The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-30 00:00:00

MONEY - MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. Consols are 93 for money ; ditto, for Ac count, 931 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 911 4 ; New Thee per. Cents, 911 8 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 1 5 prem. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, —; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1124 4 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, —; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5 per Cent., Jan., 1872, 1044 ; ditto 54 per Cent., May, 1879, 1094. In the Railway Market there has been a rise of 14 per cent. in Caledonian stock, South Eastern 1, and Midland and Great Eastern /, kit Great Northern A has declined 4 ; Metro politan 4, Great Western 1, and London and North Western 1. Quotations are as follows: — London and North 'Western, 1151 to 1 ; Great Western, 50/ to ; Midland, 1174 to 1 ; London and Stouh-Western, 87 to 89 ; Great Eastern, 371 to, 1; Brighton, 484 to 49 ; South Eastern, 761 to 1 ; Metropolitan, 103/ to i; Caledonian, 784 to 79 ; Groat Northern, 107 to 108 ; ditto A, 1091 to 4 ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, 164 to 16/. In the foreign market there is a rise of in Egyptian, Italian, Peruvian, Spanish, and Turkish. Nicolai and Charkof-Azof has declined 4. Prices . are as follows :—Brazilian of 1865, 794 to 80 Chilian of 1867, 94/ to 954 ; Egyptian of 1864, 89 to 1 ; ditto of 1868, 76 to 4 ; Italian of 1861, 554 to 1; ditto of 1868, 84 to 85 ; Mexican, 144 to 4 ; Peruvian of 1865, 78/ to 791 ; Russian of 1866, 93 to 94 ; Nicolai, 664 to 671; Oriel, 814 to 821; Moscow, 79/ to 80 ; ditto Charkof, 77 to 771 ; ditto Charcow, 77 to 771; Spanish of 1867, 311 to 314; Turkish of 1858, 63 to 64; ditto of 1862, 661 to 67 ; and ditto of 1865, 411 to 4. American 5-20 Bonds are 834 to -1 ; Erie Rail way Shares, 244 to 25 ; Illinois Central, 964 to 97, showing a decline of 1. In Bank Shares Anglo-Austrsan are £1 better, at 164 to 174 prem. ; imperial Ottoman, 2 to prem. ; Imperial, 164 to 174 ; London and County, 491 to 501; London Joint Stock, 321 to 4 ; London and Westminster, 624 to 63/ ; and Union of London, 364 to I. Miscellaneous Shares are unaltered, in the ab sence of dealings of importance. The mortgage debentures of ,the Trouville Asso ciation are quoted 4to prem. The extension of the business of the London and County Bank has induced the directors to appoint Mr. Whitbread Tomson as manager of their head office, thereby enabling Mr. M'Kewan to give his attention more to the general super intendence of the affairs of the establishment. The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of £2,526 over the corresponding week of last year ; and the South Eastern an in crease of £4,509 —partly, no doubt, in connection with the volunteer review at Dover. A half-yearly dividend of £1 15s. per share, being at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, is advertised as now payable on the shares of the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway Company. The half-yearly dividend, due the 10th of April, on the Turkish Six per Cent. Loan of 1954, is announced for payment by Messrs. Dent, Palmer, and Co. BRITISII FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, 3 per Cent. Reduced 9lf 1 Now 3 per Cent New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. per Cen J 9.11.1873 Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April Do (Red Sea Telet,,raph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills , £l,OOO, 2f per Ct. De £5OO Do. £ lOO & £ 2OO — Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent 240 De.Lopening — Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — Inter-Colonial Cranium INDIAN UDVERNMENT 6ECUItITIEt India stock, 101 per Cent., April 1879... Do. Opening, for Account - Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 . ll2l 1 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Pape, 4 per Cent...... — Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 ~..... Do. 6f per Cent. May 1879 lo9} D.) 5 pc Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do do 1877 Do. do. 188' D.J. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, — 4 per Cent., £ l,OOO De. under £l,OOO ........................... PI FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent Do., Scrip .L 4.5 paid ................ At - Arian Bonds b per cent ................ -- Di. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent. 1852 — Do. do. 1858 ....• Do. do. 186 1 — Do. do., 1863 7O Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account — 91 ii aenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 54f Cuba, 6 per Cent. - Oudian 6 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent — Do. 3 per Cont~ De. 6 per cent. 1867 , — Do. 7 per Cent. 1866 Colombian, 6 per 'Cent. Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825 , 9O Danubian Principalities, 7 par Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 BB Equador New Ooniolidated, 1 per Cent 111;yptian, 7 per Cent.... — Do ,Second Issue Do. £SOC Bonds Do. £lOO Bonds ••••• Do. 1864 — Do. Account Do. £5OO Bonds — Do. .£IOG Bonds 9Ol English Scrip, 1868 76f 1 D o do. £45 pd — die Government Railway Debentures 97 I Greet 5 per Cont., 1824 - 5, ex Coups Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent .. 63 4 Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pd Italian 5 per Cent., 1865 .-- Do. Account . Do Maremmana Railway VI Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account _ Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French siontevidean 6 per Cent. .. Moorish Imperial 6 per Cent New Granada l6l Do 3 per Cern, Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 791 Do 4} per Cent. (Ui•harren) Do 41 per Cent., 1 862 • ••• Do Account — Portsguese 3 per Ot., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'8 361 Do. do. 1867 — Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 ear Cent. , 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent , 1850 -- Do 4} per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864 , £ lOO Bond s 941 4 Do. do. £B4 lbs. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 94 Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway B7l 61 Sardinian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen .: — Do. Account Do. 1867 311 Do. Account Do. New Deferred 3ll Do. Account Do. Passive — Do. Cora. Cert. of. Coup. not funded Do. Account — wedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip VT. 'Turkish 6 per Cent.l ...... — Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account ••• --- Do £lOO Bonds 6Bf Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 64 5; Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florin ... Belgian, 41 por cent., Ex. 251. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... B9 Consols, Money v 93 Do. Account, AprilB f. 93 Do. Account - French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M. 1 talhui 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f — Do Account 551 CLOSING PRICES. 