The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-31 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMXRCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCE: About £B,OOO in gold was taken out of the Bank yesterday. The drain upon the resources both of the joint Mock and private establishments, as well as upon the Bank of England, for discount purposes during the past week, prepared in a measure the public not to expect any reduction to-day in the official minimum. The large demand for monetary accom. Modation, both for mercantile and other require ments, has enabled the brokers in the open market to keep up their quotations to the level of the Bank rate, and notwithstanding this increased charge, a good business has all along been negotiated out of doors. The directors of the Metropolitan and Provincial Bank have resolved to issue to the present share holders the additional shares authorised by the _ S p e cial meeting of proprietors of the 26th January last at a premium of £4 per share. A.dvices from Turin mention that the Royal de cree has been signed for the formation of the Anglo talian Bank. A special meeting of the Atlantic Telegraph Com paq was held to-day. The Hon. J. Stuart Wort ley, who occupied the chair, stated in detail the contract made with Messrs. Glass, Elliot, and Co., for the manufacture and laying of the cable. A resolution was passed approving of the negotiation. It was also unanimously agreed to increase the the unguaranteed capital by the creation of 6,807 !hares of £2O each, representing £137,140, and to I ssue debentures amounting to £lOO,OOO. It was Stated that the contractors would accept £250,000 for a portion of their own expenses in paid-up pre ference shares of the company, instead of cash. The Factage Parisien held its half-yearly meeting to -day. The report of the directors states that to the ' Present time the expenditure has exceeded the receipts, which circumstance arises from the un avoidable outlay always attendant upon the estab lishment of a large and novel enterprise. As, how ever, the organisation is becoming developed, the expenses are being gradually reduced, while, on the other hand, the receipts from the local business are steadily increasing. The shares of the National Provincial Marine Were in demand at 1 to 11 prem.; and the Bonelli Telegraph Company's shares commenced at 1, Closing at 1-1 prem. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this day, according to Mr. Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 65f. 85c.; e nd of April, 66f. 15c. The market for the Engish Funds opened with a v ery heavy appearance, but subsequently a few P ur chases were made, and an advance of I per oent. l'fas recorded. The business transacted has been linuted, owing in a great measure to the atten tion given to the fortnightly settlement. Consols for money are 911 i l, and for the account, 911 t. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 898 2.; rchequer Bills, Bs. to 3s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents., 104 4 4; ; Enfaced 5 per Cents., 103 ; do , 5 4 per Cents., 112 • Debentures, 991- f, ; and Bonds, 9s. 3s. dis. ' Foreig n Stocks have tended upwards, and busi ness is moderately active. Turkish 6 per Ce n t s., 4 862, are 711 ; do. Clnsolides, 548 558 ; can, 441 45,1 ; Greek, 2 5 1 tl ; Spanish Passive, 361 ; Po rtuguese,, 48i I; Russian, 911 ; and the Con "rate Loan, 53 55. In the Railway Share Market the operations have been to an average extent, and prices have re- Eu ttuled steady.; Metropolitan, however, have im proved £1 55., and Great Northern and Midland, 85 .; While South Eastern and Brighton have each declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings are in active, without any material alteration in values. The closing quotation of some of the new projects Were :—Sabloniere Hotel, I to 1 prem. ; London and Liverpool Hotel, 1: 1: prem; and North Aus tralian Company, Q to 1 prem. Bank and Miscellaneous shares are, in some instances, at slightly higher rates. Oriental Bank realise 654 ; English and Irish, 161-- 4 ; Chartered of India, Australia, and China, 45-} 46; Alliance Bank, 521 3; General Credit, 81 9; and Royal Mail Steam 90 90i. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. . GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 6 per Cent, Consols Ditto Account, April 8 3 per Cent, R e d uce d New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire Bth Jan., 1880 — ~ Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. ''"ehequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2/ & 3 per Cent. 8 3 di s Ditto £SOO D itto £lOO and £200 sank England Stk, 41 per Ct., last hf.-yr Shut i lthikN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. I ndia Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1570 Ditto Aceeun'' , — Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 . Do Certificates Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. 103 Ditto 61 per Cent., May, 1879 D itto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 . Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 99} 1 Ditto Bonds £l,000 Ditto under £1,000.. FOREIN GUDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Atlstri a.n Bonds, 5 per F Cent Ditto 1859 ra'zilian 5 per Cent . Ditto, 1839 and 1859 — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 — Ditto Scrip, £55 paid .. — pm. BuenosA Avres 6 per Cent ' u ba, Chi lian 6 per Cent — , Ditto 41 p et C en t . ''° lo babian 6 Scrip £BO pd Onto A E. • • Account 411 ' 811 3 per Cent., 1825 t Ditto Account — quad or Now Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Dit+.o 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) , Ditto 6 per Cent, 1863 " -4 g l tptian 7 per Cent lOOl 100 ... 1 Atto Second Issue vo r eels 5' per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account Ditto Coupons Ditto Account — riusterrala 5 per Cent. Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) ul exie,an 3 per Cent - ui'cto Account j o orjh Imperial 5 per Cent ' L IeW Granada l4 Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred 11? Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — -41 viall 41 per Cent .. otto 3 per Cent. _Dlttu 41 per Cent., 1862 1,01)itto Account B6l ... fil l -tt tiit tl tittt 4 :o l - 1 3AA es c 0 c 3 ou p n e t r en t., 1853 per C (1 e 8 n 6 t 3 ., ) 1 £ 55 30 6, p '7 a , id '9, '6O, 62,'3 48/ 45/ -N,„Account Itti-i-,1:.t0 Scrip b;'!all 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9O! Ditto 4t per Cent., 1850 — i„jup per Cent 1859 „, 1 .V9 5 per Cen , „ 1862 9ll I. Litt 6 Per Cent R ttto Account 841 - .'Pani ß i l 3 —7 Ditto . Per cent Ditto New ant Ditto° DeferredAlNTeer7ollnt .... ... 461 bitto P' _ Ditto A.';Bs:ive izlSp inis , _ count 36/ 1 ni tto u. Y ert. of Coup not funded — Svv e d itii. ' iceount Tnri t i y , ') 4 per Cent — I) it.' j ` 6 per Cent. 1854 Di 0 Account l 'Sl . tt o 6 per ,t,„ A Cent. 1858 i').--4x.ccount — Ditto's 100 Bonds b per Cent. 1862 Ditt o `) 1.00 Bonds 714 i b r .,.._ Ti3nez,,,,r-T.ranteed, 4 per Cent. . bit tc 7 l A 4 3 per Cent. i)it Account . Ditt o tog Pe Cent., 1862 ...,.......... ccount .... Atistripividends on the a'oove payable in Loud , u. teigi„.„ 4ll ; 5 Per C ent.. Ex. 10 Flor i ns. zzt e i;"; l %l per Cent., 7 2,x. 25f ,,••• 1t Ditt o A P a r C ent., Ex. 12 G u il -- -arl, 5 per Cent.. Certificates .s.bitt o A r e Tr Ce , It., 1861, Ex. 25 franc 4 — pornolitesutp!at ............ . e rnvi aa Do l l : per Cent.. Ex. 2 5f ll' Bonds, 4 4 per Ct. Ex. 4e. •-•••- eo, ii 'l°l4 Aro TWO O'CLOC.H.,. - AIWA '46 Y ~ L ,A4!!. .. .e..“:5...c 9ll a - 1 ,- ; , ' v Vitlß; eeteittletta MO 04 I SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOObS. Share Railways. Paid. Closing ilnenlesF I Price. done. 13.14. 25 10 Bt Bt 50 20 1 8ir.,V01., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no div Do. B till 6p c.p an.has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk 8 si Si 83 65 i 118 118,1, Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern... Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire Loudon and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., aad Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So'..th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do 4 shares... Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby slid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle.. North London Do New ... North Staffordshire N. and S. W. J unction Scottish Central Soot. N. E., Aber. stook Do Soot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpool Shropshire Union South Devon... ..... 1 South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok.l Stockton & Darlington' Do Do New, 185 G Taff Vale.. ....... Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford 4Sic Kilkenny West Cornwall Si'. Hartlepool Ha.r.4R West Midland -Oxford vo Newport Do Hereford 6i 7 35 37 16 17 90 92 10t 106 17 474 6 7i 128 120 129 130 130 132 91 93 86 Eoi 1(9 110 67 69 1031 104 421 431 109 10 97j 98} 541 65) 113 114 1271 128 k 97 99 52,i 63 24 26 101 1011 652 554 871 88} 128 131 1i 2a p 78 79 10t 11} 124 126 41 43 98 100 63 61 34 36 91i 91 99 101 37 38 91 10 76 8 6 E. 163 166 5 7 v 3 E p 93 96 22 24 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways Itiantie A. St Lawrence BonL,Barodart.Cent Ind Gn. s_per ocnt... Do. New . ••••• Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Lime Huron Do. Preleranoe Buffalo,Brant&Godrich o p. at. Ws. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1872 Do. do. June 1, 1874 1 ClcuttaAS.Eastn. (Lin. ' Cape Town t Dock Scrii Kastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext.... • DO: do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds..' Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pref. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.o Do. New gua. Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. or Canada Shares Do. New .. .. Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. a. .. Do.4t p. c. Extension ; De. 44 d 0....... Do. Fifth Extension.! Melb.Corp. 5 p. c. Bnds. Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Bds. Newßrunswick Canda Class A and 8.. po Ist pt bda Soinde .......... Do. Delhi Do. do .... Do. Punjaub Do. Do. •• •• •• •• Do. [ndus.St. Flo. 01 in 100 100 100 100 100 100 Closing Price. all 100 59 61 104 104 p 1 p pi 6 1 p 5 7t lot IC3 102 101 - 104 i 105 i 104} 104 t P P 19 20 74 76 58 62 66 68 51 b 3 48 50 40 42 25 27 22 t 5 103 104 I 103 tO4 9i 911 1 lOU 92 94 83 86 P 100 103 97 99 92 94 all 100 (100 1 100 I 2 all 1 100 k_loo 55 58 3 5 82 /4 104 105 101 j 1023 f i p 102 103 97 99 MENT SECU ITIES. 101 103 100 102 09 101 83 DO 88 90 106 108 110 112 111 113 109 111 112 114 106 108 108 110 101 103 gg 100 gg 101 99 1 00 108 110 1 3 105 lo) 111 112! 4 td 35i 864 555 665 70 75 30 $t 61 7i 3 1 10 11 3/ 4 37 39 8/ 9 85 37 4 4/ 19 21 6} 61 83 95 11 2 2 2i 41 5z 41 43 440 t6O 50 55 32 34 39 20 10 11 20 22 215 225 87i 02i 31 37 2.0.8 3.5.8 8 58} 7 3.17 2 3 / 4 3 134 1.1 190 200 2t 21 21 21 L 0.16.4 COLONIAL (}OVER,: Cau.Gor. B p.e.J a dtJ uly 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug. ' Do. dp. o.Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 p. o. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock Cape (}.Hope, 8 p 0,1873 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 Do. 189 C Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6 p c ;Mauritius 6 per cent .. Natal Gov. 6 per cant.. IN.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&July Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oot. G 0v...6 p c., 186 e Du. 5 p. c.,1871 to It7(' Do. d0.,1888 (tupwd6 New Zealand 6 p cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterilnt, 1875. Queensland Gcv. 6 p. c. S. Aug G6p,0.1878.& up.. Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Dc‘ lo 6 n.c. An..tOct.. 100 100 100 100 100 13ItITISII MI: Cambrian Consol. Gold chilord Amalgamated 1 Devon 0. Cone. ('Taoist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Clogau G old Ltd East Caradon ...... East Carn Brea.... W'l Russel (Tavistk ) Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ; Great South 'Uolgus 0. Wheal Vor (llelston Grenville Bend's-Foot ilingston Downs Lady Bertha Nlargaret (Oily Lelaut Marks Valley.. llyndy Iron Ore (Lim.) New Seton .. North Downs N.Wh'l Basset ( 11102, , aW North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blaney; rrovidenoe (Uny Leln t.) south Ca.radon(St.Cleer, 13. Carn Brea (11logan) IS. Wheal Fran. (Illogan, Stray Park ! Sil - v.& Lead Min. fin Croft 'West Basset (Illogan) w Cr radon (Liskeard) West Seton • •••• Wheal Basset (Illogan), Wheal Buller (Redruth) , Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) Wheal Ludcott Wheal MaryAnn(Men ) Wheal Beton . . Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) Wheal Union 3.1.0 2.6.9 10.6.7 118.18.91 130.17.61 38 71 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Northern, 51 London, Chatham, &c., 6 per cent. 2d pf., ,70i London and S.-Western to per cent., 101 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and:Southend, 100} FOR EIGN RAILWAYS. Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 11i Sambre and Meuse, 8 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. ix.g,rra and United Servico (Um.), 1251 Alliance (11m.). 53 2 1 Ditto, new, 421 Anglo Austrian, 61, 7 Anglo-Italian, limited, 5; 16 Australasia, 75 4 Bulk of gypt, 27; ank of E London, 1651 5 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 40 6 City, 116 Consolidated Bank, lira., 101 English and Irish (lira.), 161 10 1 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 211 European Bank, line., 12"1 12 Hindustan, China, and Japan (Um.), 311 5 Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm., 161 Imperial Bank (lim.), 361 Imperial Ottoman, 191 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Urn., 31 London and Brazilian (lim.), 59 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 261 London and Colonial (lira.), 9 London and County, 60 London Joint Stock, 42 1 London and Northern (lira.), 151 Merchant Bank, lira., 141 14 Mercantile and Exchange, Ern. ' 15 14/ Metrop. and I'rov. Bank (lira.), 281 1 Oriental Bank Corporation, 65 Union of Australia, Ditto, new, 321 MISCELLANEOIM ' Commercial Union (Insurance), 91 Crystal Palace, 35 East India Irrigation and Canal, 6; Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lira., 51 Gen. Cr( O.L and Finance of London, lira., 9 International Financial Society, 11/ 13 Joint • ;stock Discount, lira., 6:al 1..1d0n General Omnibus Company , 21 1.4 on don, Italian, and Adriatic Steam, 2/ Madras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (a11),',211 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agenoy, "21 Natal Land and Colonization Company, 11m., 5a National Discount Company, lira., 13 Ditto, new, issued at 5 pm , North British and Mercantile Insurance, lira., 201 Oriental Inland Steam, Inn., 31 Universal Marine (Insurance), firm, 5 A new oratorio, entitled " Ahab," by George B. Arnold, Mus. Doc., of New College, Oxford, will be performed by the National Choral Society, under the direc tion of Mr. G. W. Martin, at Exeter-hall, on Wednesday the 6th of April. The principal vocalists engaged are Madam?, Lenamens Sherrington, Miss A, Hirst, Miss Pal mer, Miss Amy ::-:heridan, Mr. W. H. Cummings, Mr. Ren wick, cad Mr. Lewis Thomas. This is the Urat time for many years that a new work of euch magnituds as an ora• lerie 115.4 been undutakeia 1)37 a London nooioty, 471 i 12S1 if 1291 f 64/ 5 1091 676 1031 44 1091 It 97i 54 114 15i i2Bl 101 i 88i 8 Business done 11.11 i THE SOW, LONDON, THI7RSDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1564. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE JAMES BALDWIN. This bankrupt was described of Buckland, Surrey, farmer, and to-day came up to apply for ar, order of discharge. Mr. Linklater appeared for the assignees and did not oppose. Mr. Lawrence, for the bankrupt, said that this was a very exceptional case to those which were generally brought before the Court, inasmuch as the estate would pay 20s. in the pound, and £3,400 had already been realised. The bankruptcy had been occasioned by unavoidable circum stances, and the bankrupt at once placed his affairs before his creditors, and it had been decided to bring the matter into Court. He (Mr. Lawranco) considered it was one of those cases under which the bankrupt would, under the old act, have been awarded a first-class certificate. Mr. Linklater concurred that the bankrupt's conduct had been meritorious. His Honour granted the order of discharge. The debts are abaut £l,OOO. RE RAYNER. This bankrupt was a bill broker in Bucklerabury, and this was a meeting for last examination, but no accounts had been filed. Mr. Chidley, for the assignees, said this was the third default on the part of the bankrupt to file his accounts. The case was ultimately adjourned till the 29th of November. This is a second bankruptcy, and the debts were stated at £1,000; assets nil. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES.—Wheat, 39s lld ; barley, 30s 10d ; oats, 19s Od; rye, 28s Od ; beaus, 32s 8d; and peas, 33s 3d. THE Sl3t WEEKS' AVERAGES• Wheat, 40s 3d ; barley, 31s 6d; oats, 19s Od; rye, 28s Od; beans, 32s Ild ; peas, 32s 10d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 85,776 ; barley, 47,655; oats, 13,033,; rye, 29; beans, 5,039; peas, 850 quarters. Whittington and his Cat, Everybody knows the story of Dick 'Whittington and his Cat—how the little fellow, at the age of 86N-en, ran away from a homo where there was nothing to make him happy, was a beggar boy for some years, and then, hearing that the streets of London were paved with gold and silver, worked his way thither to be saved from starvation by the good nature of a merchant of Leadenhall-street named Fitzwar ren—how he was for a long time scullion in the merchant's house, much favoured by Mistress Alice, the merchant's daughter, but much persecuted by the vile jade of a cook, whose bidding ho had to follow—how at length his master, sending a shipfull of merchandise to Barbary, permitted each one of his servants to venture something, and poor Whittington had nothing to venture save a cat which he had bought for a penny, and set to destroy the rats and mioe thcet infested his garret—how, while the ship was on its voyage, the cook maid's tyranny so troubled him that he ran away, and had gone as far as Bunhill-fields, when the bells of Bow Church seemed to call to him— " Turn again, Whittington, Thrice Lord Mayor of London," and how when, in obedience to this warning, he went back to Leadenhall-street, it was to learn that his cat had been bought by the King of Barbary for treasures worth £lOO,OOO, so that he was all at once almost the richest commoner in. England, fit to marry good Mistress Alice, his patron's daughter, to become a famous merchant, and, as Bow bells had promised, thrice Lord Mayor of London, and to live in the City's history as one of the greatest benefactors, But that tale is too full of anachronisms and improbabilities for any part of it, not confirmed by authentic records, to be believed in; and the authentic records are so few that we can get but a slight knowledge of Whittington's real history. That a cat had something to do with the making of his fortune is not easily to be denied. The legend is traced beck to within a generation of his lifetime, and to authorities that could hardly have been either ignorant or untruthful. It is probable, moreover, that ho owed something to the in fluence and assistance of Fitzwarren, whose daughter he , did really marry. But that he began life as a beggar-boy and scullion is certainly a fable. He was the youngest eon of Sir William Whittington, a descendant of an ancient Warwickshire family, and proprietor of the manors of Pauntley, in Gloucestershire, and Solers Hope, in Hereford, who died in 1360, The family possessions passed to William, the first-born, and, on his early death, to Robert, the second son, High Sheriff of Gloucester in 1102, and again in 1407, and ancestor of the Whittingtons of Hamworth, existing to this day. This Robert must have been a wealthy man. On one occasion he was riding with his son Guy in the neighbourhood of Hereford, when about thirty followers of one Richard Oldcastle, who had doubtless been aggrieved at some of the High Sheriff's proceedings, waylaid and took them prisoners, only to be released on their entering into a bond to pay £6OO by way of ransom, and to take no proceed ings against Oldcastle for his lawless conduct. In 1416, however, Robert Whittington obtained authority from Parliament to consider this forced engagement as null and void ; and it is likely that he got back his money and pro cured the punishment of his enemy. Richard Whittington seems to have been only a few years old at the time of his father's death, and he was not yet a man in 1373, when he lost his mother. Being a younger son, he followed the common practice of younger sons in times when there were few other professions to choose from, and became a merchant. Of his early life nothing is recorded. We first hear of him in the year 1393, when he must have been nearly 40—but as he was then a member of the Mercer's Company, and alderman and sheriff of the City of London, we have good ground for assuming that he had been a prosperous merchant during many previous years. Perhaps, as the story-books assert, he ran away to London, and then became rich through the accidental value of his cat—but in that case the wealth thus derived can only have been a trifling sum, to be used well and greatly augmented by his industry. It is more pro bable, however—and we do him the greater honour in making this assumption—that he rose solely through his own talent and application. He must have had some slight patrimony of his own, and much more must have come to him by his marriage with Alice, the daughter of Sir Hugh Fitzwarren, of Torrington, owner of much property in Devonshire, Gloucestershire, and other counties.—Front the Merchant Princes of England," in London Society. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of beasts on sale in our market to-day being very limited, the demand for all breeds was steady, and, in some instances, the quotations had an upward tendency. The best Scots readily produced 4s 10d par 81bs. With sheep, we were but moderately supplied; nevertheless, the mutton trade was in a sluggish state, at barely stationary prices. The best Downs in the wool sold at 6s, out of the wool 4s 8d to 4s 104 per Blbs. Lambs, the show of which was trifling, were inactive, at from Gs 8d to 7s 4cl per 8 ibs. The inquiry for calves was somewhat heavy, at late rates— viz., from 4s 4d to 5s 4d per 81bs, Pigs and mulch cows were dull, but not lower in price. Per Blbs.to s s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Second quality do. 3 10 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Ursa. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 4 Second quality do. 4 6 5 2 ink the offal. a. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool d 0.5 4 5 8 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 10 6 0 Largo orse. calves 4 4 5 0 Prime small do 5 2 5 4 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Small porkers 4 2 4 6 Lambs,....6s 8d to . 78 4d. Suckling calves, Hs to 219 ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 26s each. --- TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Cows ........ Sh e ep and lambs 5 , 110 Calves Calves 290 Pigs '— Pigs. 250 ME AT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL,—Theso markets are fairly supplied with meat, and the demand is moderate, at about s t a tionary prices. Beef, from 3s Od to 48 2d; mutton, 3s 8d to 48 6cl; lamb, 6s Od to 6a 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 2d to 48 8d per Sibs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, March 30.