The Sun. — London, England, 1869-06-03 00:00:00

YOURNALO. .eigns have begun ons of European ve had to learn $ s Sultan, perhaps, es; but, with that y with those who to induce English he Oriental chiefs deal. This igno. iioned as great an lealings with the from wilful con. lecting Theodore's There can be no 3prehension with are few sovereigns re continually re oodwill is of more remembered that st important con"' passing, is in the has once occurred intenance at ant ining our Eastern ant evidence, not his country'aposi• .hi]y of it. He liss he whole weight of Id be creditable to Viceroy arrives at e in Englishmen , he progress of his aeed not say that and the Princess of d the Prince, We to make a fitting second the wishes 3 Prince, and wil l to the honour of nterests of which guardian. the new Minister y the Governmen t ide the occasion of Liverpool. It is be to offer a cere' of foreign rowers 1 if such a method ething, of stiffness s to be regrette d he interchange of of regard, w hich, betwen kindre d tion of peace and I moment that r/ 6 3 to Mr. Motley f° assurance that We ill of our cousin,. ts of the last fey( [ waves of our late o foolish or so nn' Igland, and in the Ave for war the er are well timed re that as soon ee subsidence of the too animated aio. I and language oil t as ready and se 3ther as were gr. Monday. E the Turf, which ily the biographi es be an instructive e if the gentlemen :ners or solicitors T largely into the ploy a compete nt e modern life of imagination, for out the slightest rpass the boldest are being O il ' led through the by these Oi l ' I knows nothing , f their modest'', every household. pastimes is on it, Jockey Club rity which met d that if a foolis h e way he will do it is not the 10 ;ks and restrain mpted to leap iD t° , °' 23 is positive ao most rigour. t ,, r, and not again ev s place, this n ovel observed, and t he ncient sport to i° that between tscc he United States ase to be a matter m crossed is large' out of all propor in common ; mrberce, and 5 ! telegraph tbA" )t a new systee with those tween us 441 ., - , f the sea. ea It it is an lde ?uhlic mind ; link of its polielf Hp late for POP' eersy might aOse on by slow she es granted to o' 3 iuld be settled e° Lord Harting to? d, one—the Or from co rresp or 'us part of q le nvolved. giaW Three of the o i o f sen time nt. ' of reductiour V • Mr. Gla d d s t ou o o , 'ere not isti io definite. gr' eloning to bitty i o ns, both of iii` ti a tions. In tb: mg to this — t or' siders their eNori ° Leh of faith ' 14° tiling a tinge 11 with ArnericA 4 thing extrerself an ocean peva an by which the it the projec t b.- Mesta that eve/ and the 'Unite t a remunerat e o° ners, ne cessar ilP ;sage i n a Ugh probably en oug hich ply bet ty p eg wail then:10111 ✓ correspon de s , should relv"- and with tie, )f course route. P' p ;, • Penny and ci much conceroe_, ew hours or diq' mild, we believe! n the millioes the New 'Writ" 't, we ca n see locP e for grant ,o America forAA privilege W ou o by the postsfi. e' mere, and won], pu bli c e xchecl u : itself to cogulo .ation as rege' r f Et re duced rate e‘ desire the es And anddro."-° vett , not alwei -. see" , en of the Pr e oef uty of the 1 ;0 0 hat the ere.' t be emselves o : to r'if f their de , ta ble iat an ectulylist The pe c , il of the retef',7otit draw in 't` t ies, Lterested P fits' 1, except t of l a in a rig. b oo cre ditors eiiS. v ic. ;r ib u tion. P,P! p ic , twee n the I.L;sti. ; and the in'tbics r reveal co, n w itts is connecteui My crireir i ., Os, indepeno ,t (0 . by can be xe' t entitled to s tbe it recovery 0f n its is to att 3l n blio nnands of P i berg that the ele i ti ' - p tei the Mly kr 1 0 • e • the Pr"' litio • ct of a l ? ° ' eIY le Their % I VO bill. nc line t „ any am ba3l' 'then of °Pr' eir ehese ll sof cagy rCesieditoti sly the r e ive an: Act a Ar vest butVi'' 42N- X 0 - N E Y M A7ll KE T. AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Consols declined 7 to-day, at 923 3 I for money; ditto, for Account, 923 1 ; Three per Cent. Re duced, 921 4 ; New Three per Cents, 924 1 ; Red Sea Tele grap h , 20 ; E xc h equer Bill s £l,OOO, par; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and£soo, ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 244. India Stock, 104 per Cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1113 ; ditto 4 per C ent., Oct., 1888, 1003 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 ler Cent., ; ditto 53 per Cent., 1001; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, In the F ore i gn M ar k e t s t oc ks are in demand, 'with the exception of Italian and Mexican Bonds, Which are quoted 1- lower, at .561 564 and 13 134 respectively. New Spanish Three per Cents. have improved I, to 29 291, Thurkish Five per Cents. 9 1 to 4 4-3 44i-, and Peruvian Five per Cent. Bonds are 1 better, at 791 791. rhe Honduras Loan is steaily, at 85 BG. In the railway market Great Western are 1 better, , M e t ropo lit an 3, Sheffield 1, Brighton I, Fo rth Western 1, South Eastern I, Grea t Norther n A are I lower. The quotations are : Caledonian, 763 7 ; Great Western, 49 3 ; Great Eas tern, 371 4 ; Great Northern, 107 108 ; ditto A, 1063 to 1073 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 12 4 to 1231 ; Metropolitan, 974 to 98 ; Mid. lanai, 115 to 115 4 ; Sheffield, 543 to 551; Brighton 45 to 453 ; North British, 34 to 343 ; Loudon and North-Western, 1171 to 117! ; Nortth Eastern, 1054 to 1063 ; South Eastern, 753 to 753; and London, Chatham, and Dover, 164 to 174. American Bonds have improved fin the Five- Twenties, at 801 803 ; I in the 1885 Bonds, at 783 ‘ , 8 3 ; and 3 i n th e Ten-Forty Bonds, at 713 to 721 ; Erie Railway Shares have receded 4, to 183 19 ; Sod Illinois Centrals are I better, at 953 96. Atlantic Telegraph Original stock is 21 22 ; the Eight per Cent. Preference shares are 31, 31 ; and A nglo-American Telegraph shares, 211 213. The sum of £23,000 in gold was taken to the Bank Yesterday, making a total of £326,000 in the week a lnee the last return. The Maid of Judah, from Port Phillip, has brought 1111,312. The traffic return of the London and North- W estern Railway shows an increase of £1,572 ; that of the Midland a decrease of £4,530. The Great Eastern traffic presents a decrease of £4,640. In the Case of the London and South-Western there ' 8 a decrease of £3,026. The Great Northern Railway exhibits a decrease of £3,532. The Great Western traffic shows a decrease of £2,870. The return of the London, Chatham, and Dover Rail way presents a decrease of £1,235. The Metro politan Extension of the London, Chatham, and over shows a decrease of £1,235. The biddings for £25,000 in bills in India were r eceived yesterday at the Bank of England. The amounts allotted were—to Calcutta £288,400, and to Madras £36,600. The minimum price was fixed as before, at Is. 10f d. on Calcutta and Madras ; and tenders on those Presidencies at Is. 100. will receive about 59 per cent., and above that price in lull. These results show a further diminution in the demand for means of remittance to the East. A very important decision has been given by the Lords Justices in the matter of the liquidation o f the Humber Ironworks and Shipbuilding Com pany (Limited). The Warrant Finance Company, Who had lent the Humber Company £25,000, bear ing interest at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum, claimed to be paid dividends upon their interest as well as principal with the rest of the creditors whose debts did not carry interest. The Master of the Rolls considered they were entitled to receive dividends on both interest and principal, but the official liquidator ; Mr. Henry Chatteris, appealed to the Lords Justices, who decided that in all com panies in course of liquidation by the Court of Chancery creditors are only entitled to interest up to the date of the winding-up order, until all cre ditor s have received 20s. in the pound ou their prin cipal money. Should there be any surplus assets after all creditors have received their principal in full, those creditors whose debts carry interest are entitled to receive it. With regard to the telegram from Washington of Peru having granted belligerent rights to the Cuban insurgents, an impression is expressed that It ' 8 " only one of the many reports spread to damage Peruvian credit." It is said that when the two Monitors which Peru bought iu New York were authorised to leave the United Stet s was und er an express engagemen t from the Peruvian (-10wernment that they would not interfere in the Cuban quest i on b e f ore t h e t wo vess el s had reached -rem. peace, as they cannot arrive for six or eight months, the statement now circulated seems very improbable. Advic es f rom P ar i s attribute the opposition in the Italian Chamber to the measures of the Finance Mi nister to the circumstance of the National t auk of Italy and the Credit Mobilier having cre ated a general feeling of dissatisfaction and by seeking to Monopolise Italian finance for their own profit, a feeling which was increased by a e ase in Milan, where, on a suit against a Depu t y for bribery, an extensive system of bribery in the Italian Chamber was disclosed, and caused general In dignation. At the meeting of the Malta and Mediterranean G' lB Company, a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. Was declared on the preference stock, and of 31 per c ent. on the ordinary. T he Birmingham Daily Post states that Messr s . 