The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-15 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND C 0 M MER C LAI INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'Catetr. Accounts from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday cloed steadily, and prices of Americans advanced, but all other descriptions were unchanged. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales, 500 of which were taken on specula tion. The Railway Share Market closed actively, at a slight advance in prices. During the present week there has been rather less animation in the colonial produce markets, and speculation is now conducted with more caution. Although prices are generally supported, a decline is in soma instances apparent. The public sales of sugar, for which article there has lately been such an active demand, have not been numerous, and a portion of the supply offered has been withdrawn. Besidesthis a decline of Gd., and, for particular kinds, of ls. per cwt. has re sulted. Coffee has been firm, and a good inquiry exists for home consumption.. Cocoa has advance' 2s. to 4s. per cwt. ; and rice is geotol at previous rates. The business transacted in rum is limited. Saltpetre is dearer ; and cochineal is at a sUght de cline. Spices are quiet and steady. Tea is dull ; and tallow rather cheaper. At the public sales of indigo there is no improvement upon the opening prices. Bengal qualities, newly imported, have been dis posed of at a decline of 4d. to Gil. per lb., and old goods Gd. to 9d. per lb. Colonial wool in public auction is in rather better request, and the quota tions realised are firmer. The steamer Fult it has arrived from the United States with 111,000 doll. in specie. The remit tance by the Ellenborough, from Sydney, is 30,000 sovereigns. - According to the telegraphic message from Alex andria, in anticipation of the Overland Mail, the exchanges in India show further indications of im provement. This will, no doubt, tend still fur.her to depress the silver market, where a decline has already occurred. The bars by the last Mexican steamer were sold yesterday at ss. 141 d. per ounce standard, or -gd. per ounce lower than the previous supply. The Bank of France return for the month end ' ing yesterday is not satisfactory, although perhaps quite as favourable as could have been expected. The stock of buFion is smaller, while the loans and discounts have increased. The statement contains no feature of interest, and it is presumed the next one will exhibit an improvement, the Money Market at Paris being now rather easier. In Lombard-street and at the Bank there is a good demand for money at full quotations. On the Stock Ex c ,, ange th e demand - for money has been e x t reme l y act i ve, snd the supply being small, loans have been obtained with difficulty. As much as S and 10 per cent. is paid for the accom modation. The Market for Public Securities is quieter to day, and the advance has not made further pro gress. At the same time the tone of the market is good, and the expectation of easier money, and the operations for a rise, buoy up prices. There is a good demand for money in the " House," and the high terms that are still paid for loans have a weakening influence. Consols have been 94 to 941 for money, and 94 for the account. They have since declined to 93/- and 941 s respectively. The New Three per Cents. were 92i ; and the Reduced, 92 ; India Bonds are Bs. to 3s. discount ; the March Exche quer Bills are 2s. to 4s. prem. ; the June do., par to 24. prem., the Bank broker having bought 30,000/. at the latter quotation. The Bonds are 981). Very f ow d ea li ngs are recor d e d i n th e F ore i gn Lists. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been 95 -1 1 , and are now about 95 to 951. The 4 per Cents. are 100 i, to 1001. Sardinian are 911. Spanish New Deferred 251, and the Certificates The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 7 ; Mexio 228 31; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 77 78 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 51 55 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45 46 ; Russian 5 cer Cents., 104 106 ; ditto 4,1 per Cents. 96 98 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 2 ; ditto Deferred, 23i ; ditto Certificates, 6i ; ditto Passive, 5i 6. Messrs. D. Bell, Son and Co., report that during the week there has been very little business in American Securities, and little change in prices. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Redeemae. Cent United St a t es 6 per Cents. 1867-1868... bl Per 10i 106 . United States G per Cent. Bonds 1868-100 1061 • Alabama S STATE SECURITIES. per Cent... Maryland 5 p er Cent. Mississippi 6 per Cent. pl. Bk. Bonds ... .............................1841-1871... 40 42 Mississippi 5 per Cent. Union Bk. Bonds per Cent. S tock .. Pennsylvania 5 Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds ... Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bond s Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 831 841 5 per Virginia, - Cent. (Sterlin g Bonds) 1888... 84 86 ... 89 91. ... 99 100 .74 76 .1877._ 79 81 LOANS oy CITIES. Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865... New Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock 1883... 75 77 RAILROAD BONDS Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, not Convertible 1875- 89 91 Illinois Central 6 per Cent 1875....87 88 Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland Bonds 1860„..107 109 Illinois Central (Shares), $3O paid ... 30 32 p Michigan Central 8 p. Cent., Convort 1860... d o . d o. 1869 . ' ..91. 92 New York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864... 92 94 Nei' York Central 6 per Cent., not Convertible 1883... 78 80 New York and Erie 7 per (lent. 3d Mort ,,gage 1883... 83 85 IN • York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862... 77 79 York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking Fund 1875... 82 84 pellama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage 1865... -- nnsylvania Central 6p. Cent..lat Mort 1880... 89 91 In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been rather circumscribed. Prices, however, were 11111 Y sustained, the fluctuations not having been lar ge. Eastern Counties, Lancashire and York shire, and South-Western improved 55., and N ° ll l1 -Western and Midland 10s. ; East Anglian, ° lford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, and So uth -Eastern declined 55., and Caledonian, 10s. ,erY little business was reported in French or Canadian Shares, and prices are steady. 13 ritish, Foreign and Colonial Mining Shares ar e dull. Great . *heal Alfred realised 61, and , Great South Tolgus 19. Joint Stock Bank Shares rule inactive at about P t evlous rates. In th e Mi scellaneous - Shares there i s li t tl e c h ange b . Prices to report. Crystal Talace have receded t" alt S R. North of Europe Steam improved ss. 108. ; and Peninsular and Oriental Seam ad l'aneed about 10s. London General Omnibus 'oriner °LoPany valuesan National Discount Company realised .. BRI TISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOf K. ( Trom the Official List;) Business done. B De " de nt. ile " a. Reduced Annuities . 92a i i 2 , 1 r Cent consols Annuities 914 4 evr r ; Cent " Per Cent. Annuities 92i i a & , °l-ig Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1869 2 7.16 ri - liiat-40° , %Ir k:1 2 1 1700 8 3 d •-•osiela for Account 94 -Et elletiner Bills, 20. " ' March. I June. #:1000 k.:560 sp 2 1p par 2p %nail_ 5 - 2 1p par 2p - .............. . . P Ditto Bonds,.. 1858, 3j per Cent. bitto, 1859 1) 4 1 4 9 g OF ,FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. um an Bongs, 5 per Cent. D. 13 . I, h Bovds, 3 per C on t. itto New Deferred, 3 per i en . 'Vanish Committee Cert. of Coup. trJt fun 6 I'll tklth Ronde, 6 per cent 9sj bitto A ccount Ditto Guaranteed ' 4 er Cent. D itto Account P lOll i ut,ldends On the above eavalg;'4.;;7o'. ZLOCK. Consols, T money Ditto for account .., .. 