The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY !EVENING, APRIL 30, 1862,

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

Closing '
Share I
I Railways. Pad i Price. Business done
1001 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 6570
sit c 'Bom.,Baroda.A.Centlnd ion 101} 102 i
( I Gu. 5 per cent
205 ;Buffalo and Lake Huron all 65 611
20.5 I Do. New - -
10 Do. Preference
100 1 Buffalo,BrantotGodrich 00 83 86
6p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 '
100 Do. do. Jut), 1, 1873 100 82 85
100 Do. do. June 1, 1674 100 80 83 82
5 Clcutta.AS.Eastn. (Lin ', all 5 r 5
20 Cape Town A Dock Serif 18 5 1 p 19
175 Demerara - -
stock Eastn. Bengal gu. 6p. ( 100 1015 1025
stock lEast Indian, gu. sp. c. 10) 1016 1046 1045 5
20 Do. do. G Ext..
stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 231 241 245 5
100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 70 74
100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct all 63 63
100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 40 45
100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862
100 Do. do. 1867 all 37 40
100 Do. do. 1872 all 35 40
stock Gt.lndfaPenin.gua.sp.c lOO 1011 1025 102 5
20 Do. New gua. sp. c l2 pr 5 p
stock Gt. South.of India (Lim
guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1015 1024
205 Gt.W. of Canada Sharer. all 121 121 125
205 Do. New
100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 102 104
100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 93 85
100 Do. 1878. all 93 95
stock Aladr&s guar., sp.c. .. 100 1015 1021
stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 94 96
stock Do. 44 d 0........ 100 91 93
stock nelb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds 100 - -
20 ISTewßrunsvock A Candi.
Ry.ALand(Lim.)g.6pe all 5 7
Class A. Capital Sharc -
.... Do. do. Land d 0..... ...
20 Do. do. B Capital. d 0... all 4 6
Do. do. Land do. ......
sloes Scinde ..........j ..:, 100 103 104
20 Do. Punjaub .... (ca 5 15 1 5 p
20 Do. Do. .. ...... t 44 ~ all 205 201 205 5
stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. ,T,„.t. 100 5.9 100
10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 a 5 d
FOREIGN RAILWAYS
20 Algerian , . . I 5 - -
10 ' Antwerp At .Rotterdam. all 75 8 81 75
.20 Ardennes.... .... .. .. all - --1
20 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 1 165 1 15
5 Belgian East. Junction all 15 15 15 -1-
Carmeaux Mine A Rail 30 11 12 115"
100 Oopiapo ................ , all - -
10 Ditto Extension .... all 45 4
20 Dutch Rhenish ....... 16 2 Zip 185 5 5
20 Eastern of Franco .... all 43 21
20 Grand Ear 'Jim, Ap. c. all -
20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 16 165 151 16 155
20 Italian Junction ...... all - -
20 Lyons ez Geneva ...... all - -
20 Vamur A liege ........ all 85 9 9
20 Do. 6p. c. Pref......... all 20 21
16 Northern of France.... all 41 42
16 Do. New Shares ...... 15 - -
10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 8 10
20 Ot'mn(Smyrna to Aidn) 13 75 65
20 Paris,Lyons, A Mediter. all 45 46
20 Paris A 0r1ean5........ all 51 63
20 i Recife & S. Fran. (Fern.)
C ;ma. 7p. et. lira.- 19 4 75
20 Riga A Dunaburg...... all - -
20 Royal _Dani5h.......... all 13 15
5 Royal Swedish ....... all - -
4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all - -
20 Sambre A Meuse ...... all 13 135 135 135
110 Do. 55 per cent. Pref..... all 95 10 95
20 ISan Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 8 5 5 pm, 85 5
20 'S.Aust.ALomb Venetin 18 35 :-.lp!
20 'S. East Portugal 7 p ct. 7 - - I
20 Southern of France.... all 325 335
85 'West Fianciera .. .. all 81 85 155
10 Do. 55 pc. Preference.. all 105 li 1.
20 IW. A N.W. of France .. all 21 22 I

PREFERENCE SHARES
Dividends contingent on the Profits

AND STOCKS.
of each separate Year.

