The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-11 00:00:00

M ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoCK. Consols are 921 1 for money ; ditto, for Ac count, —; Three per Cent. Reduced, 911 ; New Tree per Cents, 94 1 1 ; Bank of Eng land Stock, 4 per Cent., 244. India Stock, 10/ per Cent., April, 1874, ; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1001 ; ditto Enfaced Paper 5 yer Cent., 105/ : ditto 5/ per Cent., 100/ ; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 11 20 prem. According to Reuter's telegram this morning the French Rentes were 70f 82c. In the foreign market the prices are as follows : Brazilian of 1865, 80 to 1 ; Chilian of 1867, 941 to 951 ; Egyptian of 1864,881 to 89 ; ditto of 1868, 751 to ; Itali In of 1861, 541 to 55 ; Mexican, 15 to ; Peruvian, 79; to 801 ; Russian of 1866, 931 to 941 ; Nicolai, 661 to G 7 ; 0r..1, 81 Ito a ; Moscow, 791 to a; Spanish of 1867, 311 to 1 ; Turkish of 1858, 62 to 63 ; do. of 1862, 651 to 1 ; and do. of 1865, 40 to I. In the railway market Midland and Metropoli tan have improved 1 per cent., viz., 1161 to 1 and 1051 to 1 respectively ; but Caledonian is lower, at 761 to 771. London and North Western are 1131 to 114 ; Great Western, 481 to 1 ; South Western, 88 to 89 ; Great Eastern, 37 to 1 ; Brighton, 491 to 501 ; South Eastern, 751 to 76 ; Great Northern, 1071 to 108 ; ditto A, 1061 to 1 ; and London, Chatham, Dover, 161 to 1. American 5-20 Bonds are at 82 to 1, showing a Ise of 1 per cent. ; Erie Railway shares, 24/ to 25, being 1 better. In miscellaneous shares Telegraph Construction are inquired for at 181 to it ; Hudson's Bay, 134 to 14. In bank shares London and Westminster are 64/ to 651, and Imperial Ottoman 21 to 1 prem. There were no gold operations at the Bank yes terday. The only transaction during the week since the date of the last return has been a withdrawal of £25,000. The Union, for New York, has taken out £73,000 in gold—most probably from the Continent in pay ment for bonds. The dividend court of proprietors of the Bank of England is convened for the 18th inst. The new Russian Railway Loan appears to have been brought out in an inopportune moment in Berlin and Amsterdam, most of the Continental Bourses being now in an extremely sensitive state owing to the speculative mania which has prevailed throughout the winter, so that any political rumour irculatcd by adverse operators at once creates alarm. With regard to the intrinsic value of these Russian railway securities, the feeling in the first instance was very favourable, owing to the belief BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. GoyznYmENT FUNDS. a k9r Cent. Consols a Ditto for Account, per Cent. Reducod 9lf . 11 „ ‘ s cv 3 per Cent Aeir 21 per Cont. Jan. 1894 , Do. 0 per Oen Jan. 1873 Annuities, S 0 yrs, expire sth Jun., MU — Do. for 3U yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telel,reph), Aug., 1908 — 1 zchcquor Rills, £l,OOO, 21 per Ct. Do £5OO ~ Do. £lOO & £2OO — 14 4afc of England Stock, 4per Cent ru ., D% . account , anada 4 per Cent. Bonds — I nter-Colonial Oninium INDIAN dOVEICSDIENT Szcuitinte. India .`Ztock, 101 per Vent., April 1874 — Do. Opening, for Account - Do. 5 per Vent. July, 1880 Do. 4 pee Cent.., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enlaced Pape. 4 per Out — Do. 6 per Cert., Jau. 1872 Do. si. per tint. May 1879 llOl 0.) 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 — Do do 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — D.. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 O. Bonds, 4 per Cent., .£l,OOO 'it). under .Cl.000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. " t r-.'eutine Republic, 6 per Cent ... . Uo, Scrip 445 *kuitrian Bonds 6 per cent .. Do. 18 . 59 n rvtilian 5 per Cent 0 0. If per Cent. 1852 Do- - do. 18 1 8.... P s o. do. 186 ' . . . 4 , 0 . do., 1863 — 801 80 tf 0.5 per Cent., 1865 b 'JO Account — 44 •enos Ayres 6 per Cent. 11 b 6 - pe , 1.),) 2 r Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent — `6 per Cent. ..(titin 6 per Cent — 4k per Cent — 0. 0 . 3 po r Cent., D— — 1)0 • 6 per ce t. 1867 — 1., 0 . 7 per Cent., 1866 Q D lo üb tan, 6 per Cent. . leatl i sh, 3 per Cent., 1820... ..... i — .b•. -- • -I, .. a -.. that they would powerfully deve!ope the great natural resources of the country, coupled with the faith in the financial honesty of the Russian Go vernment, which was especially strengthened by its conduct during the Crimean war. But the Empe ror and his Ministers seem totally unable to un derstand that the best credit in the world may be speedily destroyed by mismanagement, and a con dition of the market has at length been induced in London for which there can be no remedy except from a precise and unreserved declaration that no further issues will be made, either directly or indi rectly until after the lapse of some distant and well defined period. With reference to the tenders for the Victorian (Australia) Railway Loan for £2,107,000, it ap pears that of the £643,200 which was applied for at and above the minimum, about £300,000 was written for under fictitious names and addresses, including the tender for £150,000 at 1102. The total actually placed is, therefore, only £343,000. A petition, signed by 1,800 owners, lessees, oc cupiers of land, and inhabitants of the district, has been presented to Parliament against the proposed abandonment of the railway between Settle and Carlisle, now sought by the Midland Railway Company. In connection with the affairs of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway, it is proposed to apply to the Court of Chancery far payment out of the moneys in the hands of the company of the last half-year's interest on the debentures of the com pany, excepting that on the debentures of the link line from Farringdan-street to Earl-street, there being an over-issue on this portion. Application will be made to the Court that the amount on the latter debentures, and of an other debts claiming to rank before debentures, Le -paid into Court to await the final decision. The proposed pay ment will in no degree affect the question of the priorities. At the adjourned meeting of the Metropolitan Railway Company the chairman stated that since the previous meeting the directors had been in com munication with Mr. Silisbury, by whom the in junction in Chancery had been obtained, and that it had been arranged he should abstain from all further proceedings, on the understanding that no attempt should be made to divide the £42,000 re ceived from the contractors. 'I he board recom mended the shareholders to accept this proposal. The report and accounts were then adopted, a re solution was passed to place the £42,000 to credit of Capital account, and a dividend at the rate of 41 per cent. was declared. The London and North Western Railway traffic returns show this week an increase of £466 over last year; the Midland au increase of £6,048; the Great Northern an increase of £670 ; the Great Western an increase of £1,147 ; the Great Eastern an increase of £1,214 ; and the Loudon and Sjuth Western a decrease of £222. The transfer books of the Anglo-Mediterranean Telegragph Company will be closed from the 17th to the 20th inst., preparatory to the payment of an interim dividend of 4e. per stare, free of income tax, on account of profits for the three months end ing the 15th inst. The General meeting of the Societe General de l ' ELupire Ottoman will be held on the 13th of May, at Constantinople, to " receive and approve the accounts of the fourth working year ending the 3 1st December, 1868, to hear the report of the Council of Administration, and to fix the divi dend.,, rtri :, March 10. icess Beatrice, :G EN OE NA MAILS. , March 10. mov's steamer the 6th inst., m. for Alel" , March 11. pany's steamer Southampton , ie 20th inst. March 10. !notation dur -311, Sterling United States ; ditto, 186 5 , 051; upland, 291. Flour Extra mixed, $1 2C. , March 11. aed a report/ )eror, propos' examination ,ctory state of !ally owing to abrics are ad' —The mart 2900 3 54 Ga nth nu - - 157 i ° ees 34 —** Cash .. 958} •.. 1165 ... 9821 ... 618} ... 595 This Day. 