941 if TIICa h newly born s on o f th e Emperor and Em press is itigiexAof. bas been b apt is e d b y t h e names of Sera' _ andr ovitch. Re the sixth child and the fifth son of th eir Maj es ti es. Lo g ee DDITIO NAL MAIL TO AUSTRALIA. —Last evening, Wa4 issued at the General Poet-office, that a ship letter mail for Melbourne would be made up this day, the 15th inst., to be forwarded by the steamer, Royal Charter, from Liverpool. A mail will also be despatched t.,; Melb ourne, by the steamer Undaunted , to sail from Pl ymouth on the 27th 70.TrIlt NlA.GAtta..—The l arge A mer i can screw f r i ga t e tagara, arrived at Gravesend yesterday, and will pro ceed to East Greenaieb, for the purpose of taking on boardthe cabl e f or t h e Atlantic submarine telegraph. • he captain visited the dockyard iu the afternoon, but co a rrangements h av i ng b een made as to the moorings of the Vessel, he immediately proceeded to the Admiralty ow e ,. N~awprinter of a defun c t penny newspaper, named ortby was yesterday sen t enced, at the Criminal a libel Court, to three months imprisonment, for p u bli s hi ng concerning a Mr. Meakin, Taylo r and Greening, of Fetter-lane.and also o n M essrs. Eliza lligzins was yesterday, i n th e N ew Court, sen tenced to six years' penal servitude f or mans l auahter. It will be recoll ecte d that the prisoner left Chel sea Work l?onse, where she bad been confined, with her child, and la, a fez, days after it yse.s found lying in an area with I qhttll fraotvr,d, a law, fol loo3; anal and coif ;very pi - P ract]cal ar affairs, Second of our !lest scope cis that Of lien least vers under iDown to ed as thei very 131° ese opP°r t,as 11 - e 3 that coo', ) are alto are in the tbourhood• the dutY , to take an It shown 10 is the sub• practical use secular re' As of everl e duties may 111111112, £II He trace ° it was sea" rangenicilts I ar divi=ionf )ortance 'the need tor IC7/1 p3rlsbes, ancient townshio. asse mbled/ also °RI parishes rger thall ow n to 01 .141 isances, itnpro' t ; , the pun is , fault of of well g ° ' rigs. _ ... „1 1 )f the pu - , L;ularly thus rif h Wa C rtance. h and V l73 : r e inst ruct", 6 0 i ;he Flbjeo . The ne c o e l ; fandarne n o il cibly polo d : )1101' S mq th e L,. 1, and z, ° Endowto eti A on at °, ° 4 of iinne" l- g i , mass of °1 .1 1 41 ve—what t y abt—tha t 1 ,1 ;alby th e t lr 3e of this ° c o many Pl 3 gooa ish Rec° ( •' )re aut Mt : 4( of parit , h b e ef wo have work in merits 1 ) 5 , the Wel in this se more felt , ulation• ice of reP r6 fic Coloni 3l "%ei Rifles hav e o lament, t° mhi ejects 0'113,4 of the is of thos e 0 1 restriou e v io to trads_Al'ff, ew fotl o6 ,l a r eful bef or ; , ' aa di a n peal melt, A Po!,: t o by the ' O O martial 1%0 of the `2 s t P o d, and 0° , 6 ;1 ) for a for to be 0 10 : 10 1 !opted 00 or ii law we'd .t. F o urte, 0 ,4 troops 113 . u 1 ; 1 g was 21 0 :0' eing an de i ) been o°' Listing °Pr?, head _gar o t' elevatio° 3t, the o', ll e Rea mated at I ;,{ ' ('' divided i 13 ". 0 he ga l / 3 °,, 1 t ) , con tract ol . B ir iblic of tes ninon e, and Wlrd itish and BYA. 130 0 / o ,j a bout ni, ° lo o l seven ° • 'n s be ding t oo t and a St b d 10c7 , 31 1 , some • s, cat, ll' 11 , , ruing r ° f 1 17 0 name c o o JJ who s f e walked t o ° be fain' im alitto s a d o )37 decar° 6 Y 4' r SHARE MARKETS—(This Day). RAILWAYS. RAILwAra. Closing( Pricey yesterday Bustnecs done this day. Nottng. Bost. ; Sc Eastn. Junc..... ! Belfast & Ballymena' a' Thrmr.g. Wolverh. I Stour Valley ! Birkenhd. Lancsh. dt Cheshire Junct l ' Blackburn • 1 !Myth & Tyne original, ; £25 (iss. at £45) ; ;Bristol & Exeter... ! ;Caledonian.. ...... ;Gi:ester Ix Holyhead, Cork and Bandon ! Cork, Black. & Pass ; ;Cornwall Dk A !Dublin&BelfastJunc !Dun. P. &Aber. June ;East Anglian Eastern !EasternUnion,A. stk. IDo., do. 8.... ;Do. New A_ !EaFt Kent ;East Lancashire ;East Suffolk Do. 'Edinburgh di Glasgow Minh. and Peebles Edinb.Prth.diDtindeo Forth and Clyde June. !Furness ... !Glasgow & S.Western iGreat N. of Scotland !Great Northern Do., A. Stock IDo., B. Stock !Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.); ! Great Western. Do. Str.V.R. gua.Sti ,Trish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle. Do., Thirds !Do. New Thirds ! Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F. £l6 Do., Wst. Riding Un !Do. Southport. !London & Blackwall Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. London & N. Western !Do. Fifths !Do. ,161.5h.,M&8...Ci Do. Eighths London & S.Weatern Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndudrry. & Ennisk. Manch.SheL&Lincln.! Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's' arrangement I Midland ..... !Do. Binning. & Derby Midland G. West.(lr.) Do. a Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newpt.Aberg.dtHrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock ,Do., A Stock Do., B Stock N. Eastern Berwick IDo. do. Extension Do do. G. N.E.Purch !Do Leeds !Do. York North Loudon ..... N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Ju North Staffordshire North Western......., N. di S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton..., Portsmouth.. 1 10 11hymney 100 Scottish Central 1100 !Scot. N.E.Abrdn.St, 103 (Shropshire Union ..., 4 ISitingbourne &Sheer. all South Devon. ,100 South Eastern .. all 'Do, 4} per c. Shares 100 , South 17 S. Yorksh. River Dun 7 Do.. all !Staines,Wok.,&Wok. al] :Stockton & 15 Do. do., 1854 3 i Do. do., 185 16 ,Stockton & Ilartlepl 100 Taff Vale 100 'Do. Pref., No. 1 22 !Thames Hay. D. &R all Vale of all Waterkl. & Kilkenny all iWaterford&Limerick all ,West Cornwall , all ;West End of London and Crystal Palace ' all Do. A all Do. B all IWest London all I Do. First Class j Do. Second Class... Wmbledon &Croydon BRITISH P, Atlan. and S 6. Law. Bombay, B Aroda, and Cen.lnd, guar. 5 p. c. Do. Buffalo & Lake Hur Buff. Brnt. & God ch 6 p. c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 June,'74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Do. B. do Demerara Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares D 0.44 p.c.Bnds. '57 Do. do. do., 's9:do. Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. Gd. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c Do. New, guar. 5 p.c Gt. Wcstn. of Canada, Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 Do. do., 76, p.'60... Do. do., '73, do. ... Do. do., '73, without „ option Madras, guar. 4i P.C Do. do., 5 per c Do. 44 p. c. Eaten Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c Do. 4th Ex. do Oude (Limited) Seinde, guar. 5 per c Do 511 - 5a Si - 9 66 - 68 Si - 9 89 - 91 74 -74 i 33 - 36 4 - 9i 19 - 20 11 - 12 52 - 54 351 - 36 8— 7 d 98 99 1 56 ii - ii 97 - 98 i S - $ O , 97. - 93 89 91 1122 - 123 102 - 101 67:1- 1 63 - 65 70 - 74 6 - 8 r 6 - 8 p 1 1021 - 10* -41 - 64 11101 -111 A jlO6 106,!„ - d 1100 —100 A 45 83i - 84; 54 - 56 16 - 164 63 - 65 1 3i -31-1 j 43 - 44 1 87 88 3i 3 d 2i 2} 41 42 666 96 99 - 8 10 - 10 7 - 5 1106 - 108 254 - 26 48 - 50 24 - lli 183 - 191 75 - 76 86 - 87 54 - 6 - 5 y 1 iô 1: 4 2 20i - 21 4 - - 7 - 9 2A - 3 5 ; - 6 ►SSESSIONS, i - i P id i P }96 98 95 - 97 95 - 97 1 - li. p 107 - 109 li - 1h) 19i -20 i 64 -- 66 91 -- 92 21 -- 214 244 -- 2451 2k -- 23? 99 -- 100 115 -- 120 115 -- 119 106 108 19 20 211 211 d par fp - tp 11 -- 2ip FOREIGN. Antwrp&Rotterdam Ardennes Belgian East. Junct. Reziers to Graissessac Carmeaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New' Euphrates Valley Gt. Central of France Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Bale. Li err© and Turnhout Lomhardo-Venetian Lucca dr Pist.sp.c.p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran Maria Antela Do. New Namur & Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France NorwegianTrnk. Pref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Recife & Ban Fran , (Perna e.) g. 7 p. c Rome and Frascati Royal Danish IRoial Swedish.., Sainbre and Meuse Do. 5i per cent. pref Southern of France West Flanders Do. 5i per c. Pref. & N. W. of France Western of Austria._ West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. 