The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-26 00:00:00

QUEEN'S on MaundaY apel pp of Oxford, ted, and , a'an he contribu d fifty aged oonding with s formed in sting of the Yeomen of a, two from ishes of St. 1 St. Diary ticipation in :ouduct, and 1, where they ,nd a body of ar steps, the closet, and a e lies% J. W. ,e purses took )1d sovereign killings, as a issued from 's household. is, consisting tins to Westminster sted in the number of k of the die• L took three Tool to New' ;era died on ith life. The orthy at the L officers et :ommodation ;rants were had been !rs of bunks :nce of light► igh weather, was stifling• tances ship' d in rapid iengers. One Three ises, and the while fever the end of a condition I to permit s tell fearful i and other n are said to not authen• d carpent er n. It is not ration have ---- • i ga tion into ON TO the French lay last, COn: Emperor bed mouth ; the -ged, on her to had g ol3°. Lth the tide Hannah, of the 0 ' 5135 erman ; and )f Guerusel, The ( Jr ° , a , ~t to 0 0 " left ROO coast diP same state , The b rig aeville ; th e r be go t , has n lee Veulettes ; aman were Pau' • ted on ice , In 13--. already nu bourg, fiQe Lon on Idelaide, ° lis, of Rolle P ' V. 130 Ji ve ,: been lost 0. and Eug ene /sou l D. wrecked; quite ruined' French 034 on military gal, red lic; ;se tublY, 113 tings of the D uke rk. A large lentil, peen se of vog eg• tole of the t Brecilin to ea• en P0, „ . ,0il of escriPt ic ' n A terly laterial fro m ll Gazette, ode n c°s6l°ll w as IlY r es A disbelie le " , as a ttache d ie tha t the Wit h nor to sc hen° e n s to accept r atify 19 Y 6 cession pro 1 the 18t t 3 fromrow it a Franco f ane w i"a ,ve that t he to do with there being is at present ace an d the Nap l es on n ewspaper s respecting 0, allow me Mont Calls ho 6th jo t ' augers o'er Oa that an Argo s charge 10 . did not MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocr. The Stock Exchange will be open on Saturday, but the attendance is expected to be only such as may be indispensable in connexion] with the ar rangements for the settlement in the foreign and share markets, and probably there will be no transactions whatever on the part of the public. Monday will be observed as a holiday, not only in the Stock Exchange, but in most departments of business. There was no gold operations at the Bank yester day. . . _ The Bank of France return this evening shows a further increase of £BOO,OOO in the stock of bullion. The following letter, addressed by the Governor of the Bank of England to the Committee of Bankers, announces a reform which the Bank have succeded in effecting with regard to the three days' grace hitherto taken in accordance with an cient custom in paying the dividends on the publi c funds : " Bank of England, March 24, 1869. " Dear Sir,—l beg to inform you that, with a view to the payment of the dividends on Govern ment Stocks at the earliest period practicable, an arrangement has been assented to by her Majesty's Government which will enable the Bank of Eng land to receive the bankers' signatures to warrants one day earlier than has hitherto been possible. " Arrangements having also been made with the Committee of Bankers to appropriate only one day for receiving their signatures, which I hope will not be found to cause any serious inconvenience, it is proposed that in future the dividends on Govern ment Stocks shall be paid on the 6th of January, April, July, instead of the Bth, and on the 11th of October instead of the 13th, except when either the sth or 6th of January, April, or July, or the 10th or 11th of October, falls on a Sunday, in which cases the dividends will not be payable until the 7th of January, April, or July, or the 12th of October. --I am, dear Sir, yours very truly, " THOMAS N HUNT, Governor. , 4 To Sir J. Lubbock, Hon. Sec. to the Committee of Bankers." The colonial produce markets this week have been steady; although with a quiet tone, and business will, as usual at Easter, be suspended for a few days. A strong demand prevails for plantation Ceylon coffee of the new crop, and the moderate quantity brought forward has found buyers at a further ad vance. Native is held for higher rates, which have in some cases been obtained. Other kinds are firmer. The stock here closely approaches that of last year. A few months since it was several thou sand tons in excess. Sugar has experienced a better demand. Crystallised and grainy sorts have realised higher prices, and various parcels of brown full quotations to 6d. per cwt. advance. The refined market keeps steady. In spices there has been no change of interest. The tea market has been very dull. The Indian sales have gone off heavily, several parcels being withdrawn in the absence of satisfactory offers. Prices of the sold portion range from ld. to 3d. per lb. lower. The next sale of China tea is fixed for the 6th of April. A few floating cargoes of Rangoon, Arracan, &c., of the new crop, have been sold at low prices. Saltpetre has been neglected. Cocoa is dull, and the stock of foreign continues heavy. Cotton has been more active, closing higher both on the spot and afloat. The directors of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China have decided to recommend at the general meeting on the 21st of April a divi dend for the half-year ended the 31st of December last, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. The return from the Bank of England for the week ended the 24th of March gives the following results when compared with the previous week :-- g es t PuLlic deposits Other deposits 17,033,451 Decrease 950,850 On the other side of the account : Government securi- ties £13,999,053 ...Decrease £127,484 Other securities 19,124,184 ...Decreaso 224,878 Notes unemployed 8,982,175 ...Decrease ... 280,055 The amount of notes in circulation is £22,936,425, being an increase of £215,490 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £18,035,225, showing an increase of £83,897 when compared with the preceding return. Subjoined is a comparison of the present position of the Bank of England and the prices of Consols and French Routes with the corresponding week of last year : Same Week last Year. Bullion _Reserve Notes in circulation 22,936,425 23,334,865 Rate of discount Consols Fronsh Renter; At Present. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. YESTERDAY. GOTERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols • Ditto for Account, 3 per Cent. Reduced 9l/ I New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Oen Jan. 1873 Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 — Exclicquzu. Bills, £l,OOO, 2i per Ct. Do £500 Do. £lOO & £2OO Bank of Enghnd Stock, 4 per Cent 2381 8 openinc• b Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds Inter-Celonial Uranium INDIAN drOVERNMENT SECURITIEr In 4'tOCk, 10i per Cent., April 1874 — Do. Opening, for Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Po. 4 per Cont., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfacod Pape, 4 per Cent.... Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 Do. sj-per Cent. May 1879 Da 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 Do do 1877 Do. do. 1882 — D.. Deb., 5 per Cent. Aug. 1873 ~ — Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republte, 6 per Cent Do., Scrip £45 paid .. Aultrien Bonds 5 per cent De. 1859 — Brazilian 5 por Cent 65; 00. 