Royal Commissioners, Professor Huxley and Mr G, Shaw Lefevre, appointed to inquire into the condition of the sea fisheries of the United Kingdom, concluded their in quiries, so far as regards Cornwall, on Friday, when a largely attended meeting was held in the Town-hall, St. Ives. Several witnesses were called, and a mass of evi dence was given, of which the following is the pith : The mackerel and pilchard fisheries were chiefly carried on at St. Ives, where there were 247 seine boats and six com , panies, and according to the number of seines in each so the turns were taken. A shoal of fish was detected by em ploying " huers ;" they endeavoured to surround the shoal, and then towed the net into shallow water. The fishers got one-ninth share of the " take" in the seine fishing. A wit ness said the only complaint was of the drift men encroach ing on the time by going out too early in the evening. He had seen a shoal of about 40,000 hogsheads, but only 4,600 hogsheads could be saved. Shallow,;seines would be use less, as the fish would go under. He had heard that the trawlers injured spawn; plaice and whiting were damaged. The pilchards were exported chiefly to the Italian ports. William Rouse, a fisherman, said, of most kinds of fish found on the coast he believed the ground seines de stroyed spawn—eg., plaice, sole, and turbot. Many of the drift fishers came within the 1,000 fathoms stated by the Act. Hook fish were scarcer than formerly ; the whiting spawn was killed extensively; whiting was frequently sold four or five inches in length. A witness named Roberts said he had not known of any prosecution of the drift men for infringing on the section of the Act, for in the night the boats might go where they preferred; the seine owners could not operate at night. The average length of seines was from 200 to 260 fathoms. Sometimes the fish moved at the rate of lf mile per hour, At the Guildhall, Penzance, on the previous day a vast amount of evidence was given before the commissioners, in the course of which it was stated that the average cost for a boat properly fitted for herring, pilchard, and mackerel fishing was about £7OO. It was believed that there would be a good deal of oyster and crab fishing if they were not caught during spawning time. The ground nets destroyed a great number of small fish. There were about 1,000 men employed in fishing in Newlyn and Mousehole. The ling fish was almost annihilated ; lobsters had greatly fallen off, but hook ish had not much decreased. The Newlyn boats were generally away to the North Sea 13 or 14 weeks, and returned in time for the mackerel season, which lasted about eight weeks. The pilchard season commenced at Mid • summer. One witness said he had drifted for herrings and only carried one light in the boat, He knew there was a regulation respecting the lights, but it was not acted on. The pleased men might ;there was go trawling, drifting, o r fishing, as they ed ;he inspector to inquire into such matters. p no ias The small seines interfe re d with the large ones. There were about 250 drift boat s, and th ey shot over and broke th e shoals of the fish and scatter ed them, The firing of gun s t was not good for the fisheries ; the shock disturbed the fish. Joseph Green, a master of mackerel, pilchard, and drift boats, of 20 years' standing, stated with regard to the pilchard seines, that last year a shoal of fish came along, and one of the small seines interfered, and in consequence of the dispute the shoal passed on and was lost. This year he saw another collision. The shoal of fish came, and a large seine pulled in a position to intercept it. A small seine ran across her bows, and a contention arose, the consequence being that the shoal was lost. On another occasion, after the larger seine had shot out, a small seine did the same. About 70 hogsheads were caught by ;the small one, but about 30 hogsheads were killed in the meshes, and, after being in the water three days, were sold for manure. That was owing to the seine not being properly constructed for that sort of fishing. He should say that no seine should be smaller than 180 fathoms long and 1.2 fathoms deep. The large seines generally were about 200 f a th oms . S m aller seines than 180 fathoms would be injurious to the fish and cause a great waste. He was in favour of the extension of the fence months, as much benefit, in his opinion, would be thus derived. He also thought there should be a limit for the drift boats. Several witnesses endorsed the views expressed, and the Commissioners assured them that every attention would be g i ve n to the evidence adduced. COLOUR,nmuch Writesaus amused s follows by your AN ADMIRER OF' the Spectator, in regard to the reported change of fashion adventured upon by H.R.H.H . the Prince of Wales, as described by our contemporary in a lively article recently quoted in The Sun :—T in genious article on " The Prince and the Fashions," yet I read with some regret, thongh not surprise, your acquies cent sentence against colour in men's costume, I can b y no meens see the