The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-04 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocr. Consols are 92i f 3 for money ; ditto, for Ac count, —; Three ,per Cent. Reduced, 911 ; New Three per Cents, 911 1. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, 211 ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 100 x.d. ; ditto Debentures, 104 1; ditto Bonds under£l,ooo, 19 prem. Foreign stocks are good, with the exception of Turkish Five per Cents. of 1865, and Greek Bonds, which show a reduction of acd 1 l 'eapectively. Peruvian Five per Cents., on the other baud, have risen 1, and Italian 14'ive per Cents. of 1861 1. The quotations are :—ltalian, 5 4 57 ; Greek, 114 121 ; Mevican, 151 to 151 ; r Turkish Fi ve per Cents., 411 411 ; New Spanish Three per Cents., 321 32 ; Peruvian Five per „ C ents., 81 81f ; and Honduras Railway Loan, 85 87. The New Turkish Loan is quoted at 1 to 1i Prem. In railways, Caledonian are 3 lower, Great Northern 3, Great Northern A 3, Metropolitan 3, and South Eastern 3. On the other hand, Shef field are 1 better, Brighton 3, North Western and north Eastern 3. The quotations are :—Cale donian, 763 73 ; Great Western, 483 3 ; Great Eastern 373 3 ; Great Northern, 107 8 ; ditto 3 ; A, 104 5 ; L anca shire, 124 3 ; Metropolitan, 106 ditto Extension, 105 6 ; Midland, 1 15 16 ; Sheffield, 53 I ; Brighton, 503 ; North British, 88 1 ; Nortl Western, 1143 ; North Eastern (Berwick), 023. 33 ; South Eastern, 751 63 ; Chatham and Dover, 163 17. United States Bonds are much firmer, the Five- Twenties and Bonds of 1885 showing a rise of 3, at 813 82, and 808 80k respectively. The Bonds of 18 85 are also better, at 733 733 ; Illinois Central Stock has receded 3, to 963 973, and Eries remain At 243 25. Atlantic Telegraph Original Stock has _given !ay 3, to 333 343 ; the Eight per Cent. Preference Shares have receded 3, to 4 41 ; and Anglo-Ame rican Telegraph Shares are unaltered, at 223 223 the sum of of £93,000 in gold was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday, making a tutal of £267,000 during the week since the date of the last return. The Martha Bernie, from Sydney, has brought £41,500, and the Lagos, from Africa, £12,450. A moderate amount of Mexican dollars, includ ing those brought by the West India packet, has been disposed of at 592 d., being an increase of id. upon the last rate. Bar silver is flat, the demand for India having for the moment subsided. A call of £5 per share, representing £500,000, is PaYable at the Bank of England on Monday by the Unfortunate shareholders in Overend, Gurney, and Company. The annual Court of Proprietors of the Canada ° lnPany is convened for the 31st inst. A general meeting of the Varna Railway Cora- Nny is called for the 31st inst. With reference to the General Exchange Bank (Limited), which is now winding up in Chancery, a circular has been issued by the committee of credi tors and shareholders in conjunction with the liqui dators, proposing to pay the creditors, with the dividends already declared, 193. in the pound at once, in full discharge of their debt. The committee rec ommend the acceptance of the offer. , The prospectus of the expected new Turkish So ciete Generale of Paris have authorised Messrs. C • Devaux and Co. to receive applications iu Lon don for the Treasury Bonds of the Imperial Otto -41 au Government, the prospectus of which is leaned. The amount is 62,000,000 f., or about 2,480,000 sterling, to be issued in London, Paris, Co nstantinople, and Amsterdam, at 83 per cent. T he bonds will be for 500 f. (£l9 16s. 10d.) 2,500 f. (99 4 a• Id.), and 12,500 f. (£496 Os. Bd.) being c alculated at the rate of 25f. 20c. to the sterling, for issue and repayment, bearing Interest at 6 per cent. per annum, from 31st October, 1868, and redeemable in equal pro- Portions at par, in francs or sterling, at such fixed rates and at the following dates, viz.: -15,500,000 f., or about £620,000, on the 30th April, 1872 ; 15 , 5 00,000 f., or about £620,000, on the 31st Oc tober, 1872 ; 15,500,000 f., or about £620,000, on the 30th April, 1873 ; £15,500,000f., or about £620,000, on the 31st October, 1873. The bonds, taking into account the periods for repayment, are calculated to give a return (as near as may he) of 12i per cent. per annum. By convention the following annual revenues :-1. Tne yearly tithes of the villayet du Danube, amounting to about 975,000 Turkish livres. 21. The yearly tithes of the Villayet d' Adrianople, amounting to about 715,000 Turkish livres. 3d. The yearly tithes of the villayet de Salonique, amounting to about 480,000 Turkish livres. 4th. The sheep tax of Anatolia, amounting to about 510,000 Turkish livres—total, 2,680,000 Turkish livres (or about £2,412,000 ster ling), are appropriated, during the period of five Years from the 31st day of October, 1868, to the payment half-yearly of the principal and interest of the whole of the bonds to the extent of 17 , 5 92,077 francs (or about £700,000) being a sum equal in amount to the principal and interest pay• able half-yearly ; and the convention provides for she Payment direct of the revenues so appropriated to the parties to the said convention. The conven lion also provides that iu case of the revenues /30 appropriated being insufficient the Im perial Ottoman Government will make good e necessary sum five days at latest previous to e : 1 1 half-yearly payment b e c om i ng due. The terms Payment are—on application, £lO per cent. on nominal amount of bonds applied for ; on allot lent, £2O ; on Ist April, 1869, £2O ; on Ist May, °69 , £32 6s. 10d. ; total, £B2 6 s . 10d. ; less inte rest.... (free of i ncome t ax ) d ue on 30 t h A pr il, 1869, 7 1 4 ch will be deducted from the instalment due t he I st May next, £3—£79 6s. 10d. The sub eriAtion an list will close on Saturday at two o'clock. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. UOTERNALENT FUNDS. a Per Cent. Consols . D itto for Acco un t, ; I Per Cent. Reduced 9ll 1 x d k e 't 3 2 per Cent - 'I.IY 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 A 4 "•• 5 per Can J au.1873 .. — —ll4 nitie s , SO 'yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880. Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — t,PF , (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — ' e uequar Bills, £l,OOO, 21 per Ct. Do, Do £ 5 O O b £lOO at £2OO — I , ll k . .of England Stock. 4 per Cent Ca nada account At er -Col 4 per Cent. Bends — Ate r - Colonial Umnium /,,,,,INDIA N UOVEUNMENT ISECURITIzs .., 4 t toelr, 10k per Cent., April 1874 2ll +Jo. Opening, for Account 13° . 5 pier Cent..luly, 1860 r 1 1 , 0 . 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 'Jo. Certificates O. Effaced Pape. 4 per Cent — DO. 6 per Cent., Jan. 1e72 c) • 6 1. per ()Ant. May 18 7 9 — J s iper Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 Do do 1877 — „ Do. d o . 1882 — 4' , 4 • Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Uo . Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO S. under £l.000 POREIN FTJNDS—C LOSING PR 1 1 C Ar Eentitie Repu G blic, 8 per Cent ... ..1.45 paid .. "" t rian Bonds 15 per cent .. — 4rtzilian Do. 1859 66 } per Ce 3 . q p Cent. nt 1852 —pe r •0. do. 18L:i8 °. do. 166'. • ii°• do., 181,3 — 0 , 0A 0 - 5 per Cent , 1865 isccount . Z I-I ° B 80k 11 Ayres 6 per Cont. e k ,; ) 2 A Per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Cent — (3 $ 6 Per ...1 . Do. 6 per Cent — ilboo: 4 36 k p p ., e r r o C e e n n t t...,.... ........ ......... D O ~ • per ce-t. 1867 — 13 1' 7 Per Cent, 1866 e. a . utnab, 6 per Cent. 14 4 811 . 3 per Cent, 1825 i.biart Principalities, 7 ler Cent 771 .u r. 8 per Cent., 1867 ... 7,lluatior New Consolidated, 1 per Cent 1,71)81.an, 7 per Cent..... s -1. P'ecoad Issue •. tio• £sot, Bonds " 0 • 41 0 Bonds I • ~. 83 tat larch 3. ss LOUI S C briatian is Louis e ' ladies and Winds° Day. McKrf• -- Mr. O r Leicester ding SOM . 