The Sun. — London, England, 1869-04-08 00:00:00

V BY LIO.S, -" Easter scd, at Bailleul. I en visiting t) ,, performance P and in orcl director of ti j ig the oplo, o undertake P d the cage, 0 the lions ; ien it came le animals r 1 [stead of keeri s o wont to (10, 11 ' lge. This se to pounce 11 rtunate man ELECTII ,day, a station ought up on ice-constables i; entary electioo rm ; also, tent, and w' fter the declail ection at Blar) Iy -street, wbe fire four shol and afterwat Kenyon in 0 1 with the Ld Dons were fouo the prosecutid over Ken yd y in the stre 6 !LI that the slid were brealj iy hearing t ill ing with intd the assault firing a gun, [ay,Sir Staffor i n labour ago° )mmittee of tbi, ted the gaols , with the uniary rest' labour me eformatory, dopted. The; e " separo .eficial in Ub e s, and recolfr wheel be co ir is strong d ir remunerati l/ any countri ej , would 1/1 At the sar°: C. far did 11° ' at the Deo aion, and ate' Dowring, Nr l° , L expressed I ' l ' so blind AO L empty S , V PAB at Gul l j e t copper him e01':, sea 111 tended commit 1 1 . d a id frc' t '? for ' I°llr st Ric lll o 4 the sg" he " ;o pt in ire , of 1) d d and tit the tr ba All Uf ea, confir t° as ij' to P r .pf 10 fit 0 1 Yelir*S LITERAT UiU . ---~ Erick Thorburn ; A Novel. Three Vols. Hurs' and Blackett. If " Erick Thorburn " is a first work, as from the absence of any name upon the title-page, and from other reasons, we are led to infer, it promises well for the future success of its author. The cha racter of Erick Thorburn, who is by no means of the ordinary stamp of novel hero, is very cleverly conceived and very skilfully delineated. Erick possesses no brilliant qualifications or superficial adornments ; his chief characteristics are his plain common sense and his determined perseverance in what he believes to be his duty. Maurice O'Keefe, the schoolfellow of Erick, called, from his girlish appearance and curling locks, by the familiar appel lation of " Fan," is weak and amiable, and from their school-days until the close of their companionship is in every way a contrast to his friend. The strong affection which, in their early days, exists between " Fan" and " Thor," although sorely tried by adverse circumstances, and for a time diminished by alien influences, is never destroyed, and revives with its old tendencies in the parting hour. We never have the heart to " spoil a story" by detailing its plot. We shall not therefore reveal the mystery which overshadows the life of Erick Thorburn, and tries the tender heart of poor Evy Carew, a sweet little heroine, with whom the novelist has been somewhat severe. A year or two of proba tion might have sufficed for all the purposes of the story. The long and weary waiting to which these lovers are subjected is not only painful to themselves, but (far worse!) tedious to the reader. This want of concentration in the interest of the plot is, however, excusable, if, as we imagine, "Erick Thorburn" is a first work ; and if so, as we have already observed, it affords ample promise of future excellence and future success on the part of its writer. The overwhelming flood which de vastates the country towards the close of the narra tive is very effectively described; but as it recalls to the mind of the reader that terrible episode in " The Mill on the Floss," in which Maggie and her brother found an undivided death, its introduction is somewhat unfortunate. A happier ending, how ever, rewards the patience of Erick Thorburn, and (no matter what evils have gone before) " all is well that ends well." Lorna Doone; A Romance of Exmoor. By R. D. Blackaibre, author of " Cradock Nowell." Three Vols. Sampson, Low, Son, and Marston. From some innate love of the terrible and myste rious, such as renders "Jack, the Giant Killer," a favourite in the nursery, the histories of highway men and robbers seem to possess soma marvellous power of attraction. While the names of better men are " willingly let die," tradition tenderly cherishes the recollection of Robin Hood and Claude Duval, and others of equally respectable celebrity. Among the chronicles of the West of England are records of the terrible Doones, a band of robbers, who lived by the right of might, and scattered terror and dismay through all the country round. The narration of their doings and mis doings,which is given in these volumes, is supposed to be related by one who actually took part in the events which he describes, John Ridds, yeoman, and church warden of the parish of Oare, in the county of Somerset. The story is written in a very interesting and attractive style, and quite realises to the reader's mini the time and scene to which it relates. Among the first re collections of his childhood, John Ridds describes the murder of his father by the terrible Doones, and his mother's melancholy pilgrimage to the very home of the assassins. There we have a glimpse of the venerable and courtly Sir Ensor Boone, the father and chieftain of the robbers. Himself a gentleman by birth, and brought up to better things, Sir Ensor having incurred the pe nalty of outlawry, had established himself in the forest of Bagworthy, and brought up his sons and grandsons like the Ishinaelites of old, with their hand against every man, and in conse quence with the hand of every man against them. in the midst of this savage race, like the enchanted princess of a fairy tale, lived the gentle, lovely Lorna, whose chequered history is recorded in this chronicle. Lorna Doone has found a worthy cham pion and historian in honest John Ridds, and the latter has found a fitting exponent of his opinions in the person of Mr. Blackmore. From its very dis similarity to the ordinary run of novels, this romance of Exmoor will prove attractive to the novel-reader. NEY MARKET AND COAINIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Settling accounts is the principal business to day, and from the limited supply of stock the " bears" have commen3ed their operations, but whether their exertions will produce the desired fall in price is yet a great question. Consols have in creased in price, and the 'Threes and New Threes. The abundance of money has given rise to favourable anticipations, and indeed so sanguine are some very influential persons that a reduction of the minimum official rate, from 4 to 3i, within a fort night, is fully contemplated. Consols are 93f f for money; ditto, for Ac count, 93i; Three per Cent. Reduced, 93*; New Dire° per Cents, 91i 21 ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 4 pin par ; ditto £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO, par 5 pna ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent, 240 39 ex div. India Stock, 10/ per Cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 131 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1011 4 ; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5 per Cent., Jan., 1872, 105 ; ditto 58 per Cent., May, 1879, 1091. In the Foreign Market prices are follows : Brazilian of 1865, 80 to 1 ; Chilian of 1867, 95 to 1 ; Egyptian of 1864, 86 to i ex div. ; ditt o of 1868, 761 f to 77 ; Italian of 1861, 551 to 1 ; ditto of 1868, 838 to 841 ; Mexican, 141 to 151 ; Peruvian of 1865, 79 1 ; Russian of 18'66, 901 to 911, ex div. ; Nicolai, 68 to 681 ; Orel, 82 to 1 ; Moscow, 79 to 791 ; ditto Uharkof, 77 to Spanish of 1867, 31 I; ditto Charcow, 77 t o 1 ; 1 tot ; Turki s h o f 1 858, 631 to 411 to 1. 