force of yo ur reasoning. I am old enough to remember a time when every gentleman excepting clergymen wore a coloured coat; and I cannot b u t ca ll t o mind the lamentations which prevailed on the introduc tion of black. "Now, it was said by repining elderly ladies, "we shall see nothing but gloom and a great deal of shabbiness for the remainder of our days." I have some sympathy with them still, I lament over the gloom which settled upon us somewhere about 1820, I believe and think it has lasted much too long. lam sick of rusty • black, the shabbiest of all garbs. I well remember the bright, handsome, respectable blue coats which middle-aged doctors like Sir Astley Cooper and the first Dr. Parry of Bath always wore, with their polished metal buttons. I cannot, of course, go back to Goldsmith's peach-coloured coat, or to the beautiful sky-blues, or rich clarets, or rubies that were known in the Grandison time. But even these, absurd as you may think them (and I by no means recom mend peach blossom to the Laureate), gave a distinctive character to men, and took off from the insipid formality of our modern gentiemen's costume. If economy is in ques • tiou you must not recommend black velvet ; a specimen hero and there would be noble and imposing, but it must bo only a specimen, The Railway Invasion of the City, Yesterday, at 2 o'clock, a conference of members of Par liament representing the city of London or connected with it, and of bankers, merchants, and other principal citizens, was held in the banking house of Messrs, Rothschild, in New-court, St. Swithin's-lane, in reference to the impend ing railway invasion of the city, which has given rise to a great deal of public anxiety and alarm. Baron Rothschild, M.P., occupied the chair, and there were present, among others, Mr. R. W. Crawford, M.P., Sir Samuel Morton Peto, M.P., Mr Tito, M.P., Alderman Salomons, M,P., Mr F. W. Russell, M.P., Mr John Abel Smith, M.P., Mr S. Morley, Major Snell, Mr J. P. Gassiott, Mr Trowel . . Mr Corrie, City Remembrancer, Mr Charles Candy, and Mr B. W. Horne. It was stated in a circular convening the meeting that a public meeting was recently held at the London Tavern for the purpose of considering in —:hat manner the city of Lon don could be best protected against the various Railway bills now before Parliament, which propose to occupy space within its limited area so greatly needed for business pur poses, The meeting was very numerously and most influ entially attended, resolutions were passed and a committee appointed to effect the objects sot forth. The House of Commons had appointed a select committee to consider all the Railway bills which affect the metropolis, and it meets on the 11th of April. A petition, praying that legislation with respect to all railway schemes which propose entering the city of London shall be postponed until some of the large works already sanctioned shall be further advanced, and time thus obtained for more mature consideration, had been almost unanimously adopted and most influentially signed. It had, therefore, become necessary to consider carefully in what manner the objects of the petitioners could be best attained. Mr. S. MORLEY, as chairman of the committee appointed at the public meeting, enumerated the public works which had been already sanctioned within the city, and were now in course of construction or in contemplation. These, he said, included three bridges across the Thames, two for railways and one for ordinary traffic at Blackfriars; the Thames Embankment, the new street from Blackfriars to the Mansion-house, a railway station in Cannon-street, and two others in Broad-street and Finsbury-place, together with an extension of the Metropolitan. Railway, for all of which a large number of houses had yet to be taken down, in addition to those which had been already demolished. There was also the projected viaduct over Holborn-val ley, to which Parliament had given its sanction, and which would involve an enormous destruction of property. There existed at present, he said, a feeling of deep anxiety among citizens as to how they were to find spate in which to conduct their various business, and he believed it would be most acceptable to the great body of them if the Legislature could be induced to abstain until next session, at least, from sanctioning any fresh projects until those which he had enumerated, and some of which were advancing rapidly, were completed. The memorial reflected the sentiments of a large proportion of the citizens on the subject. They did not in the least present them selves before Parliament in any antagonistic spirit, but they were of opinion that the limited area of the city of London, the seat of an immense and rapidly increasing trade, should be protected against the intrusion of any rail•. way which was not absolutely requisite for the convenience of the public, and it would be a great relief to them to be spared, for a time at least, from the imposition of any fresh schemes. All the bankers, he believed, had signed the petition, and a very considerable