1, '` .4 . G. Muntz and Co., of Birmingham and London, a fi .rn l in the copper trade, have issued circulars anflouncing their suspension. The principal cre ditors are in London and South Wales, and the , nount of indebtedness is understood to be heavy. The same journal corrects a rumour that the firm Is connected with Muntz's Metal Company, and Points out that the mistake arose entirely from the euuilarity of names. At the annual general meeting of proprietors of the Guardian Fire and Life Assurance Com- Pany, a dividend was declared of £2 10s. per share, Payable the sth of July next, free of income-tax. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a (i OVEILVDIENT FUNDS. Nit Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, July 7 I Per Cent. Reduced 924 i New 3 per Cent New 2 per Cent. Jan. 1894 A 13° ' 5 per Cen J an. 1873 ^u-euities, 80 yrs expire sth Jan., 1880 . 13 0. for 30 yra , expire sth April 1885 v x Do (Red S e a Teleaphl, Aug., 1908 2O It ll loquor Bills, 41,000, 2f k 3 per Ct — b Do £lOO, .£290 A £5OO — 'lnk of England Stock. 41 per Cent D, .......... Ca.b 1 opening ... ...................... _ / -- lun 4 per Cent. Bonds liter-Colo n i a l Ommtun / INDIAN GOTBRNMEN SECURITIE& ' ll 4 c hock, 104 Con t. , April 1874... Do per Do. Opening , for Account .................. °. 5 per Cent. July,lBBo ............... 111 f ',.., 0 . 4 per Cent.. Oct. 1888 . 100 i D 0• Certificates — EO. Enfacod Paper 4 per Cant.. H . (:). 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 ....,.,..••• -- 1) 0. 51 per Cent. May 1879 llOl „, '" 5 per Cont., Rup. Deb. 1872 — O 0 do 1877 — ~ Do. do. 1882 — u.... Dab., 5 per Cent. Aug. 1873 ~ — uO. Beads, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO "0• under £l.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. r 4entine Republic, 6 per Cent to itrian Bonds 5 per cent . — B r . . to. 1E59 lralian 5 per Cent — 0 0• q per Cent. 1852 — D °.,, do. 1858.... I T ) . do. 186' — ii , - °. do., 1863 • ~ 671 —°- per Cent., 1865 ii 1- ) 0 Account Bll 'erms Ayres 6 per Cent. - D 4 2 1-er Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent:: - 0t lia 6 , ' ~, del Cent. - r ," , CO 6 par Cent . r ,"O. 41 per Cent.— J' o . 3 per Cent., perlB67 961 ( . 3 I °. 7 Per Cent., 1866 1 . ) 0 tibial', 6 per Cent. 1 ,,!i1 . 51t, 3 per Cent., 1825 -- ' 4 ,?''lian Principalities, 7 I.,er Cent — 1,: -u ° 8 per Cent. , 1867 0 0 ador New Uonsolidated, 1 per Cent ' 4 4.Yptian, 7 per Cent B2 J,., )0 Second Issue 11 0. 4500 Bonds OM Do. ,610) Bonds ••••• Do. 1864 — Do. Account Da. £5OO Bonds Do. 110 C Ponds BB Do. 7 per Cent., 1568 Government Railway Debentures 99i i Greek 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Account Do. Coupons ••. • Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent . — Honduras Gov Rail. Los n.,10 p. Ct., all pd 851 ltelian 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do. Account . — Do Maremmana Railway 5B gaXiCaL 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — 0 ontevideau 6 per Cent. . -- 4 o , Tish Imperial 5 per Ceat New Granada l7 Do 3 per Cen• — Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cont. 1865 Do Account. Do 41 per Cent. (Ui.'iarren) Do 44 per Cent., 1862 -. — Do Account... — Portxguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2.': Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — ltussiati 5 e ar Cont., 1822, .t: 61. Do 41 per ( 7 ent 185 u Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 ............ • 811 Do do, Scrip — Do. Anglo-Dutcl , , 1864, £lOO BondL B9l Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9O Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 6ll 1 Sardinian o per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen ... Do. Accf,unt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account wodish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Turkish 6 par Cent. Oa Account [)o 6 per Cent. 1858 _ Do_Account i:)o £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do .CIOC Bonds 699 Do 5 per Cont. 1965 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 67} Do I per Cent., Guaranteed Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1961 — Dividends on the aboye payable in London. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25 f. Dutch 2% per Cont. Ex. 12 Guil 55} Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... B6} Do. Account — French Rentee, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M. — !Wien 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do Account s6f CLOSING PRICES. Jonsole, Money 921 x d Do. Account, July 7 92} f zd ___ NAVAL AND 311L1TARI1 INTELLIGENCE. A general order, just issued from the Horse Guards, notified that, in order to assimilate the shakoes of officers to those recently issued to the men of certain infantry regiments, a pattern has been sealed, and is deposited at the Horse Guards, for general information and guidance. Officers joining regiments wearing the old-pattern shakoes are not to have the lace or chain added until the new shakoes are supplied to the men. Commanding officers have been directed to for ward in future a copy of the regimental defaulter sheet of each soldier recommended for a medal for long service and good conduct, whether with or without gratuity. The minimum height for all infantry recruits, whether enlisted at head-quarters or otherwise, has been reduced from aft. Bin. to sf. 7in. until further orders. The bead-quarters and five companies of the 4th battalion Rifle Brigade—strength about 17 officers, 278 men, 4 horses, 43 women, and 53 children— embarked at Birkenhead on Monday for convey ance to Portsmouth, en route to Aldershott. The Royal Artillery will in future receive the conapevation sanctioned by Article 9 of the Re vised Royal Clothing Warrant, 1865, for difference of value between dress and undress clothing at the end of the year, instead of quarterly as heretofore. The annual dinner of the Rifle Brigade (the Prince Consort's Own), arnounced for Saturday, the 12th inst., at the London Tavern, is postponed to Monday, the 14th. The annual dinner of the officers of the 13th Hussars was given last evening at the St. James's Hotel, Piccadilly. Lieut.-General J. Lawreuson, colouel of the regiment, presided, supported by Viscount Southwell, Sir Jas. D. Lloyd, Col. Shute, Lieut.-Col. Tremayne, Lieut.-Col. Madocks, and Major Jervis. The Penelope, 10, armoured iron, twin screw frigate, Captain Francis Martin, arrived at Spit head at noon yesterday from the westward, and on anchoring saluted the flag of the Naval Com mander-in-Chief of the port, Sir James Hope, K.C.B. The Plover, 3, double screw gun vessel, Com mander J. A. Poland, arrived at Jellah Coffee, from Ascension, on the Ist of May last ; she was to sail on the 4th of May for Whydale to meet the Myrmidon, 4, gun vessel, Commander J. H. Johnstone. The Danae, Captain W. Graham, had gone to St. Helena. The Plover, after shipping the mails fur the South at Whydale, was to leave for the Congo, to relieve the Pandora, 5, gun-vessel, Commander J. Burgess, which vessel upon being relieved was to sail for St. Ilelena. The Lynx, 2, double-screw gun-vessel, Commander James W. East, had arrived from England, and was expected in the course of the year to go up the Niger. On the 2d of May there was a heavy tornado at Jellah Coffee. The annual regimental dinner of the 60th King's Royal Rifle Corps was given yesterday evening at the London Tavern, Bishopsgatc-street. General Viscount Melville, G.C.b., presided, and the fol lowing officers were present :—Lieut.