—Our market to-day was but moderately supplied with stock, yet the trade was inactive, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 6s Od ; lamb, 6s 4d to 78 Od ; veal, 4s 6d to 5s 2d; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d por Blbs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, March 30.—Prime stock sold steadily at full quotations. Otherwise the trade was in a sluggish state on rather lower terms. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 65 Od ; lamb, 6s 4d to 7s 2d ; veal, 4s 6d to 58 Od and pork, 3s 6d to 48 6d per 81bs ; suckling calves, 168 to 228; quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 265; and milch cows, £l5 to £lB lOs each. HAY AIARK2TS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s Od ; clove r £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, 2s to £1 103 per load. A fair demand. C Cr3I33ERLAND.—Mea4ow hay, £3 Os to £4los Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £l2s to £1 103 per load. Trade inactive. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4los ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 2s to £1 ]os per load. Supply tolerably good. COAL MARKET. Mee of "Coal per Ton at the dose of the market. 8. d. Hastings Hartley • 16 9 Wylam l7 0 Eden Main l7 6 North Pelton Gas 13 6 Holywell 17 0 Tanfield Moor Butes 14 6 Walls End. S. d. Walls End. Gosforth l7 3 Haswell .. , 19 6 Trimdon Hartlepool 18 9 Caradoc lB 6 Stewart's 19 0 Ships at market East Hartlepool 18 9 Hartlepool 18 9 South Hetton ...19 6 Kelloe South Kelloe .18 3 Heugh Hall 18 3 Cassop lB 3 Hetton 19 6 South Hartlepool 17 9 Brr.ddylPs Hetton 18 3 Framwellgate l7 3 it, 67; sold. 42. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, March 31.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, March 30.—Wind N.We—Arrived— Olgo, from Malaga for Hamburg. CowEs, March 30.—Wind E.—Arrived—Helicon, from Callao for Dankirk—Donau, from New York, and sailed for Hamburg. PLYMOUTH, March 30.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived— Jannuta, from Pernambuco. Sailed—Clyde, for Mel bourne. SWANSEA, March 30.—Wind N,—Sailed—St. Matthew, for Martinique. NEWPORT, March 30.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Meteor, for Barcelona. Orr Dovp.P., March 30 —Arrived--Helen C. Couper, from Callao for Dunkirk. HULL, March 30.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Royal Vic toria, for Quebeo. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH._ -- SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Havre, steamer, from Havre—Wensleydale and Alma, from Sunderland—Surprise, from Newcastle—Geo. Canning, from Waterford—L'Etoile, from Carentan, Sailed—Jantes Martins, for Elsinore—Ann Patterson, Phantom, and Reward, for Sunderland—Chester, for Cardiff—Jantenda Aleda, for Elsinore. RIC MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, March 39 -Daisy, from Shanghai—Henrietta Brewis, from Mauritius—Havanna, packet, from Porto Rico. Sailed, March 31—Seine, steamer, for Boulogne—Seine and Tamie, steamer, for Paris—Saxon, steamer, for Dantzie, DEAL, Thursday Morning- Passed—Reliance, from London, for Quebec. Anchored —Clara Elizabeth, and Countess of Elgin, fram London, for Quebec—Westmoreland, from Jamaica—Carl of Christianstadt, from Cbristianstadt—Caristyesta, from Cadiz —Sophia Jay, from New York —all for London ; Jane, from St. John's (for orders)—Velocity, brig, from Deme rara, for London. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, N o change in mark Et. Sales about 5,000 bales :imports, 2,022; previously, 19,320. Z N kin e Vv so s t o i, n: :‘B E o l a l n is , , H D a a w d e s s . , A deputation, consisting of Mr. Alderman Abbis well, Wood, Dyer, Graves, Topley, Bloomer, Prior, Bayly, Thompson, Holmes, Hors enill:araraming.m,hFte'rotPresunterkj,raTi Thomas, Lazenby, Thompson, Cole and Messrs. Smith, l eci ' k r g a me v ,an, Milton,fSoerxd tovn at his official residence in upon the subject of the sugar Cole man and Thomas, had an interview with the Right Hon. t Dd h uo e twi Chancello r n s. s tree t o , of the yesterday,Exchequer, INJURY TO SEVERAL FIREMEN AT ISLINGTON: A fire broke out on Monday night on the premises of Mr. T. Walker, oil and colour man, High-street, Islington, and, while the firemen were inside the build ing, a terrific explosion of paraffin oil took place. Engi neer Flexmore, of the Farrington-street Station, Firemen Poreeval, Goddard, Brookes, Boulter, the Islington parish Royal Fire Escape from The uth ei f o ur men were y to send Boulter and th e conductor to St. Bartholomew's mll keeper, ujgchh b iun a ri n u, d r etdh. weree i c e o tx n wt d r ai u es e a t ft oi t o ad f s nt soonhe c e e s R s a r as possible, but were Hospital, where they creomnvenveidßhaomprecarious s O tli cc t e i n g to the inflammable nature of the stock the flames spread with amazing rapidity, and were not extinguished until considerable damage was done. The loss will fall on the Imperial Fire Insurance office. PLYMOUTH, W e dnesday. — The Murray, 1,000 has passed up Channel tons, Captain Legoe, one of the Orient line, belong ing to Messrs. Anderson, Thompson, and Co., of Billiter court, from Adelaide, fir London. Among De la c e e r m p b o e m a f r e l s: se e sa 3 n t , g hp e ee r r s r:sy a kt re ins t , he ac H . on. Mr. sh e d A i e FOURTH sh ort ly Waterhouse and family, Mr. and Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Sealey, Mrs. A. Scott, Mr. 111‘George, and Mr. Wilcox.Her cargo includes 3,182 bales of wool, 19,522 ingots of copper, 1,590 bags of silver ore, 473 bags of copper ore, and li a ss ( G lna e n e t e i ht Y , CHILD KILLED BY in FROMFALLING eGItat STORY.—On Tuesday forenoon a child named Chris tina Moir, about 31 years old, daughter of a plane-maker, fell from the window of a house inSouth Richmond street, and was so severely after the accident. The unfortunate child had entered a neighbour's house while the inmates were absent, and hav ing climbed up into the window, which had been left open, she overbalanced herself and fell. A number of persons ob served the poor little thing grappling with the side of the window and trying to save herself. A feeling of horror pervaded the spectators on o b s erving the perilous position in which the child was placed, and a cry was raised " Catch the bairn I" Several individuals stood below in order to try break the fall ; but the ch ild on descending struck the over hanging front of a shop, and fell with groat force on her side on the pavement. She was immediately carried to Dr. Middleton's shop, 'West Adam-street, but died a few minutes after being conveyed thither.—Edinburgh Courant A magnificent album, presented by the town of Trieste to the Archduke Maxmilian has been pre pared by the artists of that place. The cover is of silver richly chased with gold and ivory, and orna• mented with precious stones. In the middle are the arms of Mexico, above them those of Austria, and below of the town of Trieste. At the four corners are fine medallions representing commerce, manu factures, navigation, a nd maritime industry. The first leaf has a view of Trieste, and the second an excellent one of the Chateau of Miramar. Next come letters of homage from the town of Trieste, followed by innumerable signatures. Sixty-five ounces of silver have been employed in this work, ' Whiolli hilg Elect MOro that 4 1 000 /40Fir19. RE HERMON. This bankrupt was a licensed victualler in George-west. lane, Bermondsey, and this was an application for release. The debts are very small, and the bankrupt had been turned out of the house (which is one of those termed 4 4 Brewers' Houses "), and the property was sold. His Honour granted an immediate order of release. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET, The business of the court did not commence till 11 o'clock this morning, an hour after the propei time, much to the annoyance of persons having business at the court. A DEAF AND DLUB PROSECUTOR—CURIOUS CASE.