41 per Cent. 185'2 — Do. do. 1858.... Do. do. 186 1 — Do. do. 1863 — , Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account BOl 791 B ,enos Ayres 6 per Cent. Ds) 2 por Qent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. o..tlian 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent., I'o. 6 per ce^t. 1867 — Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 Colo nbian, 6 per Cent. Datum; 3 per Cent., 1825 Dan , hian Principalities, 7 per Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 B7l f Vquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent E;yrtian, 7 per Cent Da Second Issue •• ll• Do. Xsol_, Bonds B3} Do. XlOO Bonds .. 1)0. 1861 Do. Account Do. X5OO Bonds Do. .4100 Bonds 9O English Scrip, 1868 76j Do do. £45 pd — Government Railway Debentures 97 GreeK 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups ll Do. Account Do. Coupons - Do. Accauut Glyttemala 5 per Cent .. 62 Honduras Goy. Hail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd -- It3;ian 5 per Cent., 1865 — ). - )o. Accountk . — Do Mareratnana :Hallway S6Z-11.xicar.. 11.xicar.. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 13 per Cent. Anglo-Frouch alontevidcau C per Cent. .. — Mc :•risli huper'yd 5 per Cent Now Granada ... 161 Do 3 per Con — Do. Deforred Peruyian 5 per Cont. 1865 Do Account .• Do 4 por Cent. (IJl:',arren) Do 41 per Cont., 1862 -. Do Account — P.mtsguese 3 per Ct., - 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'1.': 36f Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — 11,1;sian 5 par Cont., 1822, £ St Do 44 per Cent , 1850 Do 4,1• por Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—Among the most attrac tive and instructive exhibhions in the metropolis, during the Easter holidays, we know of none where pleasure and amusement can be combined, or where a more pleasant hour can be spent, than at Madame Tussaud's waxwork gal leries in Baker-street. Many additional life-size portraits may be seen, and among them is one of Sir John Lawrence, the late popular Governor-General of India. I)UNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish 'Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunville and Co., Belfast; or 4, Beaufort -buildings strand, L9udon: v crtisement. CROYDON CATTLE MARKET.--The trade was brisk at market yesterday, and the limited supply of stock was easily disposed of at the following prices, at per stone and sinking the offal—Beasts, steers, 4s 10d to 5s 2d ; fat, 4s 4d to 4s Ed; sheep, choice Southdown wethers, Gs; West Kent wethers and coarse sheep, 4s 10d to 5s Gd ; fat calves, 4s 8d to 5s 4d ; pigs, 4s 8d to ss; and store pigs, 138 to 233 a head. -- ----- LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR.—MRS. S. A. ALLEN'S WORLD'S HAIR RESTORER OR DRESSING never fails to quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour and beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and do lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the Hair from falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth; it causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. It removes all dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In large Bottles Price Six Shillings. Sold by most Chemists and Perfumers. Depot 25G, High Holborn [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pills —Dismiss your doubts.—Let no one be longer oppressed with the notion that his malady is incurable till these purifying pills have had a fair trial- Where ordinary preparations have failed these pills have heel; used with the most marked success. A course of this admirable medicine clears the blood from all impurities, and improves its quality. The whole system is thus benoflttted through the usual channels, without reduction of strength, shock to the nerves, or any other inconvenience. The weakest woman and most deli cate child may fearlessly resort to this cooling corrective, and without strengthening medicine, which works the most ben°. flcial chose when health seemed hopelessly loot. Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £loo,Bonds.e. Do. do. £B4 los. do Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway Sardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Con Do. Acenunt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip — Pn- Turkish 6 per Cent.! Do Account Do 6 pc:: Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 ••• Do Account Do .£IOC Bonds Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cont., 186 e -1i Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteed Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 por Cent. Do. Acch ant Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cont. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins 41 per cent. Ex. 25f. Dutch 2 per Cent.. 12 Gull ... Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Do. Account French Reutes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2sf. !Wien 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex 250 Do Account 554 CLOSING PRICES. Jonsols, Money 93 Do. Account, April 8 ... 93 I- k cr_ ' \ A. -k 'Crf cgia IIER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 25. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, and attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe, drove out yesterday afternoon._ _ __ _ Her Majesty, attended by the Duchess of Rox burghe, went out this morning. Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice also went out. A MAN DECAPITATED ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAY AT KEN7IBI - 1 7 OWN. This morning (Friday) information was forwarded to Dr. Lankester, the coroner for Middlesex, of the shocking death of Richard Green, a goods guard on the Midland Railway, under the following circumstances:— Last night the deceased, who is about 35 years of age, was travelling on an engine from Agar-town to Kentish town, and when he arrived at the cattle siding he jumped off into the "six foot." At that moment a heavily l a d en goods train from Wellingborough was passing, and th e unfortunate man slipping, the engine caught him, dashed him to the ground, and killed him on the spot. Mr. Pal mer, the station master, with Police-sergeat Calder, 1 S, at once proceeded to the spot, and there a most horrible sight presented itself. Ihe unfortunate man's brains were scat tered over the line, his head was severed from the trunk, and his right arm and shoulder were clean cut off. Hi s l e ft arm was also broken, and his legs were crushed. The body was placed on a stretcher and convoyed to the St. Pancras dead-house, and the head and other portions of the deceased were picked up and taken in a bucket to the same place. The deceased, who is a native of Leicester, has only been employed in London for a few weeks, and a few hours before his melancholy end obtained leave of absence to go to that town to visit his wife and three children. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday, at a meeting of the Common Coun cil, held at Guildhall, the Lord Mayor presiding, Mr. Alderman Causton gave notice of his intention to move at the next Court that a statue, in com memoration of the late Prince Consort, be erected by the Corporation at a cost not exceeding 3,000 guineas, as the City of London memorial of his late Royal Highness. In reference to the proposed reforms of the Corporation, on the motion of Mr. H. L. Taylor, the Corporation of London Bill, and also the Metropolis Corporations Bill, were re ferred to a committee of the whole Court for con sideration and report. The Town Clerk (Mr. Woodthorpe) read a letter from the Vestry of St. Marylebone enclosing a copy of a report made to them by their medi:al officer of health in reference to the sale of putrid and unsound fish at Billingsgate market. Not a week, it stated, passed that one or other of the inspectors of that parish was not called upon to destroy large quantities of it brought to them by costermongers and small dealers, who had purchased it at the Dutch auctions which are daily held there, on the assurance of the vendors that it was sound and fresh. The quantity de stroyed by them during the last month as being unfit for food exceeded 6001 b., and during the year ending with the last month amounted to 4,4901 b. Assuming, says the medical officer, that the parish of Marylebone contains one-twentieth part of the population of the entire metropoli s, which is very nearly the fact, and that the quantity of un sound fish destroyed in it is a fair average of the amount of fish in a similar condition sent to other districts, regard being had to the number of their respective populations, it follows that every year 40 tons of an important article of the food of the humbler classes is sent out from Billingsgate market altogether unfit for human consumption. But this the medical officer says, by no means con stitutes all the fish sold at the market, which is equally unfit to be eaten, a vast quantity of it being daily sold on the street barrows and in small shops in poor neighbourhoods so stale and unsound that although its condition may not be immediately de tected, it is not the less pernicious or dangerous to those who eat it. Among the destitute poor of that parish diarrhoea is more or less prevalent at all seasons of the year, and he could imagine nothing more calculated to produce it than the eat ing of unsound fish. On the motion of Mr. Pedler the subject was referred to the Markets Commit tee and the Commissioners of Sewers for considera tion and report. The rest of the sitting yesterday, lasting nearly four hours, was occasioned indiscuss ing with closed doors the circumstances under which a gratuity of £lOO was recently presented by the Guildhall Improvement Committee, contrary, it is alleged, to the standing orders of the Court, to a salaried officer of the Corporation for services rendered to that committee. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1869. SHARE LIST. utDINAItY dilAti SS AND STOCab paid. CloBltig Business ;hare Railways. Price. dens. et Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 77 79 771 at Caledonian --..... WO TS 781 71 7 i BE Cambrian. 20 Cornwall all 21 31 it Dublin & Belfast Juno lOO 77 79 at Dun„rertli,& Ab.Junc••• WO 7 0 72 2) East London all 7 9 tO Do 15 - - 23 Do 10 - - it Glasgow &S. Western lOO 97 99 at Great Eastern .. 'OO 361 37 34 1761 71 at Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO ... ... it Great North of Sootlani lOO 05 6 at Great Northern lOO 1061 .071 107 61 st Do. A. stock at Do. B stock lOO .. ... 12 1 at GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO 95 • 7 at Gt. Western -original- 110 50 501 491 / 501 A Do. South Wales lOO 37 49 at Do. W. Mid.-01.1ord lOO 24 27 it Do. Newport lOO :9 31 at Lancashire & Yorkshire lOO 24 1251 1221 st Lon., Brigli.dt kl.Cuast lOO 481 4) 4.4 03 Do Scrip .... - . it I on., Chat., and Dover lOl 16/ 16 ; 161 1 1 it Do. -Iletrop. Ex. A lOO - - it Lon. & North Western lOO 1141 154 115 141 101 it Lou. tt South Western lOO 137 eV 871 bi st Man., Sliel., & Lincoln lt.o 56 361 451 C 1 it Metropolitan ;... • lOO 102 lu3 101; 24 11 21 at Do Extension .. 10 Do. New rd .. at Mo,ropolitan District. all 41 44 10 Motrop. St. John's NI oo 1 at Miuiaud at Do, Birruin. A Darby lOO Si 86 st North British st Vo. Lod., I'th., & Dun... 10) - - st I or. a:astern-Berwick lOO 102 1(3 1021 2 25 Do. O. N.E purchase -16.13.4 - - at Do Leeds . . ... 100 07 119 at Do York L e st Lo Carli de .... it Do Stun:. tit Darling lOO 13) 132 at North Lun ton 10 Do New :8(8 st North Staffordshire.— - 100 35 37 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 92 100 10 Do New £lO shards 7 ... .. at Rhymney at Shropshire Union 1( 0 461 47/ at South DOTOII st South Eastern lOO 774 76; at Staines, Wok'ham,& Wok all 12 15 st Tau vale -- Do. C. •• • .. 5 3 4 p - WaterlOrd & Kilkenny.. 100 -- - 10 Waterloo & Whiteha.l.. 6 - - EXTENSIVE FORGERY. A few dayq ago considerable excitement was produced in commercial circles in Birmingham and the district by the information that Mr. George Harrop, of the firm of Harrop and Somerville, London Works, Smethwick, had absconded, after committing forgeries to the extent of several thousands of pounds. The news was the more stag gering because the firm was generally regarded as one of high position and integrity, and was supposed to be doing an extensive borne and continental trade. Mr. Harrop and Mr. Somerville have carried on the partnership busi ness at Southwark for several years, and, at the time the former absconded, they lived together in lodgings at Har borne. A fortnight or three weeks ago Harrop went to London,rostensibly on trade matters ; but a few days afterwards he wrote his brother a letter, in which he confessed his defalcations, and intimated his intention to leave the country. This letter, of course, led to an inves tigation, which resulted in proof of forgeries of accommo dation bills by Harrop to the amount of several thousands of pounds-27,000 or 28,000, it is believed— the Bir mingham and Midland Bank being the sufferers. Besides this Harrop collected and appropriated a large sum of money from customers in London, the accounts of some of them being scarcely due. The forger is accompanied in his flight by a younger brother, but there does not, so far as can be learned, appear to be any grounds for charging him with complicity in the frauds except after the fact. The works at Smethwick, we are informed, were stopped on Tuesday ; but whether the defalcations of Harrop will lead to the permanent sus pension of the business, is a question upon which no facts are yet to be obtained.—Birmingham Post. RAILWIYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 48 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO at Do. Scot. N.E., per cent lOO at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... at Do. do. Ordinary lOO SO 82 at Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all at. Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. let Class preference— lOO at Glas. & S.W. gua.i per 'ct lOO at GI. Eactern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 96 99 971 81 at Do do N 0.2 100 94 94 at Do do 6 per cent 100 10) 112 at Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 _ at Do do B 6 do. 100 at Do do C 7 do. 100 at Do do No. 1, 3 p.c. 100 at Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 70 76 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c. E 1.1846 100 ~, st Do do 5 p.e.WaT.Val. lB47 100 at Great Northern, 5 per cent lu at Du 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 ~, at Do 41 do do do 100 ~, at Do 5 do at sp. c. pin lOO at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO st, Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf 100 ~, at, Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 std G t.NVeat.