*Caledon. LIO Gua. Stk
Cornwall 4/ p.c. ga.p erp
l*E. Anglian, Clsß, 6 p.c.
* Do. ClsC, 7 p.c.
Iltldin,Prth,&D'dee,4p.c.
ILond'n, Brig'tn, 4.
per cent. 1858
IDo. do. 4 per ct. 1860
IDo. do. fl per ct. 1811
iDo. do. 4 , per et. 1861
Lon. Sz Chat'yn, Metrop.
Ext. B, 6 7/
Lon. &S.Wcstern 4/ p.c. 100
North British £lO Gua. ail

100
all
100
100
100

Shares, 1861
l*ScottisliCentral4lp.c lOO
irred. pref...
'S.-Eastern 4i p.c. 1859 all
5 p.c. June ►B6l (rd.) 5
Do. 5 p.c. Aug.. 1861 (rd.) 3)
allure of full dividends in any
good out of the profits of any

* F
made

BRITIS

Mired Consols (PhHack)
British Iron
Clifford
Devon G. Cone, (Tavist )
East Bassett (Illogan)
East Caradon
(East Cam Brea...

F. WI Russel (Tavistk.)
Gam.dzSt.Aubyn(Gwen4
Great South Tolgus
.Wheal Alfd. (Phil sok)
,G. Wheal Vor (1Ielston),
(Grenville
Elerod's-Foot
tlingston Downs

Lady Bertha
'Nfargaret (Uny Lelant)l
Hark e Valley..
iNornynth dy
Downs Iron Oro (Lim )
'

North Frances (Illogai)i
N.Wh'i Basset (ll'Nan)
North Wheal Crotty
Par Consols (St. Blazey)
Providence (Uny Lelnt.)l
Sortridge Cons. Min.Co.l
S. Carn Brea (Illogan) !
S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan);
Stray Park
Tamar Sily.& Lead 11Iin 1
Tin Croft
West Basset (Illogan)
W Caradon (Liskeard?!
West Seton
Wheal Basset (Mogan)!
Wheal Buller (Kedruth),
,
Whicid Edward (Cals.)[
Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)l
Wheal Mar yAnn (Men.)
1 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.)

102 104

80 82

103 105
92 95
103 105

1 id
102 103

9} 10

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iPm

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given half-:
subsequen/

•year not to be
t half year.

MINES.

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420 430
42 44
PB.l
12 121
2'21 4
13 15
4 31