3 rnpioYe r. ;utor hal' yosterd3s" ic ed the ni „ .on pani c ' l i s sing the j og thers 3 ' L nd uns' e ! given into d the Pr i ; paths, sl3' . with the rd labour. a Goodall, otting and nose• wrre la elses, a nd songs brestag gd Ick rag °rl r c ut 111.7, -erect Iv it li I knocked he ~ l a dy ° • bed )n er as is injurioo Sundl in t rith AO': A Course' me roo m, -white' , • arse, Coll' gat n i g ht 'd kings ftri was t b°- t, pr ison er _ Le per so; purse 811 )Ileet a ° °thee t° gnd" nti• ) the “ vvo!! h fewo . tee „ o ), the lo intena t°, .oeo Pr l 11$ ' rek ,0 tilt re are $ A p x" be eubily, said " A nd I °l rho lag Ater . )n ly. IVO whet 1 lose ftva tor 06 the cit 'a En gll ol of J 3r scotc h •ItiV cseu do iy the c ulati ° fffel th -- esi ° Der-- • --' 4 °it ° va sv an a volt° s a the ,- itioo. 8054 K 95 j 401 he P• a se" Do. 1884 - Do. Account Do. _Lotto Bonds Do. #.lOB Bonds — English Scrip, 1868 76f f Do do. £45 pd — die Government Itsilwav itt,i). , u,ur( , ...., rif f Greet 5 per Coat., 1824 5, ex Coups — 1)o. Account ... Do. COUrollid Do. Account ilustemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., lop. Ct., all pd 85f It otau 5 per Cert., 1465 — )o. Accounti ... — Do Maremmana Railway — , war. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account .00. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — ontevidoau 6 per Cent. .. — Nileorish imperial 5 per Cent N'ew Granada l6i Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferred ?ortivian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Acoount .. 801 1/ uo Si per Cent.. (11riliarren) Do 4i per Cent.. 186') 110 Account PortAguese 3 per Ct., 1853,'6, 7, '9,' , i;,,h2.'' Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — li•issian 5 per Cent., iBz2, X. St Do 4} per Cent . 1350 Da 4! 4 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1839 Do 5 per Cont., 1862 no. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, .Cloo..BondE. 94 Do. du. £B4 15s. d 0... !Jo., 1866, £lOO Bond5... Do. do £B4 15s. do — o Nicolas Railway 67/ Sar ; , titau a lA , r Cent — Spanish 3 per Ceu ... Do. Ace , ,un; .. Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred ••• - Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Oou. not funded — Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip — turitisb 6 per Cent; 'o Account 'u 6 per Cent. ItSsr, ..0 Account. al, £lOO Bokds , r , g pf.r Ce•rit., teli? Do Acanuni £lw lt,inds G7I Do 5 per Cent. 1865 91 i,l Do Account 64 - 31 Do 6 per Cent., 186 D Do l per Cent., Guaranteed Laud Warr:alit, (RatlT:4lls) Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Ace. &Jo 6 per Gent. 1864 Do 6 per Cont., 1862 Divideuns on the above payable in Loam. Austrian a per Cent. Ea 10 Florins 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2f per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull s6} Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Do. Account French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M. Italian 5 per Cent. 1851, El. Zol. Do Account S 6C CLOSINU PRICES. Jonso!s, Money 921 } Do. Account, April 8 •.. 92k 3 see, o'clock.—The market BOURSE, M trch.3.-1.1 closed as follows :- 4i per Cent. End of month — Ital'an Fives 57 50 3 per Cent End of month 7l 42} Mexican Loan ... 24 Credit Mobilier End of mouth... 293 75 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier ...1620 - - Home Debt End of month... Deferred — RAILWAI B. Cash Orleans ..... • ... 963} Northern .0. llBO Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 62li Western ...• 596} Eastern • • 585 Sardinian Austrian 6561 Lombard 4B3} North of Spain . 65 Saragossa Roman 5O CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day.) OLD COURT. The trial of Caroline Cottle, who was indicted for perjury committed in the Divorce Court in the case of Goderich v. Goderich, was resumed this morning, and occupied the Court the whole of the day. NEW COURT. Roland Hill Mooney, 17, was indicted for felo niously wounding Catherine Connell, with intent to do her grievous bodily harm. The facts of the case were rather peculiar, the prose3utrix was a domestic servant in the house of the father of die prisoner, and al..)oat 3 o'clock in the morning of the 31st of July screams were . heard to proceed therefrom. An a l arm was raised, when it was found that th , e prosecutri x had been most violently attacite.l whilst sleeping in her bed room, and that sue was then suffering from the effects of blows from a poker. The prisoner alone was iu the house with the witness, and when he was asked what he had had to do with the mat ter, hesaid the house had been burglarious!) , broken open, and that the persons who had entered the house had committed the offence. From circum stances that afterwards transpired, it appeared that the prisoner had previously threatened the prose cutrix, and he was accordingly given into custody. The evidence having been heard, the jury found the prisoner Guilty. 'the Common Sergeant said it was a most serious case, as more than likely the prisoner intended to do more harm than he had accom plished. Had he been an older person he should undoubtedly have sentenced him to penal servitude, as it was quite a mercy murder had not been committed. Under all the circumstances he should pass the very lenient sentence of 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour. 7HE OXFORD CREW. OXFORD, Thursday. The Oxford crew left Oxford by the 12 o'clock train this morning, and appeared on the Thames this afternoon. They are all well. MARKE.2 S-21118 DAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON. March 4.-Balos.probably 8,000 or 10,000 bales. Market quiet and unchanged. i oreign Mali i'acKet List. MAILS D UE. entralia and New Leaimud, via dentliampton...,.Feb. 27. Ditto, via .>"‘reeilles ..... Mar. a Ditto, via Ps- tuna - .srasil. Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Mar. 7. Ditto, by /french packet .ape Veida. Dy Brazil vacant . ......Mar. 7. Jape of Goou and St. Helena.... Feb. 27. reusing, and Singapore. via Southampton. Feb. a. ).ibraitar. via SoutUaaipton Feb. 27 tudta,via Southanioton unto, via Marseli.es Malta, Egypt, So. Feb. 27. Ditto, Marseilles Feb. 28 tiat,ritius, Cape of Good klupe, and Natal, via nouthiuri ton Ditto. AlalleilleS &tar. 19 • ewfoundla c. Portugal Mar. 7. United States. , anada. California. &a. ny Britian, Their Royal Highnesses Prince Arthur, Princess Louise, and suite, honoured the performance of the "Dead Heart" at the Theatre Royal Adelphi last evening. A Paris paper says, "It is rumoured that Colonel Norton is to become a member of General Grant's Cabi net." Considering that no man in Washington, except the President, nor woman either, if the story told in the same paper just above this announcement be true knows anything about that Cabinet, it is strange to find so much known in Paris. The energy, the tact, and ability of Colonel Norton are generally admitted. Hi s re port on the munitions of war at the Exhibition was per haps more widely noticed than any book published in 1868, and even in England was considered a fair, unpre judiced, and exhaustive description, although many con elusions arrived at by that officer ran counter to the Eng lish impression, indeed in a few instances did but sc an t justice to Britain. But the work has generally been taken as proof of no ordinary ability. The story alluded to occurred at a party given by Grant, who became the centre of a group of ladies, one of whom, thinking to ca t c h the soldier off guard, suddenly asked who ho int en d e d to put in his Cabinet. "Madame," said he, "my wif e h as already asked that question, but I have not yet told her." • DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, are the largest holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re commended by the medical profession in preference to French Brandy. Supplied iu casks and cases for home use or exporta tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunyille and Co. Belfast; or 4, Boxfort-bvildin,gs, btrazd, London W.Q—fAd yertioniont. THE SUN, LONDON, TrIURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 1869• SHARE LIST, AIL 411 , 'tire '..1-aliways. paid, C1051..tn4 Babinec. n"'" Price. chine. st Bristol and Exeter ...... 