—Orig.&Jnt. - Rent chg., per gua.l p.c lOO 101 103 at Do. Orig. (B.& H. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 05 100 at Do do 4 1 per cent. 1.850 lOO Sit 9.1 73 at Do do 4 u do at Do do per d cent. redem: 100 Vi 97 at Do do Birmingham gua lOO 45 70 st Do do do pref lOO ~, at Do do Chester gua lOO 80 sit at Do do do S per cent. at Do do do 5 do 100 Si 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ~, at Do do 4A p.c lOO at Do do 41 1850 lOO ~, at Do do ö at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g. 100 11 r 116 at Do do 2d gua. 100 110 114 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 90 9 1 st Do do 21 do 100 100 103 st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 10() WO Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all at Laucash. & Yorksh. u p.c. 100 1 3 135 at Do Barnsley, .C 5 35100 p.c. 103 at Do G p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 110 135 at Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 98 100 at London & Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No 1 lOO _ ..„ st Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 ~, at Do 6 do do lOO at Do I do No. 4. 100 ..„ at Do 7 per cent lOO ~, st Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P ) 100 ~, at Da 4 do 1859 lOO at London, Chatham, & DoTer 5 per cent lOO st, London and N.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 108 110 st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO _ st Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO at London and b.-W. 7 p,e late 3d shares, lOO 140 150 2s 60. Do (Portsm. perp ans. 2s6d) all ... st Man., Slid., &Lincln. 6 p.c. 100 11* 117 6 Do .L 6 all par 1 pin at Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent. et Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c... 100 130 134 at Do Bristol& Birm., 6p. c lOO 132 134 at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO S,B 101 991 at' Do 41 per cent. irrodeem lOO 26 1.10 901 91 at Do Leicester & Ifehn,4.p.e. 100 40 91 at North 13ritish, 5 p.c. N 0.1... 100 at Do E. &G. 4p.c.S.& D lOO ha s tt t DND N. 8 .,N.-Eastern—Cons. :t Er N:l:if. Annuities,t ? io4. os,. per eso: 0,r 5 h. ni tpise p aHr. eu e el n4r. r act p e . hn, e . ade n s. 111 1 100 : 0 : 000 0 1 ' 386 : 5 : j.BB . at Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO e l at Do 41 per cent. redeem-- 100 1105 97 7 01 2:Do Stektu &Drling. A l 5 P.C. o 100 106 1 2 0 09 6 1. 2 1 1 0 01 ; 1 s North 000 D York,\BV ey S l l o w t n u a i 10s Do Tavistock Anna., 10s all 91 91 10a Do Fixed 41 per cent all E 31 1 0.6. S. East. (Head. Anne., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 per cent lOO ,„ at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO at Taff Vale No.l lOO 145 150 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pe 100 41 43 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 4/ p c gua. at vo Scot. Oen. min. 7p c lOO at Do 41 p irredeem all st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 at Groat Eastern 41 per cent. 100 st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO at Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO at Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO at Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO at Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 100 st Great West., W. Min, Sp c 100 st Do Joint perpe. 5 p c,1865 100 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 20 Do Vale Neath perp. 5p c all at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 at Loud., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1853 100 at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 at DJ do 41 do, 1861 100 at Do do i do, 1865 100 st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 5 do st Lond , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c at London &N. NVestern, 5p c 100 st London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 10 Man. blief. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all st Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO at Do B 5 do 100 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk . ., Sept. 1, all; 18 Do lucouv. New Shared all 22 Do 5 p c con. into Old -- Stk.,Aug. 31, 1872 Bl st North British, E. and Cl No. 1, 5 per cent ... st Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 at Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 st Do E.& (.31 , No. 2, 5 p.e st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 at Do E.& G., No. 3, 5 p.c 100 st Do E. & 0., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 st Do Stock. & Dan., D at North Loudon, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) it North Staffordshire 5p c lOO it South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 st Do 5 do 1861 100 it Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 st Do 5 do, 1864 it Victoria St. dt Pimlico, 41 pc 100 SG 1.8 AS bit 82 86 83 vt 103 103 19 20 i ii) 105 110 12 104 8 Si 106 103 106 10$ 24 201 201 161 Isk 1f 21p . 95 17 110 112 103 105 RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS) st Birkenhead lOO $, a 90 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.., all 101 103 at Buckinghamshire it Chester and Holyhead lOO 53 55 at Do. 51 per cent. st Do. i do. ... , 100 119 114 st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO st Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c , 100 14; 1 : 4 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ... ". s Gt. Easn., Newm. , &c. , 5 p.c 100 ... 8 Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 6) 7 2 st Do.do. WoodbFg.Ex., do. 100 69 72. st Gt. West ,W. Mid., Heref 100 97 94 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 210 2 5 st London and pertll lOO 93 95 st Do. 41 cent lOO . ... st London, Coat., dm., 41 pc. 100 ... . " a t Do. Com. Fund , i do 100 ... . st London and Greenwich st Do. do Preference.,, 100 ... ... s t London, Tilbu r y , & South 100 81 b 3 st Lowestoft, gua, 4 percent lOO go 82 st Do. do. 6 do. ... il 31 anch., 13uxto u , & Alatlk all 5 51 st M R idland, Braord, Pref lOO 92 94 93 10 hid Kent Cray Line) .. 50 Nortkernk East., 5 percent all 53 Si; 00 Do. do. 6 do. all ... ..• st N. 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Africa, lim 25 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 25 Union of Australia all - - - 150 Union of Ireland, lira 50 Union of London Closing ihuanose Price. done 121 13: 13 i 41 if 41 7 5 13} 141 151 161 p 191 2 1 201. 11 21 51 41 57 59 11 13 5 4 36 38 4 30 32 37 39 17 18 171 40 52 21 22 19} 301 12 121 391 401 1 1 4 13-16 2 1 pr 1p 161 171 85 37 1 11 161 171 2 21 121 25 27 1p 2f 31 75 78 22 28 51 41 10 11 501 21 3p 241 2b 49 51 50 82 • 33 10 11 9 ••• -- 64 631 83 1 ••• ••• 2 3 1171 71 2 3 ld 146 41 43 43 44 I I 44 83 vo 15 13 3 6 464 471 8u 37 3; 44 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Tel., lim all j 221 221 221 i Auglo.Mediter Tel., lira.... 10 12/ 121 121 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 17 Atlantic Telegraph lO 2 i 28 16 Do. S per cant. lOO 70 73 721 Australian Agricultural Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. Baugarah Tea Estates, lim g 7 „ Berlin Water Works, lim all 13 ' i I ' 4 l Do. New 6 1 4 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. Bombay Gas, lim Do. New 4 II td British American Land 44 16 18 d B. and I. 