'lCElLS.—g enrf dlicia, a stealn ; Iting Inspe ct° , of the Load° 11 great disturb' r Spencer pa t/ prisoner mil on the knee , A nd l the ruffis n o mil and Davi s' ed both on the clay of office r° ;e, subdued the no month's Wl' Mlcer, 14 daY 5 the assault va arles Swithi 6 }, a c...argw ith e o A the Milli° Horatio at fi co ng three W l : 6 a were inform went on bor e rp in the obit:: for three ba b e punt or b 3rg a ded guilty a n d neat .and C. [lowall, an O. sc' s, in the pos se . Mrs. Pri „ rotting-hilb ,t his worslll.P, ago the P ri rt at that c °ll . Property the ' a then ' reet with V i l l e ssess ion of t custody, ified by lj . r .nt house t . • „ v on largo qua''" gth , a , the t on WC. 0. 2 3 , - 1 - 3 1 her if she 11,, re toi" No." IL eh she hid ° b il e ug it to h ill ' Iced her WVr t to :nun gave he o sa id that t Oman, but tll3 To:Ad, Notting'tlO'" An d said od vo tnus, 3 0 4 broke n tato and othe' n on es.atiujug doJr had I) when the r e v , it he asked 45., sho got Po s s l, upon her. he r, but that she lore 111°3 l ore ft o it to her ; wom an n Oa Fanny. ,0:1 )ch 000..04 )t find it." ye ar props at le other c ase 1 10 Me what 0 h a d no donw Thon 2:1 ro charged ith beggiegi„., in a most and ter-squat°' 0 s nt 1 we OWL' 33 e rll os t disor u t tili B Ur aa be er a pOt O . tamed the fr° 32 A constibles 'Ys' each scitil 3 nce tbtY ad° nd it was 00 getting : 114.-" ent rids, r'', 0 07 us goiro.• r vs' aj sore , „ ° l v iel 3 but s"por umbers o ' f f l og' the larglool r ovons W e ure t roug bIY It:tn.:War pa 'a the re i f y iCt lict la a effect. uno epeude9rt'restete au I. Dan 'bian Principalities, 7 For Cent 751 * DJ 8 per Cont., 1867 ... quador Now Consolidated, 1 per Cent, E ;yr:iao, 7 per 0ent...,„ ••• tki Sewed lssuo •• •• Do. -£s.it. Bonds Bl} Do. £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £5llO Bonds — Do. 1100 Bonds English Scrip, 1868 7st 6} Do do. £45 pd — dis Goyornment Railway Debentures 96} Greek 5 per Cont., 1824 . 5, ex Coups — Do. Account - Do. Coupons - Do. Account 3uateinalst 5 per Cent . I louduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd It t.ian 5 per cry t, 1865 - .)o. A ccouut t , , B4 Do Marenituana Railway 57 Uexl(..,ar. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French ..... Jontevid•mn d per Cent. 11c:rish imperial 5 pet Cent Yew Gran:ill. 1;;} Do 3 per Oen L7I Do. Deferred Peruvian S per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 80 i SO Do 41 per Cent. (Dl.')a Du li i per Cent., 1862 . . Do Account Portsguese 3 per C: t., 1853,'6; 7; Do. do. 1P67 Do. do. Scrip, £2O pail — Russian 5 per Cent., 18z.., 6t Do 4i per Cent 1850 Do 4i per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 D ll o. os An p g er io C -D en ub, Cent., 186'2 , £lOO Bonds. 91 87 GI Do. du. £B4 lbs. d 0... Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 9ll Do. (13 £B4 15s. do — t o Nicolas Railway ... Sarliniau b per Spanish 3 per Ceti . Do. Acc'.,unt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferred Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded ... Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do dc, 1868 Do do, Scrip — pr Turkish 6 per Cent.l Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account - - Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 66 Do Account £10( Bonds Do 5 per gent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1860 Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteed Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Acc. nut Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do 6 per Cont., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch i* per CAnt. Ex. 12 Guil,. Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... 331 311 32 311 Do. Account — French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Italia,. 5 per Cent. 1851, E. 7.:. zof. ' 5ll Do Account s4} 5 CLOSING' PRICES. Joneols, Money l2 Do. Account, April 8 BEIVDLEY ELECTION.-(POLLIING 7'HIS DAY.) TWELVE O'CLOCK. Cunliffe • 383 Anson 360 The Liberal return gave 367 to each for the same hour. TILE AD.IIIIML77 CASE DOW-STREET-THIS DAY. The two defendan - s, Rumble and Gambier, the latter until lately a clerk in the Admiralty , were f ur th er exa• mined before Sir T. Henry, on the charge of illegally re ceiving money for procuring the acceptance of certain tenders for stores. Mr. Baxter, the Secretary of the Admiralty, was ex amined to-day—He said that in the conduct of the office he had now the honour to hold, he brought to bear the experience he had acquired in the conduct of his own busi ness at Dundee as a foreign merchant. He had become ac quainted with the mode of completingGovernmeut contracts. He had found that great firms had nut sent in. tenders, and on inquiry why such was the case, they had stated to him that on many occasions they have found themselves unable to &Aida contracts, when they believed they might have supplied her Majesty's Government with better articles and on better terms than firms whose offers were accepted. That Viey had tendered their offers and had been rejected, they believing that inferior articles had been supplied. He htd no means of Evcertaining the grounds of their bel:ef, whether in the past they were right or wrong. Sicce he had been in office he ha I de clined o❑ the hart of the Admiralty to trans:ict business with certain firms who had done business with thi de p•irtntent before. 110 had, since being in the Admiralty, received numerous comp'aints, and he had not encouraged sp..cilic complaints, because it soon becaam evident that had ha doge so the investigations would have occupied the whole of his time. He had proposcul by careful inquiry to try, if it was possible, to prevent such complaints for the future. He had not actually investi gated any specific case of the cotnplaintf since he bad been iu office, but certain cases were now under consid..ration. The inquiry commenced six weeks or two mouths ago. He had nut had it assigned as a reason that great firms had declined, in consequence of the trouble of working out Government contracts, by being referred from department to department. Complaints had not been made to hint about being referred from department to de partment. Mr. Maxwell having been re-examined with respect to the representations the prisoner Rumble made when he was first called upon, the prisoners were fully committed for trial. The same bail was again accepted. PUGILISM IN AMERICA. DEFEAT OF AN ENGLISII PRIZEFIGHTER. The New York paPersgrjean account of a prize fight which took place on Carroll Island, in the Mississippi, near St. Louis, on the 23d ult., between Charles C. Gallagher, of Cleveland, OhEo, and Tom Allen, of Eng land. The fight, it appears, only lasted three minutes. According to the chronicle of this brutal exhibition, in the second round, "Allen attempted to make a feint with his left, but at the moment he did so Gallagher swirJg in his right, which landed under the left ear, right on the jugglar vein, which knocked Allen stiff and senseless. Gallagher was declared the victor. IRICE7 S-2 1118 D.4l'. March 11.—Sales probably 7,000 bales. Market quiet and unchanged. HAY MARKET THEATRE.—Her Royal Highness the Princess Beatrice honoured the above theatre with her presence last evening to witness the performance of the new comedy "Home." THE " THOMAS WRIGHT" TESTI3IONIAL.—Last evening a conversazione was held at the studio of Mr Charles Mercier, Albert-gate, Hyde Park, chiefly with the view to discuss the merits of his picture, of '• The Condemned Coll." Some time since a committee was formed, with the Earl of Shaftesbury fur president, and the Lord Mayor of London for vice-president, with the object of raising a testimonial to Mr. Thomas Wright, tho prison philan thropist. It was only proper that the humane acts of so good a man should be held in remembrance. The form decided upon was pictorial, and Mr. Mercier's picture selected for purchase. To such a man a testimonial is due, and the one selected is of a popular character, for the poor understand pictures bowl- than they understand statues. The conversazione of last evening was well at tended, the studio being crowded by distinguished people foremost among the promoters of ragged-schools, reforma tories, and kindred philanthropic objects. TIIE DEVON COUNTY SCHOOL, WEST BUCKLAN D. —The scholarships for the present year have been awarded as follows :—The Breretou scholarship of £2O to J. Al. Odger, the Duke cf Bedford's scholarship of £l5 to W. J. Johnson, the Fortescuo scholarship of £lO to M. B. Snell, and the Duke of Bedford's scholarship of £lO to F. T. Vibert. WRECK OF THE STEAMER CAMBRIA AND Loss OF TWENTY L Telegrams from Trieste and Messina, dated March 8, announce the wreck of the Cambria, a large iron screw steamer, employed in the grain trade between those ports and London, with melancholy loss of life. The captain, a passenger, and 18 seamen were drowned. The chief officer, engineer, and eight sailors were saved. 