The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-01 00:00:00

or. x oNny MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two oCLocir. According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to day, the French Rentes were 71f. 35c. Consols are 93 4 3 for money ; ditto, for Ac "ant, ; Three [per Cent. Reduced, 93 4; New Tkree per Cents, 934 4 4 4. loklndia Stock, 104 per Cent., April, 1874, 211 124; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1021 4 ; ditto Debentures, Aug., 1873 , 104. In the Foreign Market stocks are dull, at a re duction of nearly 1, in New Spatiish Three per Cents., 4in Mexican Bonds, and Turkish Five per Cent. Bonds are fractionally lower ; Italian Five Per Cents. are slightly better, at 561 561; Greek Bonds are 12 124 ; 111exican, 151 to 154 New Spanish Three per Cents., 321 321; Turkish F ive per Cents., 411 414 ; lioaduras Railway Loan, 85 87 ex c. ; an 1 Russian (Az2ff) Railway 141 an, 81 82. In the Railway Market prices continue steady, without much alteration. Great Eastern has ri sen 1 per cent., Metropolitan Original 4, Caledonian, Sheffield, and North British 4, and Brightons are 4 better. On the other hand, North Easterns have receded 4, and Midland, Great Western, and South Easterns are lower. The following are the quotations : C aledonian, 764 7 ; Great Western, 494 4; Great Eastern, 384 4 ; Great Northern, 107 8 ; ditto A, 105 4; Lancashire, 1244 51 ; Metropoliian, 1064 106 1; ditto Extension, 1034 44 ; Midland, 1171 18 ; Sheffield, 534 544 ; Brighton, 504 51/ ; North British, 361 4 ; North Western, 115 4; North Eastern, 1021 31 ; South Eastern, 784 91 ; Chat ham and Dover, 164 174. United States Five-Twenties are in demand, and have advanced 1, to 821 to 824 ; the Bonds of 1885 4, to 81 to 811 ; but the Ten-Forty Bonds are lower, at 744 744. Erie Railway Shares are b..tter, at 241 to 251. ; and Illinois Central stock is not quite so firm, at 964 to 97. Atlantic Telegraph Original stock is unaltered at 34 3 5 . the Eight per Cent. Preference shares remain at 4} 41 ; and Anglo-American Telegraph Shares at 221 4. A sum of £26,000 in bar gold has been taken from the Bank for shipment to Paris. Letters from Paris state that the Turkish Loan to be brought out there by the Societe Generale will be in obligations of 400 f. each, bearing 30f. interest, and redeemable at 500 f., in four drawings, to take place in April and October, 1872 and 18 73• Subscriptions will be invited in London and V ienna. An interim dividend, at the rate of 12 per cent. Per annum, has been declared by the directors of lialcomb and Co. (Limited). A.dvices from Manchester announce the failure of kr. John Pennington, spinner and manufacturer of Walk Mill, Colne, with liabilities estimated at £55 ,000, and assets at £25,000. An adjou rne d mee ting of the creditors of Messrs. j . , ° ha Sparrow and Co., cotton spinners and mann- I fteturer s , an offer of ss. in the pound was made, bu rejected. Ultimately a proposal to accept 6s. Bd. '' l3 .; ss. in three months, and ls. Bd. in six months was agreed to, the executors promising to carry this out, if practicable. A , It appears from the last American advices that the treaty negotiated by the United States with the Government of Columbia (IN ew Grenada) concedes to the United States the exclusive right to construct an i nter-oceanic canal across the Isthmus of Darien , 1 . 1 . t any point which may be selected by the United o tates. The Colombian Government cede six miles of land on each side of the canal, and are to re ceive 10 p er cen t. o f th e ne t i ncom e for the a Just 113 years, and after the canal is paid for, 25 per cent, of the net profits. The treaty is to bo rat ined by the United States within 10 months, the surveys to be made within two years after the r atification, the canal begun within five years and finished within 15 years after the ratification otherwise the charter fails. It is estimated to cost 5100,000,000. The following notice regarding the Atlantic an Great Western Railway Company has been poste in the Stock Exchange : " February 27. "I have now to advise the receipt of information to the effect that the Erie Railway Company has served an injunction, with the view, it is under stood, of preventing the issue of income bonds, &c. The interests of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway arc in able hands, and energetic measures have been adopted to remove all difficulties. The programme of July last will be proceeded with im itadiately. " L. J. WOODMAN, Secretary. " P.S.—No intimation of Mr. Stebbins's resigna tion has been received." Accounts from San Francisco continue to express Strong anticipations as to the supply of wheat likely to be furnished this year from California. The ra ins have been very copious, and are considered to Five an assurance of a most abundant harvest. It 1 . 8 estimated th a t th e y i e ld f or 1869 w ill b e great l y 11 1 excess of any former year. The directors of the Russian (Vyksounsky) Iron Works Company (Limited) have made a call of £2 3 " share, 10s. of which is payable on the 6th of 'larch, and £1 10s. on the 15th of May. They also als o announc e th a t " they are on the eve of settling _ i sati sfactory arrangement with the debenture hold generally." vic e - chancellor Sir W. M. James has appointed Z r- Arthu r C coper prov i s i ona l official liquidator of e ,CItY of Mo scow G as C om p an y (Limited). T he anal inst a l men t o f £5 is to be paid on the 'l4, -Ext ension shares of the East Indian Railway C°l3 4 ) any by the 30th of March. 1 „ 11 e total amount of calls due in March upon English and Fo re i gn R a il wa y and Miscellaneous shares is about £467,600. BRITISH FU.NDN-CLOSINU PRICES. _ (40rE1tNMENT rtiNDS. a )'r C ent. Console $ Di tto for A ccoun t , leer Cont. Reduced 93 j I k s vr 3 per Cent Do. a ""trr 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 4,,, , •" • • • , per C0n1873 irslauities, 30 Tre, expire sth Jan., 1880 — ",,o• for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1835 — xZeti (Red S ea Tolevaph), Aug., 1908 — •flo equr Bills, -£l,OOO, 2i per Ct. .£5OO De ' li tti , I : £lOO k £2OO r• - ; •f England Stock, 4 per Cent (I _ l J • acceuit 1 11 ,tla 4 per Cont. Bends — 14er-Celonial Ornnnun /41,1NniA.N dOVERNMENT SECUILITIEb. Lift Mock, 104 p er C en t., Ap r il 1874 211 121 1)°. Opening, for Account - i• 6 per C en t. J u l y, 1820 - 1 • ) • • 4 per C en t. , O c t. 1888 -•• Certificates D to. Enfaced Pape. 4 per Cant — 00• 5 per coat., Jan. 1872 , — n ,. if per May 1879 — -' 6 per Cent Rup. Deb. 1872 4 P• Do do 1877 ..... , De, do. 1882 — ""C. Deb 5 er Centl873 60 Sonde, P .1 O - 4 per Cent., .£l,OOO •• under .el.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 44-,a6ltrlli" at: e it i o te n P d u e bi b le, t; per Cent A _ . clip 145 paid .. • — per cent t _ . roper 1859 65: 8 rkzilia Cent — p °.4 4 per Cent. 1852 — °• do 1858.... b o . . de* 186 ' — :;.scepoe'r Cent., 1 1 8 8 6 6 5 3 t oo ki0., nt .e n(:),, Ayui . es b , per Cent. p 0 ,.,N 2 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont.: . 0g"111 6 per C ent. ikiall ti per Cont — Do. 4 1 Per Cent..., • L 8 per Cont., — r,°•• 6 per ce-t. 1867 — 0 le 7 per Cent., 1866 14. ,'lbian, 6 per Cant. - 1 - A _Li htl 3 p.3r Cent., 1825 k r , ll ° , B Per Cent., 1867 ••••••... le. • or New Consolidated, 1 per Cent. Y)P i „a , n. 7 per Cent.... ••• z t , ,cond Issue 0..£50C Bonds 1) 1)0. to,o: 11500.e0 BRondsAcco Do 1864 un t 89: 89 Env . onde 9O I %A Scrip,:lB66 774 Dv do. £-151. , 1 — Governn.,nt ,-.i.i.1w.4.N , L),..b.u.aur.,:s Greeic 5 por Coat., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Account Do. Coupon-- Do. Acco. , nt Gu..;.-uno.h. 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., lop. Ct., all pd 85} ltiliau 5 per Cert., 1865 — ," , o. Accountii ~ — Do MAremmana Railway — Ilexicar. 3 per Cant — Ditto for Account Dn. 1804 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — vioutevidvan 6 per Cent. .. — Moorish imperial 5 per Cent - New Granada 164 Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deterred Pertudan 5 per Cent, 1805 Do Account .. 