8 p. cent. pref. Zealand ......... JOINT-STOI !Australasia IBank of Egypt :, Bank of London Bri. Col Bk.*Ln. Co British N. American .e.fik.of Ind. Au.&Ch City ColOnial Commercial of Lon& Eng. Scot. &Ans. Cht. Lon. Ch. Bk. of Aust Ditto New London and County Lnd.&E.Bnkug.Corp London Joint Stock Lond.andWestminst National Pro. of Eng Do. New National Bank New South Wales Oriental Bank Corp Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New R.Aus.B.&G.Im.Co South Australia Union of Australia_ Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual Vtrestru Bk-.o Lond 7 - 71, id li 2 3 c fii 51 1 d 32 —32 i, par p 23 1 - 2ti 7 71 '4 117 Eg 30 --- . 31 8 - 84 20 - 203 384 - 39 8 i - 58i - 59 57 - 59 d par' 17 . 1-14 8i -- 8i 84 -- 81 31i -- 321 41 -- 5 94 -- 10 , 301 311 par -- 1 p BANKS. 87 89 lid, 1 52 54 - 62 - 64 171 171 -- 17; 3 ' 17 -- ••• • 46 48 40i 4 1 - id ••• 56 58 6 - 7 ••• 9 100 all !100 !100 176 ,100 St. 20 St. St. St. 100 St. 100 R. 1.00 St. 100 St. 'lOO I St. 1.00 12 all 5C all 16i , 141 16i; 12 3t.;100 16 i 6 3 i 20 ; all 113' all St. 100 St. ,100 20 1 all 10 all 12 23 St. „100 25 I all 25 i all St. !100 10! 1 St. 50 St. St. 1 100 I 3 i 100 100 20 20 10 St. 20 20 25 25 all all 742 i 4 32- 19 12 11i 106 51 6i 100; 100 I 433 2i 87i 201 311 30f naE SUN, LONDON, FREDAY E VEN IN G, MA - Y 15, i h)? CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Cresswell.) THE MURDER AT WOOLWICH. TILE BANK OF FRANCE. The following," is the monthly debtor and creditor account of the Bank of France, made up to yester day (Thursday) : LINES LESAED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid Rartiets. Leasing Companies Closing Prices yesterday. 100 Buckglianish 100 :Clydesdale Jo. all 'Col . Stour Vy. 100 :E.Lin. g. 6 p.c all E. Un. H. Sb 100 Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. 100 Do. Now all I Glstr.SzDn.Fr all Hull 4 Selby all Do. Shares all :Do. Shares all :Lon.&Greenw all Do.Prefereuce 100 Lou. : TH., &S. 5/ Do. Birk. Sh. all Mancl L.Bxton. 1 and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Newmarket Bury E.G.spc. IN.diEst.s p.c. !Do. 6 per et :Do.Fixed sp.c Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. Roystu.& Hit. Shrews. Her S. Stagordsli WearVal.g6pc Do.. Wiltsez.Somrst Ln.&N.W. Cal Q don ... E.U.&E.O Gt. Northn E. Count. I Do Gt. Westn Y. & Do Do I S. Eastorn Do Peto & Co Do Ln. &N. W 1 Midld Midland E. Count Do Do Do L. & . W Do Gt.Northnl T, Bra ssey M. Mclean' Stk.&Dar Do Gt.W PREF ERENI IBlyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 501.) 'Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St.l IDo. 4 per c. Shares.. ICaledn. £lO 4 p. c. I • Ches & Ho. 5i p.c. IDo. do. 5 per cent... 'Cork &Bandon 5 ip.c. ' Dun. Perth. kAber.J. IT7. Anglian Cis. A Sh. IDo. do. C. B 6p. c. Do, do. cis. C 7 p. c. Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l jDo. No. 2 ....... IDo. New 6 pr. c. St. ,East tin., G. 6 p. c. 'Do. 5?., 10 per Cent. 'Do' • 10/ Debentr.Sh, Do. do. 4 per cent._ Eas T_Jancash.6 3). ets. York. J. sthsj Ellin. & Gl. sp. c. Sh. Ed. Prth . &Dun. 4p.c Furness, 5 p. c Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. e. Redeem 10 p. c. prem Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. Gt.N. of Scot.lst Pre Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per e. Pref. St. G t. W. ( B. &H. Ex.spe Do. con. red. 41 p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per lent.. Do 5 p. c, red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Bp. c.P.S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh Do, do, do Do. do. do Lan.& York. 6pe.St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 D0.,P.,5p.c.5t.N0.2 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N.W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. et... Lon. & S.W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares ... Londy.& Color. Sh. Londy. &Ennis. Sh. M., S., &L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. .£6 Do. do. 31 per cent. Marype. & Carl. 4 p.c, Do. 44 per cent Do. do. Consol. 6p. c. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 44 p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. Lc H. Pref. St. New. ,Aber.. &c., pr 5 p.c.red. 5 p.c.pm Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct Vorfk . Deb. 4 p.c. Sh Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5.i p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. ~1847 North British Do. 71. Preference N. E. Berw. 4 p. c. Prf Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6pc No.l Do. do. Qrs., Is4B Do. York 11. &S. Pur North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar Scot. Cent. New Pref Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St Do. d 0.31 p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 4i pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed , 4 p.c. Sh S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 4j p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.e.Gnar Stock. &Dar., 5 p. c Do. do. do. !Stock. & Hartl. g. 5. p.c. till July 1, '56 Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. BRITISH Alfred Cons. (Philk.) ;British Iron r Condurow (Cambrn.) Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) Great South Tolgus G rt. W. Alfrd. ( Philk. ) Grt.W. Vor (Helstn.) Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St. Blaxy) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co S. Caradon (St. Cleer S. Cam Brea (Mop. S.W. Frances( Illogn. Tam. S. & L. Min. Co Tin Croft lUn.Mines (Gwennap Ir. of Towcy (Camar.) W. Basset (Illogan).. W. Caradon (Liskrd.) Wh. Basset (Illogan). Wh. Buller (Rdrnth). Wh. Edward (Calstck ) Wb. Kitty (U. Llant) Wb. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 9? - 94 97 - 99 11 - 13 L 33 - 135 31 - 41 lOC los 12 126 , 2? 236 103 104 spar— p 2a 88 - 90 54 - - 56 !1.6 - 133 8 - 9 9 - 9i 311 321 - 86 - 88 IE SHARES. 9 . " - 91 93 --9.1 i 51 - 6 108 - 112 108 - 112 - P 13 -- I2' - 113 - 115 105 - 107 100 - 102 60 -- 62 10i -- 103 -- 93 -- 95 83 - 85 81 -- 86 'lOO -- 101 9{ -- 10 16 -- 17 91 -10. j 71 -- 73 19 -- 194 94 -- 91 - 14i -14 i 132 -- 134 137 - 140 114 - 116 1154 - 156 - 66 - p 130 - 132 96 - 98 86 - 88 11 -- 111 .01 - 103 91 92 ld i id 21i 224 - 112 .14 - 116 05 - 110 18 - 19 22i -23 i 98 - 100 95 - 9j 27 - 28 2 - 3p - MINES. -20 i 7 - 8 160 - 170 155 - 47'• - 18 64- 7 4X - 5i - 17 - 19 19 - 21 5 - 6 22 - 23 5 - 6 - 2 330 - 340 6 - 7 290 -- 310 - 4 - 4. 200 - 220 - 1. 30 - 32 140 - 150 260 - 270 360 - 380 5 - 5i 18 20 45 - 47 23 - 25 Buslnegs this dsy George Bare, 25, seaman, was indicted for the wilful murder of Samuel Long. Mr. Atherton, Q.C., and Mr. Petersdorff, conducted the prosecution, on behalf of the Board of Admiralty. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Sleigh. The fats of the case were strictly as follaws :—The deceased was a corporal of 111arines, belonging to the Slaney, gun-boat, and the prisoner was a seaman on board the same vessel, which, at the time of the fatal occurrence, was fitting cut at Woolwich, to be ex ported to China. On the 23d of April, about nine o'clock at night, while tbo people belonging► to the Slaney were on board a hulk called the Hebe, near the Slaney, and they were about to go to their ham mocks for the night, a cry of murder was raised, and the prisoner and the deceased were seen standing together, and the latter staggered and fell to the ground. It was found on ximication that he had received a most dangerous stab from a bayonet in the stomach, and on the following day he died from the effects of the injury he received. The prisoner did not attempt to deny that his was the hand that committed the deed, but when be was spoken to he exclaimed "I have bad my revenge and I don't care if I am scrag ged for it to-morrow morning." He at first, it appeared, refused to give up the bayonet, but at length he did so, !l ed was secured and sent on hoard the guard ship, the Fisguard. It seemed that the prisoner formerly belonged to the Fiacuard, and he was removed to the Slaney with tbe view of being promoted to the rank of quartermaster. It was proved in the course of the case that the unhappy deceased had reported the prisoner to his superior officer for some misconduct, and that he had been put in irons, and was only released at noon on the day the dreadful occurrence took place. The deceased was absent from the vessel at this time, and it appeared that almost im mediately he came on board, the prisoner made the attack upon him, and that the bayonet belonging to the deceased was taken by him from the place where if had been deposited, and made use of for the purpose. Mr. Sleigh made a very feeling appeal to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and earnestly urged them to find the prisoner guilty of the minor offence of manslaughter, and not to consign him to the scaffold by returning a verdict of wilful murder. The Learned Judge having summed op the evidence to the jury, they almost immediately returned a verdict of guilty. The usual proclamation was then made, and the pri soner was sentenced to death in the usual manner, and was ordered to be delivered over to the custody of the Sheriff of Kent for execution. The prisoner beard the sentence without betraying OS (lightest emotion. THIRD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) CHARGE OF STEALING GAS. William Silcock, a licensed victualler, residing in Duke-street, Manchester-square, was indicted for steal ing a quantity of gag, the property of the Imperial Gas Company. Sergewilt Parry and Mr. Lilley appeared on the part of the prosecution. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, Mr. Met calf, and Mr. Law defended Silcock. From the evidence of officers of the Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company, it appeared that the prisoner had contracted with the company to supply him with gas, and accordingly a metre, the property of the company, was placed on his pre mises. From information received the officers of the company, in order to test the meter placed in the defendant's house, opened the ground about 60 feet from his house, and placed there a dry meter in order that the gas might be registered before it passed into the meter in the defendants cellar. After the test meter had been done some time it was examined, and a difference of 24,000 feet of gas was found on the first and 9,000 feet on the second occasion it was examined. Find ing such a great difference between the test meter and the prisoner's, Marriott, one of the witnesses for the prosecution, entered the prisoner's house, and on pro ceeding to the cellar, where the meter was, found a flexible tube so fixed on it that gas was burnt which did not pass through it. Oa being told that such a proceed ing was irregular, the prisoner said he had authority to use it by sanction of the company. A witness named Walter became cognisant of the circumstance, and ordered the defendant either to take it down er make his representation to the company that the supply of gas to kis house was insufficient. This not being done Walter represented the facts to the Gas Company, and the pre sent proceedings were instituted. For the defence it was contended that the meters were defective, and therefore it had improperly registered the quantity of gas consumed. • The Jury returned a verdict of "Guilty." The Common Sergeant then sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. NEW COURT. (Befora the Recorder.) Two men, named Christian Klein and Nicholas Klein, brothers, were indicted for cutting and wounding John Graef, and also for a like attempt upon Leon Hardt Threes. Mr. Ribton defended Nicholas Klein. From the evidence it appeared that the two prisoners, the prosecutor, and several other persons were drinking at a low beerahop in Drocner street, Whitechapel, and while before the bar a quarrel arose between them. Each prisoner drew a knife, and immediately after wards a general melee ensued. Threes fell to the ground, exclaiming tbat he had been stabbed. The police was sent for, and the prisoners were taken into cu s t o dy, an d charged with the offence for which they were indicted. The evidence was not at all conclusive as to the part which Nicholas Klein bad taken in the affray. The Jury acquitted Nicholas Klein, but found Chris tian guilty. The Recorder sentenced the prisoner to nine months' imprisonment, with hard labour. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.) LONDON, May 15.—Wild this day at noon, S.; light breeze, and fine clear sultry weather. PORTSMOUTH, May 14.--Wind S.E. to E.S.E.—Arrived —Nova Zamble, from Batevia for Rotterdam ; Velocity, Sourabaga, and proceeded for Cowes. POOLE, May 14.- -Win( E. --Sailed—Sisters, for Labra dor ; Hearts of Oak, Newfoundland. SWANSEA., May 14.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Java, for Shanghai; Ann Ingate, Fernando Po; Betsy Hall, Ja maica. PLYMOUTH, May 14.--Wind S.W.—Sailed—British Empire, for Portland Bay, FALMOUTH, May 14.—Wind W.S.W.—Off port— Maria, from Bahia. OFF WEYMOUTH, May 14,—Arrive I—Bristow, from Port Adelaide. MILFORD, May 14.—Wind S. Am phitrite, in tow of her Majesty's steamer Devastation. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind N. Arri ved—Byzantium, from Holyhead ; Prince of Wales, New Orleans ; Great Western and S. Crowell, New York; Sylvia, Charleston ; Snowdon, Macao ; Excel, Oporto ; Parsons, (s. s.), New Orleans; Catherina, Gurdina ; Tar ragona, Grazaidio. Sailed—Provestenen, for Stettin ; °tabs, Calcutta ; Ganges, Miramichi ; Maria, Riga; Confidence, Gijon; Fortuna, Fxederickstadt. QuEENSTOWN, May 13. Wind S.S.E. Arrived—Ann Budson, from Iquique; Free Trader, Callao; Clara Louisa, Smyrna; Mahomed Ali, Taganrog; Asia, Jaffa ; Agnes, Trinidad ; "Wanderer, Manzanella ; drone, Alexandria. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 9.38 a.m. Wind E. ; last hour's ebb ; fine. Arrived, May 14—Royal Blue Jacket, from Cape Sines. Arrived, May 15—Hannah, from Guernsey ; Oscar, from Gottenburg. DEAL, Friday, 9.30 a.m. _ _ Wind S., light. Passed, May 14—Agnes, from Buenos Ayres, for Lon don ; Sabrina, Cuba, London ; Circassian, Oporto, Lon don; Stirlingehire, London, Bnctonchee, N.B. Passed. Sylph, screw steamer, from London, for Bor deaux; Eskd ale, Singapore, London. Passed in tow—Hotspur, from Calcutta, for London. Sailed—Vallestueria, for London. THE LATE FALL ON HOUSES IN TOTTENHAM-COURT ROAD. —The inquiry into this lamentable accident was resumed to-day. A number of witnesses were exa mined, but nothing further than that which bas already appeared in The Sun with respect to the cause of the accident was elicited. A CHILD BURNED TO DEATH IN LAMBETlL—Nester day Mr. Carter, the Surrey coroner, held an inquest at Mr. Pope's, the White Horse Tavern, Cor nw all-road, on the body of Catherine Matthews, aged one year, whose parents reside at 54, Wotton-street, Lambeth. Toe evidence proved that the parents of the child went to a concert at Easter, leaving the deceased in charge of a girl, who, falling asleep, was suddenly startled by a knock, and the child fell upon the fire, and was much burnt about the face, which caused erysip e l as t o super vene, of which it died. Verdict —accidental death. PASSENGER DUTY PAID BY RAILWAYS.—The total amount of all duties paid by railway companies in Eng land and Scotland (for the duty extends not to Ireland) on passenger traffic amounted last year to 338,7531., against the snm of 316,3651. in the year 1855. Tee Briehton line paid 23,570/. ; the Eastern Counties, 21,884/. ; the Great Northern, 17,938/. • the Great Western, 33,255/. ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire, 10,9481. ; the Midland, 16,193/. ; the North-Eastern, 17,423/. ; the North• Western (London) line, 51,199/. ; the South-Eastern, 26,530. ; and the South-Western, 28,7901. SERIOUS ACClDENT. — Yesterday morning three la bourers, employed in Woolwich Dockyard, were engaged in removing a truck heavily laden with timber to the slip in which the Galatea, corvette, is building, and whilst passing over a bridge one of the planks gave way, and the truck and men fell into the mud from a height of 18 feet. One of the men, named Richard Bishop, bad his leg broken, and was immediately conveyed to the Royal Marine Infirmary. The others were but slightly injured. From the nature of the accident it is astonishing that the result was not fatal. CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Greyhound Tavern, Old Ford-road, of the body of Thomas Regan, who lost his life by a fall on earth while working in an excavation at the residence of Mr. Charles Eaton, on Monday morning last, as pre viously rep!leA. .A , anidare,l (Nspt.,}l ^ l, 4s recorded. CR. Fr. c. Cash and ingots Cash at the branch banks Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day 392,759 52 Bills becoming due in Paris Bills in the branch banks Advances on coin and ingots Do. in the branch banks Do. on public securities of France 24,992,536 10 Do. in the branch banks Do. on railway shares and bonds 12,783,200 Do. in the branch banks Dc. to' the State by treaty of June 30, 1848 Advances on Treasury bills Rentes of the reserve fund Rentes of disposable funds Hotel and furniture of the Bank Real property of branch banks Expenses of administration Premiums on the purchase of matieres Sundr:es 55,000,000 - 12,930,7.50 14 52,139,300 83 4,000,000 - 5,311,260 - 1,577.323 33 1,682,503 36 313,441 90 352,067,023 44 Cu URT OF COMMON CeLTMIL. SIR WILLIAM MAGNAY. The following is a summary of the procceding3 which took at the Court of Common Council on Thursday, the 7th iust., and which were cDncluled yest•rday, upon the 'discussion of the following motion, which was submitted to tIH Court by Mr. Blake : DR. Capital R, serve fund 12,980,750 11 Reserve immobiliere Notes to bearer, in circulation Do. of branch banks 56,694,200 -- Do. to order (Post bills) Bills parable at sight 3,253,188 Account-current of Treasury Creditor 81,537,611 8 Various accounts-current 124,386,504 98 Do. branch banks 22,057,962 Dividends to be paid 522,321 25 Discount, interest, and expenses Charge for safe keeping of securities 15,840,450 97 Re-discounts of the last half-year Overdue bills 24,891 60 Sundries 2,563,557 93 952,067,023 44 PREVIOUS MONTH'S RETURN. Cash and ingots Cash at the branch banks Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day 644,098 32 Bills becoming due in Paris Bills in the branch banks Advances on coin and ingots Do. in the branch banks Do. on public securities of Franoe 24,162,436 10 Do. in the branch banks Do. on railway shares and bonds 13,728,100 Do. in the branch banks Do. to the State by treaty of June 30, 1848 Advances on Treasury bills Rentes of the reserve fund Rentes of disposable funds Hotel and furniture of the Bank Re ertyofbranchb Premiums banks Expenseslpp ro of administration on the purchase of matihres Sundries 55,000,000 - 12,980,750 14 52,189,n0 85 4,000,000 - 5,336,274 - 1,211,862 75 1,433,651 74 859,582 81 939,230,038 0 DR. Capital _ _ 91,250,000 - Reserve fund Reserve immobiliere 12,980,750 14 4,000,000 - Notes to bearer, in circulation Do. of branch banks, 58,756,425 -- Do. to order (Post bills) 5,048,566 89 Bills payable at sight 3,531,027 - Account-current of Treasury Creditor 68,819,093 46 Various accounts-current Do. branch banks Dividends to be paid Discount, interest, and expenses Charge for safe keeping of securities Re-discounts of the last half-year Overdue bills Sundries 115,458.910 44 24,061,651 -- 660,520 25 2,172,813 84 11,948,712 96 1,931,788 55 22,001 59 2,894,176 88 939,230,038 00 MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. About an average time of year supply of English wheat —partly left over from Monday—was on sale in our mar ket to-tiay. For all kinds the demand ruled heavy, and prices were quite 2s per quarter lower than on Friday last. The show of foreign wheat was good. We had free sellers of most kinds on lower terms ; but scarcely any buyers came forward. English barley moved off steadily, at full prices. In foreign parcels, very little was doing. There was a slow inquiry for malt. In prices, however, no change took place. Oats were in short supply and good request. In some instances prices were rather higher for good sound corn. Beans, peas, and flour moved off slowly, on former terms. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat, I I Barley. I Malt. Oats. I Flour. 3,350 I 150 910 280 I 1,610 English Irish Foreign 4,980 I 8,460 5,150 I 100 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. To-day's market was somewhat extensively supplied with beasts, upwards of 400 oxen being on offer from Oporto, and the demand for all breeds ruled heavy in the extreme, at a decline in the quotations realised on Mon day of 4d per 81bs. The top figure for Scots was 4s Gd per Blbs. The show of sheep was only moderate, yet the mutton trade was very inactive, at barely stationary prices. Lambs were in good request, at from 5s Gd to 6s 4d per Ribs. About CIO came to hand from the Isle of Wight. We had a steady sale for calves, at full quota tions ; but pigs ruled heavy. Mulch cows were in better request. Per 81bs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d.l s. d. s Interior Beasts.... 2 10 to 3 01PrimeSouthdown 5 6 510 Second quality.... 3 2 3 6 Large crse. calves 3 6 4 4 Prime large oxen 3 S 4 2'Prime small do 4 6 5 0 Prime Scots, dm. 4 4 4 6 Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...4 2 4 6 Small porkers 4 4 5 0 Second quality ...4 8 410 Suckling calves-23 0 30 0 Prime crse.-wlled.s 0 5 4 Quarter old pigs.2l 0 28 0 Lamb, 5s 6d to (is 4d. FOREIGN surri.r. TOTAL SUPPLY; Beads Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs • Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves l9O Pigs NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL. The trAde generally was heavy, at drooping currencies. Per Sibs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. rt Beef, interior 2 8 3 0 Mutton, Inferior :3 0 3 6 Do., middling 3 2 3 8 Do., middling 3 8 4 0 Do. prime large.. 3 10 4 0' Do., prime 4 2 4 8 Do., do. small ....4 0 4 2 Veal '3 4 4 8 Purk, large 3 8 4 2 Pork. small 4 4 5 0 Lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od. BOROUGH HOP. 1 Our market is seasonably well supplied with most hinds ` f of hop, in which a moderate business is doing, as follows : I Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 103 to 5L 12s ; Weald of Kent, 3/ 5s to 31 15s ; Sussex, 31 Os to 31 1?s ; yea!- ' lings, 1/ 10s to 31. per cwt. COLONIAL. TEA. - A good business has been done in sound useful qualities of Congons at about is 4d to is 6d per lb., but common Congou ruled dull at 12d. The market generally was quiet. &MAP. For home consumption there was a better en quiry, and both foreign and colonial realised full rates. For exportation the transactions were limited. The re fined market ruled rather easier, brown lumps 69s 6d to 70s per cwt. COFFEE.—The supplies still continue on a very limited scale. A fair business, however, has been done by private contract in both Plantation and Native Ceylon at fully previous quotations. RlCE.—Holders of this article demand full rates, but purchasers aro cautious in their dealings, and the business transacted has been only for immediate consumption. Lime.—The market is firm, fully previous rates being current for all qualities. SPICES. —Mace and nutmegs are steady; but ginger, pimento, and pepper have been at improved quotations. COCHINEAL.—Previous rates are current, but buyers are cautious in their transactions. The stocks on hand are rather increasing. SALTPETRE. - -The market has a firm appearance, and full rates are current for all qualities. TALLOW.