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

XONEY MARKET! AND COVIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK: About £B,OOO in gold was taken out of the Bank yesterday. The drain upon the resources both of the joint stock and private establishments, as well as upon the Bank of England, for discount purposes during the past week, prepared in a measure the public not to expect any reduction to-day in the official Mini mum- The large demand for monetary accom. Modation, both for mercantile and other require 'tents, has entNed the brokers in the open market to keep up their quotations to the level of the Bank r ate, and notwithstanding this increased charge, a good business has all along been negotiated out of doors. The directors of the Metropolitan and Provincial 15,101 K have resolved to issue to the p r esent share holders the additional shares authorised by the special meeting of proprietors of the 26th January last at a premium of £4 per share. Advices from Turin mention that the Royal de cree has been signed for the formation of the Anglo- Italian Bank. A special meeting of the Atlantic Telegraph Com pany was held to-day. The Hon..T. Stuart Wort ley, who occupied the chair, stated in detail the contract made with Messrs. Glass, Elliot, and Co., for the manufacture and laying of the cable. A resolution was passed approving of the negotiation. I . L t was also unanimously agreed to increase the en s capital by the creation of 6,807 share, of £2O each, representing £ 137,140, and to 'BBlle debenture! amounting to £lOO,OOO. It was st ated that th e con t rac t ors wou ld acce pt £250,000 for a portion of their own expenses in paid-up pre ference shares of tke company, instead of cash. 4 The Factage Parisien held its half-yearly me e ti ng to-day. The report of the directors states that to the Present time the expenditure has exceeded the r eceipts, which circumstance arises from the un ,llYoidable outlay always attendant upon the estab lishment of a large and novel enterprise. As, how ever, the organisation is becoming developed, the tl rPenses are being gradually reduced, while, on the other hand, the receipts from the local business are Iteadily increasing. The shares of the National Provincial Marine Were in demand at 1 to 11 prem.; and the Bonelli Telegraph Company's shares commenced at 1, closing at 1-1,- prem. Two O'CLOCK. , At Paris thi s d a y, accor ding to Mr. R eu t e r' s tele gram,.„ . , the Three per Cent. Renter were 65f. 85e.; '"u of April, 66f. 15c. Purr The mark e t f or t h e E ng i s h F un d s o p ene d w ith a b e n t y,_ heavy appearance, but subsequently a few " c auses were made, and an advance of per cent. Wa s record e d. T he b us i ness transac t e d h as b een l imited, ow i ng in a great measure to the atten t tion g iven to the fortnightly settlement. Consols ; r Money are 911 and for the account, 91 1. he New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 898 1; inzehequer Bills, Bs. to 3s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents., e - , u4 i ; Enfaced 5 per Cents., 103 ; do, 51 per siel lts., 112. Debentures, 994 -1; and Bonds, 9s. 33 - dis . Foreig n Stocks have tended upwards, and bnsi tess is mode ra t e l y ac ti v e. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862 , are 711 3 ; do. Consolides, 548 558; Mexi. linti:,44l 45k; Greek, 25 8 1; Spanish Pas sive, 361, ; inguese, 481, I ; Russian, 911 ; and the Con 'rate Loan, 53 55. b Ie th e R a i tway Share Mar k e t t h e o p e rations have e eti to an average extent, and prices have re steady, Metropolitan, however, have im• prove d £ 1 53., and Great Northern and M i d land, a l, ' While South Eastern and Brighton have each declined 6 s , The For e i gn an d C o l on i a l un dertakings are in. active,ir Without any material alteration in values. The closing quotation of some of the new projects 17e l'e :--Sabloniere Hotel, s to 1 prem.; London sad Liverpool Hotel, 1: 1: prem ; and North Ans. gtalian Company, 8 to 1 prem. "lank and Miscellaneous shares are, in some itinances, at slightly higher rates. Oriental Bank re alise 651; English and Irish, 16k 4 ; Chartered 3' r India, A us t ra li s , and Chins, 451 46 ; Alli ance 1 ,, t1 k, 52k 3 ; G e neral Credit, 8k 9 ; and Royal ' 41 4 Steam 90 90g. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.. a Per o ‘4VERNMENT FU Cent. Consols NDS. 911 1 a bitto Account, April 8 ) „I ) er Cent. Reduced New ? 3 per C ent B9l 1 -.. q k •-•••• .4 , „ '‘2. per Cent. Jan. 1894 1 1 11 .1it t ies, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — v_ 1 to for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. -'4eltecrtier Bills, 41,000, 21 & 3 Ditto £500 per Cent 8 3 die ib Ditto LlOO and £200 '4121t England Stk, 41 per Ct., last hf.-yr Shut 1 41%. / lid . -.N. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 1:'!t StOCk, 101 per Cent., April 1874.... — AI Itl ° 5 per Cent. July, 1870 bib ~., P .. .• 10 *2 t b• • - Account e l tL 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888.. ~ b,, Do Certificates )3TO Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. •_-- 13 1 .,, t ,. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. , 103 Ditto ~„_6 i per Cent., May, 1879 ll2 -"""._iieben.tures,4 per Ct., April 1861 — 1) ,,, uitto ditto Aug., 1866 994 . i. 9 3 die Dille Bonds Zl,OOO _ "elarLder £1,000.. A. z _ YOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. tititrw.n. Bonds, 5 per Cent Brazil . Ditto 1859 Ditto— rt 5 per Cent 1 ); ,.,, 1839 and 1859 — 40 4/ per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto Ditto 1863 .. B uenos Scrip, £55 paid • pm C u b a Ayres 6 per Cent — Ci l ii t i t ' 6 Per cent. Ditto eal 6 per Cent. Colo. 1. 4 - 'pet Cent — die ,s.rubtau 6 Scrip £BO pd ba,,'-'l.ttto A.ocount Ditto 4 a per Cent., 1825 $ Account — (111 clor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent -- 111. 40 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Eg!pt a--utto 6 p per er C Cent lOOl 100 ent, 1863 an 7 (1;:i 1 4 , 0, Second Issue D itto 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 241 51 kI 4-,itto Account Ditto, Coupons t. itto Account — 14, 11 1 4 ; t e male 5 per Cent. . )4, - ,: n 5 per Uent.(Maremmana Railway) D:441 t 5 can 3 per Cent 45i 4 4, 4 „`,., t t0 Account IsZ lah Imperial 5 per Cent 14 e!! Granada Dit t o 2 per Cent. — toi.. Deferred Pe ri. 4? Land Warrants (Hectares) -- - o.,!Art 41 per Cent 4° Z per Cent. ,13it t ° li Per Cent., 1862 - 861 rertti° Ac 13ii,! foie 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto.b 34".;4c)'r°11 Cnetn. t" 1866' ' 7 ' '9, '6O, 62:' —944-105111"1 Ditt o Account I tUsai a ° ,„Ser ip (1863) £3O paid Dit i .„-u Per Cent., 1822, £ St t b b i l it : tot ' o j per Cent., 1850 5 ,, I )er Cent 1859 .3itrd ba . 1 )er Cent, 1862 b 4 la ll 41 Per Cent 14 .t o A , .... 841 m Par 4 .eLeunt ti 3 por Cent ttle° Account ' 11- ew De't red itt o A 8 r 461 ~ .i..ccount, isctto PaElsive . &g o Ac CU . 0 (411 1ish . 0 let 3 rtat 361 1 No Cit. of Coup not funded — ." A.e co ~,Ireflio, • ,- .0 , unt •Ari t i,ips 4 per Cent bitt,, Per Cent. 1854 2bit.- Account Oiti tl n , Per Cent. IS6B Di i - 4. -eeount biti.,?,.tloo Bonds DittoDit"Cent. 1862 r 4 ceount .. 711 i 1). -° £lOO Bonds 7ll i b OA, _ a ' tilezileru ratteed, 4 per Cent 76 itt o a 3 Per Cs.nt. -bit, ..ceetint Ditt o Per ent., 1862 keeenut .......... Be. Dividends on the above payable in Lend to 1 'llan Duman ~„ Per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. - mut eh 2 , 1 1 Per Cent., Ex. 25f Cent., Ex. 12 Guil _ Oitt o ' 4 1) " _ Mi mi, 6 per Cent. Certificates I, i itt o A P" Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Aecitiao,„4.7.ount ........... - ertlvi a l''e.„_, 6 per Cent.. Ex. 25f — •"°llur Bonds, 4k per CLEx. 4s. —eo , Il Rele y TWO O'CLOCK •oitto ' 43ll eY . .A . 1441 A ... Acr,,,,,nt ii•ogoilloy, e wi t 01 1 I BEARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS• Ballwayn. Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,anciLlid.Uo Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Corn IV I I Do A (A no dig , D o. B an.has been pe d to B.! Dublin Beltast June. I Dun.,Pcrtb &Ab. June. (Edinburgh & Glasgow. !Glasg. and S. Western. GreatEaatern, Ord. stk; 8 ai 8i 9 83 $5 118 118} Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. sto3k Lanoashlire & Yorkshire 'London and Blaokwal] Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and DOV'T Lon. & Nor! h Western Lon. & Scr.th West° . a Man., Shot., & Linco!r Maryport and Carßsle. Do t shares... Metropolitan Midland Do New . Do Firming. & Derby %lid. Gt. W. of Irelam Do. shares Mid Kurt ... Do Cray Line North Brit 4 sh Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwiok Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle.. North London Do New ... North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Soot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpoo Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton it Darlington Do Do New, 186 G Taff Vale. Do B Do C • Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool liar.&R West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford Paid. Closing I Business Price. done. 6j 7 35 37 16 17 90 92 101- I€ 6 47 17} ei 7i 128 129 129 139 130 132 91 93 Co 66i 1(9 110 67 t 9 103 i tOli 42} 431 109 10 97i 98} 54j 151 113 114 127 f 1281 97 99 52i 64 24 26 101 101} 551 6' En 88i 128 131 14 26 p 78 79 lot 11} 124 126 41 43 98 100 53 tit 34 3 91} 9lf 99 101 86 96 37 38 94 10 01 7i 8 4 PI 163 166 5 7 3 4 p 93 96 22 24 SSESSIONS. 59 51. 102 i 104 P 1 P 5i 6 76 84 1031 101. (C 3 102 101 - 104 i 104 104} 104 i P * P 19 20 74 16 58 62 66 68 51 63 48 50 40 Et 25 27 22 t 5 103 104 1; 103 104 9,1 9 10U, 92 94 83 86 i I P 1U 103 97 99 92 94 55 58 all 100 (100 I 100 I 2 all 100 000 5 82 84 104 105 101 i 104 iP 102 103 - 0 99 Closing Price. ( Business done BRITISH P ik . IL.( 100 Sk 20 gailwayn Itlanthitt St Lawreno€ Born., Barodatt.Cent Ind Gu. syer cent— 204 10 ;00 stock stet* stook 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stook Do. New . stook 20i 20 100 100 stook stock stook stook stock stock Stook Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. Preference Buffalo, Brant,&Godricb p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 187;• Do. do. Jane I, 18";•1 elcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim; CapeTewn Dock Seri! Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. Last Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pref. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndlarentn.gua.sp.o Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Sharesl Do. New ...... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. Si p. o. do. '77-B. Indian Branch Limited Madras. guar., 5 p. o. Do. If p. o. Extension Da. 44 d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. 6 p. 0. Bnds. I Melb. A; Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. a. 3lortg. Bds. Newßr unswiek t Canda r Class A and B. N.lll.CidaB pa Ist f bdsi Soinde Do. Delhi ci Do. r n 9 1 Do. Punjaub Do. Do. Do. Indus. St. Flo ) Pa:d. all 100 1041 1031 Of 92h 3 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. u ai.tauy.ep.c.Ja sic July 1877-81 .......... 100 101 103 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 100 100 102 Do. dp. a. Mar. Ac Sept 100 99 101 • Do. sp. c. Jan.&July 101 88 110 89 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 88 00 Cape G. Rope, 6 p 0,1873 100 106 108 Do.Ap ck Oct 1880 100 110 112 Do. 1890 100 111 113 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 109 111 iCeylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 112 114 Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 106 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cent 130 108 110 N.B.Gov. a.&July 100 101 103 Do. 13 p. c.Ap. & Oct 100 N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 18,,t 100 99 100 Du. sp. e.,18/1 to lnf 100 99 10J Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 100 New Zealand 6 p cent 100 108 110 :Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. sterling, 1875 - Queensland Gcv. 6p. c 100 - IS. Aus G8p.c.1878.& up lOO 109 111 - IVio.Gov. 6p.c. Ja.dauly 100 'Do, to p.c. An.&Oot. 100 1114 112 llll¢ BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 Id ulifford Amalgamated.. 354 Eft Devcn G. Cone. (Taoist.) 1 555 665 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 70 75 East Clogau Gold Ltd. - - East Caradon . 2.14.6 30 31 East Cara Brea ... ... 3.4.0 61 7} WI Russel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 31 1} Gant&StAubyn(G wen.; 281 10 11 Great South Tolgus.... 17s 31 4 G. Wheal Vor (llelston) 40 37 39 38 71 Grenville 6.16. t. 81 9 81 Llerc•cl's-Foot . 8.12 85 37 El ingston Downs 4.18.0 4 41 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant 91 19 21 nuke Valley. 4 Slyndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 25 1} 1 d New Setun l9l 85 95 • North Downs 2l 11 2 N.Wh't Basset (111o4an) 3.1.0 2 21 North Wheal Crotty Car Consols (st. Blaze) , - Crovidenne ( thy; Leint) 10.6.7 41 43 SouthCaradon(StCleer; 1} 440 160 S. Cain Brea (Illogan) — S.Wheal Fran. (Illo,gan) 18.18.9 50 55 Stray Park 30.17.6 32 84 - famar Silv.& Lead Min - fin Croft 9 19 20 • West Basset (Illogan) l5 10 11 W Cr rcdon (Liskeard) 5 20 22 West Setun Wheal Basset (Mogan) 55 87/ 925 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 10 31 37 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudeott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 134 145 Wheal Seton 585 190 200 196 ! Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 21 24 I Wheal Union 3.17 21 21 PREFEIIENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Northern, 5/ London, Chatham, ,to., 6 per cent. 2d pf.,'_7oi London and S.-Western s 6 per cent., 101 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and:Southend, 100/ FOIfEIGN RAILWAYS. Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), Ili Sambre and Meuse, S JOINT-STOCK BANK& Agra and United Service (Um.), 1251 Alliance (lam). 53 2) Ditto, new, 42k Anglo Austrian, 6/ 7 Anglo-Italian, limited, 5i t 6 Australasia, 75 4 Bank of Egypt, 27k Bank of London, 165 k 5 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 451 6 City, 116 Consolidated Bank, lim., 101 English and Irish (lim.), 16k 16 1 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 211 European Bank, lira., 12 'a 12 1 Hindustan, china, and Japan (Urn.), 31k 5 Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm., 161 Imperial Bank (11m.), 34 • Imperial Ottoman, 191 1 Land Mortgage Bank of India, 11m., 31 London and Brazilian aim.), 59 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 261 London and Colonial (lira.), 9 London and Comity, 60 London Joint Stock, 42 1 London and Northern (Um.), 15} Merchant Bank, lim , t 4) 14 Mercantile and Exchange. lim., 15 14k Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 281 1 Oriental Banit Corporation, 65 1 Union of Australia, Ditto, new, 321 MISCELLANEOUS. Commercial Union (Insurance), 91 Crystal Palace, 35 East India Irrigation and Canal, 61 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lim., 51 I Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 81 1 9 International Financial Society, 111 12 Joint •s took Discount, lim., 6111 London General Omnibus Company, 21 London, Italian, and Adriatic Steam, 21 Madras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (a11),:211 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 1im.,e21 Natal Land and Colonization Company, lim,, 51 National Discount Company, lim., 13 Ditto, new, issued at 5 pm , 51 North British and Mercantile Insurance, 201 Oriental Inland Steam, lim., 3/ Universal Marine (Insurance), lim., 5 A new oratorio, entitled " Ahab," by George B. Arnold, Mus. Doc., of New College, Oxford, will be performed by the National Choral Society, under the direc tion of Mr. G. W. Martin, at Exeter-hall, on Wednesday the 6th of April. The principal vocalists engaged are Madame Lemmens Sherrington, Miss A, Hirst, Miss Pal mer, Miss Amy Sheridan, Mr. W. H. Cummings, Mr. Ren wick, and Mr. Lewis Thomas. This is the first time for many years that a new work of such magnitude as an ora torio has been undertaken by a London society, Share! 