79i -I .. .. , Do -ii per (,ont.. t Urilnirrou ) ....... —O.. - - Do -it por Cent., P-,62 - ... . — Do Account . — Port'iguosi_ , 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7, '1 , ,'60,' - .2'' , 37i !Do. do. It'-67 — Do. do. Scrip, .420) 1)4,1 — R issian 5 per Cent., 1822, X 61, Do 44 ye: Cent . 185 U Do 4 per Ccnt., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 D., 5 por Ccnt., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, .£loo,BondL. • -- ..... _ _ . . , Do. - do. £Bl 13s. d 0..., Do., 1866, £lOO 80nd5..... Do. (11 £B-1 Lis. do— — Do Nicolas Railway .. . 67} 7 Sar iiniau 0 per Cent.... — Spanish 3 per Ceu . 3l Do. Account ..., Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deforreu Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Corn. Cert. of Cour. not funded ... Do. Account. Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan — Do Government, 1864 Do dc, 1868 Do do, Scrip — pn. Turkish 6 per Cent.i Do Account .. Do 6 per Cont. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do £10( Bonds — Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — D J Account Do 6 per Cont., 1860 . -- Do 1 por Cent., Guarautoo..i 1)o Lado Warrants (awl , , e , ) Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do. Acc•aut ....... 32i I .....„ Do 6 per Cent. 1864 1..)o 6 per Cont., 1862 Divideuus on the above payable in Loudo, Austrian a psr Cent. Ex It) Florins Belgian, 4i per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch ' . i per °Aut. Ex. 12 GO Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... Do. Account — French Routes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f. _ Winn 5 per Cont. 1831, E. 25f. Do Accoun t — CLOSING PRICES. ..;'onsols, Money 92= 3 92k 3 Do. Account, March 4 LATEST INTELL WINCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) LIVERPOOL, March 1. The Liverpool, Brazil, and River Plate Com pany's steamer Copernicus, Captain Carkwell, left the Mersey yesterday with ship-letter mails, 13 passengers, a small amount in specie, and a general cargo direct for Rio de Janeiro, Monte Video, and Buenos Ayres. ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA. SOUTFIANIPTON, March 1. The North German Lloyd's steamer America, from New York, has arrived here. She brings 46 passengers for this port, Havre, and Bremen, 42 sacks of mails for London, and a full cargo. No specie. PORTUGAL. LISBON, Feb. 28. The British irouclad Hercules has arrived here. All well. OUTWARD BONIBAY MAILS OF 13-19 Ta FEBRUARY. SuEz, Feb. 28. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Sumotra sailed for Bombay at 5 p.m. yesterday, PRUSSIA. BERLIN, March 1. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies the bill relative to the convention concluded between the Prussian Government and the town of Frankfort was passed almost unani mously. No debate took place, and the bill was adopted in accordance with the proposals of the committee appointed to report upon the same. FRANCE. BOURSE, Feb. 27.—Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : Bank Shares 2965 ItaPan Fives 57 50 ' End of mouth — ' Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Tbrees Home Debt — Deferred — s. Cash Orleans N ort h ern ... ...... /180 Lyons and Mediterranean 993 ............... Southern..... 62li Western Eastern • • 585 Sardinian Austrian Lombard 48 3 - North of Spain Saragossa Roman 5O 4i per Cent. End of month — 3 per Cent End of month 7l 42i Credit Mobilier End of mouth 293 75 Credit Foncier _1620 - Ead of month — - iIIILWA`. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day.) The Central Ciiminal Court resumed its sittings this morning before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and Aldermen. THE MERCHANTS' COMPANY. Mr. Digby Seymour, Q.C., said he was instructed on the part of the prosecution in the case of Mr. Richard Stuart Lane and Mr. James Childs to apply to the court for• per mission for the witnesses to be allowed not to go before the grand jury, and that the recognisances of the . wit nesses for the prosecution should be discharged. The Recorder said that he had read the depositions very carefully, and he must say that the conclusion he had arrived at was that unless there was some additional evidence to that which appeared in the depositions, it was hopeless to expect a conviction of the defendants upon the the charge made. He therefore consented to the applica tion that the prosecution should not ho required to go before the grand jury. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. A RAILWAY PICKPOCKET.—WiIIiam Bishop, &scribing himself as a greengrocer, of 47, Pearson-street, Ringsland road, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a purse containing money from the person of Mrs. Mary Ann Lamb, of 53, Great Titchfield-street, while on the platform of the Great Portland-street station of the Metro politan Railway. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner. 3ELF - eet 'lSt of to the ed un der nul phet rity Ai of 036 ratan o 8136/ of .ar __„„Nt r * Y- Viar." - iti.9 2,1 0 00 13ct b o r r bf,r, ay ' 9,3 1 1'40 6lac. - or qart in o.' 1510, - 00 I ° 43 1 20' the I t ' s ,! re In t ' ft ,less 1 n°t be 1 a 0 l l °. ses of lent ee co of l en' 9 De w% u 4: cd4 9 : e 2 pr s o°°- iu dg : :ieetjOthelt vgio pints, tho se ;I lisi , of Iv c °l3l inglisb lf f l6' c, u ,d i f i 9 b y tli f I , oiieli t 1 f° -toot b c oy to ; lies ,res ent Chan . of VOI " T ion. go ru Rigs ..--- WESTMINSTER. ROBBERY OF A MEMBER OF THE REFORM CL ÜB. Rowland Fancbild, a cabman, was charged with stealing a black leather bag with valuable contents. Mr. Octavius Henry Smith said he hired a cab at the Reform Club on Monday evening, and was driven to his house, 44, Princes-street, Kensington. After he had got iu-doors he found he had left his bag in the cab. Il e sent out his servant and found the cab was gone. Prisoner—lt is all a mistake. The prisoner was remanded until Saturday. THAMES. DESPERATE ENCOUNTER.—Frederick Rose, a stout young fellow, about 20 years of age, was brought up on remand, charged with assaulting and wounding p o li ce _ constable Alfred Sturgeon, of th 3 K division, and sen tenced to two months' hard labour. MARKEY S -1111 S DAY. MARK-LANE. At Mark-lane this morning there was a full attendance of the trade. The demand continues very quiet for all descriptions. Wheat sells slowly, and here and there lower prices were accepted. Flour without much change. SMITHFIELD AND LEADENHALL. The dead meat market is steady at previous rates : - Beef, 3s 4d to 5s 2d ; veal, 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 5s 2d ; largo pork, 3s 2d to 3s 10d ; small ditto, 4s to 5s per stone. There is no change of importance to report in Co poultry market. at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 at Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO ... st Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... st Do. do.. 7 per cent lOO st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 80 82 st Do. Midland at Du. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all at; Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO st Glas. & S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO ... st qt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 99 102 at Du do N 0.2 100 98 100 at Du do 6 per cent lOU 10W 112 st Do East Anglian A 5 p. c. 100 st Do du B 6 do. 100 at Do do C 7 do. 108 st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 ... st Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 71 73 st Do Norfolk 5 p.c.Ex.1846 100 ... at Du do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 ... at Great Noitheru, 5 per cent 10 ... at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pin. 100 ... stlaDo 4 .1 do do do 100 ... st Do 5 du at sp. c. pin. 100 ... at Du Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent stl Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 at, Creat South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 atj Gt•West.—Orig.&Jnt.