10'.. 77 79 77 1 st Caledonian ......... 10a 761 771 77 til it Caiabrlan 20 Cornwall ... all 21 ZI it Dublin az Belfast Juno... 100 77 78 it Dan,.Perth, az Ab. Juno... 100 70 72 2J East London all 7 9 10 Do 16 2) Do 10 .t Glasgow &S. Western lov 97 99 it Great Eastern .. it Do. E. Aug). No. 2 lOO 7 9 it Great North 01 Scotland ii.N 15 • 6 at Great Northern lOll 108 .0j 10/1 8 it Do. A stock st Do. B stook lliCt 123 1.:5 st GtS. and W. of Ireland IOV 95 7 at Gt. Western —Original 1(.0 481 481 421 !-t Do. South Wales 10i) 67 59 s ; Do. W..l.iid.—v.i•tord luO 17 29 .3 , Do. Newport too. :9 31 it Lancashire az I orkshirc lOO t 94 ,26 1241 1 at Lon., Brigh...a S.Cosit lOO 3 1 501 501 02 Do Scrip .... ill it lon., Chat., &LA Dovcr.. lti:. 161 171 10 4 00. Sletrop. bat. A.... ilk. - - it Lou. .0 :North Western.. leo 114 141 114 1 1 A Lou. 4 South Westero.. 100 84 00 bO4 tit ,t Alin., Snel., .1 Lincoln.. let 4 1 433 421 it Metropolitan ... . lOO 10. 4/ 107 107 67 61 at Do Extensi,a .. .. 100 1,4 1 0 10 ov. .N.. r 1 .. .. iv 10 1 1 st Metrudolitau District. all 40 14 441 10 Metrop. at. John's VI oo 1 st M... ..iiii at .io, dirmiu. & Di: us it NM:WI .tin (Asti .....,.... 1 0 0 38 .11 st DJ., Nu., rth., di vie— 109 st or....aitern • - Berwi,i.. i•A) 102 03 23 Do. 0. ~ . b purchaie !OA . • it Do Leeds . • 53 60 st Do York . zov s 2 94 931 21 2 st Do Cara..~ .... St. Do Stoe .. a Darling lOO t . . 8 130 at North Lou too .. •_.. - l ,, 12J A 10 Do .en .5.8: 2 11 2 p it North Staffordshire luv .58 CO it North and S.-W. Junction 100 103 105 10 Do Nev 1;10 ilaareij 7 .•• . • it Rhymney • 'is 49 61 st Shropsnire Union 0 58 5J at Soutu DeYou: at South Eastern lOO 71. 731 761 lii 51 at Staines, Wok'hum,& Wok all 14 13 it a.... • 4.4.1 c ....... • •••• . •• ivie .15 iao -- D 0.(.; " ... 5 3 * li ateriord az liiikenvy.. it), 10 Waterioo & Wlilteha 1.. o --•— RAILWAYS-PREFERr.NCE SHIRES AND STOCKS. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. - - Closingi Business ;share NAME. Paid. Prize. 4013,0 to Agra Limited, A all 111 121 I 1 1 19 Do B lO 4i 5 4 4 50 Albion 600 Alliance. Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lintall 19t 2.1 20 20 Anglo-Hungarian g 2 a 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 5 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all lu 12 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 ... .... 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia- all 30 32 60 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 18 60 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, •nd China all 211 221 26 Chartered Mere. of India, London, and China all 81 33 20 City 1) 111 121 100 Colonial 25 310 41 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and Loudon, lint ~, 23 ... ... 50 East London, lim a 11 0; 20 English and American, lira 10 ... ..: 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lim lO pr 1p 101 20 English, Scottish, and Aus tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 281 Do new AI 4 100 Imperial, lim ...... . 20 Imperial 0tt0man..,...,,,.., 10 21 • 1 12 1 :5 lonian all 25 27 2:i Do new .... ... - .... 20 Lnd Mortgage of. India, lim 4 31 3 3 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 75 7S 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 6 4 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 32 28 20 Do new 71 6 1 5 4 100 London & River Plate, lim. 40 10 12 25 Do new 1 0 24 i 121 20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 931 231 60 London and County 2O 51 53 51 1 20 Do new issat 20 p.m,16 pd ll ... London Joint Stock__ • London and South African al 1 11 100 London &S.-Western, lim, 20 ... 50 London & Venezuela, lim l2l ,•• 100 London and Westminster 2O 64 65 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 59 61 100 Merchant, lint 10 Metropolitan, lim 100 Midland, 1im..... 6 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool lim. 15 3 1 d 100 National Provinc. of &red 42 ..- 10 Do 42 ' , .0 National.. 2O 46 48 20 New South Wales all 42 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 43 45 60 Provinc. Bauk.Corpo., lim. 10 6 4 4 6-16 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 87 69 10 Do new, all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 26 15 11 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 47 48 471 100 Union of Ireland, Kin 60 Union of London MR. LOWE AND CHANCERY FEES. Mr. Lowe, we hear, intends to make a proposition which will rather startle the legal notabilities in both Houses of Parliament. It has hitherto been the practice to have all sums received on account of proceedings in Chancery fees, &c. —paid into a fund called the Suitors' Fee Fund. From this fund all the salaries of officers and pensions not charged on the Consolidated Fund have been hitherto paid. Of course no check or control can .have been exercised, for one and the same department made the allow ance, distributed the money, and audited the accounts. According to the new proposal, all moneys received by the Court of Chancery shall in future be received by stamps, the value of which will be paid into the Exchequer in the same manner as the fees of the Common Law and Admiralty Courts are now paid. The various sums required to carry on the several departments in the Court of Chancery will then be voted by Parliament under Class 111. (Law and Justice) of the Civil Service Estimates, and a system of independent check and audit introduced. Such is the scheme as it is reported to us.—Pall Mal! Gazette. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 80 118 at Caledonian Qra., No. 2 lOO ... at Do. Scot. N.L., 4. per cent lOO ... st Du. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent IOU at D). do. Ordinary lOO 80 81 at Du. Midland at Du. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gut).— all ar, Dundee, Berta, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO at Was. a. S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO at 44. Eastern, E.O. Ex. No.l 100 98 100 at Du do Nu. 2 100 98 10 at Do do 6 per cent 100 10, 112 at Du East Anglian. Asp. c. 100 ..„ at Do du B 6 do. 100 et Do do C 7 du. 100 at Du do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 t Do E. Union, 4 p.c. gnu. 100 70 73 at Do Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1646 100 st Do do 5 p.e.Way.Val.lB47 100 ••• st Great Northern, 5 per cent 10 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 st Do 4, do do do 100 at Do 5 do at sp. e. pin lOO et Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... ati Gt. Nrth of Scotland, let pf 100 it Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 stj 0 t.West.—Orig.&Jnt. - Rent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 102 104 1034 at Do. Orig. (13. & 13. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 103 at Do do 4 1 per cont. 1.850 100 88 9 ) at Do do 4 do do n.t Do do 5 per cent. redem lOO 95 97 97 it at Du do Birmingham gua lOO 64 70 at Do do do pref lOO at Do do Chester gnu lOO 72 78 st Do do do 8 per cent lOO at Do du do 5 do 100 95 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 at Du do 41 p.c lOO ..„ at Do do 4, 1859 lOO at Do do at Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g. 10J 11 t 116 at DS do gua. 100 110 112 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 9J 91 at Do do 2,1 do 100 DO LW at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1363 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all at Laucash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 0 1:35 • et Do Barnsley, £5 Is 10d p.c. 100 ..„ at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 at Do 41 (Blackburn porch). 