The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-18 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET AND C OILIMZUCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The discount market is still influenced by the receot advance in the mi n i mum o f th e Bank, and there is Only a moderate demand for accommodation at the new rate. About £3,000 in gold was taken into the Bank on Saturday. y The City of W as hi ng t on h as arr i ve d f r om Nev York with £5,700, and the Alliance from Geelong, kith 454,828. The Anglo Frcncl A Mexican Loan has been an calla'd in Lond on b y M essrs . Gly n , Mill s , an d 0,, and the International Financial Society, and Par is by the S oc i e! a Generale de Credit Mobilier. The amount requ i red i s £ 12,3 6 5,0 00 , i ssue d i n e 6 peri cent, sto c k at t h e pr i ce o f 63 , represent i ng 11,79000 sterling, i n b on d s to b e ar er o f £l,OOO, boo' £2OO, £lOO, and £5O each, with others of ttoil er amount s f or th e C on ti nen t a l mar k e t. Of the „ to tal) £8,000,000 bonds are t o b e neg otiated for F 3 leitican, and the remaining £4,365,000 for the each Government in payment of expenses in ;aulrred the exp e diti on . I n t e rest is to corn e„e,cea from the Ist Ap r il, an d the subscription can end o ver to February next. Discount at the rate 0 :L v i 6 per cent. will be allowed for payments in ad eance) and th e stoc k i s t o b e nego ti a ble in Paris C 4 the oth er F renc h mar k ets as we l t as i n Lond o n. From the p roceeds of the l oan a sum sufficient for t wo yea rs di vidends is to be retained, an d an amount 18 al5O to be kept for the " next four half-yearly pa yments of interest on the Three per Cent. Mexi can Bonds held under the decree of October, 1850, a " on the N ew T hree per C ent . B on d s represent i ng ton C apitalised ar rears o f i n terest thereon, as agreed by the holders of the existing bonds at their cc ent meeting in London " There is to be a sink lag fund equal to 1 per cent. per annum from Ist April, 1869, Th e su b scr ipti on li s t s are t o b e o p ene d t ‘ a Lond on , a ll t h e d e p ar t men t s o f F rance , T ur i n , M adrid,Z and Amsterdam, and the 231 inst. is th e thi s at which they will be closed so far as regard s ' Lli e Market and Paris. Proposals have been issued to-day for a Russian. c 4 4410 Dutch 5 per c e n t. l oan f or £6,000,000, or ' cr ine 70,800,000 stock. It is introduced by Messrs,l B4ring Brothers and Co., of London, and e esrs. Hop e an d C o ., o f A ms t er d a m. On the £lOO bo nds the pay men t s , amou nting in the aggregate f ' c 85 per cent., will extend to Jan. 18, 1865, and otl t he £B4 15s. bonds £72 is required in the same h reri ad- Discount at the rate of 5 per cent. will be allowed for prepayments. T he Continental Union Gas Company requires a capit al,. of £400,000, a large portion of which it is stated to h ave b een already su b scr ib e d . I t i s f orme d ca rry on the business of extensive works now in fal l operation, with exclusive privileges, in Stns. : 114 ' Cette, Nismes, Vienne, Roanne, Beaucaire , 1 ; 46 1, Albi, Mil an , G enoa , P arma , Modena, and i tleB oundria. The sh a res are of £25 eaoh, and the r akers are M essrs. Hill , F awcet t, an d Hill, of , 4hr eadneedl e street. Two O'CLOCK. ~;4 - t Paris thi s morn i ng , a c cording to Reuter's t e l egrams, r the Three per Cent.Rentes were 68 f.: 1 5c., 63 ' 50 ., 67f. 90.3. Very great excitement, and still continues. T he opening of the English Stock Market indi iated a firmer tone, and shortly afterwards an ProVement o f -A. per cent. took place, but the adva nce was ultimately lost upon a few sales, mad Co nsols are again 911- for money, and 9 16 I for th e Recount. The New Threes and Reduc ed uAn nuities are 89: ; Erchequer Bills, 10s. to ss. dis. ; 1041 1054 ; Eufaced 5 per Cents., 1031 ; and Debentures, 994. Ihsiness in the Foreign Market is active, and pri ces . have varied to some extent. Turkish 6 p er 1862, are 7114 ; do., Cansolides, 52 1, - 53; 'itsican, 47Z ; do., New Loan, 14 ; Spanish P assive, 344 a ; do., Certificates, 121 s ; Greek, 25i; a nd the Confederate Loan, 54 56. In the Railway Share Market business has been tattier more animated, and prices have shown an upward movement. North Western, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Metropolitan, and South Eastern have improved 55., and Midland 155., while Gre a t Eastern and Great Northern have declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings exhibit littl e change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue in fair c 'zlnest, and in several instances exhibit a slight advance. The new shares of the National Bank lire dealt in at 4t) 411. --- BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 'OVERNMENT FUNDS. per Cent. Consols aDitto May 5 ,0 Account, .......... ),\ ,Per Cent. Reduced 88991 Ii w 3 per Cent. Iteil° e 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894........ ,!,!, t,,,lltuties, 30 yrs expire .sth Jan., 1880 Ditto for 30 yrs ' ex pire sth April, 1885. E Di tto (Red lehequerßilblesa'Tefegrap4h) Aug. 1908. 2 O Ditto , £l.OOO, 2 4 i 3 per Cent. 10 5 dui . 10 5 die tan Ditt o £lOO l5OO and . £ . 2 . 0 . 0 ......... . 10 6 die 1 ' England Stk, 4/ per Ct. 1 at. ° 1 , 7 Account.. .................... I tif 15 " N GovERNNIENT SECURITIES. b l it a . 6t °ek 101 per Cent., April 1874.... bi,','' ° 6 per Cent. July, 1870 t it° Account 1 t c ) ....,4 per Cent, 1888 — IT, "0 Certificates b l i lo 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 -- t lit ‘t o Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent..... aj t° 6 per Cent., Jan. 1872 lO 3/ h '") 6 i per Cent., May, 1879 — : 0 ltte Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 , Ditto ditto Aug. , 1666 99 k . 0".'"') bonds El,OOO ' t4 ) Under £l,000 44?0REIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. - ".an Bonds, 5 per Cent — tra,4„ Ditt o 1859 = .lan 5 per Cent '"ltto 41 p er Cent., 1852-5 8-60 till. Ditto 1863 B7/ .i 1 !' 10 a Ayres 6 per Cent .......... = Ob i , l .tto, £lOO Bonds .................. bTin 6 per Cent. — ~, Cent eotobian 6 per Cent 0.4410 r leperonsolidated, 1 per Cent — MPtian Cent .... 101 l',3„. 4 ' i tt o , Second Issue ',.,eek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account 25 I 41 5k 12,' , , itto Coupon y,l ) itto Account l li 1 .4 . 41 i5.n 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Rail wa y , ''exican 3 per Cent ,Ditto Account.... Zooftsh Imperial 5 per Cent e‘": Granada .oitto Account .. bitto —2-- pe r Ce nt . — Ditt o Deferred .... Ditto Land Warrants _ (Hectares) —__ • .„ -3 Qvign 41 per Cent , uitto Account.. •. l'itt o 3 per Cent.(uribarren) — I) itt c , 4i per Cent, 1862 .......... -- -,-,. h "140 Account .............. t 185 3 ,ort,„,,t,es, 3 p er Con-, . ....... • • •Q 49 -12ittZ, Account ........... ;„ '60 7 62,'u I tt.° 3 t. Cent , 1856, '7l 'II ... ...... pm A "itto Scrip (1863) £3O patd . _. t ... , 9l •%•• l elan 5 per Cent., 1822, £ 6 - bitto 4 per Cent., 1850 89a Ditto 3 p e r Cent 1859 "itto 6 per Cent, 1862 .......... _ .. " 4 4 4;,llraian 6 per Cent B6t e "ttto Account P 411,4411 3 per Cent T l l t4 o Account —4 O New Deferred Olt t w b ; ' 0 Account 6 tto p,,,,, 1ve .. 35 41 J 4,„ lt , t ° Acr.ount .1 - P it ' t sti Cf,r't. of Coup not funded 121 Sw,° A.. czount tu rp ' l6 , 1 1 4 per Cent 4);,.', 81 1 6 per Cent. 1854 Li t 4'o Account 9O/ i 69 J) 6 per Cent. 1863 Itt o 69! b i „ <1 ccount bi t.l4 ' 4 l £lOO Bonds.. b 1140,, ) 6 p er C ent. 1862 Account .. 711 4 I 71f Nl_ Ditto 1863 elar,'" quaratteed, 4 per Cent. 231 :if tuela 3 per Cent. 1)1.40 Account "t n bi ;.° v per Cent., 1862 -- 11).`") A ccount ......... ................ Di ii per Cent ........... A bividends on the above payable in Lon a. - ` l lSt ' 10 Florins. •-- Zi l Pert, 5 per Cent.. Ex. -‘. t,t 6 44 41 per Cent., Ex. 2°"" .. 11j„." 1 2i per Cont., Ex. 12 Guil.. .... _ bi t ",_"" 4 per Cent. Certificates .... _ liali'o per 1: ; _i• 11, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. ti,,1140 Account pe-totttese, per Cent. 251 Ex. 4s. 11111, 1 Dollar Bonds, , i 1 per Ct. THREE O'CLOCK, 00h 00 8 M 0 , 0 ittO AccolaYnt...l BEARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuh.S. ;hare : Railways. i Paid. Closing Business Price. I dem. Bir., `Vol., and Str. Val, Blythe and Tyne. liost.,Sleat., and Mid.oo Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Corlt . an l - Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no div D o. B 'till op c.p an.h s been paid to B. Dublin Beltast June. Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June Edinburgh & Glasgovv 1 Glatsg. and S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. BB Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st jGreatNorthof Scotland !Great Northern Do A stock Do El do I Gt. S. a n IW. of Irelan , Great Western ...... Do Sir Val b , rna.. stoc!, Lancashite YorliEhir(• London and illackwa t I Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Coat., and Dover Lon. & North Western' Lon. & So%th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoin.! Islarypert and Carlisle. Dog shard Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Binning. LIL Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Irelano Do. i shares &lid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwios , Do, G.N.E. purchas , Do Lecds Do York Do Car1i51e......•• • • North London Do New North Staffordshire .. N. and S. W. Junction 1 Scottish Ceutrd Scot N. K, Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welclipoo, Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun statues, Wok.,and Wok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 186 G (Taff Vale.. B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neatli Victoria sta. and Pim 1 W a terford do Kilkeunyl West Cornwati W . Hartlepool liar. dw R i West Mid New land -Oxiord Do por Do Hereford 8 Si gi 9 83 e 5 118 119 a 71 35 37 16 17 YO 92 tc6 162 7i 6i 7i 130 '3 l 136} :37,1 VI. 1:3 91 93 651 651 1 Oi 110 07 C 9 102 103 43} 444 110) 111 90 lto 55; 115 a 1161 131 i 1324 101 1(3 61 62 21} `,6i 991 10i 56 67 884 89 128 131 14 2i p i 78 79 ll 11i 121 123 41 43 28 100 53 64 33 25 90i 91 101 103 Si 91 37 38 91 10 o' 8 84 p l 165 /7J 5 7 u 3 t p 9i 96 BRITISK POSSESSIONS. Aare LW 'ways LA) Sk_ 1 Wanda & Lawrenix ficm.,BarodaA.Cent Inc On. 5 per oent... New . ...... Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Laae Huron Do. Pretcrcuce Ituflalo,Brant,&Godriel. 6 p. et. !As. Aug. 1, Do. do. July 1, 18?; Uo. do. June 1, la. Clcutta.&S.Eaan. ;1,11, Cape Town Dock Sail Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. ,gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext Pax!. all Closing Price. 59 el 102 i 163 j stock st(Nck stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock Do: do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Frei. Bonds.. Do. co. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d P,ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred.—.. stook 109 109 10 stock took stook 20 tea too Do. 4th I'ref. stock... Do. do. deferred.-- Gt.lndiarenfu.gua.sp.e Do. .I\l ew gua. 5 p. Do. January, 1862 Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. G t. W. of Canada Sh4re:. Do. New Do. 6 p.o. '73 wlth't opt. Do. 54 p: S. do. '77-8.. Endital Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. e. Do. 11 p. c. Extensiou De. 1; d 0... • • Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. g p. o. lindH Melb. & Ilobson's Bay. Do. 7p. Mortg. Bds. N,wßrur_zsvrioa a Cann:: Class A and B. N. Rl.C'daO po Ist pt bth Scinde ou. Delhi.. Do. do tDo. Pianjaub Do. Do. ...... , Do. Indus. St. Flo.) luu all all all all all 100 (000 I 100 2 all Nu 100_ , toc stock stook P P 6 6} 9 10 101 103 99 101 104 105 11,4 f 105} 1), 1 20 21 PI 13 t 5 60 63 03 65 51 53 48 60 40 it 26 28 23 t 6 10t 105 103 104 lei ieg lot 9k f;, 93 et 82 84 :03 95 97 91 1:3 Business dont 1031 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECUItITIEI. 3tJui; , , 1877-s4 1,.0 102 104 1022 3 Do. np. c. Feb. IL . Aur. lot: 101 103 102 Do. op. o. Mar. Jt Sept. 100 101 103 Do. Ip. c. 10% 69 al. 8 0 90 I Do. 6 Inscribed stud. 100 88 10 80 G. Hope. 8 p 0.187;; 10u 106 108 Do.Ap & Oct. 18st, 100 110 112 Do. 18 , , 100 iil .13 'Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 110 112 ,Ceylon; N0v.1878, 6p c lOc 112 114 Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 106 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cent 110 IQ 111 -- p.o.ua.&Jul) lOU .02 104 1(24 luo. dp. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S.W. Gov. p 18 4 10.. , 991 1001 - Du. sp. e.,18/ ito 1 100 99 10 Do. do 7,888 &upwds 100 99 100 991 - New Zealand 6 p cern. 100 101 111 109/ Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 IOU 104 106 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO - 16.Aus G6p,e.lB7e.dz up lOO 110 112 - Vio.Gov. 6 p.o. Ja.&July 100 Do. to 6D.0. An.,zooL. 100 108: 109 I iOBI 8 BRITISH MINES. 2 Harnbrian Consul. Gold 1 I,llllord Arnalgarnated.:l 354 841 I Deven G. Con.. Javist., 1 550 660 East Bassett (Illogan; 3O 67 70 I East Clogau Gold Ltd. d 'East Caradon ...... 2.14.0 30 31 31 303 East Cam Brea... ... . , 3.4.0 71 71 --E. WlllOOB5l (favistk:)l 8.9.0 31 41 IGam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen j 9 1) G meat South Tolgus.... 17s 3 31 'G. Wheal Vor (lielston 40 SS 35 341 Grenville 0.16. t 101 101 .11 1 tiercA's-Foot 8.12 05 37 tlingston Downs 4. 8.0 31 4 Lady Bertha 'Margaret (IJny Lelaut 04 18 20 lAlarke Valley.. 4 llyndy Iron Ore (Lint 2l 11 1c; New Setun l9l 80 95 871 - • N (Nth Downsll 2 -- 1 I .'ll'l. Baspa(lllo.. , T.o 3.1.0 2 21 I North Whral Crotty t'ar CODBOIS(6t. Blaze) - Crovidence(Uny Lelut.: 10.0.7 41 43 !BouthCaradon(St.Cleer 11 1 450 470 - 18. earn Brea (Illogan) -r. Wheal Fran. (Illwan 13.1R.9 4 0 50 —• Stray Park CaroarSilv.& Lead Min, fin Crolt 9 )8 19 • IWest Basset (Illogan) ll I 0 11 C , radon (Liskeard 5 19 21 - IWest Beton Wheel Basset (Illogan) 51 85 90 Wheal Buller(ltedruth) 10 35 40 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 - Wheal Lud,ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ; 8 13 14 Wheal Eleton 541 200 205 ViThealTrelaWney (Lis.) 7 21 24 - ;Wheal Union 3.17 2/ 21 PREFE R PINCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 2, 1066 Gt.W'estern, Wt. Midland, Oxford, 2d guaranteed stock, 120, North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Ditto 46 per cent., red., 100 North Eastern, Stockton and Darlington, A 5 per cent., 276 PREFERENCE SHARES AND ISTOCKS. London, Brighton, &c. , 4i per cent., 1858, 100 LINES LEASED AT. FIXED RENTALS. Bucking,hamshireaif FO REIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9i Eastern of France, 191 treat Luxembourg, it Northern of France, 391 Sambre and Meuse, 61 San t'auto gua. 7 per cent..'S South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 221 FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lim., 13 Linares, dm., 61 St. John del Rey (lim.), 44! 5 Yudanaumtana of S. Australia, BANE.b. Alliance Mm.). 53i 8 9 8 Ditto, new, 19 Anglo Austrian. 71 1 Anglo-Italian, limited, 61 Australasia, 74 ; 4 5 Bank of Egypt, 291 Bank of t -tag°, lira., 41 ; Bank 01 Queensland (line), 21 1 Bank of Wales, lira., 18 British and America , ' Exchange (11m.), 211 1 British .i.nd Californian, Urn., 74 British North American. 5, 50 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 111 124 Chartered Bank at India, Australia. and Chula. 