The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-23 00:00:00

ITONEY MARKET AND comranciAL INTELLIGENCE CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The money market is decidedly easier, and there is a fair amount of business. In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon there was a general advance. The bar silver by the last West India packet has hem sold at ss. 11d. per oz. standard. The directors of the Imperia, Bank of China have issued so amended prospectus. The more com prehensive title of " The Imperial Batik of China, India, and Japan" has been adopted, and it is pro posed to increase the capital to £2,000,000. The latest addition to the list of new under takings is the International Contract Company, Which is of a highly respectable character, and is to act as an aux ili ary to the great financial associa tions recently established. The capital is .Z 4,000,000, in 80,000 shares—half to be first issued—of £5O each, 30,000 of which are stated to have been already subscribed. The company is to undertake l arge public works, and arrangements, it is stated, have been entered into for contracts to the amount of £11,000,000, including the construction of the European Central Railway, which is to be com- Inenced at once. The public are also informed that the services as well as the extensive business of a well-known contractor have been secured on advantageous terms, The shares are quoted 21 prem. The subjuined notice relating to the new Anglo- French Mexican 6 per Cent. Loan was posted in the Stock Exchange yesterday afternoon In consequence of several applications for information on the subject of the payment of the instalments and interest . co upon on s cr i p, we b eg to no tif y th a t th e i ns t a l men t s an d interest coupon on the scrip issued for the French market are payable in Paris only, and that in like manner the in stalments and interest coupon on the scrip issued for the English market are payable in London only, at the bank ing -house of Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co. The interest on the definitive bonds will be payable either in Paris or London, at the choice of the holders of the bonds, at the fixed rate of exchange of 25f 200 per pound sterling, as already announced. GLYN, MILLS, and Co. E. A. BEATH, for the International Financial Society. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning, according to Renter's telegrams,G the Three per Cent. Rentes were 67f . 22 0. if- 15c. Heavy. _ A rise o f * per cent. h as b e en!produced in the English F un d s , b y some sma ll p ur chases for invest ment and th e improved appearance of monetary 4irs. Consols are 911 1 for money, and 911 .1 the for account. Th e N ew Threes are 891 ; the Re "ed, 891 1; India 5 per Cents, 1041 1058; do. 4 Per Cents., 991 ; do. Bonds, 12s. die.; and Exche quer Bills, 9s. to 4s. Foreign S toc k s are gen erally firm, end business .8 not very active. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 71a 4 ; do., Clneolides, 521 1; Mexican, 451 ; "., New Loan, 1 die. 1 prem. ; Greek, 241 25 ; Portugue se , Passive, 351 a ; do., Certificates, 121 ; rortugues e , 48 1 ' ; the New Russia n Loan, 1 P r em.; and the Confederate Loan, 55 57. In the Railway Share Market the operations have been limited, and prices have in several in stances shown a downward movement. Great Northern have declined 108.; and South Western, 1°8 ; Great Western, North Eastern (Berwick), and South Eastern, ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit no Material change. In Bank and Miscellaneous Shares there has b een a fair amount of business negotiated, and Prices have generally been well sustained. Union of London have improved to 561 58; and Imperial Bank to 431 ; and London Financial to 271. Subjoined are the current quotations of some of the principal new undertakings :—lmperial Bank of China, 21 31 prem.; Nillwall Iron Works, 21 1 prem. ; City Offices, 2 1 prem. ; Credit Foncier, 59 6 prem.; Thames Iron Works, 34 prem. ; Imperial Financial. 4 1 prem.; Real Property Company, 1 1, prem. ; International Land Credit, 11 2 prem. ; Sabloniere Foreign Hotel, 2 1 prem. ; Lemberg Railway, *1 p:em. ; and North Australian. 91 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 2 per Cent. Consols .................. 91i Ditt o Account, May 5 .......... 911 per Cent. Reduced .................. 898 New 3 per Cent. ...................... 898 New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894............ Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 187 3 ......... . —' Annuities, 30 yrs, expi re bthJ an., 1880. Ditto for 30 yrs, expi re sth April, 1885. Ditto (Red Sea Teleg ra p h), Aug. 1908. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 Sc 3 per Cent. 4 is dig Ditto £5OO .............. d Di tto £lOO and £ 2OO ...... dig sank England Stk, 4 i pe r Ct. ......... . 240 38 Ditto AcCOUIIt, ..................... 'NM taN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10i per Cent., April 1874.... 220 10 48 Ditto 6 per Cent. July, 1870 . ....... 4 Ditto Account .....• ................ Ditto 4 per Cent. 1883 .............. Do Certificates ................ Ditto 4 p er Cent., Oct. 1888 .......... 998 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent...... Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .......... Ditto 5f per Cent., M a y , 1879 ........ Ditto Debentures, 4 per C t., April 1861 is. Ditt o ditto A u g ., 1866 "?tto Bonds £I,OOU .................. 12 dig -- Ditto under 1,000 .................. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Attstrian Bonds, 5 per Cent............ Ditto 1859.............. Brazilian 5 per Cent ................... Ditto 4/ per Cent., 1852-68-60 ...... —. _ „ Di tto 1863 ..............871 Ilenoe Ayres 6 per Cent .............. —_... Ditto 6,100 Bonds .................. 'L ll llll2'6 per Cent. ...................... ...... Ditto 41 pet Cent. ............... . _ C olombian 6 per Cent................. ...... C uba, 6 per Cent. ..................... _ anish 3 per Cent., 1825 ............. EclUador N e w Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. ...... Ditto Account ...................... 101} 1001 Egyptian 7 per Cent .................. Ditto, S ec ond Issue ................ Greek 6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. Ditto Account.. .......... ~ ........ Ditto Coupons ...................... Ditto Account .................. Italian 6 per Cant.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent ...... — Ditto Account.... 4sf a I 1 Moorish Imperial 6 per Cent New Granada.. — Ditto Amount, — Ditto 2 per Cant. _ Ditt o Deferred, Ditto Land Wa.rrants (H ec t a res) — Peruvian 4/ per Cent .. Ditto Account.. .. Ditto 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) . ... Ditto 41 per Cent. , 1862 Ditto Account — 3 per Cent.,„1853 Portuguese— Ditt o Account Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866, '7,'9, '6O, 62;3 Ditto Account aid ia Ditto Scrip ( 1863 ) £3O p p Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 Ditto 3 per Cost 1859 Ditto 5 per Gent, 1862 ...... Sardinian 5 per Cent ......... . , Ditto Account ........ . ..... 'Danish 3 per C ent Ditto Account Ditto New Deemed Ditto Account. Ditto Passive ... . Ditto Account ...... 35a I °Panish Cert. o f Coup not funded .. • • • • ~ Ditto Account l2a i wedish, 4 per Cent. — 4 rkish 6 per i ;alt. 1864 Ditto Accom it B9 1 Ditto 6 per ( ;ezl. 1858 Ditto Accow at . ..... 6Bl Ditto 6 per Ceti t. 1862 Ditto Account • 71t I Ditto £lOO Box ids.. 7la Ditt o 1863 . • D itto Guarantor d, 4 per Cent T enezuela 3 par Cl `nt . Ditto Account.. Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 .. Ditto Account...• ....... Ditto 11 per Cent .. Dividends on th o above payable in Loud .0 ttstrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. Dugia 4i per Cent., Ex. 25f — ~...11 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Italian 4 per Cent. Certificates 'Pan 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs .-- . Ditto Account.. i Onlontase, 5 per' Cent., Ex. 25f -- Peruvian Dollar Fiends, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. TWO O'CLOCK C onsols Money . 9ls Ditto Account - 1230 g 6 03 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing bar Railways Fwd. Prioe. Business dont 100 Atlantic &t t Lawrenut all 59 61 sk Bom.,Baroda&•Cent In tl 1 102 103 I Gu. 5 per oent.. 20 Do. New . ...... • 20 Do. E. Shares .04 Buffalo and ',Rice Huron all 664 10 Do. Preference all 81 91 00 Littilalo,l3rant,&tiodri'cl lo .. 7 7 82 6 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, ls;*2 Ou Do. do. July 1, 1873 tOe 77 88 100 tio. •10. Jun, 1, 16.4 100 77 88 st Cleutta.&S.Eastn.