The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-19 00:00:00

BRI DGEW.A.T ER.

The evidence in support of the case of the sitting mem-
ber was opened this day, and several witnesses were
examined.

NOT TINGII A.M.

Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., closod his arguments on the part of
tho petition against the return of Mr. Morley.
The room was then cleared, but the committee had not
given their decision when we went to press.

RUMOURS OF THE LOBBIES.
(Prom the Owl.)

Thursday.—BßAND is sure of five-and-thirty. Ho can
count on three hundred and forty.
Friday.—BßAND thinks it may be five-and-twenty.
Saturday Evening (at Sir RonEuwit's).—Several Scotch
members are recalcitrant. BRAND can only positively
count on fifteen.

Sunday.—(Belgravia generally)—ANDOTEß and BRECK-
NOCK dead against. DUNKELLIN has entrapped three men
at BROOKS'S to vote for GROSVENOR; DICK GROSVENOR
touting for his brother. BRAND thinks fourteen about the
mark.

Monday, 5 p.m.—Fourteen still about the mark.
Tuesday, 1 a.m.—BRAND can't count on more than eight.
LAYARD has sent over at least six.

Liverpocl Cotton Market. —TLis Day.

Market very flat, and prices are id. lower. Sales
probably 5,000 bales.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day.

LONDON, April 19.—Wind this day at noon—South.
Westerly ; moderate breeze,.-and fine weather, but a little
cloudy.
FALMOUTH, April 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Hugh
Black, from Monte Video.

LIVERPOOL, April 19.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Warrior,
from Jamaica.

Pm., April 17.—Wind S.S.E.—Sailed—Crimea, for
Montreal.

PLYMOUTH, April 18.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Eliza, for
Quebec.

NEWPORT, April 17.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Barlow,
from Havre for Sagua la Grande. Sailed- Bonne Union,
for Montreal.

CARDIFF, April 18.—Wind S.W—Sailed- Follen, for
Singapore ; British Empire, for Bombay ; Royal Tar, for
Martinique.

SHIELDS, April 19.—Wind W.—Sailed—Polican, for
Montreal.

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GRATESEND, Thursday Morning.
Arrived, April 18.—Grace Langstaff, from Alexandria.
Sailed.—Concordia, steamer, for Boulogne ; Chanticleer
steamer, for Stettin.
DEAL, Thursday Morning.
Passed.—lndepenza, from Trieste; Bablin, screw steamer
from Bordeaux—both for London ; Roseau, from London,
for St. Vincent.

The stoppage has been announced of Messrs.
Kirkpatrick and Balguy, sugar refiners, whose
liabilities are stated to amount to £150,000, and
the assets to £30,000. The books have been placed
in the hands of Messrs. Coleman, Tarquand, and
Co., the accountants.
Advices from Liverpool announce the stoppage of
Barned's Banking Company, which was established
last year. The embarrassments, it is said, have
been precipitated through the fall in the value of
cotton. The capital of the company is £2,000,000,
in shares of £5O each, upon which £lO has been
paid.
At the ordinary general meeting to-day of the
shareholders of the Bank of British Columbia a
dividend of 10 per cent. and a bonus of ss. per
share was recommended.
At the annual meeting to-day of the Land Mort-
gage Bank of India the directors proposed a divi-
dend of 3s. 3d.

The directors of the St. John d'El Rey Mining
Company (Limited) have received, per Estrama-
dura, the following report, dated Morro Velbo,
March 17, 1866 : —Produce for February, 46,588
oitavas ; cost for February, £10,842; profit for
February, £7,104 ; produce 11 days of March,
18,887 oitavas ; yield, 10,287 oitavas per ton.
THE MURDER AND SUICIDE IN DRURY-LANE.—
The coroner's inquiry will take place to-morrow afternoon
at three o'clock at King's College Hospital.

A CANTERBURY DEGREE.—The Archbishop of
Canterbury has conferred the degree of master of arts on
the Rev. William Foster Elliott, of St. Bees Divinity Col-
lege, Cumberland, minister of East Dulwich Chapel,
Surrey.

