The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-03 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. LONDON GAZETTE--This Evening. WHITEHALL, APRIL 2. The Queen has been graciously pleased to grant unto the Hon. and Rev William John Broderick, M.A., the Deanery of the Cathedral Church of Exeter, void by the promoti ,, n of Dr. Charles John E licott, Lite Dean thereof, to the see of Gloucester and Bristol. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 31. Rear-Admiral of the Blue Augustus Leopold Kuper, C 8., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue, until further orders, and whilst employed as Commander in Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels within the limits of the East India s• ation. Royal ,Marine Light Infantry—First Lieutenant Albert Henry Ozeard to be Quartermaster. BANKRUPTS. The following aro the only bankrupts of any importance which appear in the Gazette:— Frederick Clement, butcher, Clapham James Davidson, baker, BelviJere-road, Lambeth Samuel Siddal, joiner, Leeds Gilbert B. Handson, butcher, Winteringham, Lincoln Samuel Ward, hosier, Nottingham Robert Wortley, builder, Leeds John R. Brownlow, packer and presser, Bread-street hill, City Thomas M. Swift, commercial clerk, Woodford, Essex John Uden Dale, smack master, Lowestoft Richard Cullen, coal merchant, Shepherd's-bush Samuel Comber, livery stable keeper, Worthing James Salmon, printer, Oxford William Henry Andrews, butcher, Oxford George Harris, blacksmith, Lincoln • SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Reid, coal merchant, Govan, near Glasgow David Baillie, grocer, Dundee Mungo Thorburn, farmer, Channelkiak John Anderson, baker, Aberdeen MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. A holiday has been observed in the City to-day as usual on Good Friday. Subjoined is an analysis of the Bank of England return for the week ending Wednesday last : Active Circulation .. £20,367,415 Increase . • .. .. 773,385 Bullion .. 1.5,141,755 Increase .. 116,481 Rest 0 . 0 00 00 00 00 3,673,148 Decrease . 5,4 , 5 • .. Public Deposits I0,;07 041 Decrease .. 257,430 Other Deposits.. 13,172,090 Increase .. .. 429,808 Seven Day and other Bill s .. .. 695,813 Increase .. 65,567 Government Securities .. 11,368,261 Increase .. 74,397 Other Securities .. .. 21,310,491 Increase .. • . 805.017 Notes Unemployed .. 8,570,32') Decrease 623,716 BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. YESTERDAY. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Ce n t. A nnu i t i es India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent lOBl 5 3 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — D.tto 5 per Cent Ditto 55 per Ce n t D , i . bonds 0,000 Ditto under £1,000.. Consols for Account, April 8 928 Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 25 per Cent 5 2 dis Ditto £500 Ditto Small 5 2 dis FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent •••• —• Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Danish 3 per Cent., 1826 Bl5 Egyptian 7 per Cent.. Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons Ditto Account Ditto Coupons 18118 312/ 13 12: 1 alian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 73 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Moorish I m p er i a l 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent 325 Ditto Deferred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) .. 61 P , , , uvi , l,n 45 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent .0.862 ... Ditto Account 873 i 7 3 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 1862 Ditto Scrip, £3O paid 33 pm Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 .. Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 .. 955 6 5 Sardinian 5 pe r C ent. ...... Ditto Account, Spanish 3 per C en t Ditto Account Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 i itto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1852 Ditto Account 691 3 70 Venezuela, 3 per Cent I )itto Account . Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 florins Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — unto Account T lIREE O'CLOCK. Consols,Money Ditto Account 925 a Bank of England Return.—Yesterday. An Account, pursuant to ti cap. 32, for the week ending ci April, 1863: he Act 7th and Bth Victoria on Wednesday, the Ist day HUME DEP L otes issued ...---£28,937,735, ARTMENT. Government Debt £11.015,1C0 Other Securities .. 3.534,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 14,287,735 Silver Bullion ~.. £28,037,735 1 BANKING DEPARTMENT. P oprietors' Capi- Government Swa tal £14.553,000 rities (including Rest Public Deposits (in- nuity) £11.364,28 eluding Exche- Other Securities 21, : 410,49. Buer, Saving s ' Notes 8,570,320 anks, Commis- Gold and Silver 851( 20 missioners of Na- Coin , tional Debt, and £28,937,735 Dividend Ac counts) 10,107,041 Other Deposits 13,172,090 Seven Day and other Bills 507,813 £42,103,092 IV. £42,103,092 MILLER, Deputy Cashier. April 2, 1863. Course of the Exchange---• Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 18 Antwerp ........ . Brussels — 25 45 llamburgh Paris . ........ Short. 25 17} Ditto ............ 3 Months : 25 47 Marseilles Frankfort on Maine ..... 11i Vienna l't ieste .. 11 35 Petersburgh . Berlin 49 49} — 'Madrid 48k 49k _ Cadiz 25 55 25 60 Leghorn ;Milan — 25 55 25 60 Genoa — 25 55 25 60 25 57i 25 62i Naples Palermo 25 60 25 65 .- 25 65 25 Messina 52i Lisbon _ 52/ 60 Oport o —52 t Foreign G o ld i n B ars (St an d ar d), per oz £3 17 9 M - : 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) 0 0 0 South American Duub!oons 11 16} 11 18i 11 181 25 50 25 50 13 8 25 25 25 50 25 5Z 119 i 11 40 11. 45 351 TIIE MURDER AT CHATHAM. CHATHAM, Thursday. —This afternoon Mr. Tnnmas Hills, the coroner for this borough, opened an inquiry into the circum stances ebnnec'ed with the death of Alfred James Holden, who was murdered by his father in a room near Brompton Barracks, under the c'rcumstancss already detailed. The jury having been sworn, proc eded to view the body, which lay in the same room in which the murder took place. The deceased was a remarkably fine child, and from the appear ances on the body there was little doubt that the at tack by the accused must have been moat determined and savage. There were two w lands on the tht oat, one of which was, in rea:ity, caused by a series of stabs any one of which was of itself sufficient to have caused death. The evidence given was merely confirmatory of the account sent yesterday, and at its close, the Jury at once returned a verdict of wilful Mu - der against Alfred Holden, and the Coroner made out his warrant for his committal to Maidstone Gaol. IA PERIODICAL PLAGUE —The Charleston Mercury says—" The 17-years locusts will appear this year, Their last appearance was in May, 181 G," SHARE MARKETS---Yesterday. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOt.;F:3. Railways. Paid: I Closing Busines ,, Price. , done 8 86 7 8 85 87 112 113 112 k 40 12 13 14 86 88 107 109 49 50 45 47 24 25 1201 124 120 122 134 136 101_ 103 6t# 031 Icf3l 7, 76 114 115 39 40 974 08 ' 10 A 104 441 45i 121 12 1231 , 124 1} 91 93 50 51 24 25 9sa 99 d 544 654 654 664 116 118 1 11. 16 16} 11i 12 119 121 42 43 98 100 48 t 32 33 911 42% 67 69 99 101 7 8 37 38 9 10 vl p 149 151 44 5 2 34 pi 79 81 150 160 28 30 43 44 37 39 99 101 SESSIONS. Price. Paid. 62 64 1(6 )U7 11p P 5 5} 7i 8 Ics 107 1 , 6 !CI 107 1 , 8 I , S 109 1i 11P 194 0 63 66 +8 61 54 57 42 5 I'B 42 33 Ni 24 27 20 22 1074 108 i I I I 1 105 107 12i •3 8 74. 100 102 93 t 5 lIP 105 lu6 99 101 95 :7 47 49 3 5 E 0 12 107 1. 8 105 105 tc. 1 1 105 f I(6i 99 101 share Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. 25 Blythe and Tyne. 10 Bo t.,Sleat ., and~lid.Co at 'Bristol and Exeter st Caledonian 50 i Cork anti Bandon 20 Cornwall 10 'Do. B A 0 - ets no (liplo Do A tits rip c.p an.ha been paid to B. i 0 Dublin & Belfast June. 