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

11'NEY MARKET AND COMM:X:IAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is little if any diminution in the demand for discounts, but the supplies of money on offer are a little more extensive. About 60,000 sovereigns were withdrawn from the Bank yesterday for shipment to Alexandria. The Essex has arrived from Port Philip, with £92,956 in gold. The commercial public are now anxiously await ing the forthcoming budget. A belief seems to be generally entertained in quarters where reliable in formation ought to be obtained, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will take a very bold course with regard to the sugar duties, making at once such a substantial reduction, instead of every year induc ing fresh fiscal agitation, as will give a stimulus to this particular trade, and place it on a permanent baEia. N alteration, it is supposed, will be effected this session in the imposts on tea, nor is it at all con sidered probable that any change will be proposed in the Customs charges upon spirits. Probably some concession will be made as regards the income t ax, partly, it is thought, as a compromise to the ° PPosition for their deferring the question of the Malt tax. D uring the last few days there has been very ~ animation exhibited in the markets for foreign a t nd colonial produce. As regards tea the dealers ave been principally occupied with the samples of the lots t o b e o ff e red at public sale to-day. Su gars have been in some measure neglected, owing to the u ncerta i nty f e l t w i t h regar d to any altera tion that may b e effected in the duties. Coffee has b een in fair request, at full rates, while in rice, saltpetre, and tallow, there has been little change of i taPort anae. he Lemberg-Czernowitz Railway Company, in troduced to the notice of the public by the Inter national Financial Society and the Anglo-Austrian 11 Ink, requires a capital of I:1,250,000, in shares of ' i2o each, under a guarantee from the Government of Vienna, producing a net minimum dividend of 7 Per cent., payable in silver. Provision is made for t he payment by the. contractor, Mr. Brassy, of in terest at 6 per cent. per annum during construction. This new line will form a continuation from Lem berg to near the Moldavian frontier, entering into t he heart of the grain and cattle producing district, 'whence the Carl-Ludwig railway obtains its most important traffic, and being constructed at a less cost Promises to be more profitable than its neighbour. The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed Friday, the Bth April, a special settling-day in the shares of the Ottoman Financial Association (Limited), the Imperial Financial (Limited), the s outh Eastern B an ki ng C o mpany (Limited), and thet Imperial B an k (Limit e d), all of which are to '' , e Mark e d i n t h e d a il y li sts; a l so i n th e ' h ares o f the Wallachian Petroleum Company (Limited), and t i L the Charing.cross Hotel Company (Limited), ' 4 Ol are to be marked in the bi-weekly list. The shares of the Marine Investment Company have also been ordered to be quoted in the official lists. T he directors of the British and Californian Ran king Company has announced that they have c o ncluded a n arrange ment with the firm of Messrs. "aulkner, Bell, and Co., of San Francisco, for the a cquisiti on o f th e i r b a nking and exchange business. stir. James Bell, of that house, will be a local direc tor at San Francisco, and Mr. Henry D. Harrison, or the same firm, will join the London board. The subscription list of the West Worthing In 'vestment Company (Limited) will close on Thurs day next, the 7th inst., at 4 o'clock. The prospectus of the Clarence Hotel Company, - " elv Qr (Limited), has been issued, with a proposed The of £75,000 in 7,500 shares of £ lO each. f arther dep os i t on app li ca ti on i s to be 10s., and £1 10s. l urther on allotment. The calls are not to exceed £2 Per share. The board of directors is eminently tea Pectable, being composed of gentlemen whose bat nes are a guarantee that the objects of the co mpany shall be fully carried out. The company i 8 now erecting a first-class family hotel upon the ' r eehold formerly belonging to the Clarence- house, T ae has just be e n purchased by the directors. 4 ne grounds occupy a most eligible position 4 4 the Marine Parade, facing the sea. The directors are of opinion that from the exist ing want of hotel accommodation the Clar ence will command a large share of support, and enable them to declare large dividends ft-cm finis to time. The building of the hotel is in the hands of Mr. Glenton, the enterprising con tractor, and is rapidly progressing to com rtien. The first stone of the Clarence was laid autumn by the , chairman of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway. A considerable Por tion of the capital has been already subscribed : r, and the p ro j ec t is recommended to all who de ll.' a safe and profitable investment. , s T he prospectus of the National Financial Com 'anY bill be found in another column. It is pro posed, in the first instance, to start with a capital of ) .7 £ 6 00,000, i n 10,000 shares of £5O each. Per "aPs there is no class of institutions to which the r i neiple of limited liability has been more success -1:37 applied than the financial companies, and ,: uo ugh large capitals have been subscribed, it boltbe denied that there still remains a wide b elt ' Open for the profitable employment of capital ti ntb in English and foreign enterprises. The Na utinAnal Financial proposes to commence business Provi sional Very favourable circumstance, and a the agreement has been entered into for 0 6 Itequiring a valuable railway concession with a ev en:meant guarantee, and negotiations are also pending for securing several undertakings which : 41T:in t but be beneficial to the company. The j ee : tit ive: is composed of active business men, and their faith in the matter they have declined receiving; any remuneration until the shareholders hav e received 5 per cent. upon their investments. ° re than h a lf th e capital, we are informed, has bee n Subscribed, and business will commence imme 4latelY after the allotment of the shares, which, ti .ei_ eo rding to present arrangements, will take place "nut the Bth or 9th of the month. I t has transpired that arrangements have been con cluded by the directors o f th e H ome a nd e cl lental Assurance Company with the directors of th e Eastern Marine Insurance Company for an ab sorption of that undertaking upon equitab ` e ttais, subject to the confirmation of the shareholders l i n , the latter company. The directors of the Eastern :arinn and some of the most influential shareholders Wil l joie the board of the Home and Coloeial. k meeting of the shareholders of the Warrant th 4e king Company is called for the 13th April, at. Aoe London Tavern, when resolutions will be pro f:1; 4 d to change the name of the company to that t he Warrant Finance Company, and to amend t ain claus e s i n the articles of association. It ap p e ars that the directors have received an intima nll from very influential persons that the word k u t/la ,king" is liable to be misunderstood, and it b een considered desirable, before commencing e 6 ltt ieus to convene a meeting to make the sug gested alt erat i on i n t h e t i t l e o f t h e com pany. LTh e subscription list of the Atlantic and Great is ext ern Railway (Second Mortgage Bonds, payable is en deo), will close to-morrow, the 6th inst. It e understood that the applications are very nume ;lit and gr ea tly i n e xce ss of the amount to be otted. They are quoted at 2 prem. tie r * E.D. Pass, of Fenchurch-street, has joined (le e bear d of direction of the National Financial e. by. Two o'CLocK. 13 dris this day, recording to Mr. Reuter's / 81 ' 0 ; the dhree per Cent. Rentes were 66f. se. 114ni mate. re ti - t ,1,413 English Funds remain without any appa itpd 1111 P r ovement, Consols being 91 I for money i j ; lee°t ltit• The New Threes and Reduced An lu(Cs ar c 8 4 1 ; Exchequer Bills, 7s. to 2 s. dis. ; ‘ lB ' 5 Per C ents., 104; 105; d o . 