— Margaret Littlejohns, a young woman, was charged before Mr. Arnold with stealing a purse containing £1 I3s. 6d. from the person of a deaf and dumb young man named George Moore, of 39, Pancras-square, St. Pancras. The evidence, which was interpreted by signs by the Rev. Samuel Smith, of the Polytechnic Institution, went to show that on Saturday night last the prosecutor went into a tavern in Park-lane, and after being there a short time the prisoner came in and asked the prosecutor to treat her. He did so, and she began pulling him about, and shortly after he lost his purse. Ile gave information to the police,and the prisoner was subsequently taken into custody. Prisoner said she was accused wrongfully this time. Mr. Robert William Hammond, of the Queen and Prince Albert, Park-lane, Knightsbridge, said that on Saturday night last there were five deaf and dumb men in the bar. Prisoner made signs to the prosecutor for him to treat her and he did so. The prosecutor and the prisoner had a struggle together, and afterwards the prisoner ran out of the door. In answer to a question the witness said that in getting up the prosecutor made signs that he had lost his purse, and. wrote on a piece of paper that the prisoner had stolen it• The prisoner asked the witness whether the deaf and dumb men had not pulled him about, and the witness said that two of them did. The Rev. Mr. Smith said he was afraid the prosecutor had been drinking a good deal. Mr. Buck, 18 Ranelagh-mews, Pimlico, carpenter, said he was at the tavern on Saturday, and took the prisoner away with him, she being intoxicated at the time. He found her in the singing-room with three linemen, and on coming down stairs heard something about the loss of some money. Mr. Arnold said, after hearing evidence, as he believed no jury would convict, he should discharge the prisoner. WESTMINSTER. ENDEAVOURING TO DEFRAUD TAVERN KEEPERS,• — John Leonard, a street labourer, was placed at the bar charged with attempting to defraud tavern keepers by pass ing bad money to them. Mr. Robert Edwards, the proprietor of the Swan, Brompton-road, said that the prisoner came into his house last evening, and, calling for liquor, offered a half crown in payment. He immediately detected it, and told prisoner it was bad, when he feigned astonishment, and said it had been given him for work he had done last week. Com plainant told him that he was well aware it was bad, for that he had previously attempted to pass it off at another house in the neighbourhood, and he should therefore give him into custody, which he accordingly did. Mr. Selfe—How did you know he had offered bad money elsewhere ? Mr. Edwards—A customer of mine being present else where, and seeing him offer the money, thought he might next attempt the same thing with me, as my house was near, and came and put me on my guard ; so that I con - sidered it my duty to put a stop to this men's proceedings by giving him in custody. Charles Rowland, assistant at the Anglesea Arms, in the same neighbourhood, said that shortly before the prisoner went to Mr. Edwards's he paid him a visit, and calling for liquor tendered a counterfeit half-crown in payment. When he told prisoner it was bad he took it up, and then said he had some small money to pay for what he ordered, and hav ing showed a sixpence he was permitted to go away with the bad money. Prisoner said lie had got the money for work he had done. Mr. Selfe remanded him till Monday. THAMES. THE LOST ONE.—Margaret Gibbons was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with being drunk and disorderly. The prisoner has been in custody 50 times and attempted to commit suicide so often, that Mr. Woolrych, after vain attempts to reclaim her, committed her for trial for attempt ing to strangle herself in a police cell. She was found guilty and sentenced to six months' imprisonment, which expired on the 19th inst. She has been drunk almost daily over since. She made a good deal of noise last night, and was given into custody. Tw•o police constables remained in her cell all night to prevent her repeating an attempt on her life. The prisoner, referring to the wounds on her head and scars on her person, said sbe been terribly knocked about, and her head was so affected that when she drank any liquor her mind was gone and she did not know what she was about. If she did not bring home money by thieving, or by some other means, she was turned out of doors. Roche, the gaoler of the court, said the prisoner was a lost one, and had knocked herself about over and over again. Mr. Paget said it was a shocking case. The best thing he could do was to send the woman to prison again, and not let her go at large in her present state of excitement. He sentenced her to seven days' imprisonment, A CENTURY AGO. —lf, in those days, when di ferent trades congregated in the several quarters, a lady desired to purchase a silk petticoat, she forthwith drove to Holywell-street, and made her choice at the Indian Queen or the Golden Ball ; if a tailor would call attention to the particular cut and fashion of a suit of garments, he or the sprightliest Gf his 'prentices would strut in front of the shop, arrayed in clocked stockings, well-varnished pumps, and bobwig, redolent of powder and pomatum, the new stand of clothes displayed to full advantage, with a large nosegay planted in the breast of the posy waist coat; handsome and buxom young women presided at the counters of Exeter !change milliners; smart orange-girls picked their way, between the acts, through the well-packed pit at Drury-lane, with the invitation to buy "apples, oranges, or ginger -beer," or "a bill of the play of the right sort ;" the shoeblacks at Spring Gardens were an institution, and dogs were beasts of burden. Then Sam Johnson rose betimes for a frisk with Topham Beau clerk, and took a turn with the vegetable porters of old Covent Garden Market, or made the midnight eohoes of Fleet-street ring again as he rolled and laughed like a rhinoceros. Then it was that honest Will Ho garth and his companions made the memorable trip to Rochester. Then the redoubtable champion of fisticuffs issued his challenges from Hockley• in-the-Hole. Tho Eideophusicon of Loutherbourg, Mrs, Salmon's wax work, the pig-faced lady, Miss BiMn, and the learned pig were in full vogue ; Cockneys thronged to the Tower on the Ist of April, to see the lions washed, and spent Cob bler's Monday at Bagnigge Wells tea-gardens, or partook of ale and cheesecakes at Pancridge-in-the-Fields ; "Turn out the young brindled bull!" was still the cry of Monday's market at Smithfield ; the pillory, flogging at the cart-tail, and the almost weekly day of execution, at Tyburn-tree, still afforded their relaxation even the wretched criminal went gallantly, like a man of mould, up Holborn Hill, to execution, nosegay in bosom, quaffed St. Giles's bowl, with a promise to pay when he should return, kissed his hand to the assembled fair ones, made his last dying speech and confession with an air, bowed to the sheriff, kicked off his shoes, and died hand somely, like a gentleman highwaymen. Ranelagh, the ordinary at Belsithe House, and Marylebono Gardens wore then the mode ; and costume, if inelegant, was yet varied and gay with bright colours. In short, society was more robust and picturesque, and offered ample scope to the painter of ordinary life. -- Uncc a Iresk. THE " G HOST" IN THE ASSIZE COURTS.