The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-17 00:00:00

OCI_ETY. I parliamentary break. lc place at the Cannery • of Mr. C. REED, MX Illingworth, 11 M.P., J. Candlish: Sir John Gran P., D. M`Laren, ild, the Hon. Anberot Mr. Shaw, M.P., odrick, Rev. Newoa r n. Shaw, Mr. Chario . Binney, and Mr. J• ileeting in highly con' is belief that the Son. hearty support to 3.1 t, arch. scan M'Laren, r John Gray, I ‘ l • F '' the Irish Church. pened by Sir GEoilal e), in a lucid and 3 1 -' l6 ties under which Son, extent to which Oil oleridge's bill. I le measure was warmly and the Hon. Aubcros .nce of Mr. Hadfield) ,als Bill. the absence of 1111, meeting ou the PP acterised by the Re''' !rich as a very insuffi' open the head master• ,ts. vote of thanks to the I, M. p. PRISCESS a to the Times that the ccss of Wales u p the " The procession of channel, and twining Ter, led by the elegan t ,rge with the roYsl ying, while the 51 white sides and gilt rtfiectecl back frog, ture of the saloone prise by its novelty' lost patient to g o on snot, says the doctor, for ever. One datee 'eel is very much til oofs vary only in 0° work them, and as tc: r close they are tress or want a it , w and then div er. of the Nubianie f in the interval id the walk on deck hat when that is °Y t sing importance, an nner time gradual/1 [down, w hich alt oWe t field on the bank " ing joy of the day" the soft, cool h ourS shines aloft, a nd all of the royal yacht' seen, and a durbar i° ed seek each one Il sink to sleep, unraci. depredator for as, h owev er, to h ave le thus described fatigue and toil for r , god that her Baal .ar as the foot of the we Assouan, where rye of Abd-el-ICacler, ile above Assouan ders through rocky. ite. The Princess river, and cattle d drifted on t° 'he Prince, after hie nother point beloW cess and her partY? ring Arabs on the hat the Prin cesss He dashed round t the Princess at be bound, sending ould not make n'aY it when the asses By some rocky , wer e e spied n ear 'They had neither 3f each was ry P5(l e Princess of \Vales poise themselvog, i towards Phil • situation and nli" er ty of bala ncing zeep it in its Pla ce h ou r or so they Baker, wbo ha hav d ing 9, the day, ,r an d a half , and imals enjoyed tbe io s wim down the th e benefit of the It has been often who want to 1003 call him savage, ain torrent befor s e hi s native force r drowned in the eral Englis h the id perished' of the fall, In tic l l ow s, who leaP e nt an d in a monst oerm an's net, .tia are borne Whlrl• o f the spectatoro ) fight for back' c on. [ess were m l e sert sands to. rhich marks the of the Party, Gower, Colonel Montague, 3.11.' ridden overdirect over a most try ing ,ve cook ed a beef -.he island. There' cas tle -like crag 3 n three col:cer t. , tent capable 0)- of tents for the st hand Were the e to be trOP vere to be seen. ores and t. Win second Catit ra noe refreshments ole, lovely it , i ts , t hi rs ty, repairev dl the way fronl ; the seven iniles h e longest I ever a nd our l'iai3d3 3 of wood, which it ease, brown 0.. g 1 13 r securitY' 7er the ruins of 1 the prostrate Sacred Island. fter hour passed E the ad vanced again and were shrill cry a Pi Cup on donkeys, 38 of Wa l es and ra y s of the de vay towards the s l o pe, through a to the ruins el I daylight. a Par— n to quested o'' af nowt W crl i irjg r :1 a letter jAjo,lj,.. rl'ac:glow durivg G V- 3 " in the gra, ct, ilkenDY, ah the folloWilg. rick r ° " er 'i l is yea rs. INIaY erec ted by tell:, _ llaudlin Are the xconth reoldarlY ra heads tone ' th e a ')OU J ncernu . account) MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two o'CLocK. Business to-day was very restricted, but in the Foreign Market Spanish have advanced owing to the satisfactory news from Spain. In railways prices have not materially altered, but in Ameri can Securities quotations have given way. The rate for money, on short loan, in the house is 2 to 21. Consols are 928 1 for money ; ditto, for Ac count, 93 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 911 k; New Tl:lree per Cents, 911 ; Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 per Cent., 4 preen; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, 5 prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 242. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112/ ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, ; ditto Enfaced Paper 5 per Cent., 1882, 1051 ; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 14 prem. In the Foreign Market Spanish are very good, at a rise of 1 ; Italian also are 1-16. Turkish 1-16, and Peruvian of 1865 1 higher ; the Bonds of the Honduras Railway Loan are 85 to 87 ; the Danubian Guaranteed Commission, 1 to 1 prem. ; Argentine Six per Cents., 781 to 79/ ; Bralilian of 1865, 79/ to 791 ; affirm of 1867, 841 to 95/ ; Danubian Eight per Cents., 851 to 862; Egyptian Nine per Cents. 94/ to 95; ditto Viceroy Seven per Cents., 79/ to 798 ; ditto Seven per Cents. of 1868, 751 to 76 ; Italian Five per Cents., 551 to 551 ; Mexican, 15 to 15/ ; Peruvian of 1865, 784 to 781 ; Portu guese Three per Cents. of 1867, 361- to 37 ; Russian Five per Cent. Orel and Vitebsk, 81; to 811. ; ditto Four per Cent. Nicolas, 661 to G 7 ; ditto Moscow Jaroslaw, 791 to 80 ; Spanish New Three per Cents., 311 to 32 ; Turkish Five per Cents. of 1865, 401 to 401 ; ditto Six per Cents. of 1862, 651 to 66; ; ditto Six per Cents. of 1865, 631 to 631. In the railway market prices are as follows : Caledonian, 801 to 81 ; Great Eastern, 37/ to 3 7/ ; Great Northern, 1071 to 1081 ; Ditto A Stock, 1051 to 1061 ; Great Western, 48k to 48k; Great Trunk of Canada, 15/ to 15/ ; Ditto Fourth Preference, 171 to 18 ; Great Western of Canada, 141 to 141 ; London and Brighton, 481 to 49/ ; London and North Western, 113/ to 1131 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 161 to 17 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1231 to 124 ; Metropolitan, 103 to 103_1 ; Midland, 116/ to 1164 ; North Eastern, Berwick, 100/ to 1011 ; ditto York, 90; to 91.1 ; Sheffield, 5.24 to 522. ; and South Eastern, 754 to 764. American Five-Twenty Bands have receded to 83 to 83; ! ditto 1865 issue to 812 to 82 ; the Ten-Forty Bonds, 734 to 732. Bank Shares are quiet. Chartered Mercantile, 31 to 32 ; Consolidated, 4 to z prem. ; London and County, 50/ 511 ; London Joint Stock, 32 to 33 ; Oriental, 431 to 441 ; Union of London, 361 to 371; and London and Westminster, 641 651. IniMiscellaneous shares prices are recorded as follows :—Anglo-American, 222 to 23 ; the Eight per Cent. Preference, 4 to 41 ; Credit Foncier, 21 to s; International, 1 to 11 dis. ; Telegraph Con struction, 171 to 171 ; Hudson'S Bay, 14 to 14k. There