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32 33
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11 12
124 134
32 34
265 275
924 934
60 65
11. 111
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DOCKS.
stock 'Commercial 1100
stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.Min 100 ,
stock East and West India I 100 126 128 .
stock London .. i 100 54 58
stock ISt. Katharine. . 100 57 59
stock Southampton lOO
stick Victoria .. ....... 100 I 98 100
20 IDo New. 2 4d par
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
100 Agra&UnitedService Bt I 50 188 90 ,
40 Australasia all 65 67
25 Bank of Egypt all 224 234
100 Ba•ak of London 5O
50 British North American all 54 56 ,
20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all zoi 201
25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 33 85 341
100 City ... 50 93 96
100 Colonial . . 25 39 40
20'11 Corn. Bank of Canada.. all 191 20
20 Eng., Scot., A Aus. Ch.. all 181 191 19*
20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all
20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 25 254
20 Do. new all 241 255
50 London and County
50 London Joint Stock
20 London and S.Atrican lO pr 4pm 104
100 London & Westminster 20 79 81
100 Metrop. & Provinl. Bnk. 10 i d 4.p
100 Vat. Prov. of England 42 —.-.
20 Do. new
50 I National Bank ..... .. 25
25 I Neve South Wa1e5...... ail 39 11 40} 40
25 I Orient. B. Corporation
20 I Ottoman Bank
100 1 Provincial of Ireland 1 25 87 E 9
10 I Do. new.. all all
25 South Australia . I all 36 37
25 Union of Australia I all 44 46
50 Lino, of London
100 Unity Mutual.. ......
MISCELLANEOUS.
10 Anglo-Mexican Mint
10 Atlantic It. Ml. Stm (1d)I all 1 2 3
1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) I all
25 , Australian Agricultural 19 276 284
10 !Bahia Steam (Limited). 1
10 !Berlin Water (Limited) all 41 5}
50 I British American Land 40
50 B.&I.Mag. Tel. A_ (Lim.) all 29 32
20 I Do. 8,7n.c.t1111852 (Lim.) all 18 20
20 Do. C. (Limited)...
321 Canada Land all 114 116
10 'China & Japan Coast &
River Steam Naviga. 24
st. Cop.Min.ofEng-.&Sinitg all _
25 I Do. Pref. 76 per cent all 12 16
st. Crystal Palace
st. , Do. Preference
st. Do. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb. 100 105 109
10 E.lndia & Lon. Ship A. 74 _ _
10 Do. B. 74 11 06
20 E.lndialrrign. & Canal 1 par }poi
st. Electric Telegraph
25 Do. Newls
5 English & Aus. Copper. all 24 21
15 Gen. Steam Navigati ni 14 254 264 26
1 Great Ship 1 ,imited) all * 1
1 Do 174 pct Preference all i i
2 Indian Carrying (Lim.) 1 _
5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 44 34 3} d
4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) al 14 14 14
20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 2; 3
10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 34 44
10 Do. 8 per cent. pref all _
25 National Dis. Co. (Lim ) 5 4 4 p
20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 4d lip
10 Netherlands Land all
5 Do.B p.c.Pret..iss.atl dis all a 14,
100 N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand 81 la 16
1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all ; 1
1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all i is
1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 14 Ie"
10 Orintl. In. Steam(Lim.) all 6 7
at. reelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 55 57
50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 69 71
150 Do. New 3O 10 12
20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.46p.c 1 all 197
194
50 Rhymney Iron all 17 19
15 Do. Now all 46 54
25 Rio Janeiro City Impts all 254 26 26
100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 60 52
st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 135 140
25 South Australian Land all 32 34
1 ISubmarine Tel. Scrip all 1 1
1 Do. do. Registered
10 Do. do ...
2 Telegraph to India (L ) 1 4d 4 p
10 Trust and Agency of
Austrlasia (11m)Ist is. I 4d 4p
20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 5 1 1
5 U. IV dom Tel. Co. (11m.) 1 14 Of
100 Van Diemen's I, lad 2.04 9 9i

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

FIOUSE OF COMMONS--This DAY.
The SPEAKER took the chair soon after twelve o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Edinburgh Roads and Streets Bill was read a third
time and passed.
The Falmouth Water Bill wasread a second time.
The Great Northof Scotland Railway Bill was considered,
and ordered to be read a third tims.
PETITIONS.

Petitions were presented by Mr. COBDEN from several
places in Lancashire in favour of the Industrial and Pro-
vident.societies Bill; by Mr. SLANEY, from Glasgow,
South Wales, and various parts of ,;he country, to the same
effect ; by Mr. LOCKE, from St. George-the-Martyr, South-
wark, praying for au alteration of the law for the election
of Guardians of the Poor; by Mr. MILNER GIBSON, from
Ashton-under• Line, in favour of the Provident Societies
Bill.

He told the prisoner that shutting up the shop at that tim
of day and getting intoxicated certainly was injuring him.
In answer to a question, Mr. Bradford said the corks
bore his name on them, and ought not to have drawn, as he
sold wine only in bottle and not to drank on the premises,
not being licensed.
The bottles were here produced.

Mr. Bradford said on asking the prisoner why he had
acted as he had he said he could not sit in the place all day
without taking something, and treating people who came
in. The prisoner had also, he uncle] stood, broken open a
packet of materials to make himself some seltzer water, and
also injured a gazogene used in making it.
The prisoner said the bottles were opened so that the
customer might taste the wines, and by order of Mr. Brad-

Mr. Bradford denied this.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said the case should be adjourned for the
attendance of the boy.