-11ent chg., per gua. 5 p.c lOO 103 10i st Do. Orig. (B.& li. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 05 100 at Do du 4, per cent. 1850— 100 88 92 st Do du 4 du do st Do do 5 per cent. rodent lOO 96 97 97 st Do do 13irmingham. gua, lOO 62 70 at Do do do pref lOO at Do do Chester gua lOO 72 76 st Do do do 8 per cent lOO at Do do du 5 do 100 93 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ,„ at Do do 41 p.c lOO at Do do 41 1850 lOO „, at Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g lOO 111 116 at Do du 2d gua lOO 110 112 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lt.lo Ui 91 at Do do 20 du 100 100 103 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 „, 100 Lancaster k Carlisle 41 p.c. all „, „, st Lancasli. & Yurksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 • 135 st Du Barnsley, £5 3610,1 p.c. 100 „, at Du 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 st Do 41 (Blackburn purch). 100 SOS 102 at London & Brighton, 5 P.C. guaranteed, No. 1 lOO ,„ at Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 ,„ at Do 6 do do lOO st Do 5 do No. 4. 100 ,„ at Do 7 per cent I ,JO st Do 6 du (W.E. & C.P.) ,„ at DJ 4 do 1859 lOO at Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent ICO ••• ••• st London and /LW., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent.— 100 10) 111 at Do Bedford & Cambridge lOO „, st Du Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO „, at London and 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 145 150 la Gd. Do (Portant. peril ans. 2560) all „, at Man., Shef., &Lineln. 6 p.c lOO 11 1 117 6 Do at Do 31 per cent lOO 60 61 10 Do redeem. 6 percent. 5 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 135 140 at Du Bristol & Bina., 6p. c lOO 113 134 at Du 41 per cent. redeem lOO 10J 102 at Do 4$ per cent. irredeem lOO 100 1.2 st Du Leicester & H'chn,4 . p.e. 1.10 90 92 at st N p o o r E tii 11 1 000 0 000 0 18:0 .. 39:7 8 . 110) . 101 at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per cen.t lOO at Do Border Union, 51 p.c luU at N.-Eastern—Cons. 4 p.c lOO 86 Se at Du 44 per cent. redeem.— 100 95 97 1: 21 D 7 D D Qu o yß li eo N tr. .E. 4 per cent., lOO ... Berwick capital & ca S p . it P l i l irchase. 8 1 1 0 3.4. 10 ' .211 a l:00 North) o, u N v l i suei s i dta u att t trettek D rpd .i : . ‘,l ul g ar ;0 . T s ti 1 .. c .t ,s Dtv .t. o ( n it A e, n ui n . u A it n ie n, l l.o B .6) all i l 2 0 0 4 21 10 21 I cent per en all ull 8 9 as s a ttt t ): I'll Fixedl' raf percentol e r d N 1 per n u 6pc 1 111a 0 °' ()) o °l3l 12 4 47 2 1 5: 12. '45:3.3°: RAILWAYS.—PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 41 p c gas,. at Do Scot. Ceu. win. 7p c lOO „„ at Do 41 p irredeem all ••• • •• at Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 at Du 5 do, 1862 lOO S 8 vt. at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 87 89 at Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 82 86 at Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 at Du Per:nancut 5 per cent. 100 at Do Boston & Sleafd, 41 pc 109 at Great West., W. Mull., 5p c 100 st Do Joint i.erpe. 5 p c,1865 100 86 at Du do 6p c irred., 1866 109 109 loi 2J Do Vale N oath peril. 5p c all 19 2U st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B „ 100 ... 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1 at Loud., Brie., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 at Du du 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 41 du, 1861 100 at Da do 43 du, 1863 100 :.• st Do do 5 du, 1665 100 IA at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 sdo at Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c 10c) •• ..• at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do du C 6 p.c at London &N. Western, 5p c 100 169 Ili at London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 94 96 10 Mau. :Awl. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 8 at Metropolitan. per cent lOO at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 1U: 110 at Du B 5 do 100 108 110 18 Do 5 p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1860 all 21 211 18i Do Incony. New Share s a ll 191 19i 22 Do 5p c con. into 01d Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 B4 21 21p at North Britian, E. and (I, No. 1, 5 per cent ... at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 •• •" at Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 ••• •" st Do B.& U}, N 0.2, 5 P.c st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 ::• at Do B. No. 3, 5 p.c 100 "' st Do E.& G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 " at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 7 at Do Stock.:: , Dam, D , 100 111 114 st North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 por cent) at North syu t DE S t oa a s i t f e u r r n d , s 11 44 i i r e pd s co, 88p1c.56 91 00 l lO OO . Do 5 do (Ch. Cross) 1863 109 at Do 5 do, 18 64 Et st Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 ... ,„ RAIL‘VAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS" at Birkenhead /Thi ~, 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer.. , all 101 Ir)3 st Buckinghamshire st Chester and Holyhead lOO 63 , 5 st Do. 51 per cent. at Do. 5 do. ... at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ••• at Colchester stout Valley ~ 100 ••• at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 1e1: 13i 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ... a Gt. Easn., Newra., &c., 5 p.c 100 .. *** a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 6;) i l ; at Do.do. Woodbrg.Lx., do. 100 69 72 at Gt. West, W. Mid., Heref 100 98 100 50 Hull and Selby all In 113 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 215 22) at London and Blackwall lOO 94 96 a t Du. 41 per cent lOO ••• „„,, at Loudon' Quat., &c., 41 pc. 100 ... a t Do. Coln. Fund, s do 100 ... : at London and Greenwich at Do. do Preference lOO ... at Loudon, Tilbury, & South 100 81 , i ; at Lowestoft, gua 4 percent lOO I) 82 at Do. du. 6 du. ' 51 Mauch., Buxton, it, Miitlk all s 1,, at Midland , B radford, Pref lOO 9 8 "I 10 Mid Kent Cray Line) 50 Northernt East., 5 percent all 52 ij 50 Do. do. 6 do. all ... ... st N. Easters —Hartlepool ... at N. W est. A peril. prat', sp. c. 100 10J 110 at Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO ... ... at Notting. & tiranta. IL &C IOU 92 ot 25 Preston and %‘ yre. all 41 46' ... Royston, Hitch. and Shep. lOU 133 Ix; a t Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 13. i j;ts 10 Do do 5 21 2,p at S. Yorksh. and. liiyer Dun 100 98 100 st Dc 4 per cent gua IU • 79 si st Du I do at Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180 at West Cornwall lOO 55 L 7 20 West London, Class A all 13 14 20 Do do B all 20 Do do C all ••• ••• 61 74, at Weymouth and Portland lOO .., ... at Wilts and Somerset ........• 100 51 83 DOCKS. st East and West ludia lOO 120 123 st London and St. Katherine lOO 41) 61 100 D °Deb. stock, 4 per cent all ... ... 48i Mil!wall Freehold Land 100 31 33 st Dock st Southampton IN 76 73 It Surrey Qvuniarcial J Al i• 10 Anglo-American Tel.,llm all 22i 2 2 i 22i 10 Auglo-Mediter. Tel., lim ;10 13 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 161 171 st Atlantic Telegraph lO z u 5 st Do. 8 per cent. 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lira g 7 6,1 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 141 141 10 Do. New a 31 41 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lira. ••• BO 11 13 5 Bombay Gas, lira, all 31 44 5 Do. New 4 11 Id 5) British American Land.: 44 16 18 at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim. 100 16 , 171 20 British Indian Tea, lira all '2 6 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company all 60 65 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, Bin 2l 21 lid 20 Ceylon Company, lira. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lira 6 41 31 25 City of London Beal Pro perty, li ua 8 41 31d 30 City of Milan Improv. lim all b lO 25 City o f M os cow Gas, lira all 2 a 50 City Offices, lira 25 231 221 d 64 50 Colonial, lim. Do. ••• ... 