4 per C en t s ., 99 ; p -4ce d 5 per C ents ., 104 k ; an d the Bonds, 3s. die. p e , ° o 4 ign Secu r iti es are a li tt l e fi r mer. Turkish 6 G A .:! 1:118 ., 1862, are 7111 72 ; do. Cusolides, 54 ; aiv -84 " 25 14 ; Mexican, 441 451 ; and Spanish Pas' 4 9% 361 a ; do., Certifi ca t es , 131 3-; Portuguese, ; ; and th e C onfederate Loan, 62 5 4. 'lle t ransactions in the Railway Shares have been very restricted, and in same Instances prices have slightly given way. Great Eastern, North- Eastern (Berwick), and South-Eastern have eack declined 1, and London an& Brighton -1; while Metropolitan have improved /, and Great Northern A Stock, 1. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have remained inactive, at about previous rates. Bank Shares have again been in active request, at enhanced prices in most instances. London and Brazilian realise 69 ; London and Westminster, 91 97 ; City Bank, 126 129. In the Miscellaneous Market there is rather more animation, and prices are in most instances well sustained. Subjoined are the current rates of some of the principal new undertakings: —Oriental Financial Association, 21 I prom.; Port Augusta and Northern Rail Way of South Australia, 1 1 prem.; Central Argr2ntine Railway, par 1 prem.; Sablo• niere Hotel Co., -1- ; - 1 prem. ; North Australian Co., to 1 prem. ; Ottoman Financial Association, 4 11, prem.; London and Liverpool Hotel, 1 a prem. ; Imperial Financial, 71 prem. ; City Offices, 31 4 prem. ; Credit Mobilier, 4 5 prem. ; Credit Foncier, 61 prem. ; Thames Iron Shipbuilding Co., 34-, prem.; Queensland Sheep 1 dis. to par ; Financial Corporation, 3 prem. ; and the Lemberg and Czernowitz Railway, a 1. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, April 8 3 per Cent. Reduced . 89,1 f New 3 per Cent Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent — dis Ditto £SOO Ditto £lOO and £200 :lank England Stk, 4i per Ct. Ditto Account,. INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 . ..... Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 99 Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent,, Jan. 1872 .. 1041 Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879 — Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 D ,to Bonds 1:1,000 ,- 3 dis Ditto under £1,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. ---- Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 88; i i f 1 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Ditto 6 per Cent, 1863 Egyptian 7 per Cent lOO 1001 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account . 251 a i 1 Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account .. Italian 5 per Cent.(Mareminana Railway) 74 'Mexican 3 per Cent .. , . Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada .. l4 Ditto 2 per Cent. 3da Ditto Deferred 9 Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 41 per Cent .. Ditto 3 per Cent. Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62;3 Ditto Account 495 Ditto Scrip (1863) £3O paid — pm Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 — Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 Sardinian . 5 per Ce'nt Uitto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred bitto Account 461 Ditto Passive Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Account Swedish, 4 per Cent. — Furkish 6 per Cent. 1654 — Ditto Account ___ Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account 694 Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account .. 714 2 Ditto £lOO Bonds 72a Ditto 1863 .. Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Ditto 11 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Loud Austrian, 5 per Cent,. Ex. 10 Florins. Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25?.. . Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail. Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f — Ditto Account - Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. Ditto Account Piedmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f Peruvian Dolar Bonds, 4i per Ct. Ex. 4s. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money . Ditto April Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day s No change in market. Sites about 4,000 bales, mport, 14,919. Previously, 23,775. SOUTHERN RUSSIA. A letter dated OdessA, March 18, says ‘` Prince Simon Woronznff, the recently appointed Mai or, returned here lately, and is already occu pied in considering the propositions for the harbour improvements. Some important orders have been received from St. Petersburg for the regulation of the judicial and municipal councils in Southern Russia, and it is to be hoped that some good will result, as these institutions, as constituted at present, are far from being satisfactory to the public, I doubt, however, that any fa vourable change will be carried out for come time to come. The Fifth Army Corps is on a war footing, and the civil authorities will not trouble themselvos with reforms while the country is in such a disturbed state, "By a return just published exports from Odessa for 1863 are estimated at 28,210,349 roubles. Wheat figures for more than half the amount, In than corn and other cereals, flour, &c., for 4,000,000, wool for 7,000,000, the rest is made up by various articles. Imports are set down at 9,500,000 roubles. Tobacco and oil are set down at 2,000,000; tea, 594,906 ; coffee, 599,287 ; dried fruits, 800,000 ; manufactures, 1,000,000; coals, 325,000; various merchandises, 3,303,488 ; agricultural and other implements, 278,910; the rest colonials. This return shows a very small increase in the exports and a considerable falling off in imports in comparison with the previous year. The Polish insurrection may account for the falling off in the imports. The gene ral opinion, however, is that Wide will make rapid strides here when the railways now being con structed are completed, through the reduction of the cost of transport, which at pi esent is so excessive. " The Grand Duke Michael, in command of the army of the Caucasus. I understand lately informed the Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Army, Count Luders, that he could send him 15,000 in fantry and 2,000 cavalry, as he did not require them. Steamers have already been sent to Poti for these troops." SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, April s,—Will this day at noon—East ; fresh breeze and cloudy weather, with rain. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. PLYMOUTH, Tuesday Morning. The ship La Hogue, 1,331 tons, Captain John Williams, belonging to Messrs. Moore, of Billiter-street, was 35 miles south of this port at 4 p.m. yesterday, bound to London; wind northerly, light. She brings over 50 passengers, and. a cargo, ii,cluding 2,632 bales of wool, 31 tons of Khaurr pito, 16 casks of tallow, and 15 tons of new copper. La R ogue left Sydney Jan. 12, rounded Cape Horn. Feb. 16. and crossed the line March 9. On the 9th and 10th of February, between 51 and 52 S. lat. and 107 30 to 101 W. long., immense quantities of ice were passed. She spoke, March 2, lat. 21 2 S., It n. 28 50 W,, the ship Colombo, 51 days front Liverpool, for Bombay, and Ame rican ship, showing third pendant 8249, from Gothenburg, for Melbourne; an English ship, showing third pendant 9746, 51 days from London, for Bombay; Norwegian bark Triton, 54 days from Gothenburg ; and the brig Unre stricted, 18 days from Montevideo, for Falmouth, 3d, lat. 17 51 S., lon. 28 48 W., the Austrian brig Soberano, 19 days from Montevideo, fr , r Barcelona ; 30th, I s t. 46 40 N., lon. 28 7 W., a British ship , showing third pendant 8634, 86 days front Shanghai, for Liverpool; a nd the schooner Ithuriel, 34 days from Berbice, for London. The ship Philosopher, from Calcutta, for London, passed up Channel yesterday. She has on board the crew of the schooner Barger, abandoned in a sinking state off the WeEtern Islands. ET MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, April 4.—Corporation, from Oporto—Gustav Adolph, from Kiel—Esterphanca, from St. Michael's—her Majesty's ship Pekin, from Shanghai. Arrived, April s—Alnwick Castle, from Trindad. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passsed—Alfred, of Scarborough, from Sunderland, for n Jamaica—Sunbea,, from London, for Quebec—Brunette, screw steamer, from West, for London--Emerald, of Dart mouth, from West, fox North, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1864, BEARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Share! I raid.: Closing 1 Business 1 Railways. I I Price. done. 13.14. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 8 84 25 Blythe and Tyne. 10 Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co all 3 4 9 st Bristol and Exeter st Caledonian r ... ........, 10 0 118 119 50 :2ork and Bandon all 2 0 Cornwa" 10 D o A (A gets no di% ) a ll _ _ 10 Do. B till6p c.p an.has all been naid to B. i 5 0 Dublin & Bellast June. all 35 37 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. all 16 17 st !Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 90 02 at Glasg. and S. Western. 100 101- 106 at Great Eastern, Ord. stk 100 17 474 474 f st Ditto A stock - - st Ditto EastAnglian st 100 64 74 st GreatNorthof Scotland 100 st Great Northern lOO 1284 1294 at Do A stock st Do Bdo at Gt. S. an W. of Irelan • 100 91 53 at Great Western ... et Do Str Val gua. stock 100 st LaneashLee & Yorkshire 160 j IC9I 1091 1094 st London and Blackwall 100 i 67 (9 684 8 at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 j 1034 1014 1! 34 st Lon., Chat., aad Dover 100 41 45 443 st Lon. & North Western 100 i 1094 110 109 k f st Lon. & St:l%th Western 100 974 984 103 4 at Man Shef., & Lincoln. 100 51 15 544 50 Maryporl and Carlisle. all 12 4 Do 4 shares.. all ft Metropolitan all 111 1161, 1164 st Midland Do New at Do Birming. & Derby 100 28 100 99 50 :Md. Gt. W. of helm all 25 Do. 4 shares 25 Mid Meet 10 Do Cray Line at North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 25 26 254 st Nth. Eastern—Berwiol , 100 1011 102 1014 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 —cl e at Do Leeds lOO 56 67 st Do York at Do Carlisle.. at !North London 10 I Do New o.l6.llNorth Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction all lti 111 114 at Scottish Central at Scot IN. E., Aber. stool, 100 41 43 at Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 98 100 1 0 Shrews. and Welchpoo! all et Shropshire Union At South Devon... lOO 33 85 34 st South Eastern st South Wales r 1 S‘. York. and River Dun 100 99 101 20 Staines, Wok.,andWok all 84 04 25 Stockton & Darlington all 87 38 iis Do l7 94 10 , Do New, 186;.; lO 8 84 t et. Taff Va1e......._ lOO 163 166 10 Do B 8 5 7 u 10 Do C 3 j 3 4 p Pf.o Ulster 20 Do 2O p 12.10 Do 54 st Vale of Neath ,t. Victoria sta. and Pim lOO st Waterford & Kilkeuny 100 st West Cornwall lOO et W. Hartlepool Irlar.&R , 100 et West Midland -Oxford 100 st Do Newport 100 -- ~t Do Hereford, 100 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing -hare Baiiways Paid. Price. Business dont 100 A.tiantic &St Lawrence all 59 - 41 Skj Bora.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 100 103 IC4 IC3 Gu. 5 per cent 20 Do. New ...... 8 p 1 p 20 Do. E. Shares 74 p 1 p tOS Bti Buffalo and Lae Huron all 54 6 10 Do. Preference .... all 74 84 .00 Butialo,Brant,&Godrici 10 , 6 p. it. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 187' ' 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 18:-; 100 et Cl= ta.&S.Eastn. 100 101 (13 st Cape Town et Dock Seri} 100 19 101 stock Mastn. Bengal gu. sp. e 100 1044 1054 stock Last Indian. gm. sp. c. 100 11,4 i 'Ott 1041 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 4 a p 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 195 205 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 74 16 100 Do. do. deferred all 58 62 100 Do. 2d Pref; Bonds all 66 68 100 Do. do. deferred all 51 53 100 Do. 3d P, ef. stock all 48 50 100 Do. do. deferred.— . all 40 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 25 27 100 Do. do. deferred all 22 C 5 stook GtlndisPenin.gua.sp.c 100 103 104 1034 20 Do. New gua. sp. c l2 Do. January, 1862 stock Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 103 104 205 Gt. W. of Canada Shar es all 95 10 94 10 204 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt, all 92 94 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 81 83 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 if 4 p 24 stock Madras guar., 5p.0. .. 100 lot 103 1025 stock Do. 44 p. c. Extension 100 97 99 stock Dc. 44 d 0..... ... 100 92 94 20 Do. Fifth Extenson. 2 -- stock llelb.Corp. 6p. 0. Bnds. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 55 58 100 Do. 7p. c. tlortg. Bds. all 20 Newßrunswick & Canda Class A. and B all 3 5 N.ll.l.C'da6 pc Ist t bds 100 82 14 stock Scinde •• (100 104 105 1044 stock Do. Delhi s4.: 100 1014 1025 20 Do. do co 2 ip at Do. Punjaub tZz c 7, all 102 103 Do. Do. ........ , .!,6° , 100 stock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) k • 100 9 B 100 LON irkL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. '<a,.uov. 6 p.c.3 a. &,) uly 1877-St 100 101 103 102 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Ain!. 100 100 102 Do. op. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 99 101 ---- Do. Sp.o. J an. &July. 10C 89 01 90 i Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 88 90 - ape €4.llope, d p 0,1875 100 106 108 Do.Ap &Oct. 1881' 100 110 112 Do. 189 K 100 111 113 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 109 109 111 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p t 100 112 114 iMauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 108 'Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 130 1()8 110 N.B.Gov. 6 p.e.J a.&J my 100 102 104 101 - Do. Sp. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. G ov. 6 p 18‘.( 100 994 1004 Du. sp. c.,lBii to 1":',7( 100 99 10J Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 100 994 100 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 109 ill 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. -- sterling, 1875. lO3 104 106 ',Queensland Gcv. p. c. 100 Aus (-10p.c.1878.& up.. Wu 103 111 Vic. Gov. 6 p.e. J a/v.l uly 100 .Do. io o.o. A.n.&Ont.. 100 :ox4 _1094, 1081 BRITISH MINES. 2 , :aiabrian Cousol. Gold 1 4 .1d %1111ord Amalgamated 354 364 Devcn G. Cons. (Tavist 1 550 560 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 674 724 East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon 1.14.0 31 31 East Cara Brea.... E. W'l Russel (Tavistk ; 8.9.0 44 41 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 58i 10: 11 Great South Tolg - us l7s 34 4 'G. Wheal Vor (lielston 40 37 39 'Grenville .. Rend's-Foot 8.12 35 37 ' iiingston D0wn5...... 4. 8.0 I 14 Lady Bertha Margaret (tJny Lelant 94- 19 21 —llarke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ; 24 14 1 New Setun l9l 8) 95 • North Downs 24 14 2 N.Wh'i Basset (11104au 3.1.0 2 24 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (6t. Blaney,' Providence(Uny Lelnt. , 10.6.7 41 43 I ,South Caradon(St.Cleer, 14 410 d6O 18. Carn Brea (Illogan) — Fran. (Mogan • 18.18.0 50 55 (Stray Park 30.17.6 32 34 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. Cron 9 39 20 'West Basset (Illogan) l4 10 11 W Cr radon (Liskeard, 5 20 22 West Seton Wheel Basset (Illogan) 54 874 924 SVheal Buller(ltedruth) 10 35 40 Wheal Kitt y (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudtott Wheal Mary Ann ',Lien ) 8 134 144 Wheal t3eton . 584 190 200 Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) 7 21 24 , Wheal Union 3.17 24 24 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 per cent. pm., 106 Great Western Orig. 4} per cent. pf., 98 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred., 874 Lancashire and Yorkshire 6 per cent. stock, Ditto, 4i per cent., Blackburn pur., 100 i North British 5 per cent., 108,; PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS London, Chatham, &c., 6 per cent. 2d pf., 71 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Wilts and Somerset, Oli FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent, 17 San Paulo (Rm.), gua. 7 per cent., St FOREIGN MINES. Alamillos, limited, Cape Copper, lim., 13i 14k Fortuna (lim.), 3k Yudanamutana of S. Australia, JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance (Um.), 551:6 54 Ditto, new, 46} Anglo Austrian, 71 1 Anglo-Italian, limited, 74 61 Australasia, 754 Bank of Egypt, 314 24 Bank of ()trio, lira., 44 Bank of Queensland:(lim), 214 2 Bank of Wales, Um., 20 194 Brazil! in and Portuguese, lira., 81 9 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 12/74 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 44 Ditto, new, 30 Chartered .ler. of India, London, and China, 72 1 City, 127 9 6 Ditto, new, 100 Consolidated Bank. lira., 11:1 Continental, Um., 10 East London, lira.. 9 it Ditto, new, issued at 1i pm., 64 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 22 English and Swedish, Um., 134 European Bank, lira., 124. 