(l,:i 100 101 (u 3 st Cape Town h Dock Scri• 100 92 101 stock Nampa. Bengal gu. p. 100 104 105 105 4 4 stock Last Indian. gu. sp. c. ton 104 005 p 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 4 1 p 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada Ice 191 201 100 Do. Ist Fret. Bonds all 72 04 E 73 100 Do. ao. deferred.-- all 02 6 4 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 62 64 100 Do. do. deferred all 51 63 100 Do. 3d .P ei. stock 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all 40 42 Do. 4th Pref. stook all 26 28 100 Do. do. deferred...— all 23 16 stook Gt•lndlaPenin.gua.sp.o 100 103 104 1031 SO Do. New gua. sp. o l2 1 1 Do. January, 1882 Stook Gt. South.ol ndia (Lim uaranteed 5 per cent. 103 104 101 Gt. W. of CanadaShnres all 101 101 1101 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 93 25 100 1)o. 51 p. o. do. '77-8.. . all 82 84 84 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 4 fp stook Madras guar., 5p.0. .. 100 1011 02/ 1014 stock Do. 11 p. c. Extension 100 95 97 stock Do. 4s • • .... NO 90 92 20 Do. Fifth Extens ion. 2 stock Melb.Corp. 6p. 0. Bnd'. 100 50 Meib. & Hobson's Bay. all 58 63 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all 10 Newßruuswick t Canda Class A. and B. all 3 6 N.lll.C'dao po Ist t bds 100 82 F 4 stock Soinde .... • • .... (100 103 104 stock Do. Delhi lOO 101 102 20 Do. do 0,9 2 p 1p at Do. Punjaub `‘,-; C ' all It 2 103 Do. Do.• •• , 100 stock Do. Indus. St . Flo.) 000 196 98 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SEC Ii HYNES. - ,t 1 .•.e.J a. tt.,l I 1877-, . . 160 102 104 103 Do. Ap. c. Feb. a At 4,. 100 101 103 Do.t c.Mar. & Sept. 100 101 103 Do. sp. o. Jan.&July. 10, 89 91 90 894 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 89 91 Cape G.llope, 6 p c,1873 100 06 108 Do.Ap &Oct. 1860 100 107 119 Do. 1841 100 1(8 110 1':94 ,Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 110 112 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 •12 114 'Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 108 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 130 103 108 -- N.13.G0v. 6 pm. J a.&July 100 102 104 Do. 6p. o•Ap. & Oct. 100 - N.sp 1,16 , 100 991 1001 991 Du. sp. c.,lBii to Lit 100 99 100 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 100 103 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 109 111 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 104 106 - i Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO - FS. Aus (16p.c.1678.& up lOO 10 112 - 'Vio•Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - Do. io 6 p.o. An.dtOot. 100 108 109 108 r. BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 I id uliflord Amalgamated.. 3&4 141 Devcn G. Con..,"f avist.) 1 550 660 558 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 (5 68 East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon ...... 1.14.6 301 311 - lEast Corn 8rea........ 3.4.0 71 7 t E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 31 41 - Gam..IIDSLAuDy n(G wen 58 1 9 10 Great South 'Coigns.... 17s 3 31 G. Wheal Vor (lielston 40 32 34 31/ 1 - (Grenville 101 It Hem:Ws-Foot I 8.12 06 8 36 74 _•LI ing - ston Downs 4. : 8 .0 31 4 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelaut 18 20 Nlarke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ' .41 14 d New Setun l9l 85 95 - • North Downs 2s 14 2 11asset(11104 - an 3.1.0 2 21 North Wlical Crotty l'ar Consols (t. 131azey i'rovidenoe(Uny Leila. 10.6.7 41 43 South Caradon(St.Cleer 14 450 470 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) — Wheat k'ran. (Mogan 18.18.9 40 50 Stray Park 30.17.6 3 1 33 - Tamar VV.& Lead Alin rin Croft 4 )8 19 West Basset (Illogan) ll 9 10 C' radon (Liskeard) 5 19 21 West Seton *7l 205 ',15 W heal Basset (Illogan 51 871 921 .... Wheal Buller(Redruth) 10 35 40 Wheal Kitty (U.Lel4nt) 2.0.5 WhealLudcott Wheal slaryAnnqen ) 6 11 14 Wheal 3eton 5Bl 200 205 Wheal TrelaWlley (Lis ) 7 24 24 Wheal Union 3.1 7 21 24 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Ivorthern, 4i:per cent., red. at,lo per cent. pm., 104 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred., 884 North Eastern (G.N.E. 4 per cent. pref.) 98} FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 94 tiahia and San Francisco (llm.) gua. 7 per cent., 161 t Great Luxembourg, 14- Recite and San Francisca (Urn.), gum. Tper cent., 161 Sambre and Meuse, t San Paulo ;lira.), gua. 7 per cent.. 72 1 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 222 FOUEIGN 51I1ES. Anglo Brazilian Gold, limited, 3 Cape Copper, lien., 121 Ni ant. Aureos Brazil Gold Min. Co., 23 Tudanamutana of S. Australia, him BANKS., 3:21 Agra and United Service (lira.), 149 7 Alliance (limo. 60 1 Ditto, new, 50 Anglo Austrian, 71 Bank of London. 175 Bank of Queensland (Urn), 193 Brazilian and Portuguese, lira., 83 Consolidated Bank, hm., 111 European Bank, lim., 143 in Hindustan, china, and Japan (lim.), 331 5 Ditto, new. 16i Imperial Bank (lint.), 42 13 Ditto, new, issued at 4 pm., 271 Imperial Ottoman, 203 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 4 Si London Bank of Scotland, Um. 20 London, Buenos Ayres , and River Plate, 58 London, Birm., and S. Staffordshire, lim., 26 London and Colonial (lim), 16 London and Comity, 613 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exch lien., 203 . 213 London Joint Stock, 45 6 ' London and Northern, lim., 232 London and South African, 28 Mercantile and Exchange. lim., 193 83 Metropolitan and I'rovincial Bank, Urn., 321 3 Mexican, Um., 63 New Zealand Bank Corporation. ,11 6 Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi, lim., 133 12 Ditto, new, 113 Standard of British South Africa (Um), 293 Union of Australia, 53 Un ion of Ireland, lira., 20 Union of London, 57 63 MISCELLANEOUS. Contract Corporation, lim., Credit I+'oncier,-,loi Discount Corporation, 111 Egyptian Coin. and Trading, lim., 5 .Electric Teleg,raph. 100 Financial Corporation, 5 Hudson's Bay, 19 1 Imperial Financial, inn., 93 International Financial society, 111 ff Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), 7 3 i Joint Stock Discount, 71 Land Securities, London Financial Association, 1im.,'273 7 Ditto, new, 16 15 ) Mauritius Land, Credit. and Age ncy, lim., 21 Me rcan t i l e Credit A,sociation, lint, 11/ National Discount Company, lim , 14 Nova Scotia Gold and Land, lira , 13 2 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R, Mail, lim., 73 Peninsula and Oriental Steam,:B43 Ditto, new, 50 -4 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market very strong. sees 10,000 or 15,000 balm imports, 5,059. !SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOG&S. Sharel Railways. r oe Clroisins Budsoinne.es, Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter • Caledonian .7ork and_ Bamio: Cornwall ............n d ets no Do A I A Do. B till 6pe.p an.has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,rerth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western., Great Eastern, Ord. stu Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian st GreatNorthol Scotland Great Northern....... Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an , I W. of Irelam Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashae & Yorkshire London and Blackwal Lon., Brig,ht„.t S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Nor , h Western Lon. & So•.th Western !Ilan., Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. shAres Metropolitan .......... Midland .............. Do New .......... . Do Birming. i& Derby Gt. W. of Irelam , Do. shares ........ Mid Kept ............ Do Cray Line ...... North British . ....... Edin., Perth, St Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwio Do, G.N.E. urchaar Do Leed5............ Do York ........... _ Do Carlisle.. ..... 1 North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpoo , Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern ....... ;South Wales 'S. York. and River I)un Staines, Wok., an dWok. Stockton t Darlington Do Do New, 181% ,Taff Vale•• •• ..••••••••• Do B Do C Ulster Do ...... .......... Do ............. Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and rim 1 Waterford Kilkenny' West Cornwall W. Hartlepool }lanai West Do Midland - N O ew x port ford' ' Do Hereford S si Si 9 83 €5 118 119 6i 7i 35 37 16 17 90 92 10 Ic6 41.1 6/ 64 7i 1301 1311 1371 1:38) 131 C . 3 91 93 651 651 VA 1101 66 68 101 103 43 44 1111 1111 18} 00i 04 b 5 1 4 )15 1304 131 i 100 162 51i 62i 21i c 54 1006 101 i 56 67 884 69} 128 131 14 2i p 78 79 101 111 121 J 23 E 4 1)6 33 85 WI 911 103 105 Si 6i S 7 38 91 10 r 8 84 e 165170 5 7 1 . 