50 Commercia Union (Assur) 6 1 11p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas , lhn all is 19 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of Loudon Binds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 101 105 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 1044 1051 100 Do. 1832, 4i per cent. all 1031 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. a ll 24 21 2 1 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 8 1 24a st Crystal Palace lOO 14 21 at Do. Preference lOO 94 29 st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 106 110 20 Darjeeling, lira. I 0 Eastern Assam, lira. 6l ... ... d 50 East Indian Laud Credit and Finance, lim. 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lira. 271 111 111c1 161 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy. Gus. by Egypt. Gov all 941 951 961 1 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. BM 6 44 4d st Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 250 260 10 Do. New 8 12 1414 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lira 21 g 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 Z 4 i 100 Eng. and Scot. )i arias, lim 8 10 Fairbairn Engineering 6 11 11d 20 Fore-street Warehouse,lim l2 p r i p 100 For. Q. Col. Guy. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at .+.:85 all 88 89 88 50 Gellivara, lint. 2O ... ... 2 1 8 1 2 1 : i 6 50 Holm & Col Marino In. lint. China (las all .., ... 10 Hung Kong and all 134 14 131 20 Hudson's Bay 10 15 General uen e ra l Credit steai a &Dis., Navigationli ln 14 71 4i 2 Itt 20 Imperial Land co. of Mar seilles, litn. 25 Indo-European Tel., lint IU ..:1 • • i 1 8 1 20 Interna.Fivancial Soc. lint. 5 1 6 4(1 a L n a d nd Credit, lint 6, 11 id issued 30 p. c Bcls., r e d eem .3 3 3 i ' eurities, lint Irri. (Canal Cavonr) all i 1 all 62 1.4 634 4 5 31 344 152 2 50 0 0000 ILa Italianpt Italiane oi I r i . 11 8576 a . t 23 London African Trialing ,10 7 5•. 1 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim. 6 ••• ••. a 10 Loudon County Land and Building, lint. 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lint all •31 3 , 4 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per ceult. all 1 4P 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lint 30 2 A 46 4 Lond.Glen.Ornnibus.Co.lim. all 14 2 5• •16 50 Loud, and Glaag. Engineer 25 22 17d and Iron Ship, li nt 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 Id pr 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, at Madras Irriga. & Caul. Gus. 5 p. c. by India Goy. Agency, 1im....~ a f A d 10 Mediterra. Exten, Tel., lint. all ~ 27" 50 Merchant Shipping, lint , all .. SO Millwall Iron Works, Wu. 121 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. . . 9 31 210 25 National Discounldo. .. , ******* 6 11} I Q 2 4, 111 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 4 ., VlO National Steam Ship lim. all 6 1 d2O Nerbudda Coal & Iron , , lull. 6 31 - 10 New Consolidated Dis. lira. 3 11 Id and 100 1 103 104 5 New Quebrada, lim 4.4.0 4 1 a k 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer • cautilc Agency,lim 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim -1 1 4 10 Northern Assam Tee, lint 5 " 10 Do. B ........ all 1 2 at North Brit. Austral., lim lOO 47 52 62 5 5 0 05 0 DON Oriental i o e r ea t n h at a ß ul r Gra i trio.. Financial, .& na, eui M ici la( j e la r n. 1 c , s. a . lu. n i r. in. . a. l i.i. n .c. . a " ), 5 61 10 20 121 13 ll A 1f • al 41 3 l 71 71 5 Do. New..,.... 10 Otago and Southland In • vestment, lint ..... 2 Id fp 5 Ottoman Gas, lim 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail Bun all 7; S Do do. at Peel R. Land & Minerl llm 100 32 65 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 49 5 1 50 50 Do. Now 1867 25 Reuter's Telegram all 6) 65 50 Ithymney Iron ...... all 19 21 15 Do. New ....... tn 25 Rio de Janeiro City I,lim. all 1 9 ,2' ) 24 1 20 Do. Gas, lim all 231 241 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 46 48 et Scottish Aust. Invest., lim. 100 8 5 30 at Do. 6p. C. Guar: Pref. 100 -. 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte um, 10 7, ~' 6,, 20 Societe Gen.de l'E mpire pt. 8 21 "I 50 S. African Mort. & Inv. lim. 6 •••**.*.• a 25 South Australi an Land st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 1 1 4 20 Telegraph Con. & M a i n.,lim all 181 191 19 1 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lint 2 8 3 1 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint Bl .- 1.0 Trust & Agency of A ue . , li m 1 4 IP 10 Do do. do. all ••• t i p 50 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 6 4 ip 50 Union Marine L'pool, Urn 5 41 5 p 20 Union Steam Ship, Um all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lin• 6 11 ills U. Kingdom Tel. Co., 116 1 ▪ ali 51 61 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pre! all si 4 11 3 8 4 20 Universal Marine(1 11 ?•) , ' 6l l4 2 p 8100 Upper Van all 14 2 281 ei 7 4 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per Loan.., a cent. (Mortgage)all 7 81 11 754 79 79 1 40 Warrant Finance, lim• ~ 12 1 2 100 50 West India and Pilawc t i Assam em ilil . Tea, La d lint Laud Steam, lint 2O 21 ii Warehouses ••• ••• 20 West London Wharves and 10 COLONIA.I , GOYEIMMENT SECLIKITIJCS British Columbia, 6 per 100 Do. 1895 _ _ Vati.Gov.6p.C.J lll . • &••• my 1877-84 Do. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug lOO 1(3 2LS Do. sp, o. Mar. & Sept lO9 RS 1(7 - Do. Sp. 0. Jan. & Ju l y- 100 13 11 sal - Do. sp. C. inscribed sk lOO 10 92 - Cape G.llope. 61). 0 . 1873 " 10 0 102 10t - Do.AplAtOot 1890-19 00 " 100 111 113 - Do. do 1880-90 •• 100 107 lot - Do. Jan.SrJuly, itpt •—• 100 108 llt - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 .. 100 100 102 - Ce; lon, Nov 1870, 6 P'''' 100 108 118 - Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 105 107 - Mauritius, 6p. o, 1873,.. - Jan. and July - Do. 1878 .. • 1)0 108 108 - Do. 1882, May and Nc• .‘• 00 1 06 108 Melbourne - F. 1) ° 8 . 6 1 7 5 - 9 7 5 5, eC p b r r&P c °, _ A n r au t 1 10 :1 110060 I')d :0 N.B .Gov. , p . o .jadauly•• 100 101 1,4 - Natal 6 p or, Apl) Oct .. 10) - Do 6p 0. May et Nor l.O 1(6 108 - N. S. W. 5 p.n., '7l to '7,1 lOO 99 , 1 - Do. 5 p.o. 1688 to 189 e... 1)1 uBl 99i 9 - Do. 5 p.c. rd. 67 to '75 - N.Zealand, 6p. et. 1891 ICO - Do. 5 per oent.••• - DoJan, Aprl,July, 0 t lOO 93 (4 pli • Do 6p c. Mar lit tept '9l lOO 108 1.16 -- Do J tr,,e & De° 1 , 9 1 •••• 1 ( 0 109 11l - ID° Pruv.. I At.otld. ) - b(rle 1& 2, 169 6 .. - Nova Scotia 6 1). 0 ,100 .• • - and July. 1875 Do 18t6 lOO 101 103 - Queenelnd. Op. 0 . 'B2 b•• 10 0 10e/ 101/ 107 - Do 189 t - I Do. . . 6 p 0.1869...... 100 _ --' do. A.% •... 100 108 110 - Do rd. 1693 Victoria sx.o. Vatm.•,• LA 142 la; SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Times remarks that the army estimates of the pre. sent year have been anticipated with more than ordinary interest, and forestalled with more than ordin aryconfidence. No very ambitious programme of reform is propounded in these estimates. They do not even imply or foreshadow any important alteration in the relations between the regular army, the militia, and the volunteers ; still less do they indicate any departure from English principles of military organisation. At the same time the measures they presuppose will assuredly facilitate the introduction of salutary improvements into our system. National defence is the question that preoccupies and ought to preoccupy the mind of an English War Minister. The Times combats the principle maintained by some politicians that Great Britain must lose her place among the nations unless she is prepared to compete with the overgrown armaments of foreign Powers. If our national existence depends upon it, we must either resort to conscription or raise by taxes 'whatever may be required to support a force of 300,000 or 400,000 combatants, Inn:Red by voluntary enlistment, in a country where the cost of labour is excessive. But wo confidently deny that our national existence, or even our national honour, depends upon these conditions. That