The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-01 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL I NTELLIGENCE.

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t CITY, Two o'CLocir.

The Bank of England wi !ekly return of liabilities
and assets, completed to the 28th April, is of a
rather satisfactory character„ although there is little
change of importance to record. In the Bullion
there is a small increase, : tnd the reserve of notes

bas also exhibited a slight augmentation. The
decrease in the other securities is to a very mode-
rate extent, and shows that trade is still
Buffering from great depression. In the
public deposits there is an augmentation of about
half a million consequent upon the active collection
of the Revenue. TLe private deposits show a
Blight decrease al well as the active circulation.
The other items of the balance sheet exhibit no
change requiring special notice ; they will be seen
from the subjoined table :

Active circulation
Decrease
Bullion
Increase
Rest
Increase
Public deposits
Increase . 505,905
Other deposits 15,657.648
Decrease
seven-day and other bills
Decrease
Government securities
Increase
Other securities
Decrease
Notes unemployed , 11,920 435
increase
The amount of gold taken out of the Bank yes-
terday was 72,0001.

In the foreign exchanges yesterday there was not
ranch alteration, Amsterdam and Hamburg were
rather higher, but Paris slightly declined.
The Invincible has arrived from Melbourne with
22)000 ozs. gold, valued at 88,0001., and the
Emeu has arrived atAlexandria with 204,864/. from
Sydney.
Since Monday last the imports of sper.lie have
been about 117,287/ , and there have not been any
exports, exclusive of the following shipments direct
from London to the continent during the week
ending Thursday last :

500 oz.
Gold Coin—Bremen
9 O —Boulogne 14,640
Bars—Boulogne 3,160
Silver Coin—Boulogne 3,0)0
Calais 1,200
9, —Hambro'
11, —Rotterdam
—Belgium
~ 3,200
Bars—Rotterdam . ..... 5,000
~ —Hambro' .
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday pre-
sented a very firm appearance, and values of all
descriptions were fully supported. The sales
%mounted to 10,000 bales, 3,000 of which were
taken on speculation, and for export. In Railway
Shares there was a slight improvement both in
demand and price.
This being the lst of May, the Stock Exchange
is closed, according to custom, the Transfer
°Ffiee at the Bank of England being closed, in
Order that the books of the establishment may be
balanced for the half-year.

1311.ITISR FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—YESTERDAY.
( Prom the Official List:l
Bank Stock ._. . 222. 11 2 11
! 'el' Cent. Reduced Annnities 96 /
New
I!ent. Consols Annuities 97i $ i $ #
47.siew 3 per Cent. Animal..
Long Annuities (Exp. sth Jan., 1860) li
Ditto 30 Years, expire 10th Oct.' 1859 1$
Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885_ 184
India Loan Debentures loo.} 1
I dip. Bonds, £IOOO
l)itto, under £lOOO 2l p
OoLsols for Account
Ritchscoer Bills, 21d. March. June.
£1000
£560 — 1 36
8-3.01 36 40 1 37 3 6
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„ PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—YESTERDAY.
Jairalcuan 5 per Cont. -
Ditto 1852, 41 per Cent.
ldnenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. Bl
Ditto Deferred 3 per Cent
Mexican A per Pent
Tortugneee Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1853
Rusliau Bonds, 11522, k: St., 5 per Cent 111!:
Ditto, 41 per Cent. lO2l 3
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
FlDanifb Bowls, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.
IDitto Account
Turkibt, ends, t; per cent (481
Ditto Account,
Ditto Guaranteed, i rat Cent.
Ditto Account
Venezuela Bonds, 1i per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in Lonttou.
Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cenl., 12 Guilders 66
1 tiztEß TWLOCK.
. . ..
Console, money
Console account (May 6)

DESPERATE ESCAPE OF PRISONERS

FROM A RAILWAY TRAIN.