-General Vis count Templeton, K.C.8., Major-Gen. Freeman Murray, Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, Colonels Sir John Jones, K.C.8., and Webbe Butler; Lieut.- Colonels William Pearce, Harrington Trevelyan, and Ward ; Majors Rose, Sotheby, and R. W. Brooke; Deputy Inspector-General J. H. Kerr Innes, C. 8., &c. ALARMING RAILWAY ACCIDENT. THIS DAY. An accident, which might have been attexcled wi♦h very serious consequences, took place this morning near the Brick-lane goods station of the Great Eastern Railway. It appears that the ten o clock fast down train started at the usual hour with a full complement of passengers, and that at the same time what is termed a local train, for Barking and some other places on that line, was taken out of the siding, and was proceeding at a slow pace back to the platform to load passen gers, and it, of course, came into collision with the fast train. the latter had not got into full speed, owing to the shortness of the distance ; but, as it was, a ♦ery violent collision took place, the consequence of which was to smash the engine of the down train and a brake va❑ almost to atoms, and the ruins were thrown across the up line. Fortunately, none of the passengers re ceived any serious injury, although several of thorn were violently shaken. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(IIu4 Day.) HOUSE OF LORDS. UNDY AND OTHERS V. ALLAT. This was an appeal from the Court of Session in Scot land. The question before their lordships was whether the respondent has beau I.kgithnated by the subsequent marriage of his parents ; this question depending upon the fact where his father was domiciled. The Lord Chancellor was of opinion that the appeal must be dismissed with costs. (ADVERTISEMENT:I— Holloway's Ointment and Pills aro the best, the cheapest, and the most popular remedies. At all seasons and under all circumstances they may be used with safety and with the certainty of doing good. Erup tions, rashes, and all descriptions of sick diseases, sores, ulcerations, and burns are presently benefited and ulti mately cured by these healing, soothing, and purifying medicaments. The ointment rubbed upon the abdomen, checks all tendency to in itation in the bowels, and averts dysentery and other disorders of the intestines. Pimples, blotches, inflammations of the skin, muscular pains, neu ralgic affections and enlarged glands can. be effectively overcome by using Ifolloway's remedies accordiug to the "instructions" accompanying ovary packet. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 3, 1869 •MEM...W.•••••• ER, WALTER MORRION, M.F., ON THE ADULTERATION 07 MANURES. At the last meeting of the Agricultural and Horticul tural Co-operative Association, of 29, Parliament-street, Westminster, Mr. Morrison, M.P., who lit one of the Governing Council, made an interesting statement respect ing guano adulterations. He asked those present sub jected to temptations of low offers to consider two things. First, that the reduced prices thus offered to them were not voluntary favours, and would not be renewed the day following, if the association could be run off the road. Second, that they had no security outside their own co operative association managed by themselves that reductions in price were not accompanied by reduc tions in value. He could illustrate that by a reference to the trade in guano. He knew something of the mysteries of the trade. Guano was not unfrequently offered to their members at prices as lots as the association could purchase it from the agents of the Peruvian Government. Now as there was only ono wholtsale price to all the trade, they knew in such cases that some trick was being played. A relative of his own bought some guano guaranteed as being genuine and un adulterated. It turned out upon analysis to be damaged by sea water. This was sold off by the Peruvian Govern• ment's agents to contractors at a greatly reduced price, and he believed much care was taken to prevent it getting into the bands of the trade as beet Peruvian guano ; but it found its way to the public in acme cases as the genuine article. That was the least of the frauds. A common trick was to adulterate guano with guano. Mixtures were made up of inferior guanos and all sorts of compounds, and sold sometimes as genuine guano. The only advantage of the compounds was, that they yielded a handsome profit to the mixers, v.hilst gratifying the economical propensities of the bny,rs. At Liverpool, moreover, there is a convenient deposit of yellow loam on the Mersey, which, with plaster of Paris and brick dust and sand, enables certain dealers to supply the country with Peruvian guano of any price required. The practice was well understood in the trade. The skill of rogues who mixed exceeded the detective skill of the l.uyers, as an incident he recently saw reported would chew. A Scotch agriculturist lecturing upon the matter to his club produced before his audience two samples, and asked the farmers present to judge between the genuine article and the adulterated one. A majority gave a preference to the mixture. Some agents and dealers relied so implicitly upon the ease with which their customers could be caught by bargains, that they simply kept a stock of appropriate sand in their warehouses, or on board the barges which carried their supplies home, and cheapened the article as the grocers were said to cheapen their sugar. If the members would look at the published analysis of guano, supplied last season by the association, they would see that it contained less than one per cent. of sand, the pro. portion being 0 . 69 ; but ordinary samples of adulterated guano bad been found to contain no less than 47 per cent. of sand. ►SHARE LIST. ORDINARY bliAltlal AND STOCKS. Fad' Price. Closing Busines done. s JOINT-STOCK BANKS. ol o giug Barium Share NAME. Paid. Price. dons 10 Agra Limited, A all 10 101 A Du B lO 25 a 2 1 i 60 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all 20 21 205 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 55 45 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 10 1: 20 Do issued at 2 pus ~.. 5 5 4 26 Bank of Egypt 20 Back of Otago, lint. 25 Bank of South Australia all 29 81 31 60 Bank of Victoria, Australia 26 37 3V 10 Bank of New Zealand all 131 161 60 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, end China all 13 19 25 Chartered Mere. of India. London, and China all 31 32 355 20 City 1 i 121 100 Colonial 25 37 111 3v: VI 10 Consolidated, lint. 50 Delhi and London, lhn ' 50 East London, lim 6 25 15 20 English and American, limn 10 ... ••• 20 English Bank of Rio do Ja neiro lim lO 1 11p 20 English, - cuttish, and Aus tralian Chartered _l7 285 Bong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 36 33 285 Do new 55 25 21 100 Imperial, lim 2O 151 165 151 20 Imperial Ottwn.u, lO 25 4 I' 2 i z 5 lonian all 17 20 20 25 Do new 5 7 4 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lint 4 31 :1 i 100 Do sp.c. De bs.ls64, 30 all 7ti 76 ; 0 30 London Bank] of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 7 6 100 Loudon and Brazilian, lint. 45 30 '27 20 Do new 75 53 41 100 London &River Plate, lint. 40 9 11 25 Do new 10 25 2ip 2' 20 London Chart. of Australia all '241 '25 20 London and County 2O 50 61 50 5 50 Do new iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll London Joint Stock 1 Loudon and South African al 00 London &S.-Westera, lint, 20 150 London & Venezuela, lim l2l ... ••• . . 100 London and Westmin s t er 2O 621 631 6° 4 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm. 2O 100 Merchant, lint 25 65 41 10 Metropolitan, lint all i t it 100 Midland, lim 2O 11 i 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l3 1d 1p 100 National Pro vim. of Eng'il 42 ... ••• 10 Do 60 National. 3O ... .. 20 New South Wales all 41 43 42 1 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 4 i 42 4' i I 50 Provinc.Bank.Corpo., lint lO 6 6 3j 00 Provincial of Ireland 25 83 80 10 Do new. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 14 1 s 100 Do issued at 6pm lO 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 47 48 100 Union of Ireland, hen 60 Union of London 15 31, 355 35 1 - 311 ;rn Si 9 1 9 i 18 U. 7k TELEGRAPkI COMPANIKS. u lig 0-Argican eL,Ilm all 122 i ?I 21i I 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., 1im.... 10 12* 18 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 21 28 21* st Do. 8 per cent. lOO 64 68 at B. and'. Magnetic Tel., lim. 100 158 163 st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 24 ) 245 214 10 Do. New 8 9 lip 25 Indo-European Tel, lira lO ... .. 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lira all 2i i 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent all pi' I? 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., lim all 2* 31 25 Beuter's Telegram all 62 65 C 4; 20 Societe Transatlant., Km— all 17* 171 171 it Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 1 1* 20 Telegraph Con. &Motin.,lim all 17; 13 18/ SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim all 5, i 5 Do. 10 per cont. Pref all 3 31p ICELLa: 10 At--7----glO-Alexijan 'flint all i 151 161 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lint. 5 Id pr 10 10 BBearulginartVhaTteera Estate s, Works, I l ia . 1. 7 t1 1 6 1 4 11 6 3 4 10 Do. New 1050 Bombay B o l ek o w aVaasu,lim . m . .. 10 1 u o 45 5 Do. New 17 44 15 l n im d . all 21 31 20 British Ship 0 all 66 7.) 6 20 0 B B r r t t s s li t A I n n a r a w T n n e e a L s 71 29 Canada Comp an y 21 2 1 d 10 Ca l n n a en di t a , n an Loan and Invest -20 Ceylon Company, film lO 4 31d 20 Do. A shares .m 5 24 2/d 2 1 5 0 C C i i t t y y Disco, f o u u n d t 0 9 44 314 u h ßeal Pro perty, lin ' rov. lint, all b 6 30 City of Milan mp lint 25 26 25d 50 25 C C i i t t y y OofeoMceoss,cow Gas, 50 Colonial, lint. Do. 50 Commercia of l UnioAfrican (Assur) - • 5 1 p 3 10 Company chants, lint n Mer 3 ld P 20 Continental Union Gas, lim. all :91 201 25 Copprpoefr2 l per Mine ofrs cent. England, ail 6 7 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 45 per cent. all 1031 1011 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 1041 105/ 100 Do. 1882, 44 per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, Rm. all 21 3 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 31 21d at Crystal Palace lOO 20 22 st Do. Preference lOO 95 10 ) at Do. Gp. c Perpetual Deb lO9 101 112 20 Darjeeling, lira, 4 1 0 0 East FAste r l n F n i A d n i a s a:n a c n e L: Credit and 61 :::d 8 5 3d 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy. Gun. by Egypt. (Soy all 92 94 911:4 20 Egyptian Cuin..t Trati. lint. e 3 Eng. 41 Aust rad. Copper, lirzi 21 15 English ani Foreign Cre , lit 74 41 31,1 100 Ens. and Scot. a ariue , lilt . 8 ... ... d 10 Fairba.ira Engineering 5 2 Id 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lizn. 12 1 WO Fur. & Col. Goa. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at 1:35 all 87 88 a7l 50 Gellivara, lim. .................. 2) ... ••• 10 General Credit & llis ., lull. 74 11 li 5 11-16 15 General Steam Navigation 11 28 30 50 llomr.& Col Marino In. Ifin. 5 2 <id 10 Hung Kong and China (4,,s all ... ••• 20 Hudson's all 124 1 . 2 . 4 . 12 . 4 121 20 Imperial i, eLi alien.L an go Interna.PinaucialS oc. li ra. 5 II 20 luterua. Laud Credit, lira . 6 6 43 50 Italian Land ..................... 5 13 p 20 Italian Irri. (Canal C avour) all 3 ... 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90.,,,,,,,, all 65 67 " 1 50 Land Securities, 1ira........ 5 21 11d 25 London African Trading., 10 7 5 d 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lira. 6 ...d 10 London County Land and Building, lim. 60 Lond. Financial As so., .. 80 22 '4l 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Colixn. all 2 24 be Lend. and (Haag. Engineer and Iron Ship, 1int.......... 25 21 163 20 Loral. & Provincial Marine 2 13 pr st Madras Irriga. & Caul. Gua. sp.c. by India Gov. ..... lOO 105 107 105 1 10 3lanritius Land, Credit, and Agency, ............... 11 I Id 50 Merchant Shipping, lira__ all 33 38 60 Millwall Iron Works, lint, 121 ••• ••• 10 Natal Land and Colonisa, tion Co., lint, 25 National Discount Co., li nt 5 Di 114 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 4 43 10 National Steam Ship, lint all 94 10/ 20 Nerbudda Coal& Iron, lint. 6 31 3 d, 10 New Consolidated Di s . li nt. 3 14 11" 6 New Quebrada, Inn .......... 4.4.0 41 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer. cantile Agency,lir u 25 New Zealand Tru st and Loan, lira ...................... 6 1 1 14 10 Nort p h o er . ............ 10 ; st North Brit. Austral., Bin_ 100 4 8 51 53 North Brit. & Moreau. 1n... 61 9 191 18 1 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 12 1 be Oriental Financial, ulna ll 5 Oriental Gas, lint. 5 Do. New 10 Otago and Southland In. vestment, lint 5 Ottoman Gas, 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lira 1 5 Do do. at Peel R. Land & Minerl, lim 100 31 31 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Stearn all 48 50 69 60 Do. Now 1867 lO 11d 01 bd Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New ............ all 61 7 25 Rio de Janeiro City Im lint. a ll 17 18 17 4 ~ 20 Do. Gas, lint all 24 6 100 Royal Mail Steam at Scottish Aust. Invest., lint , 100 83 81 st Do. 6p• c. Guar. Pref. 100 ••• ••• 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lint. 10 7 Gd 20 Societe Gen.de l' Empire Ot. 8 24 3i 60 S. African Mort. & Inv, lim 6 • 25 South Australian Land all 34 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), 1ira..,.....,.,. 2 25 3 20 Trinidad Petroleum, gi 10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lita. 1 I 1p 10 Do do. do. all •• •• 20 Trust &Loan Co., U. Canada 6 • • *p 60 Union Marine L'pool, 5 4: 4 p 2() Union Steam Ship, ...... all 22 24 15 United Discount C o rp. , 6 14 id 44 20 Universal Marine(lu.), lint, b 11 2 p 10 Upper Assam Tea., lim ....... all 15 2 30 Van Diemar's Land ......... 231 6 7 rt E g gY ag p e) t, Loan... all 79 80 801 7 Per 00 Vi c c e e n ro t y (il o o f 50 Warrant Finance, ...... 12 12 103 60 West India and Pacific) Steam, lint 2O 20 WestLond on Wharves and Warehouses id il , if 2i Bank of England Returns, An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria cap. 32, for the week e ndin g Wednesday, June 2, 1869. issrz DEPUITDLENT. Notes issued ....431,66 3 , 740 Governmt. Debt Z 11,015,100 Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion 0L663,740 RINSING IMPARTMENT. GoN:ernmt. S ecu nties(including Dead Weight Annuity) ..,. k:14,098,276 Other Securities: 17,883,262 Notes 8,139,195 Gold and Silver Coin . 231,663,740 Proprietors'Capi tal £14,553,000 Bost Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. 6,064,964 Accounts Other Deposits 17,104,288 Seven Days and other Bills £41,278,616 GEoRi f 41,278,016 FR FORBES, Chief Cashior. PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 241 t. 27ict. per Al sterling Un oonipariog these rates with the English Mint price of . .C3 104 d. per canoe for standard gold, it appears that gold at the above Prior to yslu4 in 10440 n ti t an rode! STA7UE TO LORD PALMERSTON. On Wednesday the memory of Lord Palmerston was honoured at Southampton. Lord Carnarvon unveiled a statue of the deceased statesman. The statue (which is the work of Mr. Thomas Sharp, of Edgware-road, London), and the pedestal on which it stands are in white marble, resting on a granite plinth. The height of the figure is eight feet, and the pedestal extends about nine feet from the ground. The trefoil is semi-classical, having the cloak introduced to take away the objectionable appearance in sculpture of the coat and trousers of the present day, without in the least interfering with the costume ordinarily worn by his lordship. This tends to give substance to the figure, and the pendant folds of the cloak lead down to the scroll, with books, on which are inscribed the official appoint ments of his lordship, from the year 1809 to the time of his decease when he was Prime Minister. He is in the act of speaking , holding a scroll in one hand, while the other is on the breast, indicative of the honesty of purpose and warmth of feeling. The inscription on the front of the pedestal reads :—" Palmerston, K.G., G.C.B. Born 1784 ;died 1865. A burgess of Southampton. Erected by public subscription. Frederick Perkins, Mayor, A.D. 1869." Lord