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COLONIAL GOVEENMENT SECURITIES British Columbia, 6 per 0cu t ., 1972„.. •••••• lOO ... Do. WO.. l5O Can.Gov.6 p.o.Jan. 9 A July 1877-84 . ...•• ... l OO 1(41 1064 105 Do. 6p. o. Feb. do Aug.— 100 102 1(4 1034 Do. s p. 0 . Mar. do Sept 100 102 104 Do. sp. c. Jan. A July 100 93 wi 93 Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk 100 90 62 Cape G.llopc. 6 p. 0.1873 10 0 102 104 Do.Api.Aoot 1590-19 00 .• 100 101 113 Do. do 1880-90 100 107 1010 - D o. Jams,luly, 13 01 •••• 10 0 108 lie Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 .. 100 105 102 Ceylon, Nov 1875, 6 P.c.- 100 Es 116 1)o. 1872, do. ••• 100 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. a, 187 3 ," Jan. and July ........ 130 104 106 Do. 1878 . Do. 1882, May and . • 00 106 108 Do. 1895, Feb. do Aua,••• 10 106 198 Melbourne Corporatn.,.. 1867-75, 6 per ant N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja. , tJuly •• 100 103 104 Natal 6 p et, Apl& Oct— 10) Do 6p c. May Ac Nov 1 0 It 6 108 N. S.W. 5 p•o., '7l to '76.• 100 99 1l 1 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1891 , • 100 914 99i 081 Do. 5 p.o. rd.'67 to '75 N.Zealand, 6p. ot.1891.• 100 Do. b percent.... DoJan,Aprl,July, O. 100 93 94 934 Do 6p c. Mar A Sept '9l ICO 108 110 Do June Dec , 1.91 - jDo I'rov. ut Auctld. Ira t scrie.. 1 &2, 1896 ) Nova Scotia 6p. c.Jan... and Jnly, 1875 - Do 18156.. Queenslnd. 6p. c. 'B2-5 lOO 1064 1074 Do 1891 Do. 6 p 0.1869.. 100 _ Do. e). A 2 •••• )O0 1' 8 110 Do 93 107 407 108 ▪ SI 6 , P.O. 18 9 4bst -0 lot 1l 1181 THE FLOODING OF A COLLIERY. The inquest on the body of William Ashmore, the man who of the 13 that were entombed in Locks-lane Pit lost his life, was opened on Thursday at the Bell Hotel, Brierley Hill, before Mr. W. H. Phillips, deputy coroner for South Staffordshire. Charles Garbett, the first witness, identi fied Ashmore's body, The witness was employed at the same pit, and when he came up from work on Tuesday week last he saw deceased on the bank ready to go down. When he came the next morning he found the pit flooded. Witness did not go down the pit again till on Sunday night he went down in company with others to search for the body of the deceased. He found the body in a place above the level of the water. The body appeared never to have been wet ; and it was entirely naked with the exception of a short shirt. James Grainger, the engineer in charge of the pumping. engine on the night the pit was flooded, stated that up till about eight weeks ago, the pumping-engine had been work ing at about three and a half strokes a minute ; and was throwing from 50 to GO gallons of water a minute. In con sequence of the wet weather, however, there was a gradual increase of the water, and the speed was increased to six and a half strokes a minute. That speed kept the water at the same level that the three and a half strokes a minute did. The water in the pit came from two sources—Chapel-hill Pit and the Old Trough Pits, both of them the property of the Earl of Darnley. The water in both cases was kept back by dams, in which there were taps to regulate the flow. In the Chapel-hill dam there was one tap four inches in diameter ; and in the other there were two, one below and one above. He had examined the latter dam since the men were got out, but he could not ascertain whether there was anything wrong with it. Neither of the dams had burst before so far as he was aware. George Skidmore, one of the men who was entombed in the pit, was called. He looked strong and well, and did not appear to be suffering at all from his long-enforced abstinence. He said that he and his companions, four men and two boys, were not aware that anything was wrong till they were coming out of the pit. He was not on the side of the pit at which the deceased was at work. He could not tell where the water came from into the pit. He did not know anything about the dams in the pit. They could tell while they were in the pit that pumping was going on above, because they could hear it. I He was satisfied that every exertion had been made to get himself and the others out. William Millichip, a man who had charge of the water levels in the pit, stated that he had been at the building on the two dams at the Chapel-hill and Trough Pits. He had examined the latter since the accident, and found that it had burst for the space of about a yard at the bottom ; and he considered that was the cause of the flooding of the pit. Edward Greenway, the underground bailiff, said he had charge of all the workings below. The dams were put in under his direction ; and he had examined them while they were being put in and afterwards, and he considered them amply sufficient for their purpose. He was not restricted either as to the cost or the size. He had examined the Trough Pit dam since the accident, and found it the same pit as it was before. There was no breach in the dam, and it appeared to him that the water had softened the strata under the foundation of the dam, and so had flooded the pit. He considered that the flood ing of the pit was caused by a sudden influx of water from some old workings beyond the Trough Pits. Mr. Henry Walker, surgeon, said that he had made a post mortem examination of the body. The brain was much congested. The lungs were quite black, and also much congested. The right side of the heart was full of coagu lated blood. The stomach was empty, with the exception of some little bits of coal. The deceased died from the effects of foul air. Mr. Baker, the Government Inspector of Mines, stated that the examination of the pit was not yet complete, and under these circumstances he asked for an adjournment of the inquiry. The coroner adjourned the inquiry till Friday fort night. Mr. Putnam, of High-street, Eton, recently pur chased for a small sum an old picture from a furniture dealer in Windsor. Upon cleaning and examining the painting, it was observed to be a genuine Ruysdael. The subject is a woodland scene, with a cottage, ruins, and brook, and several figures. It is a gem of art, and has a number of the painter's private marks as well as his signature. The pic ture, which has been examined by a number of connoisseurs, is valued at several hundred guineas. THE "LONDON REVIEW" AND "Ex AMINER."—The London Review of this week has the followitg announce. ment :—" To our Readers.