which commands the respect of warlike neighbours, and constitutes the security of a free country against aggres sion, is not only the strength of its standing army, but the porsession of irresistible resources, both moral and mate rial, capable of being called forth at the shortest notice in case of emergency. A reduction in the visible military force of these islands is consistent with a vast augmenta tion of the reserve forces in which consists their last and almost impregnable line of defence. To reconcile these distinct but not conflicting objects is the first duty of the House of Commons in discussing the army estimates. The Standard thinks that Mr. Gladstone will hardly feel himself strengthened for the work he has in hand by the fact that the accredited representatives of the English Church, through her bishops and clergy assembled in Convocation, have formally recorded their judgment against the policy of disestablishment and disendowment. Enough has been done by the addresses from the two bodies representing the bishops and clergy of the Church of England to convince the Government that the clergy are, with very few exceptions, rootedly hostile to their policy in regard to the Irish Church. It is vain to seek to minimise the importance of this fact, or to laugh out of court the channel through which it is made manifest. Convocation is the only appointed organ of the clergy known to the Constitution, and although its representative system needs expansion, it has as much right to speak for the clergy in the mean- while as the House of Commons had to speak and legislate for the country when it was elected by the ten-pounders. It was never so active and vigorous as it is now, and never since its active life has been restored has the honour of a seat in the representative chamber been more earnestly sought or more keenly contested. The result, as we have seen in the action of the two provinces last week, was the election of a clerical Parliament which has signalised the first days of its first session by recording its unfeigned reprobation of the Church policy of Mr. Gladstone. The Daily News says that Bridgwater, that ancient and unrepentant rota, grown hoary in all the trespasses and sins of electoral corruption, has now, it may be hoped, filled up even to overflowing the cup of its abominations, and is destined to the fate, as it has long gone the way, of Yarmouth. There is a rugged simplicity in the conies. sions of those sturdy Somersetshire rustics and "retired mariners" on the banks of the Parrott which, as extremes meet, almost deserves the name of honesty. The borough has been convicted before, but whether from despair of recovering a good name (if it ever had one), or from an innate vicious propensity, or from that obduracy which is so commonly found among criminals who have been convicted and released, and recoil. victed, it seems never to have set all the outward decencies at defiance with such roystering cynicism as at the last election. The result has been that even the most lenient and indulgent of election judges has unseated both members, and signified his intention to report to the Speaker the prevalence of corruption in the borough, although he has accepted the declarations of Mr. Vanderbyl and Mr. Kinglake that the corrupt practices which have forfeited their seats and saddled them with the costs of a petition were as completely unknown to them as notorious to everybody else. The Herald refers to the immense sums that are spent in elections, and asks, Are we, then, to rest contented, and to sit still under the knowledge that without an expendi ture every four years, on an average, of thousands of pounds, a man cannot procure and retain a seat in the House of Commons? It is simply impossible that the moral sense of the earnest and reflective portion of the public should not be exasperated by the increasing difficul ties which beset men of moderate means, even if of rare or splendid abilities, in their natural and laudable ambition to serve their country and exalt their own fair fame within the honourable walls of Parliament. But we maintain that the State is a greater loser by far than the individual could ex er be. Everything that deters good men from seeking admittance to the House of Cum. muus, or that gratuitously bars the way when they do seek it, is a national mischief ; nor will the nation be compen sated by their finding openings fur their intellectual energy in the very highest forms of journalism. Once let the press bec me too obviously and glaringly a better exponent of cultivated public opinion than the House of Commons, be transparently a more favourite medium for thoughtful expression, the chosen or even accepted field for the pro mising brain of the generation, and once let men become accustomed to regard Parliament as an inferior political tribunal instead of the highest political tribunal in the land, and we shall have seen the beginning of the end of real representative government. Men will not long endure to be ruled by their inferiors. We want the best of the nation in the Legislature in order that the rest of the nation may gladly and without humiliation acquiesce in its decision. The Star declares that the present Government has come into power 'pledged to effect large and immediate reduc tions in the public expenditure ; and Mr. Childers's presence at the Board of Admiralty has been considered by the public generally a guarantee that the promises of the Liberal party while out of place will not be forgotten, so far, at least, as the navy is concerned, by a Liberal Administration. The navy estimates, which have just been presented to Parliament, and as published by order of the House of Commons, contain Mr. Childers's. fulfil ment of his pledges. On the whole, we think the spirit of clearsighted and prudent economy exhibited in the details of the financial policy unfolded by the First Lord of the Admiralty will gratify, even though it may not altogether satisfy, the anxieties of•the British taxpayer. Of course, it was not possible for Mr. Gladstone's Govern ment, having acceded so lately to power, to deal as thoroughly as the public desires with the expenditure of the country. In the navy, and the departments subsidiary to it, where great numbers of men are employed by Govern ment, it is peculiarly difficult to pursue the work of retrenchment quickly. Notwithstanding these obstacles, Mr. Childers has been able to effect a very substantial saving, as the estimates shew, without materially touching the efficiency of the service. Important, however, as the reduced expenditure is in itself, it is still more important as evidence of the spirit in which thd Liberal Government have approached their work, and of their resolution to do that work thoroughly. The Telegraph, in remarking on the Sarnia case, observes that the rivalry between secluded life and the life of the world is no mean war; it is almost as old as society itself. But time has produced great changes. There is not a single unchanged medimval institution in England or elsewhere, intended for perpetual good, that has not fallen away from its original idea and become a ghastly skeleton or a kind of mummy, intact because it is guarded from the open air. Our endowed schools, our universities, our local charities are home examples ; and the evil is not confined to con vent walls. For it sets a stigma of comparative irreligion on all without, and does its best to make the great majority of the Christian world feel that from them a lower kind of morality, a less pure religion, a less ardent devotion is expected. The Sabbatarians err in the same way when they so emphasise the holiness of one day in the week, that their hearers half believe sin and world liness to be natural rather than, otherwise, from Monday morning to Saturday night. In protest against that Puritan falsehood—in protest against the Popish doctrine of peculiar bauctity within a convent and a kind of license for worldliness without—the true creed is, that if religion is to be the real guide of our life, it must guide it all ; it must make our public men disdain ignoble party decep tions ; it must stand by the merchant, the city man, the shopkeeper, and forbid fraud ; it must be as potent on week days as on Sundays ; it must guide even Pro testant clergymen and Popish nuns in their controversies and disputes. GREAT FIRE IN NEW ZEALAND.