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

MONEY XARKET AND COLINERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. About £B,OOO in gold was taken out of the Bank yesterday. The drain upon the resources both of the joint stock and private establishments, as well as upon the Bank of England, for discount purposes during the past week, prepared in a measure the public not to expect any reduction to-day in the official intrumnro. The large demand for monetary accom modation, both for mercantile and other require- Meets, has entNed the brokers in the open market to keep up their quotations to the level of the Bank rate, and notwithstanding this increased charge, a good business has all along been negotiated out of doors. The directors of the Metropolitan and Provincial Bank have resolved to issue to the present share holders the additional shares authorised by the !Pedal meeting of proprietors of the 26th January last at a premium of £4 per share. Advices from Turin mention that the Royal de cree has been signed for the formation of the Anglo- Italian Bank. A special meeting of the Atlantic Telegraph Com pany was held to-day. The Hon. J. Stuart Wort ley, Who occupied the chair, stated in detail the Contract made with Messrs. Glass, Elliot, and Co., for the manufacture and laying of the cable. A resolution was passed approving of the negotiation. It Was also unanimously agreed to increase the t he unguaranteed capital by the creation of 6,807 shares of £2O each, representing £137,140, and to i ssue debentures amounting to £lOO,OOO. It was Stated that the contractors would accept £260,000 for a portion of their own expenses in paid-up pre ference shares of the company, instead of cash. The Factage Parision held its half-yearly meeting to-day. The report of the directors states that to the present time the expenditure has exceeded the receipts, which circumstance arises from the un•- avoidable outlay always attendant upon the estab lishment of a large and novel enterprise. As, how ever, the organisation is becoming developed, the Expenses are being gradually reduced, while, on the other hand, the receipts from the local business are steadily increasing. The shares of the National Provincial Marine were in demand at 1 to 11 prem.; and the Bonelli Telegraph Company's shares commenced at 1, closing at 11 prem. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this day, Recording to Mr. Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 65f. 85o.; e nd of April, 66f. 15c. The market for the Engish Funds opened with a very heavy appearance, but , subsequently a few Purchases were made, and an advance of per cent. Was recorded. The business transacted has been limited, owing in a great measure to the atten tion given to the fortnightly settlement. Consols for money are 911 1, and for the account, 911 1. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 89 1 1; -u-achequ er Bills, Bs. to 3s. die. ; India 5 per Cents., , 104 } ; ; Enfaced 5 per Cents., 103 per uents., 112 ; Debentures, 991, ; and Bonds, 9s. 3 s. die. Foreig n St oc k s have tended upwards, and busi t " 8 is moderately active. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862 , are 71i ; do. Consolides, 548 55k; Meal "; 441 451 ; Greek, 251 a ; Spanish Passive, 361 ; Portuguese, 481 1; Russian, 911 1; and the Con derate Loan, 53 55. In the Railway Share Market the operations have been to an average extent, and prices have re tained steady, Metropolitan, however, have im proved Li 55., and Great Northern and Midland, 68 .; while South Eastern and Brighton have each declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings are in• active, without any material alteration in values. The closing quotation of some of the new projects Were :—Sabloniere Hotel, 1 to 1 prem. ; London and Liverpool Hotel, 1 11 prem; and North Aus tralian Company, 1 to 1 prem. Bank and Miscellaneous shares are, in some instances, at slightly higher rates. Oriental Bank realise 654; English and Irish, 16k ; Chartered. of India, Australia, and China, 44 46; Alliance Bank, 52/ 3; General Credit, 8/ 9; and Royal kali Steam 90 90/. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 430 VERNNENT FUNDS. 11 Per Cent. Consols New Ditt o Account, April 8 Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent. B9g a "ow 2i per Cent. Jan. 1891 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan.; 1880 — IF Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — ' wt tehequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent 8 3 dis Dit to £500 Ditto £lOO and £200 Ba tik England Stk, 4i per Ct., last hf.-yr 2344 INl)ladi G OVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10i per Cent., April 1874 — Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1670 /31 tto Account... .......... .., ) — Ditto 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 — Do Certificates Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. 103 Ditto 5i per Cent., May, 1879 ll2 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 ~,,. Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 99 . i Ditto Bonds El,000 Ditto under £1,000.. - 6hare 3.14. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Aus trian Bonds, 5 per Cent B zih .. an 5 per Ditto Cent 1859 10 2 1 ra Ditto 1839 and 1859 ..... Ditto 45 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 .. 901 D itto Scrip, £55 paid — pin Bu enos Ayres 6 per Cent — 6 c # ehilian a 6 p per Cent . — ... D itto 45 per Cent uolornbian 6 Scrip £BO pd - die iJ itto Account.... .. D anish 3 per Cent., 1825 h Ditto Account .. ' l lquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Ditto 6 per Cent, 1863 Egyptian 7 per Cent lOO4 100 Ditto Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-6, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account Ditto Coupons Ditto Account 1 3 . uatemala 5 per Cent. Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) /lexicon 3 per Cent .Ditto Account "l a corish Imperial 5 per Cent kw Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Bl O vi Land Warrants (Hectares) — e ruvion 41 per Cent .. Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 — a Ditto Ac '"'ort u -- D gu ese count 3 per Cent., 1853 1 40 Account "' Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 481 Ditto Account 4Bl 1 11DItto Scrip (1863) £3O paid — puo 11 Naien 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9Ol Ditto 4/ per Cent., 1850 — 2, bittttr%°, 3 per Cent 1859 .. 5 per Cent, 1862 "341‘,j-intan 5 per Cent b uitto Account -° ' Panis h 3 C t , per en Ditto A, ~ , counu 4,itto New Deferred D itto Acc ount 464 +-i h tt o p assive ebZ it , t° Account )- a sh Cert. of Coup not funded — Awel,4o AC3OUIIt, . 1 , 4 1 .1r, 11 ) 4 per Cent. I) ; s " 6 per Cent. 1854 1,,0 Account 931 Ditto 6 - el . P Cent. 1858 . 12!tto per 70/ --- Ditto Account £lOO Bonds Ditto' £lOO b it per Cent. 1862 Ditto Ditto t 6AleoF•Bn Bonds n d B._ .. 711 i 71 4 i vi„ezueii retteed, 4 per Cent..... -Zl.,i,tto Account Cent. .- -i (- \ '•'to 6 per Cent 18" "--qtt,c, A ~ a--- , ccount .. AustrianD Divide on the above payable in Load . liel g i v , t 6 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. 1),,,,0,5t per Cent., Ex. 25f _ b itto , t , per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull Italia.. 1 per Cent. Certificates b i , , 0 p er C 1861, Ex. 25 francs — pi el "o Accou nt 671 Per u rn vi 'Llte. s se, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 25f — ...1 D ollar Bonds, 45 per Ct. Ex. 4s. "- 00,. THREE O'CLOOI. E. -, 137 01. „.. ~, -uey 914 f )4rii A - .40002}1t ~ ...01..tfte“ 91 1 t • 1936.41 SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOeb.s. Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and 'Tyne. Bost.,Sleaf.,andMid.tio ' Bristol and Exeter Caledonian ......... Cork and Bandon Cornwall D o A A gets no div Do. B till 6p c.p an. has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno., !Edinburgh & Glasgow. j Gleeg. and S. Western. IGreatEastern, Ord. stk $ $ 8i 9 83 f 5 118 118} 61 7 _ ... 35 37 16 17 90 92 101 106 47 474 Ditto A stock DittoEastAnglian st GreatNorthoi Scotland Great Northern Do A stook Do B do Gt. S. an I W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gna. stock Lancashire & 5 orkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., wad Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Scr.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dog sharea... Metropolitan Midland Do New . _ 61 71 128 129 12U 130 130 132 01 0 13 - ;i 651 1091 110 110 i: 69 971 981 511 55) lli 116] 128} 1281 97 99 Do Binning. & Derby 011 d. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kurt Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stook Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpooi Shropshire Union South South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1886 Taff Vale.... Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford 6; Kilkenny West Cornwall W . Hartlepool Har. &R 1 West Midland -Oxford DP Newport Do Ucrelord 514 624 24 26 101 1011 - 553 88 88} 128 131 2 # P 78 79 VI 11i 121 123 41 43 98 100 63 64 84 86 91} 911 99 101 81 91 37 38 91 10 u 71 81 c 163 166 5 7 t• 3 t p 93 96 I SSE SSIONS. Closing Prins. 59 - 61 103 IC4 P I I ) P 1 P Si 6 74 81 101 tC3 99 101 1044 1054 104} 104 4 0 1 6 l 19 204 74 76 58 62 66 68 51 63 48 50 40 42 25 27 22 c 5 103 104 11 103 tO4 9b 10 1( 101s1 92 94 83 86 ; ;P 101 103 97 99 112 94 56 58 S 5 82 I 4 104 105 1014 1023, iP 102 103 I all 100 100 97 99 raid. Closing I Busines Railways. Price. done. BRITISH P aullwgy6 100 sk 20 111 tantic & St Lawrence Horn., Barodatt.Cent Ind Cu. kper oent.. Do. New . 'stock atrck stock stook itook stook stock stook lock stock stock stock Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. Preference Butlalo,BrantotGodricli Id p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1572 Do. do. July 1, 187'., uO. do. June 1, 10; Clcutta.aS. Eastn. (I,i Cape Town Dock Serif Bastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. e. Do. do. G Ext Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. to. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d P , ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th I'ref. stozk... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.o Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1882 .. Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shareb Do. New .. Do. 6 p.c. '73 wittet opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras. guar., 5 p. o. Do. 41 p. o. Extension Dc. 41 d 0........ bat Fifth Extension. 51e1b.Corp. a p. o. Bnds.' 51elb. & Hobson's Bay., Do. 7 p. c. Alortg. Bds.l Newlir onswick x Canda Class d and B. N.ltl.C'da& pc Ist pppppt bdal Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do .... e, Do. Punjaub .. •. Do. Do. - ... •• •• Do. Indus. St. Flo. Paid. luu 7i all all 10. tuo toe too leo 100 100 Business don. 1031 3 i 1041 91 921 3 1041 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.J &J ul3 1877-81 .........100 101 103 Do. 6p. 0. Feb.& Aug.! 100 100 102 Do. 6p. 0. Mar. & Sept.! 100 09 101 Do. sp. 0. Jau.&July. 10C 88 90 89 Do. 5 Inscribed stock .100 88 90 Cape G.llope. 6 p 0,1873 100 106 108 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 110 112 Do. 189 C 100 111 113 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 109 111 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 112 114 ((Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 108 Gov. 6 per cont.. 1)0 108 110 -- 'N.B.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&July 100 101 103 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. G ov. 5 p Mt 100 99 100 Du. sp. c.,18.1 to lt,7t 100 99 103 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 100 991 - New Zealand 6 p cent. 10 0 108 110 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. e. sterling, 1875. lou 1 03 105 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 - S. Aus G 5p.c.1878.& up.. 100 10D 111 Op.°. JaatJuly 100 - DO. 10 tsp.°. AnAzOot... 100 1111 1121 12 BRITISH MINES. 4 id 34 MI 555 665 67i 72* 1.14.0 3.4.0 8.0.0 58 1 17s X 4.16. t 8.12 1.18.0 2.8.6 4.3.0 3.1:0 2.6.9 70 1 d 10.6.7 31 3: 7 7f 31 4f 10 11 3f 4 37 39 8f 81 15 37 4 4} 19 21 6} 61 l d 85 f 95 11 2 2 21 4i 5; 38 If 8 i 41 43 440 460 50 55 32 84 113.18.91 130.17.61 2.0.8 3.5.8 8 58i 19 20 10 11 20 22 215 `25 87i 921 35 40 2 3 13 i I.fl 190 200 21 24 2} 21 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Northern, 51 London, Brighton, dm, 4 per cent., 1858, 9Ai London, Chatham, .to , 6 per cent. 2dpf., 70i London, Chatham, Bre., Metrop. Ext., B 6 per cent., 100 London and S.-Western per cent., 101 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and:Southend, 100} 100 I - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9} Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 171 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), I Samtre and Meuse, 14 San Paulo (Rm.), gua. 7 per cent., 8} 8 Ditto (all), 21} FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lim., 121 113 St. John del Rey (lhm), 47 Tudanamutana of S. Australia, lim., 31 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (11m.), 125/ Alliance (limo. 53 21 Ditto, new, 421 Anglo Austrian, 64 7 1 Anglo-Italian, limited, 54 / 6 Australasia, 75 4 Bank of Egypt, 274 Bank of London. 1651 5 4 Bank of Queensland (11m), 201 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 114 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 45476 Ist Chartered kler. of India, London. and China, 70 1 City, 116 17 Colonial, lim., 41 1 Consolidated Bank, Um., 10} Continental, lim., 10 English and Irish (lim.), 10 16 1 p English, Smell. and Australian Chartered, 211 English and Swedish, lim., 11 European Bank, lira., 12 g 12 1 1 1 Hindustan, china, and Japan (Bro.), 341 5 41 Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm., 161 171 17 Imperial Bank (11w.), 364 s 7 6f a . Imperial Ottoman, 191 1 Land Mortgage Bank of India, 11m., 31 London Bank of Scotland, Ilm., 151 London and Brazilian aim.), 59 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 261 London and Colonial (11m.), London and County, 60 London Joint Stock, 42 1 London and Northern (lim.), 151 Merchant Bank, lim, 14) lg/ Mercantile and Exchange. lien., 15 144 Metrop. and I'rov. Bank (Um.), 281 1 8 Mexican, 11m,, 5) a Oriental Bank Corporation. 65 1 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, Dm., 111 Ditto, new, 111 South Australia, 411 Standard of British South Africa (lim ), 281 Union of Australia, Ditto, new, 325 Union of London, 461 MISCELLANEOUS. Bombay Gas, limited, 51 Commercial Union inaurance), 91 Crystal Palace, 35 41 East India Irrigation and Canal, Of Egyptian Comm rcial and Tracing, lim., 5f f 1 Gellivera, lim., 51 f Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira, 8/ 9 Hudson's Bay, 19 International Financial Society, 114 12 I Jeuititect Dinouut, tint., l4 MISCELLANEOUS — Continu e d. London Financial Association, lim., 26* Ditto, new, issued at 4 pm, 15f London General Omnibus Company, 21 London, Italian, and Adriatic Steam, 2i aladras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (all), 211 20# Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, 1im.,721 Mercantile Credit Association, lim., 131 Natal Land and Colonization Company, lim., 51 National Discount Company, lim., 13 * Ditto, new, issued at spm 5i I North British and Mercantile InsuranCe, lim., 20* Oriental Inland Steam, lim,, 3f 3 South Australian Land, 32i Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., € Universal Marine (Insurance), lim., 5 * LAW INTELLIGENCE.