The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-07 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK, Two o'CLocK. At Paris this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 40e. Heavy. BRITISH FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, May 8 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per C en t New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug, 1908 — Exch equer Dille, X 1,000,24 & 3 per Cent. 5 l dish. BJuno. Ditto £5OO Ditto £lOO and £200 Bank England Stk, 41 per Ct. Ditto Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 102 per Cent., April 1874 — Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1570 Ditto Account Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888., Do Certificates ................ Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872. Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 Ditto ditto Aug. 1866 Ditto BondsXl,ooo ........... Aug., Ditto under £1,000... ........... — FOREIGN F UNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 ~ 851 E gyptian 7 per C en t .. .. 100 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Acc0unt......,,..... Ditto Coupons Ditto Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. Ditto, 1 839 and 1859 Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 73 Mexican 3 per Cent .... Moorish I mperial 5 per Cent 421 3 New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. P er Ditto Land W arrants (Hectares) Ditto Account... ...... Ditto 3 pe r Cent. (tirib.arre.n.) - Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 • Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account..... ......... Ditto 3 per Ce n t., 1856 , '7, '9,. '6O, 62,'3 Ditto Account. Ditto Scri P (1883) £30 .. paid — pm Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 4f per Cent., 1850 Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 SDitto 5 per Cent, 1862 ardinian 5 per Cent.................. Ditto Acc0unt..........,. Spanish 3 per Cent ............ ...... Ditto per ..... — 521 .............. . Ditto New D e f erred ................ Ditto Account Ditto Passive .......... ........... Ditto Account ............... . ...... S panish Cert. of C oup not funded ...... — 33 1 t Ditto Account Swedish, 4 per Cent. .................. Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per C en t. 185 8 Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Ditto 1863 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Venezuela 3 per Cent. .Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account 54 / Ditto lf per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Lond Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian 44 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian Ditto , Acc per Cent., 1861, E x. 25 francs — ount TWO O'CLOCK . Consols Money Ditto Account Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day, Market firm. Sales about 6,000 bales. Import, 4,386. Lettters from Karrachee intimate that the steamer , Saone, belonging to the Oriental Inland Steam Company, had arrived there from Calcutta, but the barge Calcutta which she towed was lost on the way. She broke in two and went down. It is added tbat it is feared the steamer will not he of much eervice on the Indus until proper barge, can be got for her to tow. DANISII WAR.—Captain Hobart, of the Brothers Success, arrived at Rochester on Wednesday from Rotterdam, reports as follows :—" On the 3d inst., at 9 30 p.m., at about 10 miles N. by E. of the Hinda light vessel, observed, 10 miles to the NE, an engagement between two screw steamers of war, viz,, Danish and Prussian. The firing lasted upward s of one hour, when they steamed away to the northward, and I lost sight of them." CRYSTAL PALACE. --The first of a series of ten grand opera concerts will take place this day (Saturday), supported by popular anfistes from the Royal Italian Opera. One Shilling Day, Friday, May 6 . —Admissions on pay ment, 1,630; ditto by season tickets, 8 54—total visitors, 2,484. The Money Market today has presented a much quieter appearance, the inquiry having subsided, bat the rates continue very firm. A further sum of 163,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. There was a general rise in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon, owing to the increased value of money here. The Banks of France and Tarin have advanced their rates of interest to 7 and 8 per cent respec tively. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to £520,700, and the exports to .£345,00). Lord Hobart and Mr J. Stewart have joined the directors of the Imperial Ottoman Bank. The share list of the Land Credit Company of Ireland is to be closed on Monday next for London, and on the Wednesday following for the country. The subscription list of the E tat Wheal Vor Tin and Copper Mining Company will close on Wednes day next for London, and on Thursday for the provinces. The Scottish Universal Finance Bank shares closed to-day at 2 prem. Such is the confidence reposed in this undertaking that nearly the whole of the required capital has been applied for. The directors have concluded their negotiations for the purchase of Messrs. Nathan and Co.'s business, of Conahill, on most advantageous terms, at the same time securing their adhesion to the bank. Arrange ments have also been made for the transfer to this company of the business of N. Monteaux and Co., of Paris. Under such a favourable commencement, and with so comprehensive a programme, as may be found in another column, there is a sufficient reason for the commercial confidence which exists in reference to this company. 2 There has been very little business to-day in the market for the English Funds; but owing to a dis continuance of sales prices have slightly tended upwards. Consols were 90t .; for money, and 89i, less the dividend, for the account. Speculators appear less inclined to enter largely into transactions either for a rise or fall, and - the market consequently presents a dull _ appearance. The New Threes are quoted 88/ 1; 4/ the Reduced Annuities, 884. 1 ; the March Ex- 1 chequer Bills, 15s, to Bs. dis., and the Jane ditto, 8] Bs. to 4s. die.; and India 5 per Cents., 104 t. In the Foreign Market a general rise has taken place, but business is not active. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 70 Q ; ditto Consolides, have ad- vanced to 491 s ; Mexican to 42i 431 ; do., New, 1,1 to par, .3. prem. ; Greek to 2141; Spanish Passive et a ' Business 331 I ; a n d th e C on f ederate Loan to 63 64. St' Business in th e R a il way S hare Market has been 8 very inactive, and there is no change of importance to record in prices. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in most instances at slightly reduced rates, consequent upon speculative sales. The following are the current quotations of some of the principal new undertakings: —Imperial 't Bank of China, I, a prem. ; Millwall Iron Works, prem.; Humber Iron Works, dlf prem.; Pro- at vincial Banking Corporation, I 14 prem.; Inter national Land Credit, 11 2 prem. ; Telegraph Con. struction, li f prem.; Sabloniere Hotel, 1-1- prem.; 1 North Australian, 7 1 ,- 11 prem. ; and Scottish and Universal B an k, 11 2 prem. 't l ate ORDINARY SHARES AND STOO&S. share Railways. 1 3.14.! [lir.. Wol , and Str. Val. all S 84 at t Blythe and Tyne. - - 10 Bo st.,Sleat.,andMid.Uo all 84 9 st Bristol' and Exeter st !Caledonian 2500 le C o o r r n k i a v n al d i Bandon .. 100 1174 118 all - - 10 Do. B - all 6 7 10 DO A A g ctS no di` ) all - till 6p paid e.p an.lis s (. il _ ..... been to B. ) - 50 Dublin & Belf as t J unc. all 35 37 25 Dun.,Perth,SrAb. June. all 16 17 st lEdinburgh & Glasgow. 100 88 90 at 'G'lasg. and S. Western. 100 101 106 st Great Eastern, Ord. stk 100 464 4 7 st Ditto A stock - - at Ditto East Anglian st 100 64 74 Et ,GreatNorthot Scotland 100 - - st 'Great Northern.. . st Do A stock st Do Bdo at Gt. S. and W. of Irelanc 100 91 03 at Great Western .. .... st Do Str Val gua. stock 100 - - st Lancashire & Yorkshire 160 1(9 109 at London and Blackwall 100 64 66 at Lon., Bright.ot S. Coast 100 100 101 at Lon., Chat., and Doves 100 39 41 at Lon. & Noels Western 100 It 81 109; at Lon. & So•.th Western 100 964 '971 at Man- Shef., & Lincoln. 