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc. st 'Edinburgh & Glasgow. st Glasg. and S. Western. st , Great Eastern, Ord. stk st Ditto A stock st Ditto East Anglian st et GreatNorthot Scotland at Great Northern ' at Do A stock st Do B do at Gt. S. an IW. of Ireland' st Great Western at Do Str Val gua. stool, Y st Lancashire & orkshire at I London and Blackwal st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast at Lon., Chat., and Dover at Lon. & North Western at Lon. & South Western at Man., Shef., & Lincoln 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 1.2 i Doi shares 10 Metropolitan St Midland 1.4.0 Do New st Do Birminv,. & Derby 50 Mid. (It. W. of Ireland .. po t 3 shares Mid "Cent 0 _Do Cray Line it North British it Edin., Perth, & Dundee it Nth. Eastern—Berwick :5 Do, O.N.E. purchase a Do Lecds ;t Do York It Do Carlisle.. 3t North London 10 Do New 16.4 North Staffordshire lv N. and S. W. Junction st Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stock at Do Scot. Mid. stock 10 Shrews. and Welchpool at Shropshire Union st South Devon at South Eastern at South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 2 0 •staines,Wok.,andWok. 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do 25 Do New, 1860 st Taff Pale.. 10 Do B 10 Do C 50 Ulster 25 Do 2.10 Do at Vale of Neath at Victoria sta. and Pim at Waterford & Kilkenny st West Cornwall at W. Hartlepool Har.&R at West Midland -Oxford at Do Newport at Do Hereford BRITISH P, twave DO t iantic & St Lawrenci r j dom.,Barodadz.Cent In, I Gu. 5 per oent.. ...... 20 Do. New . 20 Do. E. Shares... Ituttalo dna Lake tiurta 10 Do. Preference 00 /Iluflalo,BrantOzGodricl p. et. bde. Aug. 1, 1-7•4 00 Do. do. July 1, 167;- 00 ,o. do. Jun( 1, 1* st ;1( utta.,:S.Easrt , .( 1, st 'apeTown (k. Dock Scr. :ock Eaatn. Bengal gu. 5 p. 4 ock East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. 20 Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of ('ana,d, Do. Ist Pr, Bonds ) Do. co. deferred...... ) to. 2d Pref. Bon .s.. ) Da. do d fer ed...... ) Do. 3d P ef. stock ... ) Do. do. d, fern d.... . ) Do. 4th Pref. s o k... ) Do. do deferred...." 3k G Pentn. g ua.sp.e Do. New gua. 5 O Do. January, 1862 .. Lek Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. N Gt. w. 01 Canada Shart Do. New ....... 10 Do. 6 P.C. '73 with't opt., Po 00,6 i p. c. do. '77-8.. .1 l 0 Indian Branch Limited ick Madras guar., 5 p. 0. , e Do. 4i p. 0. Extension elt De. 44 • • '0 Do. Fifth Extension. Eck tlelb.Corp. p. o. Bnciq O Melb. & Hobson's Bay. 10 Do. 7p. c. slorth. Bds lewßrunsxvick a Candy Class Aan B N.Rl.C'da6 po Ist pf bds Scinde .......... Do. Delhi 4 ., Do. do Do. Punjaub Do. Do. se, Do. Indus. St. Flo.) stock COLONIAL GOVER 6 p.c.J a &Jul: 1877-81 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & All!? Do. 6 p. c.Mar. & Sep , Do. E p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stool. Cape G.llope, 6 p e,187: Do.Ap &Oct 188( Do. 189‘ ;Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, N0v.1 8 61, 6 p Mau' !tins 6 per cent .. Na,al GL,v. 6 per cant. -- N. 11G0v.6 I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct S.W. G or. 5 p 1,18 - Do. 8 p. c.,16,1 to 1 , _:; Do. d0.,1888 &upwdb 'New Zealand 6 p cent. - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling-, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6p. c. —5. AllB G6p.c.1878.& up. . Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) Do. in n.o . Aj,kont. Cambrian Consol. Gold ,lAitlorti Amalgamated , Devon G. Cons. avist. East Bassett ( (T off an East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon ...... East Cam Brea... W'l Russel (Tavistk Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen )i Great South Tolgus ,;. Wheal Vor (Helston (Grenville.. Derod's-Foot : I ingston Downs...., , Lady Bertha Margaret (Ony Lelant Nlarke Valley.. \lvndy Iron Ore (Lim 'New Setun • • North Downs ):.W 11'1 is - asset (I 110 ;an , torth Wheal Crotty t'ar Consols (f,L Blare) , 'rovidence(Uny Lelnt. south Caradon(St.Cleer 3. Care Brea (Illogan).. Wheai Fran. (Illogs Stray Park famar Silv.& Lead MM ['in Croft West Basset (Illogan) W Carcdon (Liskeard West Eaton Wheal Basset (Mogan Wheal Buller( Itedruth W heal Kitty (U. Lelant) WhealLud ott wheal Mary Ann (Men ) Wheal Seton . . Wheal Tretawney Wheal Union BRTTI ST-I MINES. tl4. 3.0,0 7.19,0, 57 4. 7.0 2.0. 1, 4. 2.4. v lo.it. 5.15.0 28.9. 474 ti 5 2.0.8 2.10.8 8 58} 7 3.17 6k 6 151 lei 15 255 17 18 5 51 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 5 per cent. red. pref., 1031 ancashire and Yorkshire 6 per cent. stock, 1361 M dland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per et., t+4l South Wales, gua. 44 per cent., 1w,9, 101 West Midland, Oxford, lat guaranteed stock, 127} PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 1031} LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Ho'yhead, 56.1 Hull and Selby, 110} Midland, Bradford pref. stock, 97 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 Bahia and San Francisco (lira.) gua. 7 per cent., 211 1 Great Luxembourg, 156 Recife and San Francisco (11m.), gua. 7 per cent., 181 Sambre and Meuse, II 14 San Paulo (hm.), gua. 7 per cent., 91 Ditto (all), 231 Western and North-Western of France, 211 Cape United Copper ftueptx,!ne a t, : n r n o t . ( D u Pedro Nor h Let Rey, } 1 Xudan Port Philip, Agra and uni JOINT-STOCK RANKS. S. Australia (Um.), 4 3} (lim.), - char Alliance B anl t e o l Service (lira.), 94 Australasia, 736 pondon and Liverpool (Um.), 232 Jan Chartered. 20} Bank e i 4: 31,1 Australia, and cNina, i 25 } 1 Sm., and Austr o cladalian F Hindustan, China, aud I)i,n3O.)kR,E6IIG: MINES. Imperial Bank (Um.), 14 ) . a P an (lira.), 13} London and Brazilian !lint), 304 London, B. Ayres, and it. Plate (lim 2 9 , l London Chartered Bank of Austral' L ond on and Colonial a, 28 71 London and Comity, 4 :} London Joint Stock, 6 5} London and N irthern (lira 42 5 London and South African, 271 London and South-Western (lim.), 42 London and Westminster, 77 . 3letrop. and P r ov. Bank Jim.), 122 Midland Bank (lim.), 1 Oriental Bank Corporation, 56 58 61 Ottoman Bank, 4 , e 51 Ditto, new, 132 l'} South Australia, 362 Union of Australia, 52 Union of London, 341 MISCELLANEOUS. Ceylon Company, 11 Crystal Palace, 33 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 113 Electric Telegraph, 10.} Joint stork Discount, 2 } National Discount Company (lira.), 81 1 North British Australasian, # Oriental Inland Steam (lira.), 71 6/ Peel River Land and Mineral, 52,} Peninsula and 0 iental Steam, 771 Ditto, new, 48 1 Rio de Janeiro City improvemeuto (Ulu.) (42), 31 Vau DI61:110'6 Lgud, 14115} MENT SECURITIES. wei 1071 104 .( 6 104 106 97 98 95 97 ,10 112 tl4 116 114 116 113 115 107 61 1 111 112 11 112 106 107 101 102 loot 1011 , loot ioli 110 112 iO6l 107} :1 113 tll 113 ICB 110 08} 109 97i f 7 100 100 100 100 lon THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1863, The Eister Monday Review at Brighton. The following is au extract from the general orders issued yesterday from the War offict,:— Upon arrival at Brighton, the various corps will at once march (left in front) to the rendezvous appointed for them ; those from London by the Montpelier-road, and the corps from the east and west of the main line by Trafalgar-road, keeping always upon the western side of the grand parade. The horses of mounted officers will await their arrival from London in the enclosure at the railway station entered from Montpelier •road. On reaching their respective rendezvous, the corps will pile arms in quarter-distance columns (left in front), or in such formation as the ground will admit of, care being taken that no injury is done i o any of the trees or shrubs in the gardens. The corps that arrive early may " break off," but the volunteers are to be cautioned not to stray far from their rendezvous. At eleven o'clock the force will get under arms. The sth Brigade, Ist Division, preceded by the Light Field Bat tery attached to the let Sussex Artillery Volunteers, and the Battalion of Garrison Artillery, will move by the west side of the Grand-parade, the Marine-parade, and Bedford street, to the Race Course, followed by the Field Battery of the Honourable