---(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE JAMES BALDWIN. This bankrupt was described of Buckland, Surrey, farmer, and to-day came up to apply for an order of discharge. Mr. Linklater appeared for the astignees and did not oppose. Mr. Lawrence, for the bankrupt, said that this was a very exceptional case to those which were generally brought before the Court, inasmuch as the estate would pay 20s. in the pound, and £3,400 had already been realised. The bankruptcy had been occasioned by unavoidable circum stances, and the bankrupt at once placed his affairs before his creditors, and it had been decided to bring the matter into Court. He (Mr. Lawrence) considered it was one of those cases under which the bankrupt would, under the old act, have been awarded a first-class certificate. Mr. Linklater concurred that the bankrupt's conduCt had been meritorious. His Honour granted the order of discharge. The debts are about £4,000. RE RAYNER. This bankrupt was a bill broker in Backlersbury, and this was a meeting for last examination, but no accounts had been filed. Mr. Chidley, for the assignees, said this was the third detaZtlt on the part of the bankrupt to file his accounts. The case was ultimately adjourned till the 29th of November. This is a second bankruptcy, and the debts were stated at £1,000; assets nil. Cambrian Consol. Gold ,:bilord Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. "ravist ) East Bassett ( Illogan) East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon ...... East Carn Brea... E. WI Russel ('lavistk.) Gam..kSt.AuDyn(Gwen Great South 'Uolgus G. Wheal Vor (neaten, Grenville .. iiingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (11ny Lelant arke Valley.. .Iyndy Iron Ore (Lim ; New Setun North Downs N. w '1 Basset ( I 110 ;au North Wheal Crotty ear Consols Blaze) , erovidenee(Uny Lelnt. South Caradon(St.Cleer. S. Cant Brea (Illogan) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min fin Croft West Basset (Illogan) W C radon (Liskeard) West Setua Wheal BLIAFet (Mogan) Wheal Buller (Itedruth) Wheal Kitt y(LLLelaut) WhealLudeott Wheal Mary Ann ;Lien ) Wheal Beton . . Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) . ‘Vheal Union 47$ } 12i1 i 9 129 i t 61i 5 1 1091 i 67) 1031 i 44 8 iO9i v71:81 114 15} 16 12613 101 i A 56i P B 6 5 91; I THE SUN, LONDON, TITURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1864. RE lIERM6N. This bankrupt was a licensed victualler in George-west• Lane, Bermondsey, and this was an application for release. The debts are very small, and the bankrupt had been urned out of the ih.'we (which is one of those termed Brewers' Houses "), anci The property was sold. His Honour granted an immediate order of release. POLICE INTELLIGENCE —This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET, The business of the court did not commence till 11 o'clock this morning, an hour after the proper time, much to the annoyance of persons having business at the court. A,DEAP AND DLMB PROSECUTOR--CURIOUS CASE. — Margaret Littiejohns, a young woman, was charged before Mr. Arnold with stealing a purse containing £1 13s. 61. from the person of a deaf and dumb young man named George Moore, of 39, Pancras•square, St. Pancras. The evidence, which was interpreted by signs by the Rev. Samuel Smith, of the Polytechnic Institution, went to show that on Saturday night last the prosecutor went into a tavern in Park-lane, and after being there a short time the prisoner came in and asked the prosecutor to treat her. He did so, and she began pulling him about, and shortly after he lost his purse. He gave information to the police,and the prisoner was subsequently taken into custody. Prisoner said she was accused wrongfully this time. Mr. Robert William Hammond, of the Queen and Prince Albert, Park-lane, Knightsbridge, said that on Saturday night last there were five deaf and dumb men in the bar. Prisoner made signs to the prosecutor for him to treat her and he did so. The prosecutor and the prisoner had a struggle together, and afterwards the prisoner ran out of the door. In answer to a question the witness said that in getting up the prosecutor made signs that he had lost his purse, and wrote on a piece of paper that the prisoner had stolen it• The prisoner asked the witness whether the deaf and dumb men had not pulled him about, and the witness said that two of them did. The Rev. Mr. Smith said he was afraid the prosecutor had been drinking a good deal. Mr. Buck, 18 Ranelagh-mews, Pimlico, carpenter, said he was at the tavern on Saturday, and took the prisoner away with him, she being iatoxicated at the time. He found her in the singing-room with three riflemen, and on coming down stairs heard something about the loss of some money. Mr. Arnold said, after hearing evidence, as he believed no jury would convict, he should discharge the prisoner, WESTMINSTER. ENDEAVOURING TO DEFRAUD TAVERN KEEPERS,-- John Leonard, a street labourer, was placed at the bar charged with attempting to defraud tavern keepers by pass ing bad money to them. Mr. Robert Edwards, the proprietor of the Swan, Brompton-road, said that the prisoner came into his house last evening, and. calling for liquor, ofFgrod o Lult oruwa in payment. He immediately detected it, and told prisoner it was bad, when he feigned astonishment, and said it had been given him for work he had done last week. Com plainant told him that he was well aware it was bad, for that he had previously attempted to pass it off at another house in the Reighbourhood, and he should therefore give him into custody, which he accordingly did. Mr. Selfe—How did you know he had offered bad money elsewhere ? Mr. Edwards—A. customer of mine being present else where, and seeing him offer the money, thought he might next attempt the same thing with me, as my house was near, and came and put me on my guard ; so that I con sidered it my duty to put a stop to this man's proceedings by giving him in custody. Charles Rowland, assistant at the Anglesea Arms, in the same neighbourhood, said that shortly befnre ttie prisoner went to Mr. Edwards's he paid him a visit, and calling for liquor tendered a counterfeit half-crown in payment. When he told prisoner it was bad he took it up, and then said he had some small money to pay for what he ordered, and hav ing showed a sixpence he was permitted to go away with the bad money. Prisoner said he had got the money for work he had done. Mr. Selfe remanded him till Monday. THAMES. THE LOST ONE.—Margaret Gibbons was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with being drunk and disorderly. The prisoner has been in custody 50 times and attempted to commit suicide so often, that Mr. Woolrych, after vain attempts to reclaim her, committed her for trial for attempt ing to strangle herself in a police cell. She was found guilty and sentenced to six months' imprisonment, which expired on the 19th inst. She has been drunk almost daily ever since. She made a good deal of noise last night, and was given into custody. Tw•o police constables remained in her cell all night to prevent her repeating an attempt on her life. The prisoner, referring to the wounds on her head and scars on her person, said she been terribly knocked about, and her head was so affected that when she drank any liquor her mind was gone and she did not know what she was about. If she did not bring home money by thieving, or by some other means, she was turned out of doors. Roche, the gaoler of the court, said the prisoner was a lost one, and had knocked herself about over and over again. Mr. Paget said it was a shocking case. The best thing he could do was to send the woman to prison again, and not let her go at large in her present state of excitement. lie sentenced her to seven days' imprisonment. A CENTURY AGO. —lf, in those days, when dif ferent trades congregated in the several quarters, a lady desired to purchase a silk petticoat, she forthwith ' drove to Holywell-street, and