64 ; ditto of 1862, 67 to ; and ditt o o f 1 865, American 5-20 Bonds are better, viz., 83/ to /. Erie Railway shares are 24 to 241 ; Illinois Cen tral, 96 to 97 ; Atlantic and Great Western De bentures, 31/ to 321 ; and the Consolidated Mort gage Bonds, 311 to 321. In the Railway Market stocks L ondon and North Western, Midl an d, and Caledon ia n have gone up 4to I, b u t G rea t G oea t Eas te rn and Metropo litan have falle n 1. The p rices as as follow t : —London an d N or th W es t er n , 115 to ; Great W es t ern , 4 9 4 to 494 ; ; Midland, 1161 to London and South W es t ern , 87 to to South B9 ; Great Eastern, 371 to ; Brighton, 484 Eastern, 754 to ; Metropolitan, 1011 to 102/ ; Great Northern, 107 to 108 ; ditto A, 109} to 110 ; Cal e d on i an, 801 to 3 ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, 164 to 4. For Bank shares prices are—City, 12 to 4 ; 164 to 4 ; London and County, 514 to 52/ ; London Joint Stock, 334 to 4 ; London and West minster, 644 to 4 ; Union of London, 364 to ; Anglo-Austrian, 17 to 18 prem. ; and Imperial Ottoman, 2 to 4 prem. In Miscellaneous stocks National Discount are 111 to 1 ; general C re di t, 14 to 1 dis. ; Interna tional, 11 dis. ; H u d son ' s Bay, 124 to ; 'Telegraph Construction, 164 to 17 ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference, 31 to 4 and Anglo-A merican, 221 to The scrip of the Guatemala Loan is quoted par to 4 prem. The mortgage debentures of the Trouville Asso ciation are quoted par to 1 prem. The Suffolk, from Port Philip, has arrived with £Bl,OOO in gold. There were no gold operations at the Bank yes terday. It is doubted if there has been good foundation for any of the recent notifications regarding the Spanish Crown. It was highly improbable that Senor Olozaga would go to Lisbon either to offer the Crown to King Ferdinand before authority for such offer had been voted by the Cortes, while the assertion that the Portuguese Minister has been ordered to volunteer a categorical refusal in an ticipation of it seems equally improbable. The question at the present moment is creating much excitement at Madrid, and every hour new rumours are circulated by the various political parties. Among other reports is one to the effect that, although King Ferdinand will not accept the Throne, it will be taken by his second son, Dom Augusto, now 22 years of age, with an understand ing that his father shall assist him with advice. Complaints are made of the absence of any dis tribution to the creditors under the liquidation of the General Estates Company, which was ordered to be wound up nearly three years ago, and placed in the hands of a professional accountant, together with one of the directors of the concern. At the Mincing-lane markets business continues upon a very moderate scale, owing, in some cases, to the small supplies offering, and prices are conse .quently, as a rule, firm. The public tea auctions have closed, having passed off steadily without altering previous quotations. Dye goods are generally quiet; at the periodical sales of cochineal, however, a fair demand prevailed, and rates were steady, except for silver grain, which was sold occasionally ld. per lb. cheaper. An extraordinary meeting of the Italian Irriga tion Company (Canal Cavour) will be held on the 10th of May, at Turin, for the purpose of deliberat ing upon the report of the delegates appointed by the general meeting of the 29th November, 1868, and the appointment of the directors who are to come in to form part of the new council of admi nistration so soon as approval is given to the con vention stipulated with the Ministers of Finance and of Agriculture,. Industry, and Commerce on the 7th March ult., for carrying the concordat into effect. The suspension has been announced of Messrs. Ferguson, Kemp, and Co., cloth manufacturers, at Glasgow. The house was supposed to be weak and their liabilities are small. At a meeting at Manchester of the creditors of Mr. John Hamer, manufacturer, who recently stopped for £27,000, and proposed a composition of 10s. in the pound, it was agreed to accept 13s. 4d. in the pound, in four equrd instalments, in four months, eight months, 12 months, and 18 months. The transfer books of the Australian Mortgage Land and Finance Company (Limited) will be closed from the 15th to the 28th inst. The eleventh ordinary general meeting of the Standard Bank of British South Africa will be held at the office of the company on the 23d inst. An extraordinary general meeting of the share holders of the CreditFoncier of Mauritius (Limited) is convened for the 14th inst., to confirm the resolu tions passed on the 25th ult. At the annual general meeting of the Florence Land and Public Works Company (Limited) the report of the directors and balance-sheet were adopted. The company has made a profit of more than £22,000 on public works alone, by which their own property has been materially improved, while 17 acres of land have already been granted to the company by the Municipality, on a portion of which building operations are far advanced towards com pletion. SAITISLI FUNDS-TWO O'CLOCK GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, I per Cent. Reduced 92f New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Con Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchcqu-...r Bills, £l,OOO, 2f per Ct. Do £5OO Do. £lOO & £2OO Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent De. opening Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds — Inter-Colonial Ornmum INDIAN UOVERNMENT 6ECURITIV Uvula stock, 101 per Cent., April 1879 — Do. Opening, for Account - Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 - 4 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Pape' 4 per Cent.... — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .... .., lO5 Do. 51 per Cznt. May 1879 1094 DJ 5 per Cent., Rup. Dob. 1872 _ Do do 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — D;.. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l.OOO FOIMICIN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCI(. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent Do., Scrip £45 paid .. Anitrian Bonds 5 per cent .. — Do. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent Oa. 41 per Cent. 1852 .......... Do. do. 1858.... Do. . do. 1861 Do. do., 1863 — Do. 5 por Cent., 1865 — Do Account B "enos Ayres 6 per Cent. Da 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) ; Cuba, 6 per Cent. — (Lillian 6 per Cent — Do. 44 per Cent ••• Do. .8 per Cent., — Po. 6 per cent. 1867 Do. 7 per Cent., 1866 O•dombian, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825 Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 — Vquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Esyptian, 7 per Cent — Do Second issue Do. £stit B on d s •• •• ... .. Do. £lOO B on d s ..... 831 Do. 1864 — Do. D. .£ 5O O Bonds ccount - Do. . 1 . 10 0 Bonds English Scrip, 1868 761 7 Do do. :IAS p — d Government Railway Debentures — Greelt 5 per Cont., 182.1 . 5, ex Coups. D.p. Account ............................ . . !Jo. Coupons Do. Account ~ —'— i laatemala 5 per Cent .. Honduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd ltsliau 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account .• Do Maremmana Railway — ldexicas 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French dontevideau 6 per Cent. .. — Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 3 per Cen Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account . 791 9 Do 41 per Cont. (Ui:ilarren) Do 44 per Cent., 1862 . — Do Account Porttiguese 3 per Ct„ 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,': 351 1 Do. do. 1867 36 Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, I; St Do 41 per Cent . 