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

ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market to-day has /resented a much quieter appearance, the inquiry having subsided, but the rates continue very firm. A further sum of 1;63,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. There was a general rise in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon, owing to the increased value of money here. Ttie Banks of France and Turin have advanced their rates of interest to 7 and 8 per cent respec tively. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to 1;520,700, and the exports to £345,000. Lord Hobart and Mr S. Stewart have joined the directors of the Imperial Ottoman Bank. The share list of the Land Credit Company of Ireland is to be closed on Monday next for London, and on the Wednesday following for the country. The subscription list of the E tst Wheal Vor Tin and Copper Mining Company will close on Wednes day next for London, and on Thursday for the provinces. The Scottish Universal Finance Bank shares closed to-day at 2 prem. Such is the confidence reposed in this undertaking that nearly the whole of the required capital has been applied for, The directors have concluded their negotiations for the purchase of Messrs. Nathan and Co.'s business, of Cornhill, on most advantageous terms, at the same time securing their adhesion to the bank. Arrange ments have also been made for the transfer to this company of the business of N. Monteaux and Co., of Parie. Under such a favourable commencement, and with so comprehensive a programme, as may be found in another column, there is a sufficient reason for the commercial confidence which exists in reference to this company. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 40c. Heavy. There has been very little business to-day in the market for the English Funds; but owing to a dis continuance of sales prices have slightly tended upwards. Consols were 901 L;- for money, and 893, less the dividend, for the account. Speculators appear less inclined to enter largely into transactions either for a rise or fall, and the market consequently presents a dull appearance. The New Threes are quoted 881 ; the Reduced Annuities, 88k I ; the March Ex chequer Bills, 15s, to Bs. dis., and the June ditto, Bs. to 4s. dis.; and India 5 per Cents., 1041. In the Foreign Market a general rise has taken place, but business is not active. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 70 1; ditto Consolides, have ad vanced to 49a 3 ; Mex)nin to 423 431 ; do., New, to par, prem. ; Greek to 211 k; Spanish Passive to 331 a ; and the Confederate Loan to 63 64. Business in the Railway Share Market has been very inactive, and there is no change of importance to record in prices. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in most instances at slightly reduced rates, consequent upon speculative sales. The following are the current quotations of some of the principal new undertakings:—lmperial Bank of China, .1 prem. ; Millwall Iron Works, prem.; Humber Iron Works, 8 1-4- prem. ; Pro vincial Banking Corporation, 11 prem.; Inter national Land Credit, 1 2 prem. ; Telegraph Con struction, 1 prem.; Sabloniere Hotel, f prem.; North Australian, -} 1 prem. ; and Scottish and. Universal Bank, 11 2 prem. BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, M a y 8 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent liew 2} per Cent. Jan. 1891 Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1573 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (lied Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. Excheq uer Bill s, £ l,OOO, 2/ & 3 per Cent. 15 dis 8 4 dis Ditto £5OO Ditto £lOO and £200 Bank England Stk, 41 per Ct. Ditto Account INDI&N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 _ Ditto 5 per C en t . J u l y, 1870 Ditto Account.... Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do Certificates Ditto Enfaeed Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per C en t . , J an. 1872...... . Ditto 51 per C ent ., M ay, 1879 ........ Ditto Debentures, 4 p er Ct., ApriL 1861 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 Ditto BondsEl.ooo .................. Ditto under £l,OOO .................. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent....... Ditto 1859 ..... r '..... Brazilian 5 per Cent, . .......... Ditto 41 per Cent. 1852-58-60 Ditto ' 1863 ESyptian 7 per C en t lOO Ditto, Second I ssue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons., Ditto Account2oi 11 Ditto Coupons Ditto Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. Ditto, 1839 and 1859 - Lillian 5 per Cent.(Marenitnana Railway) 73 &lexicon 3 per Cent .... M42 i oor ish Imperial 5 p er C ent 3 New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Peruvi Dittoan Land W arrants (Hectares) Ditto 1 4 per Cent......... .. ........ Ditto 3 per Cent. (llriCarren) ...... Ditto 4f per C ent., 186 2 Ditto Account...... . Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account. .................. .. • Ditto 3 per C en t., 1856 , '7, '9, '6O, 623 Ditto Account Ditto Scrip (1863) £3O paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 Ditto 3 per Ce n t 1859 ...... 531 bitto 5 per Cent, 1862 ...... Sar dinian 5 per C ent .... ..... .. — 1 5 D itto Account..... . ................ Spanish 3 per Cent ........ _Ditto Per ................ 'Ditto New D e f erred Ditto Account Ditto Passive Ditto Account 3 3i Spanish C er t. of Coup not funded Ditto Account Swedish, 4 per Cent. lurkisti 6 per Cent. 1851 Ditto Account....., ........ - .Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 ..... Ditto Account 6B Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 'Ditto 6 Ac per Cent. 1862 . count 'Ditto £lOO B on d s 7O D itto 1863 ...........67 Ditto G uaranteed, 4 per Cent Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 2 Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account .... Ditto If p er Ce nt -Dividends on the above payable in Lend u. Jlelgian Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account.... 671 6/ Co TWO O'CLOCK . nsols Money Ditto Account .................. ..• B9i x d Liverpool Cotton Market ---This Day. Alarket firm. Sales about 6,000 bales. Import, 4,336. Lettters from Kurrachee intimate that the steamer `Saone, belonging to the Oriental Inland Steam Company, had arrived there from Calcutta, but the barge Calcutta which. she towed was lost on the way. She broke in two and "went clown. It is added that it is feared the steamer "will, not be of ranch service on the Indus until proper b9r1:53 can be got for her to tow. r;1:11El DANISH WAR.—Captain Hobart, of the Bro thers Success, arrived at Rochester on Wednesday from Rotterdam, report s as follows :—" On the 3d inst., at 9 30 P. 12 L, at about 10 mil es N. by E. of the Hinda light vessel, obs(!rved, 10 miles to the NE, an engagement between two screw steamers of war, viz,, Danish and Prussian. The firing lasted upwards of one hour, when they steamed away t o the northward, and I lost sight of them." CRYSTAL PALACE.—The first of a series of ten grand opera concer t s w ill t a k e place this day (Saturday), Up orted by popular anfistes from the Royal Italian Opera. O men ne Shilling Day, F r iday, May G. —Admissions on pay. 2,48 1. 1,630; ditto by se.sen ticket s , 8 54 —total visitors, Stook - - .D.Gor. 6 p.e.Js. %.tJ ul) , 1877-81 .. Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 6 p. c.Mar. & Sept. D0..5 p. o. Jan.&July. Do. 5 inscribed otocik Cape G.llope, 6 p 6,187:1 Do.Ap &Oct 1880 Do. 189€ Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c Mauritius 6 per cent .. Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. N.B.Gov. p.c. Ja.&Jul) Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct N.S.W.S.W GOV ' 5 p 2. 18ul Du. 5 p. c.,18i1 to IS7t Do. d0.,1888 &upwdt 'New Zealand 6 p cent. ,Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling', 1875 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c ,S.Aus G6p.c.1673.& up °p.c. Ja.