The Sun. — London, England, 1869-03-31 00:00:00

SEVEN 17, Margore! With hairing Mary Anne hawker. It had know' and thit scutrix, who went out to child, which met the pri prosecutrix, went into a cnife to cut A When she d that the The poor for seven 3risoner Was, r two ago she tle girl—noW t— was taken ving stolen h k Industrial ie prisoner , the prisoner promising to L.. child, how ter is that in a the Liver the Ardwick up to the Led a perse got informs le object of ce indicated , she heard hastening to t in a beer ing made, 1, supposed Industrial ild, at once woofs of her a burn on of course, le to recog se ven years of the burn, truth of the for trial. ardians, on resent. The ,nufacturers ittees every tether they r operatives their estir is colleague ith the rest in Preston I ; and they w of giving ;f. He was f the duty on either nterruption. employers time could ns, because I, distress, to follow; t the guar ittees were ame before L his power ble him to iantities to 3 not desti• he had no llyjustified accept the must not ey possibly em in such union, and work they sday night tressed by ary of the ni received t only the of the the town. re that all >e obtained abour with should be could most difficulties added that of a per by which ,ure settle at, without r strikes or complied t subjects llected for e Preston hands, a nal° card- Le meeting d position per cent., e of imme- ire. Two of which ?osition of not only so express utmost of ces expire uch hands !Tubers for 'We also represent n and out ), and to lodel tho sentation ,provided teed. At ,n, it was ,e made to . Harvey tireur of iings back (Loire), he him for a . ;et up he that of a foment he a reaching to let the got down o the lash :t momenc saw that rnpanion, fields to however, Ld in it a 1 francs in which he OPE. -A probably ine. Sit ) of them tty valen , lincss the tine was ting that chignons it that es waited Cardinal Id epistle, ion. The delighted However, with the 1 Italian. 3011 venirs, rued with y pleased, iphed for girl who her of the ignon of he whole gh it may nese Pope tag, 'FA MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Consols are 92i 3 for money ; ditto, for Ac count, 93 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 94 4 ; New Three per Cents, 91i i ; Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 1 prem. ; ditto /100, £2OO, anelsoo, 1 prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent., 239. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, —; ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1121 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Oct., 1888, 1004; ditto Enfaced Paper, 5 per Cent., Jan., 1872, 105 ; ditto Bonds under £l,OOO, 9 prem. In the foreign .market there is a rise of 1 in Italian Five per Cents., and a fall of 1 in New Spanish Three per Cents., at 551 554, and 311 311 respectively. Mexica❑ Bonds remain at 141 1 ; Greek, 11l 12 ; Turkish Five per Cents., 411 411 ; Charkoff Azof, 77+ 774 ; and Honduras Railway Loan, 85 87. The Danubian Commission Guaranteed Loan is f, 1 preen. In the Railway Market the quotations are as follows :—Caledonian, 78+ to 9.1 ; Great Western, 501 ; Great Eastern, 371 ; Great Northern, 107 k 8f ; ditto A, 109 I ; Lancashire, 122+ 3; ; Metropolitan, 103 1; Midland, 117 f ; Shef field, 57+ ; Brighton, 48+ 91 ; North British; 35 36 ; North Eastern (Berwick), 102 '3 ; South Eastern, 76 I ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, 164 16+. American Five-Twenties and Bonds are 83} 4 and •82 respectively ; the Ten-Forty, 761 74 ; Erie Railway, 241 25 ; and Illinois Central rennin remain at 964 97. _ The Banking and Miscellaneous Shares remain unaltered. The mortgage debentures of the Trouville Asso ciation are quoted to 11- prem. The following are the proportions of gold and ; silver specie brought by the Royal Mail steamer Douro from the West Indies, viz. : Silver, £102,022 ; and gold, £122,693, giving a net total of £224,715. The steamer Poonah, with the heavy portion of the India, China, and Australian mails, brings specie and gold to the value of £26,860. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received the following remittances on account of New Grenada dividends, viz. :—From C. H , of Santa Marta, £2,451 ss. 9d. ; ditto, Cartagena, £BOO ; ditto, Bagota, £10,822 Bs. 2d.—total, £14,073 13s. 11d. The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remit tance of 1930 at 90 days' sight, on account of the dividends on the debt of Ecuador. The impression mentioned a short time back that the excessive importation of United States Bonds into Europe would soon cause gold to be sent to New York from this side has been realised, and a total of £207,000 in American coin was this afternoon withdrawn from the Bank for that destination. The question of the return of bills in the case of the Portuguese Government has created consider able comment. The financial condition of the country must indeed be bad when such things are allowed to take place. The frequent changes in the Government have something to do with this. There can be no confidence, either in a political or pecu niary sense, when these movements are so con stantly recurring. The transactions associated with the South Eastern of Portugal Railway ; the recourse to temporary loans ; and this fresh dilemma of returned engagements, should at once induce the authorities at Lisbon to take measures vigorously to rearrange their expenditure. The Credit Foncier of England (Limited) have convened a meeting for the 6th of April, to obtain authority for au issue of £200,000 8 per cent. de bentures, redeemable with a bonus of 10 per cent. between January, 1870, and July, 1872. The object is to preserve in the most profitable manner the interest held in the Belgian Public Works Company and in the Siagne Canal, lately acquired from the Irrigation Company of France. At the half-yearly meeting of the Caledonian Railway at Glasgow, a dividend at the rate of 3; per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock was de clared, subject to the legal proceedings still pending- The annual meeting of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company is convened for the 28th of April, to receive the directors report, and elect new directots. At a meeting of the Rio d.! Janeiro City Improve ment Company (Limited) a dividend was declared at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. At the meeting of . the City Offices Company (Limited), the directors' report, which referred to an increase in the gross rental, to the success of the Lombard Exchange and News Rooms, and to the " certainty" of an early dividend, was adopted. The export trade of the United Kingdom attained in the year 1866 a point far in excess of any pre ♦ious totals. In 1867 a diminution of 4 per cent. occurred, and last year there was a further reduc tion of about 1 per cent.—a very moderate fall ing off compared with that which might have been expected from the general symptoms of restricted business observable since the panic, especially when allowance is made for the reaction in the prices of raw material, which constitute a material element in the declared value of our shipments. Of the aggre gate of £179,463,661 about 28 per cent. was to our own possessions, and it is a remarkable instance of steadiness that, although the total to these posses sions is nearly fifty millions, the extent of variation between the amounts of 1867 and 1868 has been only £20,047. The Metropolitan Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of £2,852 over last year. BRITISH FUNDS-OLOSING PRICES. ti OVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account, 9 3 3 per Cent. Reduced 9ll i Now 3 per Cent New 2j per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cen J m 1.1873 Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2} per Ct. Do £5OO Do. £lOO & £ 2OO 1 Bank of England Stock, 4 per Cent 239 Da. opening — Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds Inter-Colonial Omni= INDIAN dOVERNMENT 6ECCHITI.I3b India F:tock, Ulf per Cent.; April 1874... Do. Opening, for Account - Do. 5 ow Cent. July, 1.880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates ••. Do. Enlaced Papri 4 per ()Aut..... Do. 5 per Cert., Jan. 1872 . Do. bf per Cent. May 1879 Da 5 - pir Cent., Rup:Deb. 1872 — Do do 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — D... Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO De. under fl.OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent Do., Scrip £45 paid ** •. — Auitnan Bonds 5 per cent ... — Do. 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 4/ par Cent. 1852 • Do. do. 188....• — Do. do. 186 ) — Do. do., 1863 7l Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account BOl B•ienos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 8 per Cent ) Caso, 6 per Cent. (Lilian 6 por Cent — Do. 4/ per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent., ...... I'o. 6 per ce•.t. 186 7 95 I'o. 7 per Cent., 1866 Colo abbot, 6 per Cont. Dan'sh, 3 por Cent., 1825 Dan )bian Principalities, 7 ler Cent Do 8 per Cent., 1867 t'qua , lor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent. E cyptian, 7 per Cent.... ••• Do Second Issue •• ••• 81 Do. /5',A, Bonds — Do. .ZlOO Bonds Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. .C5OO Bonds Do. .£lO6 Bonds 9l/ English Scrip, 1868 76f * Do do. £45 pd — die -- - - • _ Government Railway Debentures 97 Greet 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups — Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala b per Cent .. Honclurao Cloy. Railaioan., 10 p. .ot., all pd It3lian 5 per Cert., 1865 — Do. Account ~ — Do Mitremmana Railway _ tilex'ca . 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account _ Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-Fronch — 31ontovidvau 6 per Cent .. — Moorish imperial 5 per Cent New Granada l7l t Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferred Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account • .. 79/ 1 Do 4i per Cent. (Ih:' , arren) Do 44 per Cont., 1862 • Account Portßguese 3 per Ct.,1853,'6, 7,'3,'60,'2.'3 .361 Do. do. 1R67 Do. do. Scrip, £2O pail — Russian 5 ,er Cent., .I.b2z £ St Do 4i per Cent • 1850 y .............. Dn 4 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 - Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO liondh. 931 Do. do. £Bl ISs. do — Do., 18E6, £lOO Bonds Do. do £Bl 15s. do Po Nicolas Railway Stir iiniuu a pa Cent Spanish 3 per Con . Do. Ac ,, ,unt Do. 1867 Do. Account Do. New Deferron Do. Account Do. Passive Do. Com. Cert. of Cuic. not fuudod Do. Account Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do de, 1368 Do de, Scrip Turkish 6 per Cent.! Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do 1;100 Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do fIOC Bonds 691 1 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 4ll Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1863 6sj 1 Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Acc.uut Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cont. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in Londe:. Austrian a per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch per Cent. Ex. 12 GO, Do. 4 per Cont. Certificates -- Do. Account French Bentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M. Rehm 5 per Cent. 1831, E. Of. Do Account 3li CLOSING PRICES. Jonrols, Money v 92i 3 93 Do. Account, April 8 Lree o'clock—The market Boußsg, March 29.—T closed as follows :- 41 per Cent. End of month... -- ItaPan Fives 56 5 3 per Cent End of month 7O 37i Mexican Loan ... 24i Credit Mobilier Ns ; End of month... 289 Spanish Threes 32 50 Creiit Foncier ...1481 Home Debt End of month... Deferred Cash Orleans Northern ..• 1 170 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.— ...4. 61, i Western Eastern • • Sardinian Austrian Lombard 4731 North of Spain — Saragossa Roman 55 RAILWAYS. MADAME RACHEL AND HER BAIL. (THIS DAY.) This morning another application was made at judges chambers to admit Madame Rachel to bail, pending the writ of error obtained on her behalf. The proposed sure ties were Mr. William Spencer Johnson, printer, and Mr. Henry Smith Frost, engineer. Mr. George Lewis, jun. (Lewis and Lewis) appeared on the part of the Crown, instructed by the Treasury ; Mr. Lewis Heritage, solicitor, supported th e application. Mr. George Lewis stated that he had no objection to Mr. Johnson as bail. but only to Mr. Frost. Mr. Justice Blackburn read tho affidavit of Mr. Frost, in which he swore he was worth £1,500. He was willing to bo bail for £l,OOO. The proposed bail, Mr. Frost, Was examined on oath by Mr. ;gorge Lewis, and stated that he did not know Madame Rachel, but came forward at the request of Mr- Johnson. Mr. Justice Blackburn intimated that Mr. Frost was not proper bail. Another one roust bo practiced. . - Mr. Lewis said the writ cf error was set down for hear ing ri , xt t rm. Jr.A Justice. Illackhurn,--nflo.--eeßna4iarLiicr discussion, refusedfMr. Frost as bail, and Maclaine Rach,Wrernains in -Nowgato. 111.11;KE7 S-2 MS D.I Y. LIVERPOOL CO ITON MARKET. March 31.—Sales probably 12,000 bales. Malta very firm. C 0 RS/ OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam Short ... 12 1 ... 12 11 Do Rotterdam ,,, 12 2f ... 12 2/ Antwerp Brussels Hamburgn .. 13 101 ... 13 1I Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 120/ ... 120/ Vienna .., 12 70 ... 12 80 Trieste .., 1 - 2 70 ... 12 80 Petersburg Copenhagen ......... Berlin .. Madrid.. -- 44 ... 48/ Cadii 4Bl ... 49/ .. Loghorn Milan ... '26 421 ... 26 50 Genoa — ~, 26 421 ... 26 50 Naples Palermo — . 26 424 . ... 26 50 . Messina . .. 26 421 ... 26 50 Lisbon 52 ... 521 ••• Oporto "„ 52 ... 521 Rio Janeiro - ." New York SCIENCE AND ART.—A striking instance of the immense value a small piece of steel may acquire by the great power of skilled mechanical labour is the balance-spring of a watch. From its extreme fineness and delicacy 4,000 weigh not more than one ounce, and exceed in value 11,000. A. most interesting little work, describing the rise and progress of watchmakin , has been published by J. W. Benson, 25, Old Bond-street, and the City Steam Factory, 58 and 60, Ludgate-hill. The book, which is profusely illustrated, gives a full description of the various kinds of watches and clocks, with their prices Mr. Benson (who holds the appointment to the Prince of Wales) has also published a pamphlet on Artistic Gold Jewellery, illustrated with the most beautiful designs of Bracelets, Brooches, Earrings, Lockets, &c., &c., suitable for Wedding, Birthday, and other presents. These pamphlets are sent post free for two stamps each, and they can not be too strongly recommended to those contemplating a Pur chase, especially to residents in the country or abroad, who are thus enabled to select any article they may require and have it orwarded with perfect safety. Her Majesty's late brig Ferret, wrecked alongside Dover pier on the morning of Easter Monday, was 29 years old, having been launched from Plymouth Dockyard in 1840. She was of 358 tons, built from the earliest designs of the late Sir William Symonds, and during her first term of commission formed one of the British squadron of cruisers on the West Coast of Africa that became notorious by the ease and certainty with which they were always outsailed by the slave-carrying vessels they were expected to chase and capture. The Scorpion, turret ship, Capt. G. A. Brooker, arrived at Spithead at half-past 6 last evening from Dover. The Royal Sovereign, Capt. A. H. Hood, with the Stork and Staunch gunboats, was expected to arrive immediately afterwards, but had not ap peared up to sunset. Advices received at Chatham from the Pacific Squadron announces the arrival at Valparaiso of her Majesty's screw corvette Charybni:, 17, 1,506 tons, 400-horse power, Captain A. M. L. Lyons, from New Zealand. The Reindeer, 7, 200-horse power, Commander E. Nares, arrived at Callao on the 15th nit. from Parasmayo, after assisting in saving as much of the gear as possible from the wreck of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer Arica. The Malacca, 13, 200 horse power, Captain R. B. Oldfield had left Valparaiso. .N o intelligence had been received from the other vessels of Vie squadron at the departure of the mail. LADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Pills —Enjoyment o f Lite.