was no gold operations at the Bank yes terday. The Tasmanian, from the West Indies, has brought £200,247, and the Louisiana is stated to have arrived at St. Nazaire with £544,500, chiefly for England. The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed Friday, the 19th inst., a special settling day in the shares given in right of -the bonds of the Italian Government Six per Cent. Tobacco Loan. A circular has been issued by the Great Central Gas Consumers' Company to their shareholders, in forming them that robbery to a large extent has been systematically carried on by one of their prin cipal clerks, and that a warrant has been issued for his apprehension. Professional accountants are en g ged in the investigation of the company's accounts. The directors of the Caledonian Railway have announced a dividend for the half-year at the rate of 3,;, per cent. per annum, against 2i for the cor responding period of 1867. The Metropolitan Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of £2,715 over last year. Manchester advises announce the suspension of Mr. Joan Hamer (forLierly Hurst and Hamer), of Farnworth and Manchester, with liabilities amount ing from £15,000 to £20,000 ; also of Mr. William liorsfall, manufacturer, Cannon-street, and Messrs. W. and A. Openshaw, spinners, Farnworth, with it is believed, only small liabilities. The report of the Argentine Central Railway, to be presented on the . 24th inst., states that the whole line from the port of Rosario to the city of Cordova is expected to be opened before the end of the pre sent year. The prospectus of the Trouville Association (Limited), Trouville-sur-Mer, Normandy, has been issued. A loan of £400,000 is proposed to be raised, secured by 7 per cent. mortgage debentures of £lO each. The bankers and directors are highly respec table, and the objects of the association are the pur chase and development of the freehold property at Trouville-sur-Mer, in Normandy, and particu larly the freehold land and houses. An opinion of the soundness of the security and of the value of the distributive share of surplus offered to the de benture-holders may be formed from the several reports, and the consideration that Trouville is one of the choicest marine resorts in France, where the nobility spend their summer. From London Trou ville may be reached via Dover and Calais, or Folkestone and Boulogne, or via Southampton and havre. From Paris it is only five hours and a half distant by railway. All debentures applied for to be paid up in full will receive priority in full. gitITIIII FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK (iOVERNMENT FUNDS. 6 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, 1 per Cent. Reduced 9li f New 3 per Cent mew 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. b per Cen J an. 1873 Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 llf Do (Red Sea Tele6raph), Aug., 1908 — Exchcqu2r Bills, £l,OOO, 2-1 per Ct. Do £5OO Dv, 4.1.UU de .t2OO 0 Bank of England Stock, 4 por Cent De. account Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — I nter -Colonial Uranium INDIAN UOVERNMENT 6ECURITIES. India stock, 10i per Cent., April 1874 Do. Opening, for Account - Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 - Do. Certificates .O .. Do. Enfaced Pape. 4 per Clint — Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 . — Do. 5i per °cut. May 1879 — D) 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do do 1877 — Do. do. 1882 lO5l D. Deb., 5 per Cent. Aug. 1873 — Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Dr. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS..-TWO O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent Do., Scrip 4:45 paid Amitrian Bonds 5 per cent Do. 1859 — B razilian 5 per Cent — 00. 41 per Cent. 1852 — Do. do. 1838.... Do. do. 186) — Do. do. , 1863 7l Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 1 -- 1 0 Account 791 J 5 ~ an o s Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 55 Cuba, 6 per Cent. o..ilian 6 per Cent — ' l o. 4t per Cent Do. 3 per Cent., 10. 6 per co-A. 1867 — 11 0. 7 per Cent., 1866 C lo ,ibian, 6 per Cent. Pati.:3ll, 3 per Cent., 1825. lian,qiiiin Principalities, 7 i_er Cent 751 Do 8 p er Cent., 1867 B7 p ,quador New (consolidated, 1 per Cent "''B'Yptian, 7 per Cent — no Second Issue - 0 0. £sot • • •• Bonds Do. £lO6 Bonds ..... 831 Dc. 1864 . r ., Do. A ccoun t -uo. £soo Bonds Do. 4IOC Bonds — E nglish Scrip, 1868 761 Do dis G overnalent Railway Debentures Greek 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ox Coups — 1)o. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account 3,i,temala, 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd It3.ian 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do. Accounil ~ — Do Ihronamana Railway — tlexican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account D'> _ _ • . 1864 — Do 6 pe.r Cont. Anglo-French — kiontevidgau 6 per Cent. .. — Me t . . , risli Imperial 5 per Cent Yew Granada 164 Do 3 per C, , n — Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cont. 1865 Do Accoun' Do 12 per Cont. (Ui:' , arren) Do 4-i- per Cent.. 1862 - Do Account.. ~. — PorLiguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'6n,''2,':. 36} DO. do. 1867 36} Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 42 per Cent , 1850 Do 1 ; 11. per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo -D utch, 1864, 1:100,130 /1 ,1 E „,, Do. du. £B4 15s. d 0.... Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds Do. do £Bl 15s. do. — Do Nicolas Railway 67} !- Sardinian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen .:.. Do. Account Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferrea — Do. Account Do. Passive — Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 ;,Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip — Tunish 6 per Cont.! 5..,.... Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account _ Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account DU X lOU Dorms oot Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 186 a 631 Do 1 por Cent., Guaranteed Do Ladd Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent.. , Do. Acs• ant Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividenas on the above pmyaDie in ;.0k,,,, Austrian a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Clan:. Ex. 12 Guil — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — Do. Account — French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. .25f. Do Account 551 4 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money O2l 4 Do. Account, April 8,; .. 