100 53 34 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 124 Dot shares. at Metropolitan St Midland - Do New - - - st Do Birming. ,t Derby 100 100 IC2 50 I.lld. Gt. W. of Ireland all - - 25 Do. 4 shares - - 25 Mid Kent - - 10 DQ Cray Line - - st North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 244 256 at Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 994 1004 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.9 - - d at Do Leeds lOO 556 5(3 at Do York at Do Carlisle lOO - - at North London 1 0 I Do New '16.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction all Pt 111 at Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 39 40 at Do Soot. Mid. stock lOO - - 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all - - at Shropshire Union at South Devon.. lOO 33 35 at South Eastern at South Wales - - at S. York. and River Dun 100 'lO4 107 20 staines,Wok.,andWok all 74 64 15 Stockton J; Darlington all 304 374 15 Do l7 96 10 r t 5 Do New, 1866 lO 8 84 , at Taff Va1e....,...,,,, 100 165 170 10 Do B 8 5 7 1 10 Do C 3 3 4 - ,0 Ulster - - 5 Do - - .10 Do - - it Vale of Neath t Victoria sta. and Pim. 1 100 t Waterford &Kilkeany 1 100 t West Cornwall 1100 t W. Hartlepool Ilar.&R I 100 t West Midland -Oxford) 100 t Do Newport! 100 t Do Hereford! 100 all 110 /11 100 1291 129 p aid. ; Closing I Business j Price. ( done. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing ttailways Paid. Price. Atlantic &St Lawrence all 58 60 Born.,Barodadz.Cent Ind 100 1024 103 Gu. 5 per cent. . 20 Do. New . ...... 8 20 Do. E. Shares.....—.. 74 id 4 p NOl Buffalo and Laaelluron all ti 6} 10 Do. Preference ...... all 81 94 f BuTalo,BrantAGodrich 100 77 82 t p. ot. bds. Au g . 1, 1872 0 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 77 88 0 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 77 82 t Clcutta.&S.Eastn.(l,m, 100 100 102 t Cape Town 4: Dock Seri} 100 98 NO ocl Eastn. Bengal g - u. sp. r 100 103 105 rok East Indian. gm. sp. o. 100 1021 .103 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 15 P 20 Do. do. H do. .. 15 3ok Grand Trunk of Canada liA) 2U 201 )0 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 70 72 )0 Do. do. deferred.— all 60 62 )0 Do. 2d Pref. Bonus., all 60 62 )0 Do. do. deferred...... all 51 63 )0 Do. 3d reef. stock ... ail 48 50 )0 Do. do. deferred...... all 40 42 10 Do. 4th Pref. stock—. all 25 27 10 Do. do. deferred...... all 23 C 6 Kok GLlndiaPenin.gua.sp.e 100 102 103 V) Do. New gua. sp. e... 12 Do. January, 1882 .. rok Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 101 103 Di Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 10 104 04 Do. New 1 0 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with' t opt. all 94 95 0 Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8. all 84 86 0 Indian Branch Limited 2 4 fp ck Madras- guar., sp.c. .. 100 1014 1024 ok Do. 14 p. o. Extension 100 94 96 ck Dc.l* d 0........ 100 90 92 0 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- ock 51elb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100 olelb. do Hobson's Bay. all 58 60 0 Do. 7p. c. Hoeg. Bds. all Newßrunzwicket Can& Class A and 8........ all 3 6 N. Rl.C'da6 pc Ist pf bds 100 82 74 `ock &bide (100 102 103 ock Do. Delhi 1 R I.: 100 101 10 4 2 10 Do. do it Do. Punjaub 2. 1 1) 00 102 ' ) Do. Do. ....... ,100 xlk Do. Indus. St. Flo.) ,100 93 95 , Can.Gor. np.c.Ja &Jul) 187 7-31 100 103 105 - Do. oi p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 102 104 , Do. o p.c.Mar.& Sept. 100 102 104 Do. 6p. c. Jan.&July. 10C 90 92 , Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 89 91 Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,1873 100 106 108 I Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 1890 100 IEB 110 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 110 112 Ceylon, IN 0v.1878, 6p c 100 105 107 Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 106 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cant 100 106 108 , N.B.Gov. 6 pm. a.&July 100 iO2 104 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p I,lBrA 100 99i 100 i I Du. sp, c.,18/1 to Ll 7( 100 99 101 I Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 101 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 10) 111 Nova Scotia Gov. ti p. sterling, 1875 lOO 101 106 Queensland Gcv. 6p. C lOO - S. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 110 112 , Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - -' Do, to 6 v.o.lin.&Ont.. 100 104 108 i 1031 BRITISH MINES. 2 !Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 lirlord Amalgamated - - Deven G. Cone. (Taoist ) 1 East Bassett (Illog,an) 0 East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon ..... 1.14.6 281 291 East Carn Brea... 3.4.0 61 7 E. WlRussel (Tavistk.) 8 13.0 3/ 45 - Gam4St.Aubyn(Gwen , 58A 7 9 .Great South Tolgus 17s 21 31 10. Wh ea l Vor (lielston 40 31 33 Grenville . llemd's-Foot 8.12 40 - llingston Downs 4.18.0 31 I- Lady Bertha - I Margaret (tiny Lelant Pi 18 20 Marks Valley.. 4 , Alyndy Iro n Oro (Lim, . 24 15 New Setun l9l 85 95 (Borth Downs ll N.Wh '1 Basset (111o 4sn 3 . 1 .0 13 24 North Wheal Crotty 2.6.9 45 41 It'ar Consols (st. Blaze) . 23 j Providence (Uny Lelnl.) 10.0.7 41 43 - ,South Caradon(StCleer, 15 450 470 :S. Cara Brea (Illog - an).. I S.Wheal lorsn. (Mogan 18.18 . 9 40 50 - Stray Park 30.17.6 23 10 - famar Silv.& Lead Min. "fin Crort 9 38 19 ,-- I West. Basset (Illogan) ll 9 10 —IW Cr radon (Liskeard, 5 16 18 West Seton I Wheel Basset (Mogan; 51 90 15 j Wheal Buller (Itedrutli) 10 30 35 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)i 2.0.8 WhealLudcott Wheal M aryAnn ;Lieu ) 8 111 121 Wheal 3eton , Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) 7 2L 24 !Wheal Union 3.17 2 21 I IN - 32 34 1 650 660 30 a 70 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, ac., Metrop. Ext., B 6 per cent., 931 Ditto, ditto, C 6 per cent. 79 81 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Wilts and Somerset, 90 FEIG Antwerp and Rotte OR rdam, 91 RAILWAYS. San I'aulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 11 Ditto (all), 191 1 19 FOREIGN MDIES, Cape Copper, lira., 111 East del Rey (Urn.), St. John del Rey (1im.),)17 5 Yudanarantana of S. Australia, 1im.,:31 IBANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 142 1 Alliance (limo, 591 8 Ditto, new, 47 9 An', - .io Austrian, 61 Australasia, 7483 Bank of Egypt, 2 871 Bank of ()Vigo, lim., 31 13, nk of Wales, lion., 171 Bank of New Zealand, 151 Brazilian and Portuguese, lion., 121 British and American Exchange (11m.), 251 6 British and Californian, lion., 5t 1 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 8 9 Ditto, new, 32 Chartered NI cr. of India, London, and China, 69 701 City, 130 1 Consolidated Bank, Km, 111 East• London, lim., 7 English and Irish, 1im.,715 European Bank, lim., ltl 12 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lim.), Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm., 13f 14 Imperial Bank (11m.), 371 Imperial Ottoman, 20 f Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 51 6 London Bank of Scotland, lim., 18 London, 13irrn., and S. Staffordshire, lion., 241 5 London Chartered Bank of Australia,: 27 London and Colonial (lion.), 14 i London Joint Stock, 45 4 London and Northern, lim., 22 i London and S outh-Western, 25 Merchant Bank, 11m , 20 Mer cantile and Exchancre. lim., 171:4 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 30 29 Oriental Bank Corporation. 66 , 5 Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi, Urn., 101 MISCELLANEOUS, Angle-Mexican Mint, 21 Bombay Gas, Urn., sii Ceylon Company,llll Contract Corporation, lion., 41 Crystal Palace, 33 Discount Corporation, 15 i . Egyptian Com. and Trading, lino., 46 2 E , :glish and Australian Copper, oi Fore-street Warehouse, lion., 6 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, 11m., 9a a i Hudson's Bay, itl. 4 Imperial Financial,:lim., 9 5 7 , S International Financial Soc i ety, lim., lo; 11 101 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 7 . f 64 Land Securities, lira., 4j 1 London African Trading, 5} London Financial Association, lim., 251 Ditto, new, 14; Marine Investment, Jim , 31 UOLONLAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 4 dis SHARE THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY .EVENING, MAY 7, 1864. LAW INT. 'his day. .This Day, COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, and Black burn, Mellor, and Sties.) 