4 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lira.), 374 7 8 Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm., 20 Imperial Bank 43 Imperial Ottoman, 191 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 49 London Bank of Scotland, lira., 194 19 London and Brazilian (Um.), 60 Union of London, 50 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim., r a 4 Bombay Gas, limited, 5i British American Land. 31 Contract Corporation, lim., 6 Credit Foncier,ill i • Discount Corporation, limited, 111 n Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lim., 51 I Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Um., 10i f Hudson's Bay, 19 International Financial Society, 12! 1870, issued 90, 66 Itali p an itt l o r , ri 6 g p a e t r io ce n n (C t a ß na o l n C ds a , v r o e u d r e ) m , Joint •stock Discount, lim., 71 Land Securities, lim., 5 4i London Financial Association, lim., Ditto, new, issued at 4 pm, 161 Londn Provincial Marine, 38 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 1irn.,"2,1 M e rcantile Credit Association, lim., 15 g -- Royal Mail Steam, 90 Univeitial rtifiriiie (Insurance), lint, 5i POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A YOUNG RUFFlAN.—Bartholomew Prendergast, a boy, was charged as follows : Police constable James Aldridge, 205 C, said that on the previous evening he heard the prisoner quarrelling with a female in Husband-street. He told the prisoner to go away, but he refused, and set to kicking him about the legs, and then gave him a violent bl3w on the nose, causing it to bleed a good deal. Inspector Bowles, of the C diTision, said the prisoner was one of a number of boys who hang about Husband-street, and were the terror of the neighbourhood. Mr. Tyr whitt fined the prisoner 10s. or 14 days; and cautioned him th%t, if he came to the court again for as saulting the police, he would send him for a month without a fine. THAMES, REFUSAL TO RECEIVE PRISONERS BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE HOUSE OF CORRECTIONT.—PoIice Sergeant Baker, of the K division, who has charge of one of the vans which conveys prisoners to and from the varicus gaols and this murt, returned to Mr. Paget two commitments signed by the magistrate yesterday afternoon, sentencing two men, named Henry Bowra and Charles Juniper, to three months' imprisonment and hard labour for nonpayment of arrears on orders of bastardy. Roche, the gaoler of the court, inti mated to the magistrates yesterday that the prisoners would not be received in consequence of an order from the Middlesex justices, who have the regulations of the gaol not to receive prisoners committed on civil processes. An order was issued by the justices for prisoners on civil process to be removed to the debtor's prison in Whitecross-street, who, acting on the opinion of the City solicitor, refused to receive any prisoners committed by the magistrates of the Metropolitan police courts. Mr. Paget asked what had become of the prisoners Bowra and Juniper ? Sergeant Baker said when the Governor of the House of Correction refused to receive them, he had no alternative but to release them. Mr. Paget expressed his astonishment at the state of things which exltted in the county, and said he should write to the Home-office on the subject and forward the two commitments to the Secretary of State. A young woman made application for a warrant against a man who had not paid the arrears on a bastardy order for an illegitimate child for six months, She was informed it would be useless at present to issue a commitment for the imprisonment of a man for non-payment of bastardy arrears, The young woman very properly postponed her application for a warrant until the law was settled on the subject. An application is to be made to the Court of Queen's Bench on the first day of Easter Tenn for a mandamus against the Governor of Whitecrose-street Prison, and upon the decision of the Judges will depend whether prisoners on civil process from the police-courts are to be confined in the House of Correction or Whitecross-street Prison. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od; clover, Os to £5 lOs Od; and straw, £1 4s to £1 lOs per load. Trade slow. C UMBERLAND..—MereIow hay, £3 Os to £4, lOs Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od; and straw, £l4i to £1 lOs per load. A stow sale. WHITECIIA.PEL,—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 Ns Ocl ; and straw, 4s to £1 lOs per load. Trade inactive. COLONIAL. TEA.—A fair amount of business has been done in the late arrivals of the new season's crop, and full rates are cur rent, particularly for fine qualities of greens. A rather large quantity of China is announced for public sale this day. _ . SUGAR.—The market has bsen dull, the operations having only been to supply immediate requirements. Good grocery qualities, however, maintain full rates. In the relined market there is little change of importance to report. _ COFFEE,—There has been a steady demand for Colonial descriptions, and good and superior qualities maintain former rates. RICE.—The operations have been on a very limited scale without any material change ix quotations. TALLOW.—Business has been less active, and in some instances a slight decline has taken place for sorts. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 41s 9d ; June delivery, 42s 3d to 428 9d, and last three months 45s per cwt. THE SEA FISHERIES. The Royal Commissioners, Professor Huxley and Mr G, Shaw Lefevre, appointed to inquire into the condition of the sea fisheries of the United Kingdom, concluded their in quiries, so far as regards Cornwall, on Friday, when a largely attended meeting was held in the Town-hall, St. Ives. Several witnesses were called, and a mass of evi dence was given, of which the following is the pith : The mackerel and pilchard fisheries were chiefly carried on at St. Ives, where there were 247 seine boats and six corn , panics, and according to the number of seines in each so the turns were taken. A shoal of fish was detected by em ploying " huers ;" they endeavoured to surround the shoal, and then towed the net into shallow water. The fishers got ono-ninth share of the " take" in the seine fishing. A wit ness said the only complaint was of the drift men encroach ing on the time by going out too early in the evening. He had seen a shoal of about 40,000 hogsheads, but only 4,600 h ogs heads could be saved. Shallow;seines would be use less, as the fish would go under. He h a d heard that the trawlers injured spawn; plaice and whiting were damaged. The pilchards were exported chiefly to the Italian ports. William Rouse, a fisherman, said, of most kinds of fish found on the coast he believed the ground seines de stroyed spawn—e.g., plaice, sole, and turbot. Many of the drift fishers came within the 1,000 fathoms stated by the Act. Hook fish were scarcer than formerly ; the whiting spawn was killed extensively; whiting was frequently sold four or five inches in length. A witness named Roberts said he had not known of any prosecution of the drift men for infringing on the section of the Act, for in the night the boats might go where they preferred; the seine owners could not operate at night. The average length of seines was from 200 to 260 fathoms. Sometimes the fish moved at the rate of 1j mile per hour,' At the Guildhall, Penzance, on the previous day a vast amount of evidence was given before the commissioners, in the course of which it was stated that the average cost for a boat properly fisted for herring, pilchard, and mackerel fishing was abate: £7OO. It was believed that there would be a good deal of oyster and crab fishing