—We are happy to be able to announce that an arrangement has been entered into for the amalgamation of the London Review and the Examiner, which will have the effect of combining the literary and political resources of both journals. By this arrange ment we shall be enabled to offer to our readers a reduc tion in price, and to advertisers the benefit of a cons iderably extended circulati on . O n an d a ft er th e 3 r d of April the Examiner and London Review will be issued every Friday, price 3d., from the offices, 9, Wellington-street , Strand." The Hon. C. B. Portman has this week been on a tour to Devon and Cornwall, inquiring, on behalf of Govern ment, as to the employment of children and women in agri culture. On Wednesday ho attended a meeting held at Newton Abbot. The Rev. R. R. Wolfe, of Torquay, pre sided, and Sir B. Leighton and a largo number of the county clergy and gentry took part in the discussion s There was a general agreement that in Devonshire legislative interference as to the employment of children and women on farms was unnecessary. A resolution was passed condemn ing the employment of boys under 10 years of age, and girls under 16. A majority of the speakers expressed them selves in favour of compulsory education, and recommended the establishment of night schools for the improvement of farm labourers. The overcrowding of dwellings was con sidered to bo the cause of the immorality prevalent amongst the labouring class. - - The London correspondent of the Alliance News givest be reason why the £3,000 collected by Mr. Roebuck's admirers was settled on his daughter, not on himself. It is no secret that Mr. Roebuck is ono of the defendants in an action carried on by the liquidators of the un fortunate General Exchange Bank for the recovery of £14,000, said to have been paid away improperly by the directors, of whom Mr. Roebuck was chairman or vice chairman. If the decision of the court fixes the legal re sponsibility of refunding this sum to the shareholders, it will be for them a matter of very groat interest what means of complying with this order the directors severally possess. One thing they will now learn—that they will stand no chance of getting any of the £3,000 subscribed by Mr. Roebuck's admirers; and if they should feel a little chagrined they may be told they ought at least to admit the ingenuity displayed in depriving them of any possible benefit from the friendly liberality of Mr. Roebuck's friends. Under the heading " Strange Story from Carinar thenshire," a paragraph has been going the round of the papers stating that a young girl has lived for seventeen months without fool. The Lancet quoted the para graph in question, and ridiculed the credulity of the vicar of the parish, who has written to the papers expressing his belief in the story. In consequence of this the father of the girl, Mr. E. Jacob, of Llanfihangel-ar-Arth, has called seve ral medical men to examine the child, and a committee has been appointed to investigate the matter. A subscription list has been opened to defray the expenses of men who are to watch the gi r l, t wo by n i g ht an d two by day. The test was commenc e d a t e i g ht o ' c l oc k on Monday night. The story is implicitly believed in the neighbourhood, and the father is a respectable farmer. It is difficult to understand what motive there can be for deception, as the father will not allow the child to receive any money frOna visitors. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. It has been said that Mr. Peabody intended his houses rather for the poor and destitute than for the artizan class. The Times declares that this is not so. He designed only to institute and for ever maintain on fair terms of payment a supply of certain accommodation grievously needed by the labouring classes of the metropolis, and very insufficiently as well as indifferently furnished. A working man in London, owing to a twofold operation of circumstances, was sorely put to it to find a decent lodg,ieg, even with the means of paying for it in his pocket. Large works undertaken by railway and other companies brought vast numbers of workmen to London, while at the same time the clearings made for these very works destroyed street after street of working men's lodgings. Nor did the reconstruction of these dwellings invite the enterprise of ordinary capitalists. Houses of a higher class were multiplied indefinitely, but small tene ments were not regarded as an eligible property, and builders declined to embark their funds in such in vestments. The consequence was a pressure for lodg ings, attended with extreme distress, and this was the suffering which Mr. Peabody resolved on alle viating. He has placed in the hands of trustees a larga sum of money to be expended upon convenient and whole some dwellings so situated and so priced as to give the working poor of the metropolis such lodgings as they need. These homes are not rent-free, but the rent is fair, and every sixpence of it when paid goes to a fund for providing other workmen with similar accommodation at a similarly reasonable charge. That is, and that, we trust, for many a year will be, the effect of Mr. Peabody's benefaction. It gives the working man neither alms nor dole, but a boon far better than either—the opportunity of providing himself freely with some of the chief blessings of life out of his own honest earnings. The Post remarks upon the fact that her Majesty has been pleased to confer a baronry on Sir John Lawrence— the man, above all others, who saved India at the crisis of the mutiny. No title more comprehensively signifi cant than " Lawrence of the Punjaub" was ever inscribed on the roll of the British peerage, and the act which ennobles an honest and laborious public servant cannot but illustrate an ancient order of nobility. The career of Sir John Lawrence is in many respects a remarkable one, and deserving of study. Forty years ago he started in life in the civil service of the late East India Company. Noted always for his energy and for the zealous and conscientious discharge of his duties, he gradually rose in his profession, until, in a happy hour for India, he was elected to the post of Commis sioner of the Punjaub. Although he had previously earned for himself a distinguished reputation, it was there that he so distinctly and specially made his mark ; and the moral ascendency which he obtained over the warlike tribes he ruled was alike wonderful and fortu nate. It was mainly owing to this influence that the Punjaub was not included in the great mutiny, and that its weight was thrown into the scale against the rebels. The turning-point of the move ment was the siege of Delhi, and it is but simple justice to say that, but for the prompt despatch of native troops from the Punjaub by Sir John Lawrence, we might, and in all probability would, have failed to capture that all important position. It is impossible to overrate the value of the part played by Sir John Lawrence in this critical juncture in India ; and, although he has already been eulogised in no niggardly manner, it is probable that history will develope his share in the matter in a still more prominent manner. When Lord Canning and I Lord Elgin had both succumbed to the jointi nfluenca.cfn climate and overtaxed energies, the completvinatlimity with which the voice of the nation called ,for Sir - John Lawrence to govern India testified td his being the fittest man for the trying position. ,I•tor did the result belie the expectations. What InciYa required after the annexations of Lord Dalhousie, and the rough shock of the mutiny was consolidation' and repose, and Sir John Lawrence was just the ma"ii, to effect the one and insist on the other. The required policy was congenial to his views, and, therefore, it was carried out with complete ness and :success. No new provinces were added. Little wars were entered upon only in the last extremity Schools were established and extended. The legal system was revised. The finances were restored to order. The public works were vigorously prosecuted. The confidence and goodwill of the natives and neighbouring States were cultivated successfully. This was the policy assiduously but unostentatiously pursued by the late Governor- General of India. The