47! I 1281 ral 64; 5 109; 87i 1031 44 109; I 97; 54 114 14 1281 i 101 i 88ft 8 100 all all all all 100 100 l i 100 I f. 13.4, THE StTN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, i'vlAßCli 'Bl, 1864: LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr, Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE JAMES BALDWIN. This bankrupt was described of Buckland, Surrey, farmer, and to-day came up to apply for an order of discharge. Mr. Linklater appeared for the assignees and did not oppose. Mr. Lawrance, for the bankrupt, said that this was a very exceptional case to those which were generally brought before the Court, inasmuch as the estate would pay 20s. in the pound, and £3,400 had already been realised. The bankruptcy had been occasioned by unavoidable circum stances, and the bankrupt at once placed his affairs before his creditors, and it had been decided to bring the matter into Court. He (Mr. Lawrence) considered it was one of those cases under which the bankrupt would, under the old act, have been awarded a first. class certificate. Mr. Linklater concurred that the bankrupt's conduct had been meritorious. His Honour granted the order of discharge. The debts aro about £4,000. RE RATNER. This bankrupt was a bill broker in Bucklerabury, and this was a meeting for last examination, but no accounts had been filed. Mr. Chidley, for the assignees, said this was the third default on the part of the bankrupt to file his accounts. The case was ultimately adjourned till the 29th of November. This is a second bankruptcy, and the debts were stated at £1,000; assets nil. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES.—Wheat, 39s lld ; barley, 30s 10d; oats, 19s Od ; rye, 28s Od ; beans, 32s 8d; and peas, 33s 3d. _ _ THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES..--. Wheat, 40s 3d ; barley, 31s 6d; oats, 19s Od ; rye, 28s 9d; beans, 32s lld ; peas, 325 10d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 85,776 ; barley, 47,655; oats, 13,033.; rye, 29; beans, 5,039; peas, 850 quarters. Whittington and his Cat, Everybody knows the story of Dick Whittington and his Cat—how the little fellow, at the age of seven, ran away from a home where there was nothing to make him happy, was a beggar boy for some years, and then, hearing that the streets of London were paved with gold and silver, worked his way thither to be saved from starvation by the good nature of a merchant of Leadenhall-street named Fitzwar ren—how he was for a long time scullion in the merchant's house, much favoured by Mistress Alice, the merchant's daughter, but much persecuted by the vile jade of a cook, whose bidding he had to follow—how at length his master, sending a shipfull of merchandise to Barbary, permitted each one of his servants to venture something, and poor Whittington had nothing to venture save a cat which he had bought for a penny, and set to destroy the rats and mice that infested his ga►ret—how, while the ship was on its voyage, the cook•maid's tyranny so troubled him that he ran away, and had gone as far as Bunhill-fields, when the bells of Bow Church seemed to call to him— "Turn again, Whittington, Thrice Lord Mayor of London," and how when, in obedience to this warning, he went back to Leadenhall-street, it was to learn that his cat had been bought by the King of Barbary for treasures worth £lOO,OOO, so that he was all at once almost the richest commoner in England, fit to marry good Mistress Alice, his patron's daughter, to become a famous merchant, and, as Bow bells had promised, thrice Lord Mayor of London, and to live in the City's history as one of the greatest benefactors, But that tale is too full of anachronisms and improbabilities for any part of it, not confirmed by authentic records, to be believed in; and the authentic records are so few that we can get but a slight knowledge of Whittington's real history. That a cat had something to do with the making of his fortune is not easily to be denied. The legend is traced br ck to within a generation of his lifetime, and to authorities that could hardly have been either ignorant or untruthful. It is probable, moreover, that ho owed something to the in fluence and assistance of Fitzwarren, whose daughter he did really marry. But that he began life as a beggar-boy and scullion is certainly a fable. He was the youngest son of Sir 'William 'Whittington, a descendant of an ancient Warwickshire family, and proprietor of the manors of Pauntley, in Gloucestershire, and Solers Hope, in Hereford, who died in 1360. The family possessions passed to William, the first-born, and, on his early death, to Robert, the second son, High Sheriff of Gloucester in 1402, and again in 1407, and ancestor of the Whittingtons of Hamworth, existing to this day. This Robert must have been a wealthy man. On one occasion he was riding with his son Guy in the neighbourhood of Hereford, when about thirty followers of one Richard Oldcastle, who had doubtless been aggrieved at some of the High Sheriff's proceedings, waylaid and took them prisoners, only to be released on their entering into a bond to pay £6OO by way of ransom, and to take no proceed ings against Oldcastle for his lawless conduct. In 1416, however, Robert Whittington obtained authority from Parliament to consider this forced engagement as null and void; and it is likely that he got back his money and pro cured the punishment of his enemy. Richard Whittington seems to have been only a few years old at the time of his father's death, and he was not yet a man in 1373, when he lost his mother. Being a younger son, he followed the common practice of younger sons in times when there were few other professions to choose from, and became a merchant. Of his early life nothing is recorded. We first hear of him in the year 1393, when he must have been nearly 40—but as he was then a member of the Mercer's Company, and alderman and sheriff of the City of London, we have good ground for assuming that he had been a prosperous merchant during many previous years. Perhaps, as the story-books assert, he ran away to London, and then became rich through the accidental value of his cat—but in that case the wealth thus derived can only have been a trifling sum, to be used well and greatly augmented by his industry. It is more pro bable, however—and we do him the greater honour in making this assumption—that he rose solely through his own talent and application. He must have had some slight patrimony of his own, and much more must have come to him by his marriage with Alice, the daughter of Sir Hugh Fitzwarren, of Tcrrington, owner of much property in Devonshire, Gloucestershire, and other counties,—Froni the " Merchant Princes of England," in London Society. The Surrey Sensation Drama, (From Punch.) Without quite echoing the playbill, that Ashore and Afloat" eclipses Black•eyed Susan," and presents " One Blaze of Triumph" from the first to the last scene, I must admit that, when I saw it, the drama was received with " tumultuous applause ;" and there were starings, shout- Inge, stampings, and hand-clappings enough to be described as " acclamations of wonder and delight." The plot was more intelligible than I quite expected ; and all throughout the piece the author clearly did his best to prevent a Bri tish audience from making a mistake between villainy and virtue, and so took care that the murder which was done in the first act should be committed coram populo, and not behind the scenes. The humour was peculiar, as in these over-water dramas it usually is ; but in neither word nor gesture was aught to be detected at all savouring of coarse ness; and this is more than may be said at some genteeler theatres which I fcrbear to name. To tell your friend in confidence, " Well, if 'tie so it is, and it can't be no'tis-er" may not appear, perhaps, a very brilliant epigram, but the audience seemed perfectly delighted with its pungency and point; and when _Hai Oakford, being tempted to turn traitor at Algiers, turns his quid instead, and, hitching up his trousers, says, " What I sail under false colours I' damme, no! sheer off, you monkey-eating swab 1 I mean to die True Blue, and not Turkey Rhubarb," there is a roar of approbation at the gallant fellow's courage, and the house is quite enraptured at the sparkle of his wit. Perhaps it is because he has the real cataract in his eye that the author seems throughout the play to strive after reality, and to make his characters do just what they natu rally would do in real life. Thus, in the murder scene, a person who, according to the playbill, is a " wealthy but miserly landlord." while out walking with a friend, on a sudden recollects he has £2,000 about him, and so hands him this small trifle to keep for a few days, which is pre cisely what a miser would most naturally do. Meek villain, miser's bailiff, stabs friend with his pocket-knife (which bears, of course, his name on it, and which he takes good care to drop) ; and, a s the notes for £2,000 aro on a bank which breaks unluckily before he gets them cashed, he walks about for four years with them in his pocket, that at the right moment they may prove his guilt. Then, when Algiers is bombarded, on comes Mr. Shepherd as a gallant British sailor, with a broadsword in ono hand and a big Union Jack (a famous thing to fight with) in the other, and a terrific "one, two, over, one, two, under" fight ensues between him and the Dcy, who also wears a broadsword, as Turks usually do. All this, you see, is strictly true to nature and reality ; and people who read history, and are induced thereby to fancy that Algiers was taken by Lord Exmouth, may discover at the Surrey that history is quite wrong, and that the capture in reality was made by one Hal Oakford, who, with his soft and cheery voice and light and springy bearing, reminded me a little of dear old T. P. Cooke. As to the sensation scene, which takes place in a coal mine, its chief novelty consists in the fact that all the cha racters are left hanging in mid-air at the falling of the cur tain, and when the curtain again rises at the bidding of the audience, the rescued heroine and her friends are still in bodily suspense. Perhaps the next sensation climax will take place in a balloon, and a terrific broadsword combat will come off in the car between the hero and the villain, w hen the villain, being worsted, will proceed to draw a blunderbuss out of his left boot, and, firing bang at the balloon, w ill laugh ha I ha I as it collapses, and the act drop will descend while they both vanish down a trap. Of course, in the next scene the audience will.learn that the villain has been smashed; and the hero will ba seen with one arm in a sling and the other round the heroine, who being startled at her needle by the banging of the blunder buss, looked out and caught a glimpse of the balloon as it collapsed, and so, with woman's wit and quickness, scam pered from her cottage, carrying a feather-bed, which she laid upon the grass Oat just in time to break her long loved Harry's fall. Trusting that IralOakford and the girl he nightly res cues will neither of them break their legs, or even sprain their ankles, before their run is over, I beg leave to sub scribe myself as usual, ONE WHO PAYS. THE CONVICTED MURDERER WATICINS.—Thomas Watkins, the man who was convicted at the late Hereford Assizes of the brutal murder of his wife at Hen nor,Leominster,as had the day of his execution com near municated to him by the under-sheriff, Mr. N. Lanwarne, which he bore with equal firmness to his trial and sentence. Since his condemnation he has eaten his meals regularly, and has generally slept soundly. He has up to the present time been constantly visited by his mother and sister, and the meetings have been of a very sad and affecting nature. It is believed that 'Watkins has communicated, not only to his relatives, but to others about the precincts of the prison, the fullest particulars of the dreadful tragedy, for which he is on Tuesday next to suffer the ex ' treme penalty of the law. To the exhortations of the chaplain of the gaol he is by no means heedless, though he does not exhibit symptoms of intense mental feeling, con trition, or regret. SOM9 faint effort emanating from the family was made up to get up a petition to Sir George Grey to grant a reprieTe, but public sympathy having been probed and found to be deaf to the interests of the murderer, it was abandoned. The visiting magistrates have ordered the con demned man to be supplied with any reasonable amount of food, and that of any kind ho may desire. Great precau tion has been taken io keep the day of the execution from the public, in order to prevent such a concourse assembling as did on the execution of William Hope, in April last. AMERICAN MAILS.—The Inman steamer Etna left the Mersey yesterday with mails for New York. To-day the Montreal Ocean Steamship Company's steamer Peru vian sails for Portland with Canada mails ; and on Saturday the Cunard stenmer Asia sails with American mails for Boston. A SCOTCH MILLIONAIRE.—Mr. William Baird, of Gartsherrie, has left behind him a fortune of two mil. limp sterling, RE lIERIAON. This bankrupt was a licensed victualler in George-west. lane, Bermondsey, and this was an application for release. The debts are very small, and the bankrupt had been turned out of the home (which is one of those termed 3 Brewers' Houses "), and the property was sold. His Honour granted an immediate order of release. . POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET, The business of the court did not commence till 11 o'clock this morning, an hour after the proper time, much to the annoyance of persons having business at the court. A DEAP AND Dtxa PROSECUTOR—CURIOUS CASE.— Margaret Littlejohns, a young woman, was charged before Mr. Arnold with stealing a purse containing £1 13s. 6d. from the person of a deaf and dumb young man named George Moore, of 39, Pancras•square, St. Pancras. The evidence, which was interpreted by signs by the Rev. Samuel Smith, of the Polytechnic Institution, went to show that on Saturday night last the prosecutor went into a tavern in Park-lane, and after being there a short time the prisoner came in and asked the prosecutor to treat her. He did so, and she began pulling him about, and shortly after he lost his purse. He gave information to the police,and the prisoner was subsequently taken into custody. Prisoner said she was accused wrongfully this time. Mr. Robert William Hammond, of the Queen and Prince Albert, Park-lane, Knightsbridge, said that on Saturday night last there were five deaf and dumb men in the bar. Prisoner made signs to the prosecutor for him to treat her and he did so. The prosecutor and the prisoner had a struggle together, and afterwards the prisoner ran out of the door. In answer to a question the witness said that in getting up the prosecutor made signs that he had lost his purse, and wrote on a piece of paper that the prisoner had stolen it. The prisoner asked the witness whether the deaf and dumb men had not pulled him about, and the witness said that two of them did. The Rev. Mr. Smith said he was afraid the prosecutor had been drinking a good deal. Mr. Buck, 18 Ranelagh-mews, Pimlico, carpenter, said he was at the tavern on Saturday, and took the prisoner away with him, she being intoxicated at the time. He found her in the singing-room with three 'Amen, and on coming down stairs heard something about the loss of some money. Mr. Arnold said, after hearing evidence, as he believed no jury would convict, he should discharge the prisoner. WESTMINSTER. ENDEAVOURING TO DEFRAUD TAVERN KEEPERS . John Leonard, a street labourer, was placed at the bar charged with attempting to defraud tavern keepers by pass ing bad money to them. Mr. Robert Edwards, the proprietor of the Swan, Brompton-road, said that the prisoner came into his house last evening, and, calling for liquor, offered a half crown in payment. He immediately detected it, and