'TIE MANUFACTURE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS.— A most interesting and instructive little work, describing briefly but with great clearness, the rise and progress of watch and clock makin , has just been published by Mr J. W. Benson, of 25, Old Bond-street, 09, w es tb e arne-grove, and the City Stea m Factory, 58 and GO, Ludgate-hill. The book, which is profusely illustrated, gives a full description of the various kinds of watches and clocks, with their prices, and no one should make a purchase without visiting the above establishments or consulting this truly valuable work. By its aid persons residing in any part of tLe United Kingdom, India, or the Colonies, aro enabled to select for themselves the watch best adapted for their use, and have it sent to them with perfect safety. Mr. Benson, who holds the appoint ment to the Prince of Wales, sends this pamphlet to any address on receipt of two postage stamps, and we cannot too strongly recommend 11 to tho notice of the tonchaser puriingnd The course of exoliinge at 1\ ex York on London for bills at 60 days' sight was oa the last date about 1 8i percept. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold Prow the I.luilett States. SHARI LIST. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. ntiIINAL:I ca.moaua AND STOCKb. Paid. Closing Businesa ire tiailways. Prim. done. at Bristol and Exeter ...... 103 77 79 781 at Caledonian lOO 73 71 7d c.tittOrian.. 2) Cornwall ail 21 31 ,t Dublin St Belfast June lOO 77 79 at Dun„l'erth • tit Ab.Juna WO 70 72 2) Eaat Do 15 - 2, Do 10 .t Glasgow tit S. Western 10) 'J7 99 t Great Eastern .. • 0:i 37 371 37 ,1 Do. E. Augi. Su. 2.... 100 it Great Nortliof Scotland.. 100 l 6 at Great Northern lOO 1071 1081 1091 at Do. A stool( at Do, 13 stocic at litS, and W. 01 Ireland lov 95 7 a (it. IVestern 10 481 49 Du. South Waies lOO 87 59 a IJo. W. Alid.—Gxtore lOO c 7 is Do. Ne.wpott tun :9 It 51 Lancashire. loi tut, 23 14 Val t Lou., 151'14 , 11., ab. MO 4 , 1 501 40 4 0, Do Scrip .... - -- it / itutt DON LI" itst , 10 17 41 Do. .11tIst.T. r..X. A lut t Lou. dt ~ . ortu 1l eitt.eit lut , 151 iii 11 t Lou. ra south esters lit Si 9 st Jluu., 0110., di I,llltAnti All 53 41 Nti.trooulitaii at Do Extensi ia 10u 1 2 1 t 10 r a •• lu 1 st Mo ,ropolitan Dietz*. t. al. 44 Li Metro:). ot. Jollu'e , 00 1 6 st at ou, NO S 3 t 8 at N ...tu isritisu ... luu .4 • st 110. Ea., - st . or..,astern leti 10.1 102 25 Dc. purchaus a - - et Do Lee.l3 ...... ....... lOU 57 52 at 1)0 York st Do Carlii:e . ILO 1.2 .25 st Do Stoc & Darling 1..0 1.9 :31 at North Lon Lou too 19.) k 2 10 Do .New t8(8 at North Stator:ls:tiro.-- luu 57 59 at North and S.-W. Junction tat) 301 101 10 __Do New £lO shares) 7 ... st Rhyinuey . 0,.3 49 53 st Shropshire liuiva tt 0 53 5) st &luta Devon" st South &Astern. lOO 75y 71 75} I st Stailies,-Wuk'ham,d,tWok. all 12 13 st . clu V ,u, .. lou 145 150 • Do. U ... .. 5 3 4 V% ate:lord 32 liiiktuny.. 10v lo Wftterko AL. Whiteha 1.. 0 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY [WEND Closing Business Share NAMR. Paid. Price. done • 10 Agra Limited,A all 12 121 V) Du B lO 4 14 44 50 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Auglo-Egyptian, lira all 191 2 .1 20 Anglo-Hungarian 8 2 3 20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 5 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 10 12 57 20 Do issued at 2pm ~.. 5 ... 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia._ all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 39 10 Bank of Aew Zealand all 17 18 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, nd China all 211 221 25 Chartered Mere, of India London, and China all 31 32 20 City 100 Colonial 25 39 41 10 Consolidated, lim. 50 Delhi and London, Rill 50 East London, Jim 5 1 , 0, 20 English and American, lint 10 ... ... 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja neiro. liln lO pr 1p 20 English, ~cuttish, and Aus • tralian Chartered ',Jr; Hung Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all ... ... 28/ Do new 53 1 100 Imperial, liin 2O 17 18 20 luyerial ottoln.la lO 21 i 4 121 1 5 lonian all 25 17 25 Do new 5 or I p 20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4 33 3, 100 Do sp. c. Deb 5.13.61, 30 all 76 75 78 701 30 London Bank of Mexico and South America, lint 20 5 4 F;0 London and Brazilian, lira. 45 32 23 20 Do new 71 61 51 100 London &River Plate, lim. 40 10 12 25 Do new 10 21 - 3p 20 Landon Chart. of Australia all '231 233 50 London and County 2O 51 52 '0 Do new iris at 20 p.m, 16 p 1 ll .. . London Joint Stock..... 1 31 33 London awl South African al 94 1)3 Di 100 London & S.-Western, lim, 20 ... ... 50 London & Venezuela, lim l2l ... •.. um • London and Westminster. 20 61 68 100 Do Scrip, las at 10 pm 2O 59 61 100 Merchant, lint 10 Metropolitan, lira all 6 1 7 ,4 100 Midland, Rm.— - I 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool, lira l5 3 1 d 100. National Provinc. of Eng'd •42 ... 10 Do :.0 National. 2O 46 48 20 New South Wa1e5..........,. all 42 43 20 North-Western 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 43 45 444 50 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., Lim 10 6 6 100 Provincial of Ireland . 25 87 69 10 Do new. all ... ... 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 15 1 ; 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ... 25 Union of Australia all 47 48 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of Lutulua RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHALMS AND STOCKS. st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.ccnt. 100 86 86 st Caledonian (bra., No. 2 lOO st Do. Scut. N.E., 4.; per cent lOO ... at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO ... at Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ... at Da. do. Ordinary lOO 50 82 st Du. Midland st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 ... 2u Cornwall, 5 per cent ' all ... at Dundee, rent), and Aber deen Junction lOO 105 107 st Do. Ist Class preference lOO st Ghia. a S.W. gua. 5 per et lOO ... st 1 4t. Eastern, 8.0. Ex. No. 1 100 91 100 .st Do do No. 2 100 96 99 at Do do 6 per cent 100 10 112 at Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100 at Do do 13 6 do. 100 at Do do 7 du. 100 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 ... at Do E. Union 4 p.c. gua. 100 70 73 et Do Nig folk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100 ... st Do du 5 p.c. Way. Val . 1817 100 st Great Not them, 5 per cent 10 ... at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 ... st Do 4 1 do do do 100 ... st Do 5 do at sp. c. pin. 100 ... at .1)o Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent std Gt. Nrth of-Seotland, Ist pf 100 ati Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 sti G t.West.— Orig.& Jnt.-Rent chg., per gua.s p.c lOO 101 103 st Do. Orig. (B. & 11. Ex). 5 p.c lOO 95 100 at Do do 4 2 percent. 1850 lOO 83 90 st Do do 4 do du at Lo do 5 per cent. redein lOO 95 97 96 at Do do Birmingham gua lOO 60 76 at Du do do pref lOO ... at Do do Chester gal, lOO 50 83 at Do do do a per cum lOO ... at Du do do 5 do 100 95 100 at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 st Do do 4,1 p.c lOO at Do do 4, 1850— 100 st Do do 5 st Du West Mid. Oxford Ist g 10) 11 116 at Du do 211 gua lOO 110 112 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c lOO 9) U I st Do • du 2d du 101) DO 101 at Do gua. St per cent. 1863 100 100 Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. ail at Laneasn. & Yorksit. 