631 ICOi 39i 40 fll 101 Lau 99i THE CONTEMPT CASE IN THE HOUSE OF KEYS. IN RE JAMES DROWN. In this case Mr Welsby had obtained a rule to show cause why a writ of habeas corpus should not issue directed to the keeper of the prison in the Isle of Man to bring up the body of Janes Brown, the proprietor and publisher of the _lsle of Man Times, who had been convicted for contempt under a warrant and judgment of the House of Keys, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment, for publishing a certain libel in the proceeding of certain members of that house, in rela tion to the Towns' Commissioners. The House of Keys is the house of Legislation of the island, and is a perpetual body acting under the Lieutenant-Governor of the Island. Mr. Mellish, Q.C., on the part of the authorities, showed cause against the rule, and raised a preliminary objection under the 25th and 20th of Vic., cap. 20, which act was passed to prevent a writ of habeas corpus being issued by this court into any foi eign dominion, and which was passed in consequence of Crawford's (the Canada) case. The learned counsel contended that the House of Keys, sitting in its judicial authority, had power to commit, and were so sitting at the time of the committal of the applicant Brown, and that this court had no right to interfere with its deci sion by issuing a habeas corpus. The court, without hearing the reply, was unanimously of opinion that the rule ought to be made absolute and the writ to issue, as the House of Keys had not the power to imprison under the circumstances of the case, The counsel on the other side said there was no occasion for the issuing of the writ, as on the decision of the court becoming known Brown would at once be liberated, thus avoiding the necessity of its being brought before their lord ships for that purpose. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn IN RE CLARKE. In this case an arrangement had been made for a private meeting, but the bankrupt did not appear. A surgical certificate was tendered that he had met with an accident and could not attend, and the wile and mother of the bank rupt were present to certify that such was the fact. Mr. R. Griffith objected to the admissability of the cer tificate as evidence, His Honour said that the only course was, if the sum mons had been personally served, to issue a warrant, and then it would be ascertained whether there was any truth in the statement. Mr. Griffith said that the bankrupt had not been abso lutely served, but the mother took the summons, and ad mitted that she had given it to the bankrupt—the bankrupt avoided personal service. His Honour said that another summons must be served, if possible, and if it could not, a warrant would be served. IN RE BUITII. In this case an argument arose on the application of Mr. Smith, of Bo'grave-wharf, Pimlico, who had been arrested after having received a certificate from the Registrar of the due execution of a deed under the 198 section of the Act ' Business don, 1861. 1031 21 S 1021 i g 5 His Honour now held that he had no power to release. It was different from an application under the 112th sec tion of the old act, which gave the Court a discretionary power. In the case of Colonel Waugh, there was a great doubt whether this Court had a power to discharge as against the order of the superior court, but in this case the court above had been applied to, and had up to the present time upheld the proceedings of its own court, His Honour therefore refused to order the release, but would, as the liberty of the subjeot was so important, afford an opportunity for appeal, and fix the amount of deposit at the lowest possible amount, £lO. It was intimated that the appeal would be entered in due course, but, in the meantime, Mr. Smith must remain in custody. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, THAMES. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—DISTEESSING CASE.--Margaret Cotton, a very respectable young woman, who has been in good situations, was brought up, on remand, before Mr. Partridge, charged with attempting self-destruction. A few mornings Since the prisoner went to the banks of the Lea Cut, in Limehouse, and plunged into the water. She would have been drowned but for the tact and bravery exhibited by a man named James Park, of No. 9. Flower's lane, Stainsby-road, Limehouse, who got into the water and held her until further assistance was rendered. She was quite exhausted when taken out of the canal, and was removed to the station• house in Poplar, where police sergeant Bridgland, No 65 K, succeeded in recovering her, and after providingher with dry clothing,sent her to the Step ney Union, at Bromley. Her recovery soon followed, and she was brought before Mr. Partridge on Monday, and re manded. Her statement was a very distressing one. She had been seduced by a man named Alesender Mamoth, a native of Hungary, who is well known at this court, and who turned out to be married. He laughed at her, and treated her with scorn, and she resolved that her life and her miseries should end together, and was very sorry that she had not accomplished her purpose: She now appeared in a better frame of mind, and Mr. Partridge read a letter he had received from the Rev. Mr. Jephson, the: chaplain of the Clerkenwell House of Detention, which stated that the prisoner had expressed great penitence, and had promised not to repeat the attempt on her life. Mr. Flowers, the principal of an excellent Christian Institution in Silver street, Stepney, had been kind enough to interfere in this case, and he thought the best thing would be to send her to a refuge. He should discharge her, and hand her over to the care of Mr. Flowers, who would provide her with an asylum DARING ROBBERY ON BOARD A BARGE. —Wm. Jones, a lad employed about the barges on the river, was charged with stealing 12 bottles of beer. It appeared that a watchman, named Edward Cole, in the service of the East and West India Dock Company, stopped the prisoner as he was about to leave the East India Dock at the river entrance, and asked him if he had anything about him, to which the lad saucily answered "Nothing. What do you think I have got in my pockets " The watchman dragged the prisoner into his box and took from each of his trousers pockets a bottle of ale, and from his breast pocket.a third bottle of ale. They were sealed for exportation. The prisoner said he found the three bottles of ale on the quay, but he afterwards told another dock watchman that he found them in a dust bin. He was asked why he came into the dock, and he made an absurd reply. It was subsquently discovered that a case of bottled ale on board the barque Martha in the dock had been broken open and 12 bottles of ale taken out. The three bottles taken from the prisoner were a portion of them. The barge was owned by a lighterman named Perkins, who was in chargo of the ales for shipment. Tho prisoner, who began crying, said ho was guilty, and he was sentenced to two months' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction. WESTMINSTER, • STRANGE APPROPRIATION OF STOLEN PROPERTY,— Amelia Johnson was placed at the bar before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing a dress and a great number of children's frocks, &c., valued at upwards of £5, the pro perty of Mr. Batchelor, solicitor's clerk, 67, Charlwood street, Pimlico. Elizabeth Batchelor, wife of the prosecutor, said that the prisoner, who is 17 years of ago, entered her service about two months since and stayed there till the previous evening, when, on account of some property being missed, she was given into custody. Witness went to Margate a month ago, and when she returned on Friday she found that her morn ing dress and various other articles were missing. Prisoner, when accused of the robbery, denied it, but afterwards ad mitted she had stolen the things, and from a communication made by her, witness went with Servant Huddy, 2 B, to Lambeth, where the prisoner's mother resides, and on en tering the room found some of the stolen articles, consisting of 12 pinafores and some frocks, in the process of washing. There were two children in a bed in the room, and on one of them was found a night-shirt belonging to the prosecu trix, and on the other a similar article. The mother ad mitted pledging some of the articles, and some duplicates were given up. Prisoner declined saying anything. Prisoner's mother said she had brought the things home, and said her mistress had given them to her. They were all old, and she thought there was no harm in keeping them and pledging some of them. Mr. Salle remanded the prisoner till Friday for the pawn. brokers to attend. EARTHQUAKE IN CANADA.