told prisoner it was bad, when he feigned astonishment, and said it had been given him for work he had done last week. Com plainant told him that he was well aware it was bad, for that he had previously attempted to pass it off at another house in the neighbourhood, and he should therefore give him into custody, which he accordingly did. Mr. Selfe—How did you know he had offered bad money elsewhere ? Mr. Edwards—A customer of mine being present else. where, and seeing him offer the money, thought he might next attempt the same thing with me, as my house was near, and came and put me on my guard ; so that I con - sidered it my duty to put a stop to this man's proceedings lay giving him in custody. Charles Bowland, assistant at the Anglesea Arms, in the same neighbourhood, said that shortly before the prisoner went to Mr. Edwards's he paid him a visit, and calling for liquor tendered a counterfeit half-crown in payment. When he told prisoner it was bad he tolk it up, and then said he had some small money to pay for what he ordered, and hav ing showed a sixpence he was permitted to go away with the bad money. Prisoner said he had got the money for work he had done. Mr. Selfe remanded him till Monday. THAMES. THE LOST ONE.—Margaret Gibbons was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with being drunk and disorderly. The prisoner has been in custody 50 times and attempted to commit suicide so often, that Mr. Woolrych, after vain attempts to reclaim her, committed her for trial for attempt ing to strangle herself in a police cell. She was found guilty and sentenced to six months' imprisonment, which expired on the 19th inst. She has been drunk almost daily ever since. She made a good deal of noise last night, and was given into custody. Two police constables remained in her cell all night to prevent her repeating an attempt on her life. The prisoner, referring to the wounds on her head and scars on her person, said she been terribly knocked about, and her head was so affected that when she drank any liquor her mind was gone and she did not know what she was about. If she did not bring home money by thieving, or by some other means, she was turned out of doors. Roche, the gaoler of the court, said the prisoner was a lost one, and had knocked herself about over and over again. Mr. Paget said it was a shocking case. The best thing he could do was to send the woman to prison again, and not let her go at large in her present state of excitement. He sentenced her to seven days' imprisonment. A CENTURY AGO. —lf, in those days, when di ferent trades congregated in the several quarters, a lady desired to purchase a silk petticoat, she forthwith drove to Holywell-street, and made her choice at the Indian Queen or the Golden Ball ; if a tailor would call attention to the particular cut and fashion of a suit of garments, he or the sprightliest of his 'prentices would strut in front of the shop, arrayed in clocked stockings, well-varnished pumps, and bobwig, redolent of powder and pomatum, the new stand of clothes displayed to full advantage, with a large nosegay planted in the breast of the posy waist coat ; handsome and buxom young women presided at the counters of Exeter•'change milliners ; smart orange-girls picked their way, between the acts, through the well-packed pit at Drury-lane, with the invitation to buy "apples, oranges, or ginger-beer," or " a bill of the play of the right sort ;" the shoeblacks at Spring Gardens were an institution, and dogs were beasts of burden. Then Sam Johnson rose betimes for a frisk with Topham Beau- clerk, and took a turn with the vegetable porters of old Covent Garden Market, or made the midnight eohoes of Fleet-street ring again as he rolled and laughed like a rhinoceros. Then it was that honest Will Ho garth and his companions made the memorable trip to Rochester. Then the redoubtable champion of fisticuffs issued his challenges from Hockley in-the-Hole. Tho Eideophusicon of Loutherbourg, Mrs. Salmon's wax work, the pig-faced lady, Miss Biffin, and the learned pig were in full vogue ; Cockneys thronged to the Tower on the Ist IA April, to see the lions washed, and spent Cob bler's Monday at Bagnigge Wells tea-gardens, or partook of ale and cheesecakes at Pancridge-in-the-Fields ; "Turn out the young brindled bull l" was still the cry of Monday's market at Smithfield ; the pillory, flogging at the cart-tail, and the almost weekly day of execution, at Tyburn-tree, still afforded their relaxation—even the wretched criminal went gallantly, like a man of mould, up Holborn Hill, to execution, nosegay in bosom, quaffed St. Giles's bowl, with a promise to pay when he should return, kissed his hand to the assembled fair ones, made his last dying speech and confession with an air, bowed to the sheriff, kicked off his shoes, and died hand somely, like a gentleman highwaymen. Ranelagh, the ordinary at Belsize House, and Marylebone Gardens were then the mode; and costume, if inelegant, was yet varied and gay with bright colours.. In short, society was more robust and picturesque, and offered ample scope to the painter of ordinary life.—Once a Week. THE "GHOST" IN THE ASSIZE COURTS.—At the Liverpool Assizes on Tuesday, Mr. Davis, lessee of the Newcastle Theatre, brought an action against the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company for the des struction of a large sheet of glass and other property, by which he had sustained great loss, as the glass and other articles were required for the effective pro:luction of the " Ghost" at his theatre. He had been obliged to substitute an inferior sheet of glass, and to delay his "Ghost" piece, so that a rival exhibition had taken the wind completely out of his sails. The jury thought that £3O, which the de , fendants had paid into court, was amply sufficient, as the company could not be expected to pay for vaguely probable profits which Mr, Davis night or not rave realised. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of beasts on sale in our market to-day being very limited, the demand for all breeds was steady, and, in some instances, the quotations had an upward tendency. The best Scots readily produced 4s 10d per 81bs. With sheep, we were but moderately supplied ; nevertheless, the mutton trade was in a sluggish state, at barely stationary prices. The best Downs in the wool sold at 6s, out of the wool 4s 8d to 4s 10d per Blbs. Lambs, the show of which was trifling, were inactive, at from 6a 8d to 7s 4d per Btbs. The inquiry for calves was somewhat heavy, at late rates— viz., from 4s 4d to 5s 4d per Bibs. Pigs and milch cows were dull, but not lower in price. Per Blbs.to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Seeondquality do. 3 10 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Prime Scots, ace. 4 8 4 10 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 4 Second quality do. 4 6 5 2 Lambs,....( Suckling calves, 18s to 24s 20s to 26s each. s. d. s. d. Prime crs-wool d 0.5 4 5 8 Pme. S'thdowndo.s 10 6 0 Largo orse. calves 4 4 5 0 Prime small do 6 2 5 4 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Small porkers , 4 2 4 6 is 8d to 7s 4d. and quarter-old store pigs, TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Cows ll6 Sheep and lambs s'llo Calves rigs. 250 FOREIGN SUPPLY. - _ Beasts 270 Sheep and lambs Calves .. 220 Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWGA.TE AND LEADENNALL.—These markets are fairly supplied with meat, and the demand is moderate, at about stationary prices. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 2d; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; lamb, 6s Od to 68 8d; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d; and pork, 3s 2d to 4s 8d per 81bs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, March 30.—Our market to-day was but moderately supplied with stock, yet the trade was inactive, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 6s Od ; lamb, 6s 4d to 7s Od ; veal, 45 6d to 5s 2d; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, March 30.