7 1 1 by Mr. lge from to every a fair to loth of ) dresses fetched, Aar airs not too itches in !ill cease he fall of [ly called . a most ?lived at audience evening romantic classical pleased entitled in anti- Lys ago, nnance. Ls usual, on by a season r, of the rama of ie Dark, in the is well peeially mine, is iderella" .ella was - o sisters der new the play ian, the a gOOCI chartli- Dazzle, Mark ered by Lr in the comedy e intro- 3 VOCa- r m nasts. with a Flying at this !ry, and 1 at the ut wall troupe, ,e of the and the cts," in . trained ler than ~, whose of even another ainment el scene g ht the Le spec' • a de vv hich )blest of ich even inua to nightly, I Easter tnmenSe Ld comic whether pathetic h e n the s, or in outs of forts ID geltin(' lmirable Christy ;e , and - attrac IELS. singing talented which 3 could vith the a y by a of this its cha , that il , cessarp• , and no :omplete Ice with be was she most xhibited i. chain, afluence it were neaps a. to real electric ►ntained rig. But e plenty I se the parlour rmances trument ocal en- called ualified aias ex- German ~ No l a y the D afford 'Erina'e c 4 Cox lusic by tertaill- ' as it iS the very S weasy rrie, the ted tad' our AltV" :ts name , ;he plac e repeated 14th of lie eon- iuranCe SHARE LIST. ,E 8 AND STOCKS. Closing Onetime, Paid• Price. done• J Imre ttauway b. at Bristol and Exeter ...... IN 77 70 at ealedoßiii.D. 81, (..i,cibrlaa 24 Corals' All all 21 31 A Dublin & Belfast June lOO 77 79 st Duu„rerth, & Ab.Junc lOO 70 73 2, East London all 6 . 7 20 Do 15 2) Do 10 A Glasgow .1c S. Western lov 97 99 At Great Eastern .. st Do. E. Augl. No. 2 lou ... ... A Great North of Scotland.. 100 16 16 st Great Northern lOO 1071 1081 1071 1 st Do. A stock .... 100 :01 1091 109 10 at Do. B stock lOO . • ... 121 et Gt S, and W. of Ireland lOu 95 ...7 at Gt. Western -Original lOO 1 501 5 501 st Do. South Wales WO 07 09 at Do. W. Mid.—Oxford lOO 15 27 at Do. Newport ioo 19 11 a t Lancashire .1; Yorkshira lOO .221 .231 123 at Lou., Brigh.,& S. Coasi lOO 452 4.1-, 41 i 0) Do Scrip .. ... - - et kon., Chat., and Dover luv 161 161 16} at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO at Lon. ,It North Western lOO 1151 151 115 i it LOU. At South Western lOO 87 1•9 b 7/ ki et /Elan., Shet., & Lincoln lOO 10 71 71 st Metropolitan i..... OO 103 lui 1031 s t Do Extonsirn .. 10 Do. New rd .. st Metropolitan District. all 51 53 511 10 Metrop. st. John's VI 001 6 1.1) 117 1171 1171 at Miu.aud st Do, dirmin..ll Darby lOO 81 86 st NJrtu British st Do. Ed., eth., .SE Dun— 109 at Nor. hiastern—Berwick lOO 102 108 1021 / 1 25 Do. G. N.E purchase -16.11, 4 st Do Leeds. at Do York . 100 92 93 st Do Carli ale .... st Do Stoc t. & Darling ICO 130 132 at North Lon ion 10 Do New 18(8 et North Staffordshire lOO 5 6 57 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 Vi 100 10 Do New £lO shares 7 • • at Rhymney st Shropshire Union p 0 57 58 st South Devon ~100 42 44 st South Eastern lOO 76 761 7:1 at Staines, Wok'ham,& Wok all 12 13 at 'tan Vale leo 345 150 -- Do. C Waterlord & Kilkenny lOO 10 Waterloo & Whitehail 6 ...." _-.._.......R.••••1r••.............••• RAILVT,IYS-PREFERENCE AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO .•• .., st Do. Scot. N.E., 44 per cent NO ..• ... st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c 100 ••• ... at Do. do. 7 per cent 100 ... ... st Do. do. Ordinary— 100 80 82 at Do. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ... •„„ 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all ... ••• ati Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 at Do. Ist Class preference lOO ••• ••• at Was. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO ... ... at Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No.l 100 94 99 at Do do No. 2 100 95 93 at Do do 6 per cent 100 10 112 a t Do East A.nglian Asp. c. 1 00 ... ••• at Do do B 6 do. 100 ••• ••• at Do do C 7 do. 100 ••• ••• . s t Do do No. 1, 5 p.c 70 75 . 100 ••• ... s t Do E. Un ion 4 p.c. gua. 100 a t Do Norfol k 5 p .c.Ex.1616 100 ••• ... a t Do do 5 p. c.Way.Val.lB47 100 ••• ... a t Great Noithe rn, 5 p er cent 10 ••• ... at Do 6 p.c., rd at 10 p. C. pm. 100 ••• ... st Do 41 do do do 100 ••• ... at Do 5 do at sp. c• pm. 100 ••• ... at Du Leeds, Bradford, and 100 ••• ... Halifax, 6 per cent ....... ati Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 ... ... sti Great South. and es (Ireland) 4 per cWenttern ...... 100 96 97 al Gt.West.—Orig.&Jut.-Rent 100 10 . 103 chg., per gua. 5 p.c ......... st Do. Orig. (B.& H. Ex). 5 p.c. 100 95 100 at Do do 4 4 per cent. 1850... 100 88 0) st Do do 4 do do ... 100 78 80 at Do do 5 per cent. redeui. 100 95 97 st Do do .131riniugham gua.. 100 6j 79 at Do do au pref... 100 ... ••• ua lOO 60 8J at Do do Chester g at Do do do 6 per cent. 100 ••• ••• at Do do du 5 do lou 05 luo at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ••• ••• at Do do 4) p.c IOJ ... ... at Do do 4 1 1850 lOO ••• ••• at Do do 5 -0 ... • • st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g. 100 11 . 1:1(1 at Do do 2d gua. 100 110 114 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. Ice 9,0 i st Do do 25 du 100 1)0 101 st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ••• •• 100 Lancaster & Car lisle 41 p .c. ail ••• •.: a t Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 135 at Do Barnsley, £5 Os 10d p.c. 100 ••• ... at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) WO 130 105 at Do 41 (Blackburn pureh). 100 08 100 st Loudon & Brighton, sp. c guaranteed, Nu 1 lOO •• •• at Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 100 ... ... at Do 6 do do lOO ... at Do 5 do Na. 4 lOO ••• ••• ••• st Do 7 per ce nt •.. 06 0 ••• ••• .. at Do 6 do (W.E. & C.P.) 100 ••• • at DJ 4 do 1850 lOO st Loudon, C hatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO sq London and ILW., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent.— 100 108 110 at Do Bedford &Cambridge IOU at Do Shrewsb'y & Welchp'l lOO ••• ... ... a t London and 6.-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 140 150 23 65. Do (Portsm. perp a,us.2s6d) all st Man., She., & Liuclu. 6 p.c. 100 11; 117 6 Do X 6 all par Ipm at Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 por cent 5 •.. . . at Mid. Consolidated. , 6 p. c lOO 130 1 . 35 at Do Bristol& Birm., 6p. c lOO 1 32 1134 1621 at Du 41 per cent. rodosin lOO 98 104 sti Do 41 per cent. Irredeem • 100 us 1 , ,,, st Du Leicester & H oho, 4 p.c. 100 So 91 at North British, 5 p.c. No.l lOO ... ..• at Do E. &0.4p.c.5. & D WO •.• ••• at Do N. 8., N 0 .2, 5 p er cen.t lOO ••• •.• at Do Border Un ion, 55 p .c IOU ... .. at N.-Eastern —Cons. 4 p.c._ 100 87 8; at Du 41 per cent. redeem WO 95 97 at Do o N.E. 4 per cent., lOO ••• ••,, 17 Do Berwick ca p ital 8.13.4. ... ... Do York, H.& S. purchase lO 10 101 Du Stcktn & Drling. A 5 p.c. IVO 105 108 at Do W, Hartlepool 11. and R. 100 85 87 20 North Staffordshire 103 S. Devon Annuities, 1 a all 910 103 Do Tavistock. Anna., 108 all 81 , 914 lOs Do Fixed 44 per cent all 8 81 10.6. S. East. (Read. Anna., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at Do 41 per cent lOO ... ... at Du Fixed 41 per cent lOO ... ... at Taff Vale No.l lOO 145 153 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 pc 100 41 0 43 _____..------.-- tit Caledonian 41 pc gua. et Do Scot. Cen. win. 7p e, 100 ... et Do 41 p irredeem all ... et Do 4p c con. issued at 80 65 ..• •.. at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 ... et Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 86 t 8 et Do New 5 do, 1863 100 85 5$ et Do do 5 do, 1864 lOO 82 86 at Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 ... et Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100 at Do Boston & Sleald, 41 pc 100 at Great West., W. Ilia, 5p c 100 ... et Do Joint perpe. p c,1865 100 8 6 9 2 et Do do 6p c irred., 1866 100 105 108 20 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p c all 19 20 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, 8... 100 ••• ‘. 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 at Loud., Brig., &e., 41 pc, 1858 100 ••• at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 ••• at Do do 41 do, 1861 100 ••• et Do do 41 do, 1863 100 ... at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 ... a t Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 ... et Do No. 7 sdo ...... 