92i 3 THE VISIT OF PRINCE ARTHUR TO IRELAND. (By Telegraph.) DUBLIN, March 17. Prince Arthur is to arrive in Dublin ou April, and re- main at the Viceregal Lodge until the 13th. An officia; letter to this effect has been received by the Lord Mayor. ST. GEGRGE'S 7 HEATRE. Not without misgivings do we record the appa rently harmless fact that the edifice in Langham place, which is called sometimes a " Hall," some times a " Theatre," is now tenanted by a baud of " Ethiopian " minstrels, entitled the " Royal Original Christy's Minstrels. The Georgians have a hall which is licensed by the Lord Chamber lain for theatrical performances, and are therefore able, if they please, to give their entertainment more of an operatic character. Thus one of the principal works in their present programme is a short burlesque on "La Grande Duchesse," in which Mr. Yes tris, who has at command a falsetto voice, cleverly imitates the pretty tricks and man nerisms of Mdlle. Schneider. The sort of art which is required for their grati&ation is brought to a high degree of perfection by the " Royal Ori ginal" Minstrels.—Tinies. BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, March 11. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. March 11. March 4. Capital of the Batik—. 182,530,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, Juno 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight 35,252,897 68 35,108,971 68 Treasury account cur- cur rent creditor 154,668,695 68 156,001,580 13 Current accounts, Paris 254,935,353 63 241,0/5,430 89 Do. branch banks 46,322,161 47,325,561 Dividends payable 1,270,221 1,382,806 Discounts and sundry interests .. 3,873,023 35 3,603,533 40 Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 182,500,000 - 22,105,750 11 22,105,750 14 933,790 85 933,790 85 6,882,180 10 6,628,668 51 Total PARLIAMENTA.RY NOTICES. fn consequence of the late sitting of the Souse of Com mons on Monday night, several bills were adjourned. The second reading of the Assessed Rates Bill is appointed for Thursday, the let April, on which day the adjourned debate on the Attorney- General's motion for a commission to inquire into election practices at Norwich will be resumed. The appointment of the committee to consider the Inclosure of Lands Bill was deferred until Friday. The Attorney- General's Bankruptcy Bill was presented and read a first time, and the second reading is fixed for Monday, April 5. The Contagious Diseases (Animals) Bill — brought in by the Government—will come on for second reading on Thursday, the Bth of April, and not on the Monday previous. Sir John Coleridge's Uni versities Tests Bill is to be committed on Wednesday, May 5. To-morrow (Thursday) Mr. Stacpoole will move an address for returns of the names and sentences of the Fenian convicts not proposed to be released, stating what portion of their sentences is unexpired, and distinguishing between those confined in Australia and those in Great Britain and Ireland (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 72, of the present session). TZEZ• CO All2kra .DIJD ATE ON TITC MIMI CHURCH. According to the London correspondent of the Leeds Mercury, the speech which Mr. Disraeli is preparing for to-morrow (Thursday) evening will, it is declared, rival in length and minuteness of detail that with which Mr. Gladstone introduced his bill. The Premier took less than forty-eight hours for the prepara tion of his master-piece of oratory, but Mr. Disraeli is already engaged in working up the facts and figures with which he has been supplied in the great speech for the defence which he is to deliver on Thursday. That speech, continues the writer, " will take the form more of a formal protest against the bill than of an attempt to convince the House, and there are not wanting those who declare that the debate which will follow it will be an exceedingly hol low affair, and may even be over by Friday evening. It is, however, more probable that it will extend over three nights, as a great many eminent member; of the House, as well as several new corners, are anxious to express their opinion as to the Government scheme. The majority for the second reading will exceed a hundred. It is now almost officially announced that the Peers have made up their minds to accept the measure with certain modifications ; and we may therefore consider the Irish Church Act as being already amongst the things that are." The correspondent of the Eeening Freeman says the rumour that Mr. Disraeli is indisposed gains ground. The truth probably is that he is heartily sick of carrying the " No Surrender " flag, and would be very well pleased to confide it to the bands of some young and zealous lieu tenant whose fighting proclivities are still in the ascendant. Mr. Disraeli is too sagacious not to feel that the game of religious ascendancy is played out. The Lynn election inquiry was opened on Tues day. Lavish treating was charged against the supporters of Mr. Bourke, the sitting member. Cases of mixed bribery and treating, and undue influence, were also alleged to have taken place. A flag made entirely of silk grown and manufac tured in California is to be raised over the Capitol of that State. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 169. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10Agra Limited, A all 12 121 Do 50 Albion B lO 15 4 G 4/ 4 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all 191 201 204 20 Anglo-Hungarian 8 2 3 20 Anglo-Italian 1366, limited 10 6 5 40 Australasian .. . .... . . 20 Bank of British Colum , iia all 10 12 20 Do issued at 2pm ~..5 ... .. 7-16 25 Bank of Egypt4ll 35 37 20 Bank of Otago, lila. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia - 25 37 311 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 18 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, and China all 211 224 25 Chartered Mere. of India. London, and China all 31 32 20 City 100 Colonial ..... .. . 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and London, lint 50 East London, lim 5 14 Of 20 English and American, lint 10 --- --- 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lim 20 English, Scottish and Aus • tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all ... ••• 281 Do 100 Imperial, lint,,, new .51 1 ... ....... 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 2} 2f 121 I 5 lonian. 25 Do new 5 pr 1p 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 3 4 3 1 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 75 78 30 London Banki of 51exico and South America, lim. 20 5 4 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 32 28 20 Do new 71 6 1 5 1 100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 10 12 25 Do new 10 2 1 3 P 20 Landon Chart. of Australia all 231 234 20 London and County 2O 51 52 50 Do new. iss at 20 p, m,16 pd. 11 ... ... 