number of tho leading merchants and trading classes. They utterly repudiated the idea of needing at present the schemes which were now in contemplation. He knew men who were absolutely at their wits' end as to what they should do in the event of projects with which the city was threatened being carried out. All that the petitioners said was, " Spare us for the present," and he believed that a widespread feeling in the city of London was reflected in that wish. A conversation followed as to the course to be taken with the view to give the greatest possible effect to the wishes of the petitioners before the House of Commons. Mr. Craw ford was of opinion that, not represen ing any corporate interests, the memorialists could have no locus stancli before the committee of which Lord Stanley is chairman. Any petition, he said, against a particular scheme would be re ferred by the house to that committee, and not be consi dered singly by the house upon its merits. With the view of testinG that matter, he said, he recently moved the house to postpone a particular line of railway—namely, that from Blackfriars-bridge to the Tower, but he did not succeed, and the bill was now in the hands of the com mittee. The petitioners might be able to obtain a hearing before the committee through counsel, but in that case there must be a private interest to represent. Mr. Morley said the petitioners made no reference in their petition to any particular line. Alderman Salomons remarked that the memorialists were merchants, bankers, and many other per sons interested in the question, and their petition might possibly be referred to a select committee. Mr. Tite re minded the meeting that the committee of which Lord Stan ley is chairman was one to which all the schemes in the city were to be referred. The petitioners did not object to any particular scheme, but to all the schemes for the pre sent, and it would be, therefore, of no use to them to have their petition referred to Lord Stanley's committee. They ought rather to endeavour to interest Lord Palmerston, as the head of the Government, in the matter on its merits, and when the petition was presented Mr. Crawford or some other city member might move that it be read at the table and referred to a select committee to consider the previous question, so to speak. Mr. John Abel Smith suggested that it would be desirable in that case to move also that the peti tioners be heard by counsel. Mr. Morley said he should like Lord Palmerston to see a deputation on the subject be forehand, believing that if he was assured that beyond all controversy there was a deep feeling of anxiety on the sub ject among men engaged in the various departments of banking, trade, and commerce, and that their object was not to oppose in any unreasoning sense, but simply to ask that time might be given, his lordship would support a pro • position so reasonable. Mr. Corrie, the City Remembran car, remarked that the bills in question having been read a second time, and referred to Lord Stanley's committee, there would be a difficulty in taking them out of the hands of the committee; but if this petition and that of the cor poration of London on the same subject were presented to gether, a motion might be made to refer them to the com mittee, with an instruction to inquire as to whether it would be desirable to postpone legislation for a time. The corpo ration of London had instructed him to consider the schemes in question very carefully,'and he had that day had a conference with one of their committees on the sub ject. They had gone through the various bills and come to a decision as to which they would not oppose. They had agreed not to oppose the Charing-cross Railway, the North London Railway, or the London, Chatham, and Dover Rail way Bills of the present session, inasmuch as they only asked for powers to perfect schemes previously sanctioned by Parliament, and which the corporation rather regarded as improvements than otherwise. They should, however, move the insertion of clauses with the view to promote the public convenience in some respects. With respect to all the other schemes the corporation would petition Parlia ment to postpone them. It was eventually decided that inquiry be made as to the course to be taken to give the greatest practical effect to the prayer of the petitioners, consistently with the forms of the house, and that, before the petition was presented, Lord Palmerston be fished to see a deputation on the matter. The conference then terminated. CENTRAL. RELIEF FUND.