100 ••• at Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c et Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c 100 ... Do do C 6 p.c 100 ..• ••• et London &N. Western, 5p c 100 105,110 astj_London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 194 10 Man. bhef.& Lin., 5 pc, 1665 all 884 at Metropolitan 5 per cent ...... 100 ..• ••• e t Midland, A per cent pref. 100 106 108 et Do B 5 do 100 106 108 18 Do 5 c opt. to cony. to Ord . Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 20/ 201 201 18 Do Incony. New Shares all 1 8 4 19 1 23 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 B4 If 2f P at North British, E. and G, No. 1, 5 per cent 100 ... at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ... at Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 at Do E.& G , No. 2, 5 lax 100 it Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 ... et Do E. & G., N 0.3, 5 p.c 100 at Do E.& G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 96 97 at Do Stock. & Danl., D et North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO at South Eastern, 48 pc, 1859 100 at Do 5 do 1861 100 et Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 - ••• 11 " at Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St. & Pimlico, 41 pc 100 XlOO j3iltlixit cent. Prefer 1 :1 1 : ° 9. 000000 1 0 1 0 :9 69 :9 71: 1 6 1 :4 bat Buckinghamshire at Chester Dp oo .. per Holyheadao. cent. .. . at Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO . e t Colchester Stour Valley at East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 13; 136 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ~. "' a Gt. Easn., Newm. , &c., 5 p .c 100 a Do. E. 11. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 W,j 74. at Do: do. Woodbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72 at Gt. West ,W. Mid., Heref 100 97 99 60 Hull and Selby all 110 112 at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 210 2 5 at London and Blackwall lOO 93 96 a t Do. 41 per cent lOO at Loudon, Chat., &c., 41 pc. 100 ... at Do. Com. Fund, sdo 100 ... ." at London and Greenwich at Do. do Preference... 100 ~.g . a t London, Tilbu r y , & South 100 gii at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent... 100 80 82 st Do. do. 6 do. ... 100 .., , Si Manc h., Buxton, & Matlk... all b i i at Midland, Bradford, Pref... 100 92 94 10 Hid lient Cray Line) 50 NortkerutEast.,s percent all 53 69 50 Do. do. 6 do. all ~,. .. Bt N. Eastern —Hartlepool : at N. West. A perp. pref, 5 p e e t Do B ininimm u 11 p.c lOO ... . et N ottiug. 6: (I rauth. lt. dc, 0 lOO IA) 9 . 2 9 all 41 46 ! '5 . 1 1 1 r o e y s a t t ° o u n a , Hitch., and t e l l ' 3 . , ' ld She p . 100 132 134 at Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 131 134 10 Du do 2 nP st S. Yorksh. and Myer Dun 100 95 9 t s at Do 4 per cent gua lO , 7g $9 at Do 5 do et Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180 at West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14: 20 Do do B all 20 Do do C all at Weymouth and Portland lOO ••• ••• st Wilts and Somerset SI 7; DOCKS. RAILWAYS. —PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on tho Profits of each separate year. RAILWAYS. -LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS st East and West India lOO 12e 125 12ii --7-- st London and St. eriue 100 48 49 a 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all ... ... Dfillwall Freehold Land et Dock lOO 30 :32 et Southampton lOO 74 76 st Surrey Vomna,9reial THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1569. VER REVIEW. Prince 'leek rode past at the head of his own brigade of Surrey Artillery, and then joined the Royal circle at the flagstaff. General Sir Hope Grant and a brilliant staff were immediately in rear, and in striking contrast to the British scarlet were two Austrian uniforms. The passage of regiments before the Commander-in-Chief was sustained with as much regularity as circumstances per mitted; but occasionally there were considerable intervals. The 4th, 01st, and 04th Regiments of the Line, which took part through representative companies in the day's proceedings, were loudly cheered, and their well-ordered lines stood out in relief against the looser array of the volunteers. Many of these, however, acquitted themselves most creditably, and would have done even better if they could be induced to remember that in marching past their business is to be looked at, not to look at others. As already explained, men had come together very hastily on the Esplanade, with great coats, capes, &c., in disorder, but advantage was taken of every little halt to achieve something resembling unifor mity of appearance, and the corps undoubtedly were in much better form at the summit than they were at the beginning of the ascent. Closing ' Business tiara NAM 3. raid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 13 14 131 1 1 10 Do B lO 41 5 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lira all 101 2 1 20 Anglo-Hungarian 20 Auglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 61 41 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2pm , 6 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, km. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 18 17 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, and China all 21 22 25 Chartered Mere. of India. London, and China all 291 301 80 / 20 City lO 12 124 100 Colonial 25 391 401 10 Consolidated, lira. 4 1 1 50 Delhi and London, lim 50 East London, lim 6 20 English and American, lion 10 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lim lO pr 1p 20 English, Scottish, and Aus tralian Chartered 281 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all 36 38 284 Do new si 14 24 100 Imperial, lim 2O 161 171 20 Imperial Ottoman lO 221 12 .5 lonian all 24 26 25 Do new 5 li ip 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lino 4 31 31 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76 75 7e 30 London Bankt of Mexico and South America, lion. 20 6 4 100 London and Brazilian, lion. 46 32 28 20 Do new 71 61 41 100 London &River Plate, lino. 40 10 11 25 Do new 10 21 2/p 20 London Chart. of Australia all 241 26 20 London and County 2O 49 5l 494 50 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll ... ... London Joint Stock 1 32 33 London and South African al 8/ 91 00 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 11 9 150 London &Venezuela, 1in0... 121 ... •.. 100 London and Westminster 2O 64 631 63 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 100 Merchant, lim 25 5 • 3 10 Metropolitan, lim all 7 74 100 Midland, lim 2O 11 1 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lion l5 ld IP 100 National Provinc. of Liverpool, 42 ... ..,, 10 Do 50 National. 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 43 44 50 Provine. Bank. Corpo., him lO 6 i 00 Provincial of Ireland 25 88 90 10 Do new.. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 15 13 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 8 6 25 Union of Australia all 461 471 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London 1 1 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim all] 221 224 10 Anglo.Mediter Tel., lira.... 10 121 124 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .... all 16 17 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 25 28 at Do. 8 per cent. lOO 70 73 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lira 9 7 bd 10 Berlin Water Works, lint all 144 141 10 Do. New 6 3 4 100 Bolekow Vaughan, lint 5 Bombay Gas, lint 5 Do. New 4 11 id 50 British American Land 44 16 18 at B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim. 100 160 165 20 British Indian Tea, lira all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Comp an y all 62 1,6 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 2l 2 1 d 20 Ceylon Company, lim. '2O Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 5 25 City of L o ndon Real Pro perty, lint 9 44 340 30 City of Milan Improv : lint. all 5 6 25 City of Moscow Gas, lint all 50 City Offices, lim 25 25 250 50 Colonial, lint. Do. 5 0 Commercia. Union (As sur) 5 i 1p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lint 20 Continental Union Gait, lim all 20 24 25 Copper Miners of England, prof. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London B o nds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 104 105 100 Do. 1879, 4i per cent. all 1011 1051 100 Do. 1882, 4i pet cent. all 1035 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England., lint all 21 254 21 4 . 50 C re dit Fon.of Mauritius lim. 10 35 21 0 a t Crystal Palace lOO 1.3 21 at Do. Preference lOO 97 102 at Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb. 109 107 11 i 20 Darjeeling, lira. 10 Eastern Assam, lint. 64 ... ...d 50 East Indian Land Credit an d Finance, lira. 8 5 3d 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all .. .. 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gua. by Egypt. Gov all 95 951 20 Egyptian Com. & Traci. lint 6 .. .. at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 2 8 0 '2so 10 Do. New 8 llp 3 Eng. & A.ust ral. Copper, lint 21 4 k 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 41 34d 100 Eng. and Scot.:! urine, lint. 8 ... ...d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 2 10 20 Fore-streotWarehouse,lim l2 1 1 11) 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 86 87 50 Gellivara, lim. 10 General Credit & Die., lint. 71 11 11 15 General Steam Navigation 14 27 29 55 0 Holm &Col Marine In. lim. 5 3 10 io Dung Hong sun vuLu. VI aa au ••• •• • '2O Hudsons Bay all 121 121 121 20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar seilles, lint. 25 Indo-European Tel., 1im.... 10 ... ... 20 Interna. Financial So c. lint. 5 li 1} 11 1 ) Interne , . Land Credit, lim 6 6 4d 50 Italian Land S 10 p 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Citvour) all 21 31 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all el it 3 50 Land Securities, lint 5 24 140 25 Loudon African Trading lO 7 tid 25 Lon. & Caled. Marine, lim 6 ... ...d 10 London County Land and Building, lint. 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lint all 21 34 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all p 11) 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lint 30 211 0/ 8 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 2 21 50 Loud. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lint 25 12 16d 20 Lond. & Provincial Marine '2 10 pr at Madras Irriga. & Canl.Gua. sp.c. by India Gov. lOO 1021 1031 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lint 10 Mediterm. Eaten. Tel., lint all 4 41 50 Merchant Shipping, lim all 83 38 50 Millwall Iron Works, lim. 121 ... ... 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint. 25 National Discount Co., lint 5 115 12 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 4 3d 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 91 101 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 31 3d 10 New Consolidated Dis. lint 8 14 110 5 New Quebrada, lint 4.4.0 44 4 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer t cantile Agency,lim 2l 1 1P 25 New Zealand Trust and lira 14 14 Loan, li 10 Northern Assam Tea, lint 5 7 4 10 Do. B at' North Brit. 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'824 lOO 1064 1074 104 7 —Do 189, . •• Do. p c. 1869 100 D. d A 2 lOO 103 110 100 107 108 Do m 93 ▪ Victoria 6 . p... 100 112 113 k INCIDEXTS a StICC.ESS OVEIi WIND AND RAIN'. Whatever may be the incidents attending any futu anniversary gathering of the volunteers, the Dover Review of 1869 cannot fail to rank as one of the most memorable. Persons have been so accustomed to regard, or rather to accept, Easter Monday as a day peculiarly set apart for volunteer displays that many doubtless forgot the very early date at which the laws that regulate " movable feasts" this year brought on the principal muster of the national army of defence. In the stress laid in the War Office circular upon the provision beforehand of water proof coats and capes, there was a note of warning that was not lost upon the wise. Travelling in a storm of wind and snow, the late arrivals on leaving the railway stations found themselves exposed to drifts of hail so thick and violent that the object of their journey seemed hopeless of attain ment. On land there was disappointment, at sea disaster ; for a ship of war was beating out its life against the Admi ralty Pier, and the intention to bold the review, at first abandoned, was reasserted and carried into execution only by the determination and personal exertion of the Commander-in-Chief. TILE ARRIVALS. Some of the volunteers had come over night, but the greater number chose the very clay itself for travelling. Soon after seven o'clock on Monday morning special trains with volunteers from London began to arrive by both the South-Eastern and the London, Chatham, and Dover lines. Among the first corps which came in were the 3rd London, the 37th, the 40th, and the 48th Middlesex. The 3rd Middlesex Artillery was also among the early arrivals. The men of the Hon. Artillery Com pany came down in the course of the morning, their guns having been brought down on Saturday. By nine o'clock bands were playing in all directions, and some fifteen or sixteen thousand volunteers were already preparing for the muster on the various points of rendezvous along the beach. THE RENDEZVOUS. At ten some eighteen thousand men had solidly fallen in on the Marine-parade. This was the rendezvous ; and all was now ready for the first brigade of artillery to file off from the sea front by fours, and commence the march to Castle-hill Fort by Bench-street, the Market-square, Castle•street, and New Castle-hill -road. Arrived on the heights, this imposing force should then have marched past the reviewing officer. But nothing of the kind did take place. The weather became utterly execrable and abominable. The watery firmament seeming pouring through a hundred thousand windows, but always driven slantwise by the wind. As for the sea, it was inky black, save on the shore, where, churned into an intolerable spasm of foam, it leaped up in towering columns of wave, washing right over the flags of the Marine-parade, and far into the roadway, and threaten ing in some of its refluxes to carry away the volunteers haversacks, rifles, brass bands and all—by the whole battalion. Under these circumstances what was to be done? To keep the troops in their position on the Esplanade was manifestly cruel, for those unprovided with waterproofs were literally soaked. At half-past ten in the morning it was a matter not of moral impossibility—for the men were ready to go anywhere, and do anything—but of physical impossibility, to march even eighteen hundred, much less eighteen thousand, men up to Castle-hill Fort. The few mounted officers who ventured up to the Castle were almost blown from their horses, and the driving rain cut their faces as though with icy whips. By order of Sir Hope Grant, the review operations were relinquished. It was originally intended to dismiss the force at once and definitively ; but at the suggestion, it is said, of Lord Ranelagh, the volunteers were temporarily dismissed, and bidden to reassemble again, at three o'clock, at the same rendezvous, when, if it were at all practicable, a march nast would be essayed. THE ARRIVAL OF THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. At the time that the order was given to dismiss, a very, very few of the