504 London Joint S toc k 1 32 33 32 4 London and South African al 94 104 9 00 London & S.-Western, lint, 20 ••• 150 London & Ve nezuela, lim l2l ••• ••• 100 London and Westminster. 23 GI 66 641 4 4 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 59 (ii 100 Merchant, lim 25 6 ti 10 Metropolitan, lion all 6) 74 100 Midland, lint. 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool lim l5 3 1 d 100 National Provinc. of Ened 42 •-••-• 10 Do 60 National. 2O 46 43 20 New South Wales all 42 43 20 North-Western 74 ... . • 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 43 45 50 I'rovinc. Bank. Corpo., Um. 10 6 5 100 Provincial of Ireland 23 87 69 10 Do new. 100 Stand, of Brit. S. Africa, lim '25 15 li 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 47 43 47 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London 10 pr 1p MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lira all 221 221 10 Anglo-Mediter Tel., Jim..., 10 121 Li 11 13 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 17 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 32 34 321 3 st Do. 8 per cent lOO 78 81 83 2} 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugara.h Tea Estates, lim 9 7 5,1 10 Berlin Water Works, Jim all 1. / li} 10 Do. New 6 3 4 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. 5 Bombay Gas, Jim. 5 Do. New 4 11- id 5 ; British American Land 4-1 16 13 d st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lint lOO 16/ 170 20 British Indian Tea, liin. 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada CompanY all GI t 6 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 2.1 2 1 d 20 Ceylon Company, line lO ; 3d 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 5 1; 31 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 9 41 Sll 30 City of Milan Improv : Jim all 5 10 t 25 City of Moscow Gas, Inn all 50 City Offices, line 25 24 23.1 50 Colonial, lim Do. 50 Commercia; Inion (Ashur) 5 1.112 51 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 3 Id p 20 Continental Union Gas, lim. all 191 20 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bends, 1877, 41 per cent, all 104 105 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent, all 1041 1051 100 Do. 1882, 41 per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, Hui. a ll 21 24 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 31 21d st Crystal Palace lOO 20 21 st Do. Preference lOO 94 99 st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 107 11 t 20 Darjeeling, lim I 0 Eastern Assam, lim 6l ... ...d 50 East Indian Land Credit Y and Finance, lira. ,1 20 — 8 4 & Canal all 17 IS 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lira. 271 114 10Id 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V y. Gua. by Egypt. Gov all 91 95 95 20 Egyptian Com. &Trad. lint 6 4 4d st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 245 255 10 Do. New 8 11 13p 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lira 21 " 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 b 4d 100 Eng. and Scot. M urine, lira. 8 ...,1 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 ] 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 pr ap 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at ,CB5 all 85 83 PG 50 Gellivara, lira. 2O, lo General Credit & Die., inn. 71 Li 15 General Steam Navigation 14 23 29 50 Rom!. &Col Marincln. inn. 5 41 31d 20 10 H Hong Kong Kon b g a a y nd China Gas all al 1:31 II 111 131 l 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lira. 25 Indo-European Tel., 10 ... 20 In terna. Financial Soc. lira. 5 1,1 11 20 Interns. Land Credit, lira 6 G 4d 50 Italian Land 5 1d P 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all s 31 100 Do. Gp. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 62 64 62 50 Land Securities, lim 5 3i 2 d 25 Loudon African Trading., lO 7 5(-1 25 Lon. & Calod. M ar i ne, lim G •••" , 10 London County Land and Building, lira. 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lira all 31 3 1 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all i 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lira 30 4 Lond.G en.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 2 2 1 50 Lond. and Glasg. Enineer and Iron Ship, lira 25 2 1 165 20 Loud. & Provincial itrine 2 15 pr 2 at Madras Irriga. &Cani.Gua. sp.c. by India Gov. lOO 1 103 101 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, . 10 Meditorra. Eaten. Tel., lim all 4 4 1 d .50 Merchant Shipping, all 32 37 50 Millwall Iron Works, lira Ll2l ••• "' 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., Rm. 25 National Discount ...... 6 • 111 121 11,1 25 National Pro v. Marine, lint. 4 4 3 „ d i 10 National Ste am Ship, line , all 81 .1 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lira. 6 n 3 d 10 New Consolidated Dill, UM, 3 11 ld 5 New Quebrada, lim- .... 4.4.0 4 1 3 1 25 New Zealand L oan d; ifere cantile Agency, li m ........ 21 1 IP 25 New Zealand T rust and Loan, 1ira.......... 10 Northern Assant 5 7 5 10 Do. B. . ..... all 1 2 et' North Brit. Austral, . 100 48 53 50 North Brit. & Merea.n. In,„ 61 20 21 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 121 13 50 Oriental Financial, 5 Oriental Gas, lint, . all • 71 7f 5 Do. New .. .. .... ........... 1 f IP 10 Otago and Southland In. vestment, lint ............. 2 IP 5 Ottoman Gas, Um .... lf 2 4 10 Panama, New Zealand,...,La Australian E. mail um all Do. do. st Peel R. Land & Minerl, lira 100 32 35 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 49 51 491 50 Do. New 1867 lO ld pr 25 Reuter's Telegram 50 Uhymney Iron all 18 20 15 Do. New . . 6 1 6 4 25 Rio de Janeiro C't — lm ...... Y 20 Do. Gas, 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 4e. 44 1 pt Scottish Aust. Invest., lira lOO 85 90 85 st Do. 6 p. c. Guar. Pref lOO 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lim lO 0 7 1 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot 8 50 S. African Mort. & Inv. lira 6 z, Z ei 25 South Australian Land all "" i at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 1 11 20 Telegraph Con. & Alain im all 17 171 171 20 Thames and Mersey Miirine (Insurance), lira 2 21 3 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lira 81 •10 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim 1 IP 10 Do do. do. all 20 Trust &Loan Co., U. Canada 5 a IP 50 Union Marine L'pool, lira 5 41 5 p 20 Union Steam Ship, lira all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lira 6 11 4 d 4; 8 SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint, all 5; 64 6 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 3i 4ip 91 20 Universal 3larine(ln.), lira. 5 14 2 p 10 Upper Assam Tea, lira. all 11 2 30 Van Diemap's Land 2Bl 61 7/ 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan... all 7 9 4 804: 794 50 Warrant Finance, lint l2 12 ioa 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lira. 2O 21 11 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses lO _ SHARE LIST. 011,DENAM tiIiAASS AND BTOCIi. share Railway e. st Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 77 79 st Caledonian ..... .. 