—Prime stocksold steadily at full q uotations. Otherwise the trade was in a sluggish state on rather lower terms. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 6s Od ; lamb, Cs 4d to 78 2d ; veal, 4s 6d to 5s Od ' - and pork, 3 s 6 d to 4 s 6 d per 81 bs; suckli ng calves , 16 s to 225; quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 265; and mulch cows, £l5 to £lB 10s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s Od ; clove r £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 2s to £1 lOs per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND.b—MearIow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 2s to £1 lOs per load. Trade inactive. WHITEORAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4los ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 2a to £1 108 per load. Supply tolerably good. COAL MARKET. rrfeel of:Coal per Ton at the close of the market. s. d. Hastings Hartley l6 9 Wylam 17 0 Eden Main ..17 6 North Pelton Ga 5..... 13 6 Holywell 17 0 Tantield Moor Butes ll 6 Walls End. s. d. Walls End. Gosforth l7 3 Haswell ..... 19 6 Trimdon Hartlepool...lB 9 Caradoc lB 6 Stewart's 19 0 Ships at market East Hartlepool 18 9 Hartlepool ..18 9 South Hetton 19 6 K elloe South Kelloe ... lB 3 Heugh Hall.. 18 3 Cassop Hetton l9 6 South Hartlepool 17 9 Braddyll' a Hetton 18 3 Framwellgate ...17 3 It, 67; gold, 42. SHIPPING—This Day, LONDON, March 31.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, March 30.—Wind N.W.—Arrived— Olgo, from Malaga for Hamburg. COWES, March 30.—Wind E.—Arrived—Helicon, from Callao for Dunkirk—Donau, from New York, and sailed for Hamburg. _ _ PLYMOUTH, March 30.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived— Jannuta, from Pernambuco. Sailed—Clyde, for Mel• bourne. ______ SWANSEA, March 30.—Wind N,—Sailed —St. Matthew, for Martinique. NEWPORT, March 30.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Meteor, or Barcelona. OFF DOVER, March 30,—Arrived—Helen C. Couper, from Callao for Dunkirk. HULL, March 30.—Wind S.W..—Sailed—Royal Vic toria, for Quebec. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII. SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Havre , steamer, from Havre—Wensleydale and Alma, from Sunderland—Surprise, from Newcastle—Geo. Canning. from Waterford—L'Etoile, from Carentan, Sailed—Jantes Martins, for Elsinore—Ann Tatterson, Ph an t om , and Reward, for Sunderland—Chester, for Cardiff —Jantenda Aleda, for Elsinore. • -- BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, March 30—Daisy, from Shanghai—Henrietta Brewis, from Mauritius—Havanna, packet, from Porto Rico. Sailed, March 31—Seine, steamer, for Boulogne—Seine and Tamise, steamer, for Paris—Saxon, steamer, for Dantzic. DEAL, Thursday Morning- Passed—Reliance, from London, for Quebec, t, Westm?r?land, from J ama i ca —C ar l from Cbrtstianstadt—C ar i s ty es t a , f rom Anchored—Clara Elizabeth, and Countes s o f El g i n , f rom ; o L e rao Cadiz—So 5 , st for i o a r uhti Q i ta a u a bec y from New Yo r k— a ll f or London hue, from St. John's (for orders) — Velocity, brig, from Deme rara, for London. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, No change in market. Sales about 5,000 bales ; .mports, 2,022; previously, 19,320. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Alderman Abbiss, Y and Messrs. Smith , Traver s , Newsom, Ellis, Dads well, Hopkinson, 111‘Bean, Hawes, Milton,n Wright, Wood, Dye r p , uGraves, H a mmertoe, Jackman, Thompson, H o l mes , Hors ford, Denman , Forster, Thomas, Lazenby Thompson, Cole man, Seaton, and Thomas, had an interview with the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his official residence in Downing street, yesterday, upon the subject of the sugar duties. were took inside pla n the s. b E u n i l g d i - - I N JURY TO SEVERAL FIREMEN AT. ISLINGTON.— A fire broke ou t on Monda y ni g ht on the premises rtoaffi firemenn-a yi oil Station, Firemen of Mr. T. Wal ker, oil and colour man, High-street, in l n s eg l e i ,r a n g F t i o te n exr , mr i a ofi n roe d ,e, explosion ih theo while i e o n t r h au erfriynstreet e ag Perceval, Goddard, Brookes. Boulter, the Islington parish keeper, and the con ductor of the Royal Fi re Escape f rom possible, but were y to send Boulter and the conductor to St. Bartholomew's Hospit a l, w h ere they miluignhhbiunriu,rawde.re l e t x w tr a ic s a f t o e u d n a d s n s e o c o e u a a r s remain in a precarious state. The other four men were i iTe TI Orient inflammable nature of the stock the flames spread with arnasing rapidity, and were not extinguished until considerable. damage was done. conveyed home in cabs. Owing to the Murray, 1,000 The loss will fall on the Imperial Fire Insurance office. ing to Messrs. Anderson, Thompson, and Co., of Billiter- Ym Captaino uT il , ij Wednesday eg V oe,one of court, trbm Adelaide, December 23, has passed up Channel for London. Among her passengers are the Hon. Mr. Waterhouse and family, Mr. and . Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Seeley, tons, riL Mrs. A. Scott, Miss Gooch, Miss Perry, Mr. M'George, and Mr. Wilcox. Her cargo includes 3,182 b a l es o f woo l , 19,522 ingots of copper, 1,590 logs of silver ore, 473 bags of copper ore, and a quantity of leather, skins, &e. CHILD KILLED BY FALLING PROM A FOURTH STORY.—On Tuesday forenoon a child named Chris tina Moir, about 3} years old, daughter of a Plane-maker, fell from the window of a house in No. 3, South Richmond., street, and was so severely injured that she died s h ort l y after the accident. The unf ortunate child had entered a neighbour's house while the inmates were absent, an d hav ing climbed up into the windo w, which had been left open, she overbalanced herself and fell. A number of per sons ob served the poor little thing grappling with the side of the window and trying to save berself. A feeling o f h orror pervaded the spectators on observing the perilous position in which the child was placed, and a cry was raised " Catch the bairn 1" Several individuals stood below in order to try break the fall ; but the child on descending struck the over hanging front of a shop, and fell with great force on her side on the pavement. She was immediately carried to Dr. Middleton's shop, West Adam-street, but died a few minutes after being conveyed thither.—Edinburgh Courant A magnificent album, presented by the town of Trieste to the Archduke Maxtralian has been pre- ------- pared by the artists of that place. The cover is of silver richly chased with gold and ivory, and orna mented with precious stones, in the middle are the arms of Mexico, above them those of Austria, and below of the town of Trieste. At the four corners are fine medallions representing commerce, manu factures, navigation, and maritime industry. The first leaf has a view of Trieste, end the second an excellent one of the Chateau of Miramar. Next come letters of homage from the town of Trieste, followed by innumerable signatures. Sixty-five ounces of silver have been employed in this work, which has cost more than 4,000 florins. State of Trade, CARDIFF, March 30.—The coal supply is decidea l lY slower this week, in consequence of the strong adverse easterly winds preventing ships corning up Channel. Loaded ships have been quite cleared from the docks, which are in a much easier condi tion than for some months past. The iron market continues in much the same state as last reported. Welsh bars are in a quiet state at £8 per ton, free on board, and Scotch at 575. 6d. cash, and 595. 3d. open. Tin continues at the high quotation, which prevents numerous orders. Foreign freights con tinue high, and there is a great demand for ships. DuNDEE, 29th.