6 p.c. 100 1 . 0 135 st Du Barnsiey, 45 3s 10d p.c. 100 at Do a p.c. (Laat Lancasinre) 100 130 133 at Do 41 (Siaekburu puma). 100 96 it at London & 13rigutun, sp. c. guaranteed, No. 1 st Du 5 per cent. gua. Nu. 2 lOO ..„ st Do 6 do du lOO et Do 5 do N). 4 lOO _ at Do 7 per cent...—. st Du 6 do (W.E. C.V.) 1)0 _ at Da 4 do 1859 lOO et London, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent lOO st, London and W., C. and Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 10 , 103 st Do Bedford &Cambridge lO3 at Du Sarewsb'y & lot) at London Cal 0.-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 145 153 Zs 65. Do (Punkin.). perp ans. 2s6tl) all „ at Mau., Slid., 6 p.c lOO 11, 117 G Do L 6 all pa; 1 pin st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 6. 10 Do redeem. 6 percent 5 at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 130 110 at Do Bristol& Birm., 6p. c lOO 1.3 136 st Du 41 per cent. redeem WU 10J 102 st Lo 41 per cent. irredecni 100 93 1► ; V 8 st Du Leicester& 11'c u, I p.c. 10) B.i 90 st Nortu ezitisit, 5 p.c. Nu. 1 100 st Do E. &U.4p.c. S. & D st Do N 0.2, 5 per eeu.t 10.) st Border Union, 5 4 p.c 104 ...; st N.-Eastern-o.ms. -Ip.c 100 86 , st Do 41 per coat. red4e.n to 9J. 97 st Lo U 4 per ccat., lOO 17 Do Berwick a pital 8 13.4. ... 2 Du York, U. 6; S. parciLise lO 1J 1,11 101 Du Stektu & Drling. A. 3 p.c 10) 106 IrS at Du W. tiartlepoulli.aud 11, 100 85 8) 20 Norte. Staifordsuire 10s .7. Devon Annuities, 1 s all 01 101 10s Du Tavistuck Anus., 10s all 9 10 lOs Du Fixed 41 per coin all 8 9 1;0.6. S. i_ast. (Head. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 23 at 1)o 41 percent lOO st Du Fixed 41 per cent lOO at Taff Vale .No.l IOU 145 150 st Waterford & linkeuuy, 6pe 100 41 43 RAILWAYS.—PREFEItENGE SUARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contin,gent on the Profits of each separate year. st Caietiuinau 41 p e gua.. st i)o Scot. Ceu. win. 7 p c loo lit Do 41 p st Do 4p e con. issued at 8J 63 st Great Lasteru 41 per cent. lui st Do 5 do, 1862 lOO si st Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 87 60 st Do do 5 do, 1861 lOO 62 s c s st Great Northern, 5p c irred lOO st Du Per3nineut 3 per cent lOO ... 1041 st Do Boston &Sleaiti, 41 pc 100 st Great West., W. Anil., 5p c 100 st Du Juinti.erpe. 5 p c,1865 100 83 VC st Do do 6p c irred., 1860 100 100 108 20 Du Vale Neath perp. 5p c all 19 20 st Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B IOU 5 Lane. and )(Org. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 1 1 st Loud., Brig., ite., 41 pc, 1803 100 st 110 do 4 du, 1860 100 •• • ... st Do do 41 du, 1861 100 st Da do 45 do, 1863 100 st Do do 5 do, 1663 100 st . Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 st Do No. 7 5 du at Load , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c 1010 st Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c Do du C 6 p.c 100 st London &N. Western, 5p c 100 107 100 st Loudon& S. Western, 41 p c 100 02 94 10 Man. Liu., 5 pc, 16G3 all 8 81 st Metropolitan percent luo st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 106 103 st Do B 5 do 100 106 1.08 18 Du 5p c opt. to contr. to Ord. Sui., Sept. 1, IS all 21 2li IS Do lncouv. New Snares all 14 22 Do 5p c con. into Old _ . 8 1 1/ 24p 91 I s - t - North urs - ooN b't i ,13 :13 .. : it:or Aug.:i u t gs l u s , n ap :sir , 3 .10 1 E i: ;et. guaranteed, and p. ..i.c :(1:: : : i 700 .. . .. . .. ... fit at Do E., P., & Duu., 2d, 4pe 100 .. Do N. 13.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 ... .. st st s t Do E. & G., N 0 . 3,5 p.c WO a t Do E.& G., (Ordiry) 41 pc no :" ••• at North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 la ;fif st Do Stock. & Dart., D lOO 111 111 at North London, 41, per cent (Max. 5 per cent) st Norm Staffordshire 3p c lOO ... a t South Eastern, 4 1 pc , 1859 100 ' st Do 5 do 18 61 100 " r ... ••• ••• st Do sdo (Ch. Cross) 186.3 100 ... ... at Do 5 do, 1861 st Victoria St. &Pimlico, 4/ pe 100 ... ... RAth svAyS.—LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS,' ...----- _ st Birkenhead fallY, . 1 DR Do. 41 per cent. Prefer lOl 103 "" st Buckinguauishire tit Chester and Holyhead lOO 63 53 D „ ) , 54 per cent. a bt 1.40. 5 do. „„„ , 100 11, 11 , st Clydesdale, guaran t ee d lOO ... st Colches ter btour Valley ... ••• st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 13. la; 20 Gloster and veau Forest all .., s Gt. Easu., Nevrin., &c., 5 p.c 100 ... : a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 61 7 . 2 st Do. do. Woodbrg.Ex., do. 100 69 72 st Gt. West, W. Mid., Hera 100 93 100 50 Hull and Selby all 111 113 st Lancaster and Carlisle WU 21.5 2 . 2,1 st London and Blackwall lOO 94 96 st Do. 41 per cent lOO ••• ••• st Loudon, Cum., /Sc., 41 p c lOO ~, ... st Do. Com. Fund, sdo 100 ... ... st Loudon and Greenwich st Do. do Preference lOO „, „. st Loudon, Tilbury, 6:, South 100 81 e. 3 st Lowestoft, gua 4 per cont lOO 8l 82 st Do. du. 6 do. 51 blanch., Buxton, &Matlk all 5 51 st 3lidland, Bradford, Pref lOO 22 91 10 Mid Kent Cray Liue) 50 NortherakEast.,s percent all 54 56 So Do. do. 6 do. all .., „, st N. Eastera —Hartlepool St N.West.A peril. prof, 5p c. 100 10s 110 at Do B minimum 11 p.c lOO „, ... st A otting. & Urauth.ll. a C lOO 224 25 Preston and bl yre all 4t 46 ... Royston, Hitch., and Strep lOO 134 135 st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 135 10 Do do 8 21 2. p st S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 96 100 st De 4 per cent gua lO • 79 di st Do 5 do st Viet. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 180 st West Cornwall 20 West Loudon, Class A all 14 14 20 Do do B all ... ... 20 Do do C all 6 4 7t st Weymouth and Portland lOO ... .., St Wilts and Somerset DOCIiS. st East and West India lOO .121 124 St London and St. Katherine 100 411 50 100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all , ... ... Millwall Freehold Land* st Dock lOO 20 32 st Southampton lOO 74 76 at Surrey Commercial MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lien all 2.1 221 10 Auglo-Mediter. Tel.,lim•••• 10 12f 14 13 121 10 Auglo-Mexican Mint all 16 17 at Atlantic Telegraph lO 32 34 3:1 et Do. 8 per cent. lOO 78 81 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarali Tea Estates, lint, y 7 5d 10 Berlin \Titer Works, liar. all 1 1 14f 10 Do. New 6 3 4 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. 3O 10 12 5 Bombay Gas, lim. 4 Do. New 5) British American Laud 44 1G 18 st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lint. 100 16 170 20 British Indian Tea, film 20 British Ship Owners 7l 29 Canada Company all 61 t 6 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, lim. 20 Ceylon Company, 1I m. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 5 44 31 25 City of London Beal Pro perty, lim '5O City of Milan Improv . lim all sio 25 City of Moscow Gas, lint— all 1 11 50 City Offices, lint 50 Colonial, lint. Do. ... 50 Commercia: 'Talon (Assn* 5 1. 11p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 191 20 19/ 25 Copper Miners of England, pref 71 per cent. 100 Corporation 'of London Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 104 105 100 Do. 1870, 4, per cent. all 1041 1034 100 Do. 1882, 44 per cent. all 1031 1041 lim. 10 31 2/ d 5 1 0 0 CcrreeddlittFroolooffmtgrlaitniuds, Um. all 2 4 24 21 st Crystal Palace st Do. Preference lOO 91 99 st Do. 6p. c Pezpetual Deb lO9 1 07 ii 20 Darjeeling, lim. ... DI Eastern Assam, lint. 6l ... ...d 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim. 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 18 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lint. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. r ro y Qua. by Egypt. Coy all 91 95 844 20 Egyptian Cont. Trod. lim 6 41 4d & st Electric it Inter. Telegraph 100 245 255 248 10 Do. New 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper , ' hit 2 1 i ";', 15 English and Foreign Credit 74 5 4d 100 Eng. and Scot..: urine, lim. 8 .. ... 