100 80 81 80/ / 1 81, Cambrian 20 Cornwall.-- ....... ,t Dublin & Boliv i a June lOll 77 79 at Dun„l'erth.& Ab.Junc lOO 70 72 • 2 , East London all 7 9 0 bo 15 21 Do 10 4 Glasgow &S. Western lOO 97 99 4 Great Eastern .' 'OO 37 31 371 1 7 .t Do. E. Aug] : No. 2 lOO ... ... 3t Brest Northot 500111,114 lOO 16 6 st Great Northern lOO 1071 1081 108 at Do. A stock. at Do. B stuck lOO 123 125 st UtS, and W. of Ireland lOO 35 1:7 s= Gt. Western —Original 1,.;0 481 59 4 Do. South Waits lOO 57 59 at Do. W. Mid.—Uklord lOO a 7 zi, at Do. Newport lOO 1•9 11 at Lancashire & 1 orkshira— 100 123 .:.4 1231 st Lon., Brigh.,& :.Coast lOO 4.1 41 OA 0) Do Scrip .... at Lon., Chat., aud Dover lO,l 161 17 at Do. Metrop. Ex. 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Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 st Do 43 percent lOO at Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO ... at Tuff Vale No. 1 lOO 145 150 at Waterford &Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 Paid. Closing &alum Price. done. RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCItS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 44 p c gua. st Do Scot. Cen. min. 7 p c lOO at Do 4/ p irredeem all ~, st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 ~, at Great Eastern 4} per cent. 100 st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 88 in: Bt Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 87 8J st Do do 5 du, 1864 lOO 62 86 at Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO • st Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO st Do Boston CC Sleafd, 41 pc 100 at GreatWest.,W. 5p c 100 st Do Joint perpe.s p c,1865 100 88 92 at Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 103 108 20 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all 19 20 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO r 5 Lanc. and York. 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Jan..tJuly, I8JI•••• 100 108 lit Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 16 Oct., 1900 lOO 100 102 Ceylon, Nov 1878,0 p.c lOO 108 110 Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 Mauritius, G p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Go to, D,;:iBB•2;iiiiy and . 00 lot /08 Do. 1895, Feb. A1)0._... 10 icti tqa 111, :bourne CA' poratn.,.. 1867-75, 0 per col:: . 1( 0 ICO 100 N.11.G0v.6 p.c•JR.,t.JuIY•• 100 103 1(4 Natal 6 p et, AO& OCt.. 10) ._. 1001 Do 6p c. Kay & N0v..... 1 0 ICC 108 N. s. (v. 5 p. 0., '7l to '7l 100 to 1 1 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189 e... 1).) iii`'} 99, 991 Do. 5 p.c. rd. 67 to N.Zealand, 6 p. ot. 1801 ICO Do. 5 percent.... 1( 0 DoJan, Ap!l,.lu!y, 0 t 100 93 V 4 943 Da 6p c. Mar 4: i.,ept '9l_ 100 108 up Do J win (Sz Dec ,1 0/ ...; Ico 1,9 t.l $ Do Prov. I Aix; Id. rio4l At 2, 1196 .. 1 0 Nova Scotia 6 p• e•Jau.• • and Jnly, 1875 Do 1)i.6 lOO 101 103 Queenslnd. 6p. 100 hail 10;1 1071 Do 189 .... •••• • • . 100 1u54 104 Do. 6 p ;Z.) d'z • . 100 108 110; Do rd. It 93 Victoria 6.p.0. Will.-- 1001:th 112 113 MR. GLADSTONE ON THE SUNDAY QUESTION. Mr. Gladstone was on Tuesday called upon to give his opinion on the Sunday question. Two deputations waited upon him, the one from the Lord's-day Rest Association and the other from the Sun flay League. The latter was a very numerous body. It was composed of upwards of 150 tradesmen, artisans, and others, who waited upon him, at the invitation of the National Sunday League, for the purpose of urging Government to support Mr. Gregory's motion for the opening of the British Museum, National Gallery. and other institutions on Sunday afternoons. In reply to arguments iu favour of the proposed altera tion, Mr. GLADSTONE reminded the deputation that this matter would be governed, not so much by the opinion of the Administration of the day as by the current of public opinion. He considered the function of the Government in a matter of this kind to be much more limited than in many subjects in connection with which they had special means for acquiring the necessary informa tion. The Government had not yet entered upon the consideration of the-particular part which they should take with respect to the proposal now made, but it would be their duty to consider it carefully and anxiously. He hid given his concurrence to two points from which, as far as he could gather, those present were not likely to dissent. The first was, that, looking at the matter from a religious point of view, the religious observance of the Sunday was the principal mainstay of religion in this country ; ,and the second was, that abstinence from work on that day was of vital consequence. In connec tion with another point urged by the other deputation, there was the question, to what degree would the labouring population take advantage of the evening openings which they (the deputation) thought was a secondary matter. The opinion of their opponents was that the evening openings would be largely taken advantage of, and they referred, as a case in point, to the South London Working Men's Exhibition. Mr. Murphy, who he had reason to believe, was well acquainted with some of the wishes of the working classes, had told him that there was an average evening attendance at the exhibition of from 12,000 to 15,000 workil g men and their families, each paying 2d., and that on last Saturday evening there were no less than 4,000 persons present. Another point was with regard to the Sunday question itself, and in refe rence to that, the Sabbatarians alleged that the general feeling of the working classes was opposed to the views of the National Sunday League. Their opponents had stated that the return of Mr. Chambers for Mary, le bone was influenced to a considerable extent by the Sunday question, and that the fact that the majority of his supporters were opposed to the opening of museums on Sunday might be taken as an index of the feeling enter tained by the people whom he represented. LAY AGENCY. On Tuesday evening a conference was held at the Pim lico Rooms, Warwick-street, Ecclestou-square, for the purpose of enabling the lay helpers in the diocese of Loudon to take measures for making better provision for the south-western districts of the metropolis. The especial object