—When the b!ood is pure, its circulation perfect, and the nerves in good order, we are well. The pills possess a marvellous power in securing these great secrets of health by purifying, regulating, and strengthening fluids and solids. Holloway's pills can be confidently recom mended to all persona suffering from disordered digestions or worried by nervous fancies or neuralgic pains. They correct acidity or heartburn, dispel sick headache, quicken the action of the liver, and act as alteratives and gentle aperients. The weak and delicate may take them without fear. Holloway's pills are eminently serviceable to inva lids of irritable constitutions, as they raise the action of every organ to its natural standard, and universally exer . Cig§a calming and fiCCIMIY9 ugitience. RAILWAYS.-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1869. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share NAME. Paid. Price. done 10 Agra Limited, A. all; 13 14 13 10 Do B lO 41 5 54: 4 60 Albion 00 Alliance, Limited 20 Anglo-Austrian 20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all, 191 2 1 20 Ang,lo-Hungrian 8 2 21 20 Auglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 64 44 40 Australasian 20 Bank of British Columbia all 11 13 20 Do issued at 2 pm.„,,,„. 5 5 4 25 Bank of Egypt 20 Bank of Otago, lim. 25 Bank of South Australia all 30 32 50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 36 10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 18 50 British North American 20 Chartered of India, Austra lia, end China all 25 Chartered Mere : of India. ... London, and China all 20 City [OO Colonial 25 10 Consolidated, litu. 50 Delhi and London, line 25 50 East London, line 20 English and American, din 10 20 English Bank of Rio de Ja- 21 22 _ lim 9 English, .t-cuttish, aml Aus 291 301 301 12 121 391 101 1 tralian Chartered -- all 28; Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation all Do new 5l 100 Imperial, lim 2O 2-) Imporial Ottual 5 lonian all 25 Do new cU Lnd Mortgage of India., Hai 4 100 Do sp. c. Debs.l66l, so all 76 so London Bank; of Mexico and South America, Rm. 20 100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 20 Do new 71 100 Loudon & River Plate, Rm. 40 25 Do now 10 20 London Chart. of Australia all 20 London and County 2O 50 Do new. iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll London Joint 5t00k...... 1 London and South African al 00 London &S.-Western, him, 20 150 London & Venezuela, him l2l 100 London and Westminster 2O 100 Do Scrip, iSS at 10 pm . 2O 100 Merchant, lim 10 Metropolitan, lim all 100 Midland, 1im...... - 20 5 National of Australia 25 National of Liverpool lim l5 100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42 10 Do ...... . 42 50 National. 3O 20 New South Wales all 20 North-Western 7l 25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 50 Provinc. Bank..Corpo;lim. 10 00 Provincial of Ireland 25 10 Do now.. all 100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 24 100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 25 Union of Australia all 100 Union of Ireland, lim 50 Union of London l5 pr 1p 161 171 17 i 36 08 11 2} 1T An 2 2 121 12 24 1. - 41 , 3: 31 75 is 5 4 32 23 51 41 10 11 2; 211) 121 2125 49 31 7 3 33 3 2k 8 9 11 i:i Cii 63i 15 3 7 7# ld 1p 41 43 43 41 6 41 88 90 15 13 6 6 461 471 471 36 37 35; MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Tel., lim alll 224 224 221 10 Anglo Mediter Tel., lint.... 10 121 124 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 17 st Atlantic Telegraph lO 2 i 28 at Do. 8 per cent. lOO 70 73 25 Australian Agricultural 25 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim. 10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 7 50 10 Berlin Water Works, lim all at/ 11/ 10 Do. New 6 3 4 100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim. • 30 8 13 5 Bombay Gas, lim 5 Do. New 4 5) British American Land 4l 16 is st B. and I. Magnetic Tel., lira. 100 160 163 20 British Indian Tea, lim , all al 31 20 British Ship Owners 29 Canada Company all 0 t 6 10 Canadian Loan and Invest ment, Um 2l 2 1 d 20 Ceylon Company, lim. 20 Do. A shares 10 City Discount, lim 25 City of London Real Pro perty, lira 9 41 31d 30 City of Milan Improv. Rm. all 5 8 2:5 City of Moscow Gas, Rm all 50 City Offices, lim 25 26 25d 41 50 Colonial, lim Do. 50 Commercial:Union (Assur) 5 i i p 10 Company of African Mer chants, lim. 3 fd p 20 Continental Union Gas, lim. all '2O 2L)I 204 25 Copper Miners of England, prof. 71 per cent. 100 Corporation of London Bonds, 1877, 4/ per cent, all 101 105 100 Do. 1879, 41 per cent. all 1011 1054 100 Do. 1882, 44 per cent. all 1034 1041 10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 21 21 24 50 Credit Fon.of Mauritius lim lO 34 240 st Crystal Palace lOO 12 21 at Do. Preference l 9O 97 102 st Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 107 11 t 20 Darjeeling, lint. I 0 Eastern Assam, lim. 6l :•• ••• '''d 50 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim. 20 East India Irriga. & Canal all • • • • 32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal, lim. 100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy Gus. by Egypt. Gov all 95 951 e5l t 20 Egyptian Com.&Trad. lim 6 _ . .. at Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 2 0 250 241 4 10 Do. New 8 9 lip 3 Eng. & Austral. Copper, !lin 21 4 L 15 English and Foreign Credit 71 41 34 100 Eng. and Scot. Marine, liin. 8 .? ...i .d 10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 '2 10 20 Fore-streetWarehouse,lim l2 1 112 13 LOU For. & Col. Gov. Trust and Loan Scrip, issued at £B5 all 86 87 50 Gellivara, lim. 2O ... ... . 10 General Credit & Dis., lim. 71 11 11 51 15 General Steam Navigation 14 27 29 50 Hont.ltt Col Marino in. dm 5 3 3.1 10 Hon , Kong and China Gas all ... „. 20 Hadsou's Sly ~ .__all Ili_ 121 111 4 20 Imperial Lanl Co. of Mar seilles, !lin. c l2l ... ... 25 Indo-European Tel., Rm.... 10 ... ... 20 Interna. Financial Soc. Lim 5 11 13 35 11 20 Interns. Land Credit, lint 6 6 4 , 1 50 Italian Land 5 I I p 20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 2/ st 100 Do. 6 p. c. Bds., redeem 1870, issued 00 all 61 Cl 50 Land Securities, Urn 5 21 lid 25 London African Trading_ 10 7 2 al 25 Lou. & Caled. Marine, hub 6 — 4 10 London County Land and Building, litre . 5 Loud. Provincial Tel. liin all 21 31 1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent. all P 4P st) Lond. Financial Aerie., Rut Su 211 .01 4 Lond.