—The usual fortnightly meeting of the Executive Committee was held at the Town-hall, Manchester, yesterday—Sir J. Kay Shuttle worth, high sheriff, presided. The honorary secretary re ported that £6,241 15s 8d had been received daring the past fortnight, and that the balance in the bank was £133,2103s gd. That morning £29 8s sit had been received from Red ditch and £329 Os 8d from Darlington. Mr Parnell re ported that there had been a decrease of persons receiving relief in the fortnight ending March 26, from the guardians of 27 unions, of 6,687. The hon. secretary having presented his monthly report, Mr Parnell said, in answer to r Wor rall, that more money would be wanted than ther M e was to lend under the Public Works Act. If it should so happen that, from unforeseen circumstances, certain local authori ties did not want the whole sum placed to their credit, it would be very desirable for them to let the Poor-law Board know, so that any surplus might be apportioned among others really needing it. Mr Ashton said he had been in formed, by persons upon whose testimony he could rely, of efforts to stimulate emigration from these districts, which he deemed of such importance to the working classes that publicity should be given to them in order that this disclo sure might operate as a warning both to the agents and their victims, or, if untrue, be authoritatively denied. He under • stood that persons, representing themselves as agents from some of the mills in America, were engaging people here for factory work in that country. Each man engaged received a certain sum for outfit and passage money, and was required to sign an agreem ent bindin g him to repay the advance within a period of 90 days of his arrival in America. On stringent measures being adopted to enforce repayment the emigrants who had not then saved sufficient money were induced or compelled to enlist in the army. The system was first tried with single men, but as many of them contrived in some way to raise the cost of their individual expenses it was now being applied to married men with families of chil dren over 10 years of age, whose emigration expenses were much larger. Consequently men so situated had scarcely any prospect before them but enlistment when pressing de mands were made for the repayment of the emigration loan. After some explanations had been given of the delay in sup plying boots for the men employed on public works, the committee proceeded to make grants of money to the local relief committee. AI. CAHOURS has presented an important memoir to the Paris Academy on Ike Respiration of Fruits. THE WAY THE MONEY GOES.—A Parliamentary return of the gold and silver imported into and exported from each Presidency of India states that, in the year 1863, the gold and silver imported exceeded the export by no less than £19 ) 367,764. In the last eight years this excess of import over export in India has reached the enormous value of £109,652,917. Bullion has been coined in India in the present century to an amount considerably exceeding £200,000,000. Newmarket July Carlisle Pontefract Abingdon Cambridge Liverpool July Stamford Au Brighton 2 Brighton Club Lewes Huntingdon .. .. .. 9 Wolverhampton 11 Reading 16 Eghani .. 18 Oxford SEPT] Weymouth 1 Warwick September 6 Leicester 8 Bridgwater Doncaster Nottingham • Winchester l9 Southampton .. 2O Chesterfield King's Lynn Goodwood - - - Dover York August Yarmouth Plymouth Lichfield Stocktcn .... 3O Devon and Exeter Derby KBER. Brecon .. 19 Richmond Monmouth 22 Manchester Autumn Newmarket First October 27 A NEW BAROMETER, A new barometer, with a scale of long range, wai exhibited at the Society of Arts, on Wednesday evening last, by Mr. Hicks, of Hatton-garden. The barometer consists of a tube hermetically sealed at the upper end, but open at the lower end, the upper half of the tube being of smaller sectional area than the lower one. A sufficient quantity of mercury being poured in, and the tube reversed, the column of mercury distributes itself in the two portions of the tube, so as to assume a length corresponding to the weight of the atmosphere at the time. It is obvious that, if the tube was of one diameter from the top to the bottom, the column of mercury which would be supported at a given time would no longer be supported when the pressure of the air decreased, and the column could only be ihortened by a certain portion running out of the bottom; but the difference of diameter in the upper and lower portions of the tube (in the new barometer) enables the excess in 'en gth, instead of running out, to spread tat erally. If, for instance, the pressure of the air diminishes so that it is capable of supporting only a column shorter by one inch than before, in the ordinary barometer the mercury sinks one inch only, but in Mr. Hick's barometer the fall, according to the re lative area of the two tubes, may be increased to almost any extent. Thus, supposing the sectional areas of the upper and lower portions of the tube to be such that one inch of mercury in the upper fills only nine-tenths of an inch in the lower, it is clear that, if ten inches be withdrawn from the upper tube, they will only fill nine inches of the lower portion of the tube, and thus, while the whole column is shortened one inch, the surface of the mercury in the upper tube will be lowered ten inches ; or, in other words, for every change of one inch in the length of the barometric column a range of ten inches is obtained. The smaller the diffe rence between the diameter of the tubes, the greater will be the range obtained. The method