proposed for consideration was "The organisation under the bishop of voluntary lay agency in the work of the Church." The Bishop of London took the chair at eight o'clock, and was supported by Mr. J. G. Talbot, M.P., Sir T. Waller, Archdeacon Jennings, Canon Conway, Preben• dary Marshall, the Rev. B. Belcher, Mr. J. A. Shaw Stewart, Mr. Spottiswcode, Major Gleig; the Rev. J. Oakley, the Rev. C. W. Page, and other gentlemen. The Bishop of LONDON, in opening the p►oceedings, aid the object of the conference was to enable people who were interested in the matter to exchange their views on the subject. Mr. J. M. CLABON, solicitor, of Great, George•street, :hen read a short paper. He was of opinion that iv every parish there should be a mission -house, which should be near to every poor man's house, and to which his family might resort. At present it was a we.l - fact that three.fourths of the inhabitants of this metropolis never entered any church or chapel at cll. The average population of each parish was 8,000, and if one fourth of these were regarded as Nonconfor mists, that would leave 6,000 to every incumbent ; and if there happened to be a curate in the parish, that would. leave 3,000 to each of them. He denounced the pew system. To provide additional teachers, he thought that fit persons might be set apart by a semi -ordination, by a special service which would not bind them as the clergy were. Mr. Clabon deprecated extremes of any kind in parish churches. Everything, he believed, would depend upon the intimate union of clergy and laity .throughout the country. The Rev. Canon CONWAY expressed his opinion that the Church of England was in an unhealthy state because the great principle of lay agency was neglected. The Church had lost the poor because no proper agency had been pro vided for them. For the last 20 years the Church of England had bad the education of the children pretty much altogether in her own hands; and yet no more adults came to church now than came at the commencement of that a tu d ffi t c h i e en c t on ca se r g e u w en a c s e n w o as t taken that a o s f so t o h i e i c as hi c ldr hil e d n re in n church, perio were free from the engagements of school they ceased to go to church. Mr. J. G. TALBOT, M.P., assured the bishop that it was not the clergy alone who desired the extension of the Church in London, for the laity were becoming more and more alive to the dangers which surrounded them. He was strongly of opinion that the difficulties which existed could be met by the clergy alone, and that the evil must go on increasing unless the laity generally came to theft aid. He thought that on looking to the Roman Catholics on the one band, and the Protestant Dissenters on the other, they must confess with shame that they had both secured a system of organisation of which the Church of England was not in possession. Mr. E. A. FITZROY was anxious that the poor should be induced to go to church. In that case there would be no occasion for lay preachers. The Rev. A. J. D'ORSEY said that there were 150 or 200 clergymen in the diocese who bad nothing to do on Sundays, and who would gladly give help if they were asked. The Rev. J. OAKLEY suggested that all names of lay helpers at present engaged in the diocese should be sent in. so that there might be a thorough organisation. There were two Nonconformist chapels in London in which £lO,OOO a year was collected in the offertory for external purposes. Nothing like that had been obtained in any churches belonging to the Church of England. The Bishop of LONDON, in closing the meeting, expresses the deep satisfaction he felt in seeing so much interest in lay agency. Sixteen years ago he was acquainted with the agency which at that time existed in London, and was delighted to find that it had so greatly increased, owing, he believed, to the great exertions of his predecessor in the see of London. To a great extent the duties of laity and clergy in the work of the Church were nearly identical, and the solemn questions at the judgment in reference to Christian charity would be put to laity and clergy alike. Ho could not understand any clergyman refusing lay help ; indeed, it was the duty of the clergy to solicit parochial assistance from the laity. His lordship passed a high eu'ogium on real sisters of mercy, ladies who, although they might not have worn the dress, bad been engaged actively in the visitation of the Poor. He was glad to find that men also were now feeling their respon sibilities, and were urging others to assist them in the work. Many clergymen had 8,000 or 10,000 people in their parishes to attend to, and it was impossible for them to discharge their duties with anything like success unless they obtained the co-operation of the faithful laity. He did not think that for ordinary work carried on by the laity any actual commission need be given, but to those who had any high work to perform, such as conduct ing services, there ought to be some direct sanction. In such cases he would issue a commission to perform such duties as the clergy might require of them. He thought, too, that such commissior. ought to be accompanied by some simple service in the church. Her Royal Highness the Princess Louise honoured Miss Garrett, L.S.A., of Upper Berkeley-street, with a visit a few days since. Her Royal Highness made some inquiries respecting the prospects of medical educa tion for women in this country, and expressed much sym pathy with Miss Garrett's wish to see the medical profes sion completely opened to women. DEATH OP A MILITARY VETERAN. —The Hon. W. E. Cochrane, a son of the ninth Earl of Dundonald, has just died. He was born in 1781. Ile entered the 15th (King's) Hussars in 1801, with which regiment he was present as major at Sahagun, in Sir John Moore's expedition in 1808, for which he received a medal. He also received a clasp for Vittoria, where he commanded the Duke of Wellington's body guard. He is succeeded by his only son, William Marshall Cochrane, major Ist Lanark Militia, and lieutenant -colonel 2nd Administrative batta lion 2nd Surrey Rifle Volunteers. THE SMOKE NUISANCE. —The Corporation of Bradford are attempting to check the smoke nuisance ir• the neighbourhood of that town, and on Tuesday the Bowling Iron Company were summoned for having allowed dense smoke to he vomited from the chimneys at their extensive works. There are twelve chimneys at the works, from furnaces under boilers used for generating steam to drive steam-engines, and it was for the nuisance caused by these, and not from the furnaces themselves, that the information was laid. '1 he magistrates made an order ter the abgement of the nuisance in six