The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-05 00:00:00

Recent Electioneering Changes•

(From the Law Times of to-day.)
The Helston election has had a curious
The numbers were equal, and the mayor g 3
casting vote. It has been much discussed in JeLh
circles whether the returning officer possesses °Leo
a power, and the general opinion is that be t—ncl
not. Indeed it would appear to be impossible, a.
for this reason, that the poll closes, and the 81°10
is therefore over, at four o'clock. No vote call„ote
legally received after that hour: Now the casting
of the mayor was not given until long after the casting
of the poll, when the numbers had been counted
and when the election was concluded. The ditittif,ie
the returning officer clearly was to make a tin a
return, and then the house would have direevecof
scrutiny. By so voting he has rendered bil3l;er
liable to very serious penalties. For a time a lawlot.
of rising fame has been excluded from Parli3l)lMe
Another lawyer has been lost in the person a{ 0r it
Pope Hennessy. This was quite unexpected! obo
ff
bob
had been confidently asserted that the sheri
made errors in adding up the poll-books, 8v so—
placed Mr. Hennessy's seat beyond all doubt' ot,
that the fact was admitted even by his oPP°II44OO.
whose committee had made the like calculav* ••
bb
The poll-books produced abounded in P-Iba
lance'
but they affected both parties, and the au
after setting all of them right, presented a
majority for Sir P. O'Brien, who keeps his Bel"'

XONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
In the discount market to-day there is at present
an active demand for accommodation, and full
rates are required for all descriptions of bills.
Gold, amounting to £13,000, was taken yesterday
to the Bank of England ; but it is understood that
200,000 sovereigns were withdrawn for transmission
to Scotland ; yet operations of this kind are not at
all unusual at the present period of the year.
Annexed is a letter from the Chairman of the
Stock Exchange Committee in reply to Mr. David
Robertson M.P.
the , repecting the resolutions passed at
and the meeting of the holders of Spanish Passive Bonds
Certificates :

Committee Room, Stock Exchange,
London, May 4, 1865.
enclosing resolutions passed at meetings of the holders of
Spanish Passive Bonds and Spanish Certificates, I am
desired by the committee to inform you that they have
ordered that your letters and their enclosures b 3 entered
the
their minutes. lam further directed to assuro you of
e sincere hope of the committee that the proceedings to
'Which You allude may lead to a speedy and satisfactory
arran
gelnent•—l remain, dear sir, yours very sincerely,
(Signed) MATTHEW FLOWER,
Chairman of the Committee for General Purposes.
b. Robertson, Esq., M.P.
„. it is notified that the directors of the Imperial
Land Company of Marseilles (Limited) have made
a call ef £5 per share, payable in two instalments
of £2 10s. per share on the 24th inst. and 24th July
respectively. The offices have been removed to 10,
St. Swithin's-lane.
The movements of the precious metals since
hMonday last have been on a very limited scale.
imports have amounted to about £259,659,
tieftY from the West Indies, the Pacific, and the
razik The exports have been to the extent of
,1'293,129, the greater portion of which has been
ueslia.tchecl to the Continent.

Two O'CLOCK.
RAI the Paris Bourse this morning, according to
euter's telegram, the Three per Cent Rentes were
quoted €4c.
80f. Firm.
Foreign politics still exercise paramount influence
eu the markets for stocks and shares. Yesterday
A afternoon the latest prices of Consols wore * per
:eq• better, but to-day there is a reaction to the
'axile fractional amount. They are now 86/ 4- for
IlleneY, 861 for the account. In all the other
°vernrnent securities there is also a considerable
"Tee of depression.
alle-tbreign Stocks also close with an extreme appear-
eof heaviness. Italian have further receded 3
Per cent.tiaeates .3. Spanish Passive, 1* per cent. ; the Cer-
ke • s per cent. ; Brazilian Scrip, ; and
Ilcan, per cent. ; but there has been a recovery
latest nearly 1 per cent. in Turkish. Annexed are the
~. quotations ;---Turkish 5 per Cents., 29/ 30 ;
talilican, 18+ ; Spanish Passive, 23/ ; the Cer-
eates, 141 ; Italian, 411 42 ; Brazilian Scrip,
)37i0 6 dis• ; and United States Government 5-20
lids, 67/ 681.
Lill the Railway Share Market the dealings have
been
1! On a limited scale. Great Eastern have de-
s, t ; South-Western, 1 ; Great Northern A
1745ek, ; Metropolitan, 11 ; while North Western
400 improved 4.
The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without
material Vari tion.
Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull, and
11,4 some instances are a shade flatter. Alliance
India
marked 20i, 20i ; Chartered Mercantile of
',lldia, London, and Cbina, 39, 40 ; Imperial Bank,
46) 27 ; Union of London, 534- ; Credit Foncier
and Mobilier of England, 34-, 4 ; General Credit
and Finance, 2*, 3 ; London Financial 11*, 12 ;
and 0 vereud, Gurney, and Co., 13/, 14.

BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES.
. GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
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Al
,opOLIC. The
rtESENTATION OF TIIF. -..ETP
IVilation. of the metropolis has been estimated by the
It, •
gistrar-General at 3,054,940 on the Bth of April, 1866,1_
-.‘'s /ears from the date of the last census. Of this popu a
boort)°, 2,629,339 are within the Metropolitan Parliamentary
0 l'ghs, represented by 18 members in the House of
theiilli/11°48; the remaining 423,601 persons are not within
ofin
th iitnits of any of the boroughs. The "metropolis" d
° Ilegistrar-General extends from Fulham to Plumstes. ,
and fronl liampstead to Streatham.