100 Vs HO at London & Brighton, 5 p.c. guaranteed, Nu. 1 lOO at Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 at Do 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do Ni. 4. 100 at Do 7 per cent l,O ••• ••• at Do 6 du (W.E. d C.r ) 100 at Do 4 do 1851) IOU at Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO „.. atj Loudon and C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 10) 103 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO st Do Shrewsb'y & 100 ••• ••• st Loudon and 0. W 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 145 151 la 6d. Do (Portam. perp aur. 2s6d) all at Man., Shef., & Linda. 6 p.c lOO 11 a 117 6 Do £6 all par 1 pin at Do 31 per cent lOO GO 63 10 Do redeem. 6 percent. 6 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 135 140 at Do Bristol& Bina., 6p. c lOO Ils 136 at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO 100 102 at Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO do 1,0 at Do Leicester &li'cun,4 . p.e. 100 90 1)2 at Nortu British, 5 p.c. No.l lOO *** at Do E. &G.4p.c. S. & D IOU at Du N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t.. 100 at Do Border Union, 51 p.c WO at N.-Eastern—Om. 4 p.c lOO 80 8; " at Do 41 per cent. redeein lOO 95 97 at Do U N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 8 13.4. rciase 0 5 21 621 .0 t 06 7 : 81,1 : 1)1) 1) .. o u 000 .1): 6 Y ‘ at r ou l u ' ' Berwick t_ r s tl . : ( L : xed l t r i e f t :euel Annuities, EL: 1 : • 1. 11 : a 0 00 0 11 110 8 l 2l : 6 0 5 1 1 8 12 1: los lavistucta Anus., 10s all 9 10 l 4 22 8 1 4 23 3 9 221 s a a : 1. 1)1 : 1 : v a ilikt4e‘s' perc en t per r i k ee e ee u nn u t: y, : pe 1 1 1 o l O gl 1 4 : 5 : 1 :0: RAILWAYS.—PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Pratte of each separate year, bt l:aleauuian 44 •100 at uo Scot. Ceti. win. 7p c. 100 st Do 44 p irredcem..... all *— st Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 *** st Great Eastern 44 per cent. 10u ••• ••• st 110 5 do, 1862 100 88 7 4. . • at Du New 5 do, 1863 100 s 7 8,1 st 110 do 5 do, 1861... 100 82 86 st Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 st llu Pennauent 5 per cent. 100 st Do Boston & Steatd, 44 pc 100 ..• st Great West., W. lint!., 5p c 100 st Du Jointi.orpe. 5p c, 1865 100 88 Vt 91 st Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 103 108 20 Do Vale N each pup. 5p c all 19 20 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, 8... 100 5 Lane. and York. New 44 per cent till July, 1871 — 2 st Loud., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 18.53 100 ... st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 ... ••• at D 3 do 4i do, 1863 100 st Do do 5 do, 1865 100 ... st Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 ... st Do No. 7 sdo at Loud, Chat., &,c., 2d, 6 p.c et Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c et London& 1%. ‘Vestern, 5p e 100 107 10) 107} at London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 92 84 10 Mau. chef. & Lin., 5 pc,186.5 all 881 at Metropolitan o per cent lOO st Midland, A 5 per cent prof lOO 106 103 st 18 Do 5p Bc opt. to Co ny. to IUO 106 :1,1869 1 1 : Ord. Stk., Se : 91 • 18 Do Inconv. New Shares all 1 91 191 19 2'l Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 at North Britten, E. and l,} No. 1, 5 per cent 100 at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ••• st Do E., P., & Dun., 2 d, 4 pc 100 ••• a t Do E. &G , N 0.2, 5 p.e 100 • "' a t Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 at Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c at Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 ••' a t North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 97 yy at Do Stock. & Darl., 1) ..•• 100 jai at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) et North Staffordshire 5p c lOO st South Eastern, 44 pc, 1859 100 at Do 5 do 1861 100 st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 „. Do 5 do, 18 64 s a t t Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 RAthwAys.—LINES LEASED AT FIXED REIsITALSj s t Dl . 100 Do 41 pe d r cent. Prefer 101 1 011 3 103 st Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holy hea d lOO 62 88 at Du. 51 per cent. st Do. 5 do. st Clydesdale, guara nteed lOO 4 —• st Colchester Stour V alle y at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 13 : 1.3 . 4 20 Gloster and Dean Forest a ll ... ... a . Latin., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 .. CH a. DO. E. U. Harwich , 4 p.c 100 5. st Do. do. Woodbrg.Lx., do. 100 69 72 st Gt. West ,W. Mid., Herd 100 96 100 60 Hull and Selby all 111 113 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 216 22, at London and Blackwall lOO 64 , 6 at Do. 41 per cent lOO st London, Omit., 6:e., 41 pc. 100 ... 7 at Do. Cum . Fau d, s do 100 ... st London and Greenwich st Do. do Preference lOO et Loudon, Tilbury, at Soutn 100 gi 62 st Lowestoft, 6uat 4 per cent lOO 8 . ) 82 st Du. do. 6 do. 51 Munch.. Buxton , &Matlk all 6 *i i at Al idland, Bra'lford, Pref lOO 93 98' 10 Mal Haut Uray Line) 50 Northern East.,s per cent all 53 66 60 Du. do. 6 do. all ... . at N. Eaatera—liartlepuol ....... fit N.West.A perp. pre, 5p c. 100 103 110 at Do B minimum 11 p.c lO9 ... . . at Notting. & Granth. lt. & C lOO 92 9 . 4 25 Preston and tVyre. all 44 46 ... Royston, Hitch., and Shop. 100 13;3 134 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 136 10 Do do 4 21 2,p st S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 96 100 st Do 4 per cent gua lO 79 61 at Do 6 do st Vict. Station and Pimlico IOU 176 180 st West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all all 13 14 . . ;20 Do d B 20 Do do C all 61 7: at Weymouth and Portland lOO ... . . at Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 120 123 st London and St. Katherine 100 4V 51 dlOO D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all ... ... Millwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 31 33 at Southanlp ton lOO 76 78 It Surrey V 0131111076161 J ,•• OS MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., limn all 2.4 221 221 4 10 Auglo-Mediter. Tel., lim 10 124 145 11 f 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 161 171 et Atlantic Telegraph lO 35 5 5 at Do. 8 per cent 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lint. .........•••••• 5 id pr 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim. 9 7 E d 10 Berlin Water Works, lint all 141 144 10 Do. New ... . ..... . 100 Bolckow Vaughan, tun. ••• 80 10 12 401 5 Bombay Gas, lim. 5 Do. New ....... . 6.> British American Land 44 16 18 it B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 16 m 171 20 British Indian Tea, lim. •• all 2 s 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 20 Ceylon Company, lira 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 80 City of Milan Improy. lim all 5 10 25 City of Moscow Gas, ihn all 1 If 60 City Offices, limn. 50 Colonial, lim. , Do. ........• ....... .. . ... 50 Commercial; Union (Assur) 6 1 14p 10 Company of African Mer chants, 1im....... 14 p 20 Continental Union Gas, lim. all 19 2J 25 Copper Miners of Engl and, pref. 71 per cont. .. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per ce nt, all 104 106 100 Do. 1879, 4: per cent. all 1011 105/ 100 Do. 1882, 44 per cent all 10 34 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lint all 21 21 2 11-18 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim. 10 81 215 at Crystal Palace it Do. Preference lOO 94 99 st Do. 6p. c Pet petual Deb lO9 10 7 Li t 20 Darjeeling, lim. ... . I 0 Eastern Assam, lint 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, limn. 20 East India tress. & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gus. by Egypt. GOT all 911 951 95 41 55 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lint 6 41 4d st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 250 260 10 Do. New 3 Eng.& Aust ran. Copper , l im n 2 1 i A I 15 English and Foreign Credit 7 / 6 , 100 Eng. and Scot. ma rine, lim. 8 m . - .