—The Quebec Gaeztte of the 20th ult. says :—" This afternoon, between 1 and 2 o'clock, a smart shock of earthquake was felt throughout this city, lasting for several seconds. The houses wero so violently shaken that all who were in them made their way to the streets as quick as possible. We are happy to state that no damage was done, as far as we have heard, except the falling of a few bricks from chimneys. The atmosphere at the time was clear, with a strong breeze from the north-east. The present shock exceeded in power that which we experienced in October, 1860." Telegrams state that the earthquake was not felt at Montreal ; two shocks were felt at Danville, at Father Point, and at L'lslet, and at this last place, which is 48 miles from Quebec on the south side of the St. Lawrence, "several of the cars were nearly capsized." THE DUTIES OF NEUTRALS.—Mr. Thomas Baring will on the motion for an adjournment on Friday next, call the attention of the house to the fact "that an armed steamer is now in the port of Liverpool, which, hav ing been originally manned and equipped from British ports, has preyed upon the commerce of a friendly nation, and has never been in any port of the belligerent under whose flag she sails ;" and will ask the First Lord of the Treasury " whether he thinks the admission of such ves sels to British harbours consistent with our international obligations, our professions of neutrality, and the preserva tion of British interests," The Right of the People to Mei ;et in the Parks, We are requested to publish the following corre spondence:— Edmond Beaks, Esq. ALFRED AUSTIN, Secy. Mr. R. Hartwell. of W &c., S.W., Ma 3, Sir,—l am directed Office by the First orks, Commissioner of y her Majesty's Works, &c., to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday's date, in which you inform him that a deputation of the sub - committee of the City and 'Working men's Garibaldi Committees desire an interview in order to ask him certain questions relating to the rights and powers of his office, and as to Acts of Parliament or instructions of l a w on which those rights and powers are founded; and I am n to o of the sub.-co mmittee, the Fi rs t Commission er o r W orks n in reply, that w i t h al, d e f erence f or t h e opinions admit that it would be proper or expedient for him e to a ente ts r ta in t eto discussion with that )r any other deputations upon the legal questions referrel to.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, Mr. R. Hartwell. ALFRED AUSTIN, Secretary, Serious Accident to the Fire Brigade,— Shocking Death from Fright, f I Yesterday morning, shortly after midnight , a fire occu rre d at Norton-folgate, Bish opsgate-street, which nearly proved fatal to several of the Fire Brigade. It originated from some unknown cause on the premises, No. 11, occupied as Parr, a three-storey building. On the alarm being raised . the fire was found to be raging at the ' back, and was making rapid progress up the staircase to ' the upper rooms.. As . soon as the information reached the 1 Brigade Station in Bish opsgate-street, the fact was a beer shop, by M. J. tele graphed to Capt. Shaw, who called out all the engines from some half-dozen stations for service. By the time the earlier force reached the spot the fire had possession of the whole of the back portion of the premises from the base ment to the roof, and there seemed little probability of any part being saved. The firemen led their hose into the root they burning premises and followed the fi re up. Having scoured it v e out t f a r l y went up th e s t a i rcase, and u by those measures in getting the fi re su b dued, Captain Shaw, Mr Bridges, eventually into the basement all the min the ho use , an d succeeded and several other officers and men (about 12 in number), a l so some of "the duke's" amateur firemen, were in various parts of the premises ex tinguishing the remaining burning embers, when all of a sudden a loud cracking w as heard, and th e next instant the whole of the back of the house fell with a heavy crash, burying several of the men. Some e scaped from the front isindo o w f s th b e ouyhafisre. fire escape, which was pl aced against the front Captain Shaw, M r B ridges, and four or five others who were inthe shop, Were partly c overe d i n dust, but su s t a i ne d no Wall', Two or th ree o f the men who were i n th e upper kors fell with them t o th e b ottom, and it was a l mos t a m iracle they j en cr o o t ss k_i s l t l r e e t t, One officer named Flinn, attached to Iwirehrte buried under nea th the ruins for nearly half an hour b e f ore ho could bo ext r i ca t e d, but was found n e t t o b e so much injured as it fi rs t f eare d. Some of th e a dj o i ning houses sustained a great deal of damage—that of M r W . Barker, greengrocer, has the side wall and roof sev ere l y b urnt, and several houses i n C oc k -alley have their w i n d ows partly de stroyed. About an hour after the above outbreak another fire broke out at No. 2, Castle-court, Lower Whiteeross-street, belonging fo M r B ra y, let out in tenem ents. Each floor was occupied by a fa m ily, an d the excite men t and terror among the poor creat ures w h en the place un d erneath them was found to be on fire was very Painful. However, through the prompt att en d ance o f t h e fire escap es all the people were saved. Ev er ythi ng th e y possessed was destroyed, for the flames extended throughout every room in the house, and subsequently part of the premises fell in. One poor crea ture, a young married woman, living with her husband and two young child ren i n a djoining hou se , di ed from fright at the outbreak o f th e fi re . She was i n b ed at the time, and was awoke by th e cr i es in the next h ouse. S ee i ng the flames issuing from th e window, she gave a scream, and fell back dead. A third fire broke out about 4 o'clock in Queen's-square yard, Westminster, at some stabling of M r Young, which was burned down, and some damage was done to the fittings and staircase of St, Peter's Chapel adjoining. 4, Whitehall-place, April 26. Sir,--I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 23d inst., and as Sir George Grey's statement in reply to a question by Mr. Harvey Lewis in the House of Com mons yesterday evening gives an explanation with respect to the conduct of the police on the occasion, I beg to refer you to the report in the ncw3papers of this day, which is, I believe, quite accurate.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, RICHARD MAYNZ. The explanation of Sir G, Grey in the House of Commons, to which Sir Richard Mayne referred Mr. Beales, being unsatisfactory on the points re ferred to in Mr. Beales's letter, a deputation from the Garibaldi Committees waited on the Home Se cretary on Wednesday, the 27th of April, Sir Richard Mayne being also present. A full report of what then passed has already appeared, and the result being only a reference of the deputation to Mr. Cowper, the First Commissioner of her Ma jesty's Works, the following correspondence has taken place with that gentleman. " 10, Bolt-ceurt, Fleet-street, April 28. Sir,—l have been instructed by the sub-committee of the City and Working -men's Garibaldi Committees to inform you that they intend holding the adjourned public meeting on the subject of Garibaldi's departure on Saturday evening the 7th of May, on Primrose. hill, and to ascertain whether you intend to interfere with such meeting, The sub-com mittee, or a deputation therefrom, will wait upon you at 2 o'clock to-morrow (Friday), upon the subject, unless in the meantime you send a reply by letter.—l am, sir, yours re spectfully, ROBERT HARTWELL, Hon. Sec. Working -men's Garibaldi Committee. Hon. W. Cowper, 111,P. Office of Works, &c., S,W., April 29. reply to your letter of yesterday's date, stating that the sub-committee of the City and Working-men's Garibaldi Committees desire to hold a public meeting on the subject of Garibaldi's departure from England on Primrose-hill on Saturday, 7th May, lam directed by the First Commissioner of her Majesty's' Works, &c., to say that the sub-committee have his full permission to hold such meeting, believing, as he does, that there is no reason for apprehending that the meeting will lead to any disturbance of the peace, or to any obstruction or interference with the purposes of recreation for which Primrose hill has been appropriated. I have also to Worm you that a notification of this per mission has been nada to the Commissioners of Police.