by which Mr. Hicks practically obtains the seals for each of his barometers is the placing it and a standard barometer in connection with the receiver of an air pump, and, observing the fall in each ease, he gra duates accordingly. Mr. Hicks also adopts an ingenuous method of measuring tree length of the barometric column itself, an d thus gets readily a standard barometer which is well adapted for moun tain measurement, inasmuch as the difficulties of the cistern and its necessary corrections is got rid of. This he effects by graduating from the centre both ways. By means of two verniers reading to 1-1000th of an inch, he takes the two readings of the distance from the central point, adds them together, and the total is the correct length of the barometric column at the time. Mr. Hicks also exhibited a mercurial maximum thermometer of novel and simple construction. MISS BRADDON, the popular novelist, is busily engaged upon a new sensation novel, which will appear a arly in l‘rlay. It is rumoured that the new work will sur pass " Lady Audley's Secret" in dramatic force and strongly developed interest. SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEDIL—Easter week. free. —During the week ending April 2, 1864, the visitors have been as follows:—On Monday, Tuesday, and Satur day, free days, open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m.— total, 27,518 ; from the opening of the Dluseuto, 4,512 ,771 SPORTING NOTES, The Epsom Meeting commences on Thursday. 'Ma first great event to be decided is the City and Suburban. Handicap. A great many horses have been banked for. this race. Liston held the premiership in the betting for the last two or three weeks, but has now received the coup de grace by having the pen drawn through his name. Jamicoton very nearly met a similar fate, having retro graded in the betting from 15 to 50 to 1, but has now returned to even a shorter figure. The French division are now in great form, and if not the actual winner, he is sure to finish in the first flight.s Gordian Knot and Veterinarian are the most formidable of the light divi sion, Brindisi, a cast - off from Lord Stamford's stable, will represent the Duke of St. Albans. There is only one fool in the race, viz, Tom Fool, and as the month of April is said to be rather propitious to that class of animals, it is just possible he may share her favours and those of the judge on the present occasion by his being re corded the winner. He has been banned to win a large sum of money by his spirited owner., It' I was certain he would only run kindly, I should prefer him to anything. He has a bad temper, and there is no dependence to be placed on hini. I shall give my final selection both for the City and Suburban and the Metropolitan to-morrow. The winner for the City and Suburban I expect will turn up in either VETERINARIAN, GORDIAN KNOT, BRINDISI, JARNI COTON, or TOM FooL. The Metropolitan ought to be won by LORD ZETLAND, but I would advise him to be let alone at present, as it is quite possible he may not put in an ap pearance. A FRESHMAN. TATTERS ALLS'.-LAST EVENING. CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. 6to 1 agst Gordian Knot (taken and offered) 7 to 1 agst Veterinarian (taken) 11 to 1 agst Jarnicoton (taken) 14 to 1 agst Brindisi (offered) 20 to 1 agst Flying Fish (taken) 20 to 1 agst Voluptas (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Lord Burleigh (offered) 25 to 1 agst Stockinger (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Marigold (taken) 30 to 1 agst Mail Train (offered) 66 to 1 agst Vivid (offered) METROPOLITAN STAKES. sto 1 agst Lord Zetland (taken) 20 to 1 agst Joco (taken) THE DERBY. 15 to 2 agst Scottish Chief (taken) 14 to 1 agat Coast Guard (taken) 16 to 1 agst Forager (taken) 18 to 1 agat Birch Broom (taken) 22 to 1 agst Blair Athol (taken) 25 to 1 agst First Flight (taken) 25 to 1 agst Historian (taken) 100 to 1 agst Laomedan (taken) 100 to 1 agst Veterinarian (taken) Ersou SPILING.SCRATCHINGS.—ApriI 4, at 150 p.m.:— Liston, Blarney, and Lucky Star, out of the City and Suburban ; Cachuca, out of the Metropolitan ; and Gunner and all Mr. Bryan's horses out of their Epsom Spring engagements. THE GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE, MELTON MOW BRAY.—WO are authorised to state that Mr. Behrens, the owner of Game Chicken, objected to Cooksborongh, the horse that came in first, on the ground that Mr. Lotan, who rode him, was neither a farmer nor gentleman jockey, as required by the conditions of the race. The stewards will investigate the case on Thursday at Epsom. THE LATE CHERTSEY AlEETlNG.—Alcibiades, who came in first for the Hunt era' Stakes on the second day, has been objected to as not being qualified to run, and the matter will be investigated by the stewards as soon as possible, and notice of their decision given in due course. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864, APRIL. Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven LlAnboldy . 12 Newcastle and Gateshead 14 Knighton Liverpool Hunt Club,... 15 Lewes Spring . 