&July Do. to 6 p.c. Arl&Oot,.. - ; BRITISH MI Cambrian Consol. Gold lifford Amalgamated..' Devon G. Cone. (Tavist. ; East Bassett (Illogan).. East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Cs.radon ...... East Carn Brea.. - E. WI ltussel (Tavistk , Gam..tSt.AuDyn(Gwen Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (lielston ;Grenville El erzAl's-Foot ti ingston Downs Lady Bertha ;Margaret (tiny Lelant 'Jlarke Valley.. Myndy Iron Ore (Lim., New Setun North Downy N.Wh'l Basset (Illo2;an North Wheal Crotty i'ar Consols (St. Blazey 'rovidenee(Uny Lelnt., South Caradon(St.Cleer, S. Cam Brea (Illogan) I S.lVh eai Fran. (Illogan Stray Park ramar Silv.tt Lead 11.11.0 fin Croft West Basset (Illogan) ; W C , radon (Liskeard West Seton Wheal Baspet (Mogan, Wheal Buller (Itedruth) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) WhealLuchott Wheal Mary Ann Wheal 3eton .. Wheal Treiawney (Lia )I 11heal Union 1.14.e,1 8 13.0 (5.16. I 8.12 i 4.18.0 2.8.6 '..ti 4.30 3.1.0 2.6.9 10.0 11 18.18,91 30.17.6 i i Id 32 34 550 660 07 70 281 29i 6} 7 31 4} 7 9 2k 3f 31 33 Of 9f /18 40 3i 4 I 4 . 18 20 41 5} I d 85 95 11 11 2f 4#41 41 43 450 470 40 50 23 30 38 19 9 10 16 18 195 `,05 90 P 5 30 35 2.0.6 3.5. h 8 53} 3.17 2 24 114 124 200 205 24 24 2 24 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, kc., Metrop. Ext., B 6 per cent., 95 Ditto, ditto, C 6 per cent. 79 81 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Wilts and Somerset, 90 FOREIGN, RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 91 San Paulo (Urn.), gua. 7 per cent., 11 Ditto (all), 19i i 19 FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lim., 11; East del Rey (Inn.), St. John del Rey (1im),175 Yudanainutana of S. Australia, lini.,l3k BANKS. Agra and United Service (lira.), 142 1 Alliance (limo. 591 8 Ditto, new, 47 9 Anglo Austrian, 61 Australasia, nis Bank of Egypt, 2 87j Bank of utago, lira., 31 Bank of Wales, lim., 171 Bank of New Zealand, 15} Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 121 British and American Exchange (Um.), 251 6 British and Californian, 11m., 51 1 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 8 9 Ditto, new, 32 Chartered Ater. of India, London, and China, 69 701 City, 130 1 Consolidated Bank, lim., 111 East - London, lim., 7 English and Irish, 1im.J.15 European Bank, lim., 111 12 Liindustan, uhina, and Japan (lim.), Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm., 13i 14 Imperial Bank ( 11 m.), 37 4 Imperial Ottoman, 20 1 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 51 6 London Bank of Scotland, hm., 18 London, Birm., and S. Staffordshire, lim., 24 5 Loudon Chartered Bank of Australia,; 27 London and Colonial 11 1 m.), 14} London Joint Stock, 45 1 London and Northern, lim., 22 1 London and So uth - Western, 25 Merchant Bank, rim , Mercantile and Exchanve. lim., 1 711 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 30 29 Oriental Bank Corporation. 661 5 Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi, lim., 3.01 MIS CELLANEOUS. Angle-Mexican Mint, 21 Bombay Gas, lim., 5 Ceylon Company,ill Contract t orporation, lim., 41 Crystal Palace, 33 Discount Corporation, 15,f Egyptian Corn. and Trading, Urn. 4i E. , glish and Australian Copper, 11 Fore-street Warehouse, lira., 6 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, llm., gr i Hudson's Bay, 11 Imperial Finaucial,"lim., 97, International Financial society, lira., 10; 11 101 Joint Stock Discount, Um., 7. 6,1 Land Securities, lim., 47 % . London African Trading, 5i London Financial Association, lim., 25.1 Ditto, new, 144. Marine Investment, lim , 3k SHARE AIARKETS—This clay. ORDINARY :3XIARES AND STOOLS. Railways. Closing i Business Paid " Prioe. done. 8 1 81 9 83 f 5 1171 1181 Wol., and St.r. Val. tsiyttw and Tyne. Brfstol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Ban.lo❑ Cornwall Do A A gets no div Do. B till t3p c.p an.has been paid to B. Dublin & 13ellast June. iDun.,Perth,&Ab. June. !Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glas,,g. and S. Western. :GreatEastern, Ord. eV; Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian st GreatNorthot Seotlanl ' Great Northern Do A stock I Do Bdo Gt. S. an I W. 01 Irelam Great Western Do Str Val gum stoc,.lLa !, neashue & orkohire 'London and Blaelcvs?all Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Len. & North Western Lon. & Se , .th Western Man., Stet., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do sh4res... Metropolitan Do New . Do Birminz. & Derby Slid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle... INorth London Do New .. North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stook Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welehpoo Shropshire Union South South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dur 6taines,Wok.,andWok Stockton Darlington Do Do New, 1.86 G Taff Vale.. . ..... Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim 'lVaterford t Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.Stit West Midland -Oxford Newport'ho Do Hereford I 6 7 35 37 1( 17 &E 3 90 101 1(0 10i '7 6 7/ 128 129 135 :36 13) 02 9t 93 e 3 : 3; 1,1 : 0 1 91i 64 66 1(81 10911 064 941 53 34 I lio Jil 1291 123; 100 1(2 50} ola 21 25y 93 100 5511 66i SE3± 90 128 131 14 2i 76 78 101 11} 121 123 30 40 64 66 33 35 8) 90 104 107 7 8/ 16/ 1 37/ 91 10 t . 8 8/ ( 165 17U 5 7 3 4 p 95 f'7 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways t antio St Lawremx Bom.,Baroda.t.Cent Inc Gu. 5 per cent........ Do. Now Do. E. Shares Buffalo and Laxe Huron Do. Preference Budalo,BrantAGodrieb p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 187: , Do. do. June 1, 18;1 Lloutta.&S. E astn. (Lin Cape Town 1:..1 bock Scril l Ear.tn. Bengal gu. 5 g. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext Do. do. H do. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Prof. Bonds.. Do. do. del erred...... Do. 2d Pret. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d P, ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... GLlndtarenin.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares al 1 all 10') 100 100 100 100 100 1(10 Paid, all Closing Prioe. 58 40 104 103, si p 9i 77 82 77 88 77 82 1(0 (02 08 100 103 105 102} 104 P; 2u 20i 7u 12 60 62 60 64 51 63 48 50 40 f 2 25 27 23 06 102 103 Do. New .. Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. Do. 56 P.C. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. Do. It p. 0. Extension Do. 4A d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. 3lelb.Corp. 6 p. o. Buds. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. !dor tg. Bds. Newßrimswick a Canda Class A and B. N. Itl.C'daB pc lst pt Ws' Soinde Do. Delhi I ci Do. Punj tub Do. Do. fik2 Do. Indue.St.lolo./ COLONIAL GOVEIO 101 103 10 10i 10i 10 5; 94 95 84 86 1011 102 i 94 96 90 9; 58 60 8 5 82 54 102 103 101 /0! P IP 102 93 95 1' SECURITIES. 103 105 102 :C4 102 104 90 n 89 81 106 108 107 109 1(8 110 110 112 105 107 106 108 106 108 102 804 99i WO 99 101 99 101 10) 111 .04 106 10 112 07 1081 THE SUN, IiONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day, COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, and Justices Black • burn, Mellor, and Shee.) THE CONTEMPT CASE IN THE HOUSE OF KEYS. IN RE JAMES BROWN. In this case Mr Welsby had obtained a rule to show cause why a writ of habeas corpus should not issue directed to the keeper of the prison in the Isle of Man to bring up the body of James Brown, the proprietor and publisher of the isle of Alan Times, who had been convicted for contempt under a warrant and judgment of the House of Keys, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment, for publishing a certain libel in the proceeding of certain members of that house, in rela tion to the Towns' Commissioners. The House of Keys is the house of Legislation of the island, and is a perpetual body acting under the Lieutenant-Governor of the Island. Mr. Mellish, Q.C., on the pert of the authorities, showed cause against the rule, and raised a preliminary objection under the 25th and 26th of Vic., cap. 20, which act was passed to prevent a writ of habeas corpus being issued by this court into any foreign dominion, and which was passed in consequence of Crawford's (the Canada) case. The learned counsel contended that the House of Keys, sitting in its judicial authority, had power to commit, and were so sitting at the time of the committal of the applicant Brown, and that this court had no right to interfere with its deci sion by issuing a habeas corpus. The court, without hearing the reply, was unanimously of opinion that the rule ought to be made absolute and the writ to issue, as the House of Keys had not the power to imprison under the circumstances of the case. The counsel on the other side said there was no occasion for the issuing of the writ, as on the decision of the court becoming known Brown would at once be liberated, thus avoiding the necessity of its being brought before their lord ships for that purpose. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE CLARKE. In this case an arrangement had been made for a private meeting, but the bankrupt did not appear. A surgical certificate was tendered that he had mec with an accident and could not attend, and the wile and mother of the bank rupt were present to certify that such was thq fact. Mr. E. Griffith objected to the admissability of the cer ificate as evidence. His Honour said that the only course was, if the sum mons had been personally served, to issue a warrant, and then it would be ascertained whether there was any truth in the statement. Mr. Grifd'h said that the bankrupt had not been abso. lutely served, but the mother took the summons, and ad. mated that she had given it to the bankrupt—the bankrup avoided personal service. His Honour said that another summons must be served f possible, and if it could not, a warrant would be served. IN RE 83IITli. In this case an argument arose on the application of Mr. Smith, of Belgrave-wharf, Pimlico, who had been arrested after having received a certificate from the Registrar of the due•execution of a deed under the 198 section of the Act 1861. His Honour now held that ho had no power to release, t was different from an application under the 112th sec- tion of the old act, which gave the Court a discretionary power. In the case of Colonel Waugh, there was a great doubt whether this Court had a power to discharge as against the order of the superior court, but in this case the court above had been applied to, and had up to the present time upheld the proceedings of its own court. His Honour therefore refused to order the release, but would, as the liberty of the subjeot was so important, afford an opportunity for appeal, and fix the amount of deposit at the lowest possible amount, £lO. It was intimated that the appeal would be entered in clue course, but, in the meantime, Mr. Smith must remain in custody. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Dan THAMES. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—DISTRESSING CASE.---Margaret Cotton, a very respectable young woman, who has been in good situations, was brought up, on remand, before Mr. Partridge, charged with attempting self-destruction. A few mornings since the prisoner went to the banks of the Lea Cut, in Limehouse, and plunged into the water. She would have been drowned but for the tact and bravery exhibited by a man named Jamee Park, of No. 9. Flower's lane, Stainsby-road, Limehouse, who got into the water and held her until further assistance was rendered. She was quite exhausted when taken out of the canal, and was removed to the station. house in Poplar, where police sergeant Bridgland, No 65 K, succeeded in recovering her, and after providingher with dry clothing,sent her to the Step ney Union, at Bromley. Her recovery soon followed, and she was brought before Mr. Partridge on Monday, and re manded. Her statement was a very distressing one. She had been seduced by a man named Alexender Mamoth, a native of Hungary, who is well known at this court, and who turned out to be married. He laughed at her, and treated her with scorn, and she resolved that her life arc, her miseries should end together, and was very sorry that she had not accomplished her purpose: She now appeared in a better frame of mind, and Mr. Partridge read a letter he had received from the Rev. Mr. Jephson, the: chaplain of the Clerkenwell House of Detention, which stated that the prisoner had expressed great penitence, and had promised not to repeat the attempt on her life. Mr. Flowers, the principal of an excellent Christian Institution in Silver street, Stepney, had been kind enough to interfere in this case, and he thought the best thing would be to send her to a refuge. He should discharge her, and hand her over to the care of Mr. Flowers, who would provide her with an asylum. DARING ROBBERY ON BOARD A BARGE.-Wm. JOll3B, a lad employed about the barges on the river, was charged with stealing 12 bottles of beer. It appeared that a watchman, named Edward Cole, in the service of the East and West India Dock Company, stopped the prisoner as he was about to leave the East India Dock at the river entrance, and asked him if he had anything about him, to which the lad saucily answered "Nothing, What do you think I have got in my pockets ? " The watchman dragged the prisoner into his box and took from each of his trousers pockets a bottle of ale, and from his breast pocket a third bottle of ale. They were sealed for exportation. The prisoner said he found the three bottles of ale on the quay, but he afterwards told another dock watchman that he found them in a dust bin, He was asked why he came into the dock, and he made an absurd reply. It was subequently discovered that a case of bottled ale on board the barque Martha in the dock had been broken open and 12 bottles of ale taken out. The three bottles taken from the prisoner were a portion of them. The barge was owned by a lighterman named Perkins, who was in chargo of the ales for shipment. The prisoner, who began crying, said he was guilty, and he was sentenced to two months' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction. WESTMINSTER, STRANGE APPROPRIATION OF STOLEN PROPERTY,— Amelia Johnson was placed at the bar before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing a dress and a great number of children's frocks, &c., valued at upwards of £5, the pro perty of Mt. Batchelor, solicitor's clerk, 67, Charlwood street, Pimlico. Elizabeth Batchelor, wife of the prosecutor, said that the prisoner, who is 17 years of age, entered her service about two months since and stayed there till the previous evening, when, on account of some property being missed, she was given into custody. Witness went to Margate a month ago, and when she returned on Friday she found that her morn ing dress and various other articles were missing. Prisoner, when accused of the robbery, denied it, but aft erwards ad mitted she had stolen the things, and from a communication made by her, witness went with Sergeant Huddy, 2 B, to Lambeth, where the prisoner's mother resides, and on en tering the room found some of the stolen articles, consisting of 12 pinafores and some frocks, in the process of washing. There were two children in a bed in the room, and on one of them was found a night-shirt belonging to the prosecu trix, and on the other a similar article. The mother ad mitted pledging some of the articles, and some duplicates were given up. Prisoner declined saying anything. Prisoner's mother said she had brought the things home, and said her mistress had given them to her. They were all old, and she thought there was no harm in keeping them and pledging some of them. Mr. Sella remanded the prisoner till Friday for the pawn brokers to attend. EARTHQUAKE IN CANADA.—The Quebec Gaeztte of the 20th nit. says :—" This afternoon, between I and 2 o'clock, a smart shock of earthquake was felt throughout this city, lasting for several seconds. The houses were so violeatiy shaken that all who were in them made their way to the streets as quick as possible. We are happy to state that no damage was done, as far as we have heard, except the falling of a few bricks from chimneys. The atmosphere at the time was clear, with a strong bretz-i from the north-east. The present shock exceeded in power that which we experienced in October, 1860." Telegrams state that the earthquake was not felt at Montreal ; two shocks were felt at Danville, at Father Point, and at L'lslet, and at this last place, which is 43 miles from Quebec on the south side of the St. Lawrence, "several of the cars were nearly capsized." THE DUTIES OF NEUTRALS.