—A. very limited business has been done, and prices are rather easier. P.Y.C., on the spot, 55s 91 565, and last 3 months 54s 9d to 55s per cwt. GREEN FRUIT.—The fine weather has improved the de mand. Oranges and lemons have advanced in price, some parcels of the former from Lisbon, Naples, and Palermo, sold by Keeling and Hnnt, went at 2s. per package higher. Lemons in proportion, the stock of which is short. Nuts are in request, the backward state of home vegetation leaving little else for consumption. THE SILK Cnor.—Advices received from certain dis tricts of Italy give an unfavourable account of the pro gress of the silk crop. Mr. Benedict's First Musical Festival at be r Majesty's Theatre, will take place on the morning of Wednesday June the 10th ; the second on June the 24th ; and the third and last on July the Bth. Mr. Benedict is hon oured by the immediate patrcnage of her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and the Duchesses of Kent and Cam bridge. There is no doubt but a brilliant assemblage will on each of those occasions attest the high and recog nised merits of this eminent favourite in the musical world. MR. W. STEVEN'S BENEFIT.—The well known and talented ballet-master of the City of London Theatre, took his annual benefit last night. After " Ben Liel" Mr. Stevens produced the ballet of " Somnambula" ar ranged by himself for his pupils, who most certainly do him wonderful credit. Mies Laura Lewis, as Elvino, was almost everything that could have been desired in her pantomime, and everything in her dancing. Mis s Fowler does not seem very strong, but danced very grace fully as Amine. Master Nelson Lee was well made up, and danced with great spirit as the Count; his panto mime for such a lad was excellent. But the gem of the whole cast was Allessio, played by a child about nine years of age, delighting in the soubriquet of Nancy. She looked as if she had walked off some table de vertu ; her pantomime was perfeot, and her dancing gained her an encore. She is a credit to Mr. Stevens. The minature coryphees were very wall up to the tr.iark, and the whole arrangernl)ntq r t ‘ffec 4 ; the MOW credit on the, bmisficirrs. "That this Court has learned with astonishment and re gret that by a decree of the Court of Appeal of Brussels, dated 27th February, 1857, Sir William Magnay, baronet, an alderman and magistrate of this city, has been wijndg ea by default guilty of fraud, and condemned to three years' imprisonment and a fine of 3,000 f. " That this Court has learned from its law officers with equal astonishment and regret that the London Corpora. tion Act, 1349, 12th and 13th of Victoria, cap. 94, framed with the especial view of securing the purity of this cor poration, by declarieg any of its members disqualified who shall be convicted of fraud, is in this case inoperative, be cause the conviction has been by a foreign Court. " That Sir William Magnay not having taken any steps for the revocation of the judgment against him, this Court feels bound to express its opinion that he ought no longer to occupy the position cf an alderman of this city, and to request that ho will relinquish that office." Mr. BESLEY seconded the motion. Mr. J. J. MILLARD proposed an amendment to the effect, " That it is repugnant to the law and usages of this country in the ca =e f a British-born subject resident in England to uphold the sentence of a foreign criminal court, simply because it is a judgment, and thereby to abrogate i the right of inquiry into the circumstances, more especially as regaids a Belgian judgment, under which it may have beau obtained. That the j udgmeut by default in question was given on the public prosecutor's appeal against one of acquittal from charges which had been previously ignored by two successive tribunals, which acquittal had been gained notwithstanding that the evidence on the part of the prosecution bad been procured by the arrest of one of the defendants in violation of an authorised assurance of safety ; and for these, and other reasons, this Court is not bound to express its opinion, that Sir William Magnay ought no longer to occupy the position of an alderman of this city." - Mr. ANDERTON said he had pleasure in seconding the amendment, which he trusted the Court would unanimously adopt. He contended that if any parties were aggrieved it was the shareholders, and it rested with them to institute proceedings against the directors if they thought proper to do so. He ' believed Sir W. Magnay to be perfectly innocent of the charges made against him. Sir W. MAGNAY said he was prepared to justify his conduct before any competent tribunal, and was ready to submit to its decision. He bad been charged with having, in conjunction with Mr. Mas terman, abs•racted 58,0001. from the funds of the Great Luxembourg Railway Company. It had been stated by the Belgian Attorney-General that when questioned upon the subject they at once admitted that no French party was in existence, and that the money had been lost by a private speculation of their own. A g rosser, a more foul, a more libelous insinuation bad never been macle. He held in his hand letters from the parties to whom the advances were made, showing in the most incontestable manner that the transaction was a regular and proper one—whether a judicious one or not he was not going to say; but there was a party—a most responsible and a most influential party—in Paris for whom the shares were pur chased, and that Mr. Masterman was no more than the agent in the matter. He was prepared to prove, if time were given him, that not only was the transaction a bona fide one, but that it was one, under the circumstances of the case, which was most justifiable, and which would have been most advantageous for the company itself had it been carried out. At this state of the proceedings the discussion was adjourned. Yesterday the Court again met, when the dis cussion was resumed by Mr. De Jersey, who, at the conclusion of a lengthened address, expressed himself strongly in favour of the original motion. After short discussion Mr. Millard's amendment was put, and lost by a large majority. Mr. H. 'f. FRY then•moved as a further amend ment, " That it be referred to a special committee to examine into the nature and truth of the charges brought against Sir William Magnay in the Belgian courts, on which judgment by default has been pronounced, and to report to this Court to what extent those charges, if true, affect his moral character, and whether in consequence it has become necessary that he should be called upon to resign his gown as alderman of this city." Mr. Ross seconded the amendment, which was put and carried. Upon a division being called for, there appeared, For the affirmative 39 For the negative 39 Mr. T. PARKEII—I beg to ask whether Sir W. Magnay has voted in favour of the amendment. Mr. WOODTIIORPE—Yes. Mr. NORRIS (one of the tellers)—As the num bers are equal, I beg to ask your lordship whether you vote or not. The LORD MAYOR—I shall certainly vote for the inquiry. (Loud cheers.) The amendment was consequently carried by the casting vote of the Lord Mayor. The original motion of Mr. Blake was negatived by a majority of 1. A committee, consisting of Mr. Alderman Cubitt, Sir J. Musgrove, and a commoner selected from each ward, was then appointed to institute an in ventigation in accordance with the terms of Mr. Fry's amendment. 25 12,i 124 20 100 51 ail I all ,100 00 all all all FOREIGN MINES. 20 7 Australian - --1 j 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issuei at .L 5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiadt 20 15 Do. St. John Del Red 16 18 1 4 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica — 40 all Cobre Copper 5B 60 ... 