(1 10 Fairbairn Engineering 6 14 lid 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,litn l2 p r 1p isi 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 811 841 50 Gellivara, lim. '2o ... ... 10 General Credit & Die., Urn. 71 11 11 5/ 15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 29 50 lloms &Col Marine In. lim 5 41 31d 10 Hung Kong and China Gas all 20 Hudson's Bay all i . 3 .4 1 4 12i f 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lim. 2.5 Indo-European Tel., lint._ 10 ... ••• 20 Interna. Financial Soc. lim. 5 11 11 20 Interns. Land Credit, lim 6 6 43 50 Italian Land S 1 1 I'l 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Ca your) all 3 3 1 100 Do. 6 p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 62 64 50 Land Securities, lim 5 31 253 23 Loudon African Tradi ng lO 7 6. i --- 23 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim. 6 ••• •••" Engineer 10 London County Laud and Building, lim. ... . 5 Lond. Provincial fel. lim all St 3 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all I IP 50 Lond, Financial Asso., lien 30 4 Lond.Gen.Outaibus.Co.lim. all 1/ 2 24 60 Lond and l a r n o d n G sh la ip sf ihn ......... 25 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 ld pr 1 it .kadras Irriga. &Canl. Gua. 5 p. c. by India G o ,. & T l r r u o s n , t lira , i,and a . 62_ 31 3 4 100 4 103 104 103 22 17d 10 Mauritius LandrCredit , old Agency, 1ina........ l6 4 Id 10 Mediterra. Exton. Tel., '. . iin"'. all 4 41 50 Merchant Shippin g 1 al l 32 87 50 Millwall Iron Works, lint 124 •• "' 10 Natal Land and Colonitma tion Co., lint ..... 9 SI 21d 25 National Discount c,., . ,IL I — 6 111 125 25 National Prov. Marine . , lint. 4 4 35 20 5 N N e e r w b ud z d e 10 National Steam Ship, • L lim all 8 1 9 1 10 New Consolidated Dia. U 8 11 Id 24 6 ~.\ ew Quebrada, llin .. m nl 44 0 44 ai 25 New Zealand Loan cli .Me . * * cantile Agency,limn .. - I I IP a al C an a d i Loan, lim ........... s 11 14 10 Northern Assam fea,....ryri 6 7 5 10 Do. B .... ' - ........ 1 st North Brit. Austral., um-- 100 all 47 62 2 50 North Brit. & Mere --- an. hi. 64 19 20 25 Ocean Marine (Insuranc e ). s 121 134 60 Oriental Financial, li mn , .•. ll ••• •• (1 6 Oriental Gas, lint ........ all 5 Do. New ;•; -.. 1 4 it) 10 Otago and Solar:la-n-01 I vestment, lina ... a. 2 1 ,1 1P 5 Ottoman Gas, 1itn.....--""' all 1 4 2 1 10 Panama, New Zealan d, .. and Australian R. Mail lint al l .•,. 5 Do do. .... . _ . it Peel R. Land & Minerl,. lint . 100 32 45 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Stem a ll 49 bl . 50 Do. New 1867 . In 10 ld pr 25 Reuter'a Telegram ... 60 Rhymainey Iron all 19 21 15 Do. New ... :. , 25 Rio de Janeiro City. . ' na.,hm. all 20 Do. Gas, lira 100 Royal Mail Stearn it Scottish Aust. Invest. ... . .1 1 st Do. 6P. c• Guar: P rof. iru 100 ••• 20 Socidte Fin. d'EB YPte, lim. 10 7 6 " 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empiro Ot. 8 21 si 60 S• African Mort. & In v t H i m 6 •• • • 25 South Australian Land st Submarine Telegra p h 1 Do. Scrip.,,, •... all 1 1 4 20 Telegraph Con. &Main 20 Thames and Mersey M arine (Insurance), lim 20 Trinidad Petroleum, limn"— 84 --, JO Trust & Agency of Aus. , lim. 1 4 IP 10 Do do. do. all ..• ..• 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Can a da, 6 I IP 50 Union Marine L'pool, lint 5 41 5 p 20 Union Steam Ship, lint all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp.,linl• 6 11 45 SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lim. all 5/ 64 5 Do. 10 per cent. Prof• all 81 41p 8; 20 Universal Marine(lu.), linl• 6 11 2p 61 10 Upper Assam Tea, lint. all 4 2 30 Van Dieman's Land 284 84 7; 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 Per cent. (Mortgage) Loan all 784 794 50 Warrant Finance, linl• l2 12 105 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lim. . . 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses ... COLONIAL 00Y1alkilaIGNT 8h;CUILIT11:6 British Columbia. 6 per cent 0672.... ••• «••••• 100 180 ......... :. 130 110000, •0 110083 119 ..,.,. 100 111 113 UsnAlov.6 1877-84 Feb. ..... • lOO 101 1 1(41 Do. 6p. 0. ...1; A ug lvo lit 3 104 - D o . op. o. liar. a Sept lOO 102 104 - Do. sp, o. Jan. - Do. sp. c. Inscribed alp lOO 9 0 92 c apol.llope , 6 p.c. 1073 •• 1 09 102 104 Do,ApLaz 001 1890-1800 Do, do 100 107 109 100 10 8 i ts Do. Jan...ltJulY. 1 10 0 06 4 6 1 1 1 0 00 6 8 s 1 5 ( 7 ) 4 2 I: - I. , 1872, do• ••• 100 105 107 CI s t D DD eo o oaap. ~:uolt s: :.BBip i :it: e t,Bs2Su r z:o : : P e ov6 n . t c . t p 1 .1 1: 08 1: 0 6 ;: j i tt ;:l . j 7 r 9: : : :: : 1 ,, 1.. .... Y = ~, .. , I tt a i n Gi . 08avn:7.8,, May pea J iby. o o... l j ; :.a ..dAa. .su. "14:...1 y. ..., llllOOO l / 0 000 :0036 1743 - Melbourne Carporatn., - , 11187 - 75 , 6 per ct ut , • p et , Apl it Oct. 00 10 ' ) ._... . .. Do 6p 0. May a. NOY. •••• 1 0 1(6 108 - N. 8. W. 5 p.m, '7l to 71 lOO 99 1 , 1 - Do. 5 p.e. 1888 to 1890. • • 100 981 991 9ftf 1 9 - DO. 5 9.0.rd.'67t 0 ' 7 i - N.Zealand, 6p. et. 1891•• IGO - _ - Do. 5 percent.... - DoJan,Aprl,July, 0 t..• 100 93 94: 91 1 - Da 8p 0. Mar & eept '9l lOO 108 110 - Do Ju..e ..t Deo . 1-01 •• •• 1 00 109 111 -- fDo prov. 1 Auccld. 1 lt 0 - .- - ( . t rie . 1 Zit 2, lea .. - Nova Scotia 6p. taat-• • - and Jnly. 1875 Do lies lOO 10. 103 - Queenslnd. 6p. c. '82.5 lOO 1061 1071 - Do 189, .. •- •••. lOO 1054 1005 - Do. 6 p 0.1869.• ••• •• 100 .._ _ -- Do. do. A 2...... .• •• 100 108 110 - Do rd. 1893 ... - .... . •••• 1C) 107 108 .... VlOlOll4 B.p.Q. iefh“ , .., •• 100 118 113. PUBLIC PETITIONS. The third report of the Select Committee on Public Petitions gives a long list of additional petitions presented to Parliament. The first is from electors of Dumfriesshire, praying to be heard in reference to the election of Sir Sidney Waterloo, which has been disputed on the ground of his being a Government contractor. Petitions for the Ballot, for the extension of the franchise to women, and for other alterations in the Reform Bill follow ; to be succeeded by a formidable list of petitions in favour of the disendowment of the Irish Church, bearing altogether 49,504 signatures. One against the disestablishment comes from Toronto. No less than sixteen appeals for the repeal or reduction of fire insurance are added to those previously reported. Three additional petitions for an alteration of the law of licenses for beerhouses, come from Leeds, Lancaster, and Bolton. A solitary petition comes from Coventry against the renewal of the French Treaty ; and one bearing 203 signatures of barristers-at-law, and others, is in favour of erecting the new law courts on the Thames Embankment. No less than 112 petitions, bearing 148 signatures, come from Poor-law medical officers for inquiry. Nine appeals for restriction of the sale of liquors are included in the list. Mr. Morrison, of the British College of Health, has, we see, not been without imitators in his petition against the Vaccination Laws. Happily, as the two peti tions for their repeal mentioned in this report only represent two signatures, we need not be very aporehen sive of the results. ELECTION PETITIONS. .411- At the hearing of the Taunton election petition onWed nesday, Mr. Henry James, the defeated candidate, was called, and he gave evidence to the effect that he gave the strictest order that bribery and corruption were to be avoided, and it was a condition of his standing that not a farthing was to be spent improperly. He would rather lose the seat twenty times than ratify the spend ing of a penny improperly. From his professional experience he also had a great objection to the use of public-houses, and he never entered them except to canvass the landlord. He did not know, after strict inquiries, of any bribery or treating on his behalf, and he took every step to avoid everything of the kind. Mr. Cole, Q.C., was at one time a candidate, but as the result of a