most sanguine entertained the slightest hope that the rain would cease before midnight, . . and no one appeared to question the policy or propriety o the decision then come to. As soon, however, as the air had cleared and the roads were beginning to dry, critics appeared in crowds, like the lizards after a tropical shower, and there was much shaking of heads and many questionings of the propriety of the course which had been adopted. But it was all the fault of the weather; no one was to blame. Lounging upon the pier, and strolling through the still' damp streets, was not a promising way of spending the afternoon. There seemed, however, to be no alterna tive ; when the appearance upon the scene of the Duke of Cambridge gave an entirely new turn to affairs, roused all from lethargy. His Royal Highness, who had ridden over from Walmer Castle, accompanied by Prince Arthur, Prince Teck, and Lord Granville, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, reached Dover about 12 o'clock, and appeared to be greatly surprised and equally annoyed to find that after bringing the volunteers from London and other places, it was intended to have no review after .01 ITA his way to the Lord Warden, and having called out General Lindsay, demanded, in tones which were, to say the least, peremptory, why the review had been given up. The gallant General explained the reasons to his Royal Highness. But these reasons were not sufficient to satisfy the Commanderin•Chief, and he expressed in unmistakable terms his determination that the men should be mustered into ranks, and that all the contemplated manoeuvres should be performed. The proclamation of this intention was made in the presence of a considerable number of volunteers, whom the appearance of his Royal Highness and his party had caused to assemble, and was by them received with an unanimous and hearty cheer, which was repeated when the Com mander-in-Chief equally loudly directed that all the staff officers should immediately get upon their horses, ride about Dover, and turn the men out as quickly as possible. " Sound the assembly at once" said the Duke, turning to a bugler who happened to be near him, and who, in his nervousness at being so suddenly addressed by so exalted a personage, began to " toot, toot," feebly, in a vague search after the appro priate notes ; and "You" (turning to the volun teers who were around him) "fall in at once." The effect of these decided and vigorously-uttered directions was at once perceptible. The excitement could hardly have been more intense, the bustle could not have been greater, if we had suddenly been informed that a hostile fleet was just rounding the end of the pier, and that it was necessary to fly to arms in order to defend our shores against the pro. faning footsteps of an arrogant invader. TILE ASSEMBLY. Anyone who has assisted at an excursion or picnic, where members of the party have strayed off in different directions and lost sight of each other, can form some notion of the difficulty of getting the volunteers together again. Moreover, th oug h "the Assembly" was sounded in front of every hot e l, i n all the leading thoroughfares, and almost at every street corner, there were reasons—or, at least, excuses—for its not being obeyed with alacrity in all cases. Many had been wet through, or nearly so, and it calls for an effort, eve n on the part of strong-minded men, to struggle i n t o damp boots or coats again at a moment's notice. many bad food or drink before them when the bugles began ; some had actually left the town, or made other arrangements for the day ; while, of course, there was a proportion —though happily a small one—of men who flatly a vowed that they " felt them selves very comfortable, and did not mean to stir." Among the steadiest volunteers also there were conflicting opinions ; some held firmly to the " three o'clock" order given in the first instance, discouraging as well-meant but mistaken interference the efforts of those who were endeavouring to bring about an immediate parade. Some whose rendezvous lay in the East had to go West in the first instance to get their rifles. As soon, however, as two or three bands had been got together, and the steady tramp of a battalion en route for the heights was heard, indecision and conflicting currents came to an end, and three-fourths, or possibly four-fifths, of the volunteers in Dover instinc tively fell into their places. Taking all the circumstances into account, the weather and consequent state of the roads, the sudden dispersion and still more unforeseen recall, it is to the credit of the force, as military men cheerfully admitted, that within two hours and a half from the time the Dnke of Cambridge issued his orders at the Lord Warden the head of the column—not taken indiscriminately in the order of arrival, but arranged as nearly as possible in accordant. e with the original distri bution in the War Offi ce returns—marched past the flagstaff in rear of the Castle-bill Fort, two miles and upwards away from the town. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS. The Duke of Cambridge took a very active part in superintending the muster ; and he, Prince 'Peck, and Lord Granville for some time rode hither and thither amid the gathering squadrons. Prince Arthur remained with them for some time, but after a while he rode off to the Castle, and did not rejoin the Commander-in-Chief until the commencement of the " march past." The Duke of Cambridge was in his full uniform as a Field-Marshal. Prince Arthur wore the uniform of the Royal Artillery, and Prince 'Peck that of a Volunteer Artillery Corps ; while Lord Granville was wrapped almost from head to foot in a white mackintosh, above which peeped out the scarlet collar which gives the uniform of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports so much:resemblance to that of a general noatman. TIIE MARCH PAST. On leaving the Esplanade the troops, headed by their bands, marched past the Obelisk, and on to the Castle Heights. Notwithstanding the severity of the day and the sweeping wind to which the heights were exposed, many ladies in carriages, on horseback, or on foot were among the lookers on. His Royal Highness the Cony mander-in - Chief tocit up his position at the saluting base, with his Royal Highness Prince Arthur on his right band. THE SHAM FIGHT. The march past concluded shortly before four o'clock, and most persons presumed that the different corps would be taken straight back to Dover with a view to their speedy departure by railway. The Commander-in - Chief, however, was bent apparently upon adhering, so far as time permitted, to the original programme. Accordingly, as the various regiments passed the flag staff orders were sent them to march upon the points indicated in the plans prepared beforehand, and long lines of manycoloured uniforms spread themselves, in compliance with the Duke's 'orders, over what appeared to be, and doubtless were, many miles of country. Of the artillery corps present, the majority were despatched to Dover Castle. The engagement was supposed to begin at some distance from the Castle between the rival lines 2f skirmishers, but it gradually drew nearer to the walls, and then the fortress took its part in the fray. To the general public this was the most attractive portion of the spectacle, for between the nondescript hue of the chalky soil and the kindred haze of the smoke from the guns, the movements of the rival armies were followed with difficulty, and when, later on, the firing extended to the fleet the interest in this direction culminated. The Royal Sovereign and the Scor pion, for some time before they opened fire from their turrets, had lain broadside on to the Castle, with