42 11 Chartered aler. of India, London, and China, 711 Consolidated Bank, 1im.,,11 H East London, Era., 9 8i English and Irish, lira., 18i English, Sco'cli, and Australian Chartered, 214 European Bank, lira., 134 4 13/ Itindustan, ithina, and Japan (lira.), 36 Ditto, new, issued at z pm., 18 Imperial Bank 40 2 11 Imperial Ottoman, 203 4 Land Mortgage Bank. of India, lirn., 41 1 London Bank of Scotland, Um., 2t4 24 London and Brazilian slim.), 62 1 4 Loudon, Birm., and S. Staffordshire, lim., 281 71 81 London and Colonial aim.), 174 164 London and County, 61 5 London, Hamburg. Cont. Exch lira., 201 London Joint Stock, 461 6 7 London and Northern, lira., 24 London and South -Western, '34 Merchant Bank, dui , 1 7 i 17 Mercantile anal Exchang,e. Bra., 18 19 Ditto, new, 13 Metropolitan and l'roVincial Bank, lim., - 311 Mexican, lint, Midland Bank (him), 171 17 Oriental Ban': Corporation. 67 61 71 Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi, l i ra., 121 12 bitto, new, 12 South Eastern, lira., fi Standard of British South Africa (lif.xy) 30 Union of Australia, 571 Ditto, new 45 Union of Ire'a Li I'm 211 1 Um = of Londo n , n 624" 461 71 C 45k 131 30} 1361 7fi 7 051+} Ito Ai 68 71 102 1101 11 101 511 116 15} 16i 1301 i 35 41 • 57 53 S 5 82 t 4 iO3l IC4i lu4 103 iy2i lu3i, 96 28 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1864. MIS CELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim,, 31 / Berlin Water Works, lira.. Si, 1 ('ontract orporation, tst Credit Fonder, 14, Credit Mai i r, 101 Discount Corporation, 11: 1 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lira., 5 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira., 10 1 Hudson's Bay, 191 1 Imperial Financial, lirn.,'lol International Financial society, lira., 121 112 Joint Stock Discount, him, 74 Land Securities, lira., 41 London and Caledonian tifarine, lira., 5: • London Financial Association, lira., 26j 71 Ditto, new, 15i London General Omnibus Company, 21 London Provincial 31arlue, 41 5 Mercantile Credit Association, lim , 16 National Discount Company, lim , Ditto, new, ei New Zealand Trust and Loan, Urn., 2 Nova Scoria Gold and Land, Ottoman Financial asacciat.on, ['eel River Land and Mineral, 45 Peninsula and Oriental Stuim, ECW, 50 Rhymney Iron, 30 29 Societe Film ciere d' Egypte, lim., 53 3- Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., 7 Universal Marine, Insurance, lim., 5i SECOND E lITION. i3UN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURGII, April 16.—The Bank has reduced to 5 per cent. its discount of three months' bills, and 51 per cent. for those of six months, and on advances on merchandise and securities. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. will communicate it to such parishes as have asked for in formation ? Mr. VILLIERS said that the decision was accepted as declaratory of the law. EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA. Mr. YORKE asked the First Lord of the Treusury, whether there exists any extradition treaty between Austria and Russia : whether his attention has been called to an order published by General Mensdorf, dated Lemberg, March 16, 1864, and to a similar order published by General Meckl, dated Cracow, March 12th, 1864, ordering all Polish refugees to be immediately sent back across the frontier : and, whether her Majesty's ambassador at Vienna has been, or would be, instructed to use the friendly influence of this country, in order to put a stop to such inhuman practices. Lord PALMERSTON was understood to say he was not informed of any such treaty, Mr. P. HENNESSY hoped that all tho despatches on this subj€ct would be laid on the table. RESIGNATION OF MR. LOWE. Mr. LOWE entered into some personal explana , ions with regard to his resignation, which called forth a hearty eulogium from Mr. Disraeli. UNDER SECRETARIES OF STATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, - - Mr. DI S ELI then brought forward his motion on the subject of five Under Secretaries of State being in Parlia ment in contravention of the provisions of the statute, which limited the number to four. (LEFT SPEAKING.) MARKETS—This Day. BIARK-LANE. The demand for wheat in the country markets held on Saturday ruled heavy, and prices declined in several instances is per quarter. Malting barley Was dull, and drooping in value ; but in oats, beans, and peas, including flour, no quotable change took place. Both on the continent and at New York buyers of pro duce on British account operate cautiously, and prices rule in some instances the turn easier. Up to this market last week the arrivals of English grain, &0., were but moderate. The imports from abroad amounted to 4,832 qrs of wheat, 1,267 barley, 19,366 oats, 1,600 rye, 20 beans, 275 tares, 8,932 linseed, 2,753 oilseeds, 220 sacks and 1,200 barrels of flour. The arrivals of English wheat, fresh up to our market to-day, were but al-Aerate. The trade, however, both for red and white qualities, ruled heavy, and, compared with 11.1on0ay last, the prices realised exhibited a reduction of fully is per quarter. The supply of foreign wheat on the stands was by no means extensive. Danizic and E onigsberg wheat were held at previous rates ; otherwise, the trade was dull, and the quotations had a downward tendency. Floating cargoes of grain were in limited request, at about stationary prices. The market was Seasonably well supplied with mostkinds of barley. For all descriptions the trade ruled heavy, and prices declined is per quarter. Malt sold heavily, and the quotations gave way is per quarter. The supply of oats on sale was moderate. Generally speaking, the trade ruled quiet, yet no change took place in the rates current on Monday last. The supply of beans on sales was small, and the trade ruled firm, at extreme rates. Peas fully supported last Monday's currency, with a steady demand for all qualities. The show of samples on offer was very moderate. For flour, both English and foreign, the demand ruled inactive at previous quotations. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 373 to 41s Ditto, old -8 Ditto, white, 1863 9ls 47s Ditto, old _ _ —s -s Korldlk and Lincln,*red, old 375 413 Ditto, 1863 Talavera, Rye— Barley—Grinding 23s 25s Malting 2ss 383 Malt—Suflblk and Norfolk 6os 66s Brown Kingstown and Ware - 6os C6s Chevalier 66s 68s Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding lBs 23s Potato Youghal aud Cork, black lss 23s Cork, white l6s 23s Scotch, Feeding 193 23s Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas —Grey. Maple White 33s 36s Boilers 33s 36s Flour —Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 2Bs 30s Stookton and Norfolk 27s 29s American, per barrel l9s 25s and the late advance in the quotations is fully supported. The excitement in this description has, however, in some measure subsided. For Down wool there is a steady in quiry, and prices rule firm. Purchases at high rates still continue to be made in new produce in first rate hands. Colonial wool, by private contract, is in fair average re quest at fully last week's currency. The next public sales will probably commence on the sth prox. The arrivals to date are :—From Sydney, 9,466 bales; Port Philip, 34,663; Van Dieman's Land, 1,591; Adelaide, 10,814; New Zealand, 3,265; Swan River, 1,124; Cape, 6,975, Total, 67,898 bales. Current prices of English wool, per lb. Fleeces —South Down hoggets . 1 111 to 2 01 Halt-bred do , Kent fleeces South Down ewes & wethers 1 9 1 10 Leicsostor do. Lincolnshire hoggetts .. 1 6' 1 10 Sorts —Clothing Combing Noils Brokes 0 0 0 0 FALL OF DUPPEL. BERLIN, APRIL 18. The D oppel redoubts were captured this morning by the Prussian troops. Two thousand Danes were made prisoners. TATTERSALL'S—This Evening. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. sto 2 agst Filie de l'Atr (taken freely) 7to 1 aget General Peel (c titan) Bto 1 agst Sir Roger (taken) 15 to 1 agst Durham (taken) 20 to 1 agst Historian (offered) 20 to 1 agst Paris (offered) 20 to 1 agst Claremont (offered) 25 to 1 aget Hollyfox (taken) 40 to 1 :Tat Knight of Snowden (taken) CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Lord Zetland (taken) 10 to 1 agst Change (taken) 20 to 1 agst Oldminster (taken) 20 to 1 aget Greenland (taken) 20 to 1 agst Gordim Knot (offered) THE DERBY. 7to 1 agst Scottish Chief (offered) 15 to 1 agst Birch Broom (taken) 15 to 1 agst Cambuscan (taken) 100 to 8 agst Coast Guard (offered) 20 to 1 agst General Peel (taken) 25 to 1 agat Forager (taken) 25 to 1 agst Baragah (taken) 30 to 1 agat Ely (taken) 50 to 1 agst Strafford (taken) 66 to 1 agst Hollyfox (taken) ARRIVALS AT LEWIS. Fontenoy, Diploma, Little Dick, Blackbird, Mother Buncb, Flower Safety, Buckhound, The Monk, Rose of Denmark, Overcast, Revolt, Golden Cross, Measham filly, Holkar, Mr. Nichol, Lord of Linne, Confederalist, Narbonne, Rosa Lee, Perseverance, Baliverne, Ethelred, Fletton, Aunt Judy, Victoria Cross, Ida, and Ailston, in addition to those trained in the neighbourhood. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS---Last Evening. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at the usual hcur. METROPOLITAN RAILWAYS. The Earl of DERBY presented a petition from the inha bitants of the parish of St. Bride's, praying their lordships not to sanction the making of any more new railways in the metropolis. ANOTHER. NEW GUN. The Earl of DERBY trilled the attention of the Seers• tary of War to a des, ription, which had appeared in the Liverpool papers, of some experiments that had been made with a guu invented by a gentleman of the name of Clay. The shot sent from the gun had passed through one of the massive targets, drilling out a piece of iron from the plate outside, and carrying it through and casting it many yards beyond the target. The sand upon which the shot tell showed that the spiral motion was kept up to the last. The Earl DE GREY and RIPON said he had sent an officer down to Liverpool to witness the effects of the gun in question, and a report had been received which eobfirmed the principal points mentioned in the public newspapers. The rest of the experiments made were curious and in teresting, and it would be advisable to make further in quiries as to the va►ue of the invention. No decision had been come to with respect to the gun, as the distance at which the target was placed was short, but the effect of the shot fired from the new gun had been such that further ex periments and trials would become necessary before he ex pressed a decided opinion upon it. The Earl of HARD WICK E condemned the Armstrong guns on board some of the ships in the royal navy, and he considered the proceedings at Kagosima showed that these guns were worse than useless. He advised the noble duke the First Lord of the Admiralty to remove them, and replace them with guns similar to those of which he was the inventor. The Duke of SOMERSET said he was not the inventor of a gun. He had offered certain suggestions, and a gun had been constructed in conformity with those suggestions In a short time he hoped to be able to communicate to their lordships which was the best gun for the service, the rifled or smooth-Lore. The ships would be armed with which ever gun proved to be the best. [LEFT SITTING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. BREMRIDGE took the oaths and his seat for Barn staple, the committee having decided that his opponent Mr. Thomas Lloyd had been euilty of bribery through his agents, and therefore that his election was void. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : North and South Western Junction Railway—Salisbury Gas—:,alisbury Railway and Market House—and West Riding and Grimsby Railway. NEW WRIT—QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE. Mr. BRAND moved that a writ should issue for the elec tion of a member for the Borough of Merthyr Tydvil in the room of Mr. A. Bruce, who had accepted the office of Vice• President of the Committee of the Council of Education. Sir W. HEATHCOTE drew attention to the question of their being five Under Secretaries of State in the house, and moved as an amendment that the motion for a new writ should be postponed until the constitutional question should be decided. Mr. HEADLAM contended that such a course would be most inconvenient. _ _ _ After some remarks from Mr. WHITESIDE, Sir W. DUNDAS sail that if it were proved that five under secretaries of state ought not to be members cf the house, that the last appointed under secretary (the Marquis of Hartington) was the member who was not occupying a place in this house according to the provisions of the sta tutes. (No, no.) The A LTORNEY-GENERAL said that the course pro posed by the bon. baronet (Sir W. thathcote) was a most necessary proceeding. It would be improper to postpone a writ until after a subtle and refined discussion had taken place on a constitutional question, He referred to a casein point in 1808, when there wero only three Under-Secre taries in the hmse as a precedent in the present case. Mr. DISRAELI and Sir GEORGE GREY made a few ob servations, and the motion was then withdrawn. THE GOVERNMEN r POLICY IN REGARD TO THE DANISH QUESTION. Mr. DISRAELI gave notice that when the hon. member for Liskeard brought on his motion in regard to the policy of the Government in regard to the hostilities between Den mark and the German Powers, that he would move the pre vious question. THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION. Mr. H. SEYMOUR asked tke Secretary of State for the Home Departmint if the Government intended to introduce this session any bill relating to the Ecclesiastical Commis sion. Sir G. GREY said that he had communicated with the commission, but he was not prepared to pledge himself to introduce any bill on the subject. NATIONAL SCHOOLS IN IRELAND. Mr. O'REILLY asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland when the return relative to religious instruction in national schools in Ireland, ordered loot session, and again early this session, will be laid upon the table. Sir R. ['EEL said that the return had been received at the Castle last Saturday, and would shortly be laid on the table. CAPTAIN GORDON, Col. SYKES asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Aff.tirs whether any information had been re ceived at the Foroign-cffiee that Captain Gordon, of the Royal Engineers, who was in command of Chinese troops in the service of the Frani of Shanghai, had condoned the treachery of the Futai in putting to death the Taeping princes at Loochow and plundering the city, and against which Captain Gordon himself, Major-General Brown, commanding the British troops in China, and all the European Consuls at Shanghai, had published an indig nant protest; whether he has consented to continue in the service of the Futai notwithstanding these indignant protests. Mr. LAYARD said that the Government were in com munication with the Chinese Government on the subject. CORN RENTS. Mr. HUBBARD asked the President of the Poor-law Board whether his attention had been directed to the deci ceion. in the Common Pleas on the sth Feb., to the effect ‘' thet lands elle; ged with corn rents payable free of rates' should be assessed at the full annual value, without making any deduction for the corn rent charge : ' whether the board accept that decision as declaratory of the law, and Horrible Murder and Suicide.