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, 10, Bolt-court, Fleet-street, April 30. Sir,—l am direct(' by the sub - committee of the City and Working -men's Garibaldi Committees to acknowledge your letter of yesterday's date, giving full permission for the holding of the proposed meeting on Primrose hill on Satur day next, on the subject of General Garibaldi's departure, from England, and to state that the obtaining such permis sion was not the object with which I addressed my first note to you, or for which tle deputation referred to in that note proposed to wait on you. That deputation requested an interview with you under the following circumstances, in reference to a question of constitutional right and great public interest. Sir George Grey, the Home Secretary, haying intimated to the deputation, when it waited upon him, that the police, in dispersing the forme? meeting last Saturday, had acted under no orders given either by himself or Sir R. Mayne, and that be regretted the meeting had slot been allowed to proceed, the necessary conclusion appeared to be that no future meeting of a similar description, in a similar locality, would be interfered with ; but upon Mr Beales asking Sir G. Grey if such was the case, the reply was to the effect that the police would have power to stop any such meeting unless your consent to its being held had been previously obtained. Under these circumstances, sir, the object of the deputa tion was to obtain from you a clear and distinct reply to the following questions. 1. Whether you, as First Commissioner of her Majesty's Works, &c., claim the right or power of preventing, with the aid of the police, the holding of a meeting by the people, on Primrose-hill, or in any of the parks, in exercise of their constitutional right to meet for the peaceable discus. gen of public grievances and other similar matters. 2. If you claim such right )r power, then, upon what grounds, under what Act of Parliament, or by what con striation of law, you claim suek right or power, either on the part of yourself or of the Commissioners of Police ? I am requested, therefore, to ask you still to appoint a day and hour for receiving the deputation on the subject, unless you prefer answering the sbove questions in writing. —I am, &c., ROBERT ITARTWELL, Hon. Sec. of Working. non's Garibaldi Committee, To the Right Hon. the First Commisssioner of her Majesty's Works, &C. 4, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn, April 23. Sir,—As I was addressing this afternoon on Prinnose hill a perfectly quiet and orderly meeting on the subject of General Garibaldi's departure, an inspector of police—whose name, I was informed, is Stokes—accompanied with several other policemen, interfered, and insisted upon my desisting from further addressing the persons assembled. I desisted immediately, in order to avoid creating a disturbance, how ever much I might consider the interference wholly un called for and illegal. As I must presume this inspector to have acted under your orders or with your sanction, I write to ask under what Act of Parliament, or by what construction of law, this interference, with what seems to me to be a clear con stitutional right, is considered to be jastified.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, EDMOND B.EALES. Sir R. Mayne, K.C.B. P.S.—I should add that I, some short time since, ad dressed a much larger meeting on Blackheath with the sanc tion and in the presence of the police in that district. IRELAND, Serjeant Sullivan said his clients were satisfied of Mr George Lardner's legitimacy, and withdrew from all further opposition. Protest of the Genevese against Mazzini's Expulsion. BERNE, April 4. The following protest against the decree of the Swiss Federal Council renewing the order for the expulsion of Mazzini from Switzerland has been forwarded by a Committee of Genevese citizens to this city:— To THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE SWISS FEDERAL COUNCIL. Gentlemen,—As representatives of the Swiss people, you have thought it right to renew the order of expulsion pro nounced against the citizen Joseph Mazzini at a deplorable period by your predecessors. Ic is the duty of the Genevese section of Helvetia to raise its voice in protest against your decision, which is contrary to the principles of hospitality professed in all ages by free and Republican Switzerland. Switzerland has received proscribed persons of all opi nions. Madame de Steel, Louis Philippe, Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, the Count de Chambord, the Duchess of Parma, and many other persons have been happy to find an asylum in Switzerland, and while there have sometimes engaged in intrigues very compromising to the future of the Confe deraration. Does Republican Switzerland no longer exist ? Could not the man who has snpported and defended in his own country the institutions which we have the happiness to possess at home enjoy the same favour as has been granted to his enemies ? Should the Confederation, regenerated since 1848, refuse to proscribed Republicans the asylum which the Confederation of 1838 granted to proscribed Re actionists. You have thought it advisable, gentlemen, to base your opinions upon the recent condemnation by contumacy of which the citizen Mazzini has been the victim in France. You believe no more than we do, gentlemen, no more than does the French Government, in the culpability of that illustrious patriot of the so-called attempt to which the Emperor of the French did not succumb, You know, as we know, that this affair was arranged by the French police, by whom Greco was paid. The rigour you exercise against the greatest citizen of Italy is therefore inopportune, and may give rise to the be lief (which is far from being our opinion) that the Federal Council follows or anticipates the wishes of the Court of the Tuileries. This is not our opinion, gentlemen. Vie know that the interest of Switzerland is the only inea by which you are animated, and it is in the name of this interest we protest against this decision, leaving to the authority which has Wren it all responsibility for the future of our beloved country. _ The citizen you proscribe may, in fact, in consequence of political events which we cannot foresee, return to Swit- zerland as the plenipotentiary of a friendly and allied State. He may, as has alreadyonce happened, become the chief of the Administration of a Republican country. The same thing occurred to Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, now Emperor of the French. We ask you, therefore, gentlemen, for the cake of placing yourselves in accord with the immense majority of the Swiss people, to recall the unseasonable decree you have pronounced against Joseph Mazzini. This protest being intended for publication, we beg o you, gentlemen, to notify to us its reception with the least possible delay.—Receive, etc., THE COMMITTEE, MARKETS —This Day. COVENT GARDEN. • Increased supplies of fruit are on sale here to-day; the demand rules steady, and last week's currencies are fully supported. The show of vegetables is seasonably good ; the inquiry for most kinds is firm, on former terms. FRUIT. s. d • s. d. Pine apples 8 0 to 10 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 6 0 to 10 0 Foreign do 2 0 to 3 0 Melons Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per hf-tv. 3 0 to 4 0 Pears, per do 0 0 to 0 0 Oran ges, per 100 4 0 t o 10 0 Lemons, per Gooseberries hf sveo 0 to 0 01 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 s. d. s d Mulberries, pr pt.. 0 oto 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 2 oto 2 6 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, perlb 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. 0 oto 0 0 Peaches.. Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greene, dz bunch 5 oto 6 0 Cabbages, pr doz. 0 10 to 1 3 Bed ditt0........ 0 oso 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz. 0 oto 0 0 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 2 0 Brocoli sprouts .. 1 oto 1 2 Potatoes, per ton 35 0 to 70 0 New ditto, pr pt ..1 oto 1 6 Turnips, dz bunch 1 6to 2 0 Carrots,pr do.. • . 4 6to 5 6 Cucumbers .... 