(4en.Omnibus.Co.lim. all 2 24 2115 50 Lond. and Glasg. Engineer and Iron Ship, lim 25 12 161 20 Loud. & Provincial Marine '2 id pr at Madras Irriga. & Cant. Gus. sp.c. by India Gov. lOO 1021 1031 10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, Um__ 10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., R m . all 4 41 50 Merchant Shipping, lina„„ all 33 33 50 Millwall Iron Works, lira. 121 ••• 10 Natal Land and Colonisa tion Co., lint 25 National Discount Co., lim b 11 ; 12 25 National Prov. Marine, lim. 4 4 3 d 10 National Steam Ship, lim. all 91 101 20 Nerbudda Coal & Iron, lim. 6 31 3d 10 New Consolidated Dik um 3 14 110 5 aew Quobrada, lim 44 0 41 4 25 New Zealand Loan & Mer: muffle Agency,lim 2l I IP 25 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim 5 11 11 10 Northern Assam Tea, lira. 5 7 s 10 Do. B et' North Brit. Austral., li nt _ 100 48 51 50 North Brit. & Mercau, 1n.., 6/ 20 21 25 Ocean Marine (Insurance) 5 12 1 50 Oriental Financial, 11tH,,..,, 11 ... ... I 5 Oriental Gas, lim 5 Do. New. 10 Otago and Southland In• vestment, lim 2 4 , 1 IP 5 Ottoman Gas, lint all 11 21 10 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail lim all 7 5 Do do. at Peel It. Land & Minerl, lira 100 31 31 50 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 491 1501 50 Do. New 1867 lO 110 01 25 Reuter's Telegra.m all 48 53 531 21 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New ni all 61 7 25 Rio de Janeiro City 1 all 19 191 20 Do. Gas, /11li lint, all 24 26 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 41 43 11 451 at Scottish Aust. Invest , liul l OO 83 90 st Do. 6p C. Guar: pref. 100 ... ... 20 Societe Fin. d'Egypte, um. 10 7 60 20 Societe Gen.de l'Empi r e pt. 8 21 34 50 S. African Mort. & Inv., lim. 6 ... ... 25 South Australian Land at Submarine Telegraph 1 Do. 5crip,,,,,,,, , all 1 11 20 Telegraph Con. & Main.,lim. all 161 171 20 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), 1int.,,,,, 2 _ 20 Trinidad Petroleum, lim... 81 ..„ JO Trust & Agency of Aus.,liin. 1 4 1p 10 Do do. do. all ... .., 20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada S 4 ip 50 Union Marine L'pool, lim 5 41 & p 20 Union Steam Ship, lim all 22 24 15 United Discount Corp., lim 6 15 4d • 5 U. Kingdom Tel. eq., lim all 54 61 5 Do. 10 per cent. PA! all 34 41p 20 Universal Marine(ll) ,li na• 5 11 2:p 10 Upper Assam Tea, linta ll )1 2 30 Van Diemares Land 2Bl ti 74 00 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per all Loan lO 81 801 1 cent. (Mortgage) 40 Warrant Finance, lint. l2 12 100 50 West India and Pacific Steam, lira 20 West London Wharves and Warehouses 24 3 20 2f 11 SHARE LIST. OiDISALY Sri AND BTOCR.S. Paid. Closing Business Price. done. COLONIAL GOVICHNM.!CNT SICCUI1T111:6 Briti4b Columbia, 6 per 100 Do. 1895 ('an.Gov.6 p.c.Jan. q &July 1877-84 . , ........ • lOO 1041 IC6I 104 f Do. 6p. c.Feb.& 100 102 104 Do. sp. o. Mar. .5 Sept lOO 102 1(4 Do. 6p. o. Jan. 5 July lOO 93 94 931 Do. sp. c. Inscribed ak lOO 90 92 Cape (I.Hope, 6 p.c.1873 lOO 102 104 - Do•Apl.&Oot 1590-19 0 0 lOO 11/ 113 112) Do. do 1880-99 lOO 107 109 Do. Jan.&July, 18 , p1 Do. 5 per oent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 v. 100 100 102 Ceylon, Nov 1875,6 p.c.. 100 108 110 Do. 1872, d 0.... 100 103 107 • Mauritius, 6p. 6, 1873,•• - Jan. and J uly Do. 1878 ........ • 1)0 106 1 08 Do. 1882, May and NC' 1)o.1895, Feb. & Aug lO 106 108 Melbourne Corporate., 1867-75, 6 per ant.. • 1(0 100 100 - N.8.G0v.6 p.o.Ja.&July too 103 Ik4 Natal 6 p or, Apl & Oct 10) Do opc.3i.y & No/ 1 0 1( 6 108 N. S. W. 5 ire., '2l to '7 1 l.lO 99 1 1 —. Do. 6 p.c. 1858 to 1800. . 10) 981 994 981 Do. 5 p.c. rd.'6; to '75 N.Zealand, 6p. ct. 1841 lOO Do. S percent.... DoJan,Apzl,Ju:y, 0 t 100 93 g 4 9'l 6 Do 6p c. blar & Bept '9l lOO 108 110 J & Deo , 1 , 91 100 109 iel Do rrovo 1 Auc .Id. 1 it° etriet 1 & 2, 1:96 .• ) i.ova Scotia 6p. o.Jan and July. 1875 Do 18b6 lOO 101 103 - Qucensind. 6p. c. 'B2 5 lOO 1061 107 g Do 189 i Do. a p 0.1869.. - Do. el ). A 2 )00 108 110 Do ib93 Viot9llol 6, p.t, 1591 mt I u X 4 +o 113 418 h POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Mis Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ATTEMPT TO ROB A SOLICITOR.— Charles Sennet, a thick-set young man, who gave his address Northampton street, Clerkenwoll, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting Mr. William Wells, solicitor, of Bradford, Yorkshire, with intent to rob him. Mr. Wells said that about one o'clock that. morning be was walking from Leicester-square in the direction of Trafalgar-square, and to make a near cut he went behind the National Gallery, and when he kid proceeded a few paces he saw twomen coming along. When they got near him they crossed and recrossed in such a suspicious man ner that to avoid them he waltzed back to Hem ming's-row. Ho had only gone a few paces when he felt some person spring behind him, and take hold of his coat. Having passed two constables some little distabca off, he turned Lack, and one of the men sprang on him again, and took hold of his coat, and one of the police-constables caught hold of the prisoner, who was one of the mon. The prisoner said that the prosecutor pushed apinst him, and On his going back and asking him why hv: did so, he made no answer. Mr. Tyrwhitt told the prosecutor that be had been saved from b,:ing garrotted. Police-constable George Haffiil.on, G C, said that about one o'clock that morning ho was on duty in CaAle-street, Le!cester-square, near the corner of lienri:ings-row, when he saw the prosecutor running and tho prisoner running after him, and on the prisoner seizing the prosecutor by the coat ho caught hold of him and took him into custody, and to the station, where be was charged with assaulting the prosecutor with intent to rob him. Police-Constable Curtis, 57 0, gave similar evtdence. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for two months with hard labour. A LOVE AFFAlR.—Jobannah Ciaroy, 15, residing in the Fulham-bridgo-road, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with attempting to destroy herself by drowning in the Serpentine. It appeared that the girl had formed an acquaintance with a lad about her own age, and on her mother remon strating with her and slapping her face, bho left home in an excited manner, and went to the Serpentine and threw herself in, but she was fortunately rescued by Geo. Walker, residing in Doyle-street, Sloane-street, who handed her over to Police-constable Ambrose, 3G7 A, when she said that she wishedshe had done it and that it had been dark at the time. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner, who, on being asked by her mother if she was not sorry for what she bad done, said she did not know so much about that. THAMES. Elizabeth Brown, aged 4G years, and Jar e Bennett, 3 were brought before Mr. Benson, charged with stealing a purse containing 7s. 6d., the property of John Bennett, who is not related to either prisoner. Mr. Benson committed them for trial. WESTMINSTER. A DRUNKEN CABMAN.—George Thompson, a cab-driver, was charged with being drunk and carelessly driving, owing to which a West Indian lady, far advanced in years, was considerably injured, and is at present in a very dan gerous state. He was remanded for a week. THE UNITED LAND COMPANY LIMITED. THIS DAY. The second general meeting of the shareholders was held this afternoon at the offices, Norfolk- street, Strand—Viscount Ranelagh in the chair. Mr. Gruneisen, the secretary, having read the ad vertisement convening the meeting, the directors submitted the annexed report :-- "In conformity with the articles of association, the directors of the United Land Company (limited) have the pleasing duty of submitting a statement of its operations during the past financial year ending the 20th March, 1869, as also the balance sheet of the income and expen diture, and of the liabilities and assets to the same period. On the 30th of September last the company came into possession of the estates of the Conservative Land Society, under the arrangement specified in the first report of the directors to the shareholders of the 31st July last., whereby the land business of the old society was tranferrod to the present company, the operations of theformerbeing restricted to the share and advance business under its certified rules. The land thus acquired by the company is situated as follows : —Middlesex—Wood Green, Nu. 2; St. Margaret's (Twickenham and Isleworth); Enfield, and Holloway. Surrey—Clapham