--At the Liverpool Assizes on Tuesday, Mr. Davis, lessee of the Newcastle Theatre, brought an action against the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Compauy for the des struction of a large sheet of glass and other property, by which he had sustained great loss, as the glass and other articles were required fur the effective production of the " Ghost" at his theatre. He had been obliged to substitute an inferior sheet of glass, and to delay his " Ghost" piece, so that a rival exhibition had taken the wind completely out of his sails. The jury thought that 130, which the de fendants had paid into court, was amply sufficient, as the company could not be expected to pay for vaguely probable prat; whisk /ir, DaVi4 mght or not have resliseth The Surrey Sensation Drama, (Front Punch.) Without quite echoing the playbill, that Ashore and Afloat " eclipses _Black-eyed Susan," and presents " One Blaze of Triumph" from the first to the last scene, I must admit that, when I saw it, the drama was received with " tumultuous applause ;" and there were starings, shout ings, stampings, and hand-clippings enough to be described as " acclamations of wonder and delight." The plot was more intelligible than I quite expected ; and all throughout the piece the author clearly did his best to prevent a Bri tish audience frog making a mistake between villainy and virtue, and so took care that the murder which was done in the first act should be committed coram populo, and not behind the scenes. The humour was peculiar, as in these over-water dramas it usually is ; but in neither word nor gesture was aught to be detected at all savouring of coarse ness; and this is more than may be said at some genteeler theatres which I fcrbear to name. To tell your friend in confidence, " Well, if 'tie so it is, and it can't be no'tis-er" may not appear, perhaps, a very brilliant epigram, but the audience seemed perfectly delighted with its pungency and point; and when Hal Oakford, being tempted to turn traitor at Algiers, turns his quid instead, and, hitching up his trousers, says, " What I sail under false colours ? damme, no ! sheer off, you monkey-eating swab I I mean to die True Blue, and not Turkey Rhubarb," there is a roar of approbation at the gallant fellow's courage, and the house is quite enraptured at the sparkle of his wit. Perhaps it is because he has the real cataract in his eye that the author seems throughout the play to strive after reality, and to make his characters do just what they nate.. rally would do in real life. Thus, in the murder scene, a person who, according to the playbill, is a " wealthy but miserly landlord," while out walking with a friend, on a sudden recollects he has £2,000 about him, and so hands him this small trifle to keep for a few days, which is pre cisely what a miser would most naturally do. Meek villain, miser's bailiff, stabs friend with his pocket-knife (which bears, of course, his name on it, and which he takes good care to drop) ; and, as the notes for £2,000 are on a bank which breaks unluckily before he gets them cashed, ho walks about for four years with them in his pocket, that at the right moment they may prove his guilt. Then, when Algiers is bombarded, on oomes Mr. Shepherd as a gallant British sailor, with a broadsword in one hand and a big Union Jack (a famous thing to fight with) in tho other, and a terrific " one, two, over , one, two, under" fight ensues between him and the Dcy, who also wears a broadsword, as Turks usually do. All this, you see, is strictly true to nature and reality ; and people who read history, and are induced thereby to fancy that Algiers was taken by Lord Exmouth, may discover at the Surrey that history is quite wrong, and that the capture in reality was made by one Hal Oakford, who, with his soft and cheery voice and light and springy bearing, reminded me a little of dear old 'E. P. Cooke. As to the sensation scene, which takes place in a coal mine, its chief novelty consists in the fact that all the cha racters are left hanging in mid-air at the falling of the cur tain, and when the curtaia again rises at the bidding of the audience, the rescued heroine and her friends aro still in bodily suspense. Perhaps the next sensation climax will take place in a balloon, and a terrific broadsword combat will come off in the car between the hero and the villain, when the villain, being worsted, will proceed to draw a blunderbuss out of his left boot, and, firing bang at the balloon, will laugh La ! La! tua it collapses, and the act drop will descend while they both vanish down a trap. Of course, in the next scene the audience will:learn that the villain has been smashed; and the hero will bs seen with one arm in a sling and the other round the heroine, who being startled at her needle by the banging of the blunder buss, looked out and caught a glimpse of the balloon as it collapsed, and so, with woman's wit and quickness, scam pered from her cottage, carrying a feather-bed, which she laid upon the grass plat just in time to break her long loved Harry's fall. Trusting that Hal Oakford and the girl ho nightly res cues will neither of them runesbrek their legs, or even sprain their ankles, before their scribe Myself as usual, ONE WHO PAYS. TIIE CONVICTED MURDERER WATKINS.—Thomas Watkins, the man who was convicted at the late Hereford Assizes of the brutal murder of his wife at Ren ner, near Leominster, has had the day of his 6xecution com municated to him by the under-sheriff, Mr. N. Lanwarne, which he bore with equal firmness to his trial and sentence. Since his condemnatio so has eaten his meals regularly, and has generally sleptndly. He has up to the present time been constantly visited by his mother and sister, and the meetings have been of a very sad and affecting nature. It is believed that Watkins has communicated, not only to his relati ves, but to others about the precincts of the prison, the fullest particulars of the dreadful tragedy, for which he is on Tuesday next to surfer the ex treme penalty of the law. To the exhortations of the chaplain of the gaol he is by no means heedless, though he does not exhibit symptoms of intense mental feeling, con trition, or regret. Some faiut effort emanating from the family was made up to get up a petition to Sir George Grey to grant a reprieve, but public sympathy having been probed and found to be deaf to the interests of the murderer, it was abandoned. The visiting magistrates have ordered the con demned man to be supplied with any reasonable amount of food, and that of any kiwi he may desire. Great precau tion has been taken to keep the day of the execution from the public, in order to prevent such a concourse assembling as did on the execution of William Hope, in April last. AMERICAN MAILS.—The Inman steamer Etna left the Mersey yesterday with mails for New York. To-day the Montreal Ocean Steamship Company's steamer Peru vian sails for Portland with Canada. mails ; and on Saturday the Cunard atenmer Asia sails with American mails for Boston. A SCOTCII MILLIONAIRE.—Mr. William Baird, of Clart4terrio, has left behind him a fortune cf two mil. Ilen3 State of Trade, CARDIFF, March 30.—The coal supply is decidedly slower this week, in consequence of the strong adverse easterly winds preventing ships coming up Channel. Loaded ships have been quite cleared from the docks, which are in a much easier condi tion than for some months past. The iron market continues in much the same state as last reported. Welsh bars are in a quiet state at £8 per ton, free on board, and Scotch at 575, 6d. cash, and 593. 3d. openo Tin continues at the high quotation, which prevents numerous orders. Foreign freights con tinue high, and there is a great demand for ships. DUNDEE, 29th.—The demand for flax continues limited, but the sales reported to-day, which are chiefly the higher marks of Riga qualities, which are plentiful, barely maintain their value, but for want of transactions prices are nominal. In tow and codilla there is little doing. Considerable arrivals of jute, both here and in the southern ports, have the article for the moment quiet here, and very few parcels have been sold this week, but the price remains as before. The market for yarns of all kinds, flax, tow, and jute, has undergone no change, a large business being reported at steady prices. The inquiry for linens continues active, although the anxiety of buyers to place their orders is scarcely so great as it was lately, as it is not ex pected thiet prices will go much higher. Foreign orders still come forward in quantity, and the home demand is also good, so that the prospects for the future of the trade are at present excellent, LEICESTER, 30th.