ballot, Mr. Cole got 42 promises, and Mr. James 700. After a complete canvass of the borough witness got 994 promises out of a net register of 1,900. Witness left the borough for a time, and on his return was asked by voters, " Are you going to pay us our court money; the other side are doing it ?" and such questions. Witness believed these payments were decisive of the result of the contest. Wit ness, esteeming them to be bribery, refused such pay ments, and the result was that he got the name of being mean. Witness admitted in cross-examination that some members of the Liberal Registration Association were paid ss. for loss of work in attending the registration court, but only on producing certificates that they at• tended the court and that they were members of the asso ciation. _ . In opening the Wigan election petition against the return of Messrs. Woods and Lancaster, before Mr. Baron Martin, Mr. Giffard said he believed that one important feature, if not the most important feature, in the inquiry would be that rates had been paid in a wholesale manner for voters, with the intention and upon the distinct bargain that they should vote for Messrs. Woods and Lancaster. There were a great number of cases, but one would illus trate the whole. A man named Wilcock, who was acting for the sitting members, had paid the rates for a number of voters, and had arranged that the votes should be recorded for Messrs. Woods and Lancaster. The names of the candidates were not mentioned in many cases, but it was well understood by the voters for which side they were to vote. Wilcock said, " You must vote for a good man ; a man of the right principles ; you must vote for him who has paid your rates." About fifty persons had been treated in that fashion, and had accordingly voted as they had promised to do, namely, in favour of Messrs. Woods and Lancaster. In the next class bribes had been administered, not in the shape of direct money payments, but in employments. At Mr. Wood's own colliery, and at a colliery in which Mr. Lan caster was one of the chief animating spirits, voters had been applied to, and if they exhibited any hesitation, it was intimated to them that they would probably not retain their situations. In a great many instances employ. ment had been promised and given on the condition, expressed or implied, that the votes should be recorded in favour of Messrs. Woods and Lancaster. In another class undue influence had been used on persons actually in em ployment. In one notable cuse a man named Tyson had been summarily dismissed by his employers, Messrs. Peck and Wood, for having expressed his intention to vote for the Conservative candidates. It would be shewn that the relations existing between Messrs. Peck and Wood were such as to make the sitting members responsible for Tyson's dismissal. There were two cases —one especially which affected Mr. Lancaster. If their evidence could be believed, two men, named Abbott and Mawdsley, went to Mr. Lancaster's house in October last, and received a pound eachron the understanding that they would vote for Mr. Lancaster, who paid the money in person. There were cases of smaller money payments, but these could not be traced to the candidates themselves. There were cases of treating, but there did not appear to have been so much treating as there had been in other places. In one case a third party, not a voter, was supplied with money to buy drink and refreshment for a voter who had asked for it. An application has been made in Vice-Chancellor Maline's Court to commit the proprietors of the Bristol Times and Mirror for contempt of court, in publishing an affidavit in connection with a suit (not yet ready for trial) against the directors of the Cheltenham Waggon Company. The Vice- Chancellor ruled that the publication was a contempt of Court, and that the proprietors of the paper were liable to committal. He adjudged them to pay the costs of the application. The case of the Rev. R. D. Duncan has for some weeks engaged the attention of the Liverpool Bankruptcy Court. At the sitting of the court on Tuesday Mr. Commis sioner Perry expressed a strong opinion that the bankrupt had brought himself within those conditions of the Bank ruptcy Act which would disentitle him to an order of dis charge, and the judgment of the Court was that the order should to suspended for two years, with liber'y to apply for protection at the end of six months. A fatal termination to a case of hydrophobia occurred on Tuesday at Preston. The victim is a boy aged six years. Three days before Christmas a blue terrier dog belonging to the little fellow, fought another strange dog which is supposed to have been in a rabid condition. The blue terrier flew at the little boy, and tore away part of the bottom lip. Notwithstanding the attention of eleven medi cal gentlemen, he died early yesterday morning. Mr. West, our consul at Suez, gives a favourable opinion of M. de Lesseps' canal. Ho says: -"I have strong doubts of its being carried out within the prescribed period. I nevertheless believe that a cutting leading from one sea to the other will be effected, and, judging from the effects of the facilities already afforded by the fresh-water canal in conjunction with the Maritime Canal at Ismailia, there is every reason to expect that an increasing amount of traffic will pass through the Canal Maritime some time before its entire completion." MILITARY EDUCATION.—The fifth annual report of the Council of Military Education has just been issued. The report speaks very favourably of the efficiency and general conduct of the army schoolmasters and school- mistresses, and shews a considerable improvement in the state of education in the army. Of a total of 169,214 men reported upon, 16,010 can neither read nor write, 17,924 can read but not write, 124,893 can both read and write, 10,387 have " a superior degree of education." It is stated that in 1866 the percentage of men who could not read or write was 12'45 ; in 1868 the percentage was reduced to 9'46 ; the proportion of men who could read only in 1866 was 16'12 per cent. ; in 1868 it was reduced to 10'59. The proportion of men having a superior education was fractionally larger in 1866 than in 1868. The best educated corps is the Royal Enginers, where only 1 . 34 per cent. are returned as une ducated ; the worst, the Military Train, where the proportion of uneducated reaches 24 . 0; per cunt. In 1865 it was as high as 38'62. A good deal of complaint is made.of the &Li I,xity_pf . attend' thos - 49101w port 61 NOTICE.. The Third Edition of " The Sun " of last Evening was published in Aim° for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. litii JDIfIUN SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day LIVERPOOL RACES--THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) WELTER HANDICAP. St. Valentine 1 Tripihong 2 Albion Four ran. LIVERPOOL CUP Knight of the Gaiter Honet Attack c Six rum LADIES' PURSE. Black bird c Mrs. Power II ANDICAP PLATE Honesty Fairfax Messenger 6ix. ran. SEFTON HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE Roving Maid 1 Ben . azet Endsleigh . 3 Fourteen ran. HANDICAP HURDLE RACE. Sorceress .. Chorister .. St. Valentine Mrs. Power RACING IXTURES. MA Warwick 9, 10, 11 Hendon l2, 13 West Somerset 15, 16 Northa►npton 16, 17 West Drayton lB, .19, &Moyle First Spring 18, 15 1 Margate 20 Beverley 2O Durham 29, 31 I Epsom 30, 31 lUL. Abergavenny l, 2 Bromley 1, 2 Aldershot l, 2 Catterick Bridge 1, 2 Think ... 6, 7 Hungerford 6, 7 Lichfield 6, 7 Cam bridge 7 8 Croxton Park .. 8 Streatham 8, 9 M. Chester 4, 5,6, 7 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 Baldoyle 2nd Spring 11, 12 St. Albans 13, 14 Salisbury l3, 14 J 1 r Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 2,3, 4 A scut .....8, 9, 10, 1.1 Liverpool Summer —l5, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Curragh 22, 23, 24 Ne wmarket Craven...l2, &o. Knighton... l3, 14 Ludlow 15, 16 Eastbourne l9 Lewes 20 21 Curragh ...20, 21, 22 Croydon... 