Artillery Company, and the Infantry, which will commence its march by battalions in fours, in succession from the left of the Second Division Battery. The force, on reaching the Race Course, will march past the General-in-Command, preceded by the cavalry and Horse Battery of the Honourable Artillery Company, and the batteries of position which will have been assembled in rear of the Race Stand. The cavalry will march past in columns of troops. The artillery in column of divisions. The infantry in open column of companies. The whole to be left in front. After having marched past, the force will take up ground which will be pointed out by staff officers. At the conclusion of the field-day arms will be examined, and surplus ammunition collected from the pouches of the men. The force will then return to Brighton by the Ovingdean road and the Marine-parade in succession of corps according to the order in which they are to return to the railway station. The Cavalry and Artillery brigades will number 1,158 men; the Garrison Artillery, 748. First Division--Ist Brigade-2,505 ; second ditto, 2,193 ; third, 2,581; fourth, 1,705 ; fifth, 1,652. Second Division-Ist Brigade--1,752; second, 1,346; third, 1,512; and fourth, 1,642. Grand total, 18,791. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-LAST EVENING. The majority of the bookmakers from the provinces having commenced their journey south en route for Newmarket, coupled to the present week appearing blank in the calen dar, brought together an unusual muster at the Corner this afternoon, but we imagine the majority were more influ enced by curiosity than business. The NEWMA.RIET HANDICAP was at once brought on the tapis—an evident desire being exhibited immediately upon the opening of the room by several who scarcely make a mistake to be on the Physalis colt, and he speedily rose to the odds we have quoted him at the finish, but which we much doubt could have Leen obtained for any amount of money. Man-at-Arms, it appears, has been substituted for his stable companion Attaman in the betting, as little as 100 to 15 being accepted about him notwithstanding his 71b. penalty for winning the St. Liz Handicap at Northamp ton, while the latter has receded to 100 to 1. Colleen Rhue was the only other animal mentioned, and was backed at 10 to 1 to a little money. The CITY AND SUBURBAN.--Adventurer was supported for small amounts at his quoted odds, and Beachy Head, from Drewett's stable, at 25 to 1. Misfortune, who scarcely is ever followed, was on this occasion intrusted to win some money at 40 to 1. The Two THOUSAND GUINEAS was noticeable solely for the remarkable firmness of Hospodar, whose opening price was eagerly taken, and at the close the layers were fairly exhausted and refused anything over 2 to 1. Saccharo meter, who gave way under the heavy guns brought to bear against him last week, appeared to have gained friends,who came to the rescue, and 7 to 1, his opening price, having been repeatedly taken, he settled down at a point less, at which price his opponents would have been glad to transact business. 10 t 3 1 was noted down about Blue Mantle seve ral times, and, prior to the falling of the flag, he gave evi dence of seeing a much better day. 12 to 1 was nominally offered against Rapid Rhone, and subsequently a great de monstration was made in favour of Melrose, whose opening price was so readily accepted that he speedily reached to within half a point of Lord Glasgow's colt, the layers at last declining to proceed, The CHESTER Cur was not interfered with, not a bet being offered. The DERBY also presented the usual amount of apathy, if we except a disposition to support Saccharometer and Carnival, the latter having a strong and influential party, who in vain stood out for 20 to 1, but could not get accommodated, the highest offer against him at the cl tse being 100 to 6. National Guard was firm at his opening price, and was supported at those odds with much spirit. Automaton was asked after, but not backed at similar odds. 1,000 to 35 was accepted about Blue Mantle, which price was refused against Rapid Rhone. The Physalis colt was backed for a small amount at 40 to 1, and 1,000 to 10 each was taken about Golden Pledge, Avondale, Stockman, and Early Purl. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. sto 2 agst Lord Glasgow's Physalis colt (taken freely) 100 to 15 agst Mr Sutton's Man-at-Arms (taken) 10 to 1 agst Mr. G. Kinsella's Colleen Rhue (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 14 to 1 agst Mr. J. Gilby's Adventurer (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. E. Monk's Beachy Head (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. T. Hunt's M slortune (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 2to 1 apt Count F. de Lagrange's Hospodar (offered —take 5 to 2) 6to 1 aget Lord Strathmore's Saccharometer (taken) 10 to 1 agst Capt. Lane's Blue Mantle (taken) 12 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Rapid Rhone (offered 100 to 8 agst Mr. Wigrarn's Melrose (taken freely) THE DERBY. . _ 100 to 15 agst Lord St. Vincent's Lord Clifden (offered) 13 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's Sacchaiometer (taken) 100 to 6 agst Mr. Naylor's Carnival (offered) 20 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's National Guard (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lord Stamford's Automaton (offered) 1000 to 3o agst Capt. Lane's Blue Mant e (taken) 33 to 1 apt Lord Glasgow's Rapid Rhone (offered) 40 to 1 agst Lord Glasg o w's Physalis colt (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Mi. Beaumont's Golden Pledge ( aken) 1000 to 10 agst Mr. H. J. Smith's Avondale (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Mr. R. H. Jones's Stockman (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Bowes's Early Purl (taken) CITY BETTING—YESTERDAY. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 6to 2 agst Phyealh3 colt (taken) Bto 1 aget Man at Arms (taken in force) 10 to 1 aget Colleen Rhue (taken) 12 to 1 agst Bedouin (taken) 14 to 1 agst Flyaway (taken) 14 to 1 agst Paste (taken) STATE OF TRADE. MANCIIESTFR, April 2.—This is not a regular market-day, but still, to-morrow being a holiday, there has been a desire to anticipate business as much as possible, both on the part of buyers and sellers. Sellers of both yarn and cloth are very firm in demanding the advance of Tuesday, but it checks business. In yarns for India a fair amount of business is reported. There is rather more con fidence on the part of sellers from feeling that to a great extent the speculative lots both of yarns and c oths which have floated on the market from the end of August have to a great extent been absorbed for shipment, owing to the recent bona fide transac tions on Indian account. Messrs. Da Fay & Co., in their monthly report, give a return of the cotton textile exports for the months of January and February, as compared with the same months in 1861 and 1862, which show that the falling off has been remarkable. The exports of all kinds of cotton cloths to all countries was as follows: — In 1861, 374,702,781 ; in 1862, '‘ 96,053,619; and in 1863, 172,781,008 yards, the reduction being in 1863 201,921,'773 yards as compared witt the same two months of 1861, and 123,272,611 yards as compared with 1862. In cotton yarns the falling off in the same time has been 3,798 363,b. weight as compared with 1861, and 6,334,3611 b. as compared with 1862. They observe:—" As the consumption of cotton amounts at present to only about one-third of what it was in former years, and the home tradeis taking its share of the production of goods, the exports will probably be restricted to the above proportions, stocks of o ld goods b e i ng to a great degree a b sor b e d . The fallin g o ff i n the exports to France i n the two months is a s follows :—Two months in 1862, 8,532,372 y ar d s ; two months in 1863, 1,787,470 yards. To Hongkong the falling- o ff has been more striking still, being 1,866,510 yards in the two months of the present year, against 