1850 - Do 44 per Cent, 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 . ..... Do. An g l o -D utch, 1864, £lOO Bonds._ 904 / Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0..., Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9ll Di ) . do .£B4' 15s. do — way 66 4 Do Nicolas Rail Sard inian b ~r spaniel ' 3 pe p Co n ent DDo o . . A l c B e6 4 nt . ..... • .................. Do. Now cc o u p u e t f . 0 . . . r . . r . : .1 . u . .:..... . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . .". .... . . . Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup, not funded Swedish Provincial Mortgage . L CZ -- 1868 -51 D D o o Goveddrnoo:ment, Scrip 1 pu Do Turkish 6 per Cent.! ........ . .......... Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 7O 691 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1866 Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian 6 per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f -Oigian, per cent., Dutch 24 per (lent. Ex. 12 Guil Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... Do. Account French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italian 5 per Cent. 1851, Ez. 25i. Do Account TWO O'QLOCI. t:lonsols, Money 9311 Do. Account, May 6 931 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL, 8, 1869. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A all 11 12 111 f 13 Do B lO 21 31 3 1 50 Albion ................ 15 g 6 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 191 2 1 20 Anglo-Hungarian 8 2 21 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 51 41 40 Australasian ..... 20 Bank of British dolumbia all 10 12 20 Do issued at 2 pm.....,._ 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim.. lO 5 4 2:5 Bank of South Australia all 30 82 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 18 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, ind China .... ... 25 Chartered Mere, of India, Loudon, and China all 291 301 20 City l4 12 121 100 Colonial ...... 10 Consolidated, lim. .. 4 i 1 4 4 50 Delhi and London, Jim"' 25 . . •-• 50 East London, lim ........ . 20 English and American, lim 10 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. lim ...... . 20 English, :nottish, and A:us. tralian Chartered ...... . 281 Hong Loug and Shanghai Bank C0rp0rati0n,..,,,,,, all 3 6 08 281 Do new 5l 11 21 100 Imperial, lim 20 Imperial 0tt0man......... 10 2 s 4 Zslonian all '24 '26 25 Do new... ... 5 1 1 41) 20 Lnd Mortgage of India lim 4 3 1 3 1 100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64 , 30 all 76 75 78 30 London Bank' of Mexico and South America, lim. 20 5 4 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 30 27 16 17 20 Do new 7 4 54 41 100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 9 11 25 Do new 10 21 2 11 1 20 London Chart. of Australia all 241 •25 20 London and C0unty,,,,,,,,, '2O 61 53 511 50 Do new, issat 2o p.m,l6pd. 11 --- ••• London Joint 5t0ck.......„ 1 32 33 334 1 London and South African al 8 1 9 1 00 London &S.-Western, lien, 20 11 9 150 London & Venezuela, lim„. 121 ••• ••• 100 London and Westminster. 20 64 65 6 :1 100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm,,,,,., 2O ••• •-• 100 Merchant, lim 10 Metropolitan, Bin ............. all 71 74 100 Midland, lint.— 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 ld 1p 100 National Provinc. of El.6'd 42 ... ... 10 Do 60 National. i . i . n . a 2 1 51 5 13 1 .. 20 New South Wales all 41 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 43 41 • 60 Provinc. Bank.Corpo., lim. 10 6 6 00 Provincial of Ireland. ...... . 25 8g 90 10 Do 1 1 00 00 St p an o issued at 6 pin. 10 8 6 d. of Brit. S n . e A w irlca —. , 25 Union of Australia all 47 48 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London TELEG RAP II COM PAN I ES. 10 Auglo-American Tel., lim all 2.4 22i 10 Anglo Ilediter Tel.,lim•-• 10 11-4 1 12t 12 st Atlantic Telegraph ...... ..... 10 25 25 st Do. 8 per cent. ......... 100 71 74 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lim. 100 160 165 st Electric At Inter. Telegraph 100 2 0 2 0 10 Do. New ............... 8 u lip 25 Indo-European Tel., Jim.... 10 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lim all 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., all 3 1 4 IP 25 Router's Te1egram............ all 10 55 20 Societe Transatlant, Jim... 1 3 4 3 101 et Submarine Telegraph ...... 100 109 114 1 Do. Scrip. ..... . :.••• all 1 lf 20 Telegraph Con. all 161 17} 16i 5 U. Kingdom Tel. Co., Jim. all 51 6 6 , 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all 3 , 4 p MISCELIANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 1 5 16 64 25 Australian Agricultural 2Ol isi 161 ' 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 5 Id p r 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 7 t d 10 Berlin Water Works, lire all lif HI 14 10 Do. New 6 3 4 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. 5 Bombay Gas, lim. 5 Do. New 4 11 id 5/ British American Land ...••• 44 16 18 20 British Indian Tea, Jim all 21 31 20 British Ship Owners 7l ... . :10 21 29 Canada Company 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim 24 2 1 d 2O Ceylon Company, lim lO 4 3 ' ,1 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lim 9 41 31,1 30 City of Milan Improv. lim all 6 6 25 City of Moscow (las, lire all 50 City Offices, lim 25 26 250 50 Colonial, lim. Do. ••• • • 50 Commercial Union (Assur) 5 •i t 114 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 3 10 p 20 Continental Union Gas, lim. all 20 21 25 Copper Miners of England, pref. 74 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 4f per cent. all 101 105 100 Do. 1879, 4 i per cent. all 1 044 054 100 Do.. 1882, 44 per cent. all 1031 1041 18 Credit Pon. of England, e lim. all 2 1 21 2 13-16 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 3 1 2i 0 st Crystal Palace lOO 14 21 st Do. Preference lOO 95 10) st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 107 11i 20 Darjeeling, lim 10 Eastern Assam, lim. ••• ::: d 50 ... —a 50 East lndian Land Credit and Finance, lint. 20 East India Irri e ,..a. & Canal all .. 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lint. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gun. by Egypt. Gov all 95 / 961 t6l 1 20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lint 6 • • • • 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, lint 21 lO English and Foreign C re di t 71 4 3)d 100 Eng. and Scot. arine, lint. 8 ••• 10 Fairbairn Engineering.,,,,, 5 2 ld „ 20 Fore-streetWsrehouse,lim, 12 4 GP 100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at XBO all 86 87 50 Gellivara, lim. 10 General Credit & Die., lint 7,1 1¢ if 15 General Steam Navigation 11 2 1' 29 50 Home & Col. Marine In. lli n . 5 ° •i"A 10 Hong Kong and. China Gas all ••• ••• 2O Hudson's Bay ................ a ll 121 121 121 1 20 Imperial Land Co. of Mar seilles, lint. ................. t 1621 •• • ,• 20 Interna. Financial S oc. lin lt la '2O Interns. Land Credit, lint. 6 6 4d 50 Italian Land......... 5 1 3 ( I ,„ 20 Italian Irri. (Canal davour) a 1135 ".'" 