made her choice at the Indian • Queen or the Golden Ball ; if a tailor would call attention to the particular cut and fashion of a suit of garments, he or the sprightliest of his 'prentices would strut in front of the shop, arrayed in clocked stockings, well-varnished pumps, and bobwig, redolent of powder and pomatum, the new stand of clothes displayed to full advantage, with a large nosegay planted in the breast of the posy waist coat; handsome and buxom young women presided at the counters of Exeter !change milliners; smart orange-girls picked their way, between the acts, through the well-packed pit at Drury-lane, with the invitation to boy "apples, oranges, or ginger -beer," or "a bill of the play of the right sort ;" the shoeblacks at Spring Gardens were an institution, and doge were beasts of burden. Then Sam Johnson rose betimes for a frisk with Topham Beau , clerk, and took a turn with the vegetable porters of old Covent Garden Market, or made the midnight echoes of Fleet-street ring again as he rolled and laughed like a rhinoceros. Then it was that honest Will Ho garth and his companions made the memorable trip to Rochester. Then the redoubtable champion of fisticuffs issued his challenges from Hockley in-the-Hole. The Eideophusicon of Loutherbourg, Mrs. Salmon's wax work, the pig-faced lady, Miss Ban, and the learned pig were in full vogue ; Cockneys thronged to the Tower on the Ist of April, to see the lions washed, and spent Cob bler's Monday at Bagnigge Wells tea-gardens, or partook of ale and cheesecakes at Pancridge-in-the-Fields ; "Turn out the young brindled bull 1" was still the cry of Monday's market at Smithfield ; the pillory, flogging at the cart-tail, and the almost weekly day of execution, at Tyburn-tree, still afforded their relaxation even the wretched criminal went gallantly, like a man of mould, up Holborn Hill, to execution, nosegay in bosom) quaffed St. Giles's bowl, with a promise to pay when he should return, kissed his hand to the assembled fair ones, made hie last dying speech end confession with an air, bowed to the sheriff, kicked off his shoes, and died hand somely, like a gentleman highwaymen. Ranelagh, the ordinary at Belsin House, and Marylebone Gardens were then the mode; and costume, if inel-gant, was yet varied and gay with bright colours. In short, society was more robust and picturesque, and offered ample scope to the painter of ordinary life,—Ones a wok MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. —Wheat, 39s Ild ; barley, 30s 10d ; oats, 19s Od ; rye, 28s Od ; beans, 32s 8d ; and peas, 33s 3d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat; 40s 3d ; barley, 31s 6d; oats, 195 Od; rye, 28s Od; beans, 32s Ild; peas, 32s 10d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 85,776; barley, 47,655; oats, 13,033; rye, 29; beans, 5,039; peas, 850 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of beasts on sale in our market to-day being very limited, the demand for all breeds was steady, and, in some instances, the quotations had an upward tendency. The best Scots readily produced 4s 10d per Sibs. With sheep, we were but moderately supplied ; nevertheless, the mutton trade was in a sluggish state, at barely stationary prices. The best Downs in the wool sold at 6s, out of the wool 4s Si to 4s 10d per Blbs. Lambs, the show of which was trifling, were inactive, at from 63 8d to 7s 4d per Ms. The inquiry for calves was somewhat heavy, at late rates— via., from 4s 44 to 58 4d per 81bs. Pigs and milch cows were dull, but not lower in price. Per Blbs.to s, s. d. a. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Secondquality do. 3 10 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 '4 Second quality do. 4 6 5 2 ink the offal. s. (1. s. d. Primecre-wool d 0.5 4 5 8 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 10 6 0 Largo orse. calve. 4 4 5 0 Prime small do 5 2 5 4 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Small porkers 4 2 4 6 Lambs,, ...6s 8d to 7s 4d. Suckling calves, 18s to 243 ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 26s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Cows ll6 Sheep and lambs .... 820 Sheep and lambs 6,110 Calves .... .. 220 Calves 290 Pigs Pigs. 250 , MEAT MARKETS. NEITGATE AND LEADENHAI.L.—These markets are fairly supplied with meat, and the demand is moderate, at about stationary prices. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 2d; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; lamb, 6s Od to 6s 8d; veal, 45 Od to 4s Sd ; and pork, 3s 2d to 45 8d per 81bs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, March 30.-our market to-day was but moderately supplied with stock, yet the trade was inactive, as follows :—Beet, from 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 6s Oa ; lamb, 6s 4d to 75 Od ; veal, 4s 6d to 55 2d; and pork, as' 6d to 4s 6d per 81ba, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, March 30.—Prime stack sold steadily at full quotations. Otherwise the trade was in a sluggish state on rather lower terms. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 68 Od ; lamb, 68 4d to 7s 2d ; veal, 48 6d to 5s Od ' • and pork, 3 s 6 d to 4 s 6 d p er Sibs ; sucklin g calves, 16 s to 225; quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 265; and milch cows, £l6 to XlB 10s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clove r £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 2s to £1 10a per load. A fair demand. - - CUMBERLAND.--MoB. 4 oVil hay, £3 Os to £4lOB Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £l2s to £1 lOs per load. Trade inactive. WHITECIIA.PEL.—Meadow bay, £3 Os to £4los ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 2s to £1 10s per load. Supply tolerably good. COAL MARKET. Prim of . Coal per Ton at the close of the market. s. d . Hastings Hartley l6 9 Wylam 17 0 Eden Main ..17 6 North Pelton Ga5.....13 6 Holywell 17 0 Tanfield Moor Butes l4 6 Walle End. 6. d. Walls End. • . ___ ____ Gosforth l7 31 Haswell Trimdon Hartlepool 18 9 Caradoc lB 6 Stewart's 19 0 Ships at markel East Hartlep00l Hartlepool lB 9 South Hetton 19 6 Kelloe South Kelloe 18 3 Hough Hall 18 3 Cassop lB 3 Hetton 19 6 South Hartlepool...." 17 9 Braddyll's Hetton 18 3 Framwellgate .. l7 3 ,t, 67 ; sold, 42. SHIPPING—This Day, LONDON, March 31.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTIE, March 30.—Wind N.W.•—Arrived— Olgo, from Malaga for Hamburg. CowEs, March 30.—Wind E.—Arrived—Helicon, from Callao for Dunkirk—Donau, from New York, and sailed for Hamburg. PLYMOUTH, March 30.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived— Jannuta, from Pernambuco. Sailed—Clyde, for Mel- bourne. SWANSEA, March 30.—Wind N,—Sailed—St. Matthew, for Martinique. NEWPORT, March 30.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Meteor, for Barcelona. Or DOVER, March 30.—Arrived—Helen C. Couper, from Callao for Dunkirk. HULL, March 30.--Wind S.W.—Sailed—Royal Vic• :oria, for Quebec. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SOUTHAWTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Havre, steamer, from Havre—Wensleydale and Alma, from Sunderland—Surprise, from Newcastle—Geo. Canning, from Waterford—L'Etoile, from Carentan. Sailed—Jantes Martins, for Elsinore—Ann Patterson, Phantom, and Reward, for Sunderland—Chester, for Cardiff —Jantenda Aleda, for Elsinore. • -- BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH• GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, March 39 —Daisy, from Shanghai—Henrietta Brewis, from Mauritius—Havanna, packet, from Porto Rico. Sailed, March 31—Seine, steamer, for Boulogne—Seine and Tamite, steamer, for Paris—Saxon, steamer, for Dantzio, DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Reliance, from London, for Quebec. Anchored—Clara Elizabeth, and Countess of Elgin, from London, for Q u ebec--Westmoreland, from Jamaica—Carl of Christianstadt, from Cbristianetadt—Ca g r , is f t r y o e m D sta, a fr m o e m . Cadiz—Sophia Jay , from New York —all for L o ndon ; Jan e, from rar e for St. s(for orders)—velocity, brig, Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, No change in 'market. Sales about 5,000 bales ; mports, 2,022; previously, 19,320. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Alderman Abbisa, and Messrs. Smith, Travers, Newsom, Ellis, Dads well,Bloomer, Prior, Bayly, i S e xton, Wright, Puckrdge, Hopkinson, 111‘Bean, Hawes, Milton, Hammerto e , Jackman, T hompson, Holmes, Hors ford, Wood, Dyer, Grav es, Topley, Denman, Forster, Tho mas, . Laze n b y, Th ompson , Cole man, and Thomas , had an interview with the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his official residence in Downing-street, yesterday, upon the subject of the sugar g E 1 1 A o T n I s t L h l e N p G r T e O m N i . l3 — e s r m affi en a oil to o k placer were inside duties. I NJ URY TO SEVERAL FIREM EN man, H i thegh - build ing,str e High-street, o A i fs i fi i i r gar e t.ot h neT r ; o r. ia k finl e cvd e,axl out wkp el ho o r is, n l i eooti lhof f aMonday firemen Were inside the build ing, a terrific ex p l os i on of p and Engi neer Flexmore, of the Farrington-street Station, Firemen Perceval, Goddard, Brookes, Boulter, the Islington parish keeper, and the conductor of the Royal Fire Escape from Highbury, were extricated as soon as until considerablewith damagei n g was done. possible, but were Hospital, where they much injured , It w as found necessar y to send Boulter and inflammable nature rapidity, and conveyedt remainh e cond i conductor home t ao o m r e to i n St. precariousb s. Bartho lomew'soscstate.in g The to other four men were the o w f e t r h e e n s o t t fla mes extinguished e s pread The loss will fall on th e Im p erial Fire Insurance office. P LY MOUTH, Wednesdays — The Murray, 1 , 000 tons, Captain Legoe, one of the Orient line, belong. ing to Messrs. Anderson, Thompson, and Co., of Billiter court, from Adelaide, December 23, has passed up Channel fir London. Among her passengers p as s the Hon. Mr. Waterhouse and family, Mr. and Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Seeley, Mrs. A. Scott, Miss Gooch, Miss Perry, Mr. m 'George, and Mr. 'Wilcox. Her cargo includes 3,182 bales of wool, 19,622 ingots of copper, 1,590 bags of silver ore, 473 bags of copper ore, and a quantity of leather, skins, &c. CHILD KILLED BY FALLING FROM A FOURTH STORY.—On Tuesday forenoon a child named Chris tina Moir, about 3i years old, daughter of a plane-maker, fell from the window of a house in No. 3, South Richmond street, and was so severely i n jured that she died shortly after the accident. The unfortunate child had entered a neighbour's house while the inmates were absent, and hav ing climbed up into the window, which had been left open, she overbalanced herself and fell. A number of persons ob served the poor little thing g rappling with the side o f th e window and trying to save her A feeling of horror pervaded the spectators on observing the perilous position in which the child was placed, and a cry was raised " Catch the bairn I" Several individuals stood below in order to try break the fall ; but the child on descending struck thebver hanging front of a shop, and fell with great force on her aide on the pavement. She WBO immediately carried to Dr. Middleton's shop, West Adam-street, but died a few minutes after being conveyed thither.—Edinburgh Courant A magnificent album, presented by the town of Trieste to the Archduke idavailian has been pre pared by the artists of that place. The over is of silver richly chased with gold and ivory, and orna mented with precious stones. In the middle are the arms of Mexico, above them those of Austria, and below of the town of Trieste. At the four corners are fine medallions representing commerce, manu factures, navigation, and maritime industry. The first leaf has a view of Trieste, and the second an excellent one of the Chateau of Miramar. Next come letters of homage from the town of Trieste, followed by innumerable signatures. Sixty-five ounces of silver have been employed in thie work, which hEto cost more than 4,000 florins. Whittington and his Cat, Everybody knows the story of Dick Whittington and his Cat—how the little fellow, at the age of seven, ran away from a home where there was nothing to make him happy, was a beggar boy for some years, and then, hearing that the streets of London were paved with gold and silver, worked his way thither to he saved from starvation by the good nature of a merchant of Leadenhall-street named Fitzwar ren—how he was for a long time scullion in the merchant's house, much favoured by Mistress Alice, the merchant's daughter, but much persecuted by the vile jade of a cook, whose bidding he had to follow—how at length his master, sending a shipfull of merchandise to B trbary, permitted each one of his servants to venture something, and poor Whittington had nothing to venture save a cat which ho had bought for a penny, and set to destroy the rats and miss that infested his garret—how, while the ship was on its voyage, the cook•.maio's tyranny so troubled him that he ran away, and had gone as far as Bunhill-fields, when the bells of 13.-)w Church seemed to call to him— "Turn again, Whittington, Thrice Lord Mayo . : of London," and how when, in obedience to this warning, he went back to Leadenhall-strect, it was to learn that his cat had been bought by the King of Barbary for treasures worth 5.,100,000, so that he was all at once almost the richest commoner in England, fit to marry good Mistress Alice, his patron's daughter, to become a famous merchant, and, as Bow bells had promised, thrice Lord Mayor of London, and to live in the City's history as one of the greatest benefactors, But that tale is too full of anachronisms and improbabilities for any part of it, not confirmed by authentic records, to be believed in; and the authentic records are so few that wo can get but a slight knowledge of Whittington's real history. That a cat had something to do with the making of his fortune is not easily to be denied. The legend is traced beck to within a generation of his lifetime, and to authorities that. could hardly have been either ignorant or untruthful. It is probable, moreover, that he owed something to the in fluence and assistance of Fitzwarren, whose daughter ho did really marry. But that he began life as a beggar-boy and scullion is certainly a fable. He was the youngest son of Sir William Whittington, a descendant of an ancient Warwickshire family, and proprietor of the manors of Pauntley, in Gloucestershire, and Solers Hope, in Hereford, who died in 1360. The family possessions passed to William, the first-born, and, on his early death, to Robert, the second son, High Sheriff of Gloucester in 1402, and again in 1407, and ancestor of the Whittingtons of Hamworth, existing to this day. This Robert must have been a wealthy man. On one occasion ho was riding with his son Guy in the neighbourhood of Hereford, when about thirty followers of one Richard Oldcastle, who had doubtless been aggrieved at some of the High Sheriff's proceedings, waylaid and took them prisoners, only to be released on their entering into a bond to pay £6OO by way of ransom, and to take no proceed ings against Oldcastle for his lawless conduct. In 1416, however, Robert Whittington obtained authority from Parliament to consider this forced engagement as null and void; and it is likely that he got back his money and pro cured the punishment of his enemy. Richard Whittington seems to have been only a few years old at the time of his father's death, and he was not yet a man in 1373, when he lost his mother. Being a younger son, he followed the common practice of younger sons in times when there were few other professions to choose from, and became a merchant. Of his early life nothing is recorded. We first hear of him in the year 1393, when he must have been nearly 40—but as he was then a member of the Mercer's Company, and alderman and sheriff of the City of London, we have good ground for assuming that he had been a prosperous merchant during many previous years. Perhaps, as the story-books assert, ho ran away to London, and then became rich through the accidental value of his cat—but in that case the wealth thus derived can only have been a trifling sum, to be used well and greatly augmented by his industry. It is more pro bable, however—and we do him the greater honour in making this assumption—that he rose solely through his own talent and application. He must have had some slight patrimony of his own, and much more must have come to him by his marriage with Alice, the daughter of Sir Hugh Fitzwarren, of Tcrrington, owner of much property in Devonshire, Gloucestershire, and other counties.