Junction ; Putney, No. 5 ; Roehampton, and Reigate (Red Hill). Sussex—B.ighton (Round Hill). Herts—flertford; Bishop Stortford. Kent—Tunbridge Wells (Woodbury Park) and Deal. Essex—Forest Gate, Nos. 1 and 2 ; Colchester. Berkshire —Reading (Down shire-square). Oxfordshire - Oxford,(Elley Road). S uf fo:k Ipswich and Felixstowe. Hampshire —Southamp ton; Sauctiwn ; No. 2 (Isle of Wight). Worcestershire— Worccster ; Malvern Hills (the Link and West Malveru). Northamptonshire Non ha in pton. Notti n glia iushire— Newark-on-Trent ; Easi, Retiord. llert ford hire Staffordshire-Stafford.Here -I.4;:neashire —Manchester (Prestwich). Cheshire—New Perry (opposite Liv.r pool. Cornwall St. Au-tell. In addition to the above fwd taken from the company's predecessors, the dirt etors have been en ibled to inal-e the following eligiul puichass in th annexed order: —l. Muswell Hill, opposite the Alex tam Palace, Middlesex ; 2. West 111.1 (Putney Common), Surrey ; 3. Sheerness, Kent; 4. Wellingborough, Nos. 1 a nd 2, North a mpt o n- shire; 5. Portsmouth (Laudport), Hants; 6. Edgware- road (Royston Hall), Middlesex ; 7. Foi est Gate, Essex ; 8. Fulham Fields, Middlesex; 9. Will, sden ' Middlesex. That no time has be en l os t i n turn i ng the stoc k of laud to the best account the following dates of the sales by auction and by allotment will p rove: - 1. Sheerness, public meet ing and allotment, Dec. 9, 1868; 2. St. Margaleee, Roe hampton,6Sl . 8 t t; Worcester, so u .r r c d me , sat c el l v i r t : t r o Putney, n , o.• I \ 7 l ,l :e N s t e 4 w l\ I a ( k l ° v i : i r t : I l i t e r i r e t ' ditto, ditto,d. o e F. Feb. 2 Ib 26 ; 8. Oxford, ditto, March 10 ; 9. Stafford, dit ' to, March i N i e ,ne b o kb r . s aa : nrsyd : le b y auction, Feb. 9, 1869 ; 3 10. Portsmouth, public meeting and allotment, March 12 ; 11. Edgeward-road, auction, M arc h 18 ; 12 . M uswe ll-hill, Enfold, Roehampton, Putney, No. 5, and St. Margaret's, ditto, March 19. The future sales of estates either by allotment or auctio n , w ill be • those at Wellingborough, Willesden, West Hill (Putney-common), and Fulham-fields. The directors have been unceasingly engaged in viewing properties in various localities, some of which are still under consideration. Although the company has been only registered eleven months, and the actual operations extend but over a period of five months, and these at the worst period of the seasoa for selling land, the business effected has been so profitable that, af:cr clearing off th e current wor ki ng ou tlay, and writing off a large proportion of the preliminary expenses, the directors ar e ena bl e d , out of pro fi ts, to d ec l ar e a divi dend on the capital called up, at the rate of five per cent. per annum, free of income tax, and to carry brward balance to the next profit and loss account. The dicee tors further remark that the estates referred to iu the balance-sheet remain at the net cost, plus only the outlay for works, the other expenses of every kind having been charged to the profit and loss account. The shares which have been taken, with the £2 per share paid up, have been found sufficient, with the advances from the Conservative Land Society, to carry on the business successfully. It being more convenient to close the financial year at each 31st of December, the directors have convened this day an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders, to authorize the verbal alterations in the articles of associa tion, and thus enable the general annual meeting to be held in February instead of in March as at present. The directors have to regret the retirement of one of their colleagues, J. C. Cobbold, Esq., who was unable to attend weekly meetings of the board. In accordance with the articles of association, Colonel Jervis, M.P., has been elected to fill the vacant position. The directors refit leg by rotation are Colonel Jervis, M.P., Colonel Meyrick and C. E. Newcomen, Esq., all of whom are eligible for re-election, and offer themselves accordingly. The first auditors, Messrs Johnstone, Cooper, Wintle, and Evans accountants and public auditors, of 3, Coleman-street Buildings, City, E.G., also retire, and, being eligible for re-election, tender their services for the ensuing year. The directors, in conclusion, whilst congratulating the share holders on the gratifying result of the company's opera tions within such a short space of time, entertain the ex pectation that the future success of the United Land Com pany (Limited) will be equally satisfactory to the share holders." [LEFT SITTING. I ELEC7 lON IN7 ELL IGEN CE. Five seats which had been declared vacant were yesterday filled up, and the net result is a Tory gain of one. At Blackburn, the two Coniervative can didates, Mr. E. K. Hornby and Mr. IL M. Feilden were elected, though the numbers they polled were smaller than those recorded in favour of Mr. W. H. Hornby and Mr. J. Feilden in November last. At the general election Mr. llornby obtained 4,907, and Mr. Feilden 4,826 votes; while the highest numbers polled yesterday were—Hornby, 4,738; and Feilden, 4,697. The Liberal vote yesterday was also considerably below that of November. In this case the old members are succeeded by their sons. At Hereford, also, Colonel Clive (L) suc ceeds his father—tLe second seat, from which Mr. Wyllie (L) was ousted, being carried by Mr. Chandos Wren Hoskyns, another supporter of Mr. Gladstone. In Dumfriesshire, Sir Sydney Waterlow has been beaten by a majority of 34, the Liberal victory in Novewber being thus ra vened. hue fLth w& a, et Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 57 79 at Caledonian .......... 100 794 794 79} 1911 st Cambrian 2J Cornwall all 24 34 it Dublin A Belfast June l OO 77 711 at Dun„ Vertli, & Ab•J um l OO 70 72 2) East 1.9nd0n,... t 0 du i 5 2 , Do 10 it Gla.s.:ow at S. Western lO3 97 99 it Great Eastern .. st Do. E. Angl. So. 2 51 Great Ziorthol Scotland lOO 15 16 at Great Northern ........ at Do. A stock ..... 100 10) 110 1091 at 1. , 0. II stock at (.i t , and W. of Iretand lOO a 5 7 st lit. Western -Origical lOO 4 1 59 4n 4 .1 Do. South Waica s- Do. W. 11:d.—oxiort lOO 'ai3 27 sz , Do. Newport too t 8 :0 ,t Lancashire& f urKahira lOO .2 131 1221 4 at Lon., /Irish., .1z b• Coast OJ Do zertp ..... .••.• •• all st 1 vu., Chat., auu Duvet lvy 104 I6j 161 16 it. Du. Aletrup. Ex. A lOO st Lou. A Aortal Weaterl lOO 1. At 154 1151 4 t Lou. .5 South WCSICI - 11 itlu 87 . ta as i st Mau., Sliel., A Lincoln it 0 571 574 57 a 4 71 4 A aletrouootatt .. at Do Extensi..o .. 10 iJu. etev. rd .. at Ile ...uutitau Diat::. t. uli 4,1. 53 52 If 10 Moroi) :A. John's 1‘ 00 1 5 - st 51 ~...au st do, daunt:. a dal ts; at N., tu Britian st Im. Ed., l'th., & Du 11... 103 at /, or. alltatern—Berwios. „ 11.0 102 103 1024 I 25 tio... N. E pureti.... , .. t 0.13.4 at Do Leeds . ..... ILO 57 09 at Do York ioo t 2 93 st Do Carli.le .... • it° 122 125 at Do Stoc .. A Darting 1..0 130 132 st North Lon ton 10 Do ACW , bIB . 2 11 lip at North Staffordshire lOO 54 57 at North and S.-W. Junction 100 93 100 10 Do New £lO altaros 7 ... .. at Rhymney st Shropshire Union lt 0 57 53 at South Devon .. at South Eastern lOO 75i 76 st Staines, Wok'ham,& Wok all 12 13 at 1 all VMC IUO 1.15 150 -- Do. C.; . . Wateriord A Kilkenn 11, Waterloo & Whitelia.l 6 - • RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHAKES AND STOOKS. SO SS at Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 at Clifedoniau Qrs., No. 2 lOO at Do. Scot. N.E., .4 per cent lOO at Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO st Do. do.. Ordinary OO st Do. Midland 1 1 00 st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent gua all at, Dundee, Yerth, and Aber deen Junction lOO et Do. Ist Class preference lOO at miss. & S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO st Eastern, E.G. Ex. No. 1 100 at Do do N 0.2 100 st Do do 6 per cent 100 at Do East Anglian A c. 100 at Do do B 5 6 p. do. 100 at Do do 0 7 do. 100 at Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100 st Do E. Union 4p. c. gua. 100 at Do Not folk 5 p.e.Ex.1816 100 st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lBl7 100 ... at (treat Noi them 5 per cent 10 at Do 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. c. pm. 100 „. at Do 4 1 do do do 100 at Do 5 do at sp. c.pin. 100 ... ... 