CARNARVON, in unveiling the statue, observed .bat, as men of all shades of opinion admired the character of the late nobleman and had subscribed to the memorial, so he found men of all shades of politics now assembled around the statue. He thought there was enough beyond the range of party politics to admire in the character of Lord Palmerston. It had been said that party politics had a tendency to crush out all kindliness of heart and spirit. It might be so generally speaking, but it was not so with Lord Palmerston. Political changes were difficult and painful to pass through, and those statesmen were fortunate who, by the gift of intellect, or character, or of both combined in their persons, rendered the passage of society from one state to another easier and safer. Lord Palmerston was the link between the older society which they could hardly remember, and the younger society of which they formed part. lie (Lord Carnarvon) thought that one great secret of this was Lord Palmerston's popularity. There had been Ministers whl had been popular in Parliament and others who had been popular in the country, but there had been very few who like Lord Palmerston had been equally popular in Parliament and with the country. There was one thing which made his lordship popular; he was essen tially and emphatically an Englishman—an Englishman as much in his faults as in his virtues, and therefore he attracted personal sympathy to his character. They erred who thought that the name of a great statesman died with him. Though among some his name might be.for gotten, his memory lived on to encourage by warning or example ; and though it was well that this noble statue should have been erected in honour of the name of Lord Palmerston, and to commemorate the feelings of the peo ple, yet he need not tell them that no man needed such a statue, because the country that he had loved and served was after all his best monument. The statue was then formally uncovered. Speeches were also delivered in eulogy of his lordship by Earl Fortescue and the Hon. W. F. Cowper, M.P. The writ for Stafford was received on Wednesday. The nomination is fixed for Monday. The ballot is defi nitely agreed upon by the Liberal candidates, and is to be held to-morrow (Fed.4y). REPRESENTATION OF NOTTINGHAII.—An address has been issued by Mr. James Acland (formerly Sir R. Clifton's agent), cautioning the electors not to commit themselves hastily, but to adopt a proper successor to Sir Robert. Mr. Seely, jun., and Mr. Osborne have been communicated with, and they have each committed their interests, it is said, into the hands of their friends. Mr. G. Ward, a local lace manufacturer, of Liberal views, is sroken of, as well as Mr. P. W. Clayden, who was unsuc cessful at the last election. THE SUEZ CANAL.—We cannot refrain from expressing a regret that justice is scarcely done by the public towards a gentleman who has supported for these past ten years all the weight of the company's enormous interests in England, has canvassed with pen and voice each succeeding Government for support, has fought single-banded a most arduous and apparently desperate battle with a hostile press, and with public men apathetic or contemptuous ; and this, as is understood, without other reward than a consciousness of right, and a profound desire to advance the world's true inte rest. We allude to Mr. D. A. Lange, " English director" of the company. In rendering a well deserved tribute of admiration to M. de Lesseps, it has almost been forgotten that one of ourselves, an English man by family and education, though born, we believe, in Holland, was associated f rom the very first with the great French engineer in his undertaking, and, by increasing activity and perseverance, when the prospect was darkest, has earned a claim upon our admiration scarcely less strong than that of M. de Lesseps himself. It s houll be universally known that to M r. Lange's patriotic firmness it was principally due that the vast tract of Gosahen was resold by the company to Egypt, and the complete neutralisation of the canal established.—.3siatic. A GIRDLE ROUND THE EARTH.—OfteII is the practical speed of the electric current brought into conver cation. A very satisfactory determination of this datum has been made in America in connection with a measurement of the di ff erence of longitude between San Francisco and Cambridge, Massachnssetts, a distance along the w i res of 3,600 m il es . Longitude is, where possible, mea sured by telegraph : thus—a clock accurately set by the stars is placed at each station, and each clock is made to transmit its beats through the line and mark them on a chronograph at the other station ; the clock at the receiving station registering its beats upon the same chronograph. The beats thus ap pear side by side, and the difference between them is the difference of longitude in time between the two places plus the short interval occupied by the passage of the current through the wire. To find this in the special case to which I am referring a second wire was employed, so that a circuit of 7,200 miles was completed, and signals were sent froth San Francisco to Cambridge and back again, the instants of their going out and return. ing home being accurately recorded. The interval, the time spent by the current in traversing 7,200 miles, was eight-tenths, or just over three-quarters, of a second. A single battery could not work through such a length ; relays—instruments for reinforcing the current—to the number of eleven were in the circuit ; so that in three fourths of a second the signal had to be repeated eleven times. A relay requires a small fraction of a second to do its work ; not enough, however, to seriously affect this determination. At the above speed a signal would go reutid the wokld in three =cede jpgjudaliai ,-Lealditt 014 Qui-18Mrolf: - ;hare Railways it Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 77 79 781 et Caledonian ..... —.......... 100 761 77 761 7 et Cambrian 20 Cornwall all 2/ 3 st Dublin d; Belfast Juno lO9 77 79 st Dun„Yerth, es Ab. June lOO 70 72 2) /Cast London all 81 71 YO Do 15 -- 23 Do 10 .. et Glasgow &S. Western 10) 97 93 st Great Eastern . st Do. 10. Angl. iio. 2 lO3 ... ... st Great North of Scotland lOO 15 6 it Great Northern lOO 1061 1071 1071 71 Si at Do. A 5t0ck........ lOO 1061 107 107 61 et Do. B stool lOO .. ... at Gt S. and W. of Ireland lOO 95 : 7 sr Gt. Western —Original ll.lO 44 191 494 9 tt Do. South Wales lO 53 54 441 a; Do. W. Mid.—Oxford... 100 25 27 ti. Do. Newport l9O :5 29 st Lancashire. Yorkshirt , lOO 123 231 st Lon., Brigh.,& S.Coast lOO 45 4 5 1 03 Do Scrip et 1.0 n., Chat., and Dover l9O 17 171 .7 st Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO 9 11 1111 it Lou. & Nor th Western lOO 117 1 1:1 71 11 1 1 st Lou. & South IVestern lOO 89 91 511 41 51 et Man., abet., .0 Lincoln lOO 554 et 111.•trovo:itan. ;...•• lOO i•7l vif 974 b 74 st Do Exteusi )n .. 10 Do. I.St•tv rd .• st 31o:rououtan District. all 45 40 10 Aletrop .:.t. John's NI oo 1 6 - 10) ,15 1151 1151 lii 15 1 St 31—, ..,...d st Ou, Sir into. c ihrul lOO at North British st Do. E....., 111.1., & Du" ie. st : or. h.:astern— iserwa Wu 1. 51 tt64 1031 25 D0..,'. N.E parch...v 36,M' - st Du Leeds . ... Ine £1 6! st Do York .............. .00 9 '; . 97 96 4 4 91 Liu Caril. , e . ...... lto 122 120 at Du Stoc ..e Darling... lt.o 132 4 133 i 100 ',IS :• 0 st North Lon !oi• .......... 10 Do AeiY . 8(S . ..... •• .. 2 It lip 34 st North Staffordshire...... 300 55 ;a st North and S.-W. Junction 10: 9:i 100 10 Do Now £lO shares 7 ... • . st Rh y mney it Shropshire Union lt:0 56 4 64 st South Devon' st South Eastern lOO 7a 751 751 st Staines, Wok' haul, & Wok all 12 10 St 1..0 V ale •-- Uo. C.. Waterford .1i Ki.kenuy ito -- 10 Waterloo , Whitelia.l 6 ItAILWAYS-PREFE.RENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... ..