—Mr. Thomas Baring will on the motion for an adjournment on Friday next, call the attention of the house to the fact "that an armed steamer is now in the port of Liverpool, which, hav ing been originally manned and equipped from British ports, has preyed upon the commerce of a friendly nation, and has never been in any port of the belligerent under whose flag she sails ;" and will ask th e Fi rst L or d o f th e Treasury " whether ho thinks the admission of such ves sels to British harbours consistent with our international obligations, our professions of neutrality, and the preserva tion of British interests." The Right of the People to Meet in the Parks, We are requested to publish the following corre spondence : 4, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn, April 23, Sir,—As I was addressing this afternoon on Primiose hill a perfectly quiet and orderly meeting on the subject of General Garibaldi's departure, an inspector of police—whose name, I was informed, is Stokes—accompanied with several other policemen, interfered, and insisted upon my desisting from further addressing the persons assembled. I desisted immediately, in order to avoid creating a disturbance, how ever much I might consider We interference wholly un called for and illegal. As I mast presume this inspector to have acted under your orders or with your sanction, I write to ask under what Act of Parliament, or by what construction of law, this interference, with what seems to me to be a clear con stitutional right, is considered to be justified.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, EDMOND BEALES. Sir It. Mayne, K.C.B. P.S.—I should add that I, some short time since, ad. dressed a much larger meeting on Mackheath with the sane tion and in the presence of the police in that district, 4, Whitehall-place, April 26. Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 23d inst., and as Sir George Grey's statement in reply to a question by Mr. Harvey Lewis in the House of Com mons yesterday evening gives an explanation with respect to the conduct of the police on the occasion, I beg to refer you to the report in the newspapers of this day, which is, I believe, quite accurate.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, RICHARD MAYNE, Edmond Beales, Esq. The explanation of Sir GTGrey in the House of Commons, to which Sir Richard Mayne referred Mr. Beales, being unsatisfactory on the points re ferred to in Mr. Beales's letter, a deputation from the Garibaldi Committees waited on the Home Se cretary on Wednesday, the 27th of April, Sir Richard Mayne being also present. A fall report of what then passed has already appeared, and the result being only a reference of the deputation to Mr. Cowper, the First Commissioner of her Ma jesty's Works, the following correspondence has taken place with that gentleman. " 10, Bolt-ceurt, Fleet-street, April 28. Sir,—l have been instructed by the sub-committee of the City and Working-men's Garibaldi Committees to inform you that they intend holding the adjourned public meeting on the subject of Garibaldi's departure on Saturday evening the 7th of May, on Primrose• hill, and to ascertain whether you intend to interfere with such meeting, The sub-com mittee, or a deputation therefrom, will wait upon you at 2 o'clock to-morrow (Friday), upon the subject, unless in the meantime you send a reply by lector.—l am, sir, yours re spectfully, ROBERT HARTWELL, Hon. Sec. Working-men's Garibaldi Committee. Hon. W. Cowper, M.P. Office of 'Works, &c., S,W., April 29. Sir,--In reply to your letter of yesterday's date, stating that the sub-committee of the City and 'Working-men's Garibaldi Committees desire to hold a public mewing on the subject of Garibaldi's departure from England on Primrose-hill on Saturday, 7th May, lam directed by the First Commissioner of her Majesty's Works, &c., to say that the sub-committee have his full permission to hold such meeting, believing, as he does, that there is no reason for apprehending that the meeting will lead to any disturbance of the peace, or to any obstruction or interference with the purposes of recreation for which Primrose hill has been appropriated. I have also to inform you that a notification of this per• mission has been made to the Commissioners of Police.—] am, sir, your obedient servant, ALFRED AUSTIN, Secy. Mr. R. Hartwell. 10, Bolt-court, Fleet-street, April 30. Sir,—l am directed by the sub - committee of the City and Working-men's Garibaldi Committees to acknowledge your letter of yesterday's date, giving full permission for the holding of the proposed meeting on Primrose hill on Satur- day next, on the subject of General Garibaldi's departure, from England, and to state that the obtaining such permis sion was not the object with which I addressed my first note to you, or for which the deputation referred to in that note proposed to wait on you. That deputation requested an interview with you under the following circumstances, in reference to a question of constitutional right and groat public interest. Sir George Grey, the Home Secretary, having intimated to the deputation, when it waited upon him, that the police, in dispersing the former meeting last Saturday. had acted under no orders given either by himself or Sir R. Mayne, and that be regretted the meeting had mot been allowed to proceed, the necessary conclusion appeared to be that no future meeting of a similar description, in a similar locality, would be interfered with ; but upon Mr Beales asking Sir G. Grey if such was the case, the reply was to the effect that the police would have power to stop any such meeting unless your consent to its being held had been previously obtained. Under these circumstances, sir, the object of the deputa tion was to obtain from you a clear and distinct reply to the following questions. 1. Whether you, as First Commissioner of her Majesty's Works, &0., claim the right or power of preventing, with the aid of the police, the holding of a meeting by the people, on Primrose-hill, or in any of the parks, in exercise of their constitutional right to meet for the peaceable discus sion of public grievances and other similar matters. 2. If you claim such right or power, then, upon what grounds, under what Act of Parliament, or by what con struction of law, you claim such right or power, either on the part of yourself or of the Commissioners of Police ? I am requested, therefore, to ask you still to appoint a day and hour for receiving the deputation on the subject, unless you prefer answering the above questions in writing. —I am, &c,, ROBERT HARTWELL, Hon. Sec. of Working. men's Garibaldi Committee. To the Right Hon. the First Commisssioner of her Majesty's Works, &c. May 3. Sir, —I am directed by her Majesty's Works, &C., to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday's date, in which you inform him that a Office e h o e f N F V ir o s r t ks b & om c‘ m , S is . s W ion " er of deputation of the sub - committee of the City and Working men's Garibaldi Committees desire an interview in order to ask him certain questions relating to the rights and powers of his office, and as to Acts of Parliament or instructions of law on which those rights and powers are founded; and I am to state, in reply, that with all deference for the opinions of the sub-committee, the First Commissioner of Works cannot admit that it would be proper or expedient for him to enter into discussion with that or any other deputations upon the legal questions referred to.