3 E P - -- F 651 5 1 110 } 67 4 100} 1 1111 I 99i 1 8 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) COURT OF PROBATE. (B e fore Sir J. P. Wilde.) KNOX V. SMEE. Tho hearing of this case was resumed this morning. The Rev. George Williams deposed to the sanity of the testator from December, 1858, until 180 Croes-examined—Fro m 1855 symptoms of paralysis ex hibited themselves, but he was perfectly sane at the period of the execution of the will. Sir J. Ferguson, M.P., said that he had met the testator in the desert of Egypt in 1858, and travelled with him, and having had several conversa tions with him, he considered bim perfectly sound in mind. In April, 1861, he called at the Oratory at Brompton and saw the testator. He spent about ten minutes with him, and he appeared very weak, but there was not the slightest indication of his mind being affected. Cross-examined —His mouth was not drawn aside. His voice was low. He was not ill when he met him in the desert. He spoke huskily, like a man who had lost his voice through a cold, He told me on the desert that he was suffering from exhaustiar, and that be had been ordered to leave for his health, By the Court—He appeared very ea rnest in his religious mission, but there was nothing to induce a belief that ho was of unsound mind. Dr. Barclay said he attended the testator, with Mr. Teggart, in 1860. The most remarkable symptom was paralysis of the tongue, which was of some standing, and, as ho stated, he had a slight difficulty in swallowing, He was also generally weak. He thought that the paralysis was produced by a pressure on the nerves of the lower ex tremities of the brain, but not in a way to affect the mind. His mind, at the time, was perfectly sound, He did not see him again until May, 1563, and there was then a gene ral want of power over the body, but he was in perfect pos session of his mental faculties, Other medical evidence to the same effect was adduced, Mr. David Lewis said he was acquainted with the testator from 1817, and visited him so late as six weeks before his death. He recollected having had conyersation with him in 1861, and he was aware that ho was engaged in making a catalogue of the library at the Oratory at Brompton. He, had received several letters from him, and he considered him a very intellectual man. He was a man of sound practical sense, and had not any extravagant notions about obedience to the Church. He never saw him burst into tears, and he was a man who had great control over his feelings. In May, 1863, he had a long conversation with him, and ho did not at that time speak of his being about to die. He was a man of strong will, and not of an imaginative turn of mind. The Rev. Mr Rowe said he formed the acquaintance of the testator at Cambridge, and was with him at the time of his death. lie witnessed the will, and the testator was quite sane at the time of executing the instrument. The testator was a man more likely to influence others than to be influenced. He was certain that extreme unction was not administered to him. Had it been he (witness) must have known it, as he resided at Sydenham. The case was proceeding when we went to press. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE C. T. PIZEY. This bankrupt was described as formerly of Liverpool and Eastbourne, schoolmaster, and his Honour now gave judgment on the question of discharge. He said that in the whole course of his experience he had never had a case so bad before him, and he could scarcely describe the anxiety he had felt in coming to the conclusion. He then went through the facts, whhich have been before pub lished. The bankrupt was formerly a curate at Nuneaton at £5O, but left in debt, and went to Liverpool, where he opened a scholastic establishment, and was, according to his own statement, going on prosperously, but he then en tered into speculation for which he had no right or pretence, and, without any capital, he had purchased the advowson of a church with borrowed money. He next purchased two houses in Liverpool, and afterwards 12 more, with not a farthing to pay for them or his own; and he run into debt right and left, and borrowed money of every one he could ; besides this, he had invested £5OO in a company called the General Apothecary Company, and the greater part was lost. He afterwards came to London, wher ehe again entered into a speculation in taking a chapel, but he afterwards left, selling oft all his furniture. His Honour considered that all these were reprehensible, and rash and hazardous speculations, and had resulted in his failure and wretchedness. But there were another point in the case the very worst which he had ever heard, and that was the case of the poor old soldier Hanley, from whom he had borrowed al 1 the looney he possessed, and not only borrowed his ready money, but induced him to mortgage some property for £lOO, which he borrowed on the promise of paying interest at t he rate of 71 per cent., which, however, he had not done, but had left the unfortunate man to pay interest on the mortgage money at £5 premium, or £2O per annum. He (kis Honour) considered this a base and wicked transaction. it was one of those cases in which he never felt more disposed to exercise the discretion allowed by the new Act, of sending the bankrupt to prison at once and he felt great difficulty in not doing so on the present occasion; but sad as his misconduct had been, there were circumstances which he would allow to weigh in the bank rupt's favour, especially sal the creditors themselves had leniently spoken on his behalf, and he had a large family of six children. It appeared that the bankrupt, who was no doubt a man of talent, had obtained an appointment as chaplain to a union and he had also got some pupils. To send him. to White cross-street prison would therefore be to destroy him alto gether. Under all the circumstances, taking into conside ration that the bankrupt had already been without his dis charge for 18 months, and had been in prison in a state of great destitution, he should therefore suspend the order of discharge for 12 months more, with protection for one month, not to be renewed unless the creditor Hanley not merely consented but asked for its continuance, and if he did not protection would be withheld for six months. JUDGMENT,—IN RE ZACHARIIII PEARSON. His Honour then proceeded to give judgment in the case of this bankrupt, a shipowner and merchant of Nicholas lane, City, and Hull. The case has been frequently and so fully reported that it is only necessary to say that the only point raised in opposition by the assignees was, whether the bankrupt's transaction with the Confederate States of America, through which a loss most lamentable to the creditors ensued, those losses being only met by claims on the Confederate and Federal States of America for £— were rash and hazardous within the moaning of the act. The opposition by Mr. Bazley for Messrs. Pease, bankers, of Hull, and other creditors, were four :—let, That the bankrupt had traded with fictitious capital; 2d, vast and hazardous; 3d, that be had contracted debts without any reasonable prospect of being able to pay ; and 4th, that the personal expenditure was exces'ive. His Honour went through the very lengthened argu ments which had been urged pro and con, and was of opi nion that the charge of not having reasonable prospect of being able to pay had not been made out ; but on the ground of rash and hazardous speculation, and trading with ficti tious capital, he must suspend the order of discharge for six months, but with protection. IN RE COL. WAUGII. In this case bail was put in for Col. Waugh, and Mr. C. E. Lewis, for the detaining creditor, being satisfied, the order of release was granted. IN RE wINDIIAM. An adjudication was made in the case of Mr. Windham, of Folbrigg • Hall, The petition was presented by Mr. Windham. The proceedings were in Mr. Commissioner Fane's court, Naval and Military Intelligence, THE NAVY. Her Majesty's screw steamship Irresistible, 68 guns, 2,642 tons, which has been recently fitted for the pennant at Sheer ness and commissioned by Capt. John B, Dickson as Coast guard vessel in the Southampton Waters, in the place of the Dauntless, 31, was taken from her moorings in the har bour at Sheerness to the Maplin Sands, on the 21st inst., for the trial of her machinery at the measured mile. The vessel was in charge of Capt. W. K. Hall, C. 8,, chief of the Sheer• ness Steam Reserve, and the machinery was under the su perintendence of Mr. W. Rumble, inspector of machinery afloat at Sheerness during the trial. The engines, which are of 400 horse nominal power, and were built by Messrs. John Penn and Sons, worked most satisfactorily. They were free from hot bearings and priming, and attained an average speed of 8.622 knots at full boiler power, pressure of steam 201 b, vacuum 27, revolutions of engines 64. Two runs were made at half boiler power, giving a