10,500,000 yards last, year, and against 6 8,987,483 yards in 1861. In value the exports have increased, being £17,343,731 in the two months of the present year, against £16,759,114 in 1862." The Ministerial Changes in France. The incident which has terminated in the with drawal of M. Magne from the position of Minister without portfolio is remarked on by a few of the Paris journals. The Constitutionnel after making the observation that " the Emperor's letter will be to M. Magne a noble and precious recompense of his zeal and his devotedness," proceeds in these terms : " A delicate situation is thus happily bought to an end ; the Emperor, in the solution which he has given to it has succeeded in conciliating the remembrance of long and able services with the maintenance of the new financial system which has been so favourably received by the country. The divergence between M. Fonld and M. Magne on ques- tions of finance was a secret to none. The consequence of that disaccord was for the eminent Minister without port- folio an additional d fficulty in the accomplishment of his duty. Doubts and uneasiness might consequently arise in the public mind from that situation. An uncertainty has now disappeared, and the llfonitour has confirmed the as surances given in the Imperial sitting of the 28th Jan., 1862. The fact will not have been forgotten that the Emperor, after having referred to the necessities which the past had been obliged to provide for, declared that whatever was the origin of that inerett , ed debt, and however legitimate the expense might be, there would be an imprudence in increas ing it.' The country, like the Emperor, looked upon the system inaugurated by the Senatus-Consultum of the 31st Dec., 1861, not as an expedient for lightening the respon sibility of the Sovereign, but as a spontaneous and serious reform which should force us to exercise economy; it has confidence in the severe application of that system which should aid us to establish our financial regime on immoveable bases ;' and in the maintenance of M. Fould in the Minis try it will see with pleasure a fresh pledge of good manage ment in the finances, and of reduction in the public charges." The Gazette de France has the subjoined obser- vations : " On the eve of the discussion on the Budget this modi fication is not without its importance. Already, with refer • ence to the bill upon the 38 millions of surplus outlay in the last financial year, the reserves of language of the speaking Minister might have been remarked. A repe tition of that divergence was to be expected in the discus sirn which is about to be opened upon the Budget of 1864 and the rectified Budget of 1863. Whatever may be the case, M. Magne having left, M. Fould will not be defended as he wishes. Not being able to k peak himself as he had been accustomed to do before the Senate, there is no diffi culty in understanding that he should desire to see his doc.rines in financial matters clearly exposed before the The Union remarks how ill-informed must have been the _Trance, which not only spoke of the retire ment of M. Fould as highly probable, but men tioned M. Magne, M, Rouher, and M. Vauitry as the persons most likely to succeed him; and did so precisely at the very time when the official journal, evident y better acquainted with the details of the matter, was printing the Imperial decree which ac cepted M. Magne's resignation. Our contemporary then, after observing that the triumph of M. Fould does not cause it any surprise, makes the following observations : "From the first creation of Ministers without portfolio, it appeared to us difficult to avoid the it fluence, in some sort preponderating, of the Minister charged to act over the Minister charged to s,'eak, without a rupture occurring between them sooner or later. Supposing that perfect har mony existed between them at first, would it not be at the mercy of certain unforseen circumstances, of a change of views, of a modification of policy ? How would it be it there supervened a change of persons, and especially a change of resolutions in home or foreign policy with regard to diplomacy or finances, peace or war P There were not wanting in those days non-official advocates of the Ministers without portfolio, to tell us that we were troubling ourselves about chimerical conflicts, that no difference could ever arise between persons following the same policy, per sons, too, all equally irresponsible, being only the agents or defenders of the one thought which presides over the direc tion of affairs. We were not so very far wrong, it seems; as the divergence has occurred, and we bee its result. Now what must be the sequel ? That the successor of M. Magne, should there be one, must necessarily be in accord with the Minister of Finance, the want of which accord has led to M. Magne's retirement; consequently he must be a kind of alter ego of M. Fould. From this we should be led to the conclusion that the Minister without portfolio must follow the destiny of the Minister with portfolio, unless, after having aided him in the Chambers, he overthrows him in the Cabinet, which we have no right to suppose. Such is, at all events, the first impression made on us by this in cident." The Presse speaks out more boldly on the matter than any of its contemporaries, and expresses the opinion shat the present system ought to be changed, and that the bona fide Minister should be in all cases allowed to explain or defend in person his acts before both Chambers indiscriminately. The following is the language used : " Thus there may exist between a Minister in office and a Minister unattached, such a divergence of views that at a given moment one must leave the Cabi net sacrified to the other. The institution of specking Ministers has by this incident received a first blow, which is the more serious from the fact that it was foreseen. People had already asked themselves what would happen on the day when a Minister, charged to speak in the name of the Government, should take a view of the situation different from that of the Minister whose plans and policy a he was called on to defend. No mend and yc e aneverbe met with who would consent in such ca ses to make a com pleteefen cled w b e abandonment nyh ldtt therefore e theirroeferein speaking persona l opinions. The acti ng Minister an Govern ment me ameans s w e o f u d preventing nat u rally the s u s uf Minister,fcehr renewal of th the eventuality be u u u feebly su l d. There is only on e incident which has just occurred, and that is division s iei f o o u r the Ministers in office to come forward themselves, in s uc h circumstances, and depend in person the p olic y and t he system which they are charged to carry out. established between speaking and i a cting is subject to a thousand inconveniences. Generally , onl y that which is well executed can be well explained. Between the per son who developes an idea and him who p uts into execution there must be an identity of view] wh ich can onl y exist on the condition that the two shall fo rm a sole and same personality. In the Senate the lq inters in office hav e contracted the habit of defending their acts themselves, and the precaution which they take of declaring that they speak as simple senators deceives no one. Every member of the Chamber knows wall that it is the Minister he is bearing, and the explanations furnished by the Sena tor are talon for those of the Government itself. Why not abandon the fiction and adopt the r eality ? What incon venience would there be in a Minister who defends himself before the Senate, giving explanations in the Legislative Body ?" The writer further observes that what he thus pro poses is not in reality an innovation, as there is nothing to prevents a Minister who hold office from being nominated Government-Commissioner. Hence a simple decree signed by the Emperor would suffice to remove all the inconvenience connected with the present organisation. Importing Tea without colour on The leaf pre vents the Chinese passing off inferior leaves as in the usual kinds. Horniman's Tea is uncoloured, therefore, always good alike. Sold in packets by 2.280 agents. A SWINDLING AFFAIR.