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 ....... all 61 1/3 50 Land Securities, lin t ......6 21 11d 25 London African Trading.,,_ 10 7 scl 25 Lon. & Caled. Mari ne, lint. 6 ••• •"",, 10 London County Land and. Jim, 50 Lond. Financial Asso., lien 30 2 1 ,1 .O 1 4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Codint all . Jt 50 Loud, and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim.. 20 Lond. & Provinci a l Marine 2 11 pr 1j st Madras Irriga, & Caul. ono,. sp.c. by India Gov lOO 10f.; 10' 10 Mauritius Land, Credit,and Agency, 50 Merchant Shipping, lim__ all 50 Millwall Iron Works, Urn. 121 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lim. ........ 9 25 National Discount Co., lint 5 25 National Prov. M arine:lint. 4 Loan ........ ................. 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lint. 6 10 New Consolidated Dia. lint 3 cantile Agency,lim ......... 21 25 New Zealand Trust and 2 55 N Newe L w o a 10 Northern Assam Tea, lirn. 5 10 Do. B .lint. l st North Brit. Austral., lin t _ 100 50 - North Brit. & Moreau. In._ 6/ 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 b 0 Oriental Financial, lint ...... 11 5 Oriental Gas, lint, ........ all 5 Do. New ................... 1 10 Otago and Southland in , vestment, ............... 2 5 Ottoman Gas, Km ............ all 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian It. Mad u m all 5 Do do• ..... all 7 1 at Peel R. Land & Miner', lint 100 31 34 50 Peninsu. & Oriental "earn all 491 501 68 Do. New 1867 ......... 10 ild 01 81 50 Rhymney Iron. ............... all 22 24 15 Do. New ............. all 61 7 25 Rio de Janeiro City Itu.,lim. all 181 19 20 Do. Gas, ...... all 24 6 100 Royal Mail Steam ............ 60 41 41 41 at Scottish Aust. Invest., lim. 100 81 99 st Do. 6P. c. Guar. t'ref. 100 ••• ••• 20 Societe Fin. d'EgYPte, line. 10 7 6d 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empire Ot. 8 21 31 li 50 S. African Mort. & lina. 6 QZ: bl m a r a t t . d . a . L . ' 25 South Australian Land all 115 i 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lint 2 2a 3 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lint, Bl 10 Trust &Agency of Aus.,lim 1 10 Do do. do• all / • • • ••• 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 0 , 50 Union Marine L'pool, lint 5 4 1 r p 20 Union Steam Ship, lint all 2 2 24 15 United Discount Corp., lint. 6 14 13 20 Universal Marine(lu.), him • 11 2 p 10 Upper Assam Tea, lint all 30 Van Dieman's Land 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loam all 811 821 82 11 50 Warrant Finance, lint. l2 12 iod 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lint 2O 20 West London Wharves and 2 ,1 1,1 Warehouses lO 8 11;UURITI1G6 UOLOXIAL GOVAIMMICNT - British Columbia, 6 per 0ent.,1872.............. 100 ... - Do. 1895. . ... .__. •• 100 .„„ : D Do o. . 5 6 p p .. 0 0. 2 w eb a . r. &t. - Oan.Gov.6 p.o..dan.•&July •"" 1877-84 .. . ..... 100 144 106/ 1044 '. 104 102 104 - Do. sp. o. Jan. & July.• 10 0 93 94 924 31 - Do. sp. 0. Ineoribed elt•• 10 0 90 62 S u g e p . . t .. .. 1 10 00 0 IN - Cape G.llope, 6 p. 0.18 7 3.. 100 102 to , - Do.Apl.&Oot 1890-19 00 .. 100 il -.1 113 - Do. do 1880- 00 •• 100 107 109 - D D o o . . r . 1 . 1.• 100 108 lie s j p an er "gi o j en u t i . Y ib il tp l and 15 Oct., 1900 ..... .. 100 100 102 104 - Ceylon, Nov 1878, 6 p.c.. 100 108 no - Do. 1872, do.. •• 100 105 107 -... Mauritius, 6p. a, 1873••• - Jan. and July ......• - 1)0 , lO4 106 - Do. 188 *`" 10 0 IOS - Do. 1882 , Slay and Nr . • 00 106 108 - Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.. •• 10 106 198 - Melbourne Corporatn..•• - 1867-75, 6 per gent .. 1(0 100 100 - N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Jal.&JulY•• 1 00 103 104 - Natal 6 p ot, Apl & Oct... 10) .._ . - Do 6p o. May & N0v..... 1 0 Ito 108 - N. S. W. 5 re., '7l to '7 1 .. 100 99 1(1 - Do. 5 p.o. 1888 to 1890.- 1)) 1184 904 £B4 4 - Do. 5 p.c. rd.'6; to 'ii• • - N.Zealand, 6p. ot. 18111.. ICO -. ..... - 1)0.6 percent.... ..... " ° - DoJan,Aprl,July,() t... 100 93 04 664 4 - Do 6p c. Mar &,,ept '91.. 100 108 110 - Do J une & Deo , 1-91 .... 100 109 til - f Do Prot. , f At.okld. 1 1 6 8 - ( scrio 1& 2, 1696- - Xiova Scotia 6p. 0 •Jan••• - and July. 1875 - Do 1866.. .. . - Queenelnd. 6p. a. '824- 100 1064 1073 1074 - Do 1891 . .... - Tasmanian o per a 181)3 .. 1064 1074 1074 - Do a 92-'O7 ~. .. - Victoria 6 1 er cent. lbl 1 0 1 , 3 114 ..- 1)c. April and Oct - SHARE LIST. ORDINARY SLIAitICS AND STOCKS. ihare Railways. Paid Closing Business done. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 77 79 at Caledonian 1)0 79 804 8.1 I et Cam orlan 20 Cornwall. at Dublin & Belfast Juno lOO 77 70 at Dun„l'erth. & Ab.J 100 70 72 2 , East London all 6 7 10 15 21 Dp 10 st Glasgow &S. Western IOU 97 99 at Great. Eastern .. 'OO 37 371 371 at Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO at tircat North of Scotland lOO 15 ; 6 et Great Northern lOO 107 108 at Do. A stook et Do, Betook lOO • • at tltS, and W. 01 Ireland lOO 95 07 BE Gt. Western —Original lOO 4J 401 491 at Do. South Wales lOO 54 56 et Do. W. Mid.—Oxford lOO 25 27 at Do. Newport lOO W at Lancashire & Yorkshire lOO 12-!1 .231 12 1 at Lon., Brigh.,& S.Coaat lOO 4' , 4 483 44 01 Do Scrip at kon., Chat., and Dover LOU 101 17 Isj at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO at Lou. & Aorth Western lOO 1.01 154 1151 at Lon. 4: South Western lOO 87 t 9 Bsl st Man., Shel., I Lincoln lOO 161 57 661 at Metropolitan at Do Extension 100 10u 102 10 uo. New rd 10 id ip at Metropolitan District. all 50 02 51 10 Metrop, St. John' s Noo I 6 at ➢l.untud at Do, tiirmin. & DerDi at Norm British ...... at Do. Ed., Yth., & Dun lOO at Nor.Eastern—Berwics lOO 1021 1031 102 / 25 Do. N.E purchase —16.13,4 at Do Leeds. ...... at Do York lOO 021 031 9.11 st Do Carli .1e .... at Do Stoc & 131 131 at North Eon ion .. lou 11/ .21 10 Do New iBCB at North Staffordshire lOO 53 05 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 9S 100 10 Do New £lO shares 7 at Rhymney st Shropshire Union lOO 67 58 at Soutu Devon;.. at South Eastern lOO 751 751 751 st Staines, Wok'ham, B Wok all 12 13 at Lail vale ll.lO 148 lo 3 -- Do. C Waterford & Kilkenn3 10 - Waterloo d. Whlteha,l 6 -- RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.ceut. 100 st Caledonian Qrs., No. 2 lOO at Do. Scot. N.E., 46 per cent lOO st Do. Aberdeen, gun 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO st Do. do. Ordinary lOO at Do. Midland at Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all st, Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction lOO at Do. Ist Class preference lOO at (Has. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO ... st al. Easter; E.C. Ex. No.l 100 9 i 1,9 at Do do N 0.2 100 95 93 at Do do 6 per cent 100 10.1 112 st Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 ... st Do do B 6 d o. 100 ... st Do d o 0 7 d o. 100 ... st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 70 75 st Do Not folk 5 p.c. 1ix.1316 100 at Do do 5 p.c.Way.V9.1.1847 100 ... at Great Northern, 6 per cent 10 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pin. 100 ... st Do 46 do do do 100 at Do 5 do at sp. c. pin. 100 ... at . Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ... at; Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 at. Great South. and Western 86 88 80 82 (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 st, GLlVest.—Orig.&Jnt.-Rent chg., per gua.s p.c lOO 101 103 st Do. Orig. (B. & .13. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 .100 st Do do 4, per cent. 1850.- 100 83 91 at Do do 4 do do st Do do 5 per cent. redem lOO 95 97 95 st Do do Birmingham gua lOO 63 79 st Do do du prof lOU st Du do Chester gee lOO el) 85 st Do do do 8 per cent lOO ... . . at Do do do 5 do 100 95 100 st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 ••• ••• at Do do 4 9 p.c lOO st Do do 4 i 1859.