0 oto 0 0 Garlic, per oto 0 0 Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, h. -sv. 0 oto 0 0 French beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. ba.. 1 9to z 0 New Do., dz bun 1 oto 1 3 Spinach ......... . 0 Bto 0 19 Brussels sprouts 1 9to 2 6 ' 1 Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 0 1 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 0 10 to 1 3 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 3 Mushrooms, p pt. 0 6to 1 0 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 o Cos lett, score .. 0 oto 0 0 Mint and savory..o oto 0 V Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 4to 0 6 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 t Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 3to 0 6 Asparagus, pr do. 3 oto 5 0 Seakale, per bun. 0 9to 1 6 POULTRY. Turkeys, 5s Od to 8s Od ; -- gee.;e, Os Od to Os Od each ; goslings, 7s to 9s Od ; ducks, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; ducklings, 4s Od to 6s Od; rabbits, is Od to Is 9d each; wild do., 10d to Os lld ; pigeons, Os f e d to Os 10d each; Surrey fowls, 12s Od to 16s Od; chickens, 8s Od to 12s Od ; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 8s Od; capons, Os Od; hares, 2. Od to 2s 6d ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os to Os Od ; partridges, Os to Os Od ; woodcocks, Os to Os Od; snipes, Od to is Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od; plovers, Os Od to 10d each; guinea fowls, 6s Od to 9s Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, Os lid to is Id ; English, is ld to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 7s Od to 7s 6d ; French do., 5s Od to 6s Gd per 100 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od. DUBLIN, May 6. The extraordinary Lardner case was decided by the Master of the Rolls yesterday. Your readers may remember that an application had been made on behalf of the Reversionary Interest Society of London that a sum of £3,070 in court be paid out to them. It was stated in the affidavit on which counsel moved that George Darley Lardner, son of the late Rev. Dionysius Lardner and Cecilia Lardner, otherwise Flood, his wife, had in 1850 assigned his interest in the reversion of the £3,070 to the petitioners for a sum of £550. This motion was thereupo❑ resisted by the next of kin of Celia Flood, the wife the Rev. Dr. Lardner. The case was that the person calling himself George Barley Larduer was no illegitimate son of the Rev. Dr. Lsrdner, and that the legitimate " George Darley Lardner," who was born br' baptised in 1818, died when young, in Italy, of consumption. It was further alleged that the Rev. Dr. Lsrdner there substituted the present G. D. Lardner, and repre sented him as the legitimate son, and that he did this for the purpose of preventing tile money now in question going out of the family. The evidence of Miss Lardner, his aunt, completely disproved this ease. She identified several letters written by Mr, George Lardner to her during several years. She stated that, having read an advertisement in the Times in February, 1842, asking information as to the death of George Larduer, son of the Rev. Dr. Lardner, she went to the solicitor named in the advertisement, Mr. H. Mayne, of Dorset-street, Dublin, and told him George Larduer was not dead, but was at the Capo of Good Hope, Mr. Mayne assured her he would have the rumour contra dicted, but refused to state who authorised him to publish the advertisement. She swore that George Lardner was always recognised and treated by all the members of the family as the legitimate son of the Rev. Dr. Lardner. Counsel also opened an affidavit made by Mr George Lardner himself at Barbadoes, on the 24th of March, corroborating his aunt's statements. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is Gd to is 19d ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os; pike, skate, sturge on , an d halibut, 6d per lb ; turbots, 4s Od to 15s ; cod, 2s Od to 7s Od ; brills, 2s Od to 6s Od ; doreys, 5s Od to 6s Od ; mullets , Os 6d to is 6d ; lobsters, is to 3s Od; crabs, 6d to 3s Od ; plaice and gurnets, 6d to is 6d each; soles, 6d to 3s Od per pair ; common oysters, 18s to 248 ; natives, 64s to 70s per bushel ; whitings, 2s Od to 5s • haddocks, 6s to 12s ; s me lt s , Os Od t o O s Od ; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 55s per 100 ; fresh herrings, 7s to 8s per 100; bloaters, Os to Os per 100; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 20 8d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 313 6d to 4s 6d ; lamb, 5s 6d to Cs 6d; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 6d; and pork, 3s 2d to 4s 4d per Sibs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; lamb, 5s 6d to Gs 6d ; veal, 3s 10d to 4A 6d; and pork, 3s 2d to 4s 4d per Sibs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6f d to 7d , of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to Glib, 21d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 31d ; 721 b to SOlb, 34d to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 31d to 4fd ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 43d; 961 b to 1011 b, 4ld to 5d ; 1041 b to 1121b,—d to —d. Horse hides, 9s Od to lOs Od ; calf skins, light, 2s 6d to 4s Od; full, 8s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, Os 0.1 to Os Od ; half•breds, —s Od to —s Od ; Downs, 9s Gd to lls Gd; lambs, 3s Od to 4s Gd; sheallings, Is 9d to Os Od. THE TREATMENT OF .THE POOR IN BETHNAL-GREEN. OFFICIAL POOR-LAW INQUIRY, Mrs Kim:lib eaid the deceased's appetite failed on the "Wednesday before her death, which occurred on Sunday, the 27th March. She had convulsions of short duration on the Sunday morning before death, When her appetite failed witness gave her arrowroot and beef•tea, and she took them and a little toast until the Saturday night before her death. Mrs Anfield never had coffee. She used to call her tea coffee. Mr Howard said that Mr Gant had found coffee in de oeased's stomach at the post-mortem examination. Ann Burney said she had been an inmate of the work house, but she now gained her living out of the house. She was the assistant nurse in the ward when Mrs Anfield was in the infirmary. She (deceased) ate her food very well for a fortnight, and then her appetite fell off. Witness never was ordered to give her beef tea or arrowroot, but witness saw her take some given to her by another patient. Witness never reported the state she was in to the head nurse. The Commissionet said that this was another instance 0, the inutility of unpaid servants. The witness said that she gave deceased the arrowroot and beef-tea that Mrs Woods could not take. The Commissioner said it was clear that Mrs Woods, out of kindness, gave portions other arrowroot and beef-tea to Mrs Anfield, and that the =Aron did not report or get for the latter what she could eat. Mrs Klumb recalled, said that she would still swear that she gave the assistant an order for arrowroot and beef-tea to be supplied to Mrs, Anfield. Witness gave mutton every day to Mrs Anfield up to the Saturday, independent of the beef-tea and arrowroot she ordered Burney to give her. Here the dietary book was produced, and it showed that the mutton had been given up to Saturday. Mr Burney said that other patients had semetimes more than they could take, and she gave some of it to those that liked it. It was not on the card for Anfield to get it; but witness told Mrs Klumb she gave Anfield beef-tea from another patient, and Mrs Klumb said to witness, "Let her have what she likes to take." Mrs Anfield sometimes de clined to take the beef-tea, &c., on account of her stomach. Witness did not report that to Mrs Klumb. On the Satur day before her death witness first told Dr. Smart that her appetite was so bad. Aaron Anfield did not question either of the witnesses, but he replied that his wife told him she got no nourish- meat but what another patient gave her out of kind ness, In reply to the Commissioner, the witness said that his house had four rooms and a kitchen, and the rent was 7s a week. Himself, his daughter, and his two children—one aged 3 and the other six—lived there. His daughter was not married, but lived with a cabman under the same roof. Witness did not include her earnings in the 20s a week. Mrs Mary Clay, a neighbour of the Anfield's, said that on Monday (the 29th of February) she accompanied Mrs Anfield to the workhouse. Mr