— Letters re ceived from New Zealand record a great fire breaking out on the 7th of December at Timaru. It happened that a strong gale from the north-west was blowing at the time, in consequence of which the fire spread with amazing rapidity, almost entirely destroying the town. THE CASE OF " SA.O RIN V. STARR."— The Lord Mayor has received the following letter from a gentleman, benevolent in his intentions, mild in his complaints, who acted as one of the jurymen in the convent case which has just been concluded :—" As one of the unfortunate 12 on the jury—` Saurin v. Starr '—l beg to hand you, for the benefit of the poor box, a juryman's fee of one guinea for 20 days' attendance. I enclose my card, but would rattle . : nay name did not appear in the acknowlgdgment of the 811R2. To the Right tIOn the 4ord Maycz t zkt *ASV , nutraimlebrury_2l,l ti IN 1:E li4EN Ohl nts - —*- VICTORIA CLUB.—THIS DAY. GRAND NATIONAL. 13 to 2 agst Despatch (taken) 7to 1 agst Fortunatns (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agst Guy of Warwick (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Colonel (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Fan (offered) 100 to 8 agst Pearl Diver (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Tathwell (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Q. C. (offered-20 taken and wanted) 20 to 1 agst The Nun (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Alcibiade (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Globule (taken and offered) 28 to 1 agst Harcou; t (taken) 33 to 1 agst Knave of Trumps (taken) 33 to 1 agst Barbarian (taken) 40 to 1 agst 011113 (taken) 50 to 1 agst Havelock taff..red) 66 to 1 agst Plum Cake (taken and offered) 1000 to 10 agst Hall Court (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Dick Turpin (offered) 2000 to 30 agst Dick Turpin (with a start—taken) sto 1 agst Brayley'a lot (taken) 15 to 1 asst Ilelman's lot (offered) LIVERPOOL SPLING CUP. 7to 4 agst Knight of the Garter (taken' 4to 1 agst Tramp (taken and offered) 6to 1 ngst Ajax (taken and offered) Bto 1 ngst Vortigern (taken and offered). THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1869. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done .. , ..ilO Agra Limited, A all 11.: 121 121 gl9l i Do B lO 41 5 41 50 Albion 100 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 191 2 1 201 191 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 5 54 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 10 12 1,'20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 ... ••• 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lira. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 87 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 18 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, nd China all 21 22 . _ 25 Chakered Mere. of India London, and China all 81 32 20 City 100 Colonial 25 39 41 401 10 Consolidated, Urn. 50 Delhi and Loudon, lint 50 East London, Inn 5 11 02 =4 20 English and American, lim 10 ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lint lO 12 pr 20 English, Scottish, and Ans traliau Chartered £Bl Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all ••• 281 Do new 3 1 100 Imperial, lim 2O 17 18 20 Imperial Ottom•tu lO 2 24 12 1 4 i :5 lonian all 23 27 23 Do new 5 pr 1p 20 Dad Mortgage of India, lint 4 3i 3 1 100 Do 4p. c. Debs.lB6l, 30 all 76 73 75 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lint. 20 6 4 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 32 28 20 Do new 71 6 1 8 1 100 London & River Plate, him. 40 6 S 23 Do new 10 2 3 121 20 Laudon Chart. of Australia all 221 231 b 0 London and County 2O 491 401 52 11 20 Do new. issat 20 p.m' 16 pd ll London Joint Stock 1 62 53 33 London and South African al 1) 11 100 London & S.-Western, lint, 20 ••• 50 London & Venezuela lim l2l ••• 100 London and Westminster 2) 61 65 65 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pun 2O 56 61 100 Merchant, lint 10 Metropolitan, lint all 61 71 71 100 Midland, him._ 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool lint. li 3 1 2 100 National Provinc. of .Eng'd 42 10 Do .... . f 0 National. so 46 46 20 New South Wales all 42 43 20 North-Western 74 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 48 45 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lint lO 6 4 100 Provincial of Ireland 23 87 89 10 Do new. . all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, inn '25 15 11 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ,„ 25 Union of Australia all 46 48 100 Union of Ireland, lint 50 Union of London MISCELLANEOUS. SII,11?B LIST. L AND STOCLib .i3tiitv ay& Pall.Ciosing gusinehe Prior. done. t Bribtol and Exeter ...... 100 77 79 at Caledontau lO 7d 7_7 76k iI I s Clactinua WO Is a 2) Corn ....... all 21 st DutAin 3t Beitstat June lOO 77 79 st Dan„rerth,d; Ab.J 100 70 72 2) East blndon 40 15 • 2) Do 10 et Glasgow &S. WeStern 100 98 100 st Great Eastern •• st Do. E. Augl. No. 2 llO 7 9 st Limit North Scotland lOO 15 6 st Great Nortuern lOO 1074 1084 108 51 Du. A. stock st. Do.li lsSVeK IOU 120 1.7 st U - 16, dud ‘l. 01 lrei.nto -7 -uriginsi lt - 49 494 49/ 1 't iio. ~i{)ti.l", V. a! 5 s is v 67 49 . 10:.; 27 50 Newcort st Ls.d.o.shire& orkmh:rs iCO .244 L&4 1291 41 5 et Lon., Erigii.,.ts: .:.Cox:,' l.O 4 f 401 601 1 8.4 0) Do Scrip it Lon., Unat., and Dosci 1.5:0 101 174 3: IA). Metrup. Ex. 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At Nottingham, Mr. Pryor was very fortunate in car rying off six of the principal races. Old Friday, who ran as roguish as ever, won the Handicap, after a rattling finish with the non-staying Hatchment. For this victory, however, Mr. Pryor may thank Parry, who never rode a finer race. Sister to Veda, who is wonderfully fast, scat tered her nine opponents in the Little John Stakes, and she is likely to hold hbr own for some weeks to come over short distances, whatever her fate may be on long courses. The racing at Nottingham and that at Derby were scarcely up to the average, and had it not been for The Colonel winning the Hurdle Handicap at the former place, the sport would have told us nothing concerning the Grand National, as no horse opposed Greenland for the great Midland Steeplechase at Derby. Opinions as to the style in which The Colonel won were divided, his partisans averring that he beat Ada Penelop3 in a canter, whilst other individuals thought he won with about ilb iu hand. The success of The Colonel, however, did not make him any bettera favourite for the Liverpool event than he was before. The Liverpool Meeting will he held on Tuesday and two following days. For this important gathering the Messrs. Topham have published one of their usual attrac tive lists, and if all the proposed items therein fill twenty three races will b 3 decided. Seven out of the eight events in Tuesday's card are completed, and the Spring Flying Stakes (four furlongs) has secured forty-five nominations the most noteworthy of which are Marshal Ney, 7st 81b ; Mr Pitt, 7st 81b; Dawdle, 7st Glb ; Ajax, Gst 61b; and Soubrette, sst 71b. Dawdle invariably runs well over Aintree, and I can select no horse capable of beating her, unless Mr Pitt is sent to Liverpool. There are 18 entries for the Tyro Stakes (four furlongs), but, as nearly all the two year olds that have been engaged are "dark," we can only point to Coutts and Little Lady filly as being danger ous. The Trial Stakes (abc ut six furlongs), with itspenalties and allowances, reads more like a handicap than a weight for age race. Albion and Raunds are each entitled to a 71b allowance, and the better of the pair should win. In the Mersey Cup (ono mile) Vespasian and Voda are the most attractive names ; and in the