• st Do. Scot. N. 1.1., 4s per cent lOO ... st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... ••• st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO .. at Do. do. Ordinary lOO 76 82 t Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all ... st Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO ... st Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO .. st tit. Eastern, EA) E. No.l 100 9 i 950 t Do do Ne. 2 100 91 03 et Do do 6 per cent 100 10.1 112 st Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 st Do do B 6 do. 100 t Do do 0 7 do. 100 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 110 at Do E. Union 4 p. c. gua. 100 at Do Nozfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1346 100 st Do do 5 p.c.Way. 1 7a1.1547 100 st Great Nolthern, 5 per cent 10 st Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 ... st Do 41 do do do 100 ... st Do 5 do at sp.c. pm lOO 104 at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... st Gt. Nrth of Scotland, lst pf 100 ... st Great South. and Western _ 70 73 (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 at t:West.—Orig.&Jut.-Rent chg., per gua-5 p.c lOO 101 103 at Do. Orig. (B.& IL Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 10J at Do do 4) per cent. 1850 lOO 87 69 at Do do 4 do do st Do do 5 per cent. resew lOO 95 97 97 at Do do Birmingham gua lOO d 3 72 at Du do do pref lOO at Do do Chester gua lOO ou 85 at Do do do 8 per cent lOO ... at Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ... at Do do 41 p.c st Do do 41 1859 lOO ... at Do do 5 at Du West Mid. Oxford Ist g. 100 111 113 at Do do 241 gua. 100 107 111 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 90 92 at Do do 2d do lOU 97 11)J at Do gua. 54 per cent. 1863 100 00 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all ... at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 135 at Do Barnsley, £5 3a 10d p.c. 100 ... at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 134 at Do 41 (Blackburn punch). 100 98 100 at, London & Brighton, 5 p.c guaranteed, No 1 lOO at, Du 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO st Do 6 do du lOO at Do 5 do No. 4 lOO ... at Do 7 per cent l.lO at Do 6 do (W.E. 1C c.e.) 100 at Do 4 do 1859 lOO at London, Chatham, & DoTor 5 per cent ICO at London and 1;.W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent.— 100 108 110 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO st Do Shrewsliy di Welchp'l lOO at Loudon and S W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 140 153 gi Do (l'ortsm. perp a,na 2s6tl) all ... a Man., Shef., &Litwin. 6 p.c lOO iii 117 Do a Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 1 Do redeem. 6 per cent. st Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 a Do Bristol& Birm., 6p.c DO 132 131 134 a Do 41 per cent. redeem NO 1,8 10) a Do 44 per cent. irredeem lOO 98 17) a Do Leicester &Li:0.1144 p.c. 100 8J 1 , 1 at Norm British, 5 p.c. No.l lOO at Do E. &0.4p.c. 8. & D lOO st Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per ceu.t.. 100 ... at Do Border - Union, 5! p.c lOO ... et N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 4 p.c lOO 97 9) bt Do 44 per cent. redeem lOO 95 97 961 st Du U N.E. 4 per cent lOO Do Berwick capital 8 1 i.l. Do York,ll.l S. pur,,u,.se l,l 101 Uo Stektu tk 5 p.c. 100 lOtl 10 l left et Do W, dartlepool 11. and it 100 94 86 81/ ▪ North Staffordshire all 20i 21 105 6. Delon Annuities, 1 s all 9lu 10s Do Tavistock Anus., 10s all 8 9 10s Du Fixed 411er ceut all 8 81 40.6. S. Last. (Ilead. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 fit Do 41 percent lOO at Do Fixed 41 per cent Bt Taff Vale No.l lOO 14, 183 et Waterfard&Kilkenny,6pe 100 41 43 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. st Caledonian 41 p c gua. st Do Scot. on. min. 7p c lOO et Do 41 p irredeem all et Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 7 "' . tit Great }astern 41 per cent. 100 7 . 7 ;3; at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 83 as st Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 84 87 at Do do 5 do, 1861 lOO 82 so at Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 at Du Permanent 5 per cent. 100 *** s t Do Boston &Sloaid, 4 / pc 100 ... ... 117 - / a t Great West., W. 11 idl. , 5 p c 100 ... st Do Joiutporpe. 5 p c,1863 100 83 . .. 2; VO et Do do 6p c erred., 1566 103 103 108 2J Du Vale N eath perp. 5p c all 19 20 at Kent Coast, 6 per coot, B lOO •.. ••• 5 Lanc. and York New 4 / per cent till July, 1871 2 t: 1 p et Loud., Brig &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 a t Do do 4 do , 1860 100 7.. 17. at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 st Do do 41 do, 1863 100 —*" at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 " e t Do Nu. 7 sdo a t Loud , Chat. , &c. , 2d, 6 p .c e t Do Maim). Ex., 136 p.c Do do C 6 p.c a percent lOO 100 104 per cent pref lOO 106 108 et London& N. IVestorn, 5p c 100 at; 112 Loudon &S. Western, 41 p c 100 92 91 10 Man. : ,h o f. &Liu., 5 pc, 1865 all 884 do 100 106 103 18 Do 5p c op t. to cony. to a ss t t t Id m e iDa t r ioa o n p d o , I i BA t a: 5 Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 201 20t 18 Do Incony. New Shares all 164 isk 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 B4 11 Zip et North British, E. and G No. 1, 5 per cent ... .. et Do £ lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ... .:. Do E .P., & Du., 2d, pc 100 ••• ••• et Do N. &G , N 0.2, 5 p.O ... st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 ...: ... st Du E. & G., (Ordiry) 47 p c 100 .. .. :st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 4 9 07 st Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c ... et Do Stock. & Darl., Cunt . 100 11Z 114 at North London , 41, p e (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshi re 5 pc... 100 ... ... at South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 ... ... et Do 5 do 1861 100 ... ... et Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 ~ ... at Do 5 do, 18 64 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 44 pc 100 ... ... RAILIVAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS a • ( ---- Bfft n ea ........... 4 g l li p as e ml r per cent. at Cheater and Holyhead lOO 61 5t3 100 s . t t B u p p c ki ii s c h e i n r t e . Prefer 100 - 9 9 ! 1(4 944 100 117 11.1 do. at Do. b st Clydesdale, guaranteed. lOO ... .., at Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gas.. 6p. c lOO 131 184 20 Gloater and Dean Forest all ... ... a (3t. Basis., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 ... .... a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.O 100 ... ... at Do. do. Woodbrg.F.x., do 100 .. .. st Gt. West ,W. Mid., Here: 100 96 98 60 Hull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 210 215 at London and Bls.ckwall lOO 93 95 at Do. 41 per cent lOO ... ... at London, °nat., &c., 41 pc. 100 ..e ... at Do. Corn. Fund, 6 do 100 ... ... at London and llreenwich st . Do. do Preference... 100 ... ... at London, Tilbury, & South 100 83 86 at Lowestoft, gua. 4 percent... 100 80 82 at Do. do. 6 do. ... 100 ... ... 61 Mauch., Buxton, & Matlk... all 6 51 st Midland, Bradford, Prof lOO 92 94 10 Mid Kent Cray Lino) 90 Northernt East., 5 per eont all 93 66 80 Do. do. 6 do. all at N. EAster 4--Liartlapool at N.Welit A porp. prof, 5p c lOO 10 . 7 109 at Do B minimum It p.c lOO .. ~ st Notting. & Urantn. R.& C lOO 91 . 93 . 25 Proston and Wyre. all 44 46 ... Royaton, Hitch., and Shop. 100 132 134 at Shrewahury and. Hereford 100 131 134 10 Do do 8 2 21p at S. Yorksh. awl River Dun 100 96 Vs at De 4 per tout gua lO , 78 80 at Do 6 do at Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 480 at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 1:3 14 20 Do do B all ..