4 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 11 140 20 Furo-streetWarehouse,ffin l2 p r iv 100 Fur. & (Jul. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issuedtit £B5 all 65 8i 86 50 Gellivara, lim. 2O _ ... .. 1U General Credit & Di,., lint. 74 1 / 11 15 General Steam Navigation 14 28 29 50 Rom?, & Col Marine In. lint. 5 al : 4 4 10 Hong Kong and China 14.8 all 20 Hudson's Bay all 11 1 II 13; 11 20 Imperial Laud Co. of Mar seilles, lim. 25 Indo-European Tel., lim , 10 ... ... 6 20 Interna.FinancialSoc. lien 5 II 14 3 7-16 20 Interns. Land Credit, lim 6 43. 50 Italian Land 5 11 p 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 3 3 1 100 Do. 6 p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 90 all 6 2 14 50 Land Securities, lim 5 31 2 V 23 Loudon African Trading lO 7 5 :; 25 Lou. & Caled. Marine, Inn. 6 ... ~,d 10 London County Land and Building; lim. 5 Lond. Provincial Tel. lint all SI 34 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per ce n t, all I iP 54 Lond. Financial Asso., lint 30 — O , 4 Lond.Ge.n.Omnibus.oo.lim. all 2 ' 4 50 Loud and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lira. 25 21 161 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine 2 ld Pr at .Uadras Irriga. & Canl. Gus.. sp.c. by India Coy. d 100 , 103 104 10 Mauritius Land, Credi t, an Agency, 1im....~ 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., him . all 4 44 50 Merchant Shipping, lim.._ all 32 37 30 31 illwall Iron Works, lim 121 ... "' 10 Natal Land Rill' Colonisa tion Co., lint. .... 9 31 21d 25 National Discount Co ~I]m 5 . i . m 5 1] I. 121 25 National Prov. Marine, lint. 4 4 3 d 10 National Steam Ship, lint. all 8 1 9 4 20 Nerbudda Coal& Iron, lint. 6 31 3d 10 New Consolidated Dis. lim. 3 14 ld 5 ew Quebrada, Ihn. 44 0 411 31 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer cautile Agency, li m .. 2 : IP 25 New Zealand Trust ........ i Loan, lim. ............" .. 5 11 11 10 Northern Assam Tea; . lim, 5 7 " 10 Do. B ..... all 1 2 st North Brit. Austral., jib lOO 48 51 52 50 North Brit. it Merean. In , 81 20 21 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 1 2 1 13 50 Oriental Financial, lim - ..." 5 Oriental Gas, lint. .. all . 71 71 5 Do. New 1 # iP 10 Otago and Southland In vestment, lim ~•„ 2 id 1p 5 Ottoman Gas, lim.., 10 PaAnausmtraa,riaerr R. ea hi la z d, lun a . .n " a a a l l l l 2.1 2 i - 5 Do do. st Peel R. Laud it Minerl, lim . 100 32 35 , 50 Peniusu. & O riental Steam all 49 6. 50 Do.. New 1867 lO ld pr 25 Reuters Te.egratn .. .. all 6) 0 5 50 lthymney Iron 15 Do. New 25 Rio de Janeiro Cityl / n.,lizu. all 19 20 20 Do. Gas, lint an 23 4 21 1 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 4t 41 431 all 51 64 at Scottish Aust. Invest., lim lOO 85 90 st Do. 6p C. Guar. eref lOO ••„; •* . i . ,,, 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, lim lO 7 ''' 20 Societe Gen.de l'EMpire Ot. 8 21 31 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim. 6 ~ ';,., 1 25 South Australian L an d st Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. Scrip all 1 1 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim all 181 19 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lint 2 21 3 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim B4 •••, ",' /0 Trust & Agency of Aus.,lim 1 1 .P 10 Do do. do. all ••• I 20 Trust &Loan Co., U. Canada 5 1 P 5U Union Marine L'pool, lint 5 41 5 p 23 Union,Steam Ship, lim all 22 21 15 United Discount Corp., lint 6 1 ] id SU. Kingdom Tel. Co., lint all 51 64 5 Do. 10 per cent. Pref all 3 i 4ip 20 Universal Marine(lu.), Him 5 14 2 p 10 Upper Assam Tea, lim all i 2 30 Van Diemar's Laud 284 i' l 71 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 Per cent. (Ilortgage) Loan all ;61 79 50 Warrant Finance, lint. l2 12 101 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lim 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses ... ... COLONLaL GOYSIMMNNT SECURITIj Britiob Columbia, 6 per - 30672 , •••N••••• 100 cent., - - Do. 1895.......... .• 130 Can.tiov.l3 p.c.Jan. 9 45; J uly 1877-84 ....... • lou 1016 1151 D O . 6 /), 0 , Feb. & Aug. ••• lu° t(3 1(5 Du. 5 p.c. Mar. & Sept 10(1 142 It 4 Do. bp. o. Jan. & .111 1 ) , lOO 93 04 921 - Do. sp. o. Inscribed sic .. . !CO 90 9 2 - Cape 11.130pe, 6 p.c.18/3 WI 102 104 - 1)o.Apl.&061 1690- 1600 •• 100 111 113 - Do. do 100-9" lOO 107 toy - Do. Jan.&July, 18li •••• 100 108 lie - Do. &per cent. 16 April and 15 Oct., 1900 .. 100 100 102 Cejlon. Nov 1878 , 6 1 0 0 108 1113 - Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 105 1 07 - Mauritius, P. 0, 1 87 3". -- Jan. and July 11 0 104 100 - Do. 1878 ........ s. 1)0 106 108 - Do. 1882, May and Ne* 00 106 108 - Do. 1895, Feb. & Ann 10 106 108 - Melbourne Corporate.,.. - 1667-75, 6 per cent• ._.. 1(0 100 100 - N.13.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&.luly.. 100 103 11,4 - Natal 6 p ct, Apia Oct .. 10) - 109 - Do 6p c. 11.,y & N0v..... 1 0 1(6 108 - N. S. W. 5 p •ts.. '7l to '71.. 100 99 1 . - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 18S/1..• 1)) 984 01 , i 99 6 1 - Do. 5 p.c. rd.'67 '75.. - N.Zemaud, 6p. et. 1891.. 100 - Do. 5 per ..... 1( 0 - Do Jan, Ap• 1, July, 0 t co 93 IA - Du 6p c. Mar &sept '61.. 100 108 110 -- Do June & Dec , 1.91 .... 11.0 109 ill - Do l'ruv. i A.t.cild. 1 1 0 - rie 1& 2, 106 -- I , (ova Scotia 6 c.JaO... and Jnly. 1875 - Do lae.6 .. 100 101 103 - Queenslnd. 6p. c. -. 100 1001 1074 106 i I - Do 189 ..... 100 105 6 loci - Do. 6 p 6.1869.• - Dn. A 2 .. 100 103 110 - Do rd. 1£93 ..... 1C) 107 108 --Victoria 6.p.0. 100 112 113 G, MARCH Li, 1 69. STRANGE SCENE IN A CHURCH. The Scotch Presbyterian Church at St. Helier's, Jersey, WAS the scene of a strange occurrence on Thursday, arising from the following circumstances. Above twelve months ago the management of the church was trans ferred from the Scotch to the English Presbytery. Since that period no regular minister has been appointed, and the services have been conducted by "supplies" sent by the English Presbytery. Some of the supplies were can didates for the office of pastor, and the members of the congregation were divided in their choice of two of them. Neither party would yield to the wish of the other in this matter of choice, and at last another candidate, the Rev. J. J. Muir, succeeded in obtaining a " numerousl. signed by the members and congregation, and the call having been accepted by him, Thursday wee appointed as the day for his induction. The minority resolved,if possible, to prevent the ceremony from being performed, and with this intent fastened the gates of the church with padlocks Being better advised, however, they removed the locks, and allowed the church to be opened. The r iLgation was very numerous, the church being filled. sermon was preached by the 11ev. Robert Taylor, of Comlernell, and the ceremony of induction was performed by the Rev. George Carlisle, moderator of the London Presby tery. At the conclusion of the induction a strange scene teas enacted, such as the walls of a church never before witnessed. Mr. Clark, one of the t:ustees of the church, and who is also one of the minority who are opposed to the appointment of Mr. Muir, left his seat, and, entering one of the aisles and kneeling down, in the hearing and sight of the congregation, raised what is known in Jersey judicature as the Clameur de Fero. This is a form which dates as far back as the time of Rollo, a Norman leader, who occupied a portion of Normandy about 836. It is used on occasions of encroachment or invasion of property of any kind, and requires instant cessation on the part of the aggressor, under penalty of a heavy fine. The aggrieved party, kneeling, cries out, as did Mr. Clark on this occasion, "Hero, Haro, a mon aide, mon prince I On m'a fait tort!" Those who were unaware of the nature of the clamour were in a state of the greatest surprise and astonishment. The proceedings, however, were not stayed, and Mr. Clark and his friends left the church, with the intention, it was said, of at once instituting the usual legal proceedings which follow the raising of the clamour. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES IN EGYPT. - 4.