if they were not caught during spawning time. The ground nets destroyed a great number of small fish. There were about 1,000 men employed in fishing in Newlyn an d M ousehole. The li ng fish was almost annihilated. ; lobst ers h a d great l y f a ll en o ff , but hook fish had not much decreased. The Newlyn boats wore generally away to the North Sea 13 or 14 weeks, and returned in time for the mackerel season, which laste d a b ou t eight weeks. The pilchard season commenced at Mid - summer. One witness said lie had drifted for herrings and only carried one light in the boat. He knew there was a regulation respecting the lights, but it was not acted en. scattered The men might go trawling, drifti ng, or fishing, as th e y pleased ; there was no nispector to in qu i re i nto suc h ma tters. The small seines interfered with the larg e ones . There were about s 2 of 0 the drift fish and and shot ov er an d broke the al was not good for the fisheries ; the s h ock disturbed t h e fi s h . shos boats, they them. The firing of guns Joseph Green, a master of mackerel, pilchard, and drift boats, of 20 years' standing, stated with iegard to the pilchard seines, that last year a sho a l of fish came a l ong, and one of the small seines interfered, and in consequence of the dispute the shoal passed on and was lost. This year he saw another collision. The shoal of fish came, and a large seine pulled in a position to intercept it. A small seine ran across her bows, and a contention arose, the consequence being that the shoal was lost. On anoth er occasion, after the larger seine had shot out, a sm a ll seine did the same. About 70 hogsheads were caug?t by ,the small one, but about 30 hogsheads were killed in the meshes, and, after being in the water thiee days, were sold f or manure . That was owing to the seine no t bein g properly constructed for that sort of fishing. He should say th at no seine should be smaller than 180 fathoms long and 12 fathoms deep. The large seines generally were about 200 fathoms. Smaller seines than 180 fathoms would be in jurious to the fish and cause a great waste. He was in favour of the ex t ens i on o f the fence months, as much benefit, in his opinion, would be thus derived. He also thought there should be a limit for the drift boats. Several witnesses endorsed the views expressed, and the C om missioners assured them th a t every attention would be given to the evidence adduced. AN ADMIRER OF COLOUR, writes as follows to the Spectator, in regard to the re ported change of fashion adventured upon LI H. R.H. t he Prince of Wales, as described by our contempora r y in a li vely article recently quoted in The S a m much amus e d b y your in genious article on. " The Prince and the Fashions," yet I read with some regret, though not surprise, your acquies cent sentence against colour in men's costume, I can by no means see the force of your rcasoning. I am old enough to remember a time when every gentleman excepting clergymen wore a coloured coat; and I cannot bat call to mind the lamentations which prevailed on the introduc tion of black. "Now, it was said by repining elderly ladies, "we shall see nothing but gloom and a great deal of shabbiness for the remainder of our days." I have some sympathy with tLem still, I lament over the gloom which settled upon us somewhere about 1820, I believe and think it has lasted much too long, l am sick of rusty black, the shabbiest of all garbs. I well remember the bright, handsome, respectable blue coats which middle-aged doctors like Sir Astley Cooper and the first Dr. Parry of Bath always wore, with their polished metal buttons. I cannot, of course, go back to Goldsmith's peach-coloured coat, or to the beautiful sky-blues, or rich clarets, or rubies that were known in the Grandison time. But even these, absurd as you may think then (and I by no means recom mend peach blossom to the Laureate), gave a distinctive character to men, and took offfrom the insipid formality of our modern gentlemen's costume. If economy is in ques tion you must not recommend black velvet ; a specimen here and there would be noble and imposing, but it must be only a speoimen. The Railway Invasion of the City, Yesterday, at 2 o'clock, a conference of members of Par liament representing the city of London or connected with it, and of bankers, merchants, and other principal citizens, was held in the banking house of Messrs. Rothschild, in New-court, St. S within's-lane, in reference to the impend ing railway invasion of the city, which has given rise to a great deal of public anxiety and alarm. Baron Rothschild, M.P., occupied the chair, and there were present, among others, Mr. R. W. Crawford ; M.P., Sir Samuel Morton Peto, 1\1.1 3 ., Mr Tite, M.P., Alderman Salomons, M,P., Mr F. W. Russell, M.P., Mr John Abel Smith, M.P., Mr S. Morley, Major Snell, Mr J. P. Gassiott, Mr Trower, Mr Corrie, City Remembrancer, Mr Charles Candy, and Mr B. W. Horne. It was stated in a circular convening the meeting that a public meeting was recently held at the London Tavern for the purpose of considering in what manner the city of Lon don could be best protected against the various Railway bills now before Parliament, which propose to occupy space within its limited area so greatly needed for business pur poses, The meeting was very numerously and most influ entially attended, resolutions were passed and a committee appointed to effect the objects set forth. The House of Commons had appointed a select committee to consider all the Railway bills which affect the metropolis, and it meets on the 11th of April. A petition, praying that legislation with respect to all railway schemes which propose entering the city of London shall be postponed until some of the large works already sanctioned shall be further advanced, and time thus obtained for more mature consideration, had been almost unanimously adopted and most influentially signed. It had, therefore, become necessary to consider carefully in what manner the objects of the petitioners could be best attained. Mr. S. MORLEY, as chairman of the committee appointed at the public meeting, enumerated the public works which had been already sanctioned within the city, and were now in course of construction or in contemplation. These, he said, included three bridges across the Thames, two for railways and one for ordinary traffic at Blackfriars; the Thames Embankment, the new street from Blackfriars to the Mansion-house, a railway station in Cannon-street, and two others in Broad-street and Finsbury-place, together with an extension of the Metropolitan Railway, for all of which a large number of houses had yet to be taken down, in addition to those which had been already demolished. There was also the projected viaduct over Holborn-val ley, to which Parliament had given its sanction, and which would involve an enormous destruction of property. There existed at present, he sail, a feeling of deep anxiety among citizens as to how they were to find space in which to conduct their various business, and he believed it would be most acceptable to the great body of them if the Legislature could be induced to abstain until next session, at least, from sanctioning any fresh projects until those which he had enumerated, and come of which were advancing rapidly, were completed. The memorial reflected the sentiments of a large proportion of the citizens on the subject. They did not in the least present them selves before Parliament in any antagonistic spirit, but they were of opinion that the limited area of the city of London, the seat of au immense and rapidly increasing trade, should be protected against the intrusion of any rail.. way which was not absolutely requisite for the convenience of the public, and it would be a great relief to them to be spared, for a time at least, from the imposition of any fresh schemes.. All the bankers, he believed, had signed the petition, and a very considerable number of the leading merchants and trading classes. They utterly repudiated the idea of needing at present the schemes which were now in contemplation. He knew men who were absolutely at their wits' end as to what they should do in the event of projects