• ••• 20 Do do C a ll ... ... at Weymouth and Portland lOO ... ... at Wilts and Somerset DOOKS. et East and `'Vogt India lOO 118 123 st Loadou and St. Katherine lOO 44 46 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all ... blillwall Freehold Land at Dock lOO 26 30 et Southampton lOO 74 74 st ;Surrey Cmianrol.sl 4 'ARCHDEACON MA CKENZIE. In delivering his charge to the clergy of Nottingham, Archdeacon Mackenzie made some remarks in reply to various sermons preached by Dr. Vaughan, vicar of Don caster. He particularly noticed the expression that "we are passing more and more out of a parochial into a congregational state." The archdeacon considered thii sentiment to run counter to the real state of things: He believed that the territorial condition was most progres sive, and for the Church to go back to the congregational form would be a retrogressive stop. To revert from the perfect theory, whereby every parish has its church and pastor, appeared unsuited to the higher condition of reli gious life to which Divine Providence had brought our land. The defects which existed did tot arise from the system under which we lived, but from the imperfect way in which they the parochial authorities carried out that system. THE ASSEMBLIES OF THE SCOTC7I CHURCHES. The two General Assemblies have now concluded their work. In the Established Church Assembly the ministers have petitioned against the Marriage Affinity Bill, though not unanimously. Dr. Norman Macleod, in his closing speech, as Moderator, took up, first, that which men estimate so differently—the critical spirit of this age. He thought it rather good than otherwise. He also noticed the jealousy of all monopolies ; the rapid diffusion of information, and the important changes following therefrom ; and the opposition existing among Churches and their clerical leaders. The Moderator insisted on the necessity for creeds and scientific investigations. He next raised a discussion of the relation of the Established Church to other Churches in Scotland. In regard to the Irish Church, the Moderator did not think it necessary to detain the Assembly by expres- sing his own views. Those who were opposed to either must, he thought, in justice admit that the question was encompassed with considerable difficulties. While, as upholders of the established principle, they might be sus. pected of a partial bias in favour of maintaining the Church of Ireland, he might safely say that those who from principle, whether ecclesiastical or political, ardently desired the destruction of all establishments, were not without prejudices either. His opinion was that Voluntary and High Church principles lay at the root of this revolution ; that all justice might have been done to the feelings and fair demands of Roman Catholics, and as many sacrifices made as political justice could demand, by reform in the Irish Protestant Church ; while he believed that no reform or sacrifices, however just, would materially affect the feelings of the Roman Catho- lies of Ireland towards a Protestant Throne or Church. He offered the deepest sympathies of the Assembly with their Episcopalian and Presbyterian brethren in Ireland in the position in which they were placed. With respect to themselves, he did not think it necessary so much to defend endowments as to express gratitude for pos sessing them, as it was of immense importance to have some security for the decent maintenance of the educated clergy. He admired the efforts of the disestablished Churches in Scotland ; yet he was not the less convinced of the importance of endowment along with voluntary effort. Seat rents were a shameful perversion of the Esta blishment principle. In no case whatever could they be justified ; where legally possible they should be banished from every parish church in Scotland. But the argument for not subscribing to the work of an Established Church on the ground that it was Established ought to be reversed. The people so supported ought to subscribe generously to all good work. The meeting of Assembly which had now closed had given ample evidence in every measure which it had carried, especially in regard to the Law of Patronage, of its sincere wish to make the National Church more and more a means of living good. 'These tokens strengthened their conviction that the Church was beginning again with revived strength and energy— although subdued, purified, humbled—a career of use fulness. In the Free Assembly the members were practically condemning the Moderator of the other. The report of the committee on Sabbath Observance, after detailing various modes of Sabbath desecration they had opposed, concluded by expressing a regret " that so large a class in our country devote the day to the purposes of pleasure and recreation, while many are easily satisfied with a very partial attendance in the House of God." In moving the approval of the report, Dr. Lumsden, of Aberdeen, took occasion to condemn Good Words and the Sunday Magazine. He recently observed in Good Words (of which Dr. Macleod is editor) an article by a dignitary of the Church of of England, almost expressly devoted to the denouncement of the views both of his own Church and of the Free Church, and pointed against the authority of th'e Christian Sabbath and the unalterable obligation of the moral law. The article, he said, was distinguished by the ordinary flimsy superficiality which characterised the - - writing of that aide, and. Ly a greater than ordinary amount of ibnorance. Then there was the Sunday Magazine. In it there were popular novels not always of a religious character. That periodical did not seem to Le designed to promote the Gospel of Christ or to give proper views of Gospel truth, but rather to exhibit the views of writers in all Christian Churches, side by side, and upon that ground it claimed support from the members of Christian Churches of all shades and all creeds. They had much reason for alarm at these various means by which from all quarters the authority of the Sabbath was being undermined. The motion was agreed to. TRADE DISPUTES.-ONE THOUSAND COLLIERS S7'RIKING. The Manchestfr Excunour says Halifax and Wigan have to be added to the list of towns in which strikes have been commenced by operatives connected with the building trade. In both towns, the hour system, the adoption of which the master masons insist upon, is the principal question in dis pute, and the operative masons, both in Halifax and Wigan, having refused to work by the hour, a lock-oot has taken place in each town. In Manchester, the number of brick layers on strike, in consequer ce of the recent dispute, is stated to be 350, but a number had been previously stopped through the lock-out of the masons. An extensive strike of colliers Las taken place at Little Hulton, near Bolton. Nearly all the men emyloyed at the collieries there have refused to work at the reduced scale of payment proposed by the masters, and about a thousand colliers are unemployed in conse quence. The proprietors state that during the last twelve months the price of coal has been reduced by 2s. 11d. per ton, while the reduction of wages is only Sid. per ton, and 2d. per yard "on the straight." They propose to make a further reduction of 41d. per ton, 4d. per yard, and 4d. per day in the labourer's wages. The men manifest a disposition to have the dispute settled by arbitration. The dispute between the Bristol masons and their employers also resulted in a strike. About 200 masons have turned out. Here also the hour system, and certain other rules hare caused the dispute. THE COMIC PAPERS. (From the Owl.) JOIZ BY DR. CUMMING.—If the Pope of Rome came to England he should be sent to live at•Peter•borough. „„ A member against whom a petition had been brought devised the following cypher for his wife, on being advised that telegraphic messages were not always sacred : --If the petition seemed likely to be rejected he was to telegraph the letters M.P. ; if the reverse, U.P. A witty member of Parliament, on meeting Mr. F. Walpole, one of the members for North Norfolk, who had successfully gone through the ordeal of a petition, said to him, ” I congratulate you on having saved your Bacon and your 1420011 simultaneously." (From Punch.) THE SHEET ANCHOR OF OUR LIBERTIES.—The Press. POPULAR PROTESTANT SONG.—" Charl e is my darling." WILD SPORT AT WORMHOLT.SCRUBBS.—Is there any sport corresponding to tame pigeon shooting? Yes ; and the Gun Club might as well, now and then, as a substi tute for deer•stalking, diversify their accustomed sport with sheep•shooting. A GOOD RIDDANOL—Then was joyful news in the papers last week for wearied and disgusted readers. One line brought them great relief, after months of bribery, corruption, intimidation, guzzling, treating, tippling, fencing, and various other old English sports and pastimes. It was simply this—" The Last of the Election Petitions." Blackburn, Willem, and Mart'n, who ought to be the best judges of their own feelings, are understood to share in tie general joy at this most welcome announcement. (From Judy.) TO VESSRS. TATTERSALL — When a man parts withhis "stud," does lie give up the " ring" as well? " ODD FELLOW."