—l am, air, your obedient servant, ALFRED AUSTIN, Secretary, Mr. It, Hartwell. Serious Accident to th e Fire Brigade,— Shocking Death from Fright, Yesterday morning, shortly after midnight, a fire occurred at Norton-folgate, Bisho psgate-street, which nearly proved fatal to several of the Fire Brigade. It originated from some unknown cause on the premises, No. 11, occupied as a beer shop, by Mr. J. Parr, a three-storey building. On the alarm being raised the fire was found to be raging at the As soon as t h e informatioa reached the Brigade ga p d p e e r Station om s . in Bisho back, and was ma kin g rapid progre ss u p the stairc ase t o Psgate-street, the fact was tele graphed to Capt. Sh aw, who called out all the engines f ro m some half-dozen st atio ns for service. By the time the theurc earlier force reached the spot the fire had possession of the whole of the back portion of the premises from the base ment to the roof, and there seemed little probability of any part being saved. The firemen led their hose into the burning premises and followed the fire up. Having scoured it out from the basement they went up the staircase, and eventually into all the ro oms i n the house, and succe e ded also s ome o f " the duke's " by those measures in getting th e fire subdued, Captain Shaw, Mr Bridg es, and several oth er o ffi cers amateurand m e n firemen, (about weren i number),asheard, and t h e next instant the various Parts o f th e premises ex tinguishing the remaining burnin g embers, when all of a sudden a loud cracking w whole of the back of the house fell wi t h a heavy crash, burying several of the men. Some escaped from the front windows by a fire escape, which was placed against the front of the house. Captain Shaw, Mr Bridges, and four or five others who were is the shop, were partly covered in dust, but sustained no injury, Two or three of the men who were in the upper floors fell with them to the bottom, and it was almost a miracle they were not killed. One officer named Flinn, attached to Whitecross-street, was buried underneath the ruins for nearly half an hour before ho could be extricated, but was found not to be so much injured as it first feared. Scene of the adjoining houses sustained a great deal of damage—that of Mr W. Barker, greengrocer, has the side wall and roof severely burnt, and several houses in Cock-alley have their windows partly de- ' stroyed. About an hour after the above outbreak another fire broke out at No. 2, Castle-court, Lower Whitecross-street, belonging to M r B ra y, l e t out in tenements. E ac h fl oor was occupied by a family, and the excitement and terro r among the poor creatures wh en the place und ernea th them was found to he on fire was very iainful. however, through the prompt attendance of the fire escapes all the people were saved. Everything they possessed was destroyed, for the flames extended throughout every room in the house, and subsequently part of the premises fell in. One poor crea ture, a young married woman, living with her husband and two young children in adjoining house, died from fright at the outbreak of the fire. She was in bed at the time, and was awoke by the cries in the next house. Seeing the flames issuing from the window, she gav4 a scream, end fell back dead. A third fire broke out about 4 o'clock in Queen's-square yard, Westminster, at some stabling of Mr Young, which was burned down, and some damage was done to the fittings and staircase of St, Peter's Chapel adjoining. IRELAND. DUBLIN, May 6. The extraordinary Lardner case was decided by the Master of the Rolls yesterday. Your readers may remember that an application had been made on behalf of the Reversionary Interest Society of London that a sum of £3,070 in court be paid out to them. It was stated in the affidavit on which counsel moved that George Darley Lardner, son of the late Rev. Dionysius Lardner and Cecilia Lardner, otherwise Flood, his wife, had in 1850 assigned his interest in the reversion of the £3,070 to the petitioners for a sum of £550. This motion was thereupon resisted by the next of kin of Celia Flood, the wife the Rev. Dr. Lardner. The case was that the person calling himself George Parley Lardner was ao illegitimate kon of the Rev. Dr. Lardner, and that the legitimate " George Parley Lardner," who was horn I,nd baptised in 1818, died when young, in Italy, of consumption. It was further alleged that the Rev. Dr. Lardner there substituted the present G. D. Lardner, and repre sented him as the legitimate son, and that he did this for the purpose of preventing the money now in question going out of the family. The evidence of Miss Lardner, his aunt, completely disproved this case. She identifi€d several letters written by 111 r, George Larduer to her during several years. She stated that, having read an advertisement in the Times in February, 1842, asking information as to the death of George Lardner, son of the Rev. Dr. Lardner, she went to the solicitor named in the advertisement, Mr. H. Mayne, of Dorset-street, Dublin, and told him George Lardner was not dead, but was at the Cape of Good Hope, Mr. Mayne assured her he would have the rumour contra dicted, but refused to state who authorised him to publish the advertisement. She swore that George Lardner was always recognised and treated by all the members of the family as the legitimate son of the Rev. Dr. Lardner. Counsel also opened an affidavit made by Mr George Lardner himself at Barbadoes, on the 24th of March, corroborating his aunt's statements. Serjeant Sullivan said his clients were satisfied of Mr George Lardner's legitimacy, and withdrew from all further opposition. Protest of the Genevese against Mazzini's Expulsion, BERNE, April 4. The following protest against the decree of the Swiss Federal Council renewing the order for the expulsion of Mazzini from Switzerland has been forwarded by a Committee of Genevese citizens to this city : To THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OP THE SWISS FEDERAL COUNCIL. Gentlemen,—As representatives of the Swiss people, you have thought it right to renew the order of expulsion pro nounced against the citizen Joseph Mazzini at a deplorable period by your predecessors. Ic is the duty of the GeLevese section of Helvetia to raise its voice in protest against your decision, which is contrary to the principles of hospitality professed in all'ages by free and Republican Switzerland. Switzerland has received proscribed persons of all opi nions. Madame de Steel, Louis Philippe, Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, the Count de Chambord, the Duchess of Parma, and many other persons have been happy to find an asylum in Switzerland, and while there have sometimes engaged in intrigues very compromising to the future of the Cenfe deraration. Does Republican Switzerland no longer exist ? Could not the man who has Enpported and defended in his own country the institutions which we have the happiness to possess at home enjoy the same favour as has been granted to his enemies ? Should the Confederation, regenerated since 1818, refuse to proscribed Republicans the asylum which the Confederation of 1838 granted to proscribed Re actionists. You have thought it advisable, gentlemen, to base your opinions upon the recent condemnation by contumacy of which the citizen Mazzini has been the victim in France. You believe no more than we do, gentlemen, no more than does the French Government, in the culpability of that illustrious patriot of the so-called - attempt to which the Emperor of the French did not succumb. You know, as we know, that this affair was arranged by he French police, by whom Greco was paid. The rigour you exercise against tho greatest citizen of Italy is therefore inopportune, and may give rise to the be lief (which is far from being our opinion) that the Federal Council follows or anticipates the wishes of the Court of the Tuileries. This is not our opinion, zentlemen. We know that the interest of Switzerland is the only inea by which you are animated, and it is in the name of this interest we protest against this decision, leaving to the authority which has taken it all responsibility for the future of our beloved country. The citizen you proscribe may, in fact, in consequence of political events which we cannot foresee, return to Swit. zerland as the plenipotentiary of a friendly and allied State, He may, as has already once happened, become the chief of the Administration of a Republican country. The same thing occurred to Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, now Emperor of the French. We ask you, therefore, gentlemen, for the eake of placing yourselves in accord with the immense majority of the Swiss people, to recall the unseasonable decree you have pronounced against Joseph Mazzini„ This protest being intended for publication, we beg o you, gentlemen, to notify to us its reception with the leas) possible delay.