—From the illerchant Princes of England," in London Society. The Surrey Sensation Drama, (From Punch.) Without quite echoing the playbill, that Ashore and Afloat " eclipses Blach•eyed Susan," and presents " One Blaze of Triumph" from the first to the last scone, I must admit that, when I saw it, the drama was received with " tumultuous applause ;" and there were starings, shout ings, stampings, and hand-clappings enough to be described as " acclamations of wonder and delight." The plot was more intelligible than I quite expected ; and all throughout the piece the author clearly did his best to prevent a Bri tish audience iron making a mistake between villainy and virtue, and so took care that tie murder which was done in the first act should be committed corani populo, and not behind the scenes. The humour was peculiar, as in these over-water dramas it usually is ; but in neither word nor gesture was aught to be dotected at all savouring of coarse ness; and this is more than may be said at some genteeler theatres which I fcrbear to ns.ne. To tell your friend in confidence, " Well, if 'tie so it is, and it can't be no'tis-er" may not appear, perhaps, a very brilliant epigram, but the audience seemed perfectly delighted with its pungency and point; and when Rai Oakford, being tempted to turn traitor at Algiers, turns his quid instead, and, hitching up his trousers, says, " What I sail under false colours ? damme, no! sheer off, you monkey-eating swab I I mean to die True Blue, and not Turkey Rhuberb," there is a roar of approbation at the gallant fellow's courage, and the house is quite enraptured at the sparkle of his wit. Perhaps it is because he has the real cataract in his eye that the author seems throughout the play to strive after reality, and to make his characters do just what they natu. rally would do in real life. Thus, in the murder scene, a person who, according to the playbill, is a " wealthy but miserly landlord." while out walking with a friend, on a sudden recollects ho has £2,000 about him, and so hands him this small trifle to keep for a few days, which is pre cisely what a miser would most naturally do. Meek villain, miser's bailiff, stabs friend with his pocket-knife (which bears, of course, his name on it, and which he takes good care to drop) ; and, as the notes for £2,000 are on a bank which breaks unluckily before he gets them cashed, he walks about for four years with them in his pocket, that at the right moment they may prove his guilt. Then, when Algiers is bombarded, on comes Mr. Shepherd as a gallant British sailor, with a broadsword in ono hand and a big Union Jack (a famous thing to fight with) in the other, and a terrific " one, two, over, one, two, under" fight ensues between him and the Dcy, who also wears a broadsword, as Turks usually do. All this, you see, is strictly true to nature and reality ; and people who read history, and are induced thereby to fancy that Algiers was taken by Lord Exmouth, may discover at the Surrey that history is quite wrong, and that the capture in reality was made by one Hal Oakford, who, with his soft and cheery voice and light and springy bearing, reminded me a little of dear old T. P. Cooke. As to the sensation scene, which takes place in a coal mine, its chief novelty consists in the fact that all the cha racters are left hanging in mid-air at the falling of the cur tain, and when the curtain again rises at the bidding of the audience, the rescued heroine and her friends aro still in bodily suspense. Perhaps the next sensation climax will take place in a balloon, and a terrific broadsword combat will come off in the car between the hero and the villain, when the villain, being worsted, will proceed to draw a blunderbuss out of his left boot, and, firing bang at the balloon, will laugh ha ! ha ! as it collapses, and the act drop will descend while they both vanish down a trap. Of course, in the next scene the audience will.learn that the villain has been smashed; and the hero will be seen with one arm in a sling and the other round the heroine, who being startled at her needle by the banging of the blunder buss, looked out and caught a glimpse of the balloon as it collapsed, and so, with woman's wit and quickness, scam pered from her cottage, carrying a feather-bed, which she laid upon the grass plat just in time to break her long loved Harry's fall. Trusting that Sal Oakford and the girl ho nightly res cues will neither of them break their legs, or even sprain their ankles, before their run is over, I beg leave to sub scribe myself as usual , ONE WHO PAYS, THE CONVICTED MURDERER WATKlNs.—Thomas Watkins, the man who was convicted at the late Hereford Assizes of the brutal murder of his wife at Ren ner, near Leominster, has had the day of his execution com municated to him by the under-sheriff, Mr. N. Lanwarne, which he bore with equal firmness to his trial and sentence. Since his condemnation he has eaten his meals regularly, and has generally slept soundly. He has up to the present time been constantly visited by his mother and sister, and the meetings have been of a very sad and affecting nature. It is believed that Watkins has communicated, not only to his relatives, but to others about the precincts of the prison, the fullest particulars of the dreadful tragedy, for which ho is on Tuesday next to suffer the ex treme penalty of the law. To the exhortations of the chaplain of the gaol he is by no means heedless, though he does not exhibit symptoms of intense mental feeling, con trition, or regret. Soma faiut effort emanating from the family was made up to get up a petition to Sir George Grey to grant a reprieve, but public sympathy having been probed and found to be deaf to the interests of the murderer, it was abandoned. The visiting magistrates have ordered the con demned man to be supplied with any reasonable amount of food, and that of any kind he may desire. Great precau tion has been taken to keep the clay of the execution from the public, in order to prevent such a concourse assembling as did on the execution of William Hope, in April last. AMERICAN I\IAIES.—The Inman steamer Etna left the Mersey yesterday with mails for New York. To-day the Montreal Ocean Steamship Company's steamer Peru vian Balla for Pori land with Canada mails ; and on Saturday the Cunard etenmer Asia sails with American mails for Boston. A SCOTCH MILLIONAIRE.—Mr. William Baird, o f Gartsherrie, has left behind him a fortune of two mil. dolls State of Trade, CARDIFF, March 30.—The coal supply is d'ecitledly slower this week, in consequence of the strong adverse easterly winds preventing ships coming up Channel. Loaded ships have been quite cleared from the docks, which are in a much easier condi tion than for some months past. The iron market continues in much the same state as last reported. Welsh bars are in a quiet state at £8 per ton, free on board, and Scotch at 575. 