16 Copiapo 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares 5 1i Lusitanian 1 all Mariquita 1 all New Granada 1 all Novean Monde • 20 all Pont.SiLLOL&Smlt 6 8 5 1 Port Philip • ••• 30 16, Santiago de Cuba 1 all South Australian 1 all Do. Scrip' 1 all Do. 10 p. c. Pref ... 284 all United Mexican 3i 4 MISCELLANEOUS. 25 19 Australian Agricult. 191 204 .10 all A.ustraln. Royal Mail 10 all Berlin Water Works.. 4 5 50 40 Brit. 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Australasian... g - 0 all Nrth.ofEuroPeSteam 9 -7 10 94 1 all Oriental Gas .......•. 14 11 12 50.1D0. New Shares p iP 25 all Peelßr. Ld. & Minrl l.l - 24 50 all Peninsular & Oriental —70 i 50 10 Do. New 50 all Rhymney Iron 15 all Do. New 6 8 60 60 Royal Mail Steam 6O 62 1 all Scot. Austral.lnvest l4 1$ all Do. New •— ••• S. Alll3. Gov. 6 c.bds 25 all South Austral. Land 34 36 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip 1 1 all Do. Registered 20 5 Trus. La. Co. Up. Can. •—• •• • 100 284 Van Diemen's Tmnd - _ Pm i 12i THE SAVINGS BANKS BILL. DEPUTATION TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. _ . Yesterday afternoon, a deputation, consisting of Mr. Collins, M.P. ; Mr. Whateley, Q.C. ; Mr. C. E. Lewis, Mr. Isaacson, the Rev. Mr. Owen (of St. Asaph), and other gentlemen, waited upon the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, at his official residence, for the purpose of i:tating certain objections to the bill recently introduced into the House of Commons by the right bon. gentle man. The deputation was introduced by Mr. Paget, M.P., and Mr. Pritchard, M P. ; the Chancellor of the Exchequer being attended by •-;ir A. Spearman, Comp troller ..f the National Debt-office. The Rev. Mr. OWEN, in opening the subject, referred to some resolutions in condemnation of the bid, adopted at a meeting recently held in the parish of St. Clement Danes, over which he had himself presided, and copies of which had been forwarded to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and stated that the objections generally entertained by managers and trustees against the bill were ctrected principally to the provisions contained in its 2nd, 3d, and 12th clauses. He also referred to the resolutions of a kindred character adopted by the managers and trustees of the St. A qsph's Savings Bank, of which he was treasurer and trustee. The bill as it stood, he maintained, vested in the hands of the Government powers of an extensive, and at the same time undefined nature, which would, without doubt, deprive trustees and managers of all control, and place all real authority in the hands of the National Debt.office. It was, he admitted, desirable that there should be a government guarantee to deposi tors ; and the result, if the bill as it stood were to pass, would be to drive all managers and trustees into resigna tion. Mr. LEWIS (as a manager and trustee of St. Clement Daces Savings Bank) spoke at considerable length to the same effect, repudiating in his opposition to the bill anything like a feeling of personal jealousy. At the same time, he objected that there was no precedent for the government taking to itself powers so extensive and so undefined—powers which would in reality deprive trustees and managers of all power whatever in the management of the affairs of savings banks ; and if, in order to give a government guarantee to depositors, it was necessary to do away with trustees and managers, ho should prefer to see that mode of action openly adopted. Is was not, however, necessary that the pow ers to be taken by the government should be undefined, and as it was only fair that there should be a series of regulations in return for the government guarantee, those rules and regulations ought to be expressed in the bill, The effect of the bill would be that certain banks, being unable to comply with the government provisions, would become marked banks with the public, there would be a run upon them, and so they would be de troyed. Nothing would be easier than to insert in the bill the restrictions to be introduced, with a discretionary power to the National Debt-office to modify them if found impracticable, or inconvenient to work. In Mr. Gladstone's bill of 1853 there was a most obnoxious pro vision to take away the surplus fund, and such a power might be taken by government under the present bill. Sir A. SPEARMAN said there was never any intention to do anything of the kind under that bill. Mr. LEWIS then had been misled, and was sure the ' country would be glad to know that it was so. All that the deputation aad the banks asked was, that theyshould have the privilege of going before a select committee of the mouse of Commons ; and that tbe restrictions intended by clauses 2,3, and 12, should be expressed in the bill. These were the two objects sought by the deputati on , which represented most of the savings banks of the country. Sir A. SPEARMAN inquired if the Bloomsbury Bank bad joined in the movement ? Mr. Lzwls—No. Sir A. SPEARMAN—Has the London Provident I Mr. Liwts—l am not aware. Sir A. SPEARMAN—I am aware that they have not, and they'are two of the largest banks in the country. Mr. LEWIS said the deputatio n represented banks. which held the greater portion of the deposits of the country. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the views of the Government in bringing forward the hill appeared to be entirely misunderstood. The deputation seemed to be under an impression that the Government were seek ing powers by the measure, and there was some jealousy, he thought, as to the future position of managers and trustees. But nothing ceuld be further from the fact than that the Government were desirous of increasing their powers, and they would much rather leave the matter as it was ; but the present state of things was bad both for the Government and the people, since there was a belief on the part of the latter in the moral obli gation of the former to make good any loss which might arise from the defalcations of officers of savings banks, while the Government did not think themselves justified in applying the public money to cueh a purpose. Thus . ttt het oso.es of the Cntre-itrwq. B enk, jDublin. anri the Killarney Berk, the Government bad been asked for grants of money t make good such defalcationi ; and during the present session lie hail himself been asked if he would grant assistance to individuals. Under such circumstances, he had thought it his duty to propose a measure for giving a guarantee to depositors ; but this could not be done without a guarantee that the trust should not be abused, and that there should be such reasonable restrictions and precautions as could be taken to secure the saf,ty of the deposits. That was his view ; but there was no wish on the part of the Govern ment to interfere with trustees and managers in the, ordinary course of their business transactions, and to say, as had been said, that it was the intention of Government to elbow them out, and place them in a discredit Jfle posii.ion, was a complete perversion of the in!en!ions which Givernment entertained. In under taking the responsibility for so many millions of money, it was absolutely necessary 1 o introduce restrictions and regulations, but they would be more in the nature of statutory provisions than of any interference with de tails. With regard to the power given by the bill to the Government to remove or suspend paid officers, the same power had been given in the New Poor Law, and bad not, he thought, been found to interfere with the in dependence of the Boards of Guardians. With regard to the power taken by the Government to fix salaries, it was open to consideration, and he did not know that it was necessary to be retained. Mr. LEWIS said that that power, together with the further power proposed to be taken of fixing the arno3nt of expenses, would rea ly leave the managers and true. tees nothing to do. Mr. OWEN—Who Ix ill appoint the paid officers ? Th-t CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—The trustees and manavers, of cools). Mr. OwEN—But it the Government object to the appointment ? _ _ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER.—Then the true. tees will appoint another. Mr. OwEN—Anti if they ohj e`ed again ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER-Oh you ought not to suppose anything so unreasonab e. In a country :Die this, where all public men are so much under the public eye, anything like systematic abuse of power is altogether unlikely. After some further conversation, in the course of which the Chancellor of the Exchequer repeated his disavowal of ail intention of interfering with the indepen dence of trustees and managers, and intimated his opinion that it would be impossible to embody the neces sary roles and regulations in the bill, the deputation retired. Sporting Intelligence. TATTERS ALL'S —THURSDAY. The meagre attendance int-the room and the little disposition which was evinced to pursue speculation were scarcely indicative of the near approach of the great Epsom event. Still a strong under-current was evidently at work, forcing horses up point by point in the betting, and rendering them at least temporarily buoyant. The powerful demonstration which was made in favour of Saunterer on Monday last has been sustained with good effect. In the Cityduring the morning he had the call of Skirmisher, but at the Corner in the afternoon he was again passed by Lord Zetland's horse ; 7 to 1 to 1001., and the same rate of odds to several smaller sums were taken about Skirmisher, while 8 to 1 to 1501., and 9 to 1 to 501., were laid against Saunterer ; 1,0001. even was offered on Skirmisher against Saunterer ; 3 to 1 against any two, and 40 to 1 against naming the win ners of both the Derby and the Oaks. Just at the close M.D. was backed for nearly 6001., at 12 to 1. The most important movements were those which caused the advance of Sprig of Shillelagh and Bird-in the-Hand-1,000 to 60, 15 to 1, and finally 13 to 1 were booked about the " Spri4,” and 16 to 1, 15 to 1, 100 to 7, 1,000 to 75, and 12 to 1, were taken about Bird-in-thedland, who is the only remaining representa tive of Scott's lot, and who patsed through London yes terday afternoon, en route to Leatherhead. 10 to 1 was wanted about Stratbnaver and Blink Bonny coupled, and 40 to 1 outright was taken to 501. about the mare. In the City, during the morning, Blink Bonny had been backed at 1,000 to 15. The odds quoted against Megatiasima for the Oaks were booked to about 100/. Closing prices : DERBY. 7to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Skirmisher (taken) 8 to 1 agst Mr. Jackson's Saunterer (t and off.) 10 to 1 agst Mr. F. Robinson's Anton (offered) 12 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Bird-in-the-Hand (t) 12 to 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's M.D. (taken) 12 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Arsenal (offered) 13 to 1 agst Mr. Copperthwaite's Sprig of Shil lelagh (taken) 100 to 7 agst Baron Rothschild's Sydney (taken) 16 to 1 agst Mr. Mellish's Adamas (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mr. W. S. S. Crawfurd's Zuyder Zee (taken and offered) 28 to 1 agst Lord John Scott's Lady Hawthorn (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Admiral Harcourt's Warders marske (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. W. I'Anson's Blink Bonny (t) THE OAKS. Bto 1 agst Lord John Scott's Mcestissima (t) ASCOT GOLD CUP. 5 to 1 agst Lord &timid's Skirmisher (taken to 1001) 6to 1 agst Mr. T. Walker's Gemma di Vergy (offered) Bto 1 agst Captain Verner's Lance (offered) 12 to 1 agst Mr. Snowing's Polestar (taken) 16 to 1 agst Mr. Dennett's Zaidee (taken) LUDLOW RACES—YESTERDAY. Steward's Cup. Ephortia Early Bird Dead Heat. Eight ran. Ephorns afterwards walked over, and divided the stakes. ___ Biennial Stakes. Ham Prince ... walked over. Ludlow Handicap. Mysterious Jack St. Clair Whalebone Five ran. Tbefollowing horses have left Mahon for Leatherhead —Bird in the Hand, Vanity, Iwperieuse, Warlock, Grxculus Esuriens, Fazzaletto, Comedian, Cock-a doodle-doo, Victoria, Star of the East, Wood Nymph, Diggers, Dr. Punster, and Laertes. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE. MENTS. May 7—Delos out of all his engagements. May 7, at 1.45 p.m.—Merlin out of all his engage ments at Shrewsbury and Ludlow. May 8, at 9 a.no.LFandango out of the Ascot Cup. May 8, at 3 30 p.m.—Nathan, Jesuit, and Briglia. doro, out of the Free Handicap at Bath. May 2, at 10.35 a.m.—Leamington out of the Bath Handicap. May 11, at 9 a.m.—Coup de Main out of all his en. gagernente. _ _ May 11, at 4.15 p.m.—Fandango out of the Epsom Cup. May 13, at 9 a.m. —Typee out of all her engagements. May 12, at 9 a.m.—Capuchin out of the Epsom Derby, th, , Great Yorkshire, the Doncaster St. Leger, and the Doncaster Stakes. May 12, at 9 a.m.—Colt, by Gameboy, out of Maria, by Sir Hercules (three-yrs old), out of the Epsom Derby and the Doncaster St. Leger. May 12, at 12.30 p.m.—Absolution out of the Somer. setshire Stakes May 13.--Maid of Derwent out of all her engage. ments at Manobester. May 14.—Mr. Mellivh's horses, Huntington, Tame Deer, and Minos, out of the handicaps at Batb. The London Racing Indicator, private circular. on Saturday next, price thirteenpence, will contain Notes and probable Winners of the Sotnereetshire Stakes ; also at Bath Meeting, the Oaks, and some important info! , mation on the Derby. Sent eight winners at Chester. 1, Savoy-bill, Strand, London. YACHTING. ROYAL CORK YACHT CLUB.—The regatta of this club iA fixsd for the 14th and 15th July, in order to suit the convenience of yachts men attending the Dublin, bier. -ey, and Milford Regatta ; and as large prizes will be offered, there will, nod — oub h t e , Roybeaaniuyinaecrhotucsluatb etsenhdoaoonceer. GIBRALTAR, May 2.T Camilla, H. Wheeler, commanding, seven days from Nice, cleared this day for Cowes. PUBLIC PETITIONS. The following orders are to observed in drawing up public petitions for presentation to the House Of Commons Every member presenting a petition to the house must affix his name at the beginning thereof. Every petition must be written, and not printed or lithographed. Every petition must contain a prayer. Every petitiou d raust be signed by at least one person on the skin or sheet on which the petition is written. Every petition must be written in the English lan guage, or be accompanied by a translation certified by the member who shall present it. ' Every petition must be signed by the parties whose names are appended thereto by their names or marks, and by no one dos except in case of incapacity by sickness. No letters, affidavits, or other documents, may be at tached to any petition. No erasures or interlineations may be made in any peti tion. No reference may be made to any debate in Parliament. No application may be made for any grant of public money, except with the consent of the Crown. No application may le made for a charge upon the reve nues of India, except with the consent of the Crown. All petitions, after they have been ordered to lie upon the table, are referred to the Committee on Public Peti tions without any question being put ; but if any such pe. tition relate to any matter or subject with respect to which the member 'presenting it has given notice of a motion, and the paid petition has not been ordered to be printed by such member printed with may, h the e er y o n t o e t s i . ce given, move t th h e at co su m c m h i p tt e e ti e t . ionbe EQUALISATIdX OF POOR RATES.—A public meeting of the ratepayers of St. John, and adjoining parishes, was held last evening at the Manor Rooms, Hackney, for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning Parliament for au equalisation cf the poor rates upon a uniform basis of assessment throughout the metropolitan districts. The chair was taken by Mr. Robert Charles. Revolutions in favour of the object of the meeting. 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