—The correspondent who has written to us under this signature is informed that it's quite absurd to infer that Earl Russell is a "Forester," from the fact of his being " Little John!" ihe British ship William 'Wheatley was lost on the coast of Cuba on the 7th of May. The Mines Regulation Bill (according to a Man chester paper) is likely to be withdrawn. Wednesday being appointed for the celebration of her Majesty's fiftieth birthday, the usual cicanetratiops RUA glY.94lo9llapp_qur, - THIRD EDITtoN SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. The Third Edition of " The Sun. " of last Evening was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day CROYDON MEE riNG -THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) INNKEEPERS' PLATE. Brazonose Karnschatka G iiriy Trn rau. THE SHIRLEY PLATE. Conserrat Ivo St. Sophia SELLING HANDICAP Lady Kew Whitworth Pro ben(lal Eight ran. CROYDON HANDICAP. IVinjred 1) id Copperfi , •ld Cns. , o Tote ur ran. SELLING- STAKES. Lily Lye e Haelder Fly Five ran. MAIDEN SWEEPSTAKES. Lady Lavender Prince Paul .. Chore et Belle 3 Seven ran. NEWTON RACES.--THIs DAY. WILTON HANDICAP. Rejuinder •• Disraeli Edinburgh 3 Six ran. SELLING HANDICAP. Pyrenees Bertha GREAT NEWTON CUP. Ploughboy W hinyard Lady Evelyn f TRAFFORD PARK STAKES. Orion Prior 2 King's Daughterr LONDON BET'T'ING.—THIS DAY. GRAND PRIZE OF PARIS. Even agst Drummer (taken and wanted) 100 to 30 agst Consul (offtired-4 to 1 taken freely) 8 to 1 eget Ryshworth (offered) Bto 1 a,,st Glaneur (offered) 10 to 1 agst Wild Oats (offered) ROYAL HUNT CUP. 8 to 1 agst See Saw (taken) 10 to 1 agst Cock of the \Valk (offered) 20 to 1 agst Hermit (taken) 20 to 1 agst Rosicrucian (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Master Willie (offered) NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 5 to 1 agst St 31ungo (taken and offered) 7 to 1 agst Bracken (taken freely) 10 to 1 agst Fairwind (offered) 100 to 8 agst Flora (offered) ASCOT STAKES. 12 to 1 agst Choral (taken) 15 to 1 bar one (offered) DOUBLE ETENT.— Grand Prize and St. Leger-12 to 1. agst Drummer (taken to £500) Race Glasses, byVoigtliinder, are now no longer the ex clusive luxury of the rich. Since the great demand for photographic lenses has diminished, an opportunity hag been afforded for applying mechanical power with the greatest success, whereby the cost of these beautiful and most perfect instruments is reduced in price in some instances to as much as 20 per cent. In fact they are now no dearer than those of the best French or English makers. At the depot Callaghan, 23e, New Bond-street, corner of Conduit-street, the patrons of the Derby may indulge their taste in the possession of a veritable Voigt!Koder at comparatively trilling cost. It is superfluous to say the quality is as over matchlets. IMPERIAL 2AILIAMENT -- r - HOUSE OF LORDS.—THIS EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat OD the woolsack at five o'clock. LIFE PEERAGES. On the order: of the day fur goiug ince committee on this bill, Lurl CAIRNS said be rose to move ceitaln mend mince. [LEFT EPEAKING. 1 - 11 a 11QlibE OF COMMON-S— -THIS EVENING. The SPEAKLIL took the cLa:r at four u'elotk. lIIPERIAL GAS COStrANY'S BILL. On the motion for the third leading of this bill, Mr. GOLDNEY moved that it he read a third time that day three mouths. lie would not persevere with his motion if the con.pany agreed to the insertion of a clause similar to that inserted in other bills, by which they agreed, if amalgamation was possible, they would endeavour to carry it out, and would also agree that a price should be Axed under the regulations of the Board of Trade. Mr. MONCK said ttte committee had rejected the clause because they thought it would be an objectionable system of absorption. Mr. MORRISON said it was the opinion of the com mittee that the ten companies should be reduced to three. Ho was in favour of the idea that the price of gas should not be in the hands of a private company, but should be in the hands of the ratepayers. Col. SYKES objected_ to tha clause prcposed, as he ob jected to centralisation in any shape. Sir J. GRAY said the arguments against the third read ing amounted to this, that all the gas companies in the metropolis should bi amalgamated. The time for bringing forward such a clause was when the bill was in com mittee. Mr. LOCKE said he could not see why the Imperial Company objected to the insertion of the clause. He thought the question was whether the committee was in favour of the clause which the hon. member for Chippen i ham inserted. If the hou. member went to a division he should give it his support. Mr. 131.0.4111 1' thought it. right that the regulation of the price of gas should be under the control of some j music pal authority, but he did think that - as the hilt had been twice already well considered they might safely let the bill pas•, bemuse it would after that have to go to another place, where it would be again considered. lie hoped the hon. member would not press- his motion, ba cause be could not go with him in the division. Mr. GOLDNEY said after the remarks of the President of the Board of Trade he would not continue his opposi tion to the bill. The motiQn for the rejection of the measure was then withdrawn, and the bill was read a third time and passed. NEW COURTS OF JUSTICE. - Mr. AYRTUN laid on the table papers connected with the new courts of justice. THE COLLISION IN KERRY. Mr. FORTESCUE, in reply to Mr. Herbert, said a magisterial inquiry was now going on with respect to the recent collision between the people and the police at Kerry. Until that inquiry was completed, it would be premature for him to state the course that would be pro posed. CLERKS TO TAX COLLECTCRS. The CHAFCb;LLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in reply to Mr. Hurt, said he Lad considered the altered position of clerks to the local commissioners of taxes under the pro visions of the Customs and Inland Revenue Bill, and he had come to the conclusion that they were not entitled to any compensation for the loss of their emoluments. THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. Mr. DUFF, in reply to Mr. Eastwieke, said two suc cessful native candidates had had objection taken to them on account of their inability to prove their age; and he could only say ho regretted the circumstance. With respect to whether any change would be made in consequence, he could only say the Commissioners were bound by the law its it stood, and therefore they bad no power to do anything not properly set out in the provisions r.f the act of Parliament. SHERIFFS (YORK COUNTY) BILL. r. R. HUGGESEN said it had been found that strong objection existed in certain quarters against this measure and under such circrunstaAces he should withdraw it for the present session. CUSTOMS OFFIttERS IN LONDON. Mr. AYRTON, in reply to Mr. Graves, said the inquiry instituted by the preceding Government bad pot ye been. concluded ; but he believed there would be a certanty of the scope of the inquiry being enlarged; but what that would be would of couree depend upon th e recommenda tion of the E commission. MPLOYMENT OF SOLDIERS. Captain VIVIAN said it had been found not to be de sirable to set soldiers to do painting and whitewashing at Aldersbott, because the work required to beot be per dorte con tinuously from day to day, and that Could Ft foamed by soldiers who here onottintallpyraorprrovslintigon,anbdudteit parting. A trial had been m a de resulted in the cost exceeding that of the estimated sum of the tradesmen to the extent of £4OO. ;tuck, said he iNnEretpVlyLAtoWavirc:OCU.RßTonS was very b autiful, hut as it was a mere sketch he elid not , theMbrieitcfofA.TMlllinr.E'Street now in the library of the house think it necessary. to say whether it bad received the al)- proval of the Government or not. if the Courts should beaced on the Thames Lmbankmeut be would take mi placed re that a proper medal should be made out and placed in the library, so that there might be an expression of %Anion on the subject. (Hear, hear. (What he had suggested was the style best adapted to the purpose would be Gothic, but not ecclesiastical Gothic. With respect to the three principle towers in the Bbe could not at that moment say for 'what purpose they were intended. THE BANKRUPTCY BILL. The house then went into committee on tl)is bill, which fixed the minim m for bankruptcy at x,54 owing, while the bankrupt would be liable to all We irenalfien of the RC t, if be made any false statements or resegy_4lol4, [UZI tirriPaN 1 ..a