—The Correctional Tri bunal of Marseilles has just been engaged in trying two persons connected with a swindling affair, which was effected in December last at Alexandria. The sum obtained was nearly 500,000 francs, and the author of the fraud was a Frenchman, named Linker, established in that city, assisted by his brother-in law, named Weinberg, his wife living at Marseilles. Linker succeeded by means of le,ters, sent by his brother-in-law, to induce a belief that a considerable credit was opened to him at a banking h' use at Marseilles, and he obtained first-rate bills on London to the above amount. The establishments victimised by those manoeuvres were the Bank of Egypt ; MM. Oppenheim and Co. ; Bory and Co. ; Hakin and Figli ; Menasea and Co. ; and Landau and Co. Linker sent the drafts on London to Weim berg, with orders to convert them into money at way cost, and to leave immediately for Liverpool. As it was Christmas Day when Weimberg received the bills, he could only realize a part of them. In the meantime the merchants at Alexandria detected the fraud, and on application to the French Consul-General, the latter sent a tele graphic despatch to Marseilles, and Weimberg was arrested with 20,000 f. in his possession, and the remainder of the drafts not yet negotiated. A sum of 79,000 f. was still wanting, and Linker's wife having hastily left Mar ' seilles for Paris immediately after Weimberg's arrest, a despatch was sent off, and on her being also captured that sum, all in bank notes, was found sewed up in her dre.s. Linker was arrested at Alexandria, tried before the Con sular Tribunal, and condemned to two years' imprison ment. His two accomplices have been now sentenced by the Correctional Tribunal of Marseilles each to 12 months' imprisonment. Linker has appealed against the Consular sentence, and the affair will be brought before the Impe rial Court of Aix. The complainants have been fortunate enough to recover the whole of their property. The California farmer sows of wheat seed 1001 b to the acre, of which the average return is 25 bushels (1,5001 b. for 1001 b.) The wheat area is 250,000 acres for the whole State. Barley, 100 lb. sown, 2,0001 b. return (equal to 40 bushels) ; area sown, 60,000 acres. Oats, 801 b sown per acre, return 1,6001 b. (or 40 bushels) ; area sown, 25,000 acres. Beans sown 201 b. to the acre, return 1,5001 b., area sown, 15,000 acres. Potatoes, 30011). planted, return 5,00011). ; area planted, 15,000 acres. About 15,100 acres, in addition to the above, were last year sown in rye, hemp, Indian corn, beetroots, and buckwheat, making the gross area of laid sown last season with cereals and roots throughout the State 370,000 acres, FRENCH TRIAL FOR MURDER. The Court of Assizes of the Orne, sitting at Alencon, has been engaged for several days past in trying six persons, one as principal and the five others as accomplices, in the murder of a wealthy farmer named Bassiere, residing at St. Evroult de Montfort, who was shot dead in January, 1862, while at supper with a friend in his own house. Our readers may remember that for this crime the murdered man's son Albert, a lad only 17 years of age, was condemned to hard labour for life in July last. The widow Bassiere and her female servant, named Leneverend, were tried at the same time as accomplices, but were acquitted. After young Bassiere's appeal against his sentence had been re jected, he made a full confession of all the circum stances of the crime, from which it appeared that the actual murderer was a labourer named Gibory, who had been hired for the purpose by the convict himself, his mother, and Houlette, a neighbouring miller, who was anxious to get rid of Bassiere that he might marry his widow. Two married sisters of Houlette, named Potel and Monnier, Gibory's wife, a woman named Querot, who had formerly been in Bassiere's service, and the servant who had been acquitted, were also privy to the crime, and were to have a share in the murdered man's pro perty. In consequence of this confession, Gibory and his wife, Houlette and his two sisters, and the woman Queriot were arrested, and the investiga tion which followed dearly proved that the con vict's statement was substantially true. The widow Bissiere and her servant having been declared not guilty by the jury, could not by the French law be again arrested on the same charge. The prisoner Queriot, in answer to the president's ques tions, give full particulars of the plot, and of the advantages all the parties concerned hoped to derive from its execution. The miller Houlette denied all share in the conspiracy, as well as his alleged inti macy with the murdered man's wife. Houlette's sisters admitted that they were aware of the con spiracy, but denied having taken any active part in the matter. A great number of witnesses were exa mined, and among them was a man named Vigan, who had been arrested as an accomplice, but was ultimately released and admitted as a witness. This man was in the first instance engaged by the con spirators to commit the murder, but at last refused, and Houlette then procured Gibory, and kept him at the mill three days, waiting for a favourable oppor tunity. One of the scenes which excited most inte rest during the trial was the appearance in court of the young convict, Alfred Bassiere. Owing to his condemnation he could not be heard as a witness, but he repeated his confession. In answer to ques tions from the President, he stated that his connec tion with Houlette was highly disapproved by his father, who bad beaten him more than once for going to the mill ; but he continued his visits nevertheless, and on one occasion, after a quarrel with his father, he had said," I would give any one 100 crowns to kill my father !" Not long after this, Houlette advised him to put poison in his father's food, and twice gave him arsenic for the purpose, bnt he threw it away as he went home. This occurred in Novem ber. Two months later, in January, it was de cided between them that his father should be shot, and Gibory, who was engaged by himself, hit mother, and Houlette to commit the crime, took up his residence at the mill to await a favourable occa sicn, The evening of Jan. 22 was ultimately fixed for the accomplishment of their design, and he him- self agreed to remove a savage dog chained in the yard, which might have raised an alarm when Gibory approached the house. He accordingly took the dog away, and left it with the prisoner Queriot. He soon after saw Gibory in the yard, and the next moment heard the shot which killed his father. The facts that Alfred had left the supper table just before the murder, and that one barrel of his gun had been recently discharged, were the principal points in the evidence against him. Gibory was never suspected, as he had been so well concealed at the mill that his presence in the neighbour hood was known only to the conspirators. It has since been ascertained that the young man's gun had been treacherously fired off unknown to nim by Houlette, who, no doubt, thought it would be to his advantage to throw suspicion on the son, and to get rid of both him and his father at the same time. After the wretched son was taken out of court the mother was called in and examined, but not under oath, as to the project of marriage between her and Houlette. She denied that any such project had ever existed, but her assertions were disproved by all the facts of the case, and the evidence generally also tended to establish the ti uth of the convict's confession. The Avoca`- General then addressed the Court, calling for a severe sentence against the accused. We learn b) telegram that the girl Queriot has been condemned to 20 years' hard labour, and Houlette and Gibory to hard labour for life. The three other female pri soners were acquitted. MELANCHOLY CASES OF SUlClDE.