mean speed of 7.233 knots, pressure of steam 161 b, vacuum 28, revolu tions 54. The draught of water during the trial was 23ft 7in forward and 25ft 3in aft. The Irresistible is fully rigged, has all her stores on board, and is waiting final orders for her departure. In consequence of the strong easterly wind ;the speed of the ,ship was not so groat as could otherwise have been obtained. Her Majesty's screw corvette Scout, 21 guns, and 400- horse-power, Capt. J. Corbett, was put out of commission and paid off into the Chatham Steam Reserve yesterday, under the superintendence of Capt. C. Wise, naval aide-de camp to the Queen. The Scout has been in commission nearly 5 years, and has been employed during the whole of that period in the Eastern waters, the coast of China, and the East Indies. Out of the crew who originally left Eng land in the Scout only about 100 men return in her, the re mainder having died or been invalided. During the time the Scout has been in commission there has not been on board any case of insubordination in which punishment was inflicted, For several days before she ,was paid off a flag flaunted above her figurehead, on which were inscribed the words " Happy Scout." Before the ship's company sepa rated yesterday Capt. Corbett assembled the whole of them on the quarterdeck, when he briefly addressed them, ex pressing the pleasure it had afforded him to command such a well-conducted body of petty officers and men. He trusted it would be his good fortune to meet many of them again in any other ship to which he might be appointed. The Scout will require extensive repairs before she is again placed in commission. The Date of Cambridge, as Field Marshal Commanding in Chief, held a levee yesterday at the Horse Guards, Upwards of 80 officers attended the levee. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day WESTMINSTER. SINGULAR CASE OP CONFESSING GUlLT.—Hannah Cook, a woman between 20 and 30 years of age, was charged before Mr. Arnold upon her own confession, with stealing a coat from the house of Mr. John Robins, Danvers-street, Chelsea. The prosecutor said he was a tailor, and on last Wednes day week at eight o'clock in the morning he left his shop to go down stairs to his breakfast. On his return in a few minutes afterwards to the shop he missed a gentleman's coat, upon which he had been employed, He, of course, had no notion who had stolen it, but it was clear that the thief had entered from the street, as the shop door was found open, To prosecutor's surprise the prisoner entered his shop yesterday morning an I informed him that she was the per.3on who had stolen his coat. That she had entered the shop during his absence, had taken it from his work board and had pawned it at Mr. Sowerby's, in Grosvenor row. She then told him that she would bring him the pawnbroker's duplicate of his coat, in the even ing, if he pleased. As she did not come so soon as ho expected, ho mentioned the circumstance to the police, and ho was going with a constable to the address she had ..given him, where they met her, and she was then taken to the station, _ .. Juhn Basher, assistant to Mr. Sowerby, of Grosvenor row, proved, that the coat which he produced had been pawned there on the 20th inst. Rabert Randall, 338 B, said that when he took the pri soner the told him where the coat was pawned, and said she could not produce the ticket. He was about to search for it when she said it would be useless, as it was destroyed Prisoner said that she was very sorry, but she had corn rained the robbery, Mr Arnold asked whether she was known ? The police stated that there were reasons to believe that she had been previously convicted. Sho was remanded, in order that inquiries might be made. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, CROYDON SPRING MILITARY AND OPEN STEEPLECHASES.-FRIDAY. The Stand Plate Handicap of 6 soya each, 2 ft to the fund with 25 added: About three miles. Major Wombwell's Bell's Life, aged, 12st 51b (Mr Coventry) 1 Mr C. Peck's Ballycasey, aged, lOst 91b .... (B. Land) 2 Mr Saltwarsh's Paddy, aged, lOst 71b ....(Donaldson) 3 The following also ran :—lroLsides, Acrobat, Templar, and Bravo. Betting-7 to 4 agst Ballycasey, sto 1 agst Bell's Life, 7 to 2 agst Acrobat, and 10 to 1 bar three. Acrobat made play to the third fence, which he blundered into and fell, when Ballycasey took a strong lead, followed by Bell's Life, Ironsides, and Templar well together, second, third, and fourth, Paddy fifth, and Bravo next, to the se cond fence from the winning-field, which Bravo refused, and Acrobat went oa with the lead. This order theyvnain tained ovar the hill into the bottom ; re-appearing, Bally casey, Bell's Life, and Templar wore side by side, Paddy (a dozen lengths from the three) fourth, Ironrides fifth; the other two tailed off. On rounding the turn ing flag at the Addiscombe-road, the five in the race took close order to the last fence, which proved disastrous to Ironsides, for blundering on landing, he tolled right over, and with his jockey lay on the ground some time without moving, but both were ultimately got up without injury. Half a mile from home, only Ballycasey and Bell's Life were in the race, Paddy being at least 20 lengths from the two, with Templar twice as far in the rear of Paddy. The two leaders came on abreast round the turning-flag over the succeeding fences into the winning-fiel:, which Bell's Life landed into slightly in advance of the favourite, and, main taining his advantage to the end, won cleverly by 2 lengths; Paddy a bad third ; Templar cantered in fourth, and the others did not pass the post. A Selling Handicap Steeplechase of 3 soya each, with 20 - added. About two miles. Mr Yardley's Tho Screw, aged, list 91b.... (W. White) 1 Mr B. Land's Diadem, aged, list 91b (J. Land) 2 Mr Land's jun.'s Cumberland, aged, list 121 b (Mr Ellison) 3 The following also ran :—Westender, Lady Martin, Gamecock, White Stockings, Charley Grey, and Armless. Betting-7 to 4 agst The Screw, sto 1 agst Diadem, 6 to 1 agst IVestender, 7 to 1 agst Armless, 10 to 1 agst Charley Grey. Diadem, with the favourite in close attendance, made play throughout, the pair rounding the last turn nearly abreast, Diadem landing over the last fence into the win ning-field slightly in front. W. White then made his effort on The Screw, and challenging Diadem half way up the run home, got his head in front, and won after a good race, by a neck ; Cumberland a bad third ; Westender cantered in fourth (not placed). Lady Martin, Armless, Charley Grey, and White Stockings, all came to grief, and Gamecock refusing soon after starting, was pulled up and walked home by a near cut. Tho winner was bought in for 62 guineas. The Surrey Open llandicap Steeplechase of 6 soya each, 3 ft, if, &c., with 200 added ; winners extra. About three miles and a half. 35 subs. Mr Harrnwby's Zodiac, 6 yrs, 12st 41b (W. White) 1 Mr Chadwick's Jerry, aged, list 71b (Mr Dixon) 2 Mr T. Iven's Sir William, aged, list The following also ran •--Itook the Gardener, Yeller Gal, Sir Stephen, Jacob, Useless Brute, Cambridge, and Romeo. Betting-3 to 1 agst Jerry, 7to 2 agst Sir Stephen, 6to 1 agst Rook the Gardener, 100 to 15 agst Romeo, 7 to 1 agst Zodiac, 10 to 1 agst Sir William, lOU to 8 agst Jacob, 100 to 6 agst Yaller Gal. _ . The lot got cff in good order, and went over the hills in a cluster, Sir William holding a slight lead to the second fence, which ho blundered at and came to grief, thereby letting up Yeller Gal, who came on with a lead of several length., Cambridge second, Jacob third, Romeo and Jerry side by side fourth and fifth, Rook the Gardener heading the next lot, whipped in by Sir Stephen, and in this order they went over the hill out of sight, and on reappearing Yeller Gal still held the lead, followed at an interval of three lengths by Jacob, Cambridge well up, with the Hed nes horse third ; Sir William and Jerry fourth and fifth ; Useless Brute and Zodiac, close together, sixth and seventh; Rook the Gardener (wide on the left) next, with Sir Stephen and Romeo tailed off. They ran thus along the bottom and up the piece of seeds to the turning flag, where Useless Brute ran through his horses and took his place by the side of Jacob, the two coming on several lengths in the rear of Yeller Gal, Jerry taking fourth place. Sir William and Zodiac were close together over the hill, descending which Yeller Gal dropped back, and both Jerry and Jacob passed her, and came in sight nearly abreast, first and second, with Sir William ten lengths off, third ; Zodiac as far from the Stratford horse; Yeller Gal, pumped out, toiling on fifth—the others hopelessly beaten off. A quarter of a mile from home it looked any odds on Jerry, as he gave Jacob the go-by