Cardwell said the note she produced was not an admission order, and told her to go to another gate. There the witness asked the person who let them in to let Mrs Anfield sit down, but he would not do so. He asked for a chair as Mrs Anfield was very ill, but this was refused. Mr Cardwell said that he had no questions to put to the witness, but he still adhered to his statement of the previous day. Mr C. A. Christey was then sworn. He said that he had not a recollection of the husband's getting relief, but he thought ho had given him an order for Dr Moore. His memory was bad. Dr. E. Moore said that he had attended the deceased woman as an out-patient of the parish at her own house. She was suffering from a:cold, and she was in bed in a small room with a quantity of damp clothes drying on lines over her head. He thought it would be very desirable that she should be removed into the infirmary. The Commissioner said that he found the poor had in a great degree a preference for their own homes over the work house infirmary. He believed that if there were an infir mary not called the workhouse in the neighbourhood, the poor would never have any objection to enter it. The witness said that he had no doubt of it. He said he gave a recommendation for the deceased woman to be admitted to the infirmary. On the Monday Right her daughter came to him and said she had been refused admis sion, and asked for an order for nourishment. Witness gave an order for milk, wine, arrowroot, and beef for beef tea. Witness was subsequently present at and took part in the post-mortem examination. Witness considered the cause of death to be congestion of the lungs. He did not consider that congestion arose from 4arvation, but that she had had inflammation of the lungs from cold previously. Witness told Mr Gant he did not think starvation had caused the congestion, but Mr Gant thought differently. Two or three persons met the witness in the stre et soon a f ter deceased died, and told him of her exposure at the workhouse gates, and that she had be en re f usedto nourish ment. At their request he referred them th e beadle, who declined to interfere, as he had been wienstinoelsds wredboyte to guardians for getting up inquests. The the coroner. The guardians present complained much th at the inquest should have been held when the husband did not wish it. Aaron _infield said, in answer to Mr. Collins, that he did not want the inquest. The Commissioner said that if an inquest was necessary, the wishes of the survivors could n o t a l ways b e consulted. The present discussion was, therefore, without use, The case of Mary Ann Anfield was then declared closed. The Commissioner then proceeded to investigate a charge of alleged cruelty against Mr. W. Runceman, a relieving officer, in reference to a poor family named White, residing at No. 19, Crabtree-row, Weatherhead-gardens, Bethnal green, and after several witnesses had been examined, the proceedings were again adjourned. Fearful Accident at gea to a Drogheda Steamer, APPREHENDED LOSS OF 60 PASSENGERS. (From the Freazan's Journal.) HOLYHEAD, Thursday Evening. The steamship Leinster Lass, belonging to the port of Drogheda, and sailing between that port and Liverpool, between one ant two o'clock this morning, when about four miles to the north of the Sherries Light, broke her platen rod, No sooner had the piston smashed than, with irresistible force and a tremendous crash, it shot through the cylin der and broke through the ship's bottom. The engine -room and between decks were at once swamped; and when I remind you that there were between 250 and 300 emigrants on board, and the time the dead dark of the night, you and your readers can better imagine the scene of confusion, tumult, and alarm which prevailed than I can con vey it. It is, however, easy to picture to one's self what must have occurred. It is feared the men attending in the engine•room were at once drowned by the sudden inundation, and that some of the emigrants were also lost even on board the vessel. Orders were given to lower the boats ; but no sooner was the command made than crowds of the emigrants, actuated by the common impulse of self-preservdtion, crowded the boats. The consequence, of course, was that, being over crowded, they were immediately swamped, and it is believed that by this accident no less than fifty emigrants were drowned. I have also been in formed that the fastenings of the boats having been overtaxed by the numbers who flocked into them gave way, precipitating those in them into the water. Fortunately, for the remaining portion of the passengers, at this moment the screw steamship Torch, on her voyage from Liverpool to Dublin, hove in sight, and having been signalled at once replied, and bore down to the Leinster Lass, and without delay got the disabled vessel in tow and brought her into harbour. It is believed that the watertight compartments of the Leinster Lass saved her from becoming an entire wreck. [We should state that the ,accounts of this accident which reached Dublin and Drogheda in the course of last evening mention the number of persons lost as five, which we sincerely hope may prove to be the correct statement.--ED. F..1.] Yesterday morning Mr Farnall resumed the Poor-law investigation at the Bethnal-green Workhouse, Waterloo road, Victoria-park. The case of Mary Ann Anfield was proceeded with. Mrs Klumb was sworn—She was nurse when Mary Ann Anfield was in the infirmary. Mr Smart had charge of all the patients in the infirmary. In witness's side of the in firmary there were about 240 or 250 persons, male and female. Mr Smart said that altogether there were about 300. The witness said that quite half of those persons were aged; the rest were labouring under disease. Mr Smart came every day ; sometimes he came twice or three times a day. Mrs Anfield was in the house about three weeks, and the doctor saw her daily. She considered the dietaries to be on a very liberal scale. Witness as a nurse knew that pa tients often were fastidious. They rejected food, but it was because of the badness of their stomachs, and not because anything was wrong with the food. If anything was wrong witness could always remedy it. The guardians came through the wards every week, and there was a printed notice over the mantel-shelf, to the effect that the patients could make any complaints to them. When Mrs Anfield first came in she could eat her meals well. Witness was present when Mr Smart asked her what she could eat. She said whatever the doctors liked to give her. Witness fancied he ordered cooked (boiled) mutton. Mr Smart said in his evidence yesterday he was misun derstood to say the woman said she could cat nothing, and that he ordered her No. 3 diet. She had told him she could eat mutton, and he then ordered her No. 3 diet, which con sistei principally of boiled mutton. HAY MARKETS. SgITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s Od; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od; and straw, £1 4s to £1 14s per load. Trade dull. CUMBEILIAND..—MewIow hay, £3 Os to £4lss Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1:41 to £1 14s per load. Demand inactive. WRITECHAFEL,—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4lss ; clover £4 Os to £5 15s ; and straw, £l4a to £1 14s per load, A slow sale, 09i i SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, CHESIER RACE S—FRIDAY, The weather was even worse on the last than upon any of the preceding days. Heavy rain began to fall early in the - forenoon and continued without intermission during the afternoon. The card was a barren one, and the fields were miserably small. The only event to which ordinary atten tion was attached was the Stewards' Cup, for which five started, and Little Stag, after pulling his jockey almost out of the saddle, won easily, landing the odds laid upon him. The other races ware productive of small sport, but the suspicious riding of E. Taylor in the Selling Race called forth strong remarks of disapprobation; and although the boy . was not taken before the Stewards the matter was post poned for future investigation. Subjoined are details of the day's running : A Handicap Plate of 3 sous each, with 25 added ; the win ner to be sold for 80 sous, and the surplus to go to the fund. Three-quarters of a mile. 6 subs. Mr Barber's Jack's Alive, 4 yrs, Bst ... . (Fordham) 1 Mr T. Smith' s Mystery, 3 yrs, Est 31b .. (J. Grimshaw) 2 Mr Goodlass'a Pretty Girl f, 3 yrs, 7st 61b ....