bulwarks lowered and the muzzles of the guns showing; but it was feared that the same cause which had prevented the other vessels from venturing out of harbour to fulfil their share in the programme might hinder the large ships from coming into action. The general mind, however, was re assured when, with a roar that shook the houses in the town, the guns of the Royal Sovereign and Scorpion opened. The cannonade was briskly sustained both on land and at sea for a considerable time, and the shades of evening were falling when the final signal was given, and besiegers and besieged ended their differences amicably. NAVAL OPERATIONS. The delay in the military movements postponed naval operations, and the afternoon had far advanced ere it was known that the sea attack would form part of the pro gramme. The order " Beat to quarters" on board the Royal Sovereign was answered smartly by the picked crew on board, and the hinged bulwarks were lowered in a few seconds, leaving the deck clear for action. The guns were run out, the seamen gunners at their posts, and the turning gear free from all impediments. Onboard Captain Brooker's ship all obstructions on either side the turret were removed, and both vessels awaited orders to engage the enemy. At half-past four the Royal Sovereign opened fire with her big guns pointed at the Guildford Battery, near the Dover promenade. The practice was smart and exceedingly well regulated, and the turrets worked smoothly and without a hitch in the rotary motion. The reverberation was remarkable after each discharge, and the peltering of rifles and the sharp bang of the small cannon on shore were almost lost when the booming from the sea had once begun. Then the Scorpion opened fire, and the two ships did good service in the mock battle, in assisting the invading army to accomplish its work. The Royal Sovereign delivered her fire much quicker than the other turret ship, and both men-of-war did good service in assisting the invaders. The contest on shore slackened, and then the order was given to cease firing ; the bulwarks were raised, guns hauled in, and so the naval movements ended. Had the weather per mitted the smaller war-ships to come out and attack Archcliffe Fort, the spectacle would have been much more interesting ; as it was, the attack from the sea wag entirely directed towards the eastern fortifications. THE PRESS UN REVIEW. The Times declares that Monday was a day to try the prowess of the volunteers. March is not thiS year going out like a lamb. A mild, rainy, relaxing winter has been followed by a sharp, cold , sq uall y s p ring, which was at its worst on Monday morning. The thousands who awoke and bestirred themselves before sunris e to take part in the national gathering must have felt that their task would be one or duty, and not of pleasure. All through tile early hours the wind blew in fierce gusts, and the rain or snow fell heavily. In the country the fields were white with snow ; in London the flakes soon resolved themselves into the ordinary slush. But on the smith coast the visitation was the most severe. But, at any rate, the volunteers have the satisfaction that the Easter Monday of 1869 has not been a blank in their annals. It would certainly have been a subject for discontent ana ill-natured criticism if the metropolitan volunteers had gone ninety miles for a review and had then been stopped by the rain. The end of the day, in short, made amends for the beginning. Though one or two heavy showers fell in the course of the after- noon, yet the evening turned out fine and comparatively genial, and the trains brought the men to town at night without accident, the railway service being not the least creditable and satisfactory part of the day's proceedings. "We trust that in future the volunteers will select Whit Monday, instead of Easter Monday, for their annual review. They will have at least a better chance of favour able weather. The Daily News gives the volunteers great credit for their conduct under very trying circumstances, The slid den call to the review after their dispersal put them at a most unusual disadvantage. It was a gathering in hot baste, which put their discipline to the severest trial. The wonder is that they got through the review at all, much more that they got through it with some credit. Such a test would have tried the discipline even of profes sional soldiers, and it is never fair to the volunteers to forget that they are not professionalsoldiers, but a citizen guard. They do a great national service almost at a private cost, and that the numbers are so well kept tin and the efficiency of the force so satisfactorily sustained, does infinite credit to the patriotism and public spirit of 0 1 l u li n e t e 2 e ie r I s e g our people. •c: p thath t s h a e y y s t s l u m e t e e g e r d e e a d t c in r e d t i r t isut triumphing itnoot he gallan t Easter Monday weather. The aspect of the fieolvdermsiugchht have daunted the most seasonable and redoubtable war riors. But " Duty" is not a name to be washed out of existence by equinoctial storms, or blown to the winds by the hurricane of an expiring British winter ; and on Mon day duty again brought a prompt and satisfactory reward. Wet and weary enough, perhaps, but covered with well earned glory, the volunteers have " enjoyed" their field day, and displayed a patience and an amount of discipline under the severest difficulties that must reinforce the arguments of those who know and 'main tain the national value of this force. But we would press on the volunteers, and on those who lead them, our counsel as to the season for this national event. Let Easter Mondaybe henceforth abandoned as the day of the annual grand parade. Even when it falls later, that day is too near the winter season to be safely chosen for a spectacle so popular and impor tant. Why should not Whit Monday, on which there is a relaxation of business demands and pursuits scarcely smaller than that of Easter Monday, be selected for taking our citizen soldiers to the country on their great field-day ? Whit Monday is the "feast of gladness, when woods and fields put off their sadness ;" which, being translated into sober prose, means that even in this foggy and wind-lashed kingdom, there is a pretty good chance of obtaining at that more advanced period firm ground to march upon, and a bit of blue sky overhead. The volunteers, no doubt, have ere now proved that they don't care for a " wet jacket ;" but a dry one is more comfortable ; and the public will not trust in Easter Monday weather, after Monday's narrow escape from disappointment and disaster. The Star observes that with us Easter Monday has been regarded for a very long period as purely a secular holi day, on which any spectacle may properly take place which is lawful at any other period. Nor are abstract opinions on the rightfulness of war at all involved in the proceedings of the volunteers. Of all branches of the armed force, they at least come nearest to the perfect model of an army, being by the very nature of their Organi sation enrolled simply for purposes of defence, and not to be used by any ambitious despot as the means for carrying out a policy of ambition. They do not choose Easter Monday for the purposes of their annual exercise in arms from any other consideration than that of convenience. They do not muster to make an offensive display of strength in the eyes of any supposed enemy, but solely to keep alive their organisation, and to Perfec t themselves in an art which is not opposed to the spirit of Christianity if intended solely to preserve the institutions of a free country from any polluting touch by alien hands. A volunteer army is essentially a peaceful force, not in a cynical and debasing point of view, but in the highest sense in which such terms can be employed. It. forms the natural and true rese r v e o f the country. Alre know very well that should war unfortunately menace this country, the Government and the people would at once throw aside all abortive plans in regard to semi-discharged soldiers, militia, and what not, and would place their sole reliance upon o t l l l m i e nteeri. numbers, the spirit, the efficie nc y , and arms of the N. POLICE 11' TELLIGENCE.