United Hunters' Race (two miles) Delaware and Royal Irisl3 Fusilier will beat the field, though it may include New Oswestry, Traveller, Aurifera, Lord Zetland, Costa, and Nebsworth. For the Molyneux Handicap Steeplechase (about two miles and a quarter) we prefer Ada and L.S.D., as they are quick jumpers, and will like the distance. Several clever horses have been named for the Hurdle Handicap (two miles), but of those likely to run the least may be discovered in Cho rister and Barnabo. Wednesday is the Grand National day, and that popular cross-country event will attract a vast number of visitors to Aintree. As a betting race the present year's Grand National never had its equal, for upwards of fifty horses have figured in the list of quotations. Still we do not ex pect to find more than 80 competitors face Mr. Jll‘George. Mr. Brayley will run three—Pearl Diver, Fortuuatus, and Sea King. All these horses, more particularly Pearl Diver and Foriunatus, have been supported by their owner, and the best, which we take to be the Diver, must be dangerous. In the final run home, however, some of the light-weighted horses will wear Pearl Diver down, and we do not believe the best of Mr. Brayley's trio will be so near winning this year as the fine son of Marsyas and Pearl was last anniversaiy. Philosopher and the Nun are overweighted ; and the French mare Astrolabe, clever though she is, will find it difficult to beat the horses that will be brought out against her at Liverpool, as she is rather on the small side. Alcibiade is old and slow, and but for Harcourt, who a'so belongs to the Lub:senhaen division, beiug stopped iu his work -owiug to an acci dtnt sustained a short time sines —I do not appreh and that Alcibiads would ever have been footed at ltiO to 8 for this race. Havelock is likely to run forward, as he is fast on the flat, and jumps well. Mr Morgan may start Globule, Brick, and Huntsman's Daughter; but the only horse I fancy in this trio is G:obu e—a natural jum per, and a good animal—as Brick and Huntsman's Daugh ter will nut, in our opinion, stay the course. Hall Court and Knave of Trumps are in Golby's stable, but The Nun will be the trus:ed one of this string. Tathwell, from his trials with Greenland and Barbarian, is known to be a good horse, and a better -looking one or a surer fencer will not take nart in the Grand National contest. Q. C. hails from a dangerous quarter, but this son of Rataplan will improve this time of asking b ea t more than n h a o g n e e , though u t g h h e liemay leading favourites over the Liverpool ground. Despatch is said to have cleaned out all Lord Poulett's lot, and, if so, he must be bad to beat, as the " trying tackle" is reliable. Hitherto Despatch has been sot down as a non -stayer ; and had he not belonged to Mr. Studd we should not have entertained his Grand National chance. We are, however, bound to hold Despatch harm less, and p l a ce him on my reserve list. Goldfinder has no chance; neither have Belmontine nor Billy Gladstone, although the Irish division, as usual, swear by their champions. Captain Crosstree, if he were thoroughly sound, would possess a winning chance second to that of no horse engaged in the Grand National. As he has, however, been on the infirm list this spring, I pass him over. The Colonel, considering that he•hasnever run in a steeplechase, except amongst a lot of farmers' horses at Birmingham, is one of the firmest favourites ever known; and that he is a useful horse I do not deny, though I fear he will not this year be registered winner of he Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase, as his best form is not good enough to win. Fen knows the course, and will be found in the van at the finish, as her owner, who is not a novice at the game, fancies her chance, notwithstanding the indifferent running of the mare at Warwick last autumn. Bristles and The Plover were once fair horses, but I fear their best days are over. Bishopton has a respectable outside c h an ce, as he won a good trial with Ace of Trumps and others over Kingsbury Course. Guy of War wick is a vastly improved horse, and, as he beat Ada Penelope at Lincoln far easier than The Colonel did at Nottingham, he ought to be an equal, if not a better, favourite than the half-bred son of Knight of Kars and Boadicea. Dick Turpin is the most leniently-weighted horse in the handicap; and when it is remembered that he has met and defeated Globule, Philosopher, Shakespeare, P e arl Diver, The Doctor, Shangarry, Despatch, S ea Ki ng , Havelock, Ace of Trumps, and Greenland, the "feather" in the Grand National must be pronounced formidable. From the present tone of the market, however, I _fear that this horse must have gone amiss. Plum Cake would not look at a fence when he eau at Manchester, and will be useless over the Liverpool country. In the doubtful list thero is a good horse called The Robber, but he may not run on this occasion. Despatch, Fan, Tathwell, Alcibiade, and Guy of Warwick are the candidates that I most esteem, and in retaining two, my choice falls on TATHWELL AND DESPATCH. In the Sefton Handicap (about six furlongs) thirty-six horses have been engaged, and Viridis could scarcely lose, if sent. Should Mr. Bennett's mare, however, be reserved for future engagements, Soubrette or Miss Theo may prove equal to the task of winning. The March Stakes (4 fur longs) will be secured by Pate or Hollandaise ; and the Welter Cup (If miles) by Three per Cent. or Sister to Vedette. The only closed races for Friday are the Spring Cup, the Scurry Welter Handicap, and the Sefton Handicap Steeplechase. The Spring Cup (1i miles) is a failure in point of acceptance, as only twenty horses have remained in, although sixty-seven were originally handi3apped for it. Knight of the Garter is the highest weighted horse entered, and he is quite capable of winning, if L ord Cal thorpe considers the stake worth accepting. In case the Knight, however, is an absentee, Vortigern or Ajax may be found worth trusting, as both horses are well iu. In the Scurry Welter Handicap (about six furlongs) Fairfax is the best of a moderate lot. The Sefton Steeplechase will be partially decided by the running in the Grand Na tional on Wednesday. The Shrewsbury Spring Meeting will take place on Friday and Saturday. The principal closed races in Mr. Fraii's programme are the Spring Cup and Middleton Plate on Friday, and the County Handicap and Steeple chase on Saturday. Seventeen horses have accepted for the Spring Cup (If miles), and, in the presumed absence of Ecarte, it will be won by King of the Fairies. There are twenty-three notninatOns for the Middleton Plate (about four furlongs), and unless there is a tolerably smart juvenile in the dark division, Hollandaise or Vibration will be victorious. In the County Handicap (I. mile), Last the running miles) Hose of Summer and Veda seem most like winuing Ed names ; Ugh appears well treated,though in the Liverpool Grand National will probablypoint t u, winner of the Sjgcwebury event. clearly to A IgLSIL ILLY. b and for the Spring Steeplechase (about Till I Lb SUN OFFICE, 6 o'CLocK. TATTERSALL'S—This Evening. GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. 6to 1 agst Despatch (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Fortunatus (taken and offered) 12 to 1 agst Fan (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Colonel (taken) 13 to 1 agst Pearl Diver (taken) 100 to 7 agst Guy of Warwick (taken) 100 to 7 agst Tathwell (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Q.C. (taken and wanted) 100 to 6 agst Alcibiado (off —take 20 to 1) 20 to 1 agst The Nun (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Huntsman's Daughter (taken and off.) 1000 to 30 agst Globule (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Orne (taken) 50 to 1 agst Plum Cake (taken and offered) 50 to 1 80. Havelock (taken and offered) 50 to. 1 agst Bil!y Gladstone (offered) 500 to 4 agst The Robber (taken) DERBY. 