before rounding the bottom turning flag, and Sir William shortly afterwards zannoning against Jacob, the latter-named froca this point never took any further pert in the race. Zodiac after this, full of running, then put uu the steam, and, passing Sir William, challenged Jerry immediately after getting over the last fence, and, having the pace of Mr. Chadwick's horse, won cleverly by half a length; Sir Wil liam was a bad third ; Rook the Gardener finished a bad fourth; Useless Brute, Yeller Gal, and Jacob cantered past the post in the order given; Cambridge was pulled up a mile from home, and walked in by a near cut ; Sir Stephen and Romeo were both beaten off, and walked up the coarse with the crowd. Zodiac broke down immediately after pass ing the post. A Selling Steeplechase of 3 soya each, with 20 added ; four yr-olds, lOst 71b; five, list 71b; six and aged, 12st; horses which have run at this meeting without winning allowed Slb. About two miles and a half. Mr Eli's Bravo, aged, list 61b (B. Land) 1 Baron Grootzer's Nereus, aged, list Sib.. (Mr Edwards) 2 Mr Goodwin's Gin Sling, 6 yrs, list 81b.... (T. Barton) 3 The following also ran;—Perfect Cure, Almeris, and Never too Late to Mend. Bettting-6 to 4 on Nereus, 3 to 1 agst Perfect Cure, 6 to 1 agst Bravo. Bravo, with Gin Sling and Nereus, lay in front until a mile from home, when Nereus took the lead, which he main tained to the last fence, where he was joined by Bravo, who headed him half- way up the straight, and won by good riding by a length; Gin Sling a bad third. The others, who had ran wide at the bottom turn, were beaten a long way, and did not pass the post. The winner was bought in for 42 guineas, and immedi ately afterwards sold to Mr J. Nightingall, of Epsom, for 60 guineas. A Military Sweepstakes of 5 sows each, with 30 added ; 12st each; to be ridden by officers on full or half-pay; the winner to be sold, &c. About two miles and a half. Mr B. Land's Light of Other Days, aged, st ( 12 Mr Coventry) 1 Mr Clere's The Huntsman, aged, 12st Captain 11. Worthanes Sunbeam, aged, 12st (Captain Knox) 3 Mr Murray's Houesay, aged, 125 t.... (Captain Smith) 4 Betting-5 to 4 agst Light of Other Days, bto 2 aget Sunbeam, 4 to 1 sgst The Huntsman. The latter cut out the work for a mile and a half, where the favourite passed him, and making the remainder of the running, won easily by four lengths; Sunbeam a bad third. Honesty walked in last. The winner was bought in for 06 guineas. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 3to 1 agst File do l'Air (taken) 4to 1 agst Corenhagon (taken) 13 to 2 agat General Peel (chicon) 11 to 1 agst Sir Roger (taken) 100 to 8 agst Paris (taken) 100 to 6 agst t'lanct (taken) 20 to 1 agat Balornock (taken) CHESTER CUP. 13 to 2 agst Lord Zetland (taken) 7 to 1 agst Change (taken) Bto 1 agst Nluezzin (taken) 100 to 6 agat Oldminstor (taken) 20 to 1 agst Little Stag (taken) 33 to 1 agst East Lancashire (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mary (offered) BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY. - - For the Two Thousand Guineas Fille de l'Air remained steady, 3to 1 being the highest offer against her. Copen hagen had an upward tendency, and closed at 4 to 1 (taken to money). General Peel was firm, and would have been freely Jacked at 7 to 1. Claremont declined to 5U to 1 (offered), and Planet was not so good a favourite as at the earlier part of the week. In connection with the Derby many invest ment were made in favour of Copenhagen and Birchbroom, 15 to 1 being taken freely about each horse. There wore plenty of offers against Forager, Baragah, and Historian, but Prince Arthur would have been backed freely at 25 to 1. Change and Lord Zetland were in groat demand for Chester Cup, the former closing at 7 to 1, and the latter at 15 to 2. Muezzin advanced to Sto 1 (taken and offered) . and at 16 to 1 Oldminster had a few backers. Little Stag had no friends at less than 20 to 1 ; and My Mary, who, we believe, was Wed this morning, closed at 40 to 1, alt h oug h at one period 25 to 1 had been booked about her. Closing prices :-- TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 3to 1 eget Fille de l'Air (offered) 4to 1 eget Copenhagen (taken) 13 to 2 agst General reel (taken and offered); 10 to 1 agst Sir Roger (offered) 100 to 8 agat Paris (taken and offered) 100 to 6 eget Planet (offered) 20 to 1 eget Historian (offered, take 26) 25 to 1 ugst Balornock taken and offered) 60 to 1 aget Claremont (offered) THE DERBY. 6to 1 eget Scottish Chief (offered) 100 to 8 eget Coastguard (offered) 15 to 1 eget Copenhagen (taken freely) 15 to 1 agat Birohbroom (taken freely) 100 to 6 aget Cambuscan (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst, Prince Arthur (offered, take '26 freely) 25 to 1 eget Forager (offered) • 33 to 1 eget Baragah (offered) 40 to lagst llistorian (offered) CHESTER CUP. 7to 1 eget Change (taken freely) 15 to 2 aget Lord Zetland (taken freely) Bto 1 agst Muezzin (taken and offered) 3 16 to 1 agst Oldminster (taken) 20 to 1 agst Little Stag (taken) 25 to 1 agst Clown (offered) 40 to 1 aget My Mary (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Earl of Surrey (take 60) 150 to 50 eget Change and Lad Zetland coupled—(taken. Railway and Public Companies in Parlia- went. Yesterday, after hearing the opposition of the Great Northern and Midland Railway Companies and other op posing interests to the bill of the Metropolitan Railway for their additional powers, Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., summed up the whole case, but the committee deferred their decision until the cases of the Midland Railway (St. Pancras Branch) and London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Companies' new lines, &c., shall have been considered. Mr. Hope Scott, Q.C., then at considerable length stated the case for the Midland Railway Company, the object being to em power that company to make a branch line of 1 mile 83 chains from their authorised extension into London, near St. Paul's-road, to join at Skinner's-place, Euston-road, railway to be constructed by the Metropolitan Railway from their main lino near King's-cross, as proposed by the Metro politan Railway (Additional Powers) Bill, the line to bo completed within five years. The Midland Company also sought powers to contract with the Metropolitan Company for the working of the company's traffic ovor the Metropo litan Railway, to raise £150,000 by new ordinary or prefe rence stock and £59,000 by mortgage. It was most im portant to the Midland Company that these facilities should be granted them by parlfarnent, not only for their extensive passenger traffic from the North, but for the conveyance of their large coal traffic into the metropolis, and to connect them with the London, Chatham, and Lover, and the other metropolitan railways. The principal opposition was on the part of the Great Northern Railway, who contended that it these powers were granted the Midland Company would be enabled to compete injuriously with them by the working and conveyance of their traffic over the Metropo litan, who would be necessitated at a largo extra expense to lay down additional rails upon their line. After some further general statements, the committee adjourned until Monday, when evidence will be given in favour of the pro moters. The bill of the North British Railway, fur their proposed Carlisle Citadel Extension line, was rejected in Mr. Hassard's committee. The case for the Bristol Port and Channel Dock was closed in Mr. Woodd's committee, when the Bristol Central Station Railways and the Bristol Port Extension Railways will be taken, and the three bills be de cided simultaneously. The bill of the Midland Railway for new lines of nine miles, between Normauton and the Cloud hill Limo Works, Leicester, for various other short branches, deviations, and requisition of lands, and to raise further sum of £166,000 as new ordinary capital and £')8,000 by loan, was opened and evidence on the traffic case adduced. The committees on miscellaneous public improvements other than railways were chiefly occupied in the settlement of clauses. In the Lords, the opposition to the Regent's Canal proposed Limehouse basin improvement was taken, and ad journed to Monday. The Duke of Richmond's committee threw out the bill for the Flintshire Railway, and then took into consideration the proposed Redruth and Falmouth Junction Railway, for a line of 5 miles from the Cornwall Railway to Redruth, and another of 4 miles to the Falmouth Junction of the West Cornwall at Redruth, for which it is proposed to raise £BO,OOO and borrow 1'.26,660. The bill for the Iloylake railway was withdrawn. The proposed ex tensions of the Newry and Armagh Railway occupied Lord Llanover's committee all day. The first is of 9 miles from Armagh to Dungannon ; the second of 12 miles, from Dun gannon to Cookstown ; and the third of 5 miles to connect the other two and to raise further sums of £275,000 and borrow £91,000. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK.—Monday—Actuaries t at 7, "Re assurances," Mr Newbatt ; "Government Annuities Bill," Mr Adler; Geographical, at "Explorations, Upper Nile," Mr Fetherick ; "Fossil Bones from the Zatntesi," Dr Kirk; " Antiquity of Physical Geography of Africa," Sir R. I. Murchison. Tuesday—Horticultural, at 3, 4 4 Vegitation and Insect Life of the Amazon," Mr Bates; Ethnological, at 8, " Celtic Latiguages and Races," Mr. Campbell and Sir Justin Shiel ; "Danish Coast-Finds," Mr. Lubbock; Royal Institution, at 3, "On Homer," Pro fessor Blackie; Engineers, at 8, "Locomotive Engines for Steep Inclines," Mr. Cross; "Impedimental Friction be tween Wheel Tires and Rails," Mr. Adams; Zoological, at 9, "Birds collected by Rev. 11. B. Tristram, Palestine," Dr. Sclater ; "Change of Colour in Common Trout," Dr. Crisp : " Description of Three New Species of Australian Snakes," Mr. Gerard Krefft. Wednesday—Geological, at 8, " Geology of Arisaig, Nova Scotia," Rev D. Honeyman ; " Fish Remains from Upper Limestone of Permian Series, Durham," Mr. Kirby; Society of Arts, at 8, "Patent Laws ;" Archaeological Association, at Si, " Hut Circles on Dartmoor," Mr Ormerod, Thursday—Antiquaries, at 8; Royal, at 8} ; Royal Institution, at 3, " On Homer," Pro- Professor Blackie. Friday—Royal Institution, at 8, " The Existence of Atoms," Professor Williamson. Saturday— Zoological at 1, Anniversary ; Royal Institution, at 3, " Metallic) Elements," Professor Frankland.—Athencum, " THE OxFoßD" : has, not for the firbt time, figured earliest in the field by producing the music to NicolaPs "Merry Wives of Windsor." " WILLIAM SHAKSP ERE," BY M. VICTOR Hunn, is to be a book on things in general—poetry, criticism, and the stage, of cluree—but also, not obviously of course, on science, politics, art, and the questions which vex us in the present day: in fact, it is a discourse pronounced magisterially oa the great subject of civilisation in Europe. It is dedicated to England in these words :—"A l'Angle ferre.—Je lui dedie ce libre. glorification de son pciite. Je die a l'Angleterre la verite ; male, comma terra illustre et libre je l'admire, et comma asile je l'aimt VICTOR Huoo," The subject is treated in three parts and nine books. We have chapters on The Life of Shakepere—Men of Genius : Homer, Job, 2Kschylue, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Lucretius, Juve- Tacitus, St, Paul, St. John, Dante, Rabelais, Cervantes, Shakepere—Art and Science—the Genius of Shakspere— the Work of Shakepere—Zoilus as enduring as Homer— Criticism—the Wits al:d the Masses—the Beautiful and the True—After Death—the Nineteenth Contury—and Actual History, each in his own place. These titles will suggest to such as know M. Victor Hugo's manner of thought and writing an idea of the nature of his contribution to Shake perian lot e. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, April 22.—The market continues quiet, and only very limited sales have been made, at prices rather in favour of the buyers. Refiners' produce sells more freely, but at about Gd decline. Rum very quiet prices nominal. INTERNATIONAL STEAM PLOUGH COMPETITION. --An opportunity is now open to English manufac turers of steam ploughs to introduce them into use in France. The Regional Agricultural Show of the Loire is about to be held in the first week of May, and the landed proprietors of that and the adjoining departments have invited all makers of steam ploughs to compete for prizes in money and medals, offered to the successful competitors by them and the Minister of Agriculture. The ploughs are required either for deep-ploughing, ordinary ploughing, grubbing, or scarifying. The prizes are three in number : the first is £lOO and a gold medal; the second, £BO and a silver medal ; and the third, £4O and a bronze medal. In addition, there is a fund of £l6O to be divided equally between foreign exhibitors towards payment of their expenses, and the French railways will carry their implements at half price. The ploughs are required to be on the ground by the 27th April, and the trial will take place from the 28th April to 7th May inclusively. The place of trial is itoanne, in the department of the Loire, about 12 hours journey by rail from Paris. A jury is to decide on the merits of the competing ploughs, and will be composed partly of French and partly of English members. The French members aro Count Benoist d'Azy, E. Pepinlehalleur, Charles 'Jober, Tiersannier, and Pluchet. The English members are Wm. Fisher Hobbs, J Wilson, and T. J. Thackeray. The object of this competition is to introduce into the department of the Loire and the adjacent departments steam ploughs, the ordi nary ploughs having been found inefficient for the stubborn soil of the country. NEW ALLOY FOR SILVER COIN .—The French I Academy of Science has received a paper from M. Pelizot, in which he examines the question of lower ing the standard of French silver from 900 milli grammes to 835; the difference of 66 mill. being in tended to compensate for the increase of the value which silver has acquired since the discovery of Cali fornian and Australian gold. M. Pelizot states that the new alloy of 835 parts of silver and 165 of copper has been tried, and found to answer perfectly, except that it has a slight tinge of yellow. It struck him that this inconvenience might be remedied by substituting :zinc for copper, and he accord ingly commenced a series of experiments in the laboratory of the Mint on such alloys, viz., on an alloy of silver according to the present standard, in which zinc is substituted for the whole of the cop per ; on another alloy in which only a part of the copper is replaced by zinc ; and lastly, on certain alloys of silver and zinc in atomic proportions. All these alloys were carefully made under el:scaly the same circumstances : after melting the silver or the alloy of silver and copper, the crucible was taken out of the fire, and zinc wrapped up in paper was thrown in ; the mixture was well stirred, and then cast into ingots. A small quantity of zinc is natu rally volatilised at the moment the combination is effected, and this loss must be taken into account in fixing the proportion of the metal. The alloys this obtained are remarkably malleable, and easy to be assayed by the moist process. They are quite homogeneous ; and perfectly white. Compared to the alloys of copper contai n i ng t h e same quantity of s ilver, it appears that th e ternary alloy of 835 mill. is at least as white as th e commo n copper alloy at 900; and is consequently whiter than the one it is proposed to adopt with copper. The binary alloys of silver and zinc are, however, distinguishable from pure silver by a very slight yellowish tint. All the alloys described are much more fusible than the common one, very sonorous and elastic. THE STO, OF DIIPPEL. FLENSIIIRG, Aprill9. The following details of the storming of the Dappel intrenehments have been published at the. Prussian headquarters:— FLENSBVEG, April 18. The Prussian assault upon Forts No. 1 to No. 6 took . . . place simultaneously in six columns at 10 o'clock this morn ing. The Prussian flag waved above all the six forts by a quarter past 10. At 11, Forts No. 7, S, 9, and the newly constructed works in rear of the first series were stormed, and Fort No. 10 capitulated. At half-past 12 the tw , ,, strong works at the fete-dc• pont were carried. One of t'a e bridges across the Alsen Sound was disconnected by the enemy ; the other was destroyed by the fire of our artirosry. The enemy was then entirely dislodged from his strong position, and confined to Alsen. The attack upon Forts No. 1 to No. 6 was carried cut by the Prussian infantry amid loud cheers, without firing a • shot, under the most violent hostile small-arm and grar fire. The Rolfe Krake made her appearance when the fo . ..ts wero already carried and afforded cover to the troops, but the Prussian batteries soon compelled her retreat. The losa of the Prussian troops cannot yet be statedwirli, even approximate certainty. Between 3,000 and 4,000 Danish prisoners, many of whom are officers, have been. brought in. Fifty t ) t..,0 guns e capt ure d in the wort, as well as a large number of flags. wer Immediately after the tele-de-pont was stormed, o r d er , were given that the greater part of the troops and of the artillery should leave for Jutland to besiege Fredericia and occupy the entire province." Further official details have been published to day, whicl , are as follows: His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Field. Marshal (von Wrangel) witnessed the first part of the attack from the height near the Gammelsmark battery, the second Portion from the Spitzberg, and the termination from a position further in advance, upon the Sonderborg-road. Staff officers were attached to each of the six stormir, g parties to bring the Crown Prince and the Field-Marsh a l early reports of the progress of the attack. The storming parties were stationed at daybreak in the approaches and parallels, the reserves under cover in their rear, while all the batteries kept up an extremely violent fire upon the forte. One brigade was posted at the Sand berg, in order, according as circumstances might req,nire either to cross on pontoons and in boats to Ai sen , or to divert the enemy's attention by a demonstration in that direction. With the stroke of 10 all the batteries in the front ceased fire, and all six storming columns broke out under loud cheers simultaneously from the foremost parallel. The enemy met them with a violent fire from small arms and grape, but nothing was able to arrest the impetuosity of the attacking foie°, which hurried on without firing a shot. By 12 the entire line of forts, together with the tetes de port, were in our hands. The Danish man-of•war Skjold, carrying 84 guns, lay off the shore, but did not attempt to I ake part in the engagement., Our loss cannot yet be ascertained. That of the enemy is ap parently much greater. Two Danish Generals were left dead on the field ; 3,000 to 4,000 prisoners, many being officers, and two regimental commanders, have been brought in; 50 to SO guns, with numbers of colours, have been taken. The brigade at the Sandberg was unable to cross, owing to the opposite shore being too strongly occupied, but its object was attained by a diversion of the enemy's force being caused. The bravery of all the troops under fire is beyond all praise. All the arrangements for the storm were made in en masterly a manner by his Royal Highness Prince Frederick Charles, and so admirably carried out the various com manders, that this glorious deed of arms was effected within two hours. The following report is published by the Schleswig. Holstein News "The forts were taken by the Prussians in less than 20 minutes, after a desperate resistance on the part of the Danes, who were forcibly driven on by their officers. As no firing could take place at such close quarters, a horrible butchery ensued.:The Danish losses in killed aro enormous ; in some places 10 and 12 corpses lay one across another ; the ground was torn up, and great pools of blood covered the surface. The number of Danish prisoners is from 2,200 to 2,800, among whom are about 60 officers. Although the Prussian loss cannot be inconsiderable, it stands in no comparison to that of the Danes. The fight was afterwards continued behind the forts. All the guns fell into the hands of the Prussians. Fort No. 2 was de fended with the utmost bravery by Lieutenant Anker, who has been taken prisoner. He spiked the guns with his own hands, while tears stood in his eyes, and was then compelled to surrender with his men." Another report sa3s,— The number of prisoners is positively stated as nearly 5,000, among whom 80 aro officers. It may be expected that this estimate is rather too low than too high, for very many Danes were cut off by the impetuosity of tho Pruesian ad vance. Four entire battalions surrendered. THAMES. ATROCIOUS ASSAULT BY A HUSBAND ON XIS WIFE.— Charles Sanderson, a big man, about 33 years of age, was brought before Mr Partridge charged with assaulting his wife. Patrick Maddigan, a police-constable, No. GO K, stated that he was called into the dwelling of the prisoner yester day evening and found the wife bleeding copiously from two wounds on the head. She said that her husband had beaten her with a common long handled house broom. The witness produced the broom, a very heavy one, and said the prisoner, who was the worse for liquor, did not deny hav ing beaten his wife. The unfortunate woman was very ill, and could not leave her bed. She was quite sober. Mr Daniel Ross, surgeon, of No. 10, Commercial-place, Commercial-road, said he attended the prisoner's wife last night. She was in a very exhausted condition. He dressed her wounds. He had no doubt they were inflicted with the broom. Her arm was also bruised. Ho could not give any hopes of the poor woman being able to appear until Tuesday. EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT OF A PUBLICAN.—SamueI Lloyd, an elderly man, appeared before Mr. Partridge, to answer two summonses taken out by Inspector Allison of the K division of police. The defendant was charged that he being the landlord of the Orchard House public-house, Blackwell, did keep his house open for the sale of beer and spirits after twelve o'clock on the night of Saturday, the 9th inst., and also with permitting fighting and disorderly conduct in his house at the same time. The case was clearly made out last Thursday by William lye, a police. officer, who went into the house at half-past 12 o'clock and saw people served with liquors and beer. He left and returned to the house at one o'clock in the morn ing. There was fighting and quarrelling going on. The defendant was so drunk and acted so extravagantly while he was giving his evidence, that Mr. Partridge said ho must postpone the case, and it again came on for hearing this day. The defendant, who was stated on Thursday to have been drunk for three weeks, now appeared to be sober. Inspector Allison said that the defendant was always considered to ho the landlord of the Orchard-house, and invariably acted in that capacity, but since Thursday ho had ascertained that George Griffiths was the landlord. Mr Partridge—What name is over the door ? Inspector Allison—None at all. I have seen and know Lloyd, and no one else. I have to inform your worship, that on the 10th of May last, George Griffiths was sum moned for illegal Sunday trading. The defendant appeared, answered to the name of George Griffiths, was fined be., and paid the fine. Lloyd said ho conducted the business for George Griffiths. Mr. Partridge dismissed the summonses, and ordered two others to issue for the attendance of George Griffiths on Thursday next, and that the licensing magistrates should be made acquainted with the defendant's conduct. MARKETS--This Day. COVENT GARDEN. The show of produce at our market to-day was season ably good. There was a steady dullard for fruit at about last week's prices, and for vegetables bare was a firm sale at full quotations. rauff. e. d. 8. d. e. d. e d Pine apples Botolo 0 l Mulberries, pr pt.. 00to 0 0 Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 o Cherries, per ID. 0 oto 0 Grapes,per lb 6 oto 10 0 / Foreign ditto, puno oto 0 o Foreign do 1 6to 3 0 I Filberts, per lb .. 2 oto 2 6 Melons .. oto 0 01 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 01 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Apples, per hf -sv. 3 oto 4 e Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..4 o to 10 0 Peaches.. • 0 oto 0 0 Lemons, per 100.. 3 6 to 7 0 ( 1 Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Gooseberrieshf sveo oto 0 0 1 Plums, pet do• • • 0 o to 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 o to 0 0 , Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 VEGETAULES. Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Horseradish, pdn 0 1 0 to 0 0 oto 2 0 P a rsley, per ditto Celery, per ditto 1 oto 1 6 0 6to 1 2 Beet, ush r p o e o r m d: zp pt. . .. 0 oto 0 0 Parsnips, p?.r do. 0 oto 0 o Small salad. p. pn, 0 2to 0 3 I Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 I Cue lett, sc)re .. 0 oto 0 o Mint and savory-0 oto 0 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, da hnds 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, 10z... 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, pet ditto 0 oto 0 0 I Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 3to 0 6 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Seakale, per ban. 1 oto 2 0 Greens, dz bunch 6 oto 6 0 Cabbages, pr doz. 0 10 to 1 6 Rld ditto 0 OSo 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz. 0 oto 0 o Cauliflowers, pdz 1 6to 3 0 Brocoll sprouts 1 oto 1 2 Potatoes, per ton 45 0 to 90 o New ditto, pr pt •.0 6to 1 3 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 3 0 Carrots,pr do 4 oto 5 6 Cucumbers 0 oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, h.-sv. 0 oto 0 N'rench beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn 1 9to 2 0 New Do., dz bun 0 6to 1 0 Spinach. 0 oto 0 Brussels sprouts 1. 