105 6 at Do Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, 6 per cent lOO sti Ut. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 at; Great South. and Western (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97 at' GLWest.—Orig.&Jut.-Itent chg., per gua.s p.c lOO 10. 103 at Do. ()rig. (B. &H. Ex).100 a t Do do 41 per cent. 185 p 0. c lOO 88 9) at Do do 4 do do at Do do 5 per cent. radem lOO 95 97 at Do do Birmingham gua lOO 65 70 at Do do do pref lOO at 1)o do Chester gua IOU 80 85 83 1 2 st Do do per o 100 95 100 cent. 100 st D do 5 d Du do do at Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 a t Do do 44 p.c st Do do 4 1 1859 lOO at Do do 5 st Do West Mid. Oxford Ist g. l 0) 111 113 at Do do 2d gua. 100 le7 111 at Do Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 8 90 st Do do 2d do 100 97 100 at Do gua. 51 per cent. 1863 100 LOU Lancaster & Carlisle 41 p.c. all at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.c. 100 1 3 145 a t Du Barnsley, 2;5 3s 10d p.c. 100 at Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 130 1.45 st Do 41. (Blackburn purch). 100 93 Lo o at London & Brighton, sp. c guaranteed, No 1 3OO st Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2 lOO at Do 6 do do lOO at Do 5 do NJ. 4 lOO at Do 7 per cent 1)0 at Do 6 du (W.E. & C.r.) 100 at' Da 4 do 1859 lOO at Loudon, Chatham, & Dover 5 per cent ICO IA London and /I. W., C. and Nuneaton 5 par cent—. 100 118 110 109 at Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO ... at Do Shreivsb'y & Welchp'l lOO at London and :J.-W. 7 p,c late 3d shares, lOO 110 130 2s 6d. Do (Portsin. perp ans. 2s6d) all at Man., Shef., &Lineln. 6 p.c lOO 11 ► 117 6 Do Xi; all par .1 pin at Do 31 per cent lOO 60 6s 10 Do redeem. 6 per cent. at Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c IOU 134 I:is at Do Bristol & Birm., 6p. c lOO 112 111 at Do 41 per cent. redeem lOO t 8 10) 61) 62 105 107 9 95 93 101 112 70 75 st; Do 41 por cent. irrodeent 100 9.3 1 st Du LeicestentiFc oo , 4 p e 100 tid 91 .t N.rtu. ktr..a1.01.1, 5 p.c. 10) st Du E. iC U. 4' 4s: D. 100 St Do N. 13., N 0.2, 5 per cen.L. 100 it Do Bunter Union, 51 p.c 100 st N.-Eastern—Vohs. 4p e 100 S 7 81 it Do 41 per cent. relcom 10J 95 27 st Do (1- N.E. 4 per coat., lOO 17 Du Berwick capital 8 1:14. Do Yorx,ll.& S. ',area:Luc lO 10 lo: Do Stektu it .Urliug. el 5 p.c IOJ 106 WS it Du 11r, llartlepouiii.aud lt 10.) 85 87 85 1 20 North Staffordshire lits Dcrou Auuuities, 1 s all V 1U lUs Do Tavistock duns., 10s all S 91 10s Do Fixed 41 per cent all 8 81 0.6. S. Last. (Read. Anus., 1.0.6) all 22 24 st Do 41 percent lOO it Do Fixed 41 per cent lOO at 'lan Vale Nu. 1 lOO 145 140 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 6pc 100 41 43 st Caledonian 41 p c gua. st U 0 Scot. Cen. min. 7 p c lOO at Do 41 p irredeem alt st Do 4p c cou. issued at 80 65 ... at Great Eastern 41 per cent. 10U at Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 86 e 8 at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 85 88 st Do do 5 do, 1864 IOU 82 Si) st Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100 st Du Permanent 5 per cent. 1010 st Do Boston & Sleald, 41 pc 100 at Great West., W. 5p c 100 st Do Joint i.erpe. 5 p c,1865 100 88 1.4 st Do do 6p c erred., 1866 100 101 108 20 Do Vale N eath peril. 5p c all 19 20 at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO 4 5 Lane. and York. New 41 per cent till July, 1871 2 4 ip et Load., Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100 at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 st Do do 41 do, 1861 100 at Do do 44 do, 1863 100 „. at Do do 5 do, 1865 100 at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100 _ at Do No. 7 sdo st Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c at Du Dletrop. Ex., B 6 p.c 100 _ Do do C 6 p.c 100 _ _ st London & . Western:s p c 100 103 110 g ist Loudon &S. Western, 41 p c 100 291 10 Man. chef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all 8 bi st Metropolitan 5 per - cent lOO st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 106 103 t Do B 5 do 100 106 108 18 Do 5p c opt. to cony. to Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, MO all 201 20f 18 Do lucouy. New Shares all 18k 191 22 Do 5p c con. into Old Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 11 21p st North British, E. and G No. 1, b per cent ... 100 ... et Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 ... st Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100 ... st Do E. &G , N 0.2, 5 p.c 100 ... st Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 st Do E. & G., No. 3, 5 p.c lOO st Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 st North Eastern, 41 per cent 100 5 g 517 st Do Stock. & Darl., lOU 110 112 st North London, 41, per cent (Mar. 5 per cent) St North Staffordshire 5p c lOO st South Eastern, 41 pc, 1859 100 st Do 5 do 1861 100 st Do sdo (Oh. Cross) 1863 100 st Do 5 do, 1864 at Victoria St. & Phnlico, 41 pc 100 RAIL WAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS it 13irkeunes.d - WO r 3 9t 100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 99 101 it Buckinghamshire st Chester and Holyhead lOO 51 56 st Do. 51 per cent. at Do. & do. ... st Clydesdale, guaranteed lOO ... ... st Colchester Stour Valley st East Lincoln, gua. 6p. c lOO 13, 136 20 Gloster and Dean Forest all ... ••• a Gt. Easn., Newm., &c., 5 p.c 100 a Do. E. U. Harwich, 4 p.c 100 64 72 st Do. do. Woodbrg.Ex., do. 100 69 72 st Gt. West ,W. Mid., Herd 100 97 9'J so Hull and Selby all lie 112 it Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 210 2 5 Bt London and 13lackwall lOO 93 93 . it Do. 44 por cent st London, Coat:, &c., 41 pc. 100 ... ... st Do. Com. Fund, sdo 100 ... ... st London and Greenwich st Do. do Preference lOO ... ... st Loudon, Tilbury, & South 100 83 t 5 at Lowestoft, gua 4 per cent lOO 8) 82 it Do. do. 6 do. 51 Mauch., Buxton, &Matlk all 3 bi st Midland, Bradford, Pref lOO pz 94 IOA Mid Kent Cray Line) "30 Northern& East , 5 per cent all 53 56 ~ i) 0 . do. 6 do. all ... ... it N. Eastora— Hartlepool ... it N.Werd.A perp. prof, 5p c lO9 107 109 st Do B minimum. 11 p.c lOO ... ... g. tt li Cj i r t c a h n . t , li. and lt. She(j.; 10(110 1 9 32 9 1 2 34 all 44 46 et Sith°rYeswtrbur' y and Hereford 100 131 134 10 1)0 do 8 2 Pip ,I t s 1414ettsitnon and 1i yre. st S. Yorksh. and River Dun 100 94 9a st Dc 4 per cent gus lO , 73 80 at Do 5 do it Vict. Station and Pimlico lOO 175 ISO st West Cornwall 20 West London, Class A all 13 14; 20 Do do B all ... ... 20 Do do C • all 64 7# st Weymouth and Portland lOO ... ... st Wilts and Somerset DOCKS. st East and West India lOO 12! 125 st London and St. erine 100 • 47 49 47f 7 1)0 D ()Deb. stock, 4 per cent all ..