6d. cash, and 595. 3d. open, Tin continues at the high quotation, which prevents numerous orders. Foreign freights con tinue high, and there is a great demand for ships. DUNDEE, 29th,—The demand for flax continues limited, but the sales reported to-day, which are chiefly the higher marks of Riga qualities, which are plentiful, barely maintain their value, but for want of transactions priers are nominal. In tow and codilla there is little doing. Considerable arrivals of jute, both here and in the southern ports, have the article for the moment quiet here, and very few parcels have been sold this week, but the price remains as before. The market for yarns of all kinds, flax, tow, and jute, has undergone no change, a large business being reported at steady prices. The inquiry for linens continues active, although the anxiety of buyers to place their orders is scarcely so great as it was lately, as it is not ex pected that prices will go much higher. Foreign orders still come forward in quantity, and the home demand is also good, so that the prospects for the future of the trade are at present excellent. LEICESTER, 30th.—Business has been checked this week by the annual holidays, and there has not been so ouch doing in the hosiery warehouses. In the country districts trade is quiet, but an improve ment will take place after Easter. Yarns realise very high prices, the market being firm. In wools there is no important change. The market is tight- ening, and rather more money is asked for some descriptions of material. NOTTINGHAM, 30th.--The Easter holidays are interfering with the lace trade this week, and there has not been much doing during the past few days. The cotton trade continues dull ; very little is being done for the home markets, and the unsettled state of the Continent checks the German demand. The French trade is also quiet. Plain cotton nets meet a very slow sale, and there is no improvement in the demand for fancy goods. Black silk laces and narrow edgings are yet in very little request. The demand for silk Meohlins continues tolerably good. In hosiery there is not much alteration. Many branches are quiet, and there is not much doing either for shipping or for the home market. Yarns remain extremely firm. Electiort Intelligence. Sir Morton Peto has just issued on address to the electors of Finsbury announcing his intention of retiring at the close of the present session of Parlia ment. That there will be a severe contest in Lancaster, at the next general election, appears beyond all doubt. Since Mr. W. J. Garnett intimated his in tention of retiring from the representation of the borough, three gentlemen have announced them selves as candidates for the prospective vacancy-- Mr. W. A. F. Saunders, of IVennington ; Mr. E. M. Fenwick, Burrow Hall; and Mr. F. Somerville Head, London. Mr. Head's address was issued yes terday morning. He says, " My political principles being moderate, I should, if elected, attach myself to no extreme party, and for the present should offer a general but independent support to Lord Paircerston's Government." As stated yesterday, a vacancy has occurred in the representation of Devizes, in consequence of Mr Addington's accession to the Peerage. Sir T. Bate son, Bart., a brother-in-law of the late Captain Gladstone,is the candidate on the Conservative side. The Liberals, it is said, do not feel themselves justi fied in contesting the seat. _ _ _ Sir William Miles, Bart., who was first elected for East Somerset in 1834, and Mr. William Francis Knatchbull, who was first returned for the same in 1852, having announced their determination to re tire at the next general election, three other gentle men have issued addresses to the electors. Sir Henry A. Hoare, is the Liberal candidate, while the Conservatives bring forward Mr. Ralph Neville Granville, of Butleigh Court, and Mr. Richard Horner Paget of Cranmore Hall. Awful Tragedy, On Tuesday night last an outrage of almost un exampled atrocity was perpetrated at the village of Fiskertoe, about six miles south-west of Newark, in the county of Nottingham, the victims being a respectable cottager named Samuel Parker, 60 years of age, and his wife Elizabeth, who is is her 76th years. The facts are briefly as follows :—The aged couple have a son named Richard Thomas, about 30 years of age, a married man, who has for some time been separated from his wife, and has therefore lived at home with his parents, carrying on a small butcher's business on his own account. On Monday last he went by special train to Shef field, promising to return the same night, as his father wished him to assist in drilling some corn. It appears he did return to Newark on Monday night, and remained there until the half-past 4 train to Fiskerton on Tuesday afternoon. He had then been drinking hard at the cricket-field, and, it is stated, was refused a ticket by the clerk, but an other person obtained one for him. On reaching home his father found fault with him for not re turning according to promise, and high words en sued, which soon led the sen to threaten his father with blows, and a sort of chase took place round the house. The father took refuge in the stable, and the mother, seeing Richard take a loaded double-barrel gun from the shelf, ran out of the house and called in alarm to the old gentleman to keep out of the way, as Tom had the gun. The same instant Richard deliberately levelled the gun at his motker's head, firing through a pane of glass in the window as he stood in the room. The poor creature fell frightfully wounded, and the father ventured to the stable door to see what was the mat ter. The inhuman son then took aim at him, and lodged the greater part of the contents of the second barrel in his face and chest. The second shot passed through the adjoining pane of glass. Assistance be ing at hand, the unfortunate couple were taken into the house and a surgeon was sent for. It was thought that Mrs. Parker could not survive many hours, and some of the shots in Mr. Parker's head were in such dangerous positions that it was very doubtful what might be the result in a few hours, although his wounds were less dangerous than those sustained by his wife. Richard ran out of the house without his hat towards the river Trent, which was only a few yards distant, leaving the gun. reared up in a corner. About half an hour afterwards he was apprehended by plice constable Barksby, leaning over a gate near the river side. On being charged with shoot ing his father and mother, he said ho had done it, but it was an accident. He at first resisted very violently, but was compelled to yield to superior force. Oa the way to Southwell he repeatedly asked whether be should be hung, and said if he were he should die on the scaffold like a dog. At half-past one o'clock yesterday both victims were alive, but there was scarcely the shadow of a hope that Mrs. Parker could recover, and Mr. Parker's condition was exceedingly precarious. The greatest excitement prevails throughout the locality, and it is now reported that both are dead. The Slessrs. Stenford , of Charing-cross, have j ust published a cheap plan of Duppel with its fortifications. ex tremely scal e el e l a w r, and therefore o, inchest o the English will be u m ilese renders it ful for hasty reference during the present struggle. A Norfolk squire, Mr. John Middleton, of Hain ton, has been fined £5 for " indecent behaviour" in his parish church. The rector is Mr. lieppel (a relative of the Earl of Albemarle), whose sermons, it appears, were not to the taste of the squire, who lately adopted the plan of leav ing the church just before the rector asce n d e d th e p u lpit. O n Sunday week , on entering and leaving the church, he towards a pew at the other end t u rned round an d " looked" in which were seated the rector's servants. This was the alleged "indecent behaviour" which Mr. Koppel said "vexed and disturbed" him. Mr. Middleton, on being summoned, offered to make a written apology, but Mr. Keppel—himself a magistrate—declined to accept it, and brought the case before his brother magistrates, who in dicted the full pmalty of £5 and 155. costs,—Lincoingare Chrfniat, The following notices have been received in rela tion to the debts of Mexico and Venezuela ; " Mexican Dividends—Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received by this mail on account of Mexican dividends 45,915 dols. 23c." " Venezuela Debt—Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co.'a agents in Venezuela advise that they have received for 55 per cent. of the import dues, from the Custom house of Puerto Cabello, 6,086 dols. 75c. ; do., La Guayra, 28,440 dole. 77c.