9to 2 6 POULTRY. Turkeys, 4s Od to 8s Od ; geese, Os 01 to Os Od each ; goslings, Gs to 8s Od; ducks 2s Od to 2s Gd ; ducklin g s, 4s Od to Os Od; rabbits, 13 Od ' to is 9d each; wild do., is to is Id ' • pigeons, Os 8d to O s 10d ea ch; Surrey fowls , 12s Od to 16s Od; chickens, 8s Od to lOs Od ; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 7s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, Is Od to 2s Gd ; pt arm igan, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os to Os Od ; partridges, Os to Os Od ; woodcocks Os to 3s 6 d; sn i p es, Od to is Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ' ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, is Od to Os Od • plovers, Os 9d to 10d each ; gu i n ea fowls, Gs Od to 7s Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od e ach; Ostend fresh butter, Os 114 to i s 14 ; English, Is ld to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 5s Od to 6s 6d per 100 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od ; grous Os e, 04 to Os Od. 6d Od to 7s 6d ; Fre nch BILLING SUATE. Salmon, is 6d to 2s 9d ; trout, Od to Os : eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and hali but, 6d per Ib ; turbots, 5s Od to 18s ; cod, 2s Od to 7s 0d ; brills, 2s Od to 68 Od; doreys, 5s Od to 7s Od ; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d; lobsters, is to 4s Od; crabs , Gd to 2s Gd ; plaice and gurnets, Od to Os Od each; soles, 6d to 3s Od per pair ; common oysters, 18s to 24s ; natives, Gls to 70s per bushel ; whitings, 2s Od to 5s • haddocks, Ss to 12s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od ; flounders, O's Od per dozen ; mackerel, —s per 100 ; fresh herrin an gs d , t 7 en s e t h, to per o B s s odto loosop;er brace.bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 104 to 4s Od ; m u tton, 3s 8d to 4s 4; lamb, 58 04 to Gs Od; veal, 38 10d to 4s Bd; and pork, 3s d to 4s 4d per Blbs, by the carcase. WHITECIIAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Od; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 4d; lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od ; veal, 3s 104 to 4e 8d ; and pork, 3s 24 I to 4s 44 per 81138 by the carcase. -- -- _ _ BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6id to 74 , of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b .oaf. 8 to 81 : b 3 HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 21d to 3d ; 641 1 a to 721 b, 3d 1041 b, 4id to 5d ; 1041 b to 801 b to 881 b, 3id to 40 ; id to ; 1121 b —d to --d. horse hides, 108 Od to his Od • calf skins, light, 28 6d to 48 Od ; full, 88 Od to Os Od • polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od ; half breds, his Od to 14s Od ; Downs, 9s Gd to ,761.2b1b, 4dto Btool4bid3d; ,tomb4dto; lls Gd; lambs, 2s 9d to 4s 3d; shesalings, Is ad to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. Smrriumn.--Isleadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s Od; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od; and straw, £1 4s_to £1 15s per load. A moderate demand. CIIMBERLAND.—MeeIow hay, L 3 6s to £4 Hs Od clover, £4 Os to £5 150 Od ; and straw, /1 58 to £1 16a per load. Supply limited. WHITECHAPEL.-31eadow hay, £3 Os to £4lss ; clover £4 Os to £5 1750 d ; and straw, £1 48 to £1 153 per load. Trade firm. COAL MARKET. Prtoes of Coal per Ton at the close of the market. 0. d. Lambert's West Hart; loy ..... 16 9 Buddle'sWest Hartley 17 0 Hastings Hartley ....17 0 Cowpon Hartley ...... 17 0 North Pehou Ga 5..... 13 0 Walker Primrose 13 Walls Etrl. Braddyll's Hetto. 18 9 Haugh Ha 11...., 18 6 South lB Zlaswell 20 6 Framwellgato l7 6 South Hatton... 20 0 Stewart's 19 6 Caradoc l9 6 Camp ........ •. l9 3 Hartlepool ..... 2O 0 Tunstall . ..... ,18 0 59 ; Bald. 17. Walls End. I East Hartlepool 2O 0 Hetton 9 6 Radon 17 6 Ships at (nark( PALESTAINA'S MASS OF POPE MARCELLUS.—At the next meeting of the Motett Society, to be held early in May, the members are going to grapple with the Mass of Pope Marnellus, by Palestrina. THE NEW ENGLISH COMEDY, " David Garrick," turns out after all to be (as usual) taken from the French, as the following will show :—The new comedy, in which Mr. Sothern is to S ustain the part of David Garrick for the first time at the Haymarket on the 30th of the present month, is founded upon a French piece called " Sullivan," we believe. It will be played for a night or tsio at I3ir mingham meanwhile,—The Reader. The following despatch is from a reliable eource : The batteries armed upan the 18th immediately after the storming of the forts opened fire at 4 p.m. the same day upon the batteries on Alsen, one of which, near Sonderborg is said to be provided with Armstrongs. The cannonade lasted until night. 2,500 Danes have been brought through Flensburg. Gen. von Raven has undergone amputation. LONDON GAZETTE,—Last Evening, CROWN OFFICE, APRIL 20. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN TliE PRESENT PAR. _ _ . LIAMENT. - County of Fife—Sir Robert Anstruther, of Balcaskie, Bart., in the room of James Hay Erskine Wcmyss, Esq., deceased. APRIL 21. Borough of Pontefract—Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, Eeq. ' one of the Commissioners for executing th e offi ce o f Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. WINDSOR CASTLE, APRIL IS. This day had audience of Her Majesty : The Baron de Cetto, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of Bavaria, to deliver his new credentials ; And Monsieurde Quaade, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the King of Denmark, Monsieur de Bille, Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from His Danish Majesty, and Monsieur de Krieger, Plenipotentiaries to the Conferences about to be held in London with a view to the restoration of Peace in the north of Europe; To which audiences they were respectively introduced by Earl Russell, K.G., Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. WHITEHALL, APRIL 21. _ The Queen lu.ss been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Groat Britain and Ireland, constituting and appointing the Most Noble Edward Adolphus Duke of Somerset, -the Vice-Admiral the Honourable Sir Frede rick William Grey, K.C.B. ; Rear-Admiral Charles Eden, C. 8,; Rear-Admiral Charles Frederick; Rear-Admiral the Honourable James Robert Drummond, C.B. ; and Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, Esq., to be her Majesty's Commissioners for executing the ()like of Lard High Ad miral of the said United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the dominions, islands, and territories there unto belonging. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the gazette : Robert Kidwell, brewer, Birmingham John Revis, baker, Nottingham Thomas Perkins, grocer, Kentish-rown 3 Wm, Paterson, tailor, Canterbury John Roberts, builder, Camden-town John Pay, draper, Ellesmere William Acock, grocer, Maidenhead Thomas W. Gurney, acetic acid maker, Old Ford, Dow George Tillett, ironmonger, Blackfriars-road William Thomas Chambers, engineer, Lambeth Joseph Cathcart, provision dealer, Manchester Joseph Jackson, leather dealer, Manchester Alfred C. Harrison, watchmaker, Pentonville-road Richard Anderson, proprietor of raw mills, \Vhitechapel George F. Deakin, jeweller, Sheffield John Gregory, carrier, Birkenhead Thomas Higgs, toastmaster, Coal Exchange Richard Anderson, proprietor of saw mills, \V hitschapel James S. Vernell, tea dealer, Mile-end -road BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED, John Crawford, stationer, Liverpool SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Barr, grocer, Lesmahagow Charles Boyd, farmer, Preati,vick Theodore Chisholm, general merchant, Beauly Course of the Exchange,---Yesterday, Amsterdam ])itto Rotterdam .......... 12 0 12 0i Antwerp 25 57 i 25 62} Brus9ele — 25 57 25 62t Ramburgh — 13 St 13 81 Paris Sh or t . 25 20 25 30 Ditto .. 3 Months, 25 62i 25 70 Marseilles Frankfort on Maine - 119} 1191 Vienna T rieste Peteriburgh Berlin — Madrid Cadiz Leghorn 471 48 25 65 4SI 48} 5.5 70 _ M clan — 25 671 25 70 Genoa — 25 65 25 70 Naples ._ 25 67k 25 7271 Palermo — 425 67i 2 ' 5 721 Is'Lliessbn. ........ s o ina . .... 25 ?51 i 62 7 i 25 7 2 } 62i Oporto... - . ........ ._ Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z.... 13 17 5 Mexican Dollars - 0 0 0 0 0 0 Silver in Ba rs (Standard) SIGNOR ROBERTI'S MASS, which excited some attention when it was performed at the Brompton Oratory, was, we learn from The Orchestra, the other day given at Edinburgh. FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS TO MEXICO.—The Vera Cruz, which left St. Nazaire on the 16th, took 74 passen gers and a large cargo ; the Tampico, which came M the day after, brought 154 passengers, and, in addition to 300 tons of goods, 540,000 dole, on freight. ' 13.14. 0.13.4 B•a} 4i 46i I 115 i 1301 511 2 1011 } ~......."