months. • - p p IN PERIAL HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THis DAY. The SPEAR :ER. took the chair at 12 o'clock. On the motion of Mr. T. CHAMBER'S, a new writ w 0.3 ordered for the courtly of Dumfries, in the room of Sir Sydney Hedlew Watnrlow, who has been declarel disqua lified from taking hi. seat. Mr. NORWOOD postponed the second reading of the Admiralty Jurisdiction (County Courts) Bill until the Judicature Commissioners had presented their report. Mr. NO ftW 000 moved the second reading of the County Courts Bill, and explained that its object was to relieve manufacturers and wholesale traders from the hardships imposed on them by a change in the County Coin is Act of 1867, which requires that in all &Aims for debts unde r £5O the action should be brought in the County Courts of the district in which the defendant resided. The bill proposes that where goads wore sold and delivered below £5O in value the plaintiff should be entitled to bring his action in the court of his own district, but, on an application to the r, gistrar c.f his county court by the defendant, the plaintiff should b 3 bound to •give s.:,curity for the costs of the defendant. Sir F. GOLDSMID strongly objected to any altera tion in thelaw as it now stood, and moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. W. WILLIAMS seconded the motion. [LEFT SITTING.] OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOA 7 RACE. THIS DAY. The brutal and barbarous recreations of bygone days with their deanralising influences have passed away, and, with the march of civilisation, have been succeeded by those of a more healthful and innocent character. In the rapid progress of manly and athletic sports which has taken place during the last few years, none may claim to greater advance.. ment than rowing. Boating has of late years so considerably enlarged its limits that it is really difficult to say where it will end, a circumstance readily accounted for by the maritime supremacy of our country. As it has in war " held the mastery over the flood," Si has its sons in peace cultivated the sports in which its noble rivers have invited them to indulge, until there is hardly a canal or basin but can boast of its rowing club, while the increasing popularity of aquatic sports powerfully conduces to foster them. Time was when they were few in number ; time is when by their yearly multiplication the sedentary and the laborious, the rich and poor alike seek refreshment of mind and body in this vigorous and healthful pastime. We are led to these remarks as an introduction to the Oxfoad and Cambridge boat race, its early rise and rapid advancement in popular apprecia tion. So celebrated, and at the same time so eminently aristocratic, this race has attained a popularity and importance commensurable with the condition of the competitors; it ushers in the sea son with its powerful attraction, and ex:rcises a marked influence over the forthcoming aquatic year. The interest and anxiety which it occasions is shared in common by all classes, who anticipate its approach with pride and admiration, and up to the hour of deciding the hopes and fears that have so long prevailed it increases in intensity. The prestige belonging to it is only equalled by that of a Derby ; and it not only basks in the sunshine of popular favour, but has twice within the last five years been honoured by the presence of Royalty. Up to 1860 there were three races in favour o: Cambridge, and then came a sad reverse, "Sin transit gloria mundir from that time to the present they have yearly been worsted; change in trainer; change somewhat in style, and change of boats have produced no change in their fortunes ; they have been annually de feated, and yet with indomitable courage have they annually made another effort to retrieve their lost laurels. They have again and again nearly gained the palm, but the cup has been dashed from their lips at the very moment they had anticipated a taste of its sweetness ; and last year was the sorest discomfiture of their manifold reverses. They were beaten easily, and though so vanquished came for ward again, and undismayed threw down the gauntlet, which, we need hardly say, vas rapidly accepted, and the following crews represented the respective Universities : OXFORD. st. lb. 1. S. H. Woodhouse, University ll 0 2. R. Tahourdin, St. Juhn's ll 12 3. T. S. Rtizer, Queen's 4. F. Wiltan, Exeter 5. J. C. Fiume, University 6. A. C. 1 arborougli, Lincoln ll 12 7. W. D. Benson, Balliol 8. S. D. Darbishire, Balliol D. A. Neilson, St. John's (cox.) 7 10 CA3IBRIDGE. st. lb. 1. A. Rushton, Emmanuel 2. J. H. Ridley, Jesus ll 10 3. J. W. Dale, St. John's 4. F. J. Young, Christ's l2 4 5. W. F. 3l'Michael, Downing 6. W. H. Anderson, Trinity ll 5 7. J. H. Hill, Caius 8. H. D. Goldie, St. John's H. E. Gordon, Trinity (cox.) 7 9 To expatiate upon the exertions of the president, in the task of selecting the above, or to follow them through the maiza of training would be to occupy space too precious to this season to be bestowed un necessarily, and to inflict upon the reader details in which be would take but little interest. Fashion in everything bears sovereign sway, and it has been the fashion of late years to back Oxford to win, at odds, even before their crew had been determined on, and this fashion was not departed from in the present instance. With the advance of training speculation gradually became more important and significant. Investments on the race were, as usual, very considerable. The Oxonians were the favou rites, the price varying from 6 to 4 up to 2 to 1, according to the confidence of the backers. Since the afternoon of the 4th inst., both crews have been at Putney, and have been daily visited by old University friends, and the public in general who like the crews have experienced very change able weather; four days ago, too, a change oc curred in the Cambridge boat, but for the better. Mr. J. Still, late president, took the place of Mr. Mellor, who fell sick and went home. The time at length arrives; the Thames Conservancy and police have made such arrangements as are calculated to tend to the general comfort and convenience to the public. Although the price of a steamboat for the occasion was monstrously high, yet there were about the usual number, and tugs innumerable filled with company, besides the usual legion of small row boats. The start is fixed for half-past 3, but it is very doubtful whether tho crew will actually get off be fore 4. A strong force of police is posted at Ham mersmith, and no persons or carriages are allowed to stop on the roadway of the Suspension Bridge. The attendance of the public on the banks of the river, the different bridges, and other well-known points of view are as great as on any former occa sion. Mr. J. W. Chitty, of Exeter College, Oxford, will officiate as umpire from the Citizen steamer, letter T, Lotus, a fast and roomy boat. (To be continued in a later edition.) I 1 SHIPPING IIVTELLIGIaCE.