—The demand for flax continues limited, but the sales reported to-day, which are chiefly the higher marks of Riga qualities, which are plentiful, barely maintain their value, but for want of transactions prices are nominal. In tow and codilla there is little doing. Considerable arrivals of jute, both here and in the southern ports, have the article for the moment quiet here, and very few parcels have been sold this week, but the price remains as before. The market for yarns of all kinds, flax, tow, and jute, has undergone no change, a large business being reported at steady prices. The inquiry for linens continues active, although the anxiety of buyers to place their orders is scarcely so great as it was lately, as it is not ex pected that prices will go much higher. Foreign orders still come forward in quantity, and the home demand is also good, so that the prospects for the future of the trade are at present excellent. LEICESTER, 30th.—Business has been checked this week by the annual holidays, and there has not been so much doing i❑ the hosiery warehouses. I❑ the country districts trade is quiet, but an improve ment will take place after Easter. Yarns realise very high prices, the market being firm. In weols there is no important change. The market is tight ening, and rather more money is asked for some descriptions of material. NOTTINGHAM, 30th.—T he Easter holidays are interfering with the lace trade this week, and there has not been much doing during the past few days. The cotton trade continues dull; very little is being done for the home markets, and the unsettled state of the Continent checks the German demand. The French trade is also quiet. Plain cotton nets meet a very slow sale, and there is no improvement in the demand for fancy goods. Black silk laces and narrow edgings are yet in very little request. The demand for silk Mecialins continues tolerably good. In hosiery there is not much alteration. Many branches are quiet, and there is not much doing either for shipping or for the home market. Yarns remain extremely firm. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 O'CLOCK. AUSTRIA. A letter from Prague in the Austrian Gazette says—" The negotiations relative to a Customs reform have not arrived at any real result, as the present proceedings were only preliminaries for a future conference. The desire to conclude a cona. mercial treaty was manifested on both sides, but as Austria maintains her point of view of the customs union, and Prussia conEiiers herself bound by the French treaty of commerce, an accord appears difficult." THE WAR IN DENMARK. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. COPENHAGEN, AI ARCH 29. The enemy has left Horsens, marching south. wards. Yesterday the King arrived at Aarhus, and ut once proceeded to Randers. The Danish loss yesterday was only 100 m en, whereas that of the Prussians was inconsiderable. Twenty-seven Prussians were taken prisoners. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton . .April 18. via Marseilles Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. April 5. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Mar. 30. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. April 3. via Marseilles ...April 12. Falkland Islands.. Gibraltar, via Southampton .. April 3. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton April 3. via Marseilles April 3. India (Bombay), via Southampton April 12. via Marseilles April 5. Portugal.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton April 3 via Marseilles April 5. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... April 7. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. April —. Election Intelligence, Sir Morton Peto has just issued an address to the electors of Finsbury announcing his intention of retiring at the close of the present session of Parlia. ment. That there will be a severe contest in Lancaster, at the next general election, appears beyond all doubt. Since Mr. W. J. Garnett intimated his in tention of retiring from the representation of the borough, three gentlemen have announced them selves as candidates for the prospective vacancy— Mr. IV, A. F. Saunders, of Wennington ; Mr. E. M. Fenwick, Barrow ; and Mr. F. Somerville Head, London. Mr. Head's address was issued yes terday morning. He says, "My political principles being moderate, I should, if elected, attach myself to no extreme party, and for the present should offer a general but independent support to Lord Palmerston's Government." _ _ As stated yesterday, a vacancy has occurred ii: the representation of Devizes, in consequence of Mr Addington's accession to the Peerage. Sir T. Bate son, Bart., a brother-in-law of the late Captain Gladstone,is the candidate on the Conservative side. The Liberals, it is said, do not feel themselves justi fied in contesting the seat. Sir William Miles, Bart., who was first elected for East Somerset in 1834, and Mr. William Francis Knatchbull, who was first returned for the same in 11852, having announced their determination to re tire at the next general election, three other gentle men have issued addresses to the electors. Sir Henry A. Hoare, is the Liberal candidate, while the Conservatives bring forward Mr. Ralph Neville Granville, of Butleigh Court, and Mr. Richard Horner Paget of tranmore Hall. Awful Tragedy, On Tuesday night last an outrage of almost un exampled atrocity was perpetrated at the village of Fiskerton, about six miles south-west of Newark, in the county of Nottingham, the victims being a respectable cottager named Samuel Parker, 60 years of age, and his wife Elizabeth, who is in her 76th years. The facts are briefly as follows :—The aged couple have a son named Richard Thomas, about 30 years of age, a married man, who has for some time been separated from his wife, and has therefore lived at home with his parents, carrying on a small butcher's business on his own account. On Monday last ho went by special train to Shef field, promising to return the same night, as his father wished him to assist in drilling some corn. It appears he did return to Newark on Monday night, and remained there until the half-past 4 train to Fiskerton on Tuesday afternoon. He had then been drinking hard at the cricket-field, and, it is stated, was refused a ticket by the clerk, but an other person obtained one for him. On reaching home his father found fault with him for not re turning according to promise, and high words en sued, which soon led the sen to threaten his father with blows, and a sort of chase took place round the house. The father took refuge in the stable, and the mother, seeing Richard take a loaded double-barrel gun from the shelf, ran out of the house and called in alarm to the cld gentleman to keep out of the way, as Tom had the gun. The same instant Richard deliberately levelled the gun at his motker's head, firing through a pane of glass in the window as he stood in the room. The poor creature fell frightfully wounded, and the father ventured to the stable door to see what was the mat ter. The inhuman son then took aim at him, and lodged the greater part of the contents of the second barrel in his face and chest. The second shot passed through the adjoining pane of glass. Assistance be ing at hand, the unfortunate couple were taken into the house and a surgeon was sent for. It was thought that Mrs. Parker could not survive many hours, and some of the shots in Mr. Parker's head were in such dangerous positions that it was very doubtful what might be the result in a few hours, although his wounds were less dangerous than those sustained by his wife. Richard ran out of the house without his hat towards the river Trent, which was only a few yards distant, leaving the gun reared up in a corner. About half an hour after wards he was apprehended by police constable Barksby, leaning over a gate near tho river side. On being charged with shoot ing his father and mother, he said he had done it, but it was an accident. He at first resisted very violently, but was compelled to yield to superior force. Oa the way to Southwell he repeatedly asked whether he should be hung, and said if he were he should die on the scaffold like a dog. At half-past one o'clock yesterday both victims were alive, but there was scarcely the shado:Nw. ofarker a hop ' e Ps that Mrs, Parker could recover, and condition was exceedingly p recarious. I