—Business has been checked this week by the annual holidays, and there has not been so much doing in the hosiery warehouses. In the country districts trade is quiet, but an impr)ve ment will take place after Easter. Yarns rsalise very high prices, the market being firm. In wools there is no important change. The market is tight- ening, and rather more money is asked for some descriptions of material. NOTTINGHAM, 30th.—The Easter holidays are interfering with the lace trade this week, and there has not been much doing during the past few days. The cotton trade continues dull ; very little is being done for the home markets, and the unsettled state of the Continent checks the German demand. The French trade is also quiet. Plain cotton nets meet a very slow sale, and there is no improvement in the demand for fancy goods. Black silk laces and narrow edgings are yet in very little request. The demand for silk Mechlins continues tolerably good. In hosiery there is not much alteration. Many branches are quiet, and there is not much doing either for shipping or for the home market. Yarns remain extremely firm. Election Intelligence. Sir Morton Peto has just issued an address to the electors of Finsbury announcing his intention of retiring at the close of the present session of Parlia ment. That there will be a severe contest in Lancaster, at the next general election, appears beyond all doubt. Since Mr. W. J. Garnett intimated his in tention of retiring from the representation of the borough, three gentlemen have announced them selves as candidates for the prospective vacancy— Mr. W. A. F. Saunders, of Wennington ; Mr. E. M. Fenwick, Burrow Hall; and Mr. F. Somerville Head, London. Mr. Head's address was issued yes terday morning. He says, "My political principles being moderate, I should, if elected, attach myself to no extreme party, and for the present should offer a general but independent support to Lord Palmerston's Government." As stated yesterday, a vacancy has occurred in the representation of Devizes, in consequence of Mr Addington's accession to the Peerage. Sir T. Bate son, Bart., a brother-in-law of the late Captain Gladstone,is the candidate on the Conservative side. The Liberals, it is said, do not feel themselves justi fied in contesting the seat. Sir William Miles, Bart., who was first elected for East Somerset in 1831, and Mr. William Francis Knatchbull, who was first returned for the same in 1852, having announced their determination to re tire at the next general election, three other gentle men have issued addresses to the electors. Sir Henry A. Hoare, is the Liberal candidate, while the Conservatives bring forward Mr. Ralph Neville Granville, of Batleigh Court, and Mr. Richard Horner Paget of Cranmore Awful Tragedy, On Tuesday night last an outrage of almost un• exampled atrocity was perpetrated at the village o Fiskerton, about six miles south-west of Newark in'the county of Nottingham, the victims being a respectable cottager named Samuel Parker, 60 years of age, and his wife Elizabeth, who is in her 76th years. The facts are briefly as follows :—The aged couple have a son named Richard Thomas, about 30 years of age, a married man, who has for some time been separated from his wife, and has therefore lived at home with his parents, carrying on a small butcher's business on his own account. On Monday last he went by special train to Shef field, promising to return the same night, as his father wished him to assist in drilling some corn. It appears he did return to Newark on Monday night, and remained there until the half-past 4 train to Fiskerton on Tuesday afternoon. He had then been drinking hard at the cricket-field, and, it is stated, was refused a ticket by the clerk, but an other person obtained one for him. On reaching home his father found fault with him for not re turning according to promise, and high words en sued, which soon led the son to threaten his father with blows, and a sort of chase took place round the house. The father took refuge in the stable, and the mother, seeing Richard take a loaded double-barrel gun from the shelf, ran out of the house and called in alarm to the old gentleman to keep out of the way, as Tom had the gun. The same instant Richard deliberately levelled the gun at his mother's head, firing through a pane of glass in the window as he stood in the room. The poo: creature fell frightfully wounded, and the father ventved to the stable door to 6.0. 3 what was the mat ter. The inhuman son then took aim at him, and lodged the greater part of tho coutcut..q of the second barrel in his face and chest. The second shot passed through the adjoining pane of glass. Assist 'ince be ing at hand, the unfortunate couple were takt.'n into the house and a surgeon was sent for. It was the light that Mrs. Parker could not survive many hours, n d some of the shots in Mr. Parker's head were in suca.‘" dangerous positions that it was very doubtful what might be the result in a few hours, although his wounds were less dangerous than those sustained by his wife. Richard ran out of the house without his hat towards the river Trent, which was only a few yards distant, leaving the gun reared up in a corner. About half an hour afterwards he was apprehended by police constable Barksby, leaning over a gate near the river side. On being charged with shoot ing his father and mother, he said ho had done it, but it was an accident. He at first resisted very violently, but was compelled to yield to superior force. On the way to Southwell he repeatedly asked whether he should be hung, and said if he were he should die on the scaffold like a dog. At half-past one o'clock yesterday both victims were alive, but there was scarcely the shadow of a hope that Mrs. Parker could recover, .and Parker's condition was exceedingly precarious. The greatest excitement prevails throug hout the locality, and it is now reported that both are dead. Tho Messrs. Stanford, of Charing-cross, have just published a cheap plan of Duppel with its fortifications. The scale, two inches to the English mile, renders it ex tremely clear, and therefore it will be useful for hasty reference during the present struggle. A Norfolk squire, Mr. John Middleton, of Hain ton, has been fined £5 for " indecent behaviour" in his parish church. The rector is Mr. Keppel (a relative of the Earl of Albemarle), whose sermons, it appears, were not to the taste of the squire, who lately adopted the plan of leav ing the church just before the rector ascended the pulpit. On Sunday week, on entering and leaving the church, he turned round and " looked" towards a pew at the other end in which were seated the rector's servants. This was the a lleged "indecent behaviour" which Mr. Keppel said "vexed and disturbed" him. Mr. Middleton, on being summoned, offered to make a written apology, but Mr. Koppel—himself a magistrate—declined to accept it, and brought the case before his brother magistrates, who in flicted the full t)ralt.7 of 45 and 103, eostf,.,—RicaNiWe r4:l . r.~ THE WWI IN DENMARK, TIEL'!IER'S TELEGRAMS. COPENHAGEN, num' 29. The enemy h as left Horsens, marching south• wards. Yesterday the Xing arrived at Aarhus, and at once proceeded to Randers, The Danish loss yesterday was only 100 run s whereas that of the Prussians was inconsiderable. Twenty-seven Prussians were taken prisoners. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. April 18. via Marseilles April 12. iiraail and Cape Verde, by British packet. April 5. Cape'of Good Hope, Ascension, and Sr. lielena Mar. 30. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton April 3. via Marseilles April 12, Falkland 'shads Gibraltar, via Southampton kpril 3. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.. April 3. via Marseilles .... April 3. India (Bombay), via Southampto n April 12, via Marseilles April 5, Portugal....9pril 5, Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton April 3 via Marseilles April 5. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... April 7 by U.S. packet... , by Canadian nacket.April Serious Accident at Guildford, A shocking occurrence took place yesterday morning at the lime pits at the foot of the Farn ham-road, adjoining the tunnel on the South. Western Railway, which will in all probability result in the death of two labourers engaged in the pit, named Thomas Stoner and Jeremiah. Jackman. it appears that the men in question were engaged. in excavating limo from the quarry, and for this purpose they resorted to the blasting process. In the present instance, after having bored with jumper for some depth into the cliff, they deposited about two pounds of blasting powder, together with a quantity of shot, in the hole. They then filled up the hole in the usual manner with loose stones and sand firmly rammed in, and connected a fusee with the powder. A match was applied to the fusee, but it went out before the fire reached the powder. The men waited some time, but as no explosion took place they proceeded to draw the charge, employ ing for the purpose a long steel borer. It is sur mised that while so engaged the borer struck against a flint, for an explosion suddenly took place, which hurled the men a considerable distance from the hole, throwing them flat upon their backs. At the moment when the explosion took place both men were stooping over the hole, endeavouring to ascertain the cause of the former failure of the fusee. The shock which they sustained, therefore, was tremendous, and their hands, head, and upper part of the body have suffered fearfully. Their faces and necks were charred and shattered with powder, while shots have penetrated their bodies in all directions. Mr. F. D. Ross, surgeon, was on. the spot almost immediately after the accident, and by his direction the men were conyeyed in a cab to a neighbouring tavern, where their wounds were dressed by Mr. Ross, Mr. T. Butler, and Mr. Schol lick. Stoner is married, and has one child ; whil e Jackson, who is a single man, has been the sup• port of a widowed mother. But slender hopes are entertained of the recovery of either. The spot where the accident occurred is within 400 yards of the new hospital now in course of erection for the county of Surrey. The following notices have been received in rela tion to the debts of Mexico and Venezuela ; " Mexican Dividends—Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received by this mail on account of Mexican dividends 45,915 dols. 23c." " Venezuela Debt—Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co.'s agents in Venezuela advise that they have received for 55 per cent. of the import dues, from the Custom house of Puerto Cabello, 6,086 dols. 75e. ; do., La Guayra, 28,440 dols. 77c.—total, 34,527 dole. 52c." The last week's rai,way receipts, ascertained up to this day, are, in round figures, as under : - 1861. 1563. Great Western £61,974 L 55,675 North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire 38,047 31,230 Bristol and Exeter North-Eastern 57,181 49,901 Great Eastern Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 18,185 15,176 Glasgow and South Western Great Southern and Western Ireland 8,467 7,614 Ties e returns, compared with those of the same period of last year, show some very satisfactory features :—On the Great Western there is an in crease ;of £6,299; North Western, £12,505 ; South Western, £3,546 ; Brighton, £5,188; Midland, £7,364; South Eastern, £4,454; Great Northern, £1,879; Lancashire and Yorkshire, £6,817 ; North Eastern, £7,280; Great Eastern, £4,225; Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, £3,009; Great Southern and Western of Ireland, £853. The Glasgow and South Western, however, exhibits decrease of £l9. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN EDINBURGH.—On Tues. day morning, about 4 o'clock, a fire broke out in the works of Mr. Allan Beak, tanner and currier in West Port, Edinburgh, which resulted in the almost com plete destruction within an hour of that extensive establish. went. The building in which thefire originated which was about 76 feet square, consisted of seven floors and was nearly 80 feethigh. It had just been finished, workmen having been engaged up to the previous day:in finishing the belfry ; and the workshops and lofts were fitted up in the most approved style. The premises lay almost in the centre of a very popu, lous neighbourhood, and the greatest alarm for a time pre vailed among the inhabitants, many of whom fled for their lives, their houses being placed in the greatest peril by the furiously spreading flames. The town engines were very promptly on the spot, but the rapid advance of the fire prevented anything being done to save the tan works, and the safety of the neighbouring buildings became the chief concern. Happily the flames were kept within the new building and the one immediately adjoining, A small sec tion of the works separate from the rest escaped, and only one or two of the domiciles threatened were rendered unia.. habitable. There was, fortunately, no loss of life. The im mediate damage is estimated at about £15,000, which is nearly covered by insuranco. Several thousand pounds worth of materials had just been taken into the premises, and there was a largo amount of finished good ready for delivery. It is not known how the fire originated. About 100 men will be thrown out of work. The brilliance of the fire before dawn, especially in the illumination of the Castle nook, attracted even at the early hour large crowds of admiring spectators. - - - - The Perseveranza of Milan states that the Italian authorities have just sent to the French police at Rome the photographic portrait of five persons arrested at Pe:ngia and Rieti, in whose possession a slim of 5,000 scudi (20,500 fr.) was found. One of the men is known to have b employed for some time on the Roman ra ilw a y, and it ppose d that they were co ncerned in the recent ro bbery of 32,000 scudi from the °Moos of th e com p an y a t e.: 6u Rome. THE SIIII,-.STERE TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION. —The following further arrangements have been. reported in connexion with the National Shaksperean Com mittee :—The English residents in Paris, who have formed themselves into a committee in aid of the London Monu mental Fund, with XII - . Blanchard Jerrold as honorary secretary, have arranged for a banquet on the 23d, at which Lord Grey, Lord Cowley, and other distinguished persona will be present. The working men of London propose on the same day to plant a sapling . oak from Windsor Forest, to be henceforth known as the Shekspere's oak, and after wards to have a monster gathering and musical festival at the Agricultural Hall, for which a specially interesting pro gramme is being prepared. It is also announced that Car dinal Wiseman has undertaken to deliver a lecture on Shak spere, in aid of the national object at St. James's Hall, or some other large hall, in the months of June or July next. The Lord Mayor has convened a meeting of influential gentlemen in connection with the city, to be held at the Mansion House, on Monday, April 11, at 2 o'ciock. FIRST CATCH YOUR HARE, SAYS MRS, GLASSE. —The Court of Assizes of the Seine, has condemned Mazzini par eonlunzace for alleged participation in Greco's plot to assassinate the Emperor Napoleon, and has sentenced him to transportation. A DRAMA BY VICTOR HUGO is spoken of as forthcoming. THE PRINCE AND THE MISER . —I heard a etory to-day which is, of course, true ;at any rate, it is laugh able, and that is something. A gentleman called lately on a well-known legitimist of the Faubourg, who is badly dis tinguished for his wealth and avarice, and asked for a sub scription to the me te for the Duke de Chambord. "My " I have no money, but I would friend," replied l'av are, give my blood for the prince. " You mistake, duke," wa the reply, "the prince dtr.l ZO: tO pwlair4,"—Zfrfi 1;e ' -, ......., , - 1 , , hare luo Sk stock stc,ok stook ;took stook stook stock stock stock stock stock stook 103} 1041 9I 921 3 I