19 Cardiff Newmarket First Spring 25 Chester York Spring Salisbury l2 Blaydon Radcliffe l6 Ju: Redditch l6 Bath Manchester (Summer Harpenden Epsom 24 'NE. Wye Maidstone 3 Ascot Hampton l5 Newton Odiham , Bibury - Beverley 22 Stockbridge Chelmsford 2B New Forest Hunt 2B Ne ivcastle-on-Tyne 28 Worcester (Summer) i Ipswich .. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening, The SPEAR.ER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. TIIERERNE took the oaths and his seat on his elec.. tion for Coventry. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : North Eastern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire Railway Companies—South Yorkshire Railway —and West Norfolk Junction Railway. The order for the second reading of the Walthatnstow, Clapton, and City Railway Bill was discharged, anc the bill was withdrawn. THE LISBURN ELECTION COMMITTEE. Mr. ADAIR brought up the report cf the committee, which was to the effect that Mr. Stirling was unable tronrA indisposition to attend the committee on the 22d ult., trad the sitting was adjourned until to-morrow at 11 o'clock. Dr. llA.nuts was examined at the bar of the house., and said that he attended Mr. Stirling, who was physically un able to leave bis residence. Mr. ADAIR then moved that Mr. Stirling should be exempted irom further attendance. Mr. HUNT contended that the motion was irregular, as the committee, by the rules of the house, could not he adjourned during the recess beyond the first day of the reassembly. The hon. member cited the authority of Mr. Clerk, the barris'er,who had written a work on the pr ocee d. ings in Parliament, in support of the argument. He con.. sidered the subject should be referred to a select coin.. mittee. Mr. ADAIR said that if the committee adjourned until to-day they could not, according to the 75th section and, proviso of the act relating to committees, transact any busi- ness, or even adjourn to another day. Sir G. GREY admitted that the matter was very ire_ portant, and he submitted that the proper course would be to have the report printed, and brought up for consideration to-morrow, when hon, members would under stand the nature of the subject they would have to decide. This suggestion was adopted, the original motion having been withdrawn after a few words from Mr. WALPOLE. ENLISTMENT FOR THE FEDERAL STATES IN IRELAND, &c. Colonel DICKSON gave notice that he would ask cer tain questions relative to the militia in Ireland, and also as to the inducements held out_ for enlistment for the Federal States in that country. THE GOVERNMENT POLICY IN REGARD TO THE DANISH QUESTION. Mr PEACOCKE gave notice that he would move that this house approves the policy of the Government to adhere to the treaty of 1852, though he might object to the mode in which that policy was carried out. (Laughter.) He expressed a hope that the Danish Government would not depart from the promises given in 1851 and 1852. THE BALLOT. Mr. H. BERKELEY gave notice that he would bring on the subject of the ballot after Whitsuntide. (Laughter.) NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. BRAND, a new writ was ordered to issue for the election of a member for the city of Oxford, in the room of the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, who had accepted the office of one of her Majesty's Principal Secre. taries of State. THE DANO-GERMAN QUESTION. In reply to Mr. B, OSBORNE, Lord PALMERSTON said that all the Powers who were parties to the treaty of 1852 had agreed to send representatives to the Conference, but no answer on the subject had yet been received from the German Diet. The basis of the Conference would be to restore the peace of Europe. (Laughter.) It was thought it would not be right to settle anytning before which could be best decided on at the Conference. No armistice had been agreed on. RESIGNATION OF MR. STANSFELD. Mr. STANSFELD, in order to afford him an opportunity of making a personal explanation, moved the adjournment of the house. He said he felt bound on a former occasion to tender his resignation, which the noble lord (Palmer ston) had refused to accept in the most chivalrous manner. He thought, however, this was one of the occasions when a man ought not to consult his own feolings, and he had availed himself of the refusal of the noble lord. Ha became convincel that by retaining office he would be embarrassing a Government which he desired to support. The hon. member then entered into a statement, and he indignantly disclaimed the imputations made by the Pro careur-General of France, and said he felt it due to Mazzini and to himself that the former should be the first to state what use he had made of his house which he had given for an address. From long experience of Mazzini he believed he was quite incapable of the actions with which he had been charged, but although he (Mr. Stansfeld) had every sympathy with the object of his life, the unity and independence of Italy, he might have thought sometimes that the methods were not so practice I as they were sanguine. He denied that