-71tsiDay. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SAVAGE ASSAULT. MEDDLING WITH. THE POLICE.— George Templing, a tailor, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with savagely assaulting police-constable David Brown, 16 0. lie was fined 20s. or 14 days. George Gleed, a contractor, of Chippenharn-mews, Harrow-road, appeared before Mr. Tyrwhitt to answer the complaint of the Royal Society for. the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of working a horse in an unfit state. He was fined ss. THAMES. BURGLARY. —William Cummings, aged 24 years, a tall stout, and very powerful man, was charged with attempt ing to break into the residence of Dr. John James Rygate, medical officer of health, of No. 126, Cannon-street-road, St. George-in-the East. The prosecutor slated that he was aroused at an early hour on Friday morning last by his servant, and on obtaining a light discovered that an attempt had teen made to force open tho shutters of a back window. The iron work of the lower bolt was raised, the Colt displaced, and the shutter injured ; but for the timely discovery the burglar would have entered the house and plundered it. Ile was commiteed to Newgate for trial. 111ARICE7 S-7 HIS DA Y. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. March 30.—Sales probably 15,000 bales. Market firm, and advancing. ARCHBISHOP MANNING ON Tin RITUALISTS. Ou Sunday High Mass was celebrated at St. Mary's 1 pro• Cathedral, Moorfields, and a sermon was pre.ched by the Most Rev. Archbishop Manning on words taken from the twenty-fourth chapter of the Gospel of St. Luke, "And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, He said unto them, Have ye here any meat ?" The discourse is said to have been patriarchal, crouched in language of great simplicity, strong and clear in argument, and singu larly persuasive. Dr. Manning argued the reality of the general resurrection and the identity of the original and revivified body, from the fact that Christ appeared to His disciples in a material form. If it were possible for the resurrection body of Christ to be raised above the conditions of nature, the bodies of those who participate in the resurrection of the just would, after the same fashion, be elevated and rendered supernatural. From the same premises the Archbishop inferred the verity of the Holy Eucharist a Real Presence. In the suburbs of this church, in the twilight, were good and honest men who had come to receive the faith which their Church did not teach them ; they believed in the Real Presence, they erected altars, they made a tabernacle, for which their Church gave them no authority. They received and treasured up what they believed to be the body of Christ. They adopted the comely and beautiful vest ments of the Church. He loved them for the love they bore the shadow of their 'Lord ; his whole heart yearned over them. The Church would do anything and sacrifice anything except only God's truth to open the doors wide and admit them into her commu nion. AN IMPROVISED ADDRESS TO THE PREMIER. When the Premier, accompanied by Mrs. Gladstone and Master Gladstone, passed through Salisbury station by the 2.20 train from London cn route for Wilton, there were (says the Salisbury Journal) but very few persons in the station at the time. Mr. Gladstone, however, was speedily recognised, and during the ten minutes which the train stopped at the station, a little crowd, chiefly composed of railway employes, collected in front of the carriage. The Premier seemed perfectly unconscious that his presence "excited the slightest interest. He was busily employed in writing, and scarcely turned a glance towards the platform. His attention, how ever, was soon arrested, for Mr. Harvey, the foreman of the Great Western Locomotive Department—and who it will be recollected took a very active part amongst the Liberal working men at the last election—stepped up to the window of the carriage, and addressed Mr. Glad stone.. He said he congratulated the Premier upon the large majority which had supported his measure on the Irish Church question, an I he hoped that all other bene volent and well-meant measures which the right hon. gentleman might hereafter bring forward would be equally well supported. He trusted Mr. Gladstone would pardon his intrusion, but he was impelled to this expression of his feelings by an impulse which he cluld n)t resist. Mr. Gladstone good-naturedly listened to his address, and, in reply, expressed his thanks to Mr. Harvey, remarking that it was always a source of gratification to him to soooivo blao ourrori, of bho wort-in clam... 'Thu train moved off shortly eterwards, and as it did so the station rang with cheers for Mr. Gladstone. THE LIBERAL CANDIDATES FOR BLACK BURN. Messrs. Potter and Morley, the Liberal cadidates for Blackburn, have been addressing a large meeting of their supporters. Mr. Potter expressed great satisfaction at the prospects before them, and thought that the petition against the Tory members had done good service to their cause. Re urged his claims on the electors as a friend of the work ing people, and declared his confidence in the present Go vernment. Mr. John Morley (editor of the Fortnightly Review) said the silence of the Tory party in the House of Commons proceeded from their inability to deal with the chief ques tions of the day; they were full of apprehension, and did not know which way to turn. The Liberal party felt that tho questions which affected the poorer classes must be grappled with ; the object of the Government should be the welfare of the majority of the people, and in many ways that might be promoted. Mr. Morley said that until his experi ence at the last election he had believed the Ballot to be unnecessary, but he was now convinced of the necessity for such a measure. Its oppo nents denounced it as un-English, but he would ask if it was English to prevent a man from voting accord ing to his conscience? With respect to himself it had been said that he was dangerous, because it was believed that he would tell the truth about everything. In the press he had never abused one class or flattered another. He acted as a safeguard in pointing out the unsatisfactory state of the country, and the man who sat on a barrel of gunpowder Smoking his pipe was more dangerous than the man who warned him of his position. The summons obtained at the instance of the Clerkenwell vestry against a comic singer for driving a velocipede on the pavement has been withdrawn. The men and boys who were employed at the Edmund's Main and Swaithe Main Pits, near Barnsley, and who had " set" the two pits down in consequence of the pro prietors having given notice to a few of their number for what is termed " clotching," or Bonding out dirty coals, resumed work on Saturday morning. Th e mas t er s have suffered a severe loss, and they threaten the men with pro secution for setting the pits down without a proper notice; but whether this threat will bo carried out or not, now that the men have resumed work, remains to be seen, FIRE AT NOTTING-HILL.