7ERRIBLE CONFLAGRATION OF THE
ABBEY MILLS, WEST ITAIII.-THIS DAY.

The well-known Abbey Mills at West Ham, which were
associated with so much intere-t, some of the structure
forming part of the old monastery or abbey, were totally
destroyed by fire this morning. They stood on the banks
of a stream running into the river Lee adjacent to the North
Woolwich lino of the Eastern Counties Railway. The
property was of considerable extent, and the mills were
worked by steam, wafer, and wind. They form a con-
spicuous object on the broad West Ham Marsh, and the
great metropolitan sewer which is now in progress passes
Close to them. They belonged to the trustees of Christ
Hospital, and were in the occupation of Mr. K. Miller. It
appears that the mills were closed at the usual time last
eveening, when the several departments were gone over
and all secured safe. About a quarter to two o'clock this
morning, a police-constable noticed a glare of light in a
building used as a workshop. Suspecting a fire was
kindling he gave a general alarm, but before anything
could be done to check the flames at that early stage, they
spread with astonishing rapidity to the main building, com-
prising the mills, and owing to the extreme dryness of the
structure, the whole property Was soon in one huge general
blaze. As quickly as 110.; hlo fh. 1"..1 a— ~,..,;.„.... A...., i
West-Ham and Bow were despatched to the scene, and
mounted messengers were sent on to London for the aid of
the brigade. The conflagration brilliantly lighting up the
eastern suburbs of London and the shipping in the Victoria
and East India Docks soon called out the brigade force; and
Captain Shaw, the superintendent, with three or four of the
engines, proceeded with all speed to the spot.. By the time
they had arrived, the whole of the mills had ignited, and
were burning fiercely. The engines were got to from the
mill stream, and prevented the fire extending to some other
valuable works near. The flames continued to rage furiously,
and in another direction communicated to the private dwell-
ing of a Mr. Deevale and some stabling; but by the timely
and vigorous exertions of the firemen, the fire was got
under before the latter buildings were destroyed. The
appearance of the conflagration over the large expanse of
marsh land is described to have been exceedingly grand.
Nothing satisfactorily is known as to the origin. The
property was insured in the Royal Exchange, Liverpool
and other offices.

THE PRINCR ol WALES IN THE

HOLY LAND.

ALEXANDRIA, APRIL 17.

By the French steamer from Syria we have re-
ceived some further intelligence of the journey of
the Prince of Wales in the Holy Land. His Royal
Highness arrives at Jerusalem on the 31st ultimo,
shortly after mid-day. On receiving tidings of
the Prince's approach, the Pasha of Jerusalem
went forth to meet him on the Jaffa road,
and in his company the little English party
performed the last stage of its journey, preceded
and followed by a numerous and picturesque escort
of Turkish horsemen. As they approached the walls
of the sacred city, the scene was both novel and
animating in the extreme. The irregulars in front
careered wildly to and fro, according to the fashion
in which the Bashi-bazouks delight when welcom-
ing and paying honour to a guest of unusual rank,
brandishing their lances, and engaging in mock
combats with each other. The arrival of the Prince
was announced by a salute of 21 guns from Mount
Gihor, presently taken up and repeated from the
Tower of David or of Hippicus, which as Josephus
informs us, was spared by Titus " in order to demon-
strate to posterity what kind of a city it was, and
how well fortified, which Roman valour had sub-
dued." The Pasha offered the Prince of Wales the
hospitality of his house, but his Royal Highness
decided in favour of tent life, and the party accord-
ingly Pnennip.,l nn tl,n tilt; city
near the Damascus gate.

The two following days were devoted to the
business of exploring the numerous points of in-
terest in and about the city, The site of the
Temple was the first to claim the attention of the
Prince and his party.' They spent several hours
within the enclosure of the Haram, visiting and
examining every part in its minutest details. On
the following day admission was obtained into the
chamber adjoining the tomb of David, into which,
with the exception of the Duke of Brabant, no
Christian had for centuries been permitted to enter.
In the afternoon the Prince left for Bethlehem and
the Dead Sea, and returned to Jerusalem on the
afternoon of Saturday, the sth inst. On the follow-
ing day his Royal Highness attended Divine ser-
vice at the English Church.