22, 23 Newnaarket Ist Spring 26, &c. Doncaster 13, 14 West Drayton l7, 13 Bath 18, 19 Manchester l9, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 21 Harpenden 2l Epsom Summer ~...25, cue_ KE. Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldham 22 Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Buttou Park .....29, 30 Jl.l Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &T. Carlisle Pontefract 9, 10 Hendon .... 12, 13 Nottingham l3, 14 Southampton 13, it Reading 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Stamford ... "2, 23 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 30 AU(I Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 Egham lO, 11 I Wolverhampton lO, 11 Windsor 12, 13 I St. Albans l7, 18 Stockton lB, 19, 20 1 SEPTE Warwick... 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield UST. — Oxford York 24, 25, 26 Plymouth 26, 27 Scarborough ...30, 31 Derby Summer ...31, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, gel). 1 Canterbury 3l, Sep. 1 MBER. Hampton 21, 22 Western (Ayr) 22, 23 Hendon Monmouth... • 23, 24 Newmarket i st 0et....28, &c. Lanark... 2O, SU 7RE NA7IONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. - The annual report of this association has just been issued, and gives interesting information con cerning the progress of rifle shooting, not only in this country, but in distant colonies, settlements, and all places where our countrymen have congre gated—in Canada, India, Australia, and China, where shooting is c trried on just the same as at Wimbledon. In 1860, when the association was in stituted, 67 prizes were given, of the value of £2,238, and such has been the progress made that at last year's meeting 1,045 prizes were given, of the value of £10,592 10s. The Queen has headed the prize list from the beginning with the special prize of the "Volunteers, every competitor being the spe cial representative of a regiment. The prizes gene rally have been usually divided into two classes, " Volunteer" and "All Comers," but last year au addition was made of " Army" prizes for certain selected men of the army to shoot for without pay ment of either entrance fee or sighting-shot money. There were 1,830 entries for the Queen's prize last year, a decrease of 27-1 on the year before, but there was an increase of 120 in the St. George's Challenge Vase competition, the mode of entry for which is 10s. for each selected man of his regiment, being half the fee paid for entering the Queen's. For the Enfield All Corners, with entrance fees of 10s. and ss. each range, the numbers of entries still keep very high. For the Alexandra, with an entrance fee of 10s. each range, the entries for prizes amounting to £275 each range, were at 200 yards, 1,118, or 559, double the amount of the prize ; at 500 yards, 1,121 entries, or £650 10s. ; and at 600 yards, 1,088. For the Albert (any rifle), in which no one enters except the smallbore shots with the smallbore fancy rifles, there were 184 entries for the 8670 offered in prizes, and the entrance fees will bring in about £644, the amount being at the rate of £3 103. each competi tion for the four ranges. This proves that fancy ride competitions do not pay. Another instance, in addition to the Alexandra, of the manner in which the soldier's weapon pays in competi tions is shown in the Windmill prizes, the entrance fee to which was ss. each range. There were, at 200 yards, 1,025 entries, for £175 in prize value, and 1,019 entries at 500 yards, for prizes of the same value. It would appear from this that the favourite entries of the crowd of competitors are for those prizes which are shot for with what is s till, so far as the volunteer service is concerned, " the national weapon"—the muzzleloading Enfield. One of the most interesting matches of last year was for the breechloading prizes. The sum of £5O was given by the Duke of Cambridge for competitors with breechloaders, and it was decided to give this sum as a " second stage prize"—i.e., for winners in a first stage to shoot for. This com petition, from which much utility was to be ex pected, was not a tempting one to enter, for in the first stage no prizes whatever were offered in the book of prizes, all the information given being that competitors might enter three times at each range (200 and 500 yards), on payment of ss. each entry, making a total of 30s. in money. Lord Elcho has been elected as President, his old post, in place of Earl Spencer, who has been obliged to resign in consequence of taking the position of Lord-Lieute nant of Ireland. Bank of England Returns. An Account, pursuant to t. cap. 32, for the week ending ale Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, March 8, 1869. ISSUE DE I Notos issued ....431,927,110 ARTMENT. IGovernmt. Debt..£ll,ols,let Other Securities.. 6,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion ......... 16,927,110 Silver Bullion X3l, 027,110 - 31,927,1 10 BANKING 1, Proprietors'Cap i- 000 tal ............... X 14,553, Best ................ 3,651,468 Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div. A c counts 5,563.996 Other Deposits.. 17,550,588 Seven Days and o ther 8i115..." 422,571 ~PARTUENT. Governint. Secu rities(including Dead Weight - . Annuity) . •.. - 6,537 Other Securities 18,160,879 Notes 8,369,860 Vold and Silver (join .„„ 1,094,347 £41,691,623 WPM £41,691,623 IZ I'9/Mai l Chict Gmkin.. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS.-TEUS EVEM Q. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Their lordships were occupied the whole of the earlier part of the evening in discussing the merits of the Pafila mentary Proceedings Bill, a measure brought in by . the Marquis of Salisbury to enable the house to take up mea sures at a future session at the point at which they were left at any closing session. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tms EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. ELECTION PETITIONS. The CLERK read the report of the Judge stating that Mr. O'Beirne was not duly elected for Cashel, and also stating that Msjor Knox was not duly elected for Sligo. STOCKPORT ELECTION. Mr. GILPIN pre:=ented a petition stating that further info.mation had come to 14;ht relative to corrupt practices since the petition against the sitting member had been withdraw,.. Ife prayed that a Royal Commission might inquire into the roil jest. uNIVERSITY TESTS BILL. Mr. MOWBRAY gave notice that on Wednesday, on the s. c nd resting - Of this bill being moved, ho should more that it be react it second time that day six niouth DISENDOWAIEN r OF THE IRISH CIILTRCII. Mr. G. HARDY gave notice, on the part of the right hon. gentleman the rm nib T for Buckinghamshire, that on the second reading of the oisemiownieot of the Irish Church, biil he should move that th.' sal be read a second (Hear, hear, fro m the time that d,,y six mon th s. Oppo sition.) MALT TAX. The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER, in tn swer to Mr. Is.N.;oinbie, as to whothJr the Government were prepared to rink.) any alteration in the ma!t tax during the present sess'on, said he must be excused making any remarks on the subject at present. The finan cial statement would shortly be made, when the whole question could be raised._ CII. FEVER PATIENTS. Mr. GOSCIIBN, in reply to Colonel Darner, said un fortunately three persons had died in cabs on their way to the fever hospital ; but it was not quite certain that the deaths had been caused by the patients being kept in a sitting position. The parishes were not bound to provide fever ambulances. The cabs, however, were not the ordi nary street cabs, but vehicles kept by the different parishes for the purpose. The subject of providing proper am bulances was being considered by the Metropolitan Asylums Board. THE LORD HIGH ADMIRAL. Mr. GLADSTONE, in reply