„ ... Millwall Freehold Land st Dock lOO 30 32 st Southampton 10) 74 70 St §urrey VolucorGial .. fi• 81'1,11IT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALb,‘ The Times, in discussing the results of the election petitions, observes that the only sure remedy for 'corrup tion and intimidation is to make them their ownipunish ment. Adopt the clause inserted in the first draft of Mr. Disraeli's Bribery Bill, but which he was afterwards nduced to discard, and the vices of corruption' and violence will not be merely scotched, but killed. The clause was simple. It proposed that wherever it appeared that a candidate had, by himself or agents, been guilty of improper practices, that candidate should be truck out of the contest, and the seat given to the next below him, provided the next had polled a certain reasonable proportion of the numbers voting. No provision could be more fitted to cleanse our representa tive system of its vices than this. The dread of handing over a rent to an antagonist as the immediate conseTnence of an improper act would deter candidates, their friends and agents, from any such venture, and there would he tl:e best guarantee that the election would represent the choice of the electors. The single ar.gument against the claim is one of eo ive:ght wl:en compared with the advantages on the other side. It is said that it might operate to aire the representation of a constituency to the candidate of a minority of the electors. This is true, and the result it , Felf would be a misfortune; but if the ap prehension of such a result produced such careful atten tion to purity that the result itself could not happen, except under the rarest circumstances, the misfortune becomes of fanciful proportions, while the gain is solid and real. If anyone having a real disgust of violence and cor ruption will honestly consider the suggestion, he will not fail to approve Mr. Disraeli's proposal as the most pro mising method of preventing their occurrence, and to wonder, as we do, what evil genius induced him to aban don the clause embodying it after be bad introduced it into the House of Commons. • The Standard considers that it must be very flattering to Lord Stanley to know that his conduct at this crisis has become an object :of extreme solicitude to the Liberal journals. They have been good enough to select him as the special subject of an Easter homily, the gist of which appears to he to demonstrate how much more advanta geous it is for an able man to belong, to the winning than to the losing side. That Lord Stanley should remain faithful to his party in a minority is a phenomenon which to the Times is inexplicable. The fact is a kind of denial of the Liberal rrovidence- -of that docrine which believes that all which is right is on the Liberal side, and that what is riot Liberal is by force of position not only wrong, but " stupid." Our contemporary is, for a reason which we can all 'under stand, impatient that a man so clever, so honest, and so courageous as Lord Stanley, should be - of the party which is not presently in the ascendant. It cannot comprehend a consistency which leaves its owner on the side of the minority. These is something pathetic in its appeals to the Conservative chief to break away from his fellows, and to desert his standard. We are told how muchbetter it is for a public man to belong to the cause which for the day is espoused by the Ministerial journal itself ; how much more politic it is to be a winner than a loser. The association with the party in which he was reared—the party of his father, and of all his most trusted political friends— is declared, with a subliMe impertinence, to be " altogether unworthy" of him. For Lord Stanley's vote on Tuesday night there is no occasion to apologise. Even if we adopt the theory that he is inclined to go further than others of his party in the reform of the Irish Church—that he was not entirely in accord with the other leaders as to the course of opposi tion to be pursued—that is no justification for the theory which represents Lord Stanley as only waiting for a decent pretext to abandon his party. The Conservatives are as free as their opponents have ever claimed to be to permit individual differences of opinion among them selves ; and it is no snore imperative upon them to think and to speak exactly alike than it is for Mr. Lowe to agree with Mr. Bright on household suffrage, or Mr. Gladstone to be as fervent for the ballot as Mr. Stansfeld. The Star asks what will Lord Stanley do? The destined successor, r ccsrding to outward appearances, in the cores mend of tl:e Toty party, to his father, and his father's erratic lieutenant, he has shewn, notwithstanding, since the commencement of his political career, an inclination more or less marked towards Liberal opinions. It is true that he has seldom frankly acknowledged the responsibilities of Liberalism, and that he has too frequently given a tacit support to reactionary measures or to a policy of blank resistance. But he has won a reputation notwithstanding for open sincerity of political candour, which has scarcely been dimmed by his ambiguous conduct in reference to the Reform Bills of the Liberal and Conservative Governments in ISCG and ISC7. Ills tenure of the Ft reign Cffice was distinguished by a strict observance of Mr. Cobden's principles of non-intervention in precept, and an approximation to them in practice; and he has been praised for the imperfect adoption of a policy which Lad been condemned repeatedly by his own political asso. C::tes and colleagues. 'nese is some suspicion that his silence and his absence mean mirschief ; that they are the preliminaries of some bit pri e , some technical objection to Mr. Gladeone's mea n' e may lead away some deserters from the Liberal ranks. The danger, N7O belleVe, to he greatly exaggerated. In any case, little mischief could be done, and we do not think Lord Stanley means mischief. The greatest peril is thrt which threatens Lord Stanley's own reputation ; and if lie has a care for that, he had better define his position as quickly and as clearly as he can. The Times, after remarking upon the extraordinary pictures of the criminal haunts of London, given by its correspondent "N. A. W.," says very justly that it will some day—we trust no distant day—be thought marvel lous enough that a nation justly proud of its pre-eminence in wealth and civilisation shou'Al have tolerated in the midst of its capital even one place of habitual resort for criminals of all classes well known to support themselves by plundering, often with brutal vio lence, their peaceful and respectable neighbours. Strange to say, society is now for the first time resolving to protect itself by directing its efforts against this powerful organisation. Hitherto it has legislated on the principle of never recognising crime until it appeared in a specific act, and treating that act as if it were an isolated instance of wrong-doing traceable to but one solitary member of the community. We specially commend to public notice all that our correspondent has written about " the low beerhouses, low pawnbrokers, and the low leaving-shops "—that is, if the recommenda tion be now necessary, for since he began to write all three points have been taken into consideration by the House of Lords. There may be a difficulty in deal ing with the low pawnbrokers and even with the leaving shops, but the beerhouses can be reached by the very simple expedient of placing them under the control of the police magistrates, instead of, as now, under the Excise, and in bad hands they present the worst features of the low pawnbrokers and leaving-shops without their redeeming advantages. They are not merely the favourite haunts of thieves, but are often used for the receipt of stolen goods, and even for a regular traffic, at recognised rates, in bad money. All this could soon be put a stop to if their license depended on the police magistrate of the district. The Daily News declares that till soiiitt means are adopted of introducing a disciplinary code into the yolun • tecr service, which may render the service efficient, it:: almost useless to discuss further arrangements, since all that concerns the ultimate organisation of the force must depend materially on the number of volunteeers that may be found willing to continue their service on the new con dition of being amenable to discipline. It is evident that a disciplinary code to be effectual must be esta blished, not