—Receive, THE COMMITTEE. MARKETS—nds Day. COVENT GARDEN. Increased supplies of fruit are on sale here to-day; the demand rules steady, and last week's currencies are fully supported. The show of vegetables is seasonably good ; the inquiry for most kinds is firm, on former terms. FRUIT. s. d. s. d. Pine apples 8 0 to 10 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 6 0 to 10 0 Foreign do 2 0 to 3 0 Brelons Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 3 0 to 4 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..4 0 to 10 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 7 0 Gooseberries hf sveo 0 to 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 s. d. s d Mulberries, pr pt..o oto 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 2 oto 2 6 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. 0 oto 0 0 Peaches.. Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 5 oto 6 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Cabbages, pr doz. 0 10 to 1 3 Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 0 li4cl ditt0........ 0 oso 0 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz. 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 0 10 to 1 3 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 2 0 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Brocoli sprouts .. 1 oto 1 2 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 35 oto 70 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 3 New ditto, pr pt ..1 oto 1 6 Mushrooms, p pt. 0 6to 1 0 Turnips, dz bunch 1 6to 2 0 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots,pr d 0.... 4 6to 5 6 Cos lett, score .. 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers ...... 0 oto 0 0 Mint and savory.. 0 oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb .... 0 oto 0 0 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 4to 0 6 Green peas, h.-sv. 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 French beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn.. 1 9to 2 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun. 1 oto 1 3 Rhubarb, per bun 0 3to 0 6 Spinach .. 0 Bto 0 10 Asparagus, pr do. 3 oto 5 0 Brussels sprouts 1 9So 2 6 iSeakale, per bun. 0 9to 1 6 POULTRY. Turkeys, 5s Od to 8a Od ; geese, Os Od to Os Od each ; goslings, 7s to 9s Od ; ducks, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; duckling s , 4s Od to 6s Od ; rabbits, is Od to Is 9d each ; wild do., lOti to Os lld ; ' pigeons, Os 6d to Os 10d each ; Surrey fowls, 12s Od to 16s Od; chickens, 8s Od to 12s Od ; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 8s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os to Os Od ; partridges, Os to Os Od ; woodcocks, Os to Os Od; snipes, Od to is Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od; plovers, Os Od to 10d each; guinea fowls, 6s Od to 9s Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, Os lld to is Id ; English, is ld to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 7s Od to 7s 6d ; French do., 5s Od to 6s 6d per 100; leverets, Oa Od to Os Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is 6d to is 10d ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb ; turbots, 4s Od to 15s ; cod, 2s Od to 7s Od ; brills, 2s Od to Os Od; dorevs, 5s Od to Gs Od; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d; lobsters, is to 3s Od; crabs, 6d to 3s Od ; plaice and gurnets, 6d to is 6d each; soles, 6d to 3s Od per pair ; common oysters, 18s to 248 ; natives, 64s to 70s per bushel ; whitings, 2s Od to 5s • haddocks, Os to 12s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 55s per 100 ; fresh herrings, 7s to 8s per 100; bloaters, Os to Os per 100; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d , mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; lamb, 56 Gd to 6s Gd; veal, 3s 10d to 4s Gd ; and pork, 3s 2d to 4s 4d per Blbs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; lamb, os 6d to Gs 6d ; veal, 3s 10d to ts 6d; and pork, 3s 2d to 4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6±d to 7d, of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2/d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3id ; 721 b to 801 b, 31d to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 3id to 4#d; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 4;d; 961 b to 1041 b, 4id to 5d ; 1041 b to 1121b,—d to —d. Horse hides, Os Od to lOs Od ; calf skins, light, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; full, 8s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od ; half••breds, —s Od to —5 Od ; Downs, 9s 6d to lls 6d; lambs, 3s Od to 4s 6d; shetulings, Is 9d to Os Od. HAY MARK.ZTS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s Od; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od; and straw, £1 4s to £1 14s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND.•—Moadow hay, £3 Os to £4lss Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £l:4s to £1 14s per load. Demand inactive. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4lss ; clover £4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £l4s to £1 Hs per load. A slow sale. In reply to the Commissioner, the witness said that his house had four rooms and a kitchen, and the rent was 7s a week. Himself, his daughter, and his two children—one aged 13 and the other six—lived there. His daughter was not married, but lived with a cabman under the same roof. Witness did not include her earnings in the 20s a week. Mrs Mary Clay, a neighbour of the Anfield's, said that on Monday (the 29th of February) she accompanied Mrs Anfield to the workhouse. Mr Cardwell said the note she produced was not an admission order, and told her to go to another gate. There the witness asked the person who let them in to let Mrs Anfield sit down, but he would not do so. He asked for a chair as Mrs Anfield was very ill, but this was refused. Mr Cardwell said that he had no questions to put to the witness, but he still adhered to his statement of the previous day. Mr C. A, Christey was then sworn. He said that he had not a recollection of the husband's getting relief, but he thought he had given him an order for Dr Moore. His memory was bad. Dr. E. Moore said that he had attended the deceased woman as an out-patient of the parish at her own house. She was suffering from a . cold, and she was in bed in a small room with a quantity of damp clothes drying on lines over her head. He thought it would be very desirable that she should be removed into the infirmary. The Commissioner said that he found the poor had in a great degree a preference for their own homes over the work house infirmary. He believed that if there were an infir mary not called the workhouse in the neighbourhood, the poor would never have any objection to enter it. The witness said that he had no doubt of it. He said he gave a recommendation for the deceased woman to be admitted to the infirmary. On the Monday night her daughter came to him and said she had been refused admis sion, and asked for an order for nourishment. Witness gave an order for milk, wine, arrowroot, and beef for beef tea. Witness was subsequently present at and took part in the post-mortem examination. Witness considered tho cause of death to be congestion of the lungs. He did not consider that congestion arose from starvation, but that she had had inflammation of the lungs from cold previously. Witne ss told Mr Gant he did not think starvation had caused the congestion, but Mr Gant thought differently. Two or three persons met the witness in the stre et e deceased died, and told him of her exposure n after deceased workhouse gates, and that she had been refu sed to the nourish_ he witness s ment. At their request he referred them b eadle, who declined to interfere, as he had ts. T been scolded d wrote by t o guardians for getting up inq u ests. l a incd much that th e i nquest The guardianshavecepresentheld whe:theshould husband did not wish it. Aaron Anfield said , in answer to Mr. Collins, that he did the coroner. the not want the inquest. The Commissioner said that if an inquest was necessary, the wishes of the survivors could not always be consulted. The present discussion was, therefore, without use, The case of Mary Ann Anfield was then declared closed. The Commissioner then proceeded to investigate a charge o f alleged cruelty against Mr. W. Runceman, a relieving officer, in reference to a poor family named White, residing at No. 19, Crabtree-row, Weatherhead•zardens, Bethnal green, and after several witnesses had been examined, the proceedings were again adjourned. 