4 to 1 ag,:t Pero Gomez (offered) Bto 1 agst Bell•►druni (taken) 40 to 1 agst Boulogne (taken and offered) CHESTER. CUP. 1000 o 70 agst The /Egean (taken) DEATH OF M. LA MA RTINE AND All. TRIJ'LOXG. PARIS, March 1. MM. Triplong and Lamartine died last night. It is stated that M. de Llguerronniere will leave Paris this evening for Brussels. IZIPERIAL PAR LIA 2a ENT HOUSE OF LORDS—Tins EVENING. Their lordships assembled shorty after four o'clock, and having disposed of a few private bills, immediately ad journed. lIOUSE OF COMMONS-THIS EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour, at which time every seat on the Government side of the house was filled. In the galleries set aside for the use of distin guished persons were the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, Duke of Argyll, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Dean. of Westminster, the Marquis of Clauricarde, Lord o ougb.- ton, the Earl of narrowly, Lord Stratford de Redcliffe,Mr. Reveroy Johnson (the American Minister), Right Hon. T. O'Llagan, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, &c. NEW MEMBERS. The Harquis of Hartiegton, Mr. Phipps, and Mr. DeYe reux took the orth and their seats for the Radnor boroughs, Westbury and Wrexford. PETITIONS. A great number of petitions were presented by bon members on the Ministerial benches in favour of the di's establishment of the Lich Church. ELECTIONS. Mr. BRUCE gave notice that, on Thursday next, he should move for a select committee to inquire iuto the pre-- sent mode of conducting Parliamentary and municipal elections. CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS. Mr. BRUCE, in reply to Mr. V. Harcourt, said he could not produce the various judgments given during the trial of election petitions as they were not under his control. With respect to what course the Government intended to take, that was indicated in the notice he had already given on the subject. PAYMENT OF RATES. In reply to Mr. LIDDELL, Mr. GrOSOLIEN said there was no legal indemnity that could be givon to the owners of house property who un dertook the payment of rates for occupiers. HE PUBLIC PARKS. In reply to Sir IL Hositi, Mr. LA YARD said steps were being taken to restore the grass in the open parts of the public parks, but with respect to the supervision of the persons frequenting those places that was under the superintendence of the police. It was even possible tor the police to detect criminals merely by their dress. (Laughter.) THE IRISH CHURCH. On the order of the day being read, Mr. GLADSTONE rose amidst loud cheers to move that the acts relating to the Irish Church be read. The Chief Clerk of the House (Sir D. Le Merchant) having done so, Mr. GLADSTONE then moved that the house resolve itself into committee to consider those acts. The motion having been agreed to, and the house having gone into committee, Mr. GLADSTONE said that the motion he should con clude with would be that the chairman be directed to move the house that leave be given to bring in a bill to put an end to the establishment of the Church in Ireland and to make provision therefor,aud in respect to the royal college of Maynooth. He then said that the subject which he proposed to submit to the house was one of the greatest difficulty and importauc •, but he thought if the house gave him their patience he should be able to show that the time for the disestablishmeut of the Irish Church had arrived-- (hear, hear) -the more especially so as the church popu lation iu that country was in many peas merely official, co sistrug of that of the clergymen, the clerk, and sexton. Ile could not but think that many agreed with him that they coul i not look back to the position of matters in that country without shams - (hear, hear)—but for the resto ration of peace and prosperity it was now above all beces sry to tale away that token and symtol of ascendancy witch, us long as it was allowed ti remain, would neu tralize all efforts for the improvement of the country. In proceeding with the question at that moment they were taking up the unfinished work of last year, and dealing with a question which had been clearly put and definitively announced by the last election. To that answer he would add the resignation of the late Ministry, but on that subject he did not desire to pass one word of censure beyond saying that it bore emphatic testimony to the chara.ter of the judgment of the people. He know he should be met with objections that the proposal he was about to submit to Par liament was adverse to the principles of Protestantism, but that was open to debate ; and it would also be contended that the proposition was against the Act of Union, but he contended that the proposal he should have the honour to submit was, on the contrary, confirming its general principle. (Hear, hear.) In carrying out the dile establishment of the Irish Church, it was above all neces sary that the matter should be dealt with in a prompt and rapid manner, for it was not the proper course to pursue and subject that establishment to a slow and lingering death. It was above all necessary that their legisla tion should be perfect and final, and that the great disturbing question should pass for ever out of sight, out of mind, and thus a new era he hoped would dawn on Ire land. It was not sought to inflict any penalty or pain upon any one by the Act they hoped would become law. (Hear, hear.) One of the first matters that would occur after the pawing of the bill would be the winding up of the present Ecclesiastical Commission in that country and the formation of a new one to exist for 10 years, to which all questions would be submitted, and the opi nion of Parliament would be taken on all mat ters. With respect to the appointments it was pro posed such might be made for a limited period without giving the person so appointed the freehold. With respect to episcopal appointments it was thought advisable to separate the Crown and all other appoint ments made during the term he had mentioned, but that no vested interests should be created. Those proposals he believed would be all that would be necessary to be done in the intermediate period and would take the place of the Suspensory Bill of last year. The Commision would be precluded from laying out money for the erection of new churches ; but in the expenditure of the funds committed to their charge they would be strictly confined to making the necessary repairs. During the intervening period before the full operation of the bill it proposed that the people should do that.which the people of other countries have done, viz., constitute for themselves some sort of governing body ; and, when such a body had been formed, power would be taken for its legal recognition. (Hear. hear.) It was proposed that all these provisions should come into operation on the day mentioned in the bill, the Ist of January, 1871, and on that day the union between the English and Irish Church would be dissolved, and from that day the Church of Ireland should cease to be established by law, and be entirely and wholly disestablished. (Hear, hear.) He should have to detain the house seine time whilst he proceeded to state how it was proposed to deal with the vested interests of the Irish Church, , because ts they embraced various matters from the highest objects , and also u for t he er down Ther e w to ae th e e lse lif t e h e interest necessity egrrawviehdythjahrgds. up (Laught e r.) au h g i t t t er. s with respect to the college of Ma h y would call for the u s a t sale o o s f t the ea r care hchurcheihg exercised. lands, LEe a EA t ia e lense:.°) THE MUTILATION OF A HUSBAND BY lIIS WIFE• At the Southwark Police-court, shortly before twelve o'clock, the prisoner was placed at the bar before Mr. Burcham. The ch ar g e was entered as follcws: —" Ell en Cook, 44, of 42 , S tar-corner, Bermondsey, char g ed with cu tting and wounding Jam es Cook, her husband, wi th in tent, lee." De. Rendle, the hou se sur g eon of Gu y's Hospital, sa id that James Cook was in that state that ho would be unable to attend for many weeks. 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