to Mr. White, said it was not the intention of the Government to recommend the renewal of the office of Lord High Admiral. THE COASTGUARD. Mr. CHILDERS, in reply to Mr. S. HARDY, said there had been a small reduction in the coastguard service to the extent of 225 men, but it had ben caused by the abo lition of certain river stations above the Custom-house. TIIE • HORSE GUARDS. Mr. CARDWELL said, in reply to Mr. White, that submissions for appointments were made in the office of the Commander-in-Chief, and sent to the War Office for the approbation of the Secretary of War. When these submissions were returned to the office of the Commander in -Chief, they were then submitted by him to the Queen, and the Secretary of War received her Majesty's pleasure on the subject. The subject had been inquired into some time ago, but it had been thought undesirable to alter the existing practice. HAMMERSMITH BRIDGE. Mr. BRUCE, in reply to Lord Bury, said previous to the boat race on the 17th it was proposed to examine the state of Hammersmith bridge to see whether it would be safe to allow a large number of people to assemble there on that occasion. THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. On the motion for the house going into committee of supply, Mr. 'WHITE called attention to the large sum that the house was now asked to give its con sent to for the expenses of the Abyssinian Ex pedition. It was said last year that the expense of the expedition would be about £4,000,000, but the expense he believed had already amounted, with that which had already been voted and that which was to he taken that night, to no less a sum than £8,50,000. He thought it right that the house should make the most searching inquiry into the circumstances that had caused such an enormous excess over that at first estimated. He thought such an excess a disgrace and a scandal, and that it tended to show that no reliance was to be placed in the official estimates. Sir J. JENKINSON said he hoped they would have some Information of the causes that led to the expedition and of the mismanagement connected with it. Sir S. NORTHCOTE said tha estimate made by his his right hon. friend when he was Chancellor of the Ex chequer that £1,000,000 wou i l m d p b e e rfe t c h t e c in os f, t ir o m f atthioene.xpTedhie ttliroonn, ‘Gvaos made with i h th ad v n e o ry information upon which they could rely with respect to the country to be traversed, and when the troops arrived on the coast a great de ficiency of water was one of the first difficulties to be overcome. It was absolutely necessary that the expedition should be pushed on with the greatest rapidity, and that, with the want of information, must be considered in regard to the money now required. The way in which the expedition had terminated with the smallest sacrifice) of human life, and human suffering, was a matter of the greatest congratulation. He had on a former occasion had to inform the house of the great diffi culty that was experienced in getting information from India, and that was ono of the matters that nrevented the then Government of the day giving the house specific in formation. He hoped it was not to be imputed to the late Government that they had published estimates that were known to be inaccurate. The expedition had to be pushed on in order to prevent the troops being detained in that inhospitable country, and that doubtless had led to a great deal of the expedition that had taken place. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in asking leave to make a payment to the Indian Government, in part payment of the cost of the Abyssinian expedition, said that the accounts were not yet complete, but he might say that the accounts ho had received from Mr. Turner, who was sent out to superintend the expenditure, showed the following items :—The War-otlice had spent £161,1100, thc.Admiraliy £l,::62,o00, and the Govervmont of India 57,010,000, in all £8,76 1 ,00 ). Owing to the incomplete state of the accounts he could not say that more would not be required, but lie hoped it would not be his unpleasant duty to make any further announcement that more money was necessary. The right hon. gentleman then gave the details that made up the griss sum he had mentioned and moved a resolution that £3,500,000 be granted in part paytneut of the expenses of the Abyssinian Expedition, £5,000,000 having been already paid. Mr. W. HUNT defended the late Government from any imputation of negligence during the time the expedi tion was going. on. Mr. Whirl] willingly acquitted the late Govern ment of any intention to deceive the House of Cotnmons. What he found fault with was the want of informrtion that they showed during the whole expedition. Sir P. O'BRIEN said he was sorry that the hon. mem ber for Brighton did not conclude his observations with something practical. When he, with others, last year declared the expedition would cost ten millions they were laughed at. The vote, after some further discussion, was agreed to. [LEFT SITTING. PRUSSIA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) BERLIN, March 4. The North German Parliament was opened to din by the King in person. His Majesty, in his Speech from the Throne, said that he rejoiced that the prospect of the maintenance of peace had not since their last assembling proved fallacious. His Majesty mentioned the improve ments which would be effected by the bills which had already been passed, and those which were still underdiscussion. A bill relative to the Electoral Law, framed in accordance with Article 20 of the Constitution of the North German Con federation, would be laid before the Parliament to secure a uniform system of electoral procedure throughout the whole Confederation, and also to secure the legal status of the Federal officials. The Budget of 1870 showed that an increase of the revenue was necessary. In the postal arrange ments between the Confederation and foreign States progress had been made, and postal conven tions with the Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, and the Danubian Principalities will be laid before the Par liament. The organisation of the Federal Consu lar system is approaching completion. A consular convention with Italy is about to regulate the respective powers of the Consuls of both nations, in order to insure uniformity in the conditct of the consular administration a n d the diplomatic representation abroad of North Germany. The necessary expenditure for this ebfiersbtroduugthyt offortwhearddipinlomthaeticßaugdegnetst o p f u r l p B o 7 s o e . abroad will be to secure the maintenance of peace between all nations who like ourselves know how to value its benefits. The fulfilment of this duty will be facilitated by the friendly terms at present existing between the North German Con federation and all foreign Powers, and negotiationswhichnc nf prove d afresh by the peaceful solution of th e difficulty which but lately threatened to dis turb East.P aris TheCesult of endeavour of th e E uropean p r regard the ble s sings of peace as a valu able and common benefit to be guarded by all as common property. Havniantigonse‘evnhiethhe ha s s uce p e r s o s ve o d f this course of action, a both the will and the power to respect the inde pendence of foreign States and to defend its own, is justified in trusting • the continuance of peace, to disturb which neither foreign Governments have the intention or the • enemies of order the power." DOUBLE 11URDER A 7 POPLAR. A horrible murder has just been discovered at Poplar. 3 , lrsßrown, a confectioner, residingnear the Oriental Musio Hall, in High-street, Puplar, was found murdered this afternoon. Her throat was cut; and her daughter was also found dead, with her throat cut. Mrs. Brown's shop was closed on Tuesday, and to-day the neighbours, thinking something was amiss, broke iu and found the bodies of tile mother and daughter as Glt, scribed,