1(0i 395 40 11110;1110 I 1 9f 100} 99i Business don, 1031 2 3 104 051 5 Fearful Accident at Sea to a Drogheda Steamer, APPREHENDED LOSS OF 60 PASSENGERS. ( From the Freeman's Journal.) HOLYHEAD, Thursday Evening. The steamship Leinster Lass, belonging to the port of Drogheda, and sailing between that port and Liverpool, between one and two o'clock this morning, when about four miles to the north of the Sherries Light, broke her piston rod. No sooner had the piston smashed than, with irresistible force and a tremendous crash, it shot through the cylin der and broke through the ship's bottom. The engine-nom and between decks were at once swamped ; and when I remind you that there were between 250 and 300 emigrants on board, and the time the dead dark of the night, you and your readers can better imagine the scene of confusion, tumult, and alarm which prevailed than 1 can con vey it. It is, however, easy to picture to one's self what must have occurred. It is feared the men attending in the engine-room were at once drowned by the sudden inundation, and that some of the emigrants were also lost even on board the vessel. Orders were given to lower the boats ; but no sooner was the command made than crowds of the emigrants, actuated by the common impulse of self-preservation, crowded the boats. The consequence, of course, was that, being over crowded, they were immediately swamped, and it Is believed that by this accident no less than fifty emigrants were drowned. I have also been in formed that the fastenings of the boats having been overtaxed by the numbers who flocked into them gave way, precipitating' those in them into the water. Fortunately, for the remaining portion of the passengers, at this moment the screw steamship Torch, on her voyage from Liverpool to Dublin, hove in sight, and having been signalled at once replied, and bore down to the Leinster Lass, and without delay got the disabled vessel in tow and brought her into harbour. It is believed that the watertight compartments of the Leinster Lass saved her from becoming an entire wreck. [We should state that the ,accounts of this accident which reached Dublin and Drogheda in the course of last evEning mention the number of persons lost as five, which we sincerely hope may prove to be the correct statement.—ED. F. .I.] THE TREATMENT OF THE POOR IN BETHNAL-GREEN. OFFICIAL POOR-LAW INQUIRY. Yesterday morning Mr Farnall resumed the Poor-law investigation at the Bethnal-green Workhouse, Waterloo road, Victoria-park. The case of Mary Ann Anfield was proceeded with. Mrs Klumb was sworn—She was nurse when Mary Ann Anfield was in the infirmary. Mr Smart had charge of all the patients in the infirmary. In witness's side of the in- firmary there were about 240 or 250 persons, male and female. Mr Smart said that altogether there were about 300. The witness said that quite half of those persons were aged; the rest were labouring under disease. Mr Smart came every day; sometimes he came twice or three times a day. Mrs Anfield was in the house about three weeks, and the doctor saw her daily. She considered the dietaries to be on a very liberal scale. Witness as a nurse knew that pa tients often were fastidious. They rejected food, but it was because of the badness of their stomachs, and not because anything was wrong with the fold. If anything was wrong witness could always remedy it. The guardians came through the wards every week, and there was a printed notice over the mantel-shelf, to the effect that the patients could make any complaints to them. When Mrs Anfield first came in she could eat her meals well. Witness was present when Mr Smart asked her what she could eat. She said whatever the doctors liked to give her. Witness fancied he ordered cooked (boiled) mutton. Mr Smart said in his evidence yesterday he was misun derstood to say the woman said she could eat nothing, and that he ordered her No. 3 diet. She had told him she could eat mutton, and he then ordered her No. 3 diet, which con sistei principally of boiled mutton. Mrs Kiumb said the deceased's appetite failed on the Wednesday befcre her death, which occurred on Sunday, the 27th March. She had convulsions of short duration on the Sunday morning before death. When her appetite failed witness gave her arrowroot and beef-tea, and she took them and a little toast until the Saturday night before her death. Mrs Anfield never had coffee. She used to call her tea coffee. Mr Howard said that Mr Gant had found coffee in de ceased's stomach at the post-mortem examination. Ann Burney said she had been an inmate of the work- house, but she now g,2ined her living out of the house. She was the assistant nurse in the ward when Mrs Anfield was in the infirmary. She (deceati;:d) ate her food very well for a fortnight, and then her appetite fell off. Witness never was ordered to give her beef tea or arrowroot, but witness saw her take some given to her by another patient. Witness never reported the state she was in to the head nurse. The Commissioner said that this was another instance o, the inutility of unpaid servants. The witness said that she gave deceased the arrowroot and beef-tea that Mrs Woods could not take. The Commissioner said it was clear that Mrs Woods, out of kindness, gave portions of her arrowroot and beef-tea to Mrs Anfield, and that the mr.tron did not report or get for the latter what she could eat. Mrs Klumb recalled, said that she would still swear that she gave the assistant an order for arrowroot and beef-tea to be supplied to Mrs, Anfield. Witness gave mutton every day to Mrs Anfield up to the Saturday, independent of the beef-tea and arrowroot she ordered Burney to give her. Here the dietary book was produced, and it showed that the mutton had been given up to Saturday. Mr Burney said that other patients had sometimes more than they could take, and she gave some of it to those that liked it. It was not on the card for Anfield to get it; but witness told Mrs Klumb she gave Anfield beef-tea from another patient, and Mrs Klumb said to witness, " Let her have what she likes to take." Mrs Anfield sometimes de clined to take the beef -tea, &c,, on account of her stomach, Witness did not report that to Mrs Klumb. On the Satur day before her death witness first told Dr, Smart that her appetite was so bad. Aaron Anfield did not question either of the witnesses, but he replied that his wife told him she got no nourish ment but what another patient gave her out Of kind- ness. .44 efaramrs SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. AUSTRIA. The Betschddfter, of Vienna, in speaking of England and her conduct relative to the Danish question, declares that British policy no longer consists of wise and mature combinations, but of "national fancies and momentary caprices." The Austrian Gazette in its turn declares that the con., duct of England is inexplicable, and that her un b)unded desire for peace leads her to acts which are the greatest obstacle to it. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, CITY BETTING—Tms DAY. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 6to 1 agst Major (taken) Bto 1 agst Wingrave (taken) Bto 1 agst Caller Uu (taken) 10 to 1 agst Greville (taken) 10 to 1 agst King Charming (taken) 10 to 1 agst Trust (taken) 15 to 1 agst Fontenoy (taken) THE DERBY. 11 to 2 aget General Peel (offered) 15 to 1 agst Paris (taken) 20 to 1 agst Blair Athol (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Ely (takeit) 25 to 1 agst Baragah (taken) 50 to 1 agst Major (offered) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, CHESIER RACES-FRIDAY. The weather was even worse on the last than upon any of the preceding days. Heavy rain began to fall early in the forenoon and continued without intermission during the afternoon. The card was a barren one, and the fields were miserably small. The only event to which ordinary atten tion was attached was the Stewards' Cup, for which five started, and Little Stag, after pulling his jockey almost out of the saddle, won easily, landing the odds laid upon him. The other races were productive of small sport, but the suspicious riding of E. Taylor in the Selling Race called forth strong remarks of disapprobation; and although the boy was not taken before the Stewards the matter was post poned for future investigation. Subjoined are details of the day's running : A Handicap Plate of 3 soya each, with 25 added ; the win ner to be sold for 80 soya, and the surplus to go to the fund. Three-quarters of a mile. 6 subs. Mr Barber's Jack's Alive, 4 yrs, Bst (Fordham) 1 Mr T. Smith's Mystery, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (J Grimshaw) 2 Mr Goodlass's Pretty Girl f, 3 yrs, 7st 61b ....(Loates) 3 Mr Barber's The Cutler, 5 yrs, Bst 10lb .. (J. Snowden) Mr Barber declared to win with Jack's Alive. Betting-6 to 4 agst Mystery, 2to 1 agst Jack's Alive. Mystery made play for nearly two hundred yards, after which Jack's Alive went to the front, was never afterwards headed, and won by three lengths. Two lengths separated the second and third, and two lengths divided the third and fourth. The winner was not sold. The Hooton Stakes of sso vs each, h ft, with 60 added ; winners extra. Half a mile. 17 subs. Mr Saxon's Bonny Lass, 7st 131 b (Midgley) 1. Mr C. Winteringham'a Nothing More, 9st llb (inc. 51b ex.) (J. Snowden) 2 Mr Jackson's Rondoletia, 7st 130 The betting opened at 3 to 1 on Nothing More, but closed at 6 to 4 on Nothing More, and 7 to 4 agst Bonny Lass. The latter made all the running, and won in a canter by two lengths; a bad third. The Cheshire Stakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with 30 added; winners extra. About a mile and a quarter. 10 subs. Mr Drewitt's Greenland, 3 yrs, 6st Glb.. (S. Mordan) w.o. The Stewards'Cup, of 200 sous, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards; penalties and allowances. 1 mile and 7 fur. 18 subs. Mr Aspinall's Little Stag, 3 yrs, Oat 121 b .... (Whiteley) 1. Mr Whittaker's Change, 4 yrs, Bst 91b (T French) 2 Mr Parr's Glendusk, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (carried 7st 41b) Heslop) 3 Mr Barber's The Cl own , 3 yrs , E st 121 b ( (Loates) 4 Mr Rigby's Black Deer, 4 yrs, 7st 91b , (Challoner) 5 Betting-13 to Bon Little Stag, sto 1 each agst Black Deer and Glendusk, ]OO to 8 agst The Clown, and 100 to 7 agst Change, Immediately the flag fell Little Stag—who prior to the start had been restive—rushed to the front, Change and Glendusk heading him in the first 100 yards, after which Little Stag took a clear lead, pulling hard, followed by Glendusk, Black Deer, The Clown and Change. At the half-mile post Black Deer took second place, Glendusk going on third, Clown fourth, and Change last, the five running in Indian file, at about a length and a half inter vals. They ran with little variation until passing the Stand, where the " Stag" running wide at the Workhouse turn, nearly unseated Whiteley, but before the others got up Little Stag was set straight, and retained the lead. Half a mile from home Change rushed past his horses, and round ing the Grosvenor turn took a slight lead of Little Stag, who, however, recovered the leading position in the straight, and wen easily by two lengths. The others beaten off. The Ladies' Purse, a Selling Race of 3 sous each, with 50 added, for all ages; penalties and allowances. Seven furlongs. 4 subs. Mr Jackson's Rondoletia, 2 yrs (£4O), bst_l2lb . „ Grimshaw) 1 Mr Yardley's David, 3 yrs (£4O), Bst 51b.... (E. Taylor) 2 Mr Archer's Vindicta, 4 yrs (LW), Bst 121 b ...(Daniels) 3 Mr Barber's Whip, 2 yrs (L 10), 6st 21b (G, Sayers) 4 Betting-6 to son David, 7to 4 agat Rondoletia, 10 to 1 agst any other. David made play until within the distance, when Ron doletia got up, and Taylor mistaking the winning post, Mr Jackson's horse won by a neck; Vindicta a bad third. After the race some feeling was exhibited against the jockey of David, who explained that he mistook the win ning post, and was also compelled to take a pull at the horse in consequence of his hanging on the rails. There was no bid for the winner, who was subsequently offered for sale for £25 by Mr Jackson. The complaint against Taylor is to be be placed before the Stewards of the meeting in London. The Stamford Plate (Handicap) of 5 sovs each, with 50 added; winners extra. Once round and a distance. 9 subs. Mr Rich's East Lancashire, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (11. Grimshaw) 1 Lord Bateman's Danaus, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b.. (J. Grimshaw) 2 ➢Tr Smith's Oulton Lowe, 3 yrs, Est .. (Howarth) 3 Betting-5 to 4on Danaus, 6to 4 agst East Lancashire. Won by two lengths; a bad third. A Handicap of 50 sovs, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. 7 furlongs, Marquis of Hastings's Tippler, ;Yrs, Tat 61b (T. French) I Mr Owen's Glasgow, 2 yrs, sst 71b (carried sst 9;6) (Sayers) 2 Betting -2 to lon Tippler, who won in a canter by :hree lengths. - - Flash-in-the-Pan and the Chester Cap, The following letter has been addressed to the Editor of the Sporting Gazette : Sir,—l think the result of the race for the Chester Cup proves the necessity for some addition to the rules which are supposed to regulate handicapping. I venture to believe that no man will assert putting a three year old weight upon an eight year old horse co m . plies with the spirit, meaning, or object of a handica p . I do not wish to find fault with any person, but I d o think that a method which weights horses only according to their performances, and without reference to their age, in these days, requires revision. We limit the lowest weight for a young horse, why no t then limit the lightest weight for au old one ? ivea tiur as well as weight favours So many men now keep racehorses Who never kept a donkey before, and who keep them for speculation, not for sport, that this question of weights wants looking into and limitedrt h e g e u o l l adt ito horse,gaB; what We had on Wednesday, at thebf,orfor every f horses a m i l i e s Chester. weight for horses of five years I think, a r d al f t o ol l I h r b v i o we ut lowesthhll i de eaa v b ee lightest weight7s tio 1 .uld complain of such a rule, and all true sports , and upwards rejoice. —I am, &e., H. al and l4l, rno oiw f c u ocons r t huteledroe May:orei LONDON GAZETTE.—Last Evening. FOREIGN OFFICE, ArEIL 25. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Robert Cumberbatch, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Bertliansk, to be her Majesty's Consul at Smyrna. MAY 4. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. J. A . . Baesjon as Consul for Western Australia, to reside at Albany, for his Majesty the King of the Netherlands. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 6. The following notification of an appointment to the Staff is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of 3d instant :.--Colonel Gloucester Gambier, 0.11., to be Deputy Adjutant-General of the Royal Artillery, vice Colonel Charles Bingham deceased. Honourable Artillery Company of London—Sergeant Francis Bryant Adams to be Ensign—Thomas Stevens Barringer, Esq., N.D., to be Surgeon. 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