—Yesterday Dr. Lankester held two inquests at the King's Arms, Castle-street, Seven Dials, The first inquiry was concerning the death of Charles Finch, aged 66, a shoe maker, who was found dead in his room at 4, Earl-street, Seven Dials. It appeared that the dec , aged was a hard- working, steady, and saving man, but that for the last eighteen years he had laboured under the delusion that his wife was unfaithful to him. He fancied men wara always looking after her, and he was rendered so miserable that a separation was the result. On Tuesday evening last the deceased was seen as usual, but the following morning fears were enter tained for his safety. Police-constable 78 F was called in, and he broke open the door, when deceased was seen on the floor dead with a pistol near him. Mr. Bennett, surgeon to St. Giles's Workhouse, said the man had been dead several hours. His opinion was that he had sat upon the bed, and, placing the pistol to his head, had drawn the trigger. The right side of the head was completely shot away. No bullet or shot could be found. Mr. Bennett's opinion was that no bullet was in the pistol, as the hair was singed and the bone charred. The pistol must have been filled nearly to the muzzle. Evidence having been given that there was not the slightest ground for jealousy, the jury returned a ver dict of " Suicide while in an unsound state of mind." The second case was on the body of Sophia Jones, a single woman, aged 34, living with her sister at 28, Princes-street, Drury-lane, and working at the establishment of Messrs. Firmin and Son, button manufacturers, While Horse yard, Drury-lane. The sister to the deceased, it was stated, was a drunkard. She was separated from her husband, and disposed of everything she could lay her hands on The 10s. a week received by the deceased was, therefore, inade quate to supply the means of existence. AMr Smith, who had charge of the electro-gilding, plating, and colour room, in which he and deceased were alone engaged at the Messrs. Firman's, gave her a character of extreme diligence, and said he had opportunities of hearing the complaints of de • ceased against her sister during the last two years. The first time she stayed away was on Monday last, when she absented herself all day. On the Tuesday she attended, and in answer to his inquiries as to whether she had been ill, she replied in the negative, bat complained of her sister,who, she said, had deprived her of all her clothing. She was in low spirits all day, and often cried He recommended her to leave her sister, and she said she would take his advice. She left at half-past 6, and in two hours after he heard she was poisoned with cyanide of potassium, which they used in their work. Mary Ann Bignall, the sister, said on her sister coming home on Tuesday evening she said she was poorly, and requested her to take a dress to pledge. On her return she found her lying on the bed. She said, " Sopby, are you well?" and, receiving no answer, she got a light. Finding her insensible she fetched medical assistance, Her sister was then found to be dead. Mrs. Taylor, a lodger in the house, said she saw deceased a quarter of an hour before death. She went into witness's room, and said, "My dear Mrs. Taylor, I am very ill; I am going to lie down. God bless you." She always spoke affectionately, but on that occasion impressively. She was in poor circum stances, and said she could not keep her sister. Sho e a as with witness all day on Monday. M r. John fund the Caesar made the post mor ten t e xamination, an fotuassium. stomach gave out a strong smell of cyanide of p d The jury returned a serdict o f "Suicide d br , cyanide o of potassium while in an unsound state of mind." THE CONVICT COOPER.--SriftEWSBURY, Thurs day.—Edward Cooper, who, it wilt be recollected, was sentenced to death at the late Shrewsbury Assizes for the murder of his child, a boy aged about 8 years, by suffo cating him and afterwards burying him in a wood near his own house, has made a full confession of his guilt to the officers of the prison. The confession, however, is not to be published until after the execution, which is fixed for the 11th inst. The culprit at first appeared hardened, but sinc., his confession has behaved himself in a more becoming manner. He is attentively ministered to, not only by the rev, chaplain of the gaol, but also by his own parish clergy man, the Rev. W. Jones. He has been visited by his daughter, who, it will be remembered, took her little brother to her father a few days before the murder. The interview is said to have Won Tory affecting. 120 j 1i 121 131 654 II 1 tosi 75/ 114 39t 93 1011 1 121 f 1 4 121 li P 921 14 24 50} 1 98f 9 81 55} 5 86} 921 i i 43j 4 31 3noineee done 1061 1 / 1061 1 7 109 81 8 } 51 14 20 108 i 8 1051 i 6 99 1081 & I 4S 4 li 9i COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. A Court of Common Council was held yesterday in the Council Chamber at Guildhall—the Right Hon. the Lord May or presiding. THE GOTERNMENT AND THE CORFORATION. Mr. LAWLEY gave the following notice of motion —'That a special Parliamentary committee be sp. pointed for the purpose of watching the several bills now before Parliament, or that may bo introduced daring the present session, which may in any way interfere with the municipal government or the re venues, rights, or privileges of the City, with power to do therein as they may think fit, and to report 1 thereon from time to time to this Court." He then said it was very important that the matter should be settled at once, and he therefore asked leave of the Court to put his motion at once instead of wait ing until the next court as would be the ordinary course, as if left until then it would be too late. The Court having agreed to this proposition, Mr. LAWLEY, in putting his motion to the Court, said he was thankful to the Court for having cora -1 plied with his proposition, and having a deep sense of the responsibility devolving upon that Court, he was induced to take the course he had adopted. He had no desire whatever to pass over a committee which was appointed by the Court for taking such steps. But the circumstances of the case were very peculiar. There was no committee of Court in which the element of submission was not promi• nent, and there was no committee to whom the Court had simply deputed the powers of watch ing any encroachment on the rights and privi leges of the City. He thought there should be a body of men, none of whom were before Parliament or likely to be so, and who had no preconceived opi nions. When the Coal, Corn, Finance, and the Im provements Committee brought up a joint report on Tuesday, and asked the sanction of the Court at once to permit the Metropolitan Board of Works, as well as the Government, to ride over them without a show of resistance— most advisable in order to prevent the formation rl the proposed viaduct across Ludgate-hiil by the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company. Upon the motion of Mr. GLOVER, it was referred to the Improvements Committee to take the neces sary steps in the matter. Some other petitions having been disposed of and referred to different committees the Court adjourned. SHAKESPERE'S LAST DAYS. Mr. Deputy BOWER thought the hon member was not addressing the Court in a discreet manner. Mr. LAWLEY said he was about to say, that when the committee, to whom the Court had delegated that particular work, bought up that report, their action was paralysed by the decision of the Court in negativing that report. The Remembrancer was unfortunately absent, through illness, during a time when the police was threatened—and there would only be a few days interval before that sub ject was tried—and they had no Parliamentary officer, and no committee to watch the fourpenny coal dues which were threatened by the Metropo litan Board of Works, and he thought a special com mittee ought to be formed with power to do what was necessary. If they valued their privileges, if they were to keep out the threatened introduction of , he Metropolitan Board of Works into their rights to the coal dues, or to prevent any encroachment on ..heir privileges, it seemed