he knew anything of Greco or his alleged accomplices until he read in the newspapers of their arrest, With regard to Tibaldi, he might have seen him in 1857, but neither he nor any other person dared to make such suggestions as had been stated. Massarenti was a dealer in maccaroni cakes, and the only money he ever paid him was for these arti cles. He knew Campanella well as a scholar, and one who was incapable of doing what was attributed to him, Lord PALMERSTON expressed his regret at the loss of the hon. member's services, and passed a high eulogiun on him for his high intellectual and moral qualities which endeared him to all who knew him, and must be of the greatest benefit to any Government with which he was con nected. He contended that the hon. member was as in- capable of the acts most basely imputed to him as any hon. member of that house. That hon. member was as much interested as any other man in the personal safety of the Emperor of the French, who had been their firm ally, and the continuance of whose dynastic sway was so essential not only to his own country but tu the whole of Europe. (Hear, hear.) The motion was negatived. POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS. On the motion for going into committee, Mr. LANG moved for a select committee on the Post office, with an especial view to the improvement of existing arrangements for the transmission of mails in provincial districts. _ _ The motion was seconded by Mr, G. CLIVE, and sup ported by several hon. members, Mr. PEEL, after giving explanations in reply to Mr. LONG, and stating the rules observed by the Post-office in relation to the acceleration of mails, observed that he was far from saying that there was not room for improvement ; but this was the province of the Post-office department, which had facilities for obtaining local knowledge, and he should not be justified in agreeing to the motion. After some further discussion, The CHANCELLOR , of the EXCHEQUER sug. gested that, as the Post-office department was not repre sented in that house the motion was premature until the Treasury (according to the general principle observed by the house) had had an opportunity of examining the subject in conjunction with the Post-office. The amendment was ultimately negatived, and the house weut into a committee of supply upon the Navy Estimates. On the vote of £1,164,100 for naval stores in the Store keeper-General's department, a long discussion took place, embracing, among other topics, the state of the effective list of the navy, the condition of the steam reserve, the actual strength cf the iron-plated navy of France, the policy of employing upon a larger scale private yards in the con struction of ships of war, the comparative merits of the Royal and private dockyards, and the question whether we were to rely upon armour-plated vessels alone, or whether wooden ships were to form a part of our navy. Upon these statedmatt matters, s t the x n p u l m a 11 a h e t r i o o n f a s hi w e p r s e p g r i o v p e o n s ebdy Lord b built P i n A. th E e T c ' o n w r h s 3 e of the year (contingent upon what might be doing by other nations), and that wooden ships could not be entirely done away with. The vote was ultimately agreed to. The following votes were likewise agreed to, after dis. cussion : £662,212 for steam machinery in the Department of the Controller of the Navy. s r io s e n t e i r s t v ement to officers. £64,350 for medicine and medical stores. e n e ci d s no . urn a eav l p i ne o oyc w reat a ne n ßdc allowances. £193,933 f passed troops). t,h 4 .c 1 a5TT641 1 hh9 0 9910.437 2 0;:::922 3 , 0933 : 03 : 01i loif f ffanoo o ootr r ii Rohemtieaysirlllimifiwel-tfp:peraAery miscellaneous ynepdsaoineroAndhiecsrt std allowances. Department d c t o o n be s Committee. The house adjourned at a quarter pact 10 o'clock. THE PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHAREST, AntiL 1. The bill on rural law has been presented to the Chambers. A vote of want of confidence in the Ministry was rejected by a large majority. THE FRENCH LANDSCAPE PAINTER Alexander Calame, pupil of Fran9ois Didays, and one of the most emi . neat masters of our time, died a few days ago at Mentone. A magnificent funeral has been prepared at the expense of the French Government. SUPPOSED CHILD MURDER. —Yesterday forenoon an inquest was taken by Mr. Jo hn Payne, coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster, at the Howard ms, Arun del-street, Strand (a Liberty of the Duchy) on Ar view of the body of a newly-born female infant, which was found on Friday last, by a boy, in the Thames, off the Essex street steamboat pier. Evidence of the discovery of the body having been given, Mr. Walsh, surgeon, Blackmore-street, said that he had examined the body of the deceased, which he believed was born a live : It had not been. attended to by a medical man. The umbilical cord was not properly tied, and in his opinion death resulted from neglect at its birth and the want of medica. attendance, A verdict was returned to that effect. JULY. UST.