Yesterday morning Isaac Walton and Jas. Hill
111, ade a most daring escape while being brought
from Maidstone gaol (to undergo a second examina- I
on a charge of hurglariously entering the pre- 1(
raises of Mr. Henry Hewettson, of 3, Upper Park-
place, Blackheath-park, and stealing therefrom a
quantity of plate). Sergeant Grant, 10 R, in coin-
Pany with Preston, 378 R, were in charge of these It
Prisoners, the burglars being in charge of the ser-
geant, and an old man looked after by Preston. 1.1
They started by the 740 train from Maidstone to LI
London, and on their arriving half-way between
Greenhithe and Dartford, the door of the carriage
Was suddenly opened, and Walton and Hills, who
Were linked together, dropped out of the carriage
suddenly, notwithstanding the train was at full
!peed, and were thrown down. Sergeant Grant
Instantly followed and was also thrown, his head
and shoulder coming in contact h the ground. •
1118 head was very much grazed, and his arm dislo-
cated,g and while he lay there stunned by the blow,
e Prisoners made their escape, followed by Pres-
ton. The old man prisoner remained in the train,
an d proceeded to the Greenwich Police-station,
giving himself up, and stating the circum-
rancea of the escape. On Sergeant Grant's arrival,
aPpeared much shaken. His arm was bandaged
sFrnEs his breast. He believes the door of the car-
nage was opened while in a tunnel. Information
was Immediately forwarded to the police and rail-
;ivaY Stations by man, horse, and telegraph, and
instant pursuit was given by the police in all direc-
tions.

The superintendent of the Dartford police (Mr.
C. Brandon), accompanied by a constable of that
force, scoured the country for several hours, and at
half-past four o'clock they arrived at the village of
Fawkbam, between Dartford and Maidstone, about
ten miles from the spot where the prisoners escaped.
On entering a room at a public-house Brandon saw
two men, answering the description of the piisoners,
regaling themselves with steaks and brandy and
Water. One of the men, who turned out to be the
prisoner Walton, on seeing the policeman, instantly
aPrang out of the window and ran into an adjoining
wood. He was pursued by the constables, and
soon captured. His companion, the prisoner Hill,
bad received such severe injuries that he was un-
able to leave the room. It appears from the state-
ment of the landlord that on entering the house
the prisoners stated, in order to account for their
bruises, that they had met with an accident by
falling from a vehicle, and Walton arranged to
levee Hill whilst be proceeded to London to bring
down a horse and cart. Both prisoners were
lodged in the Greenwich Police-station last night,
and are under medical treatment.

MIDRER TEMPLE, April 30,—The undermentioned
gentlemen have been called to the degree of the outer
bar by the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple, and were
publisbed in the Middle Temple Hall this day :—Engene
Jules Leola
in, Esq. ; John Morgan Howard, • E
Thomas Richardson Kemp, Eeq., B.A Trinity-Hall,
; Edward. Hutchinsony-
Cambridge ; Wm. Atkin,
Pollard, Esq. ,• Richard FrtzGerald Glaiiter, E
Frang, is Joachim John Rourilard, Esq.. and Walter
Blackett Trevelyan, Esq., 8.A., Gonvilie and Caius
College, Cambridge.
INNER 'AMPLE, April 30.—The undermentioned gen-
tlemen were this day called to the bar by the Hon.
Society of the Inner Temple : —Chute-, Arbuthnot
liolmes. Esq., B.A. (Holder of the studentship awarded
in Michaelmas Term, 1855) ; Richard Lewis de Capell
Brooke, Esq., M.A. ; lthbert George Wyndham Her.
beet, "B.C.L. ; Edward Bu lock, Esq. ; Francis
Davy Lange, Esq , B.A. ; John Rankine Black, Esq.,
B.A. Richard Henry Stackhouse Vyvyan, Esq,; and
Vrancis Wilson, E: q.
LINCOLN'S INN, April 30.—The undermentioned gen-
tlemen were this day called to the degree of Barrister-
at:Law by the Hon. Society of Lincoln's-inn, viz :
Frederick Morton Eden, M A., Oxford ; Charles Saun-
ders Wheeley, LL.B., Cambridge ; Arthur Carr Wel-
ford, 8.A., Cambridge ; Edwar.l Gilbert Highton, BA.,
Cambridge ; Charles Arthur Turner, M.A., Oxford ;
Charles Booth, M.A., Cambridge ; Thomas Burtt, 8.A.,
Jurambeldge ; John Edward White, 8,C.L., Oxford; and
gobs Conk: Esq.