by the members of the volunteer corps them selves, but by the Legislature of the country. The State gives aid to the volunteers in the shape of a Capitation Grant, and it is but fair that the State should demand proof that this aid is bestowed upon those alone who would be certain to be forthcoming in case of need. If volunteer corps were allowed to make their own rules, there would be discrepancies and differences among them which would cause trouble, inconvenience, and perhaps heart-burning; nor is it desirable that armed men, sup ported to a greater or less degree by public funds, should be ruled by th e b ye laws of their own clubs rather than by the ordinances of Parlia ment. If the volunteers submit c heerfully to be disciplined, and if sufficient precautions aro taken that the rules of discipline shall be en forced, and not shirked by either z officers or men, it will be comparatively easy to introduce among them an effective organisation, and to place them in that position in the general military system of the country which they aspire. t o occupy : The volunteer force must, from the natur e of its constituents, be always a defensive force. Neithe r b y battalions nor individuals could it be expected to recruit the line ; itome mu d st always an be an auxiliary of the regular army for hefence, d can in noway be a reser ve to the battalions of the line. Nor could the volunteers be called out for long periods of time, even for defensive purposes the occupations and industrial pursuits of the men who fill the ranks of the force render this at once impracticable. The Herald thinks that the story of William bhcwara, the Norwich innkeeper, is, without exception, one of the most remarkable to be found in the annals of crime and eximinals. Byron's sentiment that " truth is stranger than fiction" has become trite and familiar by constant qu otation, as have also the somewhat similar common places of our nearest neighbours, that " nothing is so certain as the improbable" and " nothing is more credible than the impossible." It may be doubted, however, whether the life of any person in Sheward's station has been so rich as his in incidents, not only extra. orlinary but positively marvellous. For nearly eighteen years he has enjoyed the reputation of a peaceable , though 1 , 37 no means exemplary, citizen, in the very place where, if Tuesday's verdict be correct, be murt have committed a murder, whose cold-oleo led atrocity puts him below the level of Good and Greenacre, and other wretches who have spilt human blood with the calculating sang fvoid of the professional assassin, and have afterwards dismembered the bodies of their victims with a barbarity compared with which the scientific operations of the dissecting. r oom, and even the rougher handling of the abbatoir, is tenderness itself. The history altogether is more astound. ing than even the most sensational of novelists ever yen. tured to weave into a plot and give 14 ;mi le c y g i taublio in three octoso_volumen. ------ ll':ri 0N NOTICE. The Third Edition of " The Sun" of last Evening Was published in 4 .ime for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. 'PO.RTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day EPSOM SPRING MEETING—This DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TICLEGRANT.) WALTON STAKES. Elferon. King Cophetua Lady Occilia Five ran. STAMFOED PLATE. -r J Lady Lavender Sphynx C wrad Drummer_ Lancet A Ipcuslock Attack g.... Sagittari 8 Marshal Ney Michael de Basco Fourteen ran. berente( n rau. NETROP,I,ITAN STAKES. I 2, . 3 Eleve❑ ran EPSOM SPRING CUP. J Five MATC NEW TWO-YR-OLD STAKES. Guy Dayrell Roquefort. Fiuisterrc Twelve ran. I)URDANS STAKES. Hilda Don Quixote... Juanita 1 FOURTH EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7.30 P.M. EPSOM RACES-THIS DAY. PRINCE OF WALES' STAKES. Attack c Winifred Curse Royal Eleven ran. STAMFORD PLATE. DECIDING HEAT. Sphynx Lady Lavender LATEST BETTING. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 7to 4 agst Wild Oats (taken) 6 to 1 agst Drummer (taken) 7 to 1 agst Pretender (aken) 1000 to 15 agst Belladrum (offered) DERBY. 3to 1 agst Pero Gomez (taken) 11 to 1 agst Pretender (taken) 16 to 1 agst Drummer (taken) 30 to 1 agst Belladrum (offered) RACING FIXTURES. APRIL. Abergavenny l, 2 I Newmarket Craven...l2, &c. Bromley 1, 2 1 Knighton... l3, 14 Aldershot l, 2 1 Ludlow 15, 16 Catterick Bridge... ...... 1 , 2 1 Eastbourne l9 Thirsk .. 6 7 1 Lewes 20 21 Il usgerford 6, 7 Curragh ...20, 21, 22 Lichfield 6, 7 Croydon. 22, 23 Cambridge 7 8 I Newmark:A Ist Spring Croxton Park .. 8 26, &e. Streatham 8, 9 I MAY. • Chester 4, 5,6, 7 I Doncaster 13, 14 Eglinton 11 unt 6, 7 I West Drayton l7, 18 Winchester ll, 12 1 Bath 18, 19 r York 11; 12 Baldoylo 2nd Spring 11, 12 St. Albans 13, 14 I Salisbury l3, 14 Manclu,ster l9, 20, 21 Croydon 19, 21 Ilarixlndn 2l Epsom Summer .....'25, Ito. J I r NE. Croydon 2,3, 4 Newcastle 22, 23, 24 Newton 9 , 3, 4 I Oldham 22 Ascot ..„8, 9, 10, 11 Bibury Clul, 23 Liverpool Summer —l5, 16 . titockoridt.,r,! ''l, 25, 26 w w .j . ..„„ r 15, 16 I Ulichnsfurd Illtutpton l7, 18 Sutton Park Curnilt ........ .... - 22, - 2. i, 21 1 . Jl , LY. Wore,titer l, 2 , 6vu:hampton ....13, .t.t Newmarket J uly (, &v. I lteadiug 13, Li Carli,lo .. 6, 7 1 llmitiugaou 'III, 21 l'outefEact 'I, 10 1 ,t3t. milord llemion ... .. ....... ..12, 13 1 LichAlwvud 27, 26, 29, itt) Nottnighain I3, 11 AuutsT. Brighton 3, 4 Oxrord Brighton Club , York '4, 23, :.6 Lewes 6, 7 Phmoutti 46, 27 . .. E, ,, ~itio Woiverluurptun lO, I I. I Dorilr Sunnier .. 31, Sep. 1 Windsor 12 , 13 j Wrynumtli 3l, Sep. 1. St. Aibaus l7, 18 I Canit . rbury........,31, Sep. 1 Stockton SEPTEIMEM Warwick... 7, 8 I Hampton 2l - 22 C urragh (lto:ial) 7, 8, 'J Western (A 3 r)........22, 23 A bingdou 9, 10 I lloudon 23, 24 Doncaster l4, 15, 16, 17 bluntuouth... • . 23, 21 lii chniond "1, 22 Newmarket .st 0ct....28, &c. Lichfield 9 11, 22 Lanark... 29, 30 BANK OF FRANCE. rARIS, March 25. lie following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding fig-uns of the previous account : DEBTOR. March 25. March 18. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) Reserve of the Bank 182,500,000 - 7,014,776 02 7,014,776 02 22,105,750 11 22,105,750 11 and its branches Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to orderand receipts payable at sight Treasury account cur rent creditor 161,771,533 70 160,053,058 81 Current accounts, Paris `26: , ,389,834 86 252,9'15,469 36 Do. branch banks 47,963,540 45,976,114 Dividends payable 1,137,830 1,190,559 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 31,562,005 87 35,753,501 87 938,790 85 933,790 85 - - 5,496,291 93 5,564,671 81 Total CREDITOR. March 25. March 18. Cash in hand and in ;Branch banks Commercial bills over due Conundrcial bills dis counted, not yet due '248,030,730 64 249,043,137 51 Do. branch banks 229,539,337 238,665,081 Advances on deposit of bullion 20,348,600 Do. branch banks 3,628,200 Do. on French Public 165,468 44 193,138 73 23,431,600 - 4,293,400 - Securities Do. by branch banks Do. on railway shares 13,658,500 - 6,480,580 - 13,601,600 - 6,548,480 - and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Fonder 38,388,200 - 27,718,700 - 38,266,200 - 27;937;300 946,800 - 961,000 - Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 Government Stock re- 924,600 - 962,800 - 60,000,000 - 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 80,633,437 2L 80,633,437 21 serve Do. disposable Routes Immobalisees (Law, June 2, 1857) 1C0,400,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the B&nk and landed x p pe ro nse per s ty o b f ran ytg branches E 8,995,300 - 8,994,501 - Sundries 938,557 32 739,184 77 9,158,501 84 8,178,956 88 Total Certified by the Souator-Goveruor of the Bauk of Frabee. 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