—total, 34,527 dole. 52c." The last week's rai'way receipts, ascertained up to this day, are, in round figures, as under : 1864. 1863. Great Western £61,974 1,55,675 North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland 46,971 29,607 South-Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire 35,047 31,230 Bristol and Exeter North Eastern Great Eastern .. Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincoln 188,185495 15,176 Glasgow and South Western Great Southern and Western Ireland 8,467 7,614 Des e returns, compared with those of the same period of last year, show some very sa ti s f actory features :—On the Great Western there is an in crease of £6,2 99 ; Nor th Western, £ 12 , 5 05 ; South Western, £3,546 ; Brighton, £5,188 ; Mid land, £7,364; South Eastern, £4,451; Great Northern, £1,879; Lanca shire and \ o rkshire, £6,817 ; North Eastern, Sheffield, and Li ncoln, £3,009; G reat Southern and Western o f I reland, £853 . T he o a £7,280 ; Great East ern, £ 4, 225 ; Man chester,ut Glasgow and South Western, however, exhibits a decrease of £l9. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE TN EDINBURGH.—On Tues• day morning, about 4 o'clock, a fire broke out in the works of Mr. Allan Beak, tanner and currier in West Port, Edinburgh, which resulted in the almost com plete destruction within an hour of that extensive establish ment. The building in which thefiro originated which was about 76 feet square, consisted of seven floors and was nearly 80 feethigh. It had justbeen finished, workmen having been engaged up to the previous day:in finishing the belfry ; and the workshops and lofts were fitted up in the most approved style. The premises lay almost in the centre of a very popu lous neighbourhood, and the greatest alarm for a time pre vailed among the inhabitants, many of whom fled for their lives, their houses being placed in the greatest peril by the furiously spreading flames. The town engines were very promptly on the spot, but the rapid advance of the fire prevented enything being done to save the tan works, and the safety of the neighbouring buildings became the chief concerti. Happily the flames were kept within the new building and the one immediately adjoining. A small sec tion of the works separate from the rest escaped, and only one or two of the domiciles threatened were rendered Lunn.. habitable. There was, fortunately, no loss of life. The im mediate damage is estimated at about £1.5,000, which is nearly covered by insurance. Several thousand pounds offinished worth of materials had just been taken into the pr e mi ses , and de li v t e h r e y r . e was lt i is not large n amountown wthe fire originated, good ready for iginated. About 100 men will be thrown out of work. The brilli ance of the fire before dawn, especially in the illumination of the Castle Rock, attracted even at the early hour large crowds of admiring spectators, SECOND EDITION, SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 O'CLOCk. AUSTRIA. A letter from Prague in the Austrian r; az e tt d says—" The negotiations relative to a Customs reform have not arrived at any real result, as the present proceedings were only preliminaries for 4 future conference. The desire to conclude a conj., mercial treaty was manifested on both sides, bat as Austria maintains her point of view of the customs union, and Prussia considers herself bound by tha French treaty of commerce, an accord appears difficult." THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. Bank of England Return,---This Evening, An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th an d Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 3Uth day of March, IS64: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ........X28, 060 , 055 Government Debt .X 11,015,10) Other Securities .. 3 .634 , 00 Gold Coin & Bullion 13,410.u5s Silver Bullion .... £25,060,055 £ 2 55 0 60,054 - BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' Capi tal X 14.553,000 Rest Government Secu rities (including Dead WeightAn- Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Bap' Iminis - nuity) £11,273,114 Other Securities 22,199,370 Notes _ _ 7,650,530 .ants, Corn missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 10,280,458 Other Deposits.— Seven Day and other Bills 499,119 Gold and Silver 753,1(4 Coin X41,E76,478 .11L RSIIALL, Chief Cashier. March 31, 1864. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, TATTERSALLS'.—Tnis DAY. There were very few members present, and hardly any. :king doing. CITY AND stAlrms.vg. 12 to 1 agst Gordian Knot (taken and offered) 1000 to 65 agst Voluptas (taken) 100 to 6 agst Liston (taken) 20 to 1 agst Marigold (taken) 25 to 1 agst Flying Fish (taken) CHESTER CT:P. 500 to 15 apt Blackdown (taken) CITY BETTING.—THis DAY. There was very little doiug in the City to-day, the trap. sections being confined to tho City and Suburban, for which race Liston, Voluptas, and Gordian Knot were each supported at 100 to 7 ; Veterina r i an re ti re d t o 30 to 1. " offered." Vivid was backed at 30 to 1, as was also F 4 ins Fish at 25 to 1. The other quotations are nominal. GRANBY HANDICAP. 2to 1 agst Glendusk (taken) sto 1 agst Loiterer (taken) sto 1 agst St. Lawrence (taken) CROXTON PARK PLATE. 2 to 1 agst Danaus (taken) 4 to 1 agst Village Belle (taken) 4to 1 agst any other (offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. 100 to 7 aget Liston (taken) 100 to 7 agst Voluptas (taken) 100 to 7 aget Gordian Knot (taken), 20 to 1 agst Vivid (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mail Train (taken) 25 to 1 agst Flying Fish (taken) 25 to 1 agst Effie (Phemy filiy) (offered) 30 to 1 agst Veterinarian (offered) 100 to 3 agst Jarnicoton (taken and offered) 100 to 3 agst Stockinger (offered) 40 to 1 agst Count Cavour (taken) 40 to 1 agst Summerside (taken) • TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. sto 1 agst Fille de l'Air (taken) 6to 1 agat Paris (offered) Bto 1 agst Cambuscan (offered) 10 to 1 aget Claremont (taken and offered) 100 to S agst First Flight (taken) 100 to 7 agst Hollyfox (taken) 100 to 7 agst Copenhagen (taken) CHESTER CUP. 14 to 1 agst Change (taken) 1S to 1 agat Little Stag (taken) 20 to 1 aget Lord Zetland (taken) 20 to 1 agst Accident (taken) • 20 to 1 agst Blackdown (offered) DERBY. Sto 1 agst Scottish Chief (offered) 100 to 7 agst Cambusean (taken) 100 to 7 agst Forager (taken) 25 to 1 agst First Flight (taken) CATTERICK RACES.—Tats Day. (13Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CRAVEN HANDICAP. Miss Armstrong Brother Sam Little Hannah filly .. 1 .. 2 .. 3 Four ran. SIXTEENTH TRIENNIAL STAKES. Wild Agnes 1 Side Wind St. Magnus 3 Four ran. ARRIVALS AT CROXTON. Danaus, Brown Bread, Siva, Edward the Confessor, Tring, Fletton, Village Belle, Money Spinner, Loiterer. Jack o' Newbury, Electra, Young Rapid, Rockley, Fores. ter, Miller, Octoroon, and Minia,