Daily News, in an article on the Trades Union Commision Report, gives its opinion as a whole in favour of the report of the minority. Leaving abstract questions, and regarding the case before us on its merits alone, we cannot but approve of the recommendation of the minority to treat workmen, not as a class, apart, but as members of a society governed by a uniform code of criminal law. If, they claim the advan tage of security for their funds, it is but fair to require in I return that they shall register their unions, furnish copies 1 of their rules, and render annual statements of their ac counts. Publicity would thus be given to their pro ceedings, and public opinion would exercise an influ •ence over 'their conduct. If they infringed the law, their punishment would be none the less effective because it was not exceptional. Nor do we doubt that society at large would be the gainer. There is no better cement for the foundation of a free and a powerful State than the feel ing that in the eye of the law every citizen iswithout either a superior to whom he must bend, or an inferior over whom he may tyrannise. Ere long, says the Telegraph, a Popish prince will be among us ; and it is characteristic of the insidiousdesigns of Romanism that, instead of sending an adult personage i n t o English society, where matured wisdom might cope with his plots, he is to be slapped in amongst our future statesmen, that he may sow the seeds of error in their young and innocent minds. For this important news we are indebted to the Rev. C. C. Layard, incumbent of Sudbury, in the parish of Harrow. Like the Irish orator of old, he " smells a rat, he sees it brewing in the storm ; but, please God, he will crush it in the bud." We had ourselves heard that the young Duke of Genoa was to be educated at Harrow ; but—careless Protestants as we are— we did not see the full meaning of the fell news. Mr. Layard, however, understands that this young Popish duke is to be " excused chapel "—which is hor rible, most horrible ! For other boys, " drawing foul ensample from fair names," may also learn to neglect that " chapel" around which now their earliest devotions so affectionately cling. Mr. Layard fears that this admission of the young prince, and this unnatural toleration of his Popish scru ples, " may endanger the faith of our Protestant youth and future legislators." Of course, if we would have our future Parliaments Protestant, we must watch the now pure sources of future members and peers ; and a single Papist—" a little pitted speck in garnered fruit "—may destroy all. How can two or three hundred Protestant boys young, trusting, and innocent —preserve their pure principles when one Roman Catholic lad is there to throw a malign charm aronnd the creed of Rome ? Unless steps are taken in time we shall find the good old school overrun with priests, and the light of the Reformation quenched. As the Reformers of 1832 howled out, so must we "stop the Duke." Our only consolation is that, though a Popish Prince, the young Duke is not the legitimate heir of our Pretender ; fortunately that right has passed into the branch now represented by the ex-Duke of Modena, who, if Royal Family rights were English public law, would be King of England to day. Still, Pretender or not, the young Prince is Popish, and must be " put down." Could not Mr. Layard mar shal a good Protestant mob, and lynch the little boy? The Standard says the Government has been put in an unpleasant position with respect to the Cunard and Inman contracts, Having found them settled, having adopted them, and having given the commercial world reason to believe that the regularity of the Atlantic postage service would not be jeopardised, they yielded to a demand from the extreme Radicals, and consented to a committee of inquiry into agreements already signed and sealed, and which are to take effect in a few days for a certain num ber of years. That committee has sat and investigated the matter. Its report, by the casting vote of the chair. man—we know who the chairman was, and give him credit for perfect sincerity and unmingled pub lic s p irit through out the wh o l e proceeding—was unfavourable to the en gagements of the Government with both the Inman and Cunard companies. It recommended that the contracts should be disallowed, but that the contractors should . be offered the option of conducting the postal services - And what have the in question for a shorter riod. Administration done ? Disregarded the committee to the which they sanctioned. Surrend ere d a dvised them con tractors whom the committee repudiate. We are heartily g la d . of it, and so will be all who have interest in . the correspond ence between this country and the United Stntes ; but the result is no small humiliation u Ministers, miliation to nor will it tend very greatly to i ncrease the authority of par liamentary committees. Phe Standard replies to the ts as to the mail contract creating a mon o p ol y . '''TV.geuamreen e mploying, it contends, the cnly adequate machi nery at our command. With regard to stipulations, our contemporary goes on to say-: As to speed, I they would be fraught with danger, and indi cate an almost impious defiance of the terrible natural powers which occasionally rule the deeps%nd. subdue and rebuke all the efforts of .man. With the pro prietors of these great companies themselves we desire and believe in the day when a penny ocean-postage may be established. But, as they add, when the experiment is made, it ought not to be made exclusively at their risk and expense. They undertake duties which it is not alleged that they have ineffectually performed. The State refuses to accept the responsibility for itself and run huge and swift steamers, every week or fortnight, from land to land across the Atlantic. We must congratulate the com mercial community therefore upon the fact that, in spite of Treasury bad faith, our national correspondence with the countries of the west beyond the ocean is not to be disastrously interrupted, . thrown back into the condition `of twenty yews ago, or given up to foreis companies, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day YORK SPRIN Weights for the Great North, specie, added to a sweepst and only sif declared. Tw 46 subs. 'G MEETING. Lem Handicap of 200 soya in takes of 20 soya each, 10 ft, ro miles over the Old Course, Age st lb Age st lb *Vauban ... 5 8 12 Russian Bear 4 6 8 Romping Girl ... 5 8 8 Phantom ... 4 6 7 Fortunio ... 5 8 7 Ploughboy ... 5 6 g Paul Jones ... 4 8 2 Clovis ... ... 4 6 5 Taraban ... 5 8 1 Lord Hawthorn ... 3 6 4 King's Cross ... 5 712 *Cocoa. Nut 3 6 0 Leybourne 6 712 Ladoga ... 3 512 Fairwind 5 7 8 Derveutio ... 3 5 12 Viscount ... ... 4 7 7 Fleets ... ... 3 512 Miss Havelock ... 6 7 7 *Retort ... 3 512 Tho Spy .. 4 7 6 Hector ... ~. 3 512 Honesty ... ... 6 7 6 Vansitart ... 3 511 Bracken ... 5 7 6 Tramp,late Agrippa 3 5 11 Kidderminster ... 5 7 6 Chatsworth ... 3 510 Blacklock ... 4 7 1 Acester ... 3 o 10 Mexico ... ... 4 613 Anne Boleyn ... 3 5 8 Flora 4 G 12 '!bison d'Or ... 3 5 8 Vort itzern ... 4 6 12 Fichu, by Ivan ... 3 5 8 Choral 4 6 12 Provider ... 3 5 8 Catiiino .. 5 6 11 Workman 3 5 7 Warrington ... 4 6 11 Red Ribbon ... 3 5 7 Belfast ... 4 6 11 Velocity 3 5 7 Legialatot ... 