- 100 st Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g. 103 111 113 st Do do gua. 100 107 111 st Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 8 90 at Do do 20. du 100 97 103 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 ••• 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. ail 1021 at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 135 at •Do Barnsley, £5 Is 101 p.c. 100 ... at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 135 at Do 41 (Blackburn porch). 101) 98 100 at London & Brighton, sp. c. guaranteed, No 1 lOO ... at -Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO ... st Do 6 do do lOO ... at Do 5 do N.). 4 lOO ... at Do 7 per cent IJO at Do 6 du (W.E• & C.P.) 100 at Da 4 do 1859 lOO ... • at Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent ICO st, London and C. and Nuneaton 5 par cent....., 100 118 110 at Do Bedford &Cambridge-. 100 at Do Shrewsb'y & Welcupl. 100 at London and n W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 140 150 2s Gil. Do (Portam. perp aas. 286 d) all ••• at Mau., Shef., &Linclu. 6 p.c PM 111 117 6 Do A3i all par Ipm st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 135 st Do Bristol& Itirm., 6 p.c.., 100 132 134 bat Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO tti 10u at Do 4,5 psi' cent. irredeem lOO 98 IJJ st Do Leicester& irchn, 4 p.c WO 89 91 at North British, 5 p.c. No.l lOO st Du E. &U.4p. c. S. 1) lOO ." at Do N. 8., N 0.2, 5 per ceu.t lOO at Do Border Union, 51 p.c lOO st N.-Eastern--Cons. 4 p.c lOO 87 8 st Do 41 per cent. redeem.-- 100 95 97 at Do L 1 N.E. 4 per cent., lOO 17 Do Berwick capital 8.13.4. •,..• Do York, H. &S. purchase lO 10 1 . 4 Do Stcktn & Drliug. A 5 p.c IOU 106 103 st Do W, Liartlepool 11. and R lOO 84 86 ; 20 North Staffordshire all 20f 211 10s S. Devon Annuities, 1 a._ a ll 1 08 1 . 0 :6 13 .3 81)1)D:oh' Fixed 0 p. :(di t rt o 4 ; :a k npd et. Aren Anns., euns O . o d 6 . l a at . O lOl l lll 8; 8 1 2. 9.2 ) .1 st Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO at Taff Vale No.l lOO 14i 153 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pe 100 41 43 105 107 RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SIIARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. at Caledonian 44 p c gdo.• st Do Scot. Con. min. 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 Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 86 t t ; at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 85 , 8 at Do do 5 do, 1861 lOO 82 86 at Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO at Do Permanent 5 per cent lOO • at Do Boston & Sleafd , 44 p c 100 ..• * at Great West., W. yiidl., 5p e 100 at Do Joint p orpe. 5p c, 16 65 100 83 p▪ '; at Do do 6P c irred., 1866 100 103 103 20 Do Vale N eath perp. 5p e all 19 20 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO k 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 j zp at Loud., Brig., &c., 44 Pc , 1858 100 "..• st Do do 4 do, 1860 100 at Do do 48 do, 1861 100 at Do do 41 do, 1863 100 at Do do 6 do, 1865 100 .▪ .• at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 at Do No. 7 sdo at Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c • at Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do do C 6 p.c at London &N. Western, 5p c 100 108 110 at London &S. Western, 44 p e 100 t 2 94 10 Man. Shef. &Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 8 84 at Metropolitan 5 per cent lOO at Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 106 103 at Do B 5 do 100 106 108 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk.,•Sept. 1, 1869 all 204 204 204 18 Do 'moony. New Shares all 181, 19 22 Do 5p c con. into Old 18k Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 B4 14 24 p at North British, E. and G,, No. 1, 5 per cent at Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 Do E., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 at Do E. &G , No. 2, 5 p.c at • Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 st Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c at Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 44 p c 100 at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 i 5 97 at Do Stock. & D 100 110 112 at North London, 44, per cont (Max. 5 per cent) at North Staffordshire 5p c lOO st South Eastern, 44 pc, 1859 100 at Do 5 do 1861 100 st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 1863 100 at Do 5 do, 1864 st Victoria St. &Pimlico, 44 pc 100 ..., ••• RAILWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALSJI 100 v 3 95 at Mani:Lead 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 99 101 at Buckinghamshire at Chester and Holyhead lOO 51 56 at Do. 51 per cent. st Do. i do. st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO at Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gun. 6p. c lOO 13, 136 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ... a Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., p.c 100 ... a Do: E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 611 72 at Do.do.Woodbrg.Ex., do. 100 69 72 st Gt. West, W. Mid., Heref 100 97 99 50 Hull and Selby all 110 112 st Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 210 2 5 st London and Blackwa.ll lOO 93 95 st Do. 41 per cent lOO st London, Chat., &c., 41 p. c. 100 st - Do. Com. Fund, 5 do 100 at London and Greenwich at Do. do Preference lOO ... st London, Tilbury, & S outh 100 83 E 5 st Lowestoft, gua 4 percent lOO 80 82 at Do. du. 6 do. „. 61 Manch., Buxton, & Matlk all 6 51 st Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO 92 94 10 Mid Rent Cray Line) '5O Northernt East. , 5 per cent all 63 56 50 Do. do. 6 do. all ... st N. Eastern—Hartlepool s t N. West. A perp, pref, 5p c lOO 107 109 fit Du B minimum If p.c lOO st Nutting. & Grauth. 11.&C.., 100 90 92 25 Preston and Wyre.. ltoyston, Hitch., and Sh ep PM 132 46 134 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 131 134 10 do n 'S a a t t t tL V S . C e . Y t s i Soot Cornwallkt t h i 0 .54 n aPn a e n dr tc . n any r g l up o oaui 100 101 78 By2odll 1 : 0 11 u 9 , 57 :1 3 100 175 180 20 West Loudon, all 13 14 20 at ey DD m oo outh and doo Portl a Cp i : d .* :. : :: " W ill •• ••• 11000 b 0 BL * at Wilts and Som net DOoKs. st et L a ndon andst and 11Wist; a......... 10 0.1,122 125 St. Katherina. 100 100 D °Deb. st oo k , 4 per cont.. all 40 48 ktillwall Fre ehold Land ... e t Dock ............................ 100 23 31 Bt Southampton .................. 100 74 76 Ot Surrey Commercial ......... A. CELVIRAL CUM]. NAL COURT—(lki5 Day) OLD COURT. James Sharman and Richard Spraggs were indicted for feloniously setting firs to a house with intent to defraud the Fhcenix Assurance Company of London, also for unlawfully attempting to obtain by false pretences £293 4s. 7d., the moneys Of tho said company with intent to defraud ; and also for unlawfully conspiring together to obtain by false pretences the above sum from the com pany. _ . . - - Sharman pleaded guilty to the charge of obtaining money by false pretonces, but Spragg pleaded not guilty. The house was situated in the Lefevre-road, Bow, and a fire occurring a claim was sent in for the amount of the policy which had been taken out in the Phoenix Fire-office. The officer, on account of certain so spicious circumstances, refused to pay the ;policy, and Spraggs brought an action to enforce therm The trial resulted in a verdict for the defendants, and from certain matters that were proved at that trial the present indictment was preferred against the prisoners. The prisoner Sharman was admitted as evidence against Spraggs, from whoso statement it appeared that, being about to engage in a law suit, and being short of funds, Spraggs told him the way to get the money was to insure his house in the Phoenix, and then burn it down and got the amount of the policy. Spraggs told him he would do all that was necessary, and he (Sharman) assented. The house was accordingly in sured and then set on fire. Sharman further stated that Spraggs had told him that on a formor occasion he had done the same thing for a man named White, and that X5OO had been made by the transaction. The case is not expected to conclude to-day. THIRD COURT. Henry Hunt, butcher, was indicted for obtaining by false pretences from Robert Lankester, salesman in the Now Market, 4001bs. of meat. The evidence was very conflicting, the prisoner calling witnesses to prove that he was not the person who ob tained and carried away the property. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, but the Common Sergeant said ho should defer passing sentence until next session in order to afford the prisoner time to make any communication to the officers he might feel disposed, as he (the learned judge) was decidedly of opinion that there were other persons concerned in the robbery, because it was quite impossible for the prisoner to have accom plished it alone. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—?his Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE POLICE AND THE BOARDMEN.—CoIoneI Pearson, the district superintendent of police, said that Colonel Henderson had received a deputation of bill-posters, con sisting of Mr. Naylor and others, and that at that inter view the Commissioner of Police understood they would be satisfied with the board of the size prescribed by the regulations. There was no desire on the part of the Com missioner of Po:ice to act harshly in the matter. On the contrary, so far as his duty would allow him, he was will ing to meet the views of those concerned. Mr. Knox gave it as his opinion that the few inches asked for might well be conceded. At the same time he was bound to say that the Commissioner of Police ap peared to have acted with every consideration in the matter. After some further conversation, Col. Pearson under took to communicate what had passed to Col. Henderson ; and to convey to him the heartiest recommendation that the low inches asked for should be conceded. THAMES. A PAINFUL SCENE.—PILFEBING IN THE DOCKS.— Frederick Miles, a boy messenger, was charged with steal ing 41bs. of sugar. William Robinson, constable in the service of the Lon don and St. Katherine Dock Company, stated that he stopped the prisoner yesterday afternoon at the No. 6 gate of the London Dock, and searched him. He found a blue paper packet of sugar under his coat, and :another in his trousers pocket, weighing together 4:bs. He knew the prisoner was a boy messenger, and asked him who. e he came from, to which he replied from No. 6 warehouse. Ho said "No, there was sugar there," and the prisoner said, "I got it froot. No. 5 warehouse." The prisoner, who was overwhelmed with shame and grief, and sobbing loudly, said he had nothing to say. The mother of the prisoner implored the magistrate to forgive her son, and cried loudly. Mr. Paget could not overlook the offenco, and sentenced the prisoner to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. There is no no class of cases gave him so much pain as the sentences ho had to pass on persons for petty pilfering in the docks. He had tried punishments, and they failed, and in all cases of this kind ho should inflict a sentence of two mouths' imprisonment and hard labour, or commit for trial. The mother of the prisoner fainted on hearing the soutenco. 111.11:KE7 S-2 1118 D.l Y. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARICET. April .B—Sales probably 8,000 bales. Market Quiet ; unchanged. TALLOW. The market is dull. Town tallow, 44s 9d ; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 46s Gd ; April to June, 46s Gd ; June, 46s Gd ; October to Dccembor, 4Gs; December, 4Gs 31. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. We have a good supply of beasts ; trade is dull, prices are lower, and a clearance cannot be effected. SHITHFIELD HAY. Mr. Charles J. Easton roport trade firm, at the following prices:—Prime clover, from, 120 s to 130 s; inferior ditto, 100 s to 110 s. BOURSE, April 7.—Th closed as follows :- 44- per Cent. Eud of month... --- Ital'an Fives 551[75 3 per Cent End of mouth— 70 321 Mexican Loan ... 24 75 Credit Mobilier End of mouth... 275 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier ...1495 Homo Debt — End of month... Deferred — RAnwAYs. Cash Orleans ... 906} Northern ... l 102 k Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 516; Western - Eastern •• — Sardinian Austrian GUI Lombard 4721 North of Spain Saragossa Roman 54 .ee o'clock—The market RAILWAY AND 07 HER COMPANIES. BURY ST. EDMUND'S AND THETFORD. This company has determined to apply to the Board of Trade, under the Railways Extension of Time Act, 18G8, for an extension of the respective periods limited by the Company's Act for the com pulsory purchase of land and the completion of works. BRAZILIAN STREET (LIMITED). Notwithstanding the suspension of traffic for three days in February the receipts for the month were 21,989 milreis (about £2,198) as compared with 21,170 milreis (about £2,117) for the same month last year. SMYRNA AND CASSABA. The total traffic receipts on this company's line, 61 miles in length, for the twelve weeks ending the 21st of March last, amounted to £20,671, and for the corresponding weeks last year to £17,386, showing an increase of £3,285, or 18.9 per cent. PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 251. 161 e. per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of lis. 104 d. per ounce fbr standard gold, it appears that gold at the above price is of about the same value in Lon don and Paris. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at BO days' sight was on the last date about 1 8 percent. At this rate there is nc profit on the importation of gold from the Untied atates. CAMBRIDGE lIALL—A grand public ball was given at the above hall last night by Mr. Smith, with much success. During the evening the electric light was brought into operation, thus giving the visitors an oppor tunity of gliding through the shadow waltz. A most ef ficient quadrille baud, under the direction of Mr. Edgar Goudgo, was in attendance. NIENDELSSOIIN NIGIIT.—The National Choral Society, conducted by Mr. G. W. Martin, will give a Men delssohn Night at Exeter Hall, on Tuesday, April 20, when the first " Walpurgis Night" and the "Hymn of Praise" (Lobgesang) will be performed. Miss Arabella Smyth, Mr. Lander, and Mr. Sims Reeves are already en gaged. Mondelssohn, in one of his letters, thus describes the " Walpurgis Night :"—" At the opening there aro songs of springs, Ste., and plenty of others of the sani) kind. Afterwards, when the watchmen with their Go beln and Zacken and Eulen' are making a groat noise, comes the witches' apparition, for which, as you know, I have a great weakness ; the sacrificial Druids then appear, represented by trombones in 0 major. Then the watch men come in again in alarm, and here I mean to introduce a weird-fluttering sort of chorus ; and, lastly, to conclude with a grand saorificial hymn." 103 101 f id 33 38 51 41(1 114 12 111 4 3(1 21 101 31 3d 11 10 41 it 11 11 7 5 9 8 48 51 111 20 12 1 1 17i 7 • 8 1 ••• ••• 1p id ip 11 21 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMAIONS.—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. LICE NSING BEER HOUSES. Mr. KAVANAGII asked the Chief Secretary for Ire land whether• he would Abject to have the provisions of the bill to amend the law for licensing beerhouses ex tended to Ireland. Mr. C. FORTESCUE said he had examined the bill now before the House with a view to ascertain whether its provisions could be extended t.) Ireland, but he thought it somewhat premature at present, before the bill had passed through committee, to state whether it would be better to make the bill applicable to, or to legislate separately for Ireland. THE SCOTCH LAW COURTS Mr. MILLER asked the Secretary of State for the Homo Department whether the first report of the Royal Com missioners to inquire into the Scotch Law Courts has been Presenad to her Majesty; and, if so, when it may be ex pected to be laid before the house. M. BRUCE said a report bad been presented, and it was laid on the table yesterday. POOR LAW (IRELAND) AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. MAOMALION moved the second reading of this bill, and in doin3 so the hon. gentleman said it was ahnost similar to a bill introduced to the house in 1866. The chief object of the bill was to extend the area of taxa tion for rating to the relief of the poor, and thus relieve the towns from the burden of maintaining the poor driven into them by eviction from the rural districts. Ho con tended, therefore, that there ought to be in Ireland the old law of removal and settlement as it prevailed in England, or a system of union rating. Mr. BRUEN strongly opposed the bill, and moved that it leo read a second time that day six months. Mr. KNIGHT seconded the amendment, and urged that union rating in England had proved a complete failure, owing to the absence of that system of supervision which prevailed in parishes where every ratepayer had a direct personal interest in keeping down local burdens. Mr. KAVANAGH urged that Ireland should be placed in respect to its poor laws upon the same footing as Eng land. Mr. gi FORTESCUE admitted the existence of great irregulNities in various electoral divisions in Ireland, and thought that further informatien was desirable. He should therefore' support the second reading of the bill with the view of referring it subsequently to a select com Mr. DOWNING denied the necessity of further inquiry, the effect cf which would be merely to shelve the question for another session. Mr. GREGORY thought the whole Subject should be deferred until next session, as Parliament had quite enough to do at present to settle the question of the Irish Church. Lord C. J. HAMILTON spoke until a quarter to six, when in accordance with the rules of the House tho de bate closed. The house adjourned at a few minutes before six. THE NOBTVICII MURDER. The circumstances concerning the Norwich murder grow more bewildering than ever ; so bewildering that the Home Secretary has sent to make inquiries about it. The second letter received by the authorities is a most extraor dinary one. It is dated April 6, signed " One of the Pro fessors of Rhetoric for Gresham College, 1863," and runs as follows :—.` I would not unjustly prejudice or condemn any man, but as an injudicious use has been made of the name of a certain gentleman —a use exceeding professional license, a. calculated to injure 14,-is,f family--I beg leave to say that the gentleman in question died on the Christmas Eve of 1.848, he having for many years up to that period lived with his wife, who had died two years previously. It is true that he had for at least fifteen years, and that to the pecuniary ruin of his family, kept Martha Francis in a state of affluence, and distributed gifts with A prodigal hand upon anybody but his affectionate wife • and fathily. I had from six years of age (with the excep tion of eighteen mouths when I was at school) not lost sight of the said gentleman; on the contrary, I, for the last ten years of his age, at the utmost stretch of my exer. Cons, assisted him, for he bad wasted an ample fortune. I deny, therefore, is a base slander, that he had ever been transported for any crime whatever. He was formerly a builder, and might have done well but for his immorality. Martha Francis was a handsome woman, and if she has been murdered (which I doubt not) I am truly grieved. such an one might look well at sixty, for, as Euripides says : ' The very autumn of a form once fair Retains its beauties '— a sentiment which Plutarch says does not universally hold good. If the horribly mutilated remains be those of Martha Francis, I would say that the medical gentlemen might well hesitate as to her age, for the textures and tissues of such a lady, even at CO, might deceive an anato• mist. lam almost unnerved Pray let there be no more misrepresentations, for if you do death will not, after all my sacrifices and sufferings, be unacceptable to me. If the prisoner have committed the foul murder, let him evince a redeeming quality, which, if a Christian, he cannot do otherwise. This letter is no hoax, and I have no objection to its being published, for, as an English man, I hate anything that is underhanded ; but I do not wish my name to be made public." A postscript follows this letter :---" Should the prisoner have made a confession, I implore you not to insert this letter. But of course you may inform the gentlemen of the press the year that Mr. W. died, and that he had never been transported. lam ready to drop. But what have Ito do with the horrible matter?" It is remarked upon this letter that it states only one important point, viz., that Worseltine died in December 1848, while the theory sought to be set up for the defence has been that Mrs. Sheward left her husband in June 1851, for the purpose of rejoining her old love. A memorial, praying for a commutation of the convict's sentence, has been signed in Norwich by 200 respectable citizens, the list including many of the leading inhabitants. The memorialists urge that the matter had for months before the trial caused such sensation and discussion in Norwich, and that the jurors who tried and convicted Sheward were of the class liable to be much influenced by such discussion and sensation. Mr. Stanley, the pri soner's 'solicitor, is also making inquiries as to the dis appearance of a young woman who was a servant in Norwic!, and who is said to have disappeared very myste riously in 1851. The friends of this young woman reside at Fakenham, Norfolk. THE ST. ALBAN'S RITUAL CASE.—It will be recollected that the great Ritual case, " Martin v. Macho nochie," was commenced in the Arches' Court, and went on appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Each party, by direction of Sir R. Phillimore, was to pay his own costs in the Court of Arches ; but the Judicial Committee condemned Mr. Mackonochie in the costs in both courts. The legal charges were made out, and agreed upon between the proctors on both sides, at £4,328 ; and a sum has been accepted and paid of £1,500, in full satisfac tion of the expenses of the promoter. MUNICIPAL DISENDOWMENTS. —ln Liverpool there are several churches which are known as the Corpo ration churches, and which are mainly supported by grants from the corporate funds, some obligatory and some volun tary. At a meeting of the Town Council, on Wednesday, the Finance Committee proposed, through their chairman (Mr. Robertson Gladstone), to discontinue all grants which were not obligatory, on the ground that such appropriations of any portion of the corporate funds were not justifiable. After a vigorous discussion the matter was referred back to the committee for reconsideration. GARIBALDI AND BRAZIL.