- - The news from the neighbourhood through which the Prince of Wales is travelling is that all is right. The nines publishes nearly a page of correspondenceabout their tour. The correspondent, describing their course up the Nile, says : " The telegraph wires are stretched (with the exception of one break in the Desert, hundreds of miles from this) away to distant Dongola. The finger-posts are visible now and then as we follow the course of the river, on the banks of which plod for ever the reluctant and impatient camel and the patient peasantry. Pharaoh is bent to-day on swift intercourse with all parts of his far-reaching viceroyalty. The water-wheel in use thousands of years ago still works creakingly by the side of the ancient river, along which now stretch the silent wires through which the message is travelling inaudibly to relate how the Prince and the Princess of Wales reached such a place at such an hour on such a day. Before the smoke of the little fleet has been lost to the view of the half-scared labourers who stare at the pageant, Cairo knows how the guests of the Viceroy are speeding and faring on their way, and the news travels faster than the steamers which stem the current towards that mystic South where, hid in the mountains of an unknown conti nent, 1;- - the source of the great river whiel, ever changi • , ea the same, has been a wonder to us through all the centuries that man can count in his history) What good, then, to come lame and halting, like a broken down, footsore dromedary, with the details of a story which is recorded at every stage as it is made ? The details of such a voyage, interesting as they must be to all who are concerned in the well-being of the Prince and Princess, are necessarily, if given in full, beyond the limits of a newspaper ; for every day has its own work, and the post only goes once a week. The `fleet' placed at their disposal consists, first, of the steamer in which the Prince and Princess and their suite spend the day, which tows a diabyah, or Nile boat, in which they sleep, both being fitted up most comfortably and richly. Then there is a steamer in which all the cooking is carried on, which is called the kitchen,' having in tow a diabyah, with provisions, and ponies, and asses, needed for the personal use of the Prince and Princess. There is also a steamer to act as a tug in case of grounding on the banks. In another steamer there are embarked Colonel Stanton, C. 8., her Majesty's Consul-General for Egypt, in attendance on the Prince and Princess ; Mourad Pasha and his aide-de-camp, Abd-el•Kader, Professor Owen, Major Alison, Mr. Fowler, Mr. George, telegrspher, &c.; and a fifth is assigned to the Duke of Sutherland and his party. For six weeks past parties of men have been waiting and watching Jay and night for the arrival of the flotilla, to pil o t them through the channels of the river. They have been sitting along the banks or in Loats at every dangerous shallow and bend, and the course is marked c.ft as far as the Second Cataract by stakes and branches, while parties of rm n en horseback or on camels patrol the banks to render assistance in case of need, and to direct the helmsmen. The crocodiles do not know what to make of it, and as yet are asserting their right to act as fishes if they please, for the noise and shouting have so scared them that not one has been seen as yet. In addition to the fixed establishment of the navy, there is generally a steamer belonging to some local Governor or 111udir, who comes to wait on the Prince and Princess as long as they are travelling through the jurisdiction of each ; and the Inspector-General of the Nile' himself has been in attendance to do them honour ; in fact, no care and no expense have been spared to render the excursion agreeable ; and, generally speaking, the weather has played the courtier too, and has contributed materially to the pleasure of a very delightful tour. Within the last few minutes there has occurred the only contretemps— a very slight one—to b rea k th e c h arm i ng monotony o f t h e Journey. A mosquito curtain caught fire on board the Prince's boat, in a cabin close to which there was a consi derable stock of gunpowder. The Prince was the first to pert'''-' it, and with the aid of the Duke of Suther land others the fire soon extinguished, and would not be worth mentioning were it not for the con sequences which might have ensued had it not been seen in time, and for the momentary alarm it created among those in attendance on the Prince and Princess." The Earl of Wilton has met with a severe accident while out hunting at Melton. It appears that his horse stumbled and threw him, and afterwards tread ing on him, broke two of his ribs and a small bone in his arm. His lordship is, however, progressing favourably. Henry Ward Beecher says he classes among "rational amusements" ten pins, base ball, billiards, horseback, and velocipede riding. On one occasion he said, in a sermon, that he and gas arrived in Brooklyn together, which was interpreted so as to provoke a general titter. THE LEIGH HUNT MEMORIAL.—Among tho subscribers to the Leigh Hunt memorial are Earl Russell, K.G., £5 ; Mr. Alfred Tennyson, D.C.L., ; Mr. Robert Browning, .£1 ls. ; Mr. W. H. Russell, LL.D., El ls. ; Mr. W. M. Rossetti, 10s. ; Sir Tho►r,.is Bart., 103. 6d. ; Mr. J. Camden Hotten, ls. A ROYAL SPoNsoß.—Jt is expected that Princess Louise will chriiten her Majesty's ship Druid, to be launched on Saturday afternoon next at Deptford Dock yard. Her Royal Highness will be accompanied by Lieutenant Prince Arthur, and possibly other members of the Royal Family. Immediately after the launch the dockyard will be closed for shipbuilding purposes. FINE SHOWER OF SNOW-CRYSTALS.—On Wednes day morning a remarkably fine fall of snow-stars took place over many parts of London. The crystals were larger and more perfectly formed than is commonly the case in our laditudes, where the conditions requisite for the formation of these beautiful objects are less perfectly fulfilled than in more northerly regions. Many forms were to be nDticed which the researches of Scoresby, Glashier, and Lowe have shown to be somewhat uncommon. —Daily News. THE LORD CHANCELLOR'S LIVINGS.—SinCe tllO passing, in 1863, of the Act relating to the Lord Chan cellor's benef c,!s, the advowsons of 87 of the poorer livings hive been sold; 11 of the living; of more than £2OO a year realising £38,550, of which nearly the whole has been ap plied in augmentation of poorer livings and grants for par sonage houses. The total amount of the purchase money of advowsons sold is £195,509. The sales now are few ; there have been only six in the last fifteen months, and one of these was rendered void by the living becoming vacant by death before the purchase money had been paid. ROYAL LITERARY FUND.—The annual meeting of this association for the election of officers and other business, has just been held at the chambers of the-cor poration, Earl Stanhope, the president, in the chair. The accounts sheaved receipts from the Newton estate, £363 14s. ; from dividends, £1,034 Os. Bd. ; from subscrip tions and donations, £370145. ; and from the anniversary dinners, £1,195 7s. 6d. ; which, together with the balance on the Ist of January,lB6B, made a total income of £3,026 16s. 3d. The disbursements amounted to £1,884 2s. Bd. ; and the purchase of stock, £664 2s. 6d. ; leaving a balance on the Ist of January last of £478 11s. ld. During the year,'2l,3s'.; has been distributed in grants to 3;) pcmo,,of p lyllo . p4B lycre mgvii ailslAfemales. ' ION I RP, 1. - 1. 1 EL J, l .F. NOTICh. The Third Edition of " The Sun " of last Evening was published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocx. SPOR,TING I NT.ELLIGENCE—'Phis Day WARWICK SPRING MEETING —Tins DAT. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HANDICAP PLATE. Aintree Lily c Mau-of-War STAN) AN DIC AP Vixen g King Richard Dayl.,,Tlit Six ran. BANDicAp. 3 fur. Hilda Claymord retirement Three rau. HUNT CUP S CEEPLECH SE. Sir William Ilighflyer Lord Burghtffsh Three ran. HANDICAP HURDLE RACE. Colours Monitress GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE Tuscalanum Thick Juryman Seven ran. L.S.D. and Despatch scratched at 1.55 p.m. HANDICAP PLATE. 