FINSBURY PREBEND.—Mr. Ayrton's Bill pro-
poses that one-half of the net rental of the great prebendal
estate, now about to come into the possession of the Eccle-
siastical Commissioners by the expiration of the lease,
shall be applied in payment of stipends of £2OO a year to
curates in the poorer metropolitan parishes where they are
required, according to a scheme to be framed by the Bishop
of London. The incumbent of the parish is to nominate
the curate fo: the approval of the Bishop, and the curate
is to be removable at the discretion of the incumbent or of
the Bishop. The st'pend is not to be paid unless the
curate produces annually a certificate from the Bishop that
such curate has faithfully discharged his duty.
PETITIONS IN FAVOUR OF THE REFORM BILL.—
From the report upon public petitions which has just been
issued, it appears that up to Friday last 610 petitions had
been presented to Parliament in favour of the Govera-
ment bill, and the signatures which they contained num-
bered 440,941. Sixteen petitions, baying altogether 2,895
signatures, has been presented against the bill, seven
against clause 16, and one in favour of Earl Grosvenor's
amendment. The largest petition for the bill is that of Mr.
Bazley presented Lora Manchester and Salford, containing
71,817 signatures. From Glasgow came one signed by
28,017 persons, and the next largest were, respectively,
Edinburgh, Bradford, and Sheffield. Of the whole num-
ber of petitions 172 were signed officially or under seal.

GERMAN TAILORS.—By the Hamburg steamer
which arrived on Saturday afternoon there were
brought to Leith 23 journeymen Gorman tailors for masters
in Edinburgh. On being landed they proceeded to the
Shipping Company's office, where they signed an agree-
ment under which they will be required to work. They
will be entitled to the current rate of wages, and be subject
to such rules as the masters may agree to. The next
steamer from Hamburg will bring a second company of 30
tailors. A number of constables were in attendance in the
docks on Saturday to prevent the men being molested, but
so far as could be seen their presence was unnecessary.—
Scotsman.

VALUE OF PROPERTY AT ST. JOHN'S-WOOD.--
Compensation was awarded yesterday, by a jury at
the Sheriffs' Court, Rod Lion-square, illustrating the value
of property at St. John's-wood. The Metropolitan and St.
John's-wood Railway Company had occasion to take a
portion of ground belonging to Elizabeth Villa, Finchley-
road. The owner of the property served them with a
notice to take the whole. The lease of the place was
purchased ten years ago for 41,500, and the owner had
expended about £l,OOO more on it. He now claimed
£4,000, and proved a great increase in the value of pro-
perty in St. John's-wood. The jury assessed the compen-
sation at £3,000.

ABD-EL-KAD ER AND M. RENAN.—The Evene-
ment tells the following curious story about Abd-el-Kader:
—" M. Renan loft Europe in November,
1864, for Alex-
andria, after visiting Egypt; he afterwards went to Bey-.
rout and Damascus, where Abd-el-Kader received him
hospitably. Hero a curious incident occurred. M. Renan,
who speaks Arabic, was conversing with the Emir of the
past and present. Let us speak of you,' said Abd-el-Kader,
and of your " Life of Jesus." You have then read it !'
said M. Ronan with surprise. The Emir sent for the
volume, and opening it, said See ! not only have I read
it, but I have annotated it.' The Life of Jesus,' annotated
by Abd-el-Kader, is certainly a curious work, and, what is
still more strange, the Emir thinks of publishing it !"
FATAL TRESPASS.—OR Tuesday morning one of
Which in the vicinity of
large towns
those shocking accidents was discovered to have
taken
placenear
penalty of their imprudence and rashness at the expense
of their lives. A gentleman's coachman, named Arthur
trespassers
Manchester
o n b
railway property pay the
Frederick Copperthwaite, had gone upon the London and
North-Western Railway, at Levenshulme, during the
night, and had been killed by a train coining behind him.
Ho was discovered by the driver of an early train into
Manchester, and was taken to the nearest public-house.
He had evidently been dead sonic) time. At an inquest
held by Mr. W. S. Rutter yesterday, it was stated that he
had been in the habit of walking along the line when going
home late, though the distance saved, as eompared with
the nearest public read, Is hich runs parallel with the rail-
way, would be very slight. There was reason to believe
that be was in a state of intoxication. Verdict—" Acci-
dental death."

The ovum of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is 1061 to 106, per cent. At these rates there
is no on the importation of god from the United
States