—A paragraph recently appeared to the effect that General Garibaldi had expressed himself strongly in favour of Brazil in the war which that empire has waged against Paraguay. A correspondent of ours, living at Manchester, and who gives the initials "R. 5.," wrote to Garibaldi on the subject, and has received the following reply, which sets the question at rest Caprera, March 28, IS&.—Mr. S.,—The para graph: you sent me from the Diario do Rio is an invention ; the Imperial Brazilian Eagle, like all the Eagles in the world, endeavours to grasp ; and if the Republics of the River Plate were to consult me, I should say to them, `Cut the talons of the Eagle! ' Such is my opinion. —I am yours, G. GARIBALDI." DESTRUCTIVE FIRE ATLINCOLN. —A most destruc tive fire broke out at Lincoln early on Wednesday morning in the Albion flour mill, belonging to Mr. Charles S. Dickinson, miller and corn merchant. Shortly before one o'clock one of the Great Northern Railway Company's gatekeepers saw smoke and flames issuing from the roof of the building connected with the engine-house, and before half-au-hour had elapsed the fire had communi cated with the greater portion of the upper story, and it soon became evident that there was no chance of saving the mill and warehouses, in which several thousand pounds' worth of corn and flour was stored. The city, cathedral, and County Fire Office engines were brought down to the scene of the conflagration; but the devouring element seemed to bid defiance to the efforts of the brigades, and when morning dawned a great part of the extensive premises had been gutted,and the fire continued to smoulder throughout the day. The destruction of corn and fitir was immense, the damage being estimated at from £12,000 to £15,090. Mr. Dickinson was only partially insured, his policy being for 22,500 in a Man cheater office. The origin of the outbreak has not been discovered. Her Majesty the Queen held a drawibg-room to day at Buckingham Palace. THE NORWICH MURDER.—The application for 7 8 , writ of error in Showard's case is expected to be mae.e to-morrow. SI - ORLING INTELLIGENCE —This Day 7 to 2 agst Marquis of Carabas (taken) sto 1 agst Alpenstock (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst. Restitution (offered) CHESTER CUP. Bto 1 agst Paul Jones (offered—take 9to 1) 11 to 1 agst Romping Girl) taken) 100 to 8 agst Egean (taken) 18 to 1 agit St. Mungo (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 7to 2 &gst Belladrum :(taken) 9to 2 agst Pretender (taken and wanted) 9to 2 agst Wild Oats (taken and offered) 1000 to 80 agst Alpenstock (offered) 1000 to 60 agst Martyrdom (taken) DERBY. 3to 1 agst Pero Gomez (taken) 1000 to 80 agst Belladrum (offered) 1000 to 75 agst Wild Oats (offered) 1000 to 70 agEt Ladas (taken) 1000 to GO agst Ryshworth (offered) 20 to 1 agst Duko of Beaufort (taken) 20 to 1 agst Drummer (offered) 25 to 1 agst Thorswalden (taken) :30 to 1 ngst Alpenstock (taken) 100 G to 15 ngst Vagabond (taken) SPORTING INTELLIGBNOE. STREATHAM RACES -YESTERDAY. SUBURBAN PLATE. Primula., VI.O. COMMITTEE PLATE. Order Lord Waldegrave 2 Three ran. SELLING STEEPLECHASE. Owen skit 1 Wade • • .2 Harrington Four ran. HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. Lucy W.O. NORBURY PLATE. Little Coates Silk Claymore __ Leotard Panther Four ran. HUNTERS' STE E ['LECH ISE. I 2 Three ran. CROXTON PARK MEETING-YESTERDAY. BELVOIR'CASTLE STAKES. Provider Tim Bobbin Lancet.. Five ran. BILLESDON COPLOW STAKES. Chorister... Foot Ball • Acceptance Six ran. GRANBY HANDICAP. Provider.. Lancet..... Viscount St. Albans Six ran. CROXTON PARK PLATE. Foresight Veda Jeannie Deans Four rau. SCURRY STAKES. T wigg Saturnalia Gleuli vat Six ran. THE CUP. g... . St. Albans Esparto Freeman Miss Bosquet Three ran FARMERS' PLATE Hessel Cassel Enuna Martext , TWO THOUSAND. 11 to 1 ngst Alpenstock (taken) 1 2 8 I ,••• 1 1 Pyre lan. 'WALTHAM PLATE. •• ..• 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 3 THIRSK RACES-YESTUDIY. SCURRY HANDICAP. Colonel P.. Fair blisa . 1 2 TY Ito STA KES. Guilty Palk filly Little Julia.. FALCON PLATE. Honesty Ole' lunette Little .130 Peep 1 Snowflake Mavourneeu Girl Graduate Thirteen rau. SILVER CUP. Eight rau. BOROUGH STAKES. Maraquita Lady Tholthorpo . 2 Flying Jib Nine ran. THIRSK HANDICAP. Pretty John ... 1 Honestisn ... 2 Mehorst ..... Four ran. RACING qXTU RES. Rib. I Ctirragif .,.26, 21, 22 Croydon 22, 23 Newmarket lst Spring 26, kc. AY. AP. Knighton... l3, 14 Ludlow lb, 16 Eastbourne l9 Lewes 20 21 Chester 4,5, 6, 7 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 Baldoyle rind Spring 11, 12 St. Albans 13, 14 Salisbury 13,14 Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton ''' 3, 4 Ascot 8 9 , 10 , 11 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Windsor l5, 16 Hampton Curragn I D onca ster 13, 14 West Drayton l7, 18 Bath 18, 19 Manchester 19, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 21 Harpenden 2l I Epsom Summer .....20, &a. NE. J ti Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Carlisle 6, 7 Poutofract 9, 10 'Tendon ..... l2, 13 Nottingham 13, 14 Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldham 22 liibury Club 23 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Sutton Park .....29, 3U AUG Brighton - 3, 4 Brighton Club a Lewes 6, 7 Egliam lO, 11 Wolverhturpton lO, I 1 Windsor 1 9 13 St. Albans l 7, 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 OUT Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, dc. Chelmsford l9 20 Kelso 19 20 Southampton 13, 14 Reading 15, 16 Huntingdon 2O, 21 Stamford • f.t!, 28 Goodwood 27, 28, 29, 30 NOV. -- - . Oxford . York.., 24, 25, 26 Plymouth 26, 27 Scarborough ...30, 31 Derby Summer ...31, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Canterbury ..... 3l, Sep. 1 Harrow '2, 3 Worcester 3, 4 St. Albans 5, 6 UST. :MBER. Hampton 2l, 22 Western (Ayr) 22, 23 lloudon 23, 21 Monmouth . 23, 24 Newmarket Ist Oot 28, &c. Lanark... 29, 30 Cheltenham 10 20 Curragh l9, 2L., 11 West Drayton 22 Hereford ...............21, 22 Monmouth 23, 24 Newmarkbt 11'ton kc. :SIBER. Eglinion Hunt 6, 7 Liverpool Shrewsbury l5, 16 STEEPLECIIASE FIXTURES. APRIL. Croydon 22, 23 Co. Louth & Ardeen 27, 28 M AY. Limerick Hunt 41 St. Albans •• .... 13 141intou Hunt ..6, 7 I W ...... JULY. KingbburY , .......................................... 9 OCTOBEA. Bromloy 7 I West Drayton .........`' l , 22 NOVEMBER. Worcestor ", 3, 4 Shresvi.bury 15,' Harrow 2, 3 I Loamington Hunt jcc Lverpool 9, 10, 11, 12 I 17 --• CO URSING FIXTURES. A UG UST. St. Albans ................................. OCTOBER. Ancastor and Willoughby, Lincolnshire 5, 6. 0 rrn esby ..................................................... l9, &c. Huntingdon Club.. 27. I\4o VENIBEII. Sundorno, Salop 2, 3. G o than and Estou ... • 9, etc. 211A1)AmE russAup's.—The great awl universal altraclive wax-work exhil.ition, in 11,0;er r..treet, continues its watiton caner of publio patrcnage. In the Hall of Kings a day or evening may not only be well spent, but instruction and amusement of no ordinary character be de rived therefrom. The Chamber of Horrors, too, has its attractions, more especially to those visitors who delight to gaze on the effigies of sonic of the most tot nious crimi nals in the annals of crime.