he greatest excitement prevails throughout the locality, an d it is now reported that both are dead. The Messrs. Stanford,of Charing-cross, have just published a cheap plan of Dupp el with its fortifications. The scale, two inches to the English mile, renders it ex tremely clear, and therefore it will be useful for hasty reference during the present struggle. A Norfolk squire, Mr. John Middleton, of Hain ton, has been fined £5 for " indecent behaviour" in his parish church. The rector is Mr. heppel (a relative of the Earl of Albemarle), whose sermons, it appears, were not to the taste of the squire, who lately adopted the plan of leav ing the church just before the rector ascended the pulpit. On Sunday week, on entering and leaving the church, he turned round and "looked" towards a pew at the other end in which were seated the rector's servants. This was the a lleged "indecent behaviour" which Mr. lieppel said " vexed and disturbed" him. Mr. Middleton, on being summoned, offered to make a written apology, but Mr. Keppel—himself a magistrate—declined to accept it, and brought the case before his brother magistrates, who in flicted the full penalty of r 5 and 15s. costs,—LincolKsh ire Ve,ronicle, Serious Accident at Guildford, A shocking occurrence took place yesterday morning at the lime pits at the foot of the Farn ham-road, adjoining the tunnol on the South- Western Railway, which will in all probability result in the death of two labourers engaged in the pit, named Thomas Stoner and Jeremiah Jackman. It appears that the men in question were engaged in excavating lime from the quarry, and for this purpose they resorted to the blasting process. In the present instance, after having bored with a jumper for some depth into the cliff, they deposited about two pounds of blasting powder, together with a quantity of shot, in the hole. They then filled up the hole in the usual manner with loose stones and sand firmly rammed in, and connected a fusee with the powder. A match was applied to the fusee, but it went out before the fire reached the powder. The men waited some time, but as no explosion took place they proceeded to draw the charge, employ ing for the purpose a long steel borer. It is sur mised that while so engaged the borer struck against a flint, for an explosion suddenly took place, which hurled the men a considerable distance from the hole, throwing them flat upon their backs. At the moment when the explosion took place both men were stooping over the hole, endeavouring to ascertain the cause of the former failure of the fusee. The shock which they sustained, therefore, was tremendous, and their hands, head, and upper part of the body have suffered fearfully. Their faces and necks were charred and shattered with powder, while shots have penetrated their bodies in all directions. Mr. F. D. Ross, surgeon, was on the spot almost immediately after the accident, and by his direction the men were conveyed in a cab to a neighb'uring tavern, where their wounds were dressed by Mr. Ross, Mr. T. Butler, and Mr. Schol lick. Stoner is married, and has one child ; while Jackson, who is a single man, has been the sup port of a widowed mother. But slender hopes are entertained of the recovery of either. The spot where the accident occurred is within 400 yards of the new hospital now in course of erection for the county of Surrey. The following notices have been received in rela- tion to the debts of Mexico and Venezuela : " Mexican Dividends—Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received by this mail on account of Mexican dividends 45,915 dole. 23c." " Venezuela Debt—Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co.'s agents in Venezuela advise that they have received for 55 per cent. of the import dues, from the Custom house of Puerto Cabello, 6,086 dole. 75c.; do., La Guayra, 28,440 dole. 77c.—total, 34,527 dole. 52c." The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are, in round figures, as under : 1864. 1863. Great Western, £61,974 £55,675 North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland 46,971 29,607 South-Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire 33,047 31,230 Bristol and Exeter North-Eastern Great Eastern Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 18,185 3.5,176 Glasgow and South Western Great Southern and Western Ireland 8,467 7,614 Ties e returns, compared with those of the same period of last year, show some very satisfactory features :—On the Great Western there is an in crease:of £6,299; North Western, £12,505 ; South Western, £3,546; Brighton, £5,188; Midland, £7,364; South Eastern, £4,454; Great Northern, £1,879; Lancashire and Yorkshire, £6,817 ; North Eastern, £7,280 ; Great Eastern, £4,225; Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 13,009; Great Southern and *Western of Ireland, £853. The Glasgow and South Western, however, exhibits a decrease of £l9. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN EDINBURGII.—On Tues- day morning, about 4 o'clock, a fire broke out in the works of Mr. Allan Boak, tanner and currier in West Port, Edinburgh, which resulted in the almost com plete destruction within an hour of that extensive establish ment. The building in which thefire originated which was about 76 feet square, consisted of seven floors and was nearly SO feet high. It had just been finished, workmen having been engaged up to the previous day:in finishing the belfry ; and the workshops and lofts were fitted up in the most approved style. The premises lay almost in the centre of a very popu lous neighbourhood, and the greatest alarm for a time pre vailed among the inhabitants, many of whom fled for their lives, their houses being placed in the greatest peril b y the furiously spreading flames. The town engines were very promptly on th e s p ot, but the ra p id advance of the fire prevented anything being done to save th e t an wor k s, an d the safety of the neighbouring buildings b ecame th e c hi e f (N3n eer n Happily the flames we re k ept within the new building an d the one immediately adjoining, A small sec tion of the works separate from the rest escaped, and only one or two of the domiciles threatened were rendered moil; habitable. There was, fortunately, no loss of life. The im mediate damage is estimated at about £15,000, which is nearly covered by insurance. Several thousand pounds worth of materials had just been taken into the premises, and there was a lar ge amoun t o f fi n i s h e d goo d rea d y for delivery. It is not known how the fire originated, About 100 men will be thrown out of work. The brilliance of the fire before dawn, especially in the illumination of the Castle Rock, attracted even at the early hour large crowds of admiring spectators. The Perseveranza of Milan states that the Italian authorities have just sent to the French police at Rome the photographic portrait of five persons arrested at Perugia and Rieti, in whose possession a sum of 5,000 scudi (26,500 fr.) was found. One of the men is known to have been employed for some time on the Roman railway, and it is supposed that they were concerned in the recent robbery of 32,000 scudi from the offices of the companY at Rome. FIRST CATCH YOUR HARE, SAYS Mrts. GLASSE. —The Court of Assizes of the Seine, has condemned, Mazzini p ar contumace for alleged participation in Greco s plot to assassinate the Emp , ;ror Napoleon, and has sentenced him to transportation. A DRAMA BY VICTOR H1:790 is spoken of as forthcoming. THE PRINCE AND THE MISEE.—I 11Cata a story to-day which is, of course, true; at , any rate, it is laugh able, and that is some'bing• A gentieman called lately on a well-known legitimist of the Faubourg, who is badly dis tinguished for his wealth and avarice, and asked for a sub • scription to the quote for the Duke de Chambord. "My money, but I would nn mistake, duke," friend," r give my belpoloieddfocatvhae pre,:i`nlce.hav‘ce was the reply, "the prince does not ;rant to make a black pudding."—Tm 2 . 3 Letter. 13.14. 25 10 et et 50 20 10 10 9.15.4 12.10 1 1