(Loates) 3 Mr Barber's The Cutler, 5 yrs, Bst 10lb .. (J. Snowden) 4 Mr Barber declared to win with Jack's Alive. Betting—G to 4 agst Mystery, 2to 1 agst Jack's Alive. Mystery made play for nearly two hundred yards, after which Jack's Alive went to the front, was never afterwards headed, and won by three lengths. Two lengths separated the second and third, and two lengths divided the third and. fourth. The winner was not sold. The Hooton Stakes of 5 soya each, h ft, with 60 added; winners extra. Half a mile. 17 subs. Mr Saxon's Bonny Lass, 7st 131 b .......... (Midgley) 1 Mr C. Winteringham's Nothing More, 9st 1113 (inc. 51b ex. (J. Snowd en ) 2 Mr J ) ackson's Rondoletia, 7st 131 b The betting opened at 3 to 1 on Nothing More, but closed at 6 to 4 on Nothing More, and 7 to 4 agst Bonny Lass. Tho latter made all the running, and won in a canter by two lengths ; a bad third. The Cheshire Stakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with 30 added; winners extra. About a mile and a quarter. 10 subs. Mr Drewitt's Greenland, 3 yrs, Est 61b.. (S. Mordan) w.o. The StewardeCup, of 200 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards; penalties and allowances. 1 mile and 7 far. 18 subs. Mr Aepinall'a Littlo Stag, 3 yrs, 6st 12113 .... (Whiteley) 1 Mr Whittaker's Chan ge , 4 yrs, Bst 91b .... (T French) 2 Mr Parr's Glendusk, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (carried 7st 41b) 3 Mr Barber's The Clo wn , 3 y rs , G e t 121 b (Heslop) (Loates) 4 Mr Rigby's Black D eer , 4 yrs, 7 st 91b. (Challoner) 5 Betting-13 to Bon Little Stag, sto 1 each agst Black Deer and Glendusk, NO to 8 agst The Clown, and 100 to 7 agst Change. Immediately the flag fell Little Stag—who_ prior to the start had been restive—rushed to the front, Change and Glendusk heading him in the first 100 yards, after which Little Stag took a clear lead, pulling hard, followed by Glendusk, Black Deer, The Clown and Change. At the half-mile post Black Deer took second place, Glendusk going on third, Clown fourth, and Change last, the five running in Indian file, at about a length and a half inter vals. They ran with little variation until passing the Stand, where the " Stag" running wide at the Workhouse turn, nearly unseated Whiteley, but before the others got up Little Stag was set straight, and retained the lead. Half a mile from home Change rushed past his horses, and round ing the Grosvenor turn took a slight lead of Little Stag, who, however, recovered the leading pcsition in the straight, and wcn easily by two lengths. The others beaten off. The Ladies' Purse, a Selling Race of 3 soya each, with 50 added, for all ages; penalties and allowances. Seven furlongs. 4 subs. Mr Jackson's Rondoletia, 2 yrs (£m), bat 121 b (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr 'Yardley's David, 3 yrs (£4O), Bst 51b.... (E. Taylor) 2 Mr Archer's Vindicta, 4 yrs (£10), Bst 121 b ...(Daniels) 3 Mr Barber's "Whip, 2 yrs (X 10), 6st 21b (G, Sayers) 4 Betting-6 to son David, 7to 4 agst Rondoletia, 10 to 1 agst any other. David made play until within the distance, when Ron doletia got up, and Taylor mistaking the winning post, Mr Jackson's horse won by a neck; Vindicta a bad third. After the race some feeling was exhibited against the jockey of David, who explained that he mistook the win ning post, and was also compelled to take a pull at the horse in consequence of his hanging on the rails. There was no bid for the winner, who was subsequently offered for sale for X 25 by Mr Jackson. The complaint against Taylor is to be be placed before the Stewards of the meeting in London. The Stamford Plate (Handicap) of 5 sous each, with 50 added; winners extra. Once round and a distance, 9 subs. Mr Rich's East Lancashire, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (H. Grimshaw) 1 Lord Bateman's Danaus, 3 yrs, 6st 10Ib.. (J. Grimshaw) 2 Mr Smith's Oulton Lowe, 3 yrs, 6st (Howarth) 3 Betting-5 to 4on Danaus, 6to 4 agst East Lancashire. Won by two lengths; a bad third. A Handicap of 50 soya, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. , 7 furlongs. Marquis of Hastings's Tippler, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (T. French) 1 Mr 0 wen's Glasgow, 2 yrs, sst 71b (carried sst 911)) (Sayers) 2 Betting-2 to lon Tippler, who won in a canter by three lengths. Flash-in-the-Pan and the Chester Cup. The following letter has been addressed to the Editor of the Sporting Gazette : Sir,—l think the result of the race for the Chester Cup proves the necessity for some addition to the rules which are supposed to regulate handicapping. I venture to believe that no man will assert putting a three year old weight upon an eight year old horse com plies with the spirit, meaning, or object of a handicap. I do not wish to find fault with any person, but I do think that a method which weights horses only according to their performances, and without reference to their age, in these days, requires revision. We limit the lowest weight for a young horse, why not then limit the lightest weight for an old one ? So many men now keep racehorses who never kept a donkey before, and who keep them for speculation, not for sport, that this question of weights wants looking into and regulating; for when weather as well as weight favours the old horse, we have what we had oa Wednesday, at Chester. I think, as the lowest weight for the young horses is limited to sst 71b, the lightest weight for horses of five years and upwards should be 7st 101 b, for every race of a mile and further. No one could complain of such a rule, and all true sports men would rejoice.—l am, &c., H. Leicester, May 5. LONDON GAZETTE,—Lait Evening, FOREIGN OFFICE, APRIL 25. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Robert William Cumberbatch, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Berdiansk, to be her Majesty's Consul at Smyrna. . MAY 4. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. J. A. Baesjon as Consul for Western Australia, to reside at Albany, for his Majesty the King of the Netherlands. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 6. The following notification of an appointment to the Staff is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of 3d instant :—Colonel Gloucester Gambier, C. 8., to be Deputy Adjutant-General of the Royal Artillery, vice Colonel Charles Bingham deceased. Honourable Artillery Company of London—Sergeant Francis Bryant Adams to be Ensign—Thomas Stevens Barringer, Esq., M.D., to be Surgeon. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : William Frederick Windham, stage coach proprietor ) Norwich John Edwards, baker, Coventry John Hutchinson, printer, Liverpool can bridgesiaire William Boulter, plumber, Hoxtoß. 'William Scott, gardener, Battersea. James Seymour, draper, East Garaton, Berk° Henry Field, straw bonnet maker, Lawn Alfred Paget, law stationer, Castle-street, Middleatz Moses Dew, farmer, Gamlingo'. Joseph Lowe, farmer, bialpaa, Ayrshire William Humphrey, farmer, Denbigh BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLD. William F. Windham, Norwich railway contractors Blai r shoe maker, Kelso hs Liverpool e r Johannsen and Co., merchant , SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. r Athol° proprietor, Busby Wm. Gilmour, farmer, Be", C An an d t re a w nd S a co rah tt c , aomac,h James Robertson, coach proprietor Edinburg h , John Russell, baker, Ai rdrie Wm. Gray, bootmaker, Glasgow Donald Macfarlane, grocer Edinburgh Mrs• Janet Campbell or Douglas, ....._,. _.—_-_____ James Dykes, Course of the Exchange. ---yesterday. Amster, Ditto Rotterdam Antwerp......... „ Brussels llamburgh Paris .... Ditto .. Marseilles Frankfort on Maine Vienna ,am Short. 11 17 11 171 ........ 3 Month!, 12 1 12 Of 12 1 12 Of 25 65 26 62f 25 65 25 62± 13 10i 13 10 Short.' 25 30 25 30 3 Months, 25 80 25 77+ 25 80 26 77± 120 1191 11 90 11 95 11 90 11 95 321 33,i Trieae Petersbur t nsh Berlin Madrid" Cadiz .. Leghorn Milan .., Genoa .. Naples Palermo, Messina , 471 481 47; 481 25 80 26 0 25 25 90 90 26 0 0 25 90 26 0 25 90 26 0 25 90 26 0 Lisbon — 511 511 3p0rt0...• Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z.... £3 17 I► Mexican Dollars ...... , 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) MR. HUMUS, AUTHOP. of "Tom BROWN,' , finally announced his intention of standing for the repro. sentation of Finsbury at the next election.