with which the city was threatened being carried out. All that the petitioners said was, " Spare us for the present," and he believed that a wide. spread feeling in the city of London was reflected in that wish. A conversation followed as to the course to be taken with the view to give the greatest possible effect to the wishes of the petitioners before the House of Commons. Mr. Craw ford was of opinion that, not representing any corporate interests, the memorialists could have no locus standi before the committee of which Lord Stanley is chairman. Any petition, he said, against a particular soheme would be re ferred by the house to that committee, and not be consi dered singly by the house upon its merits. \Vith the view of testing that matter, he said, he recently moved the house to postpone a particular line of railway—namely, that from Blackfriars-bridge to the Tower, but he did not succeed, and the bill was now in the hands of the com mittee. The petitioners might be able to obtain a hearing before the committee through counsel, but in that case there must be a private interest to represent. Mr. Morley said the petitioners made no reference in their petition to any particular line. Alderman Salomons remarked that the memorialists were merchants, bankers, and many other per sons interested in the question, and their petition might possibly be referred to a select committee. Mr. Tito re minded the meeting that the committee of which Lord Stan ley is chairman was one to which all the schemes in the city were to be referred. The petitioners did not object to any particular scheme, but to all the schemes for the pre sent, and it would be, therefore, of no use to them to have their petition referred to Lord Stanley's committee. They ought rather to endeavour to interest Lord Palmerston, as the head of the Government, in the matter on its merits, and when the petition was presented Mr. Crawford or some other city member might move that it be read at the table and referred to a select committee to consider the previous question, so to speak. Mr. John Abel Smith suggested that it would be desirable in that case to move also that the peti tioners be heard by counsel. Mr. Morley said he should like Lord Palmerston to see a deputation on the subject be ' forehand, believing that if he was assured that beyond all controversy there was a deep feeling of anxiety on the sub ject among men engaged in the various departments of banking, trade, and commerce, and that their object was not to oppose in any unreasoning sense, but simply to ask that time might be given, his lordship would support a pro • - position so reasonable. Mr. Carrie, the City Remernbran cer, remarked that the bills in question having been read a second time, and referred to Lord Stanley's committee, there would be a difficulty in taking them out of the hands of the committee ; but if this petition and that of the cor poration of London on the same subject were presented to gether, a motion might be made to refer them to the com mittee, with an instruction to inquire as to whether it would be desirable to postpone legislation for a time. The corpo ration of London had instructed him to consider the schemes in question very carefully,' and he had that day had a conference with one of their committees on the sub ject. They had gone through the various bills and come to a decision as to which they would not oppose. They had agreed not to oppose the Charing-cross Rail way, the North London Railway, or the London, Chatham, and Dover Rail way Bills of the present session, inasmuch as they . only asked for powers to perfect schemes previously sanctioned by Parliament, and which the corporation rather regarded as improvements than otherwise. They should, however, move the insertion of clauses with the view to promote the public convenience in some respects. \Vith respect to all the other schemes the corporation would petition Parlia ment to postpone them. It was eventually decided that inquiry be made as to the course to be taken to give the greatest p r actical effect to the prayer of the petitioners, consistently with the forms of the h o use, and that, before the petition was present. Lord Palmerston be asked to see a deputation on the matter. The conference then terminated. CENTRAL RELIEF FUND.—The usual fortnightly meeting of the Executive Committee was held at the Town-hall, Manchester, yesterday—Sir J. Kay Shuttle worth, high sheriff, presided. The honorary secretary re ported that £6,241 15s 8d had been received during the past fortnight, and that the balance in the bank was £133,210 38 Bd. That morning £29 8s sol had been received from Red ditch and £329 Os 8d from Darlington. Mr Parnell re ported that there had been a decrease of persons receiving relief in the fortnight ending March 26, from the guardians of 27 unions, of 6,687. The hon. secretary having presented his monthly report, Mr Parnell said, in answer to Mr Wor rell, that more money would be wanted than there was to lend under the Public Works Act. If it should so happen that, frOm unforeseen circumstances, certain local authori ties did not want the whole sum placed to their credit, it would be very desirable for them to let the Poor-law Board know, so that any surplus might be apportioned among others really needing it, Mr Ashton said he had been in formed, by persons upon whose testimony he could rely, of efforts to stimulate emigration from these districts, which he deemed of such importance to the working classes that publicity should be given to them in order that this disclo sure might operate as a warning both to the agents and their victims, or, if untrue, be authoritatively denied. He under stood that persons, representing themselves as agents from some of the mills in America, were engaging people here for factory work in that country. Each man engaged received a certain sum for outfit and passage money, and was required to sign an agreement binding him to repay the advance within a period of 90 days of his arrival in America. On stringent measures being adopted to enforce repayment the emigrants who had not then saved sufficient money were induced or compelled to enlist in the army. The system was first tried with single men, but as many of them contrived in some way to raise the cost of their individual expenses it was now being applied to married men with families of chil dren over 10 years of age, whose emigration expenses were much larger. Consequently men so situated had scarcely any prospect before them but enlistment vs hen pressing de mands were made for the repayment of the emigration loan. After some explanations had been given of the delay in sup plying boots for the men employed on public works, the committee proceeded to make grants of money to the local relief committee. M. CAHOURS has presented an important memoir to the Paris Academy on 27te Respiration of Fruits. THE WAY THE MONEY GOB/3.—A Parliamentary return of the gold and silver imported into and exported from each Presidency of India states that, in the year 1863, the gold and silver imported exceeded the export by no less than L 19,367,764. In the last eight years this excess of import over export in India has reached the enormous value of £109,652,917. Bullion has been coined in India i n the present century to an amount considerably exceeding £200,000,000. SPORTING NOTES. The Epsom Meeting commences on Thursday. The first great event to be decided is the City and Suburban Handicap. A great many horses have been backed for this race. Liston held the premiership in the betting for the last two or three weeks, but has now received the coup de grace by having the pen drawn through his name. Jarnicoton very nearly met a similar fate, having retro graded in the betting from 15 to 50 to 1,, but has now returned to even a shorter figure. The French division are now in great form, and if not the actual winner, he is sure to finish in the first flight. Gordian Knot and Veterinarian are the most formidable of the light divi sion, Brindisi, a cast - off from Lord Stamford's stable, will represent the Duke of St. Albans. There is only one f)ol in the race, viz, Tom Fool, and as the month of April is said to be rather propitious to that class of animals, it is just possible he may share her favours and those of the judge on the present occasion by his being re corded the winner. He has been banked to win a large sum of money by his spirited owner.: If I was certain he would only ran kindly, I should prefer him to anything. He has a bad temper, and there is no dependence to be placed on him. I shall give my final selection both for the City and Suburban and the Metropolitan to-morrow. The winner for the City and Suburban I expect will turn up in either VETERINARIAN, GORDIAN KNOT, BRINDISI, JARNI COTON, or Tom FooL. The Metropolitan ought to be won by LORD ZETLAND, but I would advise him to be let alone at present, as it is quite possible he may not put in an ap pearance. . _ A FRESHIMAN. TATTERSALLS'.