----This Day, e. _- - A murder of a very horrible description was this morn ing discovered to have been perpetrated in No. 5, Leigh street, Burton crescent, in the occupation of Mr. Ashley, a woollen draper and tailor. That gentleman informed the police that ha and his family felt some alarm from the fact that they saw blood trickling down the wails of the kitchen, wh:ch is below the back parl,ur. Mr. Ashley, thinking that something was wrong, had tried to gain admission to the back parlour, but this ho could not do, nor could he make anyone hear. He also said that the room was occupied by a man of the name of James Pearce and his wi'e, whose name it is stated was Elizabeth. On the police gaining an entrance into the room a most fearful sight presented itself, for on the ground, lying side by side, lay the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Pearce, tneir throats cut in a most fearful manner, and weltering in a pool of blood. By the side of the man was 13 ing a long sheath knife, covered with blood, and it was very evident from its condition that it bad been recently sharpened- From the appearance of the bodies it would appear that the man had first murdered his wife and then cut his own throat. The police at once sent off for medical aid, and Mr. J. T. Paul, of 26, Burton-crescent, divisional surgeon of the E division, immediately attended. He made an examination of the bodies and perceived life was extinct, but gave it as his opinion that death had not long taken place. He also made a cursory examination of the bodies (which he had found lying on their backs in separate pools of blood) and found on the female a tremendous cut on the top of the head, extending down to the bone, and which he had no hesita tion in saying had been inflicted by some blunt instrument, There was also an immense cut extending from the front of the neck down to the spine, her head hanging only by a small piece of skin and the bone. This wound alone would have caused instantaneous death. The man had also a very deep cut extending- half across the throat, and separating the windpipe, and it was of such a severe character that death must have been instantaneous. Both bodies were fully dressed; and it was evident that the husband and wife had retired to rest, as they were seen to go into the house last night, and the bed plainly showed that two parties had lain there. Not the slightest disturbance of the room had taken place, and no noise or screaming was heard, although it is stated by the parties in the house that ►he deceased got up about half-past 5 this morning. The deceased are supposed to lie about 35 years of age, and the cause of this dreadful occurrence is supposed to be jea lousy SPORTING INTELLIGENCE---This Day. CITY BETTING.-THIS DAY. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 11 to 4 agst Fille de l'Air (taken) Bto 1 agst General Peel (taken) Sto 1 agst Sir Roger (taken) 10 to 1 agst First Flight (offered) 12 to 1 agst Claremont (offered) 15 to 1 agst Copenhagen (taken) 16 to 1 agst Durham (taken) 16 to 1 agst Hollyfox (offered) 20 to 1 agst Laomedon (taken) CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Change (taken) 10 to 1 agst Lord Zetland (taken) 12 to 1 agst Little Stag (offered) 15 to 1 agst Greenland (taken) 16 tc 1 agst Hersey filly (offered) 16 to 1 agst Gordian Knot (taken) 20 to 1 agst The Clown (taken) 25 to 1 agst .Welcome (taken) Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market rather quiet. Sales probably 5,000 bales. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, April 18.—Wind this day at noon—South- West ; moderate breeze and fine weather. FALMOUTH, April 17.—Wind N.—Arrived—Partheon, from Zanzibar. COWES, April 16.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Lady Bea trice, trona Bahia. DOVER, April 15.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Phonia, for Richibucto. MILFORD, April 17.—Wind N. E.—Sailed— Jamaica Packet, screw steamer, for Jamaica. OFF OROORHAVEN, April 18.—Arrived—China, screw steamer, from New York. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Monday Morning, Arrived, April 17—Lion, from Harlingen—Precursor, From Adelaide—Golden South, from Demerara—Alphing on, from A)goa Bay, DEAL, Monday Morning. Arrived and Passed, April 17—Cezvantes, screw steamer, from London for Alicante. Passed —Eugenie, from London for Nassau—Rouen, from London for Nassau. Arrived, April 18th--Zephyr, from London for Ri Janeiro—Golden Fleece, from London for Algo% Bay— Blanche, screw steamer, from London for Corfu. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about i per milk pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.171 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 10id. per ounce fbr standard gold, it appears that gold to about the same price in London and Paris. By advices fromllambur,g the price of gold is 423& per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per £1 sterling. standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The 'curse of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is mi to 178 p er and the premium on gold is about n percent. A . t these rat es there is no profit on the importationof gold from the United States. The Gordian knot of the Eve Under-Secretaries in the House of Commons has been cut by the unsolicited resignation of Mr. Chichester Portescue. Mr. Lowe has also resigned the office of Vice - President of the Council. Lord Dufferin and Lord Wodehouse are spoken of for the vacant Under-Secretaryship, and Mr. Forteacue to succeed Mr. Lowe. EXECUTION IN IRELAND. --0 a Th urs day morn ins, at 8 o'clock, the last sentence of the law was carried into effect at Waterford on the per4on of Thomas Walsh. The facts connected with the case were of a most revolting nature.—They are thus busily related :—Thomas Walsh and Thomas Connolly both lived in a wild district in the south of Waterford. The daughter of the former married the grandson of the latter, and all went to live in the same house. The old men never agreed, and were n a e nd ni N o V rn a i l la sh g 's d aug ht er were l e ft young Connolly left h al n w m a e y , s an q d ua th rr e ell o i l n d g. men O alone in the house. Walsh availed himself of this oppor tunity, dragginlegnhoicakleifdeldeosawbnadCyoinnntoalalyn w o t t h h a n s h e a , t a c n h t n e t and then, a , y chopped it up into small pieces. These ho made so small that he was able to take them in handfuls and bury them in a garden which joined the house. But afterwards he thought this place too near, so at night he again took up the mangled remains, put them into a bag, and conveyed them to a bog about three miles d,stant, where he buried them, making three or four portions, and tarrying them in different places. When young Connolly came home next day of course he missed his grandfather, and, his suspicion being aroused, searched for, and after several da3s' search, found portions of his mutilated remains. As yet there was no direct evi dence against old Walsh, but his daughter, who had been, according to her own statement, an unwilling witness to all that has ben related, and who, believing herself to be in danger, saw no means of getting out of it except by swear ing against her father. Her father was hanged on her evidence, and it may be said on her evidence stone. There is something so unnatural in this that most persons wish the Crown could have dispensed with her evidence. A considerable crowd had assembled 10 - ag before the time ap pointed for the execution. It was principally composed of women, girls, and boys. Few men were present. It was very orderly, very quiet—indeed, most looked as if they were deeply impressed with the scene. Precisely at eight o'clock the condemned man was led to the scaffold. He looked pale and worn, trembled violently, and could scarcely stand. He was attended by the Rev. Mr, Dunphy of this city. The executioner did his business expedi tiously—he was evidently no young hand. His face was blackened, so that it was impossible to tell what he was like. Walsh was placed on the trap ; in a tew moments the bolt was draws, and the struggling, quivering body was swinging in the air. In a short time he ceased to struggle —his soul W:18 before his judge. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The show of foreign stock in to-day's market was only moderate for the time of year, and its general quality was by no means first rate. From our grazing districts, as well as from Scotland, the arrival of beasts fresh up was tolerably good. The English beasts were of middling quality—those from Scotland very prime. Most breeds commanded a steady sale, and, in some few instances, the quotations advanced 2d per Sibs. Inferior beasts sold at last week's currency. A few very superior Scots and crosses realised 55., but the general top figure for beef was 4s 10d per Sibs., at which sales pro gressed steadily. The arrivals from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridge. shire amounted to 1,950 Scots, crosses, and short horns; from other parts of England, 700 various breeds ; from Scotland, 337 Scots and crosses ; and, from Ireland, 140 oxen. With most breeds of sheep, we were somewhat scantily supplied—but their general condition was good. The mutton trade was firm, and really prime sheep were 2d. per Bibs. higher in price. The best Downs, in the wool, sold at 6s ; out of the wool, 4s 10d per 81bs. Lambs were in fair request a.; very full prices, viz , from Gs to 7s 4d per 81bs. About 600 arrived from the Isle of Wight. In calves—the supply of which was only moderate—very little was doiug, at last week's quotations. The sale for pigs was heavy, at late rates. Per Blbs.to sink the offal. E. d. s. d. e. d. s. d. Crso. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Primecrs-wool d 0.5 4 5 8 Secondquality do. 3 10 4 2 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 10 6 0 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Large orse. calves 4 4 5 0 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Prime small do 5 2 5 4 L'rse. ez inf. sheep 3 8 4 4 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second quality d0...4 8 5 2 Small porkers , 4 2 4 6 Lambs....6s Od to is 41. Suckling calves, 178 to 23s and quarter-old store pigs, 2O to 265 each. TOTAL rsurrior. i FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ... Cows -- Sheep and lambs .... 1,630 Sheep and lambs.... 19,020 Calves . , 130 Calves ..... ... 149 ; Pigs Pigs 49J' _ _ _ The total imparts of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 4,525 head. In the corresponding week in 1863, we received 3,716—in 1862, 2,539—in 1861, 3,211 —in 1860, 1,939—in 1859, 914—in 1858, 2,318 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LASS WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam .... 430 .. 83 .. 283 .. 233 Harlingen .... 714 1 25 .. -- Hamburg .... 18 .. 1934 .. Amsterdam.... .. 1111 •• •• Boulogne ....: .. .. - • • - • • --- - 245 Bremen .. •• -- • • • • • • Dordt.. 2O .. 87 •• .. 1 .. Nieu Diep •• Antwerp. 7 •• 05tend......... 39 .. Calais — • • ---- • • --- • • • • •••• - • • - - . - . . 12 .. 76 . . - . . 16 . . 57 Oporto 9l .. Dunkirk. - .. 145 Total .... 1327 .. 2104 .. 1 .. 337 .. 766 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1863 677 2,4i26 .. 20 .. 548 .. 15 1862 .. 72 .. 2,056 .. 4 .. 402 .. 5 1861 484 .. 2,206 .. .. 193 .. 328 1860 1859 233 .. 567 .. 9 .. i3l .. 4 1858 252 .. 1,814 .. .. 252 .. & statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, April 20, 1863, and this day. Monday, April 18, 1864. Per 81b. to sink tho offal. April 20, 1863. Coarse and inferior beasts..., 3 2to 3 4 Second quality do. 3 8 310 Prime large oxen .. 4 0 4 4 Prime Scots, &c 4 6 4 8 Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. .. 4 0 4 6 Prime coarse-woolled do 4 8 5 4 Prime Southdown do. Lambs Large coarse calves: Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkors 4 2 4 6 Beasts . . Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs 470 SuPPLIEs ON SALE, April 21, 1862.—8( sheep and lambs, 21,460—calves, 37—pigs, 4 Arum 22, 1861.—Beasts, 3,6 lo—sheep, 1 65—pigs, 530. April 18, 1864. 3 4to 3 8 310 4 2 44 4 6 4 8 410 38 4 4 1 4 8 5 2 54 5 8 610 6 0 60 7 4 44 5 0 52 5 4 36 4 0 42 4 6 4,290 19,020 149 490 asts, 3,420- 15. 7,62 o—calves, NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. These markets are but moderately supplied with town and country-killed meat. The trade, however, is dull, at our quotations. Per Sib. by the carcase. BdeCl 0 d s 6 Inferior beef .. 2 10 3 2 Middling mutton 4 0 4 4 diddling do. .. 34 3 S Prime do .. 44 4 6 Frime large do. 3 10 4 0 Veal Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 Small pork Large pork .... 3 2 3 10 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 10 , BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. For the time of year the supply of potatoes on sale at th ese markets is very large. Good and fine parcels are in fair average request, and prices rule tolerably firm ; other wise, the trade is dull at about last week's currency. A few parcels were received from Portugal last week. Yorkshire Regents 4os to 60s per ton. Flukes Rocks ........ Perth, Forfar, and Fife Regents 40s to 603 „ Rocks ........ Kent and Essex Regents SEEDS. The inquiry for cloverseed was inactive, yet prices ruled firm. For trefoil there was a moderate demand, at previ ous quotations. Canary and tares were a slow sale. Lin seed rind rapeseed fully supportel last week's prices. A fair business was transacted in cakes, and prices ruled firm. Turnip, W hite,p.bus.lls to 14s ICarraway 22s 263 5wede.......... —s —s ( Coriander l2s 16s Mustard, Brown .. 103 13s I Ilempseed, per qr 44s 46s White, ........ Os lls Liuseed,Eug.sowing 763 78s Tares, Spring....4s Od 46 6dl Crushing Old per quarter -, s —s ' Baltic —s —s Canary, per quarter 52s 6's Odessa —s —8 Rye grass, new ..... 22s 24s Linseed. Cake, p ton —s --..6 Clover, Red Eng., ct. 42s 720 English £9 10s4:10 IGs White ........ 528 703 Foreign £9 lOs £lO bs Foreign Red.... 4, s 48s Rape Cakes,p tou.ts Os £6 Os White. 51s 68s Rapeseed, new,pr qr 62s 65s Trefoil, new........ 228 27s BOROU H 1101'. The amount of business passing in our market is still of limited extent. Prices, however, both of English and foreign qualities, rule firm, The import last week amounted to 105 hdes from Antwerp, 11 hamburg, and 23 bales from Rotterdam. Mid and East Rents.. £5 Os to £9 lOs per cwt. Weald of Keats .. 5 Os to 7 7s ~ Sussex Yearlings 3 Os to 5 Os ~ Bavatian 5 58 to 8 8s 1 , Belgian American WOOL. Long•stapled English wool continues very firm in price, TALLOW, The talk% trade continues very insctive. P.Y.C, is quoted at 41s per cwt., on the spo' ; 4els 9d for July to September, and 431 6,1 to 44s for October •to December de livery. Rough fat, 2s lid per Sibs. Town tallow, 40s 3d net cash. Particulars. 1850. 1801 1862. i 1863. 1 1864. Stock this day.