Last, though not least, came the excursion to
Hebron, which will undoubtedly be long regarded
as the memorable event of the Prince's pilgrimage.
The Pasha of Jerusalem, when acquainted with the
desire of his Royal Highness to visit the caves of
Machpelah, at once acceded. But the spot has
always been guarded by Moslem fanaticism with a
degree of jealousy hardly less than that which sur-
rounds the entrance to the tomb of Mahomed, and
the Pasha seems not to have been without some
misgiving on the subject. A guard of soldiers
was sent to the place for fear of disturbance;
but the precaution turned out altogether
unnecessary. The inhabitants of the town
displayed no other feeling but that of curiosity to
get a sight of the English Prince, and the Sheikh
made him a most polite speech, assuring him
that he was not ignorant of the true friendship
borne by the English nation to the Sultan of Islam,
and that be considered it a privilege to be allowed
to conduct the son of their Queen into the Masjed
Ehalleel Allah., the "Mosque of the Friend of God."
The tombs were found in perfect order and re-
pair. The graves of the Patriarchs and of their
wives are pointed out in two separate and dis-
tinct groups. The Moslems, it appears, show
also, among others, the resting - place of the Pa-
triarch Joseph—a tradition which will certainly
be questioned ; but with respect to the principal
tombs—of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and of Sarah,
Rebekah, and Leah—the identity of the spot, and
the fact that the graves have continued undisturbed
since the patriarchal ages, reverenced alike by
Jews, Christians, and Mahomedans, have, I believe,
never been doubted. The Prince of Wales has been
the first European to visit the caves since the days
of the Crusaders. Hitherto no Christian or Jew has
been allowed even to look in at the gate Gf the
Mosque. But the barrier that closed the entrance
against them, it may be anticipated, will now before
long wholly disappear. A visit to the Mosque of
Omar has already become simply a matter of course,
and it is more than likely that the entrance to the
caves of Machpelah will very shortly be equally
free to both Jew and Christian.

From Hebron the Prince again returned to
Jerusalem, and on the 10th his Royal Highness and
suite finally.left to proceed on their journey towards
the north.

EAST INDIAN RAILWAY.—The annual meeting
of the shareholders was held yesterday at the London
Tavern. The chairman, in moving the adoption of the re-
port, said the whole of the works were in a very forward
state, and he trusted when next he had the honour of ad-
dressing them he should be able to inform them that the
works on the Jubbulpore line were in active progress. The
report was adopted, and the retiring directors re-elected.
The new line of rail way from Milan to P4via will
be inaugurated on the 10th May.

The committee appointed to collect metal for
cannon for Gen. Beauregard's army, applied to a planter of
Adams County, Miss., a few days since for his bell. Not
having such an article, he mentioned it to his wife, when
she very patriotically offered her brass kettle. The little
ones rather demurred to the sacrifice, and one of them, with
a sweet tooth, said :—" La, Pa, what will we do for pre-
serves f" "My daughter," said the wag of a father, "our
whole duty now is to preserve our country." The kettle
was sent.—. Richmond paper.

SHIP ON FIRE.—VALPARAISO, 17th March.—
The King of Italy (British ship, from Melbourne to Eng-
land) put is here this morning, having had her cargo on
fire for 30 days. Hopes are entertained of saving the vessel,
but the cargo will be much damaged from the heat and
quantity of water poured upon it.:

;IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS—YESTERDAY.
ROYAL COMMISSION.
The Royal assent was given by co/omission to the Pro-
tection of Inventions and Designs (1862), and the Flum-
stead, Woolwich, and Charlton Gas bills.
The Royal Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor,
Earl St. Germans, and Lord Mouteagle.
Their lordships adjourned during pleasure.
Tho LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at rive o'clock.