5 fur. Hereford • • BramUridge Minnie 'Warren Four ran. WELTER HANDICAP. Rampart Plunger GUY SWEEPSTAKES Miss Martineau f Vespa Charlotte Eight ran. Usios llcrr CUP.--rhe obj -Ttion to Little Rogue for this race (run yesterday) was overruled. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—TiIIs DAT. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 100 to 12 agst Blueskin (offered) 9to 1 agst Cap a Pie (taken) 100 to 8 agst Birthday (offered) 300 to 7 agst Buckenham dam's f (taken) EARL SPENCER'S PLATE 100 to 8 agst Dryad (offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 100 to 7 agst Robespierre (taken) 100 to 6 agst Cocoa Nut (offered) 25 to 1 agst Vagabond (taken) CHESTEIt CUP. 7 to 1 agst Paul Jones (taken to .£230) 100 to 7 agst Palmer (offered) 100 to 7 agst The Egean (offered) 100 to 7 agst Romping Girl (offered) 1000 to 40 apt King's Cross (taken and wanted) 20 to 1 agst Birdseeker (offered) 1000 to 30 apt Knight of the Garter (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Vestminster (taken) TWO THOUSAND. sto 1 agst Belladrum (taken) 10 to 1 agst Pretender (taken) 20 to 1 ugst Martyrdom (offered) 20 to 1 agst Strathna.irn (taken) DERBY. 7to 2 agst Pero Gomez (taken) 7 to 1 agst Wild Oats (taken) 100 to 8 ugst Belladrum (taken) 18 to 1 agst Ladas (wanted) 50 to 1 agst Strathuairu (taken) OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE. 70 to 40 on Oxford (offered—take 2 to 1) 'IXTU RES. Margate 13evorley Durham I Epsom AL. Ne.wwarket Gras-on-12, .te. Kni4litua. . t...13, 1-1 Ludiuw 15, 16 alstbuttrua Lewes •,) 2 1 Onrr:►gh .2u, 21, 22 Croytlu:► 2 , '3 New►uurlcrt Ist Spriug 26, &c. RACING ,E M A U West Somerset 15, 16 Northampton Iti, 17 I West Drayton l, 19 I Bald' le First Spriug la, , n Al'r Abergavenny l, 2 1 Bromley 1 2 1 Al.lershut l, 2 1 Catier;ck Bridgo.„ l, 2 1 Thirtik ... ...G. 7 IluTigerford , Lichfield (..h ; I f, Coribridge 7 8 1 Uroxtoti l'ai k 6.re,aliain 8, 9 1 M AY. Chester l, 5,6, 7 Eglinton Hunt ............ 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, lY Baldoyle 2nd Spring 11, 12 St. Albans l4 Salisbury l3, 14 Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 4 3, 4 Ascot ...8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 C urrag h 22, 23, 21 Worcester .................. 1, 2 Newmarket July ...... 6 , &c. Carlisle .................... 6, 7 Pontefract ................ 9, 10 Hendon ............ 12, 13 N o ttingham ............ 13, 14 AUG Brighton .................. 3 , B r i g hton Club ............. 5 Lewes ....................... 6, 7 Eguatn ................... I` l , 11 Wolverhampton Windsor l2, 13 St. Albans l7, 18 Stockton .............18, 19, 20 SEITI Warwick... ................ 7, 8 Curiligh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Abingdon........ ...9, 10 Doncaster ...... 14, 15, 16, 17 I Ri c hmond 2l, 22 Li c hfield ......... 2l, 22 OCT Bedford ..................... 5, Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester .................. 7, 8 B r omley ..................... 8 N e wmarket 2d Oct.. &e. Ch e lmsford l9 20 Ke150......... 19 20 N UV] VP rcester '2, 3 4 a row 2, ve rpool 9 , 10 , 11, 12 STEEPLECIIA MA Kingsbury 12, 13 West Somerset 15, York 17 Don - ender 13, 14 Waet Drayton l7, 18 Bath lti, 19 Manchester l9, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 21 Ilarpend,u 2l Epsum. Suinruor etc. SIE. Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Oldfizon 22 tfibury Club 23 S(ockuridge 24, 25, 26 Chelmsford Suttou Park .....29, 30 Southampton 13, it heading 15, 16 Iluutingdou qO, 21 Stamford ."' .. . _ Goodwood '',, 28, 29, 30 UST. Oxford York 24, 2,i, 26 Plymouth 46, 27 Scarborough 30, 31 Derby Summer ...31, Sep. 1 Weymouth 31, Sep. 1 Cauterbury ..... ~ 31, Sep. 1 M BEr, Hampton .....21 22 Western (Ayr)........22, 23 Hendon Moutnouth... • 9 3, 24 Nuwuiarkut • st&c. Lanark... 29, 3U ,BEI3. Cheltenham l9, 20 Curragn ..........19, 20, 21 West Drayton 2l, 22 Hereford 2l, 22 Monmouth 23, 24 NewtuarLt li'tou ...25, .Yu. ]AIBER. Snrowsbury 15, I Leamington anat 23 .he SE FIXTURES. RC 11. Crowkerne lB, 19 Chepstow 29, 80 A PliJ Aldershe' l, 2 I Streatham B, 9 Bromley 1 , 9 Royal Artily., Woolwicu...B Abergnvenny l, 2 • Knighton I Lichfield ..6, 7 Ludlow l5, 16 Southdown Hunt .7 Tenbury... 2l Cambridge .... 7, 8 Croydon 2 .), 23 Cheltenham 7, 8 Co. Louth & Ardeen 27, 28 M AY. Limerick Hunt 4 I St. Albans Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 West Drayt0n.......... 17 JULY. _ _ _. Kingsbury _ 9 COURSING FIXTURES. MARCH. County Louth (Champion), Ireland 18, &C. Scottish National Open, Lanark 3O, &C. AUGUST. 17 St. Albans [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Avoid Medicines: they always aggravate chronic complaints: but Du Barry's delicious health -restoring Revaienta Arabica Food, which yields three times the nourish ment of the best meat, saves 50 times its cost in efres other remedies, and invariably restores perfect digesr tion, s hing sleep, trong nerve functional s, sound lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, regularity, ant' energy to the most disordered or enfaeelth ble resd. We extract a few out of 6.3,000 cures ;—" The Pope's hetored by Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 6.,413. "Rome, July 21, 1866. —The health of the Holy Father Is excellent, especially since abandoning all other remedies, ho has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. of which he consumet produced a surprisingly beim a plateful at every meal. It has Octal effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excel lent food too highly." From the " Gazette du Midi, July 23 Cure No. 58,216, of the marchioness do Breban, of seven years' livet c o mplaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation.." Cure No. 1,771; Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia. No 49,832: " Fifty years' indescribable agory from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Jely.''—Cure No 46,270: Mr. James Roterts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness. Important Caution.—Beware of the man unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without y a uthority, Baron Liebiz's name is most audaciously attached. In tins, at ls. 10. ; 1 lb. 2s. d.; 2 lbs. 4s. 6d.; 5 lbs. Ils 121bs 225. ; :4 lbs, 40s, —Also Du BARRY'S REVALENA ARARICA ; CIi OC . O LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cups a ro t i 2. s s i . 6 for 24 vips at ;Is. 6d., for 48 cups at Os., for 288 cups at 30s , at 35s.—being about one penny per cup. The 30s * a 1 ." cups are sent free of carriage in England on receipt of it P ( o ' s ' t as e:lffi ti t u3 3 Order. • BARRY DO BARRY and Co NO 77, rieCrit - street, Lon 4911 and all grocers and Ohenaisa • '~. In reply to Mr. VERNER, Mr. 0. FORTESCUE said the Government had in stituted the most searching investigation with respect to tho reference made to the unfortunate man by parties of influence in the place. He could not at present state the result of that inquiry into that detestable and cold-blooded murder. • THE UNIVERSITY TESTS BILL. Mr. GLA DSTONE said, although the right hon. Soli citor-General bad introduce I the bill. he did so as a private member altogether. lie might further say the whole of the Goverment approved of the measure. (Hear, hear.) lie could not iu the absence of his learned friend postpone or alter the arrangements he had made for the resump tion of the adjourned (lobate. After some disct.ssion it was arranged • hat the b7:l should be taken as the seeand order on Monday night. THE HORSE GUARDS. On the motion for tl►, hoasa going into commiWe oa the army estimates, Mr. Wur rE ros to mow, "that in order to promote gre,t2r economy and vflieitmev, dortrt , lteuti of the tforso (;uar,ls a id the \Var-02 - 1,..,i t-hould be pliced tinier the control of ou. respousiVe minimtor. [tErr srr.k.TaG.] AQUATICS. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE. Ne:ther of tho crows w,yrc out thii morning, but the Oxo nians rowe,l a scratch crew of old University oars in the afterno m, and the Cantab3 rriwed the London Rowing Club twelva from Chiswick to Putney. RC 11. .90 su .2U 31 IMPERIAL PA rr A alpicrert HOUSE OF LORDS.