4 6 8 Moldavia ... a paid Those horses marked thus (*), having been entered without the knowledge of their owners, will be struck out at tho time prescribed unless specially ordered to remain in. HOnSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE- MENTS. March 22, at 9 a.m., Whitby, Pirate Chief, and Chapel Royal, out of Heathcote Plate at Epsom Spring Meeting at 9 a.tn., La Mousse and Electricity, out of Heathcote and Stamford Plates at Epsom Spring Meeting; at 1.30 p.m Voetminster, out of Chester Cup. March 23, at 9 a.m., Snider, by National Guard, out of all engagements; at 9 a.m., Despatch, out of Cheltenham engagements; at 9 a.m., The Returned, out of Epsom Spring engagements. March 24, at 9 p.m., Constance, out of all engagements this year. March 25, at 9 a.m., all Mr. Brayley's horses, except Redivivus and Arlington, out of Epsom Spring engage ments. NORTON-JUITA-KEMPSEY.—The following is the de cision of the stewards of this meeting regarding the objection to Titterstone, who came in first for the Maiden Plate :—" We, the undersigned, two of the steward© of the Norton-junta-Kempsey Race Meeting (held on the 23d of February, 1869), having investigated the objection lodged by Mr. George against Titterstone, the winner of the Maiden Plate Steeplechase, on the ground of wrong entry of age, are of opinion that the objection is sustained and award the stakes to the second horse. We think it right, however, to add that we have no reason to believe that Mr. Rickaby has been guilty of making a fraudulent entry.—(Signed) H. F. VERNON, HENRY ALLSOPP. Wor coster, Feb. 27, 1869. COLOURS OF RIDERS.—Mr A. Robertson, tartan jacket, white cap; Mr Samuda (altered to) black, cerise sleeves and cap, black belt. Mr Payee takes the late Lord Glas gow's colours for his second colour, viz., white body, crim son sleeves and cap, and the horses bequeathed to him by his lordship will always run in these colours. Fonpra LIST.— The forfeits of the following horses have been paid :—Bandmaster, Castanette, Dunbar, Lady Allcasb, and Soda Water. STEEPLECHASE FORFEIT Lim—The forfeits of the fol lowing horses have been paid:—Con Cregan's forfeit in List, 1864, and Jassy's in that of 1867, have been paid. _ _ _ NEW MATCH.—CRAVEN MEETING.—Admiral Rous's „4, 7 3 3 .41A.T.8at ilb, aged, Colonel Martyn's Plunger, ist 51b, 'both three''-fir-olds. T.Y.C. 100, hIL NEW 11:13T11.—FIRST SPRING MEETING.—Admiral Rous's Amara; Bst 101 b, agst Mr. Naylor's Wellington, ^st 121 b, both three year olds. Last half ;of Ab. M. 100 h ft. TILE NEWCASTLE RACES DISPUTE.--The fears enter tained as to these races taking place this year—owing to differences existing between the Race Committee and the Herbage Committee—have been set at rest, the dis pute having been mutually settled. The spring meeting has this year been abandoned, but the summer meeting will take place as usual. BOURSE, March 25.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : 4} per Cent. End of month... Italian Fives 55 90 3 per Cent ...... 70 30 End of month — End of month... 70 50 Mexican Loan Credit Mobilier ... 280 Do. Bonds End of month... 280 Credit Fonder ...1480 End of month... Spanish Threes 32 25 Home Debt — Deferred ...... Cash Orleans ... 965 Northern 3lBll Lyons and Mediterranean Southern-- 6lBl Western Eastern • • — Sardinian Austrian 6681 Lombard 4731 North of Spain 62# Saragossa Roman 5l RAILWAYS. Bank of England Returns. An Account, pursuant to t cap. 32, for the week ending ISSUE DET the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, March 25, 1869. P atTMENT. Notes issued ....X31,918,600 Governmt. Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion £31,918,600 j BANKINCk D X 31,918,600 Proprietors' Capi- .. tal £14,553,000 Rest 3,695,408 Public Deposits (including E xchequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. Accounts Other Deposits.. 17,033,451 Seven Days and othor 8i115..... 433,469 dPARTMENT. Governmt. Secu rities(including Dead 'Weight Annuity) .... 43,999,053 Other Securities 19,124,484 Notes 8,982,175 Gold and Silver Coin £43,223,337 GEORG. £43,228,337 ,s FORBES, Chief Cashier. oreigu uai. Packet List. MAILS bestralls► and New Zealand, v DUE. ix Southamptoh.....3lar. 27. Ditto, via 3'll'9ollles April 19 Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video April 6. Ditto, by French packet Cape Verds. by Brazil packet Cape of Good H,po. Ascension. and St. Helena.— Mar. 30. China, Penang. and Singapore. via Southampton—Mar. 27. bibraltar, via Southampton . • Mar 27 India,via Southampton ...... , ...... 5. vitto, via Marseilles Malta, Egypt, &o. Mtn Ditto, Marseilles... Mar. 26 Netvioundla ....... April 7 Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal. via Scuthann ton Ditto, Marseilies ~ April 7 Portugal ... United States, ( anada, CAW oruta, &0.. by British packet ............................... . - ......Mar 27 Ditto, by Canadiin packet Ditto, byL it e d States packet 11..r 24 I Ditto ditto ( Baltimore) .. West Coast of Africa. Madeira. and Teneriffa West Indies and Pazilic (except 3lexioo and Baha mas) Mar 31 id slexico .. .....Niar. 31. Cuba an Bermuda, via Li••........., B a h a mas, via New York. • • Mar 24 THE MANUFACTURE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS.—. A most interesting and instructive little work, describing briefly but with great clearness, the rise and progress of watch and clock makin , has just been published by Mr J. W.. Benson, of 25 Old Bond-street, 99, Westbourne-grove, and the City Steam( Factory, 58 and 60, Ludgate-hill. The book, which is profusely illustrated, gives a full description of the various kinds of watches and clocks, with their prices, and no one should make a purchase without visiting the above establishments or consulting this truly valuable work. By its aid persons residing in any part of the United Kingdom, India, or the Colonies,'are enabled to select for themselves the watch best adapted for their use, and have it sent to them with perfect safety. Mr. Benson, who holds the appoint.. ment to the Prince or Vi ales, sends this pamphlet to any address on receipt of two postage stamps, and we cannot too strongly recommend it to the notice of the intending purchaser LAD vaitrin M ENT.)—Liencefort h no oue will doubt the valuable properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arables Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of blessings it has already received from Invalids whose position had boon deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness the Pope, whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the "Gazette du Midi," July 25th:—" Rome, July 21,1366. -The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other reme dies, he has confined himself entirely to Da Barry's Revalenta. Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." We extract a few out ofium•a than 63,000 cures :—Care No. 53,216, of the Marchioness do Brehan, of seven years' liver complaint wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous palpitation, all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most in tolerable nervous agitation. Cure No 1.771: Lord Stuart de tecjes, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia. N0.Y49,,332: " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervollemss, .asthma, cough, constipation, ftatulency,o7srmrs, sickness, `and-tbrniting —Maria Joly." Cure No. diseased - lungs, . 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