-7his Day. GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Catharine Elizabeth from Groningen ; Echo, steamer, from Calais ; Maas, steamer, from Antwerp ; Flecha, steamer, from Ghent; Princess Royal, from Ant werp ; Waterloo, steamer, from Rotterdam ; Trial, from Guernsey. Sailed—Belgium, steamer, for Ostend ; Reine, staamer, for Boulogne; Nova, steamer, and Sir R. Peel, steamer, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed, March 16--Sado, screw steamer, from Loudon, 'or Cardiff. 111A1?KlE7 S-2 lIIS DAl'. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. March 17.—Saks probably 8,000 bales. Market quiet, and unchanged. DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in thc world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied in c . ISiZS and cases for home use or exporta tion. Quotations on a pplication to Messrs. Ennville and Co. Belfast; er 4, BeauCurc-builqings htrand , Loudon W.Q —Lad crtinuient. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Daay NORTHAMPTON MEETING—Trus DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SWEEPSTAKES OF 20 SOPS. Steph:Anotis Blot'Ella f Bob F6ur rau EARL SPENCER'S PLATE Aunt Hannah c Morning Star Lictor., INven t y-t 11r3o rau. SPOE.TING INICEL LIGENCE. NORTHAMPTON RACES-YESTERDAY, DELAPRE HANDICAP. ./E.Aus Benevolence Fal-lal.. ei Nine ran. NORTHAMPTON CUP. Friday Pompeii Miss Gratwicke • 1 Five ran. WHITTLEBURY STAKES. Stephanotis 1 Miss Dayrello, Provider . Six ran. GREAT NORTIIAII.II 3 TONSHIRE STAKES. Marquis of Carabas 1 Cap-a-pie Lancet 3 T©u rau. STAND PLATE. Pirate Chief i 1 Islam 2 Sea Breeze $ Eight ran. PYTCHLEY STAKES. Professor Anderson 1 Juanita Marshal Ney 8 Six ran. WAKEFIELD LAWN STAKES. Tit-Bit Pate Hyacinth 2 8 Five ran. EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. Dryad scratched at 12.50. RACING kFIXTURES. MARCH. Durham "9, 30 I Epsom APRIL. 81 Abergavenny l, 2 I Newmarket Craven...l2, &c. Bromley 1, 2 Knighton... l3, 14 Aldershot l, 2 Ludlow 15, 16 Catterick Bridge._ ...... 1, 2 I Eastbourne l9 Thirsk ... 6, 7 Lewes 20 21 lluegerford G, 7 I Curragh ...20, 21, 22 Lichfield Cambridge 7 I Newmarket Ist Spring Croston Park 8 26, &c. Streatham 8, 9 I MAY. Chester .l, 5, G, 7 I Doncaster 13, 14 Egliutou iiuut ' 6 7 ! West Drayto n l7, 18 Winchester ll, 12 Bath 18, 19 I York - 11, 12 Manchester l9, 2O 21 Balduyle 2u(l Spriug 11, 12 St. Aibaus 1 , , 14 Salisbury '3, 14 Croydon 9 , 3, 4 Newton 2,3, 4 Ascot ..8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer _l5, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Currali 22, 23, 21 Croydon 19 21 EarpouCn , Epsom Summur .....25, &c. Newcastle 22, 23, 24 1 Oldham 22 liibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford, Sutton Park .....29, 30 Worcester l, 2 Southampton 13, 1.4 Newmarket July 6, &c. I Reading 10, 16 Carlisle Pontefract 9, 10 i Stamford " 4 23 ]tendon ... l2, 13 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 30 Nottingham l3, 14 AUGUST. Brighton 3, 4 1 Oxford Brighton Club 5 York 24, 25, 26 Lewes 6, 7 Plymouth 46, 27 Egtiatn lO, 11. Scarborough .so, 31 I Wolverhan'pton 10, 11 Derby Summer ...31, Sep. 1 Windsor 12, 13 I Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 St. Albans l7, 18 i Canterbury ..... ~.,31, Sep. 1 Stockton l3, 111,20 1 SEPTEMBER. Warwick... Curragh (Royal) 7, 8, 9 1 Western (Ayr)........22, 23 Abiug,don 0, 10 I Hendon 9 43, 9 Doucaster l4, 15, 16, 17 Monmouth... • 23, 21 Richmond ' l l, 22 Newmarket st 0ct....28, &c. Lichfield 9 I 1,22 Lanark._ 29, 3U OCTOBER. Bedford 5, GI Cheltenham l9, 20 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 j Curragh l9, 2U, 21 Leicester 7, 8 j West Drayton 2l, 22 Bromley • 78 1 Hereford 2l, 22 Newmarket 2d 0a...11, &c. j Monmouth 23, 24 Chelmsford l9 20 I Newmark.t Irtou ...25,&c. lielso 19 20 1 NOVEMBER. Harrow . ..2, 3 I Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Worcester 3, 4 Liverpool St. Albans 5, 6 1 Shrewsbury ..... l5, 16 STEEPLECHASE FUTURES. APRIL. Aldershot 1, 2 1 Bromley 1, 2 A bergavenny l, 2 Lichfield ..6, 7 Southdown Hunt 7 Cambridge 7, 8 Cheltenham 7, 8 Streatham B, 9 Royal Artily., Woolwich...B Knighton Ludlow l5, 16 Tonbury... 2l Croydon 22, 23 Co. Louth & Ardeen 27, 28 MAY. Limerick Hunt 4 St. Albans •• 13 I Eglintou Hunt 6, 7 West Drayton....._ 17 JULY. Kingsbury 9 OCTOBE.a. Bromley - 7 1 West Drayton 2l, 22 NOVEMBER. Worcester 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury 15, 2I Harrow , 3 Leamington Hunt ....23 tirs Liverpool 9, 10, 11, 12 I COURSING FIXTURES. MARCH. County Louth (Champion), Ireland 18, /Ice. Scottish National Open, Lanark 3O, &e. AUGUST. St. Albans OCTOBER 17 Ancaster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire 5, 6 • Ormosby 19, etc. Huntingdon Club.. 26, 27. NOVEMBER. Sundorne, Salop Cothan and Eston .• 9, *• COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam Short ... 12 1 ... 12 1f Do - Rotterdam ... 12 2k ... 12 2 Antwerp — ... 23 3o ... 25 44 Brussels — ... 25 35 ... 25 42k Ilamburgh — ... 13 1 1 ... 13 11f Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 120 ... 1201 Vienna — ... 12 60 ... 12 70 Trieste — ... 12 60 ... 12 70 Petersburg _. 9 22 ... 9 24 Copenhagen Berlin Madrid.. Cadiz Leghorn Milan — ... 26 65 ... 26 70 Genoa — ... 26 65 ... 26 70 Naples Palermo — ... 26 65 ... 26 70 Messina Lisbon ... 32 1 ... 521 Oporto —• 52 k ... 52} Rio Janeiro New York Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. austral!'" and New Zealand. via bouthamptoa Mar. 27. Ditto, via Yusailles .............. 22 Brazil. Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video April 6. Ditto, by French packet Mar. 22. Cape Verds. by Brazil packet April 9. Cape of Gond Ascension, and St. Helena.— Mar. 15. China, Peaaug, and Singapore, via Southampton Mar. 13. tbraltar, via Southa:P.pton iLdia, via Southampton ...... . . ..Mar. la. unto, vi.t Marseil es Malta, Flgypt, Sec. Mar. 13, Ditto, Maneilles., MaLritius, Cape cl Good Hope, and liatal, via u Ditto, e alarre.thtes liar. 19 ewfoundlkt, ...... . • eortugal April 6. United States. auadl, Calitoraia, Sic., by British packet .......Afar 13 Ditto, by Canadian packet .... Mar 10 Ditto, by l rited 6tates packet •• Ditto ditt( (Baltimore) West Coast of Afrii.a, Madeira, and reneriffe Mar 19 Went locks and Pacific ,except Mexico and B la- Mar 16 nicer! • ar 31. •• • • au!! . Bermuda, via • Mar 24. Baliaziaa, via New 2 ork