—LAST EVENING. CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. 6to 1 agst Gordian Knot (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Veterinarian (taken) 11 to 1 agst Jarnicoton (taken) 14 to 1 agst Brindisi (offered) 20 to 1 agst Flying Fish (taken) 20 to 1 agst Voluptas (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Lord Burleigh (offered) 25 to 1 agst Stockinger (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Marigold (taken) 30 to 1 agst Mail Train (offered) 66 to 1 agst Vivid (offered) METROPOLITAN STARES. sto 1 agst Lord Zetland (taken) 20 to 1 agst Joco (taken) THE DERBY. 15 to 2 agat Scottish Chief (taken) 14 to 1 agst Coast Guard (taken) 16 to 1 agst Forager (taken) 18 to 1 agat Birch Broom (taken) 22 to 1 agst Blair Athol (taken) 25 to 1 agst First Flight (taken) 25 to 1 agst Historian (taken) 100 to 1 agst Laomedan (taken) 100 to 1 agst Veterinarian (taken) EPSOM SPRING SCRATCRINGS.—ApriI 4, at 150 p.m.: — Liston, Blarney, and Lucky Star, out of the City and Suburban ; Cachuca, out of the Metropolitan ; and Gunner and all Mr. Bryan's horses out of their Epsom Spring engagements. THE GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE, MELTON MOW BRAY.—WO are authorised to state that Mr. Behrens, the owner of Game Chicken, objected to Cooksborough, the horse that came in first, on the ground that Mr. Lotan, who rodo him, was neither a farmer nor gentleman jockey, as required by the conditions of the race. The stewards will investigate the case on Thursday at Epsom. THE LATE CHERTSEY MEETlNG.—Alcibiades, who came in first for the Hunters' Stakes on the second day, has been objected to as not being qualified to run, and the matter will be investigated by the stewards as soon as possible, and notice of their decision given in due course. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. APRIL. Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven Llanboldy . 12 Newcastle and Gateshead 14 Knighton DI Chester .. 3 York Spring Salisbury l2 Blaydon Radcliffe Liverpool Hunt Club, 15 Lewes Spring l9 Cardiff Newmarket First Spring 25 Redditch l6 Bath Manchester (Summer Harpenden Epsom NE. Wye Maidstone 3 Ascot Hampton Newton Odiham Bibury Beverley 22 Stockbridge Chelmsford.. 2B New Forest Hunt 2B Ne tvcastle-on-Tyne .. Worcestcr (Summer) Ipswich .. 3O LY. Newmarket July Carlisle Pontefract Abingdon Cambridge Liverpool July Stamford Nottingham Winchester l9 Southampton .. 2O Chesterfield King's Lynn 2l Goodwood Au i Bright on 2 Brighton Club Lewes 5 Huntingdon . . 9 Wolverhampton Reading Egham Oxford SEPT] Weymouth 1 Warwick September 6 Leicester 8 Bridgwater Doncaster .. Dover York August 2E Yarmouth Plymouth Lichfield 29 Stocktcn 3O Devon and Exeter Derby 2.113 ER. Brecon .. 19 Richmond Monmouth .. 22 Manchester Autumn .. 23 NewmarketFirst October 27 A NEW BAROMETER, A new barometer, with a scale of long range, was exhibited at the Society of Arts, on Wednesday evening last, by Mr. Hicks, of Hatton-garden. The barometer consists of a tube hermetically sealed at the upper end, but open at the lower end, the upper half of the tube being of smaller sectional area than the lower one. A sufficient quantity of mercury being poured in, and the tube reversed, the column of mercury distributes itself in the two portions of the tube, so as to assume a length corresponding to the weight of the atmosphere at the time. It is obvious that, if the tube was of one diameter from the top to the bottom, the column of mercury which would be supported at a given time would no longer be supported when the pressure of the air decreased, and the column could only be shortened by a certain portion running out of the bottom; but the difference of diameter in the upper and lower portions of the tube f'n the new barometer) enables the excess in i engt :: : instead of running out, to spread laterally. If, for ins `ante, the preisure of the air diminishes so that it is .'t pable of supporting only a column C shorter by one int:. h than before, in the ordinary barometer the mercury sinks one inch only, but in Mr. Hick's barometer the fall, according to the re lative area of the two tubs, n:.ay be increased to almost any extent. Thu 3, supposifog the sectional areas of the upper and lower portioh..3 of the tube to be such that one inch of mercury in l:..he upper fills only nine-tenths of an inch in the lower . ; it is clear that, if ten inches be withdrawn from I:.he upper tube, they will only fill nine inches of the lower portion of the tube, and thus, while the whole column is shortened one inch, the surface of the mercury in the upper tube will be lowered ten inches ; or, in other words, for every change of one inch in the length of the barometric column a range of ten inches is obtained. The smaller the diffe rence between the diameter of the tubes, the greater will be the range obtained. The method by which Mr. Hicks practically obtains the scale for each of his barometers is the placing it and a standard barometer in connection with the receiver of an air pump, and, observing the fall in each ease, he gra duates accordingly. Mr. Hicks also adopts an ingenuous method of measuring the ts length ad of the e barometric column itself, and thus ge readily standard barometer which is w ell adapted for moun tain measurement, inasmuch as the difficulties of the cistern and its necessary corrections is got rid of. This he effects by graduating from the centre both ways. By means of two verniers reading to 1-1000th of an inch , he takes the two readin g s of the distance from t he central point, adds th em together, and the total is the correct length of th e barometric column at the time. Mr. Hi c k s also exhibited a mercurial maximum thermometer of novel and simple construction. MISS BRADDON, the popular novelist, is busily engaged upon a new sensation novel, which will appear early in May. It is rumoured that the new work will sur pass " Lady Audley's Secret" in dramatic force and atrongly developed interest. SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUll.—Easter week. free. —During the week ending April 2, 1864, the visitors have been as follows :—On Monday, Tuesday, and Satur day, freo days, open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m,— total, 27,518 from the opening of the ItiumUm, 4,542 ,771 UST. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. THIRSK RACES.—Tres DAY. (14Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SO WERBY PLATE. Madeline colt Brother Sam ... 2 Operator 1 Twelve ran. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OP COMIvIONS--Last Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. W MEMBER. Mr. TREHERNE took the oaths and his seat on his elec tion for Coventry. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : North Eastern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire Railway Companies—South Yorkshire Railway —and West Norfolk Junction Railway, The order for the second reading of the Walthamstow, Clapton, and City Railway Bill was discharged, and the bill was withdrawn. THE LISBURN ELECTION COMMITTEE. Mr. ADAIR brought up the report cf the committee, which was to the effect that Mr. Stirling was unable from indisposition to attend the committee on the 22d ult., an d the sitting was adjourned until to-morrow at 11 o'clock. Dr. HARRIS was examined at the bar of the house, and said that he attended Mr. Stirling, who was physically un able to leave his residence. Mr. ADA IR then moved that Mr. Stirling should be exempted from further attendance, ➢ir, HUNT contended that the motion was irregular, as the committee, by the rules of the house, could not be adjourned during the recess beyond the first day of the reassembly. The hen. member cited the authority of Mr. Clerk, the barrister,who had written a work on the proceed ings in Parliament, in support of the argument. He con sidered the subject should be referred to a select coot. mittee. Mr. ADAIR said that if the committee adjourned until to-day they could not, according to the 75th section and proviso of the act relating to committees, transact any busi ness, or even adjourn to another day. Sir G. GREY admitted that tha matter was very im portant, and he submitted that the proper course would be to have the report printed, and :brought up for consideration to-morrow, when hon. members would under stand the nature of the subject they would have to decide. This suggestion was adopted, the original motion having been withdrawn after a few words from Mr. WALPOLE. ENLISTMENT FOR THE FEDERAL STATES IN. IRELAND, &c. Cclonel DICKSON gave notice that he would ask cer. Lain questions relative to the militia in Ireland, and also as to the inducements held out for enlistment for the Federal States in that country, THE GOVERNMENT POLICY IN REGARD TO THE DANISH QUESTION. Mr• PEACOCKE gave notice that he would move that this house approves the policy of the Government to adhere to the treaty of 1852, though he might object to the mode in which that policy was carried out. (Laughter.) He expressed a hope teat the Danish Government would not depart from the promises given in 1851 and 1852. THE BALLOT. Mr. H. BERKELEY gave notice that he would bring on the subject of the ballot after Whitsuntide. (Laughter.) NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. BRAND, a new writ was ordered to issue for the election of a member for the city of Oxford, in the room of the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, who had accepted the office of one of her 3la4esty's Principal Secre taries of State. RESIGNATION OF MR. STANSFELD. Mr. STANSFELD, in order to afford him an opportunity of making a personal explanation, moved the adjournment of the house. He said he felt bound on a former occasion to tender his resignation, which the noble lord (Palmer ston) had refused to accept in the most chivalrous manner. He thought, however, this was one of the occasions when a man ought not to consult his own feelings, and he had availed himself of the refusal of the noble lord. He became convinced that by retaining office he would be embarrassing a Government which he desired to support. The hon. member then entered into a statement, and he indignantly disclaimed the imputations made by the Pro cureur-General of France, and said he felt it due to Mazzini and to himself that the former should be the first to state what use he had made of his house which he had given for an address. From long experience of Mazzini he believed he was quite incapable of the actions with which he had been charged, but although he (Mr. Stansfeld) had every sympathy with the object of his life, the unity and independence of Italy, he might have thought sometimes that the methods were not so practica 1 as they were sanguine. He denied that he knew anything of Greco or his alleged accomplices until he read in the newspapers of their arrest. With regard to Tibaldi, he might have seen him in 1857, but neither he nor any other person dared to make such suggestions as had been stated. Massarenti was a dealer in maccaroni cakes, and the only money he ever paid him was for these arti cles. He knew Campanella well as a scholar, and one who was incapable of doing what was attributed to him, Lord PALMERSTON expressed his regret at the loss of the hon. member's services, and passed a high eulogium on him for his high intellectual and moral qualities which endeared him to all who knew him, and must be of the greatest benefit to any Government with which he was con nected. He contended that the hon. member was as in capable of the acts most basely imputed to him as any hon. member of that house. That hon. member was as much interested as any other man in the personal safety of the Emperor of the French, who had been their firm ally, and the continuance of whose dynastic sway was so essential not only to his own country but to the whole of Europe. (Hear, hear.) The motion was negatived. POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS. On the motion for going into committee, Mr. LANG moved for a select committee on the Post office, with an especial view to the improvement of existing arrangements for the transmission of mails in provincial districts. The motion was seconded by Mr, G. CLrvE, and sup ported by several hon. members, Mr. PEEL, after giving explanations in reply to Mr. LONG, and stating the rules observed by the Post-office in relation to the acceleration of mails, observed that he was far from saying that there was not room for improvement ; but this was the province of the Post-office department, which had facilities for obtaining local knowledge, and ha should not be justified in agreeing to the motion. After some further discussion, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sug gested that, as the Post-office department was not repre sented in that house the motion was premature until the Treasury (according to the general principle observed by the house) had had an opportunity of examining the subject in conjunction with the Post-office. The amendment was ultimately negatived, and the house went into a committee of supply upon the Navy Estimates. On the vote of £1,164,100 for naval stores in the Store keeper-General's department, a long discussion took place, embracing, among other topics, the state of the effective list of the navy, the condition of the steam reserve, the actual strength of the iron-plated navy of France, the policy of employing upon a larger scale private yards in the con struction of ships of war, the comparative merits of the Royal and private dockyards, and the question whether we were to rely upon armour - plated vessels alone, or wheth er wi , these who d bl 7 e year num ber of ships proposed to b e b u i lt in the course oden shexippswneartieotnos were given forma by L part ofour o n r a d v e y : Upon P&GET, mattt.." , la ,contingent upon what might be d o i ng by o th er n ations), and that wooden ships could not b e en ti re ly d one stated of ta thee away with. The vote was ultimately agreed to. The following votes were likewise agreed to, after die. cussion : £662,212 for steam machinery in the Department of the Controller of the Navy. £64,350 for medicine and medical stores. £102,320 for miscellaneous services. £697,790 for half-pay and retirement to officers. £490,201 for militAry pensions and allowances. £193,983 for civil pensions and allowances. £314,230 for Army Department (conveyance of troops). The resolutions were ordered to be reported. The Union Relief Aid Acts Continuance Bill passed the , Committee. The house adjourned at a quarter past 10 o'clock. THE FRENCH LANDSCAPE PAINTER Alexander Calame, pupil of Fran gois Did ay s, and one of the most emi• neat masters of our time, died a few days ago at Mentone. A magnificent funeral has been prepared at the espouse of the French Government. SUPPOSED CHILD MURDER. —Yesterday forenoon an . inquest was taken by Mr. John Payne, coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster, at the Howard Arms, Arun del-street, Strand (a Liberty of the Duchy) on view of the body of a newly-born female infant, which was found on Friday last, by a boy, in the Thames, off the Essex-street steamboat pier. Evidence of the dinovery of the body having been given, Mr. Walsh, surgeon, Blackmore-street, said that he had examined the body of the deceased, which he believed was born alive. It had not been attended to by a medical man. The umbilical cord was not properly tied, and in his opinion death resulted from neglect at its birth and the want of medical attendance, A verdict was returned to that effect.