— 31,188 76.931 37.461 ff ' 41.823 ' 9 — IE6 Price of Y.C. .. r 5652 a to 59s 61 to,4' sl,l to 42s 91 t o 41 s Od t o 1 —s Oct —s Cd 46s 6d —s Od —s Od Delivery lastweek 1,486 1,106 1,991 1,312 1,( 02 Ditto from June 1 ;3,6:4 70,411 111,458 72,688 63,37 Arrivals last week 735 28.1 307 51 Ditto from June 1 92,791 115,323 92.157 1 76,232 82,639 Price of Town.... 56s 6d56s 61 475 Od 1 41s 3d 43s Od Boman Catholic Chaplains, (From the Times.) It will have been observed with regret that the Middlesex magistrates have decided, by a large ma jority, neither to appoint Roman Catholic chaplains to their gaols nor even to pay priests for visiting Roman Catholics in the county prisons. Our readers will remember that a bill was passed last year which gave the magiatrate3 power under certain circum stances, with the consent of the visiting justices, to appoint a Roman Catholic priest as minister, and to give him a fixed and sufficient remuneration. Wherever the number of prisoners exceeds 30 the Act may be put in forcr. Where it is not adopted, prisoners are only visited by a priest at their own request. The Middlesex county prisons are a good instance of the necessity of some such measure. According to a letter which we publiih in another column, the number of Roman Catholic prisoners in the three county prisons is no less than 649. The number in the House of Correction is 391, in the Westminster Bridewell 223, and in the House of Detention 35. All these at present have no regular religious instruction. They will, of course, in nearly every case exercise their right of refusing to receive the visits of the chaplain of the Established Church, and there is no one else to go to them. They may, if they ask for it, receive visits from a priest, but it is not surprising that, as stated on Thursday, " cum faratively few prisoners have made such re quests ;" and the result is that a'l these prisoners, remain without any religious influence—we might almost Eay any moral influence—being brought to bear upon them. They are simply subjected to the hard lessons of the penal discipline of the gaol, and left to deduce the moral for themselves. Mr. Laurie endeavoured, by the most obvious arguments of justice and common sense, to induce the magistrates to put an end to this disgraceful state of things. He proposed resolutions for the appointment of regular Roman Catholic ministers for these three prisons, leaving the details of the arrangements in the hands of the visiting justices. Such a straightforward proposal, however, seems to have been felt at once to involve a liberality of feeling which was not to he expected in the board of magistrates, and Mr. Cox endeavoured to substi tute a propcsition which should give a less serious shock to traditional prejudices. Ho only ventured to propose that the justices should be requested to carry out so much of the act as relates to " per mitting a minister of the church or persuasion to which prisoners belong to visit them at proper and reasonable times" under any necessary regulations, and that they should be authorised to pay such ministers a moderate remuneration. Even this, however, was far too much for the meeting. and the amendment was rejected by no less a majority than 65 to 7. Upon this another amendment was proposed, directly denying the necessity and the justice of the proposition before the Court. It committed the magistrates to the opinion " that the present arrangements for the moral and religions instruction of the prisoners are suf ficient," though, as we have explained, IV far as Roman Catholic prisoners go, there are no such arrangements at all; and " that any appointment by the Court of permission by the visiting justices for Roman Catholic priests to attend at the prisons on all occasions, whether their ministrations are re quired or not, would be unnecessary and improper," —a statement of which we will venture to say that, like many Protestant manifestoes, it contains es much ingenious misrepresentations as any of the Roman Catholic evasions which are these gentle men's bugbears and every honest man's abomi nation. No one proposes, ever did propose, that Roman Catholic priests should be allowed to attend at the prisons "on all occasions," but only on such occasions as shall be permitted by the regulations of the visiting justices; nor was it ever contemplated that they should attend " whether their ministrations are required or not," but only when it shall reasonably appear that such ministrations are required. The sole question is when it shall be considered that this requirement exists. At present it depends upon the caprice of the prisoner; the proposal of the act is to make it depend on the judgment of the magi strates. However, the amendment was scarcely even criticised, and this disingenuous and extrava gant resolution was adopted by a majority of 70 to 24, or nearly 3to 1. The original proposal was therefore rejected, and the result received with loud " cheers.' The cheers proceeded, of course, from the magistrates themselves. There are very few other persons who will receive with any satis faction a result which proclaims that two-thirds of the magistrates of such a county as Middlesex are still capable of denying the claims of reason and justice. The speech of the gentleman who proposed the amendment—Mr. Sergeant Payne—is a curio sity as being delivered by an educated and learned gentleman to a body of magistrates. It consists of nothing but a string of those loud and irrelevant, and for the most part unfounded, decla matory platitudes which may be eulogised or studied at Protestant Institutes, but which are banished from the conversation and almost from the recollec tion of all reasonable men. Mr. Sergeant Payne "did it," it must be confessed, in a style which would have done honour to the most free and inde pendent orator who ever thundered Protestant "buncombe" on platform or in pulpit. " Three centuries ago their ancestors had fought for an amended form of religion, and they ought to hold by a Reformation which was founded in good sense." "When once the door was opened there was no knowing when it would lee closed." "If they admitted priests, there would be a sealed confession, and what would there be to prevent improper communications being made between the priests and the prisoners?" Who, indeed, can tell what horrible schemes, what new Guy Fawkes plots for the blowing up of the Qeeeu, the Arch bishop of Canterbury, and Mr. Newdegate might not be hatched if two such persona as Father New man and an Irish convict got tagether in a prison cell ? May we suggest that the same danger exists from Raman Catholics loose as from Roman Catholics tied up, and that Mr. Payne himself and the whole Constitution are in imminent danger of being suddenly blown up so long as half a dozen priests end a dozen Irish Catholics exist in Louden? One or two other such dreadful censequenees were suggested : and then came the peroration :—" It was said that the strong Pro; eitant feeling of the country was sufficient to cheek Roman Catholic arrogance. He trusted that it was so, and he hoped that resistance would be made to every attack, however small, from a sense of thankful.. ness that we no longer lived under the blighting influence of a Roman Catholic priesthood," That last sentence was no doubt irresistible: There i one other argument, however, which we have kept to the lest as the gem of the whole speech. " It, was impossible," he said, " to regard the proposed as anything but an attempt to increase the number of Roman Catholic subjects." We confess we are at a loss to understand what this means; or how the visits of Roman Catholic priests to Roman Catholic prisoners would have any tendency to increase their or any other species. Would it have been credible before the event that all this nonsense should have been not only spoken, but listened to patiently- and approved by 70 nangiatrates of the metropolitan county ? They had before them two simple considera cions—one of common justice, the other of corn. mon reason. The question of justice may he simply proposed in the familiar consideratioo of aping us neey would be 600 e by. If lII3UV hundreds of our countrymen were constantly liable to be immured in a Spanish prison, these seventy gentleman are just those who would get up a great agitation and go on deputations to Lord Palmerston to get Protestant chaplains