—We have just received information that the Notting-hill railway station has taken fire, and when our reporter left it was still burning. The Lausanne Gazette says :—A body of Pied montese masons were passing the Simplon the other day, when an avalanche overtook them, and fourteen poor fellows perished in the snow. TWO DEATHS BY LIGHTNING.—On Saturday night, during a violent thunderstorm at a place called Shaw-end, near Lealholm-bridge, on the North Yorkshire line cf railway, a cottage was struck by ligntning, and a man named Watson, and hi s w if e, were f o und quite dead in the bed. CAUTION TO EUROPEAN MINERALOGISTS. —The Wall-street Journal says :—" We are requested by Pro fessor Silliman to publish the following notice, which has also been sent to men of science and newspapers in Eu rope Yale College, New Haven, Conn., U.S., March 5, 1869: An impostor, signing himself Dr. James Bryant Smith, is now in Great Britain or on the Continent repre senting that be is a Professor in the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale College, and also that he is travelling with Professor B. Silliman and Professor George J. Brush, for the purpose of negotiating exchanges of minerals, &c., for the museums at New Haven; and on the strength of these or similar falso representations he has succeeded in obtaining money from men of science. The under signed take this mode of warning their personal friends and others against this swindler, who has no connection with the institution named nor with themselves.—B. SILLiNiKs, Professor of General and Applied Chemistry., and GEORGE J. BRUSH, Professor of Mineralogy and Metallurgy.' " LA D vzitTlstslENT:l—Holloway's Pills —Enfeebled Exis tence.—T his medicine embraces every attribute required in a general and domestic remedy ; it overturns the foun dations of disease laid by indigestible food and impure air. In obstructions and congestions of the liver, lungs, bowels, or any other organ, these pills are especially serviceable and eminently successful. They should be kept in every family, as they are a medicine without a fault for young persons ani those of feeble constitutions. They never cause pain or irritate the most sensitive nerves or most tender bowels. Holloway's pills are the best known puri fiers of the blood, and the best promoters of absorption and secretion, which remove all poisonous and obnoxious `particles from bolli solids and fluids. —...., afton, P,....... (t DITION NOTICh. The TJ:tird Edition of " The Sun " of last Evening was published in 4, ime for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day EPSOM SPRIN G MEETING-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL S FAKES. Blue Gown Formosa vespasinu Seven ran UNITED RAILWAY STAKES. Miss O'Rourke Juanita Czar 3 CITY AND SUBURBAN. Alpenstock Drum IR Birth ay O 3 Twenty ran. FOURTH EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7.30 P.M. EPSOM RACES—Tms DAY. BEAUFORT STAKES. Gladness Zerlina 2 Vibration.. Fourteen ran. TWO-YR-OLD STAKES. Stephanotis / Elferon Gr3en Ribbon o‘. 3 Twelve ran. HEATIICOTE PLATE. April Morn Warlike Anthony _ . Sixteen tan. BETTING titi THE COURSE, METROPOLITAN STASES. 2 to 1 agst Vagabnd (taken) 6to 1 agst Alpenstock (taken) Bto 1 agst Cap-a-Pie (taken) 10 to 1 agst Drummer (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 10 to 1 agst Alpenstock (taken) DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Alpenstock (taken) DU REAM RACES—THIS DAT. NORTH DURHAM HANDICAP. The. Prbr Pretty John Three per Cent BABY STAKES. Honesty SELLING STAKES. Dean ...._ ........ Sunshade Popgun Maraquita Lady-in-Waiting _ Four ran. WYNYARD PLATE. East Coast Clarionotte Cawdor Nine ran. HUNTERS' STAKES. Slap Bang L Delawar 2 Temiadar -_. Five :an. LAMBTON STAKES. White Slave Siege Train Four ran. RAC Iti G FIXTURES. APRIL. Abergavenny .. 1, 2 I Newmarket Craven...l2, drc. Bromley 1 . 2 I Knighton... l3, 11 Aldershot l, 2 Ludlow 15, 1d Cat terick Bridge... ...... 1 , 2 I Eastbourne hi Thirsk ... 6, 7 1 Lewes 20 21 Huugerford 6, 7 Curragh _2o, 21, 26 Lichfield .. 6, 7 Croydon... 22, 23 Cambridge 7 8 I Newmarket Ist Spring Croxton Park Streatham 8, 9 MAY. Chester 4, 5,6, 7 Doncaster 1 3 , 11 I Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 West Drayton l7, 18 Wi nc h es t e r ll, 12 Bath 18, 19 York 11, 12 Manchester l9, 20, 21. Baldoyle 2nd Spring 11, 12 Croydon 19, 21. St. Albans 1.;9, 14 I Harpenden 2l. Salisbury l3, 14 I Epsom Summer .....25, &u. JITNE. Croydon 2,3, 4 1 Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Newton 2,3, 4 Oldham 23 Ascot .....t3, 11, 10, n. liibury Club 23 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Windsor 15, 16 I Chelmsford Hampton l7, 18 Sutton Park .....29, fit) Curragh 22, 23, 24 I Jli LAY. Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Carlisle 6, 7 Pontefract 9, 10 Hendon ..... 12, 13 Nottingham l3, 14 Southampton 18, 14 Reading 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21. Stamford ... 22, 23 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 3(.1 AUG Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 Egham lO, 11 Wolverhampton lO, 11 Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans 17, 18 Stockton lB, 19, 20 SEPT Warwick 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield OCT , Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. Chelmsford l9 20 Kelso 19 20 UST. Oxford York 24, 25, 2( Plymouth 26, 27 Scarborough 30, 31 Derby Summer ...31, Sep. 1. Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Canterbury 3l, Sep. 1 Cheltenham l9. 20 Curragh l9, 20, 21 West Drayton 2l, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 lionmouth 23, 24 Newniarka.t ll'ton ...25, &a. IsiBER. Hampton 2l, 22 Western (Ayr) 22, 23 Hendon 23, 24 Monmouth... 23, 24 Newmarket let Oct 28, &c. Lanark,,. 29, 30 IBER. NOVEMBER. Harrow 2, 3 I Eglinton Hunt 6, 7' W orces t er 3, 4 Liverpool St. Albans 5, 6 i Shrewsbury ..... ...... 15, 16 COURSING FIXTURES. AUGUST. ......... 1 / ....... St. Albans.. , OCITOBER. Ancaster and Willoughby, Lincolns hire 19, , 6. Are. Ormor.by 26, 27. Huntingdon Club.. NOVEMBER. 2, S. Sundorne, Salop ................. ~ 9, dtc. Cothan and Eaton ......... ..• HEREFORD ELECT lON.-THIS DAY. (BY TELEGRAPH.) CLOSE OF POLL. Clivo (L) ... iloskyns (L)... Baggallay (C) Arbuthnot (C) . 1046 1032 . 864 ~ 810 BLACKBURN—Two o'CLOCK. Thornby ... ... ... .. 4544 Fieldea ... ... ..., ... 4518 Porter ... ... ... ... 3701 Morley ... ... ... ... 3548 LuNDON GAZETTE—TidIS EVENING. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S 010F10E, Milton 2. Ne,tice is hereby given, that her Majesty's birthday will be kept on Saturday, the 29th of May next. WHITEHALL, MARCH 27. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baron of the United liing,tont of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Honourable Sir John Laird Muir Lawrence, Burt., G.C.8., G.C.5.1., lately her Majesty's Viceroy and Governor-General of India, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Lawrence, of the Punjaub, and of Grately, in the county of Southampton. WAIL-OFFICE, Melton 30. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Captain Robert Mortonhenry to ba Lieutenant-C o l o n e l ; Second Captain Stephen ii ry* Edward Chamier to be Captain ; Lieutenant Albert Whinyates to be Second Captain. undermentioned officers (lo rps of Royal Engineers—The in India, but ( 'to be seconded, on De partmentappointml,ettesiZteheedPeaubilnictWheohr.kcsorps viz.: —Lieutenant Osbert : t ha s d a li u ck el , I L , i u e r u n te er n . ant Sydney Long Jacob. and Lieutentittle, 7th Foot, to be Major. Brevet— P W G _Royal. S I tt iG t h aar e i r ut a , °s o lllj . B lii Sa:tond Commandant al. g:laof the Woolwich Division, to be n t rY lnfantry—Colonel - Commandant (Do lonel-Commandant of Cr..theßP.l R ym od o n u e t y h D to ivi oo sio m nl a Dq pot Royal Marines, at De Colo nel the n e l .11.1 11.