—TIIIS EVENING. The LORD CILANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE GOVERNOR-GE:.%TERAL OF INDIA BILL. The Duke of ARGYLL moved the second reading of this bill. He explained that the measure had been proposed by the late ti_ivernment and had been adopted by the present. The noble duke explained that the ob ject of the nv , asure was not for the purpose of giving effect to theoretical opinions in regard to the government of that country, but to remove practical inconveniences . that had boon found to affect the working of the existing machinery, and strengthening the bands of the Governor- General to the carrying out effectively the great power confided to him. (LEFT SITTING. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tins EVENING. Thu SUEAKELt took the chair at 4 o'clock. THE FOREIGN OFFICE. _ Yr. T. l'OrfEllit;keftheUn+ 7 .er Secretary of State fo Foreign Affairs whether ks attention ha I :von zalled, t the folowing eta - enient., published as cone-Tea deneo in :t LoutlJn a--piper on the `.)th Febetutrr , 't"si .4"lod G. A. :--'• Mess, s. an Murray: t 4 " he: ,with their I %gal e ,, nf •derei_• and another ink • wA misse f notoriously infamous character, also hired with puilie money, fa!irieat.,d uu IX ft :rte statement to dec the la w offieers of th • late ti,:veruni ‘nr„ and I was in c•ni sequenci fined £2,00a, which money Messrs. Bidwell, Murray, awl Company dirk!, d between than ;" and in glared what truth there was in Mr. 01' WAY said his attention lint been called tJ the statement in qii.st ion, and he was not sorry that the que.i tion bad been asked, becaus , , he thought that when the acts of public men were called into question it should be made and met in the House of Commons. The value of the statennnt was generally to be estimated by the character of the parties making it, and he had then-fore to state that from beginnin ,, to end there was no founda tion for the ass.)rtion, and therefore it was wholly and entirely without foundation. Thera were no clerks in the Foreign-office who hid the power to hire any per sons as witnesses, also that they have no paver to inflict a fine of £2,000, teed therefore it was impossible thy could divide it amongst themselves. One of the gentle mer named bad soma thin ago been made the subject of . a similar charge, but. he might say that Mr. Murray, the Assistant Under Secret try of State for Foreign Affairs, had been in the service of the Government for 4 t years, and his active dunes commenced under Mr Canning, and be had received his present appointment in the year 1838, and therefore he had served under the Earl of Mahnesbary, Earl Russell, and the Earl of Clarendon, and such services spoke for themselves. From his own personal knowledge of Mr. Murray, which extended over a space of 20 years, he was perfectly incapable of the conduct imputed to him. Mr. Bidwell, the other gentleman mentioned, had been in the ser vice of the country for 27 years, and on in quiry of him he states that the matter, as far as relates to him is entirely without foundation. Under such cir cumstances he hoped the house would think that the subject was utterly unworthy of any further notice. LOAN SOCIETIES. _ _ _ Mr. BRUCE, in reply to Mr. Taylor, said he had seen the statement of Mr. 't'idd Pratt with respect to loan so cieties, made in a letter addressed to the magistrates at the Westminster Police-court, in which he stated that he considered such societies as " perfect swindles," and lie had caused inquiry to be mi.de, but that inquiry was not in such a forward state as to justify him in adopting the energetic language of Mr. Pratt.. if the statement should turn out to be true, the act establishing loan societies would undoubtedly be required to ba altered. MAYNOO'r IL Mr. GLADSTONE, in reply to Mr. Corrance, said with respect to the sums respectively apportioned (out of the proposed sequestration of Church property, namely, £1,00115,000), to Presbyterian purposes and the College of Maynooth, he could only refer to the expressions in the bill itself. With respect to Maynooth, all that was to be done was that the sum annually voted could be taken out of the bill :nd multiplied by 14. With respect to the Presbyterians he was not in possession of the pre cise computation of the amount. THE SAFETY SIGNAL. Mr. BRUCE iicreplytoCaptainisam (Tr, said it had &en found necessary in consequence of some serious accidents at the corner of Bridge-street to take extra precaution for the safety of foot passengers at that point. Tha signal had been partially successful. It was ob served by omnibus drivers, and was beginning to be understood by the less intelligent of drivers of other vehicles. (Loud laughter.) Superintendent Walker thought the signal helped very much the labour of the police, and recommended its continuance for some further time, and therefore he thought it did contribute to the safety of the passengers, but he could not venture to say it was ornamental. (Laughter.) THE MURDER AT MULLINGAR, SCULLER'S RICE FOR £!5.-THIS DAY. This afternoon William Burgoyno of Wandsworth, and Joseph Hill of Lambeth, rowed from Putney to Mortlake for £l5. Bo.h air youngsters. Mr. F. S. Galston, of the London Rowing Club, was referee. Hill won the station, and took the lead, which be hold for a mile, when the other came up and Hill suddenly capsized. Burgoyne couseluently won as he liked. - - --- Bank of England Returns. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth VictoriN, cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesda3,-, March 10, 1869. ISSUE DEP ARTMENT. Notes issued ....VI 937 425 Govornint. Debt—V.l,ols,lo Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and .; Bullion Silver .C 31,957,425 £31,937,425 BANKING Da'ARTMEXT. Governint. Seen rities(ineluding Dead \Wight Annuity) t.:14,076,537 Other Securities 19,628,038 Notes 8,363,510 Gold and Silver Coin • Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commisioners of National Debt. and Div. Accounts Other Deposits.. 18,420,367 Seven Days and other £43 0 561,591 £43.461,591 rE FORBES, Chief Cashier. GEOM ROYAL CIIRLSTY MINSTRELS. Owing to an engagement of long standing the Christy Minstreg of st. George's Theatre gave their entertainment last night at the Hanover square Rooms. It speaks well for their popu larity that neither the sudden change of place nor the as sudden change of temperature dimi nished the number of the audience or the favour with which their songs were received. In consequence of the change of scene, the ex travaganza of "The Grand Dutch-s" was not performed List night, but Mr. Vestris, who re presents the Grand Duchess, appearLd i n female e)stume, as usual, and sang 1,i3 famous drinking song, which was encored. The vocal and instrumental portion of the enter tainment was carried out pretty nearly according to the printed programme. The quick alterna tion of the most sentimental and the most comic songs is one of the great charms of these entertain ments. An appeal is made alternately to the uni versal sentiments of laughter and of emotion, whilst the audience is allowed but little time to dwell upon either. "My Spirit Star" is followed by "Don't .Kiek§up a Row," " The Spring Time of Life," by " Pretty Polly Pride," "We Meet Again," or " Blue-eyed Violets," by " The Monkey's Wed ding" or " Pompey Jones." And if the shading of " Just Before the Battle, Mother," is somewhat too deep, there the irrepressible and irre sistible " Miles" ready to drive all care and sad dess away. Altogether the St. George's Minstrels are great favourites, and it is by uo means sur prising that they are well supported by the public. Foreign Nail Packet List. MAILS DUE.; i ustrails and New Zealand, via Southampton Mar. 27. Lilite, via .vlrsailles .... Mar. 2 srapi. Buenos Ayres, aad Monte Video April 6. iiit►U, by French packet . mar. :.2. gape Voids, by Brazil packet .... April J. .spe of GooJ li_pe. Ascension. and St. Helena Mar. 15. china, Penang, snd Sing.ipore, via Bou.homrtou Mar. 13. .atraitar, via douttaamptott .......... . Mar. 11 • a 6711. 4781