appointed to the Spanish, gaols ; and they would think it monstrously hard if the Pontifical Government refused to allow the establishment of a Protestant clergy m an and a Protestant church at Rome. Yet no other considerations whatever, except force, can be brought to bear on the Spanish or Roman Govern merit which do not equally bear on the magistrates of a county with a large number of Roman Catholic prisoners. As to the consideration of reason, the question is, as we have before put it, whether these prisoners shall have any religious or moral influence brought to bear on their minds at all. It is idle to say they can have it if they like. It is much the same thing as telling a man with hydrophobia that he may drink water if he likes. The very men who will not send for the priest are just those who want him most. The opposing magistrates seemed to speak of the matter on Thursday as though a minis ter were a sort of luxury which ought to be denied to prisoners, in the same way as amusing books or newspapers or venison, as though he were a sort of dispenser of agreeable theological excitement or con troversial delicacies. But we appoint chaplains to our gaols for the supposed purpose of initiating a process of improvement by awakening in the minds of prisoners religious and moral motives. He is sup posed to be as essential a part of the prison as the cell, the rank, or the treadmill. His duty and use are, so to say, to interpret to the convict the external consequences of his crime, and force them home on his conscience and reason. If th;.B be necessary for Protestant prisoners, it is certainly necessary for Roman Catholic prisoners ; and it is, in fact, nothing short of a direct derelection of duty when it is not provided. We hope the day is not far off when the prejudices we have been exposing —perhaps more foolish than bigoted—will yield to these simple considerations, and when Roman Catholic ministers will be regularly admitted, not only to our gaols, but even, in spite of Sergeant Payne's almost inhuman expression, to lunatic asylums. That any English gentleman cou:d be led to refuse to the unhappy inmates of county lunatic asylums the chance of the comforting, and therefore restoring, influence which the ministra tions of priests of their own religion might efford is alone sufficient to condemn the spirit which prompted the opposition of the Middlesex Magis• trates. GARIBALDI AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. (THIS DAY.) The presentation of the trades' addiesses to General Garibaldi having been arranged for to day, the early trains to the Crystal Palace were crowded in an extraordinary manner. The gates of the Palace were opened at nine o'clock, and immediately after thousa ids of visitors arrived in quick succession. The weather was all that could be desired, and no doubt this greatly swelled the number of those present. Nothing like an estimate of the number present at the time of writing could be ,formed, as every five minutes brought fresh, acquisitions to the already enormous assemblage. The proceeding will be as great a success as the presentations of Saturday; and as that event will be fouLd in another part of The Sun, it is only necessary at present to say that the demonstration of to-day was nearly in all respects similar, except as to the filing past the General of the numerous deputations, each of whom presented the address of their respective bodies. SYDENHAM, 12 o'clook. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. The attendance is beyond all precedent. The interior of the building presents a sight of the most extraordinary nature. Everything bids fair to pass off with the greatest effect and order. QUARTER PAST Two. Attendance about 26,000. Not so many here as expected. HALF -PAST Two. General just arrived. Received with enthusiasm. Numbers greatly increased. Deputations filing past. Immediately on the arrival of General Garibaldi he was conducted to a raised dais in front of the Handel Orchestra, where he was received with the most vociferous cheering and waving of hats and handkerchiefs. The reception was far more demonstrative than on Saturday last, and after the General had taken his seat two little children advanced towards him, and presented him with bouquets of flowers. The children received kisses in return for their presents, and then, amidst the chorus of the Garibaldian Hymn, the deputations filed before the General and presented the ad dresses of which they were the bearers. There was but little attempt at decoration in the vicinity of the orchestra. The Italian colours were displayed at either side of the great organ, and in the front row of the orchestra on either side of the General's chair were ranged a number of the English Legion, the colours of which were carried by Lieutenant Styles. The General received the addresses in his usual kindly manner, and nothing of the illness, under which it is said he is labouring, was at all apparent. His retirement from the Palace was a repetition of the cheering that greeted his entrance. Indisposition of Garibaldi. General Garibaldi, we are informed, through a letter addressed to us from Stafford House by Signor Negretti, is not so well as his friends would wish him, there being very little doubt that the continued exertion of receiving so many visits, and calling on so many friends, is telling greatly on his health, much more than the General himself likes to acknowledge. Lifeboat Services. WITHERNSEA, NEAR HELL, April 16. The new lifeboat of the National Institution stationed at Withernsea has happily been the means (reports Captain Swann) of rescuing three men from a Position of great peril. Some of the fishing boats left Wit hernsez. early this morn ing, and returned all sate with one exception, the wind at the time being about 5, but variable. Shortly afterwards it suddenly veered round due N., and at 12 at noon it was S.E. These sudden changes in the wind caused a troubled sea with a very heavy surf. Shortly before two o'clock the absent boat was seen about two miles out. It was quite im• possible for her to make the land ; had she attempted to do so she must inevitably have been swamped. On her making signals for assistance the lifeboat was manned and launched in a masterly manner, and with great rapidity. The fishermen were reached; their things taken from their boat and the boat taken in tow. The lifeboat behaved admirably, and was brought in by the coxswain through the heavy surf in most creditable style, and again placed on her carriage quickly. The service was performed to the entire satisfactian of the lockers or.. It is somewhat odd that the men saved are part of the old lifeboat's crew, one of them being the late coxswain. The cost of this boat, which is named the Pelican, was presented, through Wm. Wilson, Esq., to the National Lifeboat Institution about two years since by Miss Sarah L : ckmere of Henley Castie Vicarage. MR. SIMS REEVES AND THE ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE. —Wo have been requested by Mr. Sims Reeves to state that there was nothing in the announcement of his illness to merit the derision with which it was received when made at Drury. lane Theatre on Wednesday afternoon, He was seriously indisposed, and the fact is conrfitned by his absence from Exeter-hall on Friday, when the oratorio of"' St. Paul" was performcd. DRuRY-LANE TITEATRE.—The annual benefit of Mr. Walter Lacy takes place en Wednesday next (20th). On this occasion " Henry IV." will be preceded by a scene from "Twelfth Night," a selection from the songs of Shakspere, with music and dancing of the poet's time—an e nt e rtainment in perfect keeping with the week of cele brations. 13.14.1 x. 18.4 1.2.10 101 } 89; N.