to him that the course which he had proposed should be adopted, and that they should have such a body as would make an opposition, and if they were to be beaten, it should not be until they had shown that they did not shrink from any difficulty, whatever it might be, if they thought they could conquer it. On the other hand, if it were referred to any of the existing com mittees, it would meet the same fate as that which went to the joint committee. Mr. BENGOUGH seconded the motion. Mr. ROWE asked the hon. member if he thought it possiVe out of the court to form a committee, none of whom had any pre-conceived opinions; and hoped that if he did not quite agree with him he should not be excluded from the list of true-hearted men. He thought it time that the Corporation should endeavour to obtain a character for consis tency. They had departed somewhat lately from the rules of consistency. They had now begin an antagonism with the Government and the Metro politan Board of Works, and he hoped the court would well weigh and consider the situation in which they were placed. They had been playing fast and loose with the Government, and now they said they would have all or none. He was afraid if they did not mind they would get none ; they would loose their fourpenny tax. There was a notice of motion before the Metropolitan Board of Works that they were not content with their ninepenny tax, and they wanted the fourpenny tax. Mr. BLAKE, chairman of the Law Offices and Parliamentary Committee, thought that committee was equal to the requirements of the case. He had formed no opinion, for he was not present on Tues day, when the report of the joint committee was discussed, and therefore he had no opportunity of doing so, and since he had the honour of being chairman of that committee he had had nothing to do with any other. The committee was comprised of gentlemen as well calculated to deal with such an emergency as any others, and he thought it ought to be left to their charge. Mr. HARTRIDGE hope the court would adopt the course proposed by Mr. Lawiey. Mr. LOWMAN TAYLOR said it was in the power of the Court to order any committee in existence to carry out certain instructions, and until the decision which was agreed to by the majority of the Court was revoked, it was their order, and it was in their power, if the court pleased, to instruct any commit tee to carry it out ; but it did not follow that they must appoint a fresh committee. He did not see why he should be excluded from a committee to consider a question in all its bearings. He had always looked to the interests of the Corporation and not to his own, and he considered it cast a reflection upon the committee ordinarily appointed to inquire into law and Parliamentary matters—(hear, hear, and No, no) —a committee that was free from any im putation of having preconceived notions. In his opinion they could appoint no committee which would be superior to the Law and Parliamentary Committee, which consisted of eight aldermen and a member from each ward, and also the chairman of every committee of the Court. To appoint another committee he thought would be a serious reflection upon them, and he should like to see them resign, to a man, if such a proposition were carried out. He hoped it would be referred to the Law and Par liamentary Committee, and he was sure they would do all that was necessary. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff LAWRENCE said he was sure it was not the wish of the Court to take any action which would be looked upon as an in sult to the Court, or to any member who was one of the committee. One circumstance ought to be taken into consideration, and that was, for what purpose was the Parliamentary committee con structed ; and secondly, whether or not the circum stances were not of such a character as to require calm consideration, and the greatest care in the selection of a special committee; but it seemed to t him that any one who look ed at the existing ctoboa mittee, and for what it was f ramed, wouldiescatyed ca e ion, s t i r that was a committee suc h as should be s the purpose required on the present he hoped the motion would be car l r d i d n ot be carried, it 1 ) ;: u whose special duty Mr. ELLIOTT tho u g ht There was a committ ee existi it was to look aft er Parliam entary business, and on names could he di d not think th ere looking down t he at commend itself could be a commit tee th c e : u n et s thought the Court would no t b e fldence of the Court. more mn toßtEhse going ou t of their usual course by selecting a special committee, as the had done in 1856 under similar circumstances. HARRISON tx oved, as an amendment, Deputy Mr. that it should be referred to the Lay and Parlia mentary Committee. He thought, • with Mr. Taylor, that it would reflect seriously that committee if a spe • l cia committee were appointed. Mr. BONE seconded the amendment. Mr.SAUNDERS favoured the motion of Mr.Lawley. Mr. FRY hoped the motion would not be carried, and that it would be referred to the existing com mittee, who, he was sure, would do the work as well, if not better, than any other, and he hoped it would be referred to that committee. Some further discussion took place; and, upon a division, it was ultimately referred to the Law and Parliamentary Committee, instead of to a special committee. Mr. F. K. GLOVER presented a petition, signed, by a large number of the inhabitants of Ludgate. street and vicinity, praying that the Court would be pleased to take such steps as might be considered (From Shakespere's Home, By the Rev. C. M. Bellew.) There are two circumstances connected with his last days at New Place with which we are acquainted. "In perfect health and memory,God be praised," he had his will drafted the 25th January, 1616. February the 10th his daughter Judith married Thomas Quiney. We are led to conclude that the will was probably drawn up in January with refe rence to his daughter's marriage, and that, subsequent to the wedding, Shakespere was seized with some sudden ill ness, which led to the execudon of the will on the 25th day of March. These few facts occurring in the first three months of the year 1616, constitute the entire knowledge we possess of the closing days of Shakspere's life. Forty years after his death the then vicar of Stratford, Mr. Ward, jotted down some of the stories current in the places regarding the poet. Among others he stated " Shakespear, Drayton, and Ben Jonson had a merry meeting, and it seems drank too hard, for Shakespear died of a feavour there contracted." When we remember that Shakespere died in the prime of life, and that he was in perfect health and memory twelve I weeks prior to his decease, it seems likely enough that fever was the cause of death. The wedding of Judith would per fectly account for Ben Jenson and Drayton being his com panions at Stratford at such a time, though no evidence has as yet been produced to prove Jonson's whereabouts at that date. The story of drinking too hard is susceptible of explana tion in the same way; and it is eaey to be understood how the convivality of a wedding party at New Place would be converted, on the tongues of gossips, into "hard drinking at a merry meeting." Village storie s and traditions, as it has been already admitted, are worthy of consideration, but not of trust. They are seldom absolutely true in them selves, and yet they almost always direct the historic in quirer in the right direction t 9 arrive at truth. Tradi tions are like photographs—distorting the prominent fea tures of the subjects they represent. Accepting the reve rend vicar's story as a Stratford tradition, told him in the rough end ready phraseology of the place, and translating the meaning of "hard drinking" into the joyous festivity which would be naturally observed at such a period as the wedding of the poet's daughter, when friends like Ben Jenson and Drayton were gathered around the board of their old companion, to drink to the health and happiness of the bride and bridegroom,—we have a domestic picture pre sented to us of the last days of Shakespere, as happy in itself as it is probable from its consonance with his character. Though the picture is the barest sketch, yet its toucbes are true to nature ; and all, save one, we know to be true in fact. That one (the coarseness of its colouring toned down), harmonises well with the rest, and gives completeness to the outlines. Let fancy fill in the canvas, and the autumn days of the poet's lice be painted in the golden tints of nature's own autumn time, in which sunniness and sadness so mys teriously blend. Pleasant it is to think that the happiness of New Place was not shadowed by any tedious or agonising sickness. There was no lingering disease, no protracted pain. "In perfect health and memory, God be praised," our Shakespere lived until his 52d year. He enjoyed his Merry Christmas and the conversation of his friends. Then came the preparations for the wedding. New Place was all alive. Mrs. Shakespere's second-best bed, like enough, was aired and made up for the arrival from town of Ben Jonson. Shakespere thought the time befitted that he should make his will, which was accordingly drafted. The great garden was neatly trimmed, no doubt, and the borders of snowdrops and crocuses fringed the beds about the mulberry-tree. The wedding-day arrived. Parson Rogers, the vicar, appeared in his best cassock, bands, and tippet ; and, robed in clean white linen surplice, leaned against the tomb of John a Combe, book in hand, until the wedding party came. Coaches in Stratford were unknown, but " Slowly—stately—two by two," .he train of relatives and friends proceeded from New Place to the church. The merry marriage -bells rang out their wel come, and William Shakespere, leading Judith through troops of friends, presented her at the altar to the vicar, and gave the woman to the man, there were no signatures of witnesses to the ceremony necessary, else had we seen, per chance, Shake.pere's and Rare Ben's upon the same page of the register. The ceremony over, and, the vicar unrobed, the whole party left the church. It was the last time Shake spere entered it alive, and the last time he left it I The wed ding of his child brought him there that day : about nine weeks afterwards his children attended in the same place at his funeral I But on that marriage morn none dreamt of, or anticipated, the impending loss which not New Place only, or Stratford, but England and her literature were to suffer. The marriage tables were spread; the cakes and ale were plentiful; and Parson Rogers, garnishing his periods with Latinity, after the fashion of his day, told how one of old lime, in a little town of Galilee, had blessed with His pre sence that marriage- feast at which the " water saw its Lord, and blushed 1" _ . " Meanwhile the day sinks fast, tho sun is set, And in the lighted hall the guests are met; Of f na l e o r v u e, , and happyad m eveningi rat io n , a n n d s d t ra e t l f i o g r h d t . " 1 The beautiful looked lovelier in the light It wasNo doubt the Haleses, and the Quineys, the Hathaways, "my Cousin Green," Thomas Combe, and all the lads and lasses of the varied Shakespere connection, as far as Warwick, had col lected at New Place to celebrate the wedding,—to " dance and eat plums ;" to be merry with the " round" and " woo ing dance," and to trip it lightly to the stirring notes of, " John come kiss me now!" Substituting Ben Jonson for " Cousin Capulet, the poet's own words best serve our pur pose to imagine the scene : " Welcome, gentlemen I ladies that have their toes Unplagued with corns will have a bout with you : Ah ah, my mistresses 1 which of you all Will now deny to dance? I have seen the day That I .. A whispering tale in a fair lady's ear, Such as would please I—'tis gone, 'tis gone, 'tie gone,' Come, musicians, play. A hall 1 a hall I give room, and foot it girls. More light, ye knaves 1 and turn the tables up. And quench the fire, the room is grown too hot. — Nay, sit, nay, sit, good Cousin Capulet, For you and I are past our dancing days I" So, while they went on with the dance, and joy was uncon fined, we can imagine these patres conscript*: of Stratford glthering together in a knot, and the " natural wit" of Shakespere goaded into point and brilliancy by Ben and Drayton bursting forth into coruscations of fancy I Then the reminiscences of London life, of Blackfriars, and the Globe, would come up, and the experiences of these wits would astonish and delight their country friends. Shake sper3 could tell many an anecdote of kings and courts of Whitehall and Hampton ; and, perhaps, among the jovial pledges of the supper, Ben Jenson might let slip something about Gunpowder Plot. Such a " merry-meeting"—the celebration of his daughter's weddin g day—we have suffi cient reason for supposing, presents us to Shakespere at New Place, in health and vigour, for the last time. A fever seized hips. A few brief days of sickness intervened. Gra dually the strength of the hale man succumbed before the invaaing enemy. Neces ity compelled the will to be signed. Gloom possessed the lately happy, festive h j e e r; At Chapel-street corner, with whispered wet ds, an to d ld sw their head•shaking, the friends of the dying m • an I In Holy worst fears. Then there was another gathwer: heard for Cross, most litre, the Church's prayers vicar Rogers would him who lay a•clying. B y his beds i d e and pointing v, stand, calming the woes of the living, to whiu , g radually—" , ut painlessly as e hopes of the dying— last (nem t • fever does its work— th o e f New Place s o in among the group, and the wind° l the k were darkened, and ut, an the doors were sb eethre of the house trembled, and the mourners went about the street, because man goeth to his long home! " The West is silence !" Le WORD how p oN theburst FOUNDLINGrst of humanity HOSPITALS.— Have on never heardW° behalf w o e f foundlings issued i n L on d on, i n t h e last century ? and how it operates in Paris now? The Empress talks of opening another Foundling Hospital ; and a Middlesex coroner has seriously proposed the same thing lately, with singular per verseness, as a remedy for infanticide; yet everybody, from empresses to relieving officers, have the means of knowing the invariable result of such experiments. In the London case, the throwing open of the Foundling Hospital caused an increase of foundlings, in three years, of from 117 to nearly 15,000 ; and of those 15,000 only 4,400 lived to be apprenticed. In Paris 58 per cent, of illegitimate children are abandoned within the range of the foundling charity; and wherever arms are foi thcoming to support infants, base born or other, child-murder increases tremendously. The more institutions are opened as a refuge for them, the faster the need grows; and, as the need can never be overtaken, the infants are put out of the way in tenfold proportion.-- Once a Week. CIIARITY.—The truth is, one of the most disheart ening facts of our social state is its excessive alms giving—called charity. Any citizen who is supposed to be in easy circumstances can tell what his experience His hand is never out of his p ocket. Every day, at d 911 day long, he hears of want and misery of sine kind or other, which he is summoned to help to alleviate. Some evidences reach me occasionally of the prevalent condition of alms giving in which society is living. Letters come to me from must live persons I never heard of, bogging money , for cases which I cannot possibly know anything about; and the writers seem unaware both of the impertinence towards me, and th© folly of asking any person of common sense to give money at random in that w th a: among pecple who, like these gentlemen on the platform, have settled that they themselves, and every body else, ought to